Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-KSB/A
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [FEE REQUIRED]
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996
OR
[ ] TRANSITIONAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ________________to_________________
Commission File Number 1-1200
EUROWEB INTERNATIONAL CORP.
(FORMERLY HUNGARIAN TELECONSTRUCT CORP.)
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(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 13-3696015
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
445 Park Avenue, 15th Floor, New York NY 10022
(Address of principal executive offices)
The Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 758-9870
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Name of Each
Title of Each Class Exchange on which Registered
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Common Stock, par value NASDAQ
$.001 per share
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or
for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file
such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirement
for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant
to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not
be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive
proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part
III of this Form 10-KSB or any amendment to this Form 10-KSB. [X]
Registrant had revenues of $18,597 for the year ended December 31,
1996. As of April 9, 1997, 3,125,174 shares of Common Stock were
outstanding of which 3,025,174 were held by non-affiliates of the
Company. The aggregate market value of the Common Stock held by
non-affiliates of the Company as of April 9, 1997 was $3,569,705
(based upon the closing bid price on such date on NASDAQ).
Documents Incorporated by Reference
None.
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PART I
Item 1. Business
(a) General Development of Business
The Company is a Delaware corporation which was organized on
November 9, 1992. It was a development stage company through
December 31, 1993. Its wholly-owned Hungarian subsidiary,
Teleconstruct Epitesi Kft ("Teleconstruct"), a limited liability
company, was organized on March 19, 1993 with the intention to
contract with community-sponsored telecom companies in Hungary to
construct and maintain local telephone exchanges in their areas.
The Company had two operating business segments: (1) building of
condominium apartments and building renovation and (2) design and
civil engineering, and laying of underground fiber optic telephone
and cable lines. The latter segment was discontinued in 1994.
The Company is currently building in Budapest two luxury 14-unit
condominium buildings for sale. In October 1996, Teleconstruct
agreed to sell to its former President one of the
luxury 14-unit condominium in Budapest upon obtaining move-in
permits and is currently in the process of completing a second
building.
In 1996 the Company initiated plans to enter the Internet
Service Provider business in Hungary. On January 2, 1997, the
Company acquired three Hungarian Internet service companies
("Internet providers"), namely, EUnet, E-Net and MS Telecom for a
purchase price of approximately $1,585,000, consisting of 144,000
shares of common stock of the Company and $1,225,000 in cash.
Except for $400,000 which was paid in January 1997, the balance of
the purchase price was paid in December 1996.
EUnet was the leading provider of leased line Internet
services in Hungary. E-Net was recognized as the premier
developer of Web sites in Hungary, providing content, design and
database functions, as well as Web site hosting services. MS
Telecom was one of the largest providers of dial-up Internet
access services in Hungary.
The combined companies, to be known as EuroWeb, supply a
full range of Internet services.
The Internet industry consists of three primary functions:
1) providing access to the Internet; 2) developing content,
including graphics and database functions, for Web sites on the
Internet; and 3) maintaining ("hosting") the computers, known as
"servers," which store, and allow for access to, Web sites.
EuroWeb provides services in all three arenas.
Access to the Internet can be either through a leased line,
which maintains an open connection to the Internet at all times,
or through a dial-up service, which requires subscribers to dial a
telephone number to connect to the Internet. Dedicated lines and
dial-up connections can provide access to the Internet at varying
speeds (bandwidths). Faster connections move data more quickly
and are more expensive.
EuroWeb offers a variety of access options, including
leased-line, dial-up and ISDN (Integrated Services Digital
Network) lines. There are also plans to eventually offer access
via cable modem, which can provide extremely high bandwidth
connections to the Internet using the same coaxial cable used by
cable television.
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Providing content for the Internet can include graphic
design for Web sites as well as software applications to provide
subscribers with tools, such as calculators or databases, they can
use over the Internet. Value added services such as these will be
provided on an exclusive basis to EuroWeb subscribers. The first
of these value added services, recently completed by the Company,
will be a searchable database of Hungarian corporations, which the
Company believes will attract corporate clients doing, or seeking
to do, business in Hungary.
Web site content on the Internet is stored on computers
known as servers (they "serve" information to Internet users).
The business of "Web site hosting" includes maintaining these
computers as well as making certain that the computers are always
connected to the Internet (one of the benefits of the Internet is
that required information is available 24 hours a day, seven days
a week). Web hosting services are provided for a monthly fee
which varies depending on the bandwidth of the connection to the
Internet and certain other factors.
EuroWeb currently employs 36 persons; four in management,
thirteen in sales and marketing, eight in graphics and Web
development, seven in networking operations and four in
administration. EuroWeb is in the process of developing its
corporate identity and establishing relationships with the media
to promote its services.
EuroWeb's strategy is to target the corporate leased line
market, emphasizing quality of service. Management believes that
leased line subscribers, who are almost exclusively corporations,
are willing to pay more for quality service yet require less
customer service expense than dial-up subscribers. Corporations
which initially purchase access often want Web sites developed for
their business as well as a reliable, experienced company to
"host" the site. EuroWeb provides all of these Internet services.
Currently, EuroWeb has approximately fifty-five (55) leased
line, fourteen (14) ISDN and eight hundred (800) dial-up
subscribers. Approximately eighty percent (80%) of the dial-up
subscribers are corporations. Revenues are approximately
US$70,000 per month, but the Company has not yet reached the
break-even point.
The Company currently has about a 15% share of Hungary's
Internet market. The Company's goal is to capture thirty percent
(30%) of the Hungarian Internet market within the next two years.
According to RIPE (Regional Internet Registry for Europe), in
1996, approximately nine hundred (900) new Internet Web domains
were registered in Hungary.
The Company plans to compete by offering more reliable
Internet connections, higher quality and more comprehensive
services and certain value added services which will be available
exclusively through EuroWeb.
Government Regulations
The Company is not subject to direct regulation other than
regulation applicable to businesses generally. However, changes
in the regulatory environment relating to the telecommunications
and media industry could have an effect on the Company's business.
The Company cannot predict the impact, if any, future regulation
may have on its business.
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Competition
Competition in the Internet Service Provider industry is
significant and is based largely on price and service. In the
future, the Company's competitors may be larger and have greater
financial resources than HTEL. The principal competitor of the
Company is the Hungarian national telephone company known as
MATAV.
Employees
The Company employs 36 persons; four in management, thirteen
in sales and marketing, eight in graphics and Web development,
seven in networking operations and four administrative persons.
None of the Company's employees are represented by a labor
organization. The Company believes that it's relations with its
employees are excellent.
Item 2. Properties
The Company rents approximately 4,500 sq. feet of space at
1051 Budapest, Sas ut 14 from Varosmajor Passage Kft. as executive
offices and for operations at a rental paid in Hungarian forints
of approximately $140,000 per year for a five year term commencing
April 1, 1997.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
There are no legal proceedings to which the Company is currently a
party or to which any of its property is subject, and the Company
knows of no legal proceedings pending or threatened against either
the Company or any director or officer of the Company in his
capacity as such.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
No matters were submitted to a vote of the Company's security
holders during the last quarter of the fiscal year ended December
31, 1996.
