As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February
3, 2000
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CCBN.COM, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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7375
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
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04-3468317
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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200 Portland Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
(617) 850-7900
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Jeffrey P. Parker
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
200 Portland Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
(617) 850-7900
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Paul P.
Brountas, Esq.
Peter B. Tarr, Esq.
Hale and Dorr LLP
60 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Telephone: (617) 526-6000
Telecopy: (617) 526-5000
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Stephen A.
Riddick, Esq.
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP
701 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20004
Telephone: (202) 220-6000
Telecopy: (202) 220-5200
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the
public:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration
statement.
If any of the
securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check
the following box. ¨
If this Form is filed
to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering.
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If this Form is a
post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities
Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the
same offering. ¨
If this Form is a
post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities
Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the
same offering. ¨
If delivery of the
prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the
following box. x
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered |
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Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price(1)(2) |
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Amount of
Registration Fee |
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Series A common stock, par
value
$.001 per share |
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$57,500,000 |
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$15,180 |
(1)
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Estimated solely for the
purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under
the Securities Act of 1933.
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(2)
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Includes the estimated
offering price attributable to the option to purchase shares granted to
the underwriters to cover over-allotments.
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The Registrant
hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be
necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a
further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement
shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or until this registration statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section
8(a), may determine.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED FEBRUARY 3, 2000
PROSPECTUS
Shares
[CCBN.COM LOGO APPEARS HERE]
Series A Common Stock
This is an initial public offering of shares of Series A common stock
of CCBN.COM, Inc. Prior to this offering, there has been no public market
for our shares.
We
have applied for quotation of our Series A common stock on the Nasdaq
National Market under the symbol CCBX.
Our business involves significant risks. These risks are described
under the caption Risk Factors beginning on page
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Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or
determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to
the contrary is a criminal offense.
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Per Share |
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Public offering
price |
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$
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$
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Underwriting discounts and
commissions |
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$
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$
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Proceeds, before expenses,
to CCBN.COM |
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$
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The
underwriters may also purchase from us up to an additional
shares of Series A common stock at the public
offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions, to cover
over-allotments.
The
underwriters expect to deliver the shares in New York, New York on
, 2000.
SG COWEN
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U.S. BANCORP PIPER
JAFFRAY
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WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY
, 2000.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be
changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is declared effective.
This prospectus is not an offer to sell securities, and we are not
soliciting offers to buy these securities, in any state where the offer or
sale is not permitted.
INSIDE FRONT COVER GRAPHICS:
Description of gatefold artwork:
The
words CCBN.COMs financial information exchange appear at
the top of the gatefold. The CCBN.COM corporate logo appears in the middle
of the gatefold. A circular arrow pointing in a clockwise direction
surrounds the logo. At the 2:00 position on the circle, the word
Audience appears; at the 6:00 position on the circle, the words
Corporate Services appear; at the 10:00 position, the word
Content appears. Positioned around each of these word sets are
rectangular boxes representing screenshots taken from the Internet of
CCBN.COM web-based products. Two screenshots are positioned around the word
Audience. The first screenshot has the words Corporate
Disclosure via AOL written beneath it. The second
screenshot has the words [insert client name]StreetEvents feed
written beneath it. Four screenshots are positioned around the words
Corporate Services. The first screenshot has the words
[insert client name]conference call audio replay written
beneath it. The second screenshot has the words [insert client name]
email alerts written beneath it. The third screenshot has the
words [insert client name] conference call live webcast
written beneath it. The fourth screenshot has the words [insert
client name]calendar of events written beneath it. Two
screenshots are positioned around the word Content. The first
screenshot has the words StreetEvents IR written beneath it. The
second screenshot has the words StreetEvents Individual written
beneath it. A dialog box on the lower left edge of the circle states
CCBN.COM enabling direct communications between
public companies and the investment community.
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Prospectus
Summary |
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Risk Factors |
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Note Regarding
Forward-Looking
Statements |
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Use of Proceeds |
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Dividend Policy |
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Capitalization |
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Dilution |
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Managements
Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations |
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Business |
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Management |
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Certain
Transactions |
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Principal
Stockholders |
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Description of Capital
Stock |
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Shares Eligible for Future
Sale |
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Underwriting |
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Legal Matters |
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Experts |
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Where You Can Find
Additional
Information |
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Index to Consolidated
Financial
Statements |
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F-1 |
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CCBN is a trademark owned by us. This prospectus contains other
trademarks, trade names and service marks of other companies which are the
property of their respective owners.
Our
web site is located at www.ccbn.com. The information contained on
our web site is not incorporated by reference into and is not a part of this
prospectus.
Until
, 2000, all
dealers that effect transactions in our Series A common stock, whether or
not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus.
This is in addition to the dealers obligation to deliver a prospectus
when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or
subscriptions.
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
The following is only a summary. You should carefully read the more
detailed information contained in this prospectus, including the
consolidated financial statements and related notes. Our business involves
significant risks. You should carefully consider the information under the
heading Risk Factors.
CCBN.COM, Inc.
We
are a leading provider of Internet-based solutions which enable direct
communications between public companies and the investment community. We
have designed our solutions to offer comprehensive and cost effective access
to a wide variety of company-specific financial content, and to foster full
disclosure of company information on a timely basis to institutional and
individual investors. Our objective is to become the global standard for
direct communications between public companies and the investment community
by creating an online exchange for investment-related
information.
In
recent years, interest in the U.S. securities markets has risen
significantly, resulting in a growing number of active investors and
increased demand for investment-related information. This growth has led to
an increasingly competitive investment environment, in which individual and
institutional investors face the challenge of effectively tracking and
reacting to a wide range of investment-related information. Many individual
investors suffer from limited access to much of this material information,
making it more difficult for them to make informed investment decisions in a
timely manner.
At
the same time, companies seek solutions which enable them to communicate
more effectively with the investment community. A companys stock price
and its public image are increasingly influenced by factors outside the
companys control, including reports authored by third party analysts
and widely accessible online chat services which allow investors to share
information and opinions. As a result, effective dissemination of accurate,
unedited financial information directly to investors is critical for many
companies.
We
were formed in 1997 by Jeffrey P. Parker, the founder of First Call, to meet
escalating demand for the timely exchange of information between public
companies and investors. We offer new opportunities for companies and
investors from around the world to exchange information directly in
real-time and in a standardized format. By enabling direct communications
among participants, we improve the flow of information to investors, and
give companies direct exposure to a wider audience of potential investors.
Through hosted applications on the Internet, we have created a central
repository of company information that can be searched, retrieved and
organized more efficiently than traditional information sources and can be
delivered in more content-rich forms of media, such as audio and video
communications.
Our
current offerings are designed to address specific needs of public companies
and investors:
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IR Online is our
turnkey, outsourced communications solution through which we build,
manage and host the investor relations section of a companys web
site and provide related services. More than 1,200 public companies
currently subscribe to IR Online, including Akamai Technologies,
Dell Computer, FleetBoston, Hershey Foods, and Sears.
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StreetEvents is our
comprehensive Internet-based portal for event information of interest to
investors, the brokerage community and companies. Over 150 buy- and
sell-side financial institutions currently subscribe to
StreetEvents including AIM Funds, Alliance Capital, Goldman Sachs
Asset Management and Salomon Smith Barney.
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In
addition, as part of our strategy to reach individual investors, we recently
entered into a relationship with America Online (AOL). As part of this
relationship we will offer to approximately 50 million AOL, CompuServe and
Netscape Netcenter users convenient access to company information on several
co-branded web sites. We believe that aligning with market leaders such as
AOL enhances the profile and attractiveness of our online information
exchange.
We
were formed as a limited liability company in February 1997 and reorganized
as a corporation in April 1999. Our principal executive offices are located
at 200 Portland Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114. Our telephone number is
(617) 850-7900.
The Offering
Series A common stock we
are
offering |
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shares |
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Series A common stock to be
outstanding after this offering |
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shares |
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Use of proceeds |
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We intend to use the net proceeds for
working capital
and other general corporate purposes, as well as capital
expenditures, expansion of our marketing and
distribution activities, product development and
potential acquisitions. |
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Proposed Nasdaq National
Market
symbol |
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CCBX |
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The
number of shares of Series A common stock to be outstanding after this
offering is based on the number of shares outstanding as of December 31,
1999, and assumes the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series B,
Series C, Series D and Series E common stock and convertible preferred stock
into Series A common stock. This number excludes 2,570,601 shares of Series
A common stock issuable upon exercise of options outstanding as of December
31, 1999 with a weighted average exercise price of $1.57 per share and
additional shares of Series A
common stock reserved under our stock plans as of
, 2000, 1,596,650 additional shares of Series E
convertible preferred stock issuable upon exercise of warrants outstanding
as of December 31, 1999, which convert to warrants for 4,789,950 shares of
Series A common stock, and assumes no exercise of the underwriters
over-allotment option.
Assumptions That Apply to This Prospectus
This offering is for
shares. The underwriters have a 30-day option to
purchase up to
additional shares of Series A common stock from us to cover
over-allotments. Some of the disclosures in this prospectus will be
different if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option. Unless we
state otherwise, the information in this prospectus assumes that the
underwriters will not exercise the over-allotment option.
Except where we state otherwise, the information we present in this
prospectus reflects:
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a three-for-one split of
common stock effected as of
, 2000;
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the conversion of all
outstanding shares of Series B, Series C, Series D and Series E common
stock and convertible preferred stock into
shares of Series A common stock upon the closing of
this offering; and
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amendments to our
certificate of incorporation and bylaws effective upon the closing of this
offering.
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All
references in this prospectus to we, us, ours,
CCBN and CCBN.COM are references to CCBN.COM,
Inc. and our predecessor entity CCBN.COM, LLC.
You should rely only on the information contained in this
prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information
that is different. We are offering to sell and seeking offers to buy shares
of Series A common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are
permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as
of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this
prospectus or of any sale of our Series A common stock.
SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
The
following summary consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction
with our financial statements and related notes and with Management
s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations and other financial data included elsewhere in this
prospectus. The statement of operations data for the period from inception
(February 13, 1997) to December 31, 1997 and the years ended December 31,
1998 and 1999 and the balance sheet data as of December 31, 1999 are derived
from audited financial statements included elsewhere in this
prospectus.
Unaudited pro forma basic and diluted net loss per share have been
calculated assuming the conversion of all outstanding shares of our Series
B, Series C, Series D and Series E common stock and convertible preferred
stock into shares of Series A common stock, as if the shares had converted
immediately upon issuance.
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Period from
February 13,
1997 through
December 31,
1997
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Fiscal Year
Ended
December 31,
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1998
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1999
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per share data) |
Consolidated Statement
of Operations Data: |
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Revenue |
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$ 27 |
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$ 1,582 |
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$ 8,697 |
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Operating
expenses: |
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Cost of revenue |
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55 |
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958 |
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3,761 |
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Sales and
marketing |
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438 |
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1,960 |
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5,256 |
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General and
administrative |
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155 |
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600 |
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2,225 |
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Research and
development |
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197 |
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368 |
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806 |
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Equity-related
compensation |
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3 |
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1,693 |
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Amortization of intangible
assets |
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425 |
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Total operating expenses |
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845 |
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3,889 |
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14,166 |
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Loss from
operations |
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(818 |
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(2,307 |
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Interest income,
net |
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2 |
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33 |
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76 |
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Net loss |
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(816 |
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(2,274 |
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(5,393 |
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Deemed dividend on Series
E preferred stock |
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(1,848 |
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Net loss attributable to
common stockholders |
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$ (816 |
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$(2,274 |
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$(7,241 |
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Basic and diluted net loss
per share |
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$(0.20 |
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$ (0.24 |
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$ (0.68 |
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Shares used in computing
basic and diluted net loss per share |
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4,059 |
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9,434 |
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10,664 |
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Unaudited pro forma basic
and diluted net loss per share |
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$ (0.49 |
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Shares used in computing
pro forma basic and diluted net loss per share
(unaudited) |
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14,717 |
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The following table contains a summary of our consolidated balance
sheet:
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on an actual basis at
December 31, 1999; and
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on a pro forma as adjusted
basis to reflect: (a) the conversion of all outstanding shares of our
Series B, Series C, Series D and Series E common stock and convertible
preferred stock into shares of Series A common stock upon the closing of
this offering; and, (b) net proceeds from the sale of
shares of Series A common stock offered
hereby at an assumed initial public offering price of $
per share.
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December 31,
1999
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Actual
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Pro Forma
As Adjusted
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thousands) |
Consolidated Balance
Sheet Data: |
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Cash and cash
equivalents |
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$ 3,202 |
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Working capital |
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3,236 |
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Total assets |
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14,714 |
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Long-term capital lease
obligation |
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193 |
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Convertible preferred
stock |
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12,889 |
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Total stockholders
equity (deficit) |
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(4,324 |
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RISK FACTORS
You should carefully consider the risks described below before
making an investment decision. You should also refer to the other
information in this prospectus, including our financial statements and the
related notes. The risks and uncertainties described below are those that we
currently believe may materially affect our company. Additional risks and
uncertainties that we are unaware of or that we currently deem immaterial
also may become important factors that affect our company.
Risks Related to Our Operations
We have a history of losses and expect future
losses.
Since our formation in 1997, we have not been profitable on an annual
or quarterly basis. We incurred net losses of $816,000, $2.3 million and
$7.2 million for the period from February 13, 1997 through December 31, 1997
and the years ended December 31, 1998 and 1999. We expect operating losses
and negative cash flows to continue for the foreseeable future as we
continue to incur significant operating expenses and make capital
investments in our business. We may never achieve profitability. Even if we
do achieve profitability, we may not sustain or increase profitability on a
quarterly or annual basis in the future. At December 31, 1999, we had an
accumulated deficit of $10.3 million. We have financed our operations to
date primarily through the sale of equity securities and
borrowings.
Because we have a limited operating history, there is limited
information upon which you can evaluate our business.
We
introduced IR Online in August 1997, and StreetEvents in
November 1999. Accordingly, we have a limited operating history upon which
you can evaluate our business. To date, substantially all of our revenues
have resulted from sales of IR Online. In order to be successful, we
must increase our revenues from subscription fees for IR Online and
StreetEvents, add content and features to IR Online and
StreetEvents and develop new service offerings. However, as an early
participant in the new and rapidly evolving market for outsourced online
business information services, we face numerous risks and uncertainties.
Some of these risks relate to our ability to:
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attract more subscribers
for our services;
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expand our service
offerings;
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anticipate and adapt to
changing technologies;
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implement our sales and
marketing initiatives, both domestically and internationally;
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continue to develop
relationships with more content and service providers;
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attract, retain and
motivate qualified personnel;
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respond to actions taken
by our competitors;
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continue to build an
infrastructure to effectively manage our anticipated growth;
and
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integrate acquired
businesses, technologies, products and services.
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If
we are unsuccessful in addressing these or similar risks or in executing our
business strategy, our business, results of operations and financial
condition would be materially and adversely affected.
Fluctuations in our operating results may negatively impact our
stock price.
Our
revenue and operating results have fluctuated significantly in the past and
are expected to continue to fluctuate significantly in the future due to a
variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control. These factors
include:
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demand for our
services;
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our ability to develop,
market and introduce new and enhanced products and services on a timely
basis;
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the size and timing of
both new and renewal subscriptions;
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the number, timing and
adoption of new services introduced by both us and our
competitors;
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our ability to add content
and service providers;
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the level of service and
price competition;
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price increases by our
vendors;
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the length and uncertainty
of the sales cycle for our products and services;
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uncertainty surrounding
the vesting of AOLs warrants to acquire shares of our capital stock
and the market value of our capital stock when the AOL warrants
vest;
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changes in operating
expenses; and
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general conditions in the
financial markets.
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A
substantial portion of our operating expenses is related to personnel costs,
sales and marketing programs and overhead, which cannot be adjusted quickly
and are therefore relatively fixed in the short term. Our operating expenses
are based, in significant part, on our expectations of future revenue on a
quarterly basis. If actual revenue on a quarterly basis is below management
s expectations, or if our expenses continue to exceed revenue, both
gross margins and results of operations would be materially and adversely
affected because a relatively small amount of our operating expenses varies
with our revenue in the short term.
Due
to all of the foregoing factors and the other risks discussed in this
prospectus, you should not rely on period-to-period comparisons of our
results of operations as an indication of future performance. It is possible
that in some future periods our results of operations may be below the
expectations of public market analysts and investors. In this event, the
market price of our Series A common stock is likely to fall.
System failures could be harmful to our reputation by interrupting
or delaying our ability to provide our Internet-based
services.
The
continued and uninterrupted performance of our computer system is critical
to our success. Any system failure that causes interruptions or delays in
our ability to deliver our products and services to our clients, including
failures that affect our ability to collect information from our corporate
clients, could reduce client satisfaction and, if these failures are
sustained, they could reduce the attractiveness of our products and services
to companies and investors. We also face the risk of a security breach of
our computer system which could disrupt the distribution of
information.
Our operations are dependent on our ability to protect our computer system
against damage from computer viruses, fire, power loss, telecommunications
failures, vandalism and other malicious acts, and similar unexpected adverse
events. In addition, a failure of our telecommunication providers to provide
the data communications capacity in the time frame required by us for any
reason could cause interruptions in the delivery of our products.
Substantially all of our computer and
communication hardware is located at facilities in Boston, Massachusetts and
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the loss of this hardware or the data it
contains would cause us to be unable to operate our business for a
substantial period of time. Unanticipated problems could interrupt or delay
access to our Internet-based products. Although we carry general liability
insurance, our insurance may not cover claims by dissatisfied subscribers or
may not be adequate to indemnify us for any liability we may incur if we are
sued. Any system failure, security breach or other damage could interrupt or
delay our operations, damage our reputation and cause us to lose
clients.
Our business would be materially and adversely affected if the
emerging market for outsourced online business information services did not
continue to grow.
The
market for outsourced business information services over the Internet has
only recently begun to develop, is rapidly evolving and is characterized by
an increasing number of market entrants. Because the market for our services
is new and rapidly evolving, it is difficult to predict with any assurance
the growth rate, if any, and the ultimate size of this market. We cannot
assure you that the market for our services will continue to develop or that
our services will ever achieve market acceptance. If the market fails to
develop, develops more slowly than expected, or becomes saturated with
competitors, if our products and services do not achieve market acceptance,
or if our pricing becomes subject to significant competitive pressures, our
business, results of operations and financial condition would be materially
and adversely affected.
Our
future results of operations will depend, in substantial part, on our
ability to increase the market acceptance of our services. Public companies
may be unwilling to outsource the investor relations portion of their
website to us or to authorize us to include information about them in our
database. This could adversely affect our ability to attract new clients for
IR Online and for StreetEvents. If we are unable to increase
the number of subscribers to IR Online, StreetEvents or future
offerings, or to attract and retain content providers, our business, results
of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely
affected.
The loss of any of our key personnel could have a material and
adverse effect on our business.
Our
future success will depend, in substantial part, on the continued service of
our senior management, including Jeffrey P. Parker, our Chief Executive
Officer, Robert I. Adler, our President, Roland C. Beaulieu, our Chief
Operating Officer, and key technical and sales personnel. The loss of the
services of one or more of our key personnel could have a material and
adverse effect on our business.
We are dependent on strategic distribution relationships and our
business could be materially and adversely affected if we were to lose one
of our strategic distributors.
We
have formed relationships with a number of third-party content distributors,
including AOL, which are not currently generating significant revenue for
us. We will depend on these strategic relationships for subscription revenue
and revenue generated from the sale of advertisements on web sites that use
our content. Our future results of operations will be affected by the extent
to which users of these sites choose to view our content, and the extent to
which these distributors are
successful in selling advertisements associated with our content. AOL, or
other strategic distributors, may not devote the resources necessary to
successfully market our content. If we are unable to retain our strategic
relationships and increase the utilization of our content by these
distributors, our business, results of operations and financial condition
could be materially and adversely affected.
We
may not be successful in entering into additional strategic content
distribution relationships or additional relationships necessary to further
develop our business. Any additional relationships, if entered into, may not
be on terms favorable to us. Each of these distributors may offer services,
either of their own or from our competitors, which are in one or more
respects competitive with our services offerings. In addition, our strategic
distributors have the right to terminate their agreements with us under
various specified circumstances, in some circumstances on short notice
without penalty. Furthermore, we may not be able to renew these agreements
when they expire on acceptable terms. If we are unable to maintain our
existing strategic distribution relationships or to enter into new strategic
distribution relationships, our business, results of operations and
financial condition could be materially and adversely affected. AOL may
terminate our strategic relationship if we merge with or sell substantially
all of our assets to an AOL competitor.
Our business could be materially and adversely affected by
increased competition.
The
market for the distribution of business information over the Internet is
intensely competitive and we expect competition to increase. Increased
competition could result in price reductions, reduced gross margins and loss
of market share, any of which would have a material and adverse effect on
our business, results of operations and financial condition.
We
face direct and indirect competition from:
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in-house investor
relations, marketing, corporate communications and management information
services departments;
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investors who contact
companies directly seeking investment-related information;
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providers of investor
relations services, including Direct Report, PR Newswire, Business Wire,
Merrill Corporation, StockMaster and investment relations consulting
firms;
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providers of investor
related event information, including C-call, through its subsidiary
StreetFusion; the Investor Broadcast Network, through its service Vcall;
and facsimile services such as Wall Street Calendar and First
Fax;
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large and well-established
distributors of financial information, including Multex and Thomson
Financial Services, through its subsidiaries First Call and
Investext;
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companies that provide
investment research, including investment banks and brokerage firms, many
of whom have their own web sites;
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providers of either free
or subscription research services on the Internet, including on-line
discount brokers and finance portals;
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services provided by some
of our strategic distributors which are competitive in one or more
respects with our service offerings; and
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numerous prospective
competitors which offer investment research-based services, including
Standard & Poors, Value Line, Market Guide, Moodys and
Zacks Investment Research.
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We also face competition due to the fact that extensive company-specific
information may be obtained, frequently without charge, from various public
sources.
We
believe that our ability to compete successfully will depend upon a number
of factors, many of which are outside of our control. These factors
include:
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our ability to sustain
relationships with our corporate clients and content and service
providers;
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the timing and market
acceptance of new services and enhancements to existing services developed
by us and our competitors;
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ease of use, performance,
price, reliability, client service and support; and
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sales and marketing
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Our
competitors vary in size and in the scope and breadth of services they
offer. Many of our existing competitors, as well as a number of potential
new competitors, have longer operating histories, greater name recognition,
larger client bases and significantly greater financial, technical and
marketing resources than we do. This may enable them to respond more quickly
to new or emerging technologies and changes in investor requirements, or to
devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of their
services than we can. Our competitors may be able to undertake more
extensive marketing campaigns, adopt more aggressive pricing policies and
make more attractive offers to potential employees, subscribers, strategic
partners and content providers. Our competitors may develop services that
are equal or superior to the services offered by us or that achieve greater
market acceptance than our services do. In addition, current and potential
competitors have established or may establish cooperative relationships
among themselves or with third parties to improve their ability to address
the needs of our existing and prospective clients. As a result, it is
possible that new competitors may emerge and rapidly acquire significant
market share. Increased competition is likely to result in price reductions,
reduced gross margins and loss of market share, which could materially and
adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
Our business could be materially and adversely affected by a
downturn in the equity markets and initial public offerings.
We
are dependent upon the continued demand for access to financial information,
making our business susceptible to a downturn in the equity markets and
initial public offerings. A downturn in the equity markets could decrease
investor demand for financial information. A downturn in the market for
initial public offerings could decrease the number of companies going public
which may use IR Online. In addition, companies and financial
institutions are continuing to consolidate, potentially decreasing the
overall market for some of our offerings. These factors, as well as other
changes in the equity markets and the market for initial public offerings
could have a material and adverse effect on our business, results of
operations and financial condition.
We are dependent on content and service providers and our business
could be materially and adversely affected if we lost one or more
significant content or service providers.
Our
future results of operations will depend upon our relationships with content
providers whose data is used in our products and services. We also outsource
some portions of our offerings to a group of service providers. Some of
these relationships are not governed by written contracts and many of these
relationships may be terminated by the provider on short notice without
penalty. Some of our content providers compete with one another and, to some
extent, with us for subscribers. None
of the content providers are obligated to provide information exclusively to
us. The loss of one or more significant content or service providers would
decrease the information and services which we can offer our clients and
could have a material and adverse effect on our business, results of
operations and financial condition.
We must hire and retain skilled personnel in a competitive labor
market.
Qualified personnel are in great demand throughout the Internet
industry. Our success depends in large part upon our ability to attract,
train, motivate and retain highly skilled employees, particularly sales and
marketing personnel, professional services personnel, software engineers and
other senior personnel. Our failure to attract and retain the highly trained
technical personnel that are integral to our direct sales, professional
services and product development teams may limit the rate at which we can
generate sales and develop new products or product enhancements. This could
have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and
financial condition.
We may be subject to legal claims in connection with the content
we distribute.
As
a distributor of online content, we face potential direct and indirect
liability for claims of defamation, negligence, copyright, patent or
trademark infringement, violation of the securities laws and other claims
based upon the reports and data that we publish. Computer failures may also
result in incorrect data being published and distributed widely. In these
and other instances, we may be required to engage in protracted and
expensive litigation, which could have the effect of diverting management
s attention and require us to expend significant financial resources.
Our general liability insurance may not necessarily cover any of these
claims or may not be adequate to protect us against all liability that may
be imposed. Any claims or resulting litigation could have a material and
adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
Rapid growth in our future operations could strain our managerial,
operational, technical and financial resources.
We
have experienced rapid growth in our operations. At December 31, 1999, we
had a total of 142 employees, as compared to 60 employees at December 31,
1998 and 32 employees at December 31, 1997. We expect that the number of our
employees will continue to increase for the foreseeable future. This rapid
growth has placed, and our anticipated future growth will continue to place,
a significant strain on our managerial, operational, technical and financial
resources. Any future growth may require us, among other things,
to:
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expand and upgrade our
hardware and software systems;
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expand and improve our
operational and financial procedures, systems and controls;
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improve our financial and
management information systems;
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expand, train and manage a
larger workforce; and
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improve the coordination
among our technical, sales and marketing, financial, accounting and
management personnel.
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If
we are unable to accomplish any of these objectives, our business, results
of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely
affected.
Our business would be materially and adversely affected if we are
not successful in establishing brand awareness for CCBN.COM and its specific
product offerings.
Our
future success will depend, in part, on our ability to increase brand
awareness of CCBN.COM and our specific product and service offerings. In
order to build brand awareness we must succeed in our marketing efforts and
provide high quality services. We intend to increase our marketing budget
substantially as part of our brand-building efforts. If our marketing
efforts are unsuccessful or if we cannot increase our brand awareness, our
business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially
and adversely affected.
As we expand our international operations, we will face new
business risks that we have not encountered previously.
Historically, we have not derived significant revenue from sales to
clients outside the United States. We expect to expand our international
operations in the future. Given our limited experience in international
markets, we cannot be sure that our international expansion will be
successful. This expansion will require additional resources and management
attention and could subject us to new regulatory, economic and political
risk. These risks could reduce demand for our products and services, lower
the prices at which we can sell our products and services, or otherwise have
an adverse effect on our operating results. Among the risks we believe are
most likely to affect us are:
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longer payment cycles and
problems in collecting accounts receivable;
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adverse changes in trade
and tax regulations;
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the absence or significant
lack of legal protection for intellectual property rights;
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the adoption of data
privacy laws or regulations;
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political and economic
instability; and
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Our failure to successfully integrate any future acquisitions
could strain our managerial, operational and financial
resources.
We
may pursue acquisitions of businesses, content providers, products or
technologies that complement or expand our existing business. We evaluate
potential acquisition opportunities from time to time, including those that
could be material in size and scope. Acquisitions involve a number of risks,
including the diversion of managements attention from day-to-day
operations to the assimilation of the operations and personnel of the
acquired companies and the incorporation of acquired operations, customer
lists, products or technologies. Acquisitions could also have a material and
adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial
condition, and could result in dilutive issuances of equity securities, the
incurrence of debt and the loss of key employees. In addition, many
acquisitions are accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and,
because most software-related acquisitions involve the purchase of
significant intangible assets, these acquisitions typically result in
substantial amortization charges and charges for acquired research and
development projects, which could have a material and adverse effect on our
business, results of operations and financial condition. Future
acquisitions, if any, may not be successfully completed or, if one or more
acquisitions are completed, the acquired businesses, products or
technologies may not generate sufficient revenue to offset the associated
costs or other adverse effects.
If we cannot keep pace with the evolving standards of our industry
and demands of our clients, we may be unable to enhance our existing
services or introduce new services.
The
market in which we operate is characterized by rapidly changing technology,
evolving industry standards, frequent new service announcements,
introductions and enhancements, and
evolving client demands. These market characteristics are exacerbated by the
emerging nature of the Internet and the electronic distribution of financial
information. Accordingly, our future success will depend on our ability to
adapt to rapidly changing technologies and industry standards, and our
ability to continually improve the performance, features and reliability of
our services in response to both evolving client demands and competitive
service offerings. Our inability to successfully adapt to these changes in a
timely manner could have a material and adverse effect on our business,
results of operations and financial condition. Furthermore, we may
experience difficulties that could delay or prevent the successful design,
development, testing, introduction or marketing of new services. Any
enhancements to existing services may fail to meet the requirements of our
current and prospective clients and achieve any degree of significant market
acceptance. If we are unable, for technological or other reasons, to develop
and introduce new services or enhancements to existing services in a timely
manner or in response to changing market conditions or client requirements,
or if our services or enhancements contain defects or do not achieve a
significant degree of market acceptance, our business, results of operations
and financial condition could be materially and adversely
affected.
Software defects could be costly for us to
correct.
Complex software such as the software we develop for our products may
contain errors or defects, especially when first implemented, that may be
costly to correct. Defects or errors also could result in downtime and our
business could suffer significantly from potentially adverse client
reaction, negative publicity and harm to our reputation.
Our success depends on our ability to protect our proprietary
rights.
