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Cash used for the purchases of equipment was $5,847 and $14,185, respectively, for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
No intangible assets were purchased in 2021 and 2020.
On January 4, 2021, we paid the December 7, 2020 dividends declared on our Series A convertible preferred stock of $168,079.
During June 2020, we repurchased 356,797 shares of our Series A convertible preferred stock in return for the issuance of 392,477 shares of our common stock with a fair value of $19,624 and a payment of $178,400. We assigned 50,000 shares of the repurchased Series A convertible preferred stock to settle a related party liability of $53,825, and the remaining 306,797 shares were cancelled. Also during June 2020, an additional 65,597 shares of common stock with a fair value of $3,280 were issued and $9,541 was paid to a former preferred shareholder to equitably adjust the repurchase price of the Series A convertible preferred shares at the end of 2019 to those made in the second quarter of 2020.
On August 27, 2020, 100,000 warrants with an exercise price of $.004 per share were exercised for 100,000 restricted shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per share. Proceeds from the exercise of the warrants were $400.
During the year ended December 31, 2021, employee stock options for 689,000 shares of our common stock were exercised for $2,067. During the year ended December 31, 2020, employee stock options for 1,359,372 shares of our common stock were exercised by reducing deferred compensation payable by $18,687.
The planned expansion of our business will require significant capital to fund capital expenditures, working capital needs, and debt service. Our principal capital expenditure requirements will include:
•mergers and acquisitions;
•improvement of existing services, development of new services; and
•further development of operations support systems and other automated back-office systems.
Because our cost of developing new networks and services, funding other strategic initiatives, and operating our business depend on a variety of factors (including, among other things, the number of customers and the service for which they subscribe, the nature and penetration of services that may be offered by us, regulatory changes, and actions taken by competitors in response to our strategic initiatives), it is almost certain that actual costs and revenues will materially vary from expected amounts and these variations are likely to increase our future capital requirements.
Our ability to fund the capital expenditures and other costs contemplated by our business plan in the near term will depend upon, among other things, our ability to generate consistent net income and positive cash flow from operations as well as our ability to seek and obtain additional financing. Capital will be needed in order to implement our business plan, deploy our network, expand our operations and obtain and retain a significant
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number of customers in our target markets. Each of these factors is, to a large extent, subject to economic, financial, competitive, political, regulatory, and other factors, many of which are beyond our control.
As of December 31, 2021, our material contractual obligations and commitments were:
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| 1 – 3
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Operating leases
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| $456,696
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| $152,232
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| $304,464
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of our financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. In applying these accounting principles, we must often make individual estimates and assumptions regarding expected outcomes or uncertainties. As might be expected, the actual results or outcomes are generally different than the estimated or assumed amounts. These differences are usually minor and are included in our consolidated financial statements as soon as they are known. Our estimates, judgments and assumptions are continually evaluated based on available information and experience. Because of the use of estimates inherent in the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from those estimates.
We periodically review the carrying value of our intangible assets when events and circumstances warrant such a review. One of the methods used for this review is performed using estimates of future cash flows. If the carrying value of our intangible assets is considered impaired, an impairment charge is recorded for the amount by which the carrying value of the intangible assets exceeds the fair value. We believe that the estimates of future cash flows and fair value are reasonable. Changes in estimates of these cash flows and fair value, however, could affect the calculation and result in additional impairment charges in future periods.
We periodically review the carrying value of our property and equipment whenever business conditions or events indicate that those assets may be impaired. If the estimated future undiscounted cash flows to be generated by the property and equipment are less than the carrying value of the assets, the assets are written down to fair market value and a charge is recorded to current operations. Significant and unanticipated changes in circumstances, including significant adverse changes in business climate, adverse actions by regulators, unanticipated competition, loss of key customers and/or changes in technology or markets, could require a provision for impairment in a future period.
We review loss contingencies and evaluate the events and circumstances related to these contingencies. We disclose material loss contingencies that are possible or probable, but cannot be estimated. For loss contingencies that are both estimable and probable the loss contingency is accrued and expense is recognized in the financial statements.