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PART II
Item 5. Market For Registrant's Common Equity and Related
Stockholder Matters
The Company's Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter
market on the National Association of Securities Dealers'
Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ") under the symbol "HTEL".
Trading on both the Boston Stock Exchange and on NASDAQ
commenced on July 29, 1993. Trading on the Boston Stock Exchange
was discontinued at the request of the Company on February 26,
1997.
The following table sets forth the high and low bid prices
for the Common Stock during the periods indicated as reported by
NASDAQ. The prices reported reflect inter-dealer quotations, and
may not represent actual transactions and do not include retail
mark-ups, mark-downs or commissions.
High Low
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Quarter Ending:
1995
March 31, 1995 13 3/4 4 5/8
June 30, 1995 6 1/2 4
September 30, 1995 7 3 3/4
December 31, 1995 5 2 5/8
1996
March 31, 1996 3 7/8 3 1/4
June 30, 1996 3 3/4 2 3/4
September 30, 1996 5 1/4 2 7/8
December 31, 1996 3 1/8 1 3/8
On April 9, 1997, the closing bid price on the NASDAQ for the
Common Stock was $1.18.
Shareholders
As of April 9, 1997, the Company had 3,125,174 shares of
Common Stock outstanding and 57 shareholders of record. The
Company believes that it has approximately 500 beneficial owners
who hold their shares in street names.
Dividend Policy
It is the present policy of the Company to retain earnings,
if any, to finance the development and growth of its business.
Accordingly, the Board of Directors does not anticipate that cash
dividends will be paid until earnings of the Company warrant such
dividends, and there can be no assurance that the Company can
achieve such earnings or any earnings.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Certain Information
The Company is presently subject to the informational
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports,
proxy statements and other information with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Transfer Agent
The transfer agent for the Company's securities is American
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 40 Wall Street, New York, New York
10007.
Item 6. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of
Operations and Financial Condition
General
The Company is a Delaware corporation which was organized on
November 9, 1992. It was a development stage company through
December 31, 1993. Through its wholly-owned Hungarian Subsidiary,
Teleconstruct Epitesi RT ("Teleconstruct") which was organized on
March 19, 1993 with the intention to contract with community-
sponsored telecom companies in Hungary to construct and maintain
local telephone exchanges in their areas. The Company had two
operating business segments: (1) building of condominium
apartments and building renovation and (2) design and civil
engineering, and laying of underground fiber telephone and cable
lines. The latter segment was discontinued in 1994. Effective
September 30, 1995, the Company's 90% interest in Termolang Kft,
which was in the building renovation business, was sold for its
original investment to the 10% interest holder for a gain of
approximately $11,000. All construction revenues reflected in the
1995 consolidated statement of loss were earned by Termolang Kft.
Teleconstruct is currently building in Budapest, Hungary two
luxury 14-unit condominiums for sale and did not have any
construction revenue during 1996.
Operations
Year Ended December 31, 1996 compared with Year Ended December 31,
1995
The Company had no revenues from construction operations in
the year ended December 31, 1996 since it did not complete the
sale of any condominium units. The Company devoted its efforts to
the construction of the two luxury 14-unit condominium buildings
and to preparing to enter the Internet service provider business.
In January 1997, the Company acquired three operating Internet
service provider businesses and is currently in the process of
consolidating the three businesses under one roof and operating
the three businesses as a single unit.
The decrease in 1996 compensation and related costs of
$4,285,000 is primarily as a result of a decrease in stock option
related compensation of $4,582,000 and the termination pay of
$324,000 accrued to the former president in 1996.
The management of the Company believes that the provision of
$1 million made in 1996 for write down construction in progress to
estimated net realizable value is required based on the current
real estate market conditions in Budapest.
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Interest expense of $878,179 includes $792,500 of
incremental interest on the convertible debentures relating to the
convertibility of the debentures at a 50% discount to the Common
Stock's market price. The balance of the interest was primarily
incurred on various borrowings.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
In October 1996, the Company sold a private placement
consisting of 550,000 shares of common stock and 550,000 common
stock purchase warrants exercisable at $2 per share at any time
from October 1, 1997 until September 30, 2001 for net proceeds of
$972,450 after deducting placement agent fees and offering
expenses of $127,550.
In November 1996 and December 1996, the Company sold
$792,500 of 10% convertible debentures due September 30, 1998 to
foreign investors outside the United States in private placements
receiving aggregate net proceeds of approximately $693,500 after
deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses of
approximately $99,000. Commencing 45 days after issuance, the
original principal amount of the debentures is convertible into
the Company's shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of 50%
of the market price, as defined, of the Company's common stock.
The unconverted debentures are due September 30, 1998 except in
the case of the occurrence of one of more "Events of Default" as
described in the debenture, the debenture may be immediately due
and payable. At December 31, 1996, $307,500 of debentures have
been converted into 263,979 shares of common stock and, as of
March 31, 1997, an additional $435,000 of debentures have been
converted into 568,105 shares of common stock.
The Company believes that its revenues from operations
together with the funds already raised and to be raised in 1997
will meet the Company's cash requirements to the end of 1998.
Inflation and Seasonality
The rate of inflation in Hungary was 23% in 1996 as compared
to 28% for 1995 and 18% for 1994. Prices have been rising rapidly
in recent years mainly because of reduction or removal of
subsidies and price controls, not because of expansionist monetary
policies. Since the Company uses the U.S. dollar as the functional
currency for its Hungarian subsidiaries, the Hungarian inflation
does not have a material effect on financial condition and results
of operations.
Internet operations are not seasonal or dependent on weather
conditions.
Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the "Safe Harbor"
Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
Except for historical information provided in the
Management's Discussion and Analysis, statements made throughout
this document are forward-looking and contain information about
financial results, economic conditions, trends and known
uncertainties. The Company cautions the reader that actual
results could differ materially from those expected by the
Company, depending on the outcome of certain factors (some of
which are described with the forward-looking statements)
including: 1) heightened competition, particularly price
competition, reducing margins; and 2) slower growth than expected
in the market for Internet services in Hungary.
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Item 7. Financial Statements
Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
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Report of independent certified public accountants F-2
Consolidated financial statements:
Balance sheet F-3
Statements of loss F-4
Statements of stockholders' equity F-5
Statements of cash flows F-6
Notes to consolidated financial statements F-7 - F-22
F-1
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Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants
Board of Directors
Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
New York, New York
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of
Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp. as of December 31, 1996, and the
related consolidated statements of loss, stockholders' equity, and
cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December
31, 1996. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion
on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards. Those standards 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. An audit also
includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits
provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to
above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp. as of December 31, 1996,
and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of
the two years in the period ended December 31, 1996, in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles.
