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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K
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þ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011:
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o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Crexendo, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-32277
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87-0591719
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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1615 South 52nd Street, Tempe, AZ 85281
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
(602) 714-8500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
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Name of each exchange on which registered
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Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
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New York Stock Exchange – Amex Securities
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
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None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No þ
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes o No þ
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 þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No o
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
Large accelerated filer o | Accelerated filer o | Non-accelerated filer o | Smaller reporting company þ |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o No þ
The aggregate market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2011 was approximately $31,418,000.
The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding as of March 7, 2012 was 10,529,534.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the Proxy Statement to be used by the registrant in connection with its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the close of the fiscal year are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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BUSINESS
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RISK FACTORS
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ITEM 2. |
PROPERTIES
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ITEM 3. |
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
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ITEM 4. |
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
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MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
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ITEM 6. |
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
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QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISKS
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ITEM 8. |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
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CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
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ITEM 9A. |
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
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ITEM 9B. |
OTHER INFORMATION
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DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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ITEM 11. |
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
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ITEM 13. |
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
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ITEM 14. |
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
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EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
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PART I
Throughout this Annual Report, we refer to Crexendo, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, as “we,” “us,” “our Company” or “the Company.” As used in this Annual Report, “StoresOnline™” is a registered trademark of our Company in the United States and other countries. All other product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify the products and services of, their respective owners.
THIS ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE STATEMENTS RELATE TO FUTURE EVENTS OR OUR FUTURE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE. IN SOME CASES, YOU CAN IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS BY TERMINOLOGY SUCH AS “MAY,” “WILL,” “SHOULD,” “EXPECT,” “PLAN,” “INTEND,” “ANTICIPATE,” “BELIEVE,” “ESTIMATE,” “PROJECT,” “PREDICT,” “POTENTIAL” OR “CONTINUE” (INCLUDING THE NEGATIVE OF SUCH TERMS), OR OTHER SIMILAR TERMINOLOGY. THESE STATEMENTS ARE ONLY ESTIMATIONS, AND ARE BASED UPON VARIOUS ASSUMPTIONS THAT MAY NOT BE REALIZED. ACTUAL EVENTS OR RESULTS MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY. IN EVALUATING THESE STATEMENTS, YOU SHOULD SPECIFICALLY CONSIDER VARIOUS FACTORS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RISKS OUTLINED BELOW UNDER ITEM 1A. THESE FACTORS MAY CAUSE OUR ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT.
ALTHOUGH WE BELIEVE THAT THE ESTIMATIONS REFLECTED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE REASONABLE, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE FUTURE RESULTS, LEVELS OF ACTIVITY, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS. MOREOVER, NEITHER WE NOR ANY OTHER PERSON ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS OF THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. WE DO NOT INTEND TO UPDATE ANY OF THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS ANNUAL REPORT TO CONFORM SUCH STATEMENTS TO ACTUAL RESULTS OR TO CHANGES IN OUR EXPECTATIONS, UNLESS REQUIRED BY LAW.
ITEM 1.
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BUSINESS
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OVERVIEW
We provide a variety of cloud-based infrastructure services to all sizes of businesses. Our services include high-quality voice and messaging services over broadband networks, Do-It-For-Me and Do-It-Yourself content management and website building tools, online marketing, online lead generation, e-commerce technology, and training solutions that enable entrepreneurs and small and medium–sized businesses to build and maintain an effective online presence. Our web services are designed to help increase the predictability of success for online businesses.
Our primary web service offerings are designed to meet the needs of entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized businesses anywhere along their lifecycles. Our Do-It-Yourself package includes our robust content management and website building solution, fully enabled e-commerce package, online marketing tools, and educational training modules. In addition to our primary service offerings for the Do-It-Yourself customer base, we also offer a variety of premium services to the Do-It-Yourself customer such as initial site design and build, logo design, drop-shipper/supplier integration, and a variety of search engine optimization and link building packages.
Our Do-It-For-Me services are comprehensive and flexible, allowing us to meet the needs of a wide variety of customers ranging from those just establishing their online presence to those wanting to enhance their existing online presence. These services include custom website design and development, search engine optimization, link building, conversion rate optimization, paid search management, and social media management. Additionally, as the online space continues to evolve our product and service offerings will continue to evolve to keep our customers on the cutting edge of the online space.
In addition to web services, we offer a suite of high quality voice and messaging services over broadband networks. Our small and home office services are portable and allow our customers to make and receive phone calls almost anywhere a broadband Internet connection is available. We transmit these calls using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology, which converts voice signals into digital data packets for transmission over the Internet. At a cost effective rate, each of our calling plans provides a number of basic features typically offered by traditional telephone service providers, plus a wide range of enhanced features that we believe offer an attractive value proposition to our customers.
We rely heavily on our network, which is a flexible, scalable Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) based VoIP network that rides on top of the Internet. This platform enables a user via a single “identity” to access and utilize services and features regardless of how they are connected to the Internet. As a result, with one identity, either a number or user name, customers have access to Crexendo voice, messaging, features, and personal profile information regardless of location, device, or how they access the Internet.
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OUR STRATEGY
We have historically sold our content management and website building tool as a perpetual software license. During 2011, we transitioned from selling a perpetual software license to a Software as a Service (“SaaS”) model. This transition provides the foundation for our strategy on a go forward basis. Key elements of our strategy include:
Expanding Our Distribution Channels. To sell our web and hosted telecom products and services cost effectively, we must expand our distribution channels. We have historically sold our web services through a direct mail seminar channel, which relied on direct mail marketing campaigns to attract attendees. In July 2011, we announced we would suspend the sale of our products and services through our direct mail seminar format. In connection with this announcement, we began to accelerate plans to expand our distribution channels through direct sales, online marketing , affiliate programs, white-label programs, strategic marketing and partnerships. We anticipate these expanded distribution channels will provide multiple revenue streams from customers across a broader spectrum.
Continuing to Target the Entrepreneur and Small and Medium-Sized Business Market Segment. We believe the entrepreneur and small and medium-sized business market segment offers us the best opportunity for future growth, but we are capable of handling all sizes of business. We believe this is a largely underserved market with significant needs for comprehensive, affordable, and scalable solutions for their web and telecom service requirements. Our services are designed to be scalable to meet the needs of these businesses that often times do not have the time, resources, or technical skills to fulfill themselves.
Strengthening Customer Retention. We are dedicated to enhancing customer retention and building lasting relationships with our customers. We believe a critical element in strengthening customer retention is continuous improvement to our content management and web-building tools, including improvements to our user interface to create a more intuitive and interactive experience. We believe staying ahead of the technology curve is a critical element to our customer retention. We are constantly updating and expanding our product and service offerings to meet the needs of our customer base in this dynamic marketplace.
Developing Complimentary Services and Technologies. We seek to develop complimentary products and services for our customers. Our ultimate goal is to become the leading provider of hosted solutions in the entrepreneur and small and medium-sized business space. We currently provide web services, hosting services, online marketing services and hosted telecom services. We expect to expand our product offerings in the future to include bandwidth services, premium telecom services such as operator services, conferencing services, call center services, and mobile features for both our web platform and telecom service.
OUR SERVICES AND PRODUCTS
Our goal is to provide a broad range of cloud-based products and services that nearly eliminate the cost of a businesses’ technology infrastructure and enable businesses of any size to more efficiently run their business. By providing a variety of comprehensive and scalable solutions, we are able to provide these solutions on a monthly basis to businesses and individuals, regardless of where their business is in the business lifecycle. Our Business Solution products and services can be categorized in the following offerings:
Website Design and Development
Using our proprietary software and processes we design and develop websites with “conversion” in mind. The term conversion means different things to different websites. To a lead-generation website, it means getting prospects to submit their contact information so the sales team can contact them. For an e-commerce website, conversion means getting an online customer to complete an order.
Our website design packages range from a semi-custom template based design package to a completely custom design package. We incorporate analytics into every website we build. Proper analytics allow identification of weak spots in the conversion process. Once weak spots are identified, the site can be adjusted to smooth out the process and help turn more prospects into customers.
Once the site is complete, we provide tutorials and tools to allow customers to make changes to their sites as often as necessary without having to pay additional programming fees. Alternatively, customers can elect to have us manage the changes to their websites for an additional fee.
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
There are two general aspects to Search Engine Optimization (“SEO”). First, the tactical level, that includes conditioning a website and/or its pages to be relevant and search-engine friendly. Second, we help businesses strategically select keywords and keyword phrases. The popularity of a site plays a role in what keyword phrases a business can compete on versus what keyword phrases might be “out of their league”. We focus on the strategic selection of keywords and prioritize keywords that have healthy search volumes and high ‘win’ capability. Our experience coupled with our software allow us to strategically select the best choices for keyword phrases to target which provide the highest probability of getting high search engine positions and draws maximum traffic to the website. Our SEO packages include a keyword interview, strategic keyword research, baseline ranking report, search engine optimization plan, and comparison ranking report.
Link Building
Link building is a critical component of off-page SEO. To be effective, a link building campaign must be done manually. Search engines can detect links obtained via automated submission. Also, links need to come from many different types of sites, not just one or two. Link building is closely related to search engine optimization, as such; we carefully synchronize all our link building efforts and anchor text with our search engine optimization efforts.
An effective link building effort is labor intensive, with no real shortcuts. We use a broad based approach for link building that follows search engine webmaster guidelines. We use strategies that include, but aren’t limited to: Web 2.0 sites, social media and social bookmarking sites, vertical portals, local directories, live directories, and others.
Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)
Conversion is the percentage of visitors to a site that turn into action takers. A customer’s site might be an e-commerce site, a lead generation site, or it might have a goal of signing up members, newsletter subscribers, webinar registrations, white paper downloads, or accessing a specific page in the site. There are many different types of success events, and not all websites perform equally with respect to getting visitors to take the desired actions. Sites with a high percentage of action takers as compared to all traffic would be considered to have high conversion rates.
Conversion Rate Optimization (“CRO”) is the process of making a website better at moving visitors toward conversion. Because the Internet is constantly changing, conversion rate best practices are dynamic. We constantly monitor the latest Internet developments in order to know how best to optimize a given website for conversion.
An important part of CRO is analytics. For most companies we recommend Google® Analytics because it is free and accomplishes everything most companies need. With any analytics solution, the challenge is to configure it properly. Our CRO packages are designed to ensure proper configuration of the customers’ analytics solution and ongoing review of the data to help analyze and interpret the data to spot trends and make course corrections.
Paid Search Management
We offer paid search management services, such as management of Google® AdWords™, Yahoo and Microsoft Advertising adCenter™ accounts for our customers.
Modern paid search networks are incredibly sophisticated and require a tremendous amount of experience and expertise to avoid the many potential pitfalls of paid search. We assist customers by taking a conservative approach to paid search management. By using a combination of proprietary automation tools, split test dedicated landing pages, as well as the practiced eye of an expert monitoring our customer accounts on a daily basis, we are able to consistently raise conversion rates and lower the cost of pay-per-click (PPC) acquisition.
Do-It-Yourself Websites
We offer a variety of Do-It-Yourself website building and marketing solutions for entrepreneurs and small businesses that intend to build their own websites or enhance their websites with online marketing. These solutions include hosting services, web building tools with e-commerce capabilities and online marketing training. Our online marketing training courses instruct on the following subjects: affiliate marketing, Amazon® and eBay® training, comparison shopping engines, competitive reconnaissance, conversion rate optimization, keyword research, link building, localization and regionalization, paid search campaigns, permission marketing, search engine optimization, social media marketing, and Google® analytics.
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Cloud Telephone Service Plans
The Crexendo Cloud Telephone Service Suite is a professional business communication service for business, which operates with a user’s high speed internet connection. Crexendo’s Cloud Telephone Service offering includes hardware and software solutions for networked desktop telephone systems, Crexendo Mobile Services and Crexendo Cloud Fax Services. We currently offer the following plans and equipment:
The Crexendo Cloud Telephone Service is a desktop phone offer that includes unlimited local and long distance calling in the US/Canada using VoIP technology. Porting of a local number and an audio conferencing bridge account with up to 10-parties are included in the monthly service. The user account includes a web user interface for management of voicemail, email and inbound fax. Features include 3-way calling, find me/follow me, and interactive voice response for customized greetings and routing. Toll-free service and local number services may be added for an additional monthly cost.
Crexendo Mobile for iPhone and Android is an add-on service that allows business users a solution for taking their business communication on the go.
Small Business Plans
Crexendo 800 Plan –is an inbound 800 communication service which includes a virtual office web user interface for managing your 800 phone numbers, incoming emails, inbound fax, and voice messages. The plan includes an 800 number, free local fax number, and inbound fax service.
Crexendo Cloud Telephone Service Plan–is an executive business communication service for business which operates with a business’ broadband internet connection. Crexendo’s Cloud Telephone Service Plan is designed for businesses going to a virtual office or adding knowledge-based/teleworkers.
Crexendo Cloud Telephone Service Plan includes:
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Unlimited Calling - local and long distance calling in the US/Canada;
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Number Transfer - free porting of a local number;
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Web Interface - manage voicemail, email and inbound fax;
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Business Features – two-line support, three-way calling on the phone or ten-party through bridge, find me/follow me and interactive voice response for business routing, consultative transfers, blind transfer, text-to-speech support for personalized greetings, E911 support, basic hunt groups and more; and
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Crexendo Cloud Fax Plan –is a professional business fax communication service for small business which operates with a business’ broadband internet connection. The Adaptor unit supports the connection of fax machines for outbound fax, plus up to one additional device which could be another fax machine, a home phone, or cordless/wireless phone.
Crexendo Cloud Fax Plan includes:
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● | Web Interface - manage inbound faxes, voicemail, and e-mails from a single web screen assigned to each account; and | |
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Crexendo Cloud Mobile Plan – this plan offers a complimentary mobile app service for taking your small business communications on the go. The iPhone and Android apps work with your wireless data plan and can be an add-on to your desktop cloud telephone service, providing direct access to your extension from your mobile app.
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Crexendo Communication Equipment
Crexendo Internet Phone – the Crexendo phone is a professional six-line business desktop phone for making calls. The Crexendo phone includes menu, do-not-disturb, hold, three-way conference, directory, message waiting, headset transition, transfer, redial and volume controls. Add a pc connection to share internet resources, plus, ten speed dial/programmable keys. Menu prompts users for one touch connections, history, directory, do-not-disturb, status, features like call forward, call waiting, direct dial keys, hotline, anonymous call, auto redial, intercom, call completion, password set, contacts, blacklist, and corporate contacts.
Crexendo Digital Telephone Adaptor – this is a digital telephone adaptor (“DTA”)that provides connectivity for fax machines, home phones, and cordless/wireless phones.
Crexendo Mobile – software application for iPhone and Android. This software app allows users to access their extension and receive calls and other Crexendo Telephone Service features remotely.
Audio Bridge – Crexendo SOHO and small office plans include one audio bridge conference line per phone. This service provides users with a pin and local number for bridging up to ten-parties in a conference call.
Local Number Portability – Crexendo allows users to port their phone number to our telecom service.
