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x
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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o
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Delaware
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77-0390628
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
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308 Dorla Court, Suite 206
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Zephyr Cove, Nevada
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89448
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code))
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Large accelerated filer x
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Accelerated filer o
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Non-accelerated filer o
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Smaller reporting company o
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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THE DESCIPTION OF OUR BUSINESS INCLUDES A STATEMENT THAT WE INTEND TO MARKET OUR GABRIEL CONNECTION TECHNOLOGY™. AN IMPLICATION OF THIS STATEMENT MAY BE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY MARKET THIS TECHNOLOGY AND THAT IT WILL GENERATE REVENUE IN THE FUTURE. IN FACT, THERE ARE MANY FACTORS WHICH WILL IMPACT THE SUCCESS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY FOR US, INCLUDING SEVERAL FACTORS WHICH ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL, SUCH AS THE DEMAND FOR THIS TECHNOLOGY BY POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS AND THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION IN OUR BUSINESS.
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THE DESCRIPTION OF OUR BUSINESS INCLUDES STATEMENTS RELATING TO OUR INTENT TO ESTABLISH A SECURE DOMAIN NAME REGISTRY IN THE U.S. AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AND THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING MAKING APPLICATIONS TO BECOME ACCREDITED TO DO SO UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THE IMPLICATION OF THOSE STATEMENTS MAY BE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A REGISTRY THAT WILL HAVE MARKET ACCEPTANCE AND THAT IT WILL GENERATE REVENUE FOR US IN THE FUTURE. THERE ARE MANY FACTORS WHICH WILL IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISH A DOMAIN NAME REGISTRY, INCLUDING SEVERAL FACTORS WHICH ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL, SUCH AS THE ACCREDITATION APPLICATION PROCESS OR THE ACCEPTANCE OF OUR REGISTRY OVER OTHERS, PARTICULARLY IF WE DETERMINE TO ESTABLISH A REGISTRY WITHOUT ACCREDITATION.
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THE STATEMENTS THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED A LICENSING DECLARATION TO THE 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP, OR 3GPP, UPDATED SUCH DECLARATIONS AT THE REQUEST OF THE EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, OR ETSI, AND THE ALLIANCE FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS, OR ATIS, AND THAT WE BELIEVE WE ARE POSITIONED TO LICENSE OUR PATENTS TO 3GPP MEMBERS DESIRING TO IMPLEMENT THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS IDENTIFIED BY US, MAY IMPLY THAT THE PATENTS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED TO 3GPP WILL GENERATE LICENSING REVENUE FOR US IN THE FUTURE. WE CANNOT ASSURE YOU THAT WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN LICENSING OUR PATENTS OR THAT THIRD PARTIES WILL BE WILLING TO ENTER INTO LICENSES WITH US ON REASONABLE TERMS OR AT ALL.
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OUR STATEMENT THAT WE BELIEVE WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL AND OTHER RESOURCES TO COMPLETE OUR BUSINESS PLAN MAY IMPLY THAT OUR RESOURCES WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO COMPLETE THAT PLAN SUCCESSFULLY. HOWEVER, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT OUR BUSINESS PLAN FOR MANY REASONS, INCLUDING MANY REASONS THAT ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL, SUCH AS THE POSSIBILITY THAT OUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES BECOME EXHAUSTED DUE TO INCREASED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR ATTEMPTS TO COMPETE WITH OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE GREATER RESOURCES, OR DUE TO OUR OTHER ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING OUR LITIGATION ACTIVITIES.
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STATEMENTS DESCRIBING OUR LITIGATION EFFORTS MAY IMPLY THAT WE WILL PREVAIL IN SOME OR ALL OF OUR PENDING LITIGATION. HOWEVER, WE CANNOT ASSURE YOU WE WILL PREVAIL IN OUR PENDING LITIGATION MATTERS AND ANY ADVERSE RULING MAY HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON OUR BUSINESS. ALSO, THE LEGAL AND OTHER COSTS WE MAY INCUR IN CONNECTION WITH LITIGATION MATTERS WILL DEPEND, IN PART, UPON ACTIONS TAKEN BY OTHER PARTIES, WHICH ACTIONS ARE NOT WITHIN OUR CONTROL AND THESE COSTS MAY HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON OUR BUSINESS.
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OUR REFERENCES TO THE FACTS THAT OUR CORE DEVELOPMENT TEAM HAS SPENT OVER TEN YEARS WORKING TOGETHER, AND HAS HAD PRIOR SUCCESS AT SAIC MAY IMPLY THAT OUR TEAM WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FUTURE. HOWEVER, THIS TEAM MAY NOT BE SUCCESSFUL FOR MANY REASONS, INCLUDING MANY REASONS THAT ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL, SUCH AS THE POSSIBILITY THAT ONE OR MORE KEY MEMBERS OF THE TEAM BECOMES INCAPACITATED, OR THAT COMPETITORS ARE SUCCESSFUL IN DEVELOPING SUPERIOR PRODUCTS.
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OUR STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO OUR INTENT TO MARKET AND SELL LICENSE AND SERVICES TO OTHERS MAY IMPLY THAT OUR PLANS TO DO SO ARE IMMINENT OR WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. HOWEVER, MARKETING AND SELLING OUR PRODUCT AND SERVICES WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PURSUING OUR LITIGATION AND OUR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES CAN PRESENT SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES. OUR MARKETING AND SALES PLANS MAY TAKE LONGER TO IMPLEMENT THAN WE NOW EXPECT, MAY NOT BE IMPLEMENTED, OR MAY FAIL.
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THE IMPACT OF CHANGES IN THE U.S. AND GLOBAL ECONOMIES IN GENERAL, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS THAT AFFECT OUR INDUSTRY, OR CHANGES IN CAPITAL MARKETS ON US AND OUR INTENDED CUSTOMERS;
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COMPLIANCE WITH, AND CHANGES TO, U.S. FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, FOREIGN LAWS AND REGULATIONS, ACCOUNTING RULES, TAX RATES AND SIMILAR MATTERS; AND
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COMPETITION WITHIN OUR INDUSTRY.
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Item 4 — Controls and Procedures
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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
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14
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14
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14
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20
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March 31,
2012
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December 31,
2011
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(Unaudited)
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ASSETS
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||||||||
Current assets:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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39,957
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$
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49,482
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Investments available for sale
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19,935
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14,438
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Prepaid taxes
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12,639
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10,459
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Prepaid expense and other current assets
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447
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91
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Total current assets
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72,978
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74,470
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Property and equipment, net
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61
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56
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Intangible and other assets
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48
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60
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Deferred tax benefit
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40
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47
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Total assets
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$
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73,127
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$
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74,633
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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Current liabilities:
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
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$
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3,756
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$
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1,227
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Income tax liability
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430
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430
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Derivative liability
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4,430
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4,699
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Total current liabilities
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8,616
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6,356
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Stockholders’ equity:
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Preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share
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Authorized: 10,000,000 shares at March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011 Issued and outstanding: 0 shares at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011
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—
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—
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Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
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Authorized: 100,000,000 shares at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 Issued and outstanding: 50,697,136 shares at March 31, 2012, and 50,619,136 at December 31, 2011, respectively
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5
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5
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Additional paid in capital
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105,239
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104,277
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Accumulated deficit
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(40,711
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)
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(36,001
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)
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss
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(22
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)
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(4
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)
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Total stockholders’ equity
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64,511
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68,277
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
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$
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73,127
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$
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74,633
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Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2012
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Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2011
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Revenue — Royalties
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$
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—
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$
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17
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Operating expense:
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Research and development
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256
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196
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General, selling and administrative
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6,967
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2,573
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Total operating expense
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7,223
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2,769
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Loss from operations
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(7,223
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)
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(2,752
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)
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Gain (loss) on change in value of derivative liability
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269
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(5,130
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)
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Interest income, net
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74
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60
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Loss before taxes
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(6,880
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)
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(7,822
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)
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Income tax benefit
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(2,173
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)
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(700
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)
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Net loss
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$
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(4,707
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)
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$
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(7,122
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)
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Basic and diluted loss per share:
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$
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(0.09
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)
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$
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(0.14
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)
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Weighted average shares outstanding basic and diluted
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50,658
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49,461
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Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2012
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Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2011
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Net loss
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$
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(4,707
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)
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$
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(7,122
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)
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Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
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Change in unrealized loss on investments, net of tax
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(18
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)
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962
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Comprehensive loss
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$
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(4,725
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)
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$
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(6,160
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)
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Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2012
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Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2011
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Cash flows from operating activities:
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Net loss
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$
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(4,707
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)
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$
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(7,122)
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Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
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Depreciation and amortization
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17
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15
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Stock-based compensation
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873
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643
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Net change in deferred taxes
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7
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3,325
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Change in value of derivative liability
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(269
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)
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5,130
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Changes in assets and liabilities:
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Receivables and other current assets
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—
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(3
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)
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Prepaid taxes
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(2,180
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)
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—
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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(356
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)
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(216
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)
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
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2,529
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(15
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Income tax liability
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—
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(13,723
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)
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Net cash used in operating activities
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(4,086
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)
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(11,966
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)
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Cash flows from investing activities:
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Purchase of property and equipment
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(10
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)
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—
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Purchase of investments
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(23,980
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)
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(10,224
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)
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Proceeds from sale or maturity of investments
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18,461
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30,372
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
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|
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(5,529
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)
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20,148
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Cash flows from financing activities:
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Proceeds from exercise of options
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90
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—
|
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Proceeds from exercise of warrants
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—
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736
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Net cash provided by financing activities
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90
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736
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
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|
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(9,525
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)
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8,918
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Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
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49,482
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34,635
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
|
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$
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39,957
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$
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43,553
|
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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
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Cash paid during the period for taxes
|
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$
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—
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$
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9,600
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Cash paid during the period for interest
|
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$
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—
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$
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—
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●
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persuasive evidence of sales arrangements;
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delivery has occurred or services have been rendered;
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the buyer’s price is fixed or determinable; and
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collection is reasonably assured.
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March 31, 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
Level 1:
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Adjusted Cost
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Unrealized Gains
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Unrealized Losses
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Fair Value
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Certificates of deposit
|
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$
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3,332
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$
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3
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|
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$
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—
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|
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$
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3,335
|
|
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Corporate Bonds:
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AA
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4,185
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13
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—
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4,198
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A |
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7,261
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—
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(7
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)
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7,254
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|
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BAA
|
|
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5,179
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|
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—
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(31
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)
|
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5,148
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|
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Total Corporate Bonds
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16,625
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13
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(38
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)
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16,600
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Total Investments at Fair Value
|
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$
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19,957
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|
|
$
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16
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|
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$
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(38
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)
|
|
$
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19,935
|
|
December 31, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
Level 1:
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Adjusted Cost
|
|
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Unrealized Gains
|
|
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Unrealized Losses
|
|
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Fair Value
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Certificates of deposit
|
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$
|
2,582
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
—
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|
|
$
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2,584
|
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|
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|
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|
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Corporate Bonds:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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AA
|
|
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2,014
|
|
|
|
—
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|
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(3
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)
|
|
|
2,011
|
|
||
A |
|
|
9,846
|
|
|
|
—
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(3
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)
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|
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9,843
|
|
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Total Corporate Bonds
|
|
|
11,860
|
|
|
|
—
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|
|
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(6
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)
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|
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11,854
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Total Investments at Fair Value
|
|
$
|
14,442
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
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(6
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)
|
|
$
|
14,438
|
|
March 31, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
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Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
|
|
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Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
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Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
|
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(Level 1)
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(Level 2)
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(Level 3)
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Total
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|
||||
Series l Warrants
|
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$
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—
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|
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$
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—
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|
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$
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4,430
|
|
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$
|
4,430
|
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Total
|
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$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
4,430
|
|
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$
|
4,430
|
|
December 31, 2011
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Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
|
|
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Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
|
|
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Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
|
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||||
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(Level 1)
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(Level 2)
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(Level 3)
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Total
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|||||
Series l Warrants
|
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$
|
—
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|
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$
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—
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|
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$
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4,699
|
|
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$
|
4,699
|
|
Total
|
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$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
4,699
|
|
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$
|
4,699
|
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March 31, 2012 | December 31, 2011 | ||||||||
Fair Value
Measurements
Using
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs (Level 3)
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Fair Value
Measurements
Using
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs (Level 3)
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Balance December 31, 2011
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$ | 4,699 |
Balance December 31, 2010
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$ | 14,364 | ||||
Net gain included in loss
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(269 | ) |
Net loss included in earnings
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5,595 | |||||
Settlements
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— |
Settlements
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(15,260 | ) | |||||
Balance March 31, 2012
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$ | 4,430 |
Balance December 31, 2011
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$ | 4,699 |
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March 31, 2012
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|
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March 31, 2011
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Current:
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Federal
|
|
$
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(2,177
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4,007)
|
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State
|
|
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-
|
|
|
3
|
||
Foreign
|
|
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(3
|
)
|
|
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4
|
|
|
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(2,180
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)
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|
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(4,000)
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Deferred:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
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1
|
|
|
|
3,300
|
|
State
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
3,300
|
||
Total provision for income taxes
|
|
$
|
(2,173
|
)
|
|
$
|
(700)
|
For the Year
|
|
Minimum Required Lease
Payments in Period
|
|
|
2012
|
|
$
|
42
|
|
2013
|
|
|
28
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
70
|
|
Original Number of
Warrants Issued
|
|
|
Exercise
Price per Common
Share
|
|
|
Exercisable at
December 31,
2011
|
|
|
Became
Exercisable
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
Terminated /
Cancelled /
Expired
|
|
|
Exercisable
at March 31, 2012
|
|
Expiration
Date
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
2,619,036 | (1) |
|
|
$
|
3.59
|
|
|
|
204,908
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
204,908
|
|
March 2015
|
||
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
204,908
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
204,908
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Referred to as our Series I Warrants.
|
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Proprietary or home-grown application specific security solutions have been developed by vendors and integrated directly into their products for our target markets including IP-telephony, mobility, fixed-mobile convergence, and unified communications. These proprietary solutions have been developed due to the lack of standardized approaches to securing real-time communications. This approach has led to corporate networks that are isolated and, as a result, restrict enterprises to using these next-generation networks within the boundaries of their private network. These solutions generally do not provide security for communications over the Internet or require network administrators to manually exchange keys and other security parameters with each destination network outside their corporate network boundary. The cost-savings and other benefits of IP-based real-time communications are significantly limited by this approach to securing real-time communications.
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A session border controller, or SBC, is a device used in networks to exert control over the signaling and media streams involved in establishing, conducting and terminating VoIP calls. A traditional firewall or network address translation, or NAT, device typically block information like endpoint IP addresses and port numbers required by signaling protocols, such as SIP and XMPP, to reach and communicate with their intended destination. SBCs are used in physical networks to address these limitations and enable real-time session traffic to cross the boundaries created by firewalls and other NAT devices and enable VoIP calls to be established successfully. However, SBCs must decrypt and analyze every single data packet for the information to be transmitted successfully, thereby preventing end-to-end encryption. This network design results in SBCs becoming a single point of congestion on the network, as well as a single point of failure. SBCs are also limited to the physical network they secure.
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SIP firewalls, or SIP-aware firewalls, and application layer gateways, manage and protect the traffic, flow and quality of VoIP and other SIP-related communications. They perform real-time network address translation, dynamic firewall functions; support multiple signaling protocols, and media functionality, allowing secure interconnection and the flow of IP media streams across multiple networks. While SIP firewalls assist in analyzing SIP traffic transmitted over the corporate network to filter out various threats, they do not necessarily encrypt the traffic. As a result, this traffic is not entirely secure from end-to-end nor is it protected against threats like man-in-middle and eavesdropping.
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|
Although we entered into a Settlement and License Agreement with Microsoft Corporation, we may not be successful in entering into further licensing relationships;
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|
Third parties may challenge the validity of certain of our patents;
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|
The pendency of our various litigations may cause potential licensees not to do business with us;
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We expect that we will face intense competition new and established competitors who may have superior products and services or better marketing, financial or other capacities than we do; and
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|
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It is possible that one or more of our potential customers or licensees develops or otherwise sources products or technologies similar to, competitive with or superior to ours.
|
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|
New legislation, regulations or rules related to obtaining patents or enforcing patents could significantly increase our operating costs and decrease our revenue. . For instance, the U.S. Supreme Court has recently modified some tests used by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in granting patents during the past 20 years which may decrease the likelihood that we will be able to obtain patents and increase the likelihood of challenge of any patents we obtain or license. In addition, the U.S. recently enacted sweeping changes to the U.S. patent system under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”), including changes that would transition the U.S. from a “first-to-invent” system to a “first to file” system and alter the processes for challenging issued patents
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|
More patent applications are filed each year resulting in longer delays in getting patents issued by the USPTO.
|
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Federal courts are becoming more crowded, and as a result, patent enforcement litigation is taking longer.
|
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As patent enforcement becomes more prevalent, it may become more difficult for us to voluntarily license our patents.
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The need to educate potential customers about our patent rights and our product and service capabilities;
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Customers’ willingness to invest potentially substantial resources and modify their network infrastructures to take advantage of our products;
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Customers’ budgetary constraints;
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The timing of customers’ budget cycles; and
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Delays caused by customers’ internal review processes.
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Long sales cycles may increase the risk that our financial resources are exhausted before we are able to generate significant revenue.
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power loss, transmission cable cuts and other telecommunications failures;
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damage or interruption caused by fire, earthquake, and other natural disasters;
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computer viruses or software defects; and
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physical or electronic break-ins, sabotage, intentional acts of vandalism, terrorist attacks and other events beyond our control.
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developments in any then-outstanding litigation;
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quarterly variations in our operating results;
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large purchases or sales of common stock;
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actual or anticipated announcements of new products or services by us or competitors;
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general conditions in the markets in which we compete; and
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economic and financial conditions.
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the outcome of enforcement actions currently in progress or that we may undertake in the future, and the timing thereof;
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the amount and timing of receipt of license fees from potential infringers, licensees or customers;
|
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the outcome of actions we have taken and may take in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights;
|
●
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the rate of adoption of our patented technologies;
|
●
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the number of new license arrangements we may execute, or that may expire, within a particular period and the scope of those licenses, including the number of our patents which are licensed, the extent of prior infringement of our patent rights, royalty rates, timing of payment obligations, expiration date etc;
|
●
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the success of a licensee in selling products that use our patented technologies; and
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●
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the amount and timing of expenses related to our patent filings and enforcement proceedings, including litigation, related to our intellectual property rights.
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A staggered Board of Directors: This means that only one or two directors (since we have a five-person Board of Directors) will be up for election at any given annual meeting. This has the effect of delaying the ability of stockholders to effect a change in control of us because it would take two annual meetings to effectively replace a majority of the Board of Directors.
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Blank check preferred stock: Our Board of Directors has the authority to establish the rights, preferences and privileges of our 10,000,000 authorized, but unissued, shares of preferred stock. Therefore, this stock may be issued at the discretion of our Board of Directors with preferences over your shares of our common stock in a manner that is materially dilutive to you. In addition, blank check preferred stock can be used to create a “poison pill” which is designed to deter a hostile bidder from buying a controlling interest in our stock without the approval of our Board of Directors. We have not adopted such a “poison pill;” but our Board of Directors has the ability to do so in the future, very rapidly and without stockholder approval.
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Advance notice requirements for director nominations and for new business to be brought up at stockholder meetings: Stockholders wishing to submit director nominations or raise matters to a vote of the stockholders must provide notice to us within very specific date windows and in very specific form in order to have the matter voted on at a stockholder meeting. This has the effect of giving our Board of Directors and management more time to react to stockholder proposals generally and could also have the effect of disregarding a stockholder proposal or deferring it to a subsequent meeting to the extent such proposal is not raised properly.
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No stockholder actions by written consent: No stockholder or group of stockholders may take actions rapidly and without prior notice to our Board of Directors and management or to the minority stockholders. Along with the advance notice requirements described above, this provision also gives our Board of Directors and management more time to react to proposed stockholder actions.
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Super majority requirement for stockholder amendments to the By-laws: Stockholder proposals to alter or amend our By-laws or to adopt new By-laws can only be approved by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding shares of our common stock.
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No ability of stockholders to call a special meeting of the stockholders: Only the Board of Directors or management can call special meetings of the stockholders. This could mean that stockholders, even those who represent a significant percentage of our shares of common stock, may need to wait for the annual meeting before nominating directors or raising other business proposals to be voted on by the stockholders.
|
Exhibit Number
|
|
Description
|
10.1+
|
VirnetX Holding Corporation Fiscal 2012 Director Compensation Program.
|
|
10.2+
|
|
VirnetX Holding Corporation 2007 Stock Plan.
|
10.3+
|
|
Form of VirnetX Holding Corporation 2007 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.
|
10.4+
|
|
Employment Offer Letter from VirnetX, Inc. to Richard H. Nance.
|
31.1
|
|
Certification of the President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
31.2
|
|
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
32.1*
|
|
Certification of the President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
32.2*
|
|
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
101**
|
|
Interactive Data Files
|
+
|
Denotes a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
|
*
|
This exhibit is furnished herewith, but not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liability under that section. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we explicitly incorporate them by reference.
|
|
VIRNETX HOLDING CORPORATION
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Kendall Larsen
|
|
|
|
Name
|
Kendall Larsen
|
|
|
Title
|
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Richard Nance
|
|
|
|
Name
|
Richard H. Nance
|
|
|
Title
|
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and
|
|
|
|
Principal Accounting Officer)
|
Date: May 10, 2012
|
|
|
|
Exhibit Number
|
|
Description
|
|
VirnetX Holding Corporation Fiscal 2012 Director Compensation Program.
|
|
|
VirnetX Holding Corporation 2007 Stock Plan.
|
|
|
Form of VirnetX Holding Corporation 2007 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.
|
|
|
Employment Offer Letter from VirnetX, Inc. to Richard H. Nance.
|
|
|
Certification of the President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
Certification of the President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
101**
|
|
Interactive Data Files
|
+
|
Denotes a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
|
*
|
This exhibit is furnished herewith, but not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liability under that section. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we explicitly incorporate them by reference.
|
Compensation Element
|
Compensation
|
|
General Board Service – Cash
|
} Board cash retainer: $40,000
} Meeting fees: none
|
|
General Board Service – Equity
|
} Annual equity grants: 12,500 option shares and 8,333 restricted stock units
|
|
● Vest 100% after 1 year
● Vest 100% prior to a change of control
|
||
Committee Chair Service
|
} Annual cash retainer:
|
|
● Audit: $16,500
● Compensation: $9,000
● Nom/Gov: $5,000
|
||
} Meeting fees: none
|
||
Committee Member Service
|
} Annual cash retainer:
|
|
● Audit: $6,000
● Compensation: $5,000
● Nom/Gov: none
|
||
} Meeting fees: none
|
Grant Number
|
||
Date of Grant
|
||
Vesting Commencement Date
|
||
Number of Restricted Stock Units
|
PARTICIPANT:
|
VIRNETX HOLDING CORPORATION
|
|
Signature
|
By
|
|
Print Name
|
Title
|
|
Address:
|
||
|
●
|
12,500 shares, which is 25% of the option shares, will vest on the one year anniversary of the date of commencement of your employment;
|
|
●
|
The remaining shares will vest on a monthly basis following the one year anniversary of the date of commencement of your employment (i.e., approximately 1,042 shares per month thereafter).
|
|
●
|
These options will vest in full upon a Change of Control (as defined in the Plan), the details of which will be set forth in the Plan and your applicable option agreement.
|
Very truly yours,
|
|||
By:
|
/s/ Kendall Larsen
|
||
Name:
|
Kendall Larsen
|
||
Title:
|
CEO
|
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
|
|
Richard H. Nance
|
|
/s/ Richard H. Nance
|
|
Signature
|
|
4/5/2012
|
|
Date
|
|
/s/ Kendall Larsen
|
|
Kendall Larsen
|
|
President and Chief Executive Officer
|
|
(Principal Executive Officer)
|
Date: May 10, 2012 |
|
/s/ Richard H. Nance
|
|
Richard H. Nance
|
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
|
Date: May 10, 2012 |
|
/s/ Kendall Larsen
|
|
Kendall Larsen
|
|
President and Chief Executive Officer
|
|
(Principal Executive Officer)
|
Date: May 10, 2012 |
|
/s/ Richard H. Nance
|
|
Richard H. Nance
|
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
|
Date: May 10, 2012 |
Patent Portfolio
|
3 Months Ended |
---|---|
Mar. 31, 2012
|
|
Patent Portfolio [Abstract] | |
Patent Portfolio | Note 3 - Patent Portfolio As of March 31, 2012, we own 20 issued U.S. and 26 issued foreign patents, in addition to several pending U.S. and foreign patent applications. Our issued U.S. and foreign patents expire at various times during the period from 2019 to 2024. Some of our issued patents and pending patent applications were acquired by our principal operating subsidiary, VirnetX, Inc., from Science Applications International Corporation, or SAIC, in 2006 and we are required to make payments to SAIC based on cash or certain other values generated from those patents. The amount of such payments depends upon the type of value generated, and certain categories are subject to maximums and other limitations. As of June 30, 2010, we met our maximum royalty payment requirement; however, SAIC is also entitled under certain circumstances to receive a portion of the proceeds paid to us for certain acquisitions of VirnetX or from the settlement of certain patent infringement claims of ours |