UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 10-K

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018

 

Commission File Number: 0-21683

 

 

hopTo Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   13-3899021

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

6 Loudon Road, Suite 200

Concord, New Hampshire 03301

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(800) 472-7466

(408) 688-2674

(Registrant’s telephone number)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: None

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: (1) Common Stock, $0.0001 par value; and (2) Preferred Stock Purchase Rights

 

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes  [  ] No [X]

 

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes [  ] No [X]

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulations S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and such files).

Yes [X] No [  ]

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [X]

 

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

 

[  ] Large accelerated filer [  ] Accelerated filer [  ] Non-Accelerated filer [X] Smaller reporting company

[  ] Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes [  ] No [X]

 

As of June 29, 2018, the aggregate market value of the Registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates was $2,501,017.

 

As of March 31, 2019, there were outstanding 9,804,400 shares of the Registrant’s common stock.

 

 

 
     

 

hopTo Inc .

 

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

        Page
    PART I    
Item 1.   Business   3
Item 1A.   Risk Factors   6
Item 1B.   Unresolved Staff Comments   13
Item 2.   Properties   13
Item 3.   Legal Proceedings   13
Item 4.   Mine Safety Disclosures   13
    PART II  
Item 5.   Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities   13
Item 6.   Selected Financial Data   14
Item 7.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations   14
Item 7A.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk   24
Item 8.   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data   25
Item 9.   Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure   46
Item 9A.   Controls and Procedures   46
Item 9B.   Other Information   47
    PART III  
Item 10.   Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance   47
Item 11.   Executive Compensation   49
Item 12.   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters   51
Item 13.   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence   52
Item 14.   Principal Accounting Fees and Services   53
    PART IV  
Item 15.   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules   53
Item 16.   Form 10-K Summary   55

 

Forward-Looking Information

 

This report includes, in addition to historical information, “forward-looking statements”. All statements other than statements of historical fact we make in this report are forward-looking statements. In particular, the statements regarding industry prospects and our future results of operations or financial position are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that could cause actual results to differ significantly from those described in the forward looking statements. Factors that may cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in Item 1A. “Risk Factors,” as well as those discussed elsewhere in this report. Statements included in this report are based upon information known to us as of the date that this report is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and we assume no obligation to update or alter our forward-looking statements made in this report, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by applicable federal securities laws.

 

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PART I

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

 

Introduction

 

We are developers of application publishing software which includes application virtualization software and cloud computing software for multiple computer operating systems including Windows, UNIX and several Linux-based variants. Our application publishing software solutions are sold under the brand name GO-Global, which is our sole revenue source. GO-Global is an application access solution for use and/or resale by independent software vendors (“ISVs”), corporate enterprises, governmental and educational institutions, and others who wish to take advantage of cross-platform remote access and Web-enabled access to their existing software applications, as well as those who are deploying secure, private cloud environments.

 

From 2012 to 2016 we developed several products in the field of software productivity for mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, which have been marketed under the hopTo brand. We also made significant investments in intellectual property (“IP”) and filed many patents designed to protect the new technologies embedded in hopTo. We were granted a total of 56 patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office as part of this effort.

 

Except for the sale of 7 patents sold to Salesforce.com during the fourth quarter of 2017, we own all hopTo-related IP including source-code, related patents, and the relevant trademarks. We continue to believe that we may be able to extract value from these assets and are currently working to do so at this time. For detailed historical information on the hopTo products and technologies, please refer to our previously filed Annual Report on form 10-K which are available at www.sec.gov . Such filings are being noted for historical information only; unless expressly noted, they are not incorporated herein by reference.

 

Corporate Background

 

We are a Delaware corporation, founded in May 1996. Our headquarters are located at 6 Loudon Road, Suite 200, Concord, NH 03301, and our phone number is 408-688-2674. We also have remote employees located in various states, as well as internationally in the United Kingdom. Our corporate Internet Website is http://www.hopTo.com. The information on our Website is not part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to such reports filed with or furnished to the SEC under sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are made available free of charge on our corporate Internet Website investor webpage at www.hopto.com (click on “SEC Reporting” link) as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC. We may suspend our obligation to make such reports in the future.

 

The GO-Global Software Products

 

Our GO-Global product offerings, which currently are our only revenue source, can be categorized into product families as follows:

 

  GO-Global for Windows: Allows access to Windows-based applications from remote locations and a variety of connections, including the Internet connections. The Windows applications run on a central computer server along with GO-Global Windows Host software. This allows the applications to be accessed remotely via GO-Global Client software, or a Web browser, over many types of data connections, regardless of the bandwidth or operating system. Web-enabling is achieved without modifying the underlying application’s code or requiring costly add-ons.
     
  GO-Global for UNIX: Allows access to UNIX and Linux-based applications from remote locations and a variety of connections, including the Internet and connections. The UNIX/Linux applications run on a central computer server along with the GO-Global for UNIX Host software. This allows the applications to be accessed and run remotely via GO-Global Client software or a Web browser without having to modify the application’s code or requiring costly add-ons.
     
  GO-Global Client: We offer a range of GO-Global Client software that allows remote application access from a wide variety of local, remote and mobile platforms, including Windows, Linux, UNIX, Apple OS X and iOS, and Google Android. We plan to continue to develop GO-Global Client software for new portable and mobile devices.

 

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Target Markets

 

The target market for our GO-Global products includes small to medium-sized companies, departments within large corporations, governmental and educational institutions, independent software vendors (ISVs) and value-added resellers (VARs). Our software enables these targeted organizations to move their existing applications to the public cloud and provide SaaS, or move them to a secure, private cloud environment. By using our software, organizations can give their remote users, partners and customers access to their native applications. Our software is designed to allow these organizations and enterprises to tailor the configuration of the end-user device for a particular purpose, rather than following a “one PC fits all” high-cost ownership model. We believe our opportunities are as follows:

 

  ISVs . By Web-enabling their applications through use of our products, we believe that our ISV customers can accelerate their time to market without the risks and delays associated with rewriting applications or using other third-party software, thereby opening up additional revenue opportunities and securing greater satisfaction and loyalty from their customers.
     
    Our technology integrates with their existing software applications without sacrificing the full-featured look and feel of such applications, thereby providing ISVs with out-of-the-box Web-enabled applications with their own branding for licensed, volume distribution to their enterprise customers. We further believe that ISVs that effectively address the Web computing needs of customers and the emerging application service provider market will have a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
     
  Enterprises Employing a Mix of UNIX, Linux, Macintosh and Windows . Small to medium-sized companies that utilize a mixed computing environment require cross-platform connectivity software, like GO-Global Host and/or GO-Global Gateway, which will allow users to access applications from different client devices. We believe that our server-based software products will significantly reduce the cost and complexity of connecting PCs to various applications.
     
  Enterprises with Remote Computer Users and/or Extended Markets . We believe that remote computer users and enterprises with extended markets comprise two of the faster growing market segments in the computing industry. Extended enterprises permit access to their computing resources by their customers, suppliers, distributors and other partners, thereby affording them manufacturing flexibility, increased speed-to-market, and enhanced customer satisfaction. For example, extended enterprises may maintain decreased inventory via just-in-time, vendor-managed inventory and related techniques, or they may license their proprietary software application on a “pay-per-use” model, based on actual time usage by the user. The early adoption of extended enterprise software may be driven in part by an organization’s need to exchange information over a wide variety of computing platforms. We believe that our server-based software products, along with our low-impact communications protocol, which has been designed to enable highly efficient low-bandwidth connections, are well positioned to provide extended enterprises with the necessary means to exchange information over a wide variety of computing platforms.
     
  VARs . The VAR channel presents an additional sales force for our products and services. In addition to creating broader awareness of our GO-Global products, VARs also provide integration and support services for our current and potential customers. Our products allow VARs to offer a cost-effective competitive alternative for server-based, or thin-client, computing. In addition, reselling our GO-Global products creates new revenue streams for our VARs.

 

Strategic Customer Relationships

 

We believe it is important to maintain our current strategic alliances and to seek suitable new alliances in order to enhance shareholder value, improve our technology and/or enhance our ability to penetrate relevant target markets. We also are focusing on strategic relationships that have immediate revenue generating potential, strengthen our position in the server-based software market, add complementary capabilities and/or raise awareness of our products and us. Our strategic relationships for all GO-Global products include the following:

 

  We are party to a non-exclusive distribution agreement with KitASP, a Japanese application service provider founded by companies within Japan’s electronics and infrastructure industries, including NTT DATA, Mitsubishi Electric, Omron, RICS, Toyo Engineering and Hitachi. Pursuant to this agreement, which was entered into in September 2011, KitASP has licensed our GO-Global product line for inclusion in their software products, primarily their server-bundled application service provider software solution. Either party may terminate the contract upon 60 days’ written notice to the other party.
     
  We are party to a non-exclusive channel partner agreement with Elosoft Informatica Ltda, a South American distributor of various technology products, including both hardware and software offerings, and related services. Under the terms of this agreement, Elosoft has licensed both our GO-Global Windows Host and GO-Global for UNIX software for deployment to their distribution network with both sub-distributors and end-users. Our agreement with Elosoft, which was originally entered into in February 2005, automatically renews annually. Either party may terminate the agreement upon 60 days’ written notice to the other party.

 

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  We are party to a non-exclusive global purchasing agreement with Alcatel-Lucent, a telecommunications, network systems and services company. Pursuant to this relationship, which started in July 1999, Alcatel-Lucent has licensed our GO-Global for UNIX software for inclusion with their software products. Many of Alcatel-Lucent’s customers are using our server-based software to remote access Alcatel-Lucent’s Network Management Systems applications. Since December 2012, we have mutually agreed with Alcatel-Lucent to renew this contract each year for additional one-year with terms consistent with those set forth in the expired contract. The current renewal period expires in December 2019.
     
  We are party to a non-exclusive distribution agreement with GE Intelligent Platforms (“GE”), a U.S. based designer, manufacturer, and supplier of products for industrial control and automation. GE has licensed our GO-Global product line for inclusion in their automation and production management software products. Our agreement with GE, which was originally entered into in December 2002, automatically renews annually. Either party may terminate the contract upon 60 days’ written notice to the other party.
     
  In August 2011 we entered into an agreement with GAD eG (“GAD”), a Germany based provider of information technology, software development and data processing solutions for retail banks. GAD licensed our GO-Global for Windows software and embedded it in their banking applications. This agreement covered a one-time transaction of theirs with a large German bank. The installation of their software application generated significant product license sales for us in 2011 and 2012. Since then, we continued to have large maintenance renewals from these product licenses and expect to have maintenance sales in future years; however we do not expect to have future product licensing sales to GAD comparable to the 2012 and 2011 levels.   
     
  In January 2010, we entered into a non-exclusive reseller and distribution agreement with Information Delivery Systems, LLC (IDS), a U.S. based publisher and hosting solutions provider for churches and educational institutions. IDS has licensed our GO-Global for Windows software and has utilized it as the hosting engine for its cloud-based solutions. Our agreement with IDS automatically renews annually. Either party may terminate the contract upon 60 days’ written notice to the other party.

 

Sales, Marketing and Support

 

Sales and marketing efforts for our software products are directed at increasing product awareness and demand among ISVs, small to medium-sized enterprises, departments within larger corporations and VARs who have a vertical orientation or are focused on Windows, UNIX and/or Linux environments. Current marketing activities have been limited due to budget constraints but include Internet marketing, direct response, promotional materials, and maintaining an active Web presence for marketing and sales purposes.

 

We currently consider the following to be our most significant customers and partners. For the purposes of this table, “Sales” refers to the dollar value of orders received from these customers and partners in the period indicated. These Sales values do not necessarily equal recognized revenue for these periods due to our revenue recognition policies which require deferral of revenue associated with prepaid software service fees. In 2017, deferrals of fees associated with stocking orders of software licenses were also required.

 

    2018     2017  
Customer   % Sales     % Sales  
Centric System     9.5 %     6.9 %
Elosoft     10.4 %     16.9 %
IDS     8.0 %     5.5 %
KitASP     6.2 %     4.4 %
Total     34.1 %     33.7 %

 

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Many of our customers enter into, and periodically renew, maintenance contracts to ensure continued product updates and support. Currently, we offer maintenance contracts for one, two, three and five-year periods.

 

Operations

 

We perform all purchasing, order processing and shipping of products and accounting functions related to our operations. Although we generally ship products electronically, when a customer requires us to physically ship them a disc, production of the disc, printing of documentation and packaging are also accomplished through in-house means; however, since virtually all of our orders are currently being fulfilled electronically, we do not maintain any prepackaged inventory. Additionally, we have relatively little backlog at any given time; thus, we do not consider backlog a significant indicator of future performance.

 

Competition

 

The software markets in which we participate are highly competitive. Competitive factors in our market space include price, product quality, functionality, product differentiation and the breadth and variety of product offerings and product features. We believe that our products offer certain advantages over our competitors, particularly in product performance and market positioning.

 

GO-Global competes with developers of conventional server-based software for the individual PC, as well as with other companies in the cloud computing software market and the application virtualization software market. We believe our principal competitors in the cloud computing software market include Citrix Systems, Inc., OpenText Communications, Ltd. and Microsoft Corporation. Citrix is an established leading vendor of virtualization software, OpenText is an established market leader for remote access to UNIX applications and Microsoft is an established leading vendor of Windows operating systems and services for servers.

 

Employees

 

As of March 31, 2019, we had a full-time equivalent of 13.5 total employees, including 2 in marketing, sales and support, 8.5 in research and development (which is inclusive of employees who may also perform customer service related activities), 2.5 in administration and finance and 0.5 in our patent group. We believe our relationship with our employees is good. None of our employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

The risks and uncertainties described below could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations. The risk factors described below include the considerable risks associated with the current economic environment and the related potential adverse effects on our financial condition and results of operations. You should read these risk factors in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Item 7 and our Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes in Item 8. There also may be other factors that we cannot anticipate or that are not described in this report generally because we do not currently perceive them to be material. Those factors could cause results to differ materially from our expectations.

 

Risks Related to Our Business

 

We have a history of operating and net losses.

 

We have experienced significant operating and net losses since we began operations. After years of losses, any improvement in financial performance could reverse if our GO-Global business, our only source of revenue, declines or if we are unable to maintain control over our expenses.

 

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Our revenue is typically generated from a limited number of significant customers.

 

A material portion of our revenue, all of which is currently derived from our GO-Global products, during any reporting period is typically generated from a limited number of significant customers, all of which are unrelated third parties. We categorize our customers into three broad categories for revenue recognition purposes: stocking resellers, non-stocking resellers and direct end users. If any of our significant non-stocking resellers or direct end users reduce their order level or fail to order during a reporting period, our revenue could be materially adversely impacted because we recognize revenue on sales to these customers upon product delivery, assuming all other revenue recognition criteria have been met.

 

Our significant stocking resellers are typically ISVs who have bundled our products with theirs to sell as Web-enabled versions of their products. These customers maintain inventories of our products for resale. If these customers decide to maintain a lower level of inventory in the future and/or they are unable to sell their inventory to end users as quickly as they have in the past, business could be materially adversely impacted.

 

If we are unable to develop new products and enhancements to our existing products, our business, results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows could be materially adversely impacted.

 

The market for our products and services is characterized by:

 

  frequent new product and service introductions and enhancements;
     
  rapid technological change;
     
  evolving industry standards;
     
  fluctuations in customer demand; and
     
  changes in customer requirements.

 

Our future success depends on our ability to continually enhance our current products and develop and introduce new features and capabilities that our customers choose to buy. If we are unable to satisfy our customers’ demands and remain competitive with other products that could satisfy their needs by introducing new features, capabilities and enhancements, our business, results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows could be materially adversely impacted. Our future success could be hindered by, among other factors:

 

  the amount of cash we have available to fund investment in new products and enhancements;
     
  the reduced level of research and development resources that the we now have available in the Company to perform the work necessary to develop new features and capabilities
     
  delays in our introduction of new features, capabilities and/or enhancements of existing products;
     
  delays in market acceptance of new products and/or enhancements of existing products; and
     
  a competitor’s announcement of new products and/or product enhancements or technologies that could replace or shorten the life cycle of our existing products.