Our
success depends to a significant degree upon the protection of our
proprietary technology. If we fail to protect our proprietary rights, other
companies might copy our technology and introduce products or services which
compete with ours, without paying us for our technology. This could have a
material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial
condition. We have filed a patent application but we currently have no
patents. We depend upon a combination of trademark laws, license agreements,
non-disclosure and other contractual provisions to protect proprietary and
distribution rights in our products. In addition, we attempt to protect our
proprietary information through confidentiality and license agreements with
our employees and others. Although we have taken steps to protect our
proprietary technology, they may be inadequate. Existing trade secret,
copyright and trademark laws offer only limited protection. Our intellectual
property rights may not be viable or of value in the future since the
validity, enforceability and scope of protection of proprietary rights in
Internet-related industries is uncertain and still evolving. Moreover, the
laws of other countries in which we market our products currently or in the
future may afford little or no effective protection of our intellectual
property. If we resort to legal proceedings to enforce our intellectual
property rights, the proceedings could be burdensome and expensive, even if
we were to prevail.
Furthermore, third parties may claim that we have infringed their
patents or other proprietary rights. From time to time we may be subject to
claims by third parties in the ordinary course of our business, including
claims of alleged infringement of the trademarks and other proprietary
rights of third parties. Although there has not been any litigation against
us relating to these claims to date, claims or litigation, should they
occur, may subject us to significant liability for damages and could result
in the invalidation of our proprietary rights. In addition, even if we
prevail, this litigation could be time-consuming and expensive to defend,
and could result in the diversion of our time and attention, any of which
could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations
and financial condition. Any claims or litigation from third parties may
also result in limitations on our
ability to use the trademarks and other intellectual property subject to these
claims or litigation unless we enter into agreements with the third parties
responsible for these claims or litigation which may be unavailable on
commercially reasonable terms.
Risks Related to the Internet Industry
If Internet usage does not continue to grow, we may not be
successful.
The
Internet is relatively new and is rapidly evolving. Our business would be
materially and adversely affected if Internet usage does not continue to
grow. Internet usage may be inhibited for a number of reasons, including
concerns relating to:
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performance and
reliability;
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security and
authentication; and
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Our
market is characterized by rapidly changing technologies, evolving industry
standards, frequent new product and service introductions, and changing
client demands. To be successful, we must adapt to our rapidly changing
market by continually enhancing our existing products and services and
adding new products and services to address our clients changing
demands. We could incur substantial costs if we need to modify our services
or infrastructure in order to adapt to these changes. Our business, results
of operation and financial condition would be materially and adversely
affected if we incurred significant costs without generating additional
revenues or if we cannot rapidly adapt to these changes.
If the Internet infrastructure is not adequately maintained, we
may be unable to provide our products and services in a timely
manner.
Our
future success will depend, in substantial part, upon the maintenance of the
Internet infrastructure, including a reliable network backbone with the
necessary speed, data capacity and security, and the timely development of
enabling products, including high-speed modems, for providing reliable and
timely Internet access and services. To the extent that the Internet
continues to experience increased numbers of users, frequency of use or
increased bandwidth requirements of users, the Internet infrastructure may
not continue to support the demands placed on it and, as a result, the
performance or reliability of the Internet may be adversely affected.
Furthermore, the Internet has experienced a variety of outages and other
delays as a result of damage to portions of its infrastructure or otherwise.
These outages or delays could adversely affect the web sites of our
contributors, subscribers or distributors. In addition, the Internet could
lose its viability as a form of media due to delays in the development or
adoption of new standards and protocols that can handle increased levels of
activity. The infrastructure and complementary products and services
necessary to maintain the Internet as a viable commercial medium may not be
developed or maintained. Moreover, critical issues concerning the commercial
use of the Internet, including security, cost, ease of use and access,
intellectual property ownership and other legal liability issues, remain
unresolved and could materially and adversely affect both the growth of
Internet usage generally and our business, results of operations and
financial condition in particular.
We may become subject to burdensome government regulation and
legal uncertainties.
The
laws governing the Internet remain largely unsettled, even in areas where
there has been some legislative action. It may take years to determine
whether and how existing laws, including those governing intellectual
property, privacy, libel and taxation, apply to the Internet generally and
the electronic distribution of investment research in particular. Legislation
could dampen the growth in the use of the Internet generally and decrease
the acceptance of the Internet as a communications and commercial medium,
which could have a material and adverse effect on our business, results of
operations and financial condition. In addition, because the growing
popularity and use of the Internet has burdened the existing
telecommunications infrastructure and many areas with high Internet usage
have begun to experience interruptions in phone service, some local
telephone carriers have petitioned governmental agencies to regulate
Internet service providers and online service providers in a manner similar
to long distance telephone carriers and to impose access fees on Internet
service providers and online service providers. If any of these petitions or
the relief that they seek is granted, the costs of communicating on the
Internet could increase substantially, potentially adversely affecting the
growth in the use of the Internet. Further, due to the global nature of the
Internet, it is possible that governments of various states, the United
States or foreign countries might attempt to regulate our services or levy
sales or other taxes on our activities. We cannot assure you that violations
of local or other laws will not be alleged or charged by local, state,
federal or foreign governments, that we might not unintentionally violate
these laws or that these laws will not be modified, or new laws enacted, in
the future. Any of these developments could have a material and adverse
effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
Risks Related to the Offering
There has been no prior public market for our Series A common
stock.
Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our Series
A common stock. We cannot predict the extent to which investor interest in
our Series A common stock will lead to the development of an active trading
market or how liquid that market might become. The market price of the
Series A common stock may decline below the initial public offering price.
The initial public offering price for the shares will be determined by
negotiations between us and the representatives of the underwriters and may
not be indicative of prices that will prevail in the trading market
following the completion of this offering.
The market price of our shares may experience extreme price and
volume fluctuations.
The
stock market has, from time to time, experienced extreme price and volume
fluctuations. The market prices of the securities of Internet-related
companies have been especially volatile, including fluctuations that are
often unrelated to the operating performance of the affected companies.
Broad market fluctuations of this type may adversely affect the market price
of our Series A common stock.
The
market price of our Series A common stock could be subject to significant
fluctuations due to a variety of factors, including:
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public announcements
concerning us, our competitors, or the Internet industry;
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fluctuations in operating
results;
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additions or departures of
key personnel;
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introductions of new
products or services by us or our competitors;
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general conditions in the
financial markets;
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changes in analysts
earnings estimates; and
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announcements of
technological innovations.
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In the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price
of their stock have been the object of securities class action litigation.
If we were the object of securities class action litigation, it could result
in substantial costs and a diversion of our managements attention and
resources and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of
operation and financial condition.
After this offering, our executive officers, directors and 5% or
greater stockholders will still control all matters requiring a stockholder
vote.
We
anticipate that our executive officers, directors and existing stockholders
who each own greater than 5% of the outstanding Series A common stock before
the closing of this offering and their affiliates will, in the aggregate,
beneficially own approximately
% of our outstanding Series A common stock following the closing of
this offering, or % if the
underwriters over-allotment option is exercised in full, assuming no
exercise of outstanding options as of December 31, 1999. As a result, our
executive officers, directors and 5% or greater stockholders will be able to
exercise significant control over all matters requiring approval by our
stockholders, including the election of directors and approval of
significant corporate transactions. This concentration of ownership may also
have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of
us.
We may spend a substantial portion of the net proceeds in ways
with which you may not agree.
We
currently have no specific uses for a substantial portion of the net
proceeds of this offering. Accordingly, investors in this offering will be
relying on managements judgment with only limited information about
our specific intentions regarding the use of proceeds. We may spend most of
the net proceeds from this offering in ways with which you may not agree.
Our failure to apply these funds effectively could have a material and
adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
Our corporate documents and Delaware law make a takeover of our
company more difficult, which may limit the market price of our Series A
common stock.
Our
charter and by-laws and Section 203 of the Delaware Corporation Law contain
provisions that might enable our management to resist a takeover of our
company. These provisions might discourage, delay or prevent a change in the
control of CCBN or a change in our management. These provisions could also
discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for you and other
stockholders to elect directors and take other corporate actions. The
existence of these provisions could limit the price that investors might be
willing to pay in the future for shares of our Series A common stock. AOL
s right to terminate our strategic relationship if we merge with or
sell substantially all of our assets to a competitor of AOL might discourage
or prevent a change of control.
The future sale of shares of our Series A common stock may
negatively affect our stock price.
If
our stockholders sell substantial amounts of our Series A common stock,
including shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options and
warrants in the public market following this offering, the market price of
our Series A common stock could fall. These sales also might make it more
difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at a time and price
that we deem appropriate. After the closing of this offering, we will have
outstanding
shares of Series A common stock. Of these shares, the
shares
being offered in this offering will be freely tradeable. Our executive
officers, directors, and substantially all of our stockholders have agreed
that
they will not sell, directly or indirectly, any Series A common stock without
the prior written consent of SG Cowen Securities Corporation for a period of
180 days from the date of this prospectus. However, SG Cowen Securities
Corporation may, in its sole discretion and at any time or from time to
time, without notice, release all or any portion of the securities subject
to the lock-up agreements.
Investors in this offering will suffer immediate and substantial
dilution.
Investors purchasing shares in this offering will incur immediate and
substantial dilution in net tangible book value per share. To the extent
outstanding options and warrants to purchase Series A common stock are
exercised, there will be further dilution.
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus contains forward-looking statements that involve
substantial risks and uncertainties. You can identify these statements by
forward-looking words such as may, will,
expect, intend, anticipate,
believe, estimate, continue and other
similar words. You should read statements that contain these words carefully
because they discuss our future expectations, make projections of our future
results of operations or of our financial condition or state other
forward-looking information. We believe that it is important to
communicate our future expectations to our investors. However, there may be
events in the future that we are not able to accurately predict or control.
The factors listed in the sections captioned Risk Factors and
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations, as well as any cautionary language in this
prospectus, provide examples of risks, uncertainties and events that may
cause our actual results to differ materially from the expectations we
describe in our forward-looking statements. Before you invest in our Series
A common stock, you should be aware that the occurrence of the events
described in the Risk Factors and Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
sections and elsewhere in this prospectus could have a material
adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial
condition.
USE OF PROCEEDS
At
the assumed initial public offering price of $
per share, we will receive approximately $
million from
our sale of
shares of Series A common stock, net of estimated offering
expenses and underwriting discounts and commissions payable by us. If the
underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, we will receive
an additional $
million in net proceeds.
The
principal purposes of this offering are to increase our equity capital,
create a public market for our Series A common stock under market conditions
that we believe are favorable, facilitate future access by us to public
equity markets and provide us with increased visibility in our markets. We
currently estimate that $12.6 million of the net proceeds of this offering
will be used to satisfy obligations to AOL. The balance of the net proceeds
will be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes, as
well as capital expenditures, expansion of our marketing and distribution
activities, product development and potential acquisitions.
Our
management will have significant flexibility in applying the net proceeds of
this offering. For example, we may use a portion of the net proceeds to
acquire businesses, products or technologies that are complementary to our
current or future business and product lines. Although we are currently not
subject to any agreement with respect to any potential acquisition, we have
from time to time engaged in acquisition discussions with other parties.
Pending any such uses of the proceeds of this offering, we will invest the
net proceeds of this offering in short-term, investment grade,
interest-bearing instruments.
DIVIDEND POLICY
We
have never declared or paid any cash dividends on any series of our common
stock or preferred stock, and we do not intend to pay cash dividends on our
Series A common stock in the foreseeable future. We currently expect to
retain any future earnings to fund the operation and expansion of our
business.
CAPITALIZATION
The
following table sets forth our capitalization at December 31, 1999. The pro
forma information gives effect to the conversion of all of our outstanding
Series B, Series C, Series D and Series E common stock and convertible
preferred stock as of December 31, 1999. The pro forma as adjusted
information reflects the issuance and sale of the
shares of Series A common stock offered by us in this offering at an assumed
initial public offering price of $ per share. The
outstanding share information excludes:
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2,570,601 shares of Series
A common stock subject to outstanding options under our 1999 Incentive and
Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan with a weighted average exercise price of
$1.57 per share;
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additional shares of Series A common stock
reserved for issuance under our 1999 Incentive and Non-Statutory Stock
Option Plan, 2000 Outside Director Stock Option Plan and 2000 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan; and
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warrants for 1,596,650
shares of Series E preferred stock which convert to warrants for 4,789,950
shares of Series A common stock upon the closing of this
offering.
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This table should be read in conjunction with Management
s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations and our financial statements and accompanying notes and
other financial data included elsewhere in this prospectus.
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December 31,
1999
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Actual
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Pro
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Forma
As
Adjusted
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Capital lease
obligation |
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$
193,342 |
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$
193,342 |
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$
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Convertible preferred
stock: |
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Series A convertible preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 562,500
shares authorized, 562,500 issued and
outstanding actual (at
liquidation value); none authorized, issued and outstanding pro forma and
pro
forma as adjusted |
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1,500,000 |
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Series B convertible preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 344,043
shares authorized, 344,043 issued and
outstanding actual (at
liquidation value); none authorized, issued and outstanding pro forma and
pro
forma as adjusted |
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1,146,810 |
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Series C convertible preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 41,544 shares
authorized, 41,544 issued and
outstanding actual (at
liquidation value); none authorized, issued and outstanding pro forma and
pro
forma as adjusted |
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208,274 |
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Series D convertible preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 891,314
shares authorized, 709,970 issued and
outstanding actual (at
liquidation value); none authorized, issued and outstanding pro forma and
pro
forma as adjusted |
|
6,685,793 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series E convertible preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 1,804,630
shares authorized, 207,980 issued and
outstanding actual (at
liquidation value); none authorized, issued and outstanding pro forma and
pro
forma as adjusted |
|
3,348,478 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total convertible preferred stock |
|
12,889,355 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders equity
(deficit): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series A common stock; $0.001 par value; 30,000,000 shares
authorized, 11,436,573 issued and
outstanding, actual;
17,980,755 shares issued and outstanding, on a pro forma basis, and
shares
issued and outstanding, on a
pro forma as adjusted basis |
|
11,437 |
|
|
17,980 |
|
|
|
Series B common stock; $0.001 par value; 192,093 shares authorized,
189,563 issued and outstanding
actual; none authorized,
issued and outstanding pro forma and pro forma as adjusted |
|
189 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series C common stock; $0.001 par value; 244,098 shares authorized,
196,565 issued and outstanding
actual; none authorized,
issued and outstanding pro forma and pro forma as adjusted |
|
196 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series D common stock; $0.001 par value; 204,047 shares authorized,
156,801 issued and outstanding
actual; none authorized,
issued and outstanding pro forma and pro forma as adjusted |
|
157 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series E common stock; $0.001 par value; 750,150 shares authorized,
420,966 issued and outstanding
actual; none authorized,
issued and outstanding pro forma and pro forma as adjusted |
|
421 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
paid-in-capital |
|
15,933,957 |
|
|
28,817,732 |
|
|
|
Deferred compensation and
other equity related charges |
|
(9,928,634 |
) |
|
(9,928,634 |
) |
|
|
Accumulated
deficit |
|
(10,341,978 |
) |
|
(10,341,978 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity
(deficit) |
|
(4,324,255 |
) |
|
8,565,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
capitalization |
|
$ 8,758,442 |
|
|
$ 8,758,442 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DILUTION
Our
pro forma net tangible book value at December 31, 1999 was $
million, or $
per share of Series A
common stock. Pro forma net tangible book value per share represents the
amount of our total tangible assets reduced by the amount of our total
liabilities, divided by the pro forma number of shares of Series A common
stock outstanding as of December 31, 1999, after giving effect to the
conversion of all outstanding shares of our Series B, Series C, Series D and
Series E common stock and convertible preferred stock into
shares of Series A
common stock.
Dilution in pro forma net tangible book value per share represents the
difference between the amount per share paid by purchasers of shares of
Series A common stock in this offering and the pro forma net tangible book
value per share of Series A common stock immediately after the completion of
this offering. After giving effect to our sale of
shares of Series A common stock in this offering at
an assumed initial public offering price of $
per share and after deducting
underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses
payable by us, our adjusted pro forma net tangible book value at December
31, 1999 would have been $
million, or $
per share. This amount represents an immediate increase in pro
forma net tangible book value to our existing stockholders of $
per share and an immediate dilution to
new investors of $ per
share. The following table illustrates this per share dilution:
Assumed initial public
offering price per share |
|
|
|
$
|
Pro forma net tangible
book value per share at December 31, 1999 |
|
$
|
|
|
Increase in pro forma net
tangible book value per share attributable to new
investors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma net tangible
book value per share after this offering |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dilution per share to new
investors |
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
If
the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, our adjusted
pro forma net tangible book value at December 31, 1999 would have been $
million, or $ per share,
representing an immediate increase in pro forma net tangible book value to
our existing stockholders of $
per share and an immediate dilution to new investors of $
per share.
The
following table summarizes, on a pro forma basis, at December 31, 1999,
after giving effect to the pro forma adjustments described above, the
differences between the number of shares of Series A common stock purchased
from us, the aggregate cash consideration paid to us and the average price
per share paid by our existing stockholders and by new investors purchasing
shares of Series A common stock in this offering. The calculation below is
based on an assumed initial public offering price of $
per share, before deducting underwriting
discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by
us:
|
|
Shares
Purchased
|
|
Total
Consideration
|
|
Average
Price
Per Share
|
|
|
Number
|
|
Percent
|
|
Amount
|
|
Percent
|
Existing
stockholders |
|
|
|
% |
|
$
|
|
% |
|
$
|
New investors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
% |
|
$
|
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This discussion and table assume no exercise of any stock options
outstanding at January 31, 2000. At January 31, 2000, there were options
outstanding under our stock plans to purchase a total of
shares of Series A common stock with a
weighted average exercise price of $ per share. To
the extent that any of these options are exercised, there will be further
dilution to new investors.
SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
The
following selected consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction
with our financial statements and related notes and with Management
s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations and other financial data included elsewhere in this
prospectus. The statement of operations data for the period from inception
(February 13, 1997) to December 31, 1997 and the years ended December 31,
1998 and 1999 and the balance sheet data as of December 31, 1998 and 1999
are derived from audited financial statements included elsewhere in this
prospectus. The balance sheet data as of December 31, 1997 has been derived
from audited financial statements not included in this
prospectus.
Unaudited pro forma basic and diluted net loss per share have been
calculated assuming the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series B,
Series C, Series D and Series E common stock and convertible preferred stock
into shares of Series A common stock, as if the shares had converted
immediately upon issuance.
|
|
Period from
February 13,
1997 through
December 31,
1997
|
|
Fiscal Year
Ended
December 31,
|
|
|
|
1998
|
|
1999
|
|
|
(in thousands, except
per share data) |
Consolidated Statement
of Operations Data: |
Revenue |
|
$ 27 |
|
|
$ 1,582 |
|
|
$ 8,697 |
|
Operating
expenses: |
Cost of revenue |
|
55 |
|
|
958 |
|
|
3,761 |
|
Sales and marketing |
|
438 |
|
|
1,960 |
|
|
5,256 |
|
General and administrative |
|
155 |
|
|
600 |
|
|
2,225 |
|
Research and development |
|
197 |
|
|
368 |
|
|
806 |
|
Equity-related compensation |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
1,693 |
|
Amortization of intangible
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
425 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses |
|
845 |
|
|
3,889 |
|
|
14,166 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from
operations |
|
(818 |
) |
|
(2,307 |
) |
|
(5,469 |
) |
Interest income,
net |
|
2 |
|
|
33 |
|
|
76 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
(816 |
) |
|
(2,274 |
) |
|
(5,393 |
) |
Deemed dividend on Series
E preferred stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,848 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to
common stockholders |
|
$ (816 |
) |
|
$(2,274 |
) |
|
$(7,241 |
) |
Basic and diluted net loss
per share |
|
$(0.20 |
) |
|
$ (0.24 |
) |
|
$ (0.68 |
) |
Shares used in computing
basic and diluted net loss per share |
|
4,059 |
|
|
9,434 |
|
|
10,664 |
|
Unaudited pro forma basic
and diluted net loss per share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ (0.49 |
) |
Shares used in computing
pro forma basic and diluted net loss per share
(unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,717 |
|
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
1997
|
|
1998
|
|
1999
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
Consolidated Balance
Sheet Data: |
Cash and cash
equivalents |
|
$1,112 |
|
|
$ 1,067 |
|
|
$ 3,202 |
|
Working capital
(deficit) |
|
618 |
|
|
(590 |
) |
|
3,236 |
|
Total assets |
|
1,277 |
|
|
2,854 |
|
|
14,714 |
|
Long-term capital lease
obligation |
|
|
|
|
51 |
|
|
193 |
|
Convertible preferred
stock |
|
1,500 |
|
|
2,855 |
|
|
12,889 |
|
Total stockholders
deficit |
|
(814 |
) |
|
(3,085 |
) |
|
(4,324 |
) |
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial statements and related notes which appear elsewhere
in this prospectus. The following discussion contains forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could
differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements
as a result of certain factors, including those discussed below and
elsewhere in this prospectus, particularly under the heading Risk
Factors.
Overview
We
are a leading provider of Internet-based solutions which enable direct
communications between public companies and the investment community. We
have designed our solutions to offer comprehensive and cost-effective access
to a wide variety of company-specific financial content, and to foster full
disclosure of company information on a timely basis to institutional and
individual investors. Our objective is to become the global standard for
direct communications between public companies and the investment community
by creating an online exchange for investment-related
information.
We
were formed by Jeffrey P. Parker, the founder of First Call, in February
1997 as a limited liability company and reorganized as a C
corporation in April 1999. From February 1997 to August 1997, we were in the
development stage, conducting research and developing our initial products.
We launched IR Online in August 1997 and to date we have derived
substantially all of our revenue from corporate clients for this service. We
made a beta version of the StreetEvents web site available to
selected users in February 1999 and we launched StreetEvents
commercially in November 1999. StreetEvents has recently begun to
generate subscription and distribution revenue. In December 1999, we entered
into an agreement with AOL to provide content to and host two co-branded web
sites on the AOL Personal Finance Channel, CompuServe, and Netscape
Netcenter.
In
October 1999, we completed the acquisition of TalkPoint Communications, Inc.
We acquired all of the outstanding shares of TalkPoint in exchange for
520,137 shares of our Series A common stock, $971,000 in cash and the
assumption of liabilities of $800,000. The total purchase price was
approximately $4.3 million and the acquisition was accounted for as a
purchase business combination. The operational results of TalkPoint are
included with our consolidated results beginning on the effective date of
the acquisition.
Our
revenue totaled $27,000, $1.6 million and $8.7 million, and net loss totaled
$816,000, $2.3 million and $7.2 million for the period from February 13,
1997 through December 31, 1997, and the years ended December 31, 1998 and
1999, respectively. During the eight quarters in the period ended December
31, 1999, we experienced increased revenue in each successive quarter, while
incurring substantial net losses due to continued investment in our
business.
We
sell IR Online and StreetEvents services through 12-month
contracts, which renew automatically unless cancelled 90 days prior to
expiration. We recognize revenue from subscription fees in the month in
which the service is provided. One-time set up fees charged to clients are
deferred and recognized over the clients initial contract term. We
sell additional services on an as-used basis and recognize these fees as the
services are delivered. We anticipate that advertising revenue will be
generated under our agreement with AOL and will be recognized as
earned.
Our operating expenses are classified into six general categories as
described below:
|
|
Our cost of revenue
includes: (a) salaries and other personnel-related costs for our client
service personnel; (b) costs associated with services provided to our
clients by outsourced vendors; (c) server hosting costs; (d) audio
streaming costs; (e) fees paid for financial and market data included in
our services; and (f) amortization of internally developed software in
accordance with SOP 98-1.
|
|
|
Sales and marketing
expenses consist primarily of: (a) salaries and other personnel-related
costs; (b) commissions earned by sales personnel; (c) travel costs
associated with selling efforts; (d) costs associated with marketing
programs, including trade shows and seminars, public relations activities
and new service launches; and (e) non-cash charges related to the equity
investment by AOL. Commissions paid to sales personnel are deferred and
recognized over the term of the contract.
|
|
|
General and administrative
expenses consist primarily of salaries and other personnel-related costs
for executive, financial, and other administrative personnel, and legal
and professional costs.
|
|
|
Research and development
expenses consist primarily of salaries and other personnel-related costs
for technical personnel performing maintenance on existing software or
research on projects which have not reached technological feasibility.
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred.
|
|
|
Equity-related
compensation expenses represent charges related to options granted to
employees below fair value, performance-based options and restricted stock
granted to employees, and the fair value of options and restricted stock
granted to non-employees.
|
|
|
Amortization of intangible
assets consists of the amortization of goodwill and other intangible
assets resulting from the acquisition of TalkPoint.
|
We
have only a limited operating history on which to base an evaluation of our
business and prospects. Our prospects must be considered in light of the
risks and uncertainties encountered by companies in an early stage of
development in new and rapidly evolving markets. Although we have
experienced revenue growth in recent periods, there can be no assurance that
such growth rates are sustainable, and therefore such growth rates should
not be considered indicative of future operating results. There can also be
no assurance that we will be able to attain profitability or, if
profitability is achieved, that it can be sustained. We believe that
period-to-period comparisons of our historical operating results are not
meaningful and should not be relied upon as an indication of future
performance.
We
have experienced substantial net losses since our inception and, as of
December 31, 1999, we had an accumulated deficit of $10.3 million. These net
losses and accumulated deficit resulted from our lack of substantial revenue
and the significant costs incurred in the development of our products and in
the establishment of our sales and marketing organization. We expect to
increase our expenditures in all areas in order to execute our business
plan, particularly in sales and marketing. The planned increase in sales and
marketing expenses will primarily result from the hiring of additional sales
personnel and the expansion of marketing programs, including both cash and
non-cash expenses associated with our relationship with AOL.
Recent Developments
In
December 1999, we sold 93,168 shares of Series E convertible preferred stock
to AOL, one of our strategic partners. AOL also entered into a service
agreement with us under which we have been granted preferred status as the
provider of certain investment-related content to AOL subscribers. Links to
our content will also be provided to CompuServes subscribers and users
of Netscape Netcenter.
Under the service agreement, we will pay AOL $14.1 million in carriage
fees over the 40-month term of the agreement. We paid $1.5 million to AOL in
December of 1999 and the terms provide for payments of $4.8 million, $3.9
million, and $3.9 million in the years ending December 31, 2000, 2001, and
2002. Upon our initial public offering, our payment schedule to AOL will be
accelerated by one quarter. Carriage fees will be recognized as sales and
marketing expense ratably over the term of the agreement. During that term,
AOL has committed to provide us with significant promotional exposure in the
form of impressions to the co-branded web sites we will host and manage on
the AOL network. In addition, AOL has the right to sell advertisements on
CCBN sites and co-branded sites within the AOL network. AOL will pay us a
percentage of the advertising fees earned depending on the volume of
advertising sold. We did not recognize any advertising revenue under this
arrangement in the year ended December 31, 1999.
As
part of our strategic relationship, we granted AOL warrants to purchase
additional shares of our Series E convertible preferred stock which vest
based on gross revenue generated by advertising sold by AOL on CCBN sites.
As of December 31, 1999, no warrants have vested. The fair value of the
warrants will be calculated using the Black Scholes valuation model at the
time the performance criteria are met and the warrants vest. The value of
the vested warrants will be recognized as sales and marketing expense in the
period the warrants become vested.
Results of Operations
The
following table sets forth results of operations data expressed as a
percentage of revenue for the periods indicated:
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended
December 31,
|
|
|
1998
|
|
1999
|
Revenue |
|
100.0 |
% |
|
100.0 |
% |
Operating
expenses: |
Cost of revenue |
|
60.6 |
|
|
43.2 |
|
Sales and marketing |
|
123.9 |
|
|
60.4 |
|
General and
administrative |
|
37.9 |
|
|
25.6 |
|
Research and
development |
|
23.2 |
|
|
9.3 |
|
Equity-related
compensation |
|
0.2 |
|
|
19.5 |
|
Amortization of intangible
assets |
|
|
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses |
|
245.8 |
|
|
162.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from
operations |
|
(145.8 |
) |
|
(62.9 |
) |
Interest income,
net |
|
2.1 |
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
(143.7 |
)% |
|
(62.0 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comparison of Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 1998 and
1999
Revenue. Our revenue increased 450% from
$1.6 million in 1998, to $8.7 million in 1999. The change was due to the
increase in the number of subscribers to IR Online from 509 at
December 31, 1998 to 1,157 at December 31, 1999, and to a lesser extent, to
increased sales of additional services to our existing clients. No single
customer accounted for more than 2.0% of our revenue in 1998 or 0.5% in
1999.
Cost of revenue. Our cost of revenue
increased 293% from $958,000, or 61% of revenue, in 1998 to $3.8 million, or
43% of revenue in 1999. The dollar increase was attributable to increases in
client service personnel, outsourced vendor, server hosting, streaming
audio, and data costs, and the amortization of internally developed
software. The percentage of revenue decrease was due to the fact that our
server hosting and client service personnel costs increased at a lower rate
than our revenue.
Sales and marketing. Our sales and
marketing expenses increased 168% from $2.0 million, or 124% of revenue, in
1998 to $5.3 million, or 60% of revenue, in 1999. The dollar increase was
primarily attributable to an increase in sales commissions associated with
higher IR Online sales, and to the hiring and development of our
StreetEvents salesforce. To a lesser extent, the increase was related
to an increase in travel costs associated with sales efforts, marketing
programs, trade shows, and advertising. The decrease as a percentage of
revenue was due to the predominantly fixed nature of our sales and marketing
expenses, with the exception of sales commissions. We expect that sales and
marketing expenses will continue to increase in absolute dollars to support
sales and marketing programs for our existing services, international
expansion, AOL carriage fees and expenses in connection with the vesting of
performance-based warrants earned by AOL.
General and administrative. Our general
and administrative expenses increased 271% from $600,000, or 38% of revenue,
in 1998 to $2.2 million, or 26% of revenue, in 1999. The dollar increase
primarily resulted from expenditures related to expansion of our
administrative infrastructure, including newly hired personnel, and
professional services. The decrease as a percentage of revenue was due
primarily to the relatively fixed nature of our general and administrative
expenses. We expect that general and administrative expenses will continue
to increase in absolute dollars, as we continue to add personnel to support
our expanding operations and incur additional costs related to the growth of
our business.
