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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

x                              Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended April 30, 2005

or

o                                 Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from                   to                 

Commission file number: 000-27871

GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

77-0368092

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

(I.R.S. Employer
 Identification No.
)

1421 McCarthy Blvd.,
Milpitas, California

95035

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

408-955-1920

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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  x    No  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  x    No  o

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding as of May 31, 2005 was 41,630,983 shares.

 




GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc.
INDEX

PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Financial Statements:

 

 

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of April 30, 2005 and October 31, 2004      

 

3

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended April 30, 2005 and 2004

 

4

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended April 30, 2005 and 2004

 

5

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

6

Item 2.

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

 

16

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

37

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

 

37

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

 

39

Item 2.

Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

40

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

40

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

40

Item 5.

Other Information

 

40

Item 6.

Exhibits

 

41

SIGNATURE

 

42

 

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PART I.   FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

April 30,
2005

 

October 31,
2004

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

4,346

 

$

2,407

 

Short-term investments

 

15,418

 

15,614

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $214 and $211 at April 30, 2005 and October 31, 2004, respectively

 

5,881

 

7,243

 

Inventory

 

104

 

119

 

Deferred installation costs

 

2,260

 

1,425

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

914

 

725

 

Total current assets

 

28,923

 

27,533

 

Property and equipment, net

 

1,709

 

1,694

 

Goodwill

 

21,612

 

21,612

 

Intangible assets, net

 

3,394

 

3,876

 

Deferred installation costs, less current portion

 

935

 

740

 

Other assets

 

365

 

442

 

Total assets

 

$

56,938

 

$

55,897

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

6,025

 

$

6,571

 

Restructuring accrual

 

172

 

434

 

Accrued compensation and benefits

 

1,306

 

1,061

 

Current portion of deferred revenue

 

4,578

 

2,741

 

Other current liabilities

 

1,536

 

1,407

 

Total current liabilities

 

13,617

 

12,214

 

Deferred revenue, less current portion

 

1,393

 

1,305

 

Restructuring accrual, less current portion

 

327

 

416

 

Total liabilities

 

15,337

 

13,935

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock, $0.001 par value:
12,801 shares authorized at April 30, 2005 and October 31, 2004: no shares issued and outstanding

 

 

 

Preferred stock, 5,000 shares authorized at April 30, 2005 and October 31, 2004: no shares issued and outstanding

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000 shares authorized at April 30, 2005 and October 31, 2004: 41,629 and 41,159 shares issued and outstanding at April 30, 2005 and October 31, 2004, respectively

 

42

 

41

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

213,768

 

213,244

 

Deferred stock-based compensation

 

(76

)

(201

)

Accumulated deficit

 

(172,133

)

(171,122

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

41,601

 

41,962

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

56,938

 

$

55,897

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements

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GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended
April 30,

 

Six Months Ended
April 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

Revenues

 

$

12,030

 

$

12,882

 

$

24,006

 

$

24,800

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenues

 

4,614

 

5,310

 

9,626

 

10,019

 

Network and operations

 

2,290

 

2,316

 

4,449

 

4,027

 

Research and development

 

515

 

1,193

 

1,098

 

2,061

 

Sales and marketing

 

3,058

 

4,734

 

6,167

 

9,492

 

General and administrative

 

1,484

 

1,648

 

3,079

 

3,009

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

238

 

400

 

482

 

666

 

Amortization of stock-based compensation(1)

 

27

 

89

 

84

 

149

 

Restructuring charge

 

 

60

 

 

 

 

 

Total costs and expenses

 

12,226

 

15,690

 

25,045

 

29,423

 

Operating loss

 

(196

)

(2,808

)

(1,039

)

(4,623

)

Interest income and other, net

 

23

 

57

 

78

 

51

 

Loss before income taxes

 

(173

)

(2,751

)

(961

)

(4,572

)

Provision for income taxes

 

19

 

34

 

50

 

56

 

Net loss

 

$

(192

)

$

(2,785

)

$

(1,011

)

$

(4,628

)

Basic and diluted net loss per share

 

$

(0.00

)

$

(0.07

)

$

(0.02

)

$

(0.12

)

Shares used to compute basic and diluted net loss per share

 

41,609

 

40,285

 

41,465

 

37,380

 


(1)          Amortization of stock-based compensation consists of:

Network and operations

 

$

14

 

$

26

 

$

35

 

$

43

 

Research and development

 

2

 

19

 

6

 

32

 

Sales and marketing

 

8

 

36

 

34

 

61

 

General and administrative

 

3

 

8

 

9

 

13

 

Total amortization of stock-based compensation

 

$

27

 

$

89

 

$

84

 

$

149

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements

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GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
(unaudited)

 

 

Six Months Ended
April 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(1,011

)

$

(4,628

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment

 

593

 

751

 

Amortization of stock-based compensation

 

84

 

149

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

482

 

666

 

Provision for accounts receivable allowances

 

22

 

 

Non-cash portion of restructuring charge (benefit)

 

(21

)

 

Net changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

1,340

 

(464

)

Inventories

 

15

 

(38

)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

(1,024

)

81

 

Other assets

 

(118

)

(553

)

Accounts payable

 

(876

)

112

 

Accrued compensation and benefits

 

245

 

(518

)

Deferred revenue

 

1,925

 

1,639

 

Other current liabilities

 

129

 

(190

)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

1,785

 

(2,993

)

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale investments:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases

 

(3,798

)

(3,194

)

Sales and maturities

 

3,994

 

5,598

 

Cash provided by business combination, net

 

 

1,412

 

Capital expenditures

 

(608

)

(653

)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

(412

)

3,163

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from sales of common stock, net

 

566

 

1,201

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

566

 

1,201

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

1,939

 

1,371

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period

 

2,407

 

3,560

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period

 

$

4,346

 

$

4,931

 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

Income taxes paid

 

$

132

 

$

36

 

Supplemental disclosures of noncash financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Conversion of Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock into common stock

 

$

 

$

1,326

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements

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GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)

1.   Basis of Presentation

The financial information at April 30, 2005 and for the three and six months ended April 30, 2005 and 2004 is unaudited, but includes all adjustments that GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) considers necessary for a fair presentation of the financial information set forth herein, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, the financial information set forth herein does not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for annual financial statements. The results for the three and six months ended April 30, 2005 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for future periods.

The balance sheet at October 31, 2004 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.

The following information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KT for the ten months ended October 31, 2004.

2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation.   The condensed consolidated financial statements include all the accounts of GoRemote and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Use of Estimates.   The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company’s broadband service providers do not deliver actual accounting information to the Company on a timely basis at month-end. Due to this delay, which is outside the Company’s control, the Company estimates its revenue and cost of sales related to broadband services on a monthly basis, and adjusts them to actual in the subsequent month after receiving information from its service providers. Historically, these adjustments have been immaterial. In addition, the Company made estimates as to its accounts receivable allowance and reserves, the recoverability of a prepaid asset, potential liability derived from certain tax obligations and restructuring expenses. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Foreign Currency Remeasurement.   The Company considers the functional currency of its foreign subsidiaries to be the U.S. dollar. Adjustments resulting from the process of remeasurement into U.S. dollars of the foreign currency financial statements of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are included in operations and have not been material.

Cash Equivalents.   Cash equivalents consist of certificates of deposits, money market funds and commercial paper with maturities of 90 days or less at the date of purchase. Cash and cash equivalents are carried at cost that approximates market value.

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Short-term Investments.   The Company’s policy is to invest in various short-term instruments with investment grade credit ratings and ready markets. All of the Company’s investments are classified as available-for-sale, and the Company views its available-for-sale portfolio as available for use in its current operations. Even though some of our investments have maturities greater than one year they are considered short-term because they have interest features that are similar to short-term investments and therefore they are classified as available-for-sale in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities” (“SFAS No. 115”).

The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. Any realized gains or losses and declines in value, judged to be other-than-temporary, are included in interest income and other. The Company includes unrealized gains or losses in comprehensive income in stockholders’ equity, if material.

Concentration of Credit Risk.   Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash equivalents, short-term investments and accounts receivable. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments principally in domestic financial institutions of high credit standing. The Company is exposed to credit risks in the event of default by these institutions to the extent of the amount recorded on the balance sheet. The credit risk in the Company’s accounts receivable is mitigated by the Company’s credit evaluation process for both domestic and foreign customers. The Company generally does not require collateral and maintains adequate reserves for potential credit losses. Cash equivalents and short-term investments are recorded at fair value. The carrying value of accounts receivable approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of this instrument.

Inventories.   Inventories consist of finished goods and are stated at the lower of cost or market, cost being determined using the first-in, first-out method.

Property and Equipment.   Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are provided on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets. The useful lives used by the Company are 36 months for furniture and fixtures, 24 to 42 months for computer equipment and software and the shorter of the useful life or the remaining lease term for leasehold improvements, respectively.

Goodwill.   Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of an acquired enterprise or assets over the fair value of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The Company does not amortize goodwill, but tests for impairment of goodwill on an annual basis in the third fiscal quarter and at any other time if events occur or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of goodwill may not be recoverable. During fiscal year 2005, the third quarter will end July 31, 2005 and will be the date we test again for impairment.

Impairment of Goodwill.   Circumstances that could trigger an impairment test include, but are not limited to, a significant adverse change in the business climate or legal factors, an adverse action or assessment by a regulator, unanticipated competition or loss of key personnel. In addition, the Company assesses goodwill for recoverability if its market capitalization is less than the recorded value of its net assets. If the carrying amount of the goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recorded in net earnings (loss). The Company has determined that its service offerings have similar economic characteristics and as a result the Company treats its single operating segment as its sole reporting unit in testing for the impairment of goodwill.

Purchased Intangible Assets.   Purchased intangible assets consist of customer relationships, internal use software and other purchased intangibles such as domain names. Intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives ranging from one to five years.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Intangible Assets.   The Company evaluates the carrying amount of its long-lived assets, including purchased intangible assets, when events or changes in business

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circumstances have occurred, which indicate the carrying amount of such assets may not be fully realizable. Determination of impairment is based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows resulting from the use of the assets and their eventual disposition. If the Company determines that any of these assets have been impaired, the impairment charge is recorded based on a comparison of the net book value of the assets and the fair value. The fair value of the assets is determined by either discounted future cash flows resulting from the use of the assets over their average remaining useful lives or specific appraisal.

Revenue Recognition and Related Allowances.   The Company derives revenues primarily from providing remote Internet access services to customers through its virtual network and by providing monthly security and support services and monthly connectivity services to broadband Internet remote access customers. The Company’s arrangements with its customers typically have multiple deliverables. These deliverables may include software, installation services, customer premises equipment, connectivity services, and maintenance and support services.

The Company recognizes revenues when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, service has been provided to the customer, the price to the customer is fixed or determinable, and collectibility is probable. Mobile remote Internet access services are generally billed on a per-minute basis for usage or at a flat rate per month per user based on negotiated rates. Usage fees are recognized in the period the services are rendered to end users, and monthly fees are recognized ratably based on the number of days that have elapsed. The Company has minimum commitment arrangements with some customers. These customers are not contractually entitled to use or otherwise receive benefit for unused service in subsequent periods. Minimum commitment fees are recognized as revenue in the month it has been determined that the minimum commitments have not been achieved, assuming all other criteria for revenue recognition have been met.