 

For example, sales of our GO-Global Windows Host software could be affected by the announcement from Microsoft of an intended release, and the subsequent actual release, of a new Windows-based operating system, or an upgrade to a previously released Windows-based operating system version. These new or upgraded systems may contain similar features to our products or they could contain architectural changes that would temporarily prevent our products from functioning properly within a Windows-based operating system environment.

 

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We are subject to various liquidity risks.

 

We have incurred significant net losses since our inception. As of December 31, 2018, we had an accumulated deficit of $80,448,700  and a working capital deficit of $716,200. Our ability to continue to generate net profits and positive cash flows from operations is dependent on our ability to continue to generate revenue from our legacy GO-Global business, which in turn is subject to a variety of risks, some of which are described in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. As a very small company, we have limited ability to deploy new revenue increasing opportunities, and limited flexibility to respond to unforeseen adverse developments, such as customer losses, adverse market developments or unanticipated expenses. Although our current operating plan does not call for the raising of new capital, if we need to raise new capital, our ability to do so is extremely limited given our very small market capitalization and the limited volume in the trading of our common stock.

 

If we do need to issue new equity, such issuances may be at a significant discount to market prices, would dilute existing stockholders and may give the purchasers of new capital stock additional rights, preferences and privileges relative to existing stockholders. There can be no assurance that additional capital necessary for any execution of our operations will be available on a timely basis, on reasonable terms or at all.

 

Challenges to Develop New Business May Reverse the Improvements in Our Finances .

 

Our management believes that any significant improvement in the Company’s cash flow must result from increases in revenues from existing sources and from new revenue sources. The Company’s ability to develop new revenues depends on many factors not in its control, or only partially in its control, including available capital resources which affect the extent of its marketing activities and its research and development activities, all of which are limited by the Company’s small size and revenue base. We cannot assure you that the resources that the Company can devote to marketing and to research and development will be sufficient to increase its revenues to levels that will enable it to maintain positive operating cash flow in the future.

 

Sales of products within our GO-Global product families are likely to be our only source of revenue during 2019.

 

Sales of products within our GO-Global product families, and related enhancements, were our only source of revenue during 2018 and will continue to be our only source of revenue during 2019. The success, if any, of our new GO-Global releases may depend on a number of factors, including market acceptance of the new GO-Global releases and our ability to manage the risks associated with introducing such releases. Declines in demand for our GO-Global products could occur as a result of, among other factors:

 

  lack of success with our strategic partners;
     
  new competitive product releases and updates to existing competitive products;
     
  decreasing or stagnant information technology spending levels;
     
  price competition;
     
  technological changes; or
     
  general economic conditions in the markets in which we operate.

 

If our customers do not continue to purchase GO-Global products as a result of these or other factors, our revenue would decrease and our results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows would be adversely affected.

 

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Our operating results in one or more future periods are likely to fluctuate significantly and may fail to meet or exceed the expectations of investors.

 

Our operating results are likely to fluctuate significantly in the future on a quarterly and annual basis due to a number of factors, many of which are outside our control. Factors that could cause our operating results and therefore our revenues to fluctuate include the following, among other factors:

 

  our ability to maximize the revenue opportunities of our patents;
     
  variations in the size of orders by our customers;
     
  increased competition; and
     
  the proportion of overall revenues derived from different sales channels such as distributors, original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) and others.

 

In addition, our royalty and license revenues are impacted by fluctuations in OEM licensing activity from quarter to quarter, which may involve one-time orders from non-recurring customers, or customers who order infrequently. Our expense levels are based, in part, on expected future orders and sales; therefore, if orders and sales levels are below expectations, our operating results are likely to be materially adversely affected. Additionally, because significant portions of our expenses are fixed, a reduction in sales levels may disproportionately affect our net financial results. Also, we may reduce prices and/or increase spending in response to competition or to pursue new market opportunities. Because of these factors, our operating results in one or more future periods may fail to meet or exceed the expectations of investors. In that event, the trading price of our common stock would likely be adversely affected.

 

We will encounter challenges in recruiting, hiring and retaining new personnel and/or replacements for any members of key management or other personnel who depart.

 

Our success and business strategy is dependent in large part on our ability to attract and retain key management and other personnel in certain areas of our business. If any of these employees were to leave, we would need to attract and retain replacements for them. We have lost employees, including at the officer level and in our new products engineering group, in the past. Without a successful replacement, the loss of the services of one or more key members of our management group and other key personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

We do not have long-term employment agreements with any of our key personnel and any officer or other employee can terminate their relationship with us at any time. We may also need to add key personnel in the future in order to successfully implement our business strategies. The market for such qualified personnel is highly competitive and it includes other potential employers whose financial resources for such qualified personnel are more substantial than ours. Consequently, we could find it difficult to attract, assimilate or retain such qualified personnel in sufficient numbers to successfully implement our business strategies.

 

We have sought to match our expenses structure with business opportunities, but this creates risks. As a result, our current Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer does not receive any salary from the Company, which potentially understates current operating expenses and overstates profitability of the Company. The Company also relies on the considerable expertise of our Board of Directors and the moderate use of professional advisors. The Company and stockholders should recognize that this arrangement limits the Company’s ability to respond to challenges and develop opportunities. Should the Company revise its approach to management by hiring additional resources, this too, can create risks to the cost savings we have achieved, if any anticipated business opportunities are not realized.

 

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Our failure to adequately protect our proprietary rights may adversely affect us.

 

Our commercial success is dependent, in large part, upon our ability to protect our proprietary rights. We rely on a combination of patent, copyright and trademark laws, as well as trade secrets, confidentiality provisions and other contractual provisions to protect our proprietary rights. These measures afford only limited protection. We cannot assure you that measures we have taken or may take in the future will be adequate to protect us from misappropriation or infringement of our intellectual property. Despite our efforts to protect proprietary rights, it may be possible for unauthorized third parties to copy aspects of our products or obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect our intellectual property or other proprietary rights as fully as do the laws of the United States. Furthermore, we cannot assure you that the existence of any proprietary rights will prevent the development of competitive products. The infringement upon, or loss of, any proprietary rights, or the development of competitive products despite such proprietary rights, could have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Our business significantly benefits from strategic relationships and there can be no assurance that such relationships will continue in the future.

 

Our business and strategy relies to a significant extent on our strategic relationships with other companies. There is no assurance that we will be able to maintain or further develop any of these relationships or to replace them in the event any of these relationships are terminated. In addition, any failure to renew or extend any license between any third party and us may adversely affect our business.

 

We rely on indirect distribution channels for our products and may not be able to retain existing reseller relationships or develop new reseller relationships.

 

Our GO-Global products are primarily sold through several distribution channels. An integral part of our strategy is to strengthen our relationships with resellers such as OEMs, systems integrators, VARs, distributors and other vendors to encourage these parties to recommend or distribute our products and to add resellers both domestically and internationally. We currently invest, and intend to continue to invest, significant resources to expand our sales and marketing capabilities. We cannot assure you that we will be able to attract and/or retain resellers to market our products effectively. Our inability to attract resellers and the loss of any current reseller relationships could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows. Additionally, we cannot assure you that resellers will devote enough resources to provide effective sales and marketing support to our products.

 

The markets in which we participate are highly competitive and have more established competitors.

 

The markets we participate in with GO-Global are intensely competitive, rapidly evolving and subject to continuous technological changes. We expect competition to increase in each of these markets as other companies introduce additional competitive products. In order to compete effectively, we must continually develop and market new and enhanced products and market those products at competitive prices. As markets for our products continue to develop, additional companies, including companies in the computer hardware, software and networking industries with significant market presence, may enter the markets in which we compete and further intensify competition. A number of our current and potential competitors have longer operating histories, greater name recognition and significantly greater financial, sales, technical, marketing and other resources than we do. We cannot give any assurance that our competitors will not develop and market competitive products that will offer superior price or performance features, or that new competitors will not enter our markets and offer such products. We believe that we will need to invest significant financial resources in research and development to remain competitive in the future in each of the markets in which we compete. Such financial resources may not be available to us at the time or times that we need them, or upon terms acceptable to us, or at all. We cannot assure you that we will be able to establish and maintain a significant market position in the face of our competition and our failure to do so would adversely affect our business.

 

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Risks Related to Our Common Stock

 

Our stock is thinly traded and its price has been historically volatile.

 

Our stock is thinly traded. As such, holders of our stock are subject to a high risk of illiquidity, e.g., you may not be able to sell as many shares at the price you would like, or you may not be able to purchase as many shares at the price you would like, due to the low average daily trading volume of our stock. Additionally, the market price of our stock has historically been volatile; it has fluctuated significantly to date. The trading price of our stock is likely to continue to be highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations. Your investment in our stock could lose some or all of its value.

 

Future sales of our common stock could adversely affect its price and our future capital-raising activities, and could involve the issuance of additional equity securities, which would dilute current shareholder investments in our common stock and could result in lowering the trading price of our common stock.

 

We may sell securities in the public or private equity markets if and when conditions are favorable. Sales of substantial amounts of common stock, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock and our ability to raise capital. We may issue additional common stock in future financing transactions or as incentive compensation for our management team and other key personnel, consultants and advisors. Issuing any equity securities would be dilutive to the equity interests represented by our then-outstanding shares of common stock. The market price for our common stock could decrease as the market takes into account the dilutive effect of any of these issuances. Furthermore, we may enter into financing transactions and issue securities with rights and preferences senior to the rights and preferences of our common stock, and we may issue securities at prices that represent a substantial discount to the market price of our common stock. A negative reaction by investors and securities analysts to any discounted sale of our equity securities could result in a decline in the trading price of our common stock.

 

We plan to make acquisitions, which could require significant management attention, disrupt our business, dilute our stockholders, and seriously harm our business.

 

As part of our business strategy, we intend to make acquisitions . Our ability to acquire and successfully integrate larger or more complex companies, products, and technologies is unproven. In the future, we may not be able to find other suitable acquisition candidates, and we may not be able to complete acquisitions on favorable terms, if at all. In addition, if we fail to successfully close transactions or integrate new teams, or integrate the products and technologies associated with these acquisitions into our company, our business could be seriously harmed. Any integration process may require significant time and resources, and we may not be able to manage the process successfully. We may not successfully evaluate or use the acquired products, technology, and personnel, or accurately forecast the financial impact of an acquisition transaction, including accounting charges. We may also incur unanticipated liabilities that we assume as a result of acquiring companies. We may have to pay cash, incur debt, or issue equity securities to pay for any acquisition, any of which could seriously harm our business. Selling equity to finance any such acquisitions would also dilute our stockholders. Incurring debt would increase our fixed obligations and could also include covenants or other restrictions that would impede our ability to manage our operations.

 

In addition, on average, it is difficult to finalize the purchase price allocation and accounting. Therefore, it is possible that our valuation of an acquisition may change and result in unanticipated write-offs or charges, impairment of our goodwill, or a material change to the fair value of the assets and liabilities associated with a particular acquisition, any of which could seriously harm our business.

 

We are not likely to have the capital to acquire large businesses. Therefore the businesses we acquire may require significant investment in corporate infrastructure, repositioning, incremental sales, marketing or product development.

 

Our acquisition strategy may not succeed if we are unable to remain attractive to target companies or expeditiously close transactions.

 

We have a significant number of outstanding warrants and options, and future sales of these shares could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

As of December 31, 2018 we had outstanding warrants for an aggregate of 511,801 and 111,111 shares of common stock, at a weighted average exercise price of $0.01 and $0.40, respectively. As of December 31, 2018, we had outstanding options exercisable for an aggregate of 117,675 at weighted average exercise prices of $2.57 per share. The holders may sell these shares exercisable under warrants or options in the public markets from time to time. In addition, if our stock price rises, more outstanding warrants and options will be “in-the-money” and the holders may exercise their warrants and options and sell a large number of shares. This could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

 

Under a final settlement in May 2018 related to previously accrued liquidated damages, the exercise price of 511,801 outstanding warrants mentioned above, previously had a weighted average price of $10.77, was reduced to $0.01 per share, and the duration of such warrants, which were to expire between June 17, 2018 and January 7, 2019, was extended to 5 years from the issuance date of May 21, 2018. If such warrants were to be exercised, as we expect they would, that would result in dilution to existing shareholders who do hold such warrants.

 

Our common stock is quoted on the FINRA OTC Bulletin Board, which may have an unfavorable impact on our stock price and liquidity.

 

Our common stock is currently quoted under the symbol “HPTO” on the OTC Bulletin Board market (“OTCBB”) operated by FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) and on the OTC Markets Group QB tier (“OTCQB”). Neither the OTCBB nor the OTCQB is a “national securities exchange,” and in general, each is a significantly more limited market than the markets operated by the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. The quotation of our shares on the OTCBB and the OTCQB could result in a less liquid market being available for existing and potential stockholders to trade shares of our common stock, which could depress the trading price of our common stock and have a long-term adverse impact on our ability to raise capital in the future. Because of the limited trading market for our common stock, and because of the significant price volatility, investors may not be able to sell their shares of common stock when they want to do so. We may not support any continued trading market for our shares.

 

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Our stock may lose access to a viable trading market .

 

Given the increasing cost and resource demands of being a public company, we may decide to “go dark,” or discontinue our obligation to make periodic filings with the SEC, by deregistering our securities, for a period of time until our assets and stockholder base are sufficient to warrant public trading again. During such time, there would be a substantial decrease in disclosure by us of our operations and prospects, and a substantial decrease in the liquidity in our common stock even though stockholders may still continue to trade our common stock in the OTC market or “pink sheets.” The market’s interpretation of a company’s motivation for “going dark” varies from cost savings, to negative changes in the firm’s prospects, to serving insider interests, which may affect the overall price and liquidity of a company’s securities.

 

We have never paid dividends on our common stock, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

 

We have never declared or paid dividends on our common stock, nor do we anticipate paying any cash dividends for the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance the operations and expansion of our business. Any future determination to pay cash dividends will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will be dependent upon the earnings, financial condition, operating results, capital requirements and other factors as deemed necessary by our Board of Directors.

 

FINRA’s sales practice requirements may also limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our stock.

 

FINRA has adopted rules that require that in recommending an investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer. Prior to recommending speculative low priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. FINRA’s requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our stock and have an adverse effect on the market for our shares.

 

Provisions in our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws and our Rights Agreement may prevent or discourage third parties or our stockholders from attempting to replace our management or influencing significant decisions.

 

Provisions in our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Second Amended and Restated Bylaws may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of our company or our management, even if doing so would be beneficial to our stockholders. These provisions include, but are not limited to, authorizing our Board of Directors to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval and limiting the persons who may call special meetings of stockholders and providing that stockholders cannot take action by written consent in lieu of a meeting. The Rights Agreement works by imposing a significant penalty upon any person or group (including a group of persons that are acting in concert with each other) that acquires five percent (5.0%) or more of the Common Shares without the approval of the Board. As a result, the overall effect of the Rights Agreement and the issuance of the Rights may be to render more difficult or discourage a merger, tender or exchange offer or other business combination involving the Company that is not approved by the Board. The Rights Agreement is not intended to interfere with any merger, tender or exchange offer or other business combination approved by the Board. Nor does the Rights Agreement prevent the Board from considering any offer that it considers to be in the best interest of its stockholders. The Rights expire at or prior to the earlier of (i) February 16, 2021 or (ii) the redemption or exchange of the Rights as provided for in the Rights Agreement. Together, these charter and contractual provisions could make the removal of management more difficult and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our common stock.

 

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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

 

None.

 

Item 2. Properties

 

Our corporate headquarters currently occupies approximately 2,527 square feet of office space in Concord, New Hampshire, under a lease that expired in August 2016. On August 31, 2016, we signed an amendment to extend the lease on a month-to-month basis and requiring a six-month notice from the lessor to terminate. Rent on the corporate headquarters continues at $4,000 per month for the current extension of the lease as of December 31, 2018.

