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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2016

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File No. 000-26399

Inventergy Global, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	62-1482176
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

900 E. Hamilton Avenue #180 Campbell, CA	95008
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(408) 389-3510

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

n/a

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, 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 x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

¨ Large accelerated filer	¨ Accelerated filer
¨ Non-accelerated filer	x Smaller reporting company

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act): Yes ¨ No x

As of November 10, 2016, the registrant had 11,532,235 shares of common stock outstanding.

Inventergy Global, Inc. and Subsidiary

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements		-ii-

PART I-FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements (unaudited)	3

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2016 (unaudited) and December 31, 2015	3

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015	4

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015	5

	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	6

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	22

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	27

Item 4.	Control and Procedures	27

PART II-OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	28

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	28

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	28

Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	28

Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	29

Item 5.	Other Information	29

Item 6.	Exhibits	29

SIGNATURES		30

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“the Quarterly Report”), including in Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere herein may address or relate to future events and expectations and as such constitutes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“the Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“the Exchange Act”). Statements which are not historical reflect our current expectations and projections about our future results, performance, liquidity, financial condition, prospects and opportunities and are based upon information currently available to us and our management and their interpretation of what is believed to be significant factors affecting our business, including many assumptions regarding future events. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding, among other things:

our ability to continue as a going concern;

anticipated growth and growth strategies;

the need for additional capital and the availability of financing;

the ability to secure additional patents;

the ability to monetize patents or recoup our investment;

the ability to protect intellectual property rights;

new legislation, regulations or court rulings related to enforcing patents that could harm our business and operating results;

expansion plans and opportunities;

our ability to attract and retain key members of our management team;

our anticipated needs for working capital;

the anticipated trends in our industry;

our ability to expand operational capabilities; and

competition existing today or that will likely arise in the future.

Forward-looking statements, which involve assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies, and expectations, are generally identifiable by use of the words “may,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “scheduled,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “intend,” “seek,” or “project” or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology. Actual results, performance, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations, prospects and opportunities could differ materially and perhaps substantially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements as a result of various risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are described in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. These risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Many of these factors are beyond our ability to control or predict.

In light of these risks and uncertainties there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements contained herein will in fact occur. Readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Except as expressly required by the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason. We advise you to carefully review the reports and documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

INVENTERGY GLOBAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

	September 30,			December 31,
	2016			2015
	(unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	12,298		$	554,556
Accounts receivable		23,061			31,941
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		902,325			211,088
Deferred expenses, current		105,683			78,292
Total current assets		1,043,367			875,877
Property and equipment, net		12,510			25,263
Patents, net		7,536,686			8,669,921
Intangible assets, net		301,333			386,083
Goodwill		8,858,504			8,858,504
Deposits and other assets		18,993			18,993
Total assets	$	17,771,393		$	18,834,641

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	$	2,505,462		$	1,846,903
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		419,993			12,726
Short-term notes payable, related party		-			100,000
Guaranteed payments, current		2,200,000			2,076,767
Fortress notes payable, current		7,134,882			5,598,754

Deferred revenue		400,000			550,000
Total current liabilities		12,660,337			10,185,150
Deferred revenue, non-current		946,429			346,429
Derivative liabilities		3,197			4,145
Fortress notes payable, net of discount		-			2,406,681
Fortress revenue share, net of discount		3,948,153			6,034,278
Total liabilities		17,558,116			18,976,683
Stockholders' equity
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized
Series C convertible preferred stock: 2,500 shares designated, 751 and -0- shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (aggregate liquidation preference of $751,000 and $0 at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015)		1			-
Series D convertible preferred stock: 1,500 shares designated, 369 and -0- shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (aggregate liquidation preference of $369,000 and $0 at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015)		-			-
Series E convertible preferred stock: 3,000 shares designated, 3,000 and -0- shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (aggregate liquidation preference of $3,000,000 and $0 at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015)		3			-
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized, 4,927,235 and 4,223,124 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015		4,927			4,223
Additional paid-in capital		60,736,427			54,660,497
Accumulated deficit		(60,528,081	)		(54,806,762	)
Total stockholders' equity		213,277			(142,042	)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	17,771,393		$	18,834,641

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

INVENTERGY GLOBAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015

Revenues	$	106,095		$	132,500		$	1,674,275		$	4,483,303

Operating Expenses
Cost of revenues		35,736			51,651			356,750			913,800
Patent amortization expense		377,746			377,742			1,133,235			1,152,365
General and administrative		1,620,311			1,930,705			5,006,810			5,921,212
Total operating expenses		2,033,793			2,360,098			6,496,795			7,987,377

Income (loss) from operations		(1,927,698	)		(2,227,598	)		(4,822,520	)		(3,504,074	)

Other income (expense)
Gain (loss) on debt extinguishment		-			-			2,434,661			(2,268,373	)
Decrease in fair value of derivative liabilities		330			35,010			948			47,331
Interest expense, net		(867,713	)		(1,278,279	)		(2,867,741	)		(3,770,231	)
Total other income (expense), net		(867,383	)		(1,243,269	)		(432,132	)		(5,991,273	)

Income (loss) before provision for income taxes		(2,795,081	)		(3,470,867	)		(5,254,652	)		(9,495,347	)

Provision for income taxes		-			-			-			-

Net income (loss)		(2,795,081	)		(3,470,867	)		(5,254,652	)		(9,495,347	)

Deemed dividend on preferred stock		-			-			(466,667	)		-

Net loss attributable to common shareholders	$	(2,795,081	)	$	(3,470,867	)	$	(5,721,319	)	$	(9,495,347	)

Basic and diluted loss per share	$	(0.57	)	$	(0.98	)	$	(1.26	)	$	(2.95	)

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted		4,910,740			3,542,520			4,529,568			3,223,348

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

INVENTERGY GLOBAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss	$	(5,254,652	)	$	(9,495,347	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities
Depreciation expense		12,753			12,753
(Gain) loss on debt extinguishment		(2,434,661	)		2,268,373
Decrease in fair value of derivative liabilities		(948	)		(47,331	)
Amortization of discount on notes payable		2,064,774			2,191,248
Accrued interest on patents purchased		123,233			-
Amortization of patents and acquired contracts		1,217,985			1,237,115
Net cost of patents sold		-			215,372
Stock-based compensation		545,626			843,386
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable		8,880			219,851
Inventories		-			130,155
Prepaid expenses and other current assets, net		(646,943	)		(21,441	)
Deferred expenses		(27,391	)		300,833
Deposits and other assets		-			(10,000	)
Accounts payable		777,559			114,512
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		407,267			483,961
Deferred revenue		450,000			746,429
Net cash used in operating activities		(2,756,518	)		(810,131	)

Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock, net of issuance costs		5,221,998			-
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs		1,182,278			1,835,000
Proceeds from issuance of notes payable		-			1,126,900
Payments on Fortress notes payable		(1,640,016	)		(2,147,000	)
Redemption of preferred stock		(2,500,000	)		-
Payments on related party note payable		(50,000	)		(80,000	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		2,214,260			734,900

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(542,258	)		(75,231	)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		554,556			1,443,349

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	12,298		$	1,368,118

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Cash paid for interest	$	613,600		$	631,471

Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities
Accrued guaranteed payments and deferred expenses related to purchased patents	$	-		$	923,928
Conversion of portion of short term note payable, related party, to purchase common stock	$	-		$	100,000
Fair value of common stock warrants	$	4,154,620		$	41,305

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

INVENTERGY GLOBAL, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 and 2015

1. Organization

Inventergy Global, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our” “Inventergy” or the “Company”) is an intellectual property (IP) investment and licensing company that helps leading technology corporations attain greater value from their IP assets in support of their business objectives and corporate brands. Inventergy, Inc. was initially organized as a Delaware limited liability company under the name Silicon Turbine Systems, LLC in January 2012. It subsequently changed its name to Inventergy, LLC in March 2012 and it was converted from a limited liability company into a Delaware corporation in February 2013. On June 6, 2014, a subsidiary (“Merger Sub”) of eOn Communications Corporation (“eOn”) merged with and into Inventergy, Inc. (the “Merger”). As a result of the Merger, eOn changed its name to “Inventergy Global, Inc.” The Company is headquartered in Campbell, California.

The Company operates in a single industry segment.

In June 2014, in conjunction with the Merger, the Company effected a one-for-two reverse split of its common stock. In December 2015, the Company effected a one-for-ten reverse split of its common stock. All share and per share amounts are reflective of these splits.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of presentation

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accompanying interim financial statements are condensed and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s latest annual financial statements. It is management’s opinion that all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods have been made, and all such adjustments were of a normal recurring nature.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At September 30, 2016, the Company had an accumulated deficit since inception of $60,528,081 (including a net loss for the quarter ended September 30, 2016 of $2,795,081) and had a negative working capital of $11,616,970. As of November 10, 2016, we had remaining cash of $2,357,850. These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Since January 1, 2015, the Company has completed the following transactions to provide working capital:Entered into our first license agreement in February 2015 (under which we have received an aggregate of $2,000,000 for a five-year license), received net proceeds from an additional drawdown from the Fortress Agreement of $1,126,900 in February 2015, received net proceeds of $1,835,000 from the sale of common stock in April 2015, executed a sale of patents for $4,000,000 in June 2015, received net proceeds of approximately $2,175,000 in January 2016 from the sale of Series C preferred stock, received net proceeds of $250,000 from the sale of Series D preferred stock in May 2016, received net proceeds of $1,200,000 from the sale of common stock in a registered direct offering, also in May 2016, and received $1,300,000 from a patent license and settlement in June 2016. On July 25, 2016, we closed on a $3,000,000 sale of Series E convertible preferred stock, pursuant to which we received net proceeds of approximately $2,800,000. We used $2,500,000 of the net proceeds to redeem approximately 70% of the Series C preferred stock. On October 12, 2016, we closed a public offering of common stock and warrants from which we received approximately $5,100,000 after fees and expenses. We used approximately $1,300,000 to redeem substantially all of the remaining Series C preferred stock and will use the remainder for working capital purposes. We will seek to continue our operations primarily with income received through our patent monetization efforts, including licensing revenues and patent sales, but we will likely need to seek additional financing through loans, which will be subject to the restrictions of the Fortress Agreement, and/or the sale of securities. If we are required to raise additional capital financing, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain such additional capital on terms acceptable to us or at all. Additionally, if we raise capital through the issuance of equity, our current stockholders will experience dilution.

