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Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation
12 Months Ended
May 31, 2014
Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation  
Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation

A. DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

SofTech, Inc. (the “Company”) was formed in Massachusetts on June 10, 1969. The Company is engaged in the development, marketing, distribution and support of computer software solutions that serve the Product Lifecycle Management (“PLM”) industry. the Company’s operations are organized geographically with offices in the U.S. and European sales and customer support offices in Germany and Italy. The Company also has resellers in Asia and Europe.

 

Since the Recapitalization Transaction described hereunder, the Company has also been actively engaged in acquiring and filing new U.S. patents, evaluating alternatives for monetizing its existing patents and investigating the acquisition of specific patents already awarded that might enhance shareholder value. It is expected that this kind of activity will become an increasing area of focus and investment over the coming years.

 

The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of SofTech, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Information Decisions, Inc., Workgroup Technology Corporation, SofTech, GmbH and SofTech, Srl. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

CADRA Sale

 

On October 18, 2013, the Company sold substantially all of the assets of its CADRA product line, including all intellectual property related to that technology but specifically excluding cash, billed accounts receivable and liabilities other than the deferred maintenance liability associated with CADRA customer maintenance contracts for support services (the “CADRA Sale”), to Mentor Graphics Corporation (“Mentor”), pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement dated August 30, 2013 (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”). The aggregate consideration for the CADRA Sale is up to $3.95 million, which is comprised of (i) $2.88 million of which was paid on the closing date; (ii) $320,000 of which will be paid on the one year anniversary (the “Holdback Payment”) of the closing date (subject to any indemnification claims); and (iii) up to an aggregate $750,000 over the three-year period subsequent to the closing date, based on 10% of the net revenue generated by the CADRA business (the “Earn-Out Payments”), subject to the terms of the Earn-Out Agreement dated August 30, 2013 (the “Earn-Out Agreement”).

 

The Company will continue to offer the CADRA technology as a reseller throughout Europe (except Germany) on an exclusive basis until October 18, 2014 pursuant to a distribution agreement with Mentor (“Distributorship Agreement”) at which time the Distributorship Agreement will be subject to renewal by mutual agreement of the parties. In addition, for a one year period from the closing of the transaction the Company retained the right to market the CADRA technology to Sikorsky Aircraft, the largest CADRA user in the United States. Due to the significant continued involvement in the sale and support of the CADRA product line, the transaction does not qualify for presentation as discontinued operations.

 

Recapitalization Transaction

 

In March 2011, the current management team (CEO and VP of Business Development) completed a transaction (the “Recapitalization Transaction”) in which a group of eight investors purchased 39% of the Company’s common stock, arranged for debt facilities of $3.2 million and negotiated for a $7.6 million debt reduction from Greenleaf Capital, Inc. (“Greenleaf”), at that time, the Company’s sole lender and largest shareholder. As part of that Recapitalization Transaction, Greenleaf accepted a payment of $2.7 million in cash and a note for $250,000 in full satisfaction of the $10.6 million of indebtedness. The $250,000 note was repaid in its entirety during fiscal year 2013. The former CEO resigned after a short transition period, a new four person Board of Directors was appointed and the existing Board members resigned. In addition, Greenleaf gave the Company’s new Board of Directors voting control over its shares for a three year period immediately following the Recapitalization Transaction. The Company subsequently repurchased all 271,411 shares of its common stock owned by Greenleaf and Greenleaf related parties as described hereunder.

Refinancing of Debt

 

On December 5, 2013, the Company entered into an amended and restated loan agreement (the “Amended Loan Agreement No. 2”) between the Company, and Prides Crossing Capital Funding, L.P., (the “Lender”) whereby the parties agreed to amend and restate the Company’s existing $2.7 million Loan Agreement, as defined in Note F, following the CADRA Sale. The Lender was the successor to Prides Crossing Capital, L.P. and Prides Crossing Capital-A, L.P., the Lenders, as defined in Note F, under the Loan Agreement. Under the terms of the Amended Loan Agreement No. 2, the Company agreed to pay down the principal of the Loan Agreement from $2.7 million to $1.0 million (the “Term Note”) using a portion of the proceeds from the CADRA Sale. In addition, the Company paid a pre-payment penalty of $81,000 and agreed to repurchase the outstanding warrants to purchase 25,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share in exchange for $19,000.

 

The amended and restated Term Note matures on January 1, 2015 and bears an interest rate of 14% payable in arrears on a monthly basis throughout the life of the loan. The Term Note may be repaid in full at any time but partial voluntary pre-payments are not allowed. If a pre-payment is made on or prior to September 30, 2014, the Company shall pay a yield maintenance fee equal to the interest that would have accrued under the Term Note from the date of pre-payment through September 30, 2014. No yield maintenance fee is due for a pre-payment made subsequent to September 30, 2014.

 

Stock Purchase Agreement with Greenleaf Capital and Affiliates

 

In June 2013, the Company purchased 170,000 shares of common stock from Greenleaf, The Ronda E. Stryker and William D. Johnston Foundation, and The L. Lee Stryker 1974 Irrevocable Trust fbo Ronda E. Stryker, for a purchase price of $62,900 or $0.37 per share as detailed in Note K to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2013. The agreement provides an option for the Company to either make an offer to purchase the remaining 101,411 shares held by Greenleaf at $0.37 per share or to provide Greenleaf with registration rights with respect to the remaining shares as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated March 8, 2011. On August 8, 2014 the Company repurchased Greenleaf’s remaining 101,411 shares at $0.37 per share for a total of approximately $37,000.

 

Liquidity and Subsequent Financing Events

 

The Company operated at a net loss during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014 and used $516,000 of cash in its operations.  As detailed in Note M, subsequent to fiscal year end, the Company entered into a three-year, $750,000 promissory note, a six-month $300,000 term note and issued 160,000 shares of its common stock at $5.00 per share in private placements with four accredited investors raising an additional $800,000. These funds are expected to be used to pay down the Company’s $1 million debt that is due on January 1, 2015 and to provide working capital. Based upon current cash levels, the aforementioned financing events and the operating outlook for fiscal 2015, the Company anticipates that its cash resources will be sufficient to fund operations for at least the next twelve months.