PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
OVERVIEW
Unified Signal, Inc., (formerly DataJack, Inc. and formerly Quamtel, Inc.) (“DataJack,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”), incorporated in 1999 under the laws of Nevada, is a communications company offering, through its subsidiaries, a comprehensive range of mobile broadband products and services that are designed to meet the needs of individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers and resellers. Our operations are organized to meet the needs of our targeted subscriber groups through focused communications solutions that incorporate the capabilities of our mobile broadband services. Our common stock trades on the OTC Bulletin Board
(OTCBB) under the symbol “UNSI.”
Unified Signal is primarily a wireless communications service provider that obtains bulk access to wireless network infrastructure owned by the major wireless carries or other host network operators, and then resells that access to wholesale distributors (Mobile Virtual Network Operators of “MVNO’s” and Mobile Virtual Network Enablers or “MVNE’s”). The Company also owns its own proprietary software that provides the backroom customer service and billing support systems to its MVNO and MVNE clients as a component of its services.
On June 4, 2014, we completed an acquisition (the "Merger") of TelBill Holdings, LLC. (“TelBill”) pursuant to the terms of the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with TelBill and Unified Signal Inc. dated as of June 4, 2014. For accounting purposes, TelBill was identified as the acquiring entity and Unified Signal, Inc. as the acquired entity. The merger was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting for financial reporting purposes.
Unified Signal’s aim is allow its customers to cost efficiently enable its clients (MVNOs, MVNEs, wireless carriers, CLECS, Cable companies, LD companies, and spectrum holders) the ability to resell and launch a variety of telecom services to their customers. Unified Signal also aggregates US and international wireless carriers, US and International ILD termination, and other service offerings to provide its clients a telecom buying consortium. Unified Signal clients have ONE SOURCE and one API suite for access to all Unified Signal technology offerings.
Unified Signal has combined 50 key industry technology innovators to create a complete telecom resale solution. These Unified Signal technologists are all successful industry leaders in their respective market segments. Each technologist brings a key expertise that has enhanced the technology and infrastructure of Unified Signal. The founders of Unified Signal have used feedback from over 100 MVNOs and 5 MVNEs to refine its product offerings and create a platform that provides core Billing and CRM (customer relations management) functionality that rivals any in the industry.
Unified Signal’s turnkey SaaS (software as a service) system allows its clients to provision services with all its technology partners including carrier audit and carrier CDR remediation for Pre and Post-Paid Cellular, VOIP, Internet, Long Distance, and now even mobile commerce. The system is completely rules based, which allows for much greater speed of integration and customization than other competitors. Unified Signal can enable its clients to access any of its carriers in only 4-6 weeks so it can sell privately branded telecommunications services to its customers. The Unified Signal’s billing and operating (BSS/OSS) infrastructure has activated over 2 million customers and has been used in the industry for over 15 years
Products and Services
Unified Signal, Inc. is an MVNO enabler and mobile payment solutions provider in the wireless and banking industries.
Unified Signal (www.unifiedsignal.com) is a SaaS (software as a service) based billing and back office solution which enables companies in virtually any industry sector to resell cellular service as well as other telecom services using their existing brand. Unified Signal’s turnkey telecom billing solution allows its clients to sell, provision, fulfill, and care for multiple telecom services, including pre and post-paid cellular, local, long distance, Internet, and now even mobile commerce. Unified Signal’s technology infrastructure allows its clients to implement faster, have much more control of the system, and is far more cost efficient than other competing billing and back office systems. Unified Signal has successfully integrated with all major U.S. carriers, which has never been completed by any other U.S. billing company. Unified Signal also enables its clients to private label their own “PayPal” type services including a full mobile wallet linked to a prepaid debit card.
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carrier integration. The company also launched the first of its kind cross carrier family, friend, business share plans.
In June 2014, we completed an acquisition (the "Merger") of TelBill Holdings, LLC., which allowed the two companies to combine and merge technologies. Unified Signal was an industry enabler for data only mobile virtual network operators, commonly known as MVNOs. There was strong synergy between TelBill Holdings, LLC and Unified Signal as historically Unified Signal has not offered data only enablement services; however, the telecom industry as a whole is becoming very data centric.
Unified Signal’s strengths, were immediately enhanced by the acquisition of the DataJack software back office infrastructure and much of the team it had assembled. The synergies between the two companies would benefit from the merger of the two technologies and the integration of both teams. Unified Signal brought the billing system, supplier eco system, as well as 19 live revenue producing clients. It also brought a significant sales pipeline of fortune 500 companies that also need combined voice and data only services.
From June to December 2014, there was substantial clean-up work we had to complete. The legacy acquired company was losing over $100,000 per month. Our first objective post acquisition, was to restructure the public company and turn the division into a profitable entity. We officially changed the name of the public company to Unified Signal (ticker symbol: UNSI). The company, from an operations standpoint, is currently cash flow positive. In addition, the company has paid down most of it's outstanding debt, and expects to be debt free by end of Q3, 2015.. The combined companies then went about integrating the acquired company’s code, into the Unified Signal code base, and re-launched the system into Unified Signal’s hosting facility as well as sold the acquired subscriber base to provide additional working capital to make the changes necessary to reorganize the company.
The combined entity then went about straightening out the financial health of the books and the outstanding debt held on the books. The company converted approximately 85% of the acquired company’s $3.8 million in debt into equity and created payment plan(s) with many of the remaining debt holders.
The company has since been paying down on the remaining unconverted debt and currently has less than $114,000 of debt remaining on the books. The company expects to pay off all of the debt by end of Q4 2016.
The company now has over 21 MVNO clients which we believe could substantially increase our customer base and revenue stream.
Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (enabling multiple services through its secure infrastructure)
Unified Signal is a SaaS (software as a service) based billing and back office solution which enables companies in virtually any industry sector to resell cellular service, as well as other telecom services, using their existing brand. Unified Signal’s turnkey telecom billing solution allows its clients to sell, provision, fulfill, and care for multiple telecom services, including pre and post-paid cellular, local, long distance, Internet, and now even mobile commerce.
Unified Signal’s technology infrastructure allows its clients to implement faster, have much more control of the system, and is far more cost efficient than other competing billing and back office systems. Unified Signal has successfully integrated with all major U.S. carriers, which has never been completed by any other U.S. billing company. Unified Signal also enables its clients to private label their own “PayPal” type services including a full mobile wallet linked to a prepaid debit card.
The Product and Services Line Up
Unified Signal’s main business is its rating and billing solution(s) which provides pre-paid & post-paid software solutions for all four major wireless carriers as well as full termination services for VOIP resellers. Unified Signal helps its clients build a profitable and executable telecom reseller strategy and ensures that its clients come to market quickly and efficiently. Unified Signal’s software suite allows its clients to perform all the necessary functions needed to become a successful reseller of communications and mobile commerce services.
The Unified Signal system provides its clients with all the tools necessary to manage and grow their business including: carrier activations, credit checks, phone procurement and fulfillment, rating and billing (both online or paper bills), customer service, strategic and tactical reporting, taxing, carrier wholesale bill QA, and a feedback / development loop that helps telecom resellers stay on the cutting edge of technology. In addition, Unified Signal's consulting side of the house helps create rate plans, branding and logos, marketing materials and helps to procure and provision inventory. Unified Signal also offers an internal highly trained customer service team to support its clients
Unified Signal has been able to successfully automate the client provisioning process and customer procurement process and can cost efficiently bring to market and support its clients. Unified Signal’s level of automation dramatically increases the profitability for its clients and more importantly dramatically increases customer satisfaction by virtually eliminating billing errors and other back office issues solution that would fill the gaping hole in the billing / CRM space for a cost effective, fully automated, customizable billing system to support the resale of all communications services from activation through customer service.
MVNOs alone now account for over 25% of wireless customers in the US including companies like Tracfone, Virgin Mobile, Boost, Qwest, Wal-Mart Mobile and a 100 plus others, which make up the 20 year old industry. Due to increased spectrum, decreasing wholesale rates and increased competition, the MVNO industry is expanding and Unified Signal is now positioned into becoming one of the leading technology enablers in the US with plans to expand that internationally. VNO (Virtual Network Operator) clients can achieve profits of $15-$20 per customer per month with an average customer life cycle of 18-24 months. This creates customer profitability ranging from $270-$480 per subscriber and ASP MVNEs can generate $2-$3 per customer per month netting $36 to $72 per subscriber.
MyTime Wireless Launch – A Company Owned MVNO
The strategy behind the InterMar asset acquisition is to create a new MVNO brand of cellular service which would be owned and operated by Unified Signal and distributed into the InterMar distribution channel. As an MVNE, Unified Signal only accrues revenue of $1.50 to $2.25 per customer per month and only nets $0.50 per customer per month in profit. But Unified Signal’s new MVNO, which it calls MyTime Wireless (www.mytimewireless.com) will achieve an estimated $40-$45 revenue per customer per month on average, and is targeting an increase in net profit per customer to an estimated $5 per customer per month.
MyTime Wireless’ target market is the ethnic communities in the larger metropolitan cities on the east coast. The product bundles $5 of international long distance calling into each rate plan every month, as well as a FREE prepaid debit card. International long distance calling rates have been priced slightly above cost, which translates into retail rates that are far below anything customers have ever seen in the prepaid calling card marketplace. These low calling rates allow people living in the US the ability to call family and friends or anyone in other countries at a fraction of the cost they are paying today. The MyTime Wireless product set also allows its customers to move money to friends, family, or even business associates in foreign locations for free, as compared to a typical 10% to 15% transaction fee.
Mobile Commerce Product Suite
Additionally, Unified Signal plans to launch its Mobile Commerce Platform Services which will provide enablement software which allows its clients to offer highly secure mobile commerce and payment solutions to their end customers. The strategy is to create software to more efficiently link people across the US and around the world to have easy access, and transact, with their money, through their mobile phones.
MCN (Mobile Clearinghouse Network): The MCN software technology has been established to create interoperability between any and all mobile payment technologies, with the sole purpose of moving money easily and cost efficiently to anyone, anywhere in the world. The strategy of the MCN software is to allow its clients the ability to become a clearinghouse for international money movement, offering distinct competitive advantages vs. the existing dominant companies in this space.
The Unified Signal Mobile Wallet product enablement suite is comprised of 2 core feature sets that service the banked and unbanked market segment.
Mobile Wallet “mWallet” Program (Virtual Savings Account
: This product set is a simple private label PayPal type of service where customers can load money via cash, credit card, US checking/savings account, and receive money from other mWallet users. Customers can move funds off their account to any US checking/savings account, to other mWallet users, make ILD calls, pay for their wireless services, or move money to their private label Debit MasterCard or companion card. The Company has approximately $40,023 of mobile wallet deposits as of December 31, 2015.