All of our revenues are recognized over the life of the contract as services are provided. Revenue that is received in advance of the services provided is deferred until the services are provided. Revenue related to set up charges is also deferred and amortized over the life of the contract. We classify certain taxes and fees billed to customers and remitted to governmental authorities on a net basis in revenue.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
As a smaller reporting company, we are not required and have not elected to report any information under this item.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplemental Data.
Our financial statements, prepared in accordance with Regulation S-K, are set forth in this Report beginning on page [27].
Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None that have not been previously reported.
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Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted to the SEC under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the SEC’s rules and forms, and that information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and financial officer as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
Our principal executive officer, who is also our principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2021, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our CEO/CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO/CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
A system of controls, no matter how well designed and operated, cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the system of controls are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected.
Report of Management on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over our financial reporting. Our internal control system was designed to, in general, provide reasonable assurance to our management and board regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements, but because of the inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021. The framework used by our management in making that assessment was the criteria set forth in the document entitled “Internal Control – Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013. Based on our assessment using those criteria, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, was effective.
This annual report does not include an attestation report of our public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Our management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the SEC adopted as of September 21, 2010, that permit us to provide only our management’s report in this annual report.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
No change in our system of internal control over financial reporting occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information.
Exhibit 16.1 is a letter from MaloneBailey, LLP, our former auditors, stating whether or not they agree with us, attached to the 8-K filed.
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.
None.
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PART III.
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance.
The following information is furnished as of March 31, 2022, for each person who serves on our Board of Directors or serves as one of our executive officers. Our Board of Directors currently consists of three members, although we intend to increase the size of the Board in the future. The directors serve one-year terms until their successors are elected. Our executive officers are elected annually by our Board. The executive officers serve terms of one year or until their death, resignation or removal by our Board. There are no family relationships between our directors and executive officers. In addition, there was no arrangement or understanding between any executive officer and any other person pursuant to which any person was selected as an executive officer.
Name
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Timothy J. Kilkenny
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| 63
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| Chairman of the Board of Directors
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Roger P. Baresel
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| 66
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| Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary and Director
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Jason C. Ayers
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| 47
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| President and Director
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Timothy J. Kilkenny has served as our Chairman of the Board of Directors since our inception in May 1995. He served as our Chief Executive Officer from May 1995 until June 6, 2016. Prior to that time, he spent 14 years in the financial planning business as a manager for both MetLife and Prudential. Mr. Kilkenny is a graduate of Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri.
Roger P. Baresel became our Chief Executive Officer on June 6, 2016. He has been one of our directors and our Chief Financial Officer since November 2000, and our President from October 2003 until June 2016. Mr. Baresel is an experienced senior executive and consultant who has served at a variety of companies in a number of different industries. Mr. Baresel has the following degrees from the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Oklahoma: BA Psychology, BS Accounting and MBA Finance, in which he graduated Summa Cum Laude. Mr. Baresel is also a certified public accountant.
Jason C. Ayers became our President on June 6, 2016. He has been one of our directors since May 2013 and served as our Vice President of Operations from December 2000 until June 2016. Prior to that he served as President of Animus, a privately-held web hosting company which we acquired in April 1998. Mr. Ayers received a BS degree from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma in May 1996 with a triple major in Computer Science, Math and Physics. Upon graduating, he was a co-founder of Animus.
Audit Committee Financial Expert
Because our board of directors only consists of three directors, each of whom does not qualify as an independent director; our board performs the functions of an audit committee. Our board of directors has determined that Roger P. Baresel, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer qualifies as a “financial expert.” This determination was based upon Mr. Baresel’s
·understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements;
·ability to assess the general application of generally accepted accounting principles in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals and reserves;
·experience preparing, auditing, analyzing or evaluating financial statements that present the breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by our financial statements, or experience actively supervising one or more persons engaged in such activities;
·understanding of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting; and
·understanding of audit committee functions.
