UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarter ended March 31, 1999
Commission file number 333-38567
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WORLD WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada 87-0549700
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(State of other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification No.)
2441 South 3850 West, West Valley City, Utah 84120
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number: (801) 575-6600
Indicate by check mark whether registrant (1) filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Exchange Act 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 __.
As of May 3, 1999 there were 16,950,855 shares of the Registrant's Common
Stock, par value $0.001, issued and outstanding.
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
WORLD WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
ASSETS
March 31, December 31,
1999 1998
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Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 861,297 $ 614,897
Investment in securities available-for-sale 137,648 137,648
Trade receivables, net of allowance of
$65,000 515,805 327,387
Other receivables 107,163 77,005
Inventory 477,000 550,239
Prepaid expenses 22,265 18,594
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Total Current Assets 2,121,178 1,725,770
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Equipment 2,093,308 2,085,930
Less accumulated depreciation (1,276,527) (1,047,285)
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Net Equipment 816,781 1,038,645
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Goodwill, net of accumulated amortization 907,695 957,794
Other Assets, net of accumulated amortization 395,775 414,381
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Total Assets $ 4,241,429 $ 4,136,590
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(CONTINUED)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated
financial statements.
WORLD WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
March 31, December 31,
1999 1998
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Current Liabilities
Trade accounts payable $ 478,373 $ 982,506
Accrued liabilities 895,084 880,638
Notes payable 2,301,124 2,992,858
Obligations under capital lease -
current portion 185,732 197,626
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Total Current Liabilities 3,860,313 5,053,628
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Long-Term Obligations Under Capital Lease 62,476 84,968
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Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
Preferred stock - $0.001 par value;
1,000,000 shares authorized; no shares
issued - -
Common stock - $0.001 par value;
50,000,000 shares authorized; issued
and outstanding: 16,950,855 shares
at March 31, 1999 and 13,920,400
shares at December 31, 1998 16,950 13,920
Additional paid-in capital 28,406,418 25,419,026
Unearned compensation (57,750) (70,518)
Receivable from shareholder (66,828) (66,828)
Accumulated deficit (28,042,798) (26,360,254)
Accumulated other comprehensive income 62,648 62,648
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Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) 318,640 (1,002,006)
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Total Liabilities and Stockholders'
Equity (Deficit) $ 4,241,429 $ 4,136,590
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated
financial statements.
WORLD WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
For the Three Months
Ended March 31,
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1999 1998
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Sales $ 1,033,375 $ 1,308,883
Cost of Sales 821,685 656,448
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Gross Profit 211,690 652,435
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Expenses
Research and development expense 241,265 663,749
General and administrative expenses 1,132,758 1,385,096
Amortization of goodwill 50,099 122,232
Interest expense 474,794 24,581
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Total Expenses 1,898,916 2,195,658
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Loss From Operations (1,687,226) (1,543,223)
Interest Income 4,682 -
Other Income - 319,528
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Net Loss $(1,682,544) $(1,223,695)
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Basic and Diluted Loss Per Common Share $ (0.10) $ (0.12)
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Weighted Average Number of Common Shares
Used in Per Share Calculation 16,474,289 10,468,831
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
WORLD WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
For the Three Months
Ended March 31,
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1999 1998
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Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net Loss $(1,682,544) $(1,223,695)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss
to net cash used by operating activities:
Amortization of goodwill 50,099 122,232
Depreciation and amortization 247,848 166,497
Amortization of debt discount 216,963 -
Amortization of unearned compensation 38,686 -
Stock issued for interest 93,698 -
Stock issued for services 172,466 -
Compensation from stock options granted 21,540 412,005
Gain on sale of business - (319,528)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable (218,576) (148,973)
Inventory 73,239 37,621
Prepaid expenses (3,671) (2,256)
Accounts payable (504,133) 99,845
Accrued liabilities 14,446 (4,849)
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Net Cash and Cash Equivalents Used By
Operating Activities (1,479,939) (861,101)
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Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Payments for the purchase of property
and equipment (7,378) (51,437)
Proceeds from sale of business assets and
property - 372,499
Proceeds from receivable from shareholder - 10,000
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Net Cash and Cash Equivalents Provided
by (Used by) Investing Activities (7,378) 331,062
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Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 1,876,800 957,267
Proceeds from exercise of stock options - 27,970
Proceeds from borrowings, net of discounts - 414,246
Principal payments on notes payable (108,697) (361,211)
Principal payments on obligation under
capital lease (34,386) (53,154)
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Net Cash and Cash Equivalents Provided
By Financing Activities 1,733,717 985,118
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Net Increase In Cash and Cash Equivalents 246,400 455,079
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Beginning
of Period 614,897 218,234
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Cash and Cash Equivalents - End of Period $ 861,297 $ 673,313
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(CONTINUED)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
WORLD WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)
Supplemental Cash Flow Information -
Cash paid for interest was $100,828 and $17,839 for the three months
ended March 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
WORLD WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements - The
accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are
unaudited. In the opinion of management, all necessary adjustments
(which include only normal recurring adjustments) have been made to
present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash
flows for the periods presented. Certain information and note
disclosure normally included in financial statements prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been
condensed or omitted. It is suggested that these condensed
consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction with the
financial statements and notes thereto included in the December 31,
1998 annual report on Form 10-K/A. The results of operations for the
three month period ended March 31, 1999 are not necessarily
indicative of the operating results to be expected for the full year.