Research and development. Our research
and development expenses increased 119% from $368,000, or 23% of revenue, in
1998 to $806,000, or 9% of revenue, in 1999. The increase primarily resulted
from salaries and personnel-related costs associated with newly hired
technical personnel, particularly for StreetEvents. On January 1,
1999 we adopted Statement of Position 98-1 Accounting for the Costs of
Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use. During 1999,
$297,000 of internal software development costs was capitalized and is being
amortized through cost of revenue over a 30 month period. We expect research
and development expenses will continue to increase in absolute dollars as
additional technical development personnel are added.
Equity-related compensation. In 1999, we
recognized $1.7 million in equity-related charges resulting from grants of
options and performance-based restricted stock to employees and
non-employees. We incurred expenses of $788,000 in 1999 related to the
issuance of stock options to employees. These employee options generally
vest over periods of up to four years, which will result in additional
compensation expense of approximately $6.1 million for periods ending
subsequent to December 31, 1999. If all employee options vest in accordance
with the original terms, we expect to
incur charges of at least $2.2 million in 2000, $2.1 million in 2001, $1.7
million in 2002, and $127,000 in 2003. We incurred expenses of $905,000 in
1999 related to performance-based restricted stock and options granted to
employees, and non-employee restricted stock and option grants.
Performance-based and non-employee equity grants are variable and the
expense to be recognized in future periods cannot be estimated and will be
dependent on a number of variables including our stock price.
Comparison of the Period from February 13 (date of inception)
through December 31, 1997 and the Fiscal Year Ended December 31,
1998
Our
revenue increased from $27,000 in 1997 to $1.6 million in 1998 due to the
increase in the number of subscribers to IR Online from 64 at
December 31, 1997 to 509 at December 31, 1998. During the same period our
employees increased in all areas from 32 at December 31, 1997 to 60 at
December 31, 1998. As a result, our operating expenses increased due to
increases in personnel expenses, as well as increases in sales commissions,
server hosting costs, administrative infrastructure costs and data
costs.
Quarterly Results of Operations
The
following table presents our unaudited quarterly results of operations for
the eight fiscal quarters ended December 31, 1999. You should read the
following table in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements
and related notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. You should not
draw any conclusions about our future results from the results of operations
for any quarter.
|
|
Quarter
Ended
|
|
|
March 31,
1998
|
|
June 30,
1998
|
|
September 30,
1998
|
|
December 31,
1998
|
|
March 31,
1999
|
|
June 30,
1999
|
|
September 30,
1999
|
|
December 31,
1999
|
|
|
(in
thousands) |
Revenue |
|
$ 89 |
|
|
$268 |
|
|
$ 486 |
|
|
$ 739 |
|
|
$1,198 |
|
|
$1,840 |
|
|
$ 2,491 |
|
|
$ 3,168 |
|
Operating
expenses: |
Cost of revenue |
|
101 |
|
|
147 |
|
|
252 |
|
|
458 |
|
|
472 |
|
|
787 |
|
|
1,103 |
|
|
1,399 |
|
Sales and marketing |
|
360 |
|
|
455 |
|
|
524 |
|
|
621 |
|
|
708 |
|
|
1,183 |
|
|
1,569 |
|
|
1,796 |
|
General and administrative |
|
106 |
|
|
132 |
|
|
161 |
|
|
201 |
|
|
384 |
|
|
390 |
|
|
757 |
|
|
694 |
|
Research and development |
|
51 |
|
|
56 |
|
|
84 |
|
|
177 |
|
|
164 |
|
|
134 |
|
|
228 |
|
|
280 |
|
Equity-related
compensation |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
278 |
|
|
134 |
|
|
385 |
|
|
896 |
|
Amortization of intangible
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
425 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Total operating
expenses |
|
618 |
|
|
792 |
|
|
1,022 |
|
|
1,457 |
|
|
2,006 |
|
|
2,628 |
|
|
4,042 |
|
|
5,490 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from
operations |
|
(529 |
) |
|
(524 |
) |
|
(536 |
) |
|
(718 |
) |
|
(808 |
) |
|
(788 |
) |
|
(1,551 |
) |
|
(2,322 |
) |
Interest income,
net |
|
8 |
|
|
14 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
12 |
|
|
52 |
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$(521 |
) |
|
$(510 |
) |
|
$ (526 |
) |
|
$ (717 |
) |
|
$ (816 |
) |
|
$ (776 |
) |
|
$(1,499 |
) |
|
$(2,302 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Our
revenue has increased in each of the last eight quarters primarily due to
the growth of our client base. Cost of revenue has also increased in
absolute dollars over the periods presented, due primarily to an increase in
the number of client service personnel and costs of outsourced vendors.
Other operating expenses have grown primarily due to higher sales
commissions, and additions of salaries and personnel-related costs. We
believe these expenses will continue to grow as our client base
expands.
Our
current expense levels are based, in part, on expectations of higher future
revenue, and to a large extent, such expenses are fixed, particularly in the
short term. There can be no assurance that
our expectations regarding future revenue are accurate. Moreover, we may be
unable to adjust spending in a timely manner to compensate for any
unexpected revenue shortfall. Accordingly, any significant shortfall in
revenue in relation to our expectations would likely cause significant
increases in our net loss for that period.
A
variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control, may affect our
quarterly operating results. These factors include:
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uncertainty regarding when
we will incur, and the amount of, expenses resulting from the vesting of
AOL warrants;
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the evolution of the
market for investor information;
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market acceptance of our
services;
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our success and timing in
developing and introducing new services and enhancements to existing
services;
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market entry by new
competitors, and the introduction of products and services by existing
competitors;
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our ability to attract and
retain employees;
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changes in pricing
policies by us or our competitors;
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the length of our sales
cycle; and
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changes in client buying
patterns.
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The
foregoing factors, our limited operating history, and the undeveloped nature
of the market for our services make predicting future revenue difficult. We
believe that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results are not
meaningful and you should not rely on them as indicative of our future
performance. You should also evaluate our prospects in light of the risks,
expenses and difficulties commonly encountered by comparable early-stage
companies in new and rapidly emerging markets. We cannot assure you that we
will successfully address the risks and challenges that face us. In
addition, although we have experienced significant revenue growth recently,
we cannot assure you that our revenue will continue to grow or that we will
become or remain profitable in the future.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Since inception, we have funded our operations primarily through
private sales of equity securities and a note issued to Jeffrey P. Parker,
resulting in net proceeds of $12.8 million.
Net
cash used in operating activities was $654,000, $1.5 million and $4.2
million in the period from February 13, 1997 (date of inception) through
December 31, 1997, and the years ended December 31, 1998 and 1999,
respectively. Cash used in operations in 1998 was primarily due to our net
loss and to a lesser extent growth in receivables, prepaid expenses and
current assets and was offset in part by increased deferred revenue, and
payroll and accrued liabilities. Cash used in operations in 1999 was
primarily due to our net loss and to an increase in receivables, prepaid
expenses and current assets and was offset in part by increased deferred
revenue, and payroll and accrued liabilities.
Net
cash used in investing activities was $l36,000, $317,000 and $2.3 million in
the period from February 13, 1997 through December 31, 1997 and the years
ended December 31, 1998 and 1999,
respectively. Capital expenditures were approximately $129,000, $238,000 and
$1.3 million in the period from February 13, 1997 through December 31, 1997
and the years ended December 31, 1998 and 1999, respectively. These capital
expenditures were incurred primarily to acquire computer hardware and
software for our operations and to a lesser extent furniture, fixtures and
leasehold improvements. In 1999, we paid $971,000 as part of our acquisition
of TalkPoint.
Net
cash from financing activities was $1.9 million, $1.8 million and $8.6
million in the period from February 13, 1997 through December 31, 1997 and
the years ended December 31, 1998 and 1999, respectively. For 1997, proceeds
from financing activities were primarily received from the private sale of
convertible preferred stock of $1.5 million and the issuance of a $400,000
note to Jeffrey P. Parker. For 1998, proceeds from financing activities were
primarily received from the private sales of convertible preferred stock of
$1.4 million and issuance of notes of $850,000 offset by repayment of notes
of $400,000 to Jeffrey P. Parker. For 1999, proceeds from financing
activities were primarily received from the issuance of convertible
preferred stock of approximately $9.1 million offset by repayment of
$425,000 in TalkPoint notes payable and $60,000 in payments of capital lease
obligations.
At
December 31, 1999, our principal sources of liquidity were our cash and cash
equivalents of $3.2 million.
We
believe our current cash and cash equivalents, proceeds from this offering
and funds generated from operations, if any, will provide adequate liquidity
to meet our capital and operating requirements through fiscal 2001. We
believe that without the proceeds from this offering we may be required to
raise additional financing or scale back our expansion plans. We may utilize
cash resources to fund acquisitions or investments in complementary
businesses, technologies or services. Therefore, we could be required, or
could elect, to raise additional capital in the future. In the event
additional financing is required, we may not be able to raise it on
acceptable terms or at all.
Our
future long-term capital needs will be highly dependent on our rate of
expansion and our results of operations. Thus, any projections of future
long-term cash needs and cash flows are subject to substantial uncertainty.
If the net proceeds of this offering together with our available funds and
cash generated from operations are insufficient to satisfy our long-term
liquidity requirements, we may seek to borrow funds or to sell additional
equity or debt securities. If additional funds are raised through the
issuance of debt securities, these securities could have rights, preferences
and privileges senior to those accruing to holders of our common stock, and
the terms of these debt securities or other debt financing could impose
restrictions on our operations. The sale of additional equity or convertible
debt securities could result in additional dilution to our stockholders. We
cannot be certain that additional financing will be available in amounts or
on terms acceptable to us, if at all. If we need and are unable to obtain
additional financing, we may be required to reduce the scope of our planned
technology, services or product development and sales and marketing
efforts.
We
consider all highly liquid investment instruments purchased with an original
maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. We invest our cash
and cash equivalents in money market accounts. We place our cash and
temporary cash investments with financial institutions which management
believes are of high credit quality.
We
have not invested in any financial instruments that expose us to material
market risk.
Recent Pronouncements
In
June 1998, the FASB issued SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging activities. The new standard establishes
accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments, including
certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, (collectively
referred to as derivatives) and for hedging activities. In June 1999, the
FASB issued SFAS No. 137, which defers the effective date of SFAS No. 133 to
fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2000. We are currently analyzing this
new standard.
Year 2000 Compliance
Prior to January 1, 2000, there was a great deal of concern regarding
the ability of computers to adequately distinguish 21st century dates from
20th century dates due to the two-digit date fields used by many systems. To
date, however, most experts report that computer systems are functioning
normally and the compliance and remediation work accomplished leading up to
2000 was sufficient to prevent any problems. Computer experts have warned
that there may still be residual consequences of the change in
centuries.
We
are a comparatively new enterprise, and, accordingly, the majority of
software and hardware we use to manage our business has all been purchased
or developed by us within the last 36 months. While this does not uniformly
protect us against Year 2000 exposure, we believe our exposure is limited
because the information technology we use to manage our business is not
based upon legacy hardware and software systems. Generally, hardware and
software designed within the current decade and the past several years in
particular has given greater consideration to Year 2000 issues. All of the
software code we have internally developed to manage our network and
infrastructure is written with four digits to define the applicable
year.
We
rely on hardware, software and data content developed by third-parties for
our internal network and information systems and to build our products and
services. We also rely on third-party network infrastructure providers to
gain access to the Internet. We have reviewed certifications from our key
suppliers of data content, hardware and networking equipment, that the
content, equipment and hardware provided to us is Year 2000 compliant.
Additionally, we have reviewed certifications from the providers of key
software applications for our internal operations regarding Year 2000
compliance. We intend to work with these providers to address the Year 2000
issue and continue to seek assurances from them that their products are Year
2000 compliant.
If
we, our third-party providers of hardware and software or our third-party
network providers fail to remedy any Year 2000 issues, the result could be
lost revenue, increased operating costs, loss of clients and other business
interruptions, any of which could harm our business. Moreover, the failure
to adequately address Year 2000 compliance issues in our products and
systems could result in claims of mismanagement, misrepresentations or
breach of contract and related litigation, which could be costly and time
consuming to defend.
The
most reasonably likely worst case scenario for us involving Year 2000 issues
would include disruptions to Internet communications and connectivity for a
period of time due to failures in hardware and software components that
operate in a degraded state or not at all due to the Year 2000 transition.
We have chosen our Internet connectivity partners, equipment and co-location
service providers in an attempt to ensure that we have at all times multiple
connection points to the Internet. In the event of failure of all
connectivity paths, or all equipment connectivity, our services will be
temporarily unavailable.
We have not yet developed any specific contingency plans. The result of our
testing and the responses received from third-party vendors and service
providers will be taken into account in determining the nature and extent of
any contingency plans.
BUSINESS
Overview
We
are a leading provider of Internet-based solutions which enable direct
communications between public companies and the investment community. We
have designed our solutions to offer comprehensive and cost-effective access
to a wide variety of company-specific financial content, and to foster full
disclosure of company information on a timely basis to institutional and
individual investors. Our objective is to become the global standard for
direct communications between public companies and the investment community
by creating an online exchange for investment-related
information.
Our
solutions benefit all members of the investment community by enabling
efficient, direct access to timely financial information in a consistent
format from a centralized location. IR Online is our turnkey,
outsourced communications solution under which we build, manage and host the
investor relations section of a companys web site and provide related
services. More than 1,200 public companies currently subscribe
to IR Online, including Akamai Technologies, Dell Computer,
FleetBoston, Hershey Foods, and Sears. In November 1999, we launched
StreetEvents, a comprehensive Internet portal for company event and
financial data. StreetEvents is currently in use at more than 150
buy- and sell-side financial institutions, including AIM Funds, Alliance
Capital, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and Salomon Smith Barney. In
addition, we recently entered into an agreement with AOL under which we will
provide content to and host two co-branded websites on the AOL Personal
Finance channel. Working through the AOL Personal Finance Channel, as well
as CompuServe and Netscape Netcenter, we will provide AOLs audience of
approximately 50 million users with real-time access to a wide variety of
company information.
Industry Overview
In
recent years, interest and investment in the U.S. securities markets has
risen significantly. This growth has been driven by both an increase in the
number of companies issuing public securities and an increase in the number
of active investors, who have enjoyed greater access to the securities
markets through online trading, lower commissions and the proliferation of
employer-sponsored, stock-based compensation programs. The Investment
Company Institute reports that the percentage of U.S. households owning
stock directly or through mutual funds was 19% in 1983 and has grown to 48%
in 1999, a 153% increase. In addition, participation in securities markets
outside the United States is expected to rise as trading on global exchanges
increases.
In
this market environment, investors face the challenge of promptly accessing,
selectively processing and effectively reacting to the increasing amount of
investment-related information that is continuously being delivered across
an expanding variety of media. Historically, it was not uncommon for
investors to wait several days for an annual report, an investor kit or
investment research provided by a brokerage firm to arrive by mail prior to
making an investment decision. Today, companies stock prices and
trading volumes react immediately to critical data such as breaking company
news and periodic earnings reports. The speed with which markets react to
such information greatly compresses the time frame surrounding the typical
investment decision and places a premium on the ability to make informed
decisions quickly.
Frequently, timely access to breaking company news is not equally
available to all investors, with companies often providing material
information to financial analysts and select groups of institutional
investors before making it available to the public. The SEC has recently
expressed
concern with this practice of selectively disclosing material information and,
in an address to the New York Economic Club on October 18, 1999, Arthur
Levitt, Chairman of the SEC, stated, I appeal to companies in the
spirit of fair play: Make your quarterly conference calls open to everyone,
post them on the Internet, invite the press. In December 1999, the SEC
proposed rules designed to foster full disclosure of material information by
requiring public disclosure in either a press release, a filing with the
SEC, or by providing public access to conference calls and meetings by
telephone or through the Internet.
A
key factor in a public companys success is its stock price because it
impacts the companys ability to raise capital, hire and retain key
personnel, and consummate mergers, acquisitions and other strategic
relationships. Unfortunately for companies, their stock price and public
image are increasingly influenced by factors outside their control,
including reports authored by third-party analysts and widely accessible
online chat services that allow investors to share information and opinions.
As a result, effective dissemination of accurate, unedited financial
information directly to the investment community is critical for many
companies. In addition, with the number of U.S. public companies exceeding
12,000 in 1999, as well as the growth in the number of foreign public
companies, competition for investor attention is intensifying.
This large number of public companies poses challenges for investors
and analysts who must keep abreast of all the events related to the
companies they follow. With so many companies releasing earnings, hosting
conference calls, and conducting investor presentations and press
conferences each quarter, it has become increasingly difficult for investors
and analysts to both track company activity and participate in these
events.
As
a result of these intensifying pressures, investors and companies
increasingly seek comprehensive, integrated solutions which provide equal
access to timely information and enable efficient and interactive
communications.
Our Solution
We
were formed in 1997 by Jeffrey P. Parker, the founder of First Call, to meet
escalating demand for the timely exchange of information between public
companies and investors. We offer new opportunities for companies and
investors from around the world to exchange information directly in
real-time and in a standardized format. By enabling direct communications
among participants, we improve the flow of information to investors and give
companies direct exposure to a wider audience of potential investors.
Through hosted applications on the Internet, we have created a central
repository of company information that can be searched, retrieved and
organized more efficiently than traditional information sources, and can be
delivered in more content-rich forms of media, such as audio and video
communications.
Our
products and services enable direct communications between companies and
investors and are designed to foster fuller, more timely disclosure of
company information. Our current offerings include:
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IR Online
our turnkey, outsourced communications solution through which
we build, manage and host the investor relations section of a company
s web site and provide related services, and
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StreetEvents
our comprehensive, Internet-based portal for event information
of interest to investors, the brokerage community and
companies.
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In addition, as part of our strategy to reach individual investors, we
recently entered into a relationship with AOL. As part of this relationship
we will offer to approximately 50 million AOL, CompuServe and Netscape
Netcenter users convenient access to company information on several
co-branded web sites. We believe that aligning with market leaders such as
AOL enhances the profile and attractiveness of our online information
exchange.
Benefits to Investors
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Equal access to
information. Our solutions enable both
institutions and individuals to receive important company information
simultaneously. By making this information readily available, we enable
all investors to make informed investment decisions more
quickly.
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Convenient access to
standardized information. IR Online and
StreetEvents each present a wide variety of information via the
Internet in an easy to use and consistent format that is familiar to
investors.
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Enhanced productivity.
With over 12,000 public companies in the
United States, and thousands more worldwide, it is difficult for investors
and financial analysts to track the timing of key corporate events, such
as earnings releases and conference calls. StreetEvents provides
immediate access to a central repository of corporate event information,
thereby reducing the time and expense required to gather data from
numerous sources. We also provide tools to enable investors to personalize
our content by tailoring it to their specific interests.
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Benefits to Public Companies
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More direct access to
investors. Our Internet-based solutions enable
companies to interact directly with investors. By using a direct
communications channel, companies can deliver their own messages globally,
unaltered by third parties such as reporters and brokerage analysts. Also,
using the Internet allows companies to instantly disseminate information,
enabling them to continually provide investors with the most current
information available.
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More efficient use of
resources. We enable companies to completely
outsource the creation, hosting and maintenance of investor relations web
sites and other investor communications functions. Our solutions enable
our corporate clients to improve communications with the investment
community, reduce the costs of investor relations administration and focus
their technical staff on core operations.
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Greater investor
visibility. Companies that publish their
activities on StreetEvents can attract greater attention from
investors through direct contact with the investment community. Also,
because many companies have similar fiscal years, the reporting period for
earnings is often a busy time during which many companies announce their
financial results at or about the same time. StreetEvents enables
companies to avoid scheduling investor events at times already scheduled
by other companies which may be followed by the same analysts or
investors.
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Improved disclosure.
Securities regulators have been increasingly
critical of selective disclosure practices and are seeking to compel
companies to disseminate material information simultaneously to financial
institutions and the general public. Our solutions enable companies to
meet these requirements by allowing them to elect to make information
simultaneously available to both institutional and individual
investors.
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Our Strategy
Our
objective is to become the global standard for direct communications between
public companies and the investment community by creating an online exchange
of investment-related information. Key elements of our strategy to achieve
this objective include:
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Expand client
relationships. We intend to expand our IR
Online client base and our StreetEvents client base by
increasing our sales and marketing efforts and further develop our
strategic relationships. We believe that continuing to provide
comprehensive client service, support and education programs is critical
to expanding our client relationships.
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Build our information
database for efficient presentation and delivery.
Our corporate client relationships enable us to continuously
collect and organize information from our clients in a centralized
database. We intend to expand our database to increase the depth of
content and enhance the efficiency of information access, thereby
improving the productivity of all members of our online
exchange.
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Expand our audience of
investors through strategic relationships. We
seek strategic relationships that enable us to expand our audience of
investors. Our strategic relationship with AOL enables our corporate
clients to reach a wide audience of investors through our co-branded web
sites within the AOL Personal Finance channel and CompuServe and on
Netscape Netcenter. We have also entered into agreements to distribute
StreetEvents through a number of other web sites, including Raging
Bull. To increase our presence among institutional investors, we have
entered into distribution agreements with a number of financial
information providers, including First Call and ILX Systems.
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Maximize the network
effect among the participants in our business information exchange.
Growing the number of corporate clients for our
IR Online services will enable us to add more content to our
StreetEvents database, thereby making StreetEvents more
valuable to our existing investor audience. As our audience of individual
and institutional investors grows, we expect that the opportunity to reach
this audience will cause more companies to subscribe to our services. We
believe successful implementation of our strategy will maximize the
network effect within our business information exchange where the value to
each company and investor participating in the exchange increases with the
addition of each new participant.
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Expand service
offerings. To reinforce long-term relationships
with our clients and to generate additional revenue, we intend to continue
to develop new services and technologies through internal research and
development, strategic relationships and/or the acquisition of
complementary technologies and businesses. As part of this strategy, we
acquired Talkpoint in October 1999 in order to enhance our multimedia
offerings.
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Increase brand
awareness. We plan to increase the brand
awareness of CCBN and its specific product offerings to develop and
reinforce long term relationships with companies and investors. We intend
to accomplish this strategy through a combination of online and print
advertising, direct marketing, trade shows, seminars and conferences,
public relations, and other marketing activities.
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Build and expand
international presence. We intend to expand the
scope of our business information community globally. We believe that
interest by foreign investors in U.S. markets, and interest on the part of
U.S. investors in major foreign markets, represent significant growth
opportunities for our solutions.
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Products and Services
We
currently offer two complementary lines of Internet-based communications
solutions to three distinct client segments. Public companies subscribe to
our IR Online suite of Internet and non-Internet communication
products and services. Individual and institutional investors use IR
Online to directly access company information in a standardized format.
StreetEvents serves the entire investment communitycompanies,
institutional investors and individual investorswith an interactive
database of investment-related event information.
Product Line |
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Revenue Model |
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IR Online |
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Outsourced web solution for
the investor relations section of
a company web site |
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Monthly subscription paid
quarterly by companies |
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StreetEvents |
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Database of company event
information and live/archived
audio event content |
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Monthly subscription paid
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IR Online is a comprehensive, cost-effective, outsourced
solution that improves the quality and dissemination of investor information
on a public companys Internet web site. We manage and host the
investor relations section of a companys web site, organizing and
presenting to investors information of interest about the company. Our IR
Online solution enables companies to offer information such as First
Call consensus earnings estimates, SEC filings and stock quotes in a
non-commercial format, as well as conference calls, corporate slideshows and
other essential information such as annual reports, news releases, and
historical financial data. Although we host the investor relations section
of a companys web site on our servers, we match the look and feel
of the companys web site. As a result, investors seeking
financial information from a companys web site are generally unaware
that we are hosting the investor section of the web site.
We
offer IR Online in five service packages with monthly fees ranging
from $495 to $2,500. Service contracts run 12 months with automatic renewal
unless the client provides notice of cancellation 90 days prior to the
expiration of the initial or renewal term. The Basic and Standard packages
include a collection of financial information feeds such as stock quotes,
historical stock charts, financial releases and reports, and an event
calendar. Additionally, our extranet web site enables IR Online
clients to monitor activity on their investor relations web sites, submit
service requests to update the content on their web site, and input event
information into our StreetEvents database. Our current extranet
functionality is the first element in establishing a formal feedback
mechanism through which investor relations departments can gain insight into
investor preferences. By understanding the type of information investors are
accessing, companies can alter the content on their web sites to provide
information of greatest interest to investors.
The
following additional features are available in a premium package or on a
stand-alone basis:
PremierCast and audio archiving. Our
PremierCast service provides a live webcast of the audio portion of a
company event (earnings conference call or investor meeting) and offers a
range of premium features including:
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an indexed archive of the
event for future replay;
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promotion of the event on
the First Call network;
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a guestbook feature which
captures listener information; and
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the option to make the
webcast accessible from the companys web site, from
StreetEvents and/or through the sites of our strategic distribution
partners.
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TalkPoint. Using TalkPoint, our
corporate clients can present slides to investors listening to or
participating in a live webcast. Clients can convert the presentation into
an archived version in which the audio and visual portions are synchronized
and can be accessed via the Internet or the telephone. TalkPoint
s ability to deliver on-demand the audio portion of a
presentation using the telephone facilitates access for audiences who cannot
listen to streaming audio due to their personal computers lack of
multimedia functionality or due to corporate policies which prohibit audio
streaming through their internal corporate networks.
E-mail alerts. The e-mail alert feature
enables visitors to the investor relations section of a companys web
site to register to be alerted when changes are made to any of the selected
sections of the web site, such as press releases or the conference call
page.
SmartBlast. SmartBlast
facilitates communication from a company to its investors using e-mail and
facsimile capabilities that can target custom messages to select
audiences.
InvestorConnect. InvestorConnect
includes both mail fulfillment services and an interactive voice response
service. Investors submit requests for printed annual reports and investor
kits via the web site or via telephone and we fulfill those requests by
priority mail through a third party. We can also create for the client a
toll-free investor hotline service that allows callers to hear a company
s recent press release or its current stock price.
Financial and annual report conversion.
We provide conversion of printed financial materials from many
common document formats into PDF or HTML for posting on the company web
site.
StreetEvents is a comprehensive, Internet-based portal that
organizes event information into an easy-to-use, interactive and
downloadable master calendar. We gather this investment-related event
information directly from more than 3,500 of the largest U.S. companies;
more than 500 leading international companies, including all of the FTSE
100; and more than 75 of Wall Streets leading investment firms.
StreetEvents is used primarily by institutional and individual
investors, financial intermediaries, buy- and sell-side investment
professionals and corporate investor relations professionals. Among its many
features, StreetEvents provides live and archived audio webcasts of
investor conference calls. Access to the StreetEvents database is
provided to institutional and individual investors through the Internet or a
data feed on a subscription basis.
Our database of investment-related events includes comprehensive information
about the dates, times and locations of the following event
types:
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investor conferences;
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To
ensure the accuracy and timeliness of our content, we allow companies to
enter event information directly into the StreetEvents database
through a password-protected web site. We also solicit permission from
companies to allow StreetEvents to webcast their conference calls
live over the Internet and to archive these events for replay.
We
market variations of StreetEvents to three distinct
audiences:
StreetEvents Institutional.
StreetEvents Institutional is a master calendar of
investment-related events that is provided as either a browser-based
application (hosted by us at www.streetevents.com), or as a data feed
(internally hosted by the customer) to institutional investment firms.
StreetEvents Institutional provides First Call consensus earnings
estimates and event-related information, including date, time, location and
dial-in information. Users can also access live or archived audio webcasts
of investor events for a growing number of companies.
To
enhance use of the data, the browser-based version of StreetEvents
Institutional also offers the following user tools:
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Personalized portfolio.
Users can set up portfolios of companies they
wish to follow within the StreetEvents Institutional product,
thereby personalizing the web site and enhancing their
productivity.
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Event calendar.
An interactive event calendar enables users to view
event information in a calendar interface across various timeframes
(today, this week, this month, etc.). This event information can then be
downloaded to a users personal computer or personal digital
assistant.
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Calendar e-mail updates.
Users can choose to be alerted via e-mail
prior to a scheduled event for a chosen company. By clicking an icon
embedded in the e-mail, users can subsequently download the event
information directly to Microsofts Outlook calendar on their
personal computers, thereby integrating StreetEvents into their
daily calendars.
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StreetEvents Institutional is provided on a monthly
subscription basis beginning at $100 per month per user.
StreetEvents Individual Investor.
StreetEvents Individual Investor is a master calendar
of investment events that is offered either via a web site (hosted by us),
or as a data feed (internal hosting) to selected individual investor web
portals. We intend to generate revenue from this product through advertising
or sponsorship revenue shared with our distribution partners, such as AOL.
The product offers access to a limited set of the information contained in
the StreetEvents Institutional product, including:
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conference calls of
companies which have authorized access to the individual investor
community;
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limited calendar
functionality; and
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StreetEvents IR. StreetEvents
IR is an Internet-based calendar of investment-related events used by
public companies to schedule quarterly earnings announcements and avoid
conflict with other market activity. StreetEvents IR enables
companies to deliver information regarding their event activity directly to
investors and to provide links to the audio webcast of a companys
quarterly earnings conference call on their corporate web sites, the
StreetEvents site for institutional investors, or through our
strategic distribution partners. We currently offer public companies free
access to StreetEvents IR as a means of building the
StreetEvents database.
AOL Relationship
We
entered into a strategic relationship with AOL in December 1999 as part of
our ongoing strategy to reach individual investors. We believe the
relationship is significant because it affords our corporate clients the
opportunity to reach todays largest online community of individual
investors in an efficient and cost-effective manner and because it provides
us significant revenue potential. As part of this relationship, AOL has
invested $1.5 million in our capital stock.
Under our agreement with AOL, we have been granted preferred status as
the provider of certain investment-related content to the approximately 22
million subscribers to AOL. Links to our content will also be provided to
CompuServes subscribers and users of Netscape Netcenter. This content
consists of corporate event calendar information; audio, video, or
accompanying presentations of company-sponsored investor-related events; and
aggregated links to corporate investor relations web sites. In accordance
with the agreement, we will host and maintain two fully-integrated and
co-branded web sites within the AOL online service. One site will be a
centralized area of investor relations information, containing significant
financial information provided directly by companies to us for Internet
distribution. The other site will be a comprehensive financial calendar
dedicated to financial event information, including earnings release and
conference call information, stock splits, dividend dates, dates of initial
public offerings, and key events on the economic calendar. The events in the
Finance Calendar can automatically be downloaded to an AOL subscribers
My Calendar page in the AOL web site.