Mr. Baresel’s experience and qualification as a financial expert were acquired through the active supervision of a principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller, public accountant, auditor or person performing similar functions and overseeing or assessing the performance of companies or public accountants with respect to the preparation, auditing or evaluation of financial statements.
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Mr. Baresel is not an independent director. We have been unable to attract a person to serve as one of our directors and that would qualify both as an independent director and as a financial expert because of inability to compensate our directors and provide liability insurance protection.
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements
Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our directors and executive officers and any persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the SEC and each exchange on which our securities are listed, reports of ownership and subsequent changes in ownership of our common stock and our other securities. Officers, directors and greater than 10% shareholders are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. Based solely on review of the copies of such reports furnished to us or written representations that no other reports were required, we believe that during 2021 all filing requirements applicable to our officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners were met.
Code of Ethics
Our board of directors has adopted our code of ethics that applies to all of our employees and directors, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, and persons performing similar functions. Our code of ethics may be found on our website at www.fullnet.net. We will describe the nature of amendments to the code on our website, except that we may not describe amendments that are purely a technical, administrative, or otherwise non-substantive. We will also disclose on our website any waivers from any provision of the code that we may grant. We will also disclose on our website any violation of the code by our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, and persons performing similar functions. Information about amendments and waivers to the code will be available on our website for at least 12 months, and thereafter, the information will be available upon request for five years.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The following table sets forth, for the last two fiscal years, the cash compensation paid by us to our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and President (the “Named Executive Officers”). None of our executive officers other than the named executive officers earned annual compensation in excess of $100,000 during 2021.
Revenue from our mass notification service and our access service is recognized as the services are provided pursuant to unwritten contracts created when our customers create an account on our website agreeing to be bound by our published Terms of Service when they purchase our service.
Revenue from our colocation and web hosting services, its live help desk support services, and our internet access services is recognized as the services are provided pursuant to written contracts executed by us and our customers.
Each of our services represent a single performance obligation consisting of a distinct service. All of our revenues are recognized as the services are provided over the life of the contract. Revenue that is received in advance of the services provided is deferred until the services are provided.
None of our services have a transaction price which includes variable consideration, a significant financing component, any noncash consideration or consideration payable to a customer. The transaction price is the amount of consideration to which we expect to be entitled to in exchange for the service transferred to each customer.
Each of our services represent a single performance obligation and the “stand-alone selling price” is the same as the contract selling price.
All of our services are sold pursuant to written and unwritten contracts which require payment in advance for the services.
Advertising
We expense advertising production costs as they are incurred and advertising communication costs the first time the advertisement takes place. Advertising expense for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, was $477,565 and $635,515, respectively.
Income Taxes
We account for income taxes utilizing the liability method, where deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial and income tax reporting purposes, using enacted statutory tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effects of future changes in tax laws or rates are not included in the measurement.
On a regular basis, we evaluate all available evidence, both positive and negative, regarding the ultimate realization of the tax benefits of our deferred tax assets and a valuation allowance is established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
We file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state and local jurisdictions.
Income Per Share
Income per share – basic is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of stock outstanding during the year, including shares issuable without additional consideration. Income per share – assuming dilution is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year adjusted for the effect of dilutive potential shares from options and warrants calculated using the treasury stock method and the if-converted method for preferred stock.
Reconciliation of basic and diluted income per share (“EPS”) are as follows:
| December 31, 2021
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| December 31, 2020
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Net income:
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Net income
| $892,977
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| $1,072,486
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Preferred stock dividends
| (54,739)
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| (59,771)
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Net income available to common shareholders
| 838,238
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| 1,012,715
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Basic income per share:
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Weighted-average common shares outstanding used in income per share computations
| 16,698,620
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| 14,913,351
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Basic income per share
| 0.05
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| 0.07
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Diluted income per share:
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Shares used in diluted income per share computations
| 19,216,153
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| 17,533,766
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Diluted income per share
| 0.05
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| 0.06
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Computation of shares used in income per share:
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Weighted average shares and share equivalents outstanding - basic
| 16,698,620
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| 14,913,351
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Effect of dilutive stock options
| 2,229,933
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| 2,351,621
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Effect of dilutive warrants
| 287,600
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| 268,794
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Weighted average shares and share equivalents outstanding – assuming dilution
| 19,216,153
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| 17,533,766
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Schedule of Anti-dilutive Securities Excluded:
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| December 31, 2021
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| December 31, 2020
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Convertible preferred stock
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| 568,257
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| 568,257
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Total anti-dilutive securities excluded
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| 568,257
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| 568,257
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Stock-Based Compensation
We do not have a written employee stock option plan. We have historically generally granted employee stock options with an exercise price equal to the market price of our stock at the date of grant, a contractual term of ten years, and a vesting period of three years ratably on the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant (with limited exceptions).