Debit MasterCard Program (Virtual Checking Account)
: Customers can choose to add on an optional prepaid Debit MasterCard which provides them access to domestic and International ATM networks as well as sue anywhere MasterCard is accepted. Money can be FREELY moved from their mWallet account to their Debit MasterCard in real time and all by using a state of the art data app. Customers can order a companion debit MasterCard and mail that card to loved ones abroad. Once they have that companion card, money can be freely moved from the mWallet to the companion card in real time, and again, for FREE. Family members can use the card anywhere MasterCard is accepted and/or take our funds at virtually any ATM.
Our customer care professionals continue to improve customer experience, providing quality service with the goal of resolving customer issues and retaining a loyal customer base. We proactively address customers' needs, and we offer live, in-house call center phone support, online chat support, and email support.
Competition
Unified Signal’s aim is to obtain better economies of scale, greater functionality, and increased profitability for our valued clients. Unified Signal has been able to successfully automate the client provisioning process and customer procurement process and can cost efficiently bring to market and support its clients. Unified Signal’s level of automation dramatically increases the profitability for its clients and more importantly dramatically increases customer satisfaction by virtually eliminating billing errors and other back office issues that have plagued the industry over the last 20 years.
Unified Signal's “TelBill” billing and back-office technology software was founded by former executives of some of the largest telecommunications carriers in the country as well as senior Fortune 100 executives. This dichotomy of talent has allowed the company to focus on a solution that would fill the gaping hole in the billing / CRM space for a cost effective, fully automated, customizable billing system to support the resale of all communications services from activation through customer service.
Existing billing platforms like Convergys, Sentori, and Amdocs were designed more for the major carriers and cost an incredible amount to implement and maintain, take a long time to implement and are not easily customizable to the specific and ever changing needs of the telecom reseller. This has created a significant barrier to entry for all small to moderate sized companies, agents, affinity groups, ethnic groups, etc. that all have access to a very loyal and profitable customer base and could greatly profit from selling communication services.
Due to the cost efficiencies created over many years of development, Unified Signal can implement a client for a fraction of the cost of the competition providing clients higher margins and allowing them to offer more competitive pricing and easily expand into additional services and still using one ubiquitous operating platform.
The Unified Signal system provides its clients with all the tools necessary to manage and grow their business including: carrier activations, credit checks, phone procurement and fulfillment, rating and billing (both online or paper bills), customer service, strategic and tactical reporting, taxing, carrier wholesale bill QA, and a feedback / development loop that helps telecom resellers stay on the cutting edge of technology.
Unified Signal has many unique competitive advantages in the marketplace, including the low cost of implementation, the speed of integration, and the higher margins offered due to the automation developed, and the level of support and expertise that clients receive when implementing the system. Unified Signal’s consulting division makes Unified Signal a one-stop shop for any client, rather than having to go to many different companies to efficiently implement and manage their business.
Legislative and Regulatory
Unified Signal sells telecommunication services and as such some of these services falls under the guidelines and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission. Unified Signal operates various licenses and is up to date on all FCC requirements necessary to operate and sell such services. The company has hired a third party provider, to help manage the various licenses and regulatory requirement necessary and to ensure that all filings and paper work are handled in a timely manner.
Employee Relations
As of August 22, 2016, the Company uses a number of independent contractors in our operations.
Available Information
We file annual, quarterly, current and special reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). You may read and obtain copy of any reports, statement or other information that we file with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at (202) 551-8090 for further information on the public reference room. These SEC filings are also available to the public from commercial document retrieval services and at the Internet site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
Additionally, on our corporate website, www.Unifiedsignal.com, we make available, free of charge, our annual, quarterly and current reports (including all amendments to such reports), changes in the stock ownership of our directors and executive officers, our code of ethics, and other documents filed with, or furnished to, the SEC, as soon as reasonably practicable after such documents are filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Additional information about us and our product offerings may be found on our legacy website www.DataJack.com.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Before you invest in the Company’s securities, you should be aware that there are various risks. You should consider carefully these risk factors, together with all of the other information included in this annual report before you decide to purchase the Company’s securities. If any of the following risks and uncertainties develop into actual events, the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected and you could lose your entire investment in the Company.
Risks Relating to Our Business
Our independent registered public accounting firm has expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, which may also hinder our ability to obtain future financing.
In their report dated August 24, 2016, our independent registered public accounting firm stated that our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015 were prepared assuming that we would continue as a going concern. However, they expressed substantial doubt about our ability to do so. The Company has a net loss of $1,522,243 for the year ended December 31, 2014. We also had a working capital deficit of $919,013 at December 31, 2014, and cash on hand of $97,756. We also expect to incur additional losses for at least the first three quarters of 2016.
Our ability to continue as a going concern is subject to our ability to increase revenues and generate a profit and/or obtain necessary funding from outside sources, including obtaining additional funding from the sale of our securities, generating sales, or obtaining financing from various financial institutions where possible. By adjusting our operations and development to the level of capitalization, we believe that we have sufficient capital resources to meet projected near-term cash flow requirements. However, if during that period or thereafter, we are not successful in generating sufficient liquidity from operations or in raising sufficient capital resources, on terms acceptable to us, this could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, liquidity and financial condition. There can be no assurances that our efforts will prove successful. The Company’s consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Insufficient systems capacity or systems failures could harm our business.
Our business depends on the performance and reliability of the computer and communications systems supporting it. Notwithstanding our current capacity, heavy use of our computer systems during peak customer service hours could cause our systems to operate slowly or even to fail for periods of time. If our systems cannot be expanded successfully to handle increased demand, or otherwise fail to perform, we could experience disruptions in service, slower response times, and delays in introducing new products and services.
Our systems and operations also are vulnerable to damage or interruption from human error, natural disasters, power loss, sabotage or terrorism, computer viruses, intentional acts of vandalism, and similar events. Any system failure that causes an interruption in service or decreases the responsiveness of our service could impair our reputation, damage our brand name and negatively impact our revenues. We also rely on a number of third parties for systems support. Any interruption in these third-party services or deterioration in the performance of these services could also be disruptive to our business and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results. We cannot predict the likelihood that services provided by third parties may be interrupted.
We have not voluntarily implemented various corporate governance measures, in the absence of which, stockholders may have more limited protections against interested director transactions, conflicts of interest and similar matters.
Recent Federal legislation, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, has resulted in the adoption of various corporate governance measures designed to promote the integrity of the corporate management and the securities markets. Some of these measures have been adopted in response to legal requirements. Others have been adopted by companies in response to the requirements of national securities exchanges, such as the NYSE or The Nasdaq Stock Market, on which their securities are listed. Among the corporate governance measures that are required under the rules of national securities exchanges are those that address board of directors’ independence, audit committee oversight, and the adoption of a code of ethics. We have not adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics nor have we yet adopted any other corporate governance measures and, since our securities are not listed on a national securities exchange, we are not required to do so. We have not adopted corporate governance measures such as an audit or other independent committees of our Board of Directors. Prospective investors should bear in mind our current lack of corporate governance measures in formulating their investment decisions.
Our internal controls over financial reporting, and our disclosure controls and procedures, are not adequate, which could have a significant and adverse effect on our business and reputation.
Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) associated with Sarbanes-Oxley, which we refer to as Section 404, require a reporting company to, among other things, annually review and disclose its internal controls over financial reporting, and evaluate and disclose changes in its internal controls over financial reporting quarterly. Under Section 404 a reporting company is required to document and evaluate such internal controls in order to allow its management to report on these controls. As reported in Item 9A. Controls and Procedures, we have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures, and our financial reporting controls, are currently ineffective. If we are not able to implement the requirements of Section 404 with adequate compliance, we may be subject to sanctions or investigation by regulatory authorities, such as the SEC. As a result, there could be an adverse reaction in the financial markets due to a loss of confidence in the reliability of our financial statements. In addition, we may be required to incur substantial costs in improving our internal control system and the hiring of additional personnel. Any such actions could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.
Our inability to protect our intellectual property rights could adversely affect our business.
To protect our intellectual property rights, we rely on a combination of trademark laws, trade secret protection, confidentiality agreements and other contractual arrangements with our affiliates, customers, strategic investors and others. The protective steps we have taken may be inadequate to deter misappropriation of our proprietary information. We may be unable to detect the unauthorized use of, or take appropriate steps to enforce, our intellectual property rights. Failure to protect our intellectual property adequately could harm our brand and affect our ability to compete effectively. Further, defending our intellectual property rights could result in the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.
Intellectual property and proprietary rights of others may prevent us from using the technology necessary to provide our services and may subject us to expensive intellectual property litigation.
If a court determines that the technology necessary for us to provide our services infringes a patent held by another person, and if that person is unwilling to grant us a license on acceptable terms, we may be ordered not to use the technology. We may also be ordered to pay significant monetary damages to the patent-holder. If we are ordered not to use the technology, we may be forced to cease offering services that depend on such use. In the event that a claim of infringement is brought against us based on the use or sale of our technology, or against any of our customers based on the use of our technology which we have agreed to indemnify our customers against, we may be subject to litigation to determine whether there is an infringement. Such litigation is expensive and distracting to our business and operations, regardless of the outcome of the suit.
We depend on key management personnel and the loss of their services could adversely affect our business.
We rely substantially on the efforts and abilities of our chief executive officer Paris Holt, and our non-executive staff and consultants. The loss of the services of any of our key personnel may have a material adverse effect on our business, operations, revenues or prospects. We also do not maintain key-man life insurance policies.
Also, we believe that our future success will depend in large part on our ability to attract and retain highly skilled, knowledgeable, sophisticated and qualified managerial, professional and technical personnel. We have experienced significant competition in attracting and retaining personnel who possess the skills that we are seeking. As a result of this significant competition, we may experience a shortage of qualified personnel.
We must be able to increase the volume of traffic on our network to become profitable.
Certain aspects of our business depend on the increased volume of traffic on our network. In order to realize our targets for sales and revenue growth, cash flow, operating efficiencies and other network benefits, we must continue to increase the volume of data transmissions on our communications network at acceptable prices. If we do not maintain or improve our current relationship with existing customers and develop new large-volume and enterprise customers, we may not be able to substantially increase traffic on our network. The failure to increase network traffic would adversely affect our ability to become profitable.
Our business depends on our ability to continue to develop effective business support systems, and the failure to do so would have a negative effect on our achievement of financial goals and objectives.
Developing effective business support systems is a complicated undertaking requiring significant resources and expertise and support from third-party vendors. Business support systems are needed to:
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provision, install and deliver these services; and
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bill monthly for these services
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Because our business provides for continued rapid growth in our number of customers and volume of services we offer, we need to continue to develop our business support systems on an accelerated schedule. Our failure to continue to develop effective business support systems and meet proposed service rollout dates would materially adversely affect our ability to implement our plans for growth and meet our financial goals and objectives.
Termination of relationships with key suppliers could cause delay and increased costs which may adversely affect our business.
Our business is dependent on third-party suppliers for computers, software, transmission electronics and related components that are integrated into our network. If any of these relationships is terminated or a supplier fails to provide reliable services or equipment and we are unable to reach suitable alternative arrangements quickly, we may experience significant additional costs. If that happens, our business may be materially adversely affected.
We may lose customers if we experience system failures that significantly disrupt the availability and quality of the services that we provide.
Our operations depend on our ability to avoid and mitigate interruptions in service. It is possible that we may experience a failure of the equipment or facility on our network could result in a significant interruption. Our network is subject to a number of events that could affect its ability to transfer information, including power outages, security breaches and computer viruses. Many of these events may be due to forces beyond our control, such as weather conditions, natural disasters and terrorist attacks. As a result, our network may experience information delays or require costly modifications that could interrupt service to our customers or significantly harm our business.
Interruptions in service undermine consumer confidence in our services and affect our ability to retain existing customers and attract new ones. Also, because many of our services are critical to our customers’ businesses, any interruption will result in loss to our customers. Although we disclaim liability for loss arising from interruptions in service beyond our control in our service agreements, a court may not enforce such limitations. As a result, we may be exposed to financial loss if a court orders us to pay monetary damages.
We have generated substantial losses, which we expect will continue.
The development of our communications business has required, and may continue to require, significant expenditures. These expenditures may result in substantial negative cash flow from operating activities and substantial net losses in the near future. We may continue to experience losses and may not be able to achieve or sustain operating profitability in the future. Continued operating losses may limit our ability to obtain the cash needed to expand our network, make interest and principal payments on our debt and fund our other business needs.
Risks Related to Our Industry
If we are unable to fund the expansion and adaptation of our network to stay competitive in the communications industry, our business would be adversely affected.
The communications industry is subject to rapid and significant changes in technology. In addition, the introduction of new services and technologies, as well as further development of existing services and technologies, may reduce the cost or increase the supply of those we provide. As a result, our most significant competitors in the future may be new entrants to the communications industry. These new entrants may not be burdened by an installed base of outdated equipment and may be better able to respond to the demands of our industry, such as:
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increased demands by customers to transmit larger amounts of data
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In order to stay competitive in our industry we must expand and adapt our network according to these demands. This will require substantial additional financial, operational and managerial resources, which may not be available when needed. If we are unable to fund the expansion or adaptation of our network quickly and at a commercially reasonable cost, our business would be materially adversely affected.
Failure to complete development, testing and introduction of new services, could negatively affect our ability to compete in the industry.
We continuously develop, test and introduce new communications services that are delivered over our communications network. These new services are intended to allow us to address new segments of the communications marketplace and to compete for additional customers. In certain instances, the introduction of new services requires the successful development of new technology. To the extent that upgrades of existing technology are required for the introduction of new services, the success of these upgrades may depend on successful dealings with our vendors and on our vendors fulfilling their obligations in a timely manner. If we are not able to successfully complete the development and introduction of new services in a timely manner, our business could be materially adversely affected.
In addition, new service offerings may not be widely accepted by our customers. If our new service offerings are not widely accepted by our customers, we may discontinue those services and impair any assets or information technology used to develop or offer them.
The prices we charge for our communications services may decrease over time resulting in lost revenue.
Over the past few years the prices communications providers have been able to charge for certain services have decreased. This decrease results from downward market pressure and other factors, including:
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increased transmission capacity by communications companies on their existing and new networks;
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customer agreements containing volume-based pricing or other contractually agreed upon price decreases during the term of the agreement; and
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If we are unable to increase traffic volume through additional services and derive additional revenue as prices decrease, our operating results would decline. Declining operating results may lead to lost revenue.
Increased scrutiny of financial disclosure, particularly in the communications industry, may adversely affect our investor confidence and any restatement of earnings may increase litigation risk and limit our ability to access the capital markets.
Congress, the SEC, other regulatory authorities and the media pay very close attention to financial reporting practices. Particular attention has been focused on the communications industry and companies’ interpretations of generally accepted accounting principles. If we were required to restate our financial statements as a result of a determination that we had incorrectly applied generally accepted accounting principles, that restatement could adversely affect our ability to access the capital markets or the trading price of our securities. The recent scrutiny regarding financial reporting has also resulted in an increase in litigation in the communications industry. There can be no assurance that any such litigation against us would not materially adversely affect our business or the trading price of our securities.
Our ability to withstand competition in the communications industry may be impeded by participants with greater resources and a greater number of existing customers.
The communications industry is highly competitive. Many of our existing and potential competitors have resources that are significantly greater than ours with respect to finances, personnel, marketing and other business aspects. Many of these competitors have the added advantage of a larger existing customer base. In addition, significant new competition could arise as a result of:
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the consolidation in the industry led by AT&T and Verizon in the United States;
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allowing foreign carriers to compete in the U.S. market;
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If we are unable to compete successfully, our business could be significantly harmed.
Risks Related To Our Common Stock
Our common stock is subject to the “penny stock” rules of the SEC and the trading market in our securities is limited, which makes transactions in our stock cumbersome and may reduce the value of an investment in our stock.
The SEC has adopted Rule 15g-9 which establishes the definition of a “penny stock,” for the purposes relevant to us, as any equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share or with an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require:
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that a broker or dealer approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks; and
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the broker or dealer receive from the investor a written agreement to the transaction, setting forth the identity and quantity of the penny stock to be purchased.
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In order to approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks, the broker or dealer must:
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make a reasonable determination that the transactions in penny stocks are suitable for that person and the person has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial matters to be capable of evaluating the risks of transactions in penny stocks.
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The broker or dealer must also deliver, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prescribed by the SEC relating to the penny stock market, which, in highlight form:
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sets forth the basis on which the broker or dealer made the suitability determination; and
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that the broker or dealer received a signed, written agreement from the investor prior to the transaction.
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Generally, brokers may be less willing to execute transactions in securities subject to the “penny stock” rules. This may make it more difficult for investors to dispose of our common stock and cause a decline in the market value of our stock.
Disclosure also has to be made about the risks of investing in penny stocks in both public offerings and in secondary trading and about the commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative, current quotations for the securities and the rights and remedies available to an investor in cases of fraud in penny stock transactions. Finally, monthly statements have to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stocks.
Provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws may delay or prevent a take-over which may not be in the best interests of our stockholders.
Provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws may be deemed to have anti-takeover effects, which include when and by whom special meetings of our stockholders may be called, and may delay, defer or prevent a takeover attempt. In addition, certain provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes also may be deemed to have certain anti-takeover effects which include that control of shares acquired in excess of certain specified thresholds will not possess any voting rights unless these voting rights are approved by a majority of a corporation’s disinterested stockholders.
Our common stock could be removed from quotation on the OTCBB if we fail to timely file our annual or quarterly reports. If our common stock were no longer eligible for quotation on the OTCBB, the liquidity of our stock may be further adversely impacted.
Under the rules of the SEC we are required to file our quarterly reports within 45 days from the end of the fiscal quarter and our annual report within 90 days from the end of our fiscal year. Under rules adopted by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in 2005 which is informally known as the “Three Strikes Rule”, a FINRA member is prohibited from quoting securities of an OTCBB issuer such as our company if the issuer either fails to timely file these reports or is otherwise delinquent in the filing requirements three times in the prior two year period or if the issuer’s common stock has been removed from quotation on the OTCBB twice in that two year period.
Volatility of our stock price could adversely affect stockholders.
The market price of our common stock could fluctuate significantly as a result of:
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Fluctuations in the price of our common stock could contribute to the loss of all or part of an investor’s investment in the company.
We may never issue dividends.
We currently do not plan to declare dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Any payment of cash dividends will depend upon our financial condition, capital requirements, earnings and other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors. Agreements governing future indebtedness will likely contain similar restrictions on our ability to pay cash dividends. See “Dividend Policy” for more information. Consequently, an investor’s only opportunity to achieve a return on investment will be if the market price of our common stock appreciates and the shares are sold for a profit.
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Not applicable.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
As of December 31, 2014, the Company does not have any outstanding operating leases.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business. We are currently aware of and a party to the following legal proceedings or claims that we believe will not have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results:
The Company was a defendant in litigation titled St George Investments LLC v. Quamtel, Inc. and Transfer Online, Inc., Case No. 1:12-cv-09186, pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division (the "St George Litigation"). The St. George Litigation was commenced on November 15, 2012, and amended on January 29, 2013. Generally, the Amended Complaint alleges that Unified Signal, Inc. (formerly DataJack) failed to pay a purported debt to Plaintiff as and when due and that the Company and its transfer agent failed to honor a notice from the Plaintiff to exercise its claimed contractual right to convert $20,000 of the alleged debt to shares of stock in the Company. The Amended Complaint alleges that the Company is indebted to the Plaintiff in the amount of $391,704, plus penalties, interest, attorney’s fees and costs. The Amended Complaint also seeks injunctive relief and unspecified amounts of compensatory, consequential, indirect and punitive damages. The Company has disputed its alleged liability to the Plaintiff, and the Company has responded to the Amended Complaint. A settlement agreement was reached and was dated January 16, 2014, which includes dismissal of the lawsuit. An initial payment was due on January 16, 2014, with a final payment for the balance due on February 15, 2014.
An amended agreement was reached and dated February 14, 2014, which states the initial payment was made on or prior to January 16, 2014 and the balance is to be paid on February 18, 2014 and March 18, 2014.
The Company's acquired subsidiary had made the February 18, 2014 payment.
An extension was granted on March 17, 2014 for the final payment to be made on or before April 27, 2014.
An issuance of 60,000 shares was made on March 17, 2014 as an extension fee. The parties then revised its agreement and amended it so that the Company was granted additional time to make its payments. This Settlement Agreement, Waiver and Release of Claims was dated April 29, 2014, and the final payment was extended from April 27, 2014 to June 6, 2014. In consideration thereof, the Company issued 60,000 of its shares as an extension fee.
On June 10, 2014 the parties further extended the due date for the Final Payment from June 6, 2014 to July 21, 2014 and in consideration thereof, the Company issued 100,000 of its shares of common stock as an extension fee.