BDO Seidman, LLP
New York, New York
April 9, 1997 F-2
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Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Consolidated Balance Sheet
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December 31, 1996
Assets
Current:
Cash (Note 3) $ 495,703
VAT refund receivable 74,412
Receivables from related parties (Note 4) 480,784
Prepaid and other 101,564
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Total current assets 1,152,463
Property and equipment, less accumulated
depreciation of $38,750 65,586
Office condominium unit held for sale 209,000
Construction-in-progress (Note 5) 3,527,090
Advances on acquisitions (Note 11) 1,585,000
Investment in and advances to affiliate (Note 6) 218,344
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$ 6,757,483
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current:
Payable to owner of acquired business (Note 11) $ 400,000
Accounts and accrued expenses payable 259,996
Compensation payable to officers 96,000
Deposits (Note 5(b)) 594,320
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Total current liabilities 1,350,316
10% Convertible debentures (Note 7(a)) 485,000
Payable to former officer (Note 10(a)) 895,719
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Total liabilities 2,731,035
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Commitments (Notes 5 and 9)
Stockholders' equity (Note 8):
Common stock, $.001 par value - shares
authorized 10,000,000;
issued and outstanding 2,476,269 2,476
Additional paid-in capital 17,681,947
Deficit (13,657,975)
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Total stockholders' equity 4,026,448
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$ 6,757,483
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
F-3
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Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Consolidated Statements of Loss
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Year ended December 31, 1996 1995
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Revenues (Note 10(c)):
Construction- $ - $ 244,745
Other 18,597 125,680
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18,597 370,425
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Expenses:
Cost of construction revenue - 240,400
Compensation and related costs
(Notes 9 and 10(a)) 1,364,550 5,747,188
Foreign currency loss 150,917 126,002
Write-down of construction-in-progress
to estimated market value (Note 5(a)) 1,000,000 -
Interest expense (Note 7(a)) 878,179 -
Interest income (98,002) (247,465)
Other 732,467 644,915
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4,028,111 6,511,040
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Loss before minority interest and
equity in net loss of
unconsolidated affiliate (4,009,514) (6,140,615)
Minority interest in net losses - 76,238
Equity in net loss of unconsolidated
affiliate (Note 6) (278,000) (415,000)
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Net loss $(4,287,514) $(6,479,377)
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Net loss per share $ (2.55) $ (4.27)
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Weighted average number of shares
outstanding 1,681,000 1,518,290
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
F-4
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Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity
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<TABLE>
Year ended December 31, 1996 and 1995
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<CAPTION>
Common stock Additional
------------------- paid-in
Shares Amount capital Deficit
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance, January 1, 1995 1,518,290 $1,518 $9,260,331 $(2,891,084)
Options granted as compensation -
$5,980,000, less previously earned
compensation of $797,333 (Note 9) - - 5,182,667 -
Gain on issuance of stock by affiliate
(Note 6) - - 203,000 -
Net loss for the year - - - (6,479,377)
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Balance, December 31, 1995 1,518,290 1,518 14,645,998 (9,370,461)
Issuance of shares for cash
(Note 7(b)) 550,000 550 972,450 -
Compensation relating to the extension
of the period of exercisability of
former officer's options (Note 10(a)) - - 600,000 -
Issuance of shares for businesses to be
acquired (Note 11) 144,000 144 359,856 -
Issuance of shares on conversion of
debentures (Note 7(a)) 263,979 264 311,143 -
Incremental interest from revaluation
of convertible debentures (Note 7(a)) - - 792,500 -
Net loss for the year - - - (4,287,514)
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Balance, December 31, 1996 2,476,269 $2,476 $17,681,947 $(13,657,975)
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
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Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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<TABLE>
Year ended December 31,
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
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<S> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss $(4,287,514) $(6,479,377)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 29,352 51,335
Options granted/extended as compensation 600,000 5,182,667
Incremental interest on revaluation of
convertible debentures 792,500 -
Provision for loss on construction-in-progress 1,000,000 -
Equity in net loss of unconsolidated affiliate 278,000 415,000
Minority interest in net losses - (76,238)
Loss on sale of property 8,940 -
(Increase) decrease in:
Accounts receivable - 38,820
Vat refund receivable 146,804 (221,216)
Receivables from related parties 85,962 332,474
Other assets (9,881) 68,831
Increase (decrease) in:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses (323,283) 417,309
Compensation payable to officers 96,000 -
Deposits 594,320 -
Payable to former officer 895,719 -
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Net cash used in operating activities (93,081) (270,395)
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Investment in and advances to affiliate 376,323 353,233
Advances on acquisitions (825,000) -
Acquisition of property and equipment and
construction-in-progress (1,429,992) (1,813,744)
Proceeds from sale of property 321,060 -
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Net cash used in investing activities (1,557,609) (1,460,511)
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Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of convertible debt 796,957 -
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 972,450 -
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Net cash provided by financing activities 1,769,407 -
Net increase (decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents 118,717 (1,730,906)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 376,986 2,107,892
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of year $ 495,703 $ 376,986
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Noncash transactions:
Issuance of common stock upon conversion of
debentures and accrued interest $ 311,407 $ -
Issuance of common stock as advances
on acquisition 360,000 -
Payable to stockholders of companies
to be acquired 400,000 -
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
F-6
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Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(a) Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp. (the
"Company") and its majority-owned subsidiaries. All
material intercompany balances and transactions have
been eliminated.
Certain 1995 items have been reclassified to conform
to the 1996 presentation.
(b) Use of Estimates
In preparing financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles, management is
required to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the
date of the financial statements and revenues and
expenses during the reporting period. Actual results
could differ from those estimates.
(c) Fiscal Year
The Company's reporting period is the fiscal year
ending December 31.
(d) Revenue Recognition
Sale of constructed condominium apartments is recognized
when collection of sales price is assured and occupancy
permits have been issued.
(e) Foreign Currency Translation
The Company uses the U.S. dollar as the functional
currency for its Hungarian subsidiaries. Accordingly,
monetary assets and liabilities of the Hungarian
subsidiaries were remeasured at year-end exchange rates
while nonmonetary assets and liabilities were remeasured
at historical rates. Income and expense accounts were
remeasured at the average rates in effect during the
year. Remeasurement adjustments and transaction gains or
losses are reflected in the consolidated statements of
loss.
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Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(f) Cash Equivalents
For purposes of the consolidated statements of cash
flows, the Company considers all highly liquid debt
instruments purchased with a maturity of three months or
less to be cash equivalents. The carrying amount
reported in the accompanying balance sheet approximates
fair value.
(g) Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Due to the nature of the VAT refund receivable,
receivables from related parties, payable to former
officer and advances to affiliate, it is not practical
to approximate their fair market value. The carrying
value of the convertible debentures approximates their
fair market value.
(h) Investment in Affiliate
The Company's 9.7% equity interest in Hungarian
Broadcasting Corp. ("HBC") through September 30, 1996
was accounted for using the equity method since the
Company had the ability to exercise significant
influence over HBC. Under this method, the Company
recorded as a loss its share of the losses and dividends
are credited against the investment account when
declared. Beginning October 1, 1996, the Company
discontinued its use of the equity method of accounting
for its investment in HBC, since the Company no longer
had the ability to exercise significant influence over
HBC (see Note 6).
(i) Property, Equipment and Depreciation
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation
is computed using the straight-line method over the
estimated useful lives of the assets of 3-5 years.
During 1996, the Company sold one of its office
condominium units to Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp.
("HTCC") at a net profit of approximately $9,000. Its
other office condominium unit is being held for sale at
December 31, 1996 and has been classified as such on the
December 31, 1996 balance sheet.
F-8
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Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(j) Stock-Based Compensation
In October 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards
Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation"
("SFAS No. 123"). SFAS No. 123, which is effective in
1996 for transactions entered into after 1994,
establishes a fair value method of accounting for
stock-based compensation, through either recognition or
disclosure. The Company adopted the disclosure option
for employee stock-based compensation provisions of SFAS
No. 123 in 1996. However, since the pro forma net income
and earnings per share amounts assuming the fair value
method was adopted January 1, 1995 did not differ
materially from the comparable amounts reported on the
consolidated statements of loss, no such pro forma
amounts have been disclosed. The adoption of SFAS
No. 123 did not impact the Company's results of
operations, financial position or cash flows.
(k) Net Loss Per Share
The net loss per share is computed using the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding during the
year.
F-9
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Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
2. Organization and Business
The Company is a Delaware corporation which was organized on
November 9, 1992. It was a development stage company through
December 31, 1993. Its wholly-owned Hungarian subsidiary,
Teleconstruct Epitesi RT ("Teleconstruct"), was organized on
March 19, 1993 with the intention to contract with community-
sponsored telecom companies in Hungary to construct and
maintain local telephone exchanges in their areas. The
Company had two operating business segments: (1) building of
condominium apartments and building renovation and (2) design
and civil engineering, and laying of underground fiber optic
telephone and cable lines. The latter segment was
discontinued in 1994. Effective September 30, 1995, the
Company's 90% interest in Termolang Kft, which was in the
building renovation business, was sold for its original
investment to the 10% interest holder for a gain of
approximately $11,000. All construction revenues reflected in
the 1995 consolidated statement of loss were earned by
Termolang Kft. Teleconstruct is currently building in
Budapest, Hungary two luxury 14-unit condominium buildings
for sale.
During 1994, the Company organized Central Europe Consult
("CEC"), an Austrian corporation, in which it has a 51%
interest with HTCC owning the remaining 49%. CEC is in the
process of being liquidated.
3. Cash Concentration
At December 31, 1996, cash of $462,116, denominated in U.S.
dollars, was on deposit with a major money center bank in the
United States.
4. Receivables from Related Parties
At December 31, 1996, receivables from related parties
include the following:
HBC (Note 6) $448,000
HTCC 32,784
--------
$480,784
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<PAGE>
Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
The receivable from HBC represents the second and final
installment of principal and interest on an $800,000 loan
made by the Company, due June 30, 1997. In February 1997,
the Company borrowed $350,000 at 6% per annum from HBC,
collateralized by the installment receivable from HBC.
The amount due from HTCC primarily represents accrued
interest on advances and a receivable on the sale of certain
equipment.
5. Construction-in-Progress
(a) Construction-in-progress of two luxury 14-unit
condominium buildings to be held for sale includes the
cost of land ($885,000) and construction costs incurred
through December 31, 1996, net of a provision of
$1,000,000 made in 1996 for write-down to estimated net
realizable value. The Company believes that the
provision is required based on the current real estate
market conditions in Budapest. Estimated additional cost
to complete is $300,000.
(b) Deposits have been received for the full sales price for
four condominium apartments and upon the issuance of
move-in permits the sale of the apartments will be
recognized. The deposits were received from the
Company's former President ($394,320) and HTCC
($200,000). The $394,320 represents approximately 80% of
the expected cost of the apartments. The deposits were
received for apartments in the sold building, prior to
the sale (see Note 10).
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<PAGE>
Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
6. Investment in and Advances to Affiliate
Investment in and advances to HBC includes the following
December 31, 1996
-----------------
Investment $125,000
Loans and advances,
including accrued interest, less
original issue discount of $26,000 541,344
-------
666,344
Less: Repayment to be received June 30, 1997,
included in receivable from related
parties (Note 4) 448,000
-------
$218,344
=======
On November 28, 1994, the Company entered into a loan
agreement with HBC, which provides for the Company to lend
HBC $800,000 at 6% interest per annum, originally repayable
the earlier of December 31, 1995 or the completion of an IPO
by HBC. The IPO was consummated in December 1995 by selling
1,150,000 shares of common stock at a price of $5 per share
with the Company recognizing a gain of approximately $203,000
resulting from the increase in the Company's proportionate
share in HBC's equity. The gain has been accounted for as an
equity transaction, an increase in additional paid-in
capital, since HBC is a development stage company.
The loan agreement provides for the following additional
consideration to the Company: (1) issuance of 100,000 shares
of HBC's common stock, which shares shall be deemed fully
paid and nonassessable; (2) an option exercisable until
April 30, 1995 to purchase an additional 150,000 shares of
HBC's common stock at $3 per share; and (3) three years right
of first refusal to act as general contractor for all
broadcast facilities to be built by companies controlled by
HBC. On January 2, 1996, HBC repaid $424,000 of the amount
owed to the Company with $448,000 being due June 30, 1997.
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<PAGE>
Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
In 1995, the Company exercised its option to purchase 150,000
shares of HBC at $3 per share. The Company's 9.7% interest in
HBC (250,000 shares of common stock) at December 31, 1996 has
an original cost of $615,000 and includes the 100,000 shares
received in connection with the loan made to HBC and valued
at $165,000 representing the original issue discount on the
$800,000 loan. The original issue discount is being amortized
over the term of the loan with $52,000 and $87,000 amortized
during 1996 and 1995, respectively, and included in interest
income.
The 250,000 shares are restricted securities under Rule 144
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In addition, the
Company has entered into an agreement with HBC underwriters
not to sell or otherwise dispose of the HBC shares before
December 23, 1997 without the written consent of the
underwriters. The Company has the right to include the HBC
shares in any registration statement filed by HBC to the
extent that the managing underwriter of the public offering
advises HBC that such inclusion would not interfere with the
orderly sale of the securities to be offered to the public.
At December 31, 1995, the three officers of the Company owned
approximately 24% of the outstanding common stock of HBC and
sat on the board of HBC, constituting a majority of the board
but at December 31, 1996 only one of the Company's officers
sat on the board of HBC and that officer owned less than 1%
of the outstanding common stock of HBC. The Company's 9.7%
interest in HBC was carried at equity at December 31, 1995,
since the Company had the ability to exercise significant
influence over HBC. The quoted market price per share of
HBC's common stock on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market at
December 31, 1996 was $4.00.
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<PAGE>
Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
7. Private Placements
(a) In November 1996 and December 1996, the Company sold
$792,500 of 10% convertible debentures due September 30,
1998 to foreign investors outside the United States in
private placements receiving aggregate net proceeds of
approximately $693,500 after deducting placement agent
fees and offering expenses of approximately $99,000.
Commencing 45 days after issuance, the original
principal amount of the debentures is convertible into
the Company's shares of common stock at a conversion
price of 50% of the market price, as defined, of the
Company's common stock. The unconverted debentures are
due September 30, 1998 except in the case of the
occurrence of one or more "events of default" as
described in the debenture, the debentures may be
immediately due and payable. At December 31, 1996,
$307,500 of debentures have been converted into 263,979
shares of common stock and, as of March 31, 1997, an
additional $435,000 of debentures have been converted
into 568,105 shares of common stock.