The business will require significant additional capital and/or patent monetization revenues to continue operations and execute the Company’s longer term business plan. Based on the Company’s updated internal financial plan covering the next fifteen months (through December 31, 2017), we will require approximately $5,000,000 in cash to fund operating expenses, which includes approximately $2,800,000 for employee-related costs and consultants performing outsourced functions, approximately $1,500,000 for legal and compliance, and approximately $800,000 for other operational costs. During the next 15 months, we anticipate making $5,700,000 of payments relating to the acquisition of our patent portfolios, $2,200,000 of which are fixed payments and $3,500,000 are variable payments based on forecasted patent monetization revenues. In addition, we will require approximately $7,400,000 to meet our debt service obligations with Fortress (including payments of both interest and principal). These amounts payable to Fortress are in addition to any revenue sharing amounts expected to be paid from forecasted patent monetization revenues. The aforementioned payments due to Fortress would be eliminated and replaced by a new patent monetization program funded by Fortress if the terms of the non-binding letter of intent between the Company and Fortress results in a definitive agreement, as more fully discussed in Note 5. We continue to work to reduce and control expenses and defer obligations where possible. While we believe our forecasted revenues are supported by a pipeline cultivated over multiple years of business development activities, should these efforts fail to meet our forecasts, we will seek additional working capital through the sale of debt or equity securities, as referenced in the preceding paragraph. Based on our existing cash on hand, our management believes we have funds sufficient to meet our anticipated needs for approximately seven months.

To date, the Company has acquired an aggregate of approximately 755 currently active patents and patent applications for aggregate purchase payments of $12,109,118. We are required to make guaranteed payments to one of the sellers of the patents totaling $2,200,000. See Note 9 herein for further information regarding these guaranteed payments.

The Company may also require additional financing for the purchase of additional patent portfolios and to fund its monetization efforts if new attractive opportunities are found. In the event the Company acquires additional large patent portfolios, in addition to the cost of the upfront purchase fee (if any) it is likely that additional resources (business, technical or legal) may be required to effectively monetize the portfolio. Resources to analyze new portfolios are already part of the current staffing of the Company. Litigation costs are based primarily on a contingent fee structure (expected to average less than 20% of license revenue for a portfolio) and as such do not scale significantly with the acquisition of new portfolios. Acquisitions or investments may be consummated through the use of cash, equity, seller financing, third party debt, earn-out obligations, revenue sharing, profit sharing, or some combination of two or more of these types of consideration. Due to the current state of the credit markets, the Company is not able to predict with any certainty whether it will be able to obtain debt or equity financing to provide additional sources of liquidity, should the need arise, at favorable rates.

Management estimates and related risks

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions about the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities, at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported periods. Although these estimates reflect management's best estimates, it is at least reasonably possible that a material change to these estimates could occur in the near term.

Cash and cash equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid financial instruments with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Accounts Receivable, net

Accounts receivable are stated net of allowances for doubtful accounts. The Company typically grants standard credit terms to customers in good credit standing. The Company generally reserves for estimated uncollectible accounts on a customer-by-customer basis, which requires the Company to judge each individual customer’s ability and intention to fully pay account balances. The Company makes these judgments based on knowledge of and relationships with customers and current economic trends, and updates these estimates on a monthly basis. Any changes in estimates, which could be significant, are included in earnings in the period in which the change in estimate occurs. As of September 30, 2016, the Company has established a reserve of $22,350 for uncollectable accounts.

Property and equipment, net

Property and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets (or the term of the lease, if shorter), which range from three to five years. Routine maintenance and repair costs are expensed as incurred. The costs of major additions, replacements and improvements are capitalized. Upon retirement or sale, the cost of assets disposed of and the related accumulated depreciation is removed and any resulting gain or loss is credited or charged to operations.

Patents, net

Patents, including acquisition costs, are stated at cost, less accumulated amortization. Amortization is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets, generally 7 - 10 years. Upon retirement or sale, the cost of assets disposed and the related accumulated amortization are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is credited or charged to operations. Patents are utilized for the purpose of generating licensing revenue.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets consist of certain contract rights acquired in the Merger. Intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful life of five years.

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the aggregate purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired by the Company. The carrying amount of goodwill will be tested for impairment annually or more frequently if facts and circumstances warrant a review. The Company determined that it is a single reporting unit for the purpose of goodwill impairment tests. For purposes of assessing the impairment of goodwill, the Company estimates the value of the reporting unit using independent valuation and/or other market validation of certain asset values as the best evidence of fair value. This fair value is then compared to the carrying value of the reporting unit.

Impairment of long-lived assets

The Company evaluates the carrying value of long-lived assets on an annual basis, or more frequently whenever circumstances indicate a long-lived asset may be impaired. When indicators of impairment exist, the Company estimates future undiscounted cash flows attributable to such assets. In the event cash flows are not expected to be sufficient to recover the recorded value of the assets, the assets are written down to their estimated fair value.

Concentration of credit risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to a concentration of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are deposited with high quality financial institutions. Periodically, such balances are in excess of federally insured limits.

Stock-based compensation

The Company has a stock option plan under which incentive and non-qualified stock options and restricted stock awards (“RSAs”) are granted primarily to employees. All share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options and RSAs, are recognized in the financial statements based on their respective grant date fair values. The benefits of tax deductions in excess of recognized compensation cost are reported as a financing cash flow.

The Company estimates the fair value of share-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense ratably over the requisite service periods in the Company’s statements of comprehensive income or loss. The Company has estimated the fair value of each option award as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of RSAs is calculated as the fair value of the underlying stock multiplied by the number of shares awarded. The awards issued consist of fully-vested stock awards, performance-based restricted shares, and service-based restricted shares.

Expenses related to stock-based awards issued to non-employees are recognized at fair value on a recurring basis over the expected service period. The Company estimates the fair value of the awards using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

Income taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method whereby deferred tax asset and liability account balances are determined based on temporary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. A valuation allowance is established when it is more likely than not that deferred tax assets will not be realized. Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon future pretax earnings, the reversal of temporary differences between book and tax income, and the expected tax rates in future periods. The Company has a full valuation allowance on all deferred tax assets.

The Company is required to evaluate the tax positions taken in the course of preparing its tax returns to determine whether tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax benefits of positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax expense in the current year. The amount recognized is subject to estimate and management judgment with respect to the likely outcome of each uncertain tax position. The amount that is ultimately sustained for an individual uncertain tax position or for all uncertain tax positions in the aggregate could differ from the amount that is initially recognized.

Fair value measurements

The Company defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Company utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs within the fair value hierarchy. Observable inputs are inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the Company’s own assumptions about what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments:

·	Level 1 - Valuation is based upon quoted prices for identical instruments traded in active markets.

·	Level 2 - Valuation is based upon quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant assumptions are observable in the market.

Level 3 - Valuation is generated from model-based techniques that use significant assumptions not observable in the market. These unobservable assumptions reflect management’s estimates of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Valuation techniques include use of option pricing models, discounted cash flow models and similar techniques.

The category within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASU 2014-09”), which amends the existing accounting standards for revenue recognition. ASU 2014-09 is based on principles that govern the recognition of revenue at an amount an entity expects to be entitled when products are transferred to customers. ASU 2014-09 will be effective for the Company beginning in its first quarter of 2019 and early adoption is permitted. Subsequently, the FASB has issued the following standards related to ASU 2014-09: ASU No. 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (“ASU 2016-08”); ASU No. 2016-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing (“ASU 2016-10”); and ASU No. 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients (“ASU 2016-12”). The Company must adopt ASU 2016-08, ASU 2016-10 and ASU 2016-12 with ASU 2014-09 (collectively, the “new revenue standards”). The new revenue standards may be applied retrospectively to each prior period presented or retrospectively with the cumulative effect recognized as of the date of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the timing of its adoption and the impact of adopting the new revenue standards on its consolidated financial statements.

In August 2014, the FASB issued a new accounting standard which requires management to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern for each annual and interim reporting period and to provide related footnote disclosures in certain circumstances. ASU 2014-15 Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern is effective for annual reporting periods (including interim reporting periods within those periods) beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of this accounting standard.

In April 2015, the FASB issued a new accounting standard which changes the presentation of debt issuance costs in financial statements. Under the new standard, an entity presents such costs in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the related debt liability rather than as an asset. Amortization of the costs is reported as interest expense. The Company adopted this standard beginning in 2016, and its adoption did not have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842).” The amendments under this pronouncement will change the way all leases with a duration of one year of more are treated. Under this guidance, lessees will be required to capitalize virtually all leases on the balance sheet as a right-of-use asset and an associated financing lease liability or capital lease liability. The right-of-use asset represents the lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the specified lease term. The lease liability represents the lessee’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease, measured on a discounted basis. Based on certain characteristics, leases are classified as financing leases or operating leases. Financing lease liabilities, those that contain provisions similar to capitalized leases, are amortized like capital leases are under current accounting, as amortization expense and interest expense in the statement of operations. Operating lease liabilities are amortized on a straight-line basis over the life of the lease as lease expense in the statement of operations. This update is effective for annual reporting periods, and interim periods within those reporting periods, beginning after December 15, 2018. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this standard will have on its policies and procedures pertaining to its existing and future lease arrangements, disclosure requirements and on its consolidated financial statements.