NOTE 2 - COMMON STOCK
During February 1999, the Company issued 2,040,000 common shares for
cash in the amount of $2,040,000 received in private placement
offering. In connection with the offering, the Company granted
options to purchase 200,000 common shares at $1.75 per share within 5
years, and issued 8,000 shares of common stock as finder's fees. The
Company also paid $163,200 as finder's fees.
During March 1999, noteholders converted two unsecurred promissory
notes totaling $800,000, together with accrued interest, into 893,698
common shares at $1.00 per share under the terms of a conversion
privilege granted to the noteholders in December 1998.
During the first quarter of 1999, the Company issued 88,757
restricted common shares for services valued at $172,466, or $1.74
per share.
NOTE 3-BRIDGE LOANS AND WARRANTS
As of March 31, 1999, the Company is carrying $2,395,528 of bridge
notes payable which mature May 15, 1999. Subsequent to the end of the
first quarter, the bridge loans, together with accrued interest
thereon were paid in full. The Company raised financing of $3,250,000
on May 14, 1999, which consisted of borrowing $2,600,000 through senior
secured 18% notes maturing in one year, issuance of shares of preferred
stock,madatorily redeemable in one year, for $650,000 and five year
detachable warrants to purchase 3,250,000 shares of the Company's
common stock. The notes are secured by substantally all of the assets
of the Company.
WORLD WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 4 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Legal Proceedings - The Company leased computer-aided design software
which did not perform as specified; the software, which cost
$550,887, was returned to the seller. The Company has requested a
cancellation of the $735,207 debt including a technical support
agreement in the amount of $184,320. The software vendor, Mentor
Graphics, Inc., commenced a lawsuit against the Company seeking
damages of approximately $485,000 plus interest, legal fees and
expenses arising out of the Company's alleged breach of contract for
the purchase of software and related items. The Company believes that
it has adequate defenses against the claim and plans to defend the
action, although there can be no assurance as to the outcome thereof.
The Company has made adequate provision in the financial statements
for any anticipated outcome.
An investment banking firm commenced a lawsuit against the Company
seeking to recover damages of $231,129, plus legal fees and expenses.
In this case, the Company asserted a counterclaim seeking damages of
approximately $250,000. While the Company believes that it has
adequate defenses to the claim and that its counterclaim similarly
has merit, there can be no assurance as to the outcome of the
litigation.
Unasserted Claim - The Company received an oral request in 1998 from
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Austin to rescind the Company's purchase of the
stock of Austin Antenna Ltd., which closed in 1997. In addition, Mr.
Austin requested that the Company bear the cost of (i) the legal fees
and expenses in a litigation commenced against Mr. Austin in a state
court in Massachusetts brought by Charles Rich seeking damages of
approximately $50,000 for non-payment of commissions arising out of
the Company's purchase of Austin Antenna Ltd. and (ii) the unpaid
finder's fee that is the subject of the litigation. The Company, in
turn, has advised Mr. and Mrs. Austin that Austin Antenna Ltd. has
breached its agreement with the Company by, among other things,
failing to furnish it with proprietary engineering drawings and
related data that would enable the Company to manufacture the
antennas now produced by Austin Antennas Ltd., but such data has not
yet been completely provided to the Company. Although the Company
believes that its claim against Austin Antenna Ltd. and the claims of
Mr. and Mrs. Austin will be amicably resolved, there can be no
assurance as to the outcome thereof.
