PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR DATED JANUARY 17, 2017
WORTHPOINT CORPORATION

5 Concourse Parkway NE, Suite 2850
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
Up to 454,545 shares of Common Stock
Minimum Individual Investment: 19 shares $209
SEE “SECURITIES BEING OFFERED” AT PAGE 29
| Price to
Public | Underwriting
discount and commissions* | Proceeds
to issuer | ||||||||||
| Per share | $ | 11.00 | $ | 0.77 | $ | 10.23 | ||||||
| Total Minimum | $ | 750,000 | $ | 52,500.00 | $ | 697,500.00 | ||||||
| Total Maximum | $ | 5,000,000 | $ | 350,000.00 | $ | 4.650.000.00 | ||||||
* Does not include expenses of the Offering, including costs of investor processing, blue sky compliance and the costs of technology to facilitate the Offering. The Company has agreed to pay a 1.5% commission on the amount invested by investors not solicited by North Capital Private Securities Corp. (“NCPS”) and a 7% commission on the amount invested by investors solicited by NCPS. The Company has also agreed to pay North Capital Investment Technology Corp. (“NCIT”) a basic licensing and service fee of $500 per month, up to a cap of $6,000 and a $5.00 fee per investor processed for the Company, up to a cap of $6,250. The Company estimates that it will pay cash fees of up to $12,250 to NCIT. See “Plan of Distribution” for further information and details regarding compensation payable to placement agents in connection with this Offering.
The company is offering a minimum of 68,182 shares and a maximum of 454,545 shares of Common Stock on a “best efforts” basis (the “Offering”). If $750,000 in subscriptions for the shares (the “Minimum Offering”) is not deposited on or before __________, 2017 (“Minimum Offering Period“), all subscriptions will be refunded to subscribers without deduction or interest. Under the agreement between the company and The Bryn Mawr Trust Company of Delaware (“Escrow Agent”), and except as stated above, subscribers have no right to a return of their funds during the Minimum Offering Period, and the company has no right to receive any funds from subscribers prior to the first “Closing” (as defined on page 32) following that period. If this Minimum Offering amount has been deposited by __________, 2017, the Offering may continue until the earlier of _________, 2017 (which date may be extended at the company’s option) or the date when all shares have been sold. The Offering will terminate at the earlier of: (1) the date at which the maximum offering amount has been sold, (2) [date], 2017, the date that is twelve months from the date this Offering Statement is qualified by the Commission or (3) the date at which the offering is earlier terminated by the Company in its sole discretion. The Company intends to apply for quotation of its Common Stock on an over-the-counter market.
THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OR GIVE ITS APPROVAL OF ANY SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, NOR DOES IT PASS UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING CIRCULAR OR OTHER SOLICITATION MATERIALS. THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE COMMISSION; HOWEVER THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES OFFERED ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION. GENERALLY NO SALE MAY BE MADE TO YOU IN THIS OFFERING IF THE AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE YOU PAY IS MORE THAN 10% OF THE GREATER OF YOUR ANNUAL INCOME OR NET WORTH. DIFFERENT RULES APPLY TO ACCREDITED INVESTORS AND NON-NATURAL PERSONS. BEFORE MAKING ANY REPRESENTATION THAT YOUR INVESTMENT DOES NOT EXCEED APPLICABLE THRESHOLDS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW RULE 251(d)(2)(i)(C) OF REGULATION A. FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ON INVESTING, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REFER TO www.investor.gov.
This Offering is inherently risky. See “Risk Factors” on page 6.
Sales of these securities will commence on approximately [date].
The Company is following the “Offering Circular” format of disclosure under Regulation A.
AN OFFERING STATEMENT PURSUANT TO REGULATION A RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE COMMISSION. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED BEFORE THE OFFERING STATEMENT FILED WITH THE COMMISSION IS QUALIFIED. THIS PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR MAY THERE BE ANY SALES OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL BEFORE REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE. THE COMPANY MAY ELECT TO SATISFY ITS OBLIGATION TO DELIVER A FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR BY SENDING YOU A NOTICE WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE COMPANY’S SALE TO YOU THAT CONTAINS THE URL WHERE THE FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR OR THE OFFERING STATEMENT IN WHICH SUCH FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR WAS FILED MAY BE OBTAINED.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
In this Offering Circular, the term “WorthPoint,” “we,” “us,” “our” or “the Company” refers to WorthPoint Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.
THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR MAY CONTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION RELATING TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE COMPANY, ITS BUSINESS PLAN AND STRATEGY, AND ITS INDUSTRY. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON THE BELIEFS OF, ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY, AND INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY’S MANAGEMENT. WHEN USED IN THE OFFERING MATERIALS, THE WORDS “ESTIMATE,” “PROJECT,” “BELIEVE,” “ANTICIPATE,” “INTEND,” “EXPECT” AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE STATEMENTS REFLECT MANAGEMENT’S CURRENT VIEWS WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE EVENTS AND ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT COULD CAUSE THE COMPANY’S ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE ON WHICH THEY ARE MADE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT UNDERTAKE ANY OBLIGATION TO REVISE OR UPDATE THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS TO REFLECT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER SUCH DATE OR TO REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF UNANTICIPATED EVENTS.
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Our Mission
WorthPoint’s mission is to be an indispensable tool for people buying and selling antiques and collectibles; just as Kelley Blue Book is to auto traders and the Bloomberg systems are for the NASDAQ. Historically, the antiques and collectibles industry was like any other industry. Knowledge passed slowly and selectively person-to-person. Subsequently, the paper publishing industry thrived in providing learning and prices in the way of price guides. That paper publishing industry has largely gone away due to printing and postage costs and the speed of the internet quickly made printed information obsolete. While the internet has made buying and selling much more efficient in our industry through sites like eBay, the information systems to help users definitively understand what an item is, how to price it, and where to sell it has not kept pace. WorthPoint’s mission is to become the “go to” place on the internet to answer these questions.
The Company
Founded in 2007, WorthPoint is the world’s largest online resource for identifying, researching, and valuing antiques, art, and vintage collectibles. With no true central library for price guides or research material, the information in regard to antiques, art and collectibles is out of date or difficult to find. WorthPoint is building a solution, creating a global “worth” database to provide a powerful online resource for collectors, financial professionals and service providers. This solution leverages shared interests in collectibles, their value and stories, into a dynamic multimedia community.
WorthPoint’s database hosts over 300 million auction sales results with more than 500 million images collated from multiple sources, including more than 50 auction houses, such as Heritage Auctions, Pook & Pook, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and eBay. WorthPoint enables collectors, financial professionals and service providers to gain more knowledge of the items they own or are seeking to buy or sell. In doing so, WorthPoint replaces traditional, published price guides and the need to search multiple online sources. The Company derives more than 93% of its revenues from subscriptions to its Worthopedia™ price guide, its Marks, Autographs, Patterns and Symbols (“MAPS”) database and the WorthPoint Library. WorthPoint is also accessible on iOS and Android platforms, providing subscribers with mobile database access. While traditional word search is the primary search tool on the platform, the Company has introduced a beta version of visual search on MAPS.
WorthPoint provides the tools to help a user identify any “old” vintage and collectible items in a person’s house, whether it is worth $5 or more than $1 million. Collectibles include fine art, antiques, coins, stamps, toys, glassware, folk art, memorabilia and thousands of other categories of items. These classes of items represent hidden value in many homes, often unknown to their owners, inheritors or even those people responsible for administering estates. Since its founding, the Company believes interest in collectibles has grown as programs such as Antiques Roadshow, Cash in the Attic and Pawn Stars have grown in popularity.
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The Worthopedia™ price guide is a searchable database that provides access to sales records on more than 300 million items from online marketplaces and auction houses from around the world. Historical eBay sales data form the bulk of the data in Worthopedia™, but are declining in significance as the database grows. WorthPoint is not a marketplace nor does it sell any of the items that appear in the Worthopedia™. WorthPoint management believes that being a marketplace would conflict with its aim of being an independent source of information for its community.
The Company’s MAPS database is an online resource for researching Marks, the identifying marks or impressions used by artisans and manufacturers to distinguish their wares, Autographs, and other distinctive Patterns and Symbols that are found on collectibles. WorthPoint has developed a visual recognition feature for use on computers and iOS devices that is currently in beta and will enable users to conduct searches optically. The Company plans to use a portion of the net proceeds of this Offering to enhance the feature and develop an Android version.
The WorthPoint Library contains the digital version of almost 1,000 collectibles price guides and reference books from leading publishers on a wide range of collecting topics. It offers users the ability to do the necessary research to identify and better educate themselves on a wide array of collectibles and is an additional tool for users of the Worthopedia™ database. The Company plans to use a portion of the net proceeds of the Offering to expedite the digitizing of materials for the WorthPoint Library.
The Offering
| Securities offered | Maximum of 454,545 shares of common stock |
| Common stock outstanding before the Offering (1) | 2,136,333 |
| Common stock outstanding after the Offering | 2,590,878 |
| Minimum Investment | 19 shares $209 |
| Use of proceeds | The net proceeds of this Offering will be used to expand and diversify the Company’s service offerings, enhance its technology, acquire skilled personnel and repay debt incurred on behalf of the Company by its CEO and directors |
| (1) | Assumes the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of common stock at a ratio of 1:1, conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock into shares of common stock at a ratio of 2:1 and a 1 for 6 reverse stock split immediately prior to the initial closing of this Offering. Excludes 370,116 shares acquirable via warrant and option exercise. |
Selected Risks Associated with the Business
The Company and its business are subject to a number of risks, which are set out in more detail in “Risk Factors.” Risks include the following:
| · | The Company publishes all the data in the Worthopedia™ under various license agreements. |
| · | The Company largely depends on one source of revenues. |
| · | Changes to the level of the Company’s online advertising on Google currently significantly impacts revenues. |
| · | The Company will use a portion of the net proceeds of this Offering to repay amounts loaned by its CEO, directors and stockholders. |
| · | The Company does not have a redundant infrastructure; the Company or its services providers could be hacked and data destroyed or services disrupted. |
| · | The Company faces significant competition. |
| · | The Company depends on a small management team. |
| · | There has been no active public market for our common stock prior to this Offering and an active trading market may not be developed or sustained following this Offering, which may adversely impact the market for shares of our common stock and make it difficult to sell your shares. |
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The Commission requires the Company to identify risks that are specific to its business and its financial condition. The Company is still subject to all the same risks that all companies in its business, and all companies in the economy, are exposed to. These include risks relating to economic downturns, political and economic events and technological developments. Additionally, early-stage companies are inherently more risky than more developed companies. You should consider general risks as well as specific risks when deciding whether to invest.
The Company publishes all the data in the Worthopedia™ under various license agreements. Currently, historical eBay data represents the bulk of the Company’s Worthopedia™ data. The remaining data comes from other auction houses and online sources. Traditionally, data suppliers have been supportive of the Company's use of their data as it promotes their brand, creates a more knowledgeable market and complements the community. Should auction houses decide that they no longer want to license their data, this may have a negative impact on the Company. As the Company broadens both the types and sources of data available in its products, including user supplied data, it believes it will reduce its dependence on any one supplier of Worthopedia™ data.
The Company largely depends on one source of revenues. In 2015, more than 93% of the Company’s revenues came from subscriptions; specifically subscriptions granting access to the Worthopedia™ database. Between 2012 and 2015, while its revenues from subscriptions grew through price increases and integrating MAPS into the Worthopedia™, its subscriber base shrank from over 20,000 subscribers to approximately 12,000 at June 15, 2016, as the Company refocused its strategy to appeal to professionals rather than consumers. The Company attributes the majority of the subscriber loss to problems encountered with a billing service provider that they no longer use for clients acquired since November 2014 (The legacy base that remains on the old system is less than 20% of revenue and declining as a percentage every month). However, the Company will need to expand its marketing to reach more markets and better differentiate products for varying user segments.
Changes to the level of online advertising on Google currently significantly impacts revenues. Pay per click (“PPC”) has been an important source of advertising for the Company to acquire new users. While the Company believes its expertise in the components of its PPC strategy is a competitive advantage, they may not continue to be so. In addition, the cost of key words is subject to auction bidding, which may lead to increased advertising costs for this form of marketing for the Company and reduced profitability. Although part of the use of the proceeds from this Offering is to accelerate the Company’s diversification from this strategy, including via social media, it may not be successful.
The Company will use a portion of the net proceeds of this Offering to repay amounts loaned by its CEO, directors and stockholders. The Company’s CEO and one of its directors incurred approximately $122,400 in credit card debt as of December 31, 2015 making purchases on behalf of the Company. In addition, in 2016, the Company issued convertible promissory notes to the CEO, 2 of the directors and other stockholders who loaned $429,500 to the Company to cover expenses associated with this Offering. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Convertible Promissory Notes.” If the Company raises as little as $1 million in total proceeds from this Offering, the Company will only repay the credit card debt and will not repay the $429,500 until the total raised is more than $1 million, thus allowing a majority of that $1 million to be invested in the Company’s growth.
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The Company does not have a redundant infrastructure; the Company or its services providers could be hacked and data destroyed or services disrupted. The Company relies on billing and subscription management software provided by third parties who maintain data on subscribers. While the Company does not store any customer financial information, hacking and/or data breaches of the providers’ systems could lead to material financial losses, reputational damage, and legal expenses. The Company also does not have a duplicate data center. Should the current Amazon facility used by the Company suffer an outage due to manmade or natural sources, this could materially impact the Company’s ability to operate. Part of the use of net proceeds from this Offering is to build a backup facility on the West Coast to not only build redundancy for the Company’s East Coast facility, but to also more quickly service West Coast and Asian data queries.
The Company does not store credit card information and only uses PCI compliant processors. It does its best to safeguard its systems and assets but cannot guarantee that it will be able to successfully repel future attempts to defraud the Company or hack into its customers’ data.
Unauthorized access to the Company’s records, systems, and technology will expose the Company to litigation, reputational and financial risk. WorthPoint’s operational equipment and security systems are vulnerable to computer viruses, physical or electronic break-ins and similar disruptions, which could lead to interruptions and delays in the services and operations, loss, misuse, or theft of data. Additionally, problems faced by third party providers of the Company’s cloud-based systems could harm the Company. The Company’s insurance may not cover some or all of these risks.
The Company faces significant competition. The Company faces competition from eBay and Amazon, where users may search for historic pricing data at no cost, as well as from websites that offer free and subscription-based pricing information for collectibles, including some websites that are maintained by auction houses. The Company’s ability to compete with these sites and any future sites depends on the cost of and access to data, the breadth and depth of products and the functionality and ease of its search functions.
Competitors may be able to call on more resources than the Company. The Company operates in a highly competitive market, and many of its competitors have more resources than it does. Existing or new competitors may produce directly competing offerings. These competitors may be better capitalized than WorthPoint, which might give them a significant advantage, for example, in surviving an economic downturn where users of online subscription services reduce their discretionary spending. Competitors may be able to use their greater resources to acquire more data, or offer more free content or lower subscription prices, even to uneconomic levels that the Company cannot match.
Our assets are pledged as collateral to a lender. Under an SBA loan from Access National Bank, all of our assets are pledged as collateral on the loan. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the loan, including failure to make payment, the lender could elect to declare all amounts outstanding thereunder to be immediately due and payable. If the bank or the SBA accelerates the repayment of the loan, we may not have sufficient assets to repay them and they may seek to enforce their security interests. In such an event, we could experience a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
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The Company depends on a small management team. The Company depends primarily on the skill and experience of William Seippel, its founder and CEO. If the Company is not able to call upon him for any reason, its operations and development could be harmed.
The Company is controlled by its officers and directors. William Seippel, Michael Wharton, William McAtee, Roger Ogden, James Sturgill and Peter Schleider currently hold the majority of the Company’s voting stock, and at the conclusion of this Offering will continue to hold the majority of the Company’s voting stock. Investors in this Offering will not have the ability to control a vote by the stockholders or the board of directors.
There has been no active public market for our common stock prior to this Offering and an active trading market may not be developed or sustained following this Offering, which may adversely impact the market for shares of our common stock and make it difficult to sell your shares. There is no formal marketplace for the resale of the Company’s common stock. Although the Company intends to apply for quotation of the common stock on an over the counter market, there are a number of requirements that the Company may or may not be able to satisfy in a timely manner. Even if we obtain that quotation, we do not know the extent to which investor interest will lead to the development and maintenance of a liquid trading market. Further, our common stock will not be quoted until after the termination of this Offering, if at all. Therefore, purchasers in the initial closing will be required to wait until at least after the final termination date of this Offering for such quotation. Investors should assume that they may not be able to liquidate their investment for some time, or be able to pledge their shares as collateral.
Over-the-counter markets have from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations. As a result, the market price of shares of our common stock may be similarly volatile, and holders of shares of our common stock may from time to time experience a decrease in the value of their shares, including decreases unrelated to our operating performance or prospects. The price of shares of our common stock could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to a number of factors, including those listed in this “Risk Factors” section of this Offering Circular.
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Dilution means a reduction in value, control or earnings of the shares the investor owns.
Immediate dilution
An early-stage company typically sells its shares (or grants options over its shares) to its founders and early employees at a very low cash cost, because they are, in effect, putting their “sweat equity” into the Company. When the Company seeks cash investments from outside investors, like you, the new investors typically pay a much larger sum for their shares than the founders or earlier investors, which means that the cash value of your stake is diluted because all the shares are worth the same amount, and you paid more than earlier investors for your shares.
The following table compares the price that new investors are paying for their shares with the effective cash price paid by existing stockholders and warrant-holders and assuming that the shares in this Offering are priced at $11.00 per share. It reflects all transactions since inception, which gives investors a sense of what they will pay for their investment compared to the Company’s insiders. This table does not assume the conversion into common stock of all outstanding shares of Series A and Series A-1 Preferred Stock. Immediately prior to the initial closing of this Offering, the Company will convert all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of common stock at a ratio of 1:1 and all outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock into shares of common stock at a ratio of 2:1 and effect a 1-for-6 reverse stock split. The table then gives effect to the sale of shares at: A) the minimum number of shares issued and B) the maximum number of shares issued.
| Dates Issued | Total Issued and Potential Shares (1) | Effective Price per Share Paid | ||||||||
| Founding common stock | February 2007 | 333,333 | $ | 0.00 | ||||||
| Restricted common stock units (2) | April 2007 | 38,108 | 0.00 | |||||||
| GoAntiques acquisition (common stock) | October 2008 | 13,984 | 10.14 | |||||||
| Various issuances of common stock | 2009 to 2014 | 7,155 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Series A Seed Preferred Stock | April 2007 | 147,425 | 5.46 | |||||||
| Series A-1 (originally issued as Series B) (3) | February 2008 and 2009 | 503,726 | 10.50 | |||||||
| Series A-1 (originally issued as Bridge note that converted into Series C and was exchanged into Series B) (3)(4) | September - October 2008 | 202,380 | 10.50 | |||||||
| Series A-1 (Issued as Convertible Note that converted into Series C-2) (5)(6) | June - December 2009 | 105,321 | 9.42 | |||||||
| Series A-1 (Issued as Series C-2) (6) | December 2010 | 255,429 | 10.50 | |||||||
| Series A-1 (Issued as Series D) (7) | November 2011 | 191,782 | 10.50 | |||||||
| Series A-1 | October 2012 - July 2013 | 104,848 | 10.50 | |||||||
| Series A-1 (Issued as Promissory Note and Convertible Note) (8) | September 2013 - July 2015 | 88,561 | 10.50 | |||||||
| Warrants: | ||||||||||
| Guaranty and Bridge Loan | July - December 2009 | 144,298 | 0.06 | |||||||
| Guaranty of SBA Letter of credit | April 2010 - February 2016 | 46,100 | 0.06 | |||||||
| Bridge Note | July - August 2016 | 14,317 | 0.06 | |||||||
| Options: | 309,705 | 6.84 | ||||||||
| Fractional shares | (24 | ) | 11.00 | |||||||
| Total Shares Common Stock | 2,506,449 | 7.27 | ||||||||
Investors in this Offering assuming $750,000 raised | 68,182 | 11.00 | ||||||||
Total After Inclusion of Minimum Offering Amount | 2,574,630 | 7.36 | ||||||||
| Investors in this Offering assuming $5 million raised | 454,545 | 11.00 | ||||||||
| Total After Inclusion of Maximum Offering Amount | 2,960,994 | 7.84 | ||||||||
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(1) Potential shares are those reserved for issuance pursuant to warrants and those reserved for GoAntiques stockholders that could not be located
(2) Includes 12,500 restricted stock units that were issued but did not vest.