The incremental yield on the debentures relating to the
convertibility of the debentures into common stock at a
50% discount to the common stock's market price resulted
in an interest charge of $792,500 to the consolidated
statement of loss for the year ended December 31, 1996.
In addition, the financing costs of $99,000 incurred in
connection with the sale of the debentures have been
charged to 1996 operations since substantially all of
the debentures were converted to common stock within a
short period after 1996.
(b) In October 1996, the Company sold a private placement
consisting of 550,000 shares of common stock and 550,000
common stock purchase warrants exercisable at $2 per
share at any time from October 1, 1997 until
September 30, 2001 for net proceeds of $972,450 after
deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses of
$127,550. The warrants and the underlying shares of
common stock have been registered under the Securities
Act of 1933.
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<PAGE>
Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
8. Stock Option Plan and Warrants
(a) Stock Options
The Company has a Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). An
aggregate of 100,000 shares of common stock is authorized for
issuance under the Plan. On May 14, 1996, the stockholders
approved an increase in the number of stock options available
under the Plan to 350,000. The Plan provides that incentive
and nonqualified options may be granted to officers and
directors and consultants to the Company for the purpose of
providing an incentive to those persons to work for the
Company. The Plan may be administered by either the Board of
Directors or a committee of three directors appointed by the
Board (the "Committee"). The Board or Committee determines,
among other things, the persons to whom stock options are
granted, the number of shares subject to each option, the
date or dates upon which each option may be exercised and the
exercise price per share.
Options granted under the Plan are exercisable for a period
of up to ten years from the date of grant. Options terminate
upon the optionee's termination of employment or consulting
arrangement with the Company, except that, under certain
circumstances, an optionee may exercise an option within the
three-month period after such termination of employment. An
optionee may not transfer any options except that an option
may be exercised by the personal representative of a deceased
optionee within the three-month period following the
optionee's death. Incentive options granted to any employee
who owns more than 10% of the Company's outstanding common
stock immediately before the grant must have an exercise
price of not less than 110% of the fair market value of the
underlying stock on the date of the grant and the exercise
term may not exceed five years. The aggregate fair market
value of common stock (determined at the date of grant) for
which any employee may exercise incentive options in any
calendar year may not exceed $100,000. In addition, the
Company will not grant a nonqualified option with an exercise
price less than 85% of the fair market value of the
underlying common stock on the date of the grant.
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<PAGE>
Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For options granted to employees at exercise prices equal to
the fair market value of the underlying common stock at the
date of grant, no compensation cost is recognized.
Effective July 29, 1993, the Company granted to three
directors 15,000 incentive stock options exercisable at $8
per share, the IPO price. In February 1994, three employees
in Hungary were granted 20,000 incentive stock options
exercisable at $10 per share, provided they remain in the
employ of the Company until December 31, 1994. In May 1994,
460,000 options exercisable at $1.00 per share were granted
to three officers in connection with their employment
agreements (see Note 9). In June 1994, the officers and
directors of the Company were granted 65,000 incentive stock
options exercisable at $8 per share, market value on the date
of grant. On March 7, 1996, the exercise price of 75,000
options previously granted under the Plan was reduced from
$8.00 to $3.38, which was the market price at that date.
SFAS No. 123 requires the Company to provide, beginning with
1995 grants, pro forma information regarding net income and
net income per common share as if compensation costs for the
Company's stock option plans had been determined in
accordance with the fair value based method prescribed in
SFAS No. 123. Such pro forma information has not been
presented because management has determined that the
compensation costs associated with options granted in 1996
and 1995 are not material to net loss or net loss per common
share.
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<PAGE>
Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Transactions involving options granted under the Plan are
summarized below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
-----------------------------------------------------
Weighted Weighted
average average
exercise exercise
Shares price Shares price
-----------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding, January 1, 560,000 $2.32 560,000 $2.32
Granted 240,000 - - -
Cancelled (25,000) - - -
- ----------------------------------------------------- -------
Outstanding, December 31, 775,000 1.71 560,000 2.32
===================================================================================
Exercisable, December 31, 725,000 $1.62 560,000 $2.32
===================================================================================
</TABLE>
The following table summarizes information about stock options
outstanding under the Plan at December 31, 1996:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Options outstanding Options exercisable
------------------------- ------------------------
Weighted
Number average Weighted Number Weighted
Range of outstanding at remaining average exercisable average
exercisable December 31, contractual exercisable December 31, exercisable
prices 1996 life price 1996 price
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$1.00 - $3.38 775,000 3.2 $1.71 725,000 $1.62
================================================================================
</TABLE>
F-17
<PAGE>
Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(b) Stock Warrants
The following table summarizes information about stock
warrants at December 31, 1996:
Warrants outstanding
and exercisable
----------------------------------------
Number Weighted
outstanding at average
December 31, remaining
Range of exercisable prices 1996 contractual life
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
$ 2.00 - 4.00 555,700 4.8
$13.20 - $14.75 87,000 1.7
- ----------------------------------------
642,700 4.4
=====================================================================
9. Commitments
Effective May 1, 1994, the Company entered into three-year
employment agreements with the three officers and terminated
the existing consulting and retainer agreement with them. The
agreements were extended to June 1, 2000 by two additional
years on October 23, 1995, and another two additional years
on December 23, 1996. The amended agreements provided for
aggregate annual compensation of $336,000 for the Chairman of
the Board, President and Secretary/Treasurer of the Company,
and the granting of options to the three officers to purchase
460,000 shares of common stock of the Company at the exercise
price of $1.00 per share with vesting over a five-year period
(20% per year).
Compensation expense, the difference between the quoted
market price at the date of grant and the options price, of
$5,980,000 in connection with the granting of the 460,000
stock options was being amortized over the five-year vesting
period which began May 1, 1994. On October 23, 1995, the
Company's board of directors voted to replace the original
vesting period with immediate vesting and, accordingly, the
entire unearned compensation of $5,182,667 as of January 1,
1995 has been charged to operations for the year ended
December 31, 1995.
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<PAGE>
Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
On October 20, 1996, the Company entered into a termination
agreement with its President which provides, among other
things, for (1) his resignation as an officer, director and
employee and (2) for the cancellation of his employment
agreement upon payment of $372,000 which amount is to be
deducted from the amount owed by a company controlled by him
in connection with the purchase of one of the Company's
condominium buildings. The President retained his rights as a
stock optionee with respect to his 285,000 options granted
under his employment agreement and pursuant to the Company's
Incentive Stock Option Plan of 1992. Unless he exercises his
options within 5 years of the date the options were granted,
the options will expire. A compensation expense of $972,000
has been charged to 1996 operations as a result of cancelling
the President's employment agreement and extending the
termination date of his options (see Note 10(a)).
On December 23, 1996, the Board of Directors extended the
employment contracts of the Chairman of the Board and
Treasurer to December 31, 2001 and increased their annual
compensation to $144,000 and $120,000, respectively.
10. Related Party Transactions
(a) Transactions with Former President
On October 30, 1996, the Board of Directors approved the
sale of one of the condominium buildings under
construction to a company controlled by the Company's
President and Chief Executive Officer. The building to
be sold contains the four units for which deposits for
the full sales price have been received by the Company
(see Note 5(b)). The purchaser agreed to purchase the
building, subject to receiving move-in permits, for
$1,281,512 and the Company repay therefrom $346,473
previously loaned by the purchaser to the Company. The
balance of $935,039 is payable to the Company as
follows: $250,000 upon receipt of move-in permits and a
note payable for $685,039 due on June 30, 1997. The sale
will be consummated upon the receipt of the move-in
permits. As of March 31, 1997, move-in permits have not
been obtained.
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<PAGE>
Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
The Company's President also resigned as an officer,
director and employee and agreed to a cancellation of
his employment agreement (which provided for a $168,000 salary
per annum until February 1999), upon payment of
$372,000, which amount is to be deducted from the
aforementioned $685,039 note payable to the Company,
leaving a balance due on the note of $313,039. It was
further agreed that the stock options which were granted
to the President under his employment agreement and
pursuant to the Company's Incentive Stock Option Plan of
1992 will not terminate but will continue to be governed
by the original terms of the options.
Compensation and related costs for the year ended
December 31, 1996 on the statement of loss include
$372,000 in connection with the cancellation of the
President's employment agreement and $600,000 relating
to the extension of the period of exercisability of the
President's options.
(b) The Company paid legal fees to the Secretary/Treasurer
and current Chairman of the Board of $112,000 and
$15,000 for the years ended December 31, 1996 and 1995,
respectively.
(c) Revenues
Included in other revenues for the year ended
December 31, 1995 is rental income of approximately
$40,000 from HTCC and advertising income of
approximately $70,000.
Interest income for the year ended December 31, 1995
includes interest of approximately $30,000 earned from a
subsidiary of HTCC.
(d) Expenses
The Company incurred a loss of approximately $54,000 in
1995 as the general contractor for an affiliate of the
Company's President.
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<PAGE>
Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
11. Acquisitions
On January 2, 1997, the Company acquired three Hungarian
Internet service companies ("Internet providers") for a
purchase price of approximately $1,585,000, consisting of
144,000 shares of common stock of the Company and $1,225,000
in cash. Except for $400,000 which was paid in January 1997,
the purchase price was paid in December 1996.
These acquisitions will be accounted for using the purchase
method of accounting. Based on a preliminary valuation, the
acquisitions will result in goodwill of approximately
$1,600,000 with an estimated useful life of five years. The
pro forma results of operations are based on the historical
financial statements of the Company and the Internet
providers.
The Company's consolidated statement of loss will not include
the results of operations until 1997. The following pro forma
results are unaudited and are not necessarily indicative of
what the actual results of operations of the Company would
have been, assuming the transactions had been completed as of
January 1, 1996, nor necessarily indicative of the results of
operations for future periods.
Year ended December 31, 1996 (unaudited)
--------------------------------------------------
Net revenues $ 948,000
Net loss (4,600,000)
Net loss per share $ (.86)
==================================================
The above unaudited pro forma results have been adjusted to
reflect the amortization of goodwill generated by the
acquisitions, over a 5-year period, and additional interest
expense.
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<PAGE>
Hungarian Teleconstruct Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
12. Subsequent Events
(a) In February 1997, the Company borrowed $350,000 from
HBC. The loan, which is evidenced by a promissory note
with interest at 6% per annum, is payable on the
earlier to occur of (1) June 30, 1997, (2) the closing
of any offering by the Company of its securities, or
(3) sale of any assets by the Company. The loan is
secured by the balance of the loan owed by HBC to the
company (see Note 6) and the proceeds of a debt owed
by a company controlled by the Company's former
President (see Note 10(a)).
(b) During the quarter ended March 31, 1997, the Company
sold an additional $250,000 of 10% convertible
debentures, receiving net proceeds of approximately
$220,000.
(c) In February 1997, the former President of the Company
was retained as a consultant to the Company to oversee
the Company's real estate interests and Internet
business. He agreed to render consulting services for
a two-year period for a fee of 200,000 five-year
options exercisable at $2.00 per share. The
compensation relating to these options is
approximately $200,000 and will be charged to
operations over a two-year period.
(d) In February 1997, the Company's Chairman of the Board
resigned as an officer, director and employee, and
agreed to a cancellation of his employment agreement
upon payment of $50,000, which represented the
approximate amount owed to him with respect to 1996
salary. In addition, 125,000 stock options which were
granted to him under his employment agreement will not
terminate as a result of the resignation, but will
continue to be governed by the original terms of the
options. Compensation of approximately $100,000 will
be charged to the 1997 operations relating to the
extension of the period of exercisability of the
options.
F-22
<PAGE>
Item 8 Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on
Accounting and Financial Disclosure
Not Applicable
PART III
Item 9. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control
Persons;
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
Name Age Position
Frank R. Cohen 74 Chairman of the Board,
Secretary, Treasurer, Director
Richard G. Maresca 55 Director
Donald K. Roberton 55 Director
Imre M. Kovats 40 President (as of January 1997)
Csaba Toro 30 Chief Operating Officer
(as of January 1997)
Frank R. Cohen has been a Director, Secretary and Treasurer
of the Company since its inception in 1992. Mr. Cohen has been
practicing law in the City of New York since 1946. Since 1985 he
has been a member of the law firm of Cohen & Cohen, counsel to the
Company.
Richard G. Maresca, age 55, has been a director of the
Company since its inception. He has been Senior Telecommunications
Manager for the American Stock Exchange since 1991. From 1954 to
1991, he was Communications Manager for Josephthal & Co., Inc., a
brokerage firm.
Donald K. Roberton, age 55, was Vice Chairman and Chief
Operating Officer of Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp. ("HTC"),
until he resigned in order become a director of the Company in
1996 and assist in the development of HTEL's Internet Service
Provider business. Prior to that, Mr. Roberton spent five years
with Citizens Utility Company as Assistant to the Chairman and
Vice President - Strategic Development - Telecommunications and as
Vice President, Telecommunications. Prior to Citizens Utilities he
had been with Centel for 28 years and an officer since 1984.
During his tenure with Centel he held numerous executive and
managerial positions.
Imre M. Kovats, age 40, of Austro-Hungarian nationality, has
been Executive Vice President and a director of Hungarian
Broadcasting Corp. since August 1995. From 1990 until 1994 he was
Group Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi Group Hungary. In January
1997, Mr. Kovats was made President and nominated for election as
a director of the Company.
Csaba Toro, age 30, a Hungarian national, founded in 1994
and was President of E-Net Kft., one of the Hungarian Internet
companies acquired by the Company in January 1997. Prior thereto,
he was a student. In January 1997, Mr. Toro was made Chief
Operating Officer and nominated for election as a director of the
Company.
Board members are reimbursed for their expenses for each
meeting attended and may be compensated for serving as directors
in the future.
<PAGE>
Directors are elected annually and hold office until the
next annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company and until
their successors are elected and qualified. Officers are elected
annually and serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
During the Company's last fiscal year, its Board of
Directors held four meetings.
Item 10. Executive Compensation
On February 17, 1994, Peter E. Klenner, Robert Genova and
Frank R. Cohen entered into employment agreements with the
Company. By the terms of these employment agreements, Klenner,
Genova and Cohen agreed to serve as President, Chairman of the
Board, and Secretary-Treasurer, respectively, and as directors of
the Company at salaries of $144,000, $120,000 and $72,000,
respectively. Messrs. Klenner, Genova and Cohen also were granted
5 year non-qualified stock options to purchase 250,000, 175,000,
and 35,000 shares respectively exercisable at $1.00 per share with
vesting over a five-year period (20% per year). On October 23,
1995, the Board of Directors of the Registrant extended the
employment contracts for one year and voted to replace the
original vesting period with immediate vesting instead of over the
life of such employment contracts. When Mr. Klenner resigned as
President and Director on October 30, 1996, the balance of his
annual salary was accrued and accordingly received $144,000 in
salary for 1996. Mr. Genova was paid a salary of $60,000 for the
six months period of January through June 1996. When Mr. Genova
resigned in February 1997, he received a payment of $50,000 for
the period July 1, 1996 to December 31, 1996 and waived all claims
for subsequent salary. Mr. Cohen received salary of $6,000 per
month from January through June 1996 (aggregate $36,000). In
October 1996, Mr. Cohen's salary was increased to $10,000 per
month, but the salary was not paid from July 1996 through January
1997, but was accrued as a liability to the Company. Mr. Cohen
has been receiving salary at the rate of $10,000 per month since
February 1997.
ANNUAL COMPENSATION LONG-TERM COMPENSATION
Bonus and
Name and Other Annual
Principal Position Year Salary Compensation Options
Frank Cohen 1996 72,000 0 70,000
Chairman of the Board 1995 72,000 0 0
Chief Executive Officer 1994 72,000 0 35,000
Peter Klenner 1996 144,000 0 0
Former President and 1995 144,000 0 0
Former Director 1994 144,000 0 250,000
Robert Genova 1996 110,000 0 70,000
Former Chairman 1995 120,000 0 0
of the Board 1994 120,000 0 175,000
No options were exercised by any holder in 1994, 1995 or
1996.
The Company has no pension or profit sharing plan or other
contingent forms of remuneration with any officer, employee,
director, or consultant.
<PAGE>
Stock Option Plan
In 1993, the Company adopted a Stock Option Plan (the
"Plan"). An aggregate of 350,000 shares of Common Stock are
authorized for issuance under the Plan. The Plan provides that
qualified and non-qualified options may be granted to officers,
directors, employees, and consultants to the Company for the
purpose of providing an incentive to those persons to work for the
Company. The Plan may be administered by either the Board of
Directors or a committee of three directors appointed by the Board
("Committee"). The Board or Committee determines, among other
things, the persons to whom stock options are granted, the number
of shares subject to each option, the date or dates upon which
each option may be exercised and the exercise price per share.
Options granted under the Plan are exercisable for a period
of up to ten years from the date of grant. Options terminate upon
the optionee's termination of employment or consulting arrangement
with the Company, except that under certain circumstances an
optionee may exercise an option within the three-month period
after such termination of employment. An optionee may not transfer
any options except that an option may be exercised by the personal
representative of a deceased optionee within the three-month
period following the optionee's death. Incentive options granted
to any employee who owns more than 10% of the Company's
outstanding Common Stock immediately before the grant must have an
exercise price of not less than 110% of the fair market value of
all underlying stock on the date of the grant and the exercise
term may not exceed five years. The aggregate fair market value of
Common Stock (determined at the date of grant) for which any
employee may exercise incentive options in any calendar year may
not exceed $100,000. In addition, the Company will not grant a
non-qualified option with an exercise price less than 85% of the
fair market value of the underlying Common Stock on the date of
the grant.
The following options were granted under the Plan during the
fiscal year ended December 31,1996:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Percent of
Total Options
Granted to
Number of Employees under Exercise Price Expiration
Name Options Granted the Plan per share* Date
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Robert Genova 70,000 29.2% $3.00 1998
Frank R. Cohen 70,000 29.2% $3.00 1998
Richard Fry 50,000 20.8% $3.00 1998
Donald K. Roberton 40,000 16.7% $3.00 1998
Richard G. Maresca 10,000 4.1% $3.00 1998
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 240,000 100.0%
</TABLE>
* On March 19,1997, the exercise price of the options granted
under the Company's 1993 Stock Option Plan held by the three
directors on that date was reduced to $1.25 in order to bring
the exercise price more in line with the recent trading range
of the Company's common stock.
Item 11. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management
The following table sets forth information with respect to the
beneficial ownership of the Common Stock as of April 9, 1997 by
(i) each person known by the Company to own beneficially more than
5% of the outstanding Common Stock; (ii) each director of the
Company; and (iii) all executive officers and directors as a
group. Except as otherwise indicated below, each of the entities
or persons named in the table has sole voting and investment
powers with respect to all shares of Common Stock beneficially
owned by it or him as set forth opposite its or his name.
<PAGE>
Shares
Beneficially Percent
Name and Address Owned(1) Owned(9)
- --------------------------------------------------------------
Peter E. Klenner 375,000(2) 11.5%
1118 Budapest
Kelenhegyi ut 39
Hungary
Robert Genova 125,000(3) 9.3%
227 Route 206, Unit 11
Flanders, NJ 07836
Frank R. Cohen 120,000(4) 3.76%
445 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Donald K. Roberton 40,000(5) 1.28%
38 Campbell Drive
Stamford, CT 06903
Richard Maresca 20,000(6) *
1111 Wyoming Drive
Mountainside, NJ 07082
Imre M. Kovats 25,000(7) *
Budapest, Hungary
Csaba Toro 50,000(8) 1.59%
Budapest, Hungary
All Officers and Directors as a 255,000 5.04%
Group (3 Persons)
* less than 1%
(1) Unless otherwise indicated the above figures are based on
3,125,174 shares of Common Stock outstanding on March 31, 1997,
each person has sole investment and voting power with respect to
the shares indicated, subject to community property laws, where
applicable. For purposes of this table, a person or group of
persons is deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of any shares
which such person has the right to acquire within 60 days after
April 9, 1997. For purposes of computing the percentage of
outstanding shares held by each person or group of persons named
above on April 9, 1997, any security which such person or group of
persons has the right to acquire within 60 days after such date is
deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the
percentage ownership for such person or persons, but is not deemed
to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage
ownership of any other person.
(2) Resigned as President and Director of Company on October 30,
1996. Includes 285,000 currently exercisable options which Mr.
Klenner has to purchase 250,000 shares at $1 per share pursuant to
his employment agreement, which provision survived the termination
of his employment agreement and 35,000 shares at $3.00 per share
pursuant to the Company's 1993 Stock Option Plan. Does not include
200,000 options which Mr. Klenner has to purchase 200,000 shares
at $2 per share which are not currently exercisable and have been
granted to him in 1997 as compensation under a consulting
agreement..
(3) Resigned as Chairman of the Board and as an officer of the
Company on February 6, 1997. Includes 125,000 currently
exercisable options which Mr. Genova has to purchase 125,000
shares at $1 per share pursuant to his employment agreement, which
provision survived the termination of his employment agreement.
(4) Includes 110,000 currently exercisable options which Mr.
Cohen has to purchase 35,000 shares at $1 per share pursuant to
his employment agreement and 75,000 shares at $1.25 per share
pursuant to the Company's 1993 Stock Option Plan.