AOL has agreed to provide us with significant promotional exposure in the
form of impressions to our two co-branded web sites, as well as contextual
integration within the quote screen for every ticker-specific query. As part
of our agreement, we will make quarterly payments to AOL for inclusion of
our content on the web sites during its 40-month term, and we will share
revenue with AOL from the sale of advertising and sponsorships on the two
sites we will host. All advertising will be sold by AOLs interactive
marketing organization. If AOL achieves specified advertising revenue
targets, it will be entitled to exercise warrants to acquire additional
shares of our capital stock. For additional details regarding our
relationship with AOL see Certain Transactions.
Clients
Over 1,200 public companies across a wide variety of industries
currently subscribe to IR Online, including more than 20% of the
companies listed in the Fortune 500. Set forth below is a representative
list of our IR Online clients:
Banks & Financial
Services
Allied Capital
FleetBoston
John Nuveen Company
Nextcard
SouthTrust
Summit Bancorp
Energy & Utilities
Chevron
Cinergy
CMS Energy
Conoco
DTE Energy
Basic Industry
Crown Pacific
Hexcel
Owens Corning
Parker Hannafin
USG
Consumer
Hershey Foods
Pennzoil-Quaker State
Pepsi Bottling
Polaroid
Quaker Oats
Robert Mondavi
Stanley Works
Media & Communications
ADC Telecommunications
Cablevision Systems
Charter Communications
GTE
Loews Cineplex Entertainment
Meredith
NorthPoint Communications
ZDNet
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Retail
Costco
CVS
Federated Department Stores
Musicland
Pier 1 Imports
Sears
Stride-Rite
Todays Man
Real Estate
Equity Office Properties
Great Lakes REIT
Keystone Property Trust
Pacific Gulf Properties
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Transportation
AirTran
RailAmerica
Smurfit-Stone Container
Wisconsin Central Transportation
Healthcare
Alteon
EntreMed
GeneLogic
ICN Pharmaceuticals
Millipore
Respironics
Services
Edison Schools
Equifax
Hagler Baily
NationsRent
Preview Travel
ProBusiness Services
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Internet
Ask Jeeves
Beyond.com
CareerBuilder.com
CBS Marketwatch.com
Earthlink
Excite@Home
Internet Capital Group
Kana Communications
Liquid Audio
Lycos
PlanetRX.com
Prodigy
RoweCom
VerticalNet
Computer & Communications Equipment
Alpha Industries
Analog Devices
Cisco Systems
Crossroads Systems
Dell Computer
Gadzoox Networks
Scientific-Atlanta
Computer Software & Services
Akamai Technologies
Accrue Software
Interwoven
Modem Media.Poppe Tyson
Onyx Software
Progress Software
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We continue to develop strong relationships with the institutional investor
community through StreetEvents. Currently, more than 150 buy- and
sell-side financial institutions subscribe to StreetEvents,
including: AIM Funds, Alliance Capital, Goldman Sachs Asset Management and
Salomon Smith Barney.
Sales and Marketing
We
sell IR Online through a direct sales force currently focused on the
U.S. and Canada, which, as of December 31, 1999, consisted of 21 sales
professionals. We compensate our sales professionals primarily on the basis
of sales commissions.
To
support our ongoing direct sales effort, we have established referral
relationships with organizations we believe can increase sales of IR
Online. These organizations include investor relations consulting firms,
web design firms, annual report design firms and other strategic advisors to
investor relations and financial professionals.
To
promote our brand awareness and further service our community of investor
relations professionals, we maintain a relationship with the National
Investor Relations Institute, NIRI, the primary trade organization for
investor relations professionals, through local and national membership. We
have developed and maintain local NIRI chapter websites in Boston,
Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; and San Diego, California.
We
sell subscriptions to StreetEvents Institutional through a separate
direct sales force which consisted of eight sales professionals as of
December 31, 1999. Similar to the IR Online sales force, these
personnel are also compensated primarily on the basis of sales
commissions.
To
enhance our sales efforts, we employ a variety of methods to promote our
solutions and our brand name, including direct mail, print advertisements,
e-mail newsletters, public relations efforts, trade shows and conferences,
telemarketing and our corporate web site.
Strategic Distribution Relationships
In
addition to our relationship with AOL, we have established contractual
distribution relationships with other web sites that attract individual
investors, including Raging Bull. Separately, we have established
distribution relationships with several institutional services, such as
First Call and ILX Systems, to distribute our content on their respective
electronic information products. We provide StreetEvents calendar
data to First Call, and First Call supplies earnings estimate data for our
IR Online and StreetEvents products. ILX Systems will also
include limited StreetEvents calendar data inside the ILX Workstation
product for use by securities firms, banks, and asset managers. Both First
Call and ILX Systems are divisions of Thomson Financial Services, one of our
principal stockholders.
Content and Service Relationships
We
obtain some content used in IR Online and StreetEvents from
third parties, including the following:
Content |
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Earnings
estimates |
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First Call (Thomson Financial
Services) |
Institutional holding
information |
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Technimetrics (Thomson Financial
Services) |
Stock
quotes/charts |
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BigCharts, Inc. |
Summary financial
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Media General Financial Services,
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News and financial
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PR Newswire/Business Wire |
SEC Filings |
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Client Service
We
believe that comprehensive client service, support and training programs
have enabled us to better attract and retain corporate clients. Client
service is available to our corporate clients via
e-mail, telephone, fax, and an interactive web site.
We
assign a client service team and development manager to each IR Online
client. They are responsible for building and developing the investor
section of the clients web site, providing ongoing technical and
service support, and facilitating the delivery of non-web services such as
InvestorConnect or SmartBlast. We also assign an account
manager to consult with the client and manage the regular updates and
changes to the investor relations section of the clients web site over
time. As of December 31, 1999 we employed 36 people in client
service.
Technology, Research & Development
We
develop web sites and proprietary applications using standard hardware and
software platforms and components. We believe that the architecture of our
systems and the applications that we have deployed constitute a significant
competitive advantage.
Our
sites are designed to provide continuous availability of service to
investors accessing our information. They are also designed and provisioned
to handle not only the growing popularity of the sites we host but also the
cyclical traffic increases that occur during the quarterly earnings
reporting period.
The
critical components of our system are redundant, and our software runs in
parallel on multiple servers. We believe that the parallelism and redundancy
will enable us to minimize downtime in case of component failure, to limit
user-access interruptions for maintenance and upgrades, and to quickly
adjust capacity to accommodate broader content and an expanding client base.
Our server farms are hosted at GTE Internetworking in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. We maintain several data feeds from third-party information
providers at our server farms and at our offices at 200 Portland Street,
Boston, Massachusetts.
In order to enhance our technological capabilities, we acquired Talkpoint in
October 1999. Talkpoints proprietary technology enables companies to
publish their own multimedia presentations, complete with graphics such as
PowerPoint presentations and a synchronized audio track, and deliver these
presentations to virtually anyone with access to the Internet. Our
Talkpoint technology is currently licensed to Yahoo! for use in its
NetRoadshow product offering.
We
have taken steps to protect our StreetEvents technology by filing a
patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. We
are also in the process of preparing other applications to cover other
aspects of our technology. No assurances can be given however, that any
patents based on the pending application or on applications filed in the
future will issue or that the scope of any patent protection obtained will
exclude competitors or provide competitive advantage to us.
Our
future success will depend on our ability to maintain and develop
competitive technologies, to continue to enhance our current services and to
develop and introduce new services in a timely and cost-effective manner
that meets changing conditions, including evolving client needs, new
competitive service offerings, emerging industry standards and rapidly
changing technology. We have a dedicated research and development
organization that develops new features and functionality for our existing
services as well as the software that supports new services. The research
and development team has expertise in network development and maintenance,
Internet and intranet protocols, software development, database maintenance
and development and a variety of programming tools and languages and
operating systems. At December 31, 1999, 28 employees were engaged in
research and development. Research and development expenses were $197,000
from February 13 (date of inception) to December 31, 1997, $367,584 in 1998
and $806,000 in 1999. We expect to continue making substantial expenditures
on research and development in the future.
Competition
As
demand for investor communication services grows, our market is becoming
more competitive. In particular, we anticipate that competition for online
investor relations services will intensify as companies seek to address an
increasingly knowledgeable investment community that relies on timely
financial information. While we believe we will continue to compete with
traditional providers of investor relations services, we anticipate that the
market for Internet-based services will see a larger number of entrants and
will expand rapidly.
Our
competitors vary in size and in the scope and breadth of services offered.
We encounter direct competition for IR Online from a number of
sources, including in-house investor relations, marketing, corporate
communications and management information services departments, traditional
providers of investor relations advice and execution strategy, and other
providers of investor relations services such as Business Wire, PR Newswire,
Merrill Corporation, Stockmaster and Direct Report. We anticipate that we
may also compete with web design consulting firms.
Our
StreetEvents product competes with both recently-established Internet
companies such as
Ccall and Investor Broadcast Network and with more traditional
facsimile services such as Wall Street Calender and First Fax. We also
encounter competition for StreetEvents from in-house investor
relations departments and investors who contact companies directly seeking
event information.
Extensive company-specific information and general investment research
relating to particular industries, including annual reports, news releases,
and Standard & Poors company-specific reports may be obtained,
frequently without charge, from public sources and company web
pages.
Our
competitors may be able to respond more quickly than we can to advances in
technology and changes in investor and company requirements. Increased
competition could result in price reductions, loss of clients, decreased
access to the information we provide, reduced gross margins and loss of
market share, any of which could materially and adversely affect our
business, financial condition and operations.
We
believe that our ability to compete depends upon many factors both within
and outside our control, including:
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effectiveness, ease of
use, performance and features of our technology and services;
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client perceptions of the
effectiveness of our services and technology;
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our ability to attract and
retain personnel;
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the price of our
services;
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our ability to service our
clients effectively over a broad geographical basis;
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the timing and acceptance
of new services and enhancements to existing services developed by us or
our competitors; and
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our reputation and
brandname.
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Employees
As
of December 31, 1999, we had 142 full-time employees, consisting of 56
employees engaged in sales and marketing, 28 in technical services,
including research and development, 36 in client service, 8 in product
development, and 14 in administration and finance. Our employees are not
represented by any collective bargaining organization, and we consider
relations with our employees to be good.
Facilities
Our
corporate headquarters are located in 23,167 square feet in Boston,
Massachusetts, under a lease that expires on January 31, 2002. In addition,
we maintain an office in San Francisco, California of 3,196 square feet
under a lease that expires on April 30, 2004, and an office in Atlanta,
Georgia of 2,890 square feet under a lease that expires on November 15,
2000. We believe that our existing facilities and offices and additional or
alternative available spaces are adequate to meet our requirements for the
foreseeable future.
Litigation
We
are not a party to any material legal proceedings.
MANAGEMENT
Executive Officers, Directors and Other Key
Employees
Our
executive officers, directors and other key employees and their ages as of
January 15, 2000 are as follows:
Name
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Age
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Position(s)
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Executive Officers and
Directors: |
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Jeffrey P.
Parker(1) |
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56 |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer |
Robert I. Adler |
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33 |
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President and Director |
Roland C.
Beaulieu |
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46 |
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Chief Operating Officer |
Richard E.
Hanlon(2) |
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52 |
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Director |
Keith B.
Jarrett(1) |
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51 |
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Director |
Robert C.
McCormack(1)(2) |
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60 |
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Director |
Robert C. Shenk,
Jr.(1)(2). |
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34 |
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Director |
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Key
Employees: |
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Andrew W.
Augustine |
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Chief Technology OfficerIR
Online |
Sunil H. Bhatt |
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Director of Business
Development |
Timothy Bryan |
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Senior Vice President, Institutional
Sales |
Peter E. Hall |
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55 |
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Senior Vice President, Corporate
Sales |
P. Lynn Little |
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35 |
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Senior Vice President,
Marketing |
John D. Phillips,
Jr. |
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35 |
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Senior Vice President, Product
Development |
Paul M.
Prescott |
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35 |
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Vice President, Finance and
Administration |
Jose L. Robles |
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35 |
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Chief Technology Officer
StreetEvents |
Carol A. Walker |
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37 |
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Senior Vice President, Corporate
Services |
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Member of the compensation
committee of the board of directors.
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Member of the audit
committee of the board of directors.
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Executive Officers and
Directors
Jeffrey P. Parker co-founded CCBN.COM in 1997 and has served as
our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since March 1999. From
February 1997 to March 1999, Mr. Parker served as Chief Executive Officer,
President, and a member of the Members Committee of CCBN.COM, LLC. Prior to
founding CCBN, Mr. Parker co-founded 38 Newbury Ventures in 1994, a venture
capital firm focusing on start-up and early stage companies. Mr. Parker
currently serves as President of Private Equity Investments, a general
partner of 38 Newbury Ventures. In 1980, Mr. Parker founded Technical Data
Corporation. In 1982, he became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Business Research Corporation, and in 1983 founded First Call Corporation.
In 1986, he sold these businesses to International Thomson, which has since
changed its name to The Thompson Corporation, and became Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Thomson Financial, the financial services subsidiary of
The Thomson Corporation. Under his leadership, Thomson Financial became a
major provider of proprietary financial information to the investment and
corporate communities. Prior to 1980, Mr. Parker served as Vice President
and Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Fidelity Investments. Mr. Parker
s current directorships include MicroFinancial, Inc., a specialized
commercial finance company. Mr. Parker is a Trustee of Cornell University
where he founded the Parker Center for Investment Research. Mr. Parker
earned a B.S. and M.S. in Engineering and an M.B.A. from Cornell
University.
Robert I. Adler co-founded CCBN in 1997 and has served as President,
Chief Operating Officer, and a director since March 1999. Mr. Adler was Vice
President and served as Chief Operating Officer from August 1997 to March
1999, and served as a member of the Members Committee of CCBN.COM, LLC from
October 1997 to March 1999. Prior to founding CCBN, from 1995 to 1997, Mr.
Adler was a partner of 38 Newbury Ventures, a venture capital firm investing
in early stage start-up companies. Before joining 38 Newbury Ventures, Mr.
Adler helped found DigiTrace Care Services, Inc., a Boston-based medical
technology company. Mr. Adler earned a B.A. from Brown University and an
M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Roland C. Beaulieu joined our company as Chief Operating
Officer in January 2000. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Beaulieu served as President
and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Trading Services Group (TTSG). Prior
to his appointment at TTSG, Mr. Beaulieu joined Thomson Financial Services
in 1987 where he served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer of First Call Corporation from 1994 to 1996, and as Senior
Vice President of Operations and Technology for Thomson Financial Services
and Manager of Operations for Technical Data Corporation. Before joining
Thomson Financial Services, Mr. Beaulieu held positions at Lotus-One Source
and McGraw-Hill DRI.
Richard E. Hanlon has served as a director since January 2000.
Since February 1995, Mr. Hanlon has served as Vice President for Investor
Relations for AOL. Prior to joining AOL, from 1988 to February 1995, Mr.
Hanlon served as Vice President, Corporate Communications and Secretary of
Legent Corporation. Mr. Hanlon was educated at King George V School, Hong
Kong and the University of London.
Keith B. Jarrett has served as a director since March 1999.
Prior to our reorganization as a corporation, Dr. Jarrett served as a member
of the Members Committee of CCBN.COM, LLC from October 1997 to March 1999.
He has been an Executive Vice President of Thomson Financial and served as
President and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Financial International and
Thomson Financial Ventures since January 1995. Dr. Jarrett joined Thomson
Financial in 1986, with the acquisition of Technical Data Corporation, where
he was Managing Director and Chief Economist. He received his Ph.D. in
Financial Economics from Harvard Business School and subsequently taught at
the Simmons College Graduate Management Program before joining Technical
Data in 1983. Previously, he served as a Captain in the United States Army
after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West
Point.
Robert C. McCormack has served as a director since June 1999.
Mr. McCormack has served as Co-Chairman of Trident Capital Inc., a venture
capital firm from 1993 to the present. Prior to joining Trident Capital, Mr.
McCormack served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management
and Controller) from 1990 to 1992. From 1987 to 1992, Mr. McCormack held
various positions on the staff of the Secretary of Defense. Prior to his
work for the Secretary of Defense, Mr. McCormack was a Managing Director of
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. from 1981 to 1987. Mr. McCormack currently
serves as a director of Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Devry Inc., and MapQuest
Inc. and is on the boards of several privately owned Trident portfolio
companies. Mr. McCormack earned a B.A. from the University of North Carolina
and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
Mr. McCormack was elected to the board of directors pursuant to a voting
agreement by and among us and some of our stockholders which will terminate
upon the closing of this offering.
Robert C. Shenk, Jr. has served as a director since January
2000. Since 1996, Mr. Shenk has served as Executive Director for AOLs
Personal Finance Channel. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Shenk served as Lead
Producer for the AOL Personal Finance Channel. Mr. Shenk earned a B.A. in
Political Economy of Industrial Societies from the University of California
at Berkeley and a M.A. in National Security Studies from Georgetown
University. Mr. Shenk was elected to the board of directors pursuant to a
voting agreement by and among us and some of our stockholders which will
terminate upon the closing of this offering.
Key Employees
Andrew W. Augustine has served as our Chief Technology Officer,
Web Services since June 1999. Mr. Augustine previously served as Vice
President, Development since March 1998. Previously, Mr. Augustine
co-founded Virtual Emporium, an electronic commerce virtual mall, where he
served as Vice President of Technology from 1996 to 1998. From 1995 to 1996,
Mr. Augustine served as a consultant for Electric Power Research
Institute.
Sunil H. Bhatt has served as our Director of Business
Development since July 1999. From 1998 to 1999, Mr. Bhatt served as Director
of Partnership Development at CardioResponse, a cardiac services and
technology company. From 1993 to 1998, Mr. Bhatt was Director of Sales for
DigiTrace Care Services, Inc., a Boston-based medical technology company.
From 1988 to 1993, Mr. Bhatt held various positions in sales with Eli Lilly
and Xerox. Mr. Bhatt earned a B.A. in Biology from Brown
University.
Timothy Bryan has served as our Senior Vice President,
Institutional Sales since August 1999. From 1989 to August 1999, Mr. Bryan
held various positions at First Call Corporation, where he most recently
served as a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Vice President of
the Capital Markets Group. Mr. Bryan earned a B.S. in Business
Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and
completed an executive management program at the Columbia Business
School.
Peter E. Hall has served as our Senior Vice President,
Corporate Sales since August 1997. From 1988 to 1996, Mr. Hall served as
General Manager, First Call Corporate Services for Thomson Financial
Services. Prior to 1988, he was director of Advests Executive Briefing
Program, which sponsored corporate meetings to the financial community in
leading money centers throughout the United States. Mr. Hall earned a B.A.
from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Northeastern
University.
P. Lynn Little joined us as Senior Vice President, Marketing in
January 2000. From 1995 to 1999, Ms. Little served in a number of positions
at ConAgra where most recently she was Director of Business Management at
ConAgras Refrigerated Prepared Foods Division. From 1991 to 1995, Ms.
Little served in a number of brand management positions at Kraft Foods. Ms.
Little earned a B.S. from Santa Clara University and an M.B.A. from Cornell
University.
John D. Phillips, Jr. has served as our Senior Vice President,
Product Development since May 1999. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Phillips served
in a number of positions at Internet Securities, Inc., an emerging market
information provider owned by Euromoney PLC, including Director of Business
Development from 1998 to 1999, Vice President of Product Development from 1997
to 1998 and Vice President of Sales from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Phillips earned a
B.A. from Williams College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business
School.
Paul M. Prescott has served as our Vice President, Finance and
Administration since January 1999. From May 1994 to January 1999, he served
as Corporate Controller of Funds Distributor Inc., a mutual fund marketing
services provider. Mr. Prescott earned a B.A. from Colby College and an
M.B.A. from Boston College.
Jose L. Robles has served as our Chief Technology Officer,
StreetEvents since April 1999. Prior to joining us, Mr. Robles was
involved in project management for D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. from 1997 to
1999. Mr. Robles earned a B.S. in Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique in
Paris, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Paris. He
earned in 1997 a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology.
Carol A. Walker has served as our Senior Vice President,
Corporate Services since January 2000. Prior to that appointment, Ms. Walker
had served as Senior Vice President, Operations since October 1998. From
1984 to 1997, Ms. Walker served in a number of positions at The Chubb
Corporation, a major property and casualty insurance firm, including
Regional Casualty Manager from 1996 to 1997, Global Commercial Lines Manager
from 1991 to 1996 and International Department Manager from 1988 to 1991.
Ms. Walker earned a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Simmons
Graduate School of Business Management.
Board Composition
Upon the closing of this offering, our board of directors will be
divided into three staggered classes, each of whose members will serve for a
three-year term. The board will consist of two Class I Directors (Messrs.
Adler and Hanlon), two Class II Directors (Messrs. Jarrett and McCormack)
and two Class III Directors (Messrs. Parker and Shenk). At each annual
meeting of stockholders, a class of directors will be elected for a
three-year term to succeed the directors of the same class whose terms are
then expiring. The terms of the Class I Directors, Class II Directors and
Class III Directors will expire upon the election and qualification of
successor directors at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held during
calendar years 2001, 2002 and 2003, respectively.
Each officer serves at the discretion of the board of directors and
holds office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until
his or her earlier resignation or removal. A voting agreement by and among
us and certain of our stockholders provides for the election of a nominee
designated by AOL, and a nominee to be designated by the holders of a
majority of the shares of Series D preferred stock. The agreement terminates
upon the closing of this offering.
Board Committees
The
board of directors has a compensation committee composed of Messrs. Parker,
Jarrett and McCormack, which makes recommendations concerning salaries and
incentive compensation for our employees and administers and recommends
stock option grants to the board of directors under our stock option plans.
The board has an audit committee composed of Messrs. McCormack, Shenk and
Hanlon, which reviews the results and scope of the audit and other services
provided by our independent accountants.
Director Compensation
We
reimburse each director for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
attending meetings of the board of directors and any of its committees.
Neither employee nor non-employee directors receive compensation for
services performed in their capacity as directors. Non-employee directors
will be eligible for formula option grants under our 2000 Outside Director
Stock Option Plan.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider
Participation
The
current members of our compensation committee are Messrs. Parker, Jarrett
and McCormack. Mr. Parker has served as our Chief Executive Officer, since
March 1999. No other executive officers have served as members of the
compensation committee, other committee serving an equivalent function, or
any entity whose executive officers served as a member of the compensation
committee of our board of directors. Prior to the formation of the
compensation committee, the board of directors as a whole made decisions
relative to the compensation of executive officers. Messrs. Parker and
Adler, each an executive officer, are members of our board of directors,
which performed the functions generally performed by the compensation
committee of the board prior to the formation of the compensation committee.
However, each of Messrs. Parker and Adler did not participate in any
discussions regarding his respective compensation. For a description of
transactions between us and entities affiliated with Messrs. Jarrett,
McCormack, Hanlon and Shenk, see Certain Transactions
below.
Limitation of Liability and Indemnification
Our
certificate of incorporation limits the liability of our directors to us or
our stockholders for breaches of the directors fiduciary duties to the
fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. In addition, our certificate of
incorporation and bylaws provide for mandatory indemnification of directors
and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. We also plan
to obtain directors and officers liability
insurance.
Executive Compensation
The
following table presents the total compensation paid or accrued in 1999 to
our Chief Executive Officer and any executive officers who were serving as
executive officers on December 31, 1999 and whose total annual salary and
bonuses were in excess of $100,000 in fiscal 1999.
Summary Compensation Table
Name and
Principal Position
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Annual
Compensation(1)
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Long-Term
Compensation
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Salary
($)
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Bonus
($)
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Securities
Underlying
Options (#)
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Jeffrey P.
Parker |
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$ 91,667 |
(2) |
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621,288 |
Chief Executive Officer |
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|
|
|
|
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Robert I.
Adler(3) |
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129,167 |
(4) |
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$75,000 |
(5) |
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621,288 |
President |
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(1)
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The column for Other
Annual Compensation has been omitted because there is no
compensation required to be reported in that column. The aggregate amount
of perquisites and other personal benefits provided to each employee above
is less than 10% of the total annual salary and bonus of that
employee.
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(2)
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Total represents 1999
compensation for services beginning July 1, 1999. Actual annual
compensation is $200,000.
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(3)
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At December 31, 1999, Mr.
Adler held 178,736 restricted shares of Series A common stock having an
aggregate value of $104,812, based on the fair market value on the date of
issuance less the consideration paid. 146,250 of these shares vest monthly
in 13 equal installments beginning January 2000. 32,486 of these shares
vest in 10 installments of 2,953 shares at the end of each three month
period beginning January 2000 with a final installment of 2,956 shares. No
cash dividends will be paid on these restricted shares.
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(4)
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Includes compensation from
1999 of $37,500 to be paid in 2000.
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(5)
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Includes a bonus earned in
1999, $50,000 of which is to be paid in 2000.
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Option Grants in Last Fiscal Year
The
following table sets forth grants of stock options for the year ended
December 31, 1999 to each individual named in the Summary Compensation
Table. We have never granted any stock appreciation rights.
The
exercise prices represent our boards estimate of the fair market value
of the Series A common stock on the grant date. In establishing these
prices, our board considered many factors, including our financial condition
and operating results, recent transactions and the market for comparable
stocks.
The
amounts shown as potential realizable value represent hypothetical gains
that could be achieved for the respective options if exercised at the end of
the option term. These amounts represent certain assumed rates of
appreciation in the value of our Series A common stock. The 5% and 10%
assumed annual rates of compounded stock price appreciation are mandated by
rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and do not represent our
estimate or projection of the future price of our Series A common stock. The
potential realizable value is calculated based on the ten year term of the
option at its time of grant. It is calculated based on the assumption that
the share
value appreciates from the assumed initial public offering price, $
per share, at the indicated annual rate compounded annually for
the entire term of the option and that the option is exercised and sold on
the last day of its term for the appreciated stock price. Actual gains, if
any, on stock option exercises depend on the future performance of our
Series A common stock. The amounts reflected in the table may not
necessarily be achieved.
We
granted these options under our 1999 Incentive and Non-Statutory Stock
Option Plan. Each option has a maximum term of ten years, subject to earlier
termination if the optionees services are terminated. Each option
represents the right to purchase one share of Series A common
stock.
The
percentage of total options granted to our employees in the last fiscal year
is based on options to purchase an aggregate of 2,582,976 shares of common
stock granted during fiscal 1999.
Option Grants in Fiscal 1999
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Individual
Grants
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Exercise
Price
per Share
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Expiration
Date
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Potential
Realizable Value
of Assumed Annual Rates
of Stock Price
Appreciation
for Option Term ($)
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Name
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Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options
Granted (#)
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Percent of
Total
Options
Granted
to Employees
in Fiscal 1999 (%)
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5%
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10%
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Jeffrey P.
Parker |
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621,288 |
(1) |
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24.1 |
% |
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$ 2.00 |
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10/21/09 |
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$
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$
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Robert I. Adler |
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621,288 |
(2) |
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24.1 |
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2.00 |
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10/21/09 |
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(1)
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207,096 shares vest on
November 1, 2000 and the remainder vest in eight equal installments of
51,774 at the end of every three-month period thereafter.
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(2)
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310,644 shares vest on
February 28, 2002 and the remaining 310,644 shares vest on February 28,
2003.
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Fiscal Year-End Option Values
The
following table provides information about stock options held as of December
31, 1999 by each of the individuals named in the Summary Compensation Table.
None of these individuals exercised any options in fiscal 1999. Actual gains
on exercise, if any, will depend on the value of our Series A common stock
on the date on which the shares are sold. The values included were
calculated by determining the difference between the exercise price and the
deemed fair market value of $13.33 per share of the securities underlying
the options at December 31, 1999.
Fiscal 1999 Option Values
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Number of
Securities Underlying
Unexercised Options at
December 31, 1999 (#)
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Value of
Unexercised
In-the-Money Options at
December 31, 1999 ($)
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Name
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Exercisable
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Unexercisable
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Exercisable
|
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Unexercisable
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Jeffrey P.
Parker |
|
|
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621,288 |
|
|
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$7,041,264 |
Robert I. Adler |
|
|
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621,288 |
|
|
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7,041,264 |
Stock Plans
1999 Incentive and Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan.
On May 12, 1999, our 1999 Incentive and Non-Statutory
Stock Option Plan was adopted by our board of directors and approved by our
stockholders. A maximum of 7,500,000 shares of Series A common stock have
been made available for grant under the 1999 plan. As of December 31, 1999,
options to purchase an aggregate of 2,570,601 shares of Series A common
stock at a weighted average exercise price of $1.57 per share were
outstanding under the 1999 plan. As of December 31, 1999, 2,700 shares of
Series A common stock had been issued upon exercise of options outstanding
under the 1999 plan.
Under the 1999 plan, eligible persons may be granted options intended
to qualify as incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code) and options that are
not intended to so qualify (non-qualified options). Options may only be
granted to our officers and other employees, including members of the board
of directors who are also employees. Under present law, however, incentive
stock options may only be granted to employees. No participant in the 1999
plan may receive incentive stock options vesting in a calendar year having a
fair market value at the time granted of more than $100,000.
In
accordance with present law, incentive stock options and options intended to
qualify as performance-based compensation may not be granted at an exercise
price less than the fair market value of the Series A common stock on the
date of grant. The exercise price of incentive options granted to an option
holder who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the voting power of our
outstanding capital stock must be at least equal to 110% of the fair market
value of the Series A common stock on the date of grant, and such option
holder must exercise his or her option within five years from the date of
the grant of such option. We may grant non-qualified options at an exercise
price less than, equal to or greater than the fair market value of the
Series A common stock on the date of grant.