(3) Shares of Series B Preferred Stock were exchanged for Series A-1 Preferred Stock in September 2012 at a ratio of 1.1523 Series A-1 shares per Series B share.
(4) Shares of Series C Preferred Stock were exchanged for shares of Series B Preferred Stock in July 2009 at a ratio of 1.2397 Series B shares per Series C share.
(5) Convertible Notes issued in 2009 were converted into shares of Series C-2 Preferred Stock in December 2010 at a price of $4.0331 ($9.42 after conversion and stock split) per Series C-2 share.
(6) Shares of Series C-2 Preferred Stock were exchanged for Series A-1 Preferred Stock in September 2012 at a ratio of 1.2857 Series A-1 shares per Series C-2 share.
(7) Shares of Series D Preferred Stock were exchanged for Series A-1 Preferred Stock in September 2012 at a ratio of 1.4714 Series A-1 shares per Series D share.
(8) Promissory and Convertible Notes were converted into shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock in July 2015 at a price of $3.50 ($10.50 after conversion and stock split) per Series A-1 share.
Future dilution
Another important way of looking at dilution is the dilution that happens due to future actions by the Company. The investor’s stake in a company could be diluted due to the Company issuing additional shares. In other words, when the Company issues more shares, the percentage of the Company that you own will go down, even though the value of the Company, and your shares, may go up. You will own a smaller piece of a larger company. This increase in number of shares outstanding could result from a stock offering (a public offering, crowdfunding round, venture capital round, angel investment), employees exercising stock options, or by conversion of certain instruments (e.g. convertible bonds, preferred shares or warrants) into stock.
If the Company decides to issue more shares, an investor could experience value dilution, with each share being worth less than before, and control dilution, with the total percentage an investor owns being less than before. There may also be earnings dilution, with a reduction in the amount earned per share (though this typically occurs only if the Company offers dividends, and most early stage companies are unlikely to offer dividends, preferring to invest any earnings into the Company).
The type of dilution that hurts early-stage investors most occurs when the Company sells more shares in a “down round,” meaning at a lower valuation than in earlier offerings. An example of how this might occur is as follows (numbers are for illustrative purposes only):
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| · | In June 2014 Jane invests $20,000 for shares that represent 2% of a company valued at $1 million |
| · | In December the Company is doing very well and sells $5 million in shares to venture capitalists on a valuation (before the new investment) of $10 million. Jane now owns only 1.3% of the Company but her stake is worth $200,000. |
| · | In June 2015 the Company has run into serious problems and in order to stay afloat it raises $1 million at a valuation of only $2 million (the “down round”). Jane now owns only 0.89% of the Company and her stake is worth only $26,660. |
This type of dilution might also happen upon conversion of convertible notes into shares. Typically, the terms of convertible notes issued by early-stage companies provide that in the event of another round of financing, the holders of the convertible notes get to convert their notes into equity at a “discount” to the price paid by the new investors, i.e., they get more shares than the new investors would for the same price. Additionally, convertible notes may have a “price cap” on the conversion price, which effectively acts as a share price ceiling. Either way, the holders of the convertible notes get more shares for their money than new investors. In the event that the financing is a “down round” the holders of the convertible notes will dilute existing equity holders, and even more than the new investors do, because they get more shares for their money. Investors should pay careful attention to the amount of convertible notes that the Company has issued (and may issue in the future, and the terms of those notes.
If you are making an investment expecting to own a certain percentage of the Company or expecting each share to hold a certain amount of value, it’s important to realize how the value of those shares can decrease by actions taken by the Company. Dilution can make drastic changes to the value of each share, ownership percentage, voting control, and earnings per share.
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The net proceeds of a fully subscribed Offering to WorthPoint, after total Offering expenses and fees to be paid to NCPS, will be approximately $4,916,250. Assuming NCPS does not introduce any investors to the company and 1,250 investors subscribe to the offering, the Company will pay NCPS and its affiliate NCIT $83,750 in the discussion below.
All non-transactional expenses of this Offering (e.g., accounting fees, legal fees, payment for printing or video production, marketing, consulting and advertising fees) will be funded from funds contributed by Will Seippel, members of the board of directors and current stockholders. Transactional costs related to the number of transactions processed or amount of money raised will be funded from proceeds of the Offering.
WorthPoint plans to use the Offering proceeds as follows:
| · | Approximately $429,500 to reimburse Mr. Seippel and 2 directors for funds they and other stockholders advanced via convertible promissory notes to the Company to pay for the non-transactional expenses in this Offering and $122,400 to retire credit card debt incurred by Mr. Seippel and others on behalf of the Company; |
| · | Approximately $140,000 to bring accounts payable current; |
| · | Approximately $1.5 million for marketing and to increase advertising, including via social media; |
| · | Approximately $1.5 million to acquire data and to expedite digitizing materials for the WorthPoint Library; and |
| · | Approximately $1.5 million to expand the IT team to accelerate end user application development and to build a redundant West Coast data facility. |
In the event the Company raises less than the maximum amount, but at least the minimum $750,000, then the Company estimates that the net proceeds would be approximately $737,813, assuming a payment to NCPS of $12,188. In such an event, the Company will adjust the use of proceeds by paying credit card balances and account payables in full and dividing the remaining net proceeds among the other three uses.
The Company will not reduce the amount outstanding on the convertible promissory notes issued to cover offering expenses until the total of all closings exceeds $1 million. In such an event, the Company would use the net proceeds as follows:
| · | Approximately $122,400 to retire credit card debt incurred by Mr. Seippel and others on behalf of the Company; |
| · | Approximately $140,000 to bring accounts payable current; |
| · | Approximately $300,000 for marketing and to increase advertising, including via social media; |
| · | Approximately $100,000 to acquire data and to expedite digitizing materials for the WorthPoint Library; and |
| · | Approximately $75,000 to expand the IT team to accelerate end user application development and to build a redundant West Coast data facility. |
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If the offering size were to be $2,000,000, then the Company estimates that the net proceeds would be approximately $1,967,500, assuming a payment to NCPS of $32,500. In such an event, the Company will adjust the use of proceeds by paying off the convertible promissory notes issued for offering expenses, credit card balances and account payables in full and dividing the remaining proceeds among the other three areas.
| · | Approximately $429,500 to reimburse Mr. Seippel and 2 directors for funds they advanced to the Company to pay for the non-transactional expenses in this Offering and $122,400 to retire credit card debt incurred by Mr. Seippel and others on behalf of the Company; |
| · | Approximately $140,000 to bring accounts payable current; |
| · | Approximately $500,000 for marketing and to increase advertising, including via social media; |
| · | Approximately $500,000 to acquire data and to expedite digitizing materials for the WorthPoint Library; and |
| · | Approximately $500,000 to expand the IT team to accelerate end user application development and to build a redundant West Coast data facility. |
The Company reserves the right to change the above uses of proceeds if management believes it is in the best interests of the Company.
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Overview
WorthPoint was established in 2007 to change the market for collectibles by bringing the power of technology to identifying, researching and valuing collectibles via its website www.worthpoint.com. The Company is currently operational, producing revenue and profitable, after accounting for one-time items. However, the Company continues to invest more than its cash flow from operations on building its database.
Principal Products and Services
Current products
The Company currently has 3 principal products that it sells by subscription.
| · | The Worthopedia™ price guide is a searchable database that provides access to sales records on more than 300 million items from online marketplaces and auction houses from around the world. WorthPoint is not a marketplace nor does it sell any of the items that appear in Worthopedia™. |
| · | MAPS is an online resource for investigating’ Marks, the identifying marks or impressions used by artisans and manufacturers to distinguish their wares, Autographs, and other distinctive Patterns and Symbols that are found on collectibles. |
| · | The WorthPoint Library contains the digital version of over 1,000 collectibles price guides and reference books from leading publishers on a wide range of collecting topics. It offers users the ability to do the necessary research to identify and better educate themselves on a wide array of collectibles and is an alternative historical source of pricing information for in the Worthopedia™ database. |
Other products and services
At the beginning of 2016, as part of its community-building efforts, the Company launched its reseller and affinity groups. WorthPoint offers users the opportunity to act as a reseller of its products. Resellers may offer their customers a discount on WorthPoint products and earn commissions when their customers subscribe. Resellers will also have the ability to download and distribute WorthPoint product information and to use the WorthPoint logo together with “Reseller Representative” on business cards. To date, 34 resellers have signed up for the program. The affinity program, WorthPoint Partners, offers subscribers discounts on the services of businesses and professionals working in the world of art, antiques and collectibles.
The Company also makes its pricing database available through the Priceminer® interface which is used by public libraries and sold by Gale, Cengage Learning. In 2015, revenue from Priceminer® subscriptions represented less than 5% of the Company’s total revenues.
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Products in development and future products
WorthPoint has implemented a visual recognition feature to enable users to conduct searches optically from its desktop solution. Additionally the Company has an optical search feature running in beta in MAPS for use on iOS devices. The Company plans to use a portion of the net proceeds of the Offering to complete the second phase of implementation to enhance the feature and develop an Android version. Once the feature is fully operational, the Company plans to charge users an additional subscription fee for its use.
The Company plans to commence developing visual recognition for Worthopedia™ in 2017. Other features slated for development include enabling users to submit data directly into the Worthopedia™, the WorthPoint Library, and MAPS.
Subscriptions
Over 93% of the Company’s revenues during 2015 came from recurring subscription revenues. Subscribers are offered the opportunity for a subscription trial for the shorter of 7 days or 7 searches before converting into a paid subscription.
The current subscription options are
| · | Access solely to the Worthopedia™ price guide, |
| · | Access to MAPS and the WorthPoint Library, and |
| · | Combinations of parts or all of the above. |
As of September 1, 2016, the Company primarily offers monthly and annual subscriptions at the following non-promotional, non–discounted price points:
| Worthopedia™ | MAPS & Library | Combined Access | ||||||||||
| Monthly | $ | 19.99 | $ | 32.99 | $ | 49.99 | ||||||
| Annual | $ | 199.99 | $ | 356.99 | $ | 539.99 | ||||||
The Company also runs seasonal promotions that offer discounts to some of its subscription prices. Additionally, it offers quarterly packages and special combinations from time to time.
The Company plans to roll out an additional tier of subscription products targeted at homeowners during the fourth quarter of 2017. These products are referred to internally as the “Feather Lite” product line. The Feather product line will be geared toward subscribers who need access to less overall data than is available in the current offerings or is targeted at a particular category segment, such as “Coins”. It is not currently anticipated the Feather suite of products will include the visual recognition feature that the Company is perfecting.
There can be no assurance as to when or whether the Company will implement subscription pricing changes for visual recognition or for the Feather products.
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At August 31, 2016, the Company had approximately 12,000 total subscribers. The Company does not currently categorize its subscribers between professional and homeowner and is not able to predict whether or how many of its customers may convert to the Homeowner Feather subscription.
Advertising Revenues
The Company derives the remainder of its revenues from advertising that appears on its website. Advertising is typically priced on a CPM (cost per thousand) basis; this is the price an advertiser pays for every 1,000 impressions of their ad. CPMs vary based by sales channel and ad product.
The Company sells ads through a number of agencies, offering banner, skyscraper and page bottom ads.
The Company plans to phase out advertising as a source of revenue. It plans, however, to continue to run ads for auction houses in exchange for provision of data and for other product partners.
Technology
The Company uses desktops and laptops and a variety of PaaS and SaaS tools in developing its services, including Amazon Web Services based in the United States for hosting.
Market
WorthPoint was founded in 2007 to bring transparency to identifying, researching and valuing the global antiques, art and collectibles markets through the use of technology. WorthPoint believes that these markets together are approaching $500 billion in annual sales. Collectibles include fine art, antiques, coins, stamps, toys, glassware, folk art, memorabilia and thousands of other categories of items. These classes of items represent hidden value in many homes, often unknown to their owners, inheritors or even those people responsible for administering estates. Since its founding, the Company believes interest in collectibles has grown as programs such as Antiques Roadshow, Cash in the Attic and Pawn Stars have grown in popularity.
Competition
WorthPoint’s strategy has been to develop a database that reflects the wide variety of items that its users find in their homes. The Company competes with a number of different types of websites that offer the ability to search for historic price data and/or the ability to conduct research. Some of these sites focus on niche categories of collectibles, such as fine art, jewelry or ceramics, and have limited amounts of data compared to the Company. Others are not specifically organized as research sites, but have recent information that may be used to conduct research, particularly in one-off instances. These competitors may be grouped as follows:
| · | Research sites focused on collectibles that offer access to subscription databases, such as kovels.com, marks4antiques and P4A. |
| · | Sites maintained by or on behalf of auction houses such as Invaluable, ArtNet, LiveAuctioneers and Proxibid, which display current auctions and maintain free and subscription databases of prices from historic auctions. |
| · | Online sales sites that may sell collectibles and maintain a database of recent (up to 3 months old) sales prices at no cost to subscribers, such as eBay and Amazon. |
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In addition, some of the Company’s data providers offer subscriptions to search some of the same data that WorthPoint licenses, which may attract subscribers, particularly merchants of collectibles, who would otherwise use WorthPoint’s services. WorthPoint believes that none of these competitors offers the breadth of data or the range of research functionality that it provides.
Suppliers
In order to develop its Worthopedia™ database, the Company licenses all the pricing data in the Worthopedia. Data from eBay represents the bulk of the current data stored in Worthopedia™. The Company also obtains data from other auction houses and online sources. Auction houses and other data providers have been supportive of the Company's use of their data as it promotes their brand, creates a more knowledgeable market and complements the community. As the Company broadens both the types and sources of data available in its products, including user supplied data, it believes it will reduce its dependence on any one supplier of Worthopedia™ data.
The Company builds the databases for MAPS and the WorthPoint Library by using data in the public domain or entering into copyright agreements when necessary to secure data derived from copyrighted works.
Billing and Payment Processors
The Company currently uses three companies to bill and process subscription payments, Zuora, Avangate and Cybersource. The Company moved its billing and processing to Zuora in 2014 and is transitioning processing from Avangate to Zuora. It expects to transition all subscriptions to the Zuora platform over time but does not have a set plan to migrate the currently active subscriptions in Avangate. Cybersource represents less than one-half of one percent of billing processing.
Research and Development
Since inception, the Company has invested over $10 million to develop its database and the algorithms underlying its search engine.
Employees
WorthPoint currently has eight full time employees, and has not entered into employment agreements with any of its employees.
The Company employs the services of 7 independent contractors in Romania to develop end user applications and data content. The Company also employs 3 independent contractors in the United States to input data, including digital images, maintain the database and focus on search engine optimization and internet marketing.
Intellectual Property
The Company has applied for a patent covering the systems and methodology underlying its MAPS visual recognition feature. Mr. Seippel has assigned to the Company all rights he has in this intellectual property.
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The Company has registered a number of trademarks, including for its logo and for WorthPoint, WorthPoint Library and Worthopedia™.
Litigation
The Company is not currently involved in any litigation.
WorthPoint currently leases its premises and owns no significant plant, property or equipment. The Company’s office space in Atlanta, Georgia serves as its headquarters. All WorthPoint employees in Georgia work from this location.
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Operating Results
WorthPoint was founded in April 2007 and began generating minimal revenues in November 2007. The Company has generated revenues in each fiscal year since its inception. Early revenue was primarily advertising based. In the fall of 2008, the Company moved to a subscription-based revenue model. It first collected subscription fees for access to its database in April 2009. The Company was profitable in 2014 and 2015 after adjusting for one-time items, and continues to invest more than its cash flow from operations on building its database.
Subscriptions revenues represent over 93% of the Company’s revenues in 2015. The Company collects these revenues directly for those subscribers enrolled via software it licenses from Zuora. In December 2013 the Company commenced a contract with Avangate to provide billing services and installed Avangate’s billing system on its site to process all new subscriptions. In March 2014, the Company migrated its installed customer base to the Avangate system. Avangate onboarded subscribers and processed and collected monthly and annual subscription payments on behalf of the Company. Given poor performance of the system and notable subscriber attrition attributable to subscribers’ frustration with using the Avangate system, the Company in November 2014, entered into a contract with Zuora to provide billing services for all new subscribers and, eventually, all continuing subscribers. The Company continues to use Avangate to collect subscription revenues for those subscribers who were successfully on-boarded or renewed using Avangate’s system, but expects that those subscribers will migrate to Zuora as they change subscriptions or billing information, which would prompt the need to re-authorize them.
Six Months Ended June 30, 2016 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
Revenue
Total revenue was $1.404 million in the six months ended June 30, 2016 compared to $1.437 million in the six months ended June 30, 2015, a decrease of approximately $33,000 (2.3%). Revenue for WorthPoint’s core products was up just over 2%, or almost $28,000 to $1.286 million in 2016 compared to $1.258 million in 2015, as the Company began to see the benefits of its new billing system and credit card processor. As discussed in the year over year results below, the Company was negatively impacted by the migration of its customer base to Avangate and has only recently grown the base on its new system to a level that allows it to grow faster than the attrition it experiences from the customers still based on Avangate. Other revenue streams decreased by approximately $61,000. This decline in revenue was attributable to the sale of GoAntiques in May 2015, which provided approximately $26,000 in revenue in 2015 versus no revenue in 2016, an $18,000 decline in ad revenue due to the continued effort by the Company to deemphasize such revenue on the site, and an approximately $17,000 decline in other revenue related to library sales and other legacy products.
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Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues for the first six months of 2016 grew by almost 17%, from $433,398 in the first six months of 2015 to $506,201 in 2016. Management had reduced these costs as low as practical in response to the negative impact of the billing system. With the new billing system showing improved metrics, the Company began to expand its spending on databases and adding image recognition, imaging and redundancy. Management expects this growth will continue for the foreseeable future as the Company invests in new data products. In addition, the cost of maintaining two billing systems added to the cost base.
Gross Margins
Gross margins as a percentage of revenue decreased from 69.8% in the first six months of 2015 to 63.9% in the first six months of 2016. This resulted in a total dollar decrease of approximately $106,000 year-over-year. The decrease was partially due to the drop in revenue, which started to grow again in December 2015 coupled with increasing cost amortization of the Company’s content database. As the Company introduces new products, enhanced content, and the reseller program, management expects to see some leverage on cost of revenues and an increase in gross margin.
Cash Flow
In the last two years, the Company has generated cash flow from operations. However, the Company invested more into building its database and improving its product offering than it was able to generate through operations. To date, the Company has financed these investments as discussed below in “—Liquidity and Capital Resources.” The Company is close to cash flow breakeven and in March 2016 its lender granted an increase of $50,000 on its line of credit to use as needed.
Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2014
Revenue
Total revenue was $2,820,115 in 2015 and $3,417,077 in 2014, a decrease of $596,962 (17%). The decrease in revenues was primarily due to the continued impact of subscriber attrition due to Avangate system performance issues. During 2015, the Company moved as many subscribers as possible to the Zuora system. At the end of 2015, approximately 45% of the Company’s subscribers were still on Avangate and they comprised approximately 34% of revenue. As the percentage of legacy subscribers on Avangate continues to decrease, the Company believes it will have a diminished impact on its performance. By the end of 2015, the rate of subscriber growth on Zuora began to exceed the rate of decline on Avangate. In addition, the Company sold certain assets of GoAntiques in May 2015. The Company received minimal revenues from GoAntiques in all 12 months of the prior year.
Advertising revenue was $152,441 at the end of 2015 and $239,882 at the end of 2014, a decrease of $87,441 (36%). This is due to the continued overall decrease in the PPC rate that advertisers were willing to pay for passive advertising, as well as the Company’s continued strategy to reduce its focus on advertising revenue in favor of a focus on generating more recurring subscription revenue.
