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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K
 
(X) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _____________to_______________

0-15152
Commission File Number

GUIDELINE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
New York
 
13-2670985
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(IRS Employer Identification Number)

625 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10011
(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 645-4500

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Title of class:
 
Name of each exchange on which registered: None
Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share
 
None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. 
Yes o 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 Act.  Yes o 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

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. o 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer.
Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x

As of June 30, 2006, the aggregate market value of the voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $17,637,345 based on the average bid and ask price per share of the common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board on June 30, 2006, which was $1.38 per share.
 
All (i) executive officers and directors of the registrant and (ii) all persons filing a Schedule 13D with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect to registrant’s common stock who hold 10% or more of the registrant’s outstanding common stock, have been deemed, solely for the purpose of the foregoing calculation, to be “affiliates” of the registrant.

There were 20,954,034 shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, par value $.0001 per share, as of April 9, 2007.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Registrant’s Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which is anticipated to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days following the end of the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.


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BUSINESS OVERVIEW

GUIDELINE, INC. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, "Guideline" or the "Company" which may be also referred to in this report as “we”, “us” or “our”) is a single-source provider of customized business research and analysis. Through our end-to-end continuum of On-Demand Business Research, Custom Market Research, Strategic Intelligence and Product Development Intelligence, our research analysts create integrated solutions that enable clients to make informed decisions to address their critical business needs. We specialize in nearly all major industries, including healthcare and pharmaceuticals, financial services, advertising and professional services, industrial, consumer and retail, food and beverage, media and entertainment and chemicals. In many cases, we function as our customers’ primary information and business intelligence resource on an outsourced basis, especially among the growing universe of companies that have downsized their internal research staffs and information resources. In other cases, we serve as a reliable supplemental resource to customers’ internal capabilities.

We were incorporated in the State of New York in 1969. In 1971, we became affiliated with SVP International S.A. ("SVP") through a currently existing licensing agreement which gives us the right to use the SVP name, provides us access to the resources of what are currently 11 additional SVP affiliated companies located around the world, and prohibits SVP or its affiliates from competing with us in the United States. On March 13, 2006, after obtaining shareholder approval, we changed our name from FIND/SVP, Inc. to Guideline, Inc. to better communicate our strategy of guiding customers through their strategic business research and consulting needs.

We sell research and consulting services to approximately 1,500 corporate customers annually, approximately 1,000 of which subscribe under recurring revenue contracts generally averaging twelve months in length. We currently perform approximately 30,000 individual research assignments annually for our customers.

We are organized into four business segments:

 
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ON-DEMAND BUSINESS RESEARCH offers on-demand access to a dedicated research team that quickly provides the insights and knowledge customers need related to competitors, markets, technology and new opportunities. Customers pay a fixed monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual subscription fee for the right to access our in-house consulting staff on a continuous and as-needed basis to answer short custom research requests on virtually any business-related topic. This service enables customers to satisfy their day-to-day business information needs on an outsourced basis, which is generally more effective and less expensive than performing the work in-house.
 
 
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STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE provides insightful primary intelligence, legally obtained from unpublished sources, industry experts, market watchers and market participants who know the companies you want to understand. Customers are billed according to the agreed upon terms of each project.
 
 
 
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CUSTOM MARKET RESEARCH provides in-depth custom quantitative and qualitative research and analysis through advanced techniques including surveys, focus groups, in-depth interviewing and mystery shopping, both domestically and internationally. Customers are billed according to the agreed upon terms of each project.
 
 
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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT INTELLIGENCE (“PDI”) provides analysis and expert advice in conceiving, developing and commercializing new products and processes in a wide range of industries, including chemicals, consumer products, healthcare and industrial. For subscription customers, billing is similar to ON-DEMAND above, and for projects, billing is similar to STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE and CUSTOM MARKET RESEARCH above.
 
Together, these four business segments enable us to perform both primary and secondary research, handle small, medium or large research assignments, provide a full range of ancillary outsourced business information services and offer wide industry coverage. We therefore believe that one of our unique and compelling value propositions is that we can serve as an efficient single source, end-to-end solutions provider of a significant portion of our customers’ business information needs.

The research resources we use to service our customers’ needs include our in-house staff of 151 full time researchers and consultants, access to approximately 1,500 computer databases and subscription-paid websites, 5,200 internal information files, 4,300 books and reference works, 800 periodicals and trade journals, and our internal database of over 500,000 previously completed research assignments. In addition, through our licensing agreement with SVP, we have access to approximately 1,000 additional SVP research personnel worldwide, and access to approximately 10,000 outside consultants as part of our Expert Network.

Our growth strategy is to focus on retaining our base of subscription customers while growing our project businesses, leverage the untapped cross-selling opportunities from our acquisitions of Guideline Research, Teltech, Atlantic and Signia, develop new products and services to increase our revenues per customer, and make selective acquisitions that add strategic value and are accretive to earnings per share.

For further information, please see “Business and Growth Strategy” below.

MARKET OVERVIEW

The market for our services covers a broad cross-section of corporate America, including both a wide range of industries and company sizes. The primary market for our On-Demand Business Research segment is small to medium sized companies, while Strategic Intelligence, Custom Market Research and Product Development Intelligence sell more to large companies. In terms of industry focus, we maintain nine industry specialties as follows: Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals, Financial Services, Advertising and Professional Services, Industrial, Consumer and Retail, Food and Beverage, Legal, Media and Entertainment and Chemicals. However, we have also been successful in selling to executives in various functional capacities, such as marketing professionals, R&D professionals, market research professionals, strategic planners, and information professionals, which cut across industry lines and provide us with corporate customers in virtually every major industry. Accordingly, we believe we are well diversified, and not dependent on any one industry or market segment.

 
However, we believe that there are certain macro trends which have positively impacted the market for our services, generally including

 
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Continued corporate emphasis on maintaining low internal cost structures, especially in non-core functions, enhances the attractiveness of our outsourced business model.
 
 
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Corporations are being bombarded by an overwhelming amount of raw, unfiltered, irrelevant and unreliable information emanating from the Internet and other public sources. They are increasingly turning to outside firms with expertise in particular industries or markets that can more efficiently synthesize this data into relevant and reliable business information.
 
 
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The increased pace of business today, and the growing operating and strategic complexity of business decisions, require corporations to have greater access to quality, real-time and usable business information.
 
 
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Fierce competitive environments, coupled with the increased availability of generic information products and resources, are increasing demand for unique business intelligence services that provide customers with a competitive advantage.
 
In terms of size, the total available market for our services is very large. The U.S. market for market research alone is over $7 billion (as per Euromonitor International, Market Research in the USA), and the markets for our other research and intelligence services are also significant. While large overall, these markets are fragmented, with even the largest participants not maintaining dominant market shares. For example, we believe that our On-Demand Business Research segment is one of the largest on-demand research companies in the U.S., while our Custom Market Research segment is among the top fifty custom market research firms in the U.S.

INFORMATION CONCERING BUSINESS SEGMENTS
 
For information concerning our business segments, please refer to Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation” and Note 15 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this report.

BUSINESS AND GROWTH STRATEGY

Our goal is to fully leverage the assets of our four business segments through a comprehensive and client-centric sales strategy to offer more value to, and satisfy more of the business information needs of, our existing customer base, while adding products and services that further enhance our capabilities and allow us to expand our customer base.

 
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Maintain and Enhance Subscription Model. We believe that our subscription model, which accounted for approximately 44% of our revenues in 2006, is one of the keys to our financial and operating success. It produces a predictable, recurring revenue stream, as well as a close, ongoing relationship with the customer. Through recent acquisitions, as well as through internal product development efforts, we now have additional products and services that can be incorporated into our subscription service offerings to make them more unique, enhance their value and increase their price point.
 
 
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Cross-Sell Services to our Customer Base. We believe that our recent acquisitions have created cross-selling opportunities. For example, approximately 369 individual users of our On-Demand Business Research service have the words “Market Research” in their titles, representing prime cross-selling candidates for our custom market research and strategic intelligence services. Also, our primary relationships within our 782 On-Demand Business Research clients are typically with sales and marketing departments, providing significant cross-selling opportunities for Teltech, which specializes in services for technical departments such as R&D, Product Development and Engineering.
 
 
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Satisfy a Larger Share of Customer Business Information Needs. While our customers include some very large companies, including many Fortune 100 and Fortune 1000 companies, we believe that our average revenue per customer is small relative to customers’ total business information expenditures. Accordingly, with our expanded line of service offerings, we believe we have opportunities to increase our average revenue per customer.
 
 
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Leverage Existing Assets to Create New Products and Services. We derive most of our revenues from custom research and consulting services provided for the one-time use of individual customers. We believe there are opportunities to leverage our database of over 500,000 previously completed research assignments, our current volume of approximately 30,000 research assignments annually, and our 151 in-house research and consulting staff to produce and sell products such as syndicated research and multi-client studies at very little incremental cost.
 
In addition, we have adopted an aggressive sales strategy of identifying the specific business intelligence and primary market research needs of prospective customers, and providing customized and/or pre-packaged solutions. As a result, we have materially expanded our internal product development efforts, indicating a broader potential suite of client-centric products and services.

 
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Continue to Evaluate Prudent Acquisitions that Add Strategic Value and are Accretive to Earnings Per Share. We may pursue additional strategic acquisitions that provide us with new clients, add new products and services to our product line, or enhance our expertise and thought leadership within specific vertical or functional markets. We intend to be prudent in our acquisition program, focusing on opportunities that are expected to be immediately accretive to earnings or within a reasonable time frame thereafter.
 
PRODUCTS & SERVICES

ON-DEMAND BUSINESS RESEARCH

On-Demand Business Research provides customers with access to the staff and resources of a large information center on an outsourced basis, providing customized answers, in rapid turnaround time, to day-to-day research requests and business questions on a wide variety of topics that require three hours or less of research time. On-Demand Business Research is offered only on a retainer subscription basis. Retainer clients pay a retainer fee in advance, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually. In return, client organizations receive Membership Cards for the use of designated executives or employees. Each Membership Card entitles a specific individual to use the service, and also offers preferential use of, and/or discounts on, our other services and products. We have several fixed and adjustable fee retainer pricing programs in effect for our On-Demand Business Research service. Depending on the particular pricing program, out-of-pocket expenses incurred to answer questions may or may not be invoiced separately to the customer.

 
When an On-Demand Business Research customer has a business question or research request, they contact us via telephone or email, give us their card number, and explain their request. Based on the subject of the request, our customer service operators connect the customer with our most qualified available consultant, who speaks directly with the customer to better understand the customer’s need and help define a specific research request that best addresses that need. Our consultant then performs the necessary research and prepares a formal written research response, which answers the customer’s question and includes additional relevant attachments, articles and internet links. Our turnaround time is determined by the needs of each client request, and ranges from same-day to multi-day.

At December 31, 2006, we had 844 On-Demand Business Research subscription customers, a 13.2% decrease from December 31, 2005, and 6,722 holders of the Membership Card, a 12.6% decrease from December 31, 2005. In addition, the average annual On-Demand Business Research retainer subscription rate at December 31, 2006 was $15,048, a 15.0% increase from December 31, 2005. The dramatic change in On-Demand Business Research’s share of total revenues resulted from the acquisitions of Guideline Research, Teltech, Atlantic and Signia in addition to a decrease in the On-Demand Business Research subscription base.

STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE
 
The Strategic Intelligence group provides customers with insightful primary intelligence on companies and competitors they want to understand, legally obtained from unpublished sources, industry experts, market watchers and other knowledgeable market participants. Common project requests include customized market and industry studies, executive interviews, competitive intelligence data-gathering and analysis assignments, acquisition studies and large information collection projects. Through Strategic Intelligence, the Company provides research as well as interpretation and analysis. All projects in this segment are quoted in advance and billed separately.

CUSTOM MARKET RESEARCH
 
Our Custom Market Research segment provides in-depth custom quantitative and qualitative research and analysis through advanced techniques including surveys, focus groups, in-depth interviewing and mystery shopping, both domestically and internationally. Custom market research studies have an average selling price of over $30,000, and are typically custom-designed for, and proprietary to, each individual client. All projects in this segment are quoted in advance and billed separately.

Market research is typically conducted by a customer to help refine a strategic need into a specific research design. A questionnaire or “script” is first designed by us, which is used to interview respondents. Next, outside field contractors are hired to conduct the actual interviews with respondents, which may take place in malls, in stores, via telephone, via mail, via the internet or a combination of the above. Then, the raw field responses are converted into usable market research data. Finally, a formal report is prepared for the customer which contains an analysis of the data and any strategic recommendations based on the data. Market applications for market research studies include concept and product testing, positioning research, tracking research, customer satisfaction surveys and legal claims substantiation.
 
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT INTELLIGENCE

Product Development Intelligence provides analysis and expert advice in conceiving, developing and commercializing new products and processes in a wide range of industries, including chemicals, consumer products, healthcare and industrial. Customers apply our research, analysis and advisory services to improve the speed and quality of their decision-making and problem solving processes. We work with our corporate clients to define their technical information needs, identify the best sources for satisfying those needs, and implement the appropriate information-management strategies.

Product Development Intelligence directly addresses the growing demand for cost-effective, user-focused, broad-based scientific and technical research, as well as project and process consulting. Research results are obtained by accessing, synthesizing and analyzing published materials, technical expertise and primary research.

Product Development Intelligence classifies its services into five main categories:

On-Demand Information Services. Includes services specifically designed to provide an ongoing, proactive flow of critical information to the end user. Services include quick turn-around analyst research, monitoring services, document delivery, supplier research, and access to expert consulting. We also have a network of 10,000 leading experts in over 30,000 technology and industry areas that clients can access on-demand.
 
In-depth Research. We conduct major custom research projects on a wide range of science, technology, and business topics to support strategic decision-making. Applications include market assessments for new products, product feasibility analyses, competitive intelligence studies, technology evaluations, M&A evaluations and intellectual property analyses.
 
Litigation Support. We provide a litigation support service which provides litigators with access to our proprietary network of experts who can be used as expert witnesses to assist in court cases and other legal actions.
 
Information Management Consulting. We provide comprehensive solutions designed to improve the effectiveness of information delivery, analysis, application, and use throughout organizations, including consulting for information center optimization, and custom virtual library solutions designed to improve an organization’s ability to access external information and expertise.
 
Outsourced Information Centers and Information Portals. We also have long term contracts with nine corporate customers pursuant to which we serve as the outsourced information center for those customers. In these arrangements, we typically build and operate an online information portal which serves as the virtual library for these customers. These portals are private labeled with the customers’ own names and logos, but typically contain the notation “Powered by Guideline”. These tend to be large contracts, averaging over $300,000 per agreement in 2006.
 
 
Product Development Intelligence utilizes multiple contract forms and pricing arrangements to sell its services, including annual subscription contracts, long-term outsourcing contracts and per-transaction engagements. In 2006, approximately 47% of revenues resulted from annual subscription clients, 6% resulted from long-term outsourcing contracts and 47% resulted from transaction engagements.

SALES AND MARKETING
 
Our primary sales and marketing goals are to retain our subscription client bases, and to grow our project businesses through sales to new customers and cross-sales to existing customers at each of our business segments. Our sales and marketing techniques include direct sales through a four person direct sales force, telemarketing, public relations, direct mail, email, conference exhibits, sales promotion activities and our web site. We also maintain a sophisticated lead management system which captures new leads generated, forwards them to the appropriate people, tracks them during subsequent follow-up, and provides detailed reports. We also maintain a staff of account development managers, whose primary function is to interact regularly with our research professionals and clients to ensure customer satisfaction and promote our other products and services. The additional involvement of On-Demand Business Research professionals as relationship managers further enhances our client relationships, and provides us with an additional avenue to cross-sell our other products and services.

COMPETITION

We face significant competition in our individual business segments, but we believe there are few direct competitors who offer our full range of products and services. Our competition comes primarily from three sources: (1) other research and consulting companies who compete with us in particular products or industries; (2) in-house corporate research centers; and (3) content aggregators and information publishers that sell directly to individual end-users. Also, the internet, on-line databases and CD-ROM products have increased the ability of companies and individuals to perform information searches and basic research for themselves. Consequently we also compete with a “do-it-yourself” approach. However, we believe that our consultants deliver a value-added service based on their technical expertise and their ability as expert researchers to search more information sources more quickly than most end users, thereby delivering a faster, more thorough and more economical service. Also, our volume contracts with information providers typically enable us to access paid databases and published information sources less expensively than our clients can do themselves. In addition, many of our services, such as custom market research and in-depth consulting, cannot be performed in-house by a vast majority of our customers.

We believe that the principal competitive factors in our market include quality and timeliness of research and analysis, reliable delivery, depth and quality of our industry knowledge, ability to meet changing customer needs, customer service and perceived value. We believe we compete favorably with respect to each of these factors.

We believe that the principal competitive factors that differentiate us from our competitors are:
 
 
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quality, independence and objectivity of our research and analysis;
 
 
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a comprehensive range of service offerings, encompassing on-demand research, custom market research, strategic intelligence and product development intelligence, which allows us to satisfy a significant portion of both the primary and secondary business intelligence needs of our customers;
 
 
 
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experience providing a total outsourced information solution to some of the world’s largest companies; and
 
 
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one of the country’s largest private business libraries with access to approximately 1,500 computer databases and subscription-paid websites, 5,200 internal information files, 4,300 books and reference works, 800 periodicals and trade journals, and our internal database of over 500,000 past completed research assignments.
 
While we believe these competitive factors position us well in the marketplace, many of our direct and indirect competitors are substantially larger than we are and have the resources necessary to develop many of the same capabilities. In addition, the barriers to entry for some of our products and services are low. As a result, new competitors may emerge and existing competitors may start to provide additional or complementary services which would result in increased competition for us.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

We utilize various trade names, trademarks, service marks, copyrights and other intellectual property rights in each of our business segments. While we do not believe that we are reliant on any one intellectual property right overall, various intellectual property rights may be material to individual business segments. Accordingly, we vigorously identify, create and protect our intellectual property rights as we believe appropriate. We also enter into agreements with our employees regarding the confidentiality and ownership of our intellectual property.

SEASONALITY

Our business is somewhat seasonal both in terms of cash flow and revenues. Our cash flow has traditionally been strongest in the first and second quarters of the year due to the higher number of On-Demand Business Research and Product Development Intelligence customers who renew and prepay their annual subscriptions during this period. With regard to revenues, while our historical On-Demand Business Research segment is generally not seasonal, our Custom Market Research, Strategic Intelligence and Product Development Intelligence businesses have traditionally experienced stronger revenues in the third and fourth quarters of the year. We believe this results primarily from customers who seek to fully utilize their annual internal information budgets before the end of their fiscal years.

EMPLOYEES

As of December 31, 2006, we had 239 full-time employees, including 22 marketing and sales employees, 151 consultants and research analysts and 66 administrative and general personnel. Our ability to develop, market and sell our services and to establish and maintain our competitive position will depend, in part, on our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. While we believe that we have been successful to date in attracting such personnel, there can be no assurance that we will continue to do so in the future. We are not a party to any collective bargaining agreements with our employees. We consider our relations with our employees to be good.

Our corporate headquarters are located at 625 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10011, and the telephone number is (212) 645-4500. Our Code of Ethics for senior executives and financial officers is posted on our website www.guideline.com. We make available free of charge through our website, the annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports, and the proxy statement for our annual meeting of shareholders, as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Information on our website does not constitute part of this filing on Form 10-K.
 
Materials we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission may be read and copied at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Public Reference Room by calling the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. The Securities and Exchange Commission also maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.
 

Factors That Could Affect Our Future Results

The ownership of our common stock involves a number of risks and uncertainties. Potential investors should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below and the other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K before deciding whether to invest in the Company’s securities. The Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks. The risks described below are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks that are currently unknown to us or that we currently consider to be immaterial may also impair our business or adversely affect our financial condition or results of operations.

Risks Related to Our Operations

Our failure to maintain our client base or renewal rates for our subscription-based services could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial results.

We may not be successful in maintaining retainer and deposit account renewal rates or the size of our retainer and deposit account client base. Our ability to renew retainer and deposit accounts is subject to a number of risks, including the following:

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We may be unsuccessful in delivering consistent, high quality and timely analysis and advice to our clients;
 
 
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We may not be able to hire and retain a sufficient number of qualified professionals in a competitive job market;
 
 
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We may be unsuccessful in understanding and anticipating market trends and the changing needs of our clients; and
 
 
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We may not be able to deliver products and services of the quality and timeliness to withstand competition.
 
 
Our failure to consistently sell a sufficient number of new projects in our non-subscription based project businesses could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial results.

Our ability to replace completed engagements in our project businesses with new engagements is subject to a number of risks, including the following:

 
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We may be unsuccessful in delivering consistent, high quality and timely research and consulting services to our clients;
 
 
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We may not be able to hire and retain a sufficient number of qualified professionals in a competitive job market;
 
 
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We may be unsuccessful in understanding and anticipating market trends and the changing needs of our clients; and
 
 
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We may not be able to deliver research and consulting services of the quality and timeliness to withstand competition.
 
Our inability to timely respond to rapid changes in the market or the needs of our clients could have a material adverse effect on our future operating results.

Our success depends in part upon our ability to anticipate rapidly changing market trends and to adapt our products and services to meet the changing needs of our clients. Frequent and sometimes dramatic changes, including the following, characterize our industry:

 
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Introduction of new products and obsolescence of others; and
 
 
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Changing client demands concerning the marketing and delivery of our products and services.
 
This environment of rapid and continuous change presents significant challenges to our ability to provide our clients with current and timely analysis and advice on issues of importance to them.

Our senior credit facility contains various covenants which limit management’s discretion in the operation of our business, and our failure to comply with these covenants could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

On March 31, 2005, we entered into a new senior secured credit facility pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2005 (the “Credit Agreement”), between the Company and Fleet National Bank, a Bank of America company, as lender. The Credit Agreement establishes a commitment by the lender to provide us with up to $9,000,000 in the aggregate of loans and other financial accommodations consisting of a senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $4,500,000 and a senior secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $4,500,000. On April 1, 2005, the full amount of our term facility was drawn in a single drawing and applied, among other things, to consummate the acquisition of Atlantic Research & Consulting, Inc., consummate the acquisition of Signia Partners Incorporated, and pay transaction-related costs and expenses. As of December 31, 2006, $3,150,000 remains outstanding under our senior secured term loan facility and $1,000,000 has been drawn and remains outstanding under our senior secured revolving credit facility.
 
Subject to permitted exceptions, our senior credit facility contains various provisions that restrict our ability to, among other things:

 
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Incur additional indebtedness;
 
 
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Pay dividends or distributions on, or redeem or repurchase, capital stock;
 
 
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Make investments;
 
 
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Engage in transactions with affiliates;
 
 
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Incur liens;
 
 
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Transfer or sell assets; and
 
 
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Consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of our assets.
 
In addition, our senior credit facility requires us to meet certain financial covenants. From time to time we have had to seek waivers from compliance with certain of these financial covenants. However, there can be no assurances that we will be able to obtain such waivers in the future. Any failure to comply with the terms of our senior credit facility or to obtain waivers from such compliance may result in an event of default. Substantially all of our assets are pledged to secure our indebtedness under our senior credit facility. If we default on the financial or other covenants in our senior credit facility, our lenders could foreclose on their security interest in our assets, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, the lenders may be able to terminate any commitments with respect to future financing.

Failure to attract and retain qualified personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial results.

We need to hire, train and retain a sufficient number of qualified employees to operate our business and support our growth. In particular, we need qualified consultants, project managers, researchers, relationship managers, sales and marketing professionals, and technology professionals. We experience competition in recruiting and retaining qualified employees. Our failure to attract and retain qualified personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial results.

Our business may be adversely affected if we lose any key members of management.

We rely on various key management personnel in many areas of our business, and our success depends in part on our ability to motivate and retain such highly qualified management personnel. The loss of a sufficient number of management personnel could have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Our pricing is subject to pressure from various market forces.

The existence of significant competition in all of our business lines, as well as the emergence of various lower cost information resources such as the internet and foreign research firms, may force us to reduce our prices in order to compete and maintain our market share. Such price reductions could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
 
We experience significant competition in each of our business lines. 

Many of the companies with whom we compete are significantly larger than us, with substantially greater financial and operational resources. Such competitors may be able to provide competitive services less expensively or market them more effectively, or develop new products and services which are superior to our products and services. Our failure to compete successfully with such firms could have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.

We must be able to manage our growth effectively.

We have grown, and our plan is to continue to grow, rapidly through prudent acquisitions. Growth places significant demands on our management, administrative, operational and financial resources. Our success in managing growth will require us to continue to improve our systems and to motivate and effectively manage an evolving workforce. Failure to successfully manage growth could have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.

Future acquisitions or investments may not be successful, and may have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.

We have made four acquisitions since April 1, 2003, and intend to make future acquisitions. There can be no guarantee that any future acquisitions will be successful due to factors such as difficulties negotiating the terms of the purchase, financing the purchase, or integrating and assimilating the employees, products and operations of the acquired business. Acquisitions may also disrupt our ongoing business and distract management. Furthermore, acquisitions may require that we expend significant sums of cash and other consideration which would then be unavailable for other business purposes, and which may require us to incur debt or issue equity.

Our operating results can vary significantly from quarter to quarter based on factors which are not always in our control.

Our operating results vary from quarter to quarter. We expect future operating results to fluctuate due to several factors, many of which are out of our control:

 
·
The disproportionately large portion of our subscription accounts that expire in the fourth quarter of each year, and the level and timing of the renewals of such subscription accounts;
 
 
·
The mix of subscription revenue versus project revenue;
 
 
·
The number, size and scope of the projects in which we are engaged, the degree of completion of such engagements, and our ability to complete such engagements;
 
 
·
The timing and amount of new business generated by us;
 
 
·
The timing of the development, introduction, and marketing of new products and services and modes of delivery;
 
 
·
The timing of hiring research and sales personnel;
 
 
 
·
The accuracy of estimates of resources required to complete ongoing project engagements;
 
 
·
Changes in the spending patterns of our clients;
 
 
·
Our accounts receivable collection experience; and
 
 
·
Competitive conditions in the industry.
 
Due to these factors, we believe period-to-period comparisons of results of operations are not necessarily meaningful and should not necessarily be relied upon as an indication of future results of operations.

Recently enacted and proposed regulatory changes will increase our costs.

Recently enacted and proposed changes in the laws and regulations affecting publicly-traded companies, including the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), will increase our expenses to comply with the new requirements. In particular, we expect to incur significant additional administrative expense as we implement Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires management to report on, and our independent registered public accounting firm to attest to, our internal controls over financial reporting. Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other rules and regulations applicable to us could also result in continued diversion of management’s time and attention, which could prove to be disruptive to business operations. Further, we may lose or may experience difficulty in attracting qualified directors and officers.

There can be no assurance that we will timely complete the management certification and auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Possible consequences of failure to complete such actions include sanction or investigation by regulatory authorities, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any such action could harm our stock price and also have a material adverse effect on our cash flow and financial position.

Risks Related to our Stock
 
Our common stock has been delisted from the NASDAQ Stock Market and trades on the OTC Bulletin Board, which may negatively impact the trading activity and price of our common stock.
 
In April 2001, our common stock was delisted from the NASDAQ National Market as a result of our failure to comply with certain quantitative requirements for continued listing on NASDAQ. Our common stock trades on the OTC Bulletin Board. The OTC Bulletin Board is generally considered less liquid and efficient than NASDAQ, and although trading in our stock was relatively thin and sporadic before the delisting, the liquidity of our common stock has declined and price volatility increased because smaller quantities of shares are bought and sold, transactions may be delayed and securities analysts’ and news media coverage of us has diminished. These factors could result in lower prices and larger spreads in the bid and ask prices for our common stock. Reduced liquidity may reduce the value of our common stock and our ability to use our equity as consideration for an acquisition or other corporate opportunity.
 
 
We do not expect to pay dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

We do not intend to pay dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. In addition, our senior credit facility contains restrictive covenants that may restrict our ability to pay dividends to our shareholders. Therefore, you should not purchase our common stock if you need or would like immediate or future income by way of dividends from your investment.

Our Common Stock is subject to rules regarding “penny stocks” which may affect its liquidity.

Because the trading price of our common stock is currently below $5.00 per share, trading is subject to certain other rules of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such rules require additional disclosure by broker-dealers in connection with any trades involving a stock defined as a "penny stock." "Penny stock" is defined as any non-NASDAQ equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. Such rules require the delivery of a disclosure schedule explaining the penny stock market and the risks associated with that market before entering into any penny stock transaction. Disclosure is also required to be made about compensation payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities. The rules also impose various sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell penny stocks to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. For these types of transactions, the broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and must receive the purchaser's written consent to the transaction prior to the sale. Finally, monthly statements are required to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stocks. The additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers by such requirements could discourage broker-dealers from effecting transactions in our common stock. This could severely limit the market liquidity of our common stock and your ability to sell such common stock.

The sale of a substantial amount of our common stock, including shares issued upon exercise of outstanding warrants or conversion of our convertible preferred stock, could adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock.
 
The sale and issuance of a substantial amount of our common stock, including shares issued upon exercise of outstanding warrants or conversion of our convertible preferred stock, or the perception that such sales could occur could adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock.
 
The ability of our Board of Directors to issue additional preferred stock could delay or impede a change of control of our company and may adversely affect the price an acquirer is willing to pay for our common stock.
 
The Board of Directors has the authority to issue, without further action by the shareholders, up to an additional 1,667,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to fix the price, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions thereof, including dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, redemption prices, liquidation preferences and the number of shares constituting a series or the designation of such series. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing desirable flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions, financings and other corporate purposes, could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of the Company and may adversely affect the market price of, and the voting and other rights of, the holders of common stock. Additionally, the conversion of preferred stock into common stock may have a dilutive effect on the holders of common stock.
 
Our stock price has fluctuated and may continue to fluctuate widely.
 
The market price of our common stock has fluctuated substantially in the past. The market price of our common stock will continue to be subject to significant fluctuations in the future in response to a variety of factors, including:
 
 
·
the business environment, including the operating results and stock prices of companies in the industries we serve;
 
 
·
our liquidity needs and constraints;
 
 
·
changes in management and other personnel;
 
 
·
trading on the OTC Bulletin Board;
 
 
·
fluctuations in operating results;
 
 
·
future announcements concerning our business or that of our competitors or customers;
 
 
·
the introduction of new products or changes in product pricing policies by us or our competitors;
 
 
·
developments in the financial markets;
 
 
·
general conditions in the consulting industry; and
 
 
·
perceived dilution from stock issuances for acquisitions, our 2004 equity private placement financing and convertible preferred stock and other transactions.
 
Furthermore, stock prices for many companies fluctuate widely for reasons that may be unrelated to their operating results. Those fluctuations and general economic, political and market conditions, such as recessions, terrorist or other military actions, or international currency fluctuations, as well as public perception of equity values of publicly-traded companies may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.


None.


At December 31, 2006 we leased office space as follows:

 
·
Approximately 32,000 square feet of office space at 625 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, which has been our main corporate office since 1987. This office also serves as the principal office of our On-Demand Business Research business segment. The lease is subject to standard escalation clauses, and expires in June 2013. Basic annual rent expense, determined on the straight-line basis over the term of the lease, is approximately $926,000.
 
·
Approximately 8,800 square feet in Arlington, VA which is the principal location of Signia which represents our Strategic Intelligence segment. The lease is subject to standard escalation clauses, and expires in September 2011. Basic annual rent expense, determined on the straight-line basis over the term of the lease, is approximately $256,000.
 
·
Approximately 8,900 square feet in Boston, MA which is the principal location of Atlantic which is part of our Custom Market Research segment. The lease is subject to standard escalation clauses, and expires in November 2007. Basic annual rent expense, determined on the straight-line basis over the term of the lease, is approximately $78,000.
 
·
Approximately 7,900 square feet in Bloomington, MN which is the principal location of Teltech which represents our Product Development Intelligence segment. The lease is subject to standard escalation clauses, and expires in November 2009. Basic annual rent expense, determined on the straight-line basis over the term of the lease, is approximately $139,000.
 
 
·
Approximately 4,000 square feet in Chicago, IL which is a satellite office of Guideline Research which is part of our Custom Market Research segment. The lease is subject to standard escalation clauses, and expires in January 2009. Basic annual rent expense, determined on the straight-line basis over the term of the lease, is approximately $81,000.
 

From time to time, we are subject to ordinary routine litigation incidental to our normal business operations. We are not currently a party to, and our property is not subject to, any material legal proceedings. However, in the future, we or our property may become subject to litigation, which if decided adversely to us, may have a material adverse effect on us.


None



Our common stock, par value $.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) is traded on the Over The Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol “GDLN.OB”. There were approximately 715 common shareholders of record on April 9, 2007. We currently do not, and do not intend in the future, to pay cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future, and we are restricted from doing so under the terms of our debt agreements including, without limitation, our senior credit facility. For more information, please see Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and Note 9 “Notes Payable” to the financial statements contained elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Cash generated from operations will be used for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions and supporting organic growth.

The following table sets forth the range of high and low bids of our Common Stock for the calendar quarters indicated. The quotes listed below reflect inter-dealer prices or transactions solely between market-makers, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions. In April 2001, due to its failure to comply with NASDAQ’s $1.00 minimum bid price requirement, our shares of Common Stock were delisted. Trading has since continued to be conducted on the Over The Counter Bulletin Board.

Price Range
 
High
 
Low
 
2006
         
1st Quarter
    1.35    
1.13
 
2nd Quarter
    1.75     1.06  
3rd Quarter
    1.60     1.15  
4th Quarter
    1.80     1.25  
               
2005
             
1st Quarter
    1.85     1.41  
2nd Quarter
    1.48     1.22  
3rd Quarter
    1.55     1.07  
4th Quarter
    1.29     0.97  
 
 
Performance Graph
 
 

We did not purchase any shares of our common stock during the Company’s fourth quarter of 2006.
 

The following table sets forth our selected financial data as of and for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002. The selected financial data set forth below has been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes for the respective fiscal years. The selected financial data should be read in conjunction with “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation” contained in Part II, Item 7 of this report as well as our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this report. These historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected in the future.

Statements of Operations
 
   
Years Ended December 31,
 
   
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
2003
 
2002
 
Revenues
 
$
46,285
 
$
43,034
 
$
38,437
 
$
31,569
 
$
20,828
 
Operating income (loss)
   
917
   
983
   
(256
)
 
(169
)
 
(1,683
)
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change
   
938
   
452
   
(1,945
)
 
(947
)
 
(1,875
)
Cumulative effect of accounting change1
   
96
   
   
   
   
 
Net income (loss)
   
1,034
   
452
   
(1,945
)
 
(947
)
 
(1,875
)
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders 2
   
970
   
412
   
(2,098
)
 
(1,227
)
 
(1,875
)
                               
Income (loss) per common share:
                               
Basic and Diluted
   
0.05
   
0.02
   
(0.12
)
 
(0.10
)
 
(0.18
)
Weighted average number of common shares:
                               
Basic
   
20,678
   
20,046
   
17,213
   
11,766
   
10,139
 
Diluted
   
20,678
   
21,631
   
17,213
   
11,766
   
10,139
 
Cash dividends paid per common share
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
 
 
Balance Sheet Data
    
   
As of December 31
 
   
(in thousands)
 
 
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
2003
 
2002
 
Working capital (current assets less current liabilities) 3
 
$
(211
)
$
281
 
$
2,832
 
$
(2,066
)
$
(43
)
Total assets
   
40,166
   
37,842
   
30,022
   
22,968
   
9,414
 
Long-term notes payable, excluding current amounts
   
2,384
   
3,389
   
-
   
3,170
   
1,200
 
Shareholders' equity1
   
23,209
   
21,328
   
18,120
   
7,370
   
3,589
 
                               
 

1 Included in net income for 2006 is the cumulative effect of accounting change of $96,000 recorded in conjunction with the adoption of SFAS 123(R)
 
2 Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders is the result of accretion on redeemable common stock and accrued preferred dividends for 2005, 2004 and 2003 only. Accretion on redeemable common stock exists when the fair value of redeemable common stock exceeds the original amount of $727,000 at the balance sheet date. As of December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, the fair value of the redeemable common stock was zero, $1,090,000 and $977,000, respectively, resulting in zero, $113,000 and $250,000 of accretion for the years then ended. The maximum fair value of the redeemable common stock was $1,090,000, as defined. Beginning at April 1, 2003, the Guideline Research acquisition date, preferred dividends are accrued at 8% per annum on the $500,000 preferred stock redemption value. At December 31, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003, accrued dividends amounted to $174,000, $110,000, $70,000 and $30,000, respectively.
 
3 Working capital includes $4,351,000, $4,311,000, $3,472,000, $3,612,000 and $1,476,000 of unearned income as of December 31, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Such amounts reflect amounts billed, but not yet earned.
 

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with “Selected Financial Data” as well as our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

General

Guideline is a single-source provider of customized business research and analysis. Through our end-to-end continuum of On-Demand Business Research, Custom Market Research, Strategic Intelligence and Product Development Intelligence, our research analysts create integrated solutions that enable clients to make informed decisions to address their critical business needs. We specialize in nearly all major industries, including healthcare and pharmaceuticals, financial services, advertising and professional services, industrial, consumer and retail, food and beverage, media and entertainment and chemicals. In many cases, we function as our customers’ primary information and business intelligence resource on an outsourced basis, especially among the growing universe of companies that have downsized their internal research staffs and information resources. In other cases, we serve as a reliable supplemental resource to customers’ internal capabilities.
 
The Company manages its research and business advisory services in the following four business segments: On-Demand Business Research, Strategic Intelligence, Custom Market Research and Product Development Intelligence. Upon the Company’s acquisition of Signia on April 1, 2005, the operations and financial results of Signia were integrated into the business segment known as Strategic Intelligence. Upon the Company’s acquisition of Atlantic on April 1, 2005, the operations and financial results of Atlantic were integrated into the business segment known as Custom Market Research. References to “Corporate” and “Other” in our financial statements refer to the portion of assets and activities that are not allocated to a segment.
 
 
On April 1, 2005 we acquired each of Atlantic and Signia, and each of Atlantic’s and Signia’s results of operations are included in our results of operations from such date.
 
Results of Operations - Calendar Year 2006 Compared to Calendar Year 2005

The following represents the Company’s analysis of its results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared with the year ended December 31, 2005:

   
Years Ended December 31,
 
   
(in thousands)
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
$ Change
 
% Change
 
Revenues
                 
On-Demand Business Research
 
$
14,387
 
$
15,850
 
$
(1,463
)
 
(9.23
)%
Strategic Intelligence
   
4,584
   
4,157
   
427
   
10.27
%
Custom Market Research
   
17,530
   
14,410
   
3,120
   
21.65
%
Product Development Intelligence
   
9,784
   
8,617
   
1,167
   
13.54
%
Total revenues
 
$
46,285
 
$
43,034
 
$
3,251
   
7.55
%
                           
Direct costs
 
$
27,960
 
$
25,708
 
$
2,252
   
8.76
%
                           
Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
$
17,408
 
$
16,343
 
$
1,065
   
6.52
%
                           
Operating income
 
$
917
 
$
983
 
$
(66
)
 
(6.71
)%
                           
Gain on sale of investments
 
$
772
 
$
226
 
$
546
   
241.59
%
                           
Interest expense
 
$
601
 
$
401
 
$
200
   
49.88
%
                           
Income tax provision
 
$
161
 
$
211
 
$
(50
)
 
(23.7)
%
                           
Net income attributable to common shareholders
 
$
970
 
$
412
 
$
558
   
135.441
%
   
 
Revenues

Revenues increased from $43,034,000 in 2005 to $46,285,000 in 2006, which represents a 7.6% increase. See below for more details regarding this increase.

On-Demand Business Research
 
On-Demand Business Research revenues, which result from annual retainer contracts paid by clients on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis, decreased by $1,463,000, or 9.23%, from $15,850,000 in 2005 to $14,387,000 in 2006. The decrease from 2005 to 2006 was a result of 172 cancellations that were not sufficiently offset by an increase in new client business despite increased retainer rates. We believe that our failure to generate sufficient new sales to offset client cancellations resulted primarily from our replacement in 2005 of the direct sales force that had previously been responsible for selling new subscriptions with a four person telesales staff, as well as from the perception among certain customers and prospects that they can satisfy their day-to-day research needs internally through the use of the internet.
 
Strategic Intelligence

Strategic Intelligence revenues, which result from more in-depth research and consulting engagements, increased by $427,000, or 10.27%, from $4,157,000 in 2005 to $4,584,000 in 2006. The increase from 2005 to 2006 was a result of Signia which was not acquired until April 1, 2005 and the subsequent integration of Signia’s operations and financial results into this business segment.
Custom Market Research

Custom Market Research revenues, which result from custom market research consulting engagements, such as market surveys and focus groups, increased by $3,120,000, or 21.65%, from $14,410,000 in 2005 to $17,530,000 in 2006. Approximately $1,601,000 of the increase in revenue was because our Atlantic Research subsidiary was not acquired until April 1, 2005. The balance of the increase was primarily due to an increase of approximately $1,015,000 in revenue from the Company’s Custom Market Research business in Boston due to a greater volume of projects across all sectors. In addition, another $504,000 revenue increase resulted from an increase in business volume from existing clients primarily in the pharmaceutical and legal sectors.

Product Development Intelligence

Product Development Intelligence revenues, which result from on-demand research, outsourced information services and in-depth projects, increased by $1,167,000, or 13.54%, from $8,617,000 in 2005 to $9,784,000 in 2006. This was primarily the result of significant growth in its Litigation Support business, which was launched in January 2005, as well as an increase in the volume of in-depth consulting engagements, partially offset by a decrease in deposit and outsourced revenues due to lower usage.
 
Direct Costs

Direct costs, which are those costs directly related to generating revenue, such as direct labor, expenses incurred on behalf of clients and the costs of electronic resources and databases, increased by $2,252,000, or 8.76%, from $25,708,000 in 2005 to $27,960,000 in 2006. Direct costs represented 60.41% and 59.74% of revenues in 2006 and 2005, respectively. The increase in total direct costs was primarily the result of the acquisitions of Atlantic and Signia (total direct costs of both Atlantic and Signia were $5,272,000 for the year ended December 31, 2005 and $7,503,000 for the year ended December 31, 2006.) Exclusive of Atlantic and Signia, direct costs increased by $21,000, from $20,436,000 in 2005 to $20,457,000 in 2006. This increase was primarily due to an increase in direct labor, including stock compensation expense, of $212,000 and an increase in depreciation of $45,000, partially offset by a decrease in purchases made on behalf of clients, including the cost paid to content providers, of $167,000 and decreases in rent and photocopy charges totaling $70,000.
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $1,065,000, or 6.52%, from $16,343,000, or 37.98% of revenue, in 2005 to $17,408,000, or 37.61% of revenue, in 2006.  The increase in total selling, general and administrative expenses was partially a result of the acquisitions of Atlantic and Signia (total selling, general and administrative expenses of both Atlantic and Signia were $2,128,000 for the year ended December 31, 2005 and $2,392,000 for the year ended December 31, 2006). Exclusive of Atlantic and Signia, selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $801,000, or 5.63%, from $14,215,000 in 2005 to $15,016,000 in 2006. This increase was due primarily to an increase in indirect labor costs, including stock compensation expense, of $682,000, an increase in depreciation and amortization of $131,000, an increase in M&A related expenses of $400,000 and a general increase in operating expenses, partially offset by a decrease in severance and related charges of $746,000.
 
Operating income

Operating income for 2006 was $917,000, as compared with operating income of $983,000 for 2005, a decline of $66,000. This decline in operating income was a result of increases in direct costs and selling, general and administrative expenses, partially offset by increases in revenues. See discussion above for further details.

Gain on sale of investments

In August 2006, the Company received approximately $626,000, representing its share of the initial distribution of proceeds from the sale of Strategic Research Institute LLC (“SRI”). There is the possibility that future proceeds may be received from funds held in escrow reserved for possible claims against the seller’s representations and warranties. The Company cannot determine at this time whether such proceeds will be received or what amount they could be. The Company had a 9.1% interest in SRI, and it shared in profits of SRI, but did not share in losses. SRI is a business conference and event company.

On November 28, 2005, the Company sold its investment in FIND.COM LLC to Scientigo, Inc. The sale proceeds to the Company consisted of $250,000 in cash, $150,000 in Scientigo common stock at $1.3325 per share, a secured promissory note for $100,000 and a 49% interest in Tigo Search, Inc. The Company recorded a gain on sale of investments of $226,000. During 2006, the Company recorded a further gain on sale of investments related to the sale of FIND.COM LLC of $146,000.

Interest expense
 
Interest expense increased by $200,000 from $401,000 in 2005 to $601,000 in 2006. The increase was due to a higher balance outstanding under the Revolving Facility, offset by a reduction in the balance outstanding under the Term Facility. Furthermore, the Term and Revolving Facilities were only in effect for a portion of 2005. Also, the variable nature of the LIBOR interest agreements also served to increase interest expense. For the Term Note and Revolving Facility, LIBOR rates ranged from 7.47% to 8.36% and 6.12% to 7.11% for 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Income Taxes 

The $161,000 income tax provision for the year ended December 31, 2006 represents 14.65% of the income before provision for income taxes. The difference between this rates and the statutory rate primarily relates to the benefit taken and release of valuation allowance of $635,000 related to federal, state and local income taxes, as a result of available net operating loss carryforwards partially offset by expenses that are not deductible for income tax purposes.

The $211,000 income tax provision for the year ended December 31, 2005 represents 31.8% of the income before provision for income taxes. The difference between this rate and the statutory rate primarily relates to expenses that are not deductible for income tax purposes and reflects the utilization of net operating loss carryforwards.

Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders

Net income attributable to common shareholders for 2006 was $970,000, as compared with net income attributable to common shareholders of $412,000 for 2005. Included in net income for 2006 is the cumulative effect of accounting change of $96,000 in conjunction with the adoption of SFAS 123(R), the $626,000 of proceeds received from SRI and the gain related to the sale of FIND.COM LLC of $146,000.

Net income attributable to common shareholders for 2005 was $412,000, as compared with a net loss attributable to common shareholders of ($2,098,000) for 2004. Included in net income for 2005 is a gain on sale of assets of $226,000 related to the sale of FIND.COM LLC.
 
Results of Operations - Calendar Year 2005 Compared to Calendar Year 2004

The following represents the Company’s analysis of its results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2005 as compared with the year ended December 31, 2004:

   
Years Ended December 31,
 
   
(in thousands)
 
 
2005
 
2004
 
$ Change
 
% Change
 
Revenues
                 
On-Demand Business Research
 
$
15,850
 
$
16,904
 
$
(1,054
)
 
(6.24
)%
Strategic Intelligence
   
4,157
   
1,936
   
2,221
   
114.72
%
Custom Market Research
   
14,410
   
11,371
   
3,039
   
26.73
%
Product Development Intelligence
   
8,617
   
8,226
   
391
   
4.75
%
Total revenues
 
$
43,034
 
$
38,437
 
$
4,597
   
11.96
%
                           
Direct costs
 
$
25,708
 
$
22,384
 
$
3,324
   
14.85
%
                           
Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
$
16,343
 
$
16,309
 
$
34
   
0.21
%
                           
Operating income (loss)
 
$
983
 
$
(256
)
$
1,239
   
483.98
%
                           
Gain on sale of assets
 
$
226
 
$
92
 
$
164
   
145.65
%
                           
Interest expense
 
$
401
 
$
1,609
 
$
(1,208
)
 
(75.08
)%
                           
Income tax provision
 
$
211
 
$
 
$
211
   
100
%
                           
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders
 
$
412
 
$
(2,098
)
$
2,510
   
119.64
%
   

Revenues

Revenues increased from $38,437,000 in 2004 to $43,034,000 in 2005, which represents a 12.0% increase. This increase was primarily due to the acquisitions of Signia Partners and Atlantic Research and Consulting on April 1, 2005. See below for more details regarding this increase.

On-Demand Business Research
 
On-Demand Business Research revenues, which result from annual retainer contracts paid by clients on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis, decreased by $1,054,000, or 6.2%, from $16,904,000 in 2004 to $15,850,000 in 2005. The decrease from 2004 to 2005 was a result of 260 cancellations that were not sufficiently offset by an increase in new client business despite increased retainer rates. We believe that our failure to generate sufficient new sales to offset client cancellations resulted primarily from our replacement in 2005 of the direct sales force that had previously been responsible for selling new subscriptions with a two person telesales staff, as well as from the perception among certain customers and prospects that they can satisfy their day-to-day research needs internally through the use of the internet.

Strategic Intelligence

Strategic Intelligence revenues, which result from more in-depth research and consulting engagements, increased by $2,221,000, or 114.7%, from $1,936,000 in 2004 to $4,157,000 in 2005. The increase from 2004 to 2005 was a result of the acquisition of Signia on April 1, 2005 and the subsequent integration of Signia’s operations and financial results into this business segment.

Custom Market Research

Custom Market Research revenues, which result from custom market research consulting engagements, such as market surveys and focus groups, increased by $3,039,000, or 26.7%, from $11,371,000 in 2004 to $14,410,000 in 2005. This increase was due to the acquisition of Atlantic on April 1, 2005 and the inclusion from that date of $4,882,000 of revenues from Atlantic partially offset by a revenue decrease of $1,843,000 at the Company’s Guideline Research business. The revenue decrease at Guideline Research resulted from the combination of delays on the part of certain customers in commencing new projects, as well as reduced demand within certain customers and markets.

Product Development Intelligence

Product Development Intelligence revenues, which result from on-demand research, outsourced information services and in-depth projects, increased by $391,000, or 4.8%, from $8,226,000 in 2004 to $8,617,000 in 2005. This was primarily the result of the introduction in January 2005 of a new Litigation Support business, which provides customers with access to subject-matter experts to support customer litigation activities, as well as an increase in in-depth consulting engagements, partially offset by a decrease in deposit and outsourced revenues due to lower usage.

Direct Costs

Direct costs, which are those costs directly related to generating revenue, such as direct labor, expenses incurred on behalf of clients and the costs of electronic resources and databases, increased by $3,324,000, or 14.9%, from $22,384,000 in 2004 to $25,708,000 in 2005. Direct costs represented 59.7% and 58.2% of revenues in 2005 and 2004, respectively. The increase in total direct costs was primarily the result of the acquisitions of Atlantic and Signia (total direct costs since the date of acquisition of both Atlantic and Signia were $5,272,000, which are included in the year ended December 31, 2005.) Exclusive of Atlantic and Signia, direct costs decreased by $1,948,000, from $22,384,000 in 2004 to $20,436,000 in 2005. This decrease was primarily due to the decreases in revenue in the Company’s On-Demand Business Research segment as well as the Guideline Research portion of the Company’s Custom Market Research segment, a decrease in purchases made on behalf of clients, including the cost paid to content providers, of $1,584,000, and decreases in royalties, photocopy charges and direct labor, including stock compensation expense, totaling $364,000.
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $34,000, or less than 1.0%, from $16,309,000, or 42.4% of revenue, in 2004 to $16,343,000, or 38.0% of revenue, in 2005. The increase in total selling, general and administrative expenses was partially a result of the acquisitions of Atlantic and Signia (total selling, general and administrative expenses since the date of acquisition of both Atlantic and Signia were $2,128,000, which are included in the year ended December 31, 2005). Exclusive of Atlantic and Signia, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $2,094,000, or 12.8%, to $14,215,000 in 2005. This decrease was due primarily to a decrease in indirect labor costs, including stock compensation expense, of $1,769,000, a decrease in rent expense of $501,000 due to the abandonment of one of the Company’s leases in 2004, a decrease in business taxes of $89,000 and decreases in moving expenses and maintenance costs totaling $139,000, partially offset by an increase in severance and related charges of $91,000 primarily related to the Company’s restructuring of its sales force, an increase in depreciation and amortization of $350,000, and an increase in professional fees of $143,000.
 
Operating income

Operating income for 2005 was $983,000, as compared with operating loss of $256,000 for 2004, an improvement of $1,239,000. This improvement in operating income was a result of increases in revenue, partially offset by increases in direct costs and selling, general and administrative expenses. See discussion above for further details.

Gain on sale of assets

On November 28, 2005, the Company sold its investment in FIND.COM LLC to Scientigo, Inc. The sale proceeds to the Company consisted of $250,000 in cash, $150,000 in Scientigo common stock at $1.3325 per share, a secured promissory note for $100,000 and a 49% interest in Tigo Search, Inc. The Company recorded a gain on sale of assets of $226,000.

On April 21, 2004, the Company sold its Information Advisor newsletter business, which was part of the Company’s QCS segment, to Information Today. The decision to sell this business was based on the fact that it was a small, non-core, breakeven business that did not fit our growth model or strategy. The sale proceeds to the Company consisted of $52,500 in cash, $15,000 of free advertising, and the buyer’s assumption of an unearned income liability, less modest transaction expenses. The Company recorded a gain on sale of assets of $92,000.

Interest expense
 
Interest expense decreased by $1,208,000 from $1,609,000 in 2004 to $401,000 in 2005. The decrease was due to the repayment of all then outstanding debt in May 2004, offset by interest related to borrowing on our new credit facility with Fleet National Bank, a Bank of America company, entered into in March 2005. (See Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information regarding this credit facility.)

Income Taxes 

The $211,000 income tax provision for the year ended December 31, 2005 represents 31.8% of the income before provision for income taxes. The difference between this rate and the statutory rate primarily relates to expenses that are not deductible for income tax purposes and reflects the utilization of net operating loss carryforwards.

Given the Company’s previous history of recurring taxable losses, there was no income tax benefit recognized for the year ended December 31, 2004. Instead, the Company recorded a $721,000 tax valuation allowance in 2004, equal to what the income tax benefit would have been for the year. This valuation allowance was recorded as the Company determined, based on its past history of limited taxable income, that it was more likely than not that a portion of its deferred tax assets would not be realized during the carryforward period.
 
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Shareholders

Net income attributable to common shareholders for 2005 was $412,000, as compared with a net loss attributable to common shareholders of ($2,098,000) for 2004. Included in net income for 2005 is a gain on sale of assets of $226,000 related to the sale of FIND.COM LLC. Included in net loss for 2004 was an impairment on investment related to the Company’s investment in idealab! of $96,000, an equity loss on investment related to the Company’s investment in FIND.COM LLC of $94,000, offset by the gain on sale of the Information Advisor newsletter of $92,000.

Segment Data

The Company manages its research and business advisory services in the following four business segments: On-Demand Business Research, Strategic Intelligence, Custom Market Research and Product Development Intelligence. Upon the Company’s acquisition of Signia on April 1, 2005, the operations and financial results of Signia were integrated into the business segment known as Strategic Intelligence. Upon the Company’s acquisition of Atlantic on April 1, 2005, the operations and financial results of Atlantic were integrated into the business segment known as Custom Market Research. References to “Corporate” and “Other” in our financial statements refer to the portion of assets and activities that are not allocated to a segment.

   
Years Ended December 31,
 
       
(in thousands)
     
 
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
Revenues
             
On-Demand Business Research
 
$
14,387
 
$
15,850
 
$
16,904
 
Strategic Intelligence
   
4,584
   
4,157
   
1,936
 
Custom Market Research
   
17,530
   
14,410
   
11,371
 
Product Development Intelligence
   
9,784
   
8,617
   
8,226
 
Total revenues
 
$
46,285
 
$
43,034
 
$
38,437
 
Depreciation and amortization
                   
On-Demand Business Research
 
$
685
 
$
963
 
$
577
 
Strategic Intelligence
   
25
   
33
   
79
 
Custom Market Research
   
66
   
75
   
36
 
Product Development Intelligence
   
66
   
93
   
98
 
Total segment depreciation and amortization
   
842
   
1,164
   
790
 
Corporate and other2
   
708
   
186
   
141
 
Total depreciation and amortization
 
$
1,550
 
$
1,350
 
$
931
 
Operating income (loss)
                   
On-Demand Business Research
 
$
1,124
 
$
1,267
 
$
1,357
 
Strategic Intelligence
   
818
   
586
   
164
 
Custom Market Research
   
2,832
   
1,380
   
1,160
 
Product Development Intelligence
   
1,236
   
762
   
922
 
Segment operating income
   
6,010
   
3,995
   
3,603
 
Corporate and other 1,2
   
(5,093
)
 
(3,012
)
 
(3,859
)
Operating income (loss)
 
$
917
 
$
983
 
$
(256
)
Income (loss) before taxes1
                   
On-Demand Business Research
 
$
1,124
 
$
1,267
 
$
1,357
 
Strategic Intelligence
   
825
   
594
   
164
 
Custom Market Research
   
2,845
   
1,378
   
1,023
 
Product Development Intelligence
   
1,233
   
760
   
782
 
Segment income before taxes
   
6,027
   
3,999
   
3,326
 
Corporate and other 2
   
(4,928
)
 
(3,336
)
 
(5,271
)
Income (loss) before taxes
 
$
1,099
 
$
663
 
$
(1,945
)

 
Total Assets
             
On-Demand Business Research
 
$
1,653
 
$
2,731
       
Strategic Intelligence
   
1,794
   
2,203
       
Custom Market Research
   
4,788
   
4,262
       
Product Development Intelligence
   
4,303
   
3,519
       
Total segment assets
   
12,538
   
12,715
       
Corporate and other2
   
27,628
   
25,127
       
Total assets
 
$
40,166
 
$
37,842
       
Capital Expenditures
                   
On-Demand Business Research
 
$
89
 
$
133
 
$
186
 
Strategic Intelligence
   
2
   
45
   
8
 
Custom Market Research
   
126
   
114
   
23
 
Product Development Intelligence
   
53
   
   
62
 
Total segment capital expenditures
   
270
   
292
   
279
 
Corporate and other2
   
504
   
139
   
253
 
Total capital expenditures
 
$
774
 
$
431
 
$
532
 
 
1 Before the impact of cumulative effect from change in accounting principle.
2Represents assets and the effect of direct costs and selling, general and administrative expenses not attributable to a single segment.
 

Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)

The following table sets forth selected quarterly data for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 (in thousands, except per share data). The operating results are not indicative of results for any future period.

 
 
 
 
Quarter ended
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
 
 
Operating income
(loss)
 
 
Income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income taxes 1
 
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders
 
 
 
Income (loss) per share:
basic2 
 
 
 
Income (loss) per share:
diluted2 
 
March 31, 20063
 
$
11,256
 
$
334
 
$
201
 
$
269
 
$
0.01
 
$
0.01
 
June 30, 20063
   
11,962
   
586
   
411
   
365
   
0.02
   
0.02
 
September 30, 20063
   
11,453
   
423
   
908
   
481
   
0.02
   
0.02
 
December 31, 2006
   
11,614
   
(426
)
 
(397
)
 
(145
)
 
(0.00
)
 
(0.00
)
                                       
March 31, 2005
 
$
8,786
 
$
213
 
$
176
 
$
41
 
$
0.00
 
$
0.00
 
June 30, 2005
   
11,329
   
(482
)
 
(624
)
 
(577
)
 
(0.03
)
 
(0.03
)
September 30, 2005
   
11,433
   
800
   
651
   
435
   
0.02
   
0.02
 
December 31, 2005
   
11,486
   
452
   
460
   
513
   
0.03
   
0.02
 
                                       
1 Before the impact of cumulative effect from change in accounting principle.
2 Quarterly data is rounded and totals may or may not equal year end basic and diluted earnings per share.
3 Results for the Company for the first three quarters of 2006 were adjusted. (See "Application of SAB No. 108" within Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation).

As discussed in Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, during 2006 and 2005, the Company recorded a charge to operations of $52,000 and $778,000, respectively, related to severance payments to be made to former employees. Approximately $1,247,000 and $1,339,000 was recorded related to discretionary bonus arrangements in the quarter ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
Historically, our primary sources of liquidity and capital resources have been cash flow from retainer accounts (including prepaid retainer fees from clients) and borrowings. Cash balances were $2,939,000 and $2,697,000 at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Our working capital deficit position (current assets less current liabilities) at December 31, 2006 was $(211,000) as compared to our working capital position of $281,000 at December 31, 2005. Included in current liabilities is unearned retainer income of $4,351,000 and $4,311,000 as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Such amounts reflect amounts billed, but not yet earned.

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities was $3,542,000, $2,715,000 and $(1,078,000) in the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. In 2006, the most significant operating activities were: net income of $1,034,000, depreciation and amortization of $1,550,000, an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $1,688,000, compensation from option grants of $792,000, deferred income taxes of $161,000 and an increase in unearned revenue of $40,000, offset by an increase in accounts receivable of $976,000, application of SAB No. 108 of $447,000, a gain on sale of investments of $146,000 and a decrease in other liabilities of $352,000 and cash used for other general operating purposes. Receivables and unearned revenue are increasing as a result of increased profitability and the volume of projects that have commenced, driving cash provided by operations. In 2005, the most significant operating activities were: net income of $452,000, depreciation and amortization of $1,350,000, compensation from option grants of $631,000, deferred income taxes of $211,000, a decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets of $612,000, an increase in unearned retainer income of $418,000 and an unrealized loss on investment of $177,000, offset by an increase in accounts receivable of $1,031,000, a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $159,000, and a gain on sale of assets of $226,000. Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities in 2005 were also impacted by the acquisitions of Atlantic and Signia. In 2004, the most significant operating activities were: a net loss of $1,945,000, a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $1,349,000, an increase in prepaid expense of $320,000, an increase in other assets of $155,000, an increase in accounts receivable of $154,000, a decrease in unearned revenue of $140,000 and a decrease in deferred compensation of $126,000, partially offset by non-cash interest of $1,357,000, depreciation and amortization of $931,000 and compensation from option grants of $596,000.

Cash used in investing activities was $1,587,000, $9,932,000 and $2,033,000 in the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. In 2006 the primary use of cash was related to the payment of deferred consideration related to the acquisitions of Atlantic and Signia of $500,000 and $280,000, respectively. The primary use of cash in 2005 was related to the acquisition of Atlantic of $3,696,000, the acquisition of Signia of $3,645,000 and the payment of deferred consideration related to the acquisition of Guideline Research of $2,160,000. The primary use of cash in 2004 was the payment of deferred consideration related to the acquisition of Guideline Research of $1,127,000, and Teltech of $441,000. Capital expenditures during 2006, 2005 and 2004 were mainly for computer hardware upgrades, software purchases and related implementation and development, and leasehold improvements. Total capital expenditures were $779,000, $431,000 and $532,000 in the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. During the year ending December 31, 2007, we expect to spend approximately $780,000 for capital items, the major portions of which will be used for computer hardware and software upgrades and for leasehold improvements.

Cash (used in) provided by financing activities was $(1,713,000), $5,395,000 and $6,809,000 in the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. In 2006 the most significant financing activities were: the proceeds from borrowings under notes payable of $1,500,000 related to the drawing down of funds from and proceeds from the exercise of options and warrants of $425,000, offset by repayments under notes payable of $3,505,000 primarily related to payments on our revolving credit facility. In 2005, the most significant financing activities were: the proceeds from borrowings under notes payable of $8,500,000, offset by repayments under notes payable of $2,450,000 and increased deferred financing fees of $759,000. In 2004, the most significant financing activities were: the net proceeds obtained through the private placement of common stock in the aggregate amount of $12,168,000, proceeds from the exercise of stock options of $45,000 and proceeds obtained from borrowings under notes payable of $200,000, offset by principal payments under notes payable of $5,576,000 and payments under capital leases of $28,000.

On March 31, 2005, the Company entered into a new senior secured credit facility pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2005 (the “Credit Agreement”), between the Company and Fleet National Bank, a Bank of America company (the “Lender”). Funds under this facility were available to the Company as of April 1, 2005.

The Credit Agreement establishes a commitment to the Company to provide up to $9,000,000 in the aggregate of loans and other financial accommodations consisting of a senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $4,500,000 (the “Term Facility”) and a senior secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $4,500,000 (the “Revolving Facility” and, together with the Term Facility, the “Senior Secured Facilities”). The Revolving Facility includes a sublimit of up to an aggregate amount of $500,000 in letters of credit.

On April 1, 2005, the full amount of the Term Facility was drawn in a single drawing and applied, among other things, to (i) consummate the acquisition of Atlantic Research & Consulting, Inc., (ii) consummate the acquisition of Signia Partners Incorporated, and (iii) pay transaction-related costs and expenses with respect to such acquisitions.

The aggregate principal amount of the Term Facility is payable in twenty (20) consecutive quarterly principal installments, the first nineteen (19) of which are each in the amount of $225,000 and payable on the first day of each January, April, July and October, commencing July 1, 2005 through and including April 1, 2010, and the final and twentieth (20th) such principal installment is payable on April 1, 2010 and is in an amount equal to the entire then remaining outstanding principal balance, together with all accrued and unpaid interest.

As of December 31, 2006, $3,150,000 remains outstanding under the Term Facility, and $1,000,000 is outstanding under the Revolving Facility. Accrued but unpaid interest related to the Term Facility and the Revolving Facility is approximately $32,000 as of December 31, 2006. The Term Facility bears interest at LIBOR plus 3%, which was 8.35% at December 31, 2006 based on the LIBOR contract in effect at that time. The Revolving Facility bears interest at LIBOR plus 2.75%, which was 8.10% at December 31, 2006 based on separate LIBOR contracts in effect at that time. Interest expense related to the Term Facility was $292,000 for the year ended December 31, 2006. Interest expense related to the Revolving Facility was $109,000 for the year ended December 31, 2006. During 2005, the Company incurred $760,000 in closing and other transaction costs related to the Senior Secured Facilities, which are amortized to interest expense over the duration of the Term Facility. Amortization of deferred financing fees was $152,000 for the year ended December 31, 2006, and is included in interest expense.

Loans under the Revolving Facility will be made available until the earlier of (i) April 1, 2008, and (ii) the date of termination of the commitment of the Lender to make revolving credit loans and of the obligation of the Lender to make letter of credit extensions.

The Credit Agreement contains certain restrictions on the conduct of the Company’s business, including, without limitation, restrictions on incurring debt, making certain restricted payments (any dividend or other distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, with respect to any stock or stock equivalents of the Company or any subsidiary), disposing of certain assets, making investments; exceeding certain agreed upon capital expenditures; creating or suffering liens; completing certain mergers, consolidations and sales of assets, redeeming or prepaying other debt; and certain transactions with affiliates, subject in each case to any applicable exceptions or thresholds contained in the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement also contains financial covenants that require the Company to maintain certain leverage and fixed charge ratios and a minimum net worth.

All obligations under the Senior Secured Facilities are secured by a security interest in substantially all of the personal property of the Company.

The Company received a waiver from Fleet National Bank as of December 31, 2006 with respect to the Net Income covenant of the Credit Agreement, but was in compliance with all other covenants. The Company expects to be in compliance with all covenants in 2007.

In November 2005, the Company entered into a loan agreement with a vendor for the purchase of a customer relationship management system. The loan agreement is for $343,957 plus interest at a rate of 9% per annum, to be paid over a 36-month period, in monthly installments of $10,938, with the first payment due in January 2006. As of December 31, 2006, $239,000 remains outstanding under this agreement.

During May 2004, the Company repaid the $1,100,000 then outstanding balance on a term note with JP Morgan Chase Bank (the “Term Note”), of which $400,000 was previously classified as current. During the first quarter of 2004, the Company also paid its then scheduled principal payment of $100,000. Interest expense related to the Term Note amounted to $24,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The Term Note was terminated effective March 31, 2005.
 
Prior to the Senior Secured Facilities, the Company maintained a $1,000,000 line of credit with JP Morgan Chase Bank (the “Line of Credit”). During May 2004, the Company repaid the $876,000 then outstanding balance. Interest expense related to the Line of Credit amounted to $13,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The Line of Credit was terminated effective March 31, 2005, and all liens and encumbrances related to the Term Note and the Line of Credit were released.

We believe that our cash and cash equivalents on hand, cash generated from operations and collections of our accounts receivable, and the availability of the Revolving Facility with the Lender is adequate to satisfy our working capital requirements for the foreseeable future.

Contractual Obligations

The following table includes aggregate information about our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2006 and the periods in which payments are due: 

   
As of December 31, 2006
 
 
Total
 
Less than 1 year
 
1 - 3 years
 
3 - 5 years
 
After 5 years
 
Non-cancelable operating lease commitments
 
$
8,057,000
 
$
1,452,000
 
$
2,671,000
 
$
2,409,000
 
$
1,525,000
 
Long-term capital lease commitments
   
48,000
   
48,000
   
   
   
 
Notes payable 1
   
4,388,000
   
2,014,000
   
1,924,000
   
450,000
   
 
Employment contracts
   
653,000
   
653,000
   
   
   
 
 
$
13,146,000
 
$
4,167,000
 
$
4,595,000
 
$
2,859,000
 
$
1,525,000
 
                                 
1 Does not include interest. Under the terms of the Credit Facility, interest is based on LIBOR contracts, and is therefore variable. At December 31, 2006 there was $3,150,000 under the Term Facility at an interest rate of 8.349% and $1,000,000 outstanding under the Revolving Facility at an interest rate of 8.1%.
 
 
See Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding contingent payments related to the acquisitions of Atlantic and Signia.

Inflation

We have in the past been able to increase the price of our products and services sufficiently to offset the effects of inflation on direct costs, however, there are no guarantees that we will be able to do so in the future.

Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements

As of December 31, 2006, we did not have any off-balance-sheet arrangements.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operation are based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. Our preparation of our financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect reported amounts of assets, liabilities and revenues and expenses. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, allowances for doubtful accounts, useful lives of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, goodwill, deferred tax asset valuation allowances, valuation of non-marketable equity securities and other accrued expenses. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions, which we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that may not be readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions and conditions. We have identified the accounting policies below as critical to our business operations and the understanding of our results of operations.

Revenue Recognition

Approximately 44% of the Company’s 2006 revenues were derived from subscription contracts with customers, including approximately 96% of the revenues of the On-Demand Business Research business segment and approximately 46% of the revenues of the Product Development Intelligence business segment. The remaining 61% of the Company’s 2006 revenues consisted of market research projects, in-depth consulting projects and outsourced information services.

The Company’s subscription services are provided under two different types of subscription contracts - retainer contracts and deposit contracts. Retainer contracts, which are used primarily by On-Demand Business Research, charge customers fixed monthly subscription fees to access On-Demand Business Research services, and revenues are recognized ratably over the term of each subscription. Retainer fees are required to be paid in advance by customers on either a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis, and all billed amounts relating to future periods are recorded as an unearned retainer income liability on the Company’s balance sheet. In the case of deposit contracts, which are used primarily by the Product Development Intelligence business segment, a customer pays a fixed annual fee, which entitles it to access any of the Company’s service offerings throughout the contract period, up to the total amount of the annual deposit fee. Since deposit account customers can “spend” their contract fee at any time within the annual contract period, deposit account revenues are only recognized within the contract period as services are actually provided to customers, with any unused deposit amounts recognized as revenue in the final month of the contract. As with retainer fees, deposit contract fees are required to be paid in advance, primarily annually, and any billed amounts relating to future periods are recorded as unearned retainer income, a current liability on the Company’s balance sheet.

With regard to the Company’s non-subscription based services, including custom market research, in-depth consulting and outsourced information services, revenues are recognized primarily on a percentage-of-completion basis using the costs to total estimated costs method. The Company typically enters into discrete contracts with customers for these services on a project-by-project basis. Payment milestones differ from contract to contract based on the client and the type of work performed. Generally, the Company invoices a client for a portion of a project in advance of work performed, with the balance invoiced throughout the fulfillment period and/or after the work is completed. However, revenue and costs are only recognized to the extent of each contract’s percentage-of-completion. Any revenue earned in excess of billings is recorded as a current asset on the Company’s balance sheet, while any billings in excess of revenue earned, which represent billed amounts relating to future periods, are recorded as unearned revenue, a current liability on the Company’s balance sheet. Losses on such contracts are recognized when probable.

Goodwill and Intangibles
 
Goodwill consists of the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net assets of businesses acquired. Effective January 1, 2002 we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” under which goodwill is no longer amortized. Instead, goodwill is evaluated for impairment using a two-step process that is performed at least annually (July 1st for goodwill related to our Guideline Research, Teltech, Atlantic and Signia businesses) and whenever events or circumstances indicate impairment may have occurred. The first step is a comparison of the fair value of an internal reporting unit with its carrying amount including goodwill. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, goodwill of the reporting unit is not considered impaired and the second step is unnecessary. If the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, a second test is performed to measure the amount of impairment by comparing the carrying amount of the goodwill to a determination of the implied value of the goodwill. If the carrying amount of the goodwill is greater than the implied value, an impairment loss is recognized for the difference. The implied value of the goodwill is determined as of the test date by performing a purchase price allocation as if the reporting unit had just been acquired, using currently estimated fair values of the individual assets and liabilities of the reporting unit, together with an estimate of the fair value of the reporting unit taken as a whole. The estimate of the fair value of the reporting unit is based upon information available regarding prices of similar groups of assets, or other valuation techniques including present value techniques based upon estimates of future cash flow.

Intangible Assets, including customer relationships, trademarks and other intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives unless they are deemed to have indefinite useful lives. Upon the adoption of SFAS 142, intangible assets deemed to have indefinite useful lives, such as trade names, are not amortized and are subject to annual impairment tests (July 1st for intangibles related to our Guideline Research, Teltech, Atlantic and Signia businesses). An impairment exists if the carrying value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds its fair value. For other intangible assets subject to amortization, an impairment is recognized if the carrying amount is not recoverable and the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the intangible asset. Amortizable intangibles are tested for impairment if a triggering event occurs.
 
Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis and operating losses and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using currently enacted tax rates. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. We have tax loss carryforwards that have been recognized as assets on our balance sheet. These assets are subject to expiration from 2013 to 2023. Realization of the net deferred tax assets is dependent on future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences and adequate future taxable income, exclusive of reversing temporary differences and carryforwards. In 2004 and 2003, after we performed an analysis of our deferred tax assets and projected future taxable income, valuation allowances were provided for various carryforward tax operating loss assets, as we determined then that it was more likely than not that these assets may not be fully realized during the carryforward period. In 2006, after performing analyses on our deferred tax assets, we released these valuation allowances as we determined then that it was more likely than not that these assets will be fully realized during the carryforward period.

Non-Marketable Equity Securities

The Company’s investment in Scientigo, Inc. is valued at $49,000 as of December 31, 2006. This security is accounted for under the fair value method, where unrealized gains or losses are recorded as comprehensive income or loss in equity as the above securities are considered to be available for sale securities.
 
The preferred share securities in idealab! is an investment in a start-up enterprise. As of December 31, 2006, the carrying value of these preferred share securities is $22,500. It is reasonably possible in the near term that our estimate of the net realizable value of the preferred shares will be less than the carrying value of the preferred shares.

Application of SAB No. 108

In September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 (“SAB No. 108”), “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements.” SAB No. 108 addresses how the effects of prior year uncorrected misstatements should be considered when quantifying misstatements in current year financial statements. SAB No. 108 requires companies to quantify misstatements using a Rollover and Iron Curtain approach and to evaluate whether either approach results in quantifying an error that is material in light of relevant quantitative and qualitative factors. When the effect of initial adoption is material, companies will record the effect as a cumulative effect adjustment to beginning of year retained earnings. The Company has historically used the Rollover Method. The provisions of SAB No. 108 are effective for the Company for the year ended December 31, 2006. In connection with the application of SAB No. 108, the Company has recorded a $447,000 charge to retained earnings which relates to (i) a $300,000 overstatement of deferred tax assets that accumulated over several previous years and, (ii) a $147,000 understatement of accrued expenses related to travel costs as of December 31, 2005.
 
The nature of the adjustments and the impact on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2006 are presented below:

   
Increase (Decrease)
 
   
 
Accrued expenses
and other
 
 
 
Deferred tax assets
 
 
 
Retained earnings
 
               
Overstatement of deferred tax assets (1)
 
$
--
 
$
(300,000
)
$
(300,000
)
Understatement of accrued expenses (2)
   
147,000
   
--
   
(147,000
)
   
$
147,000
 
$
(300,000
)
$
(447,000
)
                     
(1) The Company adjusted the tax basis of property, plant and equipment by reducing deferred tax assets as a result of an overstatement of these deferred tax assets that accumulated over several previous years.
(2) The Company recorded travel expenses incurred in 2005 as an expense in 2006 when these expenses were paid. If the criteria in SAB No. 108 were applied, these expenses should have been recorded in 2005.

 
 
Adoption of SFAS No. 123R

In December 2004, the FASB issued the revised Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123, “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123 (R)”), which the Company adopted on January 1, 2006. SFAS 123 (R) requires compensation costs related to share-based payment transactions to be recognized in the financial statements. Generally, compensation cost will be measured based on the grant-date fair value of the equity or liability instruments issued. In addition, liability awards will be remeasured each reporting period. Compensation cost will be recognized over the requisite service period, generally as the award vests. As a result of adopting SFAS 123(R), the Company recognized an after-tax gain of $96,000 ($96,000 pre-tax), with an impact on basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.00, as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle attributable to the requirement to estimate forfeitures at the grant date instead of recognizing them as incurred. The adoption of SFAS 123(R) did not otherwise have a material effect on the 2006 consolidated financial statements.

New Accounting Pronouncements

The FASB issued SFAS Statement No. 157 (“SFAS No. 157”), “Fair Value Measurements” in September 2006. This standard provides guidance on how to measure fair value where it is permitted or required under other accounting pronouncements. SFAS No. 157 also requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. The Company will adopt SFAS No. 157 on January 1, 2008, and is currently assessing the impact of this standard.

In July 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which will become effective for the Company on January 1, 2007. The Interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The amount recognized is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of the adoption of FIN 48 on its financial statements.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159 (“SFAS 159”), The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, providing companies with an option to report selected financial assets and liabilities at fair value. SFAS 159’s objective is to reduce both complexity in accounting for financial instruments and the volatility in earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently. Accounting principles generally accepted within the United States has required different measurement attributes for different assets and liabilities that can create artificial volatility in earnings. SFAS 159 helps to mitigate this type of accounting-induced volatility by enabling companies to report related assets and liabilities at fair value, which would likely reduce the need for companies to comply with detailed rules for hedge accounting. SFAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between companies that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of asset and liabilities. SFAS 159 requires companies to provide additional information that will help investors and other users of financial statements to more easily understand the effect of the Company’s choice to use fair value on its earnings. It also requires entities to display the fair value of those assets and liabilities for which the Company has chosen to use fair value on the face of the balance sheet. SFAS 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of SFAS 159 on its financial statements.
 
Acquisitions

Atlantic Research & Consulting

On April 1, 2005, the Company acquired all of the capital stock of Atlantic Research & Consulting, Inc. as per the Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Atlantic Purchase Agreement”) between the Company and Peter Hooper (“Hooper”), as the sole stockholder of Atlantic. The consideration for this acquisition consisted of $3,600,000 in cash paid at closing, 312,598 shares of common stock, and an aggregate of up to $2,250,000 in deferred consideration payable in cash over three years, which deferred payments are contingent upon Atlantic achieving certain prescribed amounts of EBITDA (as defined in the Atlantic Purchase Agreement). If EBITDA for the three-year period beginning on March 1, 2005 exceeds $3,300,000, Hooper will also receive additional deferred consideration equal to the amount of such excess multiplied by 0.50. As of December 31, 2006, the Company paid $500,000 in cash and issued 179,971 shares of unregistered Common Stock valued at $250,000, which represents the Year One Deferred Consideration (as defined in the Atlantic Purchase Agreement) earned, the payment of which is not contingent upon Hooper’s continued employment with the Company, and therefore, was recorded as additional goodwill. During 2006, the Company also paid $10,000 in cash related to previously accrued transaction fees. As of December 31, 2006, the Company has accrued approximately $750,000, which represents the estimated Year Two Deferred Consideration earned as of that date.

For more information regarding the acquisition of Atlantic, please see Note 3 “Acquisitions” to the financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

Signia Partners

On April 1, 2005, the Company acquired all of the capital stock of Signia Partners Incorporated as per the Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Signia Purchase Agreement”) between the Company and Charles Douglas House (“House”), as the sole stockholder of Signia. The consideration for this acquisition consisted of approximately $3,400,000 in cash paid at closing (after taking into account certain closing adjustments), 187,559 shares of common stock, and an aggregate of up to $1,400,000 in deferred consideration payable in cash over three years, which deferred payments are contingent upon Signia achieving certain prescribed amounts of Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Signia Purchase Agreement). If aggregate Adjusted EBITDA for the three-year period beginning on February 1, 2005 exceeds $2,550,000, House will also receive additional deferred consideration equal to the amount of such excess multiplied by 0.25. As of December 31, 2006, the Company paid $280,000 in cash, which represents the One Year Deferred Consideration (as defined in the Signia Purchase Agreement) earned, the payment of which is not contingent upon House’s continued employment with the Company, and therefore, was recorded as additional goodwill. During 2006, the Company also paid $10,000 in cash related to previously accrued transaction fees. As of December 31, 2006, the Company has accrued approximately $280,000, which represents the estimated Two Year Deferred Consideration earned as of that date.

For more information regarding the acquisition of Signia, please see Note 3 “Acquisitions” to the financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

The following table sets forth the components of the purchase price for the Atlantic and Signia acquisitions:
 
               
   
Atlantic
 
Signia
 
Total
 
Cash paid (including transaction costs, net of cash acquired)
 
$
4,223,000
 
$
3,952,000
 
$
8,175,000
 
Accrued estimate of deferred consideration and transaction costs
   
750,000
   
280,000
   
1,030,000
 
Deferred tax liability
   
458,000
   
302,000
   
760,000
 
Common stock issued to sellers
   
752,000
   
301,000
   
1,053,000
 
Total purchase consideration
 
$
6,183,000
 
$
4,835,000
 
$
11,018,000
 
     

The following table summarizes the amounts allocated to the acquired assets and assumed liabilities. The excess of the purchase price over the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed was allocated to goodwill. The value reflected in these elements of the purchase price do not meet the definition of an intangible asset under FAS 141 and is reflected in goodwill. The valuation of acquired intangible assets was determined by management with the assistance of an independent appraisal firm. The purchase price allocations have been finalized with the exception of deferred consideration for Atlantic and Signia which will be determined for the periods ending March 31, 2007 and 2008. The significant assumptions used in the valuations included factors affecting the duration, growth rates and amounts of future cash flows for each income stream, specifically: the future economic outlook for the industry, risks involved in the business, and the impact of competition changes.
               
 
Atlantic
 
Signia
 
Total
 
Current assets
 
$
741,000
 
$
823,000
 
$
1,564,000
 
Property and equipment
   
230,000
   
52,000
   
282,000
 
Other assets
   
   
9,000
   
9,000
 
Liabilities assumed, current
   
(580,000
)
 
(418,000
)
 
(998,000
)
Liabilities assumed, non-current
   
(20,000
)
 
(377,000
)
 
(397,000
)
Fair value of net assets acquired
   
371,000
   
89,000
   
460,000
 
Goodwill
   
4,717,000
   
4,024,000
   
8,741,000
 
Amortizable intangible assets
   
830,000
   
529,000
   
1,359,000
 
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
   
265,000
   
193,000
   
458,000
 
Total purchase consideration
 
$
6,183,000
 
$
4,835,000
 
$
11,018,000
 
     
 
Amortizable intangible assets include customer relationships and non-compete agreements. Indefinite-lived intangible assets represent trade name intangible assets.
 
Forward-Looking Statements

In this report, and from time to time, we may make or publish forward-looking statements relating to such matters as anticipated financial performance, business prospects, technological developments, new products, and similar matters. Such statements are necessarily estimates reflecting management’s best judgment based on current information. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements. Such statements are usually identified by the use of words or phrases such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “estimates,” “planned,” “outlook,” and “goal.” Because forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, our actual results could differ materially. In order to comply with the terms of the safe harbor, we note that a variety of factors could cause our actual results and experience to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in forward-looking statements. While it is impossible to identify all such factors, the risks and uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance and results of our business include the risks identified in Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
 

The Company maintains the Term Facility and Revolving Facility, which are for non-trading purposes, and any future borrowings thereunder would increase our exposure to market risk. An immediate change of one percent in the interest rate would cause a change in interest expense of approximately $41,500 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. The Term Facility bears interest at LIBOR plus 3% (8.34938% at December 31, 2006 based on the contract in effect at that time). The Revolving Facility bears interest at LIBOR plus 2.75%, which was 8.10% at December 31, 2006 based on separate LIBOR contracts in effect at that time. Our objective in maintaining the Revolving Facility is the ability to obtain funding that provides flexibility regarding early repayment without penalties, and that has a lower overall cost as compared with fixed-rate borrowings. Management does not believe that the risk inherent in the variable-rate nature of the Term and Revolving Facilities would have a material adverse effect on the Company if interest rates accrued on such borrowings were to increase. However, no assurance can be given that such a risk will not have a material adverse effect on the Company.

We do not invest or trade in any derivative financial or commodity instruments, nor do we invest in any foreign financial instruments.


The response to this item is incorporated by reference to our Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto which are included in this report beginning on page F-1. Certain selected quarterly financial data is included under Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation contained elsewhere in this report.


None.


Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the Company’s internal control over financial reporting to determine whether any changes occurred during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2006 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Based on that evaluation, there have been no such changes during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2006.


None.
 

The information called for pursuant to this Part III, Items 10, 11,12,13 and 14 is incorporated by reference from our definitive proxy statement, which we intend to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission no later 120 days following the end of the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.



(a)
The following documents are filed as part of this report:

 
(1)
Financial Statements:
 
   
Location
 
   
In 10-K
 
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedule
   
F-1
 
         
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
   
F-2
 
         
Consolidated balance sheets - December 31, 2006 and 2005
   
F-3
 
         
Consolidated statements of operations - Years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
   
F-4
 
         
Consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity - Years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
   
F-5
 
         
Consolidated statements of cash flows - Years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
   
F-6
 
         
Notes to consolidated financial statements
   
F-7
 
         
 
 
(2)
Financial Statement Schedule:
 
 Valuation and Qualifying Accounts on Schedule II  
   
F-34 
 
 
 
(3)
Exhibits:
 
Exhibit Number
 
Description of Exhibit
2.1
 
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2005, by and between Find/SVP, INC. and Peter Hooper (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on March 15, 2005)
2.2
 
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2005, by and among Find/SVP, Inc. and Charles Douglas House (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on March 15, 2005)
3.1
 
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-18 (Reg. No. 33-8634-NY) which became effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 1986)
 
 
3.2
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-18 (Reg. No. 33-8634-NY) which became effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 1986)
3.3
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-18 (Reg. No. 33-8634-NY) which became effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 1986)
3.4
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on May 2, 1995)
3.5
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on May 13, 1998)
3.6
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on May 27, 1998)
3.7
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on May 10, 2002)
3.8
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2003).
3.9
 
By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 1987)
3.10
 
Amendment to the By-laws of the Company  (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2002)
3.11
 
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2006).
4.1
 
Specimen of the Company’s Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2006, filed on May 15, 2006.)
10.1
 
License Agreement, dated October 11, 1971, between the Company and SVP International (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-18 (Reg. No. 33-8634-NY) which became effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 1986)
10.2
 
Amendment to License Agreement, dated March 23, 1981, between the Company and SVP International (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-18 (Reg. No. 33-8634-NY) which became effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 1986)
10.3
 
Amendment to License Agreement, dated November 21, 2001, between the Company and SVP International (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2002)
10.4
 
Lease, dated December 15, 1986, between Chelsea Green Associates and the Company, related to premises at 625 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 1992)
 
 
#10.5
 
The Company’s 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form S-8, filed on March 29, 1996)
#10.6
 
The Company’s 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on May 10, 2002)
#10.7
 
Employment Agreement, dated November 21, 2001, between the Company and David Walke (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2001)
#10.8
 
Employment Agreement, dated May 13, 2002, between the Company and Peter M. Stone (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed for the quarter ended June 30, 2002)
#10.9
 
Separation Agreement, dated December 31, 2003, between the Company and Andrew P. Garvin (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on March 26, 2004)
10.10
 
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2003, by and among Jay L. Friedland, Robert La Terra, Guideline Research Corp. and the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2003)
10.11
 
Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2003, by and between Petra Mezzanine Fund, L.P. and the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2003)
10.12
 
Stock Purchase Warrant issued as of April 1, 2003, by the Company to Petra Mezzanine Fund, L.P. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2003)
10.13
 
Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2003, by and among the Company, Petra Mezzanine Fund, L.P., Martin E. Franklin and David Walke (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2003)
10.14
 
Amended and Restated Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2003, by and between TTech Acquisition Corp., the Company, Sopheon Corporation, and Sopheon PLC (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on July 16, 2003)
10.15
 
Stock Purchase Warrant issued as of July 1, 2003, by the Company to Petra Mezzanine Fund, L.P. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on July 16, 2003)
10.16
 
Amendment No. 1 to Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2003, by and among the Company, Petra Mezzanine Fund, L.P., Martin E. Franklin and David Walke (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on July 16, 2003)
#10.17
 
2003 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 30, 2003)
#10.18
 
Employment Agreement, dated April 28, 2004, between the Company and Marc Litvinoff (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed on May 14, 2004)
10.19
 
Operating Agreement of FIND.COM LLC, dated September 29, 2004, by and among the Company, Empire Media, LLC and TripleHop Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2004)
 
 
#10.20
 
Amendment No. 1 to Separation Agreement, dated September 30, 2004, by and among the Company and Andrew P. Garvin (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2004)
#10.21
 
First Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated January 1, 2005, by and between Find/SVP, Inc. and David Walke (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2005)
#10.22
 
Restricted Stock Award Agreement, dated January 1, 2005, by and between Find/SVP, Inc. and David Walke (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2005)
#10.23
 
First Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated January 1, 2005, by and between Find/SVP, Inc. and Peter Stone (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2005)
#10.24
 
Restricted Stock Award Agreement, dated January 1, 2005, by and between Find/SVP, Inc. and Peter Stone (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2005)
10.25
 
Purchase Agreement, dated May 10, 2004, by and among the Company and the investors named on the signature pages thereto (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on May 13, 2004)
10.26
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 10, 2004, by and among the Company and the investors named on the signature pages thereto (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on May 13, 2004)
10.27
 
Transaction Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2005, by and among Scientigo, Inc., TIGO Search, Inc., and FIND/SVP, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2005)
10.28
 
Promissory Note, dated as of November 28, 2005, made by Scientigo, Inc. in favor of FIND/SVP, Inc. . (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2005)
10.29
 
Allonge dated July 10, 2006, to Promissory Note dated as of November 28, 2005, made by Scientigo, Inc., to the Registrant (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 14, 2006)
10.30
 
Amendment No. 1 to Stock Repurchase Agreement dated July 10, 2006 by and among Scientigo, Inc., TIGO Search, Inc., and the Registrant. ( incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed December 5, 2006) 
10.31
 
Amendment No. 2 to Stock Repurchase Agreement dated December 1, 2006 by and among Scientigo, Inc., TIGO Search, Inc., and the Registrant. ( incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed December 5, 2006)
10.32
 
Form of Warrant (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on May 13, 2004).
10.33
 
Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2005, between the Company, as the borrower, and Fleet National Bank, a Bank of America company, as the lender (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 6, 2005)
 
 
10.34
 
Security Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2005, by and among the Company and the several subsidiary guarantors signatories thereto (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 6, 2005)
10.35
 
Guaranty Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2005, between Fleet National Bank, a Bank of America company, and the several subsidiary guarantors signatories thereto (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 6, 2005)
#10.36
 
Employment Agreement, dated April 1, 2005, between Peter Hooper and Atlantic Research & Consulting, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 6, 2005)
#10.37
 
Employment Agreement, dated April 1, 2005, between Charles Douglas House and Signia Partners Incorporated (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 6, 2005)
#10.38
 
First Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated July 21, 2005, by and between the Company and Marc Litvinoff (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed on August 12, 2005)
#10.39
 
Amendment No. 1 to Restricted Stock Agreement, dated July 21, 2005, by and between the Company and Marc Litvinoff (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed on August 12, 2005)
#10.40
 
Restricted Stock Award, dated July 21, 2005, by and between the Company and Marc Litvinoff (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed on August 12, 2005)
10.41
 
Amendment and Waiver, dated August 11, 2005, between the Company, as borrower, and Bank of America, successor by merger to Fleet National Bank, as the lender (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed on August 12, 2005)
#10.42
 
Amendment to 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 28, 2006)
 
List of Subsidiaries
 
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
Certification of Principal Executive Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Certification of Principal Financial Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Certification of Principal Executive Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Certification of Principal Financial Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

*
Filed herewith.
#
This exhibit represents a management contract or a compensatory plan.

 

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.

 
 
GUIDELINE, INC.
(Registrant)
     
 
By:
/s/ David Walke
   
David Walke,
   
Chief Executive Officer
   
April 17, 2007

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.

(1)
Principal Executive Officer:
   
       
 
/s/ David Walke
   
 
David Walke
   
 
Chief Executive Officer
   
 
April 17, 2007
   
       
(2)
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer:
       
 
/s/ Peter Stone
   
 
Peter Stone
   
 
Chief Financial Officer
   
 
April 17, 2007
   
       
(3)
Board of Directors:
   
       
 
/s/ Andrew P. Garvin
   
 
Andrew P. Garvin
   
 
Founder and Director
   
 
April 17, 2007
   
       
 
/s/ David Walke
   
 
David Walke
   
 
Chairman of Board of Directors
   
 
April 17, 2007
   
       
 
/s/ Regina Paolillo
   
 
Regina Paolillo
   
 
Director
   
 
April 17, 2007
   
       
 
/s/ Denise L. Shapiro 
   
 
Denise L. Shapiro
   
 
Director
   
 
April 17, 2007
   
       
 
/s/ Brian Ruder
   
 
Brian Ruder
   
 
Director
   
 
April 17, 2007
   
       
 
/s/ Warren Struhl
   
 
Warren Struhl
   
 
Director
   
 
April 17, 2007
   
 
 
 
Exhibit Number
 
Description of Exhibit
2.1
 
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2005, by and between Find/SVP, INC. and Peter Hooper (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on March 15, 2005)
2.2
 
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2005, by and among Find/SVP, Inc. and Charles Douglas House (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on March 15, 2005)
3.1
 
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-18 (Reg. No. 33-8634-NY) which became effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 1986)
3.2
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-18 (Reg. No. 33-8634-NY) which became effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 1986)
3.3
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-18 (Reg. No. 33-8634-NY) which became effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 1986)
3.4
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on May 2, 1995)
3.5
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on May 13, 1998)
3.6
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on May 27, 1998)
3.7
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on May 10, 2002)
3.8
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2003).
3.9
 
By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 1987)
3.10
 
Amendment to the By-laws of the Company  (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2002)
3.11
 
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2006).
4.1
 
Specimen of the Company’s Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2006, filed on May 15, 2006.)
10.1
 
License Agreement, dated October 11, 1971, between the Company and SVP International (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-18 (Reg. No. 33-8634-NY) which became effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 1986)
 
 
10.2
 
Amendment to License Agreement, dated March 23, 1981, between the Company and SVP International (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-18 (Reg. No. 33-8634-NY) which became effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 1986)
10.3
 
Amendment to License Agreement, dated November 21, 2001, between the Company and SVP International (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2002)
10.4
 
Lease, dated December 15, 1986, between Chelsea Green Associates and the Company, related to premises at 625 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 1992)
#10.5
 
The Company’s 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form S-8, filed on March 29, 1996)
#10.6
 
The Company’s 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on May 10, 2002)
#10.7
 
Employment Agreement, dated November 21, 2001, between the Company and David Walke (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2001)
#10.8
 
Employment Agreement, dated May 13, 2002, between the Company and Peter M. Stone (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed for the quarter ended June 30, 2002)
#10.9
 
Separation Agreement, dated December 31, 2003, between the Company and Andrew P. Garvin (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on March 26, 2004)
10.10
 
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2003, by and among Jay L. Friedland, Robert La Terra, Guideline Research Corp. and the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2003)
10.11
 
Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2003, by and between Petra Mezzanine Fund, L.P. and the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2003)
10.12
 
Stock Purchase Warrant issued as of April 1, 2003, by the Company to Petra Mezzanine Fund, L.P. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2003)
10.13
 
Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2003, by and among the Company, Petra Mezzanine Fund, L.P., Martin E. Franklin and David Walke (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2003)
10.14
 
Amended and Restated Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2003, by and between TTech Acquisition Corp., the Company, Sopheon Corporation, and Sopheon PLC (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on July 16, 2003)
 
 
10.15
 
Stock Purchase Warrant issued as of July 1, 2003, by the Company to Petra Mezzanine Fund, L.P. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on July 16, 2003)
10.16
 
Amendment No. 1 to Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2003, by and among the Company, Petra Mezzanine Fund, L.P., Martin E. Franklin and David Walke (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on July 16, 2003)
#10.17
 
2003 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 30, 2003)
#10.18
 
Employment Agreement, dated April 28, 2004, between the Company and Marc Litvinoff (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed on May 14, 2004)
10.19
 
Operating Agreement of FIND.COM LLC, dated September 29, 2004, by and among the Company, Empire Media, LLC and TripleHop Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2004)
#10.20
 
Amendment No. 1 to Separation Agreement, dated September 30, 2004, by and among the Company and Andrew P. Garvin (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2004)
#10.21
 
First Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated January 1, 2005, by and between Find/SVP, Inc. and David Walke (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2005)
#10.22
 
Restricted Stock Award Agreement, dated January 1, 2005, by and between Find/SVP, Inc. and David Walke (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2005)
#10.23
 
First Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated January 1, 2005, by and between Find/SVP, Inc. and Peter Stone (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2005)
#10.24
 
Restricted Stock Award Agreement, dated January 1, 2005, by and between Find/SVP, Inc. and Peter Stone (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2005)
10.25
 
Purchase Agreement, dated May 10, 2004, by and among the Company and the investors named on the signature pages thereto (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on May 13, 2004)
10.26
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 10, 2004, by and among the Company and the investors named on the signature pages thereto (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on May 13, 2004)
10.27
 
Transaction Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2005, by and among Scientigo, Inc., TIGO Search, Inc., and FIND/SVP, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2005)
10.28
 
Promissory Note, dated as of November 28, 2005, made by Scientigo, Inc. in favor of FIND/SVP, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2005)
10.29
 
Allonge dated July 10, 2006, to Promissory Note dated as of November 28, 2005, made by Scientigo, Inc., to the Registrant (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 14, 2006)
 
 
10.30
 
Amendment No. 1 to Stock Repurchase Agreement dated July 10, 2006 by and among Scientigo, Inc., TIGO Search, Inc., and the Registrant. ( incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed December 5, 2006) 
10.31
 
Amendment No. 2 to Stock Repurchase Agreement dated December 1, 2006 by and among Scientigo, Inc., TIGO Search, Inc., and the Registrant. ( incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed December 5, 2006)
10.32
 
Form of Warrant (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on May 13, 2004).
10.33
 
Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2005, between the Company, as the borrower, and Fleet National Bank, a Bank of America company, as the lender (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 6, 2005)
10.34
 
Security Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2005, by and among the Company and the several subsidiary guarantors signatories thereto (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 6, 2005)
10.35
 
Guaranty Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2005, between Fleet National Bank, a Bank of America company, and the several subsidiary guarantors signatories thereto (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 6, 2005)
#10.36
 
Employment Agreement, dated April 1, 2005, between Peter Hooper and Atlantic Research & Consulting, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 6, 2005)
#10.37
 
Employment Agreement, dated April 1, 2005, between Charles Douglas House and Signia Partners Incorporated (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 6, 2005)
#10.38
 
First Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated July 21, 2005, by and between the Company and Marc Litvinoff (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed on August 12, 2005)
#10.39
 
Amendment No. 1 to Restricted Stock Agreement, dated July 21, 2005, by and between the Company and Marc Litvinoff (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed on August 12, 2005)
#10.40
 
Restricted Stock Award, dated July 21, 2005, by and between the Company and Marc Litvinoff (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed on August 12, 2005)
10.41
 
Amendment and Waiver, dated August 11, 2005, between the Company, as borrower, and Bank of America, successor by merger to Fleet National Bank, as the lender (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed on August 12, 2005)
#10.42
 
Amendment to 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 28, 2006)
 
List of Subsidiaries
 
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
Certification of Principal Executive Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Certification of Principal Financial Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Certification of Principal Executive Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Certification of Principal Financial Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

*
Filed herewith.
#
This exhibit represents a management contract or a compensatory plan.
 
 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

GUIDELINE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedule
       
 
Page
 
         
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
   
F-2
 
         
Consolidated balance sheets - December 31, 2006 and 2005
   
F-3
 
         
Consolidated statements of operations - Years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
   
F-4
 
         
Consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity - Years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
   
F-5
 
         
Consolidated statements of cash flows - Years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
   
F-6
 
         
Notes to consolidated financial statements
   
F-7
 
       
Schedule:        
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts on Schedule II
   
F-34
 
 
 
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Guideline, Inc. and Subsidiaries
New York, New York

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Guideline, Inc. and subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15. These financial statements and the financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements and the financial statement schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, 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. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for stock-based compensation to adopt the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment, effective January 1, 2006. In addition, as also discussed in Note 2, effective December 31, 2006, the Company elected application of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
April 16, 2007
 GUIDELINE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
 
   
December 31,
Assets
 
2006
 
2005
 
Current assets:
         
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
2,939
 
$
2,697
 
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $99 and $112 in 2006 and 2005, respectively
   
9,483
   
8,646
 
Deferred tax assets
   
311
   
326
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
657
   
671
 
Total current assets
   
13,390
   
12,340
 
               
Equipment, software development and leasehold improvements, net
   
2,228
   
2,572
 
Goodwill
   
21,322
   
18,245
 
Intangibles, net
   
2,137
   
2,522
 
Deferred tax assets
   
   
682
 
Deferred financing fees, net
   
504
   
647
 
Other assets
   
585
   
834
 
   
$
40,166
 
$
37,842
 
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
             
Current liabilities:
             
Trade accounts payable
 
$
2,820
 
$
2,425
 
Accrued expenses and other
   
4,425
   
2,318
 
Current maturities of notes payable
   
2,005
   
3,005
 
Unearned retainer income
   
4,351
   
4,311
 
Total current liabilities
   
13,601
   
12,059
 
               
Notes payable
   
2,384
   
3,389
 
Deferred compensation and other liabilities
   
298
   
456
 
Total liabilities
   
16,283
   
15,904
 
               
Redeemable convertible preferred stock, $.0001 par value per share.
             
Authorized 2,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 333,333 shares in 2006 and 2005
   
674
   
610
 
Commitments and contingencies
             
               
Shareholders’ equity:
             
               
Common stock, $.0001 par value per share. Authorized 100,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 20,925,134 shares
in 2006 and 20,305,060 shares in 2005
   
2
   
2
 
Capital in excess of par value
   
29,747
   
28,367
 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
   
(111
)
 
(25
)
Accumulated deficit
   
(6,429
)
 
(7,016
)
Total shareholders’ equity
   
23,209
   
21,328
 
   
$
40,166
 
$
37,842
 
               
               
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

GUIDELINE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations
Years ended December 31
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
               
Revenues
 
$
46,285
 
$
43,034
 
$
38,437
 
Operating expenses:
                   
Direct costs
   
27,960
   
25,708
   
22,384
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
   
17,408
   
16,343
   
16,309
 
Total operating expenses
   
45,368
   
42,051
   
38,693
 
                     
Operating income (loss)
   
917
   
983
   
(256
)
                     
Interest income
   
9
   
16
   
14
 
Other income
   
36
   
16
   
4
 
Gain on sale of investments
   
772
   
226
   
92
 
Interest expense
   
(601
)
 
(401
)
 
(1,609
)
Equity loss on investment
   
(34
)
 
(177
)
 
(94
)
Impairment on investment
   
   
   
(96
)
                     
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes and cumulative effect of change in accounting
   
1,099
   
663
   
(1,945
)
Provision for income taxes
   
161
   
211
   
 
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting
   
938
   
452
   
(1,945
)
Cumulative effect of change in accounting
   
96
   
   
 
Net income (loss)
   
1,034
   
452
   
(1,945
)
Less: Preferred dividends
   
(64
)
 
(40
)
 
(40
)
Less: Accretion on redeemable common shares
   
   
   
(113
)
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders
 
$
970
 
$
412
 
$
(2,098
)
                     
Income (loss) per common share - basic and diluted:
                   
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting
 
$
0.05
 
$
0.02
 
$
(0.12
)
Cumulative effect of change in accounting
   
0.00
   
0.00
   
0.00
 
Income (loss) per share
 
$
0.05
 
$
0.02
 
$
(0.12
)
                     
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
                   
Basic
   
20,677,503
   
20,045,754
   
17,212,834
 
Diluted
   
20,677,503
   
21,631,472
   
17,212,834
 
 
                   
Share-based compensation included above:
                   
Direct costs
 
$
159
 
$
176
 
$
201
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
   
633
   
455
   
395
 
Total
 
$
792
 
$
631
 
$
596
 
                     
                     
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
GUIDELINE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
Years ended December 31
(in thousands, except share amounts)
 
     
Common Stock
   
Capital in excess of
   
Loan receivable for stock
   
Accumulated other
comprehensive
   
Accumulated
   
Shareholders’
 
     
Shares
   
Amount
   
par value
   
purchase
   
loss
   
deficit
   
equity
 
BALANCE AT JANUARY 1, 2004
   
12,641,295
 
$
1
 
$
12,942
 
$
(50
)
$
 
$
(5,523
)
$
7,370
 
Net loss
   
   
   
   
   
   
(1,945
)
 
(1,945
)
Exercise of stock options and warrants
   
187,121
   
   
45
   
   
   
   
45
 
Common stock issued
   
6,000,000
   
1
   
12,167
   
   
   
   
12,168
 
Stock-based compensation
   
   
   
596
   
   
   
   
596
 
Transition adjustment upon adoption of SFAS No.123
   
   
   
13
   
   
   
   
13
 
Preferred stock dividends
   
   
   
(40
)
 
   
   
   
(40
)
Accretion on redeemable common stock
   
   
   
(113
)
 
   
   
   
(113
)
Deferred stock-based compensation
   
   
   
26
   
   
   
   
26
 
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2004
   
18,828,416
   
2
   
25,636
   
(50
)
 
   
(7,468
)
 
18,120
 
Net income
   
   
   
   
   
   
452
   
452
 
Comprehensive loss:
                                           
Unrealized loss on investment
   
   
   
   
   
(25
)
 
   
(25
)
Exercise of stock options and warrants
   
405,250
   
   
172
   
   
   
   
172
 
Common stock issued
   
500,157
   
   
803
   
   
   
   
803
 
Redemption of common stock
   
571,237
   
   
1,090
   
   
   
   
1,090
 
Costs related to issuance of common stock
   
   
   
(33
)
 
   
   
   
(33
)
Satisfaction of loan receivable for stock purchase
   
   
   
   
50
   
   
   
50
 
Stock-based compensation
   
   
   
631
   
   
   
   
631
 
Preferred stock dividends
   
   
   
(40
)
 
   
   
   
(40
)
Tax deduction from stock option exercise
   
   
   
108
   
   
   
   
108
 
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2005
   
20,305,060
   
2
   
28,367
   
   
(25
)
 
(7,016
)
 
21,328
 
Application of SAB No. 108
   
   
   
   
   
   
(447
)
 
(447
)
Cumulative effect of change in accounting
   
   
   
(96
)
 
   
   
   
(96
)
BALANCE AS ADJUSTED AT JANUARY 1, 2006
   
20,305,060
   
2
   
28,271
   
   
(25
)
 
(7,463
)
 
20,785
 
Net income
   
   
   
   
   
   
1,034
   
1,034
 
Comprehensive loss:
                                           
Unrealized loss on investment, net of tax effect
   
   
   
   
   
(86
)
 
   
(86
)
Exercise of stock options and warrants
   
290,283
   
   
425
   
   
   
   
425
 
Common stock issued
   
329,791
   
   
250
   
   
   
   
250
 
Costs related to issuance of common stock
   
   
   
(57
)
 
   
   
   
(57
)
Stock-based compensation
   
   
   
792
   
   
   
   
792
 
Tax deduction from stock option exercise
   
   
   
130
   
   
   
   
130
 
Preferred stock dividends
   
   
   
(64
)
 
   
   
   
(64
)
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2006
   
20,925,134
 
$
2
 
$
29,747
 
$
 
$
(111
)
$
(6,429
)
$
23,209
 
   
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
GUIDELINE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Years ended December 31
(in thousands)
 
   
 
2006
 
 
2005
 
 
2004
 
               
Cash flows from operating activities:
             
Net income (loss)
 
$
1,034
 
$
452
 
$
(1,945
)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                   
Depreciation and amortization
   
1,550
   
1,350
   
931
 
Provision for doubtful accounts
   
135
   
85
   
129
 
Deferred income taxes
   
161
   
211
   
 
Stock-based compensation from option grants
   
792
   
631
   
596
 
Impairment on investment
   
   
   
96
 
Non-cash interest
   
152
   
117
   
1,357
 
Equity loss on investment
   
34
   
177
   
94
 
Gain on elimination of repurchase option
   
(21
)
 
   
 
Gain on sale of investment
   
(146
)
 
(226
)
 
(92
)
Cumulative effect of accounting change
   
(96
)
 
   
 
Application of SAB No. 108
   
(447
)
 
   
 
Changes in assets and liabilities:
                   
Increase in accounts receivable
   
(976
)
 
(1,031
)
 
(154
)
Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
76
   
612
   
(320
)
Decrease (increase) in other assets
   
(82
)  
136
   
(155
)
Increase (decrease) in unearned retainer income
   
40
   
418
   
(140
)
Decrease in other liabilities
   
(352
)
 
(58
)
 
(126
)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses
   
1,688
   
(159
)
 
(1,349
)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
   
3,542
   
2,715
   
(1,078
)
                     
Cash flows from investing activities:
                   
Purchase of Guideline Research
   
   
   
(1,127
)
Purchase of Teltech
   
   
   
(441
)
Purchase of Atlantic
   
(10
)
 
(3,696
)
 
 
Purchase of Signia
   
(10
)
 
(3,645
)
 
 
Deferred consideration related to purchase of Guideline Research
   
   
(2,160
)
 
 
Deferred consideration related to purchase of Atlantic
   
(500
)
 
   
 
Deferred consideration related to purchase of Signia
   
(280
)
 
   
 
Capital expenditures
   
(774
)
 
(431
)
 
(532
)
Purchase of minority interest
   
(100
)
 
   
 
Sale of securities
   
(87
)  
   
67
 
Net cash used in investing activities
   
(1,587
)
 
(9,932
)
 
(2,033
)
                     
Cash flows from financing activities:
                   
Principal borrowings under notes payable, net of closing costs
   
1,500
   
8,500
   
200
 
Principal payments under notes payable
   
(3,505
)
 
(2,450
)
 
(5,576
)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options and warrants
   
425
   
172
   
45
 
Issuance of common stock
   
   
   
13,500
 
Costs related to issuance of common stock
   
(57
)
 
(22
)
 
(1,332
)
Payments under capital leases
   
(66
)
 
(96
)
 
(28
)
Proceeds from satisfaction of employee loan
   
   
50
   
 
Increase in deferred financing fees
   
(10
)
 
(759
)
 
 
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
   
(1,713
)
 
5,395
   
6,809
 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
   
242
   
(1,822
)
 
3,698
 
                     
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
   
2,697
   
4,519
   
821
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
 
$
2,939
 
$
2,697
 
$
4,519
 
                     
                     
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
GUIDELINE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

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ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS

GUIDELINE, INC. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, "Guideline" or the "Company") is a single-source provider of customized business research and analysis. Through its end-to-end continuum of On-Demand Business Research, Custom Market Research, Strategic Intelligence and Product Development Intelligence, its research analysts create integrated solutions that enable clients to make informed decisions to address their critical business needs. The Company serves nearly all major industries, including healthcare and pharmaceuticals, financial services, advertising and professional services, industrial, consumer and retail, food and beverage, media and entertainment and chemicals. In many cases, the Company functions as its customers’ primary information and business intelligence resource on an outsourced basis, especially among the growing universe of companies that have downsized their internal research staffs and information resources. In other cases, the Company serves as a reliable supplemental resource to customers’ internal capabilities.

On March 13, 2006, by majority shareholder approval, the Company changed its name from FIND/SVP, Inc. to Guideline, Inc. to better communicate its strategy of guiding customers through their strategic business research and consulting needs.

The Company is organized into four business segments: On-Demand Business Research, which is a subscription-based service that functions like an in-house corporate research center for its customers; Strategic Intelligence, which provides in-depth custom research and competitive intelligence services for larger projects; Custom Market Research, which provides full service custom market research services, such as large-scale consumer surveys; and Product Development Intelligence, which provides a full range of outsourced information and consulting services to customers in R&D and related technical sectors. Upon its acquisition in 2005, Signia’s operations and financial results were integrated into the business segment known as Strategic Intelligence. Upon its acquisition in 2005, Atlantic’s operations and financial results were integrated into the business segment known as Custom Market Research.
 
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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Guideline, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

On April 1, 2005, the Company acquired Atlantic Research & Consulting, Inc. (“Atlantic”), and Atlantic’s results of operations are included in results of operations from the date of acquisition.

On April 1, 2005, the Company acquired Signia Partners, Inc. (“Signia”), and Signia’s results of operations are included in results of operations from the date of acquisition.
 
   
USE OF ESTIMATES

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Significant accounting estimates used relate principally to revenue recognition, allowances for doubtful accounts, useful lives of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, goodwill, deferred tax asset valuation allowances, valuation of non-marketable equity securities and other accrued expenses. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

   
EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS

Equipment, software development and leasehold improvements are stated at cost.

Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Electronic equipment and computer software are primarily depreciated over three years, and a proprietary management information software system is depreciated over ten years. Leasehold improvements are amortized by the straight-line method over the shorter of the term of the lease or the estimated life of the asset.

The Company recognizes software development costs on its website development and cost tracking systems in accordance with EITF 00-02, “Accounting for Website Development Costs” and Statement of Position 98-1, “Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use”, respectively. Accordingly, the Company expenses all costs incurred that relate to the planning and post implementation phases of development. Costs incurred in the development phase are capitalized and recognized over the product’s estimated useful life if the product is expected to have a useful life beyond one year. Costs associated with repair or maintenance of the existing site is expensed as incurred. The Company capitalized approximately $229,000 and $146,000 of internal development and internal use software costs during the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLES

Goodwill consists of the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net assets of businesses acquired. Effective January 1, 2002 the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” under which goodwill is no longer amortized. Instead, goodwill is evaluated for impairment using a two-step process that is performed at least annually and whenever events or circumstances indicate impairment may have occurred. The first step is a comparison of the fair value of an internal reporting unit with its carrying amount including goodwill. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, goodwill of the reporting unit is not considered impaired and the second step is unnecessary. If the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, a second test is performed to measure the amount of impairment by comparing the carrying amount of the goodwill to a determination of the implied value of the goodwill. If the carrying amount of the goodwill is greater than the implied value, an impairment loss is recognized for the difference. The implied value of the goodwill is determined as of the test date by performing a purchase price allocation as if the reporting unit had just been acquired, using currently estimated fair values of the individual assets and liabilities of the reporting unit, together with an estimate of the fair value of the reporting unit taken as a whole. The estimate of the fair value of the reporting unit is based upon information available regarding prices of similar groups of assets, or other valuation techniques including present value techniques based upon estimates of future cash flow. The Company performs this test annually during its fiscal third quarter.

At December 31, 2006, there is $21,322,000 of goodwill on the balance sheet, for which no impairment has been identified.

Intangible Assets, including customer relationships, trademarks and other intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives unless they are deemed to have indefinite useful lives. Upon the adoption of SFAS 142, intangible assets deemed to have indefinite useful lives, such as trade names, are not amortized and are subject to annual impairment tests. An impairment exists if the carrying value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds its fair value. For other intangible assets subject to amortization, an impairment is recognized if the carrying amount is not recoverable and the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the intangible asset (see “Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of”, below). These assets are tested for impairment if a triggering event, as defined, occurs. No such events occurred in 2006 or 2005. As of December 31, 2006, there are intangible assets of $2,137,000 on the balance sheet. Amortization of intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 amounted to $385,000, $297,000 and $135,000, respectively.

   
IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS AND LONG-LIVED ASSETS TO BE DISPOSED OF

In accordance with SFAS No. 144 “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” the long-lived assets of the Company (other than goodwill, indefinite-lived intangibles, deferred tax assets and financial instruments) including equipment, software development and leasehold improvements, finite-lived intangibles, rental asset, and deferred charges, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the net carrying amount may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to undiscounted future net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.

   
DEFERRED CHARGES

Deferred charges, included in other assets on the balance sheet, primarily are comprised of the cost of acquired library information files and electronic databases, which are amortized to expense over the estimated period of benefit of three years using the straight-line method, and deferred financing fees, which are amortized to interest expense over the term of the related debt.

   
INCOME TAXES

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis and operating losses and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using currently enacted tax rates. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Realization of the net deferred tax assets is dependent on future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences and adequate future taxable income, exclusive of reversing temporary differences and carryforwards.

EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE 

Basic earnings (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders by a diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings (loss) per common share reflects the potential dilution that would occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock, unless they are anti-dilutive.

In computing basic earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, the difference between basic and diluted number of shares outstanding is as follows:

   
Year ended December 31,
 
 
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
Basic number of common shares
   
20,677,503
   
20,045,754
   
17,212,834
 
Effect of dilutive securities:
                   
Warrants
   
   
909,589
   
 
Restricted common shares
   
   
240,897
   
 
Stock options
   
   
435,232
   
 
Diluted number of common shares
   
20,677,503
   
21,631,472
   
17,212,834
 
   

Options, warrants and redeemable convertible preferred shares, including accrued preferred dividends, to purchase 7,789,908, 6,331,445 and 8,449,240 common shares during the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, were anti-dilutive and were therefore excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share.

   
REVENUE RECOGNITION

The Company’s subscription services are provided under two different types of subscription contracts - retainer contracts and deposit contracts. Retainer contracts, which are used primarily by On-Demand Business Research, charge customers fixed monthly subscription fees to access On-Demand Business Research services, and revenues are recognized ratably over the term of each subscription. Retainer fees are required to be paid in advance by customers on either a monthly, quarterly or annual basis, and all billed amounts relating to future periods are recorded as an unearned retainer income, a liability on the Company’s balance sheet. In the case of deposit contracts, which are used primarily by the Product Development Intelligence segment, a customer pays a fixed annual fee, which entitles it to access any of the Company’s service offerings throughout the contract period, up to the total amount of the annual deposit fee. Since deposit account customers can “spend” their contract fee at any time within the annual contract period, deposit account revenues are only recognized within the contract period as services are actually provided to customers, with any unused deposit amounts recognized as revenue in the final month of the contract. As with retainer fees, deposit contract fees are required to be paid in advance, primarily annually, and any billed amounts relating to future periods are recorded as unearned retainer income, as a current liability on the Company’s balance sheet.

With regard to the Company’s non-subscription based services, including custom market research, in-depth consulting and outsourced information services, revenues are recognized primarily on a percentage-of-completion basis using the costs to total estimated costs method. The Company typically enters into discrete contracts with customers for these services on a project-by-project basis. Payment milestones differ from contract to contract based on the client and the type of work performed. Generally, the Company invoices a client for a portion of a project in advance of work performed, with the balance invoiced throughout the fulfillment period and/or after the work is completed. However, revenue and costs are only recognized to the extent of each contract’s percentage-of-completion. Any revenue earned in excess of billings is recorded as a current asset on the Company’s balance sheet, while any billings in excess of revenue earned, which represent billed amounts relating to future periods, are recorded as unearned revenue, a current liability on the Company’s balance sheet. Losses on such contracts are recognized when probable.
 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash and cash equivalents includes all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.

   
FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The following methods and assumptions were used in estimating the fair value of financial instruments:

The carrying values reported in the balance sheets for cash, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, other current assets, non-marketable equity securities, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair values due to the short term nature of these items.

The fair value of notes payable considered to be senior debt, which approximates its carrying value, is estimated based on the current rates offered to us for debt of the same remaining maturities.

STOCK-BASED EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION COSTS

In 2004, the Company adopted the fair value method of accounting for stock based compensation prescribed by SFAS No. 123 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, as amended by SFAS No. 148 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosure”, under the modified prospective method. The Company currently records compensation expense based upon the fair value of stock-based awards (both restricted stock and stock options). In 2004, the Company recorded a transition adjustment upon adoption of SFAS No. 123 of $13,000 related to long-term deferred tax assets.

In December 2004, the FASB issued the revised Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123, “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123 (R)”), which the Company adopted on January 1, 2006. SFAS 123 (R) requires compensation costs related to share-based payment transactions to be recognized in the financial statements. Generally, compensation cost will be measured based on the grant-date fair value of the equity or liability instruments issued. In addition, liability awards will be remeasured each reporting period. Compensation cost will be recognized over the requisite service period, generally as the award vests. As a result of adopting SFAS 123(R), the Company recognized an after-tax gain of $96,000 ($96,000 pre-tax), with an impact on basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.00, as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle attributable to the requirement to estimate forfeitures at the grant date instead of recognizing them as incurred. The adoption of SFAS 123(R) did not otherwise have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006.

APPLICATION OF SAB NO. 108

In September 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 (“SAB No. 108”), “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements.” SAB No. 108 addresses how the effects of prior year uncorrected misstatements should be considered when quantifying misstatements in current year financial statements. SAB No. 108 requires companies to quantify misstatements using a Rollover and Iron Curtain approach and to evaluate whether either approach results in quantifying an error that is material in light of relevant quantitative and qualitative factors. When the effect of initial adoption is material, companies will record the effect as a cumulative effect adjustment to beginning of year retained earnings. The Company has historically used the Rollover Method. The provisions of SAB No. 108 are effective for the Company for the year ended December 31, 2006. In connection with the application of SAB No. 108, the Company has recorded a $447,000 charge to retained earnings which relates to (i) a $300,000 overstatement of deferred tax assets for miscellaneous adjustments that accumulated over several previous years and, (ii) a $147,000 understatement of accrued expenses related to travel costs as of December 31, 2005. (See Note 10).

NEW ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES

The FASB issued SFAS Statement No. 157 (“SFAS No. 157”), “Fair Value Measurements,” in September 2006. This standard provides guidance on how to measure fair value where it is permitted or required under other accounting pronouncements. SFAS No. 157 also requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. The Company will adopt SFAS No. 157 on January 1, 2008, and is currently assessing the impact of this standard.

In July 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“ FIN 48”), which will become effective for the Company on January 1, 2007. The Interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The amount recognized is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of the adoption of FIN 48 on its financial statements.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159 (“SFAS 159”), The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, providing companies with an option to report selected financial assets and liabilities at fair value. SFAS 159’s objective is to reduce both complexity in accounting for financial instruments and the volatility in earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently. Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States has required different measurement attributes for different assets and liabilities that can create artificial volatility in earnings. SFAS 159 helps to mitigate this type of accounting-induced volatility by enabling companies to report related assets and liabilities at fair value, which would likely reduce the need for companies to comply with detailed rules for hedge accounting. SFAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between companies that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of asset and liabilities. SFAS 159 requires companies to provide additional information that will help investors and other users of financial statements to more easily understand the effect of the Company’s choice to use fair value on its earnings. It also requires entities to display the fair value of those assets and liabilities for which the Company has chosen to use fair value on the face of the balance sheet. SFAS 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of SFAS 159 on its financial statements.

   
RECLASSIFICATIONS

Certain prior year deferred tax asset and liability balances have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.

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ACQUISITIONS

Atlantic Research & Consulting

On April 1, 2005, the Company acquired all of the capital stock of Atlantic Research & Consulting, Inc. as per the Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Atlantic Purchase Agreement”) between the Company and Peter Hooper (“Hooper”), as the sole stockholder of Atlantic. The consideration for this acquisition consisted of $3,600,000 in cash paid at closing, 312,598 shares of common stock, and an aggregate of up to $2,250,000 in deferred consideration payable in cash over three years, which deferred payments are contingent upon Atlantic achieving certain prescribed amounts of EBITDA (as defined in the Atlantic Purchase Agreement). If EBITDA for the three-year period beginning on March 1, 2005 exceeds $3,300,000, Hooper will also receive additional deferred consideration equal to the amount of such excess multiplied by 0.50. As of December 31, 2006, the Company paid $500,000 in cash and issued 179,791 shares of unregistered Common Stock valued at $250,000, which represents the Year One Deferred Consideration (as defined in the Atlantic Purchase Agreement) earned, the payment of which is not contingent upon Hooper’s continued employment with the Company, and therefore, was recorded as additional goodwill. During 2006, the Company also paid $10,000 in cash related to previously accrued transaction fees. As of December 31, 2006, the Company has accrued approximately $750,000, which represents the estimated Year Two Deferred Consideration earned as of that date.

Atlantic, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, provides quantitative and qualitative custom market research, focusing on financial services, management consulting, health care, and public sectors.

Simultaneously with the Company’s acquisition of Atlantic, Atlantic entered into new employment agreements with Hooper and two other senior executives of Atlantic.

The consideration paid to date for this acquisition consisted of the following:

·
Approximately $4,223,000 paid in cash (including $500,000 of deferred consideration paid, $174,000 of transaction costs paid and net of cash acquired of $51,000); and
 
 
·
492,389 unregistered shares of the Company’s Common Stock, valued at $752,000. In accordance with EITF 99-12, “Determination of the Measurement Date for the Market Price of Acquirer Securities Issued in a Purchase Business Combination” (“EITF 99-12”), the market prices used in the valuation of these unregistered shares covered two days before, the day of, and two days after the date the terms of the acquisition were announced publicly.

The Company’s acquisition of Atlantic was financed at closing with the combination of (i) funds borrowed upon the closing of a Senior Secured Credit Facility with the Lender, and (ii) cash on hand.

Signia Partners

On April 1, 2005, the Company acquired all of the capital stock of Signia Partners Incorporated as per the Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Signia Purchase Agreement”) between the Company and Charles Douglas House (“House”), as the sole stockholder of Signia. The consideration for this acquisition consisted of approximately $3,400,000 in cash paid at closing (after taking into account certain closing adjustments), 187,559 shares of common stock, and an aggregate of up to $1,400,000 in deferred consideration payable in cash over three years, which deferred payments are contingent upon Signia achieving certain prescribed amounts of Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Signia Purchase Agreement). If aggregate Adjusted EBITDA for the three-year period beginning on February 1, 2005 exceeds $2,550,000, House will also receive additional deferred consideration equal to the amount of such excess multiplied by 0.25. As of December 31, 2006, the Company paid $280,000 in cash, which represents the One Year Deferred Consideration (as defined in the Signia Purchase Agreement) earned, the payment of which is not contingent upon House’s continued employment with the Company, and therefore, was recorded as additional goodwill. During 2006, the Company also paid $10,000 in cash related to previously accrued transaction fees. As of December 31, 2006, the Company has accrued approximately $280,000, which represents the estimated Two Year Deferred Consideration earned as of that date.

Signia, headquartered just outside of Washington, D.C., is a provider of in-depth business research and fact-based decision support, focusing on the financial services, health care and consumer sectors.

Simultaneously with the Company’s acquisition of Signia, Signia entered into new employment agreements with House and two other senior executives of Signia.
 
The consideration paid to date for this acquisition consisted of the following:

·
Approximately $3,952,000 paid in cash (including $280,000 of deferred consideration paid, $283,000 of transaction costs paid and net of cash acquired of $11,000); and

·
187,559 unregistered shares of the Company’s Common Stock, valued at $301,000. In accordance with EITF 99-12, the market prices used in the valuation of these unregistered shares covered two days before, the day of, and two days after the date the terms of the acquisition were announced publicly.
 
The Company’s acquisition of Signia was financed at closing with the combination of (i) funds borrowed upon the closing of a Senior Secured Credit Facility with the Lender, and (ii) cash on hand.

The following table sets forth the components of the purchase price for the Atlantic and Signia acquisitions:

               
   
Atlantic
 
Signia
 
Total
 
Cash paid (including transaction costs, net of cash acquired)
 
$
4,223,000
 
$
3,952,000
 
$
8,175,000
 
Accrued estimate of deferred consideration and transaction costs
   
750,000
   
280,000
   
1,030,000
 
Deferred tax liability
   
458,000
   
302,000
   
760,000
 
Common stock issued to sellers
   
752,000
   
301,000
   
1,053,000
 
Total purchase consideration
 
$
6,183,000
 
$
4,835,000
 
$
11,018,000
 
    

The following table summarizes the amounts allocated to the acquired assets and assumed liabilities. The excess of the purchase price over the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed was allocated to goodwill. The value reflected in these elements of the purchase price do not meet the definition of an intangible asset under FAS 141 and is reflected in goodwill. The valuation of acquired intangible assets was determined by management with the assistance of an independent appraisal firm. The purchase price allocations have been finalized with the exception of deferred consideration for Atlantic and Signia which will be determined for the periods ending March 31, 2007 and 2008. The significant assumptions used in the valuations included factors affecting the duration, growth rates and amounts of future cash flows for each income stream, specifically: the future economic outlook for the industry, risks involved in the business, and the impact of competitive changes.
               
 
Atlantic
 
Signia
 
Total
 
Current assets
 
$
741,000
 
$
823,000
 
$
1,564,000
 
Property and equipment
   
230,000
   
52,000
   
282,000
 
Other assets
   
   
9,000
   
9,000
 
Liabilities assumed, current
   
(580,000
)
 
(418,000
)
 
(998,000
)
Liabilities assumed, non-current
   
(20,000
)
 
(377,000
)
 
(397,000
)
Fair value of net assets acquired
   
371,000
   
89,000
   
460,000
 
Goodwill
   
4,717,000
   
4,024,000
   
8,741,000
 
Amortizable intangible assets
   
830,000
   
529,000
   
1,359,000
 
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
   
265,000
   
193,000
   
458,000
 
Total purchase consideration
 
$
6,183,000
 
$
4,835,000
 
$
11,018,000
 
    

Amortizable intangible assets, which generally include customer lists and non-compete agreements, are amortized over a period of 7 and 5 years, respectively.  Indefinite-lived intangible assets represent trade name intanible assets.

The pro forma information below represents consolidated results of operations as if the acquisitions of Atlantic and Signia occurred on January 1, 2005. The pro forma information has been included for comparative purposes and is not indicative of results of operations of the consolidated Company had the acquisitions occurred as of January 1, 2005, nor is it necessarily indicative of future results.
 
Pro Forma Results of Operations

   
Pro forma
twelve months ended
December 31, 2005
 
 
(unaudited)
 
Total revenue
 
$
45,519,000
 
Net income
 
$
402,000
 
Income per share attributable to common shareholders:        
Basic and diluted
 
$
0.02
 
 
(4)
EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, NET

At December 31, 2006 and 2005, equipment, software development and leasehold improvements consist of the following:

 
2006
 
2005
 
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
 
$
9,255,000
 
$
8,624,000
 
Software development
   
3,150,000
   
3,432,000
 
Leasehold improvements
   
2,430,000
   
2,367,000
 
     
14,835,000
   
14,423,000
 
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
   
12,607,000
   
11,851,000
 
   
$
2,228,000
 
$
2,572,000
 
    

The decrease in software development from 2005 to 2006 resulted from a $324,000 write-off of the Company’s old website (www.findsvp.com), partially offset by the costs of developing the new website (www.guideline.com).
 
Depreciation expense amounted to approximately $1,122,000, $1,009,000 and $740,000 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLES

Goodwill:

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the year ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 are as follows:
                       
 
On-Demand Business Research
 
 
Strategic
Intelligence
 
Custom Market Research
 
Product Development Intelligence
     
 
Segment
 
Segment
 
Segment
 
Segment
 
Total
 
                       
Balance as of January 1, 2005
 
$
 
$
50,000
 
$
7,409,000
 
$
4,755,000
 
$
12,214,000
 
Goodwill related to acquisition of Atlantic
   
   
   
2,749,000
   
   
2,749,000
 
Goodwill related to acquisition of Signia
   
   
3,152,000
   
   
   
3,152,000
 
Contractual earnout adjustment
   
   
   
130,000
   
   
130,000
 
                                 
Balance as of December 31, 2005
   
   
3,202,000
   
10,288,000
   
4,755,000
   
18,245,000
 
Additional transaction costs related to acquisition of Atlantic
   
   
   
10,000
   
   
10,000
 
Additional transaction costs related to acquisition of Signia
   
   
10,000
   
   
   
10,000
 
Adjustment related to deferred taxes
   
   
302,000
   
695,000
   
   
997,000
 
Contractual earnout adjustment
   
   
560,000
   
1,500,000
   
   
2,060,000
 
Balance as of December 31, 2006
 
$
 
$
4,074,000
 
$
12,493,000
 
$
4,755,000
 
$
21,322,000
 
 
 
Intangibles:

The table below represents the gross carrying amount, accumulated amortization, and amortization expense related to the Company’s intangible assets:
 

   
Gross Carrying
 
Accumulated
 
   
Amount
 
Amortization
 
         
Amortized intangible assets as of December 31, 2005
         
Customer relationships and non-compete agreements
 
$
2,307,000
  $ (515,000 )
               
Amortized intangible assets as of December 31, 2006
             
Customer relationships and non-compete agreements
 
$
2,307,000
 
$
(900,000
)
               
Aggregate Amortization Expense:
             
               
For the year ended December 31, 2004
 
$
135,000
       
For the year ended December 31, 2005
 
$
297,000
       
For the year ended December 31, 2006
 
$
385,000
       
               
Estimated Amortization Expense:
             
               
For the year ending December 31, 2007
 
$
385,000
       
For the year ending December 31, 2008
 
$
385,000
       
For the year ending December 31, 2009
 
$
385,000
       
For the year ending December 31, 2010
 
$
385,000
       
 
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OTHER ASSETS
   
At December 31, 2006 and 2005, other assets consist of the following:

   
2006
 
2005
 
Deferred charges, net
 
$
97,000
 
$
63,000
 
Security deposits
   
145,000
   
196,000
 
Minority interest investment
   
123,000
   
292,000
 
Domain name
   
26,000
   
26,000
 
Marketable equity securities
   
61,000
   
59,000
 
Deferred rent
   
   
30,000
 
Cash surrender value of life insurance
   
127,000
   
127,000
 
Other
   
6,000
   
41,000
 
   
$
585,000
 
$
834,000
 
   

In 1999, the Company entered into an agreement with idealab! and Find.com, Inc. whereby it assigned the domain name “find.com” and licensed the use of certain rights to the trademarks “find.com” and “find” to Find.com, Inc. idealab! and Find.com, Inc. are not otherwise related to the Company. Under terms of the agreement, the Company received cash and non-marketable preferred shares in idealab!, and is entitled to certain future royalties. The preferred shares received were initially valued at $500,000, and carried various rights including the ability to convert them into common shares of Find.com, Inc., and a put option to resell the shares to idealab! The put option became exercisable in December 2002. Under the terms of the put option, idealab! could either repurchase the preferred shares for $1,500,000 in cash, or elect to return the find.com domain name to us. In the latter case, the Company would retain the preferred shares.

In January 2003, the Company exercised its put option and idealab! declined to repurchase the preferred shares. This information was considered in the recurring evaluation of the carrying value of the preferred shares at the lower of historical cost or estimated net realizable value. Using this information together with other publicly available information about idealab!, the Company concluded the net realizable value of its idealab! preferred shares had declined to an estimated $185,000 at December 31, 2003.

Subsequent to the quarter ended March 31, 2004 in a letter dated April 23, 2004 from idealab! to its shareholders, idealab! announced that it had reached a settlement with certain holders of its Series D Preferred Stock, which does not include the Company (the “plaintiffs”), whereby the plaintiffs agreed to vote their shares in favor of an amendment to idealab!’s charter that would reduce the liquidation preference of idealab!’s Series D Preferred Stock from $100.00 per share to $19.00 per share. Furthermore, upon completion of the above settlement, idealab! also stated in its April 23, 2004 letter that it plans to commence a tender offer for its Series D shares, including those held by the Company, for $19.00 per share. The settlement agreement requires that the purchase price be reduced by the tendering holders’ pro rata share of the plaintiffs’ litigation expenses. These expenses will range from $1.00 to $1.50 per share. As a result of this pending settlement, the Company concluded the net realizable value of its idealab! preferred shares had declined to an estimated $89,000 at March 31, 2004, and took a charge to operations of $96,000 during the quarter then ended.

In June 2004, 75% (or 3,750 shares) of the preferred shares held by the Company in idealab! were redeemed for $66,806. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, the carrying value of these remaining preferred share securities is $23,000 which is included in Minority interest investment in the table above. Since the idealab! preferred shares continue to be an investment in a start-up enterprise, it is reasonably possible in the near term that our estimate of the net realizable value of the preferred shares could be further reduced.
  
On September 29, 2004, the Company, Empire Media, LLC (“Empire”), and TripleHop Technologies, Inc. (“TripleHop”) (the Company, Empire, and TripleHop are hereinafter referred to individually as a "Member" and collectively as "Members"), entered into an Operating Agreement (the “Agreement”) in order to formally establish the FIND.COM LLC joint venture. FIND.COM LLC has been organized as a Delaware limited liability company, with the Company and Empire owning 47.5% each, and TripleHop owning the balance. In exchange for its 47.5% voting interest, the Company initially contributed $50,000 cash in March 2004 and will enter into a license agreement with FIND.COM LLC related to FIND.COM LLC’s use of the “find.com” URL. In exchange for its 47.5% voting interest, Empire contributed $100,000 cash and will enter into a license agreement with FIND.COM LLC related to FIND.COM LLC’s rights to publish Empire produced content. In exchange for its 5.0% non-voting interest, TripleHop entered into a license agreement with FIND.COM LLC related to FIND.COM LLC’s use of the underlying software which serves as the core search functionality powering the “find.com” website.

FIND.COM LLC was formed for the purpose of developing, launching, owning and operating a business-focused Internet search portal utilizing the "find.com" URL, to provide search-initiated access to proprietary content and generic World Wide Web-based search results; the site is intended to be advertising supported in whole or in part, and content shall be free and/or sold on a pay-per-view basis, or on such basis as FIND.COM LLC shall determine from time to time.

Subsequent to its initial investment, the Company contributed an additional $211,000 during 2004. During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company recorded an unrealized loss of $94,000 on its investment in FIND.COM LLC. This represented the Company’s share of the net loss of FIND.COM LLC as of and for the year ended December 31, 2004. As of December 31, 2004, the Company’s investment in FIND.COM LLC was $167,000. The Company accounts for its investment in FIND.COM LLC under the equity method of accounting for investments.

On November 28, 2005, the Company sold the find.com URL and licensed certain related intellectual property assets, to Tigo Search, Inc., (“Tigo Search”), a majority-owned subsidiary of Scientigo Inc. (“Scientigo”), a publicly traded company. The total consideration for the sale included (i) $250,000 in cash, (ii) $150,000 in Scientigo common stock, (iii) a secured promissory note for $100,000, and (iv) a 49% interest in Tigo Search. In accordance with the terms of the Operating Agreement of FIND.COM, LLC dated September 24, 2004, and a written consent executed by the members of FIND.COM, LLC, the Company expects to retain approximately 59% of the net proceeds (after payment of certain obligations and transaction costs related to FIND.COM, LLC) realized from this transaction, with the remainder being passed through to the remaining members of FIND.COM, LLC.
 
During the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company recorded a comprehensive loss of $86,000 (net of tax effect of $81,000) and $25,000, respectively, related to the change in the market value of its investment in Scientigo common stock. As a result, the Company’s investment in Scientigo was $49,000 as of December 31, 2006.
 
Scientigo had the option until May 28, 2006 to acquire the Company’s interest in Tigo Search for $700,000, payable $350,000 in cash and $350,000 in Scientigo Stock. On July 10, 2006, the Company and Scientigo entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Stock Repurchase Agreement (“Amendment No. 1”) and an allonge to a secured promissory note (“Amended Note”), whereby Scientigo was obligated to purchase the Company’s investment in Tigo Search by the earlier of (i) the date by which Scientigo raises $2,000,000 from certain debt and equity financing transactions, or (ii) October 10, 2006. The find.com URL and trademark license serve as collateral to secure obligations of Scientigo and Tigo Search under Amendment No. 1 and the Amended Note. The Company’s carrying value of its interest in Tigo Search was $269,000 as of December 31, 2005. The Company’s carry value was initially reduced by the fair value of a written option of approximately $21,000. As of December 31, 2006 the fair value of the written option was $0 because Scientigo is obligated to purchase the Company’s investment in Tigo Search. The Company recorded the adjustment to the fair value of the option as a component of other income. Furthermore, the Company recorded an equity loss on investment of $34,000, representing its share of Tigo Search’s loss for the year ended December 31, 2006. During 2006, the Company received $87,000 in cash and shares of Scientigo stock valued at $205,000, representing the Company’s portion of the net proceeds from the Stock Repurchase Agreement, and recorded a net gain of $146,000 on its investment in Tigo.

In December 2006, the Company received 290 shares of common stock from Armstrong World Industries as payment on outstanding invoices. As of December 31, 2006, these shares are recorded at their market value of $12,000, and are included within marketable equity securities in other assets.

In August 2006, the Company made a $100,000 investment for a minority interest of 5.3% in DataBanq LLC (“Databanq”), a provider of search engine optimization strategies. The Company accounts for its investment in Databanq under the cost method. This investment is included in minority interest investment in the table above.

In August 2006, the Company received approximately $626,000, representing its share of the initial distribution of proceeds from the sale of Strategic Research Institute LLC (“SRI”). There is the possibility that future proceeds may be received from funds held in escrow reserved for possible claims against the seller’s representations and warranties. The Company cannot determine at this time whether such proceeds will be received or what amount they could be. This distribution was recorded as a gain on sale of investments during the year ended December 31, 2006.

Amortization of deferred charges, relating to purchases of information databases, was $43,000 and $44,000 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

From time to time, the Company is subject to ordinary routine litigation incidental to its normal business operations. The Company is not currently a party to, and its property is not subject to, any material legal proceedings. However, in the future, the Company or its property may become subject to litigation, which if decided adversely to the Company, may have a material adverse effect on the Company.

The Company’s leases of office space include standard escalation clauses. Rental expense under leases for office space was $1,901,000, $1,791,000 and $2,105,000 in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

The future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases as of December 31, 2006 were as follows:

       
Year ending December 31
     
2007
 
$
1,452,000
 
2008
   
1,304,000
 
2009
   
1,367,000
 
2010
   
1,266,000
 
2011
   
1,143,000
 
Thereafter
   
1,525,000
 
Total minimum lease payments
 
$
8,057,000
 
 
 
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ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses at December 31, 2006 and 2005 consisted of the following:
           
 
2006
 
2005
 
Accrued bonuses and employee benefits
 
$
2,196,000
 
$
1,707,000
 
Accrued earnout
   
1,030,000
   
 
Accrued expenses incurred on behalf of clients
   
414,000
   
229,000
 
Current income taxes payable
   
202,000
   
 
Accrued electronic content costs
   
201,000
   
150,000
 
Accrued rent
   
70,000
   
 
Accrued severance
   
53,000
   
154,000
 
Accrued interest
   
32,000
   
73,000
 
Accrued SVP royalty
   
14,000
   
17,000
 
Other accrued expenses
   
214,000
   
(12,000
)
   
$
4,426,000
 
$
2,318,000
 
   

During 2006 and 2005, the Company recorded additional accruals of $52,000 and $778,000, respectively, under a severance plan approved by the Board of Directors and communicated to employees. In 2006 and 2005, the Company paid $153,000 and $1,102,000 related to both severance plans. As of December 31, 2006, a balance of $53,000 remains accrued.

During 2004, the Company formally abandoned its lease for one of its three New York City locations. This lease had been substantially unutilized by the Company during 2004. As a result, the Company recorded a charge to earnings of $530,000 during the second quarter of 2004, representing the total value of all remaining rent and commercial rent tax obligations, and the amortization of remaining leasehold improvements which was included in selling, general and administrative expenses. In 2005, the Company was released from its lease of the space, and the remaining accrual of $37,000 was reversed and recorded as a reduction of rent expense at that time.

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NOTES PAYABLE

Notes payable as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 consist of the following:

 
2006
 
2005
 
Bank borrowings under Term Facility
 
$
3,150,000
 
$
4,050,000
 
Bank borrowings under Revolving Facility
   
1,000,000
   
2,000,000
 
Borrowings under financing agreements:
             
$344,000 Note Payable with vendor, at 9% interest, due December 31, 2008
   
239,000
   
344,000
 
Total notes payable
   
4,389,000
   
6,394,000
 
Less current installments
   
2,005,000
   
3,005,000
 
Notes payable, excluding current installments
 
$
2,384,000
 
$
3,389,000
 
   

DEBT AGREEMENTS WITH BANK

On March 31, 2005, the Company entered into a new senior secured credit facility pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2005 (the “Credit Agreement”), between the Company and Fleet National Bank, a Bank of America company (the “Lender”). Funds under this facility were available to the Company as of April 1, 2005.

The Credit Agreement establishes a commitment to the Company to provide up to $9,000,000 in the aggregate of loans and other financial accommodations consisting of a senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $4,500,000 (the “Term Facility”) and a senior secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $4,500,000 (the “Revolving Facility” and, together with the Term Facility, the “Senior Secured Facilities”). The Revolving Facility includes a sublimit of up to an aggregate amount of $500,000 in letters of credit.

On April 1, 2005, the full amount of the Term Facility was drawn in a single drawing and applied, among other things, to (i) consummate the acquisition of Atlantic, (ii) consummate the acquisition of Signia, and (iii) pay transaction-related costs and expenses with respect to such acquisitions.

The aggregate principal amount of the Term Facility is payable in twenty (20) consecutive quarterly principal installments, the first nineteen (19) of which are each in the amount of $225,000 and payable on the first day of each January, April, July and October, commencing July 1, 2005 through and including April 1, 2010, and the final and twentieth (20th) such principal installment is payable on April 1, 2010 and is in an amount equal to the entire then remaining outstanding principal balance, together with all accrued and unpaid interest.

As of December 31, 2006, $3,150,000 remains outstanding under the Term Facility, and $1,000,000 remains outstanding under the Revolving Facility. Accrued but unpaid interest related to the Term Facility and Revolving Facility was approximately $32,000 and $73,000 as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The Term Facility bears interest at LIBOR plus 3%, which was 8.35% and 7.05% at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, based on the LIBOR contracts in effect at that time. The Revolving Facility bears interest at LIBOR plus 2.75%, which was 8.10% and 7.17% at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, based on the LIBOR contracts that were in effect at that time. Interest expense related to the Term Facility was $292,000 and $186,000 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Interest expense related to the Revolving Facility was $109,000 and $88,000 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. During 2005, the Company incurred $760,000 in closing and other transaction costs related to the Senior Secured Facilities, which are amortized to interest expense over the duration of the Term Facility. Amortization of deferred financing fees was $152,000 and $113,000 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and is included in interest expense.

Loans under the Revolving Facility will be made available until the earlier of (i) April 1, 2008, and (ii) the date of termination of the commitment of the Lender to make revolving credit loans and of the obligation of the Lender to make letter of credit extensions.

The Credit Agreement contains certain restrictions on the conduct of the Company’s business, including, without limitation, restrictions on incurring debt, making certain restricted payments (any dividend or other distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, with respect to any stock or stock equivalents of the Company or any subsidiary), disposing of certain assets, making investments; exceeding certain agreed upon capital expenditures; creating or suffering liens; completing certain mergers, consolidations and sales of assets, redeeming or prepaying other debt; and certain transactions with affiliates, subject in each case to any applicable exceptions or thresholds contained in the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement also contains financial covenants that require the Company to maintain certain leverage and fixed charge ratios and a minimum net worth.

All obligations under the Senior Secured Facilities are secured by a security interest in substantially all of the personal property of the Company.

The Company received a waiver from Fleet National Bank as of December 31, 2006 with respect to the Net Income covenant of the Credit Agreement, but was in compliance with all other covenants. The Company expects to be in compliance with all covenants in 2007.

DEBT AGREEMENT WITH VENDOR

In November 2005, the Company entered into a loan agreement with a vendor for the purchase of a customer relationship management system. The loan agreement is for $343,957 plus interest at a rate of 9% per annum, to be paid over a 36-month period, in monthly installments of $10,938, with the first payment due in January 2006. As of December 31, 2006, $239,000 remains outstanding under this agreement.
 
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SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

SALE OF COMMON STOCK

On May 10, 2004 (the “Closing Date”), the Company raised $13,500,000 through a private placement of (i) 6,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, and (ii) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The Company sold these shares and warrants through 6,000,000 units at $2.25 per unit, with each unit consisting of one share of Common Stock and one warrant to purchase one-half of one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per full share. The warrants are exercisable at any time before May 10, 2009. The net proceeds of the sale of the Common Stock and the warrants were partially used by the Company to pay off its debt of approximately $5.6 million, and is also intended to be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, including the financing of potential acquisitions. Transaction costs related to the private placement were approximately $1,411,000, which were recorded in capital in excess of par value as a partial offset against gross proceeds received from the private placement. The fair value of the warrants as of the Closing Date of approximately $3,231,000 was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions: expected dividend yield of 0%, risk-free interest rate range of 3.95%, volatility of 46% and an expected life of 5 years.
 
COMMON STOCK WARRANTS

During July 2006, 289,089 warrants, previously issued during a private placement in 2003, were exercised at an exercise price of $1.47 per share. The Company received approximately $425,000 in proceeds from these exercises. Also in July 2006, 519,204 warrants expired without being exercised.

At December 31, 2006 and 2005, warrants to purchase 4,167,222 and 4,975,515, respectively, of the Company’s common shares remain outstanding at exercise prices ranging from $0.01 to $3.00.

STOCK OPTION PLAN

At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 12, 2003, shareholders ratified and approved the Guideline, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, which was adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors on April 30, 2003. On April 27, 2006, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to the Guideline, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended, the “2003 Incentive Plan”), which was approved by the shareholders at the annual meeting of shareholders held on June 9, 2006, to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the plan by 1,250,000 shares to a total of 2,750,000 shares. Upon exercise of stock options, new common shares are issued from the Company’s authorized shares. Options granted under our other equity plans remain outstanding according to their terms.

The Company’s 1996 Stock Option Plan (the “1996 Plan” and together with the 2003 Incentive Plan, the “Stock Option Plans”), as amended in 1998, 2000 and 2001, authorized grants of options to purchase up to 3,500,000 shares of common stock, issuable to employees, directors and consultants of the Company. This plan expired in January 2006.

The Company utilizes the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to measure the fair value of stock options granted to employees. Stock options granted have exercise prices equal to the market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The principal assumptions utilized in valuing options and our methodology for estimating such model inputs include: 1) risk-free interest rate - estimate is based on the yield of U.S. zero coupon securities with a maturity equal to the expected life of the options, 2) expected volatility - estimate is based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock for the five years preceding the award date and 3) expected option life - estimate is based on internal studies of historical experience and projected exercise behavior of employees and specific option characteristics, including the effect of employee terminations.

The per share weighted-average fair value of stock options granted during 2006, 2005 and 2004 was $0.73, $0.85 and $1.53, respectively. Such amounts were determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:

 
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
Expected dividend yield
   
0
%
 
0
%
 
0
%
Risk-free interest rate
   
4.30% to 4.88
%
 
3.12% to 3.24
%
 
3.24% to 3.81
%
Volatility
   
67.09% to 70.00
%
 
76.80% to 77.39
%
 
88.60% to 96.40
%
Expected life
   
5 years
   
5 years
   
5 years
 
     

Stock based compensation expense was $792,000, $631,000 and $596,000 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

As of December 31, 2006, there was approximately $634,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to the nonvested share-based compensation awards granted under the stock option plans. That cost is expected to be recognized over a period of 4 years.
Activity under the stock option plans is summarized as follows:

 
Available
for
grant
 
Options
Granted
 
Weighted
average
exercise price
 
Weighted average grant date fair value
 
January 1, 2004
   
1,411,438
   
2,643,400
 
$
1.06
 
$
0.72
 
Granted
   
(857,750
)
 
857,750
   
2.13
   
1.53
 
Exercised
   
   
(187,121
)
 
0.85
   
0.42
 
Cancelled
   
472,978
   
(472,978
)
 
1.74
   
1.09
 
December 31, 2004
   
1,026,666
   
2,841,051
   
0.99
   
0.92
 
Granted
   
(219,750
)
 
219,750
   
1.33
   
0.85
 
Exercised
   
   
(405,250
)
 
0.43
   
0.26
 
Cancelled
   
270,400
   
(270,400
)
 
1.71
   
1.23
 
December 31, 2005
   
1,077,316
   
2,385,151
   
1.38
   
0.98
 
Additional shares authorized under the Plan
   
1,250,000
   
   
   
 
Granted
   
(78,750
)
 
78,750
   
1.50
   
0.73
 
Exercised
   
   
(1,194
)
 
0.87
   
0.50
 
Cancelled
   
79,110
   
(79,110
)
 
2.05
   
1.46
 
No longer available under the 1996 Plan
   
(576,090
)
 
   
   
 
December 31, 2006
   
1,751,586
   
2,383,597
 
$
1.36
 
$
0.96
 
Exercisable at December 31, 2006
         
1,964,538
 
$
1.27
 
$
0.91
 
Exercisable at December 31, 2005
         
1,722,734
 
$
1.21
 
$
0.86
 
Exercisable at December 31, 2004
         
1,888,208
 
$
1.01
 
$
0.70
 
    

           
   
Outstanding
 
Exercisable
 
Range
 
Number of options
 
Weighted average exercise price
 
Aggregate intrinsic value at
December 31, 2006
 
Remaining average contractual life in years
 
Number of options
 
Weighted average exercise price
 
Aggregate intrinsic value at
December 31, 2006
 
Remaining average contractual life in years
 
                                 
$0.41 - $0.50
   
364,200
 
$
0.41
 
$
443,046
   
4.84
   
364,200
 
$
0.41
 
$
443,046
   
4.84
 
$0.63 - $0.83
   
224,950
 
$
0.79
   
188,607
   
4.37
   
224,950
 
$
0.79
   
188,607
   
4.37
 
$0.97 - $1.40
   
816,475
 
$
1.18
   
366,531
   
4.41
   
756,942
 
$
1.19
   
336,565
   
4.41
 
$1.42 - $1.84
   
555,000
 
$
1.58
   
40,315
   
6.39
   
336,230
 
$
1.60
   
20,280
   
6.39
 
$1.90 - $3.69
   
422,976
 
$
2.54
   
   
5.95
   
282,216
 
$
2.60
   
   
5.95
 
     
2,383,601
       
$
1,038,499
         
1,964,538
       
$
988,498
       
                                                   

During 2006, options to purchase 78,750 shares of common stock were granted under the 2003 Incentive Plan at an exercise price of $1.50. The options issued qualified as incentive stock options whereby the prices of the options were at fair market value at the time of grant.

During 2005, options to purchase 219,750 shares of common stock were granted under the 2003 Incentive Plan at prices ranging from $1.03 to $1.48. The options issued qualified as incentive stock options whereby the prices of the options were at fair market value at the time of grant.

During 2004, options to purchase 857,750 shares of common stock were granted under the 1996 Plan and the 2003 Incentive Plan at prices ranging from $1.40 to $2.60. The options issued qualified as incentive stock options whereby the prices of the options were at fair market value at the time of grant.

RESTRICTED STOCK

In January 2005, 100,000 shares of restricted stock, with a grant-date fair value of $1.12 per share, were granted to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer under the 2003 Incentive Plan. In January 2006, an additional 150,000 shares of restricted stock, with a grant-date fair value of $0.70 per share, were granted under the 2003 Incentive Plan. In July 2006, an additional 48,528 shares of restricted stock, with a grant-date fair value of $1.49 per share, were granted under the 2003 Incentive Plan. These shares were calculated at fair value on the date of grant, and are being amortized over a vesting period of three years. Compensation expense related to these shares was $106,000 and $53,000 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. As of December 31, 2006, there was $130,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to the nonvested portion of these awards. The above shares are only issued upon the request of the recipient. As of December 31, 2006, none of the above shares have been issued.

In January 2005, 25,000 shares of restricted stock, with a grant-date fair value of $1.12 per share, were granted to the Company’s Chief Financial Officer under the 2003 Incentive Plan. In January 2006, an additional 50,000 shares of restricted stock, with a grant-date fair value of $0.70 per share, were granted under the 2003 Incentive Plan. In July 2006, an additional 16,415 shares of restricted stock, with a grant-date fair value of $1.49 per share, were granted under the 2003 Incentive Plan. These shares were calculated at fair value on the date of grant, and are being amortized over a vesting period of three years. Compensation expense related to these shares was $33,000 and $13,000 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. As of December 31, 2006, there was $41,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to the nonvested portion of these awards. The above shares are only issued upon the request of the recipient. As of December 31, 2006, none of the above shares have been issued.

During 2004, 100,000 shares of restricted stock, with a grant-date fair value of $2.55 per share, were granted to the Company’s Chief Operating Officer under the 2003 Incentive Plan. In July 2005, an additional 50,000 shares of restricted stock, with a grant-date fair value of $0.50 per share, were granted. In July 2006, an additional 206,203 shares of restricted stock, with a grant-date fair value of $1.49 per share, were granted under the 2003 Incentive Plan. These shares were calculated at fair value on the date of grant, and are being amortized over the vesting period of four years. Compensation expense related to these shares was $179,000, $79,000 and $47,000 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. As of December 31, 2006, there was $239,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to the nonvested portion of these awards. The above shares are only issued upon the request of the recipient. As of December 31, 2006, 150,000 shares have been issued.

In July 2006, a total of 142,008 shares of restricted stock, with a grant-date fair value of $1.49 per share, were granted to the members of the Company’s Board of Directors and to two of the Company’s Senior Managing Directors under the 2003 Incentive Plan. These shares were calculated at fair value on the date of grant. The shares granted to the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are being amortized over the service period of one year. The shares granted to two of the Company’s Senior Managing Directors are being amortized over the vesting period of three years. Compensation expense related to these shares was $97,000 for the year ended December 31, 2006. As of December 31, 2006, there was $115,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to the nonvested portion of these awards. The above shares are only issued upon the request of the recipient. As of December 31, 2006, none of the above shares have been issued.

In August 2006, 10,000 shares of restricted stock, with a grant-date fair value of $1.45 per share, were granted to a member of the Company’s Board of Directors under the 2003 Incentive Plan. These shares were calculated at fair value on the date of grant, and are being amortized over the service period of one year. Compensation expense related to these shares was $7,000 for the year ended December 31, 2006. As of December 31, 2006, there was $8,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to the nonvested portion of these awards. The above shares are only issued upon the request of the recipient. As of December 31, 2006, none of the above shares have been issued.

   
REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

The Company has authorized preferred stock consisting of 2,000,000 shares at $.0001 par value per share. The Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock one-for-one, subject to adjustment for certain dilutive issuances, splits and combinations. The Preferred Stock is also redeemable at the option of the holders of the Preferred Stock beginning April 1, 2009, at a redemption price of $1.50 per share, or $500,000 in the aggregate, plus all accrued but unpaid dividends. The holders of the Preferred Stock are entitled to receive cumulative dividends, prior and in preference to any declaration or payment of any dividend on the common stock of the Company, at the rate of 8% on the $500,000 redemption value, per annum, payable in cash or through the issuance of additional shares of Preferred Stock at the Company’s discretion. The holders of shares of Preferred Stock have the right to one vote for each share of common stock into which shares of the Preferred Stock could be converted into, and with respect to such vote, each holder of shares of Preferred Stock has full voting rights and powers equal to the voting rights and powers of the holders of the Company’s common stock. At December 31, 2006 and 2005, there were 333,333 shares of redeemable convertible preferred stock outstanding.
 
ADJUSTMENT TO BEGINNING RETAINED EARNINGS

As discussed in Note 2, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued SAB No. 108 which the Company adopted as of December 31, 2006. Prior to adopting SAB No. 108, the Company used the Rollover method to quantify unrecorded adjustments and considered all unrecorded adjustments to be immaterial in accordance with the Rollover method. However, when quantifying unrecorded adjustments under the Iron Curtain method, the Company has concluded that the unrecorded adjustment related to deferred tax assets was material and the unrecorded adjustment related to an under accrual of travel expenses should be recorded. The Company has recorded the cumulative effect of these unrecorded adjustments as an adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of 2006, as permitted under the transition provisions of SAB No. 108.

The nature of the adjustments and the impact on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2006 are presented below:
   
 
Accrued expenses and other
 
 
Deferred tax assets
 
 
Retained earnings
 
Overstatement of deferred tax assets (1)
 
$
--
 
$
(300,000
)
$
(300,000
)
Understatement of accrued expenses (2)
   
147,000
   
--
   
(147,000
)
   
$
147,000
 
$
(300,000
)
$
(447,000
)
                     
(1) The Company adjusted the tax basis of property, plant and equipment by reducing deferred tax assets as a result of an overstatement of these deferred tax assets that accumulated over several previous years.
(2) The Company recorded travel expenses incurred in 2005 as an expense in 2006 when these expenses were paid. If the criteria in SAB No. 108 were applied, these expenses should have been recorded in 2005.
 
 
The impact of these adjustments is summarized below:

   
Previously Reported
 
 
Adjustment
 
As Adjusted
 
For the quarter ended March 31, 2006
             
Deferred tax assets
 
$ 
1,057,000   $  (300,000
) 
$ 
757,000
 
Accrued expenses
 
 
3,100,000
 
 
(61,000
)
 
3,039,000
 
Shareholders’ equity
   
21,606,000
   
(245,000
) 
 
21,361,000
 
Selling, general & administrative expenses
   
4,035,000
   
(61,000
)
 
3,974,000
 
Net income attributable to shareholders
   
214,000
   
55,000
   
269,000
 
Earnings per share
   
0.01
   
0.00
   
0.01
 
                     
For the quarter ended June 30, 2006
                   
Deferred tax assets
  $ 1,057,000   $ (300,000
) 
$
757,000
 
Accrued expenses
 
 
2,148,000
 
 
(11,000
)
 
2,137,000
 
Shareholders’ equity
   
22,095,000
   
(290,000
) 
 
21,805,000
 
Selling, general & administrative expenses
   
4,337,000
   
(11,000
)
 
4,326,000
 
Net income attributable to shareholders
   
354,000
   
10,000
   
365,000
 
Earnings per share
   
0.02
   
0.00
   
0.02
 
                     
For the quarter ended September 30, 2006
                   
Deferred tax assets
  $ 1,057,000   $ (300,000
) 
$
757,000
 
Accrued expenses
 
 
2,181,000
   
14,000
 
 
2,195,000
 
Shareholders’ equity
   
23,555,000
   
(308,000
)
 
23,247,000
 
Selling, general & administrative expenses
   
4,225,000
   
14,000
   
4,239,000
 
Net income attributable to shareholders
   
489,000
   
(8,000
)
 
481,000
 
Earnings per share
   
0.02
   
0.00
   
0.02
 
                     
 
 
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INCOME TAXES

The provision (benefit) for income taxes consists of the following:

               
 
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
Current:
             
Federal
 
$
400,000
 
$
402,000
 
$
 
State and local
   
414,000
   
138,000
   
 
 
 
$
814,000
 
$
540,000
 
$
 
Deferred:
                   
Federal
 
$
(116,000
)
$
 
$
(533,000
)
State and local
   
98,000
   
   
(188,000
)
Change in valuation allowance
 
$
(18,000
)
$
 
$
(721,000
)
    $ (635,000 )
$
(329,000
)
$
721,000
 
   
$
161,000
 
$
211,000
 
$
 
     
 
 
In 2004 a valuation allowance was provided for carryforward net operating losses, as the Company determined that it was more likely than not that such assets would not be realized during the carryforward period. During 2006 and 2005, there were releases of valuation allowance of $635,000 and $329,000, respectively, related to federal, state and local income taxes, as it was determined then that it was more likely than not that deferred tax assets will be fully realized during the carryforward period related to available net operating losses. Income tax provision (benefit) differs from the amount computed by multiplying the statutory rate to income before income taxes due to the following:

               
 
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
Income tax provision (benefit) at statutory rate
 
$
385,000
 
$
225,000
 
$
(681,000
)
Increase (reduction) in income taxes resulting from:
                   
Change in valuation allowance
   
(635,000
)
 
(329,000
)
 
721,000
 
State and local taxes (benefit), net of federal income tax benefit
   
366,000
   
92,000
   
(122,000
)
Stock compensation expense
   
132,000
   
199,000
   
61,000
 
Nondeductible expenses
   
28,000
   
21,000
   
22,000
 
Other
   
(115,000
)
 
3,000
   
(1,000
)
   
$
161,000
 
$
211,000
 
$
 
   
 
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2006 and 2005 are presented below:

           
 
2006
 
2005
 
Current deferred tax assets:
         
Allowance for doubtful accounts
 
$
41,000
 
$
47,000
 
Severance and separation charges
   
42,000
   
72,000
 
Accrued bonus
   
287,000
   
210,000
 
Accrued royalty
   
   
7,000
 
Deferred tax assets acquired from Guideline Research
   
   
150,000
 
Other
   
1,000
   
 
Current deferred tax asset
   
371,000
   
486,000
 

Current deferred tax liabilities:
         
Deferred compensation
   
   
(100,000
)
Cash to accrual liability assumed from Signia acquisition
   
(60,000
)
 
(60,000
)
Current deferred tax liability
   
(60,000
)
 
(160,000
)
Net current deferred tax asset
 
$
311,000
 
$
326,000
 

Long-term deferred tax assets:
         
Federal net operating loss carryforwards
 
$
126,000
 
$
467,000
 
State and local net operating loss carryforwards
   
   
337,000
 
Deferred compensation
   
   
66,000
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
369,000
   
838,000
 
Stock compensation expense
   
250,000
   
 
Investments
   
123,000
   
78,000
 
Other, net
   
(4,000
)
 
25,000
 
Long-term deferred tax asset before valuation allowance
   
864,000
   
1,811,000
 
Valuation allowance
   
   
(635,000
)
Long-term deferred tax asset after valuation allowance
   
864,000
   
1,176,000
 
 

 
Long-term deferred tax liabilities:
         
Stock compensation expense
   
   
(117,000
)
Cash to accrual liability assumed from Signia acquisition
   
(236,000
)
 
(236,000
)
Non-deductible intangibles
   
(731,000
)
 
 
Other, net
   
   
(141,000
)
Total long-term deferred tax liabilities
   
(967,000
)
 
(494,000
)
Net long-term deferred tax (liability) asset
 
$
(103,000
)
$
682,000
 

Long-term deferred tax liabilities of $103,000 as of December 31, 2006 are included in deferred compensation and other liabilities on the accompanying balance sheet.
 
Federal net operating loss carryforwards of $126,000 expire from 2020 to 2023.

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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION

   
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

The Company sponsors several 401(k) and profit sharing plans under which eligible participants may elect to defer eligible compensation up to governmental limitations. Under the plan for Atlantic employees, the Company contributes 50% of employees’ contributions up to 4% of compensation. Under the plan for Signia employees, the Company contributes 100% of employees’ contributions on the first 3% of compensation and 50% on the next 2% of compensation. For all other employees, the Company contributes 20% of the employees’ contributions up to 1% of their annual compensation and may contribute additional profit sharing amounts at its discretion. Expense relating to the 401(k) and profit sharing plans was $132,000, $109,000 and $116,000 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

   
DEFERRED COMPENSATION

The Company had a deferred compensation arrangement with Andrew Garvin, the founder and former President of the Company. In November 2003, Mr. Garvin announced his early retirement as of December 31, 2003. The present value of the obligation as of December 31, 2003 was approximately $243,000. This was to be paid over the contractual term of 10 years, which began in January 2004. On September 29, 2004, the Company and Mr. Garvin executed Amendment No. 1 to the Separation Agreement dated as of December 31, 2003 in order to restructure the timing and reduced amount of certain deferred compensation payments. The remaining balance of $125,000 was paid during 2006.

   
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS

On January 1, 2005, the Company amended its employment agreement with David Walke, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, which expires in December 2007. The employment agreement provides for the issuance of a total of 450,000 shares of restricted stock of the Company during 2005, 2006 and 2007, as earned in each respective period. The restricted stock will vest according to the respective restricted stock award agreements. The employment agreement also contains certain severance provisions entitling Mr. Walke to receive compensation and certain benefits for various lengths of time upon termination without cause, or voluntary termination upon certain conditions, which includes the acquisition by a party of 30% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company or a change in the majority of incumbent Board members, and certain other occurrences.

On January 1, 2005, the Company amended its employment agreement with Peter Stone, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, which expires in December 2007. The employment agreement provides for the issuance of a total of 150,000 shares of restricted stock of the Company during 2005, 2006 and 2007, as earned in each respective period. The restricted stock will vest according to the respective restricted stock award agreements. The employment agreement also contains certain severance provisions entitling Mr. Stone to receive compensation and certain benefits for various lengths of time upon termination without cause, or voluntary termination upon certain conditions, which includes the acquisition by a party of 30% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company and certain other occurrences.
 
On July 21, 2005, the Company amended its employment agreement with Marc Litvinoff, the Chief Operating Officer of the Company, which expires in June 2007. The employment agreement provides for the issuance of 100,000 shares of restricted stock of the Company during 2005 and 2006. The restricted stock will vest according to the respective restricted stock award agreements. The employment agreement also contains certain severance provisions entitling Mr. Litvinoff to receive compensation and certain benefits for twelve months upon termination without cause or non-renewal of the employment agreement.

Pursuant to the employment agreements described above, the Company has a salary commitment of $653,000 in the year ending December 31, 2007.

(13)
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

Cash paid for interest and income taxes during the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 was as follows:

               
 
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
Interest
 
$
472,000
 
$
207,000
 
$
64,000
 
Income taxes
 
$
195,000
 
$
14,000
 
$
 
   

Non-cash operating activities:

In December 2006, the Company recorded taxes payable of $81,000 related to intangible tax amortization deductions.

In November 2005, as part of the consideration received on the sale of assets, the Company recorded a note receivable of $24,000.

In December 2004, the Company recorded a transition adjustment upon adoption of SFAS No. 123 of $13,000 related to long-term deferred tax assets.

Non-cash investing activities:
 
As of December 31, 2006, the Company has accrued $1,030,000 of deferred purchase price consideration.

In September 2006, the Company issued 179,791 shares of its Common Stock, valued at $250,000, representing the portion of One Year Deferred Consideration to be paid in shares of unregistered Common Stock to the former owner of Atlantic.

As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company has accrued approximately $34,000, which represents unpaid transaction costs related to the acquisitions of Atlantic and Signia.

In December 2005, the Company recorded a $344,000 addition to fixed assets for a new client relationship management tool, which is being financed over a 36-month period, with monthly payments commencing January 1, 2006.

In November 2005, as part of the consideration received on the sale of assets, the Company recorded an investment in Tigo Search of $268,000 and an investment in Scientigo of $58,000.

In September 2005, the Company recorded a $168,000 addition to leasehold improvements for new carpet at one of its locations, which was paid for directly by its landlord. This was included as a component of deferred rent, and will be amortized to expense over the life of the lease.

As of December 31, 2005, the Company has accrued approximately $11,000, which represents unpaid transaction costs related to the private placement of the Company’s Common Stock.

On April 1, 2005, the Company issued 500,157 shares of its Common Stock valued at approximately $803,000 to the former owners of Atlantic and Signia as part of these acquisitions.

As of December 31, 2004, the Company has accrued approximately $2,030,000, which represents the estimated portion of the Two Year Deferred Consideration earned as of that date in connection with the Guideline Research acquisition.

Non-cash financing activities:

During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company recorded the cashless exercise of 5,250 options at prices ranging from $0.625 to $1.062, in exchange for 1,194 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $1.20 to $1.29.

During the year ended December 31, 2005, the Company recorded the exercise of 23,100 options at prices ranging from $0.50 to $1.062, in exchange for 9,750 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $1.15 to $1.54.

During the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, the Company recorded preferred dividends of $64,000, $40,000 and $40,000, respectively.

During the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, the Company recorded non-cash interest expense related to the amortization of deferred financing fees of $152,000, $113,000 and $223,000, respectively.

During 2004, the Company recorded additional accretion on redeemable common shares, issued in connection with the Guideline Research acquisition, of $113,000. These shares, valued at $1,090,000, were sold in private transactions during 2005.

During 2004, the Company recorded the cashless exercise of 216,225 options, of which 79,227 options were cancelled, at prices ranging from $0.50 to $2.40, in exchange for 136,998 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $1.60 to $2.75.

In August 2004, the Company purchased certain equipment under a capital lease arrangement for approximately $185,000, with payments on a monthly basis over a 36-month period commencing September 1, 2004.

(14)
SEGMENT REPORTING

The Company manages its research and business advisory services in the following four business segments: Quick Consulting (“On-Demand Business Research”, previously known as QCS), Strategic Intelligence, Custom Market Research and Product Development Intelligence (previously known as Teltech). Upon the Company’s acquisition of Signia on April 1, 2005, the operations and financial results of Signia were integrated into the business segment previously known as the Strategic Research and Consulting Group (“SCRG”), and this segment was renamed Strategic Intelligence. Upon the Company’s acquisition of Atlantic on April 1, 2005, the operations and financial results of Atlantic were integrated into the business segment previously known as Quantitative Market Research, and this segment was renamed Custom Market Research. References to “Corporate” and “Other” in our financial statements refer to the portion of assets and activities that are not allocated to a segment.

   
Years Ended December 31,
 
       
(in thousands)
     
   
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
Revenues
             
On-Demand Business Research
 
$
14,387
 
$
15,850
 
$
16,904
 
Strategic Intelligence
   
4,584
   
4,157
   
1,936
 
Custom Market Research
   
17,530
   
14,410
   
11,371
 
Product Development Intelligence
   
9,784
   
8,617
   
8,226
 
Total revenues
 
$
46,285
 
$
43,034
 
$
38,437
 
                     
Depreciation and amortization
                   
On-Demand Business Research
 
$
685
 
$
963
 
$
577
 
Strategic Intelligence
   
25
   
33
   
79
 
Custom Market Research
   
66
   
75
   
36
 
Product Development Intelligence
   
66
   
93
   
98
 
Total segment depreciation and amortization
   
842
   
1,164
   
790
 
Corporate and other 2
   
708
   
186
   
141
 
Total depreciation and amortization
 
$
1,550
 
$
1,350
 
$
931
 
                     
Operating income (loss)
                   
On-Demand Business Research
 
$
1,124
 
$
1,267
 
$
1,357
 
Strategic Intelligence
   
818
   
586
   
164
 
Custom Market Research
   
2,832
   
1,380
   
1,160
 
Product Development Intelligence
   
1,236
   
762
   
922
 
Segment operating income
   
6,010
   
3,995
   
3,603
 
Corporate and other 1,2
   
(5,093
)
 
(3,012
)
 
(3,859
)
Operating income (loss)
 
$
917
 
$
983
 
$
(256
)
                     
Income (loss) before taxes1
                   
On-Demand Business Research
 
$
1,124
 
$
1,267
 
$
1,357
 
Strategic Intelligence
   
825
   
594
   
164
 
Custom Market Research
   
2,845
   
1,378
   
1,023
 
Product Development Intelligence
   
1,233
   
760
   
782
 
Segment income before taxes
   
6,027
   
3,999
   
3,326
 
Corporate and other 2
   
(4,928
)
 
(3,336
)
 
(5,271
)
Income (loss) before taxes
 
$
1,099
 
$
663
 
$
(1,945
)



Total Assets
             
On-Demand Business Research
 
$
1,653
 
$
2,731
       
Strategic Intelligence
   
1,794
   
2,203
       
Custom Market Research
   
4,788
   
4,262
       
Product Development Intelligence
   
4,303
   
3,519
       
Total segment assets
   
12,538
   
12,715
       
Corporate and other 2
   
27,328
   
25,127
       
Total assets
 
$
40,166
 
$
37,842
       
                     
Capital Expenditures
                   
On-Demand Business Research
 
$
89
 
$
133
 
$
186
 
Strategic Intelligence
   
2
   
45
   
8
 
Custom Market Research
   
126
   
114
   
23
 
Product Development Intelligence
   
53
   
   
62
 
Total segment capital expenditures
   
270
   
292
   
279
 
Corporate and other 2
   
504
   
139
   
253
 
Total capital expenditures
 
$
774
 
$
431
 
$
532
 
 
1 Before the impact of cumulative effect from change in accounting principle.
2 Represents assets and the effect of direct costs and selling, general and administrative expenses not attributable to a single segment.

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UNAUDITED QUARTERLY DATA (unaudited)

The following table sets forth selected quarterly data for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 (in thousands, except per share data). The operating results are not indicative of results for any future period.

 
 
 
Quarter ended
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
 
Operating income
(loss)
 
Income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income taxes 1
 
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders
 
 
Income (loss) per share:
basic2 
 
 
Income (loss) per share:
diluted2 
 
March 31, 20063
 
$
11,256
 
$
334
 
$
201
 
$
269
 
$
0.01
 
$
0.01
 
June 30, 20063
   
11,962
   
586
   
411
   
365
   
0.02
   
0.02
 
September 30, 20063
   
11,453
   
423
   
908
   
481
   
0.02
   
0.02
 
December 31, 2006
   
11,614
   
(426
)
 
(397
)
 
(145
)
 
(0.00
)
 
(0.00
)
                                       
March 31, 2005
 
$
8,786
 
$
213
 
$
176
 
$
41
 
$
0.00
 
$
0.00
 
June 30, 2005
   
11,329
   
(482
)
 
(624
)
 
(577
)
 
(0.03
)
 
(0.03
)
September 30, 2005
   
11,433
   
800
   
651
   
435
   
0.02
   
0.02
 
December 31, 2005
   
11,486
   
452
   
460
   
513
   
0.03
   
0.02
 
                                       
 
1 Before the impact of cumulative effect from change in accounting principle.
2 Quarterly data is rounded and totals may or may not equal year end basic and diluted earnings per share.
3 Results for the Company for the first three quarters of 2006 were adjusted. (See Note 10).

As discussed in Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, during 2006 and 2005, the Company recorded a charge to operations of $52,000 and $778,000, respectively, related to severance payments to be made to former employees. Approximately $1,247,000 and $1,339,000 was recorded related to discretionary bonus arrangements in the quarter ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
Schedule II

GUIDELINE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

Years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
(in thousands of dollars)
 
   
Balance at
 
Additions
         
   
beginning
 
charged to
 
Write offs
 
Balance at
 
Classification
 
of year
 
earnings
 
(recoveries)
 
end of year
 
                   
Year ended December 31, 2006:
                 
Allowance for doubtful accounts
 
$
112
 
$
135
 
$
148
 
$
99
 
                           
Year ended December 31, 2005:
                         
Allowance for doubtful accounts
 
$
164
 
$
85
 
$
137
 
$
112
 
                           
Year ended December 31, 2004:
                         
Allowance for doubtful accounts
 
$
271
 
$
129
 
$
236
 
$
164
 
 
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