 

Our former corporate headquarter office leases at both 51 E. Campbell Ave in Campbell, California and at 1919 S. Bascom Ave in Campbell, California were terminated on September 30, 2018 and October 31, 2018, respectively.

 

We have certain employees who work remotely in various states. We believe our current facilities will be adequate to accommodate our needs for the foreseeable future.

 

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time, we are party to various lawsuits, claims and other legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business. We are not currently a party to any legal proceedings that we believe would reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

Item 4. Mine safety disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

PART II

 

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

Market Information

 

Since March 27, 2003 our common stock has been quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol “HPTO.”

 

On March 26, 2019 there were approximately 110 holders of record of our common stock.

 

Dividends

 

We have never declared or paid dividends on our common stock, nor do we anticipate paying any cash dividends for the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance the operations and expansion of our business. Any future determination to pay cash dividends will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will be dependent upon the earnings, financial condition, operating results, capital requirements and other factors as deemed necessary by the Board of Directors.

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

 

None.

 

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data

 

Not applicable for smaller reporting companies.

 

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Introduction

 

We are developers of application publishing software which includes application virtualization software and cloud computing software for multiple computer operating systems including Windows, UNIX and several Linux-based variants. Our application publishing software solutions are sold under the brand name GO-Global, which is our sole revenue source at this time. GO-Global is an application access solution for use and/or resale by independent software vendors (“ISVs”), corporate enterprises, governmental and educational institutions, and others who wish to take advantage of cross-platform remote access and Web-enabled access to their existing software applications, as well as those who are deploying secure, private cloud environments.

 

In 2012, we began developing several products in the field of software productivity for mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, which have been marketed under the hopTo brand. We also made significant investments in intellectual property (“IP”) and filed many patents designed to protect the new technologies embedded in hopTo. We have been granted a total of 56 patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

 

During the fourth quarter of 2016, we ceased all of our sales, marketing and development efforts for the hopTo products we do not expect any meaningful revenues from these products in the foreseeable future. 

 

Except for the sale of 7 patents sold to Salesforce.com during the fourth quarter of 2017, we own all hopTo-related intellectual property including source-code, related patents, and the relevant trademarks. We believe these assets have value and are continuously evaluating opportunities to maximize such potential benefits from these assets.

 

There is no certainty as to timing or success of our efforts to extract residual value from our hopTo assets, and stockholders should not place any reliance on the outcome of such efforts unless and until definitive agreements are reached, which may include the sale of certain of our hopTo software products or additional sales of patents.

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes provided in Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of hopTo Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “we”, “us”, “our”, or “Company”); significant intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated upon consolidation. The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates include: the amount of stock-based compensation expense; the allowance for doubtful accounts; the estimated lives of property of equipment, valuation and amortization of intangible assets (including capitalized software); depreciation of long-lived assets; valuation of warrants; post-employment benefits; and accruals for liabilities, deferred rent, and taxes. While the Company believes that such estimates are fair, actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

 

Certain prior year information has been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.

 

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Revenue Recognition

 

The Company markets and licenses products indirectly through channel distributors, independent software vendors (“ISVs”), value-added resellers (“VARs”) (collectively “resellers”) and directly to corporate enterprises, governmental and educational institutions and others. Its product licenses are perpetual. The Company also separately sells intellectual property licenses, maintenance contracts (which are comprised of license updates and customer service access), and other products and services.

 

There are no rights of return granted to purchasers of the Company’s software products.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2017, software license revenues were recognized when:

 

  Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists (i.e., when the Company signs a non-cancelable license agreement wherein the customer acknowledges an unconditional obligation to pay, or upon receipt of the customer’s purchase order), and
     
  Delivery has occurred or services have been rendered and there are no uncertainties surrounding product acceptance (i.e., when title and risk of loss have been transferred to the customer, which generally occurs when the media containing the licensed program(s) is provided to a common carrier or, in the case of electronic delivery, when the customer is given access to the licensed programs), and
     
  The price to the customer is fixed or determinable, as typically evidenced in a signed non-cancelable contract, or a customer’s purchase order, and
     
  Collectability is probable. If collectability is not considered probable, revenue is recognized when the fee is collected.

 

In 2017, revenue recognized on software arrangements involving multiple deliverables is allocated to each deliverable based on vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) or third party evidence of the fair values of each deliverable; such deliverables include licenses for software products, maintenance, private labeling fees, or customer training. The Company limits its assessment of VSOE for each deliverable to either the price charged when the same deliverable is sold seprately or the price established by management having the relevant authority to do so, for a deliverable not yet sold separately.

 

If sufficient VSOE of fair value does not exist, so as permitted the allocation of revenue to the various elements of the arrangement, all revenue from the arrangement was deferred until such evidence existed or until all elements were delivered. If VSOE of the fair value did not exist and the only undelivered element was maintenance, then revenue was recognized on a ratably. If VSOE of the fair value of all undelivered elements exists but evidence did not exist for one or more delivered elements, then revenue was recognized using the residual method. Under the residual method, the fair value of the undelivered elements was deferred and the remaining portion of the arrangement fee was recognized as revenue.

 

Certain resellers (“stocking resellers”) purchased product licenses that they held in inventory until they were resold to the ultimate end-user (an “inventory stocking order”). At the time that a stocking reseller placed an inventory stocking order, no product licenses were shipped by the Company to the stocking reseller rather, the stocking reseller’s inventory was credited with the number of licenses purchased and the stocking reseller can resell (issue) any number of licenses from their inventory at any time. Upon receipt of an order to issue one or more licenses from a stocking reseller’s inventory (a “draw down order”), the Company would ship the licenses(s) in accordance with the draw down order’s instructions.

 

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In 2017, maintenance revenue was recognized from service contracts ratably over the related contract period, which generally ranges from one to five years.

 

Effective January 1, 2018, ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, changed the recognition of revenue standards for reporting periods beginning after December 31, 2017.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2018, revenue recognition was determined by

 

  identifying the contract, or contracts, with a customer;
     
  identifying the performance obligations in each contract;
     
  determine the transaction price;
     
  allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations in each contract; and
     
  recognizing revenue when, or as, we satisfy performance obligations by transferring the promised goods or services

 

When control of the promised products and services are transferred to our customers, we recognize revenue in the amount that reflects the consideration we expect to receive in exchange for these products and services.

 

Product Sales

 

All of our licenses are delivered to the customer electronically. The Company sends the license key to the customer to download the related software from Company portal. We recognize revenues upon delivery of these licenses. For stocking resellers who purchase licenses through inventory stocking orders with the intent to resell to an end-user, revenue is recognized when the resellers’ accounts have been credited, at their discretion, for the number of licenses purchased.

 

Service Revenue

 

Similar to 2017, 2018 maintenance revenue was also recognized from service contracts ratably over the related contract period.

 

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606). This ASU is a comprehensive new revenue recognition model that requires a company to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. In August 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, which deferred the effective date of ASU 2014-09 to reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Subsequently, FASB issued ASUs in 2016 containing implementation guidance related to ASU 2014-09, including: ASU 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net), which is intended to improve the operability and understandability of the implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations; ASU 2016-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing, which is intended to clarify two aspects of ASC 606: identifying performance obligations and the licensing implementation guidance; and ASU 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients, which contains certain practical expedients in response to identified implementation issues. The Company elected to adopt ASC 606 under the Modified Retrospective approach. Under the Modified Retrospective approach, only contracts with customers for which there were remaining unsatisfied performance obligations (open contracts) at the beginning of initial year of adoption must be restated to apply retrospectively the guidance under ASC 606. Any resulting impact for such contracts prior to the beginning of the initial year of adoption are made as an adjustment to opening accumulated deficit for such year.

 

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On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASC 606 using the Modified Retrospective method. This method required retrospective application of the new accounting standard to those contracts which were not completed as of January 1, 2018. Results for the reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2018 are presented under ASC 606, while prior period amounts are not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with our historic accounting under ASC 605.

 

The change to the current revenue policy is the timing of revenue recognition for software licenses purchased by stocking resellers. Under the guidance of ASC 605, the Company recognized revenue upon the delivery of licenses to end users when they were purchased from the stocking reseller. Under ASC 606, license revenue is recognized upon crediting of the licenses to the stocking reseller account for draw down at their discretion after placement of the stocking order by the stocking reseller since control transfers to the customer. During the year ended December 31, 2018, this change in revenue policy resulted in lower license revenue of $231,300 when compared to 2017. This lower license revenue had the same impact on gross profit, loss from operations and net loss.

 

The Company recorded $1,391,900 to opening accumulated deficit as of January 1, 2018 due to the cumulative impact of adopting ASC 606, with the impact primarily related to deferred license revenue associated with stocking orders placed in prior periods which had not been sold through to end users as of December 31, 2017.

 

The cumulative effect of the changes made to our consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2018 under current assets, deferred revenue and accumulated deficit for the adoption ASU 2014-09, Revenue - Revenue from Contracts with Customers were as follows:

 

Balance Sheet  

Balance at

December 31, 2017

    Adjustments
due to ASC 606
    Balance at
January 1, 2018
 
                   
Current Assets                        
Deferred COGS   $     $ 20,000     $ 20,000  
                         
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity                        
Accumulated Deficit, net of tax   $ (81,849,200 )   $ 1,391,900     $ (80,457,300 )
                         
Current Liabilities                        
Deferred Revenue   $ 1,845,100     $ (609,700 )   $ 1,235,400  
Long Term Liabilities                        
Deferred Revenue   $ 1,409,700     $ (802,200 )   $ 607,500  

 

All of the Company’s software licenses are denominated in U.S. dollars.

 

As a result of the adoption of ASU NO. 2014-09, our 2018 revenues were subject to greater variability.

 

Deferred Rent

 

Our former corporate headquarters office leases at both 51 E. Campbell Ave in Campbell, California and at 1919 S. Bascom Ave in Campbell, California were terminated on September 30, 2018 and October 31, 2018, respectively.

 

As of December 31, 2018, 2018 and 2017, respectively, net deferred rent was $0 and $74,100.

 

Long-Lived Assets

 

Long-lived assets, which consist primarily of capitalized software, are assessed for possible impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Typically, for long-lived assets held and used, measurement of an impairment loss is based on the fair value of such assets, with fair value being determined based on appraisals, current market value, comparable sales value, and undiscounted future cash flows, among other variables, as appropriate. Assets  held and used that are affected by an impairment loss are depreciated or amortized at their new carrying amount over their remaining estimated life; assets to be sold or otherwise disposed of are not subject to further depreciation or amortization. During 2018 and 2017, no such impairment was recorded.

 

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts that reflects our best estimate of potentially uncollectible trade receivables. The allowance is based on assessments of the collectability of specific customer accounts and the general aging and size of the accounts receivable. We regularly review the adequacy of our allowance for doubtful accounts by considering such factors as historical experience, credit worthiness, and current economic conditions that may affect a customer’s ability to pay. We specifically reserve for those accounts deemed uncollectible. We also establish, and adjust, a general allowance for doubtful accounts based on our review of the aging and size of our accounts receivable.

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts as of December 31, 2018 and, 2017 amounted to $3,600 and $7,800, respectively.

 

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Stock-Based Compensation

 

We apply the fair value recognition provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Codification Subtopic (ASC) 718-10, “Compensation – Stock Compensation.” We estimate the fair value of each option grant on the date of grant using the binomial model. Stock-based compensation is estimated using our stock price volatility for grants awarded by analyzed historic volatility over a period of time equal in length to the expected option term for the period being issued. For grants made to newly hired employees the period of time over which we analyzed our historic volatility ended on the last day of the quarter during which the new employee was hired. We derived an annualized forfeiture rate by analyzing our historical forfeiture data, including consideration of the impact of certain non-recurring events, such as reductions in our work force. Our estimates of the expected option term and the estimated exercise factor are derived from an analysis of historical data and future projections. The approximate risk-free interest rate is based on the implied yield available on U.S. Treasury issues with remaining terms equivalent to our expected option term. We believe that each of these estimates is reasonable in light of the data we analyzed. However, as with any estimate, the ultimate accuracy of these estimates is only verifiable over time. During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we did not issue any stock options.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, we recorded $0 and $13,400 in stock based compensation expense. All remaining active stock options at the end of December 31, 2017 and 2018 were fully vested.

 

The following table illustrates the $0 and $13,400 non-cash stock-based compensation expense recorded, net of amounts capitalized, during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively by income statement classification:

 

    2018     2017  
Cost of revenue   $ -     $ 100  
Selling and marketing expense     -       200  
General and administrative expense     -       13,000  
Research and development expense     -       100  
    $ -     $ 13,400  

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments, which potentially subject us to concentration of credit risk, consist principally of cash and trade receivables. We place cash and, when applicable, cash equivalents, with high quality financial institutions and, by policy, limit the amount of credit exposure to any one financial institution. As of December 31, 2018, and 2017, respectively, we had approximately $642,500 and $765,400 of cash with financial institutions in excess of FDIC insurance limits.

 

For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we currently consider the following to be our most significant customers and partners. For the purposes of this table, “Sales” refers to the dollar value of orders received from these customers and partners in the period indicated. These Sales values do not necessarily equal recognized revenue for these periods due to our revenue recognition policies which require deferral of revenue associated with prepaid software service fees. In 2017, deferrals of fees associated with stocking orders of software licenses were also required.

 

    2018     2017  
Customer   % Sales     % Accounts
Receivable
    % Sales     % Accounts
Receivable
 
Centric System     9.5 %     3.2 %     6.9 %     12.6 %
Elosoft     10.4 %     32.1 %     16.9 %     56.2 %
GE     3.9 %     15.4 %     0.6 %     0.0 %
ThermoLabSystem     4.1 %     10.8 %     2.9 %     4.9 %
Total     27.9 %     61.5 %     2 7.3 %     73.7 %

 

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Results of Operations

 

Set forth below is statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 along with the dollar and percentage changes from 2017 to 2018 in the respective line items.

 

    Year Ended December 31,     Increase (Decrease)  
    2018     2017     Dollars     Percentage  
Revenue                                
Software licenses   $ 812,900     $ 1,530,800     $ (717,900 )     (46.9 )%
Software service fees     2,240,300       2,297,700       (57,4 00 )     2 .5 %
Other     100,200       61,000       39,200       64.3 %
Total Revenue     3,153 ,400       3,889,500       (736,100 )     (18.9 )%
                                 
Cost of revenue                                
Software service costs     52,100       57,000       (4,900 )     (8.6 )%
Software product costs     93,700       11,300       82,400       729.2 %
Total Cost of revenue     145,800       68,300       77,500       113.5 %
Gross profit     3,007 ,600       3,821,200       (813,600 )     (21.3 )%
                                 
Operating expenses                                
Selling and marketing     412,300       355,300       57,000       16.0 %
General and administrative     1,236,900       1,558,400       (321,500 )     (20.6 )%
Research and development     1,518,700       1,500,100       18,600       1.2 %
Total Operating expenses     3,167,900       3,413,800       (245,900 )     (7.2 )%
Income(loss) from operations     (160,300 )     407,400       (567,700 )     (139.3 )%
                                 
Other income (expense)                                
                                 
Interest and other income     131,500       197,000       (65,500 )     (33.2 )%
Interest and other expense     (1,700 )     (500 )     (1,200 )     240.0 %
Total other income (expense)     129,800       196,500       (66,700 )     (33.9 )%
Income (loss) before provision for income tax     (30,500 )     603,900       (634,400 )     (105.1 )%
Provision for income taxes     900       3,300       (2,400 )     (72.7 )%
Net income (loss)   $ (31,400 )   $ 600,600     $ (632,000 )     105.2 )%

 

Revenue

 

Software Licenses

 

The table that follows summarizes software licenses revenue for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, and calculates the change in dollars and percentage from 2017 to 2018 in the respective line item.

 

    Year Ended December 31,     Increase (Decrease)  
Software licenses   2018     2017     Dollars     Percentage  
Windows   $ 714,800     $ 1,255,200     $ (540,400 )     (43.1 )%
UNIX/Linux     98,100       275,600       (177,500 )     (64.4 )%
Total   $ 812,900     $ 1,530,800     $ (717,900 )     (46.9 )%

 

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Our software revenue is entirely related to our GO-Global product line, and historically has been primarily derived from product licensing fees and service fees from maintenance contracts. The majority of this revenue has been earned, and continues to be earned, from a limited number of significant customers, most of whom are resellers. Many of our resellers purchase software licenses that they hold in inventory until they are resold to the ultimate end user (a “stocking reseller”).

 

When a software license is sold directly to an end user by us, or by one of our resellers who does not stock licenses into inventory, revenue is recognized immediately upon shipment, assuming all other criteria for revenue recognition are met. Consequently, if any significant end user customer substantially changes its order level, or fails to order during the reporting period, whether the order is placed directly with us or through one of our non-stocking resellers, our software licenses revenue could be materially impacted.

 

Almost all stocking resellers maintain inventories of our Windows products; few stocking resellers maintain inventories of our UNIX products.

 

The decrease in Windows software licenses revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018, as compared with the prior year, was primarily due to our adoption of ASC 606 effective January 1, 2018 and lower orders for software licenses. Under ASC 605, Windows software license revenue for during 2018 would have been $1,023,800, which is $231,300 or 18.4% lower than 2017.

 

Software licenses revenue from our UNIX/Linux products during 2018 is lower than during 2017 primarily due to lower revenue from certain of our European telecommunications customers, partially offset by higher revenue from certain end users and other resellers.

 

We expect aggregate GO-Global software license revenue in 2019 to be approximately the same to modestly higher than 2018 levels as we are observing a mix of both lower and higher aggregate revenue from our stocking resellers. At the same time, we continue to work to maintain or improve cash flow from the GO-Global business through cost control and other measures.

 

Software Service Fees

 

The table that follows summarizes revenue recognized derived from software service fees for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, and calculates the changes in dollars and percentage from 2017 to 2018 in the respective line item.

 

    Year Ended December 31,     Increase (Decrease)  
Software service fees   2018     2017     Dollars     Percentage  
Windows   $ 1,856,500     $ 1,769,200     $ 87,300       4 .9 %
UNIX/Linux     383,800       528,500       (144,700 )     (27.4 )%
Total   $ 2,240,300     $ 2,297,700     $ (57,4 00 )       (2 .5 ) %

 

The increase in software service fees revenue attributable to our Windows products during 2018, as compared with 2017, was primarily due to the increased license sales that we reported during fiscal year 2017.

 

The decrease in service fees revenue attributable to our UNIX products for 2018, as compared with 2017, was primarily the result of the lower level of UNIX product sales throughout the prior year and an expiration of certain long term maintenance contracts. The majority of this decrease was attributable to our European telecommunications customers, as discussed above.

 

We expect that software service fees for 2019 will be approximate to those for 2018.

 

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Other

 

The increase in other revenue for 2018, as compared with 2017, was primarily due to an increase in private labeling fees associated with certain of our GO-Global ISV Partners.

 

Costs of Revenue

 

Cost of revenue is comprised primarily of software service costs, which represent the costs of customer service. Also included in cost of revenue are software product costs, which are primarily comprised of the amortization of capitalized software development costs and costs associated with licenses to third party software included in our product offerings, and the required import tax withholdings from Brazil resellers. We incur no significant shipping or packaging costs as virtually all of our deliveries are made via electronic means over the Internet.

 

Research and development costs for new product development, after technological feasibility is established, are recorded as “capitalized software” on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. Such capitalized costs are subsequently amortized to cost of revenue as a component of software product costs over the shorter of three years or the remaining estimated life of the products so capitalized. We capitalized and amortized $0 of software development costs during 2018 and 2017.

 

Cost of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018 increased by $77,500, or 113.5%, to $145,800 from $68,300 for 2017. Cost of revenue represented 4.6% and 1.8% of total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Software Service Costs - Software service costs decreased slightly during 2018, as compared with 2017, due to lower customer support costs associated with GoGlobal. We expect software service costs for 2019 to approximately the same as 2018 as we have been able to reduce headcount costs in this area due to a lower level of effort required.

 

Software Product Costs - The increase in software product costs for 2018, as compared with 2017, almost entirely due to certain taxes that our Brazilian resellers are required to pay for importation of our software.

 

For the reasons outlined above, we expect 2019 costs of revenue to be approximately the same as 2018 levels.

 

Selling and Marketing Expenses . Selling and marketing expenses primarily consist of employee costs (inclusive of non-cash stock-based compensation expense), outside services and travel and entertainment expenses.

 

Selling and marketing expenses for the year ended December 31, 2018 increased by $57,000, or 16%, to $412,300 from $355,300 in 2017. Selling and marketing expenses for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 represented approximately 13.1% and 9.1% of total revenue, respectively. The increase in selling and marketing expenses was due to a combination of investment in an updated website for the GO-Global products and higher wages for our sales and marketing employees.

 

We expect to maintain our sales and marketing efforts in 2019 for anticipated GO-Global releases with select targeted modest investments in promotional activity; accordingly, for this reason, we expect 2019 sales and marketing expenses to be slightly higher than 2018 levels.

 

General and Administrative Expenses . General and administrative expenses primarily consist of employee costs, depreciation and amortization, legal, accounting, other professional services (including those related to our patents), rent, travel and entertainment and insurance. Certain costs associated with being a publicly held corporation are also included in general and administrative expenses, as well as bad debts expense.

 

General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2018 decreased by $321,500, or 20.6%, to $1,236,900 from $1,558,400 for 2017. General and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2018 represented approximately 39.2% and 40.1% of total revenue, respectively.

 

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The decrease in general and administrative expense in 2018 was due a combination of decreased executive compensation associated with resignation of the former CEO in July 2017, and savings from termination of the former Campbell, CA office leases.

 

In 2019, we intend to continue cost controls related to executive compensation and anticipate a reduction in legal fees compared to 2018 levels, which were higher due filing the S-1, annual meeting and related expenses. We therefore expect that our 2019 general and administrative costs will be slightly lower than those for 2018.

 

Research and Development Expenses . Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee costs, payments to contract programmers, travel and entertainment for our engineers, and all rent for our leased engineering facilities.

 

Research and development expenses, net of amounts capitalized, increased by $18,600, or 1.2%, to 1,518,700 for the year ended December 31, 2018 from $1,500,100 in the prior year. Research and development expenses for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 represented approximately 46.8% and 38.6% of total revenue, respectively.

 

During both 2018 and 2017, we capitalized $0 of software development costs.

 

The increase in research and development expense is primarily due to higher consulting fees associated with new releases with our GO-Global products.

 

In 2019, we expect to continue with investments in research and development resources associated with our GO-Global products based on market feedback. We therefore expect 2019 research and development expenses to be slightly higher than 2018 levels.

 

Income Taxes . For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we recorded a current tax provision for a foreign subsidiary of approximately $900 and $3,300, respectively. At December 31, 2018, we had approximately $63.8 million of federal net operating loss carryforwards, which will begin to expire in 2019. Also at December 31, 2018, we had approximately $6.9 million of California state net operating loss carryforwards available to reduce future taxable income, which begin to expire in 2028. During the years ended December 31, 2018 we did not utilize any federal and California net operating losses and have recorded a full valuation allowance against each of them.

 

At December 31, 2018, we had approximately $0.9 million of federal research and development tax credits, for which a full valuation allowance has been provided. Such tax credits will begin to expire in 2019.

 

Net Income/ (Loss) . As a result of the foregoing items, we reported a net loss of $31,400 for the year ended December 31, 2018 and a net income of 600,600 for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Our reported net loss of $31,400 in 2018 included non-cash items: changes in deferred rent liability of $74,100, allowance for doubtful accounts of $4,200, $700 loss from disposal of fixed asset, depreciation of $29,700 and contributed services of $75,000.

 

We did not invest in capital expenditures or capitalized software development cost during 2018.

 

We purchased back certain warrants from our investors for $15,500 during the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

During fiscal 2018 we have continued to carefully manage our operating expense and are seeking areas to reduce operating expense further in 2019.

 

In addition, for the reasons described above, we expect our results from operations and capital resources will be sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next 12 months from the date of the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K; however, we do not expect these funds and resources to be sufficient for material new investments in our GO-Global business.

 

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We have had, and as a regular part of our business from time to time continue to have, discussions with various parties about the possibility of strategic transactions.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Our cash consists of cash from operations and interest earned from bank sweep accounts. As of December 31, 2018, cash was $892,500 as compared with $1,015,400 as of December 31, 2017, a decrease of $122,900, or 12.1%. The decrease primarily resulted from the cash used in our operations.

 

Accounts Receivable, net

 

At December 31, 2018 and 2017, we had $210,800 and $426,800, respectively, in accounts receivable, net of allowances totaling $3,600 and $7,800, respectively. The decrease in net accounts receivable was primarily due to lower sales during the three-month period ended December 31, 2018, as compared with same period ended December 31, 2017. We collect the significant majority of our quarter-end accounts receivable during the subsequent quarter; accordingly, increases or decreases in accounts receivable from one period to the next tends to be indicative of the trend in our sales from one period to the next. From time to time, we could have individually significant accounts receivable balances due us from one or more of our significant customers. If the financial condition of any of these significant customers should deteriorate, our operating results could be materially affected.

 

Working Capital

 

As of December 31, 2018, we had current assets of $1,182,300 and current liabilities of $1,898,500, which netted to a working capital deficit of $(716,200). Included in current liabilities was the current portion of deferred revenue of $1,300,300.

 

Commitments and Contingencies

 

As of December 31, 2018, we do not have any contractual commitments for future periods. The office leases for our former offices at 51 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell, California and 1919 S. Bascom Avenue, Campbell, California were expired on September 30, 2018 and October 31, 2018, respectively. Our current headquarters in Concord, NH is on a month to month lease agreement for a $4,000 for monthly payment.

 

Rent expense aggregated approximately $28,600 and $67,600, for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Revenue Recognition

 

In May 2014, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09 “ Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) ” (“ASU 2014-09”). Subsequently FASB released several updates to ASU 2014-09 including ASU 2016- 20, ASU 2016-12, ASU-2016-10, ASU-2016-08, and ASU-2015-14. The effective date for ASU 2014-09 was January 1, 2018. The new standard supersedes nearly all existing revenue recognition standards. The Company adopted this standard using the modified retrospective approach. The Company had completed its assessment of the new standard, but continues to assess potential impacts primarily related to upgrade rights held by a limited number of customers. We believed the most significant change to the timing and amount of revenue recognition under the new standard is related to our stocking orders. Under the prior standard, we deferred substantially all of the licensing revenue associated with stocking orders until delivery to the end user. Under the new standard, substantially all licensing revenue from stocking orders were recognized at the time the licenses were delivered to our customers, who are generally resellers or distributors. Based upon our agreements with our customers, we believed that under the new standard, the ownership rights and rewards of the software licenses have been transferred. Due to this change, we recorded substantially all of our deferred licensing revenue to retained earnings under the modified retrospective, effective January 1 st , 2018.

 

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As a result of the adoption of ASU 2014-09, our annual and quarterly revenues were subject to greater variability.

 

Future Leases

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) . Under this guidance, an entity is required to recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on its balance sheet and disclose key information about leasing arrangements. This guidance offers specific accounting guidance for a lessee, a lessor and sale and leaseback transactions. Lessees and lessors are required to disclose qualitative and quantitative information about leasing arrangements to enable a user of the financial statements to assess the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period, and requires a modified retrospective adoption, with early adoption permitted. Upon adoption of this accounting policy, we do not expect a material impact to our consolidated financial statements. As of December 31, 2018, we do not have any material leases.

 

Disclosure Update and Simplification

 

In July 2016, the SEC released Disclosure Update and Simplification, No. 33-10532 amendments to certain disclosure requirements that have become redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated, or superseded, in light of other Commission disclosure requirements, U.S. GAAP, International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), or changes in the information environment. The Commission also solicited comments on a number of disclosure requirements that overlap with, but require information incremental to, U.S. GAAP to determine whether to retain, modify, eliminate, or refer them to the FASB for potential incorporation into U.S. GAAP. This rule is effective November 5, 2018. As of December 31, 2018 we did not any material changes affecting our financial statements.

 

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Not applicable for smaller reporting companies.

 

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

Index to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

  Page
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms 27
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 28
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 29
   
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the Years Ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 30
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 31
   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 32

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of

hopTo Inc. and subsidiaries

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of hopTo Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2018, the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Explanatory Paragraph – Change in Accounting Principle

 

As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, effective January 1, 2018, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers , using the modified retrospective method resulting in a change in method of accounting for revenues.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ Marcum llp  

 

Marcum llp

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2018.

 

Chicago, IL

April 1, 2019

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of hopTo Inc.

 

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of hopTo Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2017, the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for the year then ended December 31, 2017, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2017, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year then ended December 31, 2017 , in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Accounting Company Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ Macias Gini & O’Connell LLP  

 

We served as the Company’s auditor from 2008 to 2018.

 

Sacramento, California

April 17, 2018

 

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hopTo Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

    As of December 31,  
    2018     2017  
Assets            
Current Assets:                
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 892,500     $ 1,015,400  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $3,600 and $7,800, respectively     210,800       426,800  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     79,000       112,900  
Total Current Assets     1,182,300       1,555,100  
                 
Property and equipment, net     400       30,800  
Other assets     17,800       17,800  
Total Assets   $ 1,200,500     $ 1,603,700  
                 
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit)                
Current Liabilities:                
Accounts payable   $ 318,700     $ 251,700  
Accrued expenses     121,600       107,700  
Accrued wages     145,800       275,700  
Deferred rent           74,100  
Deposit liability     12,100       93,500  
Deferred revenue     1,300 ,300       1,845,100  
Other current liabilities           855,100  
Total Current Liabilities     1,898,500       3,502,900  
                 
Long Term Liabilities:                
Deferred revenue     491,500       1,409,700  
Total Liabilities     2,390,000       4,912,600  
                 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)                
                 
Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit):                
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding            
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 195,000,000 shares authorized, 9,804,400 shares issued and outstanding, respectively   $ 1,000     $ 1,000  
Additional paid-in capital     79,298,200       78,539,300  
Accumulated deficit     (80,488,700 )     (81,849,200 )
Total Shareholders’ Deficit     (1,189,500 )     (3,308,900 )
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Deficit   $ 1,200,500     $ 1,603,700  

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

 

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hopTo Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

    For the Years Ended
December 31,
 
    2018     2017  
Revenue                
Software licenses   $ 812,900     $ 1,530,800  
Software service fees     2,240,300       2,297,700  
Other     100,200       61,000  
Total Revenue     3,153,400       3,889,500  
                 
Cost of Revenue                
Software service costs     52,100       57,000  
Software product costs     93,700       11,300  
Total Cost of Revenue     145,800       68,300  
                 
Gross Profit     3,007,600       3,821,200  
                 
Operating Expenses                
Selling and marketing     412,300       355,300  
General and administrative     1,236,900       1,558,400  
Research and development     1,518,700       1,500,100  
Total Operating Expenses     3,167,900       3,413,800  
                 
Income (Loss) from Operations     (160,300 )       407,400  
                 
Other Income (Expense)                
Interest and other income     131,500       197,000  
Interest and other expense     (1,700 )     (500 )
Total Other Income (Expense)     129,800       196,500  
Income (Loss) before provision for income tax     (30 ,500 )       603,900  
Provision for income tax     900       3,300  
                 
Net Income (Loss)   $ ( 31,400 )     $ 600,600  
Earnings per share – basic and diluted   $ ( 0.00 )     $ 0.06  
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding – Basic     10 ,150,867       9,804,400  
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding – Diluted     10,150,867       9,804,400  

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

 

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Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit)

 

    For the Years Ended
December 31,
 
    2018     2017  
Preferred stock - shares outstanding                
Beginning balance            
Ending balance            
Common stock - shares outstanding                
Beginning balance     9,804,400       9,804,400  
Ending balance     9,804,400       9,804,400  
Common stock – amount                
Beginning balance   $ 1,000     $ 1,000  
Ending balance   $ 1,000     $ 1,000  
Additional paid-in capital                
Beginning balance   $ 78,539,300     $ 78,525,900  
Stock-based compensation expense           13,400  
Issuance of new warrants     699,400        
Contributed services     75,000        
Payments for repurchase of warrants     (15,500 )      
Ending balance   $ 79,298,200     $ 78,539,300  
Accumulated deficit                
Beginning balance   $ (81,849,200 )   $ (82,449,800 )
C umulative effect from change of accounting policies     1,391,900        
Net income (loss)     ( 31,400 )       600,600  
Ending balance   $ (80,488,700 )   $ (81,849,200 )
                 
Total Shareholders’ Deficit   $ (1,189,500 )   $ (3,308,900 )

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

    For the Years Ended
December 31,
 
    2018     2017  
Cash Flows Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities:                
Net income / (loss)   $ (31,4 00 )     $ 600,600  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:                
Depreciation     29,700       51,200  
Contributed services     75,000       -  
Stock based compensation expense     -       13,400  
Change in allowance for doubtful accounts     (4,200 )     100  
Loss on disposal of fixed assets     700       60,400  
Loss on sublease     -       63,100  
Net gain on sale of patents     -       (320,000 )
Interest accrued for capital lease     -       200  
Changes in deferred rent     (74,100 )     (15,700 )
Changes to liquidated damage on warrant liability     (155,700 )     284,000  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                
Accounts receivable     220,200       (71,600 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     33,900       (74,200 )
Other assets (LT)     -       91,200  
Accounts payable     67,000       (323,800 )
Accrued expenses     13,900       20,300  
Accrued wages     (129,900 )     (37,200 )
Deposit liability     (81,400 )     12,100  
Deferred revenue     (71,100 )     (198,800 )
Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities     (107,400 )     155,300  
Cash Flows Provided By (Used In) Investing Activities:                
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets     -       900  
Proceeds from sale of patents     -       320,000  
Net Cash Provided By Investing Activities     -       320,900  
Cash Flows Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities:                
Payments for repurchase of warrants     (15,500 )     -  
Payments for capital lease     -       (7,000 )
Net Cash Used In Financing Activities     (15,500 )     (7,000 )
Net Increase/ (Decrease) in Cash and Cash equivalents     (122,900 )     469,200  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year     1,015,400       546,200  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year   $ 892,500     $ 1,015,400  

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

1. Basis of Presentation

 

The Company . Our Board of Directors adopted an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation changing our name from GraphOn Corporation to hopTo Inc. effective September 9, 2013. A Certificate of Amendment of Incorporation was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State implementing the name change. The amendment had been previously approved by our stockholders. Our headquarters are in Concord, NH.

 

hopTo Inc., and its subsidiaries are developers of application publishing software which includes application virtualization software and cloud computing software for multiple computer operating systems including Windows, UNIX and several Linux-based variants.

 

The Company sells a family of products under the brand name GO-Global, which is a software application publishing business and is the Company’s sole revenue source at this time. GO-Global is an application access solution for use and/or resale by independent software vendors (“ISVs”), corporate enterprises, governmental and educational institutions, and others, who wish to take advantage of cross-platform remote access and Web-enabled access to their existing software applications, as well as those who are deploying secure, private cloud environments.

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates . The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of hopTo Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “we”, “us”, “our”, or “Company”); significant intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated upon consolidation. The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates include: the amount of stock-based compensation expense; the allowance for doubtful accounts; the estimated lives of property of equipment, valuation and amortization of intangible assets (including capitalized software); depreciation of long-lived assets; valuation of warrants; post-employment benefits; and accruals for liabilities, deferred rent, and taxes. While the Company believes that such estimates are fair, actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

 

Certain prior year information has been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.

 

Liquidity . The Company has incurred significant net losses since inception. As of December 31, 2018, we had an accumulated deficit of $80,448,700  and a working capital deficit of $716,200, which includes deferred revenue of $1,300,300. Our ability to continue to generate net income and positive cash flows from operations is dependent on our ability to continue to generate revenue from our legacy GO-Global business, which in turn is subject to a variety of risks. The Company believes its current cash balances coupled with anticipated cash flow from operating activities will be sufficient to meet its working capital requirements for at least one year from the date of the issuance of the accompanying financial statements. The Company continues to control its cash expenses as a percentage of expected revenue on an annual basis and thus may use its cash balances in the short-term to invest in revenue growth. Based on current internal projections, the Company believes it has and/or will generate sufficient cash for its operational needs, for at least one year from the date of issuance of the accompanying financial statements. Management is focused on growing the Company’s existing product offering, as well as its customer base, to increase its revenues. The Company cannot give assurance that it can increase its cash balances or limit its cash consumption and thus maintain sufficient cash balances for its planned operations or future acquisitions. Future business demands may lead to cash utilization at levels greater than recently experienced. The Company may need to raise additional capital in the future. However, the Company cannot assure that it will be able to raise additional capital on acceptable terms, or at all. Subject to the foregoing, management believes that the Company has sufficient capital and liquidity to fund its operations for at least one year from the date of issuance of the accompanying financial statements.

 

Revenue Recognition .

 

The Company markets and licenses products indirectly through channel distributors, independent software vendors (“ISVs”), value-added resellers (“VARs”) (collectively “resellers”) and directly to corporate enterprises, governmental and educational institutions and others. Its product licenses are perpetual. The Company also separately sells intellectual property licenses, maintenance contracts (which are comprised of license updates and customer service access), and other products and services.

 

There are no rights of return granted to purchasers of the Company’s software products.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2017, software license revenues were recognized when:

 

  Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists (i.e., when the Company signs a non-cancelable license agreement wherein the customer acknowledges an unconditional obligation to pay, or upon receipt of the customer’s purchase order), and
     
  Delivery has occurred or services have been rendered and there are no uncertainties surrounding product acceptance (i.e., when title and risk of loss have been transferred to the customer, which generally occurs when the media containing the licensed program(s) is provided to a common carrier or, in the case of electronic delivery, when the customer is given access to the licensed programs), and
     
  The price to the customer is fixed or determinable, as typically evidenced in a signed non-cancelable contract, or a customer’s purchase order, and
     
  Collectability is probable. If collectability is not considered probable, revenue is recognized when the fee is collected.

 

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In 2017, revenue recognized on software arrangements involving multiple deliverables is allocated to each deliverable based on vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) or third party evidence of the fair values of each deliverable; such deliverables include licenses for software products, maintenance, private labeling fees, or customer training. The Company limits its assessment of VSOE for each deliverable to either the price charged when the same deliverable is sold separately or the price established by management having the relevant authority to do so, for a deliverable not yet sold separately.

 

If sufficient VSOE of fair value does not existed, so as permitted the allocation of revenue to the various elements of the arrangement, all revenue from the arrangement was deferred until such evidence existed or until all elements were delivered. If VSOE of the fair value did not exist and the only undelivered element was maintenance, then revenue was recognized on a ratably. If VSOE of the fair value of all undelivered elements exists but evidence did not exist for one or more delivered elements, then revenue was recognized using the residual method. Under the residual method, the fair value of the undelivered elements was deferred and the remaining portion of the arrangement fee was recognized as revenue.

 

Certain resellers (“stocking resellers”) purchased product licenses that they held in inventory until they were resold to the ultimate end-user (an “inventory stocking order”). At the time that a stocking reseller placed an inventory stocking order, no product licenses were shipped by the Company to the stocking reseller rather, the stocking reseller’s inventory was credited with the number of licenses purchased and the stocking reseller can resell (issue) any number of licenses from their inventory at any time. Upon receipt of an order to issue one or more licenses from a stocking reseller’s inventory (a “draw down order”), the Company would ship the licenses(s) in accordance with the draw down order’s instructions.

 

In 2017, maintenance revenue was recognized from service contracts ratably over the related contract period, which generally ranges from one to five years.

 

Effective January 1, 2018, ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, changed the recognition of revenue standards for reporting periods beginning after December 31, 2017.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2018, revenue recognition was determined by

 

  identifying the contract, or contracts, with a customer;
     
  identifying the performance obligations in each contract;
     
  determine the transaction price;
     
  allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations in each contract; and
     
  recognizing revenue when, or as, we satisfy performance obligations by transferring the promised goods or services

 

When control of the promised products and services are transferred to our customers, we recognize revenue in the amount that reflects the consideration we expect to receive in exchange for these products and services.

Product Sales

 

All of our licenses are delivered to the customer electronically. The Company sends the license key to the customer to download the related software from Company portal. We recognize revenue upon delivery of these licenses.  For stocking resellers who purchase licenses through inventory stocking orders with the intent to resell to an end-user, revenue is recognized when the resellers’ accounts have been credited, at their  discretion, for the number of licenses purchased.

 

Service Revenue

 

Similar to 2017, 2018 maintenance revenue was also recognized from service contracts ratably over the related contract period.

 

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606). This ASU is a comprehensive new revenue recognition model that requires a company to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. In August 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, which deferred the effective date of ASU 2014-09 to reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Subsequently, FASB issued ASUs in 2016 containing implementation guidance related to ASU 2014-09, including: ASU 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net), which is intended to improve the operability and understandability of the implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations; ASU 2016-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing, which is intended to clarify two aspects of ASC 606: identifying performance obligations and the licensing implementation guidance; and ASU 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients, which contains certain practical expedients in response to identified implementation issues. The Company elected to adopt ASC 606 under the Modified Retrospective approach. Under the Modified Retrospective approach, only contracts with customers for which there were remaining unsatisfied performance obligations (open contracts) at the beginning of initial year of adoption must be restated to apply retrospectively the guidance under ASC 606. Any resulting impact for such contracts prior to the beginning of the initial year of adoption are made as an adjustment to opening accumulated deficit for such year.

 

On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASC 606 using the Modified Retrospective method. This method required retrospective application of the new accounting standard to those contracts which were not completed as of January 1, 2018. Results for the reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2018 are presented under ASC 606, while prior period amounts are not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with our historic accounting under ASC 605.

 

The change to the current revenue policy is the timing of revenue recognition for software licenses purchased by stocking resellers. Under the guidance ASC 605, the Company recognized revenue upon the delivery of licenses to end users when they were purchased from the stocking reseller. Under the guidance ASC 606, license revenue is recognized upon crediting of the licenses to the stocking resellers account for draw down at their discretion after placement of the stocking order by the stocking reseller. During the year ended December 31, 2018, this change in revenue policy resulted in lower license revenue of $231,300 when compared to 2017. This lower license revenue had the same impact on gross profit, income (loss) from operations and net income (loss).

 

The Company recorded $1,391,900 to opening accumulated deficit as of January 1, 2018 due to the cumulative impact of adopting ASC 606, with the impact primarily related to reversal of deferred license revenue associated with stocking orders placed in prior periods which had not been sold through to end users as of December 31, 2017.

 

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The cumulative effect of the changes made to our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2018 under current assets, deferred revenue and accumulated deficit for the adoption ASU 2014-09, Revenue - Revenue from Contracts with Customers were as follows:

 

Balance Sheet  

Balance at

December 31, 2017

    Adjustments due to ASC 606     Balance at
January 1, 2018
 
                   
Current Assets                        
Deferred COGS   $     $ 20,000     $ 20,000  
                         
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity                        
Accumulated Deficit, net of tax   $ (81,849,200 )   $ 1,391,900     $ (80,457,300 )
                         
Current Liabilities                        
Deferred Revenue   $ 1,845,100     $ (609,700 )   $ 1,235,400  
Long Term Liabilities                        
Deferred Revenue   $ 1,409,700     $ (802,200 )   $ 607,500  

 

All of the Company’s software licenses are denominated in U.S. dollars.

 

As a result of the adoption of ASU NO. 2014-09, our 2018 revenues were subject to greater variability.

 

Cash and Cash equivalents. The Company considers cash equivalents to be all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased.

 

Property and Equipment . Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets, between three and seven years. Amortization of leasehold improvements is calculated using the straight-line method over the lesser of the lease term or useful lives of the respective assets, between three and seven years.

 

Shipping and Handling . Shipping and handling costs are included in cost of revenue for all periods presented.

 

Software Development Costs . Under the criteria set forth in Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 985-20, “Costs of Software to be Sold, Leased or Marketed,” development costs incurred in the research and development of new software products are expensed as incurred until technological feasibility, in the form of a working model, has been established, at which time such costs are capitalized until the product is available for general release to customers. The Company did not capitalize any software development costs during 2018 or 2017. The Company makes ongoing evaluations of the recoverability of its capitalized software projects by comparing the net amount capitalized for each product to the estimated net realizable value of the product. If such evaluations indicate that the unamortized software development costs exceed the net realizable value, the Company writes off the amount by which the unamortized software development costs exceed net realizable value.

 

Deferred Rent . Our former corporate headquarters office leases at both 51 E. Campbell Ave in Campbell, California and at 1919 S. Bascom Ave in Campbell, California were terminated on September 30, 2018 and October 31, 2018, respectively. As of December 31, 2018, we have $0 deferred rent remaining to be amortized.

 

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts . The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts that reflects our best estimate of potentially uncollectible trade receivables. Such allowance is based on assessments of the collectability of specific customer accounts and the general aging and size of the accounts receivable. We regularly review the adequacy of our allowance for doubtful accounts by considering such factors as historical experience, credit worthiness, and current economic conditions that may affect a customer’s ability to pay. We specifically reserve for those accounts deemed uncollectible. We also establish, and adjust, a general allowance for doubtful accounts based on our review of the aging and size of our accounts receivable.

 

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Allowance for doubtful accounts years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, amounted to $3,600 and $7,800, respectively.

 

Income Taxes . In accordance with FASB ASC 740-10-05, “Income Taxes,” the Company performed a comprehensive review of uncertain tax positions as of December 31, 2018. In this regard, an uncertain tax position represents the expected treatment of a tax position taken in a filed tax return, or planned to be taken in a future tax return, that has not been reflected in measuring income tax expense for financial reporting purposes.

 

The Company and one or more of its subsidiaries are subject to United States federal income taxes, as well as income taxes of multiple state and foreign jurisdictions. The Company and its subsidiaries are no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local, or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years prior to 2012. There are no tax examinations currently underway for any of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ tax returns for years subsequent to 2011.

 

The Company’s policy for deducting interest and penalties is to treat interest as interest expense and penalties as taxes. The Company had not accrued any amount for the payment of interest or penalties related to any uncertain tax positions at either December 31, 2018 or 2017, as its review of such positions indicated that such potential positions were minimal.

 

Under FASB ASC 740-10-05, “Income Taxes,” deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial statement and income tax bases of assets, liabilities and net loss carryforwards using enacted tax rates. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not expected to be realized. Realization is dependent upon future pre-tax earnings, the reversal of temporary differences between book and tax income, and the expected tax rates in effect in future periods.

 

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2017. The Act reduces the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, requires companies to pay a one-time transition tax on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred and creates new taxes on certain foreign sourced earnings. Among these new taxes on certain foreign sourced earnings, the Act created a new category of income inclusion: the global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”). The objective of GILTI is to deter U.S. corporations from transferring intangible property to non-U.S. low-tax jurisdictions by subjecting the non-U.S. income to current U.S. taxation. The Act also adds a provision for a deduction to offset the GILTI inclusion for C corporations only, which is 50 percent (37.5 percent after 2025) of the GILTI inclusion. The GILTI deduction is subject to limitation based mainly on the taxpayer’s taxable income.

 

In addition to GILTI, the Act also introduced the foreign-derived intangible income (“FDII”) category. FDII is eligible income derived in connection with property sold or services provided by the U.S. taxpayer to a non-U.S. person. The taxpayer must establish that the property is foreign use property, and, in the case of services, the taxpayer must provide that the services are rendered to a non-U.S. person who is located outside of the United States. C corporations receive a deduction equal to 37.5 percent (21.875 percent after 2025) of foreign-derived intangible income (FDII). Similar to the GILTI deduction, the FDII deduction is subject to limitation.

 

The Act significantly changes how the U.S. taxes corporations. The Act requires complex computations to be performed that were not previously required by U.S. tax law, significant judgments to be made in interpretation of the provisions of the Act, estimates in calculations, and preparation and analysis of information not previously relevant or regularly produced. As of December 31, 2018, the Company’s impact from the Act was immaterial.

 

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As the Company completes its analysis of the Act, collects and prepares necessary data, and interprets any additional guidance set forth by the U.S. Treasury Department, the IRS, and other standard-setting bodies, the Company may alter its assessment if it determines that the Act has a material impact on the provision for income taxes.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments . The fair value of the Company’s accounts receivable, accounts payable and other current liabilities approximate their carrying amounts due to the relative short maturities of these items.

 

The fair value of the Company’s warrants are determined in accordance with FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” which establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the assumptions (inputs) to valuation techniques used to price assets or liabilities that are measured at fair value. The hierarchy, as defined below, gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. The guidance for fair value measurements requires that assets and liabilities measured at fair value be classified and disclosed in one of the following categories:

 

  Level 1: Defined as observable inputs, such as quoted (unadjusted) prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

  Level 2: Defined as observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1. This includes quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
     
  Level 3: Defined as unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities. Level 3 assets and liabilities include those whose fair value measurements are determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies or similar valuation techniques, as well as significant management judgment or estimation.

 

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company did not have any Warrants Liability reported.

 

Long-Lived Assets . Long-lived assets are assessed for possible impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Typically, for long-lived assets held and used, measurement of an impairment loss is based on the fair value of such assets, with fair value being determined based on appraisals, current market value, comparable sales value, and undiscounted future cash flows, among other variables, as appropriate. Assets held and used affected by an impairment loss are depreciated or amortized at their new carrying amount over their remaining estimated life; assets to be sold or otherwise disposed of are not subject to further depreciation or amortization. During 2018 and 2017, no such impairment was recorded.

 

Loss Contingencies . The Company is subject to the possibility of various loss contingencies arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company considers the likelihood of the loss or impairment of an asset or the incurrence of a liability as well as its ability to reasonably estimate the amount of loss in determining loss contingencies. An estimated loss contingency is accrued when it is probable that a liability has been incurred or an asset has been impaired and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. The Company regularly evaluates current information available to it to determine whether such accruals should be adjusted. No such loss contingency was recorded during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

Stock-Based Compensation . The Company applies the fair value recognition provisions of FASB ASC 718-10, “ Compensation – Stock Compensation.

 

Valuation and Expense Information Under FASB ASC 718-10

 

The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $0 and $13,400 in the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. As required by FASB ASC 718-10, the Company estimates forfeitures of employee stock-based awards and recognizes compensation cost only for those awards expected to vest. Forfeiture rates are estimated based on an analysis of historical experience and are adjusted to actual forfeiture experience as needed.

 

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For stock options granted, the Company set the exercise price equal to the closing fair market value of the Company’s common stock as of the grant date. No options were issued during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

The following table illustrates the non-cash stock-based compensation expense recorded during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 by income statement classification:

 

    2018     2017  
Cost of revenue   $ -     $ 100  
Selling and marketing expense     -       200  
General and administrative expense     -       13,000  
Research and development expense     -       100  
    $ -     $ 13,400  

 

Estimated compensation expense is based on the estimated fair value of each option granted on the date of grant using a binomial model, using the estimated annualized forfeiture rate based on an analysis of historical data and considered the impact of events such as work force reductions we carried out in previous years. The expected term of our stock-based awards was based on historical award holder exercise patterns and considered the market performance of our common stock and other items. The estimated exercise factor was based on an analysis of historical data; historical exercise patterns; and a comparison of historical and current share prices. The approximate risk free interest rate was based on the implied yield available on U.S. Treasury issues with remaining terms equivalent to our expected term on our stock-based awards.

 

The Company used the average historical volatility of its daily closing price for a period of time equal in length to the expected option term for the option being issued. The period of time over which historical volatility was measured ended on the last day of the quarterly reporting period during which the stock-based award was made.

 

The Company does not anticipate paying dividends on its common stock for the foreseeable future.

 

Earnings Per Share of Common Stock . FASB ASC 260-10, “Earnings Per Share,” provides for the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share. Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income or loss attributable to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, including penny warrants, for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution of securities by adding other common stock equivalents, including common stock options, warrants, and unreleased (unvested) restricted stock awards in the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for a period, if dilutive. Potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the computation if their effect is antidilutive. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, 353,231 and 1,013,286, respectively, of common shares equivalents were excluded in the computation of diluted earnings per share since its effect would be antidilutive. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, no common shares equivalents were included in the computation of dilutive earnings per share.

 

Comprehensive Income (Loss) . FASB ASC 220-10, “Reporting Comprehensive Income,” establishes standards for reporting comprehensive income and its components in a financial statement that is displayed with the same prominence as other financial statements. Comprehensive income, as defined, includes all changes in equity (net assets) during the period from non-owner sources. Examples of items to be included in comprehensive income, which are excluded from net income, include foreign currency translation adjustments and unrealized gain/loss of available-for-sale securities. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we did not have comprehensive income (loss).

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements .

 

Effective January 1, 2018, ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, changed the recognition of revenue standards for reporting periods beginning after December 31, 2017. (Refer to Note 2)

 

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Future Leases

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) . Under this guidance, an entity is required to recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on its balance sheet and disclose key information about leasing arrangements. This guidance offers specific accounting guidance for a lessee, a lessor and sale and leaseback transactions. Lessees and lessors are required to disclose qualitative and quantitative information about leasing arrangements to enable a user of the financial statements to assess the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period, and requires a modified retrospective adoption, with early adoption permitted. Upon adoption of this accounting policy, we do not expect a material impact to our consolidated financial statements. As of December 31, 2018, the Company does not have any material leases.

 

Disclosure Update and Simplification

 

In July 2016, the SEC released Disclosure Update and Simplification, No. 33-10532 amendments to certain disclosure requirements that have become redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated, or superseded, in light of other Commission disclosure requirements, U.S. GAAP, International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), or changes in the information environment. The Commission also solicited comments on a number of disclosure requirements that overlap with, but require information incremental to, U.S. GAAP to determine whether to retain, modify, eliminate, or refer them to the FASB for potential incorporation into U.S. GAAP. This rule is effective November 5, 2018. As of December 31, 2018, we did not have any material change affecting our financial statements.

 

3. Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 consisted of the following:

 

    2018     2017  
Equipment   $ 154,300     $ 184,600  
Furniture & fixture     1,600       3,600  
Leasehold improvements     -       167,600  
      155,900       355,800  
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization     155,500       325,000  
    $ 400     $ 30,800  

 

Aggregate property and equipment depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 was $29,700 and $51,200 respectively. During 2018 and 2017, we did not capitalize any property and equipment. During 2018, we retired leasehold improvement with costs of $167,600, equipment with costs of $30,200 furniture and fixtures with costs of $2,000. During 2017, we retired equipment with costs of $74,100 and furniture and fixtures with costs of $187,000. The $199,800 and $261,100 total in assets retired in 2018 and 2017, respectively, had total remaining book value of $700 and $61,300.

 

4. Accrued Expenses

 

Accrued expenses as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 consisted of the following:

 

    2018     2017  
Consulting services   $ 10,600     $ 20,500  
Board of director fees     85,600       64,000  
Rent     8,000       -  
Royalty fees     5,400       5,400  
Other     12,100       16,900  
    $ 121,700     $ 107,700  

 

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5. Deferred Rent

 

Our former corporate headquarters office leases at both 51 E. Campbell Ave in Campbell, California and at 1919 S. Bascom Ave in Campbell, California were terminated on September 30, 2018 and October 31, 2018, respectively.

 

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017 deferred rent was:

 

Component   2018     2017  
Lease liability   $     $ 13,800  
Deferred rent expense           27,200  
Deferred rent benefit           33,100  
    $     $ 74,100  

 

6. Liability Attributable to Warrants

 

During the year ended December 31, 2018, pursuant to a settlement agreement to issue warrants to purchase 564,556 shares of the Company’s Common stock, we derecognized the accrued liability for potential liquidated damages of $855,100 by crediting Additional Paid-In Capital for $699,400 and other income for $155,700. The warrants we issued were at $0.01 per share and will expire in 5 years from the date of issuance. Following the issuance, the Company purchased back 52,755 shares from certain warrant holders.

 

The following tables reconcile the number of warrants outstanding for the periods indicated:

 

    For the Year Ended December 31, 2018  
    Beginning
Outstanding
    Issued     Exercised/Sold     Cancelled /
Forfeited
    Ending
Outstanding
 
2014 Transaction     376,667                   (265,556 )     111,111  
Exercise Agreement     300,000       564,556       (52,755 )     (300,000 )     511,801  
Consultant Warrant     11,285                   (11,285 )      
Offer to Exercise     10,167                       (10,167 )      
      698,119       564,556       (52,755 )     (587,008 )     622,912  

 

    For the Year Ended December 31, 2017  
    Beginning
Outstanding
    Issued     Exercised     Cancelled /
Forfeited
    Ending
Outstanding
 
2014 Transaction     376,667                         376,667  
Exercise Agreement     300,000                         300,000  
Consultant Warrant     11,285                         11,285  
Offer to Exercise     10,167                         10,167  
      698,119                         698,119  

 

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7. Stockholders’ Equity

 

Common Stock

 

The Company did not issue any stock or pay any dividends during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

Stock-Based Compensation Plans

 

Active Plans

 

2012 Equity Incentive Plan . In November 2012, the Company’s 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the “12 Plan”) was approved by the stockholders. Pursuant to the terms of the 12 Plan, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and restricted stock units (sometimes referred to individually or collectively as “awards”) may be granted to officers and other employees, non-employee directors and independent consultants and advisors who render services to the Company. The Company is authorized to issue options to purchase up to 643,797 shares of common stock, stock appreciation rights, or restricted stock in accordance with the terms of the 12 Plan.

 

In the case of a restricted stock award, the entire number of shares subject to such award would be issued at the time of the grant and subject to vesting provisions based on time or other conditions specified by the Board or an authorized committee of the Board. For awards based on time, should the grantee’s service to the Company end before full vesting occurred, all unvested shares would be forfeited and returned to the Company. In the case of awards granted with vesting provisions based on specific performance conditions, if those conditions were not met, then all shares would be forfeited and returned to the Company. Until forfeited, all shares issued under a restricted stock award would be considered outstanding for dividend, voting and other purposes.

 

Under the 12 Plan, the exercise price of non-qualified stock options granted is to be no less than 100% of the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date the option is granted. The exercise price of incentive stock options granted is to be no less than 100% of the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date the option is granted provided, however, that if the recipient of the incentive stock option owns greater than 10% of the voting power of all shares of the Company’s capital stock then the exercise price will be no less than 110% of the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date the option is granted. The purchase price of the restricted stock issued under the 12 Plan shall also not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date the restricted stock is granted.

 

All options granted under the 12 Plan are immediately exercisable by the optionee; however, there is a vesting period for the options. The options (and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of such options) vest, ratably, over a 33-month period; however, no options (and the underlying shares of common stock) vest until after three months from the date of the option grant. The exercise price is immediately due upon exercise of the option. The maximum term of options issued under the 12 Plan is ten years. Shares issued upon exercise of options are subject to the Company’s repurchase, which right lapses as the shares vest. The 12 Plan will terminate no later than November 7, 2022.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, no options or restricted common stock were granted under the 12 Plan. 411,593 shares of common stock remained available for issuance under the 12 Plan.

 

No options previously issued under the 12 Plan were exercised during the years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

 

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Inactive Plans

 

The following table summarizes options outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 that were granted from stock based compensation plans that are inactive. As of December 31, 2018, no options can be granted under these plans as the plans have expired.

 

          Options Outstanding  
    Year     Beginning of
Year
    Granted     Exercised     Cancelled     End of Year  
2008 Stock Option Plan   2018       193,945                   (79,468 )     114,477  
2005 Equity Incentive Plan   2018       667                   (667 )      
            194,612                   (80,135 )     114,477  
Weighted Average Exercise Price          

2.59 

                     

2.69 

     

2.52 

 
                                               
2008 Stock Option Plan   2017       380,611                   (186,666 )     193,945  
2005 Equity Incentive Plan   2017       7,666                   (6,999 )     667  
Supplemental Stock Option Agreement   2017       333                   (333 )      
            388,610             -       (193,998 )     194,612  
Weighted Average Exercise Price          

2.59 

                      3.36      

2.59

 

 

Summary – All Plans

 

A summary of the status of all of the options outstanding under all of the Company’s stock option plans, and non-plan grants to consultants, as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and changes during the years then ended, is presented in the following table:

 

    2018     2017  
    Shares     Weighted Average
Exercise Price
    Shares     Weighted Average
Exercise Price
 
Beginning     315,167     $ 2.46       684,722     $ 2.64  
Granted         $           $  
Exercised         $           $  
Forfeited or expired     (197,492 )   $ 2.39       (369,555 )   $ 2.79  
Ending     117,675     $ 2.57       315,167     $ 2.46  
Exercisable at year-end     117,675     $ 2.57       315,167     $ 2.46  
Vested or expected to vest at year-end     117,675     $ 2.57       315,167     $ 2.46  

 

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, of the options exercisable, 117,675 and 315,167 were vested, respectively.

 

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2018:

 

      Options Outstanding  
Range of Exercise Price     Number Outstanding/Exercisable     Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)     Weighted Average Outstanding/Exercise Price  
$ 0.75-$1.80       39,132       3.20     $ 0.80  
$ 1.83-$2.40       1,667       7.29     $ 2.06  
$ 2.55-$3.00       667       5.07     $ 2.55  
$ 3.01-$3.30       29,268       4.82     $ 3.03  
$ 3.31-$3.45       32,082       4.79     $ 3.45  
$ 3.46-$4.20       13,333       4.69     $ 4.20  
$ 4.21-$6.88       1,526       2.57     $ 6.71  
$ 0.75-$6.88       117,675       4.26     $ 2.57  

 

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As of December 31, 2018, there were outstanding options to purchase 117,675 shares of common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $2.57 per share, a weighted average remaining contractual term of 4 years and an aggregate intrinsic value of $0. All of the options outstanding as of December 31, 2018 are fully vested and 0 were estimated to be forfeited or to expire in future periods.

 

As of December 31, 2018, there was no unrecognized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures, related to unvested options.

 

8. Income Taxes

 

The components of the provision (benefit) for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 consisted of the following:

 

    2018     2017  
Current                
Federal   $     $  
State            
Foreign     900       3,300  
    $ 900     $ 3,300  
Deferred                
Federal   $     $  
State            
Foreign            
             
Total   $ 900     $ 3,300  

 

The following table summarizes the differences between income tax expense and the amount computed applying the federal income tax rate of 21% and 34% for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively:

 

    2018     2017  
Federal income tax (benefit) at statutory rate   $ (6,600 )   $ 205,300  
State income tax (benefit) at statutory rate     (900 )     800  
Foreign tax rate differential     900       (600 )
IRC 965 Subpart F Income           21,000  
SBC – NQ cancellations     (83,900 )     235,900  
Change in valuation allowance     (92,800 )     (439,700 )
Meals and entertainment (50%)     700       700  
Prior Year True-Up Adjustments     165,300        
Deferred Compensation     17,800        
Other items     400       (20,100 )
Provision (benefit) for income tax   $ 9 00     $ 3,300  

 

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Deferred income taxes and benefits result from temporary timing differences in the recognition of certain expense and income items for tax and financial reporting purposes. The following table sets forth those differences as of December 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

    2018     2017  
Net operating loss carryforwards   $ 13,870,200     $ 13,566,000  
Tax credit carryforwards     977,500       1,047,000  
Compensation expense – non-qualified stock options     166,800       238,000  
Deferred revenue and maintenance service contracts     425,000       691,000  
Depreciation, amortization, and capitalized software     11,300        
Reserves and other     52,400       108,000  
Total deferred tax assets     15,503,100       15,650,000  
Deferred tax liability – depreciation, amortization and capitalized software           (7,000 )
Net deferred tax asset     15,503,100       15,643,000  
Valuation allowance     (15,503,100 )     (15,643,000 )
Net deferred tax asset   $     $  

 

For financial reporting purposes, with the exception of the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company has incurred a loss in each year since inception. Based on the available objective evidence, management believes it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets will not be fully realizable. Accordingly, the Company has provided a full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets at December 31, 2018 and 2017. The net change in the valuation allowance was decreased by $139,900 and $9,079,000 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

At December 31, 2018, the Company had approximately $63.8 million of federal net operating loss carryforwards and approximately $6.9 million of California state net operating loss carryforwards available to reduce future taxable income. The federal loss carryforwards will begin to expire in 2019 and the California state loss carry forwards began to expire in 2028. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company did not utilize any federal and California net operating losses. Under the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the amount of benefits from net operating loss carryforwards may be impaired or limited if the Company incurs a cumulative ownership change of more than 50%, as defined, over a three-year period.