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
When used in this discussion, the words "expect(s)", "feel(s)",
"believe(s)", "will", "may", "anticipate(s)" and similar expressions
are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements
are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause
actual results to differ materially from those projected. Readers
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, and are urged to carefully review and consider the
various disclosures elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.
Three Months Ended March 31, 1999 and Three Months Ended March 31, 1998
Sales in the three-month period ended March 31, 1999 were $1,033,375
compared to $1,308,883 during the three-month period ended March 31,
1998. During the first quarter of 1999 the Company derived its
revenue as follows: engineering services, $644,818, wireless
products, $28,109, antenna, $85,988 and contract and cable
manufacturing, $274,460. During the first quarter of 1998 the
Company derived its revenue from engineering services $1,104,934, and
contract and cable manufacturing, $203,949.
Gross profit in the three-month period ended March 31, 1999 were
$211,690 compared to $652,435 during the comparable period during
1998. This decrease is primarily due to two factors: during the first
quarter of 1998, 84% of the Company's revenues were derived from the
most profitable segment of the business engineering services compared
to 62% in the first quarter of 1999. Also, in the first quarter of
1998, the Company met certain design and development contract
milestones for efforts and costs incurred over several preceding
periods.
The Company reduced its research and development costs and its
selling, general, and administrative expenses by $674,822 from
$2,048,845 in the first quarter in 1998 to $1,374,023 in the first
quarter in 1999. This reduction was primarily due to the reduction of
employees from 90 employees in the first quarter of 1998 to 54 in the
first quarter of 1999.
The amortization of goodwill decreased $72,133 from $122,232 for the
three-months ending March 31, 1998 to $50,099 for the three-months
ending March 31, 1999. This decrease is due to the impairment of
goodwill the Company recognized in the third quarter of 1998.
Interest expense increased $450,213 from $24,581 for the
three-months ending March 31, 1998 to $474,794 for the three-months
ending March 31, 1999. This increase is due to two factors: (1) the
increased debt from average quarterly debt of $1,210,690 in the first
quarter of 1998 to average quarterly debt of $2,912,392 in the first
quarter of 1999 and (2) in May 1998, the Company executed certain
bridge loans, in the amount of $2,500,000. The bridge loans have
detachable warrants, which has been accounted for as a discount of
the related notes and is amortized to interest expense over the life
of the note. The amortization of this debt discount was $216,000 in
the first quarter of 1999, while the Company had no such discount
expense in the first quarter of 1999.
During January 1998, the Company sold its SecuriKey business assets
and property including customer lists, technology, equipment and
related products to a shareholder/employee for $372,499. The sale
resulted in a gain of $319,528. During the first quarter of 1999 the
Company earned $4,682 of interest income.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company's liquidity at March 31, 1999 increased compared to
December 31, 1998. Current assets increased by $395,408 although
short-term borrowings decreased by $1,193,315.
In order to sustain operations, the Company borrowed $2,500,000
pursuant to an offering of units consisting of (a) its Senior Secured
Notes, maturing on May 15, 1999 and bearing simple interest at the
rate of 16% per annum, payable quarterly (the "Notes") and (b)
warrants to purchase 250,000 shares of the Common Stock exercisable
for up to five years from the date of issuance at an exercise price
of $.75 per share (subject to adjustment under certain circumstances,
such as stock splits). Moreover, in the event the Company fails to
pay the Notes at their maturity date, the Company can be required to
issue warrants to purchase up to an additional 333,333 shares of the
Company's common stock exercisable for up to five years at an
exercise price of $2.50 per share (subject to adjustment under
certain circumstances), payable at the rate of 83,333 shares of
Common Stock for each 90-day period thereafter during which such
default continues. Such offering was made in a private placement
transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended. The Notes are mandatorily prepaid in the event
that the Company closes an offering of its securities, whether
through one or more private placements or secondary public offerings,
in accordance with the formula described below under "Risk of Default
with Debtholders."
Nevertheless, in management's opinion, the Company will not be able
to satisfy its needs for additional capital through borrowing, but
will be able to meet these needs only by issuing additional equity
securities. Thus, after May 1998, the Company decided to secure
additional financing of up to at least $5,000,000 through the further
sale of its equity securities. As part of this plan, pursuant to
certain private placements during the Fall of 1998, the Company
raised a total of $1,463,000 through the sale of its Common Stock.
In addition, pursuant to its Confidential Private Placement
Memorandum dated January 24, 1999, as amended (the "Offering"), the
Company raised additional equity financing in the first quarter of
1999. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be
able to obtain any additional capital or, if so, on terms acceptable
to it.
The Company granted the right to two $400,000 note holders on
December 10, 1998, to convert their notes, together with accrued
interest, into shares of common stock at $1.00 per share. Since the
fair value of the common shares was $1.42 per share at that date, the
conversion feature was valued at $374,171, which was recognized as
interest expense on the date granted. The debt and accrued interest
was converted into 893,698 common shares on March 4, 1999.
Risk of Default with Debtholders
As stated above, on May 15, 1998, the Company closed an offering
consisting of $2,500,000 of its Senior Secured Notes (the "Notes")
and warrants to purchase 250,000 shares of its common stock
(individually a "Warrant" and collectively the "Warrants") (the "Debt
Offering"). The Notes originally bore interest at the rate of 10%
per annum payable quarterly commencing on August 15, 1998, mature on
May 15, 1999 and are secured by substantially all of the assets of
the Company. Pursuant to the terms of the Debt Offering, the Company
gave the holders of the Notes a first security interest in all of the
Company's machinery, equipment, automobiles, fixtures, furniture,
accounts receivable and general intangibles, including any stock in
any subsidiary, under the Pledge/Security Agreement.
The Company would have been in default under the Pledge/Security
Agreement on August 15, 1998 because the Company had revenues of less
than 70% of that projected for the quarter ended June 30, 1998, which
failure would have constituted an event of default under the Loan
Agreement between the parties. In addition, the Company would have
been in default under the Pledge/Security Agreement on November 19,
1998 because the Company had revenues of less than 70% of that
projected for the quarter ended September 30, 1998, which failure
would have constituted an event of default under the Loan Agreement
between the parties. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the
holders of the Notes have the right, among other things, to
accelerate the due date of the Notes to the date of the default and
to sell the assets of the Company's securing the debt as means of
repaying the debt.
The Company obtained separate waivers of the default for the quarters
ended June 30, 1998 and September 30, 1998 from each of the holders
of the Notes. As a condition thereto, the Company agreed (a) to
increase the interest rate of the Notes from 10% to 16%, (b) to
change the exercise price of each Warrant from $3.00 per share to
$0.25 per share, (c) to grant the holders of the Notes additional
warrants to purchase 83,333 shares of the Company's Common Stock at
an exercise price of $0.25 per share, and (d) to use the proceeds of
any offering of its securities to prepay the holders of the Notes on
a pro rata basis (excluding any funds provided therein by Lancer
Partners L.P., Lancer Offshore L. P., Michael Lauer and their
affiliates), in accordance with a formula set forth in the revised
Notes, thereby eliminating the prior $5,000,000 threshold for the
mandatory prepayment of the Notes, effective in each instance as of
May 15, 1998. Thus, during the period from November 25, 1998 through
January 27, 1999, each Note would have been prepayable as follows:
(a) 25% of the first $1,000,000 of gross proceeds in the case of
any such transaction occurring between November 25, 1998 and
January 27, 1999, and 50% of the first $1,000,000 of such
proceeds raised thereafter;
(b) 50% of the next $2,000,000 of gross proceeds; and
(c) 100% of the gross proceeds in excess of $3,000,000 so raised
until each Note is paid in full.
In addition, the holders of the Notes agreed to waive any rights under the
anti-dilution clause under the Warrants arising from the Offering, except
in the case of sale of any securities of the Company at any price less than
$0.25 per share, in which event the exercise price of each of the Warrants
will be changed to such price. Thus, the Company believes that such
defaults will not have any material adverse effect on the financial
condition or business of the Company.
The holders of the Notes and the Company agreed to further changes in the
mandatory prepayment terms of the Notes pursuant to an Amendment of
Agreements dated March 25, 1999 in accordance with the revised prepayment
terms set forth below:
(a) 25% of the first $3,000,000 of gross proceeds in the case of any
such transaction described above occurring between January 27, 1999
and May 15, 1999.
(b) 35% of the next $2,000,000 of gross proceeds so raised; and
(c) 50% of the gross proceeds in excess of $5,000,000 so raised until
May 15, 1999 excluding in any case any funds raised from Lancer
Partners L.P., Lancer Offshore L.P., Michael Lauer and their
affiliates.
Thus, this revised mandatory prepayment formula would apply to funds raised
pursuant to the Company's offering of 5,000,000 shares of its Common Stock
at $1 per share pursuant to its Confidential Private Placement Memorandum
dated January 24, 1999. In consideration for such amendment, the Company
issued an additional 100,000 warrants at an exercise price of $0.25 per
share which expire on May 15, 2003.
The Company was in default under the Pledge/Security Agreement on April 15,
1999 because the Company had revenues of less than 70% of that projected
for the quarter ended December 31, 1998, which default would constitute an
event of default under the Loan Agreement between the parties. The
company has not received any notice of default relating to such item.
However, the Company raised financing of $3,250,000 on May 14, 1999,
which consisted of borrowing $2,600,000 through senior secured 18% notes
maturing in one year, issuance of shares of preferred stock,madatorily
redeemable in one year, for $650,000 and five year detachable warrants
to purchase 3,250,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The notes
are secured by substantally all of the assets of the Company.
Since the Company will use such funds to pay off the principal amount of
the Notes of $2,395,528 outstanding and accrued interest of $74,556 in full
on or immediately after the maturity date of the Notes of May 15, 1999, the
Notes will have paid in full. Accordingly, the Company believes that it
will satisfy its remaining obligations under the Notes in full and does not
anticipate any further claim with respect thereto, although there can be no
assurance as to the latter point. Moreover, there can be no assurance that
the Company will not commit a default under the 1999 Debt/Equity Offering
in the future. In the event that the debtholders sell the Company's assets
securing the Notes following a current or future default, such sale
would materially and adversely affect the Company's business and financial
condition.
Outlook
The statements contained in this Outlook are based on current expectations.
These statements are forward looking and actual results may differ
materially.
The Company commenced the shifting of its strategic direction during the
first quarter of 1999. In early 1999, the Company successfully implemented
its proprietary X-traWeb network for integrating wireless solutions with
Internet technologies. The Company's X-traWeb network allows data from a
remote wireless radio frequency (RF) system to be accessed via a secure,
encrypted remote location to simplify the control, access and monitoring of
those devices. Currently, X-traWeb is used to monitor, via the Internet,
data on energy use from an automatic meter reading (AMR) system with
Modesto Irrigation District in Modesto, California. The Company first
received orders for the sale of certain of its X-traWeb products during the
second quarter of 1999.
Applications for X-traWeb in addition to AMR include remote monitoring and
control of wireless supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
implementations in the oil and gas pipeline; environmental control; water
and wastewater management; and heating, ventilation and air conditioning
(HVAC) industries. Other applications include data access and monitoring
for vending machines, medical devices and security systems.
The Company also began the sale of a series of low speed digital radios
(LSDR's) and related devices to third parties in addition to those sold to
Williams Wireless Inc., a subsidiary of the Williams Companies, Inc. The
Company presently has a number of LSDR models available, three of which
(the LSDR 100, the 900 MHz Hopper Radio and the 900 MHz Micro-Hopper Radio)
have been sold to Williams for use and/or testing in the Williams Telemetry
Network.
The Company is focussing its resources on promoting the sale of X-traWeb
products and believes it will achieve significant sales from this source
during 1999, although there can be no assurance of such a result. In
addition, the Company believes it will also derive significant revenue from
its sale of its proprietary LSDR's in 1999, although there can be no
assurance of such a result. Furthermore, the Company believes that it will
continue to derive revenue from its contract design and development service
and manufacturing services, although there can be no assurance of the
amounts to be derived therefrom.
In addition, management believes that as deregulation of natural gas and
other utilities continues, multiple utility suppliers will be serving a
given city, neighborhood, or industrial park. Consequently, it will become
more difficult and time consuming for utility companies to read meters as
they will generally not be the provider to every user in the city or
neighborhood which will increase the cost effectiveness of reading utility
meters remotely. Management believes that the Williams Telemetry Network,
described in detail in the Prospectus dated February 17, 1998, is a viable
alternative to the current practice of manually reading meters.
Additionally, management believes that William's position as an affiliate
of a major transporter of natural gas in the United States positions it to
successfully market its telemetry network, which currently is designed to
use collector and repeater radios supplied by the Company to gather and
transmit data.
Slower than anticipated market adoption of the Williams AMRS has diminished
projected revenues from the original estimates of $70 million over the
years 1998-2000. However, the Company continues to develop and improve
AMRS products under contract with Williams to develop principally two
systems: an Automatic Meter Reading System (AMRS) and a wireless pipeline
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA). Although there
are current negotiations in progress for firm commitments from Williams for
AMRS products at this time, there can be no assurance as to the outcome
thereof.