On July 21, 2014 the parties revised its agreement yet again and agreed to the following; a two part payment; the first part payable on July 31, 2014 and the second payable on September 4, 2014. The parties agreed to allow this extension by the Company issuing an additional 200,000 shares of common stock as an extension fee.
Finally on August 12, 2014, the parties entered into a final settlement agreement whereby Datajack will pay St George Investments a series of 14 payments, on the 15th and 30th of each month, for the next 7 months beginning in August 2014. Additionally, the Company has issued an additional 100,000 shares of common stock, as a final extension fee.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
Unified Signal, Inc.( formerly Datajack, Inc.) (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, TelBill Holdings, LLC. (“TelBill”) and WQN, Inc. (“WQN”) or the “Company” is a mobile virtual networkenabler and mobile payment solutions provider in the wireless and banking industries. The Company is a SaaS (software as a service) based billing and back office platform which enables companies in virtually any industry sector to launch cellular, as well as other telecom services using their existing brand. The Company’s SaaS platform and infrastructure allows clients to implement faster, have more control over the system with feature rich tools, while being more cost efficient than other solution providers. The Company’s turnkey telecom billing platform allows its clients to sell, provision, fulfill, and care for multiple telecom services, including pre and post-paid cellular, local, long distance, Internet, and mobile banking. The platform also enables clients to private label mobile banking services including a full mobile wallet linked to a prepaid debit card.
On November 27, 2014, the Company changed its name from DataJack, Inc. In addition, effective November 27, 2014 and in conjunction with the name change, the Company’s quotation symbol on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board was changed from DJAK.OB to UNSI.OB.
Basis of Presentation (Reverse-Acquisition)
On June 4, 2014, TelBill Holdings, LLC completed an acquisition (the "Merger") of TelBill Holdings, Inc. (“TelBill”) (dba Unified Signal) pursuant to the terms of the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with TelBill and Unified Signal, Inc. dated as of June 4, 2014. For accounting purposes, TelBill was identified as the acquiring entity and Unified Signal (formerly DataJack Inc.) as the acquired entity. The merger was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting for financial reporting purposes. The purchase method requires the identification of the acquiring entity based on the criteria of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805-10-55-12, “Accounting for Business Combinations”. Under the purchase method of accounting the purchase price is preliminarily allocated to the acquiree’s assets and liabilities at fair value and any excess purchase price is then attributed to identifiable intangible assets and goodwill.
The consolidated financial statements and related footnote disclosures presented for the period prior to the Merger are those of TelBill and its subsidiaries alone. The financial statements as of December 31, 2015 and for the year then ended include their combined operations. The financial statements as of December 31, 2014 and through June 4, 2014 include the operations and cash flows of TelBill and its subsidiaries and the combined operations and cash flows of TelBill and Unified Signal subsequent to that date.
The accompanying financial statements give retroactive effect to the recapitalization as if it had occurred at the earliest reporting period. Certain other reclassifications have been made to prior periods’ consolidated financial statements to be consistent with the current period’s presentation.
The accompanying financial statements present on a consolidated basis the accounts of Unified Signal, Inc. (formerly DataJack Inc.) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
NOTE 2 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated 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; disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements; and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates include the fair value of goodwill, customer lists, equity based compensation, derivative liabilities and revenue recognition.
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
Cash and Cash Equivalents
For purposes of reporting cash flows, the Company considers all cash on hand, in banks, certificates of deposit and other highly liquid debt instruments with a maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase, to be cash and cash equivalents. Cash overdraft positions may occur from time to time due to the timing of making bank deposits and releasing checks, in accordance with the Company’s cash management policies. Cash overdraft positions are recorded as accounts payable in the balance sheet.
Restricted Cash
Restricted cash represents collateral on a standby letter of credit related to an agreement with one of the Company’s telecommunications service providers, effectively providing a guarantee of the Company’s payment of its account payable to this service provider.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are stated at the amount management expects to collect from outstanding balances. Management provides for probable uncollectible amounts based on its assessment of the current status of the individual receivables and after using reasonable collection efforts. The allowance for doubtful accounts as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 was $320,553 and $42,000, respectively.
Income taxes
Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the estimated future tax effects of net operating loss and credit carryforwards and temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their respective financial reporting amounts measured at the current enacted tax rates. The Company records an estimated valuation allowance on its deferred income tax assets if it is not more likely than not that these deferred income tax assets will be realized.
The Company recognizes a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the consolidated financial statements from such a position are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company has not recorded any unrecognized tax benefits.
The Company's 2012 to 2015 tax returns are subject to examinations by the IRS and state taxing agency.
Stock-based compensation
All stock-based payments to employees and to nonemployee directors for their services as directors, including grants of restricted stock and stock options, are measured at fair value on the grant date and recognized in the consolidated statements of operations as compensation or other expense over the relevant service period. Stock-based payments to nonemployees are recognized as an expense over the period of performance. Such payments are measured at fair value at the earlier of the date a performance commitment is reached or the date performance is completed. In addition, for awards that vest immediately and are non-forfeitable, the measurement date is the date the award is issued.
The Company incurred stock based compensation of $890,089 for the year ending December 31, 2015, in accordance with the stock acquisition right extended to the Chief Executive Officer.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying amount of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and notes payable, as applicable, approximates fair value due to the short term nature of these items and/or the current interest rates payable in relation to current market conditions.
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
Earnings (Loss) Per Share
Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) for the year by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding. The calculation of fully diluted earnings per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and common stock equivalents with the assumption that all common stock equivalents were converted at the beginning of the year. Options, warrants, convertible debt and unvested shares are considered to be common stock equivalents and are only included in the calculation of diluted earnings per common share when their effect is dilutive.
As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, there were notes convertible into an aggregate of 396,196 and 2,233,702 shares of the Company’s common stock. In computing diluted net loss per share for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, no effect has been given to such shares issuable upon note conversions as their effect would be anti-dilutive.
Fair Value Measurements
ASC 825-10 defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions, and risk of nonperformance. ASC 825-10 establishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. ASC 825-10 establishes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2—Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets); or model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level 3—Unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of fair value of assets or liabilities.
The only item recorded or measured at fair value on a recurring basis in the accompanying consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 is the Company’s derivative liability. The derivative liability amounted to:
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116,316
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116,316
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As of December 31, 2014
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461,785
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461,785
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The table below sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial liabilities (derivative liability) as of December 31, 2015 and for the year then ended, and as of June 4, 2014 (date of merger) through December 31, 2014.
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
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Liability
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2014
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461,785
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Fair value of acquired derivative at date of merger
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461,785
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Level 3 Liabilities were comprised of our bifurcated convertible debt features on our convertible notes.
Fluctuations in the Company’s stock price are a primary driver for the changes in the derivative valuations during each reporting period. The Company’s stock price decreased by 13% from December 31, 2014 to December 31, 2015 and by 56% from June 4, 2014 (date of merger) to December 31, 2014. As the stock price decreases for each of the related derivative instruments, the value to the holder of the instrument generally decreases, therefore decreasing the liability on the Company’s balance sheet. Additionally, stock price volatility is one of the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of each of the Company’s derivative instruments.
Revenue Recognition
The Company follows the guidance in Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 104, which provides guidance on the recognition, presentation and disclosure of revenue in financial statements. SAB 104 states that revenue is realized or realizable and earned when all of the following criteria are met: persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, services have been rendered, the seller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured.
Revenues are primarily derived from fees charged to terminate voice services over the Company’s network and from related monthly recurring charges. Variable revenue is earned based on the number of minutes during a call and is recognized upon completion of a call. Revenue from each customer is calculated from information received through the Company’s network switches. The Company tracks the information received from the switch and analyzes the call detail records and applies the respective revenue rate for each call. Fixed revenue is earned from monthly recurring services provided to customers that are fixed and recurring in nature, and are connected for a specified period of time. Revenues are recognized as the services are provided and continue until the expiration of the contract or until cancellation of the service by the customer. Cash fees received prior to call completion are recorded on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as unearned revenue. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company did not have any recorded unearned revenue.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is provided over the estimated useful lives of the related assets using the straight line method. The useful lives of assets range from three to five years. The company reviews the recoverability of its property and equipment when events or changes in circumstances occur that indicate that the carrying value of the asset group may not be recoverable.
Costs for the internal development of computer software related to the Company’s proprietary systems are expensed as development stage costs until technological feasibility has been established. Thereafter, all additional software development costs are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives.
Economic Dependency
The Company utilizes a limited number of suppliers. The Company is vulnerable to the risk of renewing favorable supplier contracts and timeliness of the supplier in processing the Company’s orders for customers, and is at risk related to regulation and regulatory developments that govern the rates to be charged to the Company and, in some instances, whether certain facilities are required to be made available to the Company.
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
Long-Lived Assets
Property, equipment and definite lived intangibles are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized in the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell, and depreciation ceases.
Intangible Assets and Goodwill
In 2015, the Company exchanged its customer list as payment in full of the balances owing under an accounts payable obligation in the amount of $185,085. Subsequent to year end, the Company reacquired the customer list and will amortize the purchase price over its expected useful life of five years.
As a result of the acquisition of TelBill Holdings, LLC on June 4, 2014, the Company acquired intangible assets in the aggregate amount of $7,982,644.
The Company allocated $200,000 in identifiable intangible assets for customer relationships. The remaining $7,782,644 was allocated to goodwill.
The Company amortizes its identifiable intangible assets using the straight-line method over their estimated period of benefit. The estimated useful lives of the customer relationships was determined to be three years. The Company periodically evaluates the recoverability of intangible assets and takes into account events or circumstances that warrant revised estimates of useful lives or indicate that impairment exists.
The Company accounts for and reports acquired goodwill and other intangible assets under Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 350-10, Intangibles, Goodwill and Other (“ASC 350-10”). In accordance with ASC 350-10, the Company tests its intangible assets for impairment on an annual basis and when there is reason to suspect that their values have been diminished or impaired. Any write-downs will be included in results from operations.
At June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2014, the Company management performed an evaluation of its goodwill and other acquired intangible assets for purposes of determining the implied fair value of the assets at each respective dates. The tests indicated that the recorded book value of its acquired goodwill from the acquisition of TelBill Holdings, LLC exceeded its fair value for the period ended December 31, 2014. As a result, upon completion of the assessment, management recorded an aggregate non-cash impairment charge of $7,782,644, net of tax, or $0.16 per share during the year ended December 31, 2014 to reduce the carrying value to $-0-.