 

At December 31, 2018, the Company had approximately $0.9 million of federal research and development tax credits that will begin to expire in 2018.

 

9. Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk, consist principally of cash and trade receivables. The Company places cash and, when applicable, cash equivalents, with high quality financial institutions and, by policy, limits the amount of credit exposure to any one financial institution. As of December 31, 2018, the Company had approximately $642,500 of cash with financial institutions in excess of FDIC insurance limits. As of December 31, 2017, the Company had approximately $765,400 of cash with financial institutions in excess of FDIC insurance limits.

 

For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we currently consider the following to be our most significant customers and partners. For the purposes of this table, “Sales” refers to the dollar value of orders received from these customers and partners in the period indicated. These Sales values do not necessarily equal recognized revenue for these periods due to our revenue recognition policies which require deferral of revenue associated with prepaid software service fees. In 2017, deferrals of fees associated with stocking orders of software licenses were also required

 

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    2018     2017  
Customer   % Sales     % Accounts
Receivable
    % Sales     % Accounts
Receivable
 
Centric System     9.5 %     3.2 %     6.9 %     12.6 %
Elosoft     10.4 %     32.1 %     16.9 %     56.2 %
GE     3.9 %     15.4 %     0.6 %     0.0 %
Thermo LabSystems     4.1 %     10.8 %     2.9 %     4.9 %
Total     27.9 %     61.5 %     2 7.3 %     73.7 %

 

The Company performs credit evaluations of customers’ financial condition whenever necessary, and does not require cash collateral or other security to support customer receivables.

 

10. Commitments and Contingencies

 

Operating Leases .

 

As of December 31, 2018, the leases for both of our former offices at 51 E. Campbell, CA and 1919 Bascom Ave. Campbell, CA expired on September 30, 2018, and October 31, 2018, respectively. Our current lease for the corporate headquarters in Concord, NH is a month-to-month rent basis, requiring a six-month notice from the lessor to terminate. Rent on the corporate headquarters continues at $4,000 per month.

 

Rent expense aggregated approximately $28,600 and $67,600 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Contingencies. Under its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Second Amended and Restated Bylaws and certain agreements with officers and directors, the Company has agreed to indemnify its officers and directors for certain events or occurrences arising as a result of the officer’s or director’s serving in such capacity. Generally, the term of the indemnification period is for the officer’s or director’s lifetime. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is limited as the Company currently has a directors and officers liability insurance policy that limits its exposure and enables it to recover a portion of any future amounts paid. The Company believes the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal and has no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of December 31, 2018.

 

The Company enters into indemnification provisions under (i) its agreements with other companies in its ordinary course of business, including contractors and customers and (ii) its agreements with investors. Under these provisions, the Company generally indemnifies and holds harmless the indemnified party for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party as a result of the Company’s activities or, in some cases, as a result of the indemnified party’s activities under the agreement. These indemnification provisions often include indemnifications relating to representations made by the Company with regard to intellectual property rights, and often survive termination of the underlying agreement. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification provisions is unlimited. The Company has not incurred material costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification agreements. As a result, the Company believes the estimated fair value of these agreements is minimal. Accordingly, the Company has no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of December 31, 2018.

 

The Company’s software license agreements also generally include a performance guarantee that the Company’s software products will operate substantially as described in the applicable program documentation for a period of 90 days after delivery. The Company also generally warrants that services that the Company performs will be provided in a manner consistent with reasonably applicable industry standards. To date, the Company has not incurred any material costs associated with these warranties and has no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of December 31, 2018.

 

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11. Employee 401(k) Plan

 

In December 1998, the Company adopted a 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”) to provide retirement benefits for employees. As allowed under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, the Plan provides tax-deferred salary deductions for eligible employees. Employees may contribute up to 15% of their annual compensation to the Plan, limited to a maximum annual amount as set periodically by the Internal Revenue Service. In addition, the Company may make discretionary/matching contributions. During 2018 and 2017, the Company contributed a total of approximately $17,400 and $0, to the Plan, respectively.

 

12. Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information

 

During the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2018, we reversed an accrual for potential liquidated damages of $855,100, crediting APIC for $699,400 and other income for $155,700 pursuant to an agreement to issue warrants to purchase 564,556 shares of the Company’s Common stock as disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K, which was filed with the SEC on May 30, 2018.

 

We disbursed $0 and $200 for the payment of interest expense during the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

We disbursed $800 and $3,500 for the payment of income taxes during the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Such disbursement was made for the payment of foreign income taxes related to the operation of our Israeli subsidiary, GraphOn Research Labs, Ltd.

 

13. Segment Information

 

The Company’s operates under one segment. A single management team that reports to the CEO comprehensively manages the business as the chief operating decision maker. Accordingly, the Company does not have separately reportable segments.

 

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Revenue by country for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 was as follows:

 

    Years Ended December 31,  
Revenue by Country   2018     2017  
United States   $ 1,188,500     $ 1,239,300  
Brazil     652,700       758,000  
Japan     236,600       286,300  
Germany     177,100       234,700  
The Netherlands     144,800       230,700  
Other Countries     726,1 00       1,140,500  
Total   $ 3,153,400     $ 3,889,500  

 

14. Related Party Transactions

 

On December 28, 2018, the Company entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated stockholder of the Company to acquire 450,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 48,896 shares of the Company’s common stock for an aggregate cash consideration of $149,700. The Company agreed to assign its right to purchase 450,000 shares of common stock under the purchase agreement to a member of the Company’s board of directors and an entity controlled by a member of the Company’s board of directors and an executive officer at the company.

 

A member of our board of directors controls an entity that is a significant shareholder in the Company and also serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company. The related party has served in these executive roles providing management services to the Company since September 4, 2018, however does not receive salary or other forms of cash compensation. Management has estimated $75,000 as the market rate for the services rendered for the period from September 4, 2018 through December 31, 2018. The services have been recorded in the financial statements as a capital contribution.

 

Item 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

None.

 

Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Security and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer), as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosures. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2018.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

There has not been any change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended December 31, 2018 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer and effected by our Board of Directors, management and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and includes those policies and procedures that:

 

  pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; and
     
  provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and
     
  provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material impact on the financial statements.

 

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Because of inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risks that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Our evaluation of internal control over financial reporting includes using the criteria in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013), an integrated framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, for the evaluation of internal control to identify the risks and control objectives related to the evaluation of our control environment.

 

Based on our evaluation under the framework described above, our management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2018.

 

This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Our management’s report was not subject to attestation by our independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit us to provide only management’s report in this Annual Report.

 

Item 9B. Other Information

 

Not applicable.

 

PART III

 

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

The following table sets forth certain information regarding those individuals currently serving as our directors and executive officers as of March 31, 2019:

 

Name   Age   Position
Jonathon R. Skeels (1,2)   37   Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer
Jean-Louis Casabonne (1,2)   61   Director
Richard S. Chernicoff (1,2)   53   Director
Thomas C. Stewart (1,2)   50   Director

 

(1) Member of our Compensation Committee
(2) Member of our Audit Committee

 

Directors

 

Richard S. Chernicoff has been a member of our Board since September 2018. Mr. Chernicoff served as Great Elm Capital Group, Inc.’s interim chief executive officer from July 2016 to September 2017. Mr. Chernicoff has been a member of Great Elm Capital Group, Inc.’s board of directors since March 2014, as its Lead Independent Director from April 2014 to October 2015 and as chairman of its board from October 2015 to July 2016. Mr. Chernicoff was a member of the board of directors of Marathon Patent Group, Inc. from March 2015 to July 2017. Mr. Chernicoff served as interim general counsel of Marathon Patent Group. Prior to joining Great Elm Capital Group, Inc.’s board of directors, Mr. Chernicoff was President of Tessera Intellectual Property Corp. from July 2011 to January 2013. Prior to Tessera, Mr. Chernicoff was President of Unity Semiconductor Corp. Prior to that, Mr. Chernicoff was with SanDisk Corporation where, as Senior Vice President, Business Development, Mr. Chernicoff was responsible for mergers and acquisitions, financings and joint ventures. Previously, Mr. Chernicoff was a mergers and acquisitions partner in the Los Angeles office of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, a corporate lawyer in the Los Angeles office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, a member of the staff of the SEC in Washington, DC and an auditor in the Los Angeles office of Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Chernicoff holds a B.S. from California State University, Northridge and a J.D. from St. Johns University in New York City.

 

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Thomas C. Stewart has been a member of our Board since September 2018. Mr. Stewart served as SecureAuth Corporation’s chief financial officer since May 2007. Mr. Stewart was member of SecureAuth Inc.’s board of directors from May 2007 to September 2017. Mr. Stewart previously held various executive roles at Intel Corporation including Finance Manager Information Technology, 2000-2004 and Marketing Director, EMEA 2004-2007. Mr. Stewart holds a BA from Colorado College and an MBA from University of California at Irvine.

 

Jonathon R. Skeels has been Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer and a member of our Board since September 2018. Mr. Skeels has served as Managing Partner of Novelty Capital, LLC, a private investment firm since June 2014. Mr. Skeels was Vice President and Director of IP Navigation Group, LLC from September 2012 to June 2014 where he was responsible for business development, corporate finance and various investment activities. Prior to IP Navigation Group, LLC, Mr. Skeels was Vice President and Senior Research Analyst of Davenport & Company, LLC from May 2005 to August 2012 where he was responsible for investments in publicly-traded technology companies. Mr. Skeels holds a BS from American University in Washington, DC.  

 

Jean-Louis Casabonne has been a member of our Board since September 2018. Mr. Casabonne had served as our former Chief Financial Officer and Secretary from May 2014 to July 2017. Form July of 2017 to September 2018 he had served on a part-time basis as former Chief Financial Officer, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Secretary. In September 2018, Mr. Casabonne’s employment with the Company was terminated and hired as director of the board for the Company. Mr. Casabonne also has been the Chief Financial Officer of Kobie Marketing, Inc., a privately held technology company since July 2017. Previously from 2002 to 2011, Mr. Casabonne has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Quova, Inc., a venture backed company which he guided to profitability prior to its successful sale to Neustar, Inc. (NYSE:NSR). Following the sale of Quova to Neustar, Mr. Casabonne continued with Neustar from 2011 to 2014 as a strategic evangelist and director of business development managing strategic relationships with key partners. From 1996 to 2002, Mr. Casabonne was a founder and controller for Inxight Software, a spin-out from Xerox Corporation. He became CFO and VP of Operations for Inxight in 1999, managing finance, administration, legal affairs, information technology and customer support. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Casabonne served in a number of senior financial positions for Xerox Corporation’s XSoft Division. Mr. Casabonne received his MBA and BS from Santa Clara University.

 

Executive Officers

 

Jonathon R. Skeels has been Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer and a member of our Board since September 2018. Mr. Skeels has served as Managing Partner of Novelty Capital, LLC, a private investment firm since June 2014. Mr. Skeels was Vice President and Director of IP Navigation Group, LLC from September 2012 to June 2014 where he was responsible for business development, corporate finance and various investment activities. Prior to IP Navigation Group, LLC, Mr. Skeels was Vice President and Senior Research Analyst of Davenport & Company, LLC from May 2005 to August 2012 where he was responsible for investments in publicly-traded technology companies. Mr. Skeels holds a BS from American University in Washington, DC.

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

 

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) requires our officers and directors, as well as those persons who own more than 10% of our common stock, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. These persons are required by SEC rule to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.

 

Based solely on a review of copies of reports filed with the SEC and submitted to us and on written representations by certain of our directors and executive officers, we believe that all of our directors and executive officers complied on a timely basis during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 with the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

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Code of Ethics

 

We have a code of ethics that applies to all of our employees, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Our code of ethics is made available at our website at: http://hopto.com/investors/corp-governance (click “Corporate Governance” and then click “Code of Conduct”).

 

Stockholder Nominations and Bylaw Procedures

 

Our bylaws establish procedures pursuant to which a stockholder may nominate a person for election to our Board. Our bylaws are available at our website at: http://hopto.com/investors/corp-governance (click “Code of Conduct”).

 

To nominate a person for election to our Board, a stockholder must set forth all information relating to the nominee that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act. Such notice must also contain information specified in the bylaws as to the director nominee, information about the stockholder making the nomination and the beneficial owner, if any, on behalf of whom the nomination is made, including name and address, class and number of shares owned, and representations regarding the intention to make such a nomination and to solicit proxies in support of it. We may require any proposed nominee to furnish information concerning his or her eligibility to serve as an independent director or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence of the nominee.

 

Audit Committee

 

Since September 2018, the board perform the functions of the Audit Committee. Prior to September 2018, the Audit Committee consisted of former board members (Eldad Eilam John Cronin and Michael Brochu) whom had resigned in September 2018. Our Board has determined that three of our Audit Committee members are “independent” for audit committee purposes under the Nasdaq and SEC definitions. Nasdaq’s rules require three independent directors on the Audit Committee; therefore the Audit Committee of the Company would meet Nasdaq rules. The Board has determined that none of the Audit Committee members can be classified as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K. The Board believes that attracting and retaining board members that could be classified as an “audit committee financial expert” is unlikely due to the high cost of such director candidates.

 

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

The following table sets forth the compensation we paid to our executive officers for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

Name and
Principal Position
  Year    

Salary

$

   

Bonus

$

   

Stock Awards

$

   

Option Awards

$

    All Other Compensation $    

Total

$

 

Jonathon R. Skeels (1),

CEO, Interim CFO

  2018                                      
Eldad Eilam (2)   2018       63,021 (6)                             63,021  
CEO, President   2017       179,366 (6)                       916 (4)     180,282  
Jean-Louis Casabonne (3)   2018       112,426 (6)                       1,450 (5)     113,876  
Interim CEO, CFO, Secretary   2017       163,662 (6)                       903 (5)     164,565  

 

(1) Mr. Skeels has served as Chief Executive Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer since September 2018. Mr. Skeels did not collect any compensation for his services to the company in 2018.

 

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(2) Mr. Eilam served as our President since January 2012 and as our Acting Chief Executive Officer between March 2012 and April 2012 when he was appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Eilam became Chief Executive Officer on August 15, 2012. Mr. Eilam served as our Chief Operating Officer from January 2012 to April 2012 and as our Chief Technology Officer from July 2011 to January 2012. Mr. Eilam resigned as our President and CEO in July 2017. He continued to serve as a member of our board of directors until September 6, 2018.
   
(3) Mr. Casabonne was hired and appointed Chief Financial Officer on May 3, 2014. Since August 2017 he served as our Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer until September 6, 2018. He continues to serve as a member of our board of directors.
   
(4) Represents group life insurance premiums of $916 in 2017.
   
(5) Represents group life insurance premiums $903 in 2017 and $0 in 2018 and our contribution to the 401(k) plan $0 in 2017 and $1,450 in 2018.
   