The Company’s solutions sometimes include installation services, the sale of customer premise equipment and managed security services related to its broadband services offerings. Depending on the service provided and the nature of the arrangement, the Company may charge a one-time, annual or monthly fee for these additional services or deliverables. Revenue from installation services and the sale of equipment is deferred and recognized ratably over the period of expected usage by its customers since the Company considers these services and products to be an enabler of the related managed remote access service contracts. The Company’s estimate of expected usage is 24 months for all periods presented. On a quarterly basis, the Company reviews this estimate of expected usage based on actual data. Revenues from managed security services are recognized in the month the service is provided. To a lesser extent, the Company also derives a portion of its revenues from licenses of its authentication software, related maintenance and support services, and other optional services related to its remote access solutions all of which are recognized ratably over the term of service. These other revenues amounted to five percent or less of total revenues over the last three years. Fees generated from maintenance contracts are recognized over the life of those contracts. The majority of the maintenance contracts cover periods of one to twelve months. Amounts billed in advance of revenue recognition are recorded to deferred revenue as collected. The Company recognizes certain broadband connectivity revenues generated under agency arrangements on a net basis. Product returns and allowances have not been significant.

The Company provides services over a heterogeneous virtual network, which was created by forming contractual relationships with approximately 500 Internet service providers, cable companies, DSL companies and telecommunications companies. These companies may provide their services under either a reseller or an agency arrangement. In applying its revenue recognition policy, the Company must make judgments and estimates with regard to the specific facts and circumstances surrounding each provider relationship to determine which portion of its revenues the Company provides under a reseller arrangement, where the Company would record gross revenues and cost of revenues, and which portion of its revenues the Company provides as an agent, where the Company would record revenues and cost of revenues combined on a net basis. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on

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various other assumptions believed to be applicable and reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates may change as new events occur, as additional information is obtained and as its operating environment changes, any of which could cause a material impact on the revenues that the Company has reported.

The Company records estimated allowances against revenues for returns, disputes and cancellations in the same period the revenues are recorded. These estimates are based upon historical analysis of the Company’s service level agreements, credit memo data and other known factors for pricing and transaction volume disputes that arise in the normal course of business. To date, allowances pertaining to the Company’s current business have not been significant. If the historical data the Company uses to calculate these estimates does not accurately reflect amounts associated with future disputes, its actual revenues could be higher or lower than what the Company has recognized.

Cost of Revenues.   Cost of revenues represents the amounts paid to Internet service providers, cable companies, DSL companies and telecommunications companies for the use of their networks, and amounts paid to other third party providers of products or services that the Company includes in its solutions. The Company has entered into minimum purchase commitments with some network service providers for access that the Company expects to utilize during the term of the contracts. Costs of minimum purchase contracts are recognized as network access expenses at the greater of the minimum commitment or actual usage. If the Company estimates that the revenues derived from the purchase commitment will be less than the purchase commitment, the Company recognizes a loss on that purchase commitment to the extent of that difference. No such loss has been recognized to date.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.   The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses from its customers’ inability to make payments they owe. In order to estimate the appropriate level of this allowance, the Company analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentrations, current customer credit-worthiness, current economic trends and changes in its customer payment patterns. If the financial condition of its customers were to deteriorate and to impair their ability to make payments to the Company, additional allowances might be required in future periods. If the Company determines that collectibility is not probable, revenue is recognized as cash is collected. If the Company’s estimates prove too low, its bad debt expense will increase.

Research and Development.   The Company’s research and development costs, which principally have related to development of internal use software that is also marketed to the Company’s customers, are expensed as incurred until technological feasibility has been established. To date, the software developed by the Company has generally been available for general release concurrent with the establishment of technological feasibility and, accordingly, no software development costs have been capitalized.

Stock-based Compensation.   As permitted under the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS No. 123”), the Company accounts for employee stock-based compensation in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB No. 25”), using an intrinsic value approach to measure compensation expense, if any. Under APB No. 25, the Company generally recognizes no compensation expense with respect to such awards. Appropriate disclosures using a fair-value based method, as provided by SFAS No. 123, are also reflected herein. Options issued to non-employees are accounted for in accordance with SFAS 123 using a fair-value approach.

Pro forma information regarding net income and earnings per share is required by SFAS No. 123 and has been determined as if the Company had accounted for awards to employees under the fair-value method of SFAS No. 123. The fair value of stock options under the Company’s stock option plan and stock purchase plan rights under the Company’s stock purchase plan was estimated as of the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.

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The fair value of stock options granted during the three and six months ended April 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, were estimated at the date of grant assuming no expected dividends and the following weighted average assumptions.

Stock Options

 

 

Three Months Ended
April 30,

 

Six Months Ended
April 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

Expected life (years)

 

 

2.32

 

 

 

2.93

 

 

 

2.55

 

 

 

2.80

 

 

Expected stock price volatility

 

 

256

%

 

 

384

%

 

 

256

%

 

 

384

%

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

 

3.17

%

 

 

1.17

%

 

 

2.69

%

 

 

1.11

%

 

 

Stock Purchase

 

 

Three Months Ended
April 30,

 

Six Months Ended
April 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

Expected life (years)

 

 

0.49

 

 

 

0.50

 

 

 

0.50

 

 

 

0.50

 

 

Expected stock price volatility

 

 

193

%

 

 

544

%

 

 

229

%

 

 

436

%

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

 

2.90

%

 

 

0.98

%

 

 

2.98

%

 

 

1.11

%

 

 

For purposes of pro forma disclosure only, the estimated fair value of stock-based awards is amortized against pro forma net income over the stock-based awards’ vesting period for options and over the offering period for stock purchases under the Company’s 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

The Company’s pro forma information is as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended
April 30,

 

Six Months Ended
April 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

(in thousands, except
per share amounts)

 

(in thousands, except
per share amounts)

 

Net loss attributable to common stockholders as reported

 

$

(192

)

$

(2,785

)

$

(1,011

)

$

(4,628

)

Add: Amortization of stock compensation measured under APB 25

 

27

 

89

 

84

 

149

 

Less: Stock-based compensation expense measured under SFAS 123

 

(889

)

(1,368

)

(1,720

)

(3,121

)

Pro forma net loss

 

$

(1,054

)

$

(4,064

)

$

(2,647

)

$

(7,600

)

Basic and diluted net loss per share

 

$

(0.00

)

$

(0.07

)

$

(0.02

)

$

(0.12

)

Pro forma basic and diluted net loss per share

 

$

(0.03

)

(0.10

)

$

(0.06

)

$

(0.20

)

 

Calculated under SFAS No. 123, the weighted-average fair value of the employee stock options granted during the three months ended April 30, 2005 and 2004 was $1.50 and $3.70 per share, respectively, and during the six months ended April 30, 2005 and 2004, was $1.52 and $5.08, respectively. The weighted-average estimated fair value of shares purchased under the Purchase Plan during the three months ended April 30, 2005 and 2004 was $1.08 and $5.82 per share, respectively, and during the six months ended April 30, 2005 and 2004, was $1.05 and $5.52, respectively.

In December 2004, the FASB issued a revision of SFAS No. 123R (“SFAS 123 Revised”). The Company will adopt the provisions of SFAS 123 Revised effective as of the beginning of its next fiscal year, which will commence on November 1, 2005. The Company has not completed its evaluation of the impact

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of adoption of SFAS 123 Revised on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations. The Company expects to complete its evaluation during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2005.

Income Taxes.   The Company accounts for income taxes under the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes” (“SFAS No. 109”), which provides for the establishment of deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the difference between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes.

Net Loss Per Share.   Net loss per common share and diluted net loss per share are presented in conformity with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, “Earnings Per Share” (“SFAS No. 128”) for all years presented. In accordance with SFAS No. 128, basic and diluted net loss per share has been computed using the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Weighted-average options outstanding to purchase approximately 8.5 million and 7.7 million shares of common stock for the three months ended April 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and approximately 8.7 and 7.4 million shares of common stock for the six months ended April 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted net loss per share because the effect would be antidilutive. The increase in weighted-average options outstanding in the three and six months ended April 30, 2005, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2004, respectively, was primarily due to grants of new options to the Company’s employees. Such securities, had they been dilutive, would have been included in the computation of diluted net loss per share using the treasury stock method.

3.   Change in Fiscal Year End

In October 2004, the Company changed its fiscal year end from December 31 to October 31. The consolidated financial information for 2005 presented in this Form 10-Q is for the three and six month periods ended April 30, 2005. The 2004 financial results presented in this Form 10-Q are for the three and six month periods ended April 30, 2004.

4.   Business Combination

On December 1, 2003, the Company completed its acquisition of Axcelerant, a privately held provider of broadband Internet remote access services and managed security services. The Company’s acquisition of Axcelerant did not result in a new reportable segment. The results of operations of Axcelerant have been included in the Company’s financial statements subsequent to the date of the acquisition.

A total of approximately 1.5 million shares of the total consideration that was to be delivered to Axcelerant’s stockholders as a result of the acquisition was set aside as an escrow fund, serving as collateral for the indemnification obligations of Axcelerant stockholders. The Company made no claims against the escrow fund through December 1, 2004, the expiration date for the escrow period. The escrowed shares were released to the former Axcelerant shareholders during December 2004.

Deferred Stock Compensation.   The intrinsic value of unvested stock options assumed in the Axcelerant acquisition in an amount of approximately $674,000 has been allocated to deferred stock compensation and is being amortized to expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period. The Company assumed options from Axcelerant to purchase a total of approximately 597,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, of which approximately 462,000 were fully vested. Options assumed in connection with the acquisition had exercise prices between $0.02 and $5.05 per share, with a weighted average exercise price of $1.32 per share and a weighted average remaining vesting period of approximately 2.5 years as of the acquisition date. As of April 30, 2005, the Company had an aggregate of $76,000 of deferred compensation related to the acquisition of Axcelerant remaining to be amortized.

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5.   Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment comprised the following (in thousands):

 

 

   April 30,   

 

  October 31,  

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

Computer hardware

 

 

$

6,569

 

 

 

$

6,319

 

 

Software

 

 

4,829

 

 

 

4,495

 

 

Office furniture and equipment

 

 

1,531

 

 

 

1,506

 

 

Leasehold improvements

 

 

422

 

 

 

422

 

 

 

 

 

13,351

 

 

 

12,742

 

 

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

(11,642

)

 

 

(11,048

)

 

Total

 

 

$

1,709

 

 

 

$

1,694

 

 

 

Purchased Intangible Assets

Purchased intangible assets are carried at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization of purchased intangible assets is computed using the straight-line method over their expected useful lives of five years for customer relationships and Website URLs and one year for internal use software.

Purchased intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

April 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

Customer relationships

 

$

5,150

 

Internal use software

 

100

 

Website URL

 

50

 

 

 

5,300

 

Less accumulated amortization

 

(1,906

)

Total

 

$

3,394

 

 

The aggregate estimated remaining amortization expense from May 1, 2005 through October 31, 2009, based on fiscal years ending October 31, is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Amortization

 

2005

 

 

473

 

 

2006

 

 

946

 

 

2007

 

 

946

 

 

2008

 

 

946

 

 

2009

 

 

83

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,394

 

 

 

Other Intangible Assets

The Company entered into an agreement with a wireless service provider during 2001 for the exchange of services, which resulted in a prepayment for future wireless services and the obligation by the Company to provide future Internet roaming services. As of April 30, 2005, $46,000 of the asset remained to be utilized, an amount that the Company believes will be utilized over the period of the agreement.

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6.   Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments.   The Company leases all of its facilities under operating leases that expire at various dates through 2008. It has entered into certain purchase commitments from suppliers who provide network access, software and related services that are utilized by us in order to deliver its products and services.

During 2005, the Company expects  to continue automating and updating back office processes and procedures that are required for it to efficiently run its business, however, the Company believes that its capital equipment expenditures in absolute dollars will be relatively flat as compared to 2004. The Company expects to continue to provide customer premises equipment to customers for a fee, as part of its solution offerings.