The impairment charge is reflected as part of the loss from operations in the accompanying financial statements. Considerable management judgment is necessary to estimate the fair value. Accordingly, actual results could vary significantly from management’s estimates. In 2015, the Company sold its customer list and recognized a gain of $23,974.
Deferred Costs
The amount of cash paid and the value of common stock issued that are related to contract renegotiations and debt issuances are capitalized, and classified as a noncurrent deferred cost on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. These deferred costs are amortized to expense over the term of the underlying contracts or debt instruments. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, the remaining unamortized deferred costs were $-0-.
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
Segment Information
Accounting Standards Codification subtopic Segment Reporting 280-10 (“ASC 280-10”) establishes standards for reporting information regarding operating segments in annual financial statements and requires selected information for those segments to be presented in interim financial reports issued to stockholders. ASC 280-10 also establishes standards for related disclosures about products and services and geographic areas. Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker, or decision-making group, in making decisions how to allocate resources and assess performance. The information disclosed herein materially represents all of the financial information related to the Company’s only principal operating segment.
Convertible and Derivative Financial Instruments
GAAP requires companies to bifurcate conversion options from their host instruments and account for them as free standing derivative financial instruments according to certain criteria. The criteria include circumstances in which (a) the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative instrument are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract, (b) the hybrid instrument that embodies both the embedded derivative instrument and the host contract is not re-measured at fair value under otherwise applicable generally accepted accounting principles with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur and (c) a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative instrument would be considered a derivative instrument. An exception to this rule is when the host instrument is deemed to be conventional, as that term is described under applicable GAAP. The Company has identified embedded derivatives related to certain of its notes payable. These embedded derivatives include certain conversion features and reset provisions.
When the Company has determined that the embedded conversion options should not be bifurcated from their host instruments, the Company records, when necessary, discounts to convertible notes for the intrinsic value of conversion options embedded in debt instruments based upon the differences between the fair value of the underlying common stock at the commitment date of the note transaction and the effective conversion price embedded in the note. Debt discounts under these arrangements are amortized over the term of the related debt to their stated date of redemption.
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS POLICY
We evaluate our financial instruments such as long-term debt and stock purchase warrants to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative instrument liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement of the derivative instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.
Convertible Notes -
Certain of the Company’s Convertible Notes include embedded derivatives from common stock conversion rights that require bifurcation from the host contract under the provisions of ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging. Under the terms of the Convertible Notes, the Company became contingently obligated to issue shares in excess of the xx million authorized by shareholders. Consequently, the ability to settle these obligations with shares would be unavailable causing these obligations to potentially be settled in cash. This condition creates a derivative liability pertaining to the conversion feature.
Accordingly, the Company records the related derivative liabilities at fair value and records the accounting gain or loss resulting from the change in fair values at the end of each reporting period. Changes in the value of these debt-related derivative instruments resulted in gain (loss) of $345,469 and ($192,380) for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
Testing for Tainted Warrants
- Under certain limited scenarios, such as if the common stock price falls to less than $0.01 per share, management believes the contingent share issuance obligation that exists from the Convertible Notes could “taint” the Company’s stock purchase warrants that are required to be settled in shares of the Company’s common stock. Although management does not consider this scenario probable, the circumstances may fall beyond the Company’s control. Accordingly, at each reporting date, we review our convertible securities to determine their classification is appropriate by evaluating the current state of relevant business facts and circumstances (the “Business Rationale”) and by review and application of applicable accounting guidance (the “Tainting Accounting Guidance”) to all outstanding instruments using a systematic and rational approach.
Consideration of Business Rationale
The Company’s non-employee warrant holders are long-time, significant investors in the Company, with approximately 19% of the Company’s common stock already held by the warrant holders as a group (excluding employees). This group of investors has a consistent and long history of funding the organization and they are more likely as a group to exercise their warrants before any convertible note holders seek to do so because they have a vested interest in supporting the company’s operations. In addition, the warrant agreements do not contain any net-cash settlement provisions and none of the stock warrant purchase agreements have been settled for cash and the Company has no history or intent of doing so.
In contrast, the convertible debt holders do not have any precedent for exercising their conversion options and the Company has established a practice of settling the convertible note conversion features for cash, not common stock of the Company. Therefore, for sequencing purposes, this group is less likely to support the Company through an equity investment. Furthermore, as discussed in Note 10, subsequent to year end the Company has entered into net cash settlement agreements for two (out of three) of the derivative liabilities arising from the Convertible Notes; which supports the derivative liability classification. Negotiations are also underway for a net cash settlement of the third (and last) Convertible Note payable to LG Capital; however, the settlement terms have not yet been finalized.
Management’s review of the business rationale suggests that the warrants are not tainted by the contingent share issue rights of the convertible note holders.
Consideration of Tainting Accounting Guidance
In addition to consideration of the business rationale, to determine if the warrants are tainted, the Company follows a sequencing method to prioritize all of its convertible securities as prescribed by ASC 815-40-35, to determine the number of authorized but unissued shares available to satisfy outstanding convertible securities.
After considering the business rationale, the Company’s sequencing
policy is based on a systematic and scheduled approach that requires that the instruments with the oldest issuance date would be settled first. For purposes of determining equity or liability classification, the
sequencing policy also considers contingently issuable additional shares, such as for those imbedded in the Convertible Notes that have variable terms based upon the Company’s common stock price, to have an issuance date to coincide with the event giving rise to the additional shares. Using this
sequencing policy, warrant holders would be settled first in shares of the Company’s common stock and then the remaining debt instruments convertible into common stock would follow. Since the Company is unable to determine if there would be sufficient shares available to meet the contingent obligations of the Convertible Notes they are accounted for as derivative liabilities.
In accordance with the sequencing policy and based on ASC 815-10-15-74, stock warrants issued to directors and former debt holders, all of whom are related parties, are not considered by the company as a derivative, as the put option underlying these warrants are not a “tainted” derivative after considering the Company’s sequencing policy and in consideration of the likelihood for conversion of the warrants into common stock. They are warrants with fixed purchase prices and terms for which the put option is more akin to equity and as such are being classified in stockholders’ equity as standalone instruments. In addition, based on ASC 718, Stock-based Compensation and ASC 505-50, Equity-based Payments to Non-Employees, the company excluded the employee and any vendor related warrants from the derivative liability accounting.
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The FASB has issued ASU 2014-09,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
, was issued in May 2014. Under this update FASB created a new Topic 606; which is in response to a joint initiative of FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board to clarify the principles for recognizing revenue and to develop a common revenue standard for U.S. GAAP and international financial reporting standards. The update is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. FASB ASU 2015 – xx Extended: The effective date of this update for one additional year. Early application is not permitted. The Credit Union is currently evaluating the impact that this update will have on its financial statements.
The FASB also issued ASU No. 2016-13
Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326) Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments
in June 2016 to update current generally accepted accounting principles applicable to credit losses; which applies an “incurred loss” methodology for recognizing credit losses. The current model delays loss recognition until it is probable a loss has been incurred. Also current GAAP includes multiple credit impairment objectives for instruments within the scope of this update.
The amendments in this update are an improvement because they eliminate the probable initial recognition threshold in current GAAP and, instead, reflect an entity’s current estimate of all expected credit losses. Previously, when credit losses were measured under GAAP, an entity generally only considered past events and current conditions in measuring the incurred loss. The amendments in this update broaden the information that an entity must consider in developing its expected credit loss estimate for assets measured either collectively or individually. The use of forecasted information incorporates more timely information in the estimate of expected credit loss, which will be more decision useful to users of the financial statements.
NOTE 3 –BUSINESS COMBINATION
On June 4, 2014, Unified Signal, Inc. (formerly DataJack, Inc.) completed an acquisition (the "Merger") of TelBill Holdings, LLC. (“TelBill”) pursuant to the terms of the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with TelBill Holdings, LLC (dba Unified Signal) dated as of June 4, 2014.
The Company acquired TelBill in exchange for the following: (i) 30,600,000 shares of Registrant's common stock, par value $0.001("Common Stock") to Mr. Holt, (ii) the reservation of an additional 5,400,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock to be allocated as warrants to the employees of the Company and (iii) a one-time "true-up" to Mr. Holt for the period of eighteen months after the Closing Date (extended to September 1, 2016) in the event the Registrant raises additional capital such that Seller shall own not less than 51% of the Registrant on a fully-diluted basis (collectively, the "Purchase Price"). The Company recognized $632,000 of compensation cost in connection with the extension of the “true-up” provision since the extension is more than one year beyond the effective date of the merger.
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
The merger was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting for financial reporting purposes. The acquisition method requires the identification of the acquiring entity based on the criteria of ASC 805-10-55-12, “Accounting for Business Combinations”. Based on an analysis of the relative voting rights in the combined entity after the business combination and the composition of the board of directors and the relative size (measured in assets, revenues, or earnings), the Merger was accounted for as a reverse acquisition. For accounting purposes, TelBill Holdings, LLCwas identified as the acquiring entity and Unified Signal, Inc. (formerly DataJack Inc.) as the acquired entity. Under the purchase method of accounting the purchase price is preliminarily allocated to the acquiree’s assets and liabilities at fair value and any excess purchase price is then attributed to identifiable intangible assets and goodwill. The preliminary purchase price allocation may be modified as more information is obtained for a period of no more than one year. Accordingly, the financial statements and related footnote disclosures presented for the period prior to the Merger are those of TelBill Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries alone. The financial statements as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and for the period through June 4, 2014 include the operations and cash flows of TelBill Holdings, LLC and the combined operations and cash flows of TelBill Holdings, LLC and Unified Signal, Inc. (DataJack, Inc.) and its subsidiaries after that date.
In accordance with the Merger, each TelBill Holdings, LLC member received, in exchange for each membership interest of TelBill Holdings, LLC common stock held or deemed to be held by such member immediately prior to the closing of the merger on June 4, 2014, one membership interest of TelBill Holdings, LLC, resulting in TelBill Holdings, LLC members owning approximately 55.5% of the shares of the combined company. A total of 24,491,728 shares of common stock were issued in connection with this exchange.
The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition. The total acquisition price of $6,217,849 has been allocated as follows:
Cash
|
|
$
|
351
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
1,204
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
40,508
|
|
Restricted cash
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
Property and equipment
|
|
|
415,674
|
|
Deferred costs, related party
|
|
|
74,074
|
|
Customer list
|
|
|
200,000
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
7,782,644
|
|
Other intangible assets
|
|
|
35,366
|
|
Treasury stock
|
|
|
26,000
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
(586,922
|
)
|
Advances from related parties
|
|
|
(517,115
|
)
|
Notes payable
|
|
|
(535,481
|
)
|
Legal reserves
|
|
|
(433,799
|
)
|
Derivative liability
|
|
|
(403,155
|
)
|
Common stock subscription
|
|
|
(31,500
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total purchase price
|
|
$
|
6,217,849
|
|
Goodwill and customer lists represent the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible assets acquired. For income tax reporting purposes, the goodwill and other intangibles assets identified above are non-deductible.
Pro forma results
The following tables set forth the unaudited pro forma results of the Company as if the acquisition of Datajack, Inc. had taken place on the first day of the periods presented. These combined results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may have been achieved had the companies always been combined.
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
|
|
Year ended,
2015
|
|
|
Year ended,
2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues
|
|
$
|
1,840,993
|
|
|
$
|
3,478,478
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(890,243
|
)
|
|
|
(10,757,006
|
)
|
Basic and diluted net loss per common share
|
|
|
(0.01
|
)
|
|
|
(0.17
|
)
|
At June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2014, the Company management performed an evaluation of its goodwill and other acquired intangible assets for purposes of determining the implied fair value of the assets at each respective dates. The tests indicated that the recorded book value of its acquired goodwill from the acquisition of TelBill Holdings, LLC exceeded its fair value for the period ended December 31, 2014. As a result, upon completion of the assessment, management recorded an aggregate non-cash impairment charge of $7,782,644, net of tax, or $0.16 per share during the year ended December 31, 2014 to reduce the carrying value to $-0-. The impairment charge is reflected as part of the loss from operations in the accompanying financial statements. Considerable management judgment is necessary to estimate the fair value. Accordingly, actual results could vary significantly from management’s estimates.
The Company has presented its preliminary estimates of the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Merger as of December 31, 2014. The Company is in the process of finalizing its review and evaluation of the appraisal and related valuation assumptions supporting its fair value estimates for all of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Merger and, therefore, the estimates used herein are subject to change. This may result in adjustments to the values presented above for assets and liabilities and a corresponding adjustment to goodwill in addition to the impairment charge. As such, the Company has not completed the assignment of goodwill to reporting units or its determination of the amount of goodwill that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes at this time.
NOTE 4 – GOING CONCERN
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern. The Company has reported a net loss of $1,522,243 and $8,715,026 for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, the Company has a working capital deficit of $919,093 and has been dependent on issuances of debt and equity instruments to fund its deficit. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
The Company intends to increase its future profitability and seek new sources or methods of revenue to pursue its business strategy. If the Company’s financial resources from operations are insufficient, the Company will require additional financing in order to execute its operating plan and continue as a going concern. The Company cannot predict whether this additional financing will be in the form of equity or debt, or be in another form. The Company may not be able to obtain the necessary additional capital on a timely basis, on acceptable terms, or at all. In any of these events, the Company may be unable to implement its current plans for expansion, repay its debt obligations as they become due, or respond to competitive pressures, any of which circumstances would have a material adverse effect on its business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
NOTE 5 – ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
The Company’s accounts receivable consist of amounts due from customers for wireless network services and accounting and software platform services provided during the period. The balance of accounts receivable decreased to $11,006 as of December 31, 2015 from $219,017 as of December 31, 2014, primarily due to the write off of bad debts associated with customers who are in arrears. Bad debt expense amounted to $408,230 for the year ended December 31, 2015 compared to $42,000 for the year ended December 31, 2014.
The following table summarizes accounts receivable at December 31:
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
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|
2015
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
$
|
331,559
|
|
|
$
|
261,017
|
|
Allowance for bad debts
|
|
|
(320,553
|
)
|
|
|
(42,000
|
)
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
$
|
11,006
|
|
|
$
|
219,017
|
|
NOTE 6 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
At December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, property and equipment consisted of the following:
|
|
2015
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Computers and equipment
|
|
$
|
18,696
|
|
|
$
|
18,696
|
|
Software
|
|
|
396,978
|
|
|
|
396,978
|
|
Total
|
|
|
415,674
|
|
|
|
415,674
|
|
Less accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(165,480
|
)
|
|
|
(66,924
|
)
|
Total
|
|
$
|
250,194
|
|
|
$
|
348,750
|
|
Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 amounted to $98,558 and $107,825, respectively.
NOTE 7 – CUSTOMER LISTS
In connection with the merger with TelBill Holdings, LLC, the Company acquired a customer listing with an allocated fair value at the date of the merger of $200,000. The customer list is amortized ratably over its estimated useful life of 3 years. During the year ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company amortized $66,667 and $38,889, respectively, to operations. In 2015, the Company sold the customer list and recorded a gain of $23,974 for the year ending December 31, 2015. The customer list was exchanged in full settlement of outstanding accounts payable in the amount of $185,085. Subsequent to year end, the Company reacquired the customer list as more fully discussed in Note 15.
NOTE 8 – OTHER INTANGIBLES
In connection with the merger on June 4, 2014, the Company acquired domain rights with an allocated fair value of $35,366. In August 2014, the Company sold the domain rights and cancelled outstanding accounts receivable of $6,083 for net proceeds of $100,000. The Company recognized a gain on sale of domain rights of $60,564 during the year ended December 31, 2014.
Amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 amounted to $-0- and $2,013, respectively
NOTE 9 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
In June 2014, the Company issued an aggregate of 3,650,000 shares of its common stock in settlement of $372,608 of related party obligations.
As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, related party advances were $-0- and $200,000, respectively. The related party advances were repaid through the conversion to common shares of the Company’s stock.
Additionally, the Company has entered into a licensing agreement with Holt Enterprises, LLC dba TelBill, which allows the Company to utilize TelBill’s mobile phone billing software. TelBill is owned by CEO Holt. Royalty expenses to TelBill under this licensing agreement amounted to $78,256 for the year ending December 31, 2015. The Company owes TelBill $78,256 as of December 31, 2015.
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
Advances from Related Parties
As of December 31, 2014, the Company also had short-term unsecured advances from various shareholders totaling $200,000. These unsecured advances do not accrue interest and were paid in full during the year ended December 31, 2015.
NOTE 10 – NOTES PAYABLE
At December 31, 2015 and 2014, notes payable consisted of the following:
|
|
2015
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Promissory notes payable - shareholders
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
65,000
|
|
Convertible note payable-JMJ Financial
|
|
|
43,174
|
|
|
|
78,174
|
|
Convertible note payable-St George
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
CGL Interests Note
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
108,696
|
|
Note payable-Jensen
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
32,500
|
|
Note payable – LG Capital
|
|
|
70,733
|
|
|
|
21,917
|
|
Total notes payable
|
|
|
113,907
|
|
|
|
356,287
|
|
Less current portion of notes payable
|
|
|
(113,907
|
)
|
|
|
(356,287
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Noncurrent portion of notes payable
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Convertible Note Payable – St George Investments
On March 30, 2012, the Company’s acquired subsidiary entered into a convertible promissory note with St George Investments (the “St George Note”) for a principal balance of $465,000. The note was originally a short-term note payable to Warren Gilbert, one of the primary shareholders of the Company. On March 30, 2012, Warren Gilbert sold the note to St. George Investments for an amount which was not disclosed to the Company’s acquired subsidiary. The St George Investments note conversion notice contains a Beneficial Conversion Feature (BCF). The Company’s acquired subsidiary accordingly recorded a BCF of $298,077, as a credit to additional paid in capital with offsetting amounts of $187,500 to other expense and $110,577 to debt discount, a contra liability account, which was written off by September 30, 2012, the maturity date of the St George Note. The Company’s acquired subsidiary also recognized an additional original-issue debt discount of $135,127, which was charged to other expense by September 30, 2012.
The St George Note bears interest at the rate of 8% per annum, compound daily. All interest and principal was due on September 30, 2012. The St George Note was convertible into common stock, at St George Investments’ option, at a fixed conversion price of $0.375 per share from March 30, 2012 until September 1, 2012, and commencing September 2, 2012 the conversion price is 65% of the average of the three lowest closing bid prices of the common stock during the 10 trading day period prior to conversion. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, (i) the outstanding balance shall increase to 112.5% of the outstanding balance immediately prior to the occurrence of such event of default; provided, however, that such increase may not be applied more than twice, and (ii) this St George Note shall accrue interest until the outstanding balance is repaid in full at the rate of 1% per month (or 12% per annum), compounding daily, whether before or after judgment.
St George Investments shall have the option, in its sole discretion, to return all or any part of the conversion shares or cancelled shares to the Company’s acquired subsidiary by providing one or more written notices thereof to the Company but not exceed 47,692 shares. The St George Investments converted a total of $426,206 of accrued interest, penalty and principal amount during the year ended December 31, 2012 and returned $58,486 or 47,692 shares of conversion made in September 2012. See Note 13 for related litigation.
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
Per the terms of the litigation discussed in Note 13, final settlement was reached whereby the Company will pay St. George Investments a series of 14 payments, on the 15th and 30th of each month for the next 7 months beginning in August 2014.
The Company has identified embedded derivatives related to the St George Note. These embedded derivatives include certain conversion features and reset provisions. See Note 11. The outstanding principal at December 31, 2014 is $50,000. The note was paid off in full during 2015.
Convertible Note Payable – JMJ Financial
On August 22, 2012, the Company’s acquired subsidiary entered into a convertible promissory note with JMJ Financial (the “JMJ Note”) for an aggregate principal balance of $220,000. The principal sum of the notes consisted of $200,000 of consideration paid, plus a $20,000 original issue discount (OID) or 10% OID. The note has a provision which allows the Company’s acquired subsidiary to draw down the available principal over time. The JMJ Note bears a one-time interest charge of 10% of the principal amount. The maturity date is one year from the Effective Date of each payment received by the Company’s acquired subsidiary and is the date upon which the principal sum of this JMJ Note, as well as any unpaid interest and other fees, shall be due and payable. The JMJ Note is convertible into common stock, at JMJ Financial’s option at any time after the Effective Date, at the conversion price of lesser of $0.07 per share or 70% of the lowest trade price in the 25 trading days prior to the conversion. In the event of any default, the outstanding principal amount of this JMJ Note, plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages, fees and other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at JMJ Financial’s election, immediately due and payable in cash at the Mandatory Default Amount. On December 11, 2013, the Company entered an amended Debt Settlement agreement with JMJ for settlement of the outstanding $88,174 balance on the promissory note. The Company has signed various amendments to the Debt Settlement agreement extending the final payment date to March 14, 2014.
On February 11, 2015, the Company entered into a new settlement agreement in court in response to the litigation between the Company’s acquired subsidiary and JMJ Note. Per the terms of the settlement agreement the Company is required to make a payment of $25,000 prior to February 28, 2015 followed by five (5) monthly payments of $10,000 due on the last day of each month thereafter and a final payment of $3,174 due on the last day of the sixth month.
Notes payable includes a balance owing to JMJ Financial in the amount of $43,174. Equity conversion features previously embedded in the note were eliminated in settlement.
Barry Ahron Note Payable
The Company had a note payable of $65,000 owing to Barry Ahron, dated February 5, 2013. On September 30, 2015 the note payable was settled in exchange for the issuance of 778,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock.
CGL Interest Note
On September 9, 2013, the Company entered into a loan agreement for up to $200,000, at the holder’s option. CGL agreed to loan up to $200,000 to assist in covering costs for various parties to implement their mobile virtual network operators (“MVNO”) in exchange for a new MVNO for CGL at no cost. Payments are at 15% of the Company’s MVNO royalty fee for each subscriber with no cap or time limitation.
If CGL advances funds to the Company on a particular MVNO, the Company must pay back these funds at 100% monthly royalty fee until tranche is repaid. If a particular advance is note repaid within 12 months, the Company must pay back over 12 months from general profits. This note was paid off on July 24, 2015 through an equity conversion feature, whereby the Company issued 1,050,000 shares of common stock valued at $98,696. The Company recognized a loss of $29,383 on the transaction. This was converted to common stock during the year ended December 31, 2015. Further information regarding the conversion is included in Note 13: Stockholders’ Equity.
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Paris Holt, has provided a personal guarantee.
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
Note payable-Jenson
On March 19, 2013, the Company issued a promissory note for $50,000, initially due April 1, 2014 with interest at 7% per annum. The remaining unpaid balance at December 31, 2014 was $32,500. There was no balance outstanding at December 31, 2015 as the note was paid off through an exchange of 130,000 shares of the Company’s stock.
Note Payable – LG Capital
On June 19, 2013, the Company’s acquired subsidiary (See Note 3) entered into a $32,000, 8% note payable with LG Capital Funding. The principal and interest of the note is due and payable on March 19, 2014. The note has a conversion feature which commences 180 days prior to the maturity date. LG Capital Funding can convert the loan for common stock at a conversion price of 51% of the market price which is calculated utilizing the two lowest trading places. The outstanding principal balance as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 is $70,733 and $21,917, respectively. This instrument represents a derivative obligation that is accounted for in accordance with the policy described in Note 2 –
Significant Accounting Policies.
NOTE 11 – LEGAL SETTLEMENT OBLIGATIONS
The Company has entered into settlement agreements with note holders, former employees and vendors. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the legal settlement obligation was $25,000 and $31,500, respectively. These settlement agreements have yet to be fully consummated and are recorded at full value until the transaction is completed.
NOTE 12 – DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES
The Company’s St George Note, LG Capital and JMJ Financial Note (the “JMJ Note”) can be converted into the Company’s common shares, at the holders’ option, at the conversion rates of: (a) 65% of the average of the three lowest closing bid prices of the common stock during the 10 trading day period prior to conversion for the St George Note; (b) at the lesser of $0.07 per share or 70% of the lowest trade price in the 25 trading days prior to the conversion for the JMJ Note and (c) at a conversion price of 51% of the market price which is calculated utilizing the two lowest trading places for the LG Capital note .
The Company has identified the embedded derivatives related to these convertible notes. These embedded derivatives included certain conversion features and reset provisions, requiring the Company to record the fair value of the derivatives as of the inception date of these convertible notes, and to fair value as of each subsequent reporting date.
At the date of Merger (See Note 3), the Company determined the aggregate fair value of $403,155 of all the outstanding embedded derivatives. The fair values of the embedded derivatives were determined using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model based on the following assumptions: (1) dividend yield of 0%; (2) expected volatility of 351.12%, (3) weighted average risk-free interest rate of 0.10%, (4) expected life of 1.00 year, and (5) estimated fair value of the Company’s common stock of $0.26 per share.
At December 31, 2014, the Company marked to market the fair values of these debt derivatives and determined a fair value of $461,785. The Company recorded a loss from changes in fair value of debt derivatives of $1,537 for the year ended December 31, 2014. The fair values of the embedded derivatives were determined using Black Scholes Option Pricing Model based on the following assumptions: (1) dividend yield of 0%, (2) expected volatility of 396.18%, (3) weighted average risk-free interest rate of 0.25%, (4) expected life of 1 year, and (5) estimated fair value of the Company’s common stock of $0.15 per share.
At December 31, 2015, the only remaining derivative obligation pertains to the LG Capital note since the JMJ Note and the St. George Note were paid off through equity conversion features. The Company has determined that the fair value of the derivative obligation related to the LG Capital Note is $116,316; which was determined using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model based on the following assumptions: 1) dividend yield of 0%, (2) expected volatility of 293%, 3) weighted average risk-free interest rate of 0.22%, 4) expected life of 1 year and (5) estimated fair value of the Company’s common stock of $0.15 per share. The loss on derivative liability amounted to $345,469 for the year ended December 31, 2015. A derivative liability amounting to $116,316 and $169,094 at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, is reflected on the Company’s balance sheets to account for the fair value of the embedded conversion features.
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
NOTE 13 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Share Issuances for Equity:
In 2015, the Company issued 3,458,000 shares at a total value of $418,060 in exchange for $396,196 of debt. A loss of $21,864 was recognized on the transactions.
The Company issued a total of 387,415 shares at a value of $49,862 in exchange for $42,342 trade accounts payable. The Company recognized a loss of $7,520 during the year ended December 31, 2015, in connection with this exchange.
A total of 140,000 shares were issued at a value of $23,800 in exchange for $30,000 worth of outside services obtained by the Company during the year ended December 31, 2015.
The Company issued a total of 2,060,715 shares in exchange for $391,400 of cash, which includes 1,076,489 shares of common stock subscriptions in the amount of $192,900 that were collected in 2014. Net cash proceeds from stock sales for the year ending December 31, 2015 amounted to $198,500.
The Company also received a total of $177,500 cash during the year ended December 31, 2015 from new common stock subscriptions. In addition, $257,100 in common stock subscriptions collected in 2014 were reclassified from common stock subscriptions to accrued liabilities until such time as the common stock is issued to the subscriber.
Stock based compensation expense in the amount of $258,089 was incurred by the Company during the year ending December 31, 2015 related to the issuance of common stock warrants issued. In addition, the Company recognized $632,000 of stock based compensation during the year ended December 31, 2015 related to the true up costs associated with the antidilutive provisions provided to CEO Holt.
In June 2014, the Company issued 100,000 shares of its common stock as a note extension fee of $50,000.
In June 2014, the Company issued an aggregate of 2,100,000 shares of its common stock for $497,100 in note conversions.
In July 2014, the Company issued 137,500 shares of its common stock in settlement of debt of $55,776.
In July 2014, the Company issued 200,000 shares of its common stock as payment of interest and note extension of $32,000.
In August 2014, the Company issued 100,000 shares of its common stock as payment of interest and note extension of $19,000.
In August 2014, the Company issued 450,000 shares of its common stock in settlement of debt of $45,000.
In September 2014, the Company issued an aggregate of 155,100 shares of its common stock in settlement of debt of $22,635.
In December 2014, the Company issued 107,600 shares valued at $16,140, of its common stock in settlement of accounts payable of $26,900. In connection with the issuance, the Company incurred a gain of $10,760.
Share Issuances for Services:
In October 2015, the Company issued 163,415 shares of common stock in exchange for services, valued at $16,342.
In December 2015, the Company issued 300,000 shares of common stock in exchange for services, valued at $40,000.
In June 2014, the Company issued an aggregate of 200,000 shares of its common stock for services rendered, valued at $82,740.
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
In August 20114, the Company issued 125,000 shares of its common stock for services rendered, valued at $23,750.
In September 2014, the Company issued 2,200,000 shares of its common stock for services rendered, valued at $352,000.
As of December 31, 2014 the Company issued 250,000 shares of its common stock for consulting services valued at $35,000.
Share Issuance for Related Party Transactions:
In June 2014, the Company issued an aggregate of 3,650,000 shares of its common stock, $31,500 of which was previously subscribed, in settlement of related party obligations of $434,108.
Warrants
The following table summarizes information with respect to outstanding warrants to purchase common stock of the Company, all of which were exercisable, at December 31, 2015:
Exercise
Price
|
|
Number
Outstanding
|
|
Expiration Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.50
|
|
75,000
|
|
June, 2019
|
|
0.75
|
|
7,050,000
|
|
June, 2019
|
|
0.50
|
|
1,050,000
|
|
January, 2020
|
|
0.25
|
|
200,000
|
|
November, 2020
|
|
0.05
|
|
200,000
|
|
June, 2016
|
|
|
|
8,575,000
|
|
|
The following table summarizes the warrant activity for the two years ended December 31, 2015:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-Average
|
|
|
Remaining
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
|
Contractual Term
|
|
|
Intrinsic Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at January 1, 2014
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grants
|
|
|
8,575,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.7478
|
|
|
|
5.0
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Forfeitures or expirations
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2014
|
|
|
8,575,000
|
|
|
|
0.7478
|
|
|
|
4.4
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Grants
|
|
|
1,450,000
|
|
|
|
0.4034
|
|
|
|
5.0
|
|
|
|
16,200
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Forfeitures or expirations
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2015
|
|
|
10,025,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.6557
|
|
|
|
3.5
|
|
|
$
|
16,200
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at December 31, 2014
|
|
|
8,575,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.7441
|
|
|
|
4.4
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Exercisable at December 31, 2015
|
|
|
10,025,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.6557
|
|
|
|
3.5
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
The Company has also provided an antidilutive guarantee to the Chief Executive Officer which includes a promise to issue at least 5,400,000 warrants with a strike price of $0.01per share. The antidilutive guarantee would also include any new warrants issued by the Company during the period that the promise is outstanding. The Expiration date for issuing the warrants has been extended to September 1, 2016 and all warrants under this agreement remain unissued as of December 31, 2015. Total warrants issuable under this antidilutive provision approximates 7,321,472 shares. The Company recognized $632,000 of compensation cost during the year ending December 31, 2015, in connection with the extension of the “true-up” rights.
The Company issued 1,050,000 warrants in January of 2015 to individuals in connection with the provision of services to the Company. The warrants have a five-year term and a strike price of $0.50 per share. The Company valued the warrants at $142,379 using the Black-Scholes pricing model using the following assumptions: Contractual terms 5 years, an average risk-free interest rate of 0.22%, a dividend yield of 0% and volatility of 265.37%. The Company recognized $199,499 of stock-based compensation in connection with these warrants for the year ended December 31, 2015.