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Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues decreased 6.4% from $882,039 in 2014 to $825,478 in 2015. Management believes it has reduced these costs as low as practical and that costs going forward will trend upwards as the Company continues to expand the database and add image recognition, imaging and redundancy.
Gross Margins
Gross margins as a percentage of revenue decreased from 74.1% in 2014 to 70.7% in 2015. This resulted in a total dollar decrease of $ 540,401 year-over-year. The decrease was primarily due to the drop in revenue, which started to grow again in December 2015 coupled with increasing cost amortization of the Company’s content database. As the Company introduces new products, enhanced content, and the reseller program, management expects to see some leverage on cost of revenues and an increase in gross margin.
Cash Flow
In the last two years, the company has generated cash flow from operations. However, the company invested more into building its database and improving its product offering than it was able to generate through operations. To date, the company has financed these investments as discussed below in “—Liquidity and Capital Resources.” The Company is close to cash flow breakeven and in March 2016 its lender granted an increase of $50,000 on its line of credit to use as needed.
Operational Statistics
Since its introduction in December 2015, almost 300 customers, including international accounts in Korea and the United Kingdom, have subscribed to the expanded business subscription, representing 2.5% of the Company’s customer base. With the new products we have increased the average monthly yield from our Zuora customers by almost $2.00 each.
Over 1.5 million visits per month are made to the site and WorthPoint has rolled out a number of site updates since the December 2015 launch of the expanded business subscription and management believes that they are being well received. Specifically, the take rate of customers for a paid product after the 7-day trial is now approaching 65% compared with just over 50% in prior years. Annual subscribers are renewing at a rate of more than 80%. In addition, time spent on the site is up, bounce rate (the percentage of visitors that leave our site after viewing only one page) is down and number of pages viewed per session is higher, leading us to believe that subscribers and visitors like what they see and are using the site more than in the past.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
SBA Credit Facility
On April 29, 2011, the Company entered into an SBA guaranteed term credit facility with Access National Bank for up to $832,000 with a variable interest rate of prime +2.75%. At June 30, 2016, the outstanding balance on the loan was $470,236. The credit facility has a 10-year term, is secured by the Company’s business assets and a property in Maine owned by the CEO. The note is guaranteed by the CEO and one other board member.
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Convertible Promissory Notes
In August 2016, the Company offered convertible promissory notes under Rule 506(b) of Regulation D to officers, directors and preferred stockholders for the purpose of raising up to $500,000 to help the company satisfy its short term financing needs, including to pay for offering-related expenses. The Company will use net proceeds from this Offering to retire these notes, in whole or in part, once it receives net proceeds in excess of $1 million from this Offering.
Related Party Advances
From time to time during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company received advances in the form of credit card usage from related parties for short-term working capital. At December 31, 2015 and 2014, amounts outstanding under related party advances totaled $122,400 and $111,972, respectively, and are included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The Company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds of this Offering to pay off these balances. See “Use of Proceeds to Issuer.”
The current term note and working capital line from the SBA are secured by the CEO’s house in Maine as well as a guarantee by him and one other director. The only compensation for the use of the collateral is warrants. Over the past 2 years, the Company has issued 82,300 warrants for use of the collateral on the term note and 12,000 warrants for use of collateral on the line of credit. No more warrants are due for the collateral on the term loan. The Company will issue 6,000 warrants each year that the line of credit is outstanding and the collateral remains in place. The warrants are to buy common stock at a price of $0.01 ($0.10 post split per share), vested immediately and have a 10-year expiration date.
A significant portion of the non-transactional expenses of this Offering (e.g., accounting fees, legal fees, payment for printing or video production, marketing, consulting and advertising fees) will be funded from funds contributed by Will Seippel, members of the board of directors and current stockholders.
A majority of the funding in the last 2 years for WorthPoint has been supplied by members of the board. Other than the items discussed above, all debt has been converted into Preferred Stock that will be converted into common stock immediately prior to the initial closing of this Offering.
Issuances of Common and Preferred Stock
In 2014 and until February 2015, the Company funded operations by continuing to issue a promissory note that had originally been approved by the board of directors in September 2013. As of February 2015, $587,500 in principal amount of promissory notes was outstanding. The board of directors voted to convert the promissory notes into Series A-1 Preferred and to offer an additional $250,000 in convertible notes. On July 31, 2015, the board of directors voted to convert the total outstanding indebtedness of $837,500 plus interest of 10% per annum into Series A Preferred at $3.50 per share ($10.50 per share post conversion and stock split). All shares were issued under Rule 506(b) of the Regulation D to existing stockholders of the Company.
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Trend Information
The Company monitors, compiles and analyzes daily key performance indicators (KPI’s) via the internet from various reports, including Google Analytics as well as Zuora and Avangate billing reports. The management team reviews these on daily, weekly or monthly bases and makes adjustments to the business as necessary. While these reports contain numerous statistics, the following is a synopsis of the ones that management believes are the most relevant to its business:
Site Unique User Visits (SUUV’s). This measure has been relatively constant since April 2016 and running at 46,000 SUUV’s per day. This number was negatively impacted in April 2016 and had been approximately 20% higher in the preceding year. The Company attributes this change in April to changes in Google algorithms, which essentially measure how Google ranks internet pages for user searches.
Average visits per day that a user makes to the site is another KPI. This statistic has gone from 1.07 to 1.09 visits per day over the last 18 months. This indicates the frequency a user returns to the site and an increasing number is viewed as a positive trend.
Average User Time on Site, the time a user spends on the site in a session, has increased over the last 18 months from approximately 105 seconds to 120 seconds, an increase of 14%. The Company believes this increase is due to both marketing efforts in attracting the proper persons to the site and educating them on the depth of the site. Additionally, the Company has increased the frequency of site updates that impact usability and merged the MAPS product into the WorthPoint website.
Conversion rate of site visitors into paying subscribers. This statistic indicates the percentage of users on the site that convert into paying customers. With the Company’s prior billing system Avangate, the Company averaged a conversion rate of .07% prior to moving to the Zuora billing system in November 2014. Prior to moving to the Avangate system the conversion rate had been slightly over 0.1%. Since moving to the new Zuora billing platform the Company has been able to significantly increase the conversion rate and this has increased to as high as .185% in 2016 and averaged .136% over the most recent week in September.
Total paid Subscribers. As noted, the Company’s ability to retain subscribers had been adversely impacted by the implementation of the Avangate billing system that was implemented in November 2013. In April 2014 the Company realized that it could not compel Avangate to make the necessary changes to its system and replaced it with Zuora in November 2014. The Company lost a significant number of customers over that period. Total paying customers on January 1, 2015 were 13,048. As of September 27, 2016, paying customers totaled 12,177. 73% of these were billed from the Zuora system. The gains of subscribers in the Zuora system are now keeping pace with losses in Avangate due to the reduced Avangate base and higher conversion rates the Company has experienced with Zuora. The Company has also demonstrated the positive impacts of marketing on growing the subscriber base and has seen returns as high as 200% a year on its advertising expenditures. The Company has also demonstrated that the average user billed via Zuora is willing to pay a significantly higher price per month than the average user billed via Avangate. In the most recent month the average billed per customer on Zuora was $20.66, compared to $13.94 on Avangate. The blended rate was $17.97. This is an increase of $1.75 from September 2015. The average Zuora subscriber bill has risen 30% above what an average Avangate customer was billed at the time of the cutover of billing systems in November 2014. The Company believes this is due to a number of factors including customers’ satisfaction with the site, billing product customer service and the Company’s focus on business users and the relevancy of the MAPS product to them.
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Lastly, the Company focuses on the length of customer contracts as a KPI of satisfaction. Since January 2015 the number of customers on multi-period contracts has increased from 15% to 17.4% of the base. The 2.4 percentage increase in the base has been in the sales of annual contracts. WorthPoint believes that this is a good indication of the user satisfaction and belief in the product.
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYEES
| Name | Position | Age | Term of Office | |||
| Executive Officers: | ||||||
| William Seippel | CEO | 60 | From 2007 | |||
| John Hale | SVP Finance | 53 | From 2014 | |||
| Antoine Lyseight | CTO | 37 | From 2012 | |||
| Directors: | ||||||
| William Seippel | Chairman | 60 | From 2007 | |||
| Pete Schleider | Board Member | 59 | From 2007 | |||
| James Sturgill | Board Member | 75 | From 2007 | |||
| William Neal McAtee | Board Member | 53 | From 2009 | |||
| Michael Wharton | Board Member | 56 | From 2012 | |||
| Rodger Ogden | Board Member | 71 | From 2012 |
William Seippel, CEO and Chairman
Will founded the Company in 2007 and has over 25 years of financial and operational experience. He has been involved in successfully negotiating over 20 acquisitions in his career and played a leading role in structuring complex transactions that have raised $5 billion in capital, including two that received the prestigious Institutional Investor Deal of the Year Award. He has also served as a consultant to various boards of directors on mergers and acquisitions and strategic business and financial planning. Prior to founding WorthPoint, Will served as Chief Financial Officer and also managed a number of technology business development and marketing roles at MIVA, AirGate PCS, Digital Commerce Corporation, Global Telesystems Groups, Haliburton/Landmark Graphics Corporation. Will has a Masters in Business Administration degree from American University. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from George Mason University.
Antoine Lyseight, CTO
Antoine joined WorthPoint in September 2012 and is a veteran information technology leader in software development and product delivery, systems integration, point-of-sale, and e-Commerce. Just prior to WorthPoint, he worked as a consultant on a project at IHG. From 2008 until 2012, he worked as CTO at Dominovas Energy Corp. He also has experience with other Fortune 500 companies, as well as many other growth-phase companies and technology startups. He is a graduate from both Georgia Tech and Georgia State University.
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John Hale, SVP Finance
John joined WorthPoint in January 2014. He has been a licensed CPA for over 20 years, with experience in managing the finance and accounting infrastructure of companies in various start-up and growth modes, raising more than $100 million in equity financing. In 2013, he served as Corporate Controller for SCIenergy, Inc. in Atlanta. In 2012, he was Chief Financial Officer of the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Inc. In 2011, he was the Finance and Accounting Director for Renmatix, Inc. He has a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Alabama.
Pete Schleider, CFA, Director
Pete has spent his entire working career in the investment business. From 1983 to 1987 he was a hardware and software analyst with L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin. From 1987 to 1997, Pete was a partner of Wessels, Arnold & Henderson, an investment banking firm in Minneapolis, MN focusing on technical software. In 1998, he founded Matrix Capital Management, a hedge fund focused on technology investments. Since 1998, he has been investing his own money as part of RKB Capital, L.P. In 2001, he and Scott Bedford started Peninsula Technology Fund, L.P. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity University in History and Economics, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst professional designation from the CFA Institute.
Jim Sturgill, Director
Jim is Founder and CEO of Sturgill & Associates, a full service CPA firm he founded in 1963 with multiple locations surrounding the nation’s capital. His firm provides tax, assurance and advisory, and information technology services to a diversified client base of established and emerging growth companies in the high technology sector.
William N. McAtee, Director
Neal has been immersed in the financial world for 25 years. Since 2009, he served as portfolio manager at Reliant Investment Management, LLC. Earlier in his career, he was a founder and managing member of Red Rock Partners, LLC, as well as general partner and investment manager for Red Rock Fund, LP. Neal was a managing director at Morgan Keegan, working as an equity analyst, when he was recognized five times as a Wall Street Journal All-Star Analyst for his stock-picking ability. From December 2010 to December 2013, Neal served as WorthPoint’s interim CFO.
Neal earned a bachelor’s in mathematics and economics from Rhodes College and a master’s in business administration with a concentration in finance and accounting from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. He has held the Chartered Financial Analyst professional designation from the CFA Institute since 1992.
Roger Ogden, Director
Roger is currently an independent media consultant. Until 2007, Roger was the head of Gannett Broadcasting. Prior to that he was senior vice president of Gannett Broadcasting and president and general manager of KUSA-TV in Denver, where he began his Gannett career in 1967. He has worked at WLKY-TV in Louisville, KY, when it was owned by Gannett, and at a non-Gannett station in Denver. Roger spent two years with NBC as president and managing director of NBC Europe.
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Michael Wharton, Director
Mike Wharton joined the WorthPoint board in May 2012. Mr. Wharton currently serves as president of McVean Trading & Investments, LLC, having joined at its inception in 1986, and over the last 10 years has become one of the firm’s top traders and leading authorities on the livestock and grain markets. Mike is also the managing member of Wharton Asset Management LLC, a commodity-trading advisor, which was established in 2012. Originally from Nebraska, Mike literally grew up in the cattle business.
Under a National Futures Association (“NFA”) order dated April 13, 2015, NFA settled complaints against McVean Trading & Investments and certain of its other employees and against Wharton Asset Management and Mike Wharton that alleged that each firm failed to enact required recordkeeping procedures and that the McVean employees and Mike failed to diligently supervise McVean Trading & Investments and Wharton Asset Management’s respective operations. McVean Trading & Investments and Wharton Asset Management paid fines in the amounts of $625,000 and $105,000, respectively.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 the Company compensated its three highest-paid directors and executive officers as follows:
| Name | Capacities in which compensation was received |
Cash compensation ($) |
Other compensation ($) |
Total compensation ($) |
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| William Seippel | CEO | $ | 133,043 | $ | 2,668 | $ | 135,711 | |||||||
| Antoine Lyseight | CTO | $ | 158,880 | $ | 3,641 | $ | 162,521 | |||||||
| John Hale | SVP Finance | $ | 111,651 | $ | 520 | $ | 112,171 | |||||||
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, we paid our directors as a group $138,042.86. In addition, the Company awarded 98,251 options to the directors. Both the paid amount and the stock awards are inclusive of the amounts paid to Will Seippel. There are 6 directors in this group.
Equity Incentive Plan
The Company maintains a 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, which provides for the grant of incentive stock options, within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to the employees of the Company and its affiliates, and for the grant of nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, or restricted stock units to employees, service providers and directors of the Company and its affiliates. The plan is effective through April 2017. The board of directors is the administrator of the plan.
A total of 2.3 million shares of common stock have been reserved under the plan and stock options for the purchase of 1,858,232 shares of common stock are outstanding under the plan.
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The exercise price of options granted under the plan must at least be equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The term of an option may not exceed 10 years, except that with respect to any participant who owns more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of the Company’s outstanding stock, the term on an incentive stock option granted to such participant must not exceed five years and the exercise price must equal at least 110% of the fair market value on the grant date. Payment of the exercise price of an option is by cash or certified check, or by any other means set forth in the participant’s award agreement that is consistent with applicable laws, regulations or rules. If a participant’s service terminates other than due to his or her retirement, death or disability, the participant may exercise the vested portion of his or her award by the earlier of (i) the expiration date of the award, (ii) the date six months after the termination date (three months in the case of an incentive stock option), or (iii) the date of the participant's termination in the event the participant's employment is terminated on account of fraud or intentional misrepresentation, or embezzlement, misappropriation or conversion of assets or opportunities of the Company or its affiliates. Upon the retirement of an employee or director, the participant may exercise the vested portion of his or her award by the earlier of (i) the expiration date of the award or (ii) the expiration of (a) twelve months after the retirement date in the case of an award other than an incentive stock option award and (b) three months after the retirement date in the case of an incentive stock option. If an individual’s service terminates due to the participant’s death or disability, the option may be exercised by the earlier of (i) the expiration date of the award or (ii) the later of (a) the first anniversary of termination of service as a result of disability or death or (2) the first anniversary of such person's death if it occurs during a retirement or disability period
Award recipients may only transfer awards in limited circumstances, including by will or the laws of descent and distribution or by domestic relations order.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN STOCKHOLDERS
The following table sets out, as of October 31, 2016, the voting securities of the Company that are owned by executive officers and directors, and other persons holding more than 10% of the Company’s voting securities, or having the right to acquire those securities. The table assumes that
| · | a reverse stock split of 1 for 6 and all shares of Series A and Series A-1 Preferred Stock are converted to shares of common stock immediately prior to the initial closing of this Offering; |
| · | all restricted stock units and options have vested; and |
| · | all outstanding promissory notes are repaid with net proceeds of the Offering, and issuance of the attached warrants |
| Title of class | Name and address of beneficial owner |
Amount and nature of beneficial ownership |
Amount and nature of beneficial ownership acquirable |
Percent of class | ||||||||||
| Common stock | William Seippel | 518,293 | 141,758 | 22.3 | % | |||||||||
| Common stock | Pete Schleider (1) | 323,099 | 13,666 | 11.4 | % | |||||||||
| Common stock | James Sturgill | 17,476 | 12,541 | 1.0 | % | |||||||||
| Common stock | William Neal McAtee (2) | 164,863 | 27,047 | 6.5 | % | |||||||||
| Common stock | Michael Wharton (3) | 361,927 | 12,166 | 12.6 | % | |||||||||
| Common stock | Rodger Ogden | 15,977 | 4,500 | 0.7 | % | |||||||||
| (1) | Includes 321,432 shares owned by RKB Capital, a fund over which Mr. Schleider exercises control. |
| (2) | Includes 102,695 shares owned by Red Rock Fund, LP, a fund over which Mr. McAtee exercises control and 8,095 shares held in the name of Amy H McAtee, the wife of Mr. McAtee. |
| (3) | Includes 66,666 shares held in the name of a generational trust that Mr. Wharton disavows ownership of and control over. |
INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources” for a discussion of related party transactions.
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General
The Company is offering up to 454,545 shares of common stock.
The following description summarizes the most important terms of the Company’s capital stock. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of WorthPoint’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, and bylaws, copies of which have been filed as exhibits to the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is a part. For a complete description of WorthPoint’s common stock, you should refer to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, and bylaws and to the applicable provisions of Delaware law.
As of September 30, 2016, the Company’s authorized capital stock consists of 11,800,000 shares of common stock, 884,500 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 4,956,142 shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock. Immediately prior to the initial closing of this Offering, the Company will convert all outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock into shares of common stock at a ratio of 1:1 and all outstanding shares of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock into shares of common stock at a ratio of 2:1, then effect a reverse stock split of 1 for 6. As a result, immediately following completion of this Offering, the Company’s authorized capital stock will consist of 2,590,878 shares of common stock and an additional 370,116 shares in the form of options and warrants. As of September 30, 2016, prior to the conversion of the Preferred Stock to common stock, the reverse stock split, and the first closing of this Offering, one beneficial owner, Will Seippel held 2,091,599 outstanding shares of common stock and 648,241 shares of Series A and Series A-1 Preferred Stock representing 32.4% of the outstanding capital stock of the Company. On a fully diluted basis, he owns 33.5% of the Company.
Common Stock
Dividend Rights
Holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends and other distributions of cash, property, or shares of stock of the Company as may be declared by the board of directors from time to time with respect to the common stock out of assets or legally available funds. The Company has never declared or paid cash dividends on any of its capital stock and currently does not anticipate paying any cash dividends after this Offering or in the foreseeable future.
Voting Rights
Each holder of the Company’s common stock is entitled to vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders, including the election of directors.
Liquidation Rights
In the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets, or winding up of the Company, the holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in the net assets legally available for distribution to stockholders after the payment of all debts and other liabilities of the Company and the satisfaction of any liquidation preference granted to the holders of any then outstanding shares of non-voting stock.
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Rights and Preferences
Pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement dated December 13, 2010, the Company granted holders of its preferred stock the right to invest up to their pro rata share of any equity securities that the Company may issue, which gives them the right, but not the obligation, subject to certain exceptions, to invest in this Offering. Among other circumstances, the contractual preemptive right does not apply if the Company receives notice in writing from the holders of a majority of outstanding shares of preferred stock that they waive such rights. The Company intends to seek a waiver of the application of these rights to this Offering. Unless the rights agreement is amended, the holders of preferred stock will continue to have preemptive rights with respect to those shares of common stock that they receive upon conversion of the shares of Series A and Series A-1 Preferred Stock.
The rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the Company’s common stock are subject to and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any classes of preferred stock that the Company may designate in the future.