(6) During the three month period ended September 30, 2016, Messrs. Eilam and Casabonne voluntarily agreed with our board of directors to defer 50% of their salary beginning September 1, 2016 until such time as the Company can reasonably pay such compensation upon approval by the board of directors. The 2017 salary for Mr. Eilam and Mr. Casabonne includes deferred salary of $80,208 and $28,125, respectively. The 2018 salary for Mr. Eilam and Mr. Casabonne includes salary of $63,021 and $33,812, respectively. The board approved the remaining balance of the deferred salary fully paid out to Mr. Casabonne and Mr. Eilam in April 2018.

 

Mr. Casabonne was employed in May, 2014 and continued to be employed on an at-will, part time, basis. Mr. Casabonne received an annual base salary of $225,000 and was eligible for an annual performance-based bonus up to 30% of his annual base salary that is based on goals and achievements mutually set by Mr. Casabonne and management. In 2014, Mr. Casabonne was awarded equity compensation equivalent to 66,667 shares of hopTo Inc. common stock and forfeited the outstanding shares at December 31, 2018. Mr. Casabonne resigned from the Company and accepted a new role as board of directors in September 2018.

 

Compensation of Directors

 

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, our former non-employee directors were eligible to be compensated at the rate of $1,000 for attendance at each meeting of our Board, $500 if their attendance was via telephone, $500 for attendance at each meeting of a Board committee, and a $1,500 quarterly retainer. As of September 1, 2018, the Company has not continued with this compensation program. As of December 31, 2018, $85,600 of the board fees earned were accrued and not yet paid (see Note 5 to our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements).

 

Name   Year     Fees Earned or Paid in Cash     Option Awards     All Other Compensation     Total  
Michael A. Brochu     2018     $ 10,000     $     $           —     $ 10,000  
John Cronin     2018     $ 10,000     $     $     $ 10,000  
Eldad Eilam     2018     $ 9,000     $     $     $ 9,000  
Thomas C. Stewart     2018     $     $     $     $  
Richard C. Chernicoff     2018     $     $     $     $  
Jean-Louis Casabonne     2018     $     $     $     $  
Jonathon R. Skeels     2018     $     $     $     $  

 

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

 

Since September 2018, the board has performed the functions of the Compensation Committee. Prior to September 2018, former directors Michael A. Brochu and John Cronin served on the Compensation Committee until their resignations.

 

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 31, 2019, by (i) each of our directors; (ii) each person known by us to beneficially own 5% or more of our common stock (based upon review of the most recent Schedule 13D and 13G filings as of March 31, 2019); (iii) each executive officer named in the summary compensation table; and (iv) all directors and executive officers as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each of the following stockholders is c/o hopTo Inc., 6 Loudon Road, Suite 200, Concord, NH 03301.

 

Name and Address   Number of Shares of
Common Stock
Beneficially Owned (1)(2)
    Percent of
Class (%)
 
Jean-Louis Casabonne (3)     82,525       0.8 *
Jonathon R. Skeels (4)            
Thomas C. Stewart (5     120,000       1.2 *
Richard C. Chernicoff            
                 
All current executive officers and directors as a group (4 persons)     202,525       2.0  
                 
JMI Holdings, LLC (2011 Family Series) (6)     936,232       9.1  
David R. Wilmerding, III (7)  2 Hamill Road, Suite 272  Baltimore, MD 21117     961,010       9.3  
                 
Jon C. Baker (8)  101 St. Johns Road Baltimore, MD 21210     894,378       8.7  
                 
Austin Marxe, David Greenhouse and Adam C. Stettner (9)  527 Madison Avenue, Suite 2600  New York, NY 10022     912,657       8.8  
                 

Novelty Capital Partners LP (4)

620 Newport Center Drive, 11 th Floor

Newport Beach, CA 92660

    1,305,711       12.7  

 

* Less than 1%.

 

(1) As used in this table, beneficial ownership means the sole or shared power to vote, or direct the voting of, a security, or the sole or shared power to invest or dispose, or direct the investment or disposition, of a security. Except as otherwise indicated, based on information provided by the named individuals, all persons named herein have sole voting power and investment power with respect to their respective shares of our common stock, except to the extent that authority is shared by spouses under applicable law, and record and beneficial ownership with respect to their respective shares of our common stock. With respect to each stockholder, any shares issuable upon exercise of options and warrants held by such stockholder that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2019 are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of the person holding such options, but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person.
   
(2) Percentage ownership of our common stock is based on 9,804,400 shares of common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2019.
   

(3)

 

Includes 0 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options by Mr. Casabonne His stock options were forfeited as of December 31, 2018.

 

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(4) Based on information contained in Schedule 13D/A filed on January 2, 2019, by Novelty Capital, LLC, Jonathon R. Skeels as the sole general partner of Novelty Capital has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 1,305,711 shares of our common stock.
   

(5)

 

Based on information contained in Form 4 filed on January 2, 2019, Thomas C. Stewart owns 120,000 shares of our common stock.
(6) Based solely on information known to us, Charles E. Noell, III, John J. Moores and Bryant W. Burke share voting and dispositive power over these shares by virtue of being members of El Camino Advisors, LLC, the manager of JMI Holdings, LLC (2011 Family Series). JMI Holdings, LLC (2011 Family Series) owns 841,493 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase 94,739 shares of our common stock.
   
(7) Based on information contained in a Schedule 13G/A filed by David Wilmerding on January 23, 2019, and information known to us, Mr. Wilmerding has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 844,736 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase 116,274 shares of our common stock.
   
(8) Based on information contained in a Schedule 13G/A filed by Jon C. Baker on January 23, 2018, and information known to us, Mr. Baker has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 777,533 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase 116,845 shares of our common stock.
   
(9) Based solely on information contained in a joint Schedule 13G/A filed by Austin Marxe, David Greenhouse and Adam Stettner on February 13, 2019. Such stockholders share voting and dispositive power over these shares by virtue of being the controlling principals of AWM Investment Company, Inc. (“AWM”), and the members of SST Advisers, L.L.C. (“SST”). AWM acts as investment advisor to each of Special Situations Technology Fund, L.P. (“Tech Fund”) and Special Situations Technology Fund II, L.P. (“Tech Fund II”); SST is the general partner of each of Tech Fund and Tech Fund II. Tech Fund owns 130,426 shares of our common stock and holds warrants to purchase 21,208 shares of our common stock. Tech Fund II owns 628,754 shares of our common stock and holds warrants to purchase 132,269 shares of our common stock.

 

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

 

Related-Party Transactions

 

On December 28, 2018, the Company entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated stockholder of the Company to acquire 450,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 48,896 shares of the Company’s common stock for an aggregate cash consideration of $149,700. The Company agreed to assign its right to purchase 450,000 shares of common stock under the purchase agreement to a member of the Company’s board of directors and an entity controlled by a member of the Company’s board of directors and an executive officer at the company.

 

A member of our board of directors controls an entity that is a significant shareholder in the Company and also serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company. The related party has served in these executive roles providing management services to the Company since September 4, 2018, however does not receive salary or other forms of cash compensation. Management has approximated $75,000 as   the market rate for the services rendered for the period from September 4, 2018 through December 31, 2018. The services have been recorded in the financial statements as a capital contribution.

 

Director Independence

 

Our Board of Directors has determined that each of our non-employee directors, including Richard S, Chernicoff, Thomas C. Stewart and Jean-Louis Casabonne, who collectively constitute a majority of our Board, meets the general independence criteria set forth in the NASDAQ Marketplace rules. Our Board has made a subjective determination as to each of the foregoing individuals that no relationships exist that, in the opinion of our Board, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.

 

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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

 

Fees for professional services provided by current auditor, Marcum LLP, and former auditor, Macias Gini & O’Connell LLP for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively were as follows:

 

Category   2018     2017  
Audit fees   $ 127,000     $ 131,600  
Audit – related fees     62,300       8,000  
Tax fees     17,000       10,000  
Totals   $ 207,100     $ 149,600  

 

Marcum LLP became our auditor since Macias Gini & O’Connell LLP ended the engagement with us on April 28, 2018.

 

Audit fees include fees associated with our annual audit, the reviews of our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and assistance with and review of documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Audit-related fees include consultations regarding revenue recognition and new accounting pronouncements as they related to the financial reporting of certain transactions. Tax fees included tax compliance and tax consultations. Audit-related fees to Marcum LLP include primarily services associated with registration statements. Audit-related fees to Macias Gini & O’Connell LLP include primarily services associated with registration statements and consultations regarding revenue recognition and new accounting pronouncements as they related to the financial reporting of certain transactions. Tax fees included tax compliance and tax consultations.

 

The audit committee has adopted a policy that requires advance approval of all audit, audit-related, tax services and other services performed by our independent registered public accounting firm. The policy provides for pre-approval by the audit committee of specifically defined audit and non-audit services. Unless the specific service has been previously pre-approved with respect to that fiscal year, the audit committee must approve the permitted service before the independent registered public accounting firm is engaged to perform it.

 

PART IV

 

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a) Financial Statements

 

Our financial statements as set forth in the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K are hereby incorporated by reference.

 

(b) Exhibits

 

The following exhibits, which are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K, are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K or, as noted, incorporated by reference herein:

 

Exhibit

Number

  Exhibit Description
     
3.1   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as amended (1)
3.2   Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of GraphOn Corporation (19)
3.3   Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of hopTo Inc. (28)
3.4   Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of hopTo Inc. (31)
3.5   Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant (2)
4.1   Form of certificate evidencing shares of common stock of Registrant (3)
4.2   Form of Warrant issued on September 1, 2011 (4)
4.3   Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, dated October 11, 2011 (5)
4.4   Exercise Agreement, dated June 17, 2013 (including Allonge to 2011 warrants) (20)
4.5   Form of New Warrant issued on June 17, 2013 (20)
4.6   Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 17, 2013 (20)
4.7   Form of Warrant issued on January 7, 2014 (21)
4.8   Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 7, 2014 (21)
4.9   Rights Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2018, by and between hopTo Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as rights agent (31)
10.1*   Restricted Stock Agreement (1 of 2) with Eldad Eilam dated August 15, 2012 (15)
10.2*   Restricted Stock Agreement (2 of 2) with Eldad Eilam dated August 15, 2012 (15)
10.3*   Restricted Stock Agreement with Christoph Berlin dated August 15, 2012 (15)
10.4*   Restricted Stock Agreement with Robert Dixon dated August 15, 2012 (15)
10.5   Separation Agreement, dated April 12, 2012, between Registrant and Robert Dilworth (14)
10.6   Release, dated April 12, 2012, between Registrant and Robert Dilworth (14)
10.7   1998 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan of Registrant (7)
10.8   Supplemental Stock Option Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2000 (7)
10.9   2005 Equity Incentive Plan (8)
10.10   2008 Equity Incentive Plan, as Amended (9)
10.11*   Employment Agreement, dated August 21, 2013, by and between Registrant and Eldad Eilam (16)
10.12*   Director Severance Plan (11)
10.13*   Key Employee Severance Plan (11)
10.14   Securities Purchase Agreement, dated September 1, 2011 (4)
10.15   Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated September 1, 2011 (4)
10.16(a)*   Engagement Agreement, dated October 11, 2011, by and between Registrant and ipCapital Group, Inc. (5)
10.16(b)*   First Addendum to the Engagement Agreement by and between Registrant and ipCapital Group, Inc., dated as of November 7, 2011 (12)
10.16(c)*   Second Addendum to the Engagement Agreement by and between Registrant and ipCapital Group, Inc., dated as of November 14, 2011 (12)
10.16(d)*   Third Addendum to the Engagement Agreement by and between Registrant and ipCapital Group, Inc., dated as of January 20, 2012 (13)
10.17   First Amendment to Office Lease between Registrant and CA-Pruneyard Limited Partnership, dated as of October 7, 2013 (27)

 

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10.18   Consulting Agreement, dated February 1, 2012, by and between Registrant and Steven Ledger/Tamalpais Partners LLC (22)
10.19   Amendment to Consulting Agreement, by and between Registrant and Steven Ledger/Tamalpais Partners, LLC, dated August 1, 2013 (16)
10.20   Intellectual Property Brokerage Agreement by and between Registrant and ipCapital Licensing Company I, LLC, dated as of February 4, 2013 (17)
10.21*   Consulting Agreement, dated March 29, 2013, by and between Registrant and Gordon Watson (23)
10.22*   Consulting Agreement, dated November 18, 2013, by and between Registrant and ipCreate, Inc. (24)
10.23   Securities Purchase Agreement, dated January 7, 2014 (21)
10.24*   Consulting Agreement, dated March 17, 2014, by and between Registrant and Steven Ledger (25)
10.25   Separation Agreement, dated March 12, 2014, by and between Registrant and Christoph Berlin (25)
10.26   Employment Letter dated April 30, 2014 and executed May 5, 2014 between Registrant and Jean-Louis Casabonne (26)
10.27   Sublease dated August 11, 2015, by and between Registrant and CDNetworks (32)
10.28   Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2015 (29)
10.29   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2015 (29)
10.30   Lease Agreement effective October 1, 2015 between the Registrant and Heritage Village Offices (30)
10.31   Patent Purchase Agreement dated October 10, 2017
14.1   Code of Ethics (6)
21.1   Subsidiaries of Registrant
23.1   Consent of Marcum LLP
2 3.2   Consent of Macias Gini & O’Connell LLP
31   Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended.
32   Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished, not filed)
101   The following financial information from Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, (v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (18)

 

*Management or compensatory plan or arrangement

 

  (1) Filed on April 2, 2007 as an exhibit to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (2) Filed on March 31, 2010 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (3) Filed on September 19, 1996 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 and incorporated herein by reference. (File No. 333-11165)
, (4) Filed on September 8, 2011 as an exhibit to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (5) Filed on October 13, 2011 as an exhibit to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (6) Filed on March 30, 2004 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (7) Filed on June 23, 2000 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 333-40174)
  (8) Filed on November 25, 2005 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Registrant’s 2005 Annual Meeting, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)

 

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  (9) Filed on September 29, 2011 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 and incorporated herein by reference. (File No. 333-177069)
  (10) Reserved.
  (11) Filed on November 14, 2011 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (12) Filed on November 23, 2011 as an exhibit to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 333-177073)
  (13) Filed on February 14, 2012 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (14) Filed on May 21, 2012 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2012, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (15) Filed on November 14, 2012 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly reporting period ended September 30, 2012, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (16) Filed on August 27, 2013 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated August 21, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (17) Filed on February 19, 2013 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (18) Submitted electronically with the original Form 10-K.
  (19) Filed on September 10, 2013 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated September 9, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (20) Filed on June 24, 2013 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 17, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (21) Filed on January 13, 2014 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 7, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (22) Filed on April 16, 2012 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (23) Filed on April 3, 2013 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 29, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (24) Filed on December 12, 2013 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 11, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (25) Filed on March 18, 2014 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 12, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (26) Filed on May 12, 2014 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 9, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (27) Filed on March 31, 2014 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (28) Filed on February 1, 2016 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 27, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (29) Filed on July 30, 2015 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 24, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
 

(30)

Filed on September 10, 2015 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 and incorporated herein by reference. (File No. 333-206861)
  (31) Filed on February 16, 2018 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated February 16, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)
  (32) Filed on March 30, 2016 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference. (File number 000-21683)

 

(c) Financial Statement Schedule

 

Not applicable for smaller reporting companies.

 

ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY.

 

None.

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  hopTo Inc.
     
April 1, 2019 By: /s/ Jonathon Skeels
    Jonathon Skeels
    Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Jonathon Skeels   Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer   April 1, 2019
Jonathon Skeels   (Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    
         
/s/ Jean-Louis Casabonne   Director   April 1, 2019
Jean-Louis Casabonne        
         
/s/ Richard S. Chernicoff   Director   April 1, 2019
Richard S. Chernicoff        
         
/s/ Thomas C. Stewart   Director   April 1, 2019
Thomas C. Steward        

 

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