Our
board of directors has authorized the compensation committee to administer
the 1999 plan. The compensation committee has the authority to interpret the
1999 plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to
the 1999 plan and otherwise administer the 1999 plan except
for the granting of options. The board must approve any option grants. Subject
to any applicable limitations contained in the 1999 plan, the board of
directors or the compensation committee to which the board of directors has
delegated authority, as the case may be, selects the recipients of options
and determines:
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the type of option to be
granted (incentive or non-qualified);
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the number of shares of
Series A common stock covered by options and the dates upon which such
options become exercisable;
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the duration of
options;
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the exercise price of
options; and
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the manner in which option
holders may pay the exercise price of their options, including in cash, in
shares of our Series A common stock or in some combination of cash and
shares of our Series A common stock.
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Generally, the board of directors has granted options that become
exercisable at a rate of 25% annually over a four year period from the date
of grant. The first 25% vests on the first anniversary of the date of grant,
and the remainder vest in equal quarterly installments over the remaining
three years.
The
1999 plan provides that, in the event of a corporate transaction, any
options remaining outstanding after the corporate transaction may
be:
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exercisable for shares of
our Series A common stock or shares of stock or other securities, cash or
property received by the holders of shares of our Series A common stock as
a result of the corporate transaction;
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made immediately
exercisable in full by approval of the board of directors; or
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cancelled, provided that
the option holders are first given the opportunity to exercise any vested
options or any options made immediately exercisable in full by approval of
the board of directors.
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For
the purposes of the 1999 plan, a corporate transaction means the
occurrence of any of the following:
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a reorganization or merger
whether or not CCBN.COM is the surviving or resulting entity
thereafter;
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the consolidation of
CCBN.COM with one or more other entities; or
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the liquidation of
CCBN.COM or the sale or disposition of substantially all of its assets or
outstanding stock.
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No
option may be granted under the 1999 plan after May 11, 2009, but the
vesting and effectiveness of options previously granted may extend beyond
that date. All options granted terminate upon expiration, or 10 days
following the termination of the option holders employment by the
employee or termination of an option holders employment for cause. If
an option holder is terminated without cause or retires because of old age
or disability, the option holder shall have 30 days or 90 days, in each
respective case, to exercise any options that have not expired.
The board of directors may amend, suspend or terminate the 1999 plan or any
portion thereof at any time. However, our stockholders must approve any
amendment to the 1999 plan that increases the number of shares which may be
granted or substantially alters the eligibility provisions.
2000 Outside Director Stock Option Plan.
Our 2000 Outside Director Stock Option Plan was adopted by our
board of directors in January 2000, subject to stockholder approval. Under
the terms of the director stock option plan, directors who are not our
employees or employees of our subsidiaries receive non-qualified options to
purchase shares of our Series A common stock. A total of 250,000 shares of
our Series A common stock may be issued upon exercise of options granted
under the director stock option plan.
The
board of directors has the authority to adopt, amend and repeal the
administrative rules, guidelines and practices relating to the director
stock option plan. Under the terms of the director stock option plan, each
non-employee director continuing as a director following this offering will
receive an option to purchase 20,000 shares of our Series A common stock on
the effective date of this offering at a price per share equivalent to the
public offering price. In addition, each such non-employee director will
receive an option to purchase 7,500 shares of our Series A common stock on
the date of each annual meeting of stockholders commencing with the 2000
annual meeting of stockholders, at an exercise price per share equal to the
closing price of our Series A common stock on the date of grant. In
addition, individuals who become directors after this offering and are not
our employees will receive an option to purchase 20,000 shares of Series A
common stock on the date of his or her initial election to the board of
directors and an option to purchase 7,500 shares of our Series A common
stock on the date of each annual meeting of stockholders after his or her
election. The exercise price per share of such options will be the closing
price per share of our Series A common stock on the date of the grant. All
options granted under the director stock option plan will be fully vested
upon grant.
2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Our 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan was adopted by our board
of directors in January 2000, subject to stockholder approval. The employee
stock purchase plan authorizes the issuance of up to a total of 300,000
shares of Series A common stock to participating employees.
All
of our employees, whose customary employment is more than 20 hours per week
for more than five months in any calendar year, including our directors who
are employees, and all employees of any participating subsidiaries, are
eligible to participate in the employee stock purchase plan. Employees who
would immediately after the grant own five percent or more of the total
combined voting power or value of our stock or any subsidiary are not
eligible to participate. As of January 31, 2000, approximately 140 of our
employees were eligible to participate in the employee stock purchase
plan.
On
the first day of a designated payroll deduction period, the offering period,
we will grant to each eligible employee who has elected to participate in
the 2000 plan an option to purchase shares of Series A common stock as
follows: the employee may authorize an amount (a whole percentage (up to
10%) of such employees base pay) to be deducted from such employee
s base pay during the offering period. On the last day of the offering
period, the employee is deemed to have exercised the option, at the option
exercise price, to the extent of accumulated payroll deductions. Under the
terms of the 2000 plan, the option price is an amount equal to 85% of the
average market price (as defined)
per share of the Series A common stock on either the first day or the last day
of the offering period, whichever is lower. In no event may an employee
purchase in any one offering period a number of shares which exceeds the
number of shares determined by dividing the product of (i) $2,083 and (ii)
the number of full months in the offering period by the closing market price
of a share of Series A common stock on the commencement date of the offering
period or such other lower number as may be determined by the board prior to
the commencement date of the offering period. The compensation committee
may, in its discretion, choose an offering period of 12 months or less for
each offering and may choose a different offering period for each
offering.
An
employee who is not a participant on the last day of the offering period, as
a result of voluntary withdrawal, termination of employment or for any other
reason, is not entitled to exercise any option, and the employees
accumulated payroll deductions will be refunded. However, upon termination
of employment because of death, the employees beneficiary has certain
rights to elect to exercise the option to purchase the shares that the
accumulated payroll deductions in the participants account would
purchase at the date of death.
Because participation in the 2000 plan is voluntary, currently we
cannot determine the number of shares of Series A common stock to be
purchased by any particular current executive officer, by all current
executive officers as a group or by non-executive employees as a
group.
401(k) Plan
We
offer a 401(k) plan to our United States employees who meet certain defined
requirements. Under the terms of the 401(k) plan, eligible employees may
elect to make tax-deferred contributions. We do not match any amounts
contributed to the plan by our employees.
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
In
April 1999, CCBN.COM, LLC merged with and into CCBN.COM, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, thereby reorganizing the limited liability company as a
corporation. Pursuant to the merger, our shares, previously designated
LLC common units were converted into shares of common stock or
convertible preferred stock based on a ratio of three shares of common stock
or convertible preferred stock for every one LLC common unit. For the
purposes of this section, transactions occurring prior to the reorganization
are expressed in terms of the number of shares of common stock or
convertible preferred stock issued upon conversion of LLC common units at
the time of merger.
Private Placements of Equity
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Sales of Common
Stock and Convertible Preferred Stock
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In
August and November 1997, we sold a total of 11,273,400 shares of Series A
common stock for gross proceeds of $1,253:
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we sold 7,740,000 of these
shares to Jeffrey P. Parker, our Chief Executive Officer for a total price
of $860.
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we sold 2,373,750 of these
shares to Robert I. Adler, our President, for a total price of
$263.75.
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In
October 1997, we sold 562,500 shares of Series A convertible preferred stock
to Thomson Information Services at a price of $2.67 per share, for a total
price of $1,500,000.
In
March 1998, we sold 344,043 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock
at a price of $3.33 per share for gross proceeds of $1,146,810:
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we sold 44,043 of these
shares to Thomson Information Services for a total price of
$146,810.
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we sold 30,000 of these
shares to The Robert C. McCormack 1967 Trust, a trust for the benefit of
Robert C. McCormack, one of our directors, for a total price of
$100,000.
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In
July and August 1998, we sold 311,400 shares of Series D common stock for
gross proceeds of $34.60, of which we sold 47,250 shares to Robert I. Adler,
our President, for a total price of $5.25. We issued 47,250 shares of Series
C common stock to Mr. Adler instead of Series D common stock. Prior to the
completion of this offering we intend to cancel the Series C common stock
and issue Series D common to Mr. Adler in lieu thereof.
In
November 1998, we sold 41,544 shares of Series C convertible preferred stock
to Thomson Information Services, Inc. at a price of $5.01 per share, for a
total price of $208,274.
In
March 1999, we issued 92,046 shares of Series D convertible preferred stock
at a conversion price of $9.42 per share to the Parker Family Limited
Partnership in satisfaction of certain demand notes dated November 23, 1998
and December 7, 1998 in the aggregate principal amount of $850,000, and
accrued interest in the amount of $16,797, for a total amount of $866,797.
Jeffrey P. Parker, one our Founders and our Chief Executive Officer, manages
the Parker Family Limited Partnership.
Also in March 1999, we sold 94,500 shares of Series E common stock for gross
proceeds of $10.50.
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we sold 54,000 of these
shares to Robert I. Adler, our President for a total purchase price of
$6.00
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In
June 1999, we sold 617,924 shares of Series D convertible preferred stock at
a price of $9.42 per share, for gross proceeds of $5,818,996.
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we sold 86,358 of these
shares to Thomson Information Services for a total price of
$813,234.
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we sold 200,676 of these
shares to Information Associates-II, L.P. for a total price of $1,889,765.
Robert C. McCormack, one of our directors, is affiliated with Information
Associates-II, L.P.
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we sold 11,706 of these
shares to IA-II Affiliates Fund, L.L.C. for a total price of $110,235.
Robert McCormack, one of our directors, is affiliated with IA-II
Affiliates Fund, L.L.C.
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we sold 53,095 of these
shares to Richard E. Hanlon, one of our directors, for a total price of
$499,996.
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we sold 3,568 of these
shares to Robert C. McCormack, one of our directors, for a total price of
$33,600.
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In
December 1999, we sold 207,980 shares of Series E convertible preferred
stock at a price of $16.10 per share, for gross proceeds of
$3,348,478.
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we sold 93,168 of these
shares to AOL for a total price of $1,500,005. Richard E. Hanlon and
Robert C. Shenk, our directors, are affiliated with AOL.
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we sold 114,812 of these
shares to Thomson Information Services for a total price of
$1,848,473.
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Other Transactions
As
of the closing of this offering, the holders of 4,698,111 shares of Series A
common stock will be entitled to rights to register their shares under the
Securities Act. These rights are provided under the terms of an agreement
between us and the holders of registrable securities. These holders
include:
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The Parker Family Limited
Partnership, controlled by Jeffrey P. Parker, one of our founders and our
Chief Executive Officer, which will own 276,138 shares of Series A common
stock;
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AOL, which is affiliated
with Richard E. Hanlon and Robert C. Shenk, our directors, and which will
own 279,504 shares of Series A common stock;
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Thomson Information
Services, which will own 2,547,771 shares of Series A common
stock;
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Richard E. Hanlon, one of
our directors, who will own 159,285 shares of Series A common stock;
and
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Robert C. McCormack, one
of our directors, who will own 10,704 shares of Series A common
stock.
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The
registration rights:
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are held by all persons
and entities that participated in our Series D and Series E convertible
preferred stock financings;
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allow holders to require
us to register their shares under the Securities Act; and
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allow holders to include
their shares in registration statements filed by us.
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For
a more detailed description of the registration rights, see
Description of Capital StockRegistration Rights.
In
December 1999, we entered into a service agreement with AOL. Under the
agreement, we will pay $14.1 million to AOL in quarterly installments over
the 40-month term of the agreement. We initially paid $1.5 million to AOL in
December of 1999 and will pay $4.8 million, $3.8 million, and $3.9 million
in the years ending December 31, 2000, 2001, and 2002. Upon an initial
public offering, these quarterly payments will be accelerated by one
quarter. In exchange, we obtained Premier Status as the premier
aggregator and provider of investor relations information to subscribers of
AOL over the term of the agreement.
AOL
has the exclusive right to sell advertisements on our co-branded sites
within the AOL network agreed upon as long as advertising revenue targets
are met. AOL will share with us a portion of the advertising revenues
generated, depending on the volume of advertising sold.
As
an additional incentive we have granted to AOL a stock subscription warrant
which potentially entitles AOL to purchase up to 1,596,650 additional shares
of our of Series E convertible preferred stock. Upon the closing of this
offering and the conversion of Series E preferred stock to Series A common
stock, the stock subscription warrant will potentially entitle AOL to
purchase 4,789,950 shares of our Series A common stock. Under the Stock
Subscription Warrant, AOL becomes entitled to subscribe for and purchase
shares of our Series E convertible preferred stock if advertising sales
under our service agreement with AOL meet specified objectives. Warrants for
up to 532,217 shares may vest from commencement of the agreement until March
31, 2001. Warrants for up to 1,065,432 (including the number of warrants
vested in the first vesting period) may be vested in the period from April
1, 2001 to March 31, 2002. Warrants for up to 1,596,650 (including the
number of warrants vested in the first two vesting periods) may vest in the
period from April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003. The vesting of those warrants
may accelerate upon change of control. All of the warrants may become
immediately exercisable if:
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the services agreement
between us and AOL is terminated because of our material breach of that
agreement;
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an AOL competitor
consolidates or merges with us and our current stockholders do not own a
majority of the voting stock of the resulting or surviving
corporation;
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Jeffrey P. Parker, our
Chief Executive Officer, becomes the holder of more than 60% of our voting
stock; or
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we sell all of our assets
to an AOL competitor.
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Warrants for the first 250,000 shares of Series E convertible
preferred stock have an exercise price of $16.10 per share. The exercise
price of the remaining warrants will be set at 90% of the fair market value
at the date the warrants vest or, in the event of a merger, AOL may elect to
exercise the warrants for a price determined based on the merger
consideration. As of December 31, 1999 no warrants had vested.
A
voting agreement by and among us and some of our stockholders provides for
the election of a nominee to be designated by AOL to the board of directors,
provided that AOL maintains a specified percentage equity interest in us.
This agreement terminates upon the closing of this offering.
Also in December 1999, AOL purchased 93,168 shares of our Series E
convertible preferred stock. In connection with this investment, AOL was
granted rights to acquire additional shares of our capital stock and a right
of first offer in the event of our proposed sale, all of which terminate
upon the closing of this offering.
For
additional details regarding our relationship with AOL see AOL
Relationship.
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Stock Options
Granted to Executive Officers
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For
additional information regarding the grant of stock options to executive
officers and directors, see Management Director
Compensation, Management Compensation,
and 1999 Incentive and Non-Qualified Stock Option
Plan and Principal and Selling Stockholders.
In November and December 1998, we borrowed an aggregate
amount of $850,000 from the Parker Family Limited Partnership, which is
managed by Jeffrey P. Parker, one of our founders and our Chief Executive
Officer, by making two demand promissory notes, one dated November 23, 1998
in the amount of $500,000 and the second dated December 7, 1998 in the
amount of $350,000. In March 1999, the Parker Family Limited Partnership
accepted 92,046 shares of Series D convertible preferred stock at a price of
$9.42 per share as satisfaction in full of the demand notes, including
interest.
Terms of Transactions
We
believe that all of the transactions described above were made on terms no
less favorable to us than would have been obtained from unaffiliated
third-parties. We have adopted a policy under which all future transactions
between us and any of our directors or executive officers must be on terms
no less favorable to us than would have been obtained from unaffiliated
third-parties and must be approved by a majority of the disinterested
members of the board of directors.
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
The
following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of
our Series A common stock as of December 31, 1999, as adjusted to reflect
the sale of Series A common stock offered by us in this offering
for:
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each person or entity or
group of affiliated persons or entities known by us to beneficially own 5%
or more of our outstanding shares of Series A common stock;
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each individual named in
the Summary Compensation Table on page 49;
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each of our directors;
and
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all of our executive
officers and directors as a group.
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Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The information is not necessarily
indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Except as
indicated by the footnotes below, none of these persons or entities has a
relationship with us or, to our knowledge, any of the underwriters or their
respective affiliates. Unless otherwise indicated, subject to applicable
community property laws, each person or entity named in the table below has
sole voting and investment power (or shares such power with his or her
spouse) with respect to all shares of Series A common stock shown as
beneficially owned by them, subject to applicable community property laws.
Percentage of beneficial ownership is based on
shares of Series A common stock outstanding as of
December 31, 1999, assuming the conversion of the outstanding shares of our
other series of common stock and each series of convertible preferred stock,
as a result of this offering, and assuming completion of this offering on
, 2000. In computing the
number of shares of Series A common stock beneficially owned by a person and
the percentage ownership of that person, shares of Series A common stock
subject to options held by that person that are currently exercisable or
exercisable within 60 days of December 31, 1999 are deemed outstanding.
These shares, however, are not deemed outstanding for the purpose of
computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Percentage of
beneficial ownership after the offering is based on
shares, including the
shares to be sold in this offering.
Our
company may sell up to
shares in connection with the exercise of the underwriters
over-allotment option. The post-offering ownership percentages in the table
below do not take into account any exercise of the underwriters
over-allotment option.
Name of
Beneficial Owner
|
|
Shares
Beneficially
Owned (#)
|
|
Percentage of
Series A Common Stock
Beneficially Owned(%)
|
|
|
Before
the
Offering
|
|
After
the
Offering
|
Executive Officers and
Directors: |
Jeffrey P. Parker |
|
8,016,138 |
|
44.5 |
% |
|
|
Robert I. Adler |
|
2,321,719 |
|
12.9 |
|
|
|
Roland C. Beaulieu |
|
* |
|
|
|
|
|
Keith B. Jarrett |
|
2,562,771 |
|
14.2 |
|
|
|
Robert C. McCormack |
|
737,850 |
|
4.1 |
|
|
|
Richard E. Hanlon |
|
438,789 |
|
2.4 |
|
|
|
Robert C. Shenk, Jr. |
|
* |
|
|
|
|
|
All directors and
executive officers as a group (7 persons) |
|
14,077,267 |
|
78.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5% Stockholders Not
Listed Above: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thomson Information Services, Inc.
22 Thomson Place, Boston, MA 02210 |
|
2,547,771 |
|
14.2 |
% |
|
|
*
|
Indicates beneficial
ownership of less than 1% of the total outstanding Series A common
stock.
|
Executive Officers and Directors
Additional information regarding the beneficial ownership of shares
held by our executive officers and directors is contained below. The address
for each executive officer and director named above is 200 Portland Street,
Boston, Massachusetts 02114.
|
|
Jeffrey P. Parker.
These shares include 276,138 shares held by the
Parker Family Limited Partnership which Mr. Parker control. Mr. Parker
disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the Parker Family
Limited Partnership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such
shares arising from his general partnership interest in the Parker Family
Limited Partnership.
|
|
|
Keith B. Jarrett.
These shares include 2,547,771 shares indicated as
owned by Mr. Jarrett due to his affiliation with Thomson Financial
Information. Mr. Jarrett disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held
by Thomson Financial Information, Inc. The remaining 15,000 shares are
issuable upon the exercise of vested options.
|
|
|
Robert C. McCormack.
These shares include 637,146 shares indicated as
owned by Mr. McCormack due to his affiliation with funds affiliated with
Information Associates. Mr. McCormack is a general partner of Information
Associates-II, L.P., and a general partner of IA-II Affiliates Fund,
L.L.C. Mr. McCormack disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by
Information Associates-II, L.P. and by IA-II Affiliates Fund, L.L.C.,
except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such shares arising from
his general partnership interest in Information Associates-II, L.P. and
IA-II Affiliates Fund.
|
|
|
Richard E. Hanlon.
These shares include 279,504 shares indicated as
owned by Mr. Hanlon due to his affiliation with AOL. Mr. Hanlon disclaims
beneficial ownership of the shares held by AOL.
|
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
General
After this offering, our authorized capital stock will consist of
150,000,000 shares of Series A common stock, $.001 par value per share, and
5,000,000 shares of convertible preferred stock, $.01 par value per
share.
As
of January 15, 2000, there were outstanding the following shares of our
capital stock held by the number of stockholders indicated:
Series of Capital
Stock
|
|
Shares Outstanding
|
|
Number of
Stockholders
of Record
|
Series B common
stock |
|
189,563 |
|
11 |
Series C common
stock |
|
196,565 |
|
14 |
Series D common
stock |
|
156,801 |
|
18 |
Series E common
stock |
|
420,966 |
|
18 |
Series A convertible
preferred stock |
|
562,500 |
|
1 |
Series B convertible
preferred stock |
|
344,043 |
|
17 |
Series C convertible
preferred stock |
|
41,544 |
|
1 |
Series D convertible
preferred stock |
|
709,970 |
|
24 |
Series E convertible
preferred stock |
|
207,980 |
|
2 |
As
of January 15, 2000, there were outstanding options to purchase an aggregate
of 2,570,601 shares of Series A common stock. All outstanding shares of
Series B, Series C, Series D and Series E common stock and Series A, Series
B, Series C, Series D and Series E convertible preferred stock will convert
to Series A common stock automatically in connection with this
offering.
The
following summary of certain provisions of our securities and various
provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our
amended and restated by-laws, in each case in effect following this
offering, is not intended to be complete and is qualified by reference to
the provisions of applicable law and to our amended and restated certificate
of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws included as exhibits to
the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. See
Where You Can Find Additional Information.
Series A Common Stock
Holders of Series A common stock are entitled to one vote for each
share held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders and do not
have cumulative voting rights. Accordingly, holders of a majority of the
shares of Series A common stock entitled to vote in any election of
directors may elect all of the directors standing for election. Holders of
Series A common stock are entitled to receive proportionately any such
dividends declared by the board of directors, subject to any preferential
dividend rights of outstanding preferred stock. Upon our liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, the holders of our Series A common stock are
entitled to receive ratably our net assets available after the payment of
all debts and other liabilities and subject to the prior rights of any
outstanding preferred stock. Holders of Series A common stock have no
preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights. The outstanding
shares of Series A common stock are, and the shares offered by us in this
offering will be, when issued and paid for, fully paid and nonassessable.
The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of Series A common stock
are subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any series of
preferred stock which we may designate and issue in the future. Certain
holders of Series A common stock have the right to require us to register
their shares of Series A common stock under the Securities Act in certain
circumstances. See Shares Eligible for Future Sale.
Preferred Stock
Under the terms of our amended and restated certificate of
incorporation, our board of directors is authorized to issue shares of
preferred stock in one or more series without stockholder approval. The
board has discretion to determine the rights, preferences, privileges and
restrictions, including voting rights, dividend rights, conversion rights,
redemption privileges and liquidation preferences of each series of
preferred stock.
The
purpose of authorizing our board of directors to issue preferred stock and
determine its rights and preferences is to eliminate delays associated with
a stockholder vote on specific issuances. The issuance of preferred stock,
while providing desirable flexibility in connection with possible
acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could make it more difficult for
a third-party to acquire, or could discourage a third-party from acquiring,
a majority of our outstanding voting stock. We have no present plans to
issue any shares of preferred stock.
Registration Rights
According to the terms of an investors rights agreement,
beginning January 1, 2003, the holders of an aggregate of 4,698,111 shares
of Series A common stock upon the closing of this offering, including
Thomson Information Services, AOL and other stockholders, may require us to
file a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect
to the resale of their shares. To demand such registration, stockholders
holding an aggregate of at least 2,349,056 shares must request that we file
a registration statement to register the resale of their shares. Those
stockholders must also request that at least 25% of the shares originally
held by the stockholders upon the closing date of this offering or enough
shares so that the offering would have an anticipated aggregate offering
price of $10.0 million.
Beginning 180 days after the effective date of this offering, AOL may
require us to file a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933
with respect to the resale of its shares, if AOL owns at least 5% of our
Series A common stock on a fully-diluted basis, including Series A common
stock issuable to AOL upon exercise of vested warrants to purchase Series A
common stock. To demand such registration, AOL must request that we file a
registration statement to register enough shares so that the offering would
have an anticipated aggregate offering price of $2.5 million. AOL may demand
only two of these registrations and the second request may only be made at
least nine months after the first.
Additionally, the holders of 4,698,111 shares of Series A common
stock, including Thomson Information Services, AOL and other shareholders,
will have piggyback registration rights with respect to the future
registration of our shares of Series A common stock under the Securities
Act. If we propose to register any shares of Series A common stock under the
Securities Act, the holders of shares having piggyback registration rights
are entitled to receive notice of such registration and are entitled to
include their shares in the registration.
At
any time after we become eligible to file a registration statement on Form
S-3 under the Securities Act, holders of demand registration rights may
require us to file an unlimited number of registration statements on Form
S-3 with respect to their shares of Series A common stock. However, they may
only request one registration within any twelve month period and the minimum
anticipated aggregated offering price must be $1.0 million.
These registration rights are subject to conditions and limitations,
including our right and, in the case of an underwritten public offering, the
right of the managing underwriter, to limit the number of
shares of Series A common stock to be included in the registration. We are
generally required to bear all of the expenses of registrations under the
registration rights agreement, except underwriting discounts and
commissions. The registration rights agreement also contains our commitment
to indemnify the holders of registration rights for losses they incur in
connection with registrations under the agreement. Registration of any of
the shares of Series A common stock held by stockholders with registration
rights would result in those shares becoming freely tradeable without
restriction under the Securities Act.
Warrants
As
of January 15, 2000 we had granted a stock subscription warrant to AOL. As
of January 15, 2000, the stock subscription warrant did not entitle AOL to
purchase any shares of our capital stock. See Certain Transactions
Other Transactions for a description of the features
of the stock subscription warrant issued to AOL.
Delaware Anti-Takeover Law and Charter and By-law
Provisions
We
are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the General Corporation Law
of Delaware. In general, the statute prohibits a publicly held Delaware
corporation from engaging in a business combination with an interested
stockholder for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in
which the person became an interested stockholder, unless the business
combination is approved in a prescribed manner. A business combination
includes mergers, asset sales and other transactions resulting in a
financial benefit to the interested stockholder. Subject to certain
exceptions, an interested stockholder is a person who, together with
affiliates and associates, owns, or within three years did own, 15% or more
of the corporations voting stock.
The
amended and restated by-laws which will be effective upon the closing of
this offering provides for the division of our board of directors into three
classes as nearly equal in size as possible with staggered three-year terms.
See Management. Under the by-laws, any vacancy on the board of
directors, including a vacancy resulting from an enlargement of the board of
directors, may only be filled by vote of a majority of the directors then in
office. The classification of the board of directors and the limitation on
and filling of vacancies could make it more difficult for a third-party to
acquire, or discourage a third-party from acquiring, control of our
company.
The
amended and restated by-laws also provide that after this offering, any
action required or permitted to be taken by our stockholders at an annual
meeting or special meeting of stockholders may only be taken if it is
properly brought before such meeting and may not be taken by written action
in lieu of a meeting. Our amended and restated by-laws will further provide
that special meetings of the stockholders may only be called by our chairman
of the board, the president or our board of directors. In order for any
matter to be considered properly brought before a meeting, a
stockholder must comply with certain requirements regarding advance notice
and provide us with certain information. These provisions could have the
effect of delaying until the next stockholders meeting stockholder actions
which are favored by the holders of a majority of our outstanding voting
securities. These provisions could also discourage a third-party from making
a tender offer for the Series A common stock, because even if it acquired a
majority of our outstanding voting securities, it would be able to take
action as a stockholder (such as electing new directors or approving a
merger) only at a duly called stockholders meeting, and not by written
consent.
The General Corporation Law of Delaware provides generally that the
affirmative vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on any matter
is required to amend a corporations certificate of incorporation or
by-laws, unless a corporations certificate of incorporation or
by-laws, as the case may be, requires a greater percentage. Our by-laws will
require the affirmative vote of holders of at least 75% of the votes which
all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of
directors or class of directors to amend or repeal any of the provisions
described in the prior two paragraphs.
The
amended and restated certificate of incorporation which will be effective
upon the closing of this offering contains certain provisions permitted
under the General Corporation Law of Delaware relating to the liability of
directors. The provisions eliminate a directors liability for monetary
damages for a breach of fiduciary duty, except in certain circumstances
involving wrongful acts, such as the breach of a directors duty of
loyalty or acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law. Further, our amended and restated certificate of
incorporation will contain provisions to indemnify our directors and
officers to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of
Delaware. We believe that these provisions will assist us in attracting and
retaining qualified individuals to serve as directors.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The
transfer agent and registrar for our Series A common stock is
, and its address is
.
Nasdaq National Market Listing
We
have applied for approval for quotation of our Series A common stock on the
Nasdaq National Market under the trading symbol CCBX.
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
If
our stockholders sell substantial amounts of our Series A common stock in
the public market following this offering, the prevailing market price of
our Series A common stock could decline. Furthermore, because we do not
expect any shares will be available for sale for 180 days after this
offering as a result of the contractual and legal restrictions on resale
described below, sales of substantial amounts of our Series A common stock
in the public market after these restrictions lapse could adversely affect
the prevailing market price of the Series A common stock and our ability to
raise equity capital in the future.
Upon the closing of this offering, we will have outstanding an
aggregate of shares of our
Series A common stock, based upon the number of shares outstanding at
January 15, 2000 and assuming no exercise of the underwriters
over-allotment option and no exercise of any outstanding options. Of these
shares, all shares sold in this offering will be freely tradeable without
restriction or further requirement for registration under the Securities Act
unless they are purchased by our affiliates, as that term is
defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act. The remaining shares will be
eligible for sale in the public market as follows:
Number of
Shares
|
|
Date
|
[
] |
|
After the completion of
this offering, freely tradeable shares sold in this offering
and shares saleable under Rule 144(k) that are not subject to 180-day lock-up
agreements |
|
|
[
] |
|
After 180 days from the
completion of this offering, the 180-day lock-up will be
released and these shares will eligible for sale in the public market under
Rule 144
(subject, in some cases, to volume limitations), Rule 144(k) or Rule
701. |
|
|
[
] |
|
After 180 days from the
completion of this offering, restricted securities that have
been held for less than one year and are not eligible for sale in the public
market
under Rule 144. |
Lock-up Agreements. All of our directors
and officers and all of our stockholders and option holders have signed or
are otherwise subject to lock-up agreements under which they have agreed not
to transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of our Series
A common stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for shares of our Series A common stock for 180 days after the
date of this prospectus. Transfers or dispositions can be made sooner: (a)
with the prior written consent of SG Cowen Securities Corporation, in the
case of certain transfers to affiliates who sign identical lock-up
agreements; or (b) if the transfer is a bona fide gift and the donee signs
an identical lock-up agreement. SG Cowen Securities Corporation may, in its
sole discretion, at any time and without prior notice, release all or any
portion of the shares subject to the lock-up agreements.