Marketing and Sales Channel
We engage in a variety of marketing activities to increase awareness of our products and services, to sell additional products and services to our existing customer base, and to enhance the value we provide to entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized business entities. Our marketing and sales channels are best described by business segment.
StoresOnline
Our StoresOnline business segment serves the SOHO business owner and entrepreneur seeking the tools and training to establish a successful website on the Internet. Specifically, StoresOnline services a market segment looking for a “do-it-yourself” option as an alternative to the high cost of contracting an e-commerce or lead generation web developer and, most importantly, an ad agency for website promotion. Both are difficult barriers to many entrepreneurs looking to establish a presence on the Internet.
We have historically sold our StoresOnline products and services through a direct mail seminar format utilizing direct response marketing campaigns. In July 2011, we suspended the sale of our products and services through the direct mail seminar format. Following the suspension the direct mail seminar format, our primary marketing channel for our StoresOnline segment has been through in-house telemarketing using a variety of lead sources including our existing customer base, online marketing channels, and direct prospecting.
Crexendo Web Services
Crexendo Web Services segment serves small and medium-sized businesses seeking to enhance their presence on the Internet. Specifically, Crexendo Web Services serves a market segment looking for a “Do-It-For-Me” option to increase traffic and conversion on their sites. The primary products and services for Crexendo Web Services include custom website design and development, search engine optimization services, conversion rate optimization services, link building services, and paid search management.
Crexendo Web Services sells its products and services through a direct sales channel, online channels, white label relationships, and through strategic marketing partnerships. The initial step in the sales approach typically starts with an in-depth analysis of the potential customer’s website using Crexendo Web Services’ proprietary tools and software for analyzing search demand, identification of keywords, keyword density, and effective pay-per-click strategies. Utilizing these tools allows our search engine optimization professionals to efficiently develop a long-term web-marketing strategy focused on generating qualified leads and traffic to our customers’ websites.
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Crexendo Network Services
Crexendo Network Services is focused on developing, marketing, and selling telecommunication and data services. We are currently developing and deploying broadband digital phone service utilizing standard Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”) equipment and services.
Our telecom offering enables our customers to add digital voice services to their high-speed Internet connections. Customers can choose a direct-dial phone number from any of the rate centers offered by the service and use Crexendo supplied IP phones or DTAs to make and receive calls to/from the Public Switched Telephone Network and other Crexendo endpoints.
We have developed a suite of business services that offer feature-rich communications services to small and medium-sized businesses, eliminating the need for traditional telecommunications services and business phone systems. Our primary focus with our service is to replace private branch exchange, or “PBX”, telephone systems in the small business marketplace with a hosted, Internet-based business phone service solution. Our service can completely replace a company's PBX infrastructure by delivering all telecom services over a managed Internet connection.
These services are offered through our direct sales and strategic marketing relationships.
Segment revenue and income (loss) before income tax provision was as follows (in thousands):
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Crexendo Network Services
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Unallocated corporate items
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Loss before income tax provision
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$ | (1,178 | ) | $ | (1,618 | ) |
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Seasonality
We have historically experienced seasonal fluctuations in our StoresOnline segment as responses to our marketing for Preview Training Sessions and Internet Training Workshops are historically lower during the period from June through Labor Day, and during the holiday season from Thanksgiving Day through the first few weeks of January. As we are no longer selling through Preview and Training Workshops, and Internet Training Workshops, we expect that the seasonality we have historically experienced will stabilize as we continue our transition to a recurring revenue model.
Technology
We believe our developed proprietary technologies represent a key component of our business model. We believe these technologies distinguish our services and products from the services and products offered by our competitors. In particular, our content management and website development software, which includes advanced editing capabilities in terms of content and website creation, dynamic image creation, hosting environment and infrastructure, and total customer relationship management.
Our software platform is continuously being enhanced and is an innovative website-building environment. Features and functions of our software include:
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during website development, our customers can experience the look and feel of their websites as if they were their own customers. They can shop, navigate, order products, track orders, and more. If they want to change or add more elements, they can edit, rearrange, add, and delete the elements all within a dynamic, point-and-click environment;
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designs that are customized based on the customers’ choices and arrangements. Customers can modify the look and feel of the design to complement their services or products. In addition, design modification and arrangement are executed within a streamlined, point-and-click environment;
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blogs, online journals, message boards, and forums that are easily integrated into the content of the website. As administrators, the customers have full control in terms of filtering content, allowing images, and other blog, message board, and forum permissions;
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customizable forms that address customer-specific needs. By using customized forms, our customers can set up secure, encrypted forms with improved ease to collect sensitive information from their customers. This is especially useful for service-based businesses, as these forms can be used for job, loan, applications, questionnaires, bids, quotes, lead generation, etc.
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advanced features include: ordering rules setup for shipping, sales tax, and discount codes, UPS integration, inventory control system, gift certificate and gift card purchasing and redemption, integration with Amazon® Checkout and/or Google® Checkout, Google® Base integration, eBay® auctions integration, shopping cart supporting multiple currencies and price sets, automatic sitemap generation used by search engines, and advanced website product search using filters to quickly narrow down the product offering based on product attributes.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
We invested $3,262,000 and $3,090,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, in the research and development of our technologies. The majority of these expenditures were for our hosted telecom product, search engine optimization tools, content management and web building tools.
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COMPETITION
Our markets are increasingly competitive. Our competitors include application service providers, software vendors, systems integrators, direct providers, and information technology consulting services providers.
Most of these competitors, however, do not yet offer the full range of services we believe our target market requires. These competitors could elect to focus additional resources in our target markets, which could adversely affect our business prospects, financial position and results of operations materially. Many of our current and potential competitors have longer operating histories, larger customer bases and longer relationships with customers as well as significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and public relations resources than we do.
Additionally, should we determine to pursue acquisition opportunities, we may compete with other companies with similar growth strategies. Some of these competitors may be larger and have greater financial and other resources than us. Competition for these acquisition targets could also result in increased prices of acquisition targets and a diminished pool of companies available for acquisition.
There are relatively low barriers to entry into our business. Our proprietary technology does not preclude or inhibit competitors from entering our markets. In particular, we anticipate new entrants will attempt to develop competing products and services or new forums for conducting e-commerce which could be deemed competition. Additionally, if e-commerce or Internet based enterprises with more resources and name recognition were to enter our markets, they may redefine our industry and make it difficult for us to compete.
Expected technology advances associated with the Cloud, increasing use of the Cloud, and new software products are welcome advancements that we believe will broaden the Cloud’s viability. We anticipate that we can compete successfully by relying on our infrastructure, marketing strategies and techniques, systems and procedures, and by adding additional products and services in the future. We believe we can continue the operation of our business by periodic review and revision to our product offerings and marketing approach.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Our success depends in part on using and protecting our proprietary technology and other intellectual property. Furthermore, we must conduct our operations without infringing on the proprietary rights of third parties. We also rely upon trade secrets and the know-how and expertise of our key employees. To protect our proprietary technology and other intellectual property, we rely on a combination of the protections provided by applicable copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, as well as confidentiality procedures and licensing arrangements. Although we believe we have taken appropriate steps to protect our intellectual property rights, including requiring employees and third parties who are granted access to our intellectual property to enter into confidentiality agreements, these measures may not be sufficient to protect our rights against third parties. Others may independently develop or otherwise acquire unpatented technologies or products similar or superior to ours.
We license from third parties certain software and Internet tools which we include in our services and products. If any of these licenses were terminated, we could be required to seek licenses for similar software and Internet tools from other third parties or develop these tools internally. We may not be able to obtain such licenses or develop such tools in a timely fashion, on acceptable terms, or at all.
Companies participating in the software and Internet technology industries are frequently involved in disputes relating to intellectual property. We may be required to defend our intellectual property rights against infringement, duplication, discovery and misappropriation by third parties or to defend against third-party claims of infringement. Likewise, disputes may arise in the future with respect to ownership of technology developed by employees who were previously employed by other companies. Any such litigation or disputes could be costly and divert our attention from our business. An adverse determination could subject us to significant liabilities to third parties, require us to seek licenses from, or pay royalties to, third parties, or require us to develop appropriate alternative technology. Some or all of these licenses may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. In addition, we may be unable to develop alternate technology at an acceptable price, or at all. Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business prospects, financial position or results of operations.
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EMPLOYEES
As of February 29, 2012, we had 162 employees; 148 full time and 14 part time, including 5 executives, 33 in sales, 22 in the development of our cloud services solutions and IT, 29 in SEO fulfillment, 42 in customer support, and 31 in finance, legal and business development, collections, purchasing and other general administration.
CORPORATE INFORMATION
Crexendo, Inc. was incorporated as a Nevada corporation under the name “Netgateway, Inc.” on April 13, 1995. In November 1999, we were reincorporated under the laws of Delaware. In July 2002, we changed our corporate name to “iMergent, Inc.”. In May 2011, our stockholders approved an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to change our name from "iMergent, Inc." to "Crexendo, Inc." The name change was effective May 18, 2011. Our ticker symbol "IIG" on the New York Stock Exchange was changed to “EXE” on May 18, 2011. We changed the name to better reflect the scope and direction of our business activities of assisting and providing web-based technology solutions to entrepreneurs and small businesses who are seeking to take advantage of the benefits of conducting business on the cloud.
We are headquartered at 1615 South 52nd Street, Tempe, AZ, 85281, and our telephone number is (602) 714-8500. Our website is www.crexendo.com. Our website and the information contained therein or connected thereto shall not be deemed to be incorporated into this Annual Report.
We make available free of charge on or through our Internet website our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities Exchange and Commission (“SEC”).
You may read and copy this Annual Report at the SEC’s public reference room at 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20549. Information on the operation of the public reference room can be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding our filings at www.sec.gov.
GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION
We are subject to regulations generally applicable to all businesses. In addition, because of our workshop sales format, we are subject to laws and regulations concerning sales and marketing practices, and particularly those with regard to business opportunities, franchises and selling practices. We assert that we do not offer our customers a “business opportunity” or a “franchise”, as those terms are defined in applicable statutes of the states and other jurisdictions in which we operate. In general, with the exception of California, in order to be subject to business opportunity regulations in a state, a company is typically required to provide a representation guaranteeing a return in excess of the purchase price and/or provide a marketing plan. We do neither. Various states and other jurisdictions, however, have contended we sell a business opportunity and we have been involved in multiple regulatory proceedings as a result of those contentions. It is possible that we will be required to register as a seller of a business opportunity in some states or other jurisdictions in which we do business. The requirement to register may have an adverse impact on our business. We believe we operate in compliance with laws concerning sales practices, which laws in some jurisdictions require us to offer the customer a three-day “cooling off” or rescission period in which customers may cancel their workshop purchases. If we are required to register as a seller of business opportunities we may be subject to rescission periods in excess of three days. Although we do not believe we are required to offer rescission rights in most states, we voluntarily provide such rescission rights. These rights could reduce our sales if customers who purchase products and services at our workshops elect to exercise those rights.
We are also subject to an increasing number of laws and regulations directly applicable to telecom, internet access and commerce. The adoption of any such additional laws or regulations may decrease the rate of growth of the Internet, which could in turn decrease the demand for our products and services. Such laws may also increase our costs of doing business or otherwise have an adverse effect on our business prospects, financial position or results of operations. Moreover, the applicability to the Internet of existing laws governing issues such as property ownership, libel, and personal privacy is uncertain. In particular, one channel we use to initially contact our customers is e-mail. The use of e-mail for this purpose has become the subject of a number of recently adopted and proposed laws and regulations. Future federal or state legislation or regulation could have a material adverse effect on our business prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
For a discussion of revenues relating to our international activities, see Note 1, entitled Business Segment and Related Information, in our consolidated financial statements.
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In addition to factors discussed elsewhere in this Annual Report, the following are important risks which could adversely affect our future results. If any of the risks we describe below materialize, or if any unforeseen risk develops, our operating results may suffer, our financial condition may deteriorate, the trading price of our common stock may decline and our investors could lose all or part of their investment.
Changes in laws and regulations and the interpretation and enforcement of such laws and regulations could adversely impact our financial results or ability to conduct business.
We are subject to a variety of federal and state laws and regulations as well as oversight from a variety of governmental agencies and public service commissions. The laws governing our business may change in ways that harm our business. Federal or state governmental agencies administering and enforcing such laws may also choose to interpret and apply them in ways that harm our business. These interpretations are also subject to change. Regulatory action could materially impair or force us to change our business model and may adversely affect our revenue, increase our compliance costs, and reduce our profitability. In addition, governmental agencies such as the SEC, IRS, FTC and state taxing authorities may conclude that we have violated federal laws, state laws or other rules and regulations, and we could be subject to fines, penalties or other actions that could adversely impact our financial results or our ability to conduct business.
From time to time we are and have been the subject of governmental inquiries and investigations into our business practices that could require us to change our sales and marketing practices or pay damages or fines, which could negatively impact our financial results or ability to conduct business.
From time to time, we receive inquiries from federal, national, state, city and local government officials in the various jurisdictions in which we operate. These inquiries and investigations generally concern compliance with various city, county, state and/or federal regulations involving sales, representations made, customer service, refund policies, and marketing practices. Although historically, the vast majority of these inquiries related to seminar sales, which we have discontinued, there is still the potentiality of review of past sales, and sales of our current web and telecom services. We respond to these inquiries and have generally been successful in addressing the concerns of these persons and entities, without a formal complaint or charge being made, although there is often no formal closing of the inquiry or investigation. See Part I, Item 3, Legal Proceedings, for a discussion of some of these pending matters. The ultimate resolution of these or other inquiries or investigations may have a material adverse effect on our business or operations, or a formal complaint could be initiated. During the ordinary course of business we also receive a number of complaints and inquiries from customers, governmental and private entities. In some cases these complaints and inquiries have ended up in civil court. While we attempt to resolve these matters on a mutually satisfactory basis, there can be no assurance that the ultimate resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our business or results of operations. We are also subject to various claims and legal proceedings covering matters which arise in the ordinary course of business. We believe the resolution of these other cases will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, or results of operations.
We have been targeted by certain companies that contact our customers and misrepresent an affiliate relationship, or solicit our customers to pay for services in seeking a refund.
Some of our customers have been contacted by unrelated parties that claim to have a relationship with us. Those unrelated parties attempt to sell our customers certain products. They often misrepresent that they have an affiliate relationship with us. In some cases the products sold by these companies are not as advertised and we have received complaints from customers. In certain instances the sale of products from non-affiliated third parties impacts our ability to have affiliated companies market to our customers. In addition, we have been targeted by marketing companies that call our customers and solicit them to use “refund kits”, or use other means to receive a refund. We believe customers who use these kits and services are often encouraged to contact regulators and misrepresent our quality of service and their transactions with us.
From time to time we are and have been the subject of customer complaints and lawsuits relating to our business practices which could require us to pay damages or fines, and could negatively impact our financial results.
In the ordinary course of business, we receive complaints and inquiries from both customers and governmental and non-governmental bodies on behalf of customers and, in some cases, these customer complaints have resulted in litigation. Some of these matters are pending. The ultimate resolution of these matters may have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.
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We may be required to reduce our prices in order to compete which could negatively impact our profitability.