SCADA
Management believes that deregulation of utilities will also increase the
need for petroleum transporters to monitor and control the distribution of
their product. Management believes that wireless data collection and
transmission systems are optimal solutions for energy transporters whose
pipelines often traverse remote locations not economically served by
traditional communicating systems such as telephones.
The Company has delivered initial quantities of SCADA systems to Williams,
and anticipates receiving orders from Williams for several million dollars
that will be shipped during 1999.
Management believes that the completion of development of AMRS and SCADA
systems, along with completion of proprietary radio products, may result in
significant increases in sales. However, that may lead to working capital
requirements which would not be provided for from funds generated by the
initial sales of the products. The Company is currently pursuing a private
placement to raise equity financing and is investigating ultimately a
secondary public offering to meet its working capital and operating needs.
However, there is no assurance that sufficient capital or any capital will
be raised from such endeavors.
On October 15, 1998, the Company entered into a seven-year lease for a
34,000 square foot facility in West Valley City, Utah. The Company
consolidated its American Fork and Salt Lake City, Utah operations and
staff into the new facility. Management expects the new facility to provide
sufficient manufacturing and office space for the foreseeable future.
However, if additional capacity were required, management would consider
out-sourcing a portion of the manufacturing overload.
If a portion of manufacturing is out-sourced, the Company may lose some
control over the following areas: cost, timeliness of deliveries and
quality. However, by out-sourcing a portion of its manufacturing, the
Company could avoid delays and costs associated with the expansion of its
own facilities. The magnitude of any expansion of the Company's
manufacturing capabilities that is required would be a direct function of
the sales increase and manufacturing overload, both of which are unknown at
this time.
The Company anticipates an increase in revenues from the sale and
manufacturing of the Company's proprietary radio products. The Company will
market a line of radios to OEM that incorporate them into products such as
wireless smoke and security alarm systems, ambulatory patient wireless
monitoring systems, retail point-of-sale systems, and the like. The Company
has begun providing initial sales samples, and believes there is strong
customer interest for the products; however, there can be no assurance that
the Company will be able to manufacture or sell sufficient quantities at
adequate gross margins to achieve profitability.
The Company completed development under a contract with Kyushu Matsushita
Electric Co., Ltd. (KME, which is also known as Panasonic) that calls for
royalty payments upon shipment of certain KME products. Shipments of KME
products containing the Company's technology began during the third quarter
of 1998. Management believes royalty payments from the contract were earned
during the fourth quarter of 1998, but were subject to recoupment by KME up
to the first $600,000 of royalties. Management further believes that the
Company may become entitled to royalty payments with respect to the first
quarter of 1999 (which may be paid during the second quarter of 1999),
although there can be no assurance of such result. Additionally, the
Company entered into follow-on fixed fee contracts with KME during 1998.
It is management's intent that the fees received will cover the Company's
costs. However, these fixed fee arrangements may not cover all of the
Company's costs incurred in fulfilling any such contract.
In anticipation of obtaining additional design and development contracts,
management must continually recruit and hire additional RF (radio
frequency), software, firmware, digital engineers and sales engineers with
RF experience. It is extremely difficult, time-consuming and expensive to
find engineers qualified in those fields. There is no assurance the Company
will be able to locate and hire such qualified engineers. Associated with
the hiring of each engineer, is the need for test and development
equipment, software and workstations, which increases the Company's cash
requirements.
In summary, while management is optimistic about the Company's future, it
is fully aware that anticipated revenue increases from product sales,
design and development contracts and royalty income are by no means
assured, and that if such increases do materialize, the requirements for
capital are substantial, for which there is no present commitment.
Moreover, there can be no assurance that such capital or other financing
will be obtained when needed, or, if so, on terms acceptable to the Company.
Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Disclosure
This report includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act which
represent the Company's expectations or beliefs concerning future events
that involve risks and uncertainties, including those associated with the
ability of the Company to obtain financing for its current and future
operations, to manufacture (or arrange for the manufacturing of) its
products, to market and sell its products, and the ability of the Company
to establish and maintain its sales of XtraWeb products. All statements
other than statements of historical facts included in this Report
including, without limitation, the statements under "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition"
and "Business" and elsewhere herein, are forward-looking statements.
Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that
such expectations will prove to have been correct. Important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's
expectations ("Cautionary Statements") are disclosed in this Report,
including without limitation, in conjunction with the forward-looking
statements included in this report. All subsequent written and oral
forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on
its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirely by the Cautionary
Statements.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: May 14, 1999 World Wireless Communications, Inc.
/s/ David D. Singer
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David D. Singer
President and Chief Executive Officer
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