Rule 144. In general, under Rule 144 as
currently in effect, beginning 90 days after the date of this prospectus, a
person who has beneficially owned shares of our Series A common stock for at
least one year, including the holding period of certain prior owners other
than affiliates, is entitled to sell within any three-month period a number
of shares that does not exceed the greater of: (a) 1% of the number of
shares of our Series A common stock then outstanding, which will equal
approximately
shares immediately after the offering; or (b) the average
weekly trading volume of our Series A common stock on the Nasdaq National
Market during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on
Form 144 with respect to that sale. Sales under Rule 144 are also subject to
certain manner-of-sale provisions, notice requirements and the availability
of current public information about us.
Rule 144(k). Under Rule 144(k), a person who
is not deemed to have been one of our affiliates at any time during the
three months preceding a sale and who has beneficially owned shares for at
least two years, including the holding period of certain prior owners other
than affiliates, is entitled to sell those shares without complying with the
manner of sale, public information, volume limitation or notice provisions
of Rule 144. Therefore, unless otherwise restricted, Rule 144(k) shares may
be sold immediately upon the closing of this offering.
Rule 701. In general, under Rule 701 of
the Securities Act as currently in effect, each of our directors, officers,
employees, consultants or advisors who purchased shares from us before the
date of this prospectus in connection with a compensatory stock plan or
other written compensatory agreement is eligible to resell such shares 90
days after the effective date of this offering in reliance on Rule 144, but
without compliance with certain restrictions, including the holding period,
contained in Rule 144.
Registration Rights. After this
offering, the holders of 4,698,111 shares of our Series A common stock will
be entitled to certain rights with respect to the registration of their
shares under the Securities Act. See Description of Capital Stock
Registration Rights. After any such registration of these
shares, such shares will be freely tradeable without restriction under the
Securities Act. These sales could cause the market price of our Series A
common stock to decline.
Stock Plans. As of December 31, 1999,
options to purchase 2,570,601 shares of Series A common stock were
outstanding under our 1999 Incentive and Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan.
After this offering, we intend to file registration statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933 covering shares of Series A common stock
reserved for issuance under our 1999 plan, our director stock option plan
and our employee stock purchase plan. Based on the number of options
outstanding and shares reserved for issuance under our 1999 plan, our
director stock option plan and employee stock purchase plan, the
registration statements on Form S-8 will cover 8,050,000 shares. The Form
S-8 registration statements will become effective immediately upon filing,
whereupon, subject to the satisfaction of applicable exercisability periods,
Rule 144 volume limitations applicable to affiliates and the agreements with
the underwriters referred to above, shares of Series A common stock to be
issued upon exercise of outstanding options granted pursuant to our 1999
plan and our director stock option plan and shares of Series A common stock
issued pursuant to our employee stock purchase plan (to the extent that such
shares were not held by affiliates) will be available for immediate resale
in the public market.
UNDERWRITING
We
have entered into an underwriting agreement with the underwriters named
below regarding to the shares being offered. Subject to the terms and
conditions of the underwriting agreement, each underwriter has severally
agreed to purchase the number of shares indicated in the following table at
the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions
set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. SG Cowen Securities
Corporation, Dain Rauscher Incorporated, U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc. and
William Blair & Company, L.L.C. are the representatives of the
underwriters.
Name
|
|
Amount
|
SG Cowen Securities
Corporation |
|
|
Dain Rauscher
Incorporated |
|
|
U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray
Inc. |
|
|
William Blair &
Company, L.L.C. |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
The
underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the underwriters are
conditional and may be terminated at their discretion based on their
assessment of the state of the financial markets. The obligations of the
underwriters may also be terminated upon the occurrence of other events
specified in the underwriting agreement. The underwriters are severally
committed to purchase all of the Series A common stock being offered by us
if any shares are purchased, other than those covered by the over-allotment
option described below.
The
underwriters propose to offer the Series A common stock directly to the
public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this
prospectus. The underwriters may offer the Series A common stock to
securities dealers at that price less a concession not in excess of $
per share. Securities dealers may
reallow a concession not in excess of $
per share to other dealers. After the shares of the Series A
common stock are released for sale to the public, the underwriters may vary
the offering price and other selling terms from time to time.
We
have granted to the underwriters an option to purchase up to
additional
shares of Series A common stock, at the public offering price set forth on
the cover of this prospectus to cover over-allotments, if any. The option is
exercisable for a period of 30 days after the initial public sale of the
Series A common stock. If the underwriters exercise their over-allotment
option, the underwriters have severally agreed to purchase shares in
approximately the same proportion as shown in the table above.
We
have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, and to contribute to
payments that the underwriters may be required to make in respect of those
liabilities.
We,
our directors and executive officers, all principal stockholders and certain
other existing stockholders who hold an aggregate of
shares (including
shares
issuable pursuant to options, all of which are exercisable within 60 days of
, 2000, and shares issuable upon conversion of
securities into our Series A common stock), based on the number of shares of
Series A common stock outstanding as of
, 1999, have
agreed with the underwriters or are otherwise subject to agreements which
provide that for a period of 180 days following the date of this prospectus,
they will not dispose of or hedge any shares of Series A common stock or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable for Series A common stock. SG
Cowen Securities Corporation may,
in its sole discretion, at any time without prior notice, release all or any
portion of the shares from the restrictions in any such agreement to which
SG Cowen Securities Corporation is a party.
The
representatives may engage in over-allotment, stabilizing transactions,
syndicate covering transactions, penalty bids and passive market making in
accordance with Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Over-allotment involves syndicate sales in excess of the offering size,
which creates a syndicate short position. Stabilizing transactions permit
bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do
not exceed a specified maximum. Syndicate covering transactions involve
purchases of the Series A common stock in the open market after the
distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions.
Penalty bids permit the representatives to reclaim a selling concession from
a syndicate member when the Series A common stock originally sold by such
syndicate member is purchased in a syndicate covering transaction to cover
syndicate short positions. In passive market making, market makers in the
Series A common stock who are underwriters or prospective underwriters may,
subject to certain limitations, make bids for or purchases of the Series A
common stock until the time, if any, at which a stabilizing bid is made.
These stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty
bids may cause the price of the Series A common stock to be higher than it
would otherwise be in the absence of these transactions. These transactions
may be effected on the Nasdaq National Market or otherwise and, if
commenced, may be discontinued at any time.
Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for the Series
A common stock. Consequently, the initial public offering price was
determined by negotiations between us and the underwriters. Among the
factors considered in these negotiations were prevailing market conditions,
the market capitalizations and the states of development of other companies
that we and the underwriters believe to be comparable to us, estimates of
our business potential, our results of operation in recent periods, the
present state of our development and other factors deemed
relevant.
We
estimate that our out-of-pocket expenses for this offering will be
approximately $ .
LEGAL MATTERS
The
validity of the Series A common stock offered hereby will be passed upon for
us by Hale and Dorr LLP. Certain legal matters in connection with this
offering will be passed upon for the underwriters by Brobeck, Phleger &
Harrison, LLP, Washington, D.C.
EXPERTS
The
consolidated financial statements of CCBN.COM, Inc. as of December 31, 1998
and 1999 and for the period from February 13, 1997 (date of inception)
through December 31, 1997 and for each of the two years in the period ended
December 31, 1999 included in this prospectus have been included in reliance
on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants, given
on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and
accounting.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We
have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration
statement on Form S-1. This prospectus, which is a part of the registration
statement, does not contain all of the information included in the
registration statement. Certain information is omitted and you should refer
to the registration statement and its exhibits. With respect to references
made in this prospectus to any contract, agreement or other document of
CCBN.COM, such references are not necessarily complete and you should refer
to the exhibits attached to the Registration Statement for copies of the
actual contract, agreement or other document. You may review a copy of the
registration statement, including exhibits, at the Commissions public
reference room at Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20549 or Seven World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10048 or
Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois
60661. Please call the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information
on the operation of the public reference rooms.
As
a result of this offering we will be required to file annual, quarterly and
current reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Commission.
You
may read and copy any reports, statements or other information on file at
the public reference rooms. You can also request copies of these documents,
for a copying fee, by writing to the Commission.
Our
Commission filings and the registration statement can also be reviewed by
accessing the Commissions Internet site at http://www.sec.gov, which
contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information
regarding registrants that file electronically with the
Commission.
CCBN.COM, Inc.
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
|
Page(s)
|
CCBN.COM,
Inc. |
|
|
Report of Independent
Accountants |
|
F-2 |
Consolidated Balance Sheets at
December 31, 1998 and 1999 |
|
F-3 |
Consolidated Statements of
Operations for the period from February 13, 1997 (date of
inception) through December 31, 1997 and the years
ended December 31, 1998
and 1999 |
|
F-4 |
Consolidated Statements of
Changes in Stockholders Equity (Deficit) for the period
from February 13, 1997 (date of inception) through
December 31, 1997 and the
years ended December 31, 1998 and 1999 |
|
F-5 |
Consolidated Statements of Cash
Flows for the period from February 13, 1997 (date of
inception) through December 31, 1997 and the years
ended December 31, 1998
and 1999 |
|
F-7 |
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements |
|
F-8 |
|
|
TalkPoint
Communications, Inc. |
|
|
Report of Independent
Accountants |
|
F-22 |
Balance Sheets as of December
31, 1998 and September 30, 1999 |
|
F-23 |
Statements of Operations for the
year ended December 31, 1998 and the nine months
ended September 30, 1999 |
|
F-24 |
Statements of Stockholders
Deficit for the year ended December 31, 1998 and the nine
months ended September 30, 1999 |
|
F-25 |
Statements of Cash Flows for the
year ended December 31, 1998 and the nine months
ended September 30, 1999 |
|
F-26 |
Notes to Financial
Statements |
|
F-27 |
|
|
Unaudited Pro Forma
Consolidated Financial Information |
Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated
Statement of Operations for the year ended
December 31, 1999 |
|
F-33 |
This is the form of the report that we expect to issue upon the filing of an
amendment to the Companys Certificate of Incorporation amending
certain terms defined therein and effecting a three-for-one stock split of
the Companys common stock and an increase in the number of authorized
shares of Series D common stock as discussed in Note 9 to the Consolidated
Financial Statements.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
of CCBN.COM, Inc.:
In
our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related
consolidated statements of operations and changes in stockholders
equity (deficit) and cash flows present fairly, in all material respects,
the financial position of CCBN.COM at December 31, 1998 and 1999, and the
results of their operations and their cash flows for the period from
February 13, 1997 (date of inception) through December 31, 1997 and for the
years ended December 31, 1998 and 1999, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Companys management; our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based
on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance
with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States which
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating
the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits
provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.
Boston, Massachusetts
January 31, 2000
CCBN.COM, Inc.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
|
|
December
31,
|
|
Pro Forma
(Note 3)
December 31,
1999
|
|
|
1998
|
|
1999
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(unaudited) |
Current assets: |
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents |
|
$1,067,269 |
|
|
$ 3,202,278 |
|
|
$ 3,202,278 |
|
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of
$22,000 and $155,046 in
1998 and 1999,
respectively |
|
911,802 |
|
|
3,606,914 |
|
|
3,606,914 |
|
Prepaid and other current assets (Note 5) |
|
463,173 |
|
|
2,383,182 |
|
|
2,383,182 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
|
2,442,244 |
|
|
9,192,374 |
|
|
9,192,374 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other assets |
|
85,304 |
|
|
115,466 |
|
|
115,466 |
|
Property and equipment,
net (Note 6) |
|
326,059 |
|
|
1,631,968 |
|
|
1,631,968 |
|
Intangible assets,
net |
|
|
|
|
3,774,528 |
|
|
3,774,528 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
|
$2,853,607 |
|
|
$14,714,336 |
|
|
$14,714,336 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities: |
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
$
187,365 |
|
|
$ 1,137,740 |
|
|
$ 1,137,740 |
|
Accrued payroll and payroll taxes |
|
358,151 |
|
|
794,162 |
|
|
794,162 |
|
Capital lease obligation |
|
18,981 |
|
|
76,527 |
|
|
76,527 |
|
Deferred revenue |
|
1,617,854 |
|
|
3,947,465 |
|
|
3,947,465 |
|
Notes payable to stockholder (Note 8) |
|
850,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
$3,032,351 |
|
|
$ 5,955,894 |
|
|
$ 5,955,894 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital lease
obligation |
|
$
51,394 |
|
|
$
193,342 |
|
|
$
193,342 |
|
Convertible preferred
stock: |
|
|
|
Series A convertible preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 562,500
shares authorized, 562,500
issued and outstanding at
December 31, 1998 and 1999 (at liquidation value), no
shares issued and
outstanding pro forma December 31, 1999 |
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
|
|
Series B convertible preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 344,043
shares authorized, 344,043
issued and outstanding at
December 31, 1998 and 1999 (at liquidation value), no
shares issued and
outstanding pro forma December 31, 1999 |
|
1,146,810 |
|
|
1,146,810 |
|
|
|
|
Series C convertible preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 41,544 shares
authorized, 41,544
issued and outstanding at
December 31, 1998 and 1999 (at liquidation value), no
shares issued and
outstanding pro forma December 31, 1999 |
|
208,274 |
|
|
208,274 |
|
|
|
|
Series D convertible preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 891,314
shares authorized, 0 and
709,970 issued and
outstanding at December 31, 1998 and 1999 (at liquidation value),
respectively, no shares
issued and outstanding pro forma December 31, 1999 |
|
|
|
|
6,685,793 |
|
|
|
|
Series E convertible preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 1,804,630
shares authorized, 0 and
207,980 issued and
outstanding at December 31, 1998 and 1999 (at liquidation value),
respectively, no shares
issued and outstanding pro forma December 31, 1999 |
|
|
|
|
3,348,478 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total convertible preferred stock |
|
2,855,084 |
|
|
12,889,355 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and contingencies (Note 7) |
|
|
|
Stockholders equity
(deficit) (Notes 8, 9, and 10): |
|
|
|
Series A common stock; $0.001 par value; 30,000,000 shares
authorized; 11,250,000 and
11,436,573 issued and
outstanding at December 31, 1998 and 1999, respectively,
17,980,755 shares issued and
outstanding pro forma December 31, 1999 |
|
11,250 |
|
|
11,437 |
|
|
17,980 |
|
Series B common stock; $0.001 par value; 192,093 shares authorized;
212,400 and
189,563 issued and
outstanding at December 31, 1998 and 1999, respectively, no
shares issued and
outstanding pro forma December 31, 1999 |
|
212 |
|
|
189 |
|
|
|
|
Series C common stock; $0.001 par value; 244,098 shares authorized;
266,400 and
196,565 issued and
outstanding at December 31, 1998 and 1999, respectively, no
shares issued and
outstanding pro forma December 31, 1999 |
|
266 |
|
|
196 |
|
|
|
|
Series D common stock; $0.001 par value; 204,047 shares authorized;
189,900 and
156,801 issued and
outstanding at December 31, 1998 and 1999, respectively, no
shares issued and
outstanding pro forma December 31, 1999 |
|
190 |
|
|
157 |
|
|
|
|
Series E common stock; $0.001 par value; 750,150 shares authorized;
657,450 and
420,966 issued and
outstanding at December 31, 1998 and 1999, respectively, no
shares issued and
outstanding pro forma December 31, 1999 |
|
657 |
|
|
421 |
|
|
|
|
Additional
paid-in-capital |
|
101,674 |
|
|
15,933,957 |
|
|
28,817,732 |
|
Deferred compensation and
other equity-related charges |
|
(98,838 |
) |
|
(9,928,634 |
) |
|
(9,928,634 |
) |
Accumulated
deficit |
|
(3,100,633 |
) |
|
(10,341,978 |
) |
|
(10,341,978 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity (deficit) |
|
(3,085,222 |
) |
|
(4,324,255 |
) |
|
8,565,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity (deficit) |
|
$2,853,607 |
|
|
$14,714,336 |
|
|
$14,714,336 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated
financial statements.
CCBN.COM, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
for the period from February 13, 1997 (date of inception)
through
December 31, 1997 and the years ended December 31, 1998 and
1999
|
|
1997
|
|
1998
|
|
1999
|
Revenue |
|
$ 27,311 |
|
|
$1,581,865 |
|
|
$8,696,829 |
|
Operating
expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of revenue |
|
54,713 |
|
|
957,954 |
|
|
3,760,689 |
|
Sales and marketing |
|
438,055 |
|
|
1,960,040 |
|
|
5,256,298 |
|
General and
administrative |
|
155,541 |
|
|
600,004 |
|
|
2,225,094 |
|
Research and
development |
|
196,768 |
|
|
367,584 |
|
|
805,521 |
|
Equity-related
compensation |
|
|
|
|
2,622 |
|
|
1,693,457 |
|
Amortization of intangible
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
424,986 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating
expenses |
|
845,077 |
|
|
3,888,204 |
|
|
14,166,045 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from
operations |
|
(817,766 |
) |
|
(2,306,339 |
) |
|
(5,469,216 |
) |
Interest income,
net |
|
2,215 |
|
|
32,718 |
|
|
76,344 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
(815,551 |
) |
|
(2,273,621 |
) |
|
(5,392,872 |
) |
Deemed dividend on Series
E preferred stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,848,473 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to
common stockholders |
|
$(815,551 |
) |
|
$(2,273,621 |
) |
|
$(7,241,345 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted net loss
per share |
|
$
(0.20 |
) |
|
$
(0.24 |
) |
|
$
(0.68 |
) |
Shares used in computing
basic and diluted net loss
per share |
|
4,058,603 |
|
|
9,434,174 |
|
|
10,664,025 |
|
Unaudited pro forma basic
and diluted net loss
per share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
(0.49 |
) |
Shares used in computing
pro forma basic and
diluted net loss per share
(unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,717,032 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated
financial statements.
CCBN.COM, Inc.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED
STOCK
AND STOCKHOLDERS DEFICIT
for the period from February 13, 1997 (date of inception) through
December 31, 1997 and the years end
December 31, 1998 and 1999
|
|
Series A
Convertible
Preferred Stock
|
|
Series B
Convertible
Preferred Stock
|
|
Series C
Convertible
Preferred Stock
|
|
Series D
Convertible
Preferred Stock
|
|
Series E
Convertible
Preferred Stock
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
Amount
|
|
Shares
|
|
Amount
|
|
Shares
|
|
Amount
|
|
Shares
|
|
Amount
|
|
Shares
|
|
Amount
|
Issuance of common
stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restricted stock
grants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of Series A
convertible preferred stock |
|
562,500 |
|
$1,500,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances at December 31,
1997 |
|
562,500 |
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restricted stock
grants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeitures of restricted
stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of deferred
compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of Series B and C
convertible preferred
stock |
|
|
|
|
|
344,043 |
|
$1,146,810 |
|
41,544 |
|
$208,274 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, December 31,
1998 |
|
562,500 |
|
1,500,000 |
|
344,043 |
|
1,146,810 |
|
41,544 |
|
208,274 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of Series D
convertible preferred stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
617,924 |
|
$5,818,996 |
|
|
|
|
Conversion of notes
payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
92,046 |
|
866,797 |
|
|
|
|
Issuance of Series E
convertible preferred stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
207,980 |
|
$3,348,478 |
Restricted stock
grants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeitures of restricted
stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise of stock
options |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred compensation
related to grant of stock
options |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of deferred
compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of common stock
in connection with
Talkpoint acquisition |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of discount
on Series E preferred |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, December 31,
1999 |
|
562,500 |
|
$1,500,000 |
|
344,043 |
|
$1,146,810 |
|
41,544 |
|
$208,274 |
|
709,970 |
|
$6,685,793 |
|
207,980 |
|
$3,348,478 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated
financial statements.
Series A
Common Stock
|
|
Series B
Common Stock
|
|
Series C
Common Stock
|
|
Series D
Common Stock
|
|
Series E
Common Stock
|
|
Additional
paid-in
capital
|
|
Deferred
compensation
and other
equity
related
charges
|
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
|
Total
|
Shares
|
|
Par
Value
|
|
Shares
|
|
Par
Value
|
|
Shares
|
|
Par
Value
|
|
Shares
|
|
Par
Value
|
|
Shares
|
|
Par
Value
|
11,273,400 |
|
|
$11,273 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
(10,020) |
|
$
1,253 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
225,900 |
|
|
$226 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(201) |
|
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(815,551) |
|
(815,551 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,273,400 |
|
|
11,273 |
|
|
225,900 |
|
|
226 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(825,772) |
|
(814,273 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
427,050 |
|
|
$427 |
|
|
311,400 |
|
|
$312 |
|
|
657,450 |
|
|
$657 |
|
|
$
101,460 |
|
|
$ (101,460 |
) |
|
(1,240) |
|
156 |
|
(23,400 |
) |
|
(23 |
) |
|
(13,500 |
) |
|
(14 |
) |
|
(160,650 |
) |
|
(161 |
) |
|
(121,500 |
) |
|
(122 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
214 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(106 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,622 |
|
|
|
|
2,622 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,273,621) |
|
(2,273,621 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,250,000 |
|
|
11,250 |
|
|
212,400 |
|
|
212 |
|
|
266,400 |
|
|
266 |
|
|
189,900 |
|
|
190 |
|
|
657,450 |
|
|
657 |
|
|
101,674 |
|
|
(98,838 |
) |
|
(3,100,633) |
|
(3,085,222 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(42,610 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(42,610 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,811,754 |
|
|
(3,009,056 |
) |
|
(1,848,473) |
|
(45,775 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
94,500 |
|
|
95 |
|
|
1,538,091 |
|
|
(1,314,525 |
) |
|
|
|
223,661 |
|
(336,264 |
) |
|
(336 |
) |
|
(22,837 |
) |
|
(23 |
) |
|
(69,835 |
) |
|
(70 |
) |
|
(33,099 |
) |
|
(33 |
) |
|
(330,984 |
) |
|
(331 |
) |
|
530 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(263 |
) |
2,700 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,597 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,993,575 |
|
|
(6,993,575 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,469,807 |
|
|
|
|
1,469,807 |
|
|
520,137 |
|
|
520 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,527,346 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,527,866 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,553 |
|
|
|
|
17,553 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,392,872) |
|
(5,392,872 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,436,573 |
|
|
$11,437 |
|
|
189,563 |
|
|
$189 |
|
|
196,565 |
|
|
$196 |
|
|
156,801 |
|
|
$157 |
|
|
420,966 |
|
|
$421 |
|
|
$15,933,957 |
|
|
$(9,928,634 |
) |
|
$(10,341,978) |
|
$(4,324,255 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CCBN.Com, Inc.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
for the period from February 13, 1997 (date of inception)
through
December 31, 1997 and the years ended December 31, 1998 and
1999
|
|
1997
|
|
1998
|
|
1999
|
Cash flow from operating
activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ (815,551 |
) |
|
$(2,273,621 |
) |
|
$(5,392,872 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating
activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and
amortization |
|
43,075 |
|
|
76,067 |
|
|
789,138 |
|
Provision for bad debts |
|
|
|
|
22,000 |
|
|
130,046 |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,797 |
|
Equity-based compensation |
|
|
|
|
2,622 |
|
|
1,693,457 |
|
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable |
|
(45,629 |
) |
|
(888,173 |
) |
|
(2,813,313 |
) |
Prepaid
and other current assets |
|
(47,875 |
) |
|
(415,298 |
) |
|
(1,966,727 |
) |
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities |
|
42,864 |
|
|
144,502 |
|
|
618,514 |
|
Accrued
payroll and payroll taxes |
|
87,731 |
|
|
270,420 |
|
|
436,011 |
|
Deferred
revenue |
|
81,680 |
|
|
1,536,174 |
|
|
2,329,611 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used by operating activities |
|
(653,705 |
) |
|
(1,525,307 |
) |
|
(4,159,338 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flow from investing
activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase of property and equipment |
|
(129,224 |
) |
|
(237,789 |
) |
|
(1,301,672 |
) |
Acquisition of TalkPoint |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(970,788 |
) |
Deposits and other long-term assets |
|
(6,541 |
) |
|
(78,763 |
) |
|
(30,162 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used by investing activities |
|
(135,765 |
) |
|
(316,552 |
) |
|
(2,302,622 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flow from financing
activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock |
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
1,355,084 |
|
|
9,079,089 |
|
Proceeds from the issuance of restricted stock |
|
1,278 |
|
|
155 |
|
|
11 |
|
Repurchase of forfeited restricted grants |
|
|
|
|
(106 |
) |
|
(263 |
) |
Exercise of stock options |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,600 |
|
Proceeds from issuance of notes payable to stockholder |
|
400,000 |
|
|
850,000 |
|
|
|
|
Repayment of notes payable to stockholder |
|
|
|
|
(400,000 |
) |
|
|
|
Repayment of TalkPoint notes payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(425,078 |
) |
Payments of capital lease obligations |
|
|
|
|
(7,813 |
) |
|
(60,390 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing
activities |
|
1,901,278 |
|
|
1,797,320 |
|
|
8,596,969 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net change in cash and
cash equivalents |
|
1,111,808 |
|
|
(44,539 |
) |
|
2,135,009 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents
at beginning of the period |
|
|
|
|
1,111,808 |
|
|
1,067,269 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
at end of the period |
|
$1,111,808 |
|
|
$1,067,269 |
|
|
$3,202,278 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental cash flow
information: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid during the year for interest |
|
|
|
|
$
22,775 |
|
|
$
12,106 |
|
Supplemental disclosures
of noncash transactions: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition of property and equipment under capital leases
Note 6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conversion of note payable to shareholderNote 8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of common stock for acquisitionNote 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated
financial statements.
CCBN.COM, Inc.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Nature of Business:
|
CCBN (the Company)
provides internet-based solutions which enable direct communications
between companies and investors. The Companys primary services
include:
|
|
|
IR Onlinea
turnkey, outsourced solution for public companies, which provides a
comprehensive range of services designed to enable companies and their
investors to communicate more efficiently, and
|
|
|
StreetEventsa
comprehensive, Internet-based portal for investment related event
information of interest to investors, the brokerage community and
companies.
|
|
IR Online was launched in
August of 1997. The StreetEvents service was launched commercially
in November 1999. Revenue recognized from StreetEvents in 1999 was
not material.
|
|
The Company was formed as an LLC
in February of 1997 and reorganized as a C corporation in
April 1999. As part of such reorganization, each Member received three
shares of common stock and of preferred stock of the Company that was
equal to the number of common and preferred Members Interests that
such Member held immediately prior to the reorganization. The assets and
liabilities of the limited liability corporation were transferred to CCBN
at historical cost. The reorganization has been accounted for
retroactively in the accompanying consolidated financial
statements.
|
|
Effective October 10, 1999 the
Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of TalkPoint
Communications, Inc. (TalkPoint) for cash and stock. The
acquisition was accounted for as a purchase. The results of operations of
TalkPoint are included with the consolidated results of the Company
beginning on the effective date of the acquisition.
|
|
The Company has incurred net
losses since inception and expects to incur additional operating losses in
the future as the Company continues to expand its service offerings and
customer base. Without the proceeds of the contemplated initial public
offering, the Company may be required to scale back its growth plans or
raise additional financing, from new or previous investors.
|
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
|
Principles of
Consolidation
|
|
The consolidated financial
statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned
subsidiary. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated in
consolidation.
|
|
Cash and Cash
Equivalents
|
|
All highly liquid investments
purchased with a maturity of three months or less are considered to be
cash equivalents and are carried at market value.
|
CCBN.COM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
|
The Company charges its clients
subscription fees for the IR Online and StreetEvents
services. The Company also charges a one-time set-up fee at the initiation
of a contract. Clients may also purchase services for additional fees over
and above the subscription fee.
|
|
Revenue for the Companys
services is recognized ratably over the contract term for the services
provided. Payments received and billings for service revenue, prior to the
service period, are classified as deferred revenue. One-time set-up fees
charged to clients are deferred and recognized over the clients
initial contract term. One time commission fees paid to the sales force
are deferred and are recognized over the clients initial contract
term. Fees for additional services are recognized when the service is
delivered to the client.
|
|
Property and equipment is
carried at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Expenditures for repairs
and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. When assets are
retired or disposed of, the assets and related accumulated depreciation
are eliminated from accounts and any resulting gain or loss is reflected
in income.
|
|
Depreciation is expensed over
the estimated useful lives of the assets, which are three years for
computer equipment, purchased software, and furniture and fixtures.
Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the lesser of their useful
life or the remaining period of the related leases.
|
|
Research and
Development Costs
|
|
Research and development costs
are charged to expense when incurred. On January 1, 1999, the Company
adopted American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Statement of
Position 98-1, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software
Developed or Obtained for Internal Use (SOP 98-1).
Accordingly, the Companys policy is to capitalize costs associated
with the development and implementation of its operating systems,
including internally and externally developed software. Internal costs
eligible for capitalization under SOP 98-1 of $297,060 were capitalized in
1999. These costs are being amortized over 30 months. Amortization expense
for the year ended December 31, 1999 was $26,733.
|
|
Recently Issued
Accounting Pronouncements
|
|
In June 1998, the FASB issued
SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities. The new standard establishes accounting and reporting
standards for derivative instruments, including certain derivative
instruments embedded in other contracts, (collectively referred to as
derivatives) and for hedging activities. In June 1999, the FASB issued
SFAS No. 137, which defers the effective date of SFAS No. 133 to fiscal
years beginning after June 15, 2000. The Company is currently analyzing
this new standard.
|
CCBN.COM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
|
The Company operates in one
segment and is subject to a number of risks similar to other companies in
the industry, including but not limited to, rapid technological change,
uncertainty of market acceptance of the product, competition from
substitute products and larger companies, protection of proprietary
technology, ability to scale up its operations to support thousands of
simultaneous users of its service, the need to obtain additional financing
to support growth, and dependence on third parties and key
individuals.
|
|
Financial instruments which
potentially subject the company to concentrations of credit risk consist
principally of money market funds and accounts receivable. The company
maintains all of its money market funds with one banking
institution.
|
|
The preparation of financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the
reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.
|
|
Intangible assets include the
completed technology, trademarks and goodwill assumed in the acquisition
of TalkPoint. These assets are being amortized using the straight-line
method over the estimated economic lives ranging from two to three years.