As competition with our Web Services and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services continues to expand, we may be required to respond to additional competition which could require us to lower prices and engage in price competition. If intense price competition occurs, we may be forced to lower prices, which could result in lower revenue and gross margins.
We collect personal and credit card information from our customers and employees which could be subject to misuse.
We maintain credit card and other personal information in our systems. Due to the sensitive nature of retaining such information we have implemented policies and procedures to preserve and protect our data and our customers’ data against loss, misuse, corruption, misappropriation caused by systems failures, unauthorized access or misuse. Notwithstanding these policies, we could be subject to liability claims by individuals and customers whose data resides in our databases for the misuse of that information.
We are subject to claims that our software is “defective” and difficult to use and that a substantial number of our customers do not activate their web site.
We have been subject to claims by purchasers that our software is “defective” and difficult to use. Our software is a SaaS model (software as a service) and is hosted remotely on our servers. We utilize “cloud computing,” which means that our software is hosted remotely, and as such cannot be selectively defective, but repeated claims of defective software could have a negative effect on our ability to defend of claims against defective software and to prospectively sell our products. We have also been subject to various claims that our software is difficult to use. We contend our software is interactive, and can be used properly by our customers. However, the claims of it being difficult to use are investigated by various regulatory agencies, and the persistence of such claims by regulatory agencies, in the news media, and on the Internet, may have a substantial negative impact on our ability to transact business.
The telecommunications industry is highly competitive. We face intense competition from traditional telephone companies, wireless companies, cable companies and alternative voice communication providers.
Our VoIP telecommunication product competes with other VoIP providers. In addition it also competes with traditional telephone service providers which provide telephone service based on the public switched telephone network. Some of these traditional service providers also provide internet service to their customers. Our VoIP offering is not fully compatible with such customers. Some of these traditional providers have also added VoIP services. There is also competition from cable providers, which have added VoIP services to their existing cable customers. The telecommunications industry is highly competitive. We face intense competition from traditional telephone companies, wireless companies, cable companies, and alternative voice communication providers.
Most traditional wire line and wireless telephone service providers, cable companies, and some VoIP providers are substantially larger and better capitalized than we are and have the advantage of a large existing customer base. Because most of our target customers are already purchasing communications services from one or more of these providers, our success is dependent upon our ability to attract target customers away from their existing providers. Our competitors’ financial resources may allow them to offer services at prices below cost or even for free in order to maintain and gain market share or otherwise improve their competitive positions.
Our ability to provide VoIP is dependent upon third-party facilities and equipment, the failure of which could cause delays or interruptions of our service and impact our revenue and profitability.
Our ability to provide quality and reliable telephony service is in part dependent upon the proper functioning of facilities and equipment owned and operated by third parties and is, therefore, beyond our control. Our VoIP service (and to a lesser extend our e-commerce services) requires our customers to have an operative broadband Internet connection and an electrical power supply, which are provided by the customer’s Internet service provider and electric utility company and not by us. The quality of some broadband Internet connections may be too poor for customers to use our services properly. In addition, if there is any interruption to a customer’s broadband Internet service or electrical power supply, that customer will be unable to make or receive calls, including emergency calls (our E-911 service), using our service. We outsource several of our network functions to third-party providers. If our third-party service providers fail to maintain these facilities properly, or fail to respond quickly to problems, our customers may experience service interruptions. The failure of any of these third party service providers to properly maintain services may be subject to factors including but not limited to the following: (i) cause a loss of customers, (ii) adversely affect our reputation, (iii) cause negative publicity, (iv) negatively impact our ability to acquire customers, (v) negatively impact our revenue and profitability, (vi) potential law suits for not reaching E-911 services, and (vii) potential law suits for loss of business and loss of reputation.
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We rely on third parties to provide a portion of our customer service representatives, initiate local number portability for our customers and provide aspects of our E-911 service.
We offer our telephony customers support 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We rely on third parties (sometimes outside of the U.S) to provide some services that respond to customer inquiries. These third-party providers generally represent us without identifying themselves as independent parties. The ability of third-party providers to provide these representatives may be disrupted due to issues outside our control.
We also maintain an agreement with an E-911 provider to assist us in routing emergency calls directly to an emergency service dispatcher at the PSAP in the area of the customer’s registered location and terminating E-911 calls. We also contract with a provider for the national call center that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week to receive certain emergency calls and with several companies that maintain PSAP databases for the purpose of deploying and operating E-911 services. The dispatcher will have automatic access to the customer's telephone number and registered location information. If a customer moves their Crexendo service to a new location, the customer's registered location information must be updated and verified by the customer. Until that takes place, the customer will have to verbally advise the emergency dispatcher of his or her actual location at the time of an emergency 9-1-1 call. This can lead to delays in the delivery of emergency services
Interruptions in service from these vendors could also cause failures in our customers’ access to E-911 services and expose us to liability.
We also have agreements with companies that initiate our local number portability, which allow new customers to retain their existing telephone numbers when subscribing to our services. We will need to work with these companies to properly port numbers. The failure to port numbers may subject us to loss of customers or regulatory review.
If any of these third parties do not provide reliable, high-quality service, our reputation and our business will be harmed. In addition, industry consolidation among providers of services to us may impact our ability to obtain these services or increase our expense for these services.
We are subject to the risk of future disruptive technologies. If new technologies develop that are able to deliver competing voice and messaging services at lower prices, better or more conveniently, it could have a material adverse effect on us.
Our VoIP product competes against established alternative voice communication providers, (such as Skype™ or Magic Jack). While we believe the technology we employ provides substantially better quality, changes in technology could allow these alternative providers to deliver comparable quality at a substantially lower price. In addition as we continue providing VoIP services, we are likely to face competition from emerging competitors focused on newer, less costly technology. In order to compete with such service providers, we may have to reduce our prices, which would impair our profitability, or offer additional features that may cause us to incur additional costs without commensurate price increases.
If we fail to adapt to changes in the market then our products and services could become obsolete.
The market for our products and services is constantly and rapidly evolving. There is substantial competition for our e-commerce services and our VoIP telephony product. As competitors introduce new and enhanced products and services, we may not be able to develop or acquire new products and services that compete effectively. New products based on new technologies or new industry standards could render our existing products obsolete and unmarketable. Any technical flaws in products we release could have a negative effect on customer adoption and our reputation.
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Fluctuations in our operating results may affect our stock price and ability to raise capital.
Our operating results for any given quarter or fiscal year should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance. Quarter to quarter comparisons of our results of operations may not be meaningful as a result of (i) our limited operating history relating to Crexendo Web Services and Crexendo Network Services and (ii) the emerging nature of the markets in which we compete. Our future results will fluctuate, and those results may fall below the expectations of investors and may cause the trading price of our common stock to fall. This may impair our ability to raise capital, should we seek to do so. Our quarterly results may fluctuate based on, but not limited to, the following factors:
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Errors in our technology or technological issues outside our control could cause delays or interruptions to our customers.
Our services (including e-commerce and VoIP) may be disrupted by problems with our technology and systems such as malfunctions in our software or other facilities and overloading of our network. In addition there may be service interruptions for reasons outside our control. Our customers and potential customers subscribing to our services have experienced interruptions in the past and may experience interruptions in the future as a result of these types of problems. Interruptions could cause us to lose customers and offer customer credits, which could adversely affect our revenue and profitability. Network interruptions may also impair our ability to sign-up new customers. In addition since our systems and our customers’ ability to use our services are Internet-dependent, our services may be subject to “hacker attacks” from the Internet, which could have a significant impact on our systems and services. Our customers’ ability to use our services is dependent on third-party internet providers which may suffer service disruptions. If service interruptions adversely affect the perceived reliability of our service, we may have difficulty attracting and retaining customers and our growth may suffer.
Our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards may be reduced in the event of an ownership change, and could adversely affect our financial results.
As of December 31, 2011, we had net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards of approximately $7,708,000. Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “Code”)imposes limitations on a corporation’s ability to utilize its NOL carryforwards. In general terms, an ownership change results from transactions increasing the ownership of certain stockholders in the stock of a corporation by more than 50% over a three-year period. Since our formation, we have issued a significant number of shares, and purchasers of those shares have sold some of them, resulting in two ownership changes, as defined by Code Section 382. As a result of the most recent ownership change, utilization of our NOL is subject to an annual limitation determined by multiplying the value of our stock at the time of the ownership change by the applicable federal long-term tax-exempt rate. The annual limitation is approximately $461,000. Any limited amounts may be carried over into later years, and the amount of the limitation may, under certain circumstances, be increased by the “recognized built-in gains” that occur during the five-year period after the ownership change (the recognition period). Future changes in ownership of more than 50% may also limit the use of these remaining NOL carryforwards. Our earnings, if any, and cash resources would be materially and adversely affected if we cannot receive the full benefit of the remaining NOL carryforwards. An ownership change could occur as a result of circumstances that are not within our control.
We depend on our senior management and other key personnel, and a loss of these individuals could adversely impact our ability to execute our business plan and grow our business.
We depend on the continued services of our key personnel, including but not limited to our President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Legal Officer, VP of Engineering Services, VP of Sales, as well as certain engineers. Each of these individuals has acquired specialized knowledge and skills with respect to our operations. The loss of one or more of these key personnel could negatively impact our performance. In addition, we expect to hire additional personnel as we continue to execute our strategic plan, particularly if we are successful in expanding our operations. Competition for the limited number of qualified personnel in our industry is intense. At times, we have experienced difficulties in hiring personnel with the necessary training or experience.
We are dependent on credit card issuers who provide us with merchant accounts that are used to receive payments from our customers and if we cannot maintain these merchant accounts our business would be harmed.
Each financial institution that issues merchant accounts establishes limits on the amount of payments which may be received through the account. Our merchant accounts require us to keep reserves on deposit with them to protect the financial institutions against losses they may incur with respect to the accounts. We have, in the past, experienced difficulty in maintaining these merchant accounts in good standing due to changes in the reserve requirements imposed by the issuing banks and the transaction amount permitted and changes in the rate of charge-backs. If we were to experience a significant reduction in or loss of these merchant accounts our business would be severely and negatively impacted.
We might require additional capital to support business growth and fund other needs of the business, and such capital might not be available.
We intend to continue to make investments to support business growth and may require additional funds to respond to business opportunities and challenges, which include the opportunity to increase our revenue by increasing the number of customer installment contracts that we retain rather than sell, the need to develop new products or enhance existing products, the need to enhance our operating infrastructure and the opportunity to acquire complementary businesses and technologies. Accordingly, we may elect or need to engage in equity or debt financing to secure additional funds. However, equity and debt financing might not be available when needed or, if available, might not be available on terms satisfactory to us. If we are unable to obtain financing on terms satisfactory to us, our ability to continue to support our business growth and to respond to business challenges could be significantly limited.
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Our operations could be hurt by a natural disaster, network security breach, or other catastrophic event.
We are building a network infrastructure in Phoenix, AZ. We maintain a network infrastructure in Arizona and Utah. At current, we do not have multiple site capacity if any catastrophic event occurs, although we expect to attain redundancy sometime after the center in Arizona is operational. This system does not guarantee continued reliability if a catastrophic event occurs. Despite implementation of network security measures, our servers may be vulnerable to computer viruses, break-ins and similar disruptions from unauthorized tampering with our computer systems. In addition, if there is a breach or alleged breach of security or privacy involving our services, or if any third party undertakes illegal or harmful actions using our communications or e-commerce services, our business and reputation could suffer substantial adverse publicity and impairment.
The market for our products and services is evolving and our position in that market is uncertain.
The markets for our products and services are continuing to evolve and are increasingly competitive. Demand and market acceptance for recently introduced and proposed new products and services and sales of such products and services are subject to a high level of uncertainty and risk. Our business may suffer if the market develops in an unexpected manner, develops more slowly than in the past or becomes saturated with competitors, if any new products and services do not sustain market acceptance.
We may not have the resources to compete with other companies within our industry.
Many of our direct competitors offer a range of products and services comparable to those offered by us. These competitors at any time could elect to focus additional resources in our target markets, which could materially and adversely affect us. Many of our current and potential competitors have stronger brand recognition, longer operating histories, larger customer bases, longer relationships with customers and significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and public relations resources than we do. We believe our competitors may be able to adapt more quickly to new technologies and customer needs, devote greater resources to the promotion or sale of their products and services, initiate or withstand substantial price competition, take advantage of acquisition or other opportunities more readily or develop and expand their product and service offerings more quickly.
The rates we pay to underlying telecommunications carriers are subject to change and may impact our operations.
Interconnected VoIP traffic may be subject to increased charges. Should this occur, the rates paid to our underlying carriers may increase which could reduce our profitability. Changes in our underlying rates may change rates we charge our customers which could impact our sales and retention of customers as well as make us less competitive.
Evolving regulation of the Internet, including the use of e-mail as a marketing tool, may harm our business.
As e-commerce and VoIP continue to evolve, they are subject to increasing regulation by federal and state, agencies. Areas subject to regulation include, but may not be limited to, the use of e-mail, user privacy, pricing, content, quality of products and services, taxation, advertising, intellectual property rights, and information security. In particular, our initial contact with some of our customers is through e-mail. The use of e-mail for this purpose has become the subject of a number of recently adopted and proposed laws and regulations. In addition, laws and regulations applying to the solicitation, collection, or processing of personal or consumer information could negatively affect our activities. The perception of security and privacy concerns, whether or not valid, may inhibit market acceptance of our products. In addition, legislative or regulatory requirements may heighten these concerns if businesses must notify website users that the data captured after visiting websites may be used by marketing entities to unilaterally direct product promotion and advertising to that user. Moreover, the applicability to the Internet of existing laws governing issues such as intellectual property ownership and infringement, copyright, trademark, trade secret, obscenity and libel is uncertain and developing. Furthermore, any regulation imposing fees or assessing taxes for Internet use could result in a decline in the use of the Internet and the viability of e-commerce. Any new legislation or regulation, or the application or interpretation of existing laws or regulations, may decrease the growth in the use of the Internet, may impose additional burdens on e-commerce or may require us to alter how we conduct our business. This could decrease the demand for our products and services, increase our cost of doing business, increase the costs of products sold through the Internet or otherwise have a negative effect on our business, results of operations and financial position.
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Internet security issues pose risks to the development of e-commerce and our business.
Security and privacy concerns may inhibit the growth of the Internet and other online services generally, especially as a means of conducting commercial transactions.
We could experience security breaches in the transmission and analysis of confidential and proprietary information of the consumer, the merchant, or both, as well as our own confidential and proprietary information.
Anyone able to circumvent security measures could misappropriate proprietary information or cause interruptions in our operations, as well as the operations of the merchant. We may be required to expend significant capital and other resources to protect against security breaches or to minimize problems caused by security breaches. To the extent that we experience breaches in the security of proprietary information which we store and transmit, our reputation could be damaged and we could be exposed to a risk of loss or litigation.
We depend upon our proprietary intellectual property rights, none of which can be completely safeguarded against infringement.
We rely upon copyright law, trade secret protection and confidentiality or license agreements with our employees, customers, business partners and others to protect our proprietary rights, but we cannot guarantee that the steps we have taken to protect our proprietary rights will be adequate. We do not currently have any patents or registered trademarks, and effective trademark, copyright and trade secret protection may not be available in every country in which our products are distributed or made available through the Internet. In addition, there can be no assurance that a patent will issue or a trademark will be referred based on our pending applications.