In March 2016, the FASB issued a new accounting standard for employee share-based payments accounting. The accounting standard primarily affects the accounting for forfeitures, minimum statutory tax withholding requirements, and income tax effects related to share-based payments at settlement (or expiration). The accounting standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of this accounting standard on our consolidated financial statements.

3. Patents

Patent intangible assets consisted of the following at September 30, 2016:

	Weighted Average Useful Life	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
Amortizable intangible assets:
Patents	6.15 years	$	11,893,745	$	(4,357,059	)	$	7,536,686
Total patent intangible assets		$	11,893,745	$	(4,357,059	)	$	7,536,686

The Company expects its amortization expenses to be approximately $1,510,977 per year for the years 2016 through 2019, $1,481,270 in 2020, then in declining annual amounts through 2023.

4. Fair Value Measurements

The following tables summarize the Company's assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015:

September 30, 2016	Fair Value		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Common stock warrants	$	3,197	$	-	$	-	$	3,197
Total	$	3,197	$	-	$	-	$	3,197

December 31, 2015	Fair Value		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Common stock warrants	$	4,145	$	-	$	-	$	4,145
Total	$	4,145	$	-	$	-	$	4,145

As discussed in Note 6, in January 2014, the Company issued warrants to purchase 23,858 shares of common stock at an exercise price per share of $30.40 to a placement agent. The exercise price is subject to adjustment and has been subsequently adjusted to $22.70 per share. The warrants may be exercised without cash consideration in lieu of forfeiting a portion of shares. Accordingly, the Company recognized a derivative liability at fair value upon issuance of the warrants. The Company estimated the fair value of the derivative liability using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of the derivative liability as of September 30, 2016 was estimated using the following assumptions:

Expected volatility	65	%
Risk free rate	0.81	%
Dividend yield	0	%
Expected term (in years)	2.33

The assumptions utilized were derived in a similar manner as discussed in Note 7 related to the fair value of stock options.

The Company revalues the derivative liabilities at the end of each reporting period using the same models as at issuance, updated for new facts and circumstances, and recognizes the change in the fair value in the statements of operations as other income (expense). The following sets forth a summary of changes in fair value of the Company’s Level 3 liabilities measured on a recurring basis for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and September 30, 2016:

	Common Stock Warrants
Balance at December 31, 2014	$	30,278
Fair value at issuance		41,305
Change in fair value		(47,331	)
Balance at September 30, 2015	$	24,252

Balance at December 31, 2015	$	4,145
Change in fair value		(948	)
Balance at September 30, 2016	$	3,197

5. Borrowing Arrangements

On September 23, 2014, the Company entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with Joseph W. Beyers, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue Mr. Beyers up to 23,364 shares of our common stock, at a purchase price of $21.40 per share for aggregate consideration to us of up to $500,000. Pursuant to the terms of such agreement and concurrently with the execution of the agreement, Mr. Beyers made an initial payment of $300,000 to the Company towards the aggregate purchase price. The shares were only to be issued if we did not obtain $6 million or more in debt financing within 10 business days of the execution of the agreement. As a result of the Fortress Agreement the Company was required to return the $300,000 in cash previously prepaid by Mr. Beyers and the Company will not issue any securities as a result of the Share Purchase Agreement. During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the application of $100,000 of this amount towards the purchase of shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share equal to the greater of $4.60 per share or a 15% premium to the market price. As a result, on June 26, 2015, the Company sold 21,740 shares of previously unissued common stock at a price of $4.60 per share to the Chief Executive Officer. As of June 30, 2016, repayments of $150,000 have been made to the Chief Executive Officer and the remaining balance of $50,000 was canceled and credited to additional paid-in capital as of June 30, 2016.

On October 1, 2014 the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Inventergy, Inc., entered into the Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement with entities affiliated with Fortress Investment Group, LLC, including a Note Purchaser (as defined below) who also serves as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”) and a Revenue Participant (as defined below). On February 25, 2015, the Company, Inventergy, Inc. and Fortress entered into the Amended and Restated Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement (the “Amended Fortress Agreement”). Pursuant to the Fortress Agreement, the Company issued an aggregate of $12,199,500 in notes (the “Original Fortress Notes”) to the purchasers identified in the Fortress Agreement (the “Note Purchasers”). As a result of the issuance of the Original Fortress Notes and the sale of the Fortress Shares (as defined below), after the payment of all purchaser-related fees and expenses relating to the issuance of the Original Fortress Notes and Fortress Shares, the Company received net proceeds of $11,137,753 (less issuance costs of $476,868). The Company used the net proceeds to pay off the Secured Convertible Notes and other indebtedness and for general working capital purposes. The unpaid principal amount of the Fortress Notes bears cash interest equal to LIBOR plus 7%. In addition, a 3% per annum paid-in-kind (“PIK”) interest will be paid by increasing the principal amount of the Fortress Notes by the amount of such interest. The PIK interest shall be treated as principal of the Fortress Notes for all purposes of interest accrual or calculation of any premium payment. In connection with the execution of the Fortress Agreement, on October 1, 2014, the Company paid to the Note Purchasers a structuring fee equal to $385,000. This was accounted for as a discount on notes payable.

The principal of the Fortress Notes and all unpaid interest thereon or other amounts owing hereunder are due in full in cash by the Company on September 30, 2017 (the “Maturity Date”). The Company may prepay the Fortress Notes in whole or in part. In addition, upon the earlier of the date on which all obligations of the Fortress Notes are paid in full or become due, the Company will pay to the Note Purchasers a termination fee equal to $853,965. This was accounted for as a discount on notes payable. As of September 30, 2016, the Company has repaid $3,787,016 of the Fortress Notes.

Upon receipt of any revenues generated from the monetization of the Patents (the “Monetization Revenue”) from the patents identified in the Fortress Agreement (the “Patents”), the Company is required to apply, towards its obligations pursuant to the Fortress Notes, 100% of the difference between (a) any revenues generated from the Monetization Revenue less (b) any litigation or licensing related third party expenses (including fees paid to the original patent owners) reasonably incurred by the Company to earn Monetization Revenue, subject to certain limits (such difference defined as “Monetization Net Revenues”).

Pursuant to the Amended Fortress Agreement, the Company granted to the purchasers identified in the Fortress Agreement (the “Revenue Participants”) a right to receive a portion of the Company’s Monetization Revenues totaling $11,284,538 (the “Revenue Stream”). The Revenue Participants will not receive any portion of the Revenue Stream until all obligations under the Original Fortress Notes are paid in full. Following payment in full of the Original Fortress Notes, the Company will pay to the Revenue Participants their proportionate share of the Monetization Net Revenues. The Revenue Participant’s proportionate share is equal to 75% of Monetization Net Revenues until $5,000,000 has been paid to the Revenue Participants, then 50% of Monetization Net Revenues until the remaining $6,284,538 has been paid to the Revenue Participants. All Revenue Stream Payments will be payable on a monthly basis in arrears. The rights of the Revenue Participants to the Revenue Stream are secured by all of the Company’s current patent assets and the Cash Collateral Account, in each case junior in priority to the rights of the Note Purchasers. In connection with the Revenue Participants’ right to receive a portion of the Company’s Monetization Revenues, the Company has recorded a net liability of $3,948,153, which represents the amount of the expected Monetization Revenues, discounted 18% over the expected life of the revenue share agreement. In conjunction with an amendment to the Amended Fortress Agreement dated March 1, 2016, the Company determined that the change in expected cash flows was greater than 10% as compared to the previous agreement and, therefore, a debt extinguishment was deemed to have occurred. When recording the new present value of the debt and revenue share, which was computed using a discount rate of 18%, a gain on debt extinguishment of $2,434,661 was recognized in the three-month period ended March 31, 2016.

As part of the Fortress Agreement, the Company and the Collateral Agent entered into a Patent License Agreement (the “Patent License Agreement”) under which the Company agreed to grant to the Collateral Agent a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to certain of its Patents (the “Licensed Patents”), which can only be used by the Collateral Agent following an occurrence and during the continuance of an event of default of the Fortress Agreement. When the Original Fortress Notes and Revenue Stream are paid in full, the Patent License Agreement will terminate.

As part of the transaction, the Company granted the Note Purchasers and Revenue Participants a first priority security interest in all of the Company’s currently owned patent assets and all proceeds thereof, as well as a general security interest in all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Note Purchasers and Revenue Participants do not have a security interest in any future patent purchases made by the Company.

Under the Fortress Agreement, the Company is required to make monthly amortization payments (the “Amortization Payments”) in an amount equal to (x) the then outstanding principal amount divided by (y) the number of months left until the Maturity Date. Such Amortization Payments were originally due to commence on the last business day of October 2015, but were deferred to October 30, 2016 by various amendments to the Fortress Agreement, as more fully described below. In addition, under the Fortress Agreement, the Company is required to maintain a minimum of $1,000,000 in cash reserves. Failure to maintain that minimum cash balance constitutes an event of default under the Fortress Agreement. If we were to default under the Fortress Agreement and were unable to obtain a waiver for such a default, interest on the obligations would accrue at an increased rate. In the case of a default, Fortress could accelerate our obligations under the Fortress Agreement. On each of March 29, 2016, August 17, 2016 and September 26, 2016, the Company and Fortress entered into additional amendments to the Fortress Agreement (the “Third Amendment”, “Fourth Amendment” and “Fifth Amendment,” respectively), pursuant to which, among other terms, Amortization Payments were not required until October 30, 2016, and the requirement to maintain a minimum in cash reserves was suspended until October 30, 2016. In addition, the Fourth Amendment provides financial incentives to the Company if the Revenue Stream is paid in full on or prior to December 31, 2016. In consideration for the Fourth Amendment, the Company issued to Fortress 1,000,000 warrants for the purchase of common stock at an exercise price of $2.005 per share. In conjunction with the Fifth Amendment, the Company and Fortress entered into a non-binding letter of intent (the “LOI”) under which the Fortress Notes and Revenue Stream would be eliminated and replaced with a new patent monetization program funded by Fortress. Under the terms of the LOI, net monetization revenues from this program would be shared with Fortress to receive 70% and the Company to receive 30% of revenues (the “Revenue Sharing”), with such Revenue Sharing to be effectuated following reimbursement to Fortress for monetization expenses and the sum of $30.5 million. The Company and Fortress are working to finalize this new definitive agreement, which they aim to complete by November 21, 2016.

Future debt payments owed under the Fortress Agreement are as follows:

Years ending December 31:
2016	$	2,275,772
2017		6,931,526
Total	$	9,207,298

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

In connection with the execution of the Fortress Agreement, the Company issued 50,000 shares of its common stock at $20.00 per share to the Revenue Participants (the “Fortress Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $1,000,000. The Fortress Shares were issued pursuant to a subscription agreement dated October 1, 2014. The shares were issued by the Company under an exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder, as they were issued to accredited investors, without a view to distribution, and were not issued through any general solicitation or advertisement. In addition, the Company issued to Fortress seven-year warrants for the purchase of 50,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $11.40 per share. As part of an amendment to the Fortress Agreement dated November 30, 2015, the exercise price of these warrants was changed to $2.54 per share.

In connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Fortress Agreement, the Company paid a closing fee of $330,000. As discussed in Note 6, the Company also issued a five-year warrant to purchase 24,750 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $20.00 to National Securities Corporation, who acted as advisor to the Company with respect to the transaction. The warrant meets the requirements to be accounted for as an equity warrant. The Company estimated the fair value of the warrant to be $153,759, using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of the warrant as of November 1, 2014 was estimated using the following assumptions:

Expected volatility	60	%
Risk free rate	1.62	%
Dividend yield	0	%
Expected term (in years)	5.00

The assumptions utilized were derived in a similar manner as discussed in Note 7 related to the fair value of stock options.

6. Stockholders’ Equity

Common stock

The Company is authorized to issue up to 110,000,000 shares, of which 100,000,000 shares have been designated as common stock and 10,000,000 shares have been designated as preferred stock. Holders of the Company's common stock are entitled to dividends if and when declared by the Board of Directors. The holders of each share of common stock shall have the right to one vote for each share they own.

On May 16, 2016, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “2016 Purchase Agreement”) with certain investors (the “2016 Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company sold 648,000 shares of its common stock (the “2016 Shares”) at a purchase price of $2.005 per share resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $1.3 million (the “2016 Registered Direct Offering”). In connection with the purchase of the 2016 Shares, each 2016 Purchaser received a warrant to purchase up to the number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to 100% of the shares of common stock purchased by each of the 2016 Purchasers pursuant to the 2016 Purchase Agreement. The Warrants have an exercise price of $2.005 per share, became exercisable on the date of issuance and expire five years from the date of issuance. The 2016 Registered Direct Offering was effected as a takedown off the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-199647), which was declared effective on November 10, 2014, and a related prospectus supplement filed on May 16, 2016 in connection with the 2016 Registered Direct Offering. The 2016 Registered Direct Offering closed on May 18, 2016. In connection with the 2016 Registered Direct Offering, the Company entered into an engagement agreement with Chardan Capital Markets (“Chardan”) to act as its exclusive placement agent. Pursuant to the agreement with Chardan, the Company paid to Chardan $116,932 in cash.

On March 31, 2015, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (“2015 Purchase Agreement”) with certain investors (the “2015 Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company sold 467,392 shares of its common stock (the “2015 Shares”) at a purchase price of $4.60 per share resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $2.15 million (the “2015 Registered Direct Offering”). The 2015 Registered Direct Offering was effected as a takedown off the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-199647), which was declared effective on November 10, 2014, and a related prospectus supplement filed on April 2, 2015 in connection with the 2015 Registered Direct Offering. The 2015 Registered Direct Offering closed on April 6, 2015.

In connection with the 2015 Registered Direct Offering, the Company entered into a placement agent agreement (the “2015 Placement Agent Agreement”) with Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (“Ladenburg”) to act as its exclusive placement agent. Pursuant to the 2015 Placement Agent Agreement, the Company paid to Ladenburg $106,000 in cash, issued to Ladenburg 5,762 five-year warrants with an exercise price of $5.75 per share (the “RD Warrants”) and reimbursed Ladenburg for certain expenses. In addition, the Company paid to Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. $50,000 in cash and issued 10,870 RD Warrants in connection with certain tail fees owed to them as a result of the 2015 Registered Direct Offering. The RD Warrants allow for cashless exercise in certain situations and contain piggyback registration rights for the seven-year period commencing on March 31, 2015.

In connection with the 2015 Registered Direct Offering, the Company entered into a separate waiver agreement with one of its current stockholders pursuant to which the holder waived its right to participate in the 2015 Registered Direct Offering (the “Right of Participation”). In consideration for such waiver, the Company paid to the holder $35,000 in cash and waived any trading volume limitations or other lock-up provisions or restrictions imposed on the holder pursuant to an existing securities purchase agreement and an existing lock-up agreement the holder entered into with the Company. The Company also agreed that in the event that the Company obtains a consent, release amendment, settlement or waiver of the Right of Participation from any other stockholder holding such right in connection with the 2015 Registered Direct Offering on more favorable terms than in the waiver agreement prior to expiration of the Right of Participation of the holder, the holder will be entitled to the benefit of the more favorable terms. The holder’s Right of Participation terminated on September 8, 2015.

Shares of common stock reserved for future issuance were as follows as of September 30, 2016:

Series C convertible preferred stock			500,668
Series D convertible preferred stock			186,367
Series E convertible preferred stock			1,496,262
Options to purchase common stock			514,772
Shares reserved for issuances pursuant to 2014 Stock Plan			175,046
Warrants			4,615,849
Total			7,488,964

Convertible preferred stock

Convertible preferred stock as of September 30, 2016 consisted of the following:

Convertible Preferred Stock	Original Issue Price		Shares Designated		Shares Originally Issued		Shares Outstanding		Liquidation Preference
Series A-1	$	0.0100		5,000,000		5,000,000		0	$	-
Series A-2	$	1.6996		1,176,748		1,176,748		0	$	-
Series B	$	1,000.00		2,750		2,750		0	$	-
Series C	$	1,000.00		2,500		2,500		751	$	751,000
Series D	$	1,000.00		1,500		369		369	$	369,000
Series E	$	1,000.00		3,000		3,000		3,000	$	3,000,000

In October 2015, the Company entered into agreements with holders of all of the outstanding Series A and Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to which the holders agreed to exchange all of their outstanding shares of Series A and Series B Preferred Stock for common stock. As a result, as of September 30, 2016, there were no remaining shares of Series A or Series B Preferred Stock outstanding. The previously-outstanding Preferred Stock amounts, along with the newly-issued common stock amounts, are as follows:

	Outstanding as of Sept. 30, 2015		Common Stock Issued
Series A-1		212,466		141,262
Series A-2		161,355		28,518
Series B		1,102		420,956

On January 21, 2016, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Series C Purchase Agreement”) with certain institutional accredited investors (the “Series C Investors”). Pursuant to the Series C Purchase Agreement, the Company sold to the Series C Investors in a private placement 2,500 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred Stock”), each having a stated value of $1,000, for aggregate gross proceeds of $2.5 million. The Series C Preferred Stock is immediately convertible into 1,666,668 shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations, at an initial conversion price equal to $1.50 per share, subject to adjustment. Because this conversion price was below the market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of issue, and the Series C Preferred Stock is immediately convertible, a deemed dividend on Series C Preferred Stock was recorded as the difference between the market price on the date of issue and the conversion price. This dividend amount of $466,667 is presented separately on the Consolidated Statement of Operations and is included in Net Loss Attributable to Common Shareholders. After July 26, 2016, the conversion price will be equal to the lesser of (a) the conversion price then in effect or (b) 65% of the volume weighted average price of the Company’s common stock for ten consecutive days prior to the applicable conversion date. The Series C Preferred Stock contains provisions providing for an adjustment in the conversion price upon the occurrence of certain events, including stock splits, stock dividends, dilutive equity issuances and fundamental transactions. Pursuant to the Series C Purchase Agreement, the Company may redeem some or all of the Series C Preferred Stock for cash as follows: (i) on or prior to March 26, 2016, in an amount equal to 126% of the aggregate stated value then outstanding, (ii) after March 26, 2016 and on or prior to July 26, 2016, in an amount equal to 144% of the aggregate stated value then outstanding and (iii) after July 26, 2016, in an amount equal to 150% of the aggregate stated value then outstanding.

Each Series C Investor also received a common stock purchase warrant (the “Series C Warrants”) to purchase up to a number of shares of common stock equal to 85% of such Investor’s subscription amount divided by $1.50, for a total of 1,416,668 shares. The Series C Warrants are exercisable for a term of five years commencing six months after the closing of the transaction at a cash exercise price of $1.79 per share. In the event that the shares underlying the Warrants are not subject to a registration statement at the time of exercise, the Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis after six months from the issuance date. The Warrants also contain provisions providing for an adjustment in the exercise price upon the occurrence of certain events, including stock splits, stock dividends, dilutive equity issuances (so long as the Series C Preferred Stock is outstanding) and fundamental transactions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, until the Company obtains Shareholder Approval (as defined below), the exercise price may not be reduced as a result of a dilutive equity issuance below $1.79 per share, subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends and similar events (the “Adjustment Floor”).

The Series C Purchase Agreement requires the Company to hold a special meeting of stockholders to seek the approval of the holders of its common stock for the issuance of the number of shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock in excess of 19.99% of the outstanding Common Stock and the removal of the Adjustment Floor within 120 days of the execution of the Purchase Agreement (the “Shareholder Approval”). The Company obtained Shareholder Approval on June 28, 2016. Additionally, until the Series C Preferred Stock is no longer outstanding, the Series C Investors may participate in future offerings for up to 50% of the amount of such offerings.