Accumulated amortization was $424,986 at December 31, 1999.
|
|
Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation
|
|
CCBN accounts for stock-based
awards to employees using the intrinsic value method as prescribed by
Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related
interpretations. Accordingly, no compensation expense is recorded for
options issued to employees in fixed amounts and with fixed exercise
prices at least equal to the fair market value of CCBNs common stock
at the date of grant. From time to time the Company grants performance
based options and restricted stock to employees. These grants are
accounted for as variable grants, and are remeasured at each balance sheet
date and a charge is recorded as the performance criteria are met and the
restricted stock or options vest. Options and restricted stock granted to
nonemployees are considered variable grants under EITF 96-18. The value of
the grants are remeasured over the shorter of the vesting period or the
period of performance and the related charge is recorded. CCBN has adopted
the provisions of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation, through disclosure only (Note 10). All stock-based
awards to nonemployees are accounted for at their fair value in accordance
with SFAS No. 123.
|
|
The Company periodically
evaluates the net realizable value of long-lived assets, including
goodwill and other intangible assets and property, plant and equipment,
relying on a number of
factors including operating results, business plans, economic projections
and anticipated future cash flows. An impairment in the carrying value of
an asset is assessed when the undiscounted, expected future operating cash
flows derived from the asset are less than its carrying value.
|
|
Prior to its reorganization as a
C Corporation in 1999 (Note 1), CCBN was treated as a Limited Liability
Corporation for federal and state income tax purposes. Accordingly, no
provision for corporate income taxes was recorded during this period and
all losses were passed through to CCBNs members. Had the Company
recognized a provision for income taxes during such period the provision
would have been nominal due to net operating losses incurred since
inception. At the time of its reorganization, CCBN adopted the liability
method of accounting for income taxes as set forth in SFAS No. 109,
Accounting for Income Taxes.
|
|
CCBN recognizes advertising
expense as incurred. Advertising expense was approximately $0, $2,338 and
$25,160 for the period from February 13, 1997 through December 31, 1997
and the years ended December 31, 1998 and 1999, respectively.
|
|
The Company adopted SFAS No.
130, Reporting Comprehensive Income, effective January 1,
1998. No differences exist between net loss and comprehensive
loss.
|
|
Certain prior year amounts have
been reclassified to conform with current year presentation.
|
|
Pro Forma Balance Sheet
(Unaudited)
|
|
Upon the closing of the Company
s initial public offering, all of the outstanding shares of Series
A, B, C, D and E convertible preferred stock will automatically convert on
a 3-for-1 basis and Series B, C, D and E common stock will automatically
convert on a .9885-for-1, .9845-for-1, .9848-for-1 and .9758-for-1 basis
respectively, to shares (approximately 6,544,180 shares) of the Company
s Series A common stock assuming an offering price of greater than $
per share. The unaudited
pro forma presentation of the balance sheet has been prepared assuming the
conversion of the convertible preferred stock into common stock at
December 31, 1999.
|
CCBN.COM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
3. Net Loss per Share and Unaudited Pro Forma
Net Loss per Share
|
Net loss per share is computed
under SFAS No. 128, Earnings Per Share. Basic net loss per
share is computed using the weighted average number of shares of common
stock outstanding. Diluted loss per share does not differ from basic loss
per share since potential common shares from conversion of preferred stock
and exercise of stock options are antidilutive for all periods presented
and therefore are excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share.
Pro forma basic and diluted net loss per share have been calculated
assuming the conversion of all outstanding shares of preferred stock into
common shares, as if the shares had converted immediately upon their
issuance.
|
|
The following sets forth the
computation of net loss per share:
|
|
|
Period from
February 13,
1997
through
December 31,
1997
|
|
Year Ended December
31,
|
|
|
1998
|
|
1999
|
Numerator: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to common
shareholders |
|
$ (815,551 |
) |
|
$(2,273,621 |
) |
|
$(7,241,345 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denominator: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average common shares,
basic
and diluted |
|
4,058,603 |
|
|
9,434,174 |
|
|
10,664,025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per
share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted |
|
$
(0.20 |
) |
|
$
(0.24 |
) |
|
$
(0.68 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following potentially
dilutive common shares were excluded because their effect was
antidilutive:
|
|
|
1997
|
|
1998
|
|
1999
|
Convertible preferred
stock |
|
1,687,500 |
|
2,844,261 |
|
5,598,111 |
Stock options |
|
|
|
|
|
2,570,601 |
Warrants |
|
|
|
|
|
4,789,950 |
Unvested restricted
stock |
|
2,709,297 |
|
2,734,529 |
|
730,898 |
|
Pro forma net loss per share is
computed using the weighted average number of shares of common stock
outstanding, including potentially dilutive common shares arising from the
convertible preferred stock (using the if-converted method), which will
automatically convert into Series A common stock upon an initial public
offering as if converted at the original date of issuance, for both basic
and diluted earnings per share.
|
CCBN.COM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
|
The following sets forth the
computation of pro forma net loss per share:
|
|
|
Year Ended
December 31,
1999
|
Numerator: |
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ (7,241,345 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Denominator: |
|
|
|
Weighted average common shares
(denominator for basic and
diluted calculation) |
|
14,717,032 |
|
|
|
|
|
Proforma net loss per
share: |
|
|
|
Basic and diluted |
|
$
(0.49 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
The following potentially
dilutive common shares were excluded because their effect was
antidilutive: 2,570,601 options for common stock; 1,596,650 warrants for
preferred stock (on initial public offering converts to 4,789,950 warrants
for common stock); and 730,898 unvested restricted stock.
|
4. Acquisition
|
CCBN entered into an agreement
effective October 10, 1999, for the purchase of TalkPoint, a provider of
web-based presentation tools and services. The purchase price consisted of
$970,788 in cash (including transaction costs) the issuance of 520,137
shares of Series A Common Stock and the assumption of liabilities of
$800,071, for a total purchase price of $4,298,710. The purchase price was
allocated to the fair value of the assets acquired including tangible
assets of $99,196 consisting primarily of computer and office equipment,
and intangible assets of $4,199,514 consisting primarily of completed
technology of $1,698,278 and trademarks of $102,353. No patents, material
non-competition agreements or operating know-how was acquired. No value
was ascribed to the employee base. The remaining excess of purchase price
of $2,398,883 was allocated to goodwill, which is being amortized over its
estimated useful life of three years. The following unaudited pro forma
data summarizes the results of operations for the year ended December 31,
1998 as if the acquisition of TalkPoint had been completed on January 1,
1998. The unaudited pro forma data gives effect to actual operating
results prior to the acquisition for adjustments to amortization of
goodwill and other intangible assets. These pro forma amounts do not
purport to be indicative of actual results had the acquisition had
occurred on January 1, 1998 or that may be obtained in the
future.
|
|
|
Year Ended
December 31,
|
|
|
1998
|
|
1999
|
|
|
(unaudited) |
Net Revenue |
|
$1,611,426 |
|
|
$8,751,340 |
|
Net loss attributable to
common shareholders |
|
(2,646,840 |
) |
|
(9,211,453 |
) |
Net loss per common
share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted |
|
(0.27 |
) |
|
(0.83 |
) |
CCBN.COM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
5. Prepaid Expenses
|
As of December 31, 1998 and
1999, prepaid expenses includes:
|
|
|
1998
|
|
1999
|
Prepaid
commissions |
|
$374,264 |
|
$
682,049 |
Prepaid carriage
fees |
|
|
|
1,417,750 |
Other |
|
88,909 |
|
283,383 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$463,173 |
|
$2,383,182 |
|
|
|
|
|
6. Property and Equipment
|
Property and equipment are
stated at cost and consist of the following at December 31:
|
|
|
1998
|
|
1999
|
Computer equipment,
purchased software and internally de-
veloped software |
|
$ 289,468 |
|
|
$1,452,914 |
|
Furniture and
fixtures |
|
98,688 |
|
|
575,628 |
|
Leasehold
improvements |
|
62,703 |
|
|
84,531 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total property and
equipment |
|
450,859 |
|
|
2,113,073 |
|
Less accumulated
depreciation |
|
(124,800 |
) |
|
(481,105 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment,
net |
|
$ 326,059 |
|
|
$1,631,968 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Furniture and fixtures acquired
under capital leases were $78,139 and $264,926, for the years ended
December 31, 1998 and 1999, respectively. Accumulated depreciation for
furniture and fixtures acquired under capital leases is $2,424 and $53,409
at December 31, 1998 and 1999, respectively.
|
7. Commitments and contingencies
|
The Company leases certain
facilities under operating lease agreements expiring in 2004. Minimum
lease payments as of December 31, 1999 are as follows:
|
Year
|
|
|
2000 |
|
$
602,828 |
2001 |
|
627,926 |
2002 |
|
160,725 |
2003 |
|
118,252 |
2004 |
|
39,417 |
|
|
|
|
|
$1,549,148 |
|
|
|
|
Rent expense for the years ended
December 31, 1998 and 1999 was $153,725 and $389,600, respectively. For
the period from February 13, 1997 (date of inception) to December 31,
1997, rent expense was $41,625.
|
CCBN.COM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
|
The Company entered into capital
lease agreements for furniture and fixtures. Future minimum payments under
these leases at December 31, 1999 are as follows:
|
Year
|
|
|
2000 |
|
$ 96,155 |
|
2001 |
|
91,795 |
|
2002 |
|
79,369 |
|
2003 |
|
28,476 |
|
2004 |
|
11,963 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
307,758 |
|
Less amount representing
interest |
|
(37,889 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Present value of future
lease payments |
|
269,869 |
|
Less current
portion |
|
(76,527 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Long-term
portion |
|
$193,342 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company has commitments for
payments to America On Line (AOL) for $4,837,037, $3,881,481,
and $3,881,481 in the years ending December 31, 2000, 2001 and 2002,
respectively (see Note 9).
|
|
In 1999 the Company entered into
a two year agreement for hosting services. The future minimum commitments
under this agreement are $725,832.
|
8. Note Payable to Stockholder
|
The Company issued demand notes
to the Parker Family Limited Partnership (the Investor). Mr.
Jeff Parker, general partner of the Investor, serves as Chairman of the
Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer for the Company and owns
44.5% of the outstanding shares of the Company. At December 31, 1997 and
1998, the Company had $400,000 and $850,000 outstanding, respectively,
under the terms of the demand note. The demand notes bear interest at a
rate of 6% annually on the average aggregate principal amount outstanding
and are payable on demand. Interest expense was $14,000 and $7,177 for the
years ending December 31, 1997 and 1998, respectively. In June 1999 notes
payable in the amount of $850,000 and accrued interest of $16,797 were
converted into 92,046 shares of Series D convertible preferred
stock.
|
9. Capital Structure
|
The authorized capital stock of
the Company consists of (i) 31,390,388 shares of voting common stock (
Common Stock) authorized for issuance with a par value of
$0.001, of which 30,000,000 shares are designated as Series A common
stock, 192,093 are designated as Series B common stock, 244,098 are
designated as Series C common stock, 204,047 are designated as Series D
common stock and 750,150 are designated as Series E common stock and (ii)
3,644,031 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.01, of which
562,500 shares are designated as Series A convertible preferred stock (
Series A preferred stock), 344,043 shares are designated as
Series B convertible preferred stock (Series B preferred stock
), 41,544 shares are designated as Series C convertible preferred
stock (Series C preferred stock),
891,314 shares are designated as Series D convertible preferred stock (
Series D preferred stock) and 1,804,630 shares are designated
as Series E convertible preferred stock (Series E preferred stock,
collectively preferred stock). The limit on shares
authorized did not come into effect until April 1999, when the Company
reorganized from an LLC to a C Corporation.
|
|
In October of 1997, the Company
issued 562,500 shares of Series A preferred stock at $2.67 per share to
investors for total consideration of $1,500,000.
|
|
The holders of the preferred
stock have voting rights equivalent to the number of shares of common
stock into which their shares convert. Preferred stock is convertible at
any time by the holders, at a conversion rate of 3-to-1 adjusted for
certain events including stock splits and dividends. Upon liquidation,
holders of Series A, B, C, D and E preferred stock are entitled to
receive, out of funds then generally available, $2.67, $3.33, $5.01, $9.42
and $16.10; respectively per share, plus any declared and unpaid
dividends, thereon. Following payment to holders of all other classes of
preferred stock to which each series of preferred stock is subordinate,
holders of each series of preferred stock are entitled to share in
remaining available funds on an as-if converted basis with
holders of common stock, if any.
|
|
In the event preferred stock is
issued to any party, the Series A preferred stockholder has the right to
purchase additional preferred stock, at a price equal to the greater of
the fair market value of the common stock or the price paid in the Company
s most recent equity financing, to retain its percentage of
ownership. Such preemptive right does not apply to common stock issued in
connection with an initial public offering, following such time as the
Series A Convertible preferred stockholder ownership is less than 5%, or
to issuances less than 990,000 common shares to consultants, or agents of
the Company.
|
|
In March 1998, the Company
issued 344,043 shares of Series B preferred stock at $3.33 per share to
investors for total consideration of $1,146,810.
|
|
In October 1998, the Company
issued 41,544 shares of Series C preferred stock at $5.01 per share to
investors for total consideration of $208,274.
|
|
In June 1999, the Company issued
617,974 shares of Series D preferred stock at $9.42 per share to investors
for total consideration of $5,776,386 (net of offering costs of
$42,610).
|
|
In December 1999, the Company
issued 207,980 shares of Series E preferred stock at $16.10 per share to
strategic investors for total consideration of $3,302,703 (net of offering
costs of $45,775). The 114,812 shares of Series E preferred stock sold to
a strategic investor were considered to be sold below fair value, which
results in a beneficial conversion feature of $1,848,473. This beneficial
conversion feature has been recognized as a deemed dividend and increases
net loss attributable to common shareholders. 93,168 shares of the Series
E preferred stock were sold to AOL, a strategic partner of the Company. In
December 1999, AOL also entered into a service agreement with the Company.
The 93,168 shares of Series E preferred stock sold to AOL were considered
to be sold below fair value, which results in a deferred charge of
$3,009,056 which is being amortized over the life of the services
agreement with AOL. $17,553 has been included in selling and marketing
expense in 1999.
|
CCBN.COM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
|
Under the services agreement,
the Company will pay AOL $14,100,000 in carriage fees over the term of the
agreement which is 40 months. The Company paid $1,500,000 to AOL in
December of 1999 and payment terms provide for payments of $4,837,037,
$3,881,481, and $3,881,481 in the years ending December 31, 2000, 2001,
and 2002. Upon an initial public offering, such payments will be
accelerated by one quarter. Carriage fees will be recognized as sales and
marketing expense ratably over the term of the agreement. In exchange, the
Company will be the premier provider of investor relations information to
subscribers of AOL over the term of the agreement. During that term AOL
has committed to provide a minimum number of impressions to the Company
s presence on the AOL network. In addition, AOL has the right to
sell advertisement on the Companys sites and co-branded sites within
the AOL network. AOL will pay the Company a percentage of the advertising
fees earned, depending on the volume of advertising sold. The Company did
not recognize any advertising revenue under this arrangement in the year
ended December 31, 1999. Furthermore, the Company has granted to AOL
warrants to purchase 1,596,650 additional shares of Series E preferred
stock. Warrants for up to 532,217 shares may be vested during the period
from commencement of the agreement through March 31, 2001. Warrants for up
to 1,065,432 (including the number of warrants vested in the first vesting
period) may be vested in the period from April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002.
Warrants for up to 1,569,650 (including the number of warrants vested in
the first vesting periods) may be vested in the period from April 1, 2002
to March 31, 2003. The number of warrants vested is based on the
advertising revenue generated by AOL on the Companys site and
co-branded sites in the AOL network. Warrants for the first 250,000 shares
of Series E preferred stock have an exercise price of $16.10 per share.
The exercise price of the remaining warrants will be set at 90% of the
then fair market value at the date the warrants vest. At December 31, 1999
no warrants have vested. The fair value of the warrants will be calculated
using the Black Scholes valuation model at the time the performance
criteria are met and the warrants vest. The value of the vested warrants
will be recognized as sales and marketing expense in the period the
warrants become vested.
|
|
As of December 31, 1999, all
outstanding shares of preferred stock will automatically convert into
shares of common stock upon the closing of the anticipated public offering
as follows:
|
|
|
Shares of
common stock
|
Series A preferred
stock |
|
1,687,500 |
Series B preferred
stock |
|
1,032,129 |
Series C preferred
stock |
|
124,632 |
Series D preferred
stock |
|
2,129,910 |
Series E preferred
stock |
|
623,940 |
|
|
|
|
|
5,598,111 |
|
|
|
Stock Split
|
On April 1, 1999, the Company
effected a 3-for-1 stock split through a stock dividend of common stock
and preferred stock. On January 31, 2000, the board of directors declared a
3-for-1 stock split of only the Companys common stock, which will be
effective as of
. All
references to preferred and common stock share and per share amounts
including options
and warrants to purchase common stock have been retroactively restated to
reflect these stock splits for all periods presented.
|
|
On the completion of an initial
public offering, all shares of Series B, C, D and E Common Stock shall
automatically convert into shares of Series A Common Stock. As of December
31, 1999, the number of shares of Series A common stock into which Series
B, C, D and E common stock will automatically convert upon the closing of
the anticipated public offering is as follows:
|
|
|
Shares of
Series A
|
Common Stock
Series |
|
|
B |
|
187,383 |
C |
|
193,518 |
D |
|
154,410 |
E |
|
410,758 |
|
The common stockholders are
entitled to one vote per share. At December 31, 1999, the Company had
reserved 13,904,731 shares of Series A common stock, for future issuance
upon conversion of Series B, C, D, and E common stock, Series A, B, C, D
and E preferred stock, and the exercise of warrants and stock
options.
|
10. Stock Plans
|
In 1999, the Board of Directors
adopted the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (the 1999 Option Plan)
for the issuance of incentive and nonqualified stock options and
restricted stock awards. The number of shares of common stock reserved for
issuance under the 1999 Option Plan is 4,926,699 shares. Options to
purchase common stock and restricted stock awards are granted at the
discretion of the Board of Directors.
|
|
Under the terms of the 1999
Option Plan, the exercise price of incentive stock options granted must
not be less than 100% (110% in certain cases) of the fair market value of
the common stock on the date of grant, as determined by the Board of
Directors. The exercise price of nonqualified stock options may be less
than the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant, as
determined by the Board of Directors but in no case may the exercise price
be less than the statutory minimum. The options have a term of ten years.
Vesting of options granted is at the discretion of the Board of Directors,
which typically is four years. Certain options issued to the sales force
are immediately exercisable. Options issued to advisory board members vest
at the end of seven years, and accelerate vest based on attendance at
advisory board meetings.
|
|
A restricted stock award
provides for the issuance of common stock to directors, officers, advisory
board members and employees at prices determined by the Board of
Directors. Generally, 25% of the shares vest on the first anniversary of
the date of purchase and, thereafter, the remaining shares vest on a
quarterly basis through the fourth anniversary of the date of purchase.
Certain restricted stock awards to the sales force vest based on
performance of sales
related goals. Restricted stock issued to advisory board members vest at the
end of seven years, and accelerate vest based on attendance at advisory
board meetings.
|
|
During the year ended December
31, 1999, the Company recorded deferred compensation of $6,920,957 for
stock options granted to employees which were subsequently determined to
be below fair value. The Company is recognizing the compensation expense
over the vesting period. In the year ended December 31, 1999, related
expense recognized was $788,013.
|
|
During the years ended December
31, 1998 and 1999, the Company recorded deferred compensation of $85,030
and $1,061,088 for performance based restricted stock granted to
employees. The Company is recognizing the compensation expense during the
period the performance criteria are met. In the year ended December 31,
1999, related expense recognized was $788,675.
|
|
During the year ended December
31, 1999, the Company recorded deferred compensation of $72,618 for
options granted to nonemployees. During the years ended December 31, 1998
and 1999, the Company recorded deferred compensation of $16,430 and
$253,437, respectively for restricted stock granted to nonemployees. The
Company is recognizing the compensation expense over the shorter of the
vesting period or the period of performance. In the period ended December
31, 1998 and 1999, related expense recognized was $2,622 and $116,769,
respectively.
|
|
A summary of activity under the
Companys 1999 Option Plan for the year ended December 31, 1999 is
presented below:
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
Weighted
average
exercise
price
|
Outstanding at December
31, 1998 |
|
|
|
|
Granted |
|
2,588,976 |
|
$1.56 |
Exercised |
|
2,700 |
|
$1.33 |
Canceled |
|
15,675 |
|
$0.76 |
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at December
31, 1999 |
|
2,570,601 |
|
$1.57 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following table summarizes
information about stock options outstanding at December 31,
1999:
|
Range of
exercise prices
|
|
Number
of options
outstanding
|
|
Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
life
|
|
Weighted
average
exercise
price
|
|
Exercisable
|
|
|
|
|
Number
of options
|
|
Weighted
average
exercise
price
|
$0.67 |
|
636,735 |
|
9.26 |
|
$0.67 |
|
50,142 |
|
$0.67 |
$1.33 |
|
391,890 |
|
9.59 |
|
$1.33 |
|
7,800 |
|
$1.33 |
$2.00 |
|
1,541,976 |
|
9.80 |
|
$2.00 |
|
39,675 |
|
$2.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$.67
$2.00 |
|
2,570,601 |
|
9.64 |
|
$1.57 |
|
97,617 |
|
$1.26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CCBN.COM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
|
SFAS No. 123, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation, encourages but does not require
companies to record compensation cost for stock-based employee
compensation at fair value. The Company has chosen to account for
stock-based compensation granted to employees using the intrinsic value
method prescribed in APB No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees, and related interpretations. Accordingly, deferred
compensation cost for restricted stock awards and stock options granted to
employees is measured as the excess, if any, of the fair value of the
Companys stock at the date of the grant over the amount that must be
paid to acquire the stock. For the year ended December 31, 1998 and 1999,
the Company recorded $101,460 and $8,308,100 in deferred compensation for
restricted stock awards and options to purchase common stock granted at
exercise prices subsequently determined to be below the fair value of the
common stock. Compensation expense of $2,622 and $1,693,457 was recognized
during the years ended December 31, 1998 and 1999,
respectively.
|
|
Had the value of option granted
been measured using the fair value method prescribed by SFAS No. 123, the
fair value of the options granted for the year ended December 31, 1999 is
estimated to be $2.98 per share. The fair value of the option grant was
estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing
model with the following assumptions: weighted average risk-free rate of
5.319%; no expected dividends; an expected life of 5 years; and no
volatility. Had the Company accounted for stock options to employees under
the fair value method prescribed under SFAS No. 123, net loss as reported
for the year ended December 31, 1999 would have been $7,813,625. Basic and
diluted net loss per share would have been $(0.73) on a pro forma basis
for the year ended December 31, 1999. The effects of applying SFAS No. 123
in this pro forma disclosure are not indicative of future
amounts.
|
11. Income Taxes
|
There is no provision for income
taxes for any of the periods presented. The difference between the amount
of income tax benefit recorded of zero and the amount of income tax
benefit calculated using the federal statutory rate of 34% is due to net
operating losses being fully offset by a valuation allowance.
|
|
Deferred tax assets are
comprised of the following:
|
|
|
December 31,
1999
|
Deferred tax
assets: |
|
|
|
Net operating loss
carryforwards |
|
$1,200,000 |
|
Other temporary
difference |
|
624,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gross deferred tax
assets |
|
1,824,000 |
|
Valuation
allowance |
|
(1,189,083 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax
asset |
|
634,917 |
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax
liability |
|
(634,917 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax
assets |
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
CCBN.COM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
|
The Company has provided a
full valuation allowance for its net deferred tax assets since it is more
likely than not that these future benefits will not be realized. If the
Company achieves future profitability, a significant portion of these
deferred tax assets could be available to offset future income
taxes.
|
|
At December 31, 1999, the
Company has a net operating loss carryforward for federal and state
purposes of approximately $3 million available to reduce future federal
and state income taxes payable. These net operating loss carryforwards
begin to expire in 2017 and 2002, respectively.
|
|
Under the Internal Revenue Code,
certain substantial changes in the Companys ownership could result
in an annual limitation on the amount of net operating loss and tax credit
carryforwards which can be utilized in future years.
|
12. Subsequent Events
|
In January 2000, the Company
sold 49,589 shares of Series E convertible preferred stock to an executive
of the Company in exchange for $200,000 in cash and a note for $600,000.
The difference between the fair value of the stock and the purchase price
for the number of shares purchased totals $1,185,177 and is considered to
be compensation expense to be recognized in the quarter ending March 31,
2000. In addition, the Company granted options for the purchase of 600,000
shares of common stock with an exercise price of $3.33 and 150,000 options
with an exercise price of $5.37 to the same executive. These option grants
result in deferred compensation of $7,195,000, which will be amortized
over the vesting period of 36 months.
|
|
In January 2000, the 2000
Outside Director Stock Option Plan and the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan were adopted by the Board of Directors and are subject to shareholder
approval. A total of 250,000 and 300,000 shares of Series A common stock
may be issued under the director stock option plan and the employee stock
purchase plan, respectively.
|
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
of TalkPoint Communications, Inc.
In
our opinion, the accompanying balance sheets and the related statements of
operations, stockholders deficit and of cash flows present fairly, in
all material respects the financial position of TalkPoint Communications,
Inc. as of September 30, 1999 and December 31, 1998, and the results of its
operations and its cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 1999
and the year ended December 31, 1998 in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Companys management; our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based
on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance
with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States which
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating
the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits
provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.
As
discussed in Note 10, on October 12, 1999, TalkPoint Communications, Inc.
was acquired by CCBN.COM, Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts
January 31, 2000
TALKPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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|
|
December 31,
1998
|
|
September 30,
1999
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$
|
|
|
$
1,442 |
|
Accounts receivable, net of allowances
for doubtful accounts of $0 and
$3,000 at December 31, 1998 and September 30, 1999,
respectively |
|
1,500 |
|
|
11,845 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
|
1,500 |
|
|
13,287 |
|
Fixed assets,
net |
|
4,932 |
|
|
85,909 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
|
$
6,432 |
|
|
$
99,196 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
AND STOCKHOLDERS DEFICIT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities; |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash overdraft |
|
$
13,132 |
|
|
$
|
|
Line of credit |
|
5,000 |
|
|
5,000 |
|
Accounts payable |
|
112,889 |
|
|
292,073 |
|
Accrued interest |
|
15,510 |
|
|
38,638 |
|
Accrued payroll taxes |
|
49,057 |
|
|
|
|
Accrued expenses |
|
|
|
|
41,389 |
|
Deferred revenue |
|
19,159 |
|
|
8,363 |
|
Notes payable |
|
80,000 |
|
|
80,000 |
|
Notes payable to related
parties |
|
113,550 |
|
|
340,078 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
408,297 |
|
|
805,541 |
|
Commitments and
contingencies (Note 9) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Redeemable convertible
preferred stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Redeemable convertible preferred stock
Series A, $.01 par value; 246,000
shares authorized, none issued and outstanding at
September 30, 1999 and
December 31, 1998 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Redeemable convertible preferred stock
Series B, $.01 par value; 2,400,000
shares authorized, none issued and outstanding at
September 30, 1999 and
December 31, 1998 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders
deficit: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock $.01 par value;
10,000,000 shares authorized, 3,080,303 and
3,105,303 issued and outstanding at December 31, 1998 and
September 30, 1999 |
|
30,803 |
|
|
31,053 |
|
Additional paid-in
capital |
|
726,586 |
|
|
1,106,507 |
|
Note receivable from
shareholder |
|
(10,500 |
) |
|
|
|
Accumulated
deficit |
|
(1,148,754 |
) |
|
(1,843,905 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders deficit |
|
(401,865 |
) |
|
(706,345 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities, redeemable convertible
preferred stock and
stockholders deficit |
|
$
6,432 |
|
|
$
99,196 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
TALKPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
|
Year ended
December 31,
1998
|
|
Nine months
ended
September 30,
1999
|
Revenue |
|
$ 29,561 |
|
|
$ 54,511 |
|
Operating
expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of revenue |
|
24,100 |
|
|
34,122 |
|
Selling, general and
administrative |
|
119,005 |
|
|
90,807 |
|
Research and
development |
|
259,675 |
|
|
246,934 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses |
|
402,780 |
|
|
371,863 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from
operations |
|
(373,219 |
) |
|
(317,352 |
) |
Interest
expense |
|
15,685 |
|
|
377,799 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$(388,904 |
) |
|
$(695,151 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
TALKPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS
DEFICIT
for the year ended December 31, 1998 and the nine months ended
September 30, 1999
|
|
Common
stock
|
|
Additional
paid-in
capital
|
|
Note
receivable
|
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
|
Total
stockholders
deficit
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
Par
value
|
Balance at December 31,
1997 |
|
3,000,000 |
|
$30,000 |
|
$
645,480 |
|
$
|
|
|
$ (759,850 |
) |
|
$ (84,370 |
) |
Issuance of common
stock |
|
80,303 |
|
803 |
|
81,106 |
|
(10,500 |
) |
|
|
|
|
71,409 |
|
Net loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(388,904 |
) |
|
(388,904 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31,
1998 |
|
3,080,303 |
|
30,803 |
|
726,586 |
|
(10,500 |
) |
|
(1,148,754 |
) |
|
(401,865 |
) |
Issuance of common
stocks |
|
25,000 |
|
250 |
|
25,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25,500 |
|
Repayment of note
receivable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
10,500 |
|
Issuance of
warrants |
|
|
|
|
|
354,671 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
354,671 |
|
Net loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(695,151 |
) |
|
(695,151 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at September 30,
1999 |
|
3,105,303 |
|
$31,053 |
|
$1,106,507 |
|
$
|
|
|
$(1,843,905 |
) |
|
$(706,345 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
TALKPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
Year ended
December 31,
1998
|
|
Nine months
ended
September 30,
1999
|
Cash flows from
operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$(388,904 |
) |
|
$(695,151 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and
amortization |
|
3,544 |
|
|
9,885 |
|
Amortization of warrant issued with
notes payable |
|
|
|
|
354,671 |
|
Provision for bad debts |
|
|
|
|
3,000 |
|
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable |
|
5,475 |
|
|
(13,345 |
) |
Deferred
revenue |
|
19,159 |
|
|
(10,796 |
) |
Accounts
payable |
|
93,552 |
|
|
179,185 |
|
Accrued
interest |
|
15,510 |
|
|
23,128 |
|
Accrued
payroll taxes |
|
49,057 |
|
|
(49,057 |
) |
Accrued
expenses |
|
|
|
|
41,388 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in operating activities |
|
(202,607 |
) |
|
(157,092 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from
investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of fixed assets |
|
|
|
|
(90,862 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
|
|
|
(90,862 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from
financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash overdraft |
|
13,132 |
|
|
|
|
Repayment of cash overdraft |
|
|
|
|
(13,132 |
) |
Proceeds from notes payable to related
parties |
|
93,550 |
|
|
226,528 |
|
Repayment of notes payable |
|
(10,000 |
) |
|
|
|
Issuance of common stock |
|
71,409 |
|
|
36,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing
activities |
|
168,091 |
|
|
249,396 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in
cash and cash equivalents |
|
(34,516 |
) |
|
1,442 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents,
beginning of period |
|
34,516 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents,
end of period |
|
$
|
|
|
$
1,442 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosure
of cash flow information: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest paid |
|
$
175 |
|
|
$
|
|
Conversion of notes payable to common
stock |
|
$ 10,500 |
|
|
$
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
TALKPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Nature of the Business and Basis of Financial
Statements
|
TalkPoint Communications, Inc.