We may incur substantial expenses in defending against third-party patent and trademark infringement claims regardless of their merit.
From time to time, parties may assert patent infringement claims against us in the form of letters, lawsuits and other forms of communication. Third parties may also assert claims against us alleging infringement of copyrights, trademark rights, trade secret rights or other proprietary rights or alleging unfair competition. If there is a determination that we have infringed third-party proprietary rights, we could incur substantial monetary liability and be prevented from using the rights in the future.
There are low barriers to entry into the e-commerce services and VoIP telecom markets and, as a result, we face significant competition in a rapidly evolving industry.
We currently do not have patented technology, and only a limited amount of other proprietary technology, that would preclude or inhibit competitors from entering our business. In addition, the costs to develop and provide e-commerce and VoIP services are relatively low. Therefore, we expect that we will continually face additional competition from new entrants into the market in the future. There is also the risk that our employees or independent contractors may leave and start competing businesses. The emergence of these enterprises could have a material adverse effect on us. Existing or future competitors may better address new developments or react more favorably to changes within our industry and may develop or offer e-commerce services providing significant technological, creative, performance, price or other advantages over the services that we offer.
Future sales of our common stock by our existing stockholders and stock options granted by us could adversely affect our stock price.
The market price of our common stock could decline as a result of sales of a large number of shares of our common stock in the market or the perception that these sales could occur. These sales also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at a time and at a price that we deem appropriate. As of March 7, 2012, we had outstanding 10,907,008 shares of common stock.
Additional dilution will result if outstanding options to acquire shares of our common stock are exercised. As of February 27, 2012, we had outstanding options to purchase 1,279,585 shares of our common stock. In addition, in the event future financings should be in the form of, convertible into or exchangeable for our equity securities, investors may experience additional dilution.
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Our business could be materially and adversely affected as a result of general economic and market conditions.
We are subject to the effects of general global economic and market conditions. Unfavorable changes in economic conditions, including inflation, recession, or other changes in economic conditions may cause businesses and entrepreneurs to curtail or eliminate spending for our products and services. An adverse change in economic conditions may adversely affect our business.
Some provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may deter takeover attempts that may limit the opportunity of our stockholders to sell their shares at a favorable price.
Some of the provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us, even if doing so might be beneficial to our stockholders by providing them with the opportunity to sell their shares at a premium to the then market price. Our bylaws contain provisions regulating the introduction of business at annual stockholders’ meetings by anyone other than the board of directors. These provisions may have the effect of making it more difficult, delaying, discouraging, preventing or rendering more costly an acquisition or a change in control of our Company.
In addition, our corporate charter provides for a staggered board of directors divided into two classes. Provided that we have at least four directors, it will take at least two annual meetings to effectuate a change in control of the board of directors because a majority of the directors cannot be elected at a single meeting. This extends the time required to effect a change in control of the board of directors and may discourage hostile takeover bids. We currently have six directors.
Further, our certificate of incorporation authorizes the board of directors to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, which may be issued in one or more series, the terms of which may be determined at the time of issuance by the board of directors without further action by stockholders. Such terms may include voting rights, including the right to vote as a series on particular matters, preferences as to dividends and liquidation, conversion and redemption rights and sinking fund provisions. No shares of preferred stock are currently outstanding and we have no present plans for the issuance of any preferred stock. However, the issuance of any preferred stock could materially adversely affect the rights of holders of our common stock, and therefore could reduce its value. In addition, specific rights granted to future holders of preferred stock could be used to restrict our ability to merge with, or sell assets to, a third party. The ability of the board of directors to issue preferred stock could make it more difficult, delay, discourage, prevent or make it more costly to effect a change in control, thereby preserving the current stockholders’ control.
If we do not successfully expand our sales teams, we may be unable to substantially increase our sales.
We sell our products primarily through direct sales, and we must expand the number sales personal to increase revenue substantially. If we are unable to hire or retain qualified sales personal or if new sales personal fail to develop the necessary skills to be productive, or if they reach productivity more slowly than anticipated, our ability to increase our revenue and grow our business could be compromised. Our sales personal may require a long period of time to become productive. The time required in achieving efficiency, as well as the challenge of attracting, training, and retaining qualified candidates, may make it difficult to grow revenue.
Our stock price could decline further because of the activities of short sellers.
Our stock has historically attracted significant interest from short sellers. The activities of short sellers could further reduce the price of our stock or inhibit increases in our stock price.
Our stock price and operations may be affected by potential stock manipulation.
We believe certain parties had historically acted in a manner to attempt to denigrate our business for personal profit. We believe certain parties may have engaged in actions intended to cause harm to our Company, and certain parties have made efforts to decrease the market price of our common stock. While the risk of such activities should be diminished without ongoing seminar sales, to the extent such parties engage in any such actions or take any other actions to interfere with our existing and/or prospective business relationships with regulators, vendors, media, partners, customers, lenders, or others, our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations may suffer, and the price of our common stock may trade at prices below those that might prevail in the absence of any such efforts.
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Increased competition, including the entry of new competitors, the introduction of new products by new and existing competitors, or price competition, could have a materially adverse effect on operating results and financial condition.
A number of very large, well-capitalized, high profile companies serve the e-commerce VoIP and technology markets. If any of these companies entered our markets in a focused and concentrated fashion, we could lose customers, particularly more sophisticated and financially stable customers, and our revenue and profitability would suffer. These potential competitors could likely offer a broad array of products and services that would compete favorably with our product offerings. They could also likely offer these products at prices that would be difficult for us to match.
Our ability to continue to pay cash dividends may be affected by our operating results and other conditions.
In December 2008, the Board of Directors decreased our quarterly cash dividend to $0.02 from $0.11 per common share. The Board of Directors regularly reviews cash reserves, current operations and other factors which impact our ability to continue to pay dividends. The ability to do so will depend upon our results of operations, financial condition, cash requirements, as well as other factors. Also, there can be no assurance that we will continue to pay cash dividends even if the necessary financial conditions are met and if sufficient cash is available for distribution.
Our publicly filed SEC reports are reviewed by the SEC from time to time and any significant changes required as a result of any such review may result in material liability to us and have a material adverse impact on the trading price of our common stock.
The reports of publicly-traded companies are subject to review by the SEC from time to time for the purpose of assisting companies in complying with applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall effectiveness of companies’ public filings. Comprehensive reviews by the SEC of such reports are now required at least every three years under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. SEC reviews often occur at the time companies file registration statements, but reviews may be initiated at any time by the SEC. While we believe that our previously filed SEC reports comply, and we intend that all future reports will comply in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC, we could be required to modify or reformulate information contained in prior filings as a result of an SEC review. Any modification or reformulation of information contained in such reports could be significant and result in a material liability to us and have a material adverse impact on the trading price of our common stock.
Our business and results of operations are affected by general economic conditions.
Our operating results are affected by general economic conditions, including inflation, recession, employment and other factors. The economic environment may cause reduced demand for our products and widespread national and international concern over instability in the economy may result in customers reducing their expenses or declining to expand their businesses..
Examinations by relevant tax authorities may result in material changes in related tax reserves for tax positions taken in previously filed tax returns or may impact the valuation of certain deferred income tax assets, such as net operating loss carryforwards.
Based on the outcome of examinations by relevant tax authorities, or as a result of the expiration of statutes of limitations for specific jurisdictions, it is reasonably possible that the related tax reserves for tax positions taken regarding previously filed tax returns will materially change from those recorded in our financial statements. In addition, the outcome of examinations may impact the valuation of certain deferred income tax assets (such as net operating loss carryforwards) in future periods. It is not possible to estimate the impact of the amount of such changes, if any, to previously recorded uncertain tax positions.
Our sales strategy for Crexendo products continues to develop. We intend to continue to develop our direct sales force,. We intend to develop affiliates (companies providing lead generation) to assist in selling our products. If we do not establish, develop and manage these relationships effectively, our ability to generate revenue and control expenses will be adversely affected.
Our success in developing Crexendo Web Services and our VoIP telephony is dependent in part upon our ability to establish a robust sales channel. We depend heavily on our direct sales channel. We are also reviewing potential affiliate channels who will provide lead generation to our sales force cost effectively. Our primary focus is in developing our in house sales channel. Accordingly, our ability to sell our products and services and generate significant revenue depends on the success of our sales force.
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We may undertake acquisitions to expand our business, which may pose risks to our business and dilute the ownership of our existing stockholders.
As part of a potential growth strategy we may attempt to acquire certain businesses. Whether we realize benefits from any transaction will depend in part upon the integration of the acquired business, the performance of the acquired products, services, capacities of the technologies acquired as well as the personnel hired in connection therewith. Accordingly, our results of operations could be adversely affected from transaction-related charges, amortization of intangible assets and charges for impairment of long-term assets. While we believe that we have established appropriate and adequate procedures and processes to mitigate these risks, there can be no assurance that any potential transaction will be successful.
In addition, the financing of any acquisition may require us to raise additional funds through public or private sources. Additional funds may not be available on terms that are favorable to us and, in the case of equity financings, may result in dilution to our stockholders. Future acquisitions by us could also result in large and immediate write-offs or assumptions of debt and contingent liabilities, any of which may have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
Our dependence on outside contractors and third-party agents for fulfillment of certain items and critical manufacturing services could result in product or delivery delays and/or damage our customer relations.
We outsource the manufacturing of certain products we sell and products we provide. We submit purchase orders to agents or the companies that manufacture the products. We describe, among other things, the type and quantities of products or components to be supplied or manufactured and the delivery date and other terms applicable to the products or components. Our suppliers or manufacturers potentially may not accept any purchase order that we submit. Our reliance on outside parties involves a number of potential risks, including: (i) the absence of adequate capacity, (ii) the unavailability of, or interruptions in access to, production or manufacturing processes, (iii) reduced control over delivery schedules, (iv) errors in the product, and (v) claims of third party intellectual infringement or defective merchandise. If delays, problems or defects were to occur, it could adversely affect our business, cause claims for damages to be filed against us, and negatively impact our consolidated operations and cash flows.
If the market for our new products does not develop as we anticipate, our revenue may decline or fail to grow, which would adversely affect our operating results.
We market our Crexendo Web Services and Network Services. The market for these products is still evolving, and it is uncertain whether these products and services will achieve and sustain high levels of demand and market acceptance. If potential customers do not perceive the benefits of our product lines, sales may not develop or may develop more slowly than we expect, either of which would adversely affect our operations. Because the market for new product development is difficult to predict, we may make errors in predicting and reacting to relevant business trends, which may have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
Our Chief Executive Officer owns a significant amount of our common stock and could exercise substantial corporate control.
Steven G Mihaylo, our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), owns approximately 40% of the outstanding shares of our common stock based on the number of shares outstanding as of February 27, 2012. As a result, Mr. Mihaylo may have the ability to determine the outcome of matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including the election of directors and any merger, amalgamation, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets. Mr. Mihaylo may have the ability to control the management and affairs of our Company. As a director and officer, Mr. Mihaylo owes a fiduciary duty to our stockholders. As a stockholder, Mr. Mihaylo is entitled to vote his shares, in his own interests, which may not always be in the interests of our stockholders generally. Accordingly, even though certain transactions may be in the best interests of other stockholders, this concentration of ownership may harm the market price of our common stock by, among other things, delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of our Company, impeding a merger, amalgamation, consolidation, takeover or other business combination involving our Company, or discouraging a potential acquirer from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our Company.
In addition, sales or other dispositions of our shares by Mr. Mihaylo may depress our stock price. Sales of a significant number of shares of our common stock in the public market could harm the market price of our common stock. As additional shares of our common stock become available for resale in the public market, the supply of our common stock will increase, which could result in a decrease in the market price of our common stock.
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Our success depends in part upon the capacity, reliability, and performance of our network infrastructure, including the capacity leased from our Internet bandwidth suppliers.
We depend on these companies to provide uninterrupted and error-free service. Some of these providers are also our competitors. We do not have control over these providers. We may be subject to interruptions or delays in network service. If we fail to maintain reliable bandwidth or performance that could significantly reduce customer demand for our services and damage our business.
Lack of sufficient stockholder equity or continued losses from operations could subject us to fail to comply with the listing requirements of NYSE Amex, if that occurred the price of our common stock and our ability to access the capital markets could be negatively impacted, and our business will be harmed.
Our common stock is currently listed on New York Stock Exchange Amex LLC, or NYSE Amex. We have stockholders’ equity of $13.3 million dollars as of December 31, 2011 and we have had annual losses from continuing operations in two out of our last three fiscal periods with the possibility of continued losses, it is possible we may not remain in compliance with the minimum condition of NYSE Amex’s continued listing standards under Section 1003(a) (1) of NYSE Amex’s Company Guide (the “Company Guide”). We have not received a formal written notification of non-compliance. In the event of a formal written notification, we believe we would be allowed to respond and attempt to take action to regain compliance with the minimum listing standards. However, in the event we are not able to meet the requirements necessary for continued listing on the NYSE Amex, including those related to minimum stockholder equity requirements, our stock could be subject to delisting from NYSE Amex. Delisting from the NYSE Amex could negatively affect the trading price of our stock and could also have other negative results, including the potential loss of confidence by suppliers and employees, the failure to attract the interest of institutional investors, and fewer business development opportunities. In addition, we would be subject to a number of restrictions regarding the registration and qualification of our common stock under federal and state securities laws. The NYSE Amex could also, in its discretion, discontinue listing our Company’s common stock pursuant to various other factors, including if our independent registered public accountants’ opinion on our financial statements contained a qualified opinion or unqualified opinion with a “going concern” emphasis or the Company is unable to meet current financial obligations or to adequately finance our operations.
We have incurred operating losses.
We sustained operating losses in the current and prior years. Our ability to sustain profitability and positive cash flows from operating activities will depend on many factors including, but not limited to, our ability to (i) reduce costs, (ii) improve sales and marketing efficiencies, (iii) respond to the current economic slowdown, (iv) reach more highly qualified prospects, and (v) achieve operational improvements.
ITEM 2.
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PROPERTIES
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Our corporate offices consist of approximately 22,000 square feet of office space in Tempe, Arizona and approximately 68,000 square feet of office space we lease from unaffiliated third parties. Our corporate office and Crexendo Network Services division are located at 1615 South 52nd Street, Tempe, Arizona 85281, our StoresOnline, Inc. and Crexendo Web Services office is located at 1303 North Research Way, Orem, Utah 84097. The lease for our StoresOnline, Inc. and Crexendo Web Services office terminates on September 30, 2013. During the year ended December 31, 2011, we recorded a $209,000 impairment charge related to the abandonment of office space under an operating lease related to the Orem, UT location (See Note 5). We are actively trying to sublease this unutilized office space. The annual rent expense for all of our office space is estimated to be approximately $1,272,000 for the year ending December 31, 2012. We maintain tenant fire and casualty insurance on our assets located in these buildings in an amount that we deem adequate.