The Company utilized a Placement Agent who received a commission equal to 10% of the gross proceeds of the offering for an aggregate commission of $250,000. The Placement Agent will also be entitled to receive a cash fee from the exercise of the Warrants. The Company paid for the Investors’ legal expenses of $25,000, and paid legal fees of $50,000 to the Company’s outside counsel. The securities offered have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

On May 13, 2016, the Company entered into, and consummated the transactions contemplated by, a securities purchase agreement (the “Series D Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors (the “Series D Investors”). Pursuant to the Series D Purchase Agreement, the Company sold to the Series D Investors in a private placement 369 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series D Preferred Stock”), each having a stated value of $1,000, for aggregate gross proceeds of $369,000 (the “Financing”). The Company’s chief executive officer and each of the members of the Company’s board of directors participated in the Financing in which they invested an aggregate of $144,000.

The Series D Preferred Stock is immediately convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations, at an initial conversion price equal to $1.98 per share, subject to adjustment. The shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock are subject to trading restrictions until the six-month anniversary of the issuance date of the Series D Preferred Stock, unless they are included in a registration statement filed by the Company prior to such date. The Series D Preferred Stock contains provisions providing for an adjustment in the conversion price upon the occurrence of certain events, including stock splits, stock dividends and fundamental transactions. The Company may redeem some or all of the Series D Preferred Stock for cash as follows: (i) on or prior to August 11, 2016, in an amount equal to 120% of the aggregate stated value then outstanding, and (ii) after August 11, 2016, in an amount equal to 135% of the aggregate stated value then outstanding.

Each Investor also received a common stock purchase warrant (the “Series D Warrants”) to purchase up to a number of shares of common stock equal to 85% of such Investor’s subscription amount. The Series D Warrants are exercisable for a term of five years commencing six months and one day after the closing of the Financing (the “Initial Exercise Date”) at a cash exercise price of $1.87 per share. Fifty percent of the Warrants vested immediately and the remainder of the Warrants will vest only if a Series D Investor’s shares of Series D Preferred Stock remain outstanding at the Initial Exercise Date. In the event the shares underlying the Series D Warrants are not subject to a registration statement at the time of exercise, the Series D Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis after six months from the issuance date. The Series D Warrants also contain provisions providing for an adjustment in the exercise price upon the occurrence of certain events, including stock splits, stock dividends and fundamental transactions. The Series D Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and covenants, including covenants relating to public reporting obligations and the use of proceeds.

On July 21, 2016, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Series E Purchase Agreement”) with certain institutional accredited investors (the “Investors”). Pursuant to the Series E Purchase Agreement, the Company sold to the Investors in a private placement 3,000 shares of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series E Preferred Stock”), each having a stated value of $1,000 and earning interest at a rate of 5% per annum, for aggregate gross proceeds of $3.0 million. The Series E Preferred Stock is immediately convertible into 1,496,262 shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations, at an initial conversion price equal to $2.005 per share, subject to adjustment. After January 25, 2017, the conversion price will be equal to the lesser of (a) the conversion price then in effect or (b) 65% of the volume weighted average price of the Company’s common stock for ten consecutive days prior to the applicable conversion date. The Series E Preferred Stock contains provisions providing for an adjustment in the conversion price upon the occurrence of certain events, including stock splits, stock dividends, and fundamental transactions. However, in no event may the conversion price be lower than $0.25 per share. The Company may redeem some or all of the Series E Preferred Stock for cash as follows: (i) on or prior to September 25, 2016, in an amount equal to 126% of the aggregate stated value then outstanding, (ii) after September 25, 2016 and on or prior to January 25, 2017, in an amount equal to 144% of the aggregate stated value then outstanding and (iii) after January 25, 2017, in an amount equal to 150% of the aggregate stated value then outstanding.

Each Investor also received a common stock purchase warrant (the “Series E Warrants”) to purchase up to a number of shares of common stock equal to 85% of such Investor’s subscription amount divided by $2.005. The Series E Warrants are exercisable for a term of five years commencing six months after the closing of the transaction at a cash exercise price of $2.005 per share. In the event that the shares underlying the Warrants are not subject to a registration statement at the time of exercise, the Series E Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis after six months from the issuance date. The Series E Warrants also contain provisions providing for an adjustment in the exercise price upon the occurrence of certain events, including stock splits, stock dividends, and fundamental transactions.

The Series E Purchase Agreement requires, if necessary, that the Company hold a special meeting of stockholders to seek the approval of the holders of its common stock for the issuance of the number of shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of the Series E Preferred Stock in excess of 19.99% of the outstanding common stock (the “Shareholder Approval”). Until the Company obtains the Shareholder Approval, the conversion of the Series E Preferred Stock is limited to 19.99% of the currently outstanding common stock. Additionally, until the Series E Preferred Stock is no longer outstanding, the Investors may participate in future offerings for up to 50% of the amount of such offerings.

The Series E Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and covenants, including covenants relating to public reporting obligations, Shareholder Approval and the use of proceeds. The closing of the transaction occurred on July 25, 2016. The Company used the proceeds from the sale of the Series E Preferred Stock to redeem the majority of the Company’s outstanding Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and for general working capital purposes.

Pursuant to the Series E Purchase Agreement, upon redemption of the Series C Preferred Stock, the Investors (each of whom is also a holder of the Series C Preferred Stock) shall receive an additional premium such that the aggregate redemption amount is 162% of the stated value of the Series C Preferred Stock for the first 60 days following entry into the Series E Purchase Agreement and 180% thereafter.

Warrants

In January 2014, the Company issued warrants to purchase 23,858 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $30.40 to a placement agent. The warrants expire in January 2019. The exercise price was reduced to its floor of $22.70 as a result of the sale of the Fortress Shares. The warrants may be exercised without cash consideration in lieu of the investor forfeiting a portion of its shares. The fair value of the warrants at issuance was $348,963, as estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of the warrants was revalued at September 30, 2016 as discussed in Note 4.

On November 1, 2014 the Company issued 27,750 warrants to purchase common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $20.70. The fair value of the warrants at issuance was $164,196.

Common stock warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2016 are listed as follows:

Warrants Outstanding		Remaining Contractual Life (years)		Weighted Average Exercise
	1,000,000		6.89	$	2.005
	1,271,826		4.81	$	2.005
	648,000		4.63	$	2.01
	158,416		4.62	$	1.87
	1,416,668		4.31	$	1.79
	50,000		5.41	$	2.54
	10,870		3.52	$	4.60
	5,762		3.52	$	5.75
	27,449		3.09	$	20.00
	23,858		2.33	$	22.70
	3,000		1.08	$	26.60
	4,615,849		5.05	$	2.18

7. Stock-Based Compensation

In November 2013, the Board of Directors authorized the 2013 Stock Plan (such plan has since been adopted by the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Merger and renamed the “Inventergy Global, Inc. 2014 Stock Plan,” and referred to herein as the “Plan” or the “2014 Plan”). Under the Plan, the Board of Directors may grant incentive stock awards to employees and directors, and non-statutory stock options to employees, directors and consultants, as well as restricted stock. The Plan provides for the grant of stock options, restricted stock, and other stock-related and performance awards that may be settled in cash, stock or other property. The Board of Directors originally reserved 360,545 shares of common stock for issuance over the term of the Plan. In September 2015, 170,000 shares were added to the Plan, and in June 2016, 250,000 shares were added to the Plan. The exercise price of an option cannot be less than the fair value of one share of common stock on the date of grant for incentive stock options or non-statutory stock options. The exercise price of an incentive stock option cannot be less than 110% of the fair value of one share of common stock on the date of grant for stockholders owning more than 10% of all classes of stock. Options are exercisable over periods not to exceed ten years (or five years for incentive stock options granted to holders of 10% or more of the voting stock) from the grant date. Options may be granted with vesting terms as determined by the Board of Directors which generally include a one to five-year period or performance conditions or both. The pre-existing options were subsumed under the Plan.

Common stock option and restricted stock award activity under the Plan was as follows:

				Options and RSAs Outstanding
	Shares Available for Grant			Number of Shares			Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share
Balance at December 31, 2015		71,431			369,887		$	4.64
Authorized		250,000
Options forfeited		153,098			(153,098	)	$	3.10
Options granted		(305,000	)		305,000		$	1.41
Options expired		5,517			(7,017	)	$	34.73
Balance at September 30, 2016		175,046			514,772		$	2.77
Total vested and expected to vest shares (options)					514,772		$	2.77
Total vested shares (options)					128,556		$	5.79

As of September 30, 2016, all of the restricted stock granted under the Plan had vested. The aggregate intrinsic value of stock options outstanding, stock options vested and expected to vest, and exercisable at September 30, 2016 was $24,400.

Prior to the Plan being established, the Company granted the equivalent of 1,413,904 RSAs to employees and non-employees in exchange for services with vesting schedules specific to each individual award. As of September 30, 2016, 148,144 of these RSAs were subject to rescission by the Company, and 113,388 RSAs had been cancelled or forfeited.

As part of the Merger, 1,500 fully vested options with an exercise price of $143.00, were assumed by Inventergy Global, Inc. These options expired in June 2016.

The following table summarizes information with respect to stock options outstanding at September 30, 2016:

Options Outstanding								Options Vested
Exercise Price Per Share		Shares Outstanding		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)		Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Shares Exercisable		Weighted- Average Exercise Price Per Share
$	1.41		305,000		9.81	$	1.41		-	$	-
$	3.10		182,528		9.05	$	3.10		101,312	$	3.10
$	5.60		2,500		0.58	$	5.60		2,500	$	5.60
$	11.40		17,674		0.58	$	11.40		17,674	$	11.40
$	30.40		7,070		0.58	$	30.40		7,070	$	30.40
			514,772		9.05	$	2.77		128,556	$	5.79

Stock-based compensation expense

The fair value of employee stock options granted was estimated using the following weighted-average assumptions for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015:

	2016		2015
Expected volatility		68		64	%
Risk free rate		1.18		1.48	%
Dividend yield		0		0	%
Expected term (in years)		5.70		6.06

The expected term of the options is based on the average period the stock options are expected to remain outstanding based on the option’s vesting term and contractual terms. The expected stock price volatility assumptions for the Company’s stock options were determined by examining the historical volatilities for industry peers, as the Company did not have any trading history for the Company’s common stock. The risk-free interest rate assumption is based on the U.S. Treasury instruments whose term was consistent with the expected term of the Company’s stock options. The expected dividend assumption is based on the Company’s history and expectation of dividend payouts. Forfeitures were estimated based on the Company’s estimate of future cancellations.

Stock-based compensation for employees and non-employees related to options and RSAs recognized:

	For the three months ended Sept. 30				For the nine months ended Sept. 30
	2016		2015		2016		2015
General and administrative	$	152,170	$	246,485	$	545,626	$	843,386

No income tax benefit has been recognized related to stock-based compensation expense and no tax benefits have been realized from the exercise of stock awards for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016. As of September 30, 2016, there were total unrecognized compensation costs of $635,906 related to these stock awards. These costs are expected to be recognized over a period of approximately 1.79 years.

Non-employee stock-based compensation expense

The Company has issued options and restricted stock awards to non-employees in exchange for services with vesting specific to each individual award. Non-employee stock-based compensation expense is recognized as the awards vest and totaled $77,672 and $41,381 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively, and $297,693 and $258,053 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively. The fair value of RSAs is calculated as the fair value of the underlying stock multiplied by the number of shares awarded.

Cancellation of Options

On March 25, 2015, the Company cancelled certain unvested options (totaling 143,266) previously granted to employees and directors under the Company’s 2014 Stock Plan, which had exercise prices ranging from $20.50 to $38.50, 10 year terms and 1 to 4 year vesting periods. In addition, on March 25, 2015, the Company issued new options to the same employees and directors under the 2014 Stock Plan. The Company granted an aggregate of 126,985 options to its employees, the vesting schedules of which were increased by 12 months as compared to the cancelled options – an increase from an average vesting schedule spanning 2.1 years to 3.1 years. The Company also granted an aggregate of 16,282 options to its directors, the vesting schedules of which were left substantially unchanged as compared to the cancelled options which had been set to align with the service time of each board member. The new options have an exercise price of $11.40 per share, which was a 48% premium to the closing price of the Company’s common stock as of March 25, 2015.

On October 16, 2015, the Company cancelled certain unvested options (totaling 177,446) granted to employees and directors under the Company’s 2014 Stock Plan, which had exercise prices ranging from $6.90 to $38.50, 10-year terms and one to four year vesting terms. In addition, on October 16, 2015, the Company issued new options to the same employees and directors under the 2014 Stock Plan. The Company granted an aggregate of 142,063 options to its employees and an aggregate of 35,383 options to its directors. The vesting schedules were left substantially unchanged as compared to the cancelled options. The new options have an exercise price of $3.10 per share, which was the closing price of the Company’s common stock as of October 16, 2015.

8. Income Taxes

On a quarterly basis, the Company records income tax expense or benefit based on year-to-date results and expected results for the remainder of the year. The Company recorded no provision for income taxes for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2016 and 2015.

Deferred income taxes reflect the tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Based on the Company’s historical net losses during its development stage, the Company has provided a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets as of September 30, 2016 and 2015.

At December 31, 2015, the Company had federal and California net operating loss carryforwards, prior to any annual limitation, of approximately $48.8 million and $11.3 million, respectively, expiring beginning in 2021 for federal and 2015 for California. The use of the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards is subject to certain annual limitations and may be subject to further limitations as a result of changes in ownership as defined by the Internal Revenue Code and similar state provisions. An ownership change date did occur in June 2014 upon the merger with eOn so that an annual limitation was estimated to reduce the federal net operating loss carryforward to approximately $30.4 million with no further limitation to the California net operating loss carryforward. Notwithstanding, these federal and state net operating loss carryforwards could be further reduced if there are further ownership changes.

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. and various state jurisdictions including California. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by taxing authorities including the United States and California. The Company is not currently under audit or examination by either of these jurisdictions. The federal and California statute of limitations remains open back to 2011 for federal and 2010 for California. However, due to the fact that the Company has net operating losses carried forward dating back to 2001, certain items attributable to technically closed years are still subject to adjustment by the relevant taxing authority through an adjustment to the tax attributes carried forward to open years.

9. Commitments and Contingencies

Operating lease

In March 2014, the Company entered into a non-cancelable 38-month lease agreement for offices in Campbell, California commencing June 1, 2014 with escalating rent payments ranging from approximately $9,200 to $9,800 per month and one option to extend the lease term for an additional three years. Included in the lease agreement was a full rent abatement period of two months. Rent expense is recognized on a straight line basis. The Company paid a security deposit of $18,993 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2014. The future minimum payments related to this lease are as follows:

Years ending December 31:
2016		29,394
2017		68,587
Total	$	97,981

Rent expense was $27,152 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 and $81,454 for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2016 and 2015.

Guaranteed Payments

The Company entered into two agreements to purchase certain patent assets under which guaranteed payments were originally required. The first agreement originally required unconditional guaranteed payments of $18,000,000 to be paid out of net revenues from patent licensing receipts through December 31, 2017. As of December 31, 2014, such guaranteed payments were accrued on the Company’s accompanying balance sheet at net present value using a discount rate of 12%. Expenses related to minimum revenue sharing payments were deferred as of December 31, 2014 to be amortized in correlation with the future payment schedule. This agreement was amended in December 2015, at which time all guaranteed payments and interest payments payable on any guaranteed payments were eliminated, and provided that the Company will pay the other party solely based on net revenues earned for the licensing and/or sale of the patents sold to the Company under the original agreement. In conjunction with the elimination of the $16.3 million liability for guaranteed payments and $1.0 million liability for accrued interest as of December 31, 2015, in accordance with this amendment, the Company also eliminated $16.3 million of related deferred expenses as of December 31, 2015. The original agreement provided that if the Company’s market capitalization fell below the aggregate dollar amount that the Company owed at that relevant point in time to the other party (but only prior to full payment), the party may exercise a limited right to repurchase the acquired patent portfolio assets at a purchase price at least equal to the amount the Company originally paid. Due to the elimination of the guaranteed payments, the party’s right to repurchase the patents can now only be triggered if the Company ceases to be a public company with securities listed on Nasdaq, another stock exchange or any over-the-counter quotation service. As of September 30, 2016, the Company was in compliance with the terms of the agreement.

The second agreement originally required a $2,000,000 guaranteed payment due on December 1, 2015. In October 2015, the Company and the other party amended the terms of the original patent purchase agreement, with the amendment providing that the Company make a $550,000 payment on January 31, 2016 and a $1,650,000 payment on July 1, 2016, which amounts were to include an additional $95,000 in interest payments. These amounts have not yet been paid and are accruing interest at the rate of 1% per month which the Company is paying monthly. The total future guaranteed payments associated with this agreement payable as of September 30, 2016 are $2,200,000.

10. Legal Proceedings

In 2015, a third party filed an action against the Company alleging, among other items, non-infringement of seven patents from Inventergy, Inc.’s patent portfolio. The Company and Inventergy, Inc. counterclaimed for infringement of the same seven patents, and Inventergy, Inc. also filed an action alleging infringement of an additional patent. Following a period of mediation and settlement discussions, in June 2016, the parties entered into a patent license and settlement agreement pursuant to which, among other provisions, the third party paid an undisclosed license fee to Inventergy, Inc. and each party released the other from all previous claims. The Company has no further obligations relating to this patent license.

11. Subsequent Event

Registered Public Offering

On October 12, 2016, the Company completed a registered public offering (the “Offering”) of shares of common stock and warrants with gross proceeds of approximately $6.0 million. Investors received 6,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $1.00 per share and warrants to purchase up to 6,000,000 shares of common stock, exercisable for a period of five years, with an exercise price of $1.00 per share. The warrants are exercisable immediately. Net proceeds of the Offering paid to the Company, after fees and expenses, were approximately $5.1 million. The Company used approximately $1.3 million of the net proceeds to redeem substantially all of the remaining outstanding Series C preferred stock, and the remaining $3.8 million will be used to fund its operations. The holders of the Company's Series C and E Convertible Preferred Stock consented to having the first $3.8 million of net proceeds from the Offering go to the Company’s working capital before applying any proceeds of the Offering to the redemption of such preferred stock in consideration for a reduction in the exercise price of the July 2016 warrants to $1.43 and the May 2016 warrants to $1.86 and a 15% increase in the redemption premium of the Series E Convertible Preferred Stock if not redeemed on or before January 25, 2017. A registration statement for the securities sold in the Offering was previously filed on Form S-1 (File No. 333-211211), which was declared effective on September 16, 2016 by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Modification of the Amended Fortress Agreement

On November 14, 2016, the Company and Fortress entered into the Sixth Amendment to the Amended Fortress Agreement. The amendment deferred amortization and interest payments and suspended the requirement to maintain a $1 million minimum cash balance each until November 21, 2016.

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

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial statements of the Company and the notes thereto.

Overview

The Company is an IP investment and licensing company that helps technology-leading corporations attain greater value from their IP assets in support of their business objectives and corporate brands. Inventergy, Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiary, was initially organized as a Delaware limited liability company under the name Silicon Turbine Systems, LLC in January 2012. It subsequently changed its name to Inventergy, LLC in March 2012 and it was converted from a limited liability company into a Delaware corporation in February 2013. On June 6, 2014, a subsidiary of the Company merged with and into Inventergy, Inc., with Inventergy, Inc. becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. As a result of the Merger, the Company changed its name to “Inventergy Global, Inc.”

The Company works to develop long-term relationships with global companies seeking to strategically realize an appropriate return on their IP assets, in which they have invested a significant amount of research and development (IP value creation). The Company offers clients a professional corporate licensing model for IP value creation that provides both short term returns and attractive, long-term licensing revenue. The Company has focused initially on developing relationships with companies in the telecommunications industry but its business purpose is not limited to that industry. We aspire to be a market-leader in IP value creation across various technology and market segments.

The core strategy of the Company is to acquire significant patent portfolios from Global Fortune 500 companies who are leaders or major players in their industries and to generate value from these portfolios through licensing or sales of these patents. The patents are generally purchased for a fee as well as a percentage of the net revenue (revenue after deduction of litigations costs, if any). As a result of such purchase agreements, the Company has full ownership of the patent portfolios, including the rights to past damages, and has the sole right to determine the best strategy to derive value from the portfolios. Accordingly, the Company remains independent of the clients from which we have acquired the patent portfolios.

The Company recently launched a new strategic business initiative to commercialize a broader range of intellectual property and technology assets and innovations beyond its current telecommunications industry patent assets. The Company’s new subsidiary, Inventergy Innovations, LLC (“Inventergy Innovations”) has entered into definitive agreements with three companies, and letters of intent for partnership agreements with two other companies, to obtain exclusive rights to the commercialization of some or all of the technology and intellectual property of these firms and to share the proceeds of the commercialization efforts with these companies. Each engagement is unique with some involving transfer of ownership of the assets and/or modest initial or ongoing progress payments.

Critical Accounting Policies

See Note 2 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report for a summary of significant accounting policies and information on recently adopted accounting standards.

Results of Operations

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2016 compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

Revenue

Revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2016 was $106,095 and consisted of $100,000 from patent licensing contracts and $6,095 from our access control security product/service lines. Revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2015 was $132,500 and consisted of $100,000 from a patent licensing contract and $32,500 from our access control security product/service lines.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2016 was $35,736 and consisted of $7,486 related to patent licensing revenue and amortization of $28,250 for contracts acquired in the Merger. Cost of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2015 was $51,651 and consisted of $20,875 related to patent sale and licensing revenue, amortization of $28,250 for contracts acquired in the Merger, and $2,526 related to our access control security product/service lines.

Patent Amortization Expense

Amortization expense of $377,744, and $377,742 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively, was for the amortization of patents acquired.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2016 were $1,620,311 compared to $1,930,705 for the three months ended September 30, 2015. G&A expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2016 included $74,498 and $77,672 of equity compensation expense for restricted stock awards and stock options for employees and non-employees, respectively, compared to $205,104 and $41,381 for the three months ended September 30, 2015. Salaries, wages and other personnel expenses were $325,905 and $686,608 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively, a decrease of $360,703 primarily as a result of the termination of ten employees since March 2015. Investor relations expense was $136,989 and $63,192 for the three months ended September 30, 2016, and September 30, 2015, respectively, an increase of $73,797, primarily as a result of attending more investor conferences and other investor relations consulting services in 2016. Patent fees were $502,227 and $249,695 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively, an increase of $252,532 primarily as a result of higher consulting costs in 2016 relating to patent analysis and monetization efforts. Legal expenses were $119,112 for the three months ended September 30, 2016, compared to $427,903 for the three months ended September 30, 2015, a decrease of $308,791. This decrease was due to a decrease in litigation fees and expenses following the settlement of a lawsuit in June 2016. Other G&A expenses were $383,908 and $256,821 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively, representing an increase of $127,087, primarily as a result of increased consulting costs relating to the Company’s newly-formed subsidiary, Inventergy Innovations LLC, and higher state franchise taxes.

Decrease in Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities

Decrease in fair value of derivative liabilities was $330 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 compared to $35,010 for the three months ended September 30, 2015. The decrease for the three months ended September 30, 2016 was due to a decrease in the Company’s stock price during this period. See Note 4 to our financial statements contained in Item 1 herein.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense, net, for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015 was $867,713 and $1,278,279, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2016, this amount includes interest expense on patents purchased of $66,000 and interest expense and amortization of discount and debt issuance costs on Fortress Notes of $801,591. Of these amounts, $184,339 was paid in cash and the remaining amounts were accrued. Interest expense, net, for the three months ended September 30, 2015 includes interest expense on patents purchased of $261,131, interest expense and amortization of discount and debt issuance costs on Fortress Notes of $1,018,758.

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

Revenue

Revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $1,674,275 and consisted of $1,600,000 from patent licensing contracts and $74,275 from our access control security product/service lines. Revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was $4,483,303 and consisted of $4,000,000 from a sale of two patent families, $253,571 from a patent licensing contract, and $229,732 from our access control security product/service lines.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $356,750 and consisted of $272,000 related to patent licensing revenue and amortization of $84,750 for contracts acquired in the Merger. Cost of revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was $913,800 and consisted of $215,372 of cost of patents sold, $572,430 related to patent sale and licensing revenue, $41,248 of product costs related to access control security product/service lines and amortization of $84,750 for contracts acquired in the Merger.

Patent Amortization Expense

Amortization expense of $1,133,235, and $1,152,365 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively, was for the amortization of patents acquired.

General and Administrative Expense

General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 were $5,006,810 compared to $5,921,212 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. G&A expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 included $247,933 and $297,693 of equity compensation expense for restricted stock awards and stock options for employees and non-employees, respectively, compared to $585,333 and $258,053 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. Salaries, wages and other personnel expenses were $975,041 and $2,296,543 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively, a decrease of $1,321,502 primarily as a result of the termination of ten employees since March 2015. Investor relations expense was $262,764 and $467,245 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively, a decrease of $204,481 as a result of decreased costs for investor relations, communications, media and related services in 2016, compared with higher costs in these areas immediately following the Merger in 2014 and into 2015. Patent fees were $1,481,159 and $606,303 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively, an increase of $874,856 primarily as a result of higher consulting costs in 2016 relating to patent analysis and monetization efforts. Legal expenses were $470,790 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to $701,898 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. This decrease of $231,108 was primarily due to lower litigation fees and expenses relating to two patent lawsuits, one of which was settled in the fourth quarter of 2015 and the other in June 2016. Other G&A expense was $1,271,430 and $1,005,837 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively, an increase of $265,593 primarily as a result of higher state franchise taxes in 2016.

Gain / Loss on Debt Extinguishment

In connection with the amendment to the Amended Fortress Agreement dated March 1, 2016, the Company recorded a gain on debt extinguishment of $2,434,661 related to expected amounts of net monetization revenues to be paid to revenue participants. In connection with an amendment to the Amended Fortress Agreement dated February 25, 2015, the Company recorded a loss of $2,268,373 in the three-month period ended March 31, 2015. See Note 5 to our financial statements contained in Item 1 herein.

Decrease in Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities

Decrease in fair value of derivatives liabilities was $948 and $47,331 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively. The change for each period was the result of a decrease in the common stock warrant value due to decreases in the market price of the Company’s common stock. See Note 4 to our financial statements contained in Item 1 herein.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense, net, for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015 was $2,867,741 and $3,770,231, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, this amount includes interest expense on patents purchased of $216,733 and interest expense and amortization of discount and debt issuance costs on Fortress Notes of $2,643,870. Of these amounts, $613,600 was paid in cash and the remaining amounts were accrued. Interest expense, net for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 includes interest expense on patents purchased of $627,021, interest expense and amortization of discount on Fortress Notes of $3,144,856. Of these amounts, $631,471 was paid in cash and the remaining amounts were accrued.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At September 30, 2016, the Company had an accumulated deficit since inception of $60,528,081 (including a net loss for the quarter ended September 30, 2016 of $2,795,081) and had a negative working capital of $11,616,970. As of November 10, 2016, we had remaining cash of $2,357,850. These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Since January 1, 2015, the Company has completed the following transactions to provide working capital: Entered into our first license agreement in February 2015 (under which we received an aggregate of $2,000,000 for a five-year license), received net proceeds from an additional drawdown from the Fortress Agreement of $1,126,900 in February 2015, received net proceeds of $1,835,000 from the sale of common stock in April 2015, executed a sale of patents for $4,000,000 in June 2015, received net proceeds of approximately $2,175,000 in January 2016 from the sale of Series C preferred stock, received net proceeds of $250,000 from the sale of Series D preferred stock in May 2016, received net proceeds of $1,200,000 from the sale of common stock in a registered direct offering, also in May 2016, and received $1,300,000 from a patent license and settlement in June 2016. On July 25, 2016, we closed on a $3,000,000 sale of Series E convertible preferred stock, pursuant to which we received net proceeds of approximately $2,800,000. We used $2,500,000 of the net proceeds to redeem approximately 70% of the Series C preferred stock. On October 12, 2016, we closed a public offering of common stock and warrants from which we received approximately $5,100,000 after fees and expenses. We used approximately $1,300,000 to redeem substantially all of the remaining Series C preferred stock and will use the remainder for working capital purposes. We will seek to continue our operations primarily with income received through our patent monetization efforts, including licensing revenues and patent sales, but we will likely need to seek additional financing through loans, which will be subject to the restrictions of the Fortress Agreement, and/or the sale of securities. If we are required to raise additional capital financing, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain such additional capital on terms acceptable to us or at all. Additionally, if we raise capital through the issuance of equity, our current stockholders will experience dilution.

The business will require significant additional capital and/or patent monetization revenues to continue operations and execute the Company’s longer term business plan. Based on the Company’s updated internal financial plan covering the next fifteen months (through December 31, 2017), we will require approximately $5,000,000 in cash to fund operating expenses, which includes approximately $2,800,000 for employee-related costs and consultants performing outsourced functions, approximately $1,500,000 for legal and compliance, and approximately $800,000 for other operational costs. During the next 15 months, we anticipate making $5,700,000 of payments relating to the acquisition of our patent portfolios, $2,200,000 of which are fixed payments and $3,500,000 are variable payments based on forecasted patent monetization revenues. In addition, we will require approximately $7,400,000 to meet our debt service obligations with Fortress (including payments of both interest and principal). These amounts payable to Fortress are in addition to any revenue sharing amounts expected to be paid from forecasted patent monetization revenues. The aforementioned payments due to Fortress would be eliminated and replaced by a new patent monetization program funded by Fortress if the terms of the non-binding letter of intent between the Company and Fortress results in a definitive agreement, as more fully discussed in Note 5 in the accompanying financial statements. We will continue to reduce and control expenses and defer obligations where possible. While we believe our forecasted revenues are supported by a pipeline cultivated over multiple years of business development activities, should these efforts fail to meet our forecasts, we will seek additional working capital through the sale of debt or equity securities, as referenced in the preceding paragraph. Based on our existing cash on hand, our management believes we have funds sufficient to meet our anticipated needs for approximately seven months.

To date, the Company has acquired approximately 755 currently active patents and patent applications for aggregate purchase payments of $12,109,118. We were required to pay $2,200,000 to a seller of the patents by July 2016 or pay a one percent per month late fee until paid. See Note 9 in the accompanying financial statements for further information regarding this payment.

On February 11, 2015, the Company entered into our first license agreement, from which we received an aggregate of $2,000,000 for a five-year license. In connection therewith, on February 25, 2015, the Company amended and restated the Fortress Agreement pursuant to which Fortress agreed to make available to the Company an additional $3,000,000 of credit between February 25, 2015 and December 31, 2015, which can be drawn down in the form of additional senior secured notes with the same terms and conditions as the Original Notes. On February 25, 2015, we drew down $1,199,500 from the Additional Available Credit, which after the payment of transaction-related fees and expenses, netted $1,126,900 in proceeds to the Company. The Company may seek to raise additional capital in the form of further draw downs on the remaining Additional Available Credit, which would require the Company to obtain Fortress’ consent.

On June 25, 2015, the Company closed a sale of two of its patent families to an undisclosed third party for which we received gross proceeds of $4,000,000. Following expected payments to third parties and Fortress under revenue share agreements, the Company retained approximately $1,666,500, which was used to fund operating activities.

In addition to our capital needs over the next twelve months, which are detailed above, our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our levels of net sales and licensing revenues, as well as the timing and extent of expenditures to support our patent infringement litigation. If we issue equity or equity equivalents to raise additional funds, our existing stockholders could experience substantial dilution and the new holders of securities may have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our existing stockholders. If adequate capital is not available when needed, we will be required to significantly modify our business model and operations to reduce spending to a sustainable level. It could cause us to be unable to execute our business plan, take advantage of future opportunities or respond to competitive pressures or customer requirements. It may also cause us to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of our research and development programs, to reduce or cease operations or to default under the Amended Fortress Agreement, which could lead to the repossession of our patent portfolios by Fortress.

As of September 30, 2016, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $12,298. Also as of September 30, 2016, the Company had negative working capital of $11,616,970. The Company’s net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $5,254,652 and our accumulated deficit amount was $60,528,081 as of September 30, 2016. Our cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2016 consisted primarily of funds remaining from net proceeds of $2,800,000 received from the sale of Series E preferred stock in July 2016, partially offset by partial redemption of Series C preferred stock and expenditures for general operating purposes.

As of September 30, 2016, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $12,298 compared to $554,556 as of December 31, 2015. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents of $542,258 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was attributable to net cash used in operating activities of $2,756,518, partially offset by net cash provided by financing activities of $2,214,260.

Cash Flows – Operating Activities

The Company’s operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 resulted in net cash used of $2,756,518. Net cash used in operating activities consisted of a net loss of $5,254,653, less non-cash gain on debt extinguishment of $2,434,661, partially offset by non-cash expenses consisting of depreciation expense of $12,753, amortization of discount and debt issuance costs on notes payable of $2,064,775, amortization of patents and acquired contracts of $1,217,985, accrued interest on patent purchase of $123,233, and stock-based compensation of $545,626, partially offset by a decrease in fair value of derivative liabilities of $948. Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided cash of $978,864, from a decrease in accounts receivable of $8,880, an increase in accounts payable of $777,559, an increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities of $407,267, and an increase in deferred revenue of $450,000, partially offset by an increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets totaling $646,943 and an increase in deferred expenses of $27,391.

The Company’s operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 resulted in net cash used of $810,131. Net cash used in operating activities consisted of a net loss of $ $9,495,347, partially offset by non-cash expenses consisting of depreciation expense of $12,753, loss on extinguishment of notes payable of $2,268,373, amortization of discount on notes payable of $2,191,248, amortization of patents and acquired contracts of $1,237,115, stock-based compensation of $843,386, and net cost of patents sold of $215,372. These non-cash expenses were partially offset by non-cash income from a decrease in fair value of derivative liabilities of $47,331. Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided cash of $1,964,300, from a decrease in accounts receivable of $219,851, a decrease in inventories of $130,155, a decrease in deferred expenses of $300,833, an increase in accounts payable of $114,512, an increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities of $483,961, and an increase in deferred revenue of $746,429, partially offset by an increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets totaling $21,441 and an increase in deposits and other assets of $10,000.

Cash Flows – Investing Activities

The Company had no investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 or the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

Cash Flows – Financing Activities

The Company’s financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 resulted in net cash received of $2,214,260, consisting of $2,175,000 received from the sale of Series C preferred stock (net of $325,000 of issuance costs), $250,000 received from the sale of Series D preferred stock, $2,796,998 received from the sale of Series E preferred stock (net of $203,002 of issuance costs) and $1,182,278 received from the sale of common stock, partially offset by repayments of Fortress Notes of $1,640,016, partial redemption of Series C preferred stock of $2,500,000 and repayments of $50,000 of short-term notes payable to a related party.

The Company’s financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 resulted in net cash received of $734,900, consisting of $1,835,000 received from the sale of common stock (net of $315,000 of issuance costs) and $1,126,900 from issuance of notes payable, partially offset by repayments of Fortress Notes of $2,147,000 and repayments of $80,000 of short-term notes payable to a related party.

The Company will require additional financing for the purchase of additional patent portfolios and to fund its monetization efforts if new attractive opportunities are found. If the Company acquires additional large patent portfolios, in addition to the cost of the upfront purchase fee (if any) it is likely that additional resources (business, technical or legal) may need to be hired to effectively monetize the portfolio. Resources to analyze new portfolios are already part of the current staffing of the Company. Litigation costs are based primarily on a contingent fee structure (expected to average less than 20% of license revenue for a portfolio) and as such does not scale significantly with the acquisition of new portfolios. Acquisitions or investments may be consummated through the use of cash, equity, seller financing, third party debt, earn-out obligations, revenue sharing, profit sharing, or some combination of two or more of these types of consideration. Due to the dynamic credit market, the Company is not able to predict with any certainty whether it could obtain debt or equity financing to provide additional sources of liquidity at favorable rates should the need arise.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

None.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

We are a smaller reporting company and therefore are not required to provide the information for this item for Form 10-Q.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (the “Certifying Officers”), conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures. As defined under Sections 13a – 15(e) and 15d – 15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the term “disclosure controls and procedures” means controls and other procedures of an issuer that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. Disclosure controls and procedures include without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including the Certifying Officers, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Based on their evaluation, the Certifying Officers have concluded that, as of September 30, 2016, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting.

There were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2016 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Internal Controls

Readers are cautioned that our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will necessarily prevent all fraud and material error. An internal control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our control have been detected. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any control design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

PART II- OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

None.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

We are a smaller reporting company and are not required to provide the information required by this item.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

On July 21, 2016, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors (the “Investors”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company sold to the Investors in a private placement 3,000 shares of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series E Preferred Stock”), each having a stated value of $1,000 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $3,000,000.

Each Investor also received a common stock purchase warrant (the “Warrants”) to purchase up to a number of shares of common stock equal to 85% of such Investor’s subscription amount divided by $2.005. The Warrants are exercisable for a term of five years commencing six months after the closing of the transaction at a cash exercise price of $2.005 per share. The Series E Preferred Stock and Warrants were offered and sold in reliance on Rule 506 of the Securities Act of 1933.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

None.

Item 5. Other Information.

None.

Item 6. Exhibits.

No.		Description of Exhibit
3.1		Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on July 22, 2016).
4.1		Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on July 22, 2016).
4.2		Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (included in Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on September 7, 2016).
10.1		Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 21, 2016, between the Company and the purchasers listed on the signature page thereto (incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on July 22, 2016).
10.2		Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Revenue and Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 19, 2016, among the Company, DBD Credit Funding LLC and the Revenue Participants and Note Purchasers thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the company on September 7, 2016).*
10.3		Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Revenue and Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2016, among the Company, DBD Credit Funding LLC and the Revenue Participants and Note Purchasers thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company On September 29, 2016).
99.1		Letter of Intent, dated as of September 27, 2016, between the Company and DBD Credit Funding LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on September 29, 2016).
31.1		Section 302 Certification of Principal Executive Officer.
31.2		Section 302 Certification of Principal Financial Officer.
32.1		Section 906 Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer (furnished herewith).
101.INS		XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Scheme Document
101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

*	Portions of this exhibit have been redacted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment. The redacted portions have been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SIGNATURES

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

Date: November 14, 2016	Inventergy Global, Inc.

	By: /s/ Joseph W. Beyers
	Name:	Joseph W. Beyers
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

	By: /s/ John G. Niedermaier
	Name:	John G. Niedermaier
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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