(the Company or TalkPoint) was incorporated on
July 15, 1996 to bring effective web-based presentation tools and services
to market. The Companys principal markets are companies which
utilize multimedia presentations synchronizing narrative with audio using
the telephone.
|
|
TalkPoint Communications
operates in one segment and is subject to the risks and uncertainties
common to growing companies, including reliance on certain customers,
growth and commercial acceptance of the Internet, dependence on principal
products and services and third-party technology, activities of
competitors and dependence on key personnel such as the Companys
Chief Executive Officer, and limited operating history.
|
2. Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies
|
Significant accounting policies
followed in the preparation of the financial statements are as
follows:
|
|
The preparation of financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the
reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Actual amounts could differ from those estimates.
|
|
The Company considers all highly
liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be
cash equivalents. At September 30, 1999 and December 31, 1998, the Company
s cash equivalents consisted of money market funds totaling
approximately $1,442 and $0, respectively. The carrying amount in the
financial statements approximates fair value due to the short maturity and
holding period of these instruments.
|
|
Revenue for the Companys
service is recognized over the contract term for services provided.
Payments received and billings for service revenue, prior to the service
period, are classified as deferred revenue.
|
|
Fair Value of Financial
Instruments
|
|
The carrying amounts of TalkPoint
s financial instruments, which include cash equivalents, accrued
expenses and notes payable, approximate their fair values at September 30,
1999 and December 31, 1998.
|
TALKPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC,
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS(Continued)
|
Concentrations of
Credit Risk
|
|
Financial instruments which
potentially expose the Company to concentrations of credit risk include
accounts receivable. The Company performs ongoing evaluations of customers
financial condition and does not generally require collateral. The
Company maintains reserves for potential credit losses, which in the
aggregate, have not exceeded managements expectations.
|
|
At September 30, 1999, accounts
receivable from three customers accounted for 100% of total accounts
receivable. At December 31, 1998, one customer represented 100% of total
accounts receivable.
|
|
During the nine months ended
September 30, 1999, revenue from two customers accounted for approximately
42% of total revenue. During the year ended December 31, 1998, revenue
from four customers accounted for approximately 61% of total
revenue.
|
|
Fixed assets are recorded at
cost and depreciated over their estimated useful lives, generally three
years, using the straight-line method. Capital leases and leasehold
improvements are amortized over the shorter of the lease life or the
estimated useful life of the asset. Upon retirement or sale, the cost of
the assets disposed and the related accumulated depreciation are removed
from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is included in the
determination of income. Maintenance and repair costs are expensed as
incurred.
|
|
Research and
Development and Software Development Costs
|
|
Costs incurred in the research
and development of the Companys products are expensed as
incurred.
|
|
The Company recognizes
advertising expense as incurred. Advertising expense was approximately
$500 and $0 for the year ended December 31, 1998, and the nine months
ended September 30, 1999, respectively.
|
|
The Company provides for income
taxes using the liability method whereby deferred tax liabilities and
assets are recognized based on temporary differences between the amounts
presented in the financial statements and the tax basis of assets and
liabilities using current statutory tax rates. A valuation allowance is
established against net deferred tax assets, if based on the weighted
available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the
deferred tax assets will not be realized.
|
TALKPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC,
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS(Continued)
|
Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 130, Reporting Comprehensive Income
(SFAS 130), is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
1997. SFAS 130 requires that changes in comprehensive income be shown in a
financial statement that is displayed with the same prominence as other
financial statements. The Company adopted SFAS 130 in the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1998. No difference between comprehensive income and
net income exists.
|
4. Fixed Assets
|
Fixed assets consist of the
following:
|
|
|
Estimated
useful life
in years
|
|
September 30,
1999
|
|
December 31,
1998
|
Computer equipment and
software |
|
3 |
|
$101,492 |
|
$10,630 |
Less
accumulated |
|
|
|
15,583 |
|
5,698 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ 85,909 |
|
$ 4,932 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation expense for the
nine months ended September 30, 1999 and the year ended December 31, 1998
was $9,885 and $3,544, respectively.
|
5. Borrowings
|
In April 1999, the Company
entered into a line of credit with the CEO of the Company providing
borrowings of up to $200,000 at a lending rate of 9%. Borrowings under
this line of credit are payable on demand. At September 30, 1999 and
December 30, 1998 there was $5,000 outstanding under this line of
credit.
|
|
In January, March, April, and
May of 1999, the Company entered into convertible note agreements with the
CEO of CCBN.COM, Inc. totaling $220,000. The notes are payable 90 days
from the date of issuance and bear interest at a rate of prime plus 2%. At
September 30, 1999, the Company had $220,000 in convertible notes
outstanding. The convertible notes are secured by substantially all assets
of the Company. The notes are personally guaranteed by the CEO of the
Company.
|
|
In connection with the
convertible notes, the Company granted warrants to purchase 90,355 shares
of the Companys common stock at an exercise price of $1.02 per
share. These warrants are exercisable immediately and expire ten years
from the grant date. The fair value of the warrants, estimated to be
approximately $84,016 at issuance, has been recorded as additional paid-in
capital and has been amortized to interest expense. The value of the
warrants was estimated using the Black-Scholes valuation model at the date
of grant.
|
|
On April 6, 1999 the Company
granted a warrant to the CEO of CCBN.COM, Inc. to purchase common stock
equal to 10% of the fully diluted shares of the Company, (317,102 shares
at April 6, 1999, 319,566 shares at September 30, 1999). The exercise
price relating to this warrant is $1.35 per share. The warrant is
exercisable immediately and expires ten years
from the grant date. The fair value of the warrant, estimated to be
$354,671, has been recorded as additional paid-in capital and has been
amortized to interest expense. The value of the warrant was estimated
using the Black-Scholes valuation model at the date of grant.
|
On
October 12, 1999, all of the above warrants were forfeited by the holder
(Note 10).
6. Redeemable Preferred Stock
|
Series A and Series B Preferred
Stock are redeemable anytime after July 10, 2003 at the option of the
holders at a redemption price of $1.02 and $1.31 per share, respectively,
plus any accrued but unpaid dividends.
|
|
Each share of the Series A and
Series B Preferred Stock is convertible at any time at the option of the
holder into shares of common stock at a ratio of one share of common stock
for each share of Series A and Series B Preferred Stock, subject to
certain anti-dilution adjustments. The Series A and Series B Preferred
Stock will automatically convert to common stock immediately upon the
closing of a public offering of the Companys common stock resulting
in gross proceeds of at least $15,000,000 based on an offering price per
share of not less than $8.00.
|
|
The holders of Series A and
Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends at an annual
rate of 6% of the original purchase price. Dividends are payable whether
or not declared. There were no unpaid dividends on Series A and Series B
Preferred Stock at September 30, 1999 and December 31, 1998.
|
|
In the event of any liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, the holders of
the Series A and Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive on a pro
rata basis, prior and in preference to the holders of common stock, $1.02
per share and $1.31 per share, respectively, plus all accrued and unpaid
dividends.
|
|
After distribution of the above
liquidation preference, and after distribution of $400,000 to holders of
Special Designated Common Stock (Note 7), the holders of Series A and
Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive an amount that would be
distributable if converted into Common Stock.
|
|
Each holder of the Series A and
Series B Preferred Stock is entitled to the number of votes equal to the
number of shares of common stock into which such holders shares are
convertible at the record date for such vote.
|
TALKPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC,
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS(Continued)
7. Stockholders Equity
|
Each share of common stock
entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the
Companys stockholders. Common stockholders are entitled to receive
dividends, if any, as may be declared by the Board of Directors, subject
to preferential dividend rights of the preferred stockholders.
|
|
The Company has reserved 409,921
shares of common stock for the conversion of outstanding
warrants.
|
|
Special Designated
Common Stock
|
|
If, and as long as shares of
Series A or Series B Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, shares of
Common Stock held by Hoyt Prisock shall be identified as Special
Designated Common Stock so that he shall be entitled to a liquidation
preference of $400,000, but subject to the preference of Series A and
Series B Preferred Stock. After payment of Liquidation Preference to
Preferred Stockholders and after payment of $400,000 to Hoyt Prisock, the
remaining assets of the Company shall be distributed among common
shareholders.
|
8. Income Taxes
|
There is no provision for income
taxes for any of the periods presented. The difference between the amount
of income tax benefit recorded of zero and the amount of income tax
benefit calculated using the federal statutory rate of 34% is due to net
operating losses being fully offset by a valuation allowance.
|
|
|
September 30,
1999
|
|
December 31,
1998
|
Net operating
carryforwards |
|
$296,077 |
|
|
$144,424 |
|
Other temporary
differences |
|
119,698 |
|
|
15,485 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross deferred tax
assets |
|
415,775 |
|
|
159,909 |
|
Deferred tax asset
valuation allowance |
|
(415,775 |
) |
|
(159,909 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company has provided a full
valuation allowance for the deferred tax assets since it is more likely
than not that these future benefits will not be realized. If the Company
achieves future profitability, a significant portion of these deferred tax
assets could be available to offset future income taxes.
|
|
At September 30, 1999, the
Company has federal and state net operating loss and research and
development tax credit carryforwards of approximately $750,000 available
to reduce future federal and state income taxes payable. These net
operating loss carryforwards expire beginning 2017.
|
|
Under the provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code, certain substantial changes in the Companys
ownership could result in an annual limitation on the amount of net
operating loss and tax credit carryforward which can be utilized in future
years.
|
TALKPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC,
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS(Continued)
9. Commitments and Contingencies
|
The Company leases its
facilities under noncancelable operating leases.
|
|
Future lease obligations as of
September 30, 1999 are as follows:
|
|
|
Operating
leases
|
Three months ending December 31,
1999 |
|
$2,486 |
Year ending December 31,
2000 |
|
5,100 |
|
|
|
Total minimum lease payments |
|
$7,586 |
|
|
|
|
Rental expense under operating
leases for the nine months ended September 30, 1999 and the year ended
December 31, 1998 was $7,423 and $7,863, respectively.
|
10. Subsequent Events
|
On October 10, 1999 the Company
was acquired by CCBN.COM, Inc. In connection with this acquisition, each
shareholder of TalkPoint received $.31 in cash and .056 shares of CCBN.COM
Series A common stock for each share of TalkPoint common stock held. Upon
consummation of the acquisition, TalkPoints line of credit, notes
payable and convertible notes payable, along with related accrued interest
were repaid by CCBN.COM. Additionally, the warrants issued in connection
with the convertible notes were forfeited by the noteholder.
|
|
Prior to the acquisition, in
October 1999, TalkPoint issued 5,805 shares of common stock to a
consultant as payment for services rendered. Expense relating to the
issuance of these common shares was $11,293 based on the fair value of the
shares at the date of issuance.
|
CCBN.COM, INC.
PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
(UNAUDITED)
On
October 10, 1999, the Company acquired TalkPoint Communications, Inc. (
TalkPoint) for approximately $970,788 in cash (including
transaction costs), the issuance of 520,137 shares of Series A Common Stock
and the assumption of liabilities of $800,071, for a total purchase price of
$4,298,710. This transaction was accounted for using the purchase method.
The fair value of the net tangible assets acquired, consisting primarily of
computer, network and communications equipment approximated $99,196. A
portion of the purchase price was allocated to the completed technology and
trademark which are each being amortized over two years. The remaining
purchase price of $2,398,883 was allocated to goodwill which is being
amortized over three years. No patents, noncompetition agreements or other
operating know-how was acquired. No value was ascribed to the employee
base.
The
results of operations of TalkPoint are included in the Companys
statement of operations from October 10, 1999, the date of
acquisition.
The
following unaudited pro forma condensed statement of operations for the year
ended December 31, 1999, present CCBN.COM, Inc. and TalkPoint assuming that
the acquisition had occurred at the beginning of the year ended December 31,
1999. The unaudited pro forma condensed statement of operations is not
necessarily indicative of the results of operations that would actually have
occurred if the transactions had been consummated as of January 1, 1999, and
is not intended to indicate the expected results for any future period. This
statement should be read in conjunction with the historical financial
statements and related notes of the Company and TalkPoint, included
herewith.
CCBN.COM, INC.
PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
1999
|
|
|
CCBN.COM
|
|
Talkpoint
Communic-
ations, Inc. (A)
|
|
Adjustments
|
|
Total
|
Revenue |
|
$8,696,829 |
|
|
$ 54,511 |
|
|
|
|
|
$8,751,340 |
|
Operating
expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs of revenue |
|
3,760,689 |
|
|
34,122 |
|
|
|
|
|
3,794,811 |
|
Selling and marketing |
|
5,256,298 |
|
|
28,346 |
|
|
|
|
|
5,284,644 |
|
General and
administrative |
|
2,225,094 |
|
|
62,461 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,287,555 |
|
Research and
development |
|
805,521 |
|
|
246,934 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,052,455 |
|
Equity related
compensation |
|
1,693,457 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,693,457 |
|
Amortization of intangible
assets |
|
424,986 |
|
|
|
|
|
$1,274,957 |
(B) |
|
1,699,943 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses |
|
14,166,045 |
|
|
371,863 |
|
|
1,274,957 |
|
|
15,812,865 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from
operations |
|
(5,469,216 |
) |
|
(317,352 |
) |
|
(1,274,957 |
) |
|
(7,061,525 |
) |
Interest income
(expense) |
|
76,344 |
|
|
(377,799 |
) |
|
|
|
|
(301,455 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
(5,392,872 |
) |
|
(695,151 |
) |
|
(1,274,957 |
) |
|
(7,362,980 |
) |
Deemed dividend on Series
E Preferred
Stock |
|
(1,848,473 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,848,473 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to
common
stockholders |
|
$(7,241,345 |
) |
|
$(695,151 |
) |
|
$(1,274,957 |
) |
|
$(9,211,453 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted net loss
per share (C, D) |
|
$
(0.68 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
(0.83 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares used in computing
basic and diluted
net loss per share |
|
10,664,025 |
|
|
|
|
|
401,860 |
|
|
11,065,884 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes
A.
|
The results for TalkPoint
reflect the nine months ended September 30, 1999, as the remainder of the
year are included in CCBN.COMs results.
|
B.
|
Completed technology,
trademarks and goodwill were a result of the acquisition in 1999, which
are amortized over a two-year and three-year period. Additional
amortization expense of approximately $1,274,957 for 1999 would have been
recorded if this acquisition had occurred at the beginning of such period.
Total amounts that would have been recorded as completed technology,
trademarks and goodwill was $4,199,514 at January 1, 1999.
|
C.
|
The pro forma combined per
share amounts in the unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations
is based upon the aggregate of (1) the historical weighted average number
of shares of CCBN.COM Series A common stock outstanding during the year
ended December 31, 1999 and (2) the shares of CCBN.COM Series A common
stock issued in connection with the acquisition of TalkPoint.
|
D.
|
Had pro forma loss per
share been computed assuming the conversion of CCBN.COMs convertible
preferred stock into Series A common stock as of the later of January 1,
1999 or their date of issuance, net loss would have been $0.61 per
share.
|
INSIDE BACK COVER GRAPHICS:
Three rectangular boxes representing screenshots taken of CCBN.COM
web-based product will be positioned in cascading order from the upper left
corner of the cover to the lower right corner of the cover. The bottom right
corner of the first and second rectangular boxes will overlap slightly.
Beneath the first rectangular box, the words IR Online will
appear. Beneath the second rectangular box, the words StreetEvents
will appear. Beneath the third rectangular box, the name AOL
Personal Finance will appear.
Shares
[CCBN.COM LOGO APPEARS HERE]
Series A Common Stock
PROSPECTUS
SG COWEN
DAIN RAUSCHER WESSELS
U.S. BANCORP PIPER JAFFRAY
WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY
,
2000
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and
Distribution
The
following table sets forth the various expenses, all of which will be borne
by us, in connection with the sale and distribution of the securities being
registered, other than the underwriting discounts and commissions. All
amounts shown are estimates except for the Securities and Exchange
Commission registration fee and the NASD filing fee.
SEC registration
fee |
|
$ 15,180 |
NASD filing fee |
|
6,250 |
Nasdaq National Market
listing fee |
|
* |
Blue Sky fees and
expenses |
|
* |
Transfer Agent and
Registrar fees |
|
* |
Accounting fees and
expenses |
|
* |
Legal fees and
expenses |
|
* |
Director and Officer
Liability Insurance |
|
* |
Printing and mailing
expenses |
|
* |
Miscellaneous |
|
* |
|
|
|
Total |
|
$
* |
|
|
|
*
|
To be filed by
amendment.
|
Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and
Officers
Article EIGHTH of our amended and restated certificate of
incorporation to be effective upon the closing of this offering provides
that none of our directors shall be personally liable for any monetary
damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent
that the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits the elimination or
limitation of liability of directors for breach of fiduciary
duty.
Article NINTH of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation
provides that our directors and officers (a) shall be indemnified by us
against all expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any litigation or
other legal proceeding (other than an action by or in our right) brought
against him by virtue of his position as our director or officer if he acted
in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, our best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful and
(b) shall be indemnified by us against all expenses (including attorneys
fees) and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any
action by or in our right brought against him by virtue of his position as
our director or officer if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, except
that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which
such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to us, unless a court
determines that, despite such adjudication but in view of all of the
circumstances, he is entitled to indemnification of such expenses.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a director or officer has
been successful, on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation,
the dismissal of an action without prejudice, he is required to be
indemnified by us against all expenses (including attorneys fees)
incurred in
connection therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to a director or officer at
his request, provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it
is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for such
expenses.
Indemnification is required to be made unless we determine that the
applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification has not been
met. In the event of a determination by us that the director or officer did
not meet the applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification, or
if we fail to make an indemnification payment within 60 days after such
payment is claimed by such person, such person is permitted to petition the
court to make an independent determination as to whether such person is
entitled to indemnification. As a condition precedent to the right of
indemnification, the director or officer must give us notice of the action
for which indemnity is sought and we have the right to participate in such
action or assume the defense thereof.
Article NINTH of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation
further provides that the indemnification provided therein is not exclusive,
and provides that in the event that the Delaware General Corporation Law is
amended to expand the indemnification permitted to directors or officers we
must indemnify those persons to the fullest extent permitted by such law as
so amended.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a
corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of
the corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses
incurred in connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is
threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person
shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any
criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in
the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect
to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable
to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating court
determines that such indemnification is proper under the
circumstances.
Under section of the underwriting agreement
between us and the underwriters, the underwriters are obligated, under
certain circumstances, to indemnify our directors and officers against
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities
Act.
Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered
Securities
Set
forth in chronological order is information regarding securities issued by
us since August 1997. Further included is the consideration, if any,
received by us for such securities and information relating to the section
of the Securities Act or rule of the Securities and Exchange Commission
under which exemption from registration was claimed. For purposes of this
Item 15, common units and shares of our common stock do not reflect the
three-for-one split effected on
, 2000.
The
securities issued in the following transactions were either (i) offered and
sold in reliance upon exemptions from Securities Act registration set forth
in Sections 3(b) and 4(2) of the Securities Act, or any regulations
promulgated thereunder, relating to sales by an issuer not involving any
public offering, or (ii) in the case of certain options to purchase shares
of Series A common stock and shares of Series A common stock issued upon the
exercise of such options, such offers and sales were made in reliance upon
an exemption from registration under Rule 701 of the Securities Act. No
underwriters were involved in these sales of securities.
(a) Issuances of Capital Stock
In
August 1997, we issued and sold 1,252,600 common units to common member
founders and employees for an aggregate price of $1,253.
In
October 1997, we issued and sold 187,500 common units to preferred members
in a private financing for an aggregate price of $1,500,000.
In
November 1997, we issued and sold 25,100 common units to common member
employees for an aggregate price of $25.10.
In
March 1998, we issued and sold 114,681 common units to preferred members in
a private financing for an aggregate price of $1,146,810.
In
May 1998, we issued and sold 47,450 common units to common member employees
for an aggregate price of $47.45.
In
August 1998, we issued and sold 34,600 common units to common member
employees for an aggregate price of $34.60.
In
October 1998, we issued and sold 73,050 common units to common member
employees for an aggregate price of $73.05.
In
November 1998, we issued and sold 13,848 common units to preferred members
in a private financing for an aggregate price of $208,274.
In
January 1999, we issued and sold 10,500 common units to common member
employees for an aggregate price of $10.50.
In
March 1999, we issued 32,912 common units to a preferred member as
satisfaction in full of certain demand promissory notes having an aggregate
value of $850,000.
In
April 1999, we merged CCBN.COM, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability
company with and into CCBN.COM, Inc., a Delaware corporation. At the time of
merger, in exchange for an aggregate of 1,781,741 common units of the LLC,
we issued an aggregate of 4,298,400 shares of our common stock and 1,040,133
shares of our convertible preferred stock of the corporation in the
following manner:
|
|
we issued a total of
3,757,800 shares of Series A common stock in exchange for a total of
1,252,600 common units held by common members;
|
|
|
we issued a total of
75,300 shares of Series B common stock in exchange for a total of 25,100
common units held by common members;
|
|
|
we issued a total of
142,350 shares of Series C common stock in exchange for a total of 47,450
common units held by common members;
|
|
|
we issued a total of
103,800 shares of Series D common stock in exchange for a total of 34,600
common units held by common members;
|
|
|
we issued a total of
219,150 shares of Series E common stock in exchange for a total of 73,050
common units held by common members;
|
|
|
we issued a total of
562,500 shares of Series A convertible preferred stock in exchange for a
total of 187,500 common units held by preferred members;
|
|
|
we issued a total of
344,043 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock in exchange for a
total of 114,681 common units held by preferred members;
|
|
|
we issued a total of
41,544 shares of Series C convertible preferred stock in exchange for a
total of 13,848 common units held by preferred members; and
|
|
|
we issued a total of
92,096 shares of Series D convertible preferred stock in exchange for a
total of 32,912 common units held by preferred members.
|
On
June 9, 1999, we issued and sold 617,924 shares of Series D convertible
preferred stock in a private financing for an aggregate purchase price of
$5,818,996.
In
December, 1999, we issued and sold 207,980 shares of Series E convertible
preferred stock in a private financing for an aggregate purchase price of
$3,348,478.
(b) Certain Grants and Exercises of Stock Options.
As of December 31, 1999, options to purchase 856,867
shares of Series A common stock were outstanding under our 1999 Incentive
and Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan. 900 options to purchase shares of
Series A common stock have been exercised under the 1999 plan.
Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement
Schedules
(a) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
|
|
Description
|
1.1* |
|
Form of Underwriting
Agreement |
3.1 |
|
Second Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CCBN.COM, Inc., as
currently in effect |
3.2 |
|
By-laws of CCBN.COM, as
currently in effect |
4.1* |
|
Specimen Certificate for
shares of Series A common stock of CCBN.COM |
5.1* |
|
Opinion of Hale and Dorr
LLP |
10.1 |
|
1999 Incentive and
Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan |
10.2 |
|
1999 Incentive and
Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan Form of Notice of Grant of Non-
Statutory Stock Option |
10.3 |
|
1999 Incentive and
Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan Form of Notice of Grant of Incentive
Stock Option |
10.4 |
|
Stock Purchase Agreement,
dated June 9, 1999, by and among CCBN.COM and certain
stockholders |
10.5* |
|
Interactive Services
Agreement between CCBN.COM and America Online, Inc., dated
December 23, 1999 |
10.6* |
|
Stock Purchase Agreement,
dated December 23, 1999, by and among CCBN.COM,
Thomson Information Services, Inc. and America Online, Inc. |
10.7* |
|
Amended and Restated
Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 23, 1999, by and
among CCBN.COM, Thomson Information Services, Inc. and AOL and certain other
stockholders |
10.8* |
|
Stock Subscription Warrant
issued to America Online, Inc., dated December 23, 1999 |
10.9 |
|
Assignment of Leasehold
Estate by Invention Machine Corporation in favor of
CCBN.COM, dated August 13, 1999 |
10.10 |
|
2000 Outside Director
Stock Option Plan |
Exhibit No.
|
|
Description
|
10.11 |
|
2000 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan |
23.1 |
|
Consent of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
23.2 |
|
Consent of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
23.3* |
|
Consent of Hale and Dorr
LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
24.1 |
|
Powers of Attorney
(included on the signature page of the registration statement) |
27.1 |
|
Financial Data
Schedule |
*
|
To be filed by
amendment.
|
(b) Financial Statement Schedules
Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
All
other schedules have been omitted because they are not required or because
the required information is provided in our Financial Statements or Notes
thereto.
Item 17. Undertakings
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and persons who
control us pursuant to the provisions of our amended and restated
certificate of incorporation and the laws of the State of Delaware, or
otherwise, we have been advised that, in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of us in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by a director, officer or person who controls us in
connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
We
hereby undertake to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in
the underwriting agreement certificates in such denominations and registered
in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to
each purchaser.
We
hereby undertake that:
|
(1)
|
For purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information
omitted form the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration
statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus
filed by us pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the
Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement
as of the time it was declared effective.
|
|
(2)
|
For the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective
amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
|
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Boston,
Massachusetts, on this 3rd day of February, 2000.
|
By:
/S
/ JEFFREY
P. PARKER
|
|
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
|
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
We,
the undersigned officers and directors of CCBN.COM, Inc., hereby severally
constitute and appoint Jeffrey P. Parker and Robert I. Adler, and each of
them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each
of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated
below, the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed herewith and any and all
pre-effective and post-effective amendments to said Registration Statement,
and any subsequent Registration Statement for the same offering which may be
filed under Rule 462(b), and generally to do all such things in our names
and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable
CCBN.COM, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our
said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and
all amendments thereto or to any subsequent Registration Statement for the
same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
|
|
Title
|
|
Date
|
|
|
/S
/ JEFFREY
P. PARKER
|
|
Chairman of the Board of
Directors and |
|
February 3, 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Jeffrey P. Parker |
|
Chief Executive
Officer |
|
|
|
|
/S
/ ROBERT
I. ADLER
|
|
President and
Director |
|
February 3, 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Robert I. Adler |
|
|
|
|
|
|
/S
/ PAUL
M. PRESCOTT
|
|
Vice President, Finance
and Administration |
|
February 3, 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Paul M. Prescott |
|
Chief Accounting
Officer |
|
|
|
|
/S
/ KEITH
B. JARRETT
|
|
Director |
|
February 3, 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Keith B. Jarrett |
|
|
|
|
|
|
/S
/ ROBERT
C. MC
CORMACK
|
|
Director |
|
February 3, 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Robert C. McCormack |
|
|
|
|
|
|
/S
/ RICHARD
E. HANLON
|
|
Director |
|
February 3, 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Richard E. Hanlon |
|
|
|
|
|
|
/S
/ ROBERT
C. SHENK
, JR
. |
|
Director |
|
February 3, 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Robert C. Shenk, Jr. |
|
|
|
|
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
|
|
Description
|
1.1* |
|
Form of Underwriting
Agreement |
3.1 |
|
Second Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CCBN.COM, Inc., as
currently in effect |
3.2 |
|
By-laws of CCBN.COM, as
currently in effect |
4.1* |
|
Specimen Certificate for
shares of Series A Common Stock of CCBN.COM |
5.1* |
|
Opinion of Hale and Dorr
LLP |
10.1 |
|
1999 Incentive and
Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan |
10.2 |
|
1999 Incentive and
Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan Form of Notice of Grant of Non-
Statutory Stock Option |
10.3 |
|
1999 Incentive and
Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan Form of Notice of Grant of
Incentive Stock Option |
10.4 |
|
Stock Purchase Agreement,
dated June 9, 1999, by and among CCBN.COM and certain
stockholders |
10.5* |
|
Interactive Services
Agreement between CCBN.COM and AOL, dated December 23, 1999 |
10.6* |
|
Stock Purchase Agreement,
dated December 23, 1999, by and among CCBN.COM,
Thomson Information Services, Inc. and America Online, Inc. |
10.7* |
|
Amended and Restated
Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 23, 1999, by and
among CCBN.COM, Thomson Information Services, Inc. and AOL and certain other
stockholders |
10.8* |
|
Stock Subscription Warrant
issued to AOL, dated December 23, 1999 |
10.9 |
|
Assignment of Leasehold
Estate by Invention Machine Corporation in favor of
CCBN.COM, dated August 13, 1999 |
10.10 |
|
2000 Outside Director
Stock Option Plan |
10.11 |
|
2000 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan |
23.1 |
|
Consent of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
23.2 |
|
Consent of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
23.3* |
|
Consent of Hale and Dorr
LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
24.1 |
|
Powers of Attorney
(included on the signature page of the registration statement) |
27.1 |
|
Financial Data
Schedule |
*
|
To be filed by
amendment.
|