The Company issued 200,000 warrants in November of 2015 to individuals for services negotiated as part of a consulting agreement with two individuals. The warrants have a five-year term and a strike price of $0.25 per share. The Company valued the warrants at $24,443 using the Black-Scholes pricing model using the following assumptions: Contractual terms 5 years, an average risk-free interest rate of 0.22%, a dividend yield of 0% and volatility of 291.00%. The Company recognized $29,997 of stock-based compensation in connection with these warrants for the year ended December 31, 2015.
The Company also issued 200,000 warrants in December of 2015 for services with an intrinsic value of $16,200; which is based on a strike price of $0.05 per share and a closing value of $0.158 per common share on the issue date. The Company recognized $28,593 of stock-based compensation in connection with these warrants for the year ended December 31, 2015. The warrants expire if unused within 12 months.
In June 2014, the Company’s accounting predecessor issued an aggregate of warrants to purchase 3,100,000 of the Company’s common stock for five years, exercisable at $0.75 in connection with settlement of debt.
In June 2014, the Company issued warrants to purchase 75,000 of the Company’s common stock for five years, exercisable at $0.50 in connection with settlement of debt. The Company valued the warrants using the Black-Scholes pricing model and the following assumptions: contractual terms of 5 years, an average risk free interest rate of 1.62%, a dividend yield of 0%, and volatility of 374.90%.
Distributions
There are $204,026 in pre-merger distributions made to the prior member of TelBill Holdings, LLC.
NOTE 14 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Leases
As of December 31, 2015, the Company does not have any outstanding operating leases, with original terms in excess of 1 year.
Letter of Credit
As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company has an outstanding standby letter of credit in the amount of $150,000 for the benefit of one of the Company’s vendors, Sprint Spectrum, L.P. This letter of credit is secured by a certificate of deposit, which at December 31, 2015 and 2014 is classified as restricted cash, a non-current asset. The letter of credit renews annually on April 15
th
.
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
Litigation
The Company was a defendant in litigation titled St George Investments LLC v. Quamtel, Inc. and Transfer Online, Inc., Case No. 1:12-cv-09186, pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division (the "St George Litigation"). The St. George Litigation was commenced on November 15, 2012, and amended on January 29, 2013. Generally, the Amended Complaint alleges that Unified Signal, Inc. (formerly DataJack) failed to pay a purported debt to Plaintiff as and when due and that the Company and its transfer agent failed to honor a notice from the Plaintiff to exercise its claimed contractual right to convert $20,000 of the alleged debt to shares of stock in the Company. The Amended Complaint alleges that the Company is indebted to the Plaintiff in the amount of $391,704, plus penalties, interest, attorney’s fees and costs. The Amended Complaint also seeks injunctive relief and unspecified amounts of compensatory, consequential, indirect and punitive damages. The Company has disputed its alleged liability to the Plaintiff, and the Company has responded to the Amended Complaint. A settlement agreement has been reached and is dated January 16, 2014, which includes dismissal of the lawsuit. An initial payment is due on January 16, 2014, with a final payment for the balance due on February 15, 2014.
An amended agreement was reached and dated February 14, 2014, which states the initial payment was made on or prior to January 16, 2014 and the balance is to be paid on February 18, 2014 and March 18, 2014.
The Company acquired subsidiary has made the February 18, 2014 payment.
An extension was granted on March 17, 2014 for the final payment to be made on or before April 27, 2014.
An issuance of 60,000 shares was made on March 17, 2014 as an extension fee. The parties then revised its agreement and amended it so that the Company was granted additional time to make its payments. This Settlement Agreement, Waiver and Release of Claims was dated April 29, 2014, and the final payment was extended from April 27, 2014 to June 6, 2014. In consideration thereof, the Company issued 60,000 of its shares as an extension fee.
On June 10, 2014 the parties further extended the due date for the Final Payment from June 6, 2014 to July 21, 2014 and in consideration thereof, the Company issued 100,000 of its shares of common stock as an extension fee.
On July 21, 2014 the parties revised its agreement yet again and agreed to the following; a two part payment; the first part payable on July 31, 2014 and the second payable on September 4, 2014. The parties agreed to allow this extension by the Company issuing an additional 200,000 shares of common stock as an extension fee.
Finally, on August 12, 2014, the parties entered into a final settlement agreement whereby the Company will pay St George Investments a series of 14 payments, on the 15th and 30th of each month, for the next 7 months beginning in August 2014. Additionally, the Company has issued an additional 100,000 shares of common stock, as a final extension fee.
In the ordinary course of business, the Company is involved in numerous lawsuits. The costs that may result from these lawsuits are only accrued for when it is more likely than not that a liability, resulting from past events, will be incurred and the amount of that liability can be quantified or estimated within a reasonable range. As of the date of this filing, the Company is not currently involved in or aware of any pending or threatened litigation.
During 2015, JMJ, through its litigation in the eleventh Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade County FL, has received a final judgment of $43,174.
They are seeking to have Unified Signal legally be responsible for the matter. Since the documents show that Quamtel Inc and /or DataJack Inc. as the debtor, even though there is a stipulated settlement agreement with Unified Signal, Inc., the judgment would have to be in Unified Signal's name in order for them to be able to seek redress and be paid by Unified Signal.
Unified Signal's predecessor, Datajack Inc., had entered into a note originally for $422,000 with JMJ (AKA Justin Keener/Chicago Ventures Corp). The note, through mostly share conversions, had been paid down to $88,174 when Unified Signal took over in June 2014.
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
Unified Signal had paid down, in cash, another $10,000.00 in 2014. In Feb of 2015, Unified Signal entered into a stipulated settlement agreement to repay the remaining $78,174.00 as follows: $25,000.00 upon signing the stipulation (Feb 11, 2015) followed by 5 monthly payments of $10,000 each for the next 5 months, followed by a final payment of $3,174 in the 6th month,
The stipulation was recorded with the Miami-Dade Florida Courts, 11th circuit, case # 13012481 CA01.
Unified Signal did make the first $10,000 payment, but did not make additional payments after that.
In June of 2015, JMJ (Keener) filed an affidavit of non-payment with the court, and on July 21, 2015, the court entered a judgment on behalf of JMJ (Keener) for the balance of the monies, $43,174, plus 4.75% interest per annum.
Major Concentrations
The Company’s largest customer, OTEAA, LLC, accounted for approximately 51% of total sales in the year ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. The agreement was for the launch of MVNO services for the client.
NOTE 15 – INCOME TAXES
The components of the Company's income tax expense (benefit) are as follows:
|
|
Years ended
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2015
|
|
|
December 31, 2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current benefit
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Deferred benefit
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Net income tax benefit
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are comprised of the following items, established at an estimated tax rate of 34%:
|
|
2015
|
|
|
2014
|
|
Deferred tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating loss carryover
|
|
$
|
362,000
|
|
|
$
|
30,000
|
|
|
|
|
362,000
|
|
|
|
30,000
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized changes in fair value of derivative obligations
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Net deferred tax assets
|
|
|
362,000
|
|
|
|
30,000
|
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(362,000
|
)
|
|
|
(30,000
|
)
|
Total
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
The actual tax benefit differs from the expected tax benefit for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 (computed by applying the U.S. Federal Corporate tax rate of 34% to income before taxes) are as follows:
|
|
2015
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Statutory federal income tax rate
|
|
|
-34.0
|
%
|
|
|
-34.0
|
%
|
Non-deductible items
|
|
|
6.6
|
%
|
|
|
6.6
|
%
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
27.4
|
%
|
|
|
27.4
|
%
|
Effective income tax rate
|
|
|
0.0
|
%
|
|
|
0.0
|
%
|
UNIFIED SIGNAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
Prior to the merger, Datajack, Inc. had operating losses carryforward, which will be subject to limitations under Internal Revenue Code Section 382 due to the change of control during the year ended December 31, 2014. In addition, Datajack, Inc. had not filed corporate tax returns for year ended December 31, 2010 and years subsequent.
The above deferred tax asset and valuation allowance represents the net operating losses incurred subsequent to the change in control in June 2014 and also the net operating losses for the year ending December 31, 2015.
Uncertain Tax Positions
The Company uses a number of independent contractors in our operations in which it does not pay or withhold any federal, state or provincial employment tax. There are a number of different tests used in determining whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor and such tests generally take into account multiple factors. There can be no assurance that legislative, judicial or regulatory (including tax) authorities will not introduce proposals or assert interpretations of existing rules and regulations that would change, or at least challenge, the classification of our independent contractors. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company has reviewed the various independent contractor relationships and has determined to not accrue any additional liabilities related to the above contingency.
NOTE 16 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On February 10, 2016 the Company acquired the assets of its former client Puppy Wireless in a transaction accounted for as a business combination. The purchase price includes a fixed component consisting of 250,000 shares of the Company’s restricted stock plus the assumption of $50,000 in Puppy Wireless accounts payable balances owing to the Company. In addition, the purchase price includes a variable component that is predicated on the Puppy Wireless business volume and profitability; whereby the Company will pay $0.25 per active MVNO customer generated by Puppy Wireless plus 25% of net profits generated from this acquisition. The purchase agreement also includes a promise to issue 100,000 warrants at a strike price of $0.25 per share if the Puppy Wireless customer base reaches 25,000 customers for three consecutive months. The 250,000 shares to be issued related to this transaction have not yet been issued.
On February 23, 2016 the Company reacquired the customer base of iTalk. DataJack Acquisition Corp. in exchange for 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock plus the assumption of approximately $80,000 in outstanding accounts payable.
The purchase price for both of these acquisitions will be allocated to intangible assets including customer lists and goodwill, as applicable.
On January 8, 2016, the Company entered into a convertible promissory note in the amount of $550,000 with Gettysburg Holdings, LLC to provide short-term working capital. Terms of the agreement provide Gettysburg with an equity conversion option at a base price of $0.25 per share of common stock, and also provides certain antidilutive benefits to establish and protect its pro rata equity conversion rights. The note is personally guaranteed by the Chief Executive Officer and bears interest at 10%; it is required to be repaid in full on July 8, 2016. TelBill Holdings, Inc. is a co-maker on the loan. The conversion feature provides the lender further protection in the event of a covenant default by the Company, by potentially lowering the equity conversion price to the volume weighted average price, as determined by the lender in its reasonable discretion.
As of January 1, 2016, though September 1, 2016, the company raised, in equity capital, approximately $318,500 and, in turn, issued 2,735,000 restricted common shares of stock.