All employee stock options granted during 2021 and 2020 were nonqualified stock options. Stock-based compensation is measured at the grant date, based on the calculated fair value of the option, and is recognized as an expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite employee service period (generally the vesting period of the grant).
The fair values of the granted options are estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. See Note E – Common Stock and Stock-Based Compensation for further information on stock-based compensation.
Beneficial Conversion Features
The intrinsic value of a beneficial conversion feature inherent to a convertible note payable, which is not bifurcated and accounted for separately from the convertible note payable and may not be settled in cash upon conversion, is treated as a discount to the convertible note payable. This discount is amortized over the period from the date of issuance to the date the note is due using the effective interest method. If the note payable is retired prior to the end of its contractual term, the unamortized discount is expensed in the period of retirement to interest expense. In general, the beneficial conversion feature is measured by comparing the effective conversion price, after considering the relative fair value of detachable instruments included in the financing transaction, if any, to the fair value of the common shares at the commitment date to be received upon conversion.
Related Parties
A party is considered to be related to us if the party directly or indirectly or through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with us. Related parties also include principal owners of us, our management, members of the immediate families of principal owners of us and our management and other parties with which we may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing our own separate interests. A party which can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the transacting parties or if it has an ownership interest in one of the transacting parties and can significantly influence the other to an extent that one or more of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing our own separate interests is also a related party.
At December 31, 2021, we had no related party accounts payable to officers and directors for unpaid expense reimbursements. Additionally, we had no related party accounts payable to officers and directors for unpaid expense reimbursements as of December 31, 2020.
Fair Value Measurements
We measure our financial assets and liabilities in accordance with the requirements of FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”. ASC 820 clarifies the definition of fair value, prescribes methods for measuring fair value, and establishes a fair value hierarchy to classify the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:
Level 1 – Quoted prices are available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. Level 1 primarily consists of financial instruments such as exchange-traded derivatives, marketable securities and listed equities.
Level 2 – Pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets included in level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reported date and includes those financial instruments that are valued using models or other valuation methodologies. These models are primarily industry-standard models that consider various assumptions, including quoted forward prices for commodities, time value, volatility factors,
and current market and contractual prices for the underlying instruments, as well as other relevant economic measures. Substantially all of these assumptions are observable in the marketplace throughout the full term of the instrument, can be derived from observable data or are supported by observable levels at which transactions are executed in the marketplace. Instruments in this category generally include non-exchange-traded derivatives such as commodity swaps, interest rate swaps, options and collars.
Level 3 – Pricing inputs include significant inputs that are generally less observable from objective sources. These inputs may be used with internally developed methodologies that result in management’s best estimate of fair value.
The recorded value of other financial assets and liabilities, which consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other current assets, and accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate the fair value of the respective assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, are based upon the short-term nature of the assets and liabilities.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13 (as amended through June 2020), “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”. ASU No. 2016-13 introduced a new forward-looking approach, based on expected losses, to estimate credit losses on certain types of financial instruments, including trade receivables, contract assets and held-to-maturity debt securities. For public business entities that are U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filers excluding smaller reporting companies, the amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other public business entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. On October 16, 2019 FASB voted to delay implementation of ASU No. 2016-13, "Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326) -Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.” For all other entities, the amendments are now effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. Early adoption is permitted for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. We chose early adoption of this guidance effective January 1, 2020. We continue to evaluate the impact of these amendments to our financial position and results of operations and currently expect no material impact of the adoption of the amendments on our consolidated financial statements.
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, "Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes", which simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles for income taxes. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
NOTE B — MANAGEMENT’S PLANS
On August 27, 2014, FASB issued ASU 2014-15, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s ability to Continue as a Going Concern, which requires management to assess a company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year from financial statement issuance and to provide related footnote disclosures in certain circumstances.
We have historically experienced significant operating losses with cumulative losses from inception of approximately $8 million. These losses have been reduced by a positive working capital position of approximately $1,114,000 at December 31, 2021, of which approximately $269,000 of our current liabilities is owed to our officers and directors, and approximately $905,000 of our current liabilities is deferred revenue. Our officers and directors, who are also major shareholders, have informally agreed to not seek payment of any of the amounts owed to them if such payment would jeopardize our ability to continue as a going concern. The deferred revenue represents advance payments for services from our customers which will be satisfied by our delivery of services in the normal course of business and will not require settlement in cash.
We started a number of initiatives in 2017 which included revenue enhancement initiatives, cost saving initiatives, the sale of excess assets and an orderly exit from the CLEC business. We were successful with our revenue enhancement and cost saving initiatives and in selling certain excess assets in the third quarter of 2018
and the first quarter of 2019, as well as effecting an orderly exit from the CLEC business through the sale of substantially all of our wholly owned subsidiary’s CLEC operating assets.
As a result of these initiatives, we generated positive cash flow from its operating activities of approximately $1,419,000 and $988,000 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. In addition, we were able to generate net income of approximately $893,000 and $1,072,000 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Management expects that the success of these initiatives will provide us with sufficient liquidity for us to operate for the next 12 months.
As a result of the revenue enhancement initiatives, the cost saving initiatives, the excess asset sales and the successful exit from the CLEC business, we have been able to significantly improve our working capital position and alleviate any substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern as defined by ASU 2014-05. We believe that the actions discussed above mitigate the substantial doubt raised by our prior operating losses and satisfy our estimated liquidity needs 12 months from the issuance of the financial statements. However, we cannot predict, with certainty, the outcome of our actions to generate additional liquidity, including the availability of additional debt financing, or whether such actions would generate the expected liquidity as currently planned. Additionally, a failure to generate additional liquidity could negatively impact our ability to effectively execute our business plan.
NOTE C – COMMITMENTS
Operating Leases
Under the new lease guidance (Topic 842), we recorded a ROU Lease Asset and associated Lease Liability for the Original Lease which as of December 31, 2019, had balances of $930,588 and $946,895, respectively. In recording the initial ROU Lease Asset and associated Lease Liability, we assumed that it would extend the lease for an additional five-year term at a rate per square foot which increased annually during the term. This lease was for 13,046 square feet at $17.00 per square foot and we assumed that the square footage would remain the same and the rate would increase by $.50 per square foot per year during the 5-year renewal period for purposes of calculating the ROU Lease Asset and associated Lease Liability.
We leased our offices and data center in the BOK Plaza Building on a lease originally executed on December 2, 1999 and expiring on December 31, 2019, with all additional options to renew having been previously exercised (the “Original Lease”). We subsequently negotiated and executed two new leases on November 22, 2019, covering our offices and data center which are effective January 1, 2020. One lease is an addendum to the Original Lease and covers only the office space (the “FN Lease”) and the other lease covers our data center and is with FullWeb, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary (the “FW Lease”).
The combined square footage for the FN & FW Leases is 8,699 square feet, a reduction from the Original lease of 4,347 square feet or approximately 33%. This reduction occurred in the office space with the data center space remaining the same. In addition, both leases are at the rate of $17.50 per square foot for 5 years and both contain two 5-year options to renew at the then fair market rate per square foot. Of note, the FW Lease contains the right for us to opt-out of the FW Lease without penalty at each annual anniversary.
We consider the execution of the two new leases to be a lease modification and have re-evaluated the effect of the lease modification on our conclusions under ASC 842 and determined that the leases should still be classified as operating leases.
Pursuant to and upon execution of the FN Lease, the landlord transferred back to us 114,792 shares of our preferred stock which had been previously issued to the landlord in 2013, in satisfaction of $114,792 in unpaid rental payments which were then outstanding. The $78,203 value of these shares was recorded to Additional Paid-in Capital.
As a result of the lease modification and the associated remeasurement of the lease liability, we used the same incremental borrowing rate of 8.5% as it used for the original lease calculations based on the fact that the nature of the underlying asset and our financial condition had not materially changed since the original lease calculation.
Amortization of the ROU Asset and payments of the associated Lease Liability for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $112,812 and $112,812, respectively, leaving a year-end December 31, 2021 balance of $401,870 for both the ROU Asset and the associated Lease Liability.
Future minimum lease payments required at December 31, 2021, under non-cancelable operating leases that have initial lease terms exceeding one year are presented in the following table:
Year ending December 31
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| |
2022
|
| $152,232
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2023
|
| 152,232
|
2024
|
| 152,234
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Total
|
| 456,698
|
Present value of discount
|
| (54,828)
|
Current portion lease liability
| (122,784)
|
Long-term lease liability
|
| $279,086
|
Rental expense for all operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, was approximately $152,232 and $152,232, respectively.
NOTE D — INCOME TAXES
We use the liability method, where deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial and income tax reporting purposes.
Our deferred tax assets relate primarily to net operating loss carryforwards for income tax purposes at December 31, 2021, totaling approximately $1,194,000 which will begin to expire in 2023. On a regular basis, management evaluates all available evidence, both positive and negative, regarding the ultimate realization of the tax benefits of our deferred tax assets. Based upon the historical trend of increasing earnings management concluded that it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will be realized from our deferred tax assets and therefore eliminated the previously recorded valuation allowance for our deferred tax assets in the fourth quarter of 2020. Elimination of the valuation allowance resulted in a deferred tax asset at December 31, 2020, of approximately $339,000 and a corresponding tax benefit for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. At December 31, 2021, the net operating loss carry-forward was $149,024, and the deferred tax asset was $38,359.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ("TCJA") was signed by the President of the United States and enacted into law on December 22, 2017. The TCJA significantly changed U.S. tax law by reducing the U.S. corporate income tax rate to 21.0% from 35.0%, adopting a territorial tax regime, creating new taxes on certain foreign sourced earnings and imposing a one-time transition tax on the undistributed earnings of certain non-U.S. subsidiaries.
NOTE E — COMMON STOCK AND STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
COMMON STOCK
On March 25, 2021, we issued 203,000 restricted shares of our common stock for cash proceeds of $609 pursuant to the exercise of common stock purchase options by various employees. On October 28, 2021, we issued 486,000 restricted shares of our common stock for cash proceeds of $1,458 pursuant to the exercise of common stock purchase options by an employee and a former employee. On December 2, 2020, certain officers and directors and their family members exercised options to purchase 1,359,372 restricted shares of our common stock by reducing deferred compensation payable to officers and directors of $18,687.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
We do not have a written employee stock option plan. We have historically generally granted employee stock options with an exercise price equal to the market price of our stock at the date of grant, a contractual term of
ten years, and a vesting period of three years ratably on the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant (with limited exceptions).
All employee stock options granted during 2021 and 2020 were nonqualified stock options. Stock-based compensation is measured at the grant date, based on the calculated fair value of the option, and is recognized as an expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite employee service period (generally the vesting period of the grant).
The following table summarizes our employee stock option activity for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:
Schedule of Employee Stock Option Activity
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| Options
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| Weighted average exercise price
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| Weighted average remaining contractual life (years)
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| Aggregate intrinsic value
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Options outstanding, December 31, 2019
| 2,318,835
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| $ 0.010
|
| 6.42
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options granted during the year
| 2,040,500
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| 0.015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options exercised during the year
| (1,359,372)
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| 0.014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options expired during the year
| (10,000)
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| 0.019
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options outstanding, December 31, 2020
| 2,989,963
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| $ 0.012
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| 7.19
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options granted during the year
| 90,000
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| 0.240
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options exercised during the year
| (689,000)
|
| 0.003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options forfeited during the year
| (48,334)
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| 0.003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options outstanding, December 31, 2021
| 2,342,629
|
| $ 0.023
|
| 7.20
|
| $1,522,619
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options exercisable, December 31, 2021
| 1,411,633
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| $ 0.015
|
| 6.62
|
| $ 896,776
|
The following table summarizes our non-vested employee stock option activity for years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:
| 2021
|
| 2020
|
Non-vested options outstanding, beginning of year
| 1,262,500
|
| 690,670
|
Options granted during the year
| 90,000
|
| 2,040,500
|
Options vested during the year
| (421,504)
|
| (1,458,670)
|
Non-vested options forfeited during the year
| -
|
| (10,000)
|
Non-vested options outstanding, end of year
| 930,996
|
| 1,262,500
|
The fair values of the granted options are estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. In addition to the exercise and grant date prices of the options, certain weighted average assumptions that were used to estimate the fair value of stock option grants in the respective periods are listed in the table below:
|
| 2021
|
| 2020
|
Risk free interest rate
|
| 0.78 %
|
| 0.33%-0.89%
|
Expected lives (in years)
|
| 5
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| 5
|
Expected volatility
|
| 289%
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| 208%-231%
|
Dividend yield
|
| 0%
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| 0%
|
The following table shows total stock options compensation expense included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and the effect on basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31:
|
| 2021
|
|
| 2020
|
Stock options compensation
|
| $8,790
|
|
| $24,595
|
Impact on income per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted
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| $-
|
|
| $-
|
During the year 2021, 90,000 employee stock options were granted, of which 45,000 will vest one-third on each annual anniversary of the grant date, and 45,000 will vest one-third on each annual anniversary beginning after four years of the grant date, resulting in $2,934 of stock options compensation. Stock options compensation of $5,856 recorded in the year 2021 was related to options that were granted in prior years. Additionally, 48,334 employee stock options were forfeited that were related to options granted in prior years. At December 31, 2021 there was $21,376 of unrecognized stock options compensation that is expected to be recognized as an expense over a weighted-average period of 2.2 years.
Common Stock Purchase Warrants – A summary of common stock purchase warrant activity for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 follows:
Outstanding common stock purchase warrants issued to non-employees outstanding at December 31, 2021 are as follows:
| Number
of shares
|
| Exercise price
|
| Expiration year
|
| 250,000
|
| $0.003
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| 2023
|
| 40,000
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| $0.010
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| 2024
|
The following table summarizes our common stock purchase warrant activity for the years ended December 31:
|
| 2021
|
| Weighted Average
Exercise Price
|
| 2020
|
| Weighted Average
Exercise Price
|
Warrants outstanding, beginning of year
|
| 290,000
|
| $0.004
|
| 290,000
|
| $0.004
|
Warrants granted during the year
|
| -
|
| -
|
| 100,000
|
| 0.004
|
Warrants exercised during the year
|
| -
|
| -
|
| (100,000)
|
| (0.004)
|
Warrants outstanding, end of year
|
| 290,000
|
| $0.004
|
| 290,000
|
| $ 0.004
|
Of the 290,000 warrants outstanding at December 31, 2021, 250,000 were issued as equity compensation for consulting services. No warrants were granted during the year ended December 31, 2021. In June 2020, we granted 100,000 warrants for the purchase of shares of our common stock with and exercise price of $.004 per share and an expiration date in June 2021. The warrants were valued using Black-Scholes option pricing model on the respective date of issuance using the following assumptions: a) risk free rate of .38%; b) term of 1 year and c) expected volatility of 392.22%. The fair value of the warrants was determined to be $1,958, which was recognized as warrant expense. These warrants vested immediately upon grant (June 2, 2020) and will expire in one year from the date of grant. In August 2020, these 100,000 warrants were exercised for which we received proceeds of $400.
NOTE F — SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
The holders of shares of the Series A convertible preferred stock (the “Series A Preferred”) are entitled to receive, when and as declared by our board of directors, dividends in cash in the amount of nine cents per share per annum through December 31, 2021, ten cents per share per annum through December 31, 2022, eleven cents per share per annum through December 31, 2023, and twelve cents per share per annum thereafter, payable within 90 days following the 31st day of December each year on such date as determined by the board of directors. The dividends are cumulative and beginning January 1, 2017, our board of directors may elect to make any required dividend payment with our unregistered common stock in lieu of cash.
Due to the unstated dividend cost arising from the gradually increasing dividends on the Series A Preferred, we calculated a discount on the Series A Preferred at the time of issuance as the present value of the difference between (i) the dividends that are payable in the periods preceding commencement of the perpetual twelve cents per share per annum dividend; and (ii) the perpetual twelve cents per share per annum dividend for a corresponding number of periods; discounted at a market rate of 12% totaling $309,337. The Series A Preferred was valued at the market price on the respective date of issuance for a total value of $672,472. The discount will be amortized over the periods preceding commencement of the perpetual dividend, by charging imputed dividend cost against retained earnings and increasing the carrying amount of the Series A Preferred by a corresponding amount. The discount amortization for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was $3,596 and $7,190, respectively. The discount amortization per share for the years 2021 and 2020 was $0.01 and $0.02, respectively.
The Series A Preferred was originally issued as non-voting and provided that in the event that we failed, for any reason, to make a dividend payment as set forth above, then each share of the Series A Preferred shall thereafter be entitled to two votes upon any matter that the holders of our common stock are entitled to vote upon. Since the Series A Preferred issuance in 2013, our board of directors determined annually that it was in our best interest and that of our shareholders to conserve our working capital and has not made the annual dividend payment. As a result, each share of the Series A Preferred is entitled to two votes upon any matter that the holders of our common stock are entitled to vote upon.
The Series A Preferred may be redeemed at the option of our board of directors for one dollar per share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon at the date of redemption. In addition, at any time after a change of our control, the holders of the Series A Preferred shall have the right, at the election of a majority of the holders, to require us to redeem all of the Series A Preferred for one dollar per share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon at the date of redemption.
The Series A Preferred has a liquidation preference of one dollar per share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon in the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
We analyzed the embedded conversion option for derivative accounting consideration under ASC 815-15 “Derivatives and Hedging” and determined that the conversion option should be classified as equity.
We analyzed the conversion option for beneficial conversion features consideration under ASC 470-20 “Convertible Securities with Beneficial Conversion Features” and noted none.
On December 9 2021, our board of directors declared a dividend on the Series A Preferred after making the determination that, among other things, on a consolidated basis that (a) our net income for the year ended December 31, 2020 and net income projected for the year ended December 31, 2021, was legally sufficient to pay the dividends declared below on our Series A Preferred, and (b) the declaration of the dividend was not likely to render us unable to meet, as they mature, those liabilities for which payment has not been otherwise adequately provided.
These dividends were paid on January 3, 2022, out of our net income for the years ended December 31, 2020, to the holders of record of the issued and outstanding shares of our Series A Preferred at the close of business on December 21, 2021. The dividend consisted of $0.09 per share, representing the cumulative unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred through the year ended December 31, 2021, for a total dividend payment of $51,143.
Dividends declared on the Series A Preferred on December 7, 2020, were paid on January 4, 2021, out of our net income for the year ended December 31, 2019, to the holders of record of the issued and outstanding shares of our Series A Preferred at the close of business on December 21, 2020. The dividend consisted of $0.21578 per share, representing the cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred through the year ended December 31, 2019, and $0.08 per share representing the cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred through the year ended December 31, 2020, for a total dividend payment of $168,079.
As of December 31, 2021, there were 568,257 shares of Series A Preferred outstanding with voting power representing 6.22% of the total voting power of our outstanding stock.
NOTE G – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On January 3, 2022, we paid the December 9, 2021 preferred stock dividends declared of $51,143.