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From time to time we receive inquiries from federal, state, city and local government officials in the various jurisdictions in which we operate. These inquiries and investigations generally concern compliance with various city, county, state and/or federal regulations involving sales, representations made, customer service, refund policies, and marketing practices. We respond to these inquiries and have generally been successful in addressing the concerns of these persons and entities, without a formal complaint or charge being made, although there is often no formal closing of the inquiry or investigation. There can be no assurance that the ultimate resolution of these or other inquiries and investigations will not have a material adverse effect on our business or operations, or that a formal complaint will not be initiated. We also receive complaints and inquiries in the ordinary course of our business from both customers and governmental and non-governmental bodies on behalf of customers, and in some cases these customer complaints have risen to the level of litigation. There can be no assurance that the ultimate resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our business or results of operations.
We have recorded liabilities of approximately $381,000 and $50,000 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, for estimated losses resulting from various legal proceedings against our Company. Attorney’s fees associated with the various legal proceedings are expensed as incurred. Other key estimates are discussed elsewhere in the notes to our consolidated financial statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report.
We are also subject to various claims and legal proceedings covering matters that arise in the ordinary course of business. We believe that the resolution of these other cases will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, or results of operations.
ITEM 4.
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MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
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The disclosure required by this item is not applicable
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PART II
MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
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MARKET INFORMATION
Our common stock began trading on the NYSE - Amex on August 16, 2004 under the symbol “IIG.” The following table sets forth the range of high and low sales prices as reported on the NYSE – Amex for the periods indicated. In May 2011, our stockholders approved an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to change our name from "iMergent, Inc." to "Crexendo, Inc." The name change was effective May 18, 2011. Our ticker symbol "IIG" on the New York Stock Exchange was changed to “EXE” On May 18, 2011.
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January to March 2010
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SECURITY HOLDERS
There were 257 holders of record of our shares of common stock as of March 7, 2012. The number of holders does not include individual participants in security positions listings.
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DIVIDENDS
The following table sets forth information regarding cash dividends declared by our Board of Directors for the year ended December 31, 2011and 2010:
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December 21, 2011
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$ | 0.02 |
December 31, 2011
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$ | 211,000 |
January 6, 2011
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September 28, 2011
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$ | 0.02 |
October 10, 2011
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$ | 211,000 |
October 14, 2011
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June 30, 2011
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$ | 0.02 |
July 11, 2011
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$ | 213,000 |
July 18, 2011
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March 22, 2011
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$ | 0.02 |
March 31, 2011
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$ | 213,000 |
April 7, 2011
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December 20, 2010
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$ | 0.02 |
December 30, 2010
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$ | 214,000 |
January 7, 2011
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September 28, 2010
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$ | 0.02 |
October 7, 2010
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$ | 228,000 |
October 14, 2010
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June 22, 2010
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$ | 0.02 |
June 29, 2010
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$ | 229,000 |
July 7, 2010
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March 29, 2010
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$ | 0.02 |
April 5, 2010
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$ | 229,000 |
April 12, 2010
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There are no contractual restrictions on dividends declared for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SEQURITIES
None
RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
None
In November 2009, the Board of Directors approved a change of our fiscal year from a June 30 fiscal year end to a December 31 fiscal year end. The consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2011, and 2010 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report. The consolidated statement of operations data for the six months ended December 31, 2009, the fiscal years ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2009, June 30, 2009, June 30, 2008, and June 30, 2007 are derived from audited consolidated financial statements not included in this Annual Report. In order to provide a meaningful comparison with our current calendar years 2011 and 2010 results and the six month transition period ended December 31, 2009, the selected financial data below includes the consolidated statement of operations data for the year ended December 31, 2009 and six months ended December 31, 2008, which are derived from our unaudited consolidated financial statements not included in this Annual Report. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected in the future.
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The following selected financial data should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto, set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report, as well as the discussion under Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, included in this Annual Report.
Year Ended December 31,
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$ | 48,024 | $ | 65,793 | $ | 76,007 | $ | 35,716 | $ | 54,120 | $ | 94,411 | $ | 128,048 | ||||||||||||||
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$ | (6,230 | ) | $ | (2,310 | ) | $ | 11,418 | $ | 1,331 | $ | (17,628 | ) | $ | (7,542 | ) | $ | 3,142 | ||||||||||
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$ | (0.59 | ) | $ | (0.20 | ) | $ | 1.00 | $ | 0.12 | $ | (1.55 | ) | $ | (0.66 | ) | $ | 0.27 | ||||||||||
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$ | (0.59 | ) | $ | (0.20 | ) | $ | 1.00 | $ | 0.12 | $ | (1.55 | ) | $ | (0.66 | ) | $ | 0.26 | ||||||||||
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$ | 0.08 | $ | 0.08 | $ | 0.08 | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.13 | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.44 | ||||||||||||||
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10,596 | 11,357 | 11,381 | 11,402 | 11,351 | 11,371 | 11,676 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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10,596 | 11,357 | 11,423 | 11,485 | 11,351 | 11,371 | 11,858 |
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$ | 8,658 | $ | 14,207 | $ | 21,549 | $ | 20,474 | $ | 26,184 | $ | 36,859 | ||||||||||||
Working capital
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8,381 | 11,388 | 17,604 | 16,337 | 20,558 | 35,755 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total assets
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33,060 | 51,644 | 56,442 | 67,354 | 86,614 | 96,710 | ||||||||||||||||||
Deferred revenue
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15,411 | 23,280 | 22,274 | 33,863 | 43,191 | 42,455 | ||||||||||||||||||
Debt and collateralized borrowings
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Capital lease obligations
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Stockholders’ equity
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13,347 | 20,120 | 25,982 | 24,400 | 32,475 | 44,408 |
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SAFE HARBOR
In addition to historical information, this Annual Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, risks and uncertainties, including the risk factors set forth in Item 1A. above and the risk factors set forth in this Annual Report. Generally, the words “anticipate”, “expect”, “intend”, “believe” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report are made as of the filing date of this Annual Report with the SEC, and future events or circumstances could cause results that differ significantly from the forward-looking statements included here. Accordingly, we caution readers not to place undue reliance on these statements. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update or alter our forward-looking statements, whether, as a result of new information, future events or otherwise after the date of this document.
OVERVIEW
We provide a variety of cloud-based infrastructure services to entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized businesses. Our services include high-quality voice and messaging services over broadband networks, Do-It-For-Me and Do-It-Yourself content management and website building tools, online marketing, online lead generation, e-commerce technology, and training solutions that enable entrepreneurs and small and medium–sized businesses to build and maintain an effective online presence. Our web services are designed to help increase the predictability of success for online businesses.
Our primary web service offerings are designed to meet the needs of entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized businesses anywhere along their lifecycles. Our Do-It-Yourself package includes our robust content management and website building solution, fully enabled e-commerce package, online marketing tools, and educational training modules. In addition to our primary service offerings for the Do-It-Yourself customer base, we also offer a variety of premium services to the Do-It-Yourself customer such as initial site design and build, logo design, drop-shipper/supplier integration, and a variety of search engine optimization and link building packages.
Our Do-It-For-Me services are comprehensive and flexible, allowing us to meet the needs of a wide variety of customers ranging from those just establishing their online presence to those wanting to enhance their existing online presence. These services include custom website design and development, search engine optimization, link building, conversion rate optimization, paid search management, and social media management. Additionally, as the online space continues to evolve our product and service offerings will continue to evolve to keep our customers on the cutting edge of the online space.
In addition to web services, we offer a suite of high quality voice and messaging services over broadband networks. Our small and home office services are portable and allow our customers to make and receive phone calls almost anywhere a broadband Internet connection is available. We transmit these calls using VoIP technology, which converts voice signals into digital data packets for transmission over the Internet. At a cost effective rate, each of our calling plans provides a number of basic features typically offered by traditional telephone service providers, plus a wide range of enhanced features that we believe offer an attractive value proposition to our customers.
We rely heavily on our network, which is a flexible, scalable Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”) based VoIP network that rides on top of the Internet. This platform enables a user via a single “identity” to access and utilize services and features regardless of how they are connected to the Internet. As a result, with one identity, either a number or user name, customers have access to Crexendo voice, messaging, features, and personal profile information regardless of location, device, or how they access the Internet.
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RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER CHARGES
In July 2011, we initiated plans to restructure and improve efficiencies in our operations as a result of the continued lack of profitability and other challenges in our seminar sales channel for our StoresOnline division. Restructurings began in the third quarter of 2011 in an effort to better position our Company for long-term growth, profitability, greater competitiveness and improved efficiency across our business. Actions taken in connection with our restructuring plan include the suspension of our direct mail marketing campaigns and sales of our products and services through our StoresOnline seminar channel, refinement of our product portfolio focused towards recurring subscription-based products and services, and redeployment of our sales and marketing resources in an effort to increase our direct sales, inside sales, and online sales channels.
Through these initiatives we incurred aggregate pre-tax restructuring charges and pre-tax transition expenses of approximately $1,259,000 during the twelve months ending December 31, 2011. Of this, $1,050,000 was recorded for inventory write-downs, unused direct-response advertising, and intangible asset impairment charges for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011. The remaining amount relates to the cancellation of a lease agreement.
SOURCES OF REVENUE
We derive our revenue from sales of a variety of services to entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses, including website builder software subscriptions, web design, SEO, paid search management, hosting, link building, hosted telecom subscriptions, and commissions from third parties. Leads are generated primarily through direct mail marketing campaigns, online advertising campaigns, and strategic partnerships.
LICENSE REVENUE
We have historically derived a substantial portion of our revenue from cash collected on the sale of our content management and web building software licenses at workshop events held throughout the year, as well as principal collected on the sale of software licenses sold through extended payment term arrangements (“EPTAs”). As a result of the restructuring plan we initiated in July 2011, we will no longer generate revenue from cash collected on the sale of our content management and web building software licenses at workshop events. We believe we will, however, continue to generate revenue from principal collected on our EPTA contracts for the next two to three years at a decreasing rate over that time period.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REVENUE
We generate professional services revenue primarily from website design and development, search engine optimization services, link building, paid search management services, conversion rate optimization services, and telecom installation services. These services are typically billed on a fixed price basis or on a monthly recurring basis with an initial term of six to twelve months.
SUBSCRIPTION AND HOSTING REVENUE
We generate revenue from monthly SaaS subscription fees on our website builder platform as well as monthly subscription fees on our hosted telecom offering. We also derive revenue from monthly web hosting fees from our software license customers who utilize our hosting services. Revenue is recognized ratably on a daily basis over the life of the contract for all subscription and hosting services. The typical contract is a recurring monthly contract, although terms range up to 12 months.
PRODUCT REVENUE
We generate product revenue from the sale of telephone equipment, as well as DVD training courses covering a host of online marketing topics, including affiliate marketing, Amazon® and eBay® training, comparison shopping engines, competitive reconnaissance, conversion rate optimization, keyword research, link building, localization and regionalization, paid search campaigns, permission marketing, search engine optimization, social media marketing, and Google® Analytics. These products are typically billed on a fixed price basis. These DVD training courses, which have historically been sold through our direct mail seminar channel, are now available for sale through our inside sales channel.
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COMMISSION REVENUE
We generate commissions from contracted third-party companies who telemarket complementary products and services to our customer base. This commission is typically paid as a percentage of revenue generated by these third-party companies on products and services sold to our customer base. As the lead source for the commission revenue has been our direct mail seminar events, which we discontinued in July 2011, we do not anticipate we will generate significant commission revenue in the future.
Economic Factors
The tight credit markets in place over the past several years have adversely affected our StoresOnline business as consumers and businesses continued to be limited in their ability to obtain alternate sources of financing. The tight credit markets contributed to our decision to suspend the sale of our products and services through the seminar sales channel. The high unemployment rate has had a negative impact on our StoresOnline customer base and has continued to result in high default rates on our accounts receivable. While we have seen our collection rates stabilize and improve slightly over the past several quarters, our default rate remains high. As we recognize revenue when the cash is collected on our accounts receivable portfolio, an improvement in our collection rates will result in additional future revenue, while deterioration in our collection rate will decrease future revenue.
Opportunities
Technological and product innovation is the foundation of our long-term growth strategy, and we intend to increase our commitment to invest in product development, engineering excellence, and delivering high-quality products and services to customers. We have organized Crexendo Web Services and Crexendo Network Services around our primary business objectives which are to help entrepreneurs and small and medium businesses increase the effectiveness and visibility of their online presence, as well as decreasing their infrastructure and communications costs. Crexendo Web Services offers a wide range of services, including content management, SaaS, SEO services, search engine management services, website and logo design services and conversion rate optimization services. Crexendo Network Services offers a suite of high-quality voice and messaging services over broadband networks.
We believe our long-term focus on investing in products and developing new and alternative sales channels is enabling us to build a foundation for growth by delivering innovative products, creating opportunities for potential channel partners, and improving customer satisfaction. Our focus continues to be to execute in key areas through ongoing innovation on our integrated content management software solution, responding effectively to customer and partner needs, and focusing internally on product excellence, business efficacy, and accountability across our Company.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with US GAAP and form the basis for the following discussion and analysis on critical accounting policies and estimates. The preparation of these financial statements requires estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On a regular basis we evaluate our estimates and assumptions. Estimates are based on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Management has discussed the development, selection and disclosure of these estimates with our Board of Directors and its Audit Committee.
A summary of our significant accounting policies is provided in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements. We believe the critical accounting policies and estimates described below reflect our more significant estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. The impact and any associated risks on our business that are related to these policies are also discussed throughout this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” where such policies affect reported and expected financial results.
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Revenue Recognition
In general, we recognize revenue when all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement; (2) the product or service has been provided to the customer; (3) the amount of fees to be paid by the customer is fixed or determinable; and (4) the collection of our fees is probable. Specifics to revenue category are as follows:
Cash sales of software licenses, telecom equipment, and DVD training courses, are recognized as revenue when the cash is received, net of expected customer refunds, upon expiration of the customers’ rescission period, which typically occurs three days after the licenses are delivered or when the Internet training workshop takes place, whichever occurs later.
Software licenses and DVD training courses sold under EPTAs are recognized as revenue upon receipt of cash from customers and not at the time of sale. Although we believe we are able to reasonably estimate the collectability of our receivables based upon our history of offering EPTAs, accounting standards require revenue to be deferred until customer payments are received if collection of the original principal balance is not probable. Additionally, if we subsequently sell the receivables on a non-recourse basis, accounting standards require that the related revenue be deferred until the customer makes cash payments to the third-party purchaser of the receivables. There are no receivable balances outstanding that are subject to recourse by our Company.
We enter into agreements where revenue is derived from multiple deliverables including any mix of products and/or services. For these arrangements, we determine whether the delivered item(s) has value to the customer on a stand-alone basis, and in the event the arrangement includes a general right of return relative to the delivered item(s), whether the delivery or performance of the undelivered item(s) is considered probable and substantially in our control. If these criteria are met, the arrangement consideration is allocated to the separate units of accounting based on each unit’s relative selling price. If these criteria are not met, the arrangement is accounted for as a single unit of accounting which would result in revenue being recognized ratably over the contract term or deferred until the earlier of when such criteria are met or when the last undelivered element is delivered. The amount of product and services revenue recognized for arrangements with multiple deliverables is impacted by the allocation of arrangement consideration to the deliverables in the arrangement based on the relative selling prices. In determining our selling prices, we apply the selling price hierarchy using vendor specific objective evidence (VSOE) when available, third-party evidence of selling price (“TPE”) if VSOE does not exist, and estimated selling price (“ESP”) if neither VSOE nor TPE is available.
VSOE of fair value for elements of an arrangement is based upon the normal pricing and discounting practices for a deliverable when sold separately. In determining VSOE, we require that a substantial majority of the selling prices fall within a reasonably narrow pricing range, generally evidenced by a substantial majority of such historical stand-alone transactions falling within a reasonably narrow range of the median rate. In addition, we consider major service groups, geographies, customer classifications, and other variables in determining VSOE.
We are typically not able to determine TPE for our products or services. TPE is determined based on competitor prices for similar deliverables when sold separately. Generally, our offerings contain a significant level of differentiation such that the comparable pricing of products with similar functionality is difficult to obtain. Furthermore, we are unable to reliably determine what similar competitor products’ selling prices are on a stand-alone basis.
When we are unable to establish the selling price using VSOE or TPE, we use ESP in our allocation of arrangement consideration. The objective of ESP is to determine the price at which we would transact a sale if the product or service were sold on a stand-alone basis. We determine ESP for a product or service by considering multiple factors including, but not limited to, cost of products, gross margin objectives, pricing practices, geographies, customer classes and distribution channels.
We recognize revenue for delivered elements only when we determine there are no uncertainties regarding customer acceptance. Changes in the allocation of the sales price between delivered and undelivered elements can impact the timing of revenue recognized but does not change the total revenue recognized on any agreement.
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Professional Services Revenue
Fees collected for professional services, including website design and development, search engine optimization services, link-building, paid search management services, and telecom installation services are recognized as revenue, net of expected customer refunds, over the period during which the services are expected to be performed, based upon the fair value for such services. Fees related to EPTA contracts are deferred and recognized as revenue during the service period or when cash is collected, whichever occurs later.
Subscription and Hosting Revenue
Fees collected for subscription and hosting revenue are recognized ratably as services are provided. Customers are billed for these services on a monthly or annual basis at the customer’s option. For all of our customers, regardless of their billing method, subscription revenue is recorded as deferred revenue in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As services are performed, we recognize subscription revenue ratably over the applicable service period. When we provide a free trial period, we do not begin to recognize subscription revenue until the trial period has ended and the customer has been billed for the services.
Commission Revenue
We have contracts with third-party entities with respect to telemarketing product sales to our customers following the sale of the initial software licenses. These products and services are intended to assist the customers with their Internet businesses. These products are sold and delivered completely by third parties. We receive commissions from these third parties, and recognize the revenue as the commissions are received, net of expected customer refunds.
Change in Avail Contract
In April 2007, we began marketing and selling Avail 24/7, an all-in-one communications service which assists small businesses and entrepreneurs to manage phone menus, voicemail, email, and fax in one online application. Customers purchasing the Avail product are charged a non-refundable activation fee along with a monthly service fee. The non-refundable activation fee is deferred and recognized ratably over the estimated customer life, which is currently estimated to be four and one-half years. The monthly service fee is recognized ratably over the service period.
In January 2010 we changed the contract that is associated with the sale of our Avail 24/7 subscription. Effective March 31, 2010 any customer that has not activated their Avail 24/7 subscription was assessed an activation fee of an additional $34.95. Prior to this change in contract, this activation fee was included in a bundle of items sold at the workshop and there was no time limit on activation. All existing customers were notified of the change in contract in January 2010 and were given 60-days to activate Avail 24/7 without paying the additional activation fee. As a result of this change in contract, we recognized approximately $1,000,000 in revenue upon expiration of the 60-day notice in March 2010 for the Avail 24/7 activation fees described above as we no longer had an obligation to provide the activation.
Fees collected related to sales tax and other government assessed taxes are recognized on a net basis.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Since 1999, we have offered to our customers the option to finance, through EPTAs, purchases made at the Internet training workshops through July 5, 2011 when this sales channel was suspended. We record the receivable and deferred revenue, along with an allowance for doubtful accounts, at the time the EPTA contract is perfected. The allowance represents estimated losses resulting from the customers’ failure to make required payments. The allowances for doubtful accounts for EPTAs we retain are netted against the current and long-term trade receivable balances in our consolidated balance sheets. All allowance estimates are based on historical collection experience, specific identification of probable bad debts based on collection efforts, aging of trade receivables, customer payment history, and other known factors, including current economic conditions. If allowances prove inadequate, additional allowances would be required. Because revenue generated from customers financing through EPTAs is deferred and not recognized prior to the collection of cash, adjustments to allowances for doubtful accounts are made through deferred revenue and do not impact operating income or loss. Trade receivables are written-off against the allowance when the related customers are no longer making required payments and the trade receivables are determined to be uncollectible, typically 90 days past their original due date.
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Income Taxes
In preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves estimating current income tax liabilities together with assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items for tax and financial reporting purposes. These temporary differences result in deferred income tax assets and liabilities. Our deferred income tax assets consist primarily of the future benefit of net operating loss carryforwards, certain deferred revenue, accrued expenses and tax credit carryforwards. We may recognize the tax benefits from an uncertain tax position only if it is more-likely-than-not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a position should be measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Accounting guidance is also provided on derecognition of income tax assets and liabilities, classification of current and deferred income tax assets and liabilities, accounting for interest and penalties associated with tax positions, and income tax disclosures. Judgment is required in assessing the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the financial statements or tax returns. Variations in the actual outcome of these future tax consequences could materially impact our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. In assessing the need for a valuation allowance, we evaluate all significant available positive and negative evidence, including historical operating results, estimates of future taxable income and the existence of prudent and feasible tax planning strategies.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Results of Consolidated Operations
The following discussion of financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto and other financial information included elsewhere in this Annual Report.
Results of Consolidated Operations (in thousands, except for per share amounts)
Year Ended December 31,
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2010
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Consolidated Operations
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Revenue
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$ | 48,024 | $ | 65,793 | ||||
Loss before income taxes
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(1,178 | ) | (1,618 | ) | ||||
Income tax provision
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(5,052 | ) | (692 | ) | ||||
Net loss
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(6,230 | ) | (2,310 | ) | ||||
Diluted net loss per share
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$ | (0.59 | ) | $ | (0.20 | ) |
Year Ended December 31, 2011 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2010
Revenue
Total net revenue decreased 27% in the year ended December 31, 2011 compared with the same period of 2010, primarily due to a 32% decrease in direct mail seminar cash sales due to the suspension of our direct mail seminars in July 2011, a 10% decrease in our principal collected on our accounts receivable balance, and a 53% decrease in commissions payable to us by third parties as a result of fewer leads generated from our StoresOnline division. Crexendo Web Services generated revenue of $2,315,000 during the year ended December 31, 2011 an increase of 75% compared with $1,322,000 in the corresponding period in 2010.
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Loss Before Income Taxes
Loss before income tax decreased $440,000, or 27%, in the year ended December 31, 2011 compared with the corresponding period of 2010. Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2011 decreased $17.8 million, or 27% as compared to same period of 2010. Total operating expenses decreased 26% to $53,915,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011, compared to $72,367,000 in the corresponding period of 2010.
Income Tax Provision
During the year ended December 31, 2011, we recorded an income tax provision of $5,052,000. This compares to income tax provision of $692,000 for the year ended December 31, 2010. Income taxes are based on the estimated effective federal, state and foreign income tax rates. Although we had a pre-tax loss for the year ended December 31, 2011 of $1,178,000, we had provision for income taxes primarily as a result of placing a valuation allowance on all of our deferred tax assets during the year ended December 31, 2011. and an additional valuation allowance placed on our remaining foreign tax credits. We had a provision for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2010 primarily as a result of an uncertain tax liability due to the use of foreign tax credits.
Segment Operating Results
The information below is organized in accordance with our three reportable segments. Segment operating income (loss) is equal to segment net revenue less segment cost of revenue, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses. Segment expenses do not include certain costs, such as corporate general and administrative expenses and share-based compensation expenses, which are not allocated to specific segments.
Operating Results of our StoresOnline Division (in thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
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2010
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Revenue
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$ | 45,599 | $ | 64,471 | ||||
Operating expenses:
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Cost of revenue
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15,147 | 20,876 | ||||||
Selling and marketing
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17,932 | 31,433 | ||||||
General and administrative
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5,030 | 6,653 | ||||||
Operating income
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$ | 7,490 | $ | 5,509 | ||||
Other income
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4,689 | 4,956 | ||||||
Income before tax provision
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$ | 12,179 | $ | 10,465 |
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Year Ended December 31, 2011 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2010
Revenue
Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2011 decreased 29% to $45,599,000 from $64,471,000 for the year ended December 31, 2010.
Following our decision to suspend our direct mail seminar sales in July 2011, revenue from our StoresOnline division has been generated primarily through principal amounts collected on historical sales of StoresOnline products and services sold through EPTAs. Fees for our StoresOnline products and services sold under EPTAs are recognized as revenue as cash payments are received from the customer and not at the time of sale.
Revenue related to cash collected under EPTA agreements decreased to $16,190,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011, compared to $18,028,000 for the year ended December 31, 2010. Our typical EPTA agreement has a term of two to three years. As such, while we no longer plan to offer EPTAs to our customers as a result of the suspension of our direct mail seminar sales, we will continue to recognize revenue from these EPTA contracts as cash is collected. EPTAs are originally recognized in our balance sheet, net of an allowance for doubtful accounts, through our deferred revenue balance. The remaining deferred revenue balance is expected to be recognized as revenue at a decreasing quarterly rate over the next two to three years. The following table summarizes the activity within deferred revenue for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):
StoresOnline deferred revenue as of January 1, 2010
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22,245 | |||
Cash collected on Principal of EPTA Contracts
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(18,028 | ) | ||
Deferred revenue added during period (net of writeoffs)
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19,012 | |||
StoresOnline deferred revenue as of December 31, 2010
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$ | 23,229 | ||
Cash collected on Principal of EPTA Contracts
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(16,190 | ) | ||
Deferred revenue added during period (net of writeoffs)
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8,157 | |||
StoresOnline deferred revenue as of December 31, 2011
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$ | 15,196 |
Cash sales of SOS licenses and other products at our events as well as hosting revenue decreased to $24,357,000 in the year ended December 31, 2011, compared to $35,794,000 in the year ended December 31, 2010. The decrease was primarily attributable to the suspension of our direct mail seminar sales in July 2011 which resulted in a 48% decrease in number of events from the prior year and an approximate $13,224,000 decrease in cash sales as a result of fewer events. Offsetting this decrease in cash sales at events was an increase of approximately $1,437,000 in revenue due to a reduction in our deferred revenue balance as we completed fulfillment of the products and services sold at these events, as well as a $990,000 decrease in sales returns from the previous year.
Commissions from third parties decreased 53% to $5,052,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011, from $10,649,000 for the year ended December 31, 2010. As a result of the suspension of direct mail seminars, and commissions from third parties is not expected to be significant in the future.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists primarily of the cost to conduct Internet Training Workshops, credit card fees, and the cost of products sold. Cost of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2011 decreased 27% to $15,147,000, from $20,876,000 for the year ended December 31, 2010. Cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue increased to 33% in the current year compared to 32% in prior year. The increase in cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue was primarily due to the implementation of certain promotions beginning in September 2010 designed to increase the attendance at our workshops. The impact of these promotions was an increase to 41% as a percentage of revenue through the first six months of 2011 compared to 29% through the first six months of 2010. Following the suspension of direct mail seminars in July 2011, our cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue decreased to 16% for the last six months of 2011 compared to 36% for the last six months of 2010. The significant reduction in cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue during the last six months of 2011 is primarily due to not incurring the costs of internet training workshops during that time period, but still receiving revenue from principal received on EPTA contracts, at a reduced cost of revenue percent.
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Selling and Marketing
Selling and marketing expenses consist of payroll and related expenses for sales and marketing activities, advertising, and promotional and public relations expenses. Selling and marketing expenses for the year ended December 31, 2011 decreased 43% to $17,932,000, from $31,433,000 for the year ended December 31, 2010. Selling and marketing expense as a percentage of revenue decreased to 39% in the current year from 49% in prior year. The decrease in total selling and marketing expenses as well as selling and marketing expense as a percentage of revenue are primarily due to the suspension of direct mail seminars in July 2011, which resulted in a more significant reduction in selling and marketing expenses than the reduction in revenue as a result of the continuation of revenue received on the collection of principal on EPTA contracts. During the first six month of 2011, our selling and marketing expense as a percentage of revenue was 56% compared to 50% in the previous year. During the last six months of 2011 the selling and marketing expense as a percentage of revenue decreased to 2% compared to 47% in the prior year.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses consist of payroll and related expenses for executive, accounting and administrative personnel, legal, accounting and other professionals, finance company service fees, and other general corporate expenses. General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2011 decreased to $5,030,000 from $6,653,000 for the year ended December 31, 2010. The decrease is primarily due to a reduction in rent, accounting fees, and servicing fees on our EPTA contracts.
Other Income
Other income primarily relates to EPTA contracts, which generally carry an 18% simple interest rate. For the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, other income was $4,689,000 and $4,956,000, respectively. This decrease is primarily due to a one-time sale of receivables that had previously been written off the books for $303,000 in the year ended December 31, 2010.
Operating Results of Crexendo Web Services (in thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
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Crexendo Web Services
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Revenue
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$ | 2,315 | $ | 1,322 | ||||
Operating Expenses:
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Cost of revenue
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1,786 | 729 | ||||||
Selling and marketing
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2,651 | 1,389 | ||||||
General and administrative
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426 | 1,031 | ||||||
Operating loss
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$ | (2,548 | ) | $ | (1,827 | ) |
Year Ended December 31, 2011 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2010
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Revenue
Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2011 was $2,315,000, compared to $1,322,000 in the year ended December 31, 2010. The increase in revenue from the prior year is primarily due to an increase in direct sales reps, which increased from an average of 8 direct sales reps for the year ended December 31, 2010 to an average of 17 sales reps for the year ended December 31, 2011. Revenue from Crexendo Web Services is generated primarily through on page and off page search engine optimization services, search engine management services, conversion rate optimization services, and website design and development services. A substantial portion of Crexendo Web Services’ revenue is generated through six to twelve month service contracts, as such; growth in Crexendo Web Services will initially be seen through increases in our backlog.
Below is a table which displays the Crexendo Web Services revenue backlog as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, which is expected to be recognized as revenue within the next twelve months (in thousands):
Crexendo Web Services backlog as of December 31, 2010
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$ | 964 | ||
Crexendo Web Services backlog as of December 31, 2011
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$ | 1,142 |
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists primarily of salaries related to fulfillment of our web services. Cost of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2011 was $1,786,000 compared to $729,000 for the year ended December 31, 2010. The increase in salaries for the current period is related to an increase in headcount as we continue to increase our fulfillment capacity.
Selling and Marketing
Selling and marketing expenses consist primarily of salaries and benefits, as well as advertising expenses. Selling and marketing expense was $2,651,000 and $1,389,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The large increase was primarily attributable to an increase in salespeople and other marketing activity. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2011 we had an average of 17 direct sales reps compared to 8 in the twelve months ended December 31, 2010.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses consist of payroll and related expenses for administrative personnel. General and administrative expenses were $426,000 and $1,031,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. General and administrative expenses for the twelve months ended December 31, 2010 were higher than the twelve months ended December 31, 2011, primarily due to one-time startup costs that were incurred during the 2010 period.
Operating Results of our Crexendo Network Services Division (in thousands)
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Revenue
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$ | 110 | $ | - | ||||
Operating expenses:
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711 | - | ||||||
Selling and marketing
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89 | - | ||||||
General and administrative
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300 | 462 | ||||||
Research and development
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1,075 | 967 | ||||||
Loss from operations
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$ | (2,065 | ) | $ | (1,429 | ) |
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Year Ended December 31, 2011 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2010
Revenue
Revenue for our Crexendo Network Services division was $110,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to no revenue for the year ended December 31, 2010. We began selling our Crexendo Network Services products and services in a phased in approach in March 2011. The $110,000 in revenue is primarily made up of monthly subscriptions for our telecom services.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists primarily of product cost and customer support. Cost of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2011 was $711,000 compared to no cost of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2010. Cost of revenue is primarily made up of telecom equipment costs as well as customer service costs. During our initial roll-out of telecom the customer was provided with free equipment as part of signing up for a contract.
Selling and Marketing
Selling and marketing expenses consist primarily of production of marketing materials. Selling and marketing expenses were $89,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011. We did not have any Selling and marketing expense in the twelve months ended December 31, 2010.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of payroll and related expenses for rent, professional fees, and administrative personnel. General and administrative expenses were $300,000 and $462,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2011 were lower than the year ended December 31, 2010, as one-time startup and legal costs were incurred during the 2010 period.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses primarily consist of payroll and related expenses, related to the development of new telecom products. Research and development expenses were $1,075,000 and $967,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in our engineering head count as we continued to expand our product development and offerings to meet market demand.
Results of our Corporate and Other Unallocated Operations (in thousands)
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2010
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Unallocated corporate items
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Operating expenses
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Cost of revenues
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$ | 85 | $ | 169 | ||||
Selling and marketing
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37 | 84 | ||||||
General and administrative
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6,459 | 6,451 | ||||||
Research and development
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2,187 | 2,123 | ||||||
Operating loss
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$ | (8,768 | ) | $ | (8,827 | ) | ||
Other Income
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24 | - | ||||||
Loss before Taxes
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$ | (8,744 | ) | $ | (8,827 | ) |
Year Ended December 31, 2011 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2010
Unallocated corporate expenses, which are not allocated to specific segments, totaled $8,744,000 and $8,827,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Unallocated costs decreased for the year ended December 31, 2011 due, in part, to a decrease in salaries and share-based compensation expense from the prior year.
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Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists of share based compensation which was $85,000 and $169,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010. Decrease is the result of a decrease in share based compensation from the prior year.
Selling and Marketing
Selling and marketing expenses consist of share-based compensation which was $37,000 and $84,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Decrease is the result of a decrease in share based compensation from the prior year.
General and Administrative
Corporate general and administrative expenses consist of payroll, share-based compensation, rent, professional fees, and administrative personnel which are not allocated to specific segments. Corporate general and administrative expenses were $6,459,000 and $6,451,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses primarily consist of payroll and share-based compensation expenses, related to our engineering team whose cost cannot be specifically allocated to any particular segment. Unallocated research and development expenses were $2,187,000 and $2,123,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
We had working capital of $8,381,000 and $11,388,000 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. We had working capital, excluding deferred revenue, of $17,669,000 and $25,145,000 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Deferred revenue balances represent historical sales for which we cannot immediately recognize revenue. The costs and expenses we incur as these deferred revenue amounts are recognized as product and other revenues are expected to be insignificant. Consequently, we do not consider deferred revenue to be a factor that impacts our liquidity or future cash requirements.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
We had cash and cash equivalents of $8,658,000 and $14,207,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2011, we used cash flows from operating activities of $1,648,000 compared to generating cash for operating activities of $39,000 for the year ended December 31, 2010.
Trade Receivables
Trade receivables and long-term trade receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, totaled $15,517,000 and $21,564,000 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Long-term trade receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, were $6,097,000 and $9,442,000 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. We offer our customers an installment contract with payment terms between 24 and 36 months, as one of several payment options. The payments that become due more than 12 months after the end of the fiscal period are classified as long-term trade receivables.
We have sold some of our domestic trade receivables in the past. In the future, we may evaluate agreements with third-party financing companies for the sale of our international and domestic trade receivables.
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Accounts Payable
Accounts payable totaled $1,153,000 and $3,328,000 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The aging of accounts payable as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 was generally within our vendors’ terms of payment.
Capital Requirements – Contractual Obligations
The following table summarizes our significant contractual obligations as of December 31, 2011:
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$ | 2,547 | $ | 1,349 | $ | 1,198 | ||||||
Billing Software (3)
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$ | 255 | $ | 85 | $ | 170 | ||||||
$ | 2,802 | $ | 1,434 | $ | 1,368 |
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Payments are included in the period in which they are contractually required to be made. Actual payments may be made prior to the contractually required date.
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(2)
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Represents our commitments associated with operating leases and includes contracts that expire in various years through 2015. Payments due reflect cash to be paid for rent.
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(3)
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Represents our commitment associated with billing software which includes a contractual obligation for at least three years for a minimum expense of $85,000 per year depending on the volume of billing.
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Capital
As of December 31, 2011, total stockholders’ equity was $13,347,000, down 34% from $20,120,000 as of December 31, 2010. The decrease for the year ended December 31, 2011 in total stockholders’ equity was attributable to net loss of $6,230,000, the purchase and retirement of $682,000 of our common stock, and for the declaration of $848,000 in dividends to common stockholders. The decrease in total stockholders’ equity was partially offset by the stock option compensation expense of $919,000.
Common Stock Repurchase Program
On September 5, 2006, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $20,000,000 of our common stock. In September 2007, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional $50,000,000 of our common stock. During the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, we repurchased $682,000 and $3,823,000 of our common stock, respectively. We intend to repurchase shares of our common stock from time to time over the next year but may suspend or discontinue purchasing the common stock at any time. The repurchased common stock was retired.
On November 3, 2010, we announced the commencement of a modified Dutch auction tender offer to purchase up to $4,750,000 in value of shares of our common stock at a price not less than $4.35 per share and not more than $4.75 per share. The tender offer closed on December 10, 2010, after which we purchased and cancelled 723,896 shares of our common stock at a cost of $3,438,000.
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OFF BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements other than operating leases. We do not believe that these operating leases are material to our current or future financial position, results of operations, revenues or expenses, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance - On January 1, 2011, we prospectively adopted new guidance on revenue recognition in which arrangements that include tangible products that have software components that are essential to the functionality of the tangible product will no longer be within the scope of the software revenue recognition guidance, and such software-enabled products will now be subject to other relevant revenue recognition guidance. This new accounting guidance applies to arrangements entered into or materially modified beginning on January 1, 2011. Additionally, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued authoritative guidance on revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables that are outside the scope of the software revenue recognition guidance. Under the new guidance, when vendor specific objective evidence or third party evidence for deliverables in an arrangement cannot be determined, a best estimate of the selling price is required to separate deliverables and allocate arrangement consideration using the relative selling price method. The new guidance includes new disclosure requirements on how the application of the relative selling price method affects the timing and amount of revenue recognition. The adoption of this new guidance had a material impact for the interim 2011 reporting periods but did not have a material impact on our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011.
On January 1, 2011, we adopted new guidance which amends existing guidance for goodwill and other intangible assets. This authoritative guidance modifies Step 1 of the goodwill impairment test for reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. For those reporting units, an entity is required to perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test if there are qualitative factors indicating that it is more likely than not that a goodwill impairment exists. The qualitative factors are consistent with the existing guidance which requires goodwill of a reporting unit to be tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount. The adoption of this authoritative guidance did not have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.
Recent Accounting Guidance Not Yet Adopted - In June 2011, the FASB issued guidance on presentation of comprehensive income. The new guidance eliminates the current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in equity. Instead, an entity will be required to present either a continuous statement of net income and other comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The new guidance will be effective for us beginning January 1, 2012 and will not have a material impact on the financial statements upon adoption.
In May 2011, the FASB issued guidance to amend the accounting and disclosure requirements on fair value measurements. The new guidance limits the highest-and-best-use measure to nonfinancial assets, permits certain financial assets and liabilities with offsetting positions in market or counterparty credit risks to be measured at a net basis, and provides guidance on the applicability of premiums and discounts. Additionally, the new guidance expands the disclosures on Level 3 inputs by requiring quantitative disclosure of the unobservable inputs and assumptions, as well as description of the valuation processes and the sensitivity of the fair value to changes in unobservable inputs. The new guidance will be effective for us beginning January 1, 2012. We do not anticipate material impacts on our financial statements upon adoption.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
With the exception of historical facts, the statements contained in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which reflect our current expectations and beliefs regarding our future results of operations, performance and achievements. The section entitled “Business” above in Part I, Item 1 of this Annual Report also includes forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and are based upon assumptions and beliefs that may or may not materialize. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning:
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We caution readers that our operating results are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those discussed or anticipated, including changes in economic conditions and internet technologies, fluctuations in weather patterns, interest rate fluctuations, and the factors set forth in the section entitled, “Risk Factors,” under Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report. We also advise readers not to place any undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this report, which reflect our beliefs and expectations only as of the date of this report. We assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect new events or circumstances or any changes in our beliefs or expectations, other than as required by law.
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Financial Statements
Crexendo, Inc. and Subsidiaries
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms
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Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2011 and 2010
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Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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Financial Statement Schedule
Crexendo, Inc. and Subsidiaries
The following consolidated financial statement schedule of Crexendo, Inc. and subsidiaries is filed as part of this Annual Report. All other schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable, not required, or the information is included in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.
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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
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Exhibits. The exhibits listed in the accompanying index to exhibits immediately following the financial statements are filed as part of, or hereby incorporated by reference into, this Annual Report.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Crexendo, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Crexendo, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2011. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15. These financial statements and the financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and the financial statement schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Crexendo, Inc. and subsidiaries at December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2011, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except par value and share data)
December 31,
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2010
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Assets
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Current assets:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$ | 8,658 | $ | 14,207 | ||||
Restricted cash
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1,965 | 1,088 | ||||||
Trade receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $3,512 as of December 31, 2011 and $10,464 as of December 31, 2010
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9,420 | 12,122 | ||||||
Inventories
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232 | 1,067 | ||||||
Income tax receivable
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552 | 1,239 | ||||||
Deferred income tax assets, net
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- | 949 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other
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725 | 1,376 | ||||||
Total current assets
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21,552 | 32,048 | ||||||
Certificate of deposit
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500 | 500 | ||||||
Long-term trade receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,949 as of December 31, 2011 and $7,957 as of December 31, 2010
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6,097 | 9,442 | ||||||
Property and equipment, net
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4,055 | 3,139 | ||||||
Deferred income tax assets, net
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279 | 5,024 | ||||||
Intangible assets
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79 | 987 | ||||||
Goodwill
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265 | 265 | ||||||
Other long-term assets
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233 | 239 | ||||||
Total Assets
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$ | 33,060 | $ | 51,644 | ||||
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
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Current liabilities:
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Accounts payable
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$ | 1,153 | $ | 3,328 | ||||
Accrued expenses and other
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2,240 | 3,361 | ||||||
Dividend payable
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211 | 214 | ||||||
Deferred income tax liability
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279 | - | ||||||
Deferred revenue, current portion
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9,288 | 13,757 | ||||||
Total current liabilities
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13,171 | 20,660 | ||||||
Deferred revenue, net of current portion
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6,123 | 9,523 | ||||||
Other long-term liabilities
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419 | 1,341 | ||||||
Total liabilities
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19,713 | 31,524 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)
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Stockholders' equity:
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Preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share - authorized 5,000,000 shares; none issued
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Common stock, par value $0.001 per share - authorized 100,000,000 shares; 10,523,078
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shares outstanding as of December 31, 2011 and 10,664,878 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2010
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11 | 11 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital
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48,938 | 49,481 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit
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(35,602 | ) | (29,372 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders' equity
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13,347 | 20,120 | ||||||
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
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$ | 33,060 | $ | 51,644 |
See accompanying notes.
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Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share and share data)
Year Ended December 31,
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Revenue
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Operating expenses:
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Cost of revenue
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17,729 | 21,774 | ||||||
Selling and marketing
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20,709 | 32,906 | ||||||
General and administrative
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Research and development
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3,262 | 3,090 | ||||||
Total operating expenses
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53,915 | 72,367 | ||||||
Loss from operations
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Other income (expense):
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Interest income
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Interest expense
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Other income (expense), net
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(36 | ) | 214 | |||||
Total other income, net
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4,713 | 4,956 | ||||||
Loss before income tax provision
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(1,178 | ) | (1,618 | ) | ||||
Income tax provision
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(5,052 | ) | (692 | ) | ||||
Net loss
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$ | (6,230 | ) | $ | (2,310 | ) | ||
Net loss per common share:
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Diluted
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Dividends per common share
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Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
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Diluted
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See accompanying notes.
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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity
Years Ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010
(In thousands, except share data)
Additional
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11,446,320 | $ | 11 | $ | 53,033 | $ | (27,062 | ) | $ | 25,982 | ||||||||||
Expense for stock options granted to employees
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Stock issued under stock award plans (net of forfeitures) and related income tax benefit of $3
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Restricted stock issued for acquisition
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Dividends declared
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Repurchase of common stock
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Common stock acquired through tender offer
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Net loss
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Balance, December 31, 2010
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Expense for stock options granted to employees
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Stock issued under stock award plans
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Dividends declared
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Repurchase of common stock
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Net loss
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Balance, December 31, 2011
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10,523,078 | $ | 11 | $ | 48,938 | $ | (35,602 | ) | $ | 13,347 |
See accompanying notes.
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
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Net loss
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Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used for) operating activities:
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Impairment of inventory, intangible assets, prepaids and lease cancellation
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Loss on Subsidiary
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Depreciation and amortization
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Expense for stock options issued to employees
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919 | 1,041 | ||||||
Tax benefit upon issuance of common stock
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Deferred income tax provision
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5,082 | 334 | ||||||
Changes in assets and liabilities:
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Trade receivables
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Inventories
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555 | (824 | ) | |||||
Income tax receivable
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687 | (852 | ) | |||||
Prepaid expenses and other
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Other long-term assets
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Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other
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Income taxes payable
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Deferred revenue
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Other long-term liabilities
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Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
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Acquisition of property and equipment
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Acquisition of company (Note 3)
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Increase in restricted cash
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Investment in subsidiary
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Proceeds from sale of property held for sale (Note 16)
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Net cash used for investing activities
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
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Repurchase of common stock
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(682 | ) | (385 | ) | ||||
Common stock acquired through tender offer
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Proceeds from exercise of options and related income tax benefit
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68 | 13 | ||||||
Payments made on contingent consideration
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(40 | ) | (82 | ) | ||||
Dividend payments
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(851 | ) | (915 | ) | ||||
Net cash used for financing activities
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(1,505 | ) | (4,807 | ) | ||||
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
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(5,549 | ) | (7,342 | ) | ||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR
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14,207 | 21,549 | ||||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR
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See accompanying notes.
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (CONTINUED)
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2010
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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
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Cash paid (received) during the year for:
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Interest
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Income taxes
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(892 | ) | 70 | |||||
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing information:
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Dividends declared and not paid
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$ | 211 | $ | 214 | ||||
Purchase of property and equipment included in accounts payable
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655 | 101 | ||||||
Acquisition of company with stock
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Contingent consideration related to acquisition
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In February 2010, Crexendo, Inc. entered into an asset purchase agreement with CastleWave, LLC (“CastleWave”) to purchase their assets for total consideration of $495,000 (Note 3). The total consideration included a contingent consideration of approximately $128,000 based upon estimated future revenue generated through CastleWave’s sales channels, restricted stock of $117,000, and cash of $250,000. The purchase price was allocated to a non-compete agreement for $60,000, technical know-how for $60,000, customer list for $98,000, other assets for $12,000, and goodwill for $265,000. See summary below (in thousands):
Fair value of assets aquired (including goodwill of $265,000)
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Cash paid
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Stock issued
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Estimated value of contingent consideration
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Liabilities assumed
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CREXENDO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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Significant Accounting Policies
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Description of Business - Crexendo, Inc. is incorporated in the state of Delaware. As used hereafter in the notes to consolidated financial statements, we refer to Crexendo, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries as “we,” “us,” or “our Company”. We are a hosted services company that provides ecommerce software, website development, web hosting, search engine optimization, link building and hosted telecom services that include integration of email, fax, and phone with ecommerce for businesses and entrepreneurs. Our services are designed to make enterprise-class hosting services available to small and medium-sized businesses at affordable monthly rates. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). These consolidated financial statements reflect the results of operations, financial position, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows of our Company.
Basis of Presentation – For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, we had a net loss of $6,230,000 and $2,310,000, respectively. At December 31, 2011 and 2010, we had cash and cash equivalents of $8,658,000 and $14,207,000, respectively. Additionally, our current assets exceeded our current liabilities at December 31, 2011 and 2010 by $8,381,000 and $11,388,000, respectively. While continuing to maintain our service to existing customers, as a result of the suspension of direct mail seminar sales channel in our StoresOnline division, see Note 5, we will be shifting our focus to our Crexendo Web Services and Crexendo Network Services divisions. We plan to fund this growth through operating cash flows. If operating cash flows prove to be insufficient to fund future growth, we may need to raise additional capital through financing. There can be no assurances that such additional capital, if needed, would be available on acceptable terms or at all, which would adversely affect the Company’s ability to achieve its business objectives.
Company Name Change - In May 2011, our stockholders approved an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to change our name from "iMergent, Inc." to "Crexendo, Inc." The name change was effective May 18, 2011. Our ticker symbol "IIG" on the New York Stock Exchange was changed to “EXE” on May 18, 2011.
Principles of Consolidation - The consolidated financial statements include the accounts and operations of Crexendo, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries, which include Avail 24/7 Inc., Crexendo Business Solutions, Inc., Galaxy Mall, Inc., StoresOnline Inc., StoresOnline International Canada ULC, StoresOnline International, Inc., StoresOnline International Ltd., and Internet Training Group, Inc. All intercompany account balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Cash and Cash Equivalents - We consider all highly liquid, short-term investments with maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2011, we had cash and cash equivalents in financial institutions in excess of federally insured limits in the amount of $8,388,000.
Restricted Cash – We classified $1,965,000 and $1,088,000 as restricted cash as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. This cash is restricted due to acquiring a letter of credit and the compensating balance requirement of our merchant accounts, and purchasing card agreements. As of December 31, 2011, we had restricted cash in financial institutions in excess of federally insured limits in the amount of $1,885,000.
Trade Receivables – We have historically offered to our customers the option to finance, typically through 24 and 36-month extended payment term arrangements (“EPTAs”), purchases made at our Internet Training Workshops through our StoresOnline segment (see Note 5 regarding the suspension of Internet Training Workshops in 2011). EPTAs are reflected as short-term and long-term trade receivables, as applicable, as we have the intent and ability to hold the receivables for the foreseeable future, until maturity or payoff. EPTAs are recorded on a nonaccrual status beginning on the contract date.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts – For sales made through EPTA contracts, we record an allowance for doubtful accounts at the time the EPTA contract is perfected. The allowance represents estimated losses resulting from customers’ failure to make required payments. The allowance for doubtful accounts for EPTAs is netted against the current and long-term trade receivables balances. The allowance estimate is based on historical collection experience, specific identification of probable bad debts based on collection efforts, aging of trade receivables, customer payment history, and other known factors, including current economic conditions. We believe that the allowance for doubtful accounts is adequate based on our assessment to date; however, actual collection results may differ materially from our expectations. Because revenue generated from customers financing through EPTAs is deferred and not recognized prior to the collection of cash, adjustments to the allowance for doubtful accounts related to our EPTA contracts increase or decrease deferred revenue. Trade receivables are written off against the allowance when the related customers are no longer making required payments and the trade receivables are determined to be uncollectible, typically 90 days past their original due date. For sales made in our Crexendo web services and Crexendo network services segments, the allowance for doubtful accounts reflects our best estimate of probable losses inherent in the accounts receivable balance. We determine the allowance based on known troubled accounts, historical experience, and other currently available evidence.
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Interest Income - Interest income is primarily earned from EPTA contracts. EPTA contract terms generally contain an 18% simple interest rate. Interest income is recognized on these accounts only to the extent cash is received as the receivables are generally 24 and 36-months in length and collection of the full amount of the receivable is not probable. We recognized $4,751,000 and $4,746,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
Inventories - Inventories consist of products provided in conjunction with the Internet Training Workshops and the costs of telecom equipment and are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or market. In accordance with applicable accounting guidance, we regularly evaluate whether inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market. As a result of suspending the sale of products and services through the seminar sales channel for our StoresOnline division (see Note 5), we concluded that the market value for certain inventory items associated with the sale of products and services through the seminar sales channel was less than their cost. As such, $280,000 of inventory was written-off and included in cost of sales for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011.
Certificate of Deposit - We hold a $500,000 certificate of deposit as collateral for merchant accounts, which automatically renews every 16 months. The certificate of deposit is classified as long-term in the consolidated balance sheets.
Property and Equipment - Depreciation and amortization expense is computed using the straight-line method in amounts sufficient to allocate the cost of depreciable assets over their estimated useful lives ranging from two to five years. The cost of leasehold improvements is amortized using the straight-line method over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the asset or the term of the related lease. Depreciation and amortization expense is included in general and administrative expenses and totaled $1,101,000 and $942,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Depreciable lives by asset group are as follows:
Computer and office equipment
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2 to 5 years
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Computer software
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3 years
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Furniture and fixtures
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4 years
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Leasehold improvements
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2 to 5 years
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Building
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20 years
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Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. The cost and accumulated depreciation of property and equipment sold or otherwise retired are removed from the accounts and any related gain or loss on disposition is reflected in net income or loss for the year.
Goodwill - Goodwill is tested for impairment using a fair-value-based approach on an annual basis (December 1 for us) and between annual tests if indicators of potential impairment exists.
Intangible Assets - Our intangible assets consist primarily of purchased advertising lists and intangible assets acquired in the acquisition of CastleWave, which include a customer list, technical know-how, and a non-compete agreement (Note 3). The fair value of identifiable intangible assets is based upon the lower of discounted future cash flow projections or the amount paid in an arm’s length transaction. The advertising lists are amortized over six years on an accelerated basis. Amortization expense from the name lists is included in sales and marketing expense and totaled $175,000 and $371,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The remaining intangible assets, which were acquired in February 2010, are amortized over three years on a straight-line basis. Amortization expense from these acquired assets is included in general and administrative expense and totaled $73,000 and $66,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The remaining useful lives of these assets are 13 months as of December 31, 2011.
In accordance with applicable accounting guidance, we perform impairment tests when events occur or circumstances change that indicate that the carrying amount of long-lived assets may not be recoverable. As a result of suspending the sale of products and services through the seminar sales channel for our StoresOnline division (see Note 5), we concluded that sufficient indicators of impairment existed to require the performance of an interim assessment of StoresOnline’s advertising lists as of June 30, 2011. Based upon that assessment, we determined that the implied value of the name lists was zero as we no longer had plans of utilizing the name lists in the StoresOnline division and no future cash flow was likely to result from the name lists. The assessment resulted in the recognition of an impairment charge of $660,000 included in sales and marketing in the statement of operations related to the name lists during the year ended December 31, 2011.
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We periodically review the estimated useful lives of our intangible assets and review these assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the assets may not be recoverable. The determination of impairment is based on estimates of future undiscounted cash flows. If an intangible asset is considered to be impaired, the amount of the impairment will be equal to the excess of the carrying value over the fair value of the asset.
Use of Estimates - In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management makes assumptions, estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of net sales and expenses during the reported periods. Specific estimates and judgments include inventory valuation and obsolescence, intangible assets, allowances for doubtful accounts, sales returns and allowances, uncertainties related to certain income tax benefits, valuation of deferred income tax assets, valuation of share-based payments and recoverability of long-lived assets. Management’s estimates are based on historical experience and on our expectations that are believed to be reasonable. The combination of these factors forms the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from our current estimates and those differences may be material.
Revenue Recognition - In general, we recognize revenue when all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement; (2) the product or service has been provided to the customer; (3) the amount of fees to be paid by the customer is fixed or determinable; and (4) the collection of our fees is probable. Specifics to revenue category are as follows:
Cash sales of software licenses, telecom equipment, and DVD training courses are recognized as revenue when the cash is received, net of expected customer refunds, upon expiration of the customers’ rescission period, if any, which typically occurs three days after the licenses are delivered or when the Internet training workshop takes place, whichever occurs later.
Software licenses and DVD training courses sold under EPTAs are recognized as revenue upon receipt of cash from customers and not at the time of sale. Although we believe we are able to reasonably estimate the collectability of our receivables based upon our history of offering EPTAs, accounting standards require revenue to be deferred until customer payments are received if collection of the original principal balance is not probable. Additionally, if we subsequently sell the receivables on a non-recourse basis, accounting standards require that the related revenue be deferred until the customer makes cash payments to the third-party purchaser of the receivables. There are no receivable balances outstanding that are subject to recourse by our Company.
We enter into agreements where revenue is derived from multiple deliverables including any mix of products and/or services. For these arrangements, we determine whether the delivered item(s) has value to the customer on a stand-alone basis, and in the event the arrangement includes a general right of return relative to the delivered item(s), whether the delivery or performance of the undelivered item(s) is considered probable and substantially in our control. If these criteria are met, the arrangement consideration is allocated to the separate units of accounting based on each unit’s relative selling price. If these criteria are not met, the arrangement is accounted for as a single unit of accounting which would result in revenue being recognized ratably over the contract term or deferred until the earlier of when such criteria are met or when the last undelivered element is delivered. The amount of product and services revenue recognized for arrangements with multiple deliverables is impacted by the allocation of arrangement consideration to the deliverables in the arrangement based on the relative selling prices. In determining our selling prices, we apply the selling price hierarchy using vendor specific objective evidence (VSOE) when available, third-party evidence of selling price (“TPE”) if VSOE does not exist, and estimated selling price (“ESP”) if neither VSOE nor TPE is available.
VSOE of fair value for elements of an arrangement is based upon the normal pricing and discounting practices for a deliverable when sold separately. In determining VSOE, we require that a substantial majority of the selling prices fall within a reasonably narrow pricing range, generally evidenced by a substantial majority of such historical stand-alone transactions falling within a reasonably narrow range of the median rate. In addition, we consider major service groups, geographies, customer classifications, and other variables in determining VSOE.
We are typically not able to determine TPE for our products or services. TPE is determined based on competitor prices for similar deliverables when sold separately. Generally, our offerings contain a significant level of differentiation such that the comparable pricing of products with similar functionality is difficult to obtain. Furthermore, we are unable to reliably determine what similar competitor products’ selling prices are on a stand-alone basis.
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When we are unable to establish the selling price using VSOE or TPE, we use ESP in our allocation of arrangement consideration. The objective of ESP is to determine the price at which we would transact a sale if the product or service were sold on a stand-alone basis. We determine ESP for a product or service by considering multiple factors including, but not limited to, cost of products, gross margin objectives, pricing practices, geographies, customer classes and distribution channels.
We recognize revenue for delivered elements only when we determine there are no uncertainties regarding customer acceptance. Changes in the allocation of the sales price between delivered and undelivered elements can impact the revenue recognition but do not change the total revenue recognized on any agreement.
Professional Services Revenue - Fees collected for professional services, including website design and development, search engine optimization services, link-building, paid search management services, and telecom installation services are recognized as revenue, net of expected customer refunds, over the period during which the services are expected to be performed. Fees related to EPTA contracts are deferred and recognized as revenue during the service period or when cash is collected, whichever occurs later.
Subscription and Hosting Revenue - Fees collected for subscription and hosting revenue are recognized ratably as services are provided. Customers are billed for these services on a monthly or annual basis at the customer’s option. For all of our customers, regardless of their billing method, subscription revenue is recorded as deferred revenue in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As services are performed, we recognize subscription revenue ratably over the applicable service period. When we provide a free trial period, we do not begin to recognize subscription revenue until the trial period has ended and the customer has been billed for the services.
Commission Revenue - We have contracts with third-party entities with respect to telemarketing product sales to our customers following the sale of the initial software licenses. These products and services are intended to assist the customers with their Internet businesses. These products are sold and delivered completely by third parties. We receive commissions from these third parties, and recognize the revenue as the commissions are received, net of expected customer refunds.
Change in Avail Contract - In April 2007, we began marketing and selling Avail 24/7, an all-in-one communications service which assists small businesses and entrepreneurs to manage phone menus, voicemail, email, and fax in one online application. Customers purchasing the Avail product are charged a non-refundable activation fee along with a monthly service fee. The non-refundable activation fee is deferred and recognized ratably over the estimated customer life, which is currently estimated to be four and one-half years. The monthly service fee is recognized ratably over the service period.
In January 2010 we changed the contract that is associated with the sale of our Avail 24/7 subscription. Effective March 31, 2010 any customer that has not activated their Avail 24/7 subscription was assessed an activation fee of an additional $34.95. Prior to this change in contract, this activation fee was included in a bundle of items sold at the workshop and there was no time limit on activation. All existing customers were notified of the change in contract in January and were given 60-days to activate Avail 24/7 without paying the additional activation fee. As a result of this change in contract, we recognized approximately $1,000,000 in revenue upon expiration of the 60-day notice during March 2010 for the Avail 24/7 activation fees described above as we no longer had an obligation to provide the activation.
Fees collected related to sales tax and other government assessed taxes are recognized on a net basis.
Cost of Revenue – Cost of revenue consists primarily of the cost to conduct Internet Training Workshops, credit card fees, salaries for fulfillment services, and the cost of telecom equipment and other products sold.
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