Plan of Distribution
The Company is offering a minimum of 68,182 shares and a maximum of 454,545 shares of common stock on a “best efforts” basis. The minimum investment is 19 shares, or $209.
NCPS will publicly market the Offering using general solicitation through methods that include emails to potential investors, online advertisements, and press releases. The Company will use its existing website, www.worthpoint.com, blogs, and other social media to provide notification of the Offering. Persons who desire information will be directed to a landing page describing the Offering and operated by the Company.
This Offering Circular will be furnished to prospective investors via download 24 hours per day, 7 days per week on the Company’s website, on a landing page that relates to the Offering.
In order to subscribe to purchase the shares, a prospective investor must complete a subscription agreement and send payment by check, wire transfer or ACH. The subscription agreement requires investors to answer certain questions to determine compliance with the investment limitation set forth in the securities laws, disclose that the securities will not be listed on a registered national securities exchange upon qualification, and that the aggregate purchase price to be paid by the investor for the securities cannot exceed 10% of the greater of the investor’s annual income or net worth. In the case of an investor who is not a natural person, revenues or net assets for the investor’s most recently completed fiscal year are used instead. The investment limitation does not apply to accredited investors, as that term is defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The Bryn Mawr Trust Company of Delaware (the “Escrow Agent”) will serve as escrow agent in accordance with Rule 15c2-4 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Investor funds will be held in a segregated bank account at an FDIC insured bank pending closing or termination of the Offering. All subscribers will be instructed by the Company or its agents to transfer funds by wire or ACH transfer directly to the escrow account established for this Offering or deliver checks made payable to “BTMC DE/WorthPoint Escrow Account,” which will be promptly deposited into such escrow account no later than noon the next business day after receipt. The Company may terminate the Offering at any time for any reason at its sole discretion. Investors should understand that acceptance of their funds into escrow does not necessarily result in their receiving shares; escrowed funds may be returned.
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The Company has engaged NCPS, a broker-dealer registered with the Commission and a member of FINRA, to perform the following functions in connection with this Offering:
| · | qualify investors, including, but not limited to, conducting Know Your Customer, OFAC checks, AML compliance, and suitability reviews; |
| · | gather additional information or clarification from prospective investors, working as necessary with the Company and/or its agents; |
| · | provide the Company with prompt notice for subscriptions that cannot be accepted; and |
| · | transmit the subscription information data to Computershare, the Company’s transfer agent. |
As compensation for the services listed above, the Company has agreed to pay a 1.5% commission on the amount invested by investors not solicited by NCPS and a 7% commission on the amount invested by investors solicited by NCPS. The Company has been authorized to pay NCPS an advance of up to $5,000 for out-of-pocket accountable expenses such as regulatory filing and legal fees. Such advance will be reimbursed to the Company to the extent such expenses are not actually incurred. The Company has agreed to pay NCIT, an affiliate of NCPS, $500 per month for basic licensing and service of technology to support the Offering, up to a cap of $6,000. The Company has also agreed to pay NCIT a $5.00 fee per investor processed for the Company, up to a cap of $6,250. The Company has agreed to pay $1,000 to the Escrow Agent to set up the escrow account. It is anticipated that NCPS’s activity on behalf of the Company will be conducted by registered representatives, and a portion of the sales commission received by NCPS will be paid to those registered representatives.
NCPS has been advanced $5,000 for out-of-pocket accountable expenses such as regulatory filing fees and legal fees incurred by NCPS and related persons, which advance will be reimbursed to the Company to the extent such expenses are not actually incurred.
The Company has also agreed to issue to NCPS warrants to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 1% of the total number of shares purchased by all investors whether or not solicited by NCPS. The warrants will have an exercise price equal to the price per share paid by investors and be exercisable for 5 years. The warrants will expire on the date that is 5 years after the issue date, or the date that is 5 years from the qualification of the Offering Statement by the Commission.
The warrants and the shares of Common Stock underlying the underwriter’s warrants have been deemed compensation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, and are therefore subject to a 180-day lock-up pursuant to Rule 5110(g)(1) of FINRA. NCPS, or its permitted assignees under such rule, may not sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or hypothecate the warrants or the shares of Common Stock underlying the warrants, nor will NCPS, or its permitted assignees engage in any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the warrants or the underlying shares of Common Stock for a period of 180 days from the qualification date of the Offering statement, except that they may be transferred, in whole or in part, by operation of law or by reason of the Company’s reorganization, or to any solicitation agent or selected dealer participating in the Offering and their officers or partners if the NCPS’s warrants or the underlying shares of common stock so transferred remain subject to the foregoing lock-up restrictions for the remainder of the time period. The warrants will provide for adjustment in the number and price of the warrants and the shares of common stock underlying the warrants in the event of recapitalization, merger, stock split, or other structural transaction, or a future financing undertaken by the Company.
Computershare, Inc. will serve as transfer agent to maintain stockholder information on a book-entry basis.
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Investors’ Tender of Funds and Return of Funds
If $750,000 in subscriptions for the shares (the “Minimum Offering”) is not deposited on or before __________, 2017 (“Minimum Offering Period“), all subscriptions will be refunded to subscribers without deduction or interest. Under the agreement between the Company and the Escrow Agent, and except as stated above, subscribers have no right to a return of their funds during the Minimum Offering Period, and the Company has no right to receive any funds from subscribers prior to the first “Closing”(as defined below) following that period. If this Minimum Offering amount has been deposited by __________, 2017, the Offering may continue until the earlier of _______________, 2017 (which date may be extended at the company’s option) or the date when all shares have been sold. In the event that the Minimum Offering amount is not reached by such date or the offering is otherwise terminated, investor funds held in escrow will promptly be refunded to each investor in accordance with Rule 10b-9 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Escrow Agent has not investigated the desirability or advisability of the investment in the shares nor approved, endorsed or passed upon the merits of purchasing the shares.
After the Commission has qualified the Offering Statement, and NCPS has satisfactorily completed due diligence, the Company will accept tenders of funds to purchase the common stock. The Company may close on investments on a “rolling” basis (so not all investors will receive their shares on the same date), and may accept the tender of funds before it is clear that the Minimum Offering amount sought will be raised. The funds tendered by potential investors will be held by the Escrow Agent, and will be transferred to the Company upon Closing or returned to the investors as discussed above if the Minimum Offering amount is not achieved. Each time the Company accepts funds (either transferred from the Escrow Agent or directly from the investors) is defined as a “Closing”. For the avoidance of doubt, the company will not directly receive subscribers' funds and complete any closing transaction until the Minimum Offering amount is met. The escrow agreement can be found in Exhibit 8 to the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is a part. Upon closing, funds tendered by investors will be made available to the Company for its use. The Offering will terminate at the earlier of: (1) the date at which the maximum offering amount has been sold, (2) [date], 2017, the date that is twelve months from the date this Offering Statement is qualified by the Commission or (3) the date at which the Offering is earlier terminated by the Company in its sole discretion.
In the event that the Company terminates the Offering while investor funds are held in escrow, those funds will promptly be refunded to each investor without deduction or interest and in accordance with Rule 10b-9 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The escrow agent has not investigated the desirability or advisability of the investment in the shares nor approved, endorsed or passed upon the merits of purchasing the shares.
In order to invest you will be required to subscribe to the Offering via the Company’s website or via 99funding.com and agree to the terms of the Offering and the subscription agreement.
In the event that it takes some time for the Company to raise funds in this Offering, the Company will rely on income from sales, credit available under its existing credit facility, which it is negotiating to increase and cash on hand. If necessary, the Company will also match revenues with expenses to cover any shortfall in operational cash flow.
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Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
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To Board of Directors and Stockholders
WorthPoint Corporation
Report on the Consolidated Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of WorthPoint Corporation (the “Company”) which comprise the balance sheets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements.
Management’s Responsibility for the Consolidated Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditors’ Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Worthpoint Corporation as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ dbbmckennon
Newport Beach, CA
September 30, 2016
F-1
WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
| 2015 | 2014 | |||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | 92,379 | $ | 76,366 | ||||
| Accounts receivable | 97,508 | 132,173 | ||||||
| Other current assets | 54,817 | 26,431 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 244,704 | 234,970 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 4,126 | 21,122 | ||||||
| Intangible assets, net | 2,257,529 | 2,143,541 | ||||||
| Other assets | 24,842 | 14,310 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 2,531,201 | $ | 2,413,943 | ||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 276,968 | $ | 292,696 | ||||
| Accrued liabilities | 10,713 | 77,768 | ||||||
| Deferred revenue | 204,331 | 176,198 | ||||||
| Related party advances | 122,400 | 111,972 | ||||||
| Note payable - current | 97,236 | 82,652 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 711,648 | 741,286 | ||||||
| Line of credit | 150,000 | 133,007 | ||||||
| Note payable - long term, net of current portion | 428,511 | 525,252 | ||||||
| Convertible debt - related parties | - | 537,500 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 1,290,159 | 1,937,045 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 6) | - | - | ||||||
| Stockholders' Equity: | ||||||||
| Preferred Series A, $0.001 par value 884,550 shares authorized, 884,550 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively | 808,399 | 808,399 | ||||||
| Preferred Series A-1, $0.001 par value 4,411,628 shares authorized, 4,385,141 and 4,119,440 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively | 15,226,755 | 14,296,858 | ||||||
| Common stock, $0.001 par value, 11,703,822 shares authorized; 3,150,237 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively | 3,150 | 3,150 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 1,075,222 | 1,052,674 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (15,872,484 | ) | (15,684,183 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders' equity | 1,241,042 | 476,898 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 2,531,201 | $ | 2,413,943 | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-2
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
| 2015 | 2014 | |||||||
| Revenues | $ | 2,820,115 | $ | 3,417,077 | ||||
| Cost of revenues | 825,478 | 882,039 | ||||||
| Gross profit | 1,994,637 | 2,535,038 | ||||||
| Operating Expenses: | ||||||||
| General and administrative | 1,017,908 | 1,024,967 | ||||||
| Sales and marketing | 489,021 | 691,697 | ||||||
| Research and development | 399,781 | 472,485 | ||||||
| Total operating expenses | 1,906,710 | 2,189,149 | ||||||
| Operating income | 87,927 | 345,889 | ||||||
| Other (income) expense : | ||||||||
| Interest expense | 83,162 | 104,146 | ||||||
| Other income | (58,846 | ) | (48,610 | ) | ||||
| Loss on impairment of investment | 250,000 | - | ||||||
| Total other (income) expense | 274,316 | 55,536 | ||||||
| Income (loss) before provision for income taxes | (186,389 | ) | 290,353 | |||||
| Provision for income taxes | 1,912 | - | ||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (188,301 | ) | $ | 290,353 | |||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-3
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
| Preferred Series A | Preferred Series A-1 | Common Stock | Additional Paid-in | Accumulated | Total Stockholders' | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2013 | 884,550 | $ | 808,399 | 4,119,440 | $ | 14,296,858 | 3,036,918 | $ | 3,037 | $ | 1,034,187 | $ | (15,974,536 | ) | $ | 167,945 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock based compensation | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12,432 | - | 12,432 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares issued for services | - | - | - | - | 13,319 | 13 | 5,155 | - | 5,168 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warrants exercised | - | - | - | - | 100,000 | 100 | 900 | - | 1,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 290,353 | 290,353 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2014 | 884,550 | 808,399 | 4,119,440 | 14,296,858 | 3,150,237 | 3,150 | 1,052,674 | (15,684,183 | ) | 476,898 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock based compensation | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19,948 | - | 19,948 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Converted debt | - | - | 265,701 | 929,897 | - | - | - | - | 929,897 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warrants issued for compensation | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2,600 | - | 2,600 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (188,301 | ) | (188,301 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2015 | 884,550 | $ | 808,399 | 4,385,141 | $ | 15,226,755 | 3,150,237 | $ | 3,150 | $ | 1,075,222 | $ | (15,872,484 | ) | $ | 1,241,042 | ||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-4
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
| 2015 | 2014 | |||||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (188,301 | ) | $ | 290,353 | |||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Depreciation | 18,086 | 18,086 | ||||||
| Amortization | 231,061 | 161,812 | ||||||
| Loss on impairment of investment | 250,000 | - | ||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 22,548 | 17,600 | ||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | 34,665 | (37,690 | ) | |||||
| Other current assets | (28,386 | ) | (10,907 | ) | ||||
| Accounts payable | (15,728 | ) | 27,154 | |||||
| Accrued liabilities | 25,342 | 43,370 | ||||||
| Deferred revenue | 28,133 | (24,426 | ) | |||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 377,420 | 485,352 | ||||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
| Purchase of property and equipment | (1,090 | ) | - | |||||
| Amount paid for investment | (250,000 | ) | - | |||||
| Deposits and other | (10,532 | ) | 7,701 | |||||
| Proceeds from sale of intangible assets | 151,886 | - | ||||||
| Purchase of intangible assets | (496,935 | ) | (723,184 | ) | ||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (606,671 | ) | (715,483 | ) | ||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from related party advances | 10,428 | 6,241 | ||||||
| Proceeds from line of credit, net | 16,993 | 118,007 | ||||||
| Repayments of notes payable | (82,157 | ) | (233,401 | ) | ||||
| Proceeds from convertible debt | 45,000 | - | ||||||
| Proceeds from convertible debt - related parties | 255,000 | 287,500 | ||||||
| Proceeds from warrants exercised | - | 1,000 | ||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 245,264 | 179,347 | ||||||
| Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 16,013 | (50,784 | ) | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year | 76,366 | 127,150 | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of year | $ | 92,379 | $ | 76,366 | ||||
| Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: | ||||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | 57,233 | $ | 60,722 | ||||
| Cash paid for income taxes | $ | 1,912 | $ | - | ||||
| Non cash investing and financing activities: | ||||||||
| Conversion of convertible debt and accrued interest into Series A-1 | $ | 929,897 | $ | - | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-5
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 – NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Worthpoint Corporation was incorporated on January 16, 2007 (“Inception”) in the State of Delaware. The Company’s headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia. The Company has developed a suite of online and mobile offerings consisting of a database for researching and valuing antiques, art and collectibles, a detailed catalog of Maker's Marks and other identifying indicators, as well as access to a library of reference books and price guides from leading publishers in a wide range of antiques and collecting categories. The consolidated financial statements of Worthpoint Corporation and subsidiaries (which may be referred to as "Worthpoint," the "Company," "we," "us," or "our") are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).
NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of WorthPoint Corporation and Subsidiaries, WorthPoint (Ireland) Limited, WPGA Holding Corp, and GoAntiques, Inc. its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from these estimates. Significant estimates include, but are not limited to, recoverability of property and equipment and long-lived assets, valuation of stock options, and the valuation allowance related to deferred tax assets. It is reasonably possible that changes in estimates will occur in the near term.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the measurement date. Applicable accounting guidance provides an established hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available. Observable inputs are inputs that market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the Company’s assumptions about the factors that market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability. There are three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
| Level 1 | - Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. | |
| Level 2 | - Include other inputs that are directly or indirectly observable in the marketplace. | |
| Level 3 | - Unobservable inputs which are supported by little or no market activity. |
The fair value hierarchy also requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.
Fair-value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of December 31, 2015 and 2014. The respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximated their fair values. These financial instruments include cash, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, related party advances, line of credit, notes payable and convertible notes. Fair values for these items were assumed to approximate carrying values because of their short term nature or they are payable on demand.
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WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Cash and Cash Equivalents
For purpose of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and are non-interest-bearing. Accounts receivable primarily consists of credit card charges processed by the Company’s credit card processors but not yet deposited into a Company bank account and receivables related to display services for which payment terms are provided. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts to reserve for potential uncollectible receivables. The allowance for doubtful accounts was immaterial as of December 31, 2015 and 2014.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost. The Company’s fixed assets are depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of five (5) to seven (7) years. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the useful life or term of the lease. Maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as incurred. Significant renewals and betterments are capitalized. At the time of retirement or other disposition of property and equipment, the cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is reflected in operations.
Content Databases
Content databases consists of a database for researching and valuing antiques, art and collectibles, a detailed catalog of Maker's Marks and other identifying indicators, as well as access to a library of reference books and price guides from leading publishers that the Company has accumulated in its databases. These records have been digitized and indexed to allow subscribers to search and view the content online and include the costs to acquire or license the historical records, costs incurred by Company employees or by third parties to scan, key and index the content and the fair value allocated to content databases in business acquisitions. The Company generally amortizes content databases on a straight-line basis over 10 years after the content is acquired. The amortization expense associated with content databases is included in cost of subscription revenues in the consolidated statements of operations.
Investment in Securities
The Company’s investments consisting of preferred shares of non-controlled entities are accounted for on the cost basis.
In May 2015, the Company entered into an agreement to purchase 2,500,000 preferred shares in Search Find Sell, Inc. (“SFS”), which represented a 25% stake on a fully diluted basis, for $75,000 in cash and $175,000 in the form of a short term note, which was fully paid in 2015. The Company determined that the cost investment method was appropriate as management has been unable to exert significant influence over SFS from the time of the investment and the shareholders of SFS are concentrated to a large degree which nullifies the Company’s influence over SFS. Since the time at which the investment was made, SFS has not succeeded in its business plan and requires significant capital to continue to operate. The Company determined that there is an other than temporary impairment of the investment and accordingly, the full value of the investment was deemed impaired as of December 31, 2015. Thus, during the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company recorded a loss on investment of $250,000 in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.
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WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The long-lived assets held and used by the Company are reviewed for impairment no less frequently than annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. In the event that facts and circumstances indicate that the cost of any long-lived assets may be impaired, an evaluation of recoverability is performed. There were no impairment losses during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. There can be no assurance, however, that market conditions will not change or demand for the Company’s products and services will continue, which could result in impairment of long-lived assets in the future.
Software Development Costs
The Company develops and utilizes internally developed software. Costs incurred are accounted for under the provisions of ASC 350, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other, whereby direct costs related to development and enhancement of internal use software are capitalized, and costs related to maintenance are expensed as incurred. The Company capitalizes its direct internal costs of labor and associated employee benefits that qualify as development or enhancement of internally developed software. These software development costs are amortized over the estimated useful life of the software which management has determined is five years once the software is placed in service. No development costs were capitalized during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. Development costs incurred in prior periods have been fully amortized.
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized over their respective estimated lives and reviewed for impairment whenever events or other changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. The impairment testing compares carrying values to fair values and, when appropriate, the carrying value of these assets is reduced to fair value. Impairment charges, if any, are recorded in the period in which the impairment is determined. To date, there have been no impairment charges recognized.
Goodwill
The Company records the excess of purchase price of acquired businesses over the fair value of the acquired identifiable tangible and intangible net assets as goodwill. The Company tests for impairment of goodwill when there is an event or circumstance that indicates that goodwill has been impaired or at least annually. The Company first considers qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a conclusion that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If it is more likely than not that impairment exists, then the Company will use a two-step approach to test for impairment, the first of which is to compare the estimated fair value of the Company to the net asset carrying value of that reporting unit. If the estimated fair value is less than the net asset carrying value, the Company completes the second step to determine the extent of the impairment. To date, there have been no impairment charges recognized.
Deferred Rent
The Company accounts for lease rentals that have escalating rents on a straight-line basis over the life of each lease. This accounting generally results in a deferred liability (for the lease expense) recorded on the consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2015, no such liability existed as the Company’s material lease had just commenced.
Preferred Stock
ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, includes standards for how an issuer of equity (including equity shares issued by consolidated entities) classifies and measures on its balance sheet certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity.
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WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Management is required to determine the presentation for the preferred stock as a result of the redemption and conversion provisions, among other provisions in the agreement. Specifically, management is required to determine whether the embedded conversion feature in the preferred stock is clearly and closely related to the host instrument, and whether the bifurcation of the conversion feature is required and whether the conversion feature should be accounted for as a derivative instrument. If the host instrument and conversion feature are determined to be clearly and closely related (both more akin to equity), derivative liability accounting under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, is not required. Management determined that the host contract of the preferred stock is more akin to equity, and accordingly, derivative liability accounting is not required by the Company. In addition, the Company has presented preferred stock within stockholders' equity.
Costs incurred directly for the issuance of the preferred stock are recorded as a reduction of gross proceeds received by the Company, resulting in a discount to the preferred stock. The discount is amortized to the accumulated deficit, due to the absence of additional paid-in capital, over the period to redemption using the effective interest method of accounting.
Dividends which are required to be paid upon redemption are accrued and recorded within preferred stock and accumulated deficit.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue related to sales of subscriptions, products and services when (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered to the customer, (iii) the fee is fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectability is reasonably assured.
Subscription revenues are derived by providing access to the Company’s technologies and content on its websites. Subscription fees are collected primarily from credit cards through the Company’s websites at the beginning of the subscription period. Subscription revenues are recognized ratably over the subscription period, ranging from one month to one year, net of estimated cancellations. Subscription revenues are not allocated to any free-trial periods the Company may offer. Amounts received from subscribers for which the performance obligations have not been fulfilled are recorded in deferred revenue. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, deferred revenue recorded on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets related 100% to subscriptions.
The Company's display revenue is generated from the display of graphical, non-graphical, and video advertisements on the Company's websites. The revenue is recorded when the impression is delivered. Arrangements for these services generally have terms ranging from 30 to 60 days. Display revenue represents less than 5% of the Company's total revenues.
The Company maintains an allowance for future subscription cancellations and returns based on historical trends and data specific to each reporting period. The historical cancellation and returns rates are applied to the current period’s revenues as a basis for estimating future returns. Actual customer subscription cancellations and returns are charged against this allowance or against deferred revenue to the extent that revenue has not yet been recognized.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of subscription revenues consists of amortization of content databases, web server operating costs, credit card processing fees, personnel-related costs of web support, and outside service costs for website content.
Research and Development
We incur research and development costs during the process of researching and developing our technologies and future offerings. Our research and development costs consist primarily of internal salaries. We expense these costs as incurred until the resulting product has been completed, tested, and made ready for commercial use.
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WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Advertising
The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Advertising expenses were approximately $127,603 and $146,964 for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Stock Based Compensation
The Company accounts for stock options issued to employees under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 718 “Share-Based Payment”. Under ASC 718, share-based compensation cost to employees is measured at the grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award, and is recognized as expense over the employee’s requisite vesting period. The fair value of each stock option or warrant award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option valuation model.
The Company measures compensation expense for its non-employee stock-based compensation under ASC 505 Equity. The fair value of the option issued or committed to be issued is used to measure the transaction, as this is more reliable than the fair value of the services received. The fair value is measured at the value of the Company’s common stock on the date that the commitment for performance by the counterparty has been reached or the counterparty’s performance is complete. The fair value of the equity instrument is charged directly to stock-based compensation expense and credited to additional paid-in capital.
Income Taxes
The Company applies ASC 740 Income Taxes. Deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their consolidated financial statement reported amounts at each period end, based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The provision for income taxes represents the tax expense for the period, if any, and the change during the period in deferred tax assets and liabilities. At December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company has established a full reserve against all deferred tax assets.
ASC 740 also provides criteria for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of uncertain tax positions. A tax benefit from an uncertain position is recognized only if it is “more likely than not” that the position is sustainable upon examination by the relevant taxing authority based on its technical merit.
Concentration of Credit Risk
The Company maintains its cash with a major financial institution located in the United States of America which it believes to be credit worthy. Balances are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $250,000. At times, the Company maintains balances in excess of the federally insured limits.
The Company has two and one vendors as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 that in aggregate make up 39% and 65% of accounts payable, respectively. The company purchases over 95% of its content, content related services and data from these vendors. The loss of any of these vendors would have a significant impact on the Company’s operations.
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WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Risks and Uncertainties
The Company’s operations are subject to new innovations in product design and function. Significant technical changes can have an adverse effect on product lives. Design and development of new products are important elements to achieve and maintain profitability in the industry segment.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”. Under this guidance, revenue is recognized when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration expected to be received for those goods or services. The updated standard will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective and permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. Early adoption is not permitted. The updated standard will be effective beginning January 1, 2018. We are currently evaluating the effect that the updated standard will have on our balance sheet and related disclosures.
In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, Presentation of Consolidated Financial Statements Going Concern, which requires management to evaluate, at each annual and interim reporting period, whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the consolidated financial statements are issued and provide related disclosures. ASU 2014-15 is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016 and interim periods thereafter. The guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In April 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs, which changes the presentation of debt issuance costs in consolidated financial statements. ASU 2015-03 requires an entity to present such costs in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the related debt liability rather than as an asset. Amortization of debt issuance costs will continue to be reported as interest expense. ASU 2015-03 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. The guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-17, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes. The amendments in this update simplify the presentation of deferred taxes by requiring deferred tax assets and liabilities be classified as noncurrent on the balance sheet. These amendments may be applied either prospectively to all deferred tax liabilities and assets or retrospectively to all periods presented. The amendments are effective for consolidated financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. Earlier application is permitted for all entities as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting period. The guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 840), to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. The amendments in this standard are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, for a public entity. Early adoption of the amendments in this standard is permitted for all entities and the Company must recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the effect this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
The FASB Board issues ASU’s to amend the authoritative literature in ASC. There have been a number of ASUs to date that amend the original text of ASC. The Company believes those issued to date either (i) provide supplemental guidance, (ii) are technical corrections, (iii) are not applicable to the Company or (iv) are not expected to have a significant impact on the Company.
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WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 3 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment consisted of the following at December 31, 2015 and 2014:
| 2015 | 2014 | |||||||
| Furniture | $ | 1,805 | $ | 1,805 | ||||
| Computer equipment | 21,518 | 21,518 | ||||||
| Office furniture | 2,866 | 1,776 | ||||||
| Software | 6,312 | 6,312 | ||||||
| Total property and equipment | 32,501 | 31,411 | ||||||
| Accumulated Depreciation | (28,375 | ) | (10,289 | ) | ||||
| $ | 4,126 | $ | 21,122 | |||||
Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 was $18,086 and $18,086, respectively.
NOTE 4 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible assets subject to amortization consisted of the following at December 31, 2015 and 2014:
| 2015 | 2014 | |||||||
| Content database | $ | 2,694,458 | $ | 2,201,140 | ||||
| Accumulated amortization | (522,445 | ) | (291,385 | ) | ||||
| $ | 2,172,013 | $ | 1,909,755 | |||||
Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 was $231,061 and $161,812, respectively. Future amortization based on the content database assets is as follows:
| 2016 | $ | 247,684 | |||
| 2017 | 247,684 | ||||
| 2018 | 247,684 | ||||
| 2019 | 247,684 | ||||
| 2020 | 247,684 | ||||
| Thereafter | 933,593 | ||||
| $ | 2,172,013 |
Intangible assets not subject to amortization consisted of the following at December 31, 2015 and 2014:
| 2015 | 2014 | |||||||
| Goodwill | $ | - | $ | 151,887 | ||||
| Antiques library | 85,516 | 81,899 | ||||||
| $ | 85,516 | $ | 233,786 | |||||
In May 2015, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement with a third party for the sale of the Company’s intangible assets held within its wholly owned subsidiary GoAntiques, which included intangible assets with a carrying value totaling $151,886 for cash consideration of the same amount; accordingly, no gain or loss was recorded on the sale of assets. The Company determined that the assets sold constituted a similar line of business and accordingly, the need for discontinued operation presentation was not required.
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WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 5 – DEBTS
Line of Credit
On April 26, 2010, the Company entered into a line of credit agreement with a financial institution. The credit facility under the agreement consisted of a $50,000 revolving loan. The line of credit is collateralized by substantially all assets of the Company and personally guaranteed by certain stockholders. On October 24, 2014, the line of credit ceiling was raised to $150,000. In March 2016, the credit ceiling was raised to $200,000. The line of credit bears interest at the Wall Street Journal’s prime rate (3.50% and 3.25% at December 31, 2015 and 2014) plus 1.75% per annum with a 5.75% floor, payable monthly, and expires on February 28, 2017. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, $150,000 and $133,007, was due under the line of credit with $0 and $16,993 of credit remaining available, respectively.
Term Loans
In June 2011, the Company purchased an antique catalog library from a third party for $100,000. Half of the purchase price was through the issuance of a note payable of $50,000 due in annual installments of $16,667 through April 2014 and bears no interest. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the balance outstanding was $14,167 and $18,708, respectively.
The Company entered into a $500,000 term loan with a financial institution in April 2010 to fund operations. The loan bore interest at 7.50% per annum, and was to mature in April, 2015 and was payable in 60 monthly installments of $10,046. The loan was collateralized by substantially all of the Company’s assets and personally guaranteed by certain stockholders. The loan was repaid in full during 2014 utilizing the Company’s line of credit.
The Company entered into a $823,000 term loan with a financial institution in April 29, 2011 to fund operations. The loan is collateralized by substantially all of the Company’s assets and personally guaranteed by certain stockholders. The loan bears interest at Wall Street Journal’s prime rate (3.50% and 3.25% at December 31, 2015 and 2014) plus 2.75% per annum, matures on May 1, 2021 and is payable in 120 monthly installments. The monthly payment amount for 2015 and 2014 was $9,238. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, $511,580 and $589,196 is due under this loan, respectively.
Aggregate future principal payments are as follows as of December 31, 2015:
| 2016 | $ | 97,236 | ||
| 2017 | 88,438 | |||
| 2018 | 94,209 | |||
| 2019 | 100,355 | |||
| 2020 | 106,879 | |||
| Thereafter | 38,630 | |||
| 525,747 | ||||
| Less: current portion | (97,236 | ) | ||
| $ | 428,511 |
Convertible Debt
From September 2013 to July 2015, the Company entered into convertible debt agreements totaling $837,500 convertible into Series A-1 Preferred stock at the sole discretion of the Company. The notes bore interest at a rate of 18% per annum if paid in cash or 10% per annum if converted into equity, and compounded quarterly. The notes were due on the second anniversary of each note agreement. In July 2015, the notes were converted to Series A-1 Preferred Stock. The conversion price was set by the Board of Directors at $3.50 per share and the convertible debt was converted into 265,701 shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock in full per the terms of the agreements. See Note 8 for related party portion of this debt.
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WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Interest expense recognized for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 was $83,162 and $104,146, respectively.
NOTE 6 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Lease
On December 2, 2015, the Company entered into a lease agreement for its corporate office in Atlanta, GA. The lease is for 63 months with lease payments ranging from $8,912 to $10,332. The lease commenced January 1, 2016 and the Company received three months of free rent for the first three months of occupancy.
Prior to the new lease, the Company leased space for its operations in Atlanta, GA commencing in February 2012. The Company’s lease is for 66 months with lease payments ranging from $5,986 to $6,941. In August 2012, the Company expanded this lease for the storage space. The expansion lease commenced in January 2013 was for 56 months and included monthly rent ranging from $1,280 to $1,484. As of December 31, 2015, the Company terminated this lease with full release of the ongoing obligation. There are no additional future payments in relation to this lease and no future liability.
The Company has also entered into a lease agreement in December 2015 for offsite storage in Atlanta, GA. The lease is for 39 months with lease payments from $1,620 to $1,770. The lease commenced on December 12, 2015.
The following table summarizes the Company's future minimum commitment under the lease agreement as of December 31, 2015:
| 2016 | $ | 99,648 | ||
| 2017 | 129,373 | |||
| 2018 | 133,258 | |||
| 2019 | 121,329 | |||
| 2020 | 119,502 | |||
| Thereafter | 30,095 | |||
| $ | 633,205 |
As part of the acquisition of Go Antiques, Inc in September 2008, the Company assumed lease payments for office space in Dublin, Ohio. The lease expired in September 2014 and lease payments were $6,946 per month. The Company subleased the office space for a total of $3,429 per month.
Rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 was $99,909 and $130,183, respectively.
License and Service Agreement
The Company enters into various third party licensing, maintenance, and service agreements for infrastructure, data maintenance and content data related to the Company’s primary services. Under current agreements total fixed commitments are approximately $60,000 per month for the next three years. These agreements vary in length from month-to-month to eight years. Agreements generally provide for a right of cancellation by the Company or the vendor, with appropriate notice, and in certain instances, may be subject to early termination penalty provisions; however, none have been incurred to date.
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WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 7 – STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Preferred Stock
We have authorized the issuance of 5,296,178 shares of our preferred stock, each share having a par value of $0.001. Of these shares, 884,550 have been designated Series A Preferred “Series A” and 4,411,628 have been designated Series A-1 Preferred “Series A-1.”
Upon the occurrence of any Liquidation Event (as defined in Subsection 2(e)(i) of the Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets of the Corporation to the holders of Common Stock or any other security ranking junior in priority to the Preferred Stock by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount for each share of Series A Preferred Stock then held by them equal to the Original Purchase Price for such Series A Preferred Stock, plus an amount equal to any declared but unpaid dividends.
Upon the occurrence of any Liquidation Event the holders of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive on a pari passu basis, prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets of the Corporation to the holders of Common Stock or any other security ranking junior in priority to the Series A-1 Preferred Stock by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount for each share of Series A-1 Preferred Stock then held by them equal to the Original Purchase Price for such Series A-1 Preferred Stock, plus an amount equal to any declared but unpaid dividends
If upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event, the assets and funds thus distributed among the holders of the Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to permit the payment to such holders of the full Preferred Liquidation Amount, then the entire assets and funds of the Corporation legally available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among the holders of the Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 2 of the Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and in proportion to the relative preferential amounts that each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive.
After payment to the holders of the Preferred Stock of the amounts set forth in Subsection 2(a) and 2(b) of Article IV(B) of the Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, (x) the holders of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall receive one-half of the amount they would be entitled to receive if any additional remaining assets were to be distributed ratably to the holders of the Common Stock and Preferred Stock (the “Series A-1 Participation”), and (y) after payment of the Series A-1 Participation the holders of Common Stock and the Series A Preferred Stock shall share in any additional remaining assets pro rata.
During the year ended December 31, 2015, 265,701 shares of Series A-1 were issued for the conversion of convertible debt. See Note 4.
Series A
In 2007, the Company received a cash investment of $808,399 and issued 884,550 shares of Series A, or $0.91 per share. The Series A-1 have liquidation and redemption priority over the Series A. The Series A has liquidation priority over common stock. The Series A votes on an as converted basis. The Series A is convertible by the holder at any time after issuance on a one to one basis for common stock. The Series A is automatically converted into common stock upon an effective registration statement, listing upon the AIM market on the London Stock Exchange or the date to which the majority of the Series A holders vote to convert. In addition, the Series A has various anti-dilution provisions which take into account future sales and issuances of common stock and other dilutive instruments.
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WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Series A-1
In 2012, the Company received a cash investment of $1,131,722 at $3.50 per share and converted $13,165,136 in funds received prior to 2010 from Series B, C and D preferred stock. A total of 4,119,040 Series A preferred were issued in connection with these transactions. The Series A-1 have liquidation and redemption priority over the Series A and common stock. The Series A-1 votes on an as converted basis. The Series A-1 is convertible by the holder at any time after issuance on a one to one basis for common stock. The Series A-1 is automatically converted into common stock upon an effective registration statement, listing upon the AIM market on the London Stock Exchange or the date to which the majority of the Series A-1 holders vote to convert. In addition, the Series A-1 has various anti-dilution provisions which take into account future sales and issuances of common stock and other dilutive instruments.
During the year ended December 31, 2015, 265,701 shares of Series A-1 were issued for the conversion of convertible debt. See Note 5.
Common Stock
We have authorized the issuance of 11,703,822 shares of our common stock, each share having a par value of $0.001.
Stock Options
During 2007, the Company adopted the WorthPoint, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan provides for the grant of equity awards to our directors, employees, and certain key consultants, including stock options and restricted stock units to purchase shares of our common stock. Up to 2,300,000 shares of our common stock may be issued pursuant to awards granted under the Plan, subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits and other similar events. As of December 31, 2015, 441,768 shares of common stock remain issuable under the Plan. The Plan is administered by our Board of Directors, and expires ten years after adoption, unless terminated earlier by the Board of Directors.
During 2015 and 2014, the Company granted 191,751 and 30,000 options to various employees and contractors, respectively. Each option had a life of ten years; exercise prices ranging from approximately $1.05 to $1.20; and vesting terms ranging from immediately to four years. The Company expenses the value of the options over the vesting for the employees. For non-employees the Company revalued the fair market value of the options at each reporting period under the provisions of ASC 505. The Company valued the options using the Black-Scholes pricing model on the date of grant using the following weighted-average assumptions:
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
| December 31, 2015 | December 31, 2014 | |||||||
| Expected life (years) | 6.25 | 6.25 | ||||||
| Risk-free interest rate | 1.8 | % | 1.7 | % | ||||
| Expected volatility | 50 | % | 50 | % | ||||
| Annual dividend yield | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||
The total value of the options issued during 2015 and 2014 was $21,775 and $2,613, respectively
The risk-free interest rate assumption for options granted is based upon observed interest rates on the United States government securities appropriate for the expected term of the Company's employee stock options.
The expected term of employee stock options is calculated using the simplified method which takes into consideration the contractual life and vesting terms of the options.
The Company determined the expected volatility assumption for options granted using the historical volatility of comparable public company's common stock. The Company will continue to monitor peer companies and other relevant factors used to measure expected volatility for future stock option grants, until such time that the Company’s common stock has enough market history to use historical volatility.
The dividend yield assumption for options granted is based on the Company's history and expectation of dividend payouts. The Company has never declared or paid any cash dividends on its common stock, and the Company does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
The Company estimated the fair value of common stock by comparing observable corporate transactions publicly disclosed which had similar attributes (subscriber base) to the Company, adjusting for debt, dilution, and marketability of common stock.
A summary of the Company’s stock options activity and related information is as follows:
| Weighted | Weighted average | |||||||||||
| Number of | Average Exercise | Remaining | ||||||||||
| Shares | Price | Contractual Term | ||||||||||
| Outstanding at December 31, 2013 | 1,696,481 | $ | 1.74 | 7.0 | ||||||||
| Granted | 30,000 | 1.15 | 10.0 | |||||||||
| Exercised | - | - | - | |||||||||
| Expired/Cancelled | (34,500 | ) | 1.19 | 8.1 | ||||||||
| Outstanding at December 31, 2014 | 1,691,981 | $ | 1.71 | 5.8 | ||||||||
| Granted | 191,751 | 1.14 | 10.0 | |||||||||
| Exercised | - | - | - | |||||||||
| Expired/Cancelled | (25,500 | ) | 1.05 | 8.8 | ||||||||
| Outstanding at December 31, 2015 | 1,858,232 | $ | 1.66 | 5.2 | ||||||||
| Exercisable at December 31, 2014 | 1,600,567 | $ | 1.75 | 5.8 | ||||||||
| Exercisable at December 31, 2015 | 1,731,830 | $ | 1.14 | 5.0 | ||||||||
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WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
As of December 31, 2015, there was approximately $36,500 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements granted to employees and directors under the Plan. That cost is expected to be recognized over the next four years as follows: 2016 - $31,000, 2017 - $3,000, 2018 - $2,000, and 2019 - $500.
During the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, stock option compensation was $19,948, and $12,432, respectively, and included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Warrants
The following is a table of warrant activity during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014:
| Weighted Average | ||||||||||||
| Weighted Average | Remaining | |||||||||||
| Number of Shares | Exercise Price | Contractual Term | ||||||||||
| Outstanding at December 31, 2013 | 336,087 | $ | 0.01 | 6.4 | ||||||||
| Granted | - | - | - | |||||||||
| Exercised | - | - | - | |||||||||
| Expired/Cancelled | (100,000 | ) | 0.01 | 5.1 | ||||||||
| Outstanding at December 31, 2014 | 236,087 | 0.01 | 5.8 | |||||||||
| Granted | 6,000 | 0.01 | 10.0 | |||||||||
| Exercised | - | - | - | |||||||||
| Expired/Cancelled | - | - | - | |||||||||
| Outstanding at December 31, 2015 | 242,087 | 1.66 | 4.9 | |||||||||
In 2014, 100,000 warrants were exercised for a total of $1,000 received. In 2015, 6,000 warrants were issued to related parties for compensation. The warrants were immediately vested and valued at $2,600 which is located in general and administrative expense within the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. The Company valued these warrants using the Black-Scholes pricing model with similar inputs as used in stock option disclosures above.
NOTE 8 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Related Party Advances
From time to time during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company received advances from related parties for short-term working capital. At December 31, 2015 and 2014, amounts outstanding under related party advances totaled $122,400 and $111,972, respectively, and are included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Such advances are considered short-term, non-interest bearing and are due on demand.
Convertible Debt
As disclosed in Note 5, the Company entered into various convertible debt agreements from 2013 to 2015. Such convertible debts included $792,500 to related parties, all of which was converted to Series A-1 Preferred Stock in 2015. Of these amounts $250,000 was received in 2013, $287,500 was received in 2014, and $255,000 was received in 2015. The balance outstanding as of December 31, 2014 was $537,500.
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WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Stock Options and Warrants
The Company issued 52,751 stock options and 6,000 warrants to related parties during 2015, see Note 7.
NOTE 9 – INCOME TAXES
The following table presents the current and deferred tax provision for federal and state income taxes for the years ended December 31 2015 and 2014:
| 2015 | 2014 | |||||||
| Current tax provision: | ||||||||
| Federal | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
| State | 1,912 | - | ||||||
| Total | 1,912 | |||||||
| Deferred tax provision: | ||||||||
| Federal | (8,114,000 | ) | (8,061,000 | ) | ||||
| State | (493,000 | ) | (484,000 | ) | ||||
| Total | (8,607,000 | ) | (8,545,000 | ) | ||||
| Valuation allowance | 8,607,000 | 8,545,000 | ||||||
| Total provision for income taxes | $ | 1,912 | $ | - | ||||
Reconciliations of the U.S. federal statutory rate to the actual tax rate are as follows for the period ended December 31:
| 2015 | 2014 | |||||||
| Federal tax benefit at statutory rate | 34.0 | % | 34.0 | % | ||||
| Permanent differences: | ||||||||
| State taxes, net of federal benefit | 4.0 | % | 4.0 | % | ||||
| Stock compensation | -4.5 | % | 2.3 | % | ||||
| Non-deductible entertainment | -1.5 | % | 0.8 | % | ||||
| Other permanent differences | -0.2 | % | 0.2 | % | ||||
| Temporary differences: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 13.5 | % | 5.7 | % | ||||
| Data costs | 100.2 | % | -74.3 | % | ||||
| Loss on cost investment | -50.4 | % | - | |||||
| Other | -83.6 | % | 10.8 | % | ||||
| Change in valuation allowance | -12.5 | % | 16.5 | % | ||||
| Total provision | -1.0 | % | 0.0 | % | ||||
F-19
WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The components of our deferred tax assets (liabilities) for federal and state income taxes consisted of the following as of December 31:
| Asset (Liability) | ||||||||
| 2015 | 2014 | |||||||
| Current: | ||||||||
| Accruals and other | $ | 114,000 | $ | 36,000 | ||||
| Noncurrent: | ||||||||
| Net operating loss carryforwards | 8,919,000 | 8,726,000 | ||||||
| Intangible assets and other | (424,000 | ) | (226,000 | ) | ||||
| Valuation allowance | (8,609,000 | ) | (8,546,000 | ) | ||||
| Net deferred tax asset | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
Based on federal tax returns filed, or to be filed, through December 31, 2015, we had available approximately $24,944,000 in U.S. tax net operating loss carryforwards, pursuant to the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which assesses the utilization of a Company’s net operating loss carryforwards resulting from retaining continuity of its business operations and changes within its ownership structure. Net operating loss carryforwards start to expire 2020 or 20 years for federal income and state tax reporting purposes. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 includes provisions which may limit the new operating loss carry forwards available for use in any given year if certain events occur, including significant changes in stock ownership.
The Company is subject to tax in the United States (“U.S.”) and files tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction and Georgia state jurisdiction. The Company is subject to U.S. Federal, state and local income tax examinations by tax authorities for all period starting in 2013. The Company currently is not under examination by any tax authority.
NOTE 10 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Subsequent to December 31, 2015, the Company issued bridge loans for $329,500, $269,500 from related parties. The loans bear interest at 10% per annum and a default rate of 13%, are due September 30, 2017 and are convertible into Series A-1 automatically upon default or maturity. The conversion price is one (1) share of Series A-1 for each $1.00 of outstanding debt. The bridge loans include an aggregate amount of 65,900 warrants, exercisable at $0.01 per share, a 10-year life.
Subsequent to year end, the Company issued 88,300 warrants to related parties as compensation. The warrants have a 10-year life, exercisable at $0.01 and have a ten-year life.
In July 2016, the Board of Directors approved, subject to stockholder approval and filing with the State of Delaware, the increase of common shares from 11,703,822 to 11,800,000 and the increase of Series A-1 Preferred Stock from 4,411,628 to 4,956,142
The Company has evaluated subsequent events that occurred after December 31, 2015 through September 30, 2016, the issuance date of these consolidated financial statements. There have been no other events or transactions during this time which would have a material effect on these consolidated financial statements.
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WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF JUNE 30, 2016 AND DECEMBER 31, 2015
(unaudited)
| June 30, 2016 | December 31, 2015 | |||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | 58,288 | $ | 92,379 | ||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 85,994 | 97,508 | ||||||
| Deferred offering costs | 12,825 | - | ||||||
| Other current assets | 81,108 | 54,817 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 238,215 | 244,704 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 3,376 | 4,126 | ||||||
| Intangible assets, net | 2,437,990 | 2,257,529 | ||||||
| Other assets | 11,532 | 24,842 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 2,691,113 | $ | 2,531,201 | ||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 434,275 | $ | 276,968 | ||||
| Accrued liabilities | 13,875 | 10,713 | ||||||
| Deferred revenue | 283,633 | 204,331 | ||||||
| Related party advances | 114,833 | 122,400 | ||||||
| Note payable - current | 94,236 | 97,236 | ||||||
| Line of credit | 175,000 | - | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 1,115,852 | 711,648 | ||||||
| Line of credit | - | 150,000 | ||||||
| Note payable - long term, net of current portion | 387,169 | 428,511 | ||||||
| Convertible debt - related parties, net of discount | 96,185 | - | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 1,599,206 | 1,290,159 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 5) | - | - | ||||||
| Stockholders' Equity: | ||||||||
| Preferred Series A, $0.001 par value 884,550 shares authorized, 884,550 issued and outstanding at June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively | 808,399 | 808,399 | ||||||
| Preferred Series A-1, $0.001 par value 4,411,628 shares authorized, 4,385,141 issued and outstanding at June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively | 15,226,755 | 15,226,755 | ||||||
| Common stock, $0.001 par value, 11,703,822 shares authorized; 3,204,024 and 3,150,237 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively | 3,204 | 3,150 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 1,130,335 | 1,075,222 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (16,076,786 | ) | (15,872,484 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders' equity | 1,091,907 | 1,241,042 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 2,691,113 | $ | 2,531,201 | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
| F-21 |
WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2016 AND 2015
(unaudited)
| June 30, 2016 | June 30, 2015 | |||||||
| Revenues | $ | 1,404,097 | $ | 1,437,172 | ||||
| Cost of revenues | 506,201 | 433,398 | ||||||
| Gross profit | 897,896 | 1,003,774 | ||||||
| Operating Expenses: | ||||||||
| General and administrative | 561,894 | 566,078 | ||||||
| Sales and marketing | 284,338 | 211,206 | ||||||
| Research and development | 224,960 | 197,815 | ||||||
| Total operating expenses | 1,071,192 | 975,099 | ||||||
| Operating income | (173,296 | ) | 28,675 | |||||
| Other (income) expense : | ||||||||
| Interest expense | 31,006 | 56,415 | ||||||
| Other income | - | (58,846 | ) | |||||
| Total other (income) expense | 31,006 | (2,431 | ) | |||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (204,302 | ) | $ | 31,106 | |||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
| F-22 |
WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS CASH FLOWS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2016 AND 2015
(unaudited)
| June 30, 2016 | June 30, 2015 | |||||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (204,302 | ) | $ | 31,106 | |||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Depreciation | 750 | 9,043 | ||||||
| Amortization | 131,339 | 108,437 | ||||||
| Allowance for doubtful accounts | 13,493 | - | ||||||
| Amortization of debt discount | 480 | - | ||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 45,834 | 12,574 | ||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | (1,979 | ) | (11,084 | ) | ||||
| Other current assets | (26,291 | ) | (42,673 | ) | ||||
| Accounts payable | 157,307 | 93,116 | ||||||
| Accrued liabilities | 3,162 | 25,230 | ||||||
| Deferred revenue | 79,302 | 43,051 | ||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 199,095 | 268,800 | ||||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
| Amount paid for investment | - | (125,000 | ) | |||||
| Deposits and other | 13,310 | - | ||||||
| Purchase of intangible assets | (311,800 | ) | (241,002 | ) | ||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (298,490 | ) | (366,002 | ) | ||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
| Repayment on related party advances, net | (7,029 | ) | (40,755 | ) | ||||
| Deferred offering costs | (12,825 | ) | - | |||||
| Proceeds (repayment) from line of credit, net | 25,000 | (108,007 | ) | |||||
| Repayments of notes payable | (44,342 | ) | (38,989 | ) | ||||
| Proceeds from convertible debt | - | 45,000 | ||||||
| Proceeds from convertible debt - related parties | 104,500 | 205,000 | ||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 65,304 | 62,249 | ||||||
| Decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (34,091 | ) | (34,953 | ) | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year | 92,379 | 76,366 | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | 58,288 | $ | 41,413 | ||||
| Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: | ||||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | 31,006 | $ | 37,837 | ||||
| Cash paid for income taxes | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
| Non cash investing and financing activities: | ||||||||
| Relative fair value of warrants issued with convertible debt | $ | 8,795 | $ | - | ||||
| Investment purchased with note payable | $ | - | $ | 125,000 | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
| F-23 |
WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
NOTE 1 – NATURE OF OPERATIONS
WorthPoint Corporation was incorporated on January 16, 2007 (“Inception”) in the State of Delaware. The Company’s headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia. The Company has developed a suite of online and mobile offerings consisting of a database for researching and valuing antiques, art and collectibles, a detailed catalog of Maker's Marks and other identifying indicators, as well as access to a library of reference books and price guides from leading publishers in a wide range of antiques and collecting categories. The consolidated financial statements of WorthPoint Corporation and subsidiaries (which may be referred to as "WorthPoint," the "Company," "we," "us," or "our") are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).
NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of WorthPoint have been prepared in accordance with Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) for interim financial information and in accordance with Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X per Regulation A requirements. Certain information and disclosures normally included in the annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation, have been included. These interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited annual financial statements of the Company for the six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. The results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year.
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of WorthPoint Corporation and Subsidiaries, WorthPoint (Ireland) Limited, WPGA Holding Corp, and GoAntiques, Inc. its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from these estimates. Significant estimates include, but are not limited to, recoverability of property and equipment and long-lived assets, valuation of stock options, and the valuation allowance related to deferred tax assets. It is reasonably possible that changes in estimates will occur in the near term.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and are non-interest-bearing. Accounts receivable primarily consists of credit card charges processed by the Company’s credit card processors but not yet deposited into a Company bank account and receivables related to display services for which payment terms are provided. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts to reserve for potential uncollectible receivables. The allowance for doubtful accounts was $13,493 and zero as of June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
Content Databases
Content databases consists of a database for researching valuing antiques, art and collectibles, a detailed catalog of Maker's Marks and other identifying indicators, as well as access to a library of reference books and price guides from leading publishers that the Company has accumulated in its databases. These records have been digitized and indexed to allow subscribers to search and view the content online and include the costs to acquire or license the historical records, costs incurred by Company employees or by third parties to scan, key and index the content and the fair value allocated to content databases in business acquisitions. The Company generally amortizes content databases on a straight-line basis over 10 years after the content acquired. The amortization expense associated with content databases is included in cost of subscription revenues in the consolidated statements of operations.
| F-24 |
WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
Investment in Securities
The Company’s investments consisting of preferred shares of non-controlled entities are accounted for on the cost basis.
In May 2015, the Company entered into an agreement to purchase 2,500,000 preferred shares in Search Find Sell, Inc. (“SFS”), which represented a 25% stake on a fully diluted basis, for $75,000 in cash and $175,000 in the form of a short term note. The Company determined that the cost investment method was appropriate as management has been unable to excerpt significant influence over SFS from the time of the investment and the shareholders of SFS is concentrated to a large degree which nullifies the Company’s influence over SFS. Since the time at which the investment has made, SFS has not succeeded in its business plan and requires significant capital to continue to operate. The Company determined that there is an other than temporary impairment of the investment and accordingly, the full value of the investment was deemed impaired as of December 31, 2015. As of June 30, 2015, the Company maintained the full value of the investment and owed $125,000 under the short term note.
Preferred Stock
ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, includes standards for how an issuer of equity (including equity shares issued by consolidated entities) classifies and measures on its balance sheet certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity.
Management is required to determine the presentation for the preferred stock as a result of the redemption and conversion provisions, among other provisions in the agreement. Specifically, management is required to determine whether the embedded conversion feature in the preferred stock is clearly and closely related to the host instrument, and whether the bifurcation of the conversion feature is required and whether the conversion feature should be accounted for as a derivative instrument. If the host instrument and conversion feature are determined to be clearly and closely related (both more akin to equity), derivative liability accounting under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, is not required. Management determined that the host contract of the preferred stock is more akin to equity, and accordingly, derivative liability accounting is not required by the Company. In addition, the Company has presented preferred stock within stockholders' equity.
Costs incurred directly for the issuance of the preferred stock are recorded as a reduction of gross proceeds received by the Company, resulting in a discount to the preferred stock. The discount is amortized to the accumulated deficit, due to the absence of additional paid-in capital, over the period to redemption using the effective interest method of accounting.
Dividends which are required to be paid upon redemption are accrued and recorded within preferred stock and accumulated deficit.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue related to sales of subscriptions, products and services when (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered to the customer, (iii) the fee is fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectability is reasonably assured.
Subscription revenues are derived by providing access to the Company’s technologies and content on its websites. Subscription fees are collected primarily from credit cards through the Company’s websites at the beginning of the subscription period. Subscription revenues are recognized ratably over the subscription period, ranging from one month to one year, net of estimated cancellations. Subscription revenues are not allocated to any free-trial periods the Company may offer. Amounts received from subscribers for which the performance obligations have not been fulfilled are recorded in deferred revenue. As of June 30, 2016 and 2015, deferred revenue recorded on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets related 100% to subscriptions.
| F-25 |
WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
The Company's display revenue is generated from the display of graphical, non-graphical, and video advertisements on the Company's websites. The revenue is recorded when the impression is delivered. Arrangements for these services generally have terms ranging from 30 to 60. Display revenue represents less than 5% of the Company's total revenues.
The Company maintains an allowance for future subscription cancellations and returns based on historical trends and data specific to each reporting period. The historical cancellation and returns rates are applied to the current period’s revenues as a basis for estimating future returns. Actual customer subscription cancellations and returns are charged against this allowance or against deferred revenue to the extent that revenue has not yet been recognized.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of subscription revenues consists of amortization of content databases, web server operating costs, credit card processing fees, personnel-related costs of web support, and outside service costs for website content.
Stock Based Compensation
The Company accounts for stock options issued to employees under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 718 “Share-Based Payment”. Under ASC 718, share-based compensation cost to employees is measured at the grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award, and is recognized as expense over the employee’s requisite vesting period. The fair value of each stock option or warrant award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option valuation model.
The Company measures compensation expense for its non-employee stock-based compensation under ASC 505 Equity. The fair value of the option issued or committed to be issued is used to measure the transaction, as this is more reliable than the fair value of the services received. The fair value is measured at the value of the Company’s common stock on the date that the commitment for performance by the counterparty has been reached or the counterparty’s performance is complete. The fair value of the equity instrument is charged directly to stock-based compensation expense and credited to additional paid-in capital.
Concentration of Credit Risk
The Company maintains its cash with a major financial institution located in the United States of America which it believes to be credit worthy. Balances are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $250,000. At times, the Company maintains balances in excess of the federally insured limits.
The Company has three and two vendors as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 that in aggregate make up 55% and 39% of accounts payable, respectively. The company purchases over 95% of its content, content related services and data from these vendors. The loss of any of these vendors would have a significant impact on the Company’s operations.
Risks and Uncertainties
The Company’s operations are subject to new innovations in product design and function. Significant technical changes can have an adverse effect on product lives. Design and development of new products are important elements to achieve and maintain profitability in the industry segment.
| F-26 |
WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The FASB Board issues ASU’s to amend the authoritative literature in ASC. There have been a number of ASUs to date that amend the original text of ASC. The Company believes those issued to date either (i) provide supplemental guidance, (ii) are technical corrections, (iii) are not applicable to the Company or (iv) are not expected to have a significant impact on the Company.
NOTE 3 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible assets subject to amortization consisted of the following at June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015:
| June 30, 2016 | December 31, 2015 | |||||||
| Content database | $ | 3,006,258 | $ | 2,694,458 | ||||
| Accumulated amortization | (653,784 | ) | (522,445 | ) | ||||
| $ | 2,352,474 | $ | 2,172,013 | |||||
Amortization expense for the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 was $ 131,339 and $108,437, respectively.
Intangible assets not subject to amortization consisted of the following at June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015:
| June 30, 2016 | December 31, 2015 | |||||||
| Antiques library | $ | 85,516 | $ | 85,516 | ||||
In May 2015, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement with a third party for the sale of the Company’s intangible assets held within its wholly owned subsidiary GoAntiques, which included intangible assets with a carrying value totaling $151,886 for cash consideration of the same amount; accordingly, no gain or loss was recorded on the sale of assets. The Company determined that the assets sold constituted a similar line of business and accordingly, the need for discontinued operation presentation was not required.
NOTE 4 – DEBTS
Bridge Financing
Starting in May 2016, the Company raised convertible bridge financing (“Bridge Notes”) to fund operations and the Company’s capital raising efforts. As of June 30, 2016, $104,500 was raised with an additional $325,000 raised subsequent to such date. The Bridge Notes bear interest at 10% per annum with a default rate of 13%, and are due on September 30, 2017. The Bridge Notes shall automatically convert into the Series A-1 Preferred Stock of the Company upon the later of one day after the expiration of the pre-emptive rights granted to certain of the Company’s stockholders pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Third Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement by and among the Company and purchasers of its preferred stock, and the maturity date of September 30, 2017.
For every $1,000 in Bridge Note, the holder receives 200 warrants to purchase common stock. The warrants were immediately vested, have a ten-year term, and an exercise price of $0.01. The Company calculated the relative fair value of the warrants issued with the Bridge Notes using a Black-Scholes pricing model with similar input as outlined in Note 6 related to warrants issued for compensation. The relative fair valued, $8,795 was recorded as a discount to the note, with the discount being accreted up over the life of the note to interest expense using the straight line method due to the short term nature of the notes. Accretion of the Bridge Note discount was $480 during the six months ended June 30, 2016. As of June 30, 2016, $8,315 remains to be accreted through September 30, 2017.
In connection with this offering, the Company has capitalized $12,825 in costs directly related to the offering which will be netted with the funds raised in the offering or expensed if the offering is unsuccessful.
| F-27 |
WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
Line of Credit
On April 26, 2010, the Company entered into a line of credit agreement with a financial institution. The credit facility under the agreement consisted of a $50,000 revolving loan. The line of credit is collateralized by substantially all assets of the Company and personally guaranteed by certain stockholders. On October 24, 2014, the line of credit ceiling was raised to $150,000. In March 2016, the credit ceiling was raised to $200,000. The line of credit bears interest at the Wall Street Journal’s prime rate (3.50% at June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015) plus 1.75% per annum with a 5.75% floor, payable monthly, and expires on February 28, 2017. As of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, $175,000 and $150,000, was due under the line of credit with $25,000 and zero of credit remaining available, respectively.
Term Loans
In June 2011, the Company purchased an antique catalog library from a third party for $100,000. Half of the purchase price was through the issuance of a note payable of $50,000 due in annual installments of $16,667 through April 2014 and bears no interest. As of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the balance outstanding was $11,167 and $14,167, respectively.
The Company entered into a $823,000 term loan with a financial institution in April 29, 2011 to fund operations. The loan is collateralized by substantially all of the Company’s assets and personally guaranteed by certain stockholders. The loan bears interest at Wall Street Journal’s prime rate (3.50% at June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015) plus 2.75% per annum, matures on May 1, 2021 and is payable in 120 monthly installments. The monthly payment amount for 2015 was $9,238 and $9,421 beginning February 1, 2016. As of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, $470,236 and $511,580 is due under this loan, respectively.
Convertible Debt
From September 2013 to July 2015, the Company entered into convertible debt agreements totaling $837,500 convertible into Series A-1 Preferred stock at the sole discretion of the Company. The notes bore interest at a rate of 18% per annum if paid repaid in cash or 10% per annum if converted into equity, and compounded quarterly. The notes were due on the second anniversary of each note agreement. In July 2015, the notes were converted to Series A-1 Preferred Stock. The conversion price was set by the Board of Directors at $3.50 per share and the convertible debt was converted into 265,701 shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock in full per the terms of the agreements. See Note 7 for related party portion of this debt.
Interest expense recognized for the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 was $31,006 and $56,415, respectively.
NOTE 5 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Lease
On December 2, 2015, the Company entered into a lease agreement for its corporate office in Atlanta, GA. The lease is for 63 months with lease payments ranging from $8,912 to $10,332. The lease commenced January 1, 2016 and the Company received three months of free rent for the first three months of occupancy.
Prior to the new lease, the Company leased space for its operations in Atlanta, GA commencing in February 2012. The Company’s lease is for 66 months with lease payments ranging from $5,986 to $6,941. In August 2012, the Company expanded this lease for the storage space. The expansion lease commenced in January 2013 was for 56 months and included monthly rent ranging from $1,280 to $1,484. As of December 31, 2015, the Company terminated this lease with full release of the ongoing obligation. There are no additional future payments in relation to this lease and no future liability.
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WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
The Company has also entered into a lease agreement in December 2015 for offsite storage in Atlanta, GA. The lease is for 39 months with lease payments from $1,620 to $1,770. The lease commenced on December 12, 2015.
Rent expense for the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 was $61,038 and $47,121, respectively.
License and Service Agreement
The Company enters into various third party licensing, maintenance, and service agreements for infrastructure, data maintenance and content data related to the Company’s primary services. Under current agreements total fixed commitments are approximately $60,000 per month for the next three years. These agreements vary in length from month-to-month to eight years. Agreements generally provide for a right of cancellation by the Company or the vendor, with appropriate notice, and in certain instances, may be subject to early termination penalty provisions; however, none have been incurred to date.
NOTE 6 – STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Preferred Stock
We have authorized the issuance of 5,296,178 shares of our preferred stock, each share having a par value of $0.001. Of these shares, 884,550 have been designated Series A Preferred “Series A” and 4,411,628 have been designated Series A-1 Preferred “Series A-1.”
Upon the occurrence of any Liquidation Event (as defined in Subsection 2(e)(i) of the Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets of the Corporation to the holders of Common Stock or any other security ranking junior in priority to the Preferred Stock by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount for each share of Series A Preferred Stock then held by them equal to the Original Purchase Price for such Series A Preferred Stock, plus an amount equal to any declared but unpaid dividends.
Upon the occurrence of any Liquidation Event the holders of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive on a pari passu basis, prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets of the Corporation to the holders of Common Stock or any other security ranking junior in priority to the Series A-1 Preferred Stock by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount for each share of Series A-1 Preferred Stock then held by them equal to the Original Purchase Price for such Series A-1 Preferred Stock, plus an amount equal to any declared but unpaid dividends
If upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event, the assets and funds thus distributed among the holders of the Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to permit the payment to such holders of the full Preferred Liquidation Amount, then the entire assets and funds of the Corporation legally available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among the holders of the Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 2 of the Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and in proportion to the relative preferential amounts that each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive.
After payment to the holders of the Preferred Stock of the amounts set forth in Subsection 2(a) and 2(b) of Article IV(B) of the Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, (x) the holders of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall receive one-half of the amount they would be entitled to receive if any additional remaining assets were to be distributed ratably to the holders of the Common Stock and Preferred Stock (the “Series A-1 Participation”), and (y) after payment of the Series A-1 Participation the holders of Common Stock and the Series A Preferred Stock shall share in any additional remaining assets pro rata.
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WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
During the year ended December 31, 2015, 265,701 shares of Series A-1 were issued for the conversion of convertible debt. See Note 4.
Common Stock
We have authorized the issuance of 11,703,822 shares of our common stock, each share having a par value of $0.001.
Stock Options
During 2007, the Company adopted the WorthPoint, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan provides for the grant of equity awards to our directors, employees, and certain key consultants, including stock options and restricted stock units to purchase shares of our common stock. Up to 2,300,000 shares of our common stock may be issued pursuant to awards granted under the Plan, subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits and other similar events. As of June 30, 2016, 441,768 shares of common stock remain issuable under the Plan. The Plan is administered by our Board of Directors, and expires ten years after adoption, unless terminated earlier by the Board of Directors.
No stock options were issued during the six months ended June 30, 2016.
During the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, stock option compensation was $5,334, and $9,974, respectively, and included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Warrants
During the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Company issued 88,300 warrants to related parties for compensation. The warrants had an exercise price of $0.01, vested immediately, and have a ten-year life. The Company valued the warrants using the Black-Scholes pricing model using the above information as inputs, volatility of 50%, a risk-free rate based on a ten-year treasury, and zero dividend rate. The warrants were valued at $40,500. As of June 30, 2016, 287,500 warrants are outstanding. Stock-based compensation for warrants was $40,500 and $2,600 for the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and included in general and administrative expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.
During the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Company's Chief Executive Officer exercised 53,787 warrants at $0.01 per common share.
NOTE 7 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Related Party Advances
From time to time during the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, the Company received advances from related parties for short-term working capital. At June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, amounts outstanding under related party advances totaled $114,833 and $122,400, respectively, and are included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Such advances are considered short-term, non-interest bearing and are due on demand.
Bridge Notes
During the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Company raised $104,500 from the Company Chief Executive officer. Including subsequent events, a total of $429,500 has been raised, of which $369,500 is to related parties with related warrants of 73,900. See Note 4 and 8 for terms and subsequent events.
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WORTHPOINT CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
Convertible Debt
As disclosed in Note 4, the Company entered into various convertible debt agreements from 2013 to 2015. Such convertible debts included $792,500 to related parties, all of which was converted to Series A-1 in the second half of 2015. Of these amounts $250,000 was received in 2013, $287,500 was received in 2014, and $255,000 was received in 2015.
Warrants
During the six months ended June 30, 2016 the Company issued 99,200 warrants to related parties, see Notes 4 and 6. See Note 6 for warrants exercised by our Chief Executive Officer.
NOTE 8 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Subsequent to June 30, 2016, the Company raised an additional $325,000 in Bridge Notes and 65,000 in associated warrants, see Note 4 for terms.
The Company has evaluated subsequent events that occurred after June 30, 2016 through November 9, 2016, the issuance date of these consolidated financial statements. There have been no other events or transactions during this time which would have a material effect on these consolidated financial statements.
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PART III
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
2.1.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation**
2.1.2 Form of Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation**
2.2 Bylaws**
3 Third Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement**
4.1 Form of Subscription Agreement**
4.2 Form of Amendment to Solicitation Agreement
6.1 Credit Facility with Access National Bank**
6.2 2007 Equity Incentive Plan**
6.3 Solicitation Agreement with North Capital Private Securities Corporation**
8 Form of Escrow Agreement with The Bryn Mawr Trust Company of Delaware
11 Independent Auditor’s Consent
12. Opinion of KHLK LLP**
13 “Testing the waters” materials**
** Previously filed
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, the issuer certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 1-A and has duly caused this Offering Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on January 17, 2017.
| WORTHPOINT CORPORATION | |
| By | /s/ William Seippel |
| William Seippel, Chief Executive Officer | |
| WorthPoint Corporation | |
The following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated have signed this Offering Statement.
| /s/ William Seippel | |
| William Seippel, Chief Executive Officer, Director | |
| Date: | January 17, 2017 |
| /s/ John Hale | |
| John Hale, Senior Vice President of Finance, principal accounting officer | |
| Date: | January 17, 2017 |
| /s/ William N. McAtee | |
| William N. McAtee, Director | |
| Date: | January 17, 2017 |
| /s/ Roger Ogden | |
| Roger Ogden, Director | |
| Date: | January 17, 2017
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| /s/ Peter Schleider | |
| Peter Schleider, Director | |
| Date: | January 17, 2017 |
| /s/ James Sturgill | |
| James Sturgill, Director | |
| Date: | January 17, 2017
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| /s/ Michael Wharton | |
| Michael Wharton, Director | |
| Date: | January 17, 2017 |
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Exhibit 4.2
AMENDMENT TO SOLICITATION AGREEMENT
This Amendment to the Solicitation Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of ____________ by North Capital Private Securities Corporation (“NCPS”) and WorthPoint Corporation (the “Issuer). NCPS and the Issuer are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.
WHEREAS:
A. The Parties heretofore entered into that certain Solicitation Agreement dated as of September 13, 2016 (the “Solicitation Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meaning set forth in the Solicitation Agreement.
B. Section 5(i) of the Solicitation Agreement set the Issuer to pay a retainer of $5,000 to cover due diligence fees and legal fees. The Agreement also stipulates that the $5,000 will be applied against the transaction fees upon a successful closing. Finally, the Agreement does not contain Transmittal of Funds Procedures.
C. The Parties desire to amend the Solicitation Agreement and set the retainer to only cover a reasonable advance against out-of-pocket accountable expenses actually anticipated to be incurred by NCPS and related persons such as regulatory filling, due diligence expenses and legal expenses. Furthermore, the Parties desire to amend the Solicitation Agreement to remove application of the $5,000 against the transaction fees upon a successful closing and instead reimburse the funds to the Issuer to the extent the expenses are not actually incurred. Finally, the Parties wish to accept the Transmittal of Funds Procedures located in Exhibit A of this amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
| 1. | Amendment. The retainer of $5,000 is hereby amended to only cover a reasonable advance against out-of-pocket accountable expenses actually anticipated to be incurred by NCPS and related persons such as regulatory filling and legal expenses. Furthermore, the retainer will be reimbursed to the Issuer to the extent the expenses are not actually incurred. Finally, the Transmittal of Funds Procedures located in Exhibit A of this amendment are hereby adopted. This Amendment may be executed by the Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof each signed by less than all, but together signed by the Parties. |
[Signature Pages Follow]
Company: WorthPoint Corporation
By:
Name: Will Seippel
Title: CEO
North Capital Private Securities Corporation
By:
Name: James P. Dowd
Title: CEO & Managing Director
Exhibit A
Transmittal of Funds for Deposit Into the Escrow Account
The Selected Dealer agrees that it is bound by the terms of the Escrow Agreement executed by North Capital Private Securities and WorthPoint Corporation.
Until the contingency is met, Selected Dealers shall promptly, upon receipt of any and all checks, drafts, and money orders received from prospective purchasers of the shares/units, deliver same to the Escrow Agent for deposit in the Escrow Account by noon of the next business day following the receipt, together with a written account of each purchaser which sets forth, among other things, the name and address of the purchaser, the number of securities purchased and the amount paid therefor. Any checks received which are made payable to any party other than the Escrow Agent, shall be returned to the purchaser who submitted the check and not accepted. ACH transfers or wires should be sent directly to the Escrow Agent.
The delivery instructions are as follows:
ACH Instructions:
Institution: The Bryn Mawr Trust Company
ABA: 031908485
A/C: Trust Funds 069-6964
ACCT: BMTC DE / WorthPoint Corporation
Wire Instructions:
Institution: The Bryn Mawr Trust Company
ABA: 031908485
A/C: Trust Funds 069-6964
ACCT: BMTC DE / WorthPoint Corporation
Check Instructions:
WorthPoint Corporation
c/o The Bryn Mawr Trust Company of Delaware
20 Montchanin Road, Suite 100
Greenville, DE 19807
*Please include a clear reference on the check to the WorthPoint Corporation Escrow
Exhibit 8
ESCROW AGREEMENT
FOR
CONTINGENT SECURITIES OFFERING
THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT, dated as of _________________ (“Escrow Agreement”), is by and between North Capital Private Securities Corp., a Delaware Corporation (“NCPS”); ___________________________, a ____________________ (“Issuer”); and The Bryn Mawr Trust Company of Delaware (“BMTC DE”), a Delaware trust company, as Escrow Agent hereunder (“Escrow Agent”).
SUMMARY
A. Issuer has engaged NCPS to offer for sale on its affiliated intermediary platform up to$ ________________________ of securities (the “Securities”) on a “best efforts” basis, pursuant to an offering document or registration statement.
B. In accordance with the Offering Document, subscribers to the Shares (the “Subscribers” and individually, a “Subscriber”) will be required to submit full payment for their respective investments at the time they enter into subscription agreements.
C. In accordance with the Offering Document, all payments in connection with subscriptions for Shares shall be sent directly to the Escrow Agent, and Escrow Agent has agreed to accept, hold, and disburse such funds deposited with it thereon in accordance with the terms of this Escrow Agreement.
D. In order to establish the escrow of funds and to effect the provisions of the Offering Document, the parties hereto have entered into this Escrow Agreement.
STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, for themselves, their successors and assigns, hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined above, the following terms shall have the following meanings when used herein:
“Business Days” shall mean days when banks are open for business in the State of Delaware.
“Cash Investment” shall mean the number of Shares to be purchased by any Subscriber multiplied by the offering price per Share as set forth in the Offering Document.
“Cash Investment Instrument” shall mean a check, money order or similar instrument, made payable to or endorsed to Escrow Agent in the manner described in Section 3(c) hereof, in full payment for the Shares to be purchased by any Subscriber.
“Escrow Funds” shall mean the funds deposited with the Escrow Agent pursuant to this Escrow Agreement.
“Expiration Date” means the date so designated on Exhibit A.
“Minimum Offering” shall mean the number Shares so designated on Exhibit A hereto.
“Minimum Offering Notice” shall mean a written notification, signed by NCPS, pursuant to which the NCPS shall represent (1) that subscriptions for the Minimum Offering have been received, (2) that, to the best of NCPS's knowledge after due inquiry and review of its records, Cash Investment Instruments in full payment for that number of Shares equal to or greater than the Minimum Offering have been received, deposited with and collected by Escrow Agent, (3) and that such subscriptions have not been withdrawn, rejected or otherwise terminated, and (4) that the Subscribers have no statutory or regulatory rights of rescission without cause or all such rights have expired.
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“Subscription Accounting” shall mean an accounting of all subscriptions for Shares received and accepted by NCPS as of the date of such accounting, indicating for each subscription the Subscriber’s name, social security number and address, the number and total purchase price of subscribed Securities, the date of receipt by NCPS of the Cash Investment Instrument, and notations of any nonpayment of the Cash Investment Instrument submitted with such subscription, any withdrawal of such subscription by the Subscriber, any rejection of such subscription by NCPS, or other termination, for whatever reason, of such subscription.
2. Appointment of and Acceptance by Escrow Agent. Issuer and NCPS hereby appoint Escrow Agent to serve as escrow agent hereunder, and Escrow Agent hereby accepts such appointment in accordance with the terms of this Escrow Agreement.
3. Deposits into Escrow.
a. All Cash Investment Instruments shall be delivered directly to the Escrow Agent for deposit into the Escrow Account described on Exhibit A hereto. Each such deposit shall be accompanied by the following documents:
(1) a report containing such Subscriber’s name, social security number or taxpayer identification number, address and other information required for withholding purposes;
(2) a Subscription Accounting; and
(3) instructions regarding the investment of such deposited funds in accordance with Section 6 hereof.
ALL FUNDS SO DEPOSITED SHALL REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THE SUBSCRIBERS ACCORDING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE INTERESTS AND SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY LIEN OR CHARGE BY ESCROW AGENT OR BY JUDGMENT OR CREDITORS' CLAIMS AGAINST ISSUER UNTIL RELEASED OR ELIGIBLE TO BE RELEASED TO ISSUER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 4(a) HEREOF.
b. NCPS and Issuer understand and agree that all Cash Investment Instruments received by Escrow Agent hereunder are subject to collection requirements of presentment and final payment, and that the funds represented thereby cannot be drawn upon or disbursed until such time as final payment has been made and is no longer subject to dishonor. Upon receipt, Escrow Agent shall process each Cash Investment Instrument for collection, and the proceeds thereof shall be held as part of the Escrow Funds until disbursed in accordance with Section 4 hereof. If, upon presentment for payment, any Cash Investment Instrument is dishonored, Escrow Agent’s sole obligation shall be to notify NCPS of such dishonor and to return such Cash Investment Instrument to NCPS. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if for any reason any Cash Investment Instrument is uncollectible after payment or disbursement of the funds represented thereby has been made by Escrow Agent, Issuer shall immediately reimburse Escrow Agent upon receipt from Escrow Agent of written notice thereof.
Upon receipt of any Cash Investment Instrument that represents payment of an amount less than or greater than the Cash Investment, Escrow Agent's sole obligation shall be to notify Issuer and NCPS of such fact and to return such Cash Investment Instrument to NCPS.
c. All Cash Investment Instruments shall be made payable to the order of, or endorsed to the order of, “BMTC DE / ____________________-Escrow Account,” and Escrow Agent shall not be obligated to accept, or present for payment, any Cash Investment Instrument that is not payable or endorsed in that manner.
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4. Disbursements of Escrow Funds.
a. Completion of Minimum Offering. Subject to the provisions of Section 10 hereof, Escrow Agent shall pay to Issuer the liquidated value of the Escrow Funds, by Automated Clearing House (“ACH”), no later than one (1) business day following receipt of the following documents:
| (1) | A Minimum Offering Notice; |
| (2) | Subscription Accounting Spreadsheet substantiating the sale of the Minimum Offering and maintained by the sponsor; |
| (3) | Instruction Letter (as defined below); and |
| (4) | Such other certificates, notices or other documents as Escrow Agent shall reasonably require. |
The Escrow Agent shall disburse the Escrow Funds by ACH from the Escrow Account in accordance with joint written instructions signed by both the Issuer and the NCPS as to the disbursement of such funds (the “Instruction Letter”) in accordance with this Section 4(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Escrow Agent shall not be obligated to disburse the Escrow Funds to Issuer if Escrow Agent has reason to believe that (a) Cash Investment Instruments in full payment for that number of Securities equal to or greater than the Minimum Offering have not been received, deposited with and collected by the Escrow Agent, or (b) any of the certifications and opinions set forth in the Minimum Offering Notice are incorrect or incomplete.
After the initial disbursement of Escrow Funds to Issuer pursuant to this Section 4(a), Escrow Agent shall pay to Issuer any additional funds received with respect to the Securities, by ACH, no later than one (1) business day after receipt.
It is understood that any ACH transaction must comply with U. S. laws and NACHA rules. However, BMTC DE is not responsible for errors in the completion, accuracy, or timeliness of any transfer properly initiated by BMTC DE in accordance with joint written instructions occasioned by the acts or omissions of any third party financial institution or a party to the transaction, or the insufficiency or lack of availability of your funds on deposit in an external account.
b. Rejection of Any Subscription or Termination of the Offering. No later than three (3) business days after receipt by Escrow Agent of written notice (i) from Issuer that the Issuer intends to reject a Subscriber’s subscription, (ii) from Issuer or NCPS that there will be no closing of the sale of Securities to Subscribers, (iii) from any federal or state regulatory authority that any application by Issuer to conduct a banking business has been denied, or (iv) from the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal or state regulatory authority that a stop or similar order has been issued with respect to the Offering Document and has remained in effect for at least twenty (20) days, Escrow Agent shall pay to the applicable Subscriber(s), by ACH , the amount of the Cash Investment paid by each Subscriber.
c. Expiration of Offering Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if Escrow Agent shall not have received a Minimum Offering Notice on or before the Expiration Date, Escrow Agent shall, within three (3) business days after such Expiration Date and without any further instruction or direction from NCPS or Issuer, return to each Subscriber, by ACH, the Cash Investment made by such Subscriber.
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5. Suspension of Performance or Disbursement Into Court. If, at any time, (i) there shall exist any dispute between NCPS, Issuer, Escrow Agent, any Subscriber or any other person with respect to the holding or disposition of all or any portion of the Escrow Funds or any other obligations of Escrow Agent hereunder, or (ii) if at any time Escrow Agent is unable to determine, to Escrow Agent’s reasonable satisfaction, the proper disposition of all or any portion of the Escrow Funds or Escrow Agent’s proper actions with respect to its obligations hereunder, or (iii) if NCPS and Issuer have not within 30 days of the furnishing by Escrow Agent of a notice of resignation pursuant to Section 7 hereof appointed a successor Escrow Agent to act hereunder, then Escrow Agent may, in its reasonable discretion, take either or both of the following actions:
a. suspend the performance of any of its obligations (including without limitation any disbursement obligations) under this Escrow Agreement until such dispute or uncertainty shall be resolved to the sole satisfaction of Escrow Agent or until a successor Escrow Agent shall have been appointed (as the case may be).
b. petition (by means of an interpleader action or any other appropriate method) any court of competent jurisdiction in any venue convenient to Escrow Agent, for instructions with respect to such dispute or uncertainty, and to the extent required or permitted by law, pay into such court all funds held by it in the Escrow Funds for holding and disposition in accordance with the instructions of such court.
Escrow Agent shall have no liability to NCPS, Issuer, any Subscriber or any other person with respect to any such suspension of performance or disbursement into court, specifically including any liability or claimed liability that may arise, or be alleged to have arisen, out of or as a result of any delay in the disbursement of the Escrow Funds or any delay in or with respect to any other action required or requested of Escrow Agent.
6. Investment of Funds. Escrow Agent will not commingle Escrow Funds received by it in escrow with funds of others and shall not invest such Escrow Funds. The Escrow Funds will be held in a non-interest bearing account.
7. Resignation of Escrow Agent. Escrow Agent may resign and be discharged from the performance of its duties hereunder at any time by giving ten (10) days prior written notice to the NCPS and the Issuer specifying a date when such resignation shall take effect. Upon any such notice of resignation, the NCPS and Issuer jointly shall appoint a successor Escrow Agent hereunder prior to the effective date of such resignation. The retiring Escrow Agent shall transmit all records pertaining to the Escrow Funds and shall pay all Escrow Funds to the successor Escrow Agent, after making copies of such records as the retiring Escrow Agent deems advisable. After any retiring Escrow Agent’s resignation, the provisions of this Escrow Agreement shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Escrow Agent under this Escrow Agreement. Any corporation or association into which the Escrow Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or association to which all or
substantially all of the escrow business of the Escrow Agent’s corporate trust line of business may be transferred, shall be the Escrow Agent under this Escrow Agreement without further act.
8. Liability of Escrow Agent.
a. The Escrow Agent undertakes to perform only such duties as are expressly set forth herein and no duties shall be implied. The Escrow Agent shall have no liability under and no duty to inquire as to the provisions of any agreement other than this Escrow Agreement, including without limitation the Offering Document. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Escrow Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct was the primary cause of any loss to the Issuer, NCPS or any Subscriber. Escrow Agent’s sole responsibility shall be for the safekeeping and disbursement of the Escrow Funds in accordance with the terms of this Escrow Agreement. Escrow Agent shall have no implied duties or obligations and shall not be charged with knowledge or notice of any fact or circumstance not specifically set forth herein. Escrow Agent may rely upon any notice, instruction, request or other instrument, not only as to its due execution, validity and effectiveness, but also as to the truth and accuracy of any information contained therein, which Escrow Agent shall believe to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the person or parties purporting to sign the same. In no event shall Escrow Agent be liable for incidental, indirect, special, consequential or punitive damages (including, but not limited to lost profits), even if the Escrow Agent has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. Escrow Agent shall not be obligated to take any legal action or commence any proceeding in connection with the Escrow Funds, any account in which Escrow Funds are deposited, this Escrow Agreement or the Offering Document, or to appear in, prosecute or defend any such legal action or proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for or required to enforce any of the terms or conditions of any subscription agreement with any Subscriber or any other agreement between Issuer, NCPS and/or any Subscriber. Escrow Agent shall not be responsible or liable in any manner for the performance by Issuer or any Subscriber of their respective obligations under any subscription agreement nor shall Escrow Agent be responsible or liable in any manner for the failure of Issuer, NCPS or any third party (including any Subscriber) to honor any of the provisions of this Escrow Agreement. Escrow Agent may consult legal counsel selected by it in the event of any dispute or question as to the construction of any of the provisions hereof or of any other agreement or of its duties hereunder, or relating to any dispute involving any party hereto, and shall incur no liability and shall be fully indemnified from any reasonable liability whatsoever in acting in accordance with the reasonable opinion or instruction of such counsel. Issuer shall promptly pay, upon demand, the reasonable fees and expenses of any such counsel.
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b. The Escrow Agent is authorized, in its sole discretion, to comply with orders issued or process entered by any court with respect to the Escrow Funds, without determination by the Escrow Agent of such court's jurisdiction in the matter. If any portion of the Escrow Funds is at any time attached, garnished or levied upon under any court order, or in case the payment, assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery of any such property shall be stayed or enjoined by any court order, or in case any order, judgment or decree shall be made or entered by any court affecting such property or any part thereof, then and in any such event, the Escrow Agent is authorized, in its reasonable discretion, to rely upon and comply with any such order, writ, judgment or decree which it is advised by legal counsel selected by it is binding upon it without the need for appeal or other action; and if the Escrow Agent complies with any such order, writ, judgment or decree, it shall not be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any other person or entity by reason of such compliance even though such order, writ, judgment or decree may be subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside or vacated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Escrow Agent shall provide the Issuer and NCPS with immediate notice of any such court order or similar demand and the opportunity to interpose an objection or obtain a protective order.
9. Indemnification of Escrow Agent. From and at all times after the date of this Escrow Agreement, Issuer shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Escrow Agent and each director, officer, employee, attorney, agent and affiliate of Escrow Agent (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) against any and all actions, claims (whether or not valid), losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses) incurred by or asserted against any of the Indemnified Parties from and after the date hereof, whether direct, indirect or consequential, as a result of or arising from or in any way relating to any claim, demand, suit, action or proceeding (including any inquiry or investigation) by any person, including without limitation Issuer or NCPS, whether threatened or initiated, asserting a claim for any legal or equitable remedy against any person under any statute or regulation, including, but not limited to, any federal or state securities laws, or under any common law or equitable cause or otherwise, arising from or in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, performance or failure of performance of this Escrow Agreement or any transactions contemplated herein, whether or not any such Indemnified Party is a party to any such action, proceeding, suit or the target of any such inquiry or investigation; provided, however, that no Indemnified Party shall have the right to be indemnified hereunder for any liability finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, subject to no further appeal, to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party. Each Indemnified Party shall, in its sole discretion, have the right to select and employ separate counsel with respect to any action or claim brought or asserted against it, and the reasonable fees of such counsel shall be paid upon demand by the Issuer. The obligations of Issuer under this Section 9 shall survive any termination of this Escrow Agreement and the resignation or removal of Escrow Agent.
10. Compensation to Escrow Agent.
a. Fees and Expenses. Issuer shall compensate Escrow Agent for its services hereunder in accordance with Exhibit A attached hereto and, in addition, shall reimburse Escrow Agent for all of its reasonable pre-approved out-of-pocket expenses, including attorneys’ fees, travel expenses, telephone and facsimile transmission costs, postage (including express mail and overnight delivery charges), copying charges and the like. The additional provisions and information set forth on Exhibit A are hereby incorporated by this reference, and form a part of this Escrow Agreement. All of the compensation and reimbursement obligations set forth in this Section 10 shall be payable by Issuer upon demand by Escrow Agent. The obligations of Issuer under this Section 10 shall survive any termination of this Escrow Agreement and the resignation or removal of Escrow Agent.
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b. Disbursements from Escrow Funds to Pay Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent is authorized to and may disburse from time to time, to itself or to any Indemnified Party from the Escrow Funds (but only to the extent of Issuer’s rights thereto), the amount of any compensation and reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses due and payable hereunder (including any amount to which Escrow Agent or any Indemnified Party is entitled to seek indemnification pursuant to Section 9 hereof). Escrow Agent shall notify Issuer of any disbursement from the Escrow Funds to itself or to any Indemnified Party in respect of any compensation or reimbursement hereunder and shall furnish to Issuer copies of all related invoices and other statements.
c. Security and Offset. Issuer hereby grants to Escrow Agent and the Indemnified Parties a security interest in and lien upon the Escrow Funds (to the extent of Issuer’s rights thereto) to secure all obligations hereunder, and Escrow Agent and the Indemnified Parties shall have the right to offset the amount of any compensation or reimbursement due any of them hereunder (including any claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 9 hereof) against the Escrow Funds (to the extent of Issuer’s rights thereto.) If for any reason the Escrow Funds available to Escrow Agent and the Indemnified Parties pursuant to such security interest or right of offset are insufficient to cover such compensation and reimbursement, Issuer shall promptly pay such amounts to Escrow Agent and the Indemnified Parties upon receipt of an itemized invoice.
11. Representations and Warranties.
a. Each of NCPS and Issuer respectively makes the following representations and warranties to Escrow Agent:
(1) It is a corporation or limited liability company duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation or organization, and has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Escrow Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder.
(2) This Escrow Agreement has been duly approved by all necessary corporate action, including any necessary shareholder or membership approval, has been executed by its duly authorized officers, and constitutes its valid and binding agreement, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(3) The execution, delivery, and performance of this Escrow Agreement will not violate, conflict with, or cause a default under its articles of incorporation, articles of organization or bylaws, operating agreement or other organizational documents, as applicable, any applicable law or regulation, any court order or administrative ruling or decree to which it is a party or any of its property is subject, or any agreement, contract, indenture, or other binding arrangement to which it is a party or any of its property is subject. The execution, delivery and performance of this Escrow Agreement is consistent with and accurately described in the Offering Document as set forth in Sections 4(b) and 4(c) hereof, has been properly described therein.
(4) It hereby acknowledges that the status of Escrow Agent is that of agent only for the limited purposes set forth herein, and hereby represents and covenants that no representation or implication shall be made that the Escrow Agent has investigated the desirability or advisability of investment in the Securities or has approved, endorsed or passed upon the merits of the investment therein and that the name of the Escrow Agent has not and shall not be used in any manner in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities other than to state that the Escrow Agent has agreed to serve as escrow agent for the limited purposes set forth herein.
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(5) All of its representations and warranties contained herein are true and complete as of the date hereof and will be true and complete at the time of any deposit to or disbursement from the Escrow Funds.
b. Issuer further represents and warrants to Escrow Agent that no party other than the parties hereto and the prospective Subscribers have, or shall have, any lien, claim or security interest in the Escrow Funds or any part thereof. No financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code is on file in any jurisdiction claiming a security interest in or describing (whether specifically or generally) the Escrow Funds or any part thereof.
c. NCPS further represents and warrants to Escrow Agent that the deposit with Escrow Agent by NCPS of Cash Investment Instruments pursuant to Section 3 hereof shall be deemed a representation and warranty by NCPS that such Cash Investment Instrument represents a bona fide sale to the Subscriber described therein of the amount of Securities set forth therein, subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Offering Document.
12. Identifying Information. Issuer and NCPS acknowledge that a portion of the identifying information set forth on Exhibit A is being requested by the Escrow Agent in connection with the USA Patriot Act, Pub.L.107-56 (the “Act”). To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. For a non-individual person such as a business entity, a charity, a Trust, or other legal entity, we ask for documentation to verify its formation and existence as a legal entity. We may also ask to see financial statements, licenses, identification and authorization documents from individuals claiming authority to represent the entity or other relevant documentation.
13. Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue. In the event that any party hereto commences a lawsuit or other proceeding relating to or arising from this Escrow Agreement, the parties hereto agree that the United States District Court for the State of Delaware shall have the sole and exclusive jurisdiction over any such proceeding. If such court lacks federal subject matter jurisdiction, the parties agree that the Circuit Court in and for State of Delaware shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction. Any of these courts shall be proper venue for any such lawsuit or judicial proceeding and the parties hereto waive any objection to such venue. The parties hereto consent to and agree to submit to the jurisdiction of any of the courts specified herein and agree to accept service of process to vest personal jurisdiction over them in any of these courts.
14. Notice. All notices, approvals, consents, requests, and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when the writing is delivered if given or delivered by hand, overnight delivery service or facsimile transmitter (with confirmed receipt) to the address or facsimile number set forth on Exhibit A hereto, or to such other address as each party may designate for itself by like notice, and shall be deemed to have been given on the date deposited in the mail, if mailed, by first-class, registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed as set forth on Exhibit A hereto, or to such other address as each party may designate for itself by like notice.
15. Amendment or Waiver. This Escrow Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by a writing signed by NCPS, Issuer and Escrow Agent. No delay or omission by any party in exercising any right with respect hereto shall operate as a waiver. A waiver on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to, or waiver of, any right or remedy on any future occasion.
16. Severability. To the extent any provision of this Escrow Agreement is prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Escrow Agreement.
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17. Governing Law. This Escrow Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
18. Entire Agreement. This Escrow Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties relating to the acceptance, collection, holding, investment and disbursement of the Escrow Funds and sets forth in their entirety the obligations and duties of the Escrow Agent with respect to the Escrow Funds.
19. Binding Effect. All of the terms of this Escrow Agreement, as amended from time to time, shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors and assigns of NCPS, Issuer and Escrow Agent.
20. Execution in Counterparts. This Escrow Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, which when so executed shall constitute one and the same agreement.
21. Termination. Upon the first to occur of the disbursement of all amounts in the Escrow Funds or deposit of all amounts in the Escrow Funds into court pursuant to Section 5 or Section 8 hereof, this Escrow Agreement shall terminate and Escrow Agent shall have no further obligation or liability whatsoever with respect to this Escrow Agreement or the Escrow Funds.
22. Dealings. The Escrow Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Escrow Agent may buy, sell, and deal in any of the securities of the Issuer and become pecuniary interested in any transaction in which the Issuer may be interested, and contract and lend money to the Issuer and otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Escrow Agent under this Escrow Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Escrow Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Issuer or any other entity.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Escrow Agreement to be executed under seal as of the date first above written.
| Issuer: | |
| By: ______________________________ | |
| Name: | |
| Title: | |
| Portal | |
| By: ______________________________ | |
| Name: | |
| Title: | |
| North Capital Privates Securities Corporation | |
| By: ______________________________ | |
| Name: James P. Dowd | |
| Title: Managing Director | |
| BMTC DE, as Escrow Agent | |
| By: ______________________________ | |
| Name: Robert Eaddy | |
| Title: President |
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EXHIBIT A
| 1. Definitions. | “Minimum Offering” means ____________________ (including offline investments). |
| “Expiration Date” means ____________________ |
| 2. ACH instructions | Institution: The Bryn Mawr Trust Company |
| ABA: 031908485 | |
| A/C: Trust Funds 069-6964 | |
| ACCT: Enter Client Name and Account ID |
| 3. Wire Instructions | |
| (a) Domestic | Institution: The Bryn Mawr Trust Company |
| ABA: 031908485 | |
| A/C: Trust Funds 069-6964 | |
| FFC: Enter Client Name and/or Account ID |
| (b) International* | Swift | |
| Code | ||
| Field Tag | Required Information | |
| 57A | Beneficiary Bank Name: The Bank OF New York Mellon | |
| SWIFT Address: IRVTUS3N | ||
| ABA Number: 021000018 | ||
| Beneficiary Bank Address: 1 Wall Street, New York, NY 10286 | ||
| 59 | Beneficiary Account Name: Western Union Business Solutions (USA), LLC | |
| Beneficiary Account Number: 8900690429 | ||
| Ref: **59166-US FFC Enter Client Name and Account ID Here** |
(*New instructions should be requested from BMTC DE for each international wire before initiating.)
| 4. | Escrow Agent Fees. |
| Initial Acceptance Fee: | $1,000.00 (paid by NCPS) | |
| Escrow Administration Fee: | $500.00 per crowd funding sub account | |
| Out-of-Pocket Expenses: | Billed at cost | |
| Check Disbursements: | $10.00 per check | |
| Transactional Costs: | $100.00 for each additional escrow break | |
| Wire Disbursements: | $25.00 per domestic wire | |
| $45.00 per international wire |
The Acceptance Fee and the Annual Escrow Fee are payable upon execution of the escrow documents. In the event the escrow is not funded, the Acceptance Fee and all related expenses, including attorneys’ fees, remain due and payable, and if paid, will not be refunded. Annual fees cover a full year in advance, or any part thereof, and thus are not pro-rated in the year of termination.
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The fees quoted in this schedule apply to services ordinarily rendered in the administration of an Escrow Account and are subject to reasonable adjustment based on final review of documents, or when the Escrow Agent is called upon to undertake unusual duties or responsibilities, or as changes in law, procedures, or the cost of doing business demand. Services in addition to and not contemplated in this Escrow Agreement, including, but not limited to, document amendments and revisions, non-standard cash and/or investment transactions, calculations, notices and reports, and legal fees, will be billed as extraordinary expenses.
Extraordinary fees are payable to the Escrow Agent for duties or responsibilities not expected to be incurred at the outset of the transaction, not routine or customary, and not incurred in the ordinary course of business. Payment of extraordinary fees is appropriate where particular inquiries, events or developments are unexpected, even if the possibility of such things could have been identified at the inception of the transaction.
Unless otherwise indicated, the above fees relate to the establishment of one escrow account. Additional sub-accounts governed by the same Escrow Agreement may incur an additional charge. Transaction costs include charges for wire transfers, checks, internal transfers and securities transactions.
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4. Notice Addresses.
| If to Issuer at: | _____________________ |
| _____________________ | |
| _____________________ | |
| ATTN: | |
| Telephone: | |
| E-mail: | |
| If to NCPS at: | North Capital Private Securities Corp |
| 623 E. Ft. Union Blvd., Suite 101 | |
| Salt Lake City, UT 84047 | |
| ATTN: James P Dowd | |
| Telephone: 415 315 9916 | |
| E-mail: jdowd@northcapital.com | |
| If to the Escrow | |
| Agent at: | The Bryn Mawr Trust Company |
| 20 Montchanin Road, Suite 100 | |
| Greenville, DE 19807 | |
| ATTN: Robert W. Eaddy | |
| Telephone: 302-798-1792 | |
| E-mail: readdy@bmtc.com |
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EXHIBIT B
Transmittal of Funds for Deposit Into the Escrow Account
The Selected Dealer agrees that it is bound by the terms of the Escrow Agreement executed by North Capital Private Securities and WorthPoint Corporation.
Until the contingency is met, Selected Dealers shall promptly, upon receipt of any and all checks, drafts, and money orders received from prospective purchasers of the shares/units, deliver same to the Escrow Agent for deposit in the Escrow Account by noon of the next business day following the receipt, together with a written account of each purchaser which sets forth, among other things, the name and address of the purchaser, the number of securities purchased and the amount paid therefor. Any checks received which are made payable to any party other than the Escrow Agent, shall be returned to the purchaser who submitted the check and not accepted. ACH transfers or wires should be sent directly to the Escrow Agent.
The delivery instructions are as follows:
ACH Instructions:
Institution: The Bryn Mawr Trust Company
ABA: 031908485
A/C: Trust Funds 069-6964
ACCT: BMTC DE / WorthPoint Corporation
Wire Instructions:
Institution: The Bryn Mawr Trust Company
ABