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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 


 

(Mark One)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JULY 2, 2005.

 

or

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM              TO             .

 

Commission File Number 0-16611

 


 

GSI COMMERCE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   04-2958132

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

935 First Avenue, King of Prussia, PA   19406
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

610-265-3229

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


 

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  ¨

 

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

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of August 5, 2005:

 

Common Stock, $.01 par value   44,142,100
(Title of each class)   (Number of shares)

 



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FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JULY 2, 2005

 

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          Page

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

    

Item 1.

  

Financial Statements:

   3
    

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) as of January 1, 2005 and July 2, 2005

   3
    

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the three-and six-month periods ended July 3, 2004 and July 2, 2005

   4
    

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the six-month periods ended July 3, 2004 (restated) and July 2, 2005

   5
    

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

   6

Item 2.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   23

Item 3.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   43

Item 4.

  

Controls and Procedures

   43

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

    

Item 1.

  

Legal Proceedings

   44

Item 2.

  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

   44

Item 3.

  

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

   44

Item 4.

  

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

   44

Item 5.

  

Other Information

   44

Item 6.

  

Exhibits

   44

SIGNATURES

   45

 

Our fiscal year ends on the Saturday nearest the last day of December. Accordingly, references to fiscal 1999, fiscal 2000, fiscal 2001, fiscal 2002, fiscal 2003, fiscal 2004, and fiscal 2005 refer to the years ended January 1, 2000, December 30, 2000, December 29, 2001, December 28, 2002, January 3, 2004, January 1, 2005 and the year ending December 31, 2005.

 

Although we refer to the retailers, branded manufacturers, entertainment companies and professional sports organizations for which we develop and operate e-commerce businesses as our “partners,” we do not act as an agent or legal representative for any of our partners. We do not have the power or authority to legally bind any of our partners. Similarly, our partners do not have the power or authority to legally bind us. In addition, we do not have the types of liabilities for our partners that a general partner of a partnership would have.

 

Certain financial information is presented on a rounded basis, which may cause minor differences.

 

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ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

GSI COMMERCE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

 

     January 1,
2005


   

July 2,

2005


 
ASSETS                 

Current assets:

                

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 20,064     $ 23,483  

Marketable securities

     55,359       94,006  

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $408 and $291

     14,908       11,143  

Inventory

     37,773       33,108  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     2,382       3,141  
    


 


Total current assets

     130,486       164,881  

Property and equipment, net

     74,286       79,262  

Goodwill

     13,453       13,453  

Other equity investments

     2,847       5,108  

Other assets, net of accumulated amortization of $4,416 and $5,640

     10,824       12,107  
    


 


Total assets

   $ 231,896     $ 274,811  
    


 


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                 

Current liabilities:

                

Accounts payable

   $ 58,762     $ 26,332  

Accrued expenses and other

     31,691       25,779  

Deferrred revenue

     9,370       7,447  

Current portion - long-term debt and other

     971       600  
    


 


Total current liabilities

     100,794       60,158  

Convertible notes

     —         57,500  

Long-term debt and other

     13,564       13,257  
    


 


Total liabilities

     114,358       130,915  

Commitments and contingencies (see note 12)

                

Stockholders’ equity:

                

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 4,990,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding as of January 1, 2005 and July 2, 2005.

     —         —    

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 90,000,000 shares authorized; 41,584,061 and 43,919,755 shares issued as of January 1, 2005 and July 2, 2005, respectively; 41,582,851 and 43,919,552 shares outstanding as January 1, 2005 and July 2, 2005, respectively

     416       439  

Additional paid in capital

     294,495       323,811  

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income

     (104 )     1,368  

Accumulated deficit

     (177,269 )     (181,722 )
    


 


Total stockholders’ equity

     117,538       143,896  
    


 


Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 231,896     $ 274,811  
    


 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended

    Six Months Ended

 
     July 3,
2004


    July 2,
2005


    July 3,
2004


    July 2,
2005


 

Revenues:

                                

Net revenues from product sales

   $ 53,131     $ 75,158     $ 110,009     $ 151,810  

Service fee revenues

     11,558       16,488       20,948       31,194  
    


 


 


 


Net revenues

     64,689       91,646       130,957       183,004  

Cost of revenues from product sales

     39,564       57,046       81,072       114,672  
    


 


 


 


Gross profit

     25,125       34,600       49,885       68,332  
    


 


 


 


Operating expenses:

                                

Sales and marketing, exclusive of $195, $934, $690 and $1,124 reported below as stock-based compensation expense

     16,787       21,288       34,236       42,199  

Product development, exclusive of $(47), $253, $2 and $223 reported below as stock-based compensation expense

     4,498       6,436       8,981       13,025  

General and administrative, exclusive of $5, $561, $88 and $171 reported below as stock-based compensation expense

     4,375       4,519       8,295       9,744  

Stock-based compensation

     153       1,748       780       1,518  

Depreciation and amortization

     2,646       3,617       5,245       6,739  
    


 


 


 


Total operating expenses

     28,459       37,608       57,537       73,225  
    


 


 


 


Other (income) expense:

                                

Other (income) expense

     2       (169 )     3       (268 )

Interest expense

     54       413       54       646  

Interest income

     (244 )     (475 )     (535 )     (818 )
    


 


 


 


Total other (income) expense

     (188 )     (231 )     (478 )     (440 )
    


 


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ (3,146 )   $ (2,777 )   $ (7,174 )   $ (4,453 )
    


 


 


 


Earnings (loss) per share- basic and diluted:

                                

Net income (loss)

   $ (0.08 )   $ (0.07 )   $ (0.18 )   $ (0.11 )
    


 


 


 


Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted

     40,991       42,551       40,930       42,106  
    


 


 


 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

     Six Months Ended

 
    

July 3,

2004


    July 2,
2005


 
    

(as restated

see Note 17)

       

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

                

Net loss

   $ (7,174 )   $ (4,453 )

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

                

Depreciation and amortization

     5,245       6,739  

Stock-based compensation

     780       1,518  

Gain on exchange of note receivable

     (6 )     —    

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

                

Accounts receivable, net

     (2,385 )     3,765  

Inventory

     879       4,665  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     346       (759 )

Notes receivable

     32       —    

Other assets, net

     (182 )     99  

Accounts payable and accrued expenses and other

     (6,656 )     (38,337 )

Deferred revenue

     (3,229 )     (1,923 )
    


 


Net cash used in operating activities

     (12,350 )     (28,686 )
    


 


Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

                

Acquisition of property and equipment, net

     (23,658 )     (11,702 )

Payments received on notes receivable

     826       —    

Deferred cost in other

     —         (572 )

Cash paid for equity investment

     —         (136 )

Purchases of marketable securities

     (17,308 )     (81,728 )

Sales of marketable securities

     15,105       43,000  
    


 


Net cash used in investing activities

     (25,035 )     (51,138 )
    


 


Cash Flows from Financing Activities

                

Proceeds from convertible notes

     —         57,500  

Debt issuance costs paid

             (2,563 )

Repayments of loan

     —         (339 )

Repayments of capital lease obligations

     —         (268 )

Proceeds from mortgage note

     13,000       —    

Repayments of mortgage note

     —         (71 )

Proceeds from sales of common stock

     —         28,204  

Equity issuance costs paid

             (1,825 )

Proceeds from exercise of common stock options

     1,052       2,605  
    


 


Net cash provided by financing activities

     14,052       83,243  
    


 


Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

     (23,333 )     3,419  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     38,808       20,064  
    


 


Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 15,475     $ 23,483  
    


 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 1—BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

GSI Commerce, Inc. (“GSI” or the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, is a leading provider of e-commerce solutions that enable retailers, branded manufacturers, entertainment companies and professional sports organizations to operate e-commerce businesses. The Company began its e-commerce business in 1999 and initially targeted the sporting goods category. Since fiscal 2001, the Company expanded into six additional categories: apparel, health and beauty, consumer electronics, entertainment, home, and jewelry and luxury items. The Company provides solutions for its partners through its integrated e-commerce platform, which is comprised of three components — core technology, supporting infrastructure and partner services. Through the Company’s integrated e-commerce platform, it provides Web site administration, Web infrastructure and hosting, business intelligence, an e-commerce engine, order management, fulfillment, drop shipping, customer service, buying, creative design, Web site usability, testing and enhancements, channel integration, business-to-business (B-to-B) services, content development and imaging, e-commerce strategy, online marketing and customer relationship management (CRM). The Company derives virtually all of its revenues from sales of products by the Company through its partners’ e-commerce businesses and service fees earned by the Company in connection with the development and operation of its partners’ e-commerce businesses.

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions for Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements.

 

The accompanying financial information is unaudited; however, in the opinion of the Company’s management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments and accruals) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods reported have been included. The results of operations for the periods reported are not necessarily indicative of those that may be expected for a full year.

 

This quarterly report should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s audited financial statements presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 17, 2005, as amended by Form 10-K/Amendment No.1 filed with the SEC on May 2, 2005 and further amended by Form 10-K/Amendment No. 2 filed with the SEC on May 6, 2005.

 

NOTE 2—ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Consolidation: The financial statements presented include the accounts of the Company and all wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant inter-company balances and transactions among consolidated entities have been eliminated.

 

Use of Estimates: The preparation of 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 disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions.

 

Fair Values: The estimated fair value amounts presented in these consolidated financial statements have been determined by the Company using available market information and appropriate methodologies. However, considerable judgment is required in interpreting market data to develop the estimates of fair value. The estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Company could realize in a current market exchange. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts. Such fair value estimates are based on pertinent information available to management as of January 1, 2005 and July 2, 2005, and have not been comprehensively revalued for purposes of these consolidated financial statements since such dates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents: The Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities at date of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The carrying value of cash equivalents approximates their current market value.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

Marketable Securities: Marketable securities, which consist of investments in various debt securities, are classified as available-for-sale and are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses recorded as a component of stockholders’ equity. The Company does not intend to hold its marketable securities for more than one year from the most recent balance sheet date and has therefore classified them as a current asset. All investments with original maturities of greater than 90 days are accounted for in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities.” The Company determines the appropriate classification at the time of purchase. At January 1, 2005, and July 2, 2005, the Company held $39,700 and $55,840, respectively, of investments in auction rate securities classified as available-for-sale. Investments in these securities are recorded at cost, which approximates fair value due to their variable interest rates, which reset approximately every 30 to 45 days. Despite the long-term nature of their stated contractual maturities, there is a ready liquid market for these securities based on the interest reset mechanism. As a result, there are no cumulative gross realized or unrealized holding gains or (losses) from our auction rate securities. All income generated from these marketable securities was recorded as interest income. As of January 1, 2005, the Company recorded net unrealized losses on its marketable securities, other than auction rate securities, of $104. As of July 2, 2005, the Company recorded net unrealized losses on its marketable securities, other than auction rate securities, of $184. Realized gains or losses and declines in value judged to be other than temporary, if any, on available-for-sale securities are reported in other income or loss.

 

Inventory: Inventory, primarily consisting of sporting goods, consumer electronics and licensed entertainment products, is valued at the lower of cost (determined using the weighted average method) or market. Inherent in this valuation are significant management judgments and estimates, including among others, assessments concerning obsolescence and shrinkage rates. Based upon the methodology underlying these judgments and estimates, which is applied consistently from period to period, the Company records a valuation allowance to adjust the carrying amount of its inventory.

 

Property and Equipment: Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Costs incurred to develop internal-use computer software during the application development stage, including those relating to developing partners’ Web sites, generally are capitalized. Costs of enhancements to internal-use computer software are also capitalized, provided that these enhancements result in additional functionality. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which are generally:

 

    Three years for office equipment;

 

    Three to four years for computer hardware and software;

 

    Seven years for furniture and fulfillment center equipment;

 

    The lesser of fifteen years or lease term for leasehold improvements;

 

    Fifteen years for building improvements; and

 

    Thirty years for buildings

 

Upon retirement or other disposition of these assets, the cost and related accumulated depreciation is removed from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss, if any, is recognized as a gain or loss on disposition of the assets in other income/expense. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred.

 

Effective December 30, 2001, the Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” SFAS No. 142 changed the accounting for goodwill from an amortization method to an impairment-only approach. Under an impairment-only approach, goodwill and certain intangibles are not amortized into results of operations but instead, are reviewed for impairment and written down and charged to results of operations only in the periods in which the recorded value of goodwill and certain intangibles is more than their fair value. The Company performed an annual impairment test of its recorded goodwill as of January 1, 2005, and found no instances of impairment.

 

Long-Lived Assets: The ability to realize long-lived assets is evaluated periodically as events or circumstances indicate a possible inability to recover their carrying amount. Such evaluation is based on various analyses, including undiscounted cash flow and profitability projections that incorporate, as applicable, the impact on the existing business. The analyses necessarily involve significant management judgment. Any impairment loss, if indicated, is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the estimated fair value of the asset.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

Other Equity Investments: Other equity investments consist of 824,594 shares of Odimo Incorporated (“Odimo”) common stock, which was converted from Series C and Series D preferred stock when Odimo completed an initial public offering through the issuance of 3,125,000 shares of its common stock in February 2005. The Company accounts for the investment in accordance with SFAS No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities.” Prior to the initial public offering, the original cost of the Company’s investment was determined based on the fair value of the investment at the time of its acquisition. At the time, an observable market price did not exist for non-marketable securities. In order to determine the fair value of the investment in Odimo, the Company obtained an independent, third-party valuation. The valuation incorporated a variety of methodologies to estimate fair value, including comparing the security with securities of publicly traded companies in similar lines of business, applying price multiples to estimated future operating results for Odimo and estimating discounted cash flows. Factors affecting the valuation included restrictions on control and marketability of Odimo’s equity securities and other information available to the Company, such as the Company’s knowledge of the industry and knowledge of specific information about Odimo. Using this valuation, the Company determined the estimated fair value of the investment to be approximately $2,847 as of January 1, 2005. During the first quarter of 2005, the Company exercised warrants related to Odimo for $136, which represented 119,272 shares of common stock. The fair value of the Odimo investment as of July 2, 2005 was $4,535, which was determined by the current market price of the common stock of Odimo on July 2, 2005. This resulted in an unrealized gain of $1,552 for the six-month period ended July 2, 2005, which is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income as a component of stockholders equity.

 

Other Assets, Net: Other assets, net consists primarily of deferred partner revenue share charges, resulting from the exercise of a right to receive 1,600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in lieu of future cash partner revenue share payments. Deferred partner revenue share charges were $10,097 as of January 1, 2005 and $8,934 for the six-month period ended July 2, 2005, and are being amortized as stock-based compensation expense as the partner revenue share expense is incurred. The partner revenue share expense incurred is based on actual revenues recognized in a given period and the imputed partner revenue share percentage, which is based on the value of the Company’s common stock that was issued upon exercise of the right. Stock-based compensation expense related to the amortization of deferred partner revenue share charges was $332 and $692 for the three- and six-month periods ended July 3, 2004, and $675 and $1,163 for the three- and six-month periods ended July 2, 2005.

 

In addition, other assets include the underwriter’s discount and debt issuance costs of $2,520 as of July 2, 2005, relating to the June 1, 2005 public offering of $57,500 aggregate principal amount of 3% convertible unsecured obligations due June 1, 2025. The underwriter’s discount and debt issuance costs are being amortized using the straight-line method which approximates the effective interest method. Total amortization related to the underwriter’s discount and debt issuance costs was $43 for the three-month period ended July 2, 2005.

 

Deferred Revenue: Deferred revenue consists primarily of fees paid in advance to the Company under agreements to manage some aspects of certain partners’ e-commerce businesses, including fulfillment technology and customer service, existing at the balance sheet date. Deferred revenue also consists of amounts received from the sale of gift certificates redeemable through the Company’s partners’ e-commerce businesses.

 

Net Revenues from Product Sales: Net revenues from product sales are derived from the sale of products by the Company through our partners’ e-commerce businesses. Net revenues from product sales are net of allowances for returns and discounts and include outbound shipping charges and other product related services such as gift wrapping and monogramming.

 

The Company recognizes revenues from product sales when the following revenue recognition criteria are met: persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, shipment has occurred, the selling price is fixed or determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured.

 

The Company recognizes revenue from product sales, net of estimated returns based on historical experience and current trends, upon shipment of products to customers. The Company ships the majority of products from its fulfillment centers in Louisville, KY and Shepherdsville, KY. The Company also relies upon certain vendors to ship products directly to customers on its behalf. The Company acts as principal in these transactions, as orders are initiated directly through the e-commerce businesses that the Company operates, the Company takes title to the goods at the shipping point and has the economic risk related to collection, customer service and returns.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

The Company considers the criteria presented in Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) No. 99-19, “Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal versus Net as an Agent,” in determining the appropriate revenue recognition treatment. Generally, when the Company is the primary obligor in a transaction, has general inventory risk, establishes the selling price, has discretion in supplier selection, has physical loss inventory risk after order placement or during shipping, and has credit risk, or has several but not all of these indicators, the Company records revenue gross as a principal.

 

The Company pays to its partners a percentage of the revenues generated from the sale of products sold by the Company through the e-commerce businesses that the Company operates in exchange for the rights to use their brand names and the promotions and advertising that its partners agree to provide. The Company refers to these royalty payments as partner revenue share charges. The Company has considered the revenue reduction provisions addressed in EITF No. 00-25, “Vendor Income Statement Characterization of Consideration Paid to a Reseller of the Vendor’s Products,” which was codified in EITF No. 01-09, “Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer or a Reseller of the Vendor’s Products,” and believes that the payment of partner revenue share charges, or the issuance of warrants or stock in lieu of cash partner revenue share charges, to its partners should not result in any reduction of revenues. EITF No. 00-25 addresses consideration paid to parties along a distribution chain. The Company purchases merchandise from its vendors, at its discretion, and is responsible for paying those vendors. The amounts purchased and the prices paid to the Company’s vendors are not in any way impacted by the revenue share provisions of the Company’s agreements with its partners. Accordingly, the Company’s partners and vendors are not linked in the distribution chain and the Company believes that the provisions of EITF No. 00-25 do not apply.

 

Service Fee Revenues: The Company derives its service fee revenues from service fees earned by it in connection with the development and operation of its partners’ e-commerce businesses. Service fees primarily consist of variable fees based on the value of merchandise sold or gross profit generated through its partners’ e-commerce businesses. To a lesser extent, service fees include fixed periodic payments by partners for the development and operation of their e-commerce businesses and fees related to the provision of marketing, design, development and other services. The Company recognizes revenues from services provided when the following revenue recognition criteria are met: persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, services have been rendered, the fee is fixed or determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured. If the Company receives payments for services in advance, these amounts are deferred and then recognized over the service period. Cost of service fee revenues includes the cost of products sold and inbound freight related to those products, as well as outbound shipping and handling costs, other than those related to promotional free shipping and subsidized shipping and handling which would be included in sales and marketing expense. The Company does not specifically record “Cost of service fee revenues” as these costs are incurred by the Company’s fee-based partners rather than by the Company. Operating expenses relating to service fee revenues consist primarily of personnel and other costs associated with the Company’s engineering, production and creative departments which are included in product development expense, as well as fulfillment costs and personnel and other costs associated with its marketing and customer service departments which are included in sales and marketing expense.

 

Cost of Revenues: Cost of revenues consist of cost of revenues from product sales and cost of service fee revenues. Cost of revenues from product sales include the cost of products sold and inbound freight related to these products, as well as outbound shipping and handling costs, other than those related to promotional free shipping and subsidized shipping and handling which are included in sales and marketing expense. We specifically do not record cost of service fee revenue. The cost of the sales of the merchandise on which we earn service fees are incurred by our service-fee partners because they are the owners and sellers of the merchandise.

 

Sales and Marketing: Sales and marketing expenses include fulfillment costs, customer service costs, credit card fees, net partner revenue share charges, net advertising and promotional expenses incurred by us on behalf of the Company’s partners’ e-commerce businesses, and payroll related to the buying, business management and marketing functions of the company. Net partner revenue share charges are royalty payments made to the Company’s partners in exchange for the use of their brands, the promotion of its partners’ URLs, Web sites and toll-free telephone numbers in their marketing and communications materials, the implementation of programs to provide incentives to customers to shop through the e-commerce businesses that the Company operates for its partners and other programs and services provided to the customers of the e-commerce businesses that the Company operates for its partners, net of amounts reimbursed to the Company by its partners. Net advertising and promotional expenses include promotional free shipping and subsidized shipping and handling costs and are net of amounts reimbursed to the Company by its partners. Partner revenue share charges were $2,323 and $5,328 for the three- and six-month periods ended July 3, 2004, and $2,687 and $4,493 for the three- and six-month periods ended July 2, 2005.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

The Company defines shipping and handling costs as only those costs incurred for a third-party shipper to transport products to the customer and these costs are included in cost of revenues from product sales. In some instances, shipping and handling costs exceed shipping charges to the customer and are subsidized by the Company. Additionally, the Company selectively offers promotional free shipping whereby it ships merchandise to customers free of all shipping and handling charges. The cost of promotional free shipping and subsidized shipping and handling was $473 and $1,176 for the three-and six-month periods ended July 3, 2004, and $954 and $1,826 for the three- and six-month periods ended July 2, 2005, and was charged to sales and marketing expense.

 

The Company defines fulfillment costs as personnel, occupancy and other costs associated with its Kentucky fulfillment center, personnel and other costs associated with its logistical support and vendor operations departments and third-party warehouse and fulfillment services costs. Fulfillment costs were $4,731 and $9,695 for the three- and six-month periods ended July 3, 2004, and $6,224 and $13,000 for the three- and six-month period ended July 2, 2005, and are included in sales and marketing expense.

 

The Company expenses the cost of advertising, which includes online marketing fees, media, agency and production expenses, in accordance with the AICPA Accounting Standards Executive Committee’s Statement of Position (“SOP”) 93-7, “Reporting on Advertising Costs.” Advertising production costs are expensed the first time the advertisement runs. Online marketing fees and media (television, radio and print) placement costs are expensed in the month the advertising appears. Agency fees are expensed as incurred. Advertising costs were $1,627 and $2,855 for the three- and six-month period ended July 3, 2004, and $1,864 and $3,737 for the three- and six-month period ended July 2, 2005, and are included in sales and marketing expenses.

 

Product Development: Product development expenses consist primarily of expenses associated with planning, maintaining and operating the Company’s partners’ e-commerce businesses, and payroll and related expenses for the Company’s engineering, production, creative and management information systems departments. Costs incurred to develop internal-use computer software during the application development stage, including those relating to developing the Company’s partners’ Web sites, generally are capitalized. Costs of enhancements to internal-use computer software are also capitalized, provided that these enhancements result in additional functionality.

 

Stock-Based Compensation: SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” encourages, but does not require, companies to record compensation cost for stock-based employee compensation plans at fair value. The Company has chosen to continue to account for stock-based compensation using the intrinsic method prescribed in Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and related interpretations. Accordingly, compensation expense for stock options issued to employees is measured as the excess, if any, of the quoted market price of the Company’s stock at the date of the grant over the amount an employee must pay to acquire the stock. The Company accounts for stock-based compensation for stock options and warrants issued to non-employees in accordance with SFAS No. 123 and EITF No. 96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Goods or Services,” and EITF No. 00-18, “Accounting Recognition for Certain Transactions involving Equity Instruments Granted to Other Than Employees.” Accordingly, compensation expense for stock options and warrants issued to non-employees are measured using a Black-Scholes multiple option pricing model that takes into account significant assumptions as to the expected life of the option or warrant, the expected volatility of the Company’s common stock and the risk-free interest rate over the expected life of the option or warrant. Compensation expense for restricted stock awards is recorded on a straight-line method over the vesting period.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

The following table illustrates the pro forma net loss and loss per share for the three- and six-month periods ended July 3, 2004 and July 2, 2005 as if compensation expense for stock options issued to employees had been determined consistent with SFAS No. 123:

 

     Three Months Ended

    Six Months Ended

 
     July 3,
2004


    July 2,
2005


    July 3,
2004


    July 2,
2005


 

Net loss, as reported

   $ (3,146 )   $ (2,777 )   $ (7,174 )   $ (4,453 )

Add: Stock-based compensation expense included in reported net loss

     (246 )     1,064       14       355  

Deduct: Total stock-based compensation determined under fair value based method for all stock option awards

     (1,396 )     (5,047 )     (2,748 )     (6,373 )
    


 


 


 


Pro forma net loss

   $ (4,788 )   $ (6,760 )   $ (9,908 )   $ (10,471 )
    


 


 


 


Loss per share - basic and diluted:

                                

Net loss per share, as reported

   $ (0.08 )   $ (0.07 )   $ (0.18 )   $ (0.11 )
    


 


 


 


Pro forma net loss per share

   $ (0.12 )   $ (0.16 )   $ (0.24 )   $ (0.25 )
    


 


 


 


 

Stock-based compensation expense related to the amortization of deferred partner revenue share charges was $332 and $692 for the three- and six-month periods ended July 3, 2004, and $675 and $1,163 for the three- and six-month periods ended July 2, 2005.

 

Income Taxes: The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of the Company’s assets and liabilities and expected benefits of utilizing net operating loss carryforwards. The impact on deferred taxes from changes in tax rates and laws, if any, applied to the years during which temporary differences are expected to be settled, is reflected in the consolidated financial statements in the period of enactment. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts expected to be realized.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

In November 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 151, “Inventory Costs an Amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4”. SFAS No. 151 amends the guidance in ARB No. 43 Chapter 4, “Inventory Pricing” to clarify the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs, and wasted material (spoilage). Paragraph 5 of ARB 43 Chapter 4, previously stated that “…under some circumstances, items such as idle facility expense, excessive spoilage, double freight, and rehandling costs may be so abnormal as to require treatment as current period charges.” SFAS No. 151 requires that those items be recognized as current period charges regardless of whether they meet the criterion of “so abnormal”. SFAS No. 151 is effective for inventory costs incurred during the fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. In addition, SFAS No. 151 requires that allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of conversion be based on normal capacity of the production facility. The Company anticipates that adoption of SFAS No. 151 will have no significant impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, “Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets an Amendment of APB Opinion No. 29”. SFAS No. 153 eliminates the exception from fair value measurement for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets in paragraph 21(b) of APB Opinion No. 29 and replaces it with an exception for exchanges that do not have commercial substance. This Statement specifies that a nonmonetary exchange has commercial substance if the future cash flows of the entity are expected to change significantly as a result of the exchange. SFAS No. 153 is effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company anticipates that adoption of SFAS No. 153 will have no significant impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 123R “Share-Based Payment”, or FAS 123R, which replaces Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, or FAS 123, and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, or APB 25. FAS 123R requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the financial statements based on their fair values. In addition, FAS 123R will cause unrecognized expense (based on the amounts in our pro forma footnote disclosure) related to options vesting after the date of initial adoption to be recognized as a charge to results of operations over the remaining vesting period. In April 2005, the SEC announced that it would delay the initial adoption of FAS 123R from interim periods that begin after June 15, 2005, to annual periods beginning after June 15, 2005. Under FAS 123R, the Company must determine the appropriate fair value model to be used for valuing share-based payments, the amortization method for compensation cost and the transition method to be used at the date of adoption. The Company is evaluating the requirements of FAS 123R and it expects that the adoption of FAS 123R will have a material impact on its consolidated results of operations and earnings per share.

 

In June 2005, the FASB, issued FSP FAS 150-5, “Issuer’s Accounting under FASB Statement No. 150 for Freestanding Warrants and Other Similar Instruments on Shares That Are Redeemable.” This FSP clarifies that freestanding warrants and other similar instruments on shares that are redeemable should be accounted for as liabilities under Statement 150 regardless of the timing of the redemption feature or price. The guidance in this FSP shall be applied to the first reporting period beginning after June 30, 2005. The Company is evaluating the requirements of FSP FAS 150-5 and it expects that the adoption of FSP FAS 150-5 will not have a material impact on its financial position, consolidated results of operations and earnings per share.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 3—MARKETABLE SECURITIES

 

Marketable securities, at estimated fair value, consist of the following:

 

     January 1, 2005

     Amortized
Cost


   Gross
Unrealized
Losses


    Estimated
Fair Value


Auction rate securities

   $ 39,700    $ —       $ 39,700

Corporate bonds

     5,963      (41 )     5,922

U.S. government agency securities

     9,800      (63 )     9,737
    

  


 

     $ 55,463    $ (104 )   $ 55,359
    

  


 

 

     July 2, 2005

    

Amortized

Cost


  

Gross

Unrealized

Gains


   Gross
Unrealized
Losses


    Estimated
Fair Value


Auction rate securities

   $ 55,840    $ —      $ —       $ 55,840

Corporate bonds

     20,092      2      (77 )     20,017

U.S. government agency securities

     18,258      —        (109 )     18,149
    

  

  


 

     $ 94,190    $ 2    $ (186 )   $ 94,006
    

  

  


 

 

The fair value of marketable securities with loss positions was $15,659 as of January 1, 2005 and $35,624 as of July 2, 2005, and the gross unrealized losses on these marketable securities were $104 as of January 1, 2005 and $186 as of July 2, 2005. The Company considered the nature of these marketable securities, which are primarily U.S. government agency securities, the amount of the impairments relative to the carrying value of the related investments and the duration of the impairments, which are all less than twelve months, and concluded that the impairments were not other than temporary.

 

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of investments in debt securities as of July 2, 2005, by contractual maturity, are as follows:

 

    

Amortized

Cost


   Estimated
Fair Value


Due within one year

   $ 34,384    $ 34,298

Due after one year through five years

     51,116      51,018

Due after five years through ten years

     —        —  

Due after ten years

     8,690      8,690
    

  

     $ 94,190    $ 94,006
    

  

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 4 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

The major classes of property and equipment, at cost, as of January 1, 2005 and July 2, 2005 are as follows:

 

     January 1,
2005


    July 2,
2005


 

Computer hardware and software

   $ 51,841     $ 58,644  

Building and building improvements

     39,751       40,888  

Furniture, warehouse and office equipment

     10,550       11,204  

Land

     7,663       7,663  

Leasehold improvements

     529       564  

Capitalized lease

     1,692       1,692  

Construction in progress

     387       3,329  
    


 


       112,413       123,984  

Less: Accumulated depreciation

     (38,127 )     (44,722 )
    


 


Property and equipment, net

   $ 74,286     $ 79,262  
    


 


 

NOTE 5—LEASES

 

Capital Leases

 

During the third quarter of fiscal 2004, the Company entered into capital leases for computer hardware and software. As of July 2, 2005, the leases had an aggregate outstanding balance of $983, with $453 classified as current. The Company’s net investment in these capital leases as of July 2, 2005 was $1,371, which is included in property and equipment. Interest expense recorded on the capital leases for the three- and six-month period ended July 2, 2005 was $21 and $45.

 

Operating Leases

 

The Company leases its Melbourne, FL customer contact center, as well as its Shepherdsville, KY fulfillment center and certain fixed assets under noncancellable operating leases. Rent expense under operating lease agreements was $364 and $695 for the three- and six-month periods ended July 3, 2004, and $553 and $1,143 for the three- and six-month period ended July 2, 2005.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 6—CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

The following table summarizes the changes in stockholders’ equity for the year ended January 1, 2005 and the six-months ended July 2, 2005:

 

                                 Accumulated                   
                                  
    

Common Stock


  

Additional

Paid in

Capital


    Accumulated     Comprehensive    

Other

Comprehensive

Income (Loss)


    Treasury Stock

      
     Shares

   Dollars

     Deficit

    (Loss) Income

      Shares

    Dollars

   Total

 

Consolidated balance at January 3, 2004

   40,781    $ 408    $ 287,571     $ (177,609 )           $ —       1     $ —      $ 110,370  
                                                                   

Net income

                         340     $ 340                            340  

Net unrealized losses on available- for-sale securities

                                 (104 )     (104 )                  (104 )
                                


                            

Comprehensive income

                               $ 236                               
                                


                            

Issuance of options to purchase common stock in exchange for services

                 1,859                                            1,859  

Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options and warrants

   803      8      5,065                                            5,073  
    
  

  


 


         


 

 

  


Consolidated balance at January 1, 2005

   41,584    $ 416    $ 294,495     $ (177,269 )           $ (104 )   1     $ —      $ 117,538  

Net loss

                         (4,453 )     (4,453 )                          (4,453 )

Net unrealized losses on available- for-sale securities

                                 (80 )     (80 )                  (80 )

Unrealized gain on equity investments in Odimo recorded at fair value (See Note 2)

                                 1,552       1,552                    1,552  
                                


                            

Comprehensive loss

                               $ (2,981 )                             
                                


                            

Issuance of options to purchase common stock in exchange for services

                 355                                            355  

Issuance of common stock during public offering

   1,962      19      28,185                                            28,204  

Issuance costs related to the common stock public offering

                 (1,825 )                                          (1,825 )

Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options

   374      4      2,601                             (1 )            2,605  
    
  

  


 


         


 

 

  


Consolidated balance at July, 2 2005

   43,920    $ 439    $ 323,811     $ (181,722 )           $ 1,368     —       $ —      $ 143,896  

 

In June 2005, the Company completed the sale of approximately 1.9 million common shares related to the Company’s public offering, which raised approximately $26,380 in net proceeds, which the Company will use for working capital and general corporate purposes, including possible acquisitions.

 

NOTE 7—STOCK OPTIONS, WARRANTS AND STOCK AWARDS

 

The Company maintains incentive and non-incentive stock option plans for certain employees, directors and other persons (the “Plans”). Under the terms of the Plans, the Company is authorized to grant incentive and non-incentive options, restricted stock and unrestricted stock awards and restricted stock units a maximum of 11,500,000 shares of common stock. The options and restricted stock awards granted under the Plans generally vest at various times over periods ranging up to five years and have terms of up to ten years after the date of grant, unless the optionee leaves the employ of or ceases to provide services to the Company. Stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) may be granted under the Plans either alone or in tandem with stock options. No SARs have been granted to date under the Plans.

 

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

The following table summarizes the stock option activity for the three-month periods ended July 3, 2004 and July 2, 2005:

 

     Three Months Ended

     July 3, 2004

   July 2, 2005

     Number of
Shares


    Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price


   Number of
Shares


    Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price


Outstanding, beginning of period

   6,401     $ 8.28    5,813     $ 8.62

Granted

   385       9.40    1,178       13.75

Exercised

   (37 )     4.00    (255 )     6.97

Cancelled

   (227 )     8.97    (52 )     10.79
    

        

     

Outstanding, end of period

   6,522     $ 8.35    6,684     $ 9.58
    

        

     

Exercisable, end of period

   4,008     $ 8.00    5,363     $ 9.61
    

        

     

 

During the three-month period ended July 2, 2005, the Company granted to employees options to purchase an aggregate of 1,177,750 shares of the Company’s common stock at prices ranging from $13.46 to $16.75 per share and restricted stock units to purchase an aggregate of 133,027 shares of the Company’s common stock. The weighted average fair value and the weighted average exercise price of the options granted with exercise prices at the then-current market prices of the underlying stock during the three-month period ended July 2, 2005 was $4.16 and $13.75 per share, respectively. For the three- and six-month periods ended July 2, 2005, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $1,073 and $355, respectively, relating to options and restricted stock.

 

During the three-month period ended July 3, 2004, the Company granted to employees options to purchase an aggregate of 384,750 shares of the Company’s common stock at prices ranging from $8.51 to $10.89 per share. The weighted average fair value and the weighted average exercise price of the options granted with exercise prices at the then-current market prices of the underlying stock during the three-month period ended July 3, 2004 was $5.88 and $9.40 per share, respectively. For the three-and six-month periods ended July 3, 2004, the Company recorded $268 and $1 reductions in stock-based compensation expense, respectively, relating to options and restricted stock.

 

The following table summarizes the warrant activity for the three-month periods ended July 3, 2004 and July 2, 2005:

 

     Three Months Ended

     July 3, 2004

   July 2, 2005

     Number of
Shares


   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price


   Number of
Shares


   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price


Outstanding, beginning of period

   803    $ 7.68    815    $ 7.71

Granted

   12      9.31    —        —  

Exercised

   —        —      —        —  

Cancelled

   —        —      —        —  
    
         
      

Outstanding, end of period

   815    $ 7.71    815    $ 7.71
    
         
      

Exercisable, end of period

   615    $ 9.40    615    $ 9.40
    
         
      

 

No warrants were granted or issued by the Company during the three- and six-month periods ended July 2, 2005.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

The following table summarizes information regarding options and warrants outstanding and exercisable as of July 2, 2005:

 

     Outstanding

   Exercisable

Range of Exercise Prices


   Number
Outstanding


  

Weighted Average

Remaining

Contractual Life
In Years


  

Weighted
Average

Exercise

Price


  

Number

Exercisable


   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price


$1.00-$6.20

   2,546    4.96    $ 4.80    2,200    $ 5.06

$6.38-$10.00

   2,586    7.34      9.09    1,620      8.76

$10.87-$24.69

   2,367    7.85      14.63    2,158      14.83
    
              
      

$1.00-$24.69

   7,499    6.69    $ 9.38    5,978    $ 9.59
    
              
      

 

As of July 2, 2005, 1,944,202 shares of common stock were available for future grants under the Plans.

 

The fair value of options granted under the Plans during the three-month periods ended July 3, 2004 and July 2, 2005 were estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes multiple option pricing model, with the following weighted average assumptions:

 

Assumption


   July 3, 2004

    July 2, 2005

 

Dividend yield

   None     None  

Expected volatility

   96.00 %   57.25 %

Average risk free interest rate

   3.35 %   3.76 %

Average expected lives

   3.30 years     1.58 years  

 

NOTE 8— NET LOSS PER SHARE

 

Basic earnings (loss) per share for all periods have been computed in accordance with SFAS No. 128, “Earnings Per Share.” Basic and diluted loss per share are computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Potential common shares from outstanding common stock options and warrants, and convertible notes have been excluded from the calculation of diluted losses per share because their effect would be anti-dilutive.

 

The amounts used in calculating loss per share data are as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended

    Six Months Ended

 
     July 3,
2004


    July 2,
2005


    July 3,
2004


    July 2,
2005


 

Net loss

   $ (3,146 )   $ (2,777 )   $ (7,174 )   $ (4,453 )
    


 


 


 


Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted

     40,991       42,551       40,930       42,106  
    


 


 


 


Outstanding common stock options having no dilutive effect

     6,522       6,684       6,522       6,684  
    


 


 


 


Outstanding common stock warrants having no dilutive effect

     815       815       815       815  
    


 


 


 


Convertible shares having no dilutive effect

     —         3,229       —         3,229  
    


 


 


 


 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 9 — COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS):

 

The following table summarizes the components of comprehensive income (loss):

 

     Three Months Ended

    Six Months Ended

 
    

July 3,

2004


   

July 2,

2005


    July 3,
2004


    July 2,
2005


 

Net loss

   $ (3,146 )   $ (2,777 )   $ (7,174 )   $ (4,453 )
    


 


 


 


Other comprehensive loss:

                                

Net unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities

     (72 )     (31 )     (97 )     (80 )

Unrealized (loss) gain on equity investment in Odimo recorded at fair value

     —         (668 )     —         1,552  
    


 


 


 


Other comprehensive loss

     (72 )     (699 )     (97 )     1,472  
    


 


 


 


Comprehensive loss

   $ (3,218 )   $ (3,476 )   $ (7,271 )   $ (2,981 )
    


 


 


 


 

NOTE 10—SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS/CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK

 

The Company had $12,397 as of January 1, 2005 and $12,928 as of July 2, 2005, of operating cash and $63,026 as of January 1, 2005 and $104,561 as of July 2, 2005 of cash equivalents and marketable securities invested with three financial institutions, which are potentially subject to credit risk. The composition of these investments is regularly monitored by management of the Company.

 

NOTE 11—MAJOR SUPPLIERS/ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY

 

During the three-month period ended July 2, 2005, the Company purchased inventory from one supplier amounting to $24,576 or 49.3% of total inventory purchased. During the six-month period ended July 2, 2005, the Company purchased inventory from one supplier amounting to $49,289 or 49.0% of total inventory purchased.

 

During the three-month period ended July 3, 2004, the Company purchased inventory from one supplier amounting to $12,820 or 37.2% of total inventory purchased. During the six-month period ended July 3, 2004, the Company purchased inventory from one supplier amounting to $25,251 or 37.1% of total inventory purchased.

 

No other supplier amounted to more than 10% of total inventory purchased for any period presented.

 

NOTE 12—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Legal Proceedings

 

The Company is involved in various litigation incidental to its current and discontinued businesses, including alleged infringement of intellectual property rights of third parties, contractual claims and claims relating to the manner in which goods are sold through its e-commerce platform.

 

While the Company sold certain assets of Ashford.com, Inc. in December 2002, Ashford.com continues to be a party to certain litigation that was commenced prior to the Company’s acquisition of Ashford.com in March 2002. Since July 11, 2001, several stockholder class action complaints have been filed in the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York against Ashford.com, several of Ashford.com’s officers and directors, and various underwriters of Ashford.com’s initial public offering. The purported class actions have all been brought on behalf of purchasers of Ashford.com common stock during various periods beginning on September 22, 1999, the date of Ashford.com’s initial public offering. The plaintiffs allege that Ashford.com’s prospectus, included in Ashford.com’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

Commission, was materially false and misleading because it failed to disclose, among other things, certain fees and commissions collected by the underwriters or arrangements designed to inflate the price of the common stock. The plaintiffs further allege that because of these purchases, Ashford.com’s post-initial public offering stock price was artificially inflated. As a result of the alleged omissions in the prospectus and the purported inflation of the stock price, the plaintiffs claim violations of Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The complaints have been consolidated into a single action, and the consolidated cases against Ashford.com have been consolidated with similarly consolidated cases filed against 308 other issuer defendants for the purposes of pretrial proceedings. The claims against Ashford.com’s officers and directors were dismissed in exchange for tolling agreements which permit the refiling of claims against officers and directors at a later date. A motion to dismiss filed on behalf of all issuer defendants, including Ashford.com, was denied in all aspects relevant to Ashford.com on February 19, 2003. Ashford.com and its insurers have entered into a memorandum of understanding regarding terms for settlement of this suit. Under the settlement, plaintiffs’ claims against Ashford.com and other issuers will be dismissed in exchange for certain consideration from the issuers’ insurers and for the issuers’ assignment to plaintiffs of certain potential claims against the underwriters of the relevant initial public offerings. Formal documentation of the settlement contemplated by the memorandum of understanding is complete and the Judge presiding over this matter has preliminarily approved the settlement. In the event that a settlement is not finalized, the Company believes that Ashford.com has defenses against these actions.

 

In September 2003, the Company learned that it, along with several of its partners, were named in an action in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by a private litigant who is alleging that the Company, along with certain of its partners, wrongfully failed to collect and remit sales and use taxes for sales of personal property to customers in Illinois and knowingly created records and statements falsely stating the Company was not required to collect or remit such taxes. The complaint seeks injunctive relief, unpaid taxes, interest, attorneys’ fees, civil penalties of up to $10 per violation, and treble damages under the Illinois Whistleblower Reward and Protection Act. The Company is aware that this same private litigant has filed similar actions against retailers in other states, and it may be possible that the Company and/or its partners may have been or may be named in similar cases in other states. The Company does not believe that it is liable under existing laws and regulations for any failure to collect sales or other taxes relating to internet sales and intends to vigorously defend itself in this matter.

 

The Company does not believe, based on current knowledge, that any of the foregoing claims are likely to have a material adverse effect on its business, financial position or results of operations. However, the Company may incur substantial expenses and devote substantial time to defend third-party claims whether or not such claims are meritorious. In the event of a determination adverse to the Company, the Company may incur substantial monetary liability, and may be required to implement expensive changes in its business practices or enter into costly royalty or licensing agreements. Any of these could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position or results of operations.

 

Acquisitions

 

On May 25, 2005 the Company announced it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire control of privately-held Aspherio, S.L., a Barcelona, Spain-based provider of outsourced e-commerce solutions. Effective July 6, 2005, the Company has obtained a usufruct (a right that is irrevocable during its term and that conveys the voting and economic rights to the underlying shares without transferring title to the shares) right over the shares representing 51% of the participations in Aspherio, S.L. The Company is working strategically with Aspherio to offer its international e-commerce capabilities to the Company’s existing partners and prospects. The Company will consolidate the third quarter results of Aspherio, S.L., showing the remaining 49% within minority interest. Under the terms of the agreement, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, the Company also has the right to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Aspherio, S.L. If consummated, the purchase price for the acquisition of control and for the acquisition of the shares of Aspherio would be approximately $4.0 million plus an earn-out based on performance of the Aspherio business. Of the $4.0 million, $2.7 million would be paid in cash and $1.3 million would be paid in cash or the Company’s common stock, at the Company’s election. Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, the acquisition is expected to close in late 2005 or early 2006. The Company does not expect that the acquisition would have a material impact on its financial results for fiscal year 2005 or 2006.

 

Advertising and Media Agreements

 

As of July 2, 2005, the Company was contractually committed for the purchase of future advertising totaling approximately $3 through the fiscal year ending December 31, 2005. The expense related to these commitments will be recognized in accordance with the Company’s accounting policy related to advertising (see Note 2).

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

Partner Revenue Share Payments

 

As of July 2, 2005 and subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, the Company was contractually committed to future minimum cash revenue share payments as follows:

 

Fiscal Year-Ended


   Partner Revenue
Share Payments


2005

   $ 3,304

2006

     3,654

2007

     4,500

2008

     4,850

2009

     5,150

Thereafter

     2,650
    

Total conditional future minimum cash revenue share payments

   $ 24,108
    

 

NOTE 13—SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION

 

     Six Months Ended

 
     July 3,
2004


    July 2,
2005


 

Cash paid during the period for interest

   $ 54     $ 464  

Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:

                

Receipt of shares of, and warrants to purchase, Odimo’s Series C preferred stock in connection with a conversion of principal due under a note

     688       —    

Exchange of a portion of a promissory note in connection with a conversion of principal due under the note

     (682 )     —    

Unrealized gain on equity investment of Odimo recorded at fair value

     —         1,552  

Net unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities

     (97 )     (80 )

 

NOTE 14—BUSINESS SEGMENTS

 

The Company operates in one principal business segment. The Company provides e-commerce solutions that enable retailers, branded manufacturers, entertainment companies and professional sports organizations to operate e-commerce businesses. The Company provides solutions for its partners through its integrated e-commerce platform, which is comprised of three components — core technology, supporting infrastructure and partner services. Through the Company’s integrated e-commerce platform, it provides Web site administration, Web infrastructure and hosting, business intelligence, an e-commerce engine, order management, fulfillment, drop shipping, customer service, buying, creative design, Web site usability, testing and enhancements, channel integration, business-to-business (B-to-B) services, content development and imaging, e-commerce strategy, online marketing and customer relationship management (CRM). The Company currently derives virtually all of its revenues from the sales of products by the Company through its partners’ e-commerce businesses and service fees earned by the Company in connection with the development and operation of its partner’s e-commerce businesses. The Company also derives revenue from fixed and variable fees earned in connection with the development and operation of partners’ e-commerce businesses and the provision of marketing and other services. All of the Company’s net revenues and operating results are in the United States and Canada. Net revenues and operating results in Canada are not significant. All of the Company’s identifiable assets are in the United States.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

NOTE 15—RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

In the fiscal years-ended December 30, 2000 and December 29, 2001, Interactive Technology Holdings, LLC, a joint venture of Comcast Corporation and QVC, Inc., acquired 10,797,900 shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, which accounted for approximately 26.0% of the Company’s outstanding common stock as of January 1, 2005. On January 31, 2005, ITH effected a distribution of all of its assets, including shares of GSI common stock, to entities affiliated with Comcast and QVC. As of July 2, 2005, QVC beneficially owned approximately 19.3% of our outstanding common stock. M. Jeffrey Branman, one of our directors, was the President of Interactive Technology Services, which served as financial advisor to ITH through its dissolution. Mr. Branman is no longer affiliated with ITH, Interactive Technology Services or QVC.

 

In the fiscal year-ended 2000, the Company entered into a website development and distribution agreement with iQVC, a division of QVC, Inc., pursuant to which the Company provides technology, procurement and fulfillment services for QVC, including selling sporting goods, recreational and/or fitness related equipment and related products, apparel and footwear to QVC for resale through the QVC Web site. The Company recognized net revenues on sales to this related party for the three- and six-month periods ended July 3, 2004 of $238 and $571, and for the three- and six-month periods ended July 2, 2005 of $113 and $511 under this Web site development and distribution agreement. The terms of these sales are comparable to those with other business-to-business partners of the Company. As of July 2, 2005, the amount included in accounts receivable net was $34 related to these sales.

 

In the fiscal year ended January 3, 2004, the Company entered into a service agreement with QVC pursuant to which QVC provided shipping services to the Company in exchange for fees. The fees charged to the Company by QVC were determined through arms-length negotiations. The Company incurred fees of $264 and $583 for the three- and six-month period ended July 3, 2004, of which $250 and $557 related directly to products shipped and was charged to cost of revenues from product sales and $14 and $26 related to professional services provided and was charged to sales and marketing expense. This agreement terminated effective April 3, 2005. The Company incurred fees of $26 for the six-month period ended July 2, 2005, of which $13 related directly to products shipped and was charged to cost of revenues from product sales and $13 related to professional services provided and was charged to sales and marketing expense. All fees were incurred in the first quarter due to the termination of the agreement.

 

In exchange for Rustic Canyon forfeiting the rights to designate one member to the Company’s Board, on June 26, 2004, the Company granted to Rustic Canyon a warrant to purchase 12,500 shares of the Company’s common stock with a term of five years and an exercise price of $9.31 per share. The fair value of the warrant was estimated on the date of grant using Black-Sholes multiple option pricing model and the Company recorded $89 of stock-based compensation expense, relating to the warrant.

 

NOTE 16—LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER

 

On June 1, 2005, the Company completed a public offering of $57.5 million aggregate principal amount of 3% convertible unsecured notes due June 1, 2025, raising net proceeds of approximately $55.0 million, net of approximately $2.5 million of underwriter’s discount and debt issuance costs. The underwriter’s discount and debt issuance costs are being amortized using the straight-line method which approximates the effective interest method. The convertible unsecured notes bear interest at 3%, payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1, beginning December 1, 2005.

 

Holders may convert the notes into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion rate of 56.1545 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes (representing a conversion price of approximately $17.81 per share), subject to adjustment, on or prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding May 1, 2010. Holders may convert only if (i) the trading price of the notes for a defined period is less than 103% of the product of the closing sale price of the Company common stock and the conversion rate or (ii) the Company elects to make certain distributions of assets or securities to all holders of common stock. Upon conversion, the Company will have the right to deliver, in lieu of shares of the Company’s common stock, cash or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s common stock, which is at the Company’s election. At any time prior to maturity date the Company may irrevocably elect to satisfy the Company’s conversion obligation with respect to the principal amount of the notes to be converted with a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s common stock, which is at the Company’s election. If holders elect to convert their notes in connection with a fundamental change (any transaction or event, as defined and further described in the Indenture, whereby more than 50% of the Company’s common stock is exchanged, converted and/or acquired) that occurs on or prior to June 1, 2010, the Company is required to deliver shares of the Company’s common stock, cash or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s common stock, which is at the Company’s election, inclusive of a make whole adjustment that could result in up to 11.23 additional shares issued per $1,000 principal amount of notes. This make whole adjustment is based on the sale price of the Company’s common stock.

 

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At any time on or after June 6, 2010, the Company may redeem any of the notes for cash at a redemption price of 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to but excluding the redemption date. Holders may require the Company to repurchase the notes at a repurchase price equal to 100% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on June 1 of 2010, 2015, and 2020, or at any time prior to maturity upon the occurrence of a designated event.

 

The following table summarizes the Company’s long-term debt and other long-term liabilities as of January 1, 2005 and July 2, 2005:

 

     January 1,
2005


    July 2,
2005


 

Convertible notes

   $ —       $ 57,500  

Note payable

     12,945       12,874  

Capital lease obligation

     1,590       983  
    


 


       14,535       71,357  

Less: Current portion of note payable

     (142 )     (147 )

Less: Current portion of capital lease obligation

     (829 )     (453 )
    


 


Total convertible notes and long-term debt and other

   $ 13,564     $ 70,757  
    


 


 

NOTE 17—RESTATEMENT OF THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

 

Subsequent to the issuance of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended January 1, 2005, the Company determined that the Company’s investments in auction rate securities should have been classified as marketable securities within current assets. Previously, such investments had been classified as cash and cash equivalents. Accordingly, the Company restated the classification to report these investments as marketable securities for the six-month period ended July 3, 2004, to reflect the gross purchases and sales of these investments as investing activities rather than as a component of cash and cash equivalents. The restatement had no impact on previously reported total current assets, total assets, working capital position, results of operations or cash flows from operating activities.

 

The following table presents a summary of the significant effects of the restatement:

 

     Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

 
     As Previously
Reported


    Adjustments

    As Restated

 

Six-Month Period Ended July 3, 2004

                  

Purchases of marketable securities

   (6,058 )   (11,250 )   (17,308 )

Sales of marketable securities

   2,605     12,500     15,105  

Net cash used in investing activities

   (26,285 )   1,250     (25,035 )

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

   (24,583 )   1,250     (23,333 )

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

All statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “plan”, “will”, “would”, “should”, “guidance”, “potential”, “continue”, “project”, “forecast”, “confident”, “prospects”, and similar expressions typically are used to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the then-current expectations, beliefs, assumptions, estimates and forecasts about our business and the industries and markets in which we operate. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors which may affect our business, financial condition and operating results include the effects of changes in the economy, the impact of 123R, consumer spending, the financial markets and the industries in which we and our partners operate, changes affecting the Internet and e-commerce, our ability to develop and maintain relationships with strategic partners and suppliers and the timing of our establishment or extension or termination of our relationships with strategic partners, our ability to timely and successfully develop, maintain and protect our technology and product and service offerings and execute operationally, our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, our ability to successfully integrate our acquisitions of other businesses, if any, and the performance of acquired businesses. More information about potential factors that could affect us are described under the heading of “Risk Factors.” We expressly disclaim any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as otherwise specifically stated by us.

 

Overview and Executive Summary

 

    We are a leading provider of e-commerce solutions that enables retailers, branded manufacturers, entertainment companies and professional sports organizations to operate e-commerce businesses. We provide solutions for our partners through our integrated e-commerce platform, which is comprised of three components: core technology, supporting infrastructure and partner services. Through our platform, we provide Web site administration, Web infrastructure and hosting, business intelligence, an e-commerce engine, order management, fulfillment, drop shipment, customer service, buying, creative design, Web site usability, testing and enhancement services, channel integration, business-to-business (B-to-B) services, content development and imaging, e-commerce strategy, online marketing and customer relationship management (CRM).

 

    We offer what we believe is a comprehensive and compelling value proposition that includes the provision of expertise and infrastructure to enable our partners to grow their e-commerce businesses and to use their e-commerce businesses as a channel to complement and enhance their offline businesses. We have built and continue to develop expertise in integrated online technology, marketing and retailing, which we deliver across a shared technology, supporting infrastructure and partner services platform. We continually add new services and functions to our platforms. As part of our continuing efforts to add value to our platform, we evaluate opportunities to acquire complimentary or new businesses or assets.

 

    Generally, we launch the website of a new partner within three to six months after entering into a contract with such new partner. During the period in which we are planning and developing a new partner’s Web site, we incur development and launch expenses without any accompanying revenues. We anticipate that new Web sites typically will contribute to our income from operations in their first full year of operation.

 

    We derive virtually all of our revenues from sales of products by us through our partners’ e-commerce businesses and service fees earned by us in connection with the development and operation of our partners’ e-commerce businesses. Our revenue growth in the first six months of fiscal 2005 as compared to the first six months of fiscal 2004 was due to an increase in revenues of $41.8 million from product sales in both our sporting goods and other categories, as well as an increase of $10.2 million in service fee revenues. These increases were driven primarily by our existing partners as well as the launch of new partners in fiscal 2004, which contributed to increased sales in the first six months of fiscal 2005.

 

    Our gross profit increased $18.4 million in the first six months of fiscal 2005 as compared to the first six months of fiscal 2004 as a result of sales growth in new and existing partners. The gross margin decrease from 26.3% to 24.5%, which was a result of a shift in sales mix from sporting goods to consumer electronics, which carry a lower gross margin than product sales of sporting goods. We specifically do not record cost of service fee revenue. The cost of sales of the merchandise on which we earn service fees are costs incurred by our service-fee partners because they are the owners and sellers of the merchandise. Accordingly, our gross margin on service revenues is 100%. Our gross margin on products has typically been impacted by the mix of products sold between our sporting goods and other categories as well as within our sporting goods category.

 

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    Operating expenses increased from $57.5 million in the first six months of fiscal 2004 to $73.2 million in the first six months of fiscal 2005, primarily as a result of increased expenses in payroll and related costs to support the growth of our business.

 

    On May 25, 2005, we entered into a definitive agreement to acquire control of privately-held Aspherio, S.L., a Barcelona, Spain-based provider of outsourced solutions. Effective July 6, 2005, we obtained a usufruct (a right that is irrevocable during its term and that conveys the voting and economic rights to the underlying shares without transferring title to the shares) right over the shares representing 51% of the participations in Aspherio, S.L. Under the terms of the agreement, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, we also have the right to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Aspherio, S.L. If consummated, the purchase price for the acquisition of control and for the acquisition of the shares of Aspherio would be approximately $4.0 million plus an earn-out based on performance of the Aspherio business. Of the $4.0 million, $2.7 million would be paid in cash and $1.3 million would be paid in cash or our common stock, at the our election. Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, the acquisition is expected to close in late 2005 or early 2006. We do not expect that the acquisition to have a material impact on our financial results for fiscal year 2005 or 2006.

 

    On June 1, 2005, we raised approximately $80 million of net proceeds through the concurrent sale of 1.8 million common shares and $57.5 million aggregate principal amount of 3% convertible notes due 2025. We will use the net proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes, including possible acquisitions.

 

Results of Operations

 

Comparison of the three and six-month periods ended July 3, 2004 and July 2, 2005

 

Net Revenues

 

We derive virtually all of our revenues from sales of product by us through our partners’ e-commerce businesses and service fees earned by us in connection with the development and operation of our partners’ e-commerce businesses. The following tables show net revenues by source for the second quarter of fiscal 2004 and the second quarter of fiscal 2005, the first six months of fiscal 2004 and the first six months of fiscal 2005, the percentages that such revenues bear to total net revenues and the period over period changes in net revenues.

 

Three-month period ended July 3, 2004 and July 2, 2005:

 

     Second Fiscal
Qtr. 2004


    Second Fiscal
Qtr. 2005


   

Second Fiscal Qtr. 2005

vs Second Fiscal Qtr. 2004


 
     $

   %

    $

   %

    $

   %

 

Net revenues from product sales - sporting goods

   $ 33.6    51.9 %   $ 41.9    45.7 %   $ 8.3    24.7 %

Net revenues from product sales - other

     19.5    30.2 %     33.3    36.3 %     13.8    70.8 %
    

  

 

  

 

  

Net revenue from product sales

     53.1    82.1 %     75.2    82.0 %     22.1    41.6 %

Service fee revenue

     11.6    17.9 %     16.5    18.0 %     4.9    42.2 %
    

  

 

  

 

  

Net Revenues

   $ 64.7    100 %   $ 91.7    100 %   $ 27.0    41.7 %
    

        

        

      

 

Net Revenues from Product Sales. Net revenues from product sales are derived from the sale of products by us through our partners’ e-commerce businesses. Net revenues from product sales are net of allowances for returns and discounts and include outbound shipping charges and other product related services such as gift wrapping and monogramming.

 

Net revenues from product sales increased $22.1 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2005 primarily due to the growth of our existing partners. Of this increase, $8.3 million was due to an increase in sales in our sporting goods category and $13.8 million was due to an increase in sales in our other product category, which primarily includes consumer electronics.

 

Service Fee Revenue. Service fee revenues are derived from service fees earned in connection with the development and operation of our partners’ e-commerce businesses. Service fees primarily consist of variable fees based on the value of merchandise sold or gross profit generated through our partners’ e-commerce businesses. To a lesser extent, service fees include fixed periodic payments by partners for the development and operation of their e-commerce businesses and fees related to the provision or marketing, design, development and other services.

 

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Service fee revenues increased $4.9 million for the second quarter of 2005, due primarily to the launch of new fee-based partners in fiscal 2004 and 2005 and growth in existing partners.

 

Six-month period ended July 3, 2004 and July 2, 2005:

 

    

First Six Months

Fiscal 2004


   

First Six Months

Fiscal 2005


   

First Six Months

Fiscal 2004 vs First Six
Months Fiscal 2004


 
     $

   %

    $

   %

    $

   %

 

Net revenues from product sales - sporting goods

   $ 67.1    51.3 %   $ 81.7    44.7 %   $ 14.6    21.8 %

Net revenues from product sales - other

     42.9    32.7 %     70.1    38.3 %     27.2    63.4 %
    

  

 

  

 

  

Net revenue from product sales

     110.0    84.0 %     151.8    83.0 %     41.8    38.0 %

Service fee revenue

     21.0    16.0 %     31.2    17.0 %     10.2    48.6 %
    

  

 

  

 

  

Net Revenues

   $ 131.0    100.0 %   $ 183.0    100.0 %   $ 52.0    39.7 %
    

        

        

      

 

Net Revenues from Product Sales. Net revenues from product sales increased $41.8 million for the first six months of fiscal 2005 primarily due to the growth of our existing partners. Of this increase, $14.6 million was due to an increase in sales in our sporting goods category and $27.2 million was due to an increase in sales in our other product category, which primarily includes consumer electronics.

 

Service Fee Revenue. Service fee revenues increased $10.2 million for the first six months of fiscal 2005, due primarily to the launch of new fee-based partners in fiscal 2004 and 2005 and growth in existing partners.

 

Cost of Revenues

 

Cost of revenues consists of cost of revenues from product sales and cost of service fee revenues. Cost of revenues from product sales include the cost of products sold and inbound freight related to those products, as well as outbound shipping and handling costs, other than those related to promotional free shipping and subsidized shipping and handling which are included in sales and marketing expense. We specifically do not record cost of service fee revenue. The cost of the sales of the merchandise on which we earn service fees are incurred by our service-fee partners because they are the owners and sellers of the merchandise. The following tables show cost of revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2004 and second quarter of fiscal 2005, the first six months of fiscal 2004 and the first six months of fiscal 2005, the percentages that such costs bear to total net revenues and the period over period changes in cost of revenues.

 

Three-month period ended July 3, 2004 and July 2, 2005:

 

     Second Fiscal
Qtr. 2004


    Second Fiscal
Qtr. 2005


   

Second Fiscal Qtr. 2005

vs Second Fiscal Qtr. 2004


 
     $

   %

    $

   %

    $

   %

 

Cost of revenue from product sales

   $ 39.6    61.2 %   $ 57.1    62.2 %   $ 17.5    44.2 %
    

        

        

      

 

As a percentage of net revenues, cost of revenues increased from 61.2% in second quarter of fiscal 2004 to 62.2% in second quarter of fiscal 2005. The increase in cost of revenues was primarily due to more product sales in the other category, which is primarily consumer electronics, which carry a lower gross margin or higher cost of revenue compared to product sales of sporting goods. Cost of revenues from product sales as a percentage of net revenues from product sales increased from approximately 74.5% in second quarter of fiscal 2004 to approximately 75.9% in second quarter of fiscal 2005.

 

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Six-month period ended July 3, 2004 and July 2, 2005:

 

    

First Six Months

Fiscal 2004


   

First Six Months

Fiscal 2005


   

First Six Months Fiscal 2004

vs First Six Months Fiscal 2004


 
     $

   %

    $

   %

    $

   %

 

Cost of revenue from product sales

   $ 81.1    61.9 %   $ 114.7    62.7 %   $ 33.6    41.4 %
    

        

        

      

 

As a percentage of net revenues, cost of revenues increased from 61.9% in the first six months of fiscal 2004 to 62.7% in the first six months of fiscal 2005. The change in cost of revenues as a percentage of net revenues resulted from more product sales in the other category, which is primarily consumer electronics, which carry a lower gross margin or higher cost of revenue compared to product sales of sporting goods. Cost of revenues from product sales as a percentage of net revenues from product sales increased from approximately 73.7% in the first six months of fiscal 2004 to approximately 75.6% in the first six months of fiscal 2005.

 

Gross Profit

 

Gross profit consists of gross profit from product sales and gross profit from service fees. Because we do not record cost of service fee revenues, net revenues from service fees and gross profit from service fees are the same. The following tables show gross profit for the first quarter of fiscal 2004 and the first quarter of fiscal 2005, the first six months of fiscal 2004 and the first six months of fiscal 2005, the percentages that such gross profit bears to product sales, service fees and total net revenues and the period over period changes in gross profit.

 

Three-month period ended July 3, 2004 and July 2, 2005:

 

     Second Fiscal Qtr 2004

    Second Fiscal Qtr 2005

    Second Fiscal Qtr. 2005
vs Second Fiscal Qtr. 2004


 
     $

  

% of

Product

Sales


   

% of

Service

Fees


   

% of

Net

Revenue


    $

  

% of

Product

Sales


   

% of

Service

Fees


    % of
Net
Revenue


   

$

Change


   % Change

 

Gross profit from product sales

   $ 13.6    25.6 %   —             $ 18.1    24.1 %   —             $ 4.5    33.1 %

Gross profit from service fees

     11.5    —       100 %           16.5    —       100 %           5.0    42.2 %
    

  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

Gross profit

   $ 25.1                38.8 %   $ 34.6                37.8 %   $ 9.5    37.3 %
    

                    

                    

      

 

The increase in gross profit for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 was due to a $5.0 million increase in service fee revenues and a $4.5 million increase in gross profit from product sales primarily of our existing partners. The decrease in gross profit as a percentage of net revenues in second quarter of fiscal 2005 was largely driven by greater than planned product sales in the other category, which is primarily consumer electronics, which carry a lower gross margin than product sales of sporting goods. Gross profit from product sales represented 54.2% of total gross profit in second quarter of fiscal 2004 and 52.3% in second quarter of fiscal 2005. Gross profit from service fee revenues represented 45.8% of total gross profit in second quarter of fiscal 2004 and 47.7% in second quarter of fiscal 2005. The gross profit on product sales decreased from 25.6% in second quarter of fiscal 2004 to 24.1% in second quarter of fiscal 2005 due primarily to a shift in sales from sporting goods to consumer electronics.

 

Six-month period ended July 3, 2004 and July 2, 2005:

 

     First Six Months Fiscal 2004

    First Six Months Fiscal 2005

    First Six Months Fiscal 2005
vs First Six Months Fiscal 2004


 
     $

  

% of

Product

Sales


   

% of

Service

Fees


   

% of

Net

Revenue


    $

  

% of

Product

Sales


   

% of

Service

Fees


    % of
Net
Revenue


   

$

Change


   % Change

 

Gross profit from product sales

   $ 28.9    26.3 %   —             $ 37.1    24.4 %   —             $ 8.2    28.4 %

Gross profit from service fees

     21.0    —       100 %           31.2    —       100 %           10.2    48.6 %
    

  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

Gross profit

   $ 49.9                38.1 %   $ 68.3                37.3 %   $ 18.4    36.9 %
    

                    

                    

      

 

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The increase in gross profit for the first six months of fiscal 2005 was due to a $10.2 million increase in service fee revenues and an $8.2 million increase in gross profit from product sales primarily of our existing partners. The decrease in gross profit as a percentage of net revenues in first six months of fiscal 2005 was largely driven by greater than planned product sales in the other category, which is primarily consumer electronics, which carry a lower gross margin than product sales of sporting goods. Gross profit from product sales represented 58.0% of total gross profit in six months of fiscal 2004 and 54.3% in first six months of fiscal 2005. Gross profit from service fee revenues represented 42.0% of total gross profit in first six months of fiscal 2004 and 45.7% in first six months of fiscal 2005. The gross profit on product sales decreased from 26.3% in first six months of fiscal 2004 to 24.4% in first six months of fiscal 2005 due primarily to a shift in sales from sporting goods to consumer electronics.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Operating expenses primarily consist of sales and marketing expenses, product development expenses, general and administrative expenses, stock-based compensation expense and depreciation and amortization expenses. The following tables show operating expenses for second quarter of fiscal 2004 and the second quarter of fiscal 2005, the first six months of fiscal 2004 and the first six months of fiscal 2005, the percentages that such expenses bear to net revenues and the period over period changes in operating expenses.

 

Three-month period ended July 3, 2004 and July 2, 2005:

 

     Second Fiscal
Qtr 2004


    Second Fiscal
Qtr 2005


    Second Fiscal Qtr 2005
vs Second Fiscal Qtr 2004


 
     $

   %

    $

   %

    $ Change

   % Change

 

Sales and marketing expenses

   $ 16.8    25.9 %   $ 21.3    23.2 %   $ 4.5    26.8 %

Product development expenses

     4.5    7.0 %     6.4    7.0 %     1.9    42.2 %

General and administrative expenses

     4.3    6.8 %     4.5    4.9 %     0.2    4.7 %

Stock-based compensation expense

     0.2    0.2 %     1.7    1.9 %     1.5    750.0 %

Depreciation and amortization expenses

     2.6    4.1 %     3.7    4.0 %     1.1    42.3 %
    

  

 

  

 

  

Total operating expenses

   $ 28.4    44.0 %   $ 37.6    41.0 %   $ 9.2    32.4 %
    

        

        

      

 

Sales and Marketing Expenses. Sales and marketing expenses include advertising and promotional expenses, including promotional free shipping and subsidized shipping and handling costs, online marketing fees, commissions to participants in the affiliate programs for our partners’ Web sites, fulfillment costs, customer service costs, credit card fees, merchandising costs and payroll and related expenses. These expenses also include partner revenue share charges, which are royalty payments made to our partners in exchange for the use of their brands, the promotion of our partners’ URLs, Web sites and toll-free telephone numbers in their marketing and communications materials, the implementation of programs to provide incentives to customers to shop through the e-commerce businesses that we operate for our partners and other programs and services provided to the customers of the e-commerce businesses that we operate for our partners.

 

Sales and marketing expenses increased $4.5 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2005 compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2004 primarily due to a $1.1 million increase in credit card fees, a $0.9 million increase in payroll and related costs principally in our fulfillment operations, a $0.5 million increase in subsidized shipping costs due to increased promotional shipping activity, a $0.4 million increase in occupancy costs related to the opening of a second fulfillment facility in the third quarter of 2004, and a $1.6 million increase in other variable expenses primarily caused by higher sales volumes in the second quarter of fiscal 2005.

 

Product Development Expenses. Product development expenses consist primarily of expenses associated with planning, maintaining and operating our partners’ e-commerce businesses and payroll and related expenses for engineering, production, creative and management information systems.

 

Product development expenses increased $1.9 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2005 compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2004 primarily due to a $1.6 million increase in staffing and related costs, and a $0.3 million increase in communication, web hosting and equipment maintenance costs. The increases in these costs were necessary to support new partner launches, deliver enhanced functionality for our partners’ e-commerce businesses and continue to improve the capacity, stability and security of our e-commerce platform.

 

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General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of payroll and related expenses for executive, finance, human resources, legal and administrative personnel, as well as bad debt expense and occupancy costs for our headquarters and other offices.

 

General and administrative expenses increased $0.2 million from the second quarter of fiscal 2005 as compared to second quarter of fiscal 2004 primarily due to a $0.7 million increase due to investments in payroll and related costs to support the growth of our business, which was partially offset by a $0.3 million in administrative costs in fiscal 2004 that we did not incur in fiscal 2005 and a $0.2 million reduction in other general and administrative expenses.

 

Stock-Based Compensation. Stock-based compensation expense consists of the amortization of deferred compensation expense for options and awards granted to employees and certain non-employees, including options subject to variable accounting (the expense for which may fluctuate from period to period based on the closing market price of our stock), the value of options or warrants granted to certain partners and investors and amortization of deferred partner revenue share charges. Deferred partner revenue share charges, which are included in other assets, relate to a partner’s exercise of a right to receive shares of our common stock in lieu of future cash revenue share payments.

 

Stock-based compensation expense increased $1.5 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 compared to the second quarter of 2004 primarily due to a $0.8 million increase in the amortization of deferred compensation expense relating to options subject to variable accounting, a $0.5 million increase in expense relating to stock awards, a $0.1 million decrease in expense relating to options for non-employees, as well as a $0.3 million increase in deferred partner revenue share charges resulting from higher product sales from the partner’s e-commerce business. As of the end of second quarter of fiscal 2005, we had an aggregate of $1.0 million of deferred stock-based compensation remaining to be amortized. We had stock-based compensation expense related to the amortization of deferred partner revenue share charges of $0.3 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004 and $0.7 million for second quarter of fiscal 2005.

 

Depreciation and Amortization Expense. Depreciation and amortization expenses relate primarily to the depreciation of our corporate headquarters and Louisville, Kentucky fulfillment center, the depreciation and amortization of the capitalized costs for our purchased and internally developed technology, including a portion of the cost related to the employees that developed such technology, hardware and software and the depreciation of improvements, furniture and equipment at our corporate headquarters and our fulfillment and customer contact centers.

 

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased $1.1 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2004 primarily due to additional assets to build, manage and operate our business, offset in part, by certain previously purchased assets becoming fully depreciated in fiscal 2004.

 

Six-month period ended July 3, 2004 and July 2, 2005:

 

     First Six Months
Fiscal 2004


    First Six Months
Fiscal 2005


    First Six Months Fiscal 2005
vs First Six Months Fiscal 2004


 
     $

   %

    $

   %

    $ Change

   % Change

 

Sales and marketing expenses

   $ 34.2    26.1 %   $ 42.2    23.0 %   $ 8.0    23.4 %

Product development expenses

     9.0    6.9 %     13.0    7.1 %     4.0    44.4 %

General and administrative expenses

     8.3    6.3 %     9.8    5.3 %     1.5    18.1 %

Stock-based compensation expense

     0.8    0.6 %     1.5    0.8 %     0.7    87.5 %

Depreciation and amortization expenses

     5.2    4.0 %     6.7    3.7 %     1.5    28.8 %
    

  

 

  

 

  

Total operating expenses

   $ 57.5    43.9 %   $ 73.2    40.0 %   $ 15.7    27.3 %
    

        

        

      

 

Sales and marketing expenses increased $8.0 million from the first six months of fiscal 2005 compared to the first six months of fiscal 2004 primarily due to a $2.5 million increase in payroll and related costs principally in our fulfillment operations, a $2.2 million increase in credit card fees, a $0.9 million increase in occupancy related costs due to the opening of a second fulfillment facility in the third quarter of 2004, a $0.7 million increase in online marketing, a $0.8 million increase in subsidized shipping costs related to increased promotional shipping activity, and a $0.9 million increase in other variable expenses primarily caused by higher sales volumes in the first six months of fiscal 2005.

 

Product development expenses increased $4.0 million in the first six months of fiscal 2005 compared to the first six months of fiscal 2004 primarily due to a $3.2 million increase in staffing and related costs, and a $0.8 million increase in communication,

 

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web hosting and equipment maintenance costs. The increases in these costs were necessary to support new partner launches, deliver enhanced functionality for our partners’ e-commerce businesses and continue to improve the capacity, stability and security of our e-commerce platform.

 

General and administrative expenses increased $1.5 million from the first six months of fiscal 2005 compared to the first six months of fiscal 2004 primarily due to a $1.6 million increased investments in payroll and related costs to support the growth of our business, which was partially offset by a $0.1 million decrease in other general and administrative expenses.

 

Stock-based compensation expense increased $0.7 million for the first six months of fiscal 2005 compared to the first six months of fiscal 2005 primarily due to a $0.2 million decrease in the amortization of deferred compensation expense relating to options subject to variable accounting, a $0.6 million increase in expense relating to stock awards, a $0.1 million decrease in expense relating to options for non-employees, as well as a $0.4 million increase in deferred partner revenue share charges resulting from higher product sales from the partner’s e-commerce business. As of the end of first six months of fiscal 2005, we had an aggregate of $1.0 million of deferred stock-based compensation remaining to be amortized. We had stock-based compensation expense related to the amortization of deferred partner revenue share charges of $0.7 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004 and $1.1 million for first six months of fiscal 2005.

 

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased $1.5 million for the first six months of fiscal 2005 compared to the first six months of fiscal 2004 primarily due to additional assets to build, manage and operate our business, offset in part, by certain previously purchased assets becoming fully depreciated in fiscal 2004.

 

Other (Income) Expense

 

Other (income) expense consists of expenses related to a minority interest held by a third party in a joint venture with us and losses and gains on the disposition of assets. Interest expense consists primarily of interest expense paid in connection with a mortgage note that we have on our new corporate headquarters, interest expense on capital leases and interest expense related to the issuance of convertible notes. Interest income consists primarily of interest earned on cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities.

 

Income Taxes

 

Since the sales of our discontinued operations in fiscal 1999 and fiscal 2000, we have not generated taxable income. Net operating losses generated have been carried back to offset income taxes paid in prior years. The remaining net operating losses will be carried forward. As of January 1, 2005, we had available net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $443 million which expire in the years 2005 through 2024. The use of certain net operating loss carryforwards are subject to annual limitations based on ownership changes of our stock, as defined by Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. We expect that net operating losses of approximately $245 million will expire before they can be used. Any otherwise recognizable deferred tax assets have been offset by a valuation allowance for the net operating loss carryforwards.

 

Certain Related Party Transactions

 

In fiscal 2000 and 2001, Interactive Technology Holdings, LLC, a joint venture of Comcast Corporation and QVC, Inc., acquired 10,797,900 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase 300,000 shares of our common stock, which accounted for approximately 26.0% of our outstanding common stock as of January 1, 2005. On January 31, 2005, ITH effected a distribution of all of its assets, including shares of GSI common stock, to entities affiliated with Comcast and QVC. As of July 2, 2005, QVC beneficially owned approximately 19.3% of our outstanding common stock. M. Jeffrey Branman, one of our directors, was the President of Interactive Technology Services, which served as financial advisor to ITH through its dissolution. Mr. Branman is no longer affiliated with ITH, Interactive Technology Services or QVC.

 

In fiscal 2000, we entered into a website development and distribution agreement with iQVC, a division of QVC, Inc., pursuant to which we provide technology, procurement and fulfillment services for QVC, including selling sporting goods, recreational and/or fitness related equipment and related products, apparel and footwear to QVC for resale through the QVC website. We recognized net revenues of $113,000 and $511,000 for the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2005 sales to QVC under this website development and distribution agreement. The terms of these sales are comparable to those with our other business-to-business partners. Included in accounts receivable as of the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2005 was $34,000 related to these sales.

 

In fiscal 2003, we entered into a services agreement with QVC, Inc. pursuant to which QVC provided shipping services to us in exchange for fees. The fees charged to us by QVC were determined through arms-length negotiations. This agreement terminated effective April 3, 2005. We incurred fees of $25,442 for the first six months of fiscal 2005, of which $12,794 related

 

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directly to products shipped and was charged to cost of revenues from product sales and $12,648 related to fulfillment services provided and was charged to sales and marketing expense. These fees were incurred in the first quarter of fiscal 2005 as the agreement terminated April 3, 2005.

 

We were the beneficial owner of Series C and Series D Convertible Preferred Stock of Odimo Incorporated, referred to as Odimo, and warrants to acquire additional shares of Series C and Series D Convertible Preferred Stock of Odimo. These securities were acquired in connection with the sale of certain assets of our Ashford.com subsidiary in 2002.

 

In February, 2005, Odimo completed an initial public offering through the issuance of 3,125,000 shares of its common stock. Effective upon completion of Odimo’s initial public offering, we exercised our warrants to acquire Series C and Series D Convertible Preferred Stock of Odimo and converted all of such shares, along with our already held shares of Series C and Series D Convertible Preferred Stock of Odimo, into an aggregate of 824,594 shares of common stock of Odimo. We own approximately 11.5% of the outstanding common stock of Odimo Incorporated. SOFTBANK Capital Partners LLC and its affiliates collectively own approximately 11.9% of the outstanding common stock of Odimo. SOFTBANK Capital Partners LLC and its affiliates collectively own approximately 20.7% of our outstanding common stock. Ronald D. Fisher, one of our directors, is vice-chairman of SOFTBANK Holdings Inc. and SOFTBANK Corp. and a managing general partner of SOFTBANK Capital Partners LP, which are affiliates of SOFTBANK Capital Partners LLC, and Michael S. Perlis, one of our directors, is also managing partner of SOFTBANK Capital Partners LP.

 

In exchange for Rustic Canyon Partners forfeiting its right to designate one member to GSI’s board of directors on June 25, 2004, GSI’s board of directors approved the issuance to Rustic Canyon Partners of a warrant to purchase 12,500 shares of GSI’s common stock with a term of five years and an exercise price equal to the closing price of GSI’s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on the date immediately preceding the date of the approval of such issuance. Mark S. Menell, one of our directors, is a partner of Rustic Canyon Partners.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Our principal source of liquidity is our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. Our cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities balances were $75.4 million as of the end of fiscal 2004 and $117.5 million as of the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2005.

 

Since our entry into the e-commerce business in 1999, we have primarily funded our operations with approximately $258.5 million in cash raised in equity and debt financings. We also received an aggregate of $23.5 million in proceeds from the sales of our discontinued operations in fiscal 1999 and fiscal 2000 and $35.7 million in cash from the acquisition of Fogdog, Inc. in fiscal 2000. We used a portion of the cash from these transactions in connection with the exit from our discontinued operations and the balance for the working capital needs to fund operating losses incurred prior to fiscal 2004 and general business purposes of our e-commerce business. We also used $7.1 million in cash in connection with our acquisition of Ashford.com, Inc. in March 2002 and received $1.0 million in cash and a secured note in the principal amount of $4.5 million in connection with our sale of certain assets of Ashford in December 2002 and March 2003. This note was repaid in full in August 2004. In June 2005 we received proceeds of approximately $80 million net of underwriter’s discount and offering expenses from the completion of our public offering of equity and debt. We intend to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and general corporate purposes, including possible acquisitions.

 

We had working capital of $29.7 million as of the end of fiscal 2004 and $104.7 million as of the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2005, and an accumulated deficit of $177.3 million as of the end fiscal 2004 and $181.7 million as of the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2005.

 

We used approximately $28.7 million in net cash for operating activities during the first six months of fiscal 2005. Our principal sources of operating cash during the first six months of fiscal 2005 were payments received from customers and fee-based partners, which generally approximate our net revenues from product sales and our service fee revenues, respectively. Our principal uses of operating cash during the first six months of fiscal 2005 were cash paid to product suppliers, employee compensation and partner revenue share payments. Changes in our operating assets and liabilities during the first six months of fiscal 2005 resulted in a net cash outflow of $32.5 million. The most significant changes were a decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other, offset, in part, by a decrease in accounts receivable compared to the end of fiscal 2004. The decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other was due primarily to a decrease in trade accounts payable due primarily to lower inventory levels at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2005 and a decrease in amounts owed to partners, which were related to increased sales volume in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. Our investing activities during the first six months of fiscal 2005 consisted primarily of the purchase of $81.7 million and sale of $43.0 million of marketable securities. During the first six months of fiscal 2005, we also incurred capital expenditures of $11.7 million. Our financing activities during the first six months of fiscal 2005 consisted of the receipt of $2.6 million in gross proceeds from exercises of common stock options and $85.7 million in gross proceeds from public offering of equity and debt.

 

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We used approximately $12.4 million in net cash for operating activities during the first six months of fiscal 2004. Our principal sources of operating cash during the first six months of fiscal 2004 were payments received from customers and fee-based partners, which generally approximate our net revenues from product sales and our service fee revenues, respectively. Our principal uses of operating cash during the first six months of fiscal 2004 were cash paid to product suppliers, employee compensation and partner revenue share payments. Changes in our operating assets and liabilities during the first six months of fiscal 2004 resulted in a net cash outflow of $11.2 million. The most significant changes were a decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other, a decrease in deferred revenue and an increase in accounts receivable compared to the end of fiscal 2003. The decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other was due primarily to a decrease in operating accounts payable related to decreased sales volume in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003. The decrease in deferred revenue was due to a decrease in service fees paid to us in advance by certain partners. The increase in accounts receivable was due primarily to decreases in our accounts receivable reserves. Our investing activities during the first six months of fiscal 2004 consisted primarily of the purchase of our new corporate headquarters and other capital expenditures totaling approximately $23.7 million. During the first six months of fiscal 2004, we also purchased $17.3 million and sold $15.1 million of marketable securities. Our financing activities during the first six months of fiscal 2004 consisted primarily of the receipt of $13.0 million in gross proceeds from a mortgage note on our new corporate headquarters.

 

During the three-months ended July 2, 2005, we increased our long-term debt contractual obligations. In June 2005, we completed an offering of $57.5 million of 3.0% convertible unsecured notes due June 1, 2025. Interest on the notes is payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1, beginning December 1, 2005.

 

Seasonality

 

We have experienced and expect to continue to experience seasonal fluctuations in our revenues. These seasonal patterns will cause quarterly fluctuations in our operating results. In particular, our fourth fiscal quarter has accounted for and is expected to continue to account for a disproportionate percentage of our total annual revenues. We believe that results of operations for a quarterly period may not be indicative of the results for any other quarter or for the full year.

 

Risk Factors

 

Any investment in our common stock or other securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following information about these risks, together with the other information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. If any of the following risks occur, our business could be materially harmed. In these circumstances, the market price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of the money you paid to buy our common stock. The risks described below are not the only ones facing our company. Additional risks not necessarily known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations.

 

Risks Related to Our Business

 

Our future success cannot be predicted based upon our limited operating history.

 

Compared to certain of our current and potential competitors, we have a relatively short operating history. In addition, the nature of our business has undergone rapid development and change since we began operating it. Accordingly, it is difficult to predict whether we will be successful. Thus, our chances of financial and operational success should be evaluated in light of the risks, uncertainties, expenses, delays and difficulties associated with operating a new business in a relatively new market, many of which are beyond our control. If we are unable to address these issues, we may not be financially or operationally successful.

 

We have an accumulated deficit and may incur additional losses.

 

Although we recorded a profit in fiscal 2004, we incurred losses over the prior five fiscal years and in the first two quarters of fiscal 2005 while operating our business. As of the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2005, we had an accumulated deficit of $181.7 million. We may not generate sufficient revenue from our existing partners, add an appropriate number of new partners or adequately control our expenses. While we expect to be profitable in fiscal 2005, there can be no assurances that we will be able to achieve profitability.

 

We will continue to incur significant operating expenses and capital expenditures as we:

 

    enhance our fulfillment capabilities;

 

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    further improve our order processing systems and capabilities;

 

    develop new technologies and features to improve our partners’ e-commerce businesses;

 

    enhance our customer service center capabilities to better serve customers’ needs;

 

    improve our marketing, customer relationship management and design capabilities;

 

    increase our general and administrative functions to support our growing operations;

 

    continue our business development, sales and marketing activities; and

 

    make strategic or opportunistic acquisitions of complementary or new businesses or assets.

 

If we incur expenses at a greater pace than our revenues, we could incur additional losses.

 

Our growth may be limited if we do not generate sufficient cash to fund our operations. We may in the future need additional debt or equity financing to execute our business and continue our growth. Such additional financing may not be available on satisfactory terms or it may not be available when needed, or at all.

 

Because we have not generated sufficient cash from operations to date, we have funded our e-commerce business primarily from the sale of equity securities. If our cash flows are insufficient to fund our operations, we may in the future need to seek additional equity or debt financings or reduce costs. Further, we may not be able to obtain financing on satisfactory terms or it may not be available when needed, or at all. Our inability to finance our growth, either internally or externally, may limit our growth potential and our ability to execute our business strategy. If we issue securities to raise capital, our existing stockholders may experience dilution or the new securities may have rights senior to those of our common stock.

 

Seasonal fluctuations in sales could cause wide fluctuations in our quarterly results.

 

We have experienced and expect to continue to experience seasonal fluctuations in our revenues. These seasonal patterns have caused and will continue to cause quarterly fluctuations in our operating results. Our results of operations historically have been seasonal primarily because consumers increase their purchases on our partners’ e-commerce businesses during the fourth quarter holiday season.

 

In anticipation of increased sales activity during our fourth fiscal quarter, we incur additional expenses by hiring a significant number of temporary employees to supplement our permanent staff. Our fourth fiscal quarter has accounted for and is expected to continue to account for a disproportionate percentage of our total annual revenues. For each of fiscal 2004 and fiscal 2003 approximately 40% of our annual net revenues were generated in our fiscal fourth quarter. Since fiscal 1999, we have not generated net income in any fiscal quarter other than a fiscal fourth quarter. If our revenues are below seasonal expectations during the fourth fiscal quarter, our operating results could be below the expectations of securities analysts and investors. Due to the nature of our business, it is difficult to predict the seasonal pattern of our sales and the impact of this seasonality on our business and financial results. In the future, our seasonal sales patterns may become more pronounced, may strain our personnel, customer service operations, fulfillment operations and shipment activities and may cause a shortfall in revenues compared to expenses in a given period.

 

In addition, if too many consumers access our partners’ e-commerce businesses within a short period of time due to increased holiday or other demand, we may experience system interruptions that make our partners’ e-commerce businesses unavailable or prevent us from transmitting orders to our fulfillment operations, which may reduce the volume of goods we sell as well as the attractiveness of our partners’ e-commerce businesses to consumers. In anticipation of increased sales activity during our fourth fiscal quarter, we and our partners increase our inventory levels. If we and our partners do not increase inventory levels for popular products in sufficient amounts or are unable to restock popular products in a timely manner, we and our partners may fail to meet customer demand which could reduce the attractiveness of our partners’ e-commerce businesses. Alternatively, if we overstock products, we may be required to take significant inventory markdowns or write-offs, which could reduce profits.

 

We have expanded into new categories and may expand into additional new categories in the future. If we do not successfully execute on the expansion of our operations into these new categories, our growth could be limited.

 

While we have operated in e-commerce since 1999, we did not expand beyond the sporting goods category until 2001. Today, our operations have expanded into categories including apparel, health and beauty, consumer electronics, entertainment, home and jewelry and luxury goods. Each category in which we operate requires unique capabilities and increases the complexity of our business. If we are unable to generate sufficient revenue in a category, we may not be able to cover the incremental staffing and expenses required to support the unique capabilities required by that category. If we do not expand into new categories, there can be no assurance that we will do so successfully.

 

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Consumers are constantly changing their buying preferences. If we fail to anticipate these changes and adjust our inventory accordingly, we could experience lower sales, higher inventory markdowns and lower margins for the inventory that we own.

 

Our success depends, in part, upon our ability and our partners’ ability to anticipate and respond to consumer trends with respect to products sold through the e-commerce businesses we operate. Consumers’ tastes are subject to frequent and significant changes. In order to be successful, we or our partners must accurately predict consumers’ tastes and avoid overstocking or understocking products. If we or our partners fail to identify and respond to changes in merchandising and consumer preferences, sales on our partners’ e-commerce businesses could suffer and we or our partners could be required to mark down unsold inventory. This would depress our profit margins. In addition, any failure to keep pace with changes in consumers’ tastes could result in lost opportunities which could reduce sales.

 

High merchandise returns or shrinkage rates could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We cannot be assured that inventory loss and theft, or “shrinkage” and merchandise returns will not increase in the future. If merchandise returns are significant, or our shrinkage rate increases, our revenues and costs of operations could be adversely affected.

 

Our growth depends, in part, on our ability to add and launch new partners on a timely basis and on favorable terms.

 

One of the principal components of our growth strategy is to add new partners. If we are unable to add our targeted number of new partners or if we are unable to add new partners on favorable terms, our growth may be limited. If we are unable to add and launch new partners within the time frames projected by us, we may not be able to achieve our targeted results in the expected periods. In addition, our ability to add new partners depends on the quality of the services we provide and our reputation. To the extent that we have difficulties with the quality of the services we provide or have operational issues that adversely affect our reputation, it could adversely impact our ability to add new partners. Because competition for new partners is intense, we may not be able to add new partners on favorable terms, or at all.

 

Our success is tied to the success of the partners for which we operate e-commerce businesses.

 

Our success is substantially dependent upon the success of the partners for which we operate e-commerce businesses. The retail business in the United States is intensely competitive. If our partners were to have financial difficulties or seek protection from their creditors or if they were to suffer impairment of their brand, it could adversely affect our ability to maintain and grow our business. Our business could also be adversely affected if our partners’ marketing, brands or retail stores are not successful or if our partners reduce their marketing or number of retail stores.

 

We enter into contracts with our partners. We derived 62% of our revenue in fiscal 2004 from five partners. If we do not maintain good working relationships with our partners, particularly our large partners, or perform as required under these agreements, it could adversely affect our business.

 

The contracts with our partners establish complex relationships between our partners and us. We spend a significant amount of time and effort to maintain our relationships with our partners and address the issues that from time to time may arise from these complex relationships. For fiscal 2004, sales to customers through one of our partner’s e-commerce businesses accounted for 27% of our revenue, sales through another one of our partner’s e-commerce businesses accounted for 13% of our revenue and sales through our top five partners’ e-commerce businesses accounted for 62% of our revenue. For fiscal 2003, sales to customers through one of our partner’s e-commerce businesses accounted for 28% of our revenue, sales to customers through another one of our partner’s e-commerce businesses accounted for 17% of our revenue, and sales through our top five partners’ e-commerce businesses accounted for 70% of our revenue. Our partners could decide not to renew their agreements at the end of their respective terms. Additionally, if we do not perform as required under these agreements or if we breach these agreements, our partners could seek to terminate their agreements prior to the end of their respective terms or seek damages from us. Loss of our existing partners, particularly our major partners, could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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We and our partners must develop and maintain relationships with key manufacturers to obtain a sufficient assortment and quantity of quality merchandise on acceptable commercial terms. If we or our partners are unable to do so, it could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

For the e-commerce businesses for which we own inventory, we primarily purchase products from the manufacturers and distributors of the products. For the e-commerce businesses for which our partners own inventory, our partners typically purchase products from the manufacturers and distributors of products or source their own products. If we or our partners are unable to develop and maintain relationships with these manufacturers, distributors or sources we or our partners may be unable to obtain or continue to carry a sufficient assortment and quantity of quality merchandise on acceptable commercial terms and our partners’ e-commerce businesses and our business could be adversely impacted. We do not have written contracts with some of our suppliers. During the second quarter of fiscal 2005, we purchased 49.3% of the total amount of inventory we purchased from one manufacturer. In addition, during the second quarter of fiscal 2004, we purchased 37.2% of the total amount of inventory we purchased from the same manufacturer. During the first six months of fiscal 2005, 49.0% of the total amount of inventory we purchased was from one manufacturer. In addition, during the first six months of fiscal 2004, 37.1% of the total amount of inventory we purchased was from the same manufacturer. While we have a contract with this manufacturer, this manufacturer and other manufacturers could stop selling products to us or our partners to remove their products or logos from our partners’ Web sites. If we or our partners are unable to obtain products directly from manufacturers, especially popular brand manufacturers, we or our partners may not be able to obtain the same or comparable merchandise in a timely manner or on acceptable commercial terms.

 

We rely on our ability to enter into marketing and promotion agreements with online services, search engines, directories and other Web sites to drive traffic to the e-commerce businesses we operate. If we are unable to enter into or properly develop these marketing and promotional agreements, our ability to generate revenue could be adversely affected.

 

We have entered into marketing and promotion agreements with online services, search engines, directories and other Web sites to provide content, advertising banners and other links to our partners’ e-commerce businesses. We expect to rely on these agreements as significant sources of traffic to our partners’ e-commerce businesses and to generate new customers. If we are unable to maintain these relationships or enter into new agreements on acceptable terms, our ability to attract new customers could be harmed. Further, many of the parties with which we may have online advertising arrangements provide advertising services for other marketers of goods. As a result, these parties may be reluctant to enter into or maintain relationships with us. Failure to achieve sufficient traffic or generate sufficient revenue from purchases originating from third parties may limit our partners’ and our ability to maintain market share and revenue.

 

If we experience problems in our fulfillment operations, our business could be adversely affected.

 

Although we operate our own fulfillment center, we rely upon multiple third parties for the shipment of our products. We also rely upon certain vendors to ship products directly to consumers. As a result, we are subject to the risks associated with the ability of these vendors and other third parties to successfully and in a timely manner fulfill and ship customer orders. The failure of these vendors and other third parties to provide these services, or the termination or interruption of these services, could adversely affect the satisfaction of consumers, which could result in reduced sales by our partners’ e-commerce businesses.

 

Under some of our partner agreements, we maintain the inventory of our partners in our fulfillment centers. Our failure to properly handle and protect such inventory could adversely affect our relationship with our partners.

 

A disruption in our operations could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

Any disruption to our operations, including system, network, telecommunications, software or hardware failures, and any damage to our physical locations, could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

Our operations are subject to damage or interruption from:

 

    fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, earthquake or other natural disasters;

 

    power losses, interruptions or brown-outs;

 

    Internet, telecommunications or data network failures;

 

    physical and electronic break-ins or security breaches;

 

    computer viruses;

 

    acts of terrorism; and

 

    other similar events.

 

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If any of these events occur, it could result in interruptions, delays or cessations in service to customers of our partners’ e-commerce businesses and adversely impact our partners’ e-commerce businesses. These events could also prevent us from fulfilling orders for our partners’ e-commerce businesses. Our partners might seek significant compensation from us for their losses. Even if unsuccessful, this type of claim likely would be time consuming and costly for us to address and damaging to our reputation.

 

Our primary data centers are located at two facilities of a third-party hosting company. We do not control the security, maintenance or operation of these facilities, which are also susceptible to similar disasters and problems.

 

Our insurance policies may not cover us for losses related to these events, and even if they do, may not adequately compensate us for any losses that we may incur. Any system failure that causes an interruption of the availability of our partners’ e-commerce businesses could reduce the attractiveness of our partners’ e-commerce businesses to consumers and result in reduced revenues, which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

If we do not respond to rapid technological changes, our services and proprietary technology and systems may become obsolete.

 

The Internet and e-commerce are constantly changing. Due to the costs and management time required to introduce new services and enhancements, we may be unable to respond to rapid technological changes in a timely enough manner to avoid our services becoming uncompetitive. To remain competitive, we must continue to enhance and improve the functionality and features of our partners’ e-commerce businesses. If competitors introduce new services using new technologies or if new industry standards and practices emerge, our partners’ existing e-commerce businesses and our services and proprietary technology and systems may become uncompetitive and our ability to attract and retain customers may be at risk.

 

Developing our e-commerce platform, offering our partners’ e-commerce businesses and other proprietary technology entails significant technical and business risks. We may use new technologies ineffectively or fail to adapt our e-commerce platform, our partners’ e-commerce businesses and our technology to meet the requirements of partners and customers or emerging industry standards. Additionally, the vendors we use for our partners’ e-commerce businesses may not provide the level of service we expect or may not be able to provide their product or service to us on commercially reasonable terms, if at all.

 

Our success is tied to the continued growth in the use of the Internet and the adequacy of the Internet infrastructure.

 

Our future success is substantially dependent upon continued growth in the use of the Internet. The number of users and advertisers on the Internet may not increase and commerce over the Internet may not continue to grow for a number of reasons, including:

 

    actual or perceived lack of security of information or privacy protection;

 

    lack of access and ease of use;

 

    congestion of traffic on the Internet;

 

    inconsistent quality of service and lack of availability of cost-effective, high-speed service;

 

    possible disruptions, computer viruses or other damage to the Internet servers or to users’ computers;

 

    governmental regulation;

 

    uncertainty regarding intellectual property ownership;

 

    lack of high-speed modems and other communications equipment; and

 

    increases in the cost of accessing the Internet.

 

Published reports have also indicated that growth in the use of the Internet has resulted in users experiencing delays, transmission errors and other difficulties. As currently configured, the Internet may not support an increase in the number or requirements of users. In addition, there have been outages and delays on the Internet as a result of damage to the current infrastructure. The amount of traffic on our partners’ Web sites could decline materially if there are outages or delays in the future. The use of the Internet may also decline if there are delays in the development or adoption of modifications by third parties that are required to support increased levels of activity on the Internet. If any of the foregoing occurs, the number of our partners’ customers could decrease. In addition, we may be required to spend significant capital to adapt our operations to any new or emerging technologies relating to the Internet.

 

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Consumers may be unwilling to use the Internet to purchase goods.

 

Our future success depends heavily upon the general public’s willingness to use the Internet as a means to purchase goods. The failure of the Internet to continue to develop as an effective commercial tool would seriously damage our future operations. If consumers are unwilling to use the Internet to conduct business, our business may not continue to grow. The Internet may not succeed as a medium of commerce because of security risks and delays in developing elements of the needed Internet infrastructure, such as a reliable network, high-speed modems, high-speed communication lines and other enabling technologies.

 

Third parties may have the technology or know-how to breach the security of customer transaction data and confidential information stored on our servers. Any breach could cause customers to lose confidence in the security of our partners’ e-commerce businesses and choose not to purchase from those businesses. Our security measures may not effectively prevent others from obtaining improper access to the information on our partners’ e-commerce businesses. If someone is able to circumvent our security measures, he or she could destroy or steal valuable information or disrupt the operation of our partners’ e-commerce businesses. Concerns about the security and privacy of transactions over the Internet could inhibit our growth.

 

We and/or our partners may be unable to protect our and their proprietary technology and intellectual property rights or keep up with that of our competitors.

 

Our success depends to a significant degree upon the protection of our intellectual property rights in the core technology and other components of our e-commerce platform including our software and other proprietary information, and material, and our ability to develop technologies that are as good as or better than that of our competitors. We may be unable to deter infringement or misappropriation of our software and other proprietary information and material, detect unauthorized use or take appropriate steps to enforce our intellectual property rights. In addition, the failure of our partners to protect their intellectual property rights, including their trademarks and domain names, could impair our operations. Our competitors could, without violating our intellectual property rights, develop technologies that are as good as or better than our technology. Protecting our intellectual property and other proprietary rights can be expensive. Any increase in the unauthorized use of our intellectual property could make it more expensive to do business and consequently harm our operating results. Our failure to protect our intellectual property rights in our software and other information and material or to develop technologies that are as good as or better than our competitors could put us at a disadvantage to our competitors. These failures could have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

We may be subject to intellectual property claims or competition or trade practices claims that could be costly and could disrupt our business.

 

Third parties may assert that our business or technologies infringe or misappropriate their intellectual property rights. Third parties may claim that we do not have the right to offer certain services or products or to present specific images or logos on our partners’ e-commerce businesses, or we have infringed their patents, trademarks, copyrights or other rights. We may in the future receive claims that we are engaging in unfair competition or other illegal trade practices. We may be unsuccessful in defending against these claims, which could result in substantial damages, fines or other penalties. The resolution of a claim could also require us to change how we do business, redesign our service offering or partners’ e-commerce businesses or enter into burdensome royalty or license agreements. These license or royalty agreements, if required, may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all, in the event of a successful claim of infringement. Our insurance coverage may not be adequate to cover every claim that third parties could assert against us. Even unsuccessful claims could result in significant legal fees and other expenses, diversion of management’s time and disruptions in our business. Any of these claims could also harm our reputation.

 

We may not be able to compete successfully against current and future competitors, which could harm our margins and our business.

 

The market for the development and operation of e-commerce businesses is continuously evolving and is intensely competitive. Increased competition could result in fewer successful opportunities to partner, price reductions, reduced gross margins and loss of market share, any of which could seriously harm our business, results of operations and financial condition. We primarily compete with companies that can offer a full range of e-commerce services similar to the services we provide through our e-commerce platform, such as the Services Division of Amazon®, Digital River®, Commerce5, Foot Locker® (principally in the sporting goods category) and ValueVision Media. We also compete with companies that provide some components of an e-commerce solution similar to those that we offer through our e-commerce platform, including Web site developers, third-party consultants and third-party fulfillment and customer service providers. In addition, we compete with companies that provide components of an e-commerce solution that allow others to develop and operate their e-commerce business in-house. We also compete with online and offline businesses of a variety of retailers and manufacturers in our targeted categories.

 

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Many of our current and potential competitors have longer operating histories, larger customer base, greater brand recognition and significantly greater financial, marketing and other resources than we have. They may be able to secure merchandise from vendors on more favorable terms and may be able to adopt more aggressive pricing policies. They may also receive investments from or enter into other commercial relationships with large, well-established companies with greater financial resources. Competitors in both the retail and e-commerce services industries also may be able to devote more resources to technology development and marketing than we do.

 

We currently do not offer e-commerce services outside of the United States, Canada and Europe. Some of our competitors offer international e-commerce services and our existing and potential partners may find these competitors more attractive for that reason.

 

Competition in the e-commerce industry may intensify. Other companies in the retail and e-commerce service industries may enter into business combinations or alliances that strengthen their competitive positions. Additionally, there are relatively low barriers to entry into the e-commerce market. As various Internet market segments obtain large, loyal customer bases, participants in those segments may expand into the market segments in which we operate. In addition, new and expanded Web technologies may further intensify the competitive nature of online retail. The nature of the Internet as an electronic marketplace facilitates competitive entry and comparison shopping and renders it inherently more competitive than conventional retailing formats. This increased competition may reduce our sales, our ability to operate profitably, or both.

 

We may be subject to product liability claims that could be costly and time-consuming.

 

We sell products manufactured by third parties, some of which may be defective. We also sell some products that are manufactured by third parties for us. If any product that we sell were to cause physical injury or injury to property, the injured party or parties could bring claims against us as the retailer or manufacturer of the product. These claims may not be covered by insurance and, even if they are, our insurance coverage may not be adequate to cover every claim that could be asserted. Similarly, we could be subject to claims that customers of our partners’ e-commerce businesses were harmed due to their reliance on our product information, product selection guides, advice or instructions. If a successful claim were brought against us in excess of our insurance coverage, it could adversely affect our business. Even unsuccessful claims could result in the expenditure of funds and management time and could have a negative impact on our business.

 

We may be liable if third parties misappropriate our customers’ personal information. Additionally, we are limited in our ability to use and disclose customer information.

 

Any security breach could expose us to risks of loss, litigation and liability and could seriously disrupt our operations. If third parties are able to penetrate our network or telecommunications security or otherwise misappropriate our customers’ personal information or credit card information or if we give third parties improper access to our customers’ personal information or credit card information, we could be subject to liability. This liability could include claims for unauthorized purchases with credit card information, impersonation or other similar fraud claims. They could also include claims for other misuses of personal information, including unauthorized marketing purposes. These claims could result in litigation. Liability for misappropriation of this information could be significant. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission and state agencies regularly investigate various companies’ use of customers’ personal information. We could incur additional expenses if new regulations regarding the security or use of personal information are introduced or if government agencies investigate our privacy practices

 

Credit card fraud and other fraud could adversely affect our business.

 

We do not carry insurance against the risk of credit card fraud and other fraud, so the failure to adequately control fraudulent transactions could increase our expenses. To date, we have not suffered material losses due to fraud. However, we may in the future suffer losses as a result of orders placed with fraudulent credit card data. Under current credit card practices, we are liable for fraudulent credit card transactions because we do not obtain a cardholder’s signature. With respect to checks and installment sales, we generally are liable for fraudulent transactions.

 

If one or more states successfully assert that we should collect sales or other taxes on the sale of our merchandise, our business could be harmed.

 

We currently collect sales or other similar taxes for goods sold by us and shipped into certain states. One or more local, state or foreign jurisdictions may seek to impose sales tax collection obligations on us or our partners and other out-of-state companies that engage in e-commerce. Recently, certain large retailers, such as Wal-Mart, Target and Toys “R” Us, expanded their collection of sales tax on purchases made through affiliated Web sites. Our business could be adversely affected if one or more states or any foreign country successfully asserts that we should collect sales or other taxes on the sale of merchandise through the e-commerce businesses we operate.

 

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In September 2003, we learned that we, along with several of our partners, were named in an action in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by a private litigant who is alleging that we, along with certain of our partners, wrongfully failed to collect and remit sales and use taxes for sales of personal property to customers in Illinois and knowingly created records and statements falsely stating we were not required to collect or remit such taxes. The complaint seeks injunctive relief, unpaid taxes, interest, attorneys’ fees, civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation, and treble damages under the Illinois Whistleblower Reward and Protection Act. We are aware that this same private litigant has filed similar actions against retailers in other states, and it is possible that we and/or partners may have been or may be named in similar cases in other states. We do not believe that we are liable under existing laws and regulations for any failure to collect sales or other taxes relating to Internet sales in Illinois and intend to vigorously defend ourselves in this matter. However, we may incur substantial expenses in defending against this claim. In the event of a determination adverse to us, we may incur substantial monetary liability, and be required to change our business practices, either of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or results of operations.

 

Existing or future law or regulations could harm our business or marketing efforts.

 

We are subject to federal, state and local laws applicable to businesses in general and to e-commerce specifically. Due to the increasing growth and popularity of the Internet and e-commerce, many laws and regulations relating to the Internet and online retailing are proposed and considered at the federal, state and local levels. These laws and regulations could cover issues such as taxation, pricing, content, distribution, quality and delivery of products and services, electronic contracts, intellectual property rights, user privacy and information security.

 

For example, at least one state has enacted, and other states have proposed, legislation limiting the uses of personal information collected online or requiring collectors of information to establish procedures to disclose and notify users of privacy and security policies, obtain consent from users for use and disclosure of information, or provide users with the ability to access, correct and delete stored information. Even in the absence of such legislation, the Federal Trade Commission has settled several proceedings resulting in consent decrees in which Internet companies have been required to establish programs regulating the manner in which personal information is collected from users and provided to third parties. We could become a party to a similar enforcement proceeding. These regulatory and enforcement efforts could also harm our ability to collect demographic and personal information from users, which could be costly or adversely affect our marketing efforts.

 

The applicability of existing laws governing issues such as property ownership, intellectual property rights, taxation, libel, obscenity, qualification to do business and export or import matters could also harm our business. Many of these laws may not contemplate or address the unique issues of the Internet or online retailing. Some laws that do contemplate or address those unique issues, such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, are only beginning to be interpreted by the courts and their applicability and reach are therefore uncertain. These current and future laws and regulations could reduce our ability to operate efficiently.

 

From time to time, we may acquire or invest in other companies. There are risks associated with potential acquisitions and investments and we may not achieve the expected benefits of future acquisitions and investments.

 

If we are presented with appropriate opportunities, we may make investments in complementary companies, products or technologies or we may purchase other companies. We may not realize the anticipated benefits of any investment or acquisition. We may be subject to unanticipated problems and liabilities of acquired companies. We may not be able to successfully assimilate the additional personnel, operations, acquired technology or products or services into our business. Any acquisition may strain our existing financial and managerial controls and reporting systems and procedures. If we do not successfully integrate any acquired business, the expenditures on integration efforts will reduce our cash position without us being able to realize the expected benefits of the acquisition. In addition, key personnel of an acquired company may decide not to work for us. These difficulties could disrupt our ongoing business, distract our management and employees and increase our expenses. Further, the physical expansion in facilities that could occur as a result of any acquisition may result in disruptions that could seriously impair our business. Finally, we may have to use our cash resources, incur debt or issue additional equity securities to pay for other acquisitions or investments, which could increase our leverage or be dilutive to our stockholders.

 

The consideration we received in exchange for the sale of certain assets related to Ashford.com, Inc. may be subject to a number of risks.

 

In connection with the sale of certain assets of Ashford.com to Odimo Acquisition Corp., we received shares of Odimo common stock. Odimo recently became a public company and a well-established public market for its common stock does not exist. If Odimo fails to perform, the value of the Odimo common stock we hold may decrease below the amount at which we have valued this stock on our balance sheet and we may be required to take a charge to earnings.

 

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We may further expand our business internationally, causing our business to become increasingly susceptible to numerous international business risks and challenges.

 

We believe that the current globalization of the economy requires businesses to consider pursuing international expansion. We recently began shipping certain products to Canada and other countries. In the future, we may expand our international efforts. International sales are subject to inherent risks and challenges that could adversely affect our business, including:

 

    the need to develop new supplier and manufacturer relationships, particularly because major manufacturers may require that our international operations deal with local distributors;

 

    compliance with international legal and regulatory requirements and tariffs;

 

    managing fluctuations in currency exchange rates;

 

    difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations;

 

    greater difficulty in accounts receivable collection;

 

    potential adverse tax consequences;

 

    uncertain political and economic climates;

 

    potential higher incidence of fraud;

 

    price controls or other restrictions on foreign currency; and

 

    difficulties in obtaining export and import licenses and compliance with applicable export controls.

 

Any negative impact from our international business efforts could negatively impact our business, operating results and financial condition as a whole. In addition, gains and losses on the conversion of foreign payments into U. S. dollars may contribute to fluctuations in our results of operations and fluctuating exchange rates could cause reduced revenues and/or gross margins from non-dollar-denominated international sales.

 

In addition, if we expand further internationally, we may face additional competition challenges. Local companies may have a substantial competitive advantage because their greater understanding of, and focus on, the local customer. In addition, governments in foreign jurisdictions may regulate e-commerce or other online services in such areas as content, privacy, network security, copyright, encryption, taxation, or distribution. We also may not be able to hire, train, motivate and manage the required personnel, which may limit our growth in international market segments.

 

The uncertainty regarding the general economy may reduce our revenues.

 

Our revenue and rate of growth depends on the continued growth of demand for the products offered by our partners, and our business is affected by general economic and business conditions. A decrease in demand, whether caused by changes in consumer spending or a weakening of the U.S. economy or the local economies outside of the United States where we sell products, may result in decreased revenue or growth. Terrorist attacks and armed hostilities create economic and consumer uncertainty that could adversely affect our revenue or growth.

 

Our success is dependent upon our executive officers and other key personnel.

 

Our success depends to a significant degree upon the contribution of our executive officers and other key personnel, particularly Michael G. Rubin, chairman of the board, co-president and chief executive officer. Although we have employment agreements with most of our executive officers and key personnel, these employees could terminate their employment with us at any time. Due to the competition for highly qualified personnel, we cannot be sure that we will be able to retain or attract executive, managerial or other key personnel. We have obtained key person life insurance for Mr. Rubin in the amount of $9.0 million. We have not obtained key person life insurance for any of our other executive officers or key personnel.

 

We may be unable to hire and retain skilled technical, operations, merchandising, sales, marketing, and business management personnel which could limit our growth.

 

Our future success depends on our ability to continue to identify, attract, retain and motivate skilled technical, operations, merchandising, sales, marketing and business management personnel. We intend to continue to seek to hire a significant number of skilled personnel. Due to intense competition for these individuals from our competitors and other employers, we may not be able to attract or retain highly qualified personnel in the future. Our failure to attract and retain the experienced and highly trained personnel that are integral to our business may limit our growth.

 

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There are limitations on the liabilities of our directors and executive officers. Under certain circumstances, we are obligated to indemnify our directors and executive officers against liability and expenses incurred by them in their service to us.

 

Pursuant to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and under Delaware law, our directors are not liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty, except for liability for breach of a director’s duty of loyalty, acts or omissions by a director not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, dividend payments or stock repurchases that are unlawful under Delaware law or any transaction in which a director has derived an improper personal benefit. In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. These agreements, among other things, require us to indemnify each director and executive officer for certain expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts, incurred by any such person in any action or proceeding, including any action by us or in our right, arising out of the person’s services as one of our directors or executive officers. The costs associated with actions requiring indemnification under these agreements could be harmful to our business.

 

If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud. As a result, current and potential stockholders and partners could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which could harm our business, the trading price of our common stock and our ability to retain our current partners and obtain new partners.

 

Beginning in early fiscal 2004, we began a process to document and evaluate our internal controls over financial reporting in order to satisfy the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires annual management assessments of the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting. In this regard, management has been dedicating internal resources, has engaged outside consultants and has adopted a detailed work plan to (i) assess and document the adequacy of internal controls over financial reporting, (ii) take steps to improve control processes, where appropriate, (iii) validate through testing that controls are functioning as documented and (iv) implement a continuous reporting and improvement process for internal control over financial reporting. If we fail to correct any issues in the design or operating effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting or fail to prevent fraud, current and potential stockholders and partners could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which could harm our business, the trading price of our common stock and our ability to retain our current partners and obtain new partners.

 

A change in accounting standards for employee stock options is expected to have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations and earnings per share.

 

In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 123R “Share-Based Payment,” or FAS 123R. FAS 123R requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the financial statements based on their fair values. In addition, FAS 123R will cause unrecognized expense related to options vesting after the date of initial adoption to be recognized as a charge to results of operations over the remaining vesting period. In April 2005, the SEC delayed the initial adoption of FAS 123R from interim periods that begin after June 15, 2005, to annual periods that begin after June 15, 2005. We are continuing to evaluate the requirements of FAS 123R and expect that we will record substantial non cash compensation expenses. The adoption of FAS 123R is not expected to have a significant effect on our financial condition or cash flows but is expected to have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations and earnings per share.

 

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

 

Our operating results have fluctuated and may continue to fluctuate significantly, which may cause the market price of our common stock to be volatile.

 

Our annual and quarterly operating results have and may continue to fluctuate significantly due to a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control. Because our operating results may be volatile and difficult to predict, period-to-period comparisons of our operating results may not be a good indication of our future performance. Our operating results may also fall below our published expectations and the expectations of securities analysts and investors, which likely will cause the market price of our common stock to decline significantly.

 

Factors that may cause our operating results to fluctuate or harm our business include but are not limited to the following:

 

    our ability to obtain new partners or to retain existing partners;

 

    the performance of one or more of our partner’s e-commerce businesses;

 

    our and our partners’ ability to obtain new customers at a reasonable cost or encourage repeat purchases;

 

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    the number of visitors to the e-commerce businesses operated by us or our ability to convert these visitors into customers;

 

    our and our partners’ ability to offer an appealing mix of products or to sell products that we purchase;

 

    our ability to adequately develop, maintain, and upgrade our partners’ e-commerce businesses or the technology and systems we use to process customers’ orders and payments;

 

    the timing and costs of upgrades and developments of our system and infrastructure;

 

    the ability of our competitors to offer new or superior e-commerce businesses, services or products;

 

    price competition that results in lower profit margins or losses;

 

    the seasonality of our business, especially the importance of our fiscal fourth quarter to our business;

 

    our inability to obtain or develop specific products or brands or unwillingness of vendors to sell their products to us;

 

    unanticipated fluctuations in the amount of consumer spending on various products that we sell, which tend to be discretionary spending items;

 

    the cost of advertising and the amount of free shipping and other promotions we offer;

 

    increases in the amount and timing of operating costs and capital expenditures relating to expansion of our operations;

 

    our inability to manage our shipping costs on a profitable basis or unexpected increases in shipping costs or delivery times, particularly during the holiday season;

 

    inflation of prices of fuel and gasoline and other raw materials that impact our costs;

 

    technical difficulties, system security breaches, system downtime or Internet slowdowns;

 

    our inability to manage inventory levels or control inventory shrinkage;

 

    our inability to manage fulfillment operations or provide adequate levels of customer service or our inability to forecast the proper staffing levels in fulfillment and customer service;

 

    an increase in the level of our product returns or our inability to effectively process returns;

 

    government regulations related to the Internet or e-commerce which could increase the costs associated with operating our businesses, including requiring the collection of sales tax on all purchases through the e-commerce businesses we operate; and

 

    unfavorable economic conditions in general or specific to the Internet or e-commerce, which could reduce demand for the products sold through our partners’ e-commerce businesses.

 

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

 

We have never paid cash dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate that any cash dividends will be declared or paid in the foreseeable future. As a result, holders of our common stock will not receive a return, if any, on their investment unless they sell their shares of our common stock.

 

We are controlled by certain principal stockholders.

 

As of August 5, 2005, Michael G. Rubin, our chairman, co-president and chief executive officer, beneficially owned 16.4%, entities affiliated with SOFTBANK Capital Partners LP, SOFTBANK Capital LP and SOFTBANK Capital Advisor Fund LP, or SOFTBANK, beneficially owned 18.5%, and entities affiliated with QVC beneficially owned 19.2% of our outstanding common stock, including warrants and options to purchase common stock, which are exercisable on or before October 4, 2005. If they decide to act together, any two of Mr. Rubin, SOFTBANK, and QVC would be in a position to exercise considerable control, and all three would be in a position to exercise complete control, over most matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election or removal of directors, approval of significant corporate transactions and the ability generally to direct our affairs. Furthermore, pursuant to the stock purchase agreements, SOFTBANK and QVC each have the right to designate up to two members of our board of directors. This concentration of ownership and SOFTBANK’s and QVC’s right to designate

 

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members to our board of directors may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of us, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium over prevailing market prices for our common stock. See “Management – Right to Designate Directors.” Furthermore, Mr. Rubin has entered into voting agreements with each of SOFTBANK and QVC, and SOFTBANK and QVC have entered into voting agreements with each other. The parties to these voting agreements have agreed to support the election of the directors designated by each of the other parties. See “Management – Voting Agreements.”

 

It may be difficult for a third-party to acquire us and this could depress our stock price.

 

Certain provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws and Delaware law may have the effect of discouraging, delaying or preventing transactions that involve any actual or threatened change in control. Under our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our board of directors may issue preferred stock from time to time in one or more series with such terms, rights, preferences and designations as the board may determine and without any vote of the stockholders, unless otherwise required by law.

 

In addition, we are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law which, subject to certain exceptions, restricts certain transactions and business combinations between a corporation and a stockholder owning 15% or more of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock for a period of three years from the date the stockholder becomes a 15% stockholder. In addition to discouraging a third party from seeking to acquire control of us, the foregoing provisions could impair the ability of existing stockholders to remove and replace our management and/or our board of directors.

 

Holders of our convertible notes have the right to require us to repurchase the notes upon certain changes in control of us or termination of trading of our common stock on a national securities exchange or the Nasdaq National Market. These repurchase rights could discourage a third party from seeking to acquire control of us.

 

Because the ownership of more than a majority of our common stock is concentrated in a few larger stockholders, a third party will not be able to acquire control of us without the agreement of some of these stockholders.

 

Because many investors consider a change of control a desirable path to liquidity, delaying or preventing a change in control of our company may reduce the number of investors interested in our common stock, which could depress our stock price.

 

See “- We are controlled by certain principal stockholders.”

 

The price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly.

 

The price of our common stock on the Nasdaq National Market has been volatile. During fiscal 2004, the high and low sale prices of our common stock ranged from $7.04 to $18.72 per share. During fiscal 2003, the high and low sale prices of our common stock ranged from $1.55 to $13.05 per share. We expect that the market price of our common stock may continue to fluctuate.

 

Our common stock price can fluctuate as a result of a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control. These factors include, among others:

 

    our performance and prospects;

 

    the performance and prospects of our partners;

 

    the depth and liquidity of the market for our common stock;

 

    investor perception of us and the industry in which we operate;

 

    changes in earnings estimates or buy/sell recommendations by analysts;

 

    general financial and other market conditions; and

 

    general economic conditions.

 

In addition, the stock market in general has experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of a particular company. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

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Risks Related to Our Indebtedness

 

Our convertible notes could adversely affect our financial condition. We are not prohibited from incurring additional debt.

 

On June 1, 2005, we completed an offering of $57.5 million aggregate principal amount of our convertible notes due 2025. Including these notes, we have approximately $72.0 million of indebtedness outstanding. Our indebtedness could have important consequences to you. For example, it could:

 

    increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;

 

    limit our ability to obtain additional financing;

 

    require the dedication of a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to the payment of interest and principal on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of such cash flow to fund our growth strategy, working capital, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes;

 

    limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry;

 

    place us at a competitive disadvantage relative to competitors with less debt; and

 

    make it difficult or impossible for us to pay the principal amount of the convertible notes at maturity, thereby causing an event of default under the convertible notes.

 

We may incur substantial additional debt in the future. The terms of the convertible notes will not prohibit us or our subsidiaries from doing so. If new debt is added, the related risks described above could intensify.

 

Holders of our common stock will be subordinated to our convertible notes and other indebtedness.

 

In the event of our liquidation or insolvency, holders of common stock would receive a distribution only after payment in full of all principal and interest due to holders of our convertible notes and other creditors, and there may be little or no proceeds to distribute to holders of common stock at such time.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

There have been no significant changes in market risk for the six-months ended July 2, 2005. See the information set forth in Part II, Item 7A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2005 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2005, as amended by Form 10-K/Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC on May 2, 2005 and further amended by Form 10-K/Amendment No. 2 filed with the SEC on May 6, 2005.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e)), our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

 

(b) Changes in Internal Controls. During the most recently completed fiscal quarter, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

 

See Item 1 of Part I, “Financial Statements - Note 12 – Commitments and Contingencies.”

 

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

 

None.

 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

 

None.

 

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

 

On June 30, 2005, we held our Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Proxies were solicited for the Annual Meeting pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. At the Annual Meeting, the following matters were voted on:

 

1. Election of the following persons as Directors of GSI Commerce, Inc., to serve for a one-year term and until their successors are duly elected and qualified:

 

No. of Votes

 

Name


  

For


  

Withhold


M. Jeffrey Branman

   38,886,694    1,280,988

Ronald D. Fisher

   39,020,539    1,147,143

Mark S. Menell

   38,958,348    1,209,334

Michael S. Perlis

   38,895,734    1,271,948

Jeffrey F. Rayport

   35,435,498    4,732,184

Randy S. Ronning

   39,113,799    1,053,883

Michael G. Rubin

   39,137,656    1,030,026

 

2. Approval of GSI Commerce, Inc.’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan:

 

No. of Votes

 

For


  

Against


  

Abstain


30,350,481

   5,400,307    149,199

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

 

None.

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

Exhibits

 

3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Global Sports, Inc. (filed as Appendix B to GSI Commerce, Inc.’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 27, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference)
3.2    Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Global Sports, Inc. (filed with GSI Commerce, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 29, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference)
3.3    Amended and Restated Bylaws GSI Commerce, Inc.
4.1    Indenture dated as of June 1, 2005 by and between GSI Commerce, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (filed with GSI Commerce, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 8, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.2    Form of 3% Convertible Note due 2025 (filed as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.1 of GSI Commerce, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 7, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference)
10.1    2005 Equity Incentive Plan (filed as Appendix A to GSI Commerce, Inc. Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on June 9, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference)
31.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a - 14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
31.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a - 14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
32.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

GSI COMMERCE, INC.

By:

 

/s/ MICHAEL G. RUBIN


   

Michael G. Rubin

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

(principal executive officer)

By:

 

/s/ JORDAN M. COPLAND


   

Jordan M. Copland

Executive Vice President &

Chief Financial Officer

(principal financial officer &

principal accounting officer)

 

Date: August 10, 2005

 

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EX-3.3 2 dex33.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS GSI COMMERCE, INC. Amended and Restated Bylaws GSI Commerce, Inc.

Exhibit 3.3

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

GSI COMMERCE, INC.

 

(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)


ARTICLE I OFFICES

   1

ARTICLE II CORPORATE SEAL

   1

ARTICLE III STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

   1

ARTICLE IV DIRECTORS

   7

ARTICLE V OFFICERS

   11

ARTICLE VI EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION

   14

ARTICLE VII SHARES OF STOCK

   15

ARTICLE VIII OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION

   17

ARTICLE IX DIVIDENDS

   17

ARTICLE X FISCAL YEAR

   18

ARTICLE XI INDEMNIFICATION

   18

ARTICLE XII NOTICES

   21

ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENTS

   22

ARTICLE XIV LOANS TO OFFICERS

   22

ARTICLE XV TRANSACTIONS WITH CERTAIN RELATED PARTIES

   23


AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

GSI COMMERCE, INC.

 

(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be in such city and county in Delaware as shall be specified from time to time by the officers of the corporation.

 

Section 2. Other Offices. The corporation shall also have and maintain an office or principal place of business at such place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, and may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

CORPORATE SEAL

 

Section 3. Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE III

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

Section 4. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as provided under the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”).

 

Section 5. Annual Meetings.

 

(a) The annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation, for the purpose of election of directors and for such other business as may lawfully come before it, shall be held


on such other date and at such time as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders: (i) pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting of stockholders; (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors; or (iii) by any stockholder of the corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving the stockholder’s notice provided for in the following paragraph, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in Section 7.

 

(b) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 5(a) of these Bylaws, (i) the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation, (ii) such other business must be a proper matter for stockholder action under the DGCL, (iii) if the stockholder, or the beneficial owner on whose behalf any such proposal or nomination is made, has provided the corporation with a Solicitation Notice (as defined in clause (iii) of the last sentence of this Section 5(b)), such stockholder or beneficial owner must, in the case of a proposal, have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry any such proposal, or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of a percentage of the corporation’s voting shares reasonably believed by such stockholder or beneficial owner to be sufficient to elect the nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated by such stockholder, and must, in either case, have included in such materials the Solicitation Notice, and (iv) if no Solicitation Notice relating thereto has been timely provided pursuant to this section, the stockholder or beneficial owner proposing such business or nomination must not have solicited a number of proxies sufficient to have required the delivery of such a Solicitation Notice under this Section 5. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than thirty (30) days prior to or delayed by more than thirty (30) days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth: (A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposed to nominate for election or reelection as a director all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) and Rule 14a-4(d) thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (B) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for

 

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conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (C) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, and (iii) whether either such stockholder or beneficial owner intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of, in the case of the proposal, at least the percentage of the corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry the proposal or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, a sufficient number of holders of the corporation’s voting shares to elect such nominee or nominees (an affirmative statement of such intent, a “Solicitation Notice”).

 

(c) Notwithstanding anything in the third sentence of Section 5(b) of these Bylaws to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the corporation is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the corporation at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 5 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the corporation.

 

(d) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 5 shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 5. Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made, or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be disregarded.

 

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, in order to include information with respect to a stockholder proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a stockholders’ meeting, a stockholder must also comply with all applicable requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to matters set forth in this Section 5. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act.

 

(f) For purposes of this Section 5, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act.

 

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Section 6. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be called, for any purpose or purposes, by (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Chief Executive Officer, (iii) the President or (iv) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board of Directors for adoption).

 

(b) The Board of Directors shall determine the time and place of such special meeting. Upon determination of the time and place of the meeting, the Secretary shall cause a notice of meeting to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of these Bylaws. No business may be transacted at such special meeting otherwise than specified in the notice of meeting. Nothing contained in this paragraph (b) shall be construed as limiting, fixing, or affecting the time when a meeting of stockholders called by action of the Board of Directors may be held.

 

(c) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving notice provided for in this paragraph who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in Section 5 of these Bylaws. In the event the corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice required by Section 5(b) of these Bylaws shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of a special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6, a stockholder must also comply with all applicable requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to matters set forth in this Section 6. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act.

 

Section 7. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law, notice, given in writing or by electronic transmission, of each meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, such notice to specify the place, if any, date and hour, in the case of special meetings, the purpose or purposes of the meeting, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present

 

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in person and vote at any such meeting. If mailed, notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the corporation. Notice of the time, place, if any, and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be waived in writing, signed by the person entitled to notice thereof, or by electronic transmission by such person, either before or after such meeting, and will be waived by any stockholder by his attendance thereat in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or by proxy, except when the stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Any stockholder so waiving notice of such meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given.

 

Section 8. Quorum. At all meetings of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or by proxy duly authorized, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time, either by the chairman of the meeting or by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat, but no other business shall be transacted at such meeting. The stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Except as otherwise provided by statute or by applicable stock exchange or Nasdaq rules, or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote generally on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Except as otherwise provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote generally on the election of directors. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, except where otherwise provided by the statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes or series, present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy duly authorized, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter. Except where otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the majority (plurality, in the case of the election of directors) of shares of such class or classes or series present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class or classes or series.

 

Section 9. Adjournment and Notice of Adjourned Meetings. Any meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time either by the chairman of the meeting or by the vote of a majority of the shares present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy at the meeting. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, if any, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days or if

 

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after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 10. Voting Rights. For the purpose of determining those stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, only persons in whose names shares stand on the stock records of the corporation on the record date, as provided in Section 12 of these Bylaws, shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders. Every person entitled to vote shall have the right to do so either in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or by an agent or agents authorized by a proxy granted in accordance with Delaware law. An agent so appointed need not be a stockholder. No proxy shall be voted after three (3) years from its date of creation unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

 

Section 11. Joint Owners of Stock. If shares or other securities having voting power stand of record in the names of two (2) or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety, or otherwise, or if two (2) or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship respecting the same shares, unless the Secretary is given written notice to the contrary and is furnished with a copy of the instrument or order appointing them or creating the relationship wherein it is so provided, their acts with respect to voting shall have the following effect: (a) if only one (1) votes, his act binds all; (b) if more than one (1) votes, the act of the majority so voting binds all; and (c) if more than one (1) votes, but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the securities in question proportionally, or may apply to the Delaware Court of Chancery for relief as provided in Section 217(b) of the DGCL. If the instrument filed with the Secretary shows that any such tenancy is held in unequal interests, a majority or even-split for the purpose of clause (c) shall be a majority or even-split in interest.

 

Section 12. List of Stockholders. The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (b) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation. In the event that the corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the corporation. The list shall be open to examination of any stockholder during the time of the meeting as provided by law.

 

Section 13. Action Without Meeting. No action shall be taken by the stockholders except at an annual or special meeting of stockholders called in accordance with these Bylaws, and no action shall be taken by the stockholders by written consent or by electronic transmission.

 

Section 14. Organization.

 

(a) At every meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the Chief Executive Officer, or, if the

 

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Chief Executive Officer is absent, the President, or, if the President is absent, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, shall act as chairman. The Secretary, or, in his or her absence, an Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

 

(b) The Board of Directors of the corporation shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the Board of Directors, if any, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation in such meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the chairman shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot. The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting shall be announced at the meeting. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

DIRECTORS

 

Section 15. Number and Term of Office. The number of directors shall be set at nine (9) unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors from time to time; provided, however, the number of directors shall not be changed to a number other than nine (9) without the approval of a majority of the Board of Directors, which majority must include the approval of (i) at least one director designated by entities affiliated with Softbank America Inc. (“Softbank”) (for as long as Softbank has the right to appoint at least one member to the Board of Directors pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement dated April 28, 2000, by and among the Corporation, Softbank Capital Partners LP and Softbank Capital Advisors Fund LP), (ii) at least one director designated by QVC, Inc. (“QVC”) (for as long as QVC has the right (as assignee of Interactive Technology Holdings, LLC (“ITH”)) to appoint at least one member to the Board of Directors pursuant to the terms of the Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated September 12, 2000, by and between the Corporation and ITH), and (iii) Michael Rubin (for so long as he is a member of the Board of Directors). If for any cause, the directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner provided in these Bylaws.

 

Section 16. Powers. The powers of the corporation shall be exercised, its business conducted and its property controlled by the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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Section 17. Board of Directors. Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders (subject to Section 18) for a term of one year. Each director shall serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

Section 18. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and subject to the contractual rights of any stockholders of the corporation, any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholders, be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created or occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified. A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist under this Section 18 in the case of the death, removal or resignation of any director.

 

Section 19. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by delivering his or her notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Secretary, such resignation to specify whether it will be effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the Secretary or at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. If no such specification is made, it shall be deemed effective at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each Director so chosen shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the Director whose place shall be vacated and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

 

Section 20. Removal. The Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors voting together as a single class.

 

Section 21. Meetings.

 

(a) Regular Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or date and at any place within or without the State of Delaware which has been designated by the Board of Directors and publicized among all directors, personally or by mail, facsimile, telegraph or telex, or by electronic mail or other electronic means. If notice is sent by US mail, it shall be sent by first class mail, charges prepaid, at least three (3) days before the date of the meeting. Notice of any regular meeting may be waived in writing, or by electronic transmission, at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting,

 

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to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. No further notice shall be required for regular meetings of the Board of Directors.

 

(b) Special Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time and place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or two or more directors.

 

(c) Meetings by Electronic Communications Equipment. Any member of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

(d) Notice of Special Meetings. Notice of the time and place of all special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be personally or by mail, facsimile, telegraph or telex, or by electronic mail or other electronic means, during normal business hours, at least twenty-four (24) hours before the date and time of the meeting. If notice is sent by US mail, it shall be sent by first class mail, charges prepaid, at least three (3) days before the date of the meeting. Notice of any special meeting may be waived in writing, or by electronic transmission, at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

(e) Waiver of Notice. The transaction of all business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, however called or noticed, or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present who did not receive notice shall sign a written waiver of notice or shall waive notice by electronic transmission. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

 

Section 22. Quorum and Voting.

 

(a) Unless the Certificate of Incorporation requires a greater number, and except with respect to questions related to indemnification arising under Section 43 for which a quorum shall be one-third of the exact number of directors fixed from time to time, a quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist of a majority of the exact number of directors fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation; provided, however, at any meeting whether a quorum be present or otherwise, a majority of the directors present may adjourn from time to time until the time fixed for the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting.

 

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directors present, unless a different vote be required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

Section 23. Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and such writing or writings or transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

 

Section 24. Fees and Compensation. Directors shall be entitled to such compensation for their services as may be approved by the Board of Directors, including, if so approved, by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors and at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise and receiving compensation therefor.

 

Section 25. Committees.

 

(a) Executive Committee. The Board of Directors may appoint an Executive Committee to consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors, one of whom shall be designated as Chairman of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopting, amending or repealing any bylaw of the corporation.

 

(b) Other Committees. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, appoint such other committees as may be permitted by law. Such other committees appointed by the Board of Directors shall consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the resolution or resolutions creating such committees, but in no event shall any such committee have the powers denied to the Executive Committee in these Bylaws.

 

(c) Term. The Board of Directors, subject to the contractual rights of any stockholders of the corporation and the provisions of paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this Section 25, may at any time increase or decrease the number of members of a committee or terminate the existence of a committee. The membership of a committee member shall terminate on the date of his death or voluntary resignation from the committee or from the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any time for any reason remove any individual

 

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committee member and the Board of Directors may fill any committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal or increase in the number of members of the committee. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, and, in addition, in the absence or disqualification of any member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

 

(d) Meetings. Unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide, regular meetings of the Executive Committee or any other committee appointed pursuant to this Section 25 shall be held at such times and places as are determined by the Board of Directors, or by any such committee, and when notice thereof has been given to each member of such committee, no further notice of such regular meetings need be given thereafter. Special meetings of any such committee may be held at any place which has been determined from time to time by such committee, and may be called by any director who is a member of such committee, upon notice to the members of such committee of the time and place of such special meeting given in the manner provided for the giving of notice to members of the Board of Directors of the time and place of special meetings of the Board of Directors. Notice of any special meeting of any committee may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends such special meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in the resolutions authorizing the creation of the committee, a majority of the authorized number of members of any such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee.

 

Section 26. Organization. At every meeting of the directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the Chief Executive Officer (if a director), or, if the Chief Executive Officer is absent, the President (if a director), or if the President is absent, the most senior Vice President (if a director), or, in the absence of any such person, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall preside over the meeting. The Secretary, or in his absence, any Assistant Secretary or other officer or director directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

 

ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS

 

Section 27. Officers Designated.

 

(a) The officers of the corporation shall include the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, one or more Vice Presidents (including Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents), the Secretary, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant

 

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Treasurers. Any one person may hold any number of offices of the corporation at any one time unless specifically prohibited therefrom by law.

 

(b) The officers of the corporation above the level of Vice President shall be chosen by the Board of Directors. The officers of the corporation at the level of Vice President and below shall be chosen by the Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors may choose a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, an Executive or Senior Vice President or Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Chief Financial Officer, a Treasurer, a Controller, one or more Assistant Secretaries and/or Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers and agents that it shall deem necessary or appropriate. The Chief Executive Officer may choose a Vice President or Vice Presidents, Assistant Vice President or Assistant Vice Presidents and such other lesser officers and agents that he shall deem necessary or appropriate. All officers of the corporation shall exercise the powers and perform the duties that shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive Officer in the case of officers elected or appointed by the Chief Executive Officer. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws provide otherwise. The salaries and other compensation of all officers of the corporation above the level of Vice President shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, and the salaries and other compensation of all officers of the corporation at the level of Vice President or below shall be fixed from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer. No officer shall be prevented from receiving a salary or other compensation because he is also a director of the corporation.

 

(c) At its first regular meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall choose a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary, a Chief Financial Officer and a Treasurer. It may also choose a Chairman of the Board, an Executive or Senior Vice President or Vice Presidents, a Controller, one or more Assistant Secretaries and/or Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary or appropriate. The Chief Executive Officer may choose a Vice President or Vice Presidents, Assistant Vice President or Assistant Vice Presidents and such other lesser officers and agents that he shall deem necessary or appropriate. Each officer of the corporation shall hold office until his successor is chosen and shall qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in office. Any officer elected or appointed by the Chief Executive Officer may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the Chief Executive Officer. Removal from office, however, shall not prejudice the contract rights, if any, of the person removed. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors by the Chief Executive Officer if such officer was elected or appointed by the Chief Executive Officer.

 

Section 28. Tenure and Duties of Officers.

 

(a) General. All officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

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(b) Duties of Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors, and shall perform such executive, supervisory, and management functions and duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

(c) Duties of Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and at all meetings of the Board of Directors, unless the Chairman of the Board of Directors has been appointed and is present. Unless another officer has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the corporation, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation. To the extent that a Chief Executive Officer has been appointed, all references in these Bylaws to the President shall be deemed references to the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers, as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.

 

(d) Duties of President. The President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and at all meetings of the Board of Directors, unless the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer has been appointed and is present. Unless another officer has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the corporation, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation. The President shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers, as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.

 

(e) Duties of Vice Presidents. The Vice Presidents may assume and perform the duties of the President in the absence or disability of the President or whenever the office of President is vacant. The Vice Presidents shall perform other duties commonly incident to their office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, or, if the Chief Executive Officer has not been appointed or is absent, the President shall designate from time to time.

 

(f) Duties of Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall record all acts and proceedings thereof in the minute book of the corporation. The Secretary shall give notice in conformity with these Bylaws of all meetings of the stockholders and of all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof requiring notice. The Secretary shall perform all other duties provided for in these Bylaws and other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers, as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. The President may direct any Assistant Secretary or other officer to assume and perform the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability of the Secretary, and each Assistant Secretary shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time.

 

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(g) Duties of Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account of the corporation in a thorough and proper manner and shall render statements of the financial affairs of the corporation in such form and as often as required by the Board of Directors or the President. The Chief Financial Officer, subject to the order of the Board of Directors, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of the corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time. The President may direct the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or the Controller, to assume and perform the duties of the Chief Financial Officer in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, and each Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer and the Controller shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time. At any time that the corporation shall not have a Treasurer, the Chief Financial Officer shall also be considered the Treasurer of the corporation for all purposes of these Bylaws and the DGCL.

 

Section 29. Delegation of Authority. The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.

 

Section 30. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors or to the President or to the Secretary. Any such resignation shall be effective when received by the person or persons to whom such notice is given, unless a later time is specified therein, in which event the resignation shall become effective at such later time. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of any such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation shall be without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract with the resigning officer.

 

Section 31. Removal. Any officer may be removed from office at any time, either with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in office at the time, or by the unanimous written consent of the directors in office at the time, or by any committee or by the Chief Executive Officer or by other superior officers upon whom such power of removal may have been conferred by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING OF SECURITIES

OWNED BY THE CORPORATION

 

Section 32. Execution of Corporate Instruments. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, determine the method and designate the signatory officer or officers, or other person or persons, to execute on behalf of the corporation any corporate instrument or document, or to sign on behalf of the corporation the corporate name without limitation, or to enter into contracts on behalf of the corporation, except where otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, and such execution or signature shall be binding upon the corporation. All checks and drafts drawn on banks or other depositaries on funds to the credit of the corporation or in special

 

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accounts of the corporation shall be signed by such person or persons as the Board of Directors shall authorize so to do. Unless authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.

 

Section 33. Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation. All stock and other securities of other corporations owned or held by the corporation for itself, or for other parties in any capacity, shall be voted, and all proxies with respect thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such authorization, by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any Vice President.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

SHARES OF STOCK

 

Section 34. Form and Execution of Certificates. Certificates for the shares of stock of the corporation shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. Each certificate shall state upon the face or back thereof, in full or in summary, all of the powers, designations, preferences, and rights, and the limitations or restrictions of the shares authorized to be issued or shall, except as otherwise required by law, set forth on the face or back a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this section or otherwise required by law or with respect to this section a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

 

Section 35. Lost Certificates. A new certificate or certificates shall be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. The corporation may require, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, the owner of such lost, stolen, or

 

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destroyed certificate or certificates, or the owner’s legal representative, to agree to indemnify the corporation in such manner as it shall require or to give the corporation a surety bond in such form and amount as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed.

 

Section 36. Transfers.

 

(a) Transfers of record of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by attorney duly authorized, and upon the surrender of a properly endorsed certificate or certificates for a like number of shares.

 

(b) The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.

 

Section 37. Fixing Record Dates.

 

(a) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, subject to applicable law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

(b) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

Section 38. Registered Stockholders. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION

 

Section 39. Execution of Other Securities. All bonds, debentures and other corporate securities of the corporation, other than stock certificates (covered in Section 34), may be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or any Vice President, or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, and the corporate seal impressed thereon or a facsimile of such seal imprinted thereon and attested by the signature of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer; provided, however, that where any such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be authenticated by the manual signature, or where permissible facsimile signature, of a trustee under an indenture pursuant to which such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be issued, the signatures of the persons signing and attesting the corporate seal on such bond, debenture or other corporate security may be the imprinted facsimile of the signatures of such persons. Interest coupons appertaining to any such bond, debenture or other corporate security, authenticated by a trustee as aforesaid, shall be signed by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the corporation or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, or bear imprinted thereon the facsimile signature of such person. In case any officer who shall have signed or attested any bond, debenture or other corporate security, or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon or on any such interest coupon, shall have ceased to be such officer before the bond, debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested shall have been delivered, such bond, debenture or other corporate security nevertheless may be adopted by the corporation and issued and delivered as though the person who signed the same or whose facsimile signature shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

DIVIDENDS

 

Section 40. Declaration of Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors pursuant to law at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.

 

Section 41. Dividend Reserve. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

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ARTICLE X

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

Section 42. Fiscal Year. Except as from time to time otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the Saturday nearest the last day of December.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 43. Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees and Other Agents.

 

(a) Directors and Officers. The corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL or any other applicable law; provided, however, that the corporation may modify the extent of such indemnification by individual contracts with its directors and officers; and, provided, further, that the corporation shall not be required to indemnify any director or officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the corporation under the DGCL or any other applicable law or (iv) such indemnification is required to be made under paragraph (d).

 

(b) Expenses. The corporation shall advance to any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses incurred by any director or officer in connection with such proceeding provided, however, that if the DGCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 43 or otherwise.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section 43, no advance shall be made by the corporation to an officer of the corporation (except by reason of the fact that such officer is or was a director of the corporation in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by a majority vote of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, even if not a quorum, or (ii) by

 

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a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.

 

(c) Enforcement. Without the necessity of entering into an express contract, all rights to indemnification and advances to directors and officers under this Bylaw shall be deemed to be contractual rights and be effective to the same extent and as if provided for in a contract between the corporation and the director or officer. Any right to indemnification or advances granted by this Section 43 to a director or officer shall be enforceable by or on behalf of the person holding such right in any court of competent jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or advances is denied, in whole or in part, or (ii) no disposition of such claim is made within sixty (60) days of request therefor. The claimant in such enforcement action, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting the claim. In connection with any claim for indemnification, the corporation shall be entitled to raise as a defense to any such action that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the DGCL or any other applicable law for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL or any other applicable law, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

 

(d) Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall not be exclusive of any other right which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any applicable statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office. The corporation is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advances, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL, or by any other applicable law.

 

(e) Survival of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

 

(f) Insurance. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL or any other applicable law, the corporation, upon approval by the Board of Directors, may purchase insurance on behalf of any person required or permitted to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 43.

 

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(g) Amendments. Any repeal or modification of this Section 43 shall only be prospective and shall not affect the rights under this Bylaw in effect at the time of the alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that is the cause of any proceeding against any agent of the corporation.

 

(h) Saving Clause. If this Bylaw or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director and officer to the full extent not prohibited by any applicable portion of this Section 43 that shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law. If this Section 43 shall be invalid due to the application of the indemnification provisions of another jurisdiction, then the corporation shall indemnify each director and officer to the full extent under any other applicable law.

 

(i) Certain Definitions. For the purposes of this Bylaw, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(1) The term “proceeding” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.

 

(2) The term “expenses” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, court costs, attorneys’ fees, witness fees, fines, amounts paid in settlement or judgment and any other costs and expenses of any nature or kind incurred in connection with any proceeding.

 

(3) The term the “corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section 43 with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

 

(4) References to a “director,” “executive officer,” “officer,” “employee,” or “agent” of the corporation shall include, without limitation, situations where such person is serving at the request of the corporation as, respectively, a director, executive officer, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

 

(5) References to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on,

 

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or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the corporation” as referred to in this Section 43.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

NOTICES

 

Section 44. Notices.

 

(a) Notice to Stockholders. Written notice to stockholders of stockholder meetings shall be given as provided in Section 7 herein. Without limiting the manner by which notice may otherwise be given effectively to stockholders under any agreement or contract with such stockholder, and except as otherwise required by law, written notice to stockholders for purposes other than stockholder meetings may be sent by US mail or nationally recognized overnight courier, or by facsimile, telegraph or telex or by electronic mail or other electronic means.

 

(b) Notice to Directors. Any notice required to be given to any director may be given by the method stated in paragraph (a), as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, or by overnight delivery service, facsimile, telex or telegram, except that such notice other than one which is delivered personally shall be sent to such address as such director shall have filed in writing with the Secretary, or, in the absence of such filing, to the last known post office address of such director.

 

(c) Affidavit of Mailing. An affidavit of mailing, executed by a duly authorized and competent employee of the corporation or its transfer agent appointed with respect to the class of stock affected, or other agent, specifying the name and address or the names and addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, or director or directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or were given, and the time and method of giving the same, shall in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained.

 

(d) Methods of Notice. It shall not be necessary that the same method of giving notice be employed in respect of all recipients of notice, but one permissible method may be employed in respect of any one or more, and any other permissible method or methods may be employed in respect of any other or others.

 

(e) Notice to Person with Whom Communication is Unlawful. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a

 

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certificate under any provision of the DGCL, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.

 

(f) Notice to Stockholders Sharing an Address. Except as otherwise prohibited under DGCL, any notice given under the provisions of DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Such consent shall have been deemed to have been given if such stockholder fails to object in writing to the corporation within 60 days of having been given notice by the corporation of its intention to send the single notice. Any consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation.

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Section 45. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 43(g) of these Bylaws or the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors is expressly empowered to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the corporation. The stockholders also shall have power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the corporation; provided, however, that, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the corporation required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, such action by stockholders shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

ARTICLE XIV

 

LOANS TO OFFICERS

 

Section 46. Loans to Officers. Except as otherwise prohibited by applicable law, the corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the corporation or of its subsidiaries, including any officer or employee who is a Director of the corporation or its subsidiaries, whenever, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, such loan, guarantee or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guarantee or other assistance may be with or without interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the Board of Directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at common law or under any statute.

 

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ARTICLE XV

 

TRANSACTIONS WITH CERTAIN RELATED PARTIES

 

Section 47. Affiliated Transactions. No contract or transaction between the corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof that authorizes the contract or transaction or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose if:

 

(a) The material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum;

 

(b) The material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by the vote of the stockholders; or

 

(c) The contract or transaction is fair as to the corporation as of the time is authorized, approved, or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, or the stockholders.

 

Section 48. Transactions with Stockholders. Without limiting any other provision of these Bylaws, the corporation shall be authorized, to the fullest extent permissible under the DGCL, to enter into agreements with stockholders of the corporation that provide such stockholders with rights beyond those explicitly provided to stockholders of the corporation generally pursuant to these Bylaws.

 

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EX-31.1 3 dex311.htm 302 CERTIFICATION - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 302 Certification - Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

I, Michael G. Rubin, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of GSI Commerce, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

August 10, 2005

By:  

/s/ Michael G. Rubin


    Michael G. Rubin
    Chief Executive Officer
EX-31.2 4 dex312.htm 302 CERTIFICATION - CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 302 Certification - Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

I, Jordan M. Copland, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of GSI Commerce, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

August 10, 2005

 

By:  

/s/ Jordan M. Copland


    Jordan M. Copland
    Chief Financial Officer
EX-32.1 5 dex321.htm 906 CERTIFICATION - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 906 Certification - Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 32.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code), each of the undersigned officers of GSI Commerce, Inc. (the “Company”), does hereby certify with respect to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 2, 2005 (the “Report”) that:

 

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

 

By:  

/s/ Michael G. Rubin


    Michael G. Rubin
    Chief Executive Officer

 

August 10, 2005

 

By:  

/s/ Jordan M. Copland


    Jordan M. Copland
    Chief Financial Officer

 

August 10, 2005

 

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code) and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.

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