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(5) Includes 40,000 options granted to Mr. Roberton exercisable
at $1.25 per share pursuant to the Company's 1993 Stock Option
Plan.
(6) Includes 20,000 options granted to Mr. Maresca exercisable
at $1.25 per share pursuant to the Company's 1993 Stock Option
Plan.
(7) Includes 25,000 currently exercisable options which Mr.
Kovats has to purchase 25,000 share at $2 per share pursuant to
his employment agreement. In February 1997 Mr. Kovats was made
President.
(8) Includes 50,000 currently exercisable options which Mr. Toro
has to purchase 50,000 share at $2 per share pursuant to his
employment agreement. In February 1997 Mr. Toro was made Chief
Operating Officer.
(9) Does not include the possible issuance of 5,700 shares on
exercise of Placement Agent Warrants, 62,000 shares issuable upon
exercise of Underwriter Warrants or 550,000 shares issuable upon
exercise of Private Placement Purchase Warrants.
Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
1. On November 28, 1994, the Company entered into a loan
agreement with Hungarian Broadcasting Corp. ("HBC") which
provided for the Company to lend HBC $800,000 at 6% interest
per annum, repayable the earlier of December 31, 1995 or the
completion of an IPO by HBC. The agreement provided for the
following additional consideration to the Company: (1)
issuance of 100,000 shares of HBC's common stock which
shares shall be deemed fully paid and nonassessable; (2) an
option exercisable until April 30, 1995 to purchase an
additional 150,000 shares of HBC's common stock at $3 per
share; and (3) three years right of first refusal to act as
general contractor for all broadcast facilities to be built
by companies controlled by HBC. The Company exercised its
option and purchased the 150,000 shares at $3 per share. On
January 2, 1996, HBC repaid $400,000 of the loan receivable
together with accrued interest of $24,000.
2. On October 30, 1996, the Board of Directors approved
the sale of one of the condominium buildings under
construction to a company controlled by the Company's
President and Chief Executive Officer. The building to be
sold contains four units for which deposits for the full
sales price have been received by the Company. The purchaser
agreed to purchase the building, subject to receiving move
in permits, for $1,281,512 and repay therefrom $346,473
previously loaned by the purchaser to the Company. The
balance of $935,039 is payable to the Company as follows:
$250,000 upon receipt of move in permits and a note payable
for $685,039 due on June 30, 1997, which note was extended
to December 31, 1997. As of March 31, 1997, move in permits
have not been obtained.
The Company's President also resigned as an officer,
director and employee and agreed to a cancellation of his
employment agreement (which provided for a $168,000 salary
per annum until February 1999), upon payment of $372,000,
which amount is to be deducted from the aforementioned
$685,039 note payable to the Company, leaving a balance due
on the note of $313,039. It was further agreed that the
stock options which were granted to the President under his
employment agreement and pursuant to the Company's Incentive
Stock Option Plan of 1992 will not terminate but will
continue to be governed by the original terms of the
options.
3 The Company paid legal fees to the Secretary/Treasurer
and current Chairman of the Board of $112,000 and $15,000
for the years ended December 31, 1996 and 1995,
respectively.
HBC loaned the Company $350,000 in February 1997 at 6%
interest to be used for working capital. The loan was
secured by sums owed by HBC to the Company.
5. In February 1997, the former President of the Company
was retained as a consultant to the Company to oversee the
Company's real estate interests and Internet business. He
agreed to render consulting services for a two-year period
for a fee of 200,000 five-year options exercisable at $2.00
per share. The compensation relating to these options is
approximately $200,000 and will be charged to operations
over a two-year period.
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PART IV
Item 13. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
A. Exhibits* (numbers below reference Regulation S-B)
(3) (a) Certificate of Incorporation filed November
9, 1992
(b) By-laws
(4) (a) Form of Common Stock Certificate
(b) Form of Underwriters' Warrants to be sold
to Underwriters
(c) Placement Agreement between Registrant and
J.W. Barclay & Co., Inc. and form of
Placement Agent Warrants issued in
connection with private placement
financing.
(d) Form of 10% Convertible Debenture used in
connection with offshore private placement
financing pursuant to Regulation S***
(e) Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant in
connection with private placement financing
under Section 506 of Regulation D***
(10) (a) Consulting agreement between Registrant and
Klenner Securities Ltd.
(b) Consulting agreement between Registrant and
Robert Genova
(c) Consulting agreement between Registrant and
Lazlo Modransky
(d) 1993 Incentive Stock Option Plan
(e) Sharing Agreement for space and facilities
between Registrant and Hungarian Telephone
& Cable Corp.
(f) Articles of Association (in English) of
Teleconstruct Building Corp.
(g) Articles of Association (in English) of
Termolang Engineering and Construction Ltd.
(h) Letter of Intent between Teleconstruct
Building Corp. and Pilistav
(i) Employment Agreement between Registrant and
Robert Genova and Termination Agreement
dated February 5, 1997***
(j Employment Agreement between Registrant and
Peter E. Klenner and Termination Agreement
dated October 30, 1996, and agreement for
sale of condominium unit to M&A***
(k) Employment Agreement between Registrant and
Frank R. Cohen and Modification of
Employment Agreement***
(l) Letter of Intent Agreement between
Registrant and Raba Com RT
(m) Letter of Intent Agreement between
Registrant and KeletNograd RT
(n) Letter of Intent Agreement between
Registrant and 3 Pilistav villages for
installation of cable in those areas
(o) Lease agreement between Registrant's
subsidiary EUnet Kft. and Varosmajor
Passage, Kft. for office space***
(p) Acquisition agreement between Registrant
and KFKI Computer Systems Corp. dated
December 13, 1996***
(q) Acquisition agreement between Registrant
and Enet Hungary***
(r) Acquisition agreement between Registrant
and MS Telecom Rt***
(s) Employment Agreement between Registrant and
Imre Kovats***
(t) Employment Agreement between Registrant and
Csaba Toro***
(t) Promissory Note from Registrant to HBCO***
* All Exhibits are Incorporated by reference to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 dated May
12, 1993 (Registration No. 33-62672-NY, as amended)
** Filed with Form 8-K as of February 17, 1994
*** Filed with this report
B. No reports on Form 8-K have been filed during the last
quarter covered by this report on Form 10-K.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of New York, State of New York, on the 19th day of November 1998
EUROWEB INTERNATIONAL CORP.
(FORMERLY HUNGARIAN TELECONSTRUCT)
By /s/ Frank R. Cohen
-------------------
Frank R. Cohen
Chairman of the Board
/s/Frank R. Cohen Chairman of the Board, Chief November 19, 1998
- ----------------------- Executive Officer, Principal
Frank R. Cohen Financial Officer, Secretary
/s/Robert Genova Director, President November 19, 1998
- -----------------------
Robert Genova
/s/Csaba Toro Director, Vice President November 19, 1998
- ----------------------- and Treasurer
Csaba Toro
/s/Richard G. Maresca Director November 19, 1998
- -----------------------
Richard G. Maresca
/s/Donald K. Roberton Director November 19, 1998
- -----------------------
Donald K. Roberton
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