The future minimum operating lease and purchase commitments were as follows at April 30, 2005, based on fiscal years ending October 31 (in thousands):

 

 

Operating
Leases

 

Purchase
Commitments

 

2005

 

 

$

766

 

 

 

$

737

 

 

2006

 

 

1,389

 

 

 

1,073

 

 

2007

 

 

817

 

 

 

149

 

 

2008

 

 

181

 

 

 

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,153

 

 

 

$

1,959

 

 

 

Legal Matters.   The Company is subject to various legal proceedings and claims arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company’s management does not expect that the results in any of these legal proceedings will have a material adverse effect on its financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

In July and August 2001, the Company and certain of its officers were named as defendants in five purported securities class action lawsuits filed in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, captioned as In re GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc. Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, No. 01 Civ 6771 (SAS), and consolidated with more than three hundred substantially identical proceedings as In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, Master File No. 21 MC 92 (SAS). The Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint for Violation of the Federal Securities Laws (“Consolidated Complaint”) was filed on or about April 19, 2002, and alleges claims against certain of the Company’s officers and against CIBC World Markets Corp., Prudential Securities Incorporated, DB Alex. Brown, as successor to Deutsche Bank, and U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., underwriters of the Company’s December 14, 1999 initial public offering (“underwriter defendants”), under Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under Section 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Citing several press articles, the Consolidated Complaint alleges that the underwriter defendants used improper methods in allocating shares in initial public offerings, and claim the underwriter defendants entered into improper commission agreements regarding aftermarket trading in the Company’s common stock purportedly issued pursuant to the registration statement for the initial public offering. The Consolidated Complaint also alleges market manipulation claims against the underwriter defendants based on the activities of their respective analysts, who were allegedly compromised by conflicts of interest. The plaintiffs in the Consolidated Complaint seek damages as measured under Section 11 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, pre-judgment and post-judgment interest, and reasonable attorneys’ and expert witnesses’ fees and other costs; no specific amount is claimed in the plaintiffs’ prayer in the Consolidated Complaint. By Order of the Court, no responsive pleading is yet due, although motions to dismiss on global issues affecting all of the issuers have been filed.

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In October 2002, certain of the Company’s officers and directors who had been named as defendants in the In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation were dismissed without prejudice upon order of the presiding judge. In February 2003, the presiding judge dismissed the Section 10(b) claims against the Company and its named officers and directors with prejudice.

From September 2002 through June 2003, the Company participated in settlement negotiations with a committee of issuers’ litigation counsel, plaintiffs’ executive committee and representatives of various insurance companies (the “Insurers”). The Company’s Insurers were actively involved in the settlement negotiations, and strongly supported a settlement proposal presented to the Company for consideration in early June 2003. The settlement proposed by the plaintiffs would be paid for by the Insurers and would dispose of all remaining claims against the Company.

After careful consideration, the Company decided to approve the settlement proposal in July 2003. Although the Company believes that plaintiffs’ claims are without merit, it has decided to accept the settlement proposal (which does not admit wrongdoing) to avoid the cost and distraction of continued litigation. Because the settlement will be funded entirely by its Insurers, the Company does not believe that the settlement will have any effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

The settlement was presented to the Court for approval in June 2004. The Court preliminarily approved most of the settlement in February 2005, but requested a few minor modifications be made to its terms. The parties are currently negotiating these modifications and intend to present the revised settlement agreement to the Court shortly. While the Court is expected to finally approve or disapprove the settlement in the coming months, there can be no guarantee that the settlement will be judicially approved.

7.   Restructuring Events

In August 2004, the Company undertook a strategic restructuring to reduce its operating expense structure by streamlining operations. The activity related to the restructuring is accounted for under the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities” (“SFAS 146”).

The provision and associated charges against the provision for the August 2004 restructuring through April 30, 2005 are as follows:

 

 

Employee
Severance Costs

 

Lease
Facilities
and Other
Obligations

 

Retirement of
Fixed Assets

 

Valuation of
Modified
Stock Options

 

Total

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Provision recorded in the quarter ended September 30, 2004

 

 

$

1,492

 

 

 

$

650

 

 

 

$

273

 

 

 

$

53

 

 

$

2,468

 

Non-cash charges

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

(273

)

 

 

(53

)

 

(311

)

Cash payments

 

 

(1,268

)

 

 

(39

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,307

)

Accruals at October 31, 2004

 

 

224

 

 

 

626

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

850

 

Provision recorded in the quarter ended January 31, 2005

 

 

69

 

 

 

(9

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60

 

Non-cash charges (recoveries)

 

 

 

 

 

(16

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(16

)

Cash payments

 

 

(293

)

 

 

(48

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(341

)

Accruals at January 31, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

553

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

553

 

Non-cash charges (recoveries)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash payments

 

 

 

 

 

(54

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(54

)

Accruals at April 30, 2005

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

499

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

499

 

 

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8.   Segment Information

The Company operates in one segment, providing secure managed broadband and remote access  services to corporate enterprises with mobile and remote workforces and to the Company’s service provider resellers and value-added resellers.

The following is a summary of revenue by geographical area for the periods presented:

 

 

Three months ended
April 30,

 

Six months ended
April 30,

 

 

 

        2005        

 

       2004       

 

      2005      

 

      2004      

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

(in thousands)

 

Revenue by external customers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States, Canada and Latin America 

 

 

$

9,593

 

 

 

$

8,638

 

 

 

$

18,776

 

 

 

$

16,070

 

 

Japan/Korea

 

 

824

 

 

 

2,162

 

 

 

1,955

 

 

 

4,865

 

 

Asia Pacific

 

 

708

 

 

 

938

 

 

 

1,440

 

 

 

1,719

 

 

Europe, Middle East and Africa

 

 

905

 

 

 

1,144

 

 

 

1,835

 

 

 

2,146

 

 

 

 

 

$

12,030

 

 

 

$

12,882

 

 

 

$

24,006

 

 

 

$

24,800

 

 

 

The following is a summary of long-lived assets by geographical area for the periods presented:

 

 

April 30,
2005

 

October 31,
2004

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Long-lived assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States

 

$

26,659

 

 

$

27,169

 

 

Rest of World

 

102

 

 

67

 

 

 

 

$

26,761

 

 

$

27,236

 

 

 

Revenue by external customer is based on the customer’s billing locations. Long-lived assets are those assets used in each geographic location. For the six months ended April 30, 2005, Fiberlink Communications Corporation accounted for approximately eleven percent of the Company’s total consolidated revenues, however, for the three months then ended, no customer accounted for 10 percent or more of these revenues.

9.   Stockholders’ Equity

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.   During the three months ended April 30, 2004, 1.0 million shares of Series A Preferred Stock were converted into common stock. No shares of Series A Preferred Stock were outstanding as of April 30, 2005 and 2004.

Series A Preferred Stock Warrants.   No Series A Preferred Stock warrants were exercised during the three and six months ended April 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Warrants to purchase 1.5 million shares of Series A Preferred Stock were outstanding at April 30, 2005.

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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 the selected consolidated financial information and the consolidated financial statements and notes appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements, such as statements of expected revenues and expenses that involve risks and uncertainties. We assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those detailed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and those discussed in this Form 10-Q, particularly in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and under “Factors That May Affect Future Results.”

In October 2004, we changed our fiscal year-end from December 31 to October 31. As a result, references in this Form 10-Q to the second quarter of 2005 are references to the three-month period ended April 30, 2005 and references to the second quarter of 2004 are references to the three-month period ended April 30, 2004. Unless expressly stated or the context otherwise requires, the terms “we”, “our”, “us”, “the Company” and “GoRemote” refer to GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc. and its subsidiaries as a whole.

Overview

We provide managed remote Internet access services to customers through our virtual network and provide monthly security and support services and monthly connectivity services to broadband Internet remote access customers. Our services enable enterprises to securely, reliably, and cost-effectively extend their corporate networks and applications to mobile and remote workers outside the corporate firewall. These workers include mobile professionals such as sales professionals, project managers and engineers; teleworkers, including call center agents; telecommuters; and employees in branch offices and retail settings. We provide comprehensive and integrated managed broadband and global remote access services that include: intelligent client software; multiple network access types, including broadband, Wi-Fi, dial-up and general packet radio service (or GPRS); security capabilities that ensure security policy compliance by remote workers; a real-time remote access management console; end-to-end managed and value-added services including managed security services; and design, deployment, monitoring, and technical support. Our products and services enable enterprises to reduce the cost, complexity and risk of remote office networking, while maximizing the productivity of mobile and remote workers.

In December 2003, we acquired Axcelerant, Inc., a privately held provider of broadband Internet remote access services and managed security services. In May 2004, we changed our corporate name from GRIC Communications, Inc. to GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc. to reflect our current vision and service offerings. On August 12, 2004, we announced a restructuring of our global operations to reduce operating expense and streamline our operations.

The majority of our revenue comes from providing managed remote Internet access services to customers through our virtual network and by providing monthly security and support services and monthly connectivity services to broadband Internet remote access customers. We provide services over a heterogeneous virtual network known as the GoRemote Global Network. As of April 30, 2005, the GoRemote Global Network included approximately 28,000 Internet access—dial-up locations, over 21,000 public wireless fidelity—or WiFi—hotspots and approximately 1,700 public broadband access points in over 150 countries. Through the acquisition of Axcelerant, we added a virtual broadband cable modem and DSL network that spans the United States and Canada. This network is an aggregation of the networks of more than 150 broadband providers, including virtually all of the leading cable companies, incumbent local exchange carriers (or ILECs) and competitive local exchange carriers (or CLECs) in the United States. By utilizing this network, we are able to provide comprehensive coverage in the United States for enterprises requiring broadband branch office and broadband teleworker solutions. We created the GoRemote Global

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Network by forming contractual relationships with approximately 500 access providers—Internet service providers, cable companies, DSL companies and telecommunication companies. These providers, which we refer to as the GoRemote Global Network members, are able to share their communications networks. Our customers, who are enterprises, value added resellers (VARs) and service provider resellers, benefit from the resulting network delivering secure mobile Internet access cost-effectively. Our member providers benefit from the GoRemote Global Network because we manage this shared network and provide settlement services. We have established common technical, service and payment standards to settle charges that our customers incur when their end users access the network facilities of GoRemote Global Network members to conduct Internet-based communications. We intend to continue developing our solutions offering to introduce new managed Internet-based remote communications services that may be adopted, deployed and managed on a global scale across the GoRemote Global Network.

We have incurred substantial losses since our inception as a result of expenses associated with building the GoRemote Global Network and related network infrastructure, developing our software products and marketing our solutions to our customers. We had an accumulated deficit of approximately $172.1 million as of April 30, 2005. We cannot assure you that we will achieve or sustain profitability. See “Factors That May Affect Future Results—We have a history of net losses and may incur future losses.”

Our business model has evolved in the course of our development and we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results should not be relied upon as indicative of future performance. Our future prospects must be considered in light of the risks, expenses and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in the early stages of development, particularly companies in new and rapidly evolving markets. See “Factors That May Affect Future Results—We have limited experience in our business, which makes it more difficult for us to execute our business plan and for you to evaluate us.”

We have changed our fiscal year-end from December 31 to October 31. The consolidated financial information for 2005 presented in this Form 10-Q are for the three and six month periods ended April 30, 2005. The 2004 financial results presented in this Form 10-Q are for the three and six month periods ended April 30, 2004.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The methods, estimates and judgments we use in applying our most critical accounting policies have a significant impact on the results we report in our consolidated financial statements. We evaluate our estimates and judgments on an on-going basis. We base our estimates on historical experience and on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances when made. Our experience and assumptions form the basis for our judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities and reported amounts of revenues and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may vary from what we anticipate, and different assumptions or estimates about the future could change our reported results.

Revenue Recognition and Related Allowances.   We derive revenues primarily from providing managed remote Internet access services to customers through our virtual network and by providing monthly security and support services and monthly connectivity services to broadband Internet remote access customers. Our arrangements with our customers typically have multiple deliverables. These deliverables may include software, installation services, customer premises equipment, connectivity services, and maintenance and support services.

We recognize revenues when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, service has been provided to the customer, the price to the customer is fixed or determinable, and collectibility is probable. Mobile remote Internet access services are generally billed on a per-minute basis for usage or at a flat rate per month per user based on negotiated fees. Usage revenues are recognized in the period the services are rendered to end users, and monthly fees are recognized ratably based on the number of days that have

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elapsed. We have minimum commitment arrangements with some customers. These customers are not contractually entitled to use or otherwise receive benefit for unused service in subsequent periods. Minimum commitment fees are recognized as revenue in the month it has been determined that the minimum commitments have not been achieved, assuming all other criteria for revenue recognition have been met.

Our solutions may also include installation services, the sale of customer premise equipment and managed security services related to our broadband services offerings. Depending on the service provided and the nature of the arrangement, we may charge a one-time, annual or monthly fee for these additional services or deliverables. Revenue from installation services and the sale of equipment is deferred and recognized ratably over the period of expected usage by our customers since we consider these services and products to be an enabler of the related remote access service contracts. Our estimate of expected usage is 24 months for all periods presented. On a quarterly basis, we review this estimate of expected usage based on actual data. Revenues from managed security services are recognized in the month the service is provided. To a lesser extent, we also derive a portion of our revenues from licenses of our authentication software, related maintenance and support services, and other optional services related to our managed remote access solutions, all of which revenues are recognized ratably over the term of service. These other revenues amounted to five percent or less of total revenues over the last three years. Fees generated from maintenance contracts are recognized over the life of those contracts. The majority of the maintenance contracts cover periods of one to twelve months. Amounts billed in advance of revenue recognition are recorded to deferred revenue as collected. We recognize certain broadband connectivity revenues generated under agency arrangements on a net basis. Product returns and allowances have not been significant.

We provide services over a heterogeneous virtual network, which was created by forming contractual relationships with approximately 500 access providers, including Internet service providers, cable companies, DSL companies and telecommunications companies. These companies may provide us their services under either a reseller or an agency arrangement. In applying our revenue recognition policy we must make judgments and estimates with regard to the specific facts and circumstances surrounding each provider relationship to determine which portion of our revenues we provide under a reseller arrangement, where we would record gross revenues and cost of revenues, and which portion of our revenues we provide as an agent, where we would record revenues and cost of revenues combined on a net basis. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions believed to be applicable and reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates may change as new events occur, as additional information is obtained and as our operating environment changes, any of which could cause a material impact on the revenues that we have reported. The Company’s broadband service providers do not deliver actual accounting information to the Company on a timely basis at month-end. Due to this delay, which is outside the Company’s control, the Company estimates its revenue and cost of sales related to broadband services on a monthly basis, and adjusts them to actual in the subsequent month after receiving information from its service providers. Historically, these adjustments have been immaterial. In addition, the Company made estimates as to its accounts receivable allowance and reserves, the recoverability of a prepaid asset, potential liability derived from certain tax obligations and restructuring expenses. Actual results could differ from those estimates. We record estimated allowances against revenues for returns and cancellations in the same period the revenues are recorded. These estimates are based upon historical analysis of our service level agreements, credit memo data and other known factors for pricing and transaction volume disputes that arise in the normal course of business. To date, allowances pertaining to our current business have not been significant. If the historical data we use to calculate these estimates does not accurately reflect amounts associated with future disputes, our actual revenues could be higher or lower than what we have recognized.

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Cost of Revenues.   Cost of revenues represents the amounts paid to Internet service providers, cable companies, DSL companies and telecommunications companies for the use of their networks, and amounts paid to other third party providers of products or services that we include in our solutions. We have entered into minimum purchase commitments with some network service providers for access that we expect to utilize during the term of the contracts. Costs of minimum purchase contracts are recognized as network access expenses at the greater of the minimum commitment or actual usage. If we estimate that the revenues derived from the purchase commitment will be less than the purchase commitment, we recognize a loss on that purchase commitment to the extent of that difference. No such loss has been recognized to date.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.   We maintain allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses from our customers’ inability to make payments they owe us. In order to estimate the appropriate level of this allowance, we analyze historical bad debts, customer concentrations, current customer credit-worthiness, current economic trends and changes in our customer payment patterns. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate and to impair their ability to make payments to us, additional allowances might be required in future periods. If we determine that collectibility is not probable, revenue is recognized as cash is collected. If our estimates prove too low, our bad debt expense will increase.

Valuation of Long-Lived Assets including Intangible Assets.   We evaluate the carrying amount of our long-lived assets, including purchased intangible assets, whenever events or circumstances indicate the amount of the assets may not be recoverable. Determination of impairment of property and equipment, goodwill and intangible assets is highly subjective and requires significant judgment at many points during the analysis. This analysis is based on our estimate of future cash flows that the assets are expected to generate and their eventual disposition. If we determine that any of these assets have been impaired, the impairment charge will be charged to earnings in the period such determination is made. We have determined that our service offerings have similar economic characteristics and as a result we treat our single operating segment as our sole reporting unit in testing for the impairment of long-lived assets including intangible assets.

Valuation of Goodwill.   We test goodwill for possible impairment on an annual basis in the third fiscal quarter and at any other time if events occur or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of goodwill may not be recoverable. Circumstances that could trigger an impairment test include, but are not limited to, a significant adverse change in the business climate or legal factors, an adverse action or assessment by a regulator, unanticipated competition and loss of key personnel. In addition, we assess goodwill for recoverability if our market capitalization is less than the value of our net assets. The determination as to whether a write-down of goodwill is necessary involves significant judgment based on the short-term and long-term projections of our future performance. The assumptions supporting the estimated future cash flows, including the discount rate used and estimated terminal value reflect our best estimates.

Restructuring, Workforce Reductions and Excess Facilities Accrual.   In order to bring our operating expense structure in line with our current level of revenues, in August 2004 we implemented a restructuring, workforce reduction and facilities consolidation plan to improve our operating performance. Restructuring and facilities consolidation costs consist of expenses associated with workforce reductions, consolidation of excess facilities and impairment of leasehold improvements and other equipment associated with abandoned facilities. At April 30, 2005, $499,000 was accrued for future facilities consolidation costs. In connection with our restructuring plans, we accrue for severance payments and other related termination benefits provided to employees in connection with involuntary staff reductions. We accrue for these benefits in the period when benefits are communicated to the terminated employees. Typically, terminated employees are not required to provide continued service to receive termination benefits. If continued service is required, then the severance liability is accrued over the required service

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period. In general, we use a formula based on a combination of the number of years of service and the employee’s position within the Company to calculate the termination benefits to be provided to affected employees. At April 30, 2005, all affected employees were terminated and there was no remaining accrual for future severance and termination benefits payments.

Business Combination

On December 1, 2003, we completed our acquisition of Axcelerant, a privately held provider of broadband Internet remote access services and managed security services. Our acquisition of Axcelerant did not result in a new reportable segment. The results of operations of Axcelerant have been included in our financial statements subsequent to the date of the acquisition.

Results of Operations
Three and Six Month Periods Ended April 30, 2005 Compared to Three and Six Month Periods Ended April 30, 2004

Overview of the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2005

During the second quarter of 2005, we continued to evolve our business model from one based principally on a reseller sales model to a model under which we sell a significant portion of our services directly and through third parties to enterprise customers. During the second quarter of 2005 and 2004, 62 percent and 44 percent, respectively, of our quarterly revenues was derived from services sold to enterprise customers both directly and indirectly through third parties.

In the second quarter of 2005, our revenues and expenses each decreased compared to the second quarter of 2004. Revenues were lower quarter over quarter primarily due to a reduction in dial-up based Internet access revenues that was partially offset by an increase in managed broadband revenues. Cost of revenues was slightly lower as a percentage of revenues principally due to the reversal of loss contingencies established for carrier costs no longer required. We expect the trend in our cost of revenues to be similar to that of prior quarters and possibly increase as sales to enterprise customers through partners grow and represent a higher percentage of total revenues. Our operating expenses were lower in the second quarter of 2005 than in the second quarter of 2004 principally due to the cost savings generated from our strategic restructuring in August 2004. We expect our quarterly operating expenses to remain approximately the same as a percentage of revenues during fiscal year 2005.

In the six months ended April 30, 2005, our revenues decreased from the six months ended April 30, 2004 while our expenses in the six month period of 2005 were lower than the six month period of 2004. Revenues were lower primarily due to a reduction in dial-up based Internet access revenues that was partially offset by an increase in managed broadband. Cost of revenues, which were slightly lower as a percentage of revenues, were flat period to period. Our operating expenses were lower in the six month period of 2005 than in the six month period of 2004 principally due to the cost savings generated from our strategic restructuring in August 2004, which was partially offset by the inclusion of six months of costs incurred at of our Irvine, California facility that resulted from our acquisition of Axcelerant whereas five months of Irvine location expense are included in the six month period of 2004.

We continue to focus on delivering innovative services for our customers to drive revenues and achieve positive earnings. During the balance of fiscal 2005 and during fiscal 2006 we plan to release additional new value added services, which we expect over time will augment the revenues we earn from our existing customers and, together with expanding the global footprint of the GoRemote Global Network, generate revenues from new enterprise customers. Several factors will impact our ability to achieve and sustain profitability, including the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts through both direct and third party sales channels, the timely release of new services and the introduction of new

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services by existing or new competitors. For a discussion of these and other risk factors, see the section titled “Factors That May Affect Future Results.”

The results of operations for the six months ended April 30, 2005 include six months of revenues and expenses related to the acquisition of Axcelerant that was completed in December 2003. The results of operations for the six months ended April 30, 2004 include five months of revenues and expenses related to the prior Axcelerant operations.

Revenues

 

 

Three Months Ended
April 30,

 

Six Months Ended
April 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

(in millions)

 

Revenues

 

 

$

12.0

 

 

 

$

12.9

 

 

 

$

24.0

 

 

 

$

24.8

 

 

 

Total revenues decreased approximately $852,000 in the three months ended April 30, 2005, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2004. The net decrease during the three months ended April 30, 2005 was principally due to reductions in dial-up based Internet access service in the amount of $3.0 million that were partially offset by an earned annual minimum commitment fee of approximately $385,000 and by increased broadband revenues in the amount of $1.8 million. Our experience leads us to believe that the decline in dial-up revenues from service providers will likely continue. We believe that future declines in dial-up access revenue that may occur over the next twelve months will be more predictable and of a lower magnitude than previously due to our expectation that no single dial-up access customer will represent ten percent or more of our revenue in any fiscal quarter.Total revenues decreased approximately $794,000 in the six months ended April 30, 2005, compared to the six months ended April 30, 2004. The net decrease was principally due to reductions in legacy dial-up Internet access service revenues in the amount of $5.1 million that were partially offset by increased broadband revenues in the amount of $4.3 million during the six months ended April 30, 2005.

We expect our revenues to increase, based on sales to new customers and sales of additional services, such as our newer broadband teleworker and branch office solutions and managed security service offering, to existing customers. We expect these revenues to be partially offset by a continuing decline in our dial-based Internet access services. Fiberlink Communications Corporation accounted for eleven percent of our consolidated revenues during both the six months ended April 30, 2005 and 2004. Fiberlink is both our customer and in certain markets our competitor, principally with respect to our dial-up access offering. During the second quarter of 2005, Fiberlink obtained direct access in a small number of countries that had represented a majority of its dial-up traffic on our network. Traffic from this group of countries represented approximately $894,000 of our revenues in the first fiscal quarter of 2005 and $475,000 in the second fiscal quarter of 2005. We expect to receive no traffic from Fiberlink from this group of countries in the future.

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Costs and Expenses

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
April 30,

 

For the Six Months Ended
April 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

(in millions)

 

Cost of revenues

 

 

$

4.6

 

 

 

$

5.3

 

 

 

$

9.6

 

 

 

$

10.0

 

 

Percentage of revenues

 

 

38.4

%

 

 

41.2

%

 

 

40.1

%

 

 

40.4

%

 

Network and operations

 

 

$

2.3

 

 

 

$

2.3

 

 

 

$

4.4

 

 

 

$

4.0

 

 

Percentage of revenues

 

 

19.0

%

 

 

18.0

%

 

 

18.5

%

 

 

16.2

%

 

Research and Development

 

 

$

0.5

 

 

 

$

1.2

 

 

 

$

1.1

 

 

 

$

2.1

 

 

Percentage of revenues

 

 

4.3

%

 

 

9.3

%

 

 

4.6

%

 

 

8.3

%

 

Sales and Marketing

 

 

$

3.1

 

 

 

$

4.7

 

 

 

$

6.2

 

 

 

$

9.5

 

 

Percentage of revenues

 

 

25.4

%

 

 

36.7

%

 

 

25.7

%

 

 

38.3

%

 

General and administrative

 

 

$

1.5

 

 

 

$

1.6

 

 

 

$

3.1

 

 

 

$

3.0

 

 

Percentage of revenues

 

 

12.3

%

 

 

12.8

%

 

 

12.8

%

 

 

12.1

%

 

Amortization of purchased intangibles

 

 

$

0.2

 

 

 

$

0.4

 

 

 

$

0.5

 

 

 

$

0.7

 

 

Percentage of revenues

 

 

2.0

%

 

 

3.1

%

 

 

2.0

%

 

 

2.7

%

 

Amortization of stock-based compensation

 

 

$

0.03

 

 

 

$

0.09

 

 

 

$

0.08

 

 

 

$

0.15

 

 

Percentage of revenues

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

0.7

%

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

0.3

%

 

Restructuring charge

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

0.06

 

 

 

$

 

 

Percentage of revenues

 

 

%

 

 

%

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

%

 

 

Cost of Revenues.   Cost of revenues consists of amounts we pay to access the Internet in order to provide remote Internet access services for our customers and to offer other mobile broadband services and includes amortization of the deferred installation costs we incur to provide broadband connectivity to our customers.

Cost of revenues decreased approximately $696,000 in the three months ended April 30, 2005 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2004, representing an decrease of 13 percent. The decrease was primarily due to decreased volumes of remote Internet access of approximately $1.7 million, partially offset by a one-time adjustment for the reversal of loss contingencies for carrier costs no longer required of $310,000, and by an increase in broadband cost of sales of approximately $748,000, related to our increase in broadband revenues. We expect that during fiscal year 2005 the cost of revenues will increase in absolute dollars as remote Internet access revenues and broadband revenues increase, but be similar to the six months ended April 30, 2005 as a percentage of revenues and possibly increase as sales through partners represent a greater percentage of total revenues.

Cost of revenues decreased approximately $393,000 in the six months ended April 30, 2005 compared to the six months ended April 30, 2004, representing a decrease of four percent. The decrease was primarily due to decreased volumes of remote Internet access of approximately $2.6 million, partially offset by a one-time adjustment for the reversal of loss contingencies for carrier costs no longer required of $310,000, and an increase in broadband cost of sales of approximately $1.9 million due to a related increase in broadband revenues.

Network and Operations.   Network and operations expenses consist of salaries and benefits, depreciation on network equipment, allocated facility and management information systems expenses, administrative expenses, costs of co-location of network equipment and leased telecommunication lines and other related costs.

Network and operations expenses decreased approximately $26,000 in the three months ended April 30, 2005 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2004, representing a decrease of one percent. The decrease was due primarily to an decrease in compensation and benefits-related expenses of

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approximately $171,000 based on lower temporary help costs and the reversal of an accrued bonus no longer expected to be earned, partially offset by higher professional expenses of approximately $173,000 due to the deployment of outsourced post-sales customer support. We expect network and operations expenses to remain constant as a percentage of revenues during the remainder of fiscal year 2005 as we deploy and support new customers.

Network and operations expenses increased approximately $422,000 in the six months ended April 30, 2005 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2004, representing an increase of ten percent. The increase was due primarily to an increase of approximately $233,000 of professional expenses in our Milpitas facility as a result of outsourcing of certain customer support activities, increased facility allocation of approximately $100,000 and increased internet and telecommunications cost of $91,000. Additionally, there was a increase of compensation and benefits of approximately $132,000 partially offset by a decrease in temporary help of approximately $159,000. We expect network and operations expenses to remain constant as a percentage of revenues during fiscal year 2005 as we deploy and support new customers.

Research and Development.   Research and development expenses consist of salaries and benefits, allocated facility and management information systems, depreciation costs, outside consultants, facilities costs, administration and other related costs.

Research and development expenses decreased approximately $678,000 in the three months ended April 30, 2005 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2004, representing a decrease of 57 percent. The decrease was due primarily to a reduction of approximately $505,000 of compensation and benefits related to reduced California based personnel resulting from the August 2004 strategic restructuring and the relocation of our development activities to our network operations and development center in India. Additionally, there was a reduction in the facility allocation expense of approximately $129,000 due to a lower share allocation and lower overall facility costs.

Research and development expenses decreased approximately $963,000 in the six months ended April 30, 2005 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2004, representing a decrease of 47 percent. The decrease was due primarily to a reduction of approximately $716,000 of compensation and benefits related to reduced California based personnel resulting from the August 2004 strategic restructuring and the relocation of our development activities to our network operations and development center in India. Additionally, there was a reduction in the facility allocation expense of approximately $232,000 due to a lower share allocation and lower overall facility costs. We expect research and development expenses to remain constant as a percentage of revenues during fiscal year 2005.

Sales and Marketing.   Sales and marketing expenses consist of salaries and benefits, allocated facility and management information systems costs, travel and entertainment costs, costs for marketing and promotional programs, outside consultants, commissions earned by sales and marketing personnel, and costs associated with domestic and international sales offices and other related costs.

Sales and marketing expenses decreased $1.7 million in the three-month period ended April 30, 2005 compared with the three-month period ended April 30, 2004, representing a decrease of 35 percent. The decrease is due primarily to a decrease in compensation and benefits and travel and entertainment of approximately $852,000 and $159,000, respectively, as a result of our strategic workforce reduction in August 2004. In addition, advertising and promotional programs decreased by $270,000 as we scaled back our marketing programs and our facility allocation expense decreased by $178,000 as a result of lower facility costs and reduced personnel. We expect sales and marketing expenses to be constant as a percentage of revenues as we continue to develop our sales force and redefine our advertising and marketing strategy during 2005.

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Sales and marketing expenses decreased $3.3 million in the six-month period ended April 30, 2005 compared with the six-month period ended April 30, 2004, representing a decrease of 35 percent. The decrease is due primarily to a decrease in compensation and benefits and travel and entertainment of approximately $1.6 million and $233,000, respectively, as a result of our strategic workforce reduction in late 2004. In addition, advertising and promotional programs decreased by $849,000 as we realigned our marketing program focus and our facility allocation expense decreased by $331,000 as a result of lower facility costs and reduced personnel. We expect sales and marketing expenses to be constant as a percentage of revenues as we continue to develop our sales force and redefine our advertising and marketing strategy during 2005.

General and Administrative.   General and administrative expenses consist of general corporate and facility costs as well as salary, benefits and related costs for executive, finance, legal, administrative, human resources, investor relations and management information systems functions and provisions for uncollectible receivables.

General and administrative expenses decreased approximately $164,000 in the three months ended April 30, 2005 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2004, representing an decrease of ten percent. The decrease was due primarily to $260,000 of decreased professional fees primarily related to higher fees charged by our previous independent auditors and consultants for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance activities in fiscal 2004 and decreased compensation and benefits of approximately $106,000, as a result of our strategic workforce reduction in late 2004 partially offset by a net increase in facility allocation expenses of $218,000, as a result of the reallocation of facilities costs following our strategic workforce reduction.

General and administrative expenses increased approximately $70,000 in the six months ended April 30, 2005 compared to the six months ended April 30, 2004, representing an increase of two percent. The increase was due primarily to a net increase in facility allocation expenses of $188,000, as a result of the reallocation of facilities costs as a result of our strategic workforce reduction and an increase in travel and entertainment expense of approximately $65,000 partially offset by a $119,000 reduction of professional fees primarily related to fees charged by our previous independent auditors and consultants for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance activities, as well as a reduction in compensation and benefits of approximately $81,000. We expect general and administrative expenses to increase in fiscal year 2005 in absolute dollars as we continue to update back office processes and procedures company-wide to meet the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related regulations, but to decrease as a percentage of revenues.

Amortization of Purchased Intangibles.   Amortization of purchased intangibles includes three months of amortization of the intangible assets acquired in connection with the acquisition of Axcelerant. The initial value assigned to Axcelerant customer relationships was $7.5 million, which was amortized on a straight-line basis over a five-year life at a rate of $125,000 per month. At September 30, 2004 an impairment charge of $2.4 million was recognized and the carrying value of the customer relationships was adjusted to $3.9 million, which will be amortized over the remaining 50 months of the original five-year life on a straight-line basis at a rate of $78,000 per month. The value assigned to internal use software was $100,000, which is amortized on a straight-line basis over a one-year life at a rate of $8,000 per month. The internal use software was fully amortized in November 2004.

Amortization of Stock-Based Compensation.   In connection with our acquisition of Axcelerant, we recorded $674,000 of additional deferred stock-based compensation, which is being amortized over the vesting period of the underlying stock options assumed during the acquisition. As a result, we recorded amortization of deferred compensation expense of $27,000 and $89,000 during the three months ended April 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and $84,000 and $149,000 during the six months ended April 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. We expect to record amortization of deferred compensation expense of

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approximately $39,000 in the remainder of fiscal year 2005, related to options assumed by us in connection with our acquisition of Axcelerant.

As of April 30, 2005, we had an aggregate of $76,000 of deferred compensation related to the acquisition of Axcelerant remaining to be amortized. Deferred compensation is amortized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the options. We expect amortization of stock-based compensation related to these options assumed by us to end in 2007.

Interest Income (Expense) and Other and Taxes

Interest income and other, net, interest expense and taxes for the three and six months ended April 30, 2005 and 2004 were as follows:

 

 

For the three months ended
April 30,

 

For the six months ended
April 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

(in thousands)

 

Interest income and other, net

 

 

$

23

 

 

 

$

57

 

 

 

$

78

 

 

 

$

51

 

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

$

19

 

 

 

$

34

 

 

 

$

50

 

 

 

$

56

 

 

 

Interest Income and Other, Net

Interest income and other, net, primarily represents interest income on cash balances and on short-term investments, gain on disposition of assets, sales, use and value-added tax, and interest expense.

Interest income and other, net, decreased $34,000 in the three months ended April 30, 2005 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2004. This decrease was primarily due to approximately $83,000 of higher sales, use and value-added taxes that was partially offset by $57,000 of additional interest income based on higher interest rate yields and $6,000 of interest expense incurred in 2005.

Interest income and other, net, increased $27,000 in the six months ended April 30, 2005 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2004. This increase was primarily due to $86,000 of additional interest income based on higher interest rate yields partially offset by approximately $30,000 of higher sales, use and value-added taxes, partially offset by $15,000 of interest expense incurred in 2005.

Interest expense consists of the amortization of the discount of future facility lease payments related to the ceased use of facilities in connection with the August 2004 strategic restructuring. The discount was approximately $50,000, which is being amortized over the remaining life of the lease. During the three and six months ended April 30, 2005, $6,000 and $15,000, respectively, of interest expense was recorded.

Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes was $19,000 and $34,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The provision for income taxes was $50,000 and $56,000 for the six months ended April 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The provision for income taxes consists of foreign tax provisions and state taxes.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

 

For the six months ended

 

 

 

April 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

$

4,346

 

 

 

$

4,931

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

 

1,785

 

 

 

(2,993

)

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

 

(412

)

 

 

3,163

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

566

 

 

 

1,201

 

 

 

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments.   Our principal source of liquidity is our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments. As of April 30, 2005, in addition to our cash and cash equivalents balance of $4.3 million, we had a short-term investment balance of approximately $15.4 million.

Operating Activities.   Net cash provided by operating activities in the six months ended April 30, 2005 of $1.8 million was primarily a result of an increase in deferred revenue of approximately $1.9 million ($1.1 million and $800,000 in the three months ended April 30, 2005 and January 31, 2005, respectively) primarily related to deferred installation revenues and a reduction in accounts receivable balances of approximately $1.3 million , partially offset by our net operating losses of $1.0 million, increases in prepaid expenses and other current assets of $1.0 million primarily related to an increase in deferred installation costs and decreased accounts payable balances of approximately $876,000 principally from reductions in restructuring accruals. While our days sales outstanding fell significantly during the six months ended April 30, 2005, we generally expect the number of days it takes for us to collect our accounts receivable to lengthen from the periods experienced historically, primarily due to the longer payment cycles generally associated with enterprise customers and the increasing percentage of our revenue base represented by such customers.

Investing Activities.   Net cash used in investing activities during the six months ended April 30, 2005 of approximately $412,000 was primarily the result of capital expenditures of approximately $608,000, partially offset by the liquidation of certain short-term instruments.

Financing Activities.   Net cash provided by financing activities during the six months ended April 30, 2005 of approximately $566,000 was primarily the result of sales of common stock to our employees and option holders.

Commitments.   We lease all of our facilities under operating leases that expire at various dates through 2008. We have entered into certain purchase commitments from suppliers who provide network access, software and related services that are utilized by us in order to deliver our products and services.

During 2005, we expect to continue automating and updating back office processes and procedures that are required for us to efficiently run our business, however, we believe that our capital equipment expenditures in absolute dollars will be relatively flat as compared to 2004. We expect to continue to provide customer premises equipment to customers for a fee, as part of our solution offerings.

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The future minimum operating lease and purchase commitments were as follows at April 30, 2005, based on fiscal years ending October 31 (in thousands):

 

 

Operating
Leases

 

Purchase
Commitments

 

2005

 

 

$

766

 

 

 

$

737

 

 

2006

 

 

1,389

 

 

 

1,073

 

 

2007

 

 

817

 

 

 

149

 

 

2008

 

 

181

 

 

 

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,153

 

 

 

$

1,959

 

 

 

Indemnifications.   From time to time we enter into types of contracts that contingently require us to indemnify parties against third party claims. These contracts primarily relate to: (i) divestiture agreements, under which we may provide customary indemnifications to purchasers of our assets; (ii) real estate leases, under which we may be required to indemnify property owners for environmental and other liabilities, and other claims arising from our use of the applicable premises; (iii) agreements with our officers, directors and employees, under which we may be required to indemnify such persons for liabilities arising out of their employment relationship; and (iv) agreements with customers and resellers, under which we may provide customary indemnifications against claims that our products and services infringe certain copyrights, patents or trademarks, or incorporate misappropriated trade secrets.

The terms of such obligations vary. Generally, a maximum obligation is not explicitly stated, except for indemnifications involving infringement of third party intellectual property rights. Because the obligated amounts of these types of agreements often are not explicitly stated, the overall maximum amount of the obligations cannot be reasonably estimated. Historically, we have not been obligated to make any payments for these obligations, and no liabilities have been recorded for these obligations on our balance sheet at April 30, 2005.

Summary of Liquidity.   We believe that our available cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $19.8 million at April 30, 2005 and cash expected to be generated by operations during the next twelve months will fund planned operations for at least the same period. We generated $430,000 in cash during the quarter ended April 30, 2005.

We plan to invest in expanding our managed remote access services, on a global basis, by continuing to build strategic partnering relationships. This will require us to maintain market acceptance, by growing our mobile office communications services offerings, continuing our research and development activities and funding planned operating expenses. There can be no assurance that our managed remote access services will maintain market acceptance, growth and operating margins.

If we are unable to attain our revenue and margin goals, significant reductions in spending and the delay or cancellation of planned activities or additional restructuring may be necessary to enable us to meet our cash requirements through the next twelve months. These actions could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and prospects. Furthermore, we may need to raise additional funds in future periods through public or private financing, or other arrangements, to fund operations and potential acquisitions, if any. If additional financing is needed, it might not be available on reasonable terms or at all. Failure to raise capital when needed could seriously harm our business and results of operations. If additional funds were raised through the issuance of equity securities, the percentage of ownership of our stockholders would be reduced. Furthermore, these equity securities might have rights, preferences or privileges senior to our common stock.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2004, the FASB issued a revision of SFAS No. 123R (“SFAS 123 Revised”), Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. SFAS 123 Revised establishes standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services. It also addresses transactions in which an entity incurs liabilities in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the entity’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of those equity instruments. SFAS 123 Revised is effective as of the beginning of our next fiscal year, which will commence on November 1, 2005. We have not completed our evaluation of the impact of adoption of SFAS 123 Revised on our consolidated financial position or results of operations. We expect to complete our evaluation during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2005.

Factors That May Affect Future Results

In addition to the information elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the following should be considered in evaluating GoRemote and our business.

If we fail in our strategy of focusing our sales efforts on larger companies, our revenue and profitability goals will likely not be achieved.

Historically, a significant portion of our revenues was derived from smaller companies and service providers in the Internet marketplace, but in recent periods we have attempted to focus our sales and marketing efforts on larger corporate and enterprise-level customers. This strategy places new demands on our business, such as the longer sales cycles and higher levels of service and support that larger accounts generally require. Some of our competitors with greater financial resources than ours have focused their sales efforts on selling to large enterprises for a longer period of time with more success than we have experienced, which adds to the risk of our strategy. In November 2004, we appointed a new Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and he may not succeed in executing this strategy. If we fail to execute this strategy, or if we have underestimated the costs of this strategy, we will likely miss our revenue and profitability goals.

The markets that we serve are highly competitive and there is no assurance that we will be able to achieve or maintain profitability.

We are aware of many companies in related markets that address particular aspects of the features and functions that our products provide. Currently, in the managed broadband services market, our primary competitors include New Edge, Megapath and Netifice.  In the market for managed dial-up Internet access services we compete directly with iPass and Fiberlink Communications Corporation, each of whom has a network that competes with the GoRemote Global Network. In addition, iPass has greater cash resources than we do and each of iPass and Fiberlink has a larger sales force than our own dedicated to enterprise sales. Large communications service providers such as AT&T, Equant and MCI also have the ability and resources to compete with us in the remote Internet access services market. Many of our competitors have longer operating histories, greater name recognition or larger customer bases, which they may leverage in order to obtain more favorable volume discounts from suppliers. In addition, these competitors may be able to undertake more extensive marketing efforts, adopt more aggressive pricing policies and provide more favorable payment terms to customers than we can, which could limit our opportunities to obtain new customers or cause us to lose our existing customers.

If we are unable to increase revenues associated with broadband services, our ability to grow our business will be impaired.

Until our acquisition of Axcelerant in December 2003, we generated our remote Internet access services revenues almost exclusively from the sale of services based on dial-up access—a narrowband

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technology. In some countries, including the United States, the use of narrowband as a primary means of remote access is expected to decline over time as broadband access technologies, such as cable modem, DSL and Wi-Fi, become more widely adopted and used. Our experience during 2004 and during the first four months of 2005 showed us that the decline in dial-up revenues from service providers will likely continue to occur and possibly at a more rapid pace that may not be predictable. Increasingly, we believe that the future growth of our business will depend in large part upon our ability to expand the broadband elements of our virtual network and generate managed broadband revenues at a substantially higher level and growth rate. We may not succeed in this expansion and we may not generate substantial new revenues, which could harm our results and cause our stock price to decline.

Our business strategy has shifted over time and remains unproven, so the success of our strategy cannot be assured.

Our business strategy has changed over time. For example, we ceased to be an Internet service provider in 1997 and abandoned our Internet telephony services business in 2001. We have pursued our current business—secure managed remote access services—for a relatively brief period, and in markets that are rapidly changing. We have only been offering managed broadband services to enterprises with branch offices and large teleworker populations since December 2003, following our acquisition of Axcelerant. There can be no assurance that we will succeed in our efforts to make our current business profitable.

We recently appointed a new chief executive officer and replaced a number of executives and other key personnel, which may lead to additional personnel and organizational changes that could impact our ability to achieve our strategic goals.

On August 2, 2004, we announced the appointment of Tom Thimot to serve as our President and Chief Executive Officer. During the third quarter of 2004, we replaced our senior marketing and operations executives and a number of other senior managers as part of a realignment of our global operations. On November 1, 2004, we appointed our Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. It is possible that the new management team will introduce additional changes or cause workforce instability as it evaluates how best to achieve our strategic goal of returning to profitability and building sustainable revenue growth.

We may not be successful in our efforts to transition to a reduced cost structure, and the actions that we take in order to accomplish this transition could have long-term adverse effects on our business.

We have taken, and continue to take, various actions to transition our company to a reduced cost structure. In response to declining revenues in our legacy dial access and service provider business, we have scaled back our operations, reduced our expenses, and initiated facility closures and consolidations.

There are several risks inherent in our efforts to transition to a reduced cost structure. These include the risk that we will not be able to hold expenditures at a level necessary to achieve profitability, and that we may have to undertake further cost-reduction initiatives that would entail additional charges. If we are not able to hold down expenses or if we are not able to reduce our non-people-related costs in accordance with our plans, we may have to further reduce our workforce. There is also the risk that the cost-cutting actions we have taken and still plan to take will impair our ability to effectively develop and market products, to remain competitive in the industries in which we compete and to operate effectively. Each of the above measures could have long-term effects on our business by reducing our pool of technical talent, decreasing or slowing improvements in our products, making it more difficult for us to respond to customers, limiting our ability to deploy our solutions to our customers quickly if and when the demand for our solutions increases and limiting our ability to hire and retain key personnel. These circumstances could cause our income to be lower than it otherwise might be, which would adversely affect our stock price.

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Since we have no assurance that customers will continue to use our services or that our customer base will expand, we will have little ability to predict revenue growth or operating results.

Our customers are generally free to use competing products and services and prices for dial-up remote access and Wi-Fi access are declining, so we could face significant customer losses and revenue declines, at unpredictable times. Fiberlink Communications Corporation accounted for eleven percent of our revenues in the six-month period ended April 30, 2005. During this period, a majority of the revenue derived from Fiberlink resulted from access to our network in a small number of countries. As a result of obtaining direct dial-up access through third parties in some of these countries, however, Fiberlink ceased being a ten percent customer in the three-month period ended April 30, 2005, causing a negative revenue impact for us. Revenue concentrations in one or a small group of customers can make our business more risky. In addition, large customers have significant negotiating power during contract discussions or in the event of a customer dispute, which may make it more likely that the terms of the customer arrangement or settlement may be more favorable to the customer. These factors make it difficult to anticipate the level of our future revenues from existing customers. In addition, our success depends on our ability to expand and diversify the composition of our customer base. If we are unable to expand our customer base and increase our average revenues per customer, our business success will be less likely.

We may not succeed in cost-effectively automating, integrating and updating critical back office systems and processes, which could limit our ability to achieve and maintain profitability.

Historically, we have invested in the automation of back office systems and processes in order to enable us to cost effectively grow our traditional mobile office communications business. The back office systems and processes of Axcelerant, whose business we acquired in December 2003, are largely manual. In order to efficiently provision, support and service our customers, we will be required to cost-effectively update, automate and, where appropriate, integrate these systems and processes. We will need to ensure that the combined company’s financial reporting, financial controls and documentation processes meet all applicable financial controls certification standards, such as Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We may underestimate the investments required to accomplish this automation, integration, updating and certification. We may not succeed in this effort, which could impair our ability to scale our operations, limit our growth and lessen the likelihood that we would achieve profitability.

The market price of our common stock has traditionally been highly volatile, and if we do not meet the expectations of analysts, the market price of our common stock could decline further.

In the past, the price of our common stock has experienced large swings up and down. This volatility might occur again in the future. Volatility can arise particularly in response to quarter-to-quarter variations in the actual or anticipated financial results of our Company or our customers or competitors, and announcements that our competitors or we make regarding new product and service introductions. The market price of our common stock can also fluctuate in response to price and volume fluctuations in the stock market, particularly those that affect the market prices of technology stocks.

We have incurred significant losses to date and we may continue to incur losses in the future. If we fail to generate sufficient revenue to achieve and sustain positive cash flow or profits, our stock price will decline.

We have incurred significant losses to date and we expect to continue to incur losses for some period of time. We incurred net losses of approximately $192,000 and $1.0 million for the three and six months ending April 30, 2005, respectively, and $40.7 million for the ten months ending October 31, 2004. As of April 30, 2005, we had an accumulated deficit of $172.1 million.

Prior to fiscal year 2005, we have experienced negative cash flows in each year since our inception in 1994, and we may continue to do so in the future. In addition, we may also incur significant new costs related to possible acquisitions, the development of new products and services, the integration of new

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technologies or the update of old technologies. Moreover, we might not be able to achieve operating profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. To achieve profits, we will need to maintain our relationships with existing customers, generate additional revenue growth from our existing customers and obtain new customers, while continuing to control our expenses. We expect to continue to invest in network and operations, research and development, and sales and marketing, and we expect to face pressure to adopt new pricing arrangements, including volume discounts, that may lower our margins. As a result, our ability to achieve and sustain profitability will depend on our ability to sustain and achieve substantially higher revenue while maintaining reasonable cost and expense levels. If we fail to achieve profitability, our stock price could decline.

We may require additional capital for our operations, which could have a negative effect on your investment.

If our cash proves to be insufficient to fund our operations, we may need to raise additional funds at some point in the future. In the three-month period ended April 30, 2005 we generated $430,000 of cash, leaving us with a cash, cash equivalent and short-term investment balance of $19.8 million. If we raise additional funds by selling equity or convertible debt securities, our stockholders may experience additional dilution and these new securities may have powers, preferences and rights that are senior to those of the rights of our common stock. We cannot predict whether additional financing will be available on terms favorable to us, or at all. If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to fund our business operations, promote our brand identity, take advantage of acquisition opportunities, develop or enhance services or respond to competitive pressures. Any inability to do so could have a negative effect on our business, revenues, financial condition and results of operations.

If our common stock price falls below and remains under $1.00, or if we otherwise fail to comply with Nasdaq rules, our common stock could be delisted from The NASDAQ National Market, which could severely limit the trading market for our common stock.

If we fail to meet the criteria for continued listing on The NASDAQ National Market, our common stock may be delisted, which could make it more difficult for you to sell your shares. For example, if the market price for our common stock falls and remains below $1.00 per share for thirty trading days, we would be subject to delisting. On May 31, 2005, the closing price of our common stock was $1.56 per share.

The telecommunications industry continues to experience instability, which may cause consolidation among network service providers and impair our ability to provide reliable, redundant service coverage and negotiate favorable network access terms.

The telecommunications industry continues to experience dramatic technological change and increased competition that have led to significant declines in network access pricing. In addition, the revenues of network service providers have declined as a result of the general economic slowdown. Network service providers have experienced related operating difficulties in the last several years, leading to poor operating results and declarations of bankruptcy by a number of these providers. These conditions have already led to attempts at consolidation, and more service providers may consolidate or otherwise cease operations in the future, which would reduce the number of network service providers from which we are able to obtain network access. To the extent this were to occur, while we would still be able to maintain operations and provide enterprise connectivity services with a small number of network service providers, we would potentially not be able to provide sufficient alternative access points in some geographic areas, which could diminish our ability to provide broad, reliable, redundant coverage. Further, our ability to negotiate favorable access rates from network service providers could be impaired, which could increase our network access expenses and impact our operating results.

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If we fail to enhance our existing products or if new services, products or features we introduce do not succeed in the marketplace, we will not be able to generate new revenues and we will have increased costs without the expected returns.

Our target markets are characterized by rapid technological advances, changes in end-user requirements, and frequent new product introductions. Our future success will depend on our ability to anticipate or adapt to such changes and to offer, on a timely and cost-effective basis, products that meet changing customer demands. For example, our growth prospects will be determined, among other things, by our ability to grow our new branch office services offering in a highly competitive market with a large number of incumbents. We may lack sufficient resources to anticipate technological and market trends, manage long development cycles or develop, introduce and market new products and enhancements. In addition, we cannot predict whether our products and services will meet with market acceptance or be profitable.

Our ability to compete could be jeopardized if we are unable to protect our intellectual property.

Our products and services rely upon intellectual property rights. For example, we have been issued United States Patent Number 5,898,780 dated April 27, 1999 for “Method and Apparatus for Authorizing Remote Internet Access,” and have other U.S. patents pending. We cannot assure you that patents will issue from the pending applications or, if any patents are issued, that they will be sufficiently broad to protect our technology adequately. In addition, we have a number of trademarks and trademark applications and we use copyright and trade secret protection to protect our software and other original works. Because the technology and intellectual property associated with these products are evolving rapidly, current intellectual property rights may not adequately protect us. In addition, despite efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or otherwise obtain and use our products or technology. Monitoring unauthorized use of technology is difficult, and we cannot assure you that the steps we have taken will prevent unauthorized use of the technology. Moreover, effective patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret protection may not be available in some countries in which we provide, or may anticipate providing, our products. Furthermore, our competitors may independently develop similar technologies that limit the value of our intellectual property. If competitors are able to use our technology, our competitive edge would be reduced or eliminated.

We may become involved in litigation regarding intellectual property rights that could be costly, could cause us to lose significant rights, and divert our management time and attention.

In the future, we, or our customers, may become a party to litigation to protect our intellectual property or to respond to allegations that we infringe others’ intellectual property. We may receive communications from third parties inquiring about their interest in licensing certain of the third party’s intellectual property or more generally identifying intellectual property that could be the basis of a future infringement claim. If a party accuses us of infringing upon its proprietary rights, we would have to defend our company and possibly our customers against the alleged infringement. These lawsuits, regardless of their success, would likely be time-consuming and expensive to resolve and would divert management’s time and attention. Any potential intellectual property litigation could also force us to:

·       stop or delay selling, incorporating or using products that use the challenged intellectual property;

·       obtain a license to sell or use the relevant technology, which license might not be available on reasonable terms or at all; and

·       redesign the products and services that use that technology.

If we are forced to take any of these actions, it may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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Terrorist acts and acts of war may seriously harm our business and revenue, costs and expenses and financial condition.

Terrorist acts or acts of war, including military actions in Iraq and other parts of the Middle East and the geo-political uncertainties in other continents are having an adverse effect on the U.S. economy and could possibly induce or accelerate the advent of a more severe economic recession. The U.S. government’s political, social and economic policies and policy changes as a result of these circumstances could have consequences that we cannot predict, including causing further weaknesses in the economy. In addition, as a multi-national company with headquarters and significant operations located in the United States, we may be impacted by actions against the United States. We will be predominantly uninsured for losses and interruptions caused by terrorist acts and acts of war. Thus, the long-term impact of these events on our business is uncertain. As a result, our operating results and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

Our customers require a high degree of reliability in the delivery of our services, and if we cannot meet their expectations for any reason, demand for our products and services will suffer.

Our success depends on our ability to assure generally error-free clearinghouse services, uninterrupted operation of our network and software infrastructure, and a satisfactory experience for our customers’ end users. In the past, we have experienced problems due to our inability to detect system malfunctions and due to errors in collecting or processing account usage and settlement data. Due to the high level of performance required for critical communications traffic, any failure to deliver a satisfactory experience to end users, whether or not caused by our own failures, and any failure to provide accurate settlement data in connection with acting as a clearinghouse, could reduce demand for our products and services.

We depend on our reseller customers to market Internet-based communications services to their end users, so if our reseller customers fail to market their services effectively, our revenues may be reduced.

Our business depends in part on the efforts and success of our Internet service provider and telecommunications service customers in marketing Internet-based communications services to their end users. Although we have recently focused more heavily on selling to large enterprise customers, the highest percentage of our revenues is derived from our traditional service provider business. It is important that we maintain a healthy service provider business while we attempt to grow a more expansive enterprise customer base. Recently, we have experienced a faster than projected decline in revenues derived from our service provider customers. We have little ability to promote our services, or to promote demand for our reseller customers’ services generally. The use of the Internet as a medium for communications services remains unproven. If our reseller customers fail to market their Internet-based communications services effectively, our revenues will be reduced. Similarly, if the market for Internet-based communications services fails to grow, or expands more slowly than anticipated, our revenues will be lower than expected. The Internet-based services we provide are relatively new and have not achieved widespread market acceptance. Network service providers and communication solutions providers may be reluctant to promote or rely upon our services until they gain greater commercial acceptance, which may never occur.

The unpredictability of our quarterly results may cause the trading price of our common stock to decline.

Our quarterly revenues and operating results have varied in the past and are likely to fluctuate unpredictably in the future for many reasons beyond our control. Any of these factors could cause our stock price to decline. The primary factors that affect revenues and operating results, in addition to the factors discussed elsewhere in this section, include the following:

·       the volume of transaction-based revenues;

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·       the timing of deployment of services by our customers;

·       competitive pricing pressure;

·       the mix of services used by our customers’ end users;

·       difficulty collecting accounts receivable, particularly from customers based outside the U.S.;

·       changes in global travel patterns due to past and potential future terrorist activities in the U.S. and the military responses to them in the Middle East, Southern Asia and elsewhere; and

·       regulation, domestically and internationally.

Our operating expenses are largely determined based on our expectations about revenues. A high percentage of our expenses are fixed in the short term. As a result, lower than anticipated revenues for any reason could cause substantial operating losses.

If we fail to attract and retain qualified sales personnel, our business might be harmed.

Our success depends in large part upon our ability to identify, attract and retain qualified sales individuals. Competition for these individuals is often intense, and we may not be able to hire the type and number of sales personnel we need. Once qualified salespersons are hired, they require extensive training in our multiple services solution offering. This training typically covers several weeks of formal in-class and on-the-job instruction. As of May 31, 2005, we had 35 sales personnel. If we are unable to retain our current sales employees and train new sales personnel as rapidly as necessary, we may not be able to increase market awareness and sales of our services, which may prevent us from generating revenue and may negatively impact our ability to maintain customer relationships.

The uncertain economic environment in general could adversely affect our revenue, gross margins and expenses.

Our revenues depend in part on the overall demand for information technology products and services, particularly in the product and service segments in which we compete. Softening demand for our products and services caused by the ongoing economic downturn has resulted in decreased revenue growth rates, and may in the future result in decreased revenue, earnings or growth rates and problems with our ability to realize customer receivables. Global economic and market conditions continue to be challenging. As a result, companies are delaying or reducing expenditures, including those for information technology. In addition, if our customers experience financial difficulties, we could suffer losses associated with the outstanding portion of accounts receivable. The global economic downturn contributed to reported declines in our revenue growth during fiscal year 2004. Further delays or reductions in information technology spending could have a material adverse effect on demand for our products and services and consequently our results of operations, prospects and stock price.

Security concerns may deter the use of the Internet for Internet-based communications, which would reduce demand for our products and services.

The secure transmission of confidential information over public networks is a significant barrier to widespread adoption of electronic commerce and communications. The Internet is a public network and information is sent over this network from many sources. Advances in computer capabilities, new discoveries in the field of code breaking or other developments could result in compromised security on our network or the networks of others. Security and authentication concerns with respect to the transmission over the Internet of confidential information, such as corporate access passwords, and the ability of unauthorized computer users, so-called hackers, to penetrate online security systems may reduce

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the demand for our services. If any well-publicized compromises of confidential information were to occur, it could reduce demand for Internet-based communications and our products and services.

Government regulations and legal uncertainties regarding the Internet could harm our business.

We will be subject to local regulations or laws applicable to access to or commerce on the Internet, in addition to regulations applicable to businesses generally. However, the Federal Communications Commission has initiated several proceedings that may change the regulatory and legal framework for the provision of broadband and Internet services and current and future Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations, as well as judicial interpretations of these rules and regulations, which could negatively affect our business. In addition, international regulatory standards will govern our products and services in foreign markets and could impair our ability to develop products and services for international service providers in the future. We may not be able to obtain or maintain all of the regulatory approvals that may be required to operate our business. The inability to obtain these approvals, as well as any delays caused by our compliance and our customers’ compliance with regulatory requirements or resulting from uncertainty associated with future regulatory decisions, could result in postponements or cancellations of product orders, which would significantly reduce our revenue.

Recently enacted and proposed regulatory changes may cause us to incur increased costs.

Recently enacted and proposed changes in the laws and regulations affecting public companies, including the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, will increase our expenses as we evaluate the implications of new rules and devote resources to respond to the new requirements. In particular, we expect to incur additional administrative expense as we implement Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires management to report on, and our independent auditors to attest to, our internal controls. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act mandates, among other things, that companies adopt new corporate governance measures and imposes comprehensive reporting and disclosure requirements, sets stricter independence and financial expertise standards for audit committee members and imposes increased civil and criminal penalties for companies, their chief executive officers, chief financial officers and directors for securities law violations. In addition, The NASDAQ National Market, on which our common stock is listed, has also adopted comprehensive rules and regulations relating to corporate governance. These laws, rules and regulations have increased and will continue to increase the scope, complexity and cost of our corporate governance, reporting and disclosure practices, which could harm our results of operations and divert management’s attention from business operations. We also expect these developments to make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance in the future, and we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain coverage.

Further, our board members, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer could face an increased risk of personal liability in connection with the performance of their duties. As a result, we may have difficultly attracting and retaining qualified board members and executive officers, which would adversely affect our business.

If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to report our financial results accurately or detect fraud. As a result, we could be subject to costly litigation, and current and potential shareholders could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which could harm our business and the trading price of our common stock.

Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and to detect and prevent fraud. We are currently performing the system and process evaluation required to comply with the management certification and auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This evaluation may conclude that enhancements, modifications or changes to our internal controls are necessary. Completing this evaluation, performing testing and implementing any required remedial

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changes will require significant expenditures in the short term and on a regular basis in the future. We cannot be certain as to the timing of completion of our evaluation, testing and remediation actions or the impact of the same on our operations. We have in the past discovered, and may in the future discover, areas of our internal controls that need improvement. For example, during our 2003 audit, our independent registered public accountant brought to our attention a need to improve the closing process used at our Irvine, California location by formally documenting our policy relating to recognition of revenues derived from agency arrangements as well as reseller arrangements, ensuring proper recognition of broadband service installation revenues, training employees performing key finance and accounting functions and documenting certain judgmental accounting matters. Although these items were subsequently addressed, the auditor initially identified these items, collectively, as a “reportable condition,” which means that they were matters that in the auditor’s judgment could adversely affect our ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data consistent with the assertions of management in the financial statements. During late 2004, we determined that the internal documentation of our revenue recognition policy was not consistent with our actual practice, which we believe has been and is consistent with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). We subsequently revised this documentation to be consistent with our practice. During our 2004 audit, our independent registered public accountant noted deficiencies which they considered to be significant in the aggregate, although they noted no matters involving our internal control structure and our operations that they considered to be a material weakness that had a material impact on the true and fair view of our consolidated financial statements. Going forward, the completion of our evaluation of internal controls, implemention of any changes that are necessary, and maintenance of an effective system of internal controls will be expensive and require considerable management attention. However, if we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls or prevent fraud, we could be subject to costly litigation, we may be unable to comply with Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley, we may be delisted from trading, investors could lose confidence in our reported financial information and our brand and operating results could be harmed, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our common stock.

The current regulatory environment affecting accounting principles generally accepted in the United States is uncertain and volatile, and significant changes in current principles could affect our financial statements going forward.

Recent actions and public comments from the Securities and Exchange Commission have focused on the integrity of financial reporting generally. In addition, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and other regulatory accounting agencies have recently introduced new accounting standards, such as accounting for stock options, and continue to develop new proposed standards, some of which would represent a significant change from current industry practices. While we believe that our financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, we cannot predict the impact of the adoption of any such proposals on our financial statements going forward. For example, we currently are not required to record stock-based compensation charges if the employee’s stock option exercise price equals or exceeds the fair value of our common stock at the date of grant. However, several companies have elected to change their accounting policies and begun to record the fair value of stock options as an expense. In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 123 Revised, which is effective as of the beginning of the first annual reporting period that begins after June 15, 2005. We have not completed our evaluation of the impact of adoption of SFAS 123 Revised on our consolidated financial position or results of operations. We expect to complete our evaluation during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2005.

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Provisions in our charter documents might deter a company from acquiring us, which could inhibit your ability to receive an acquisition premium for your shares.

Provisions of our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and Delaware law make it difficult for a third party to acquire us, despite the possible benefit to our stockholders, and this may potentially lower the price of our common stock. These provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws:

·       authorize the board to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval;

·       prohibit cumulative voting in the election of directors;

·       limit the persons who may call special meetings of stockholders; and

·       establish advance notice requirements for nominations for the election of the board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted on by stockholders at stockholder meetings.

In addition, we have elected to remain subject to the anti-takeover provisions of Delaware law. These factors may discourage takeover attempts.

ITEM 3.   QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Foreign Currency Risk.   We have limited exposure to financial market risks, including changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. Although we have foreign operations in Europe and Asia, to date, our exposure to foreign currency fluctuations has not been material. We primarily invoice and settle in U.S. dollars amongst our customers and providers. We do not participate in any foreign currency hedging activities.

Interest Rate Risk.   Our exposure to interest rate risk relates primarily to our investment portfolio. Interest rate risk occurs when we cannot hold a purchased investment to its maturity. The weighted-average maturity of our investment portfolio, when taking into account the reset feature of floating rate municipal bonds, is limited to 90 days. We intend to have our securities available for sale. We do not expect to recognize an adverse impact on income or cash flows, although there can be no assurance of this result. We have established policies and business practices regarding our investment portfolio to preserve principal while obtaining reasonable rates of return without significantly increasing risk. We place investments with high credit quality issuers according to our investment policy. We do not use derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio. All investments are carried at fair market value at April 30, 2005 and are considered available for sale. Due to the short-term nature of our investments, we believe that there is no material exposure to interest fluctuation. Therefore, no accompanying table has been provided.

ITEM 4.   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.   Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 require public companies to maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” which are defined as a company’s controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. Our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, based on their evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective for this purpose.

Changes in Internal Controls.   During the period covered by this report, there were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. However, we have in the past and intend in the future to continue to refine our internal controls on an ongoing basis.

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Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures.   Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include, but are not limited to, the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, the control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

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PART II.   OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.   LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are subject to various legal proceedings and claims arising in the ordinary course of business. Our management does not expect that the results in any of these legal proceedings will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

In July and August 2001, we and certain of our officers were named as defendants in five purported securities class action lawsuits filed in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, captioned as In re GRIC Communications, Inc. Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, No. 01 Civ 6771 (SAS), and consolidated with more than three hundred substantially identical proceedings as In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, Master File No. 21 MC 92 (SAS). The Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint for Violation of the Federal Securities Laws (“Consolidated Complaint”) was filed on or about April 19, 2002, and alleges claims against certain of our officers and against CIBC World Markets Corp., Prudential Securities Incorporated, DB Alex. Brown, as successor to Deutsche Bank, and U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., underwriters of our December 14, 1999 initial public offering (“underwriter defendants”), under Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under Section 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Citing several press articles, the Consolidated Complaint alleges that the underwriter defendants used improper methods in allocating shares in initial public offerings, and claims the underwriter defendants entered into improper commission agreements regarding aftermarket trading in our common stock purportedly issued pursuant to the registration statement for the initial public offering. The Consolidated Complaint also alleges market manipulation claims against the underwriter defendants based on the activities of their respective analysts, who were allegedly compromised by conflicts of interest. The plaintiffs in the Consolidated Complaint seek damages as measured under Section 11 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, pre-judgment and post-judgment interest, and reasonable attorneys’ and expert witnesses’ fees and other costs; no specific amount is claimed in the plaintiffs’ prayer in the Consolidated Complaint. By Order of the Court, no responsive pleading is yet due, although motions to dismiss on global issues affecting all of the issuers have been filed.

In October 2002, certain of our officers and directors who had been named as defendants in the In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation were dismissed without prejudice upon order of the presiding judge. In February 2003, the presiding judge dismissed the Section 10(b) claims against us and our named officers and directors with prejudice.

From September 2002 through June 2003, we participated in settlement negotiations with a committee of issuers’ litigation counsel, plaintiffs’ executive committee and representatives of various insurance companies (the “Insurers”). Our Insurers were actively involved in the settlement negotiations, and strongly supported a settlement proposal presented to us for consideration in early June 2003. The settlement proposed by the plaintiffs would be paid for by the Insurers and would dispose of all remaining claims against us.

After careful consideration, we decided to approve the settlement proposal in July 2003. Although we believe that plaintiffs’ claims are without merit, we have decided to accept the settlement proposal (which does not admit wrongdoing) to avoid the cost and distraction of continued litigation. Because the settlement will be funded entirely by our Insurers, we do not believe that the settlement will have any effect on our consolidated financial condition, results or operations or cash flows.

The settlement was presented to the Court for approval in June 2004. The Court preliminarily approved most of the settlement in February 2005, but requested a few minor modifications be made to its terms. The parties are currently negotiating these modifications and intend to present the revised settlement agreement to the Court shortly. While the Court is expected to finally approve or disapprove

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the settlement in the coming months, there can be no guarantee that the settlement will be judicially approved.

ITEM 2.   UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Not applicable.

ITEM 3.   DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

Not applicable.

ITEM 4.   SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

The Company held its annual meeting of stockholders on March 3, 2005. Following are descriptions of the matters voted on and the results of such meeting:

 

 

Votes
For

 

Votes
Against

 

Votes
Abstained

 

Votes
Withheld

 

Broker 
Non-
Votes

 

1. Election of Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Hong Chen

 

33,287,337

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

158,601

 

 

 

James Goodman

 

33,316,979

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

128,959

 

 

 

Olof Pripp

 

33.275,445

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

170,493

 

 

 

Murray Rudin

 

33,277,315

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

168,623

 

 

 

Walter Sousa

 

33,254,363

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

191,575

 

 

 

Tom Thimot

 

33,170,286

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

275,652

 

 

 

Gerald Wright

 

33,276,765

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

169,173

 

 

 

Joseph M. Zaelit

 

33,147,957

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

297,984

 

 

 

2. Proposal to ratify the appointment of BDO Seidman, LLP as independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2005

 

33.335.980

 

58,665

 

 

51,293

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 5.   OTHER INFORMATION

Not applicable.

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ITEM 6.   EXHIBITS

(a)   Exhibits

Exhibit

 

 

 

Incorporated by Reference

 

Filed or Furnished

Number

 

 

Exhibit Description

 

Form

 

File No.

 

Exhibit

 

Filing Date

 

Herewith

31.01

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14a certification of Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer, dated June 9, 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

31.02

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14a certification of Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer, dated June 9, 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

32.01*

 

Section 1350 certification of Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer, dated June 9, 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X*

32.02*

 

Section 1350 certification of Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer, dated June 9, 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X*


*                    These certifications accompany GoRemote’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended April 30, 2005. These certifications are not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not to be incorporated by reference in any filing of GoRemote under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any filings.

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SIGNATURE

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, on June 9, 2005.

GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc.

 

/s/ DANIEL W. FAIRFAX

 

Daniel W. Fairfax

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

(principal financial officer and
duly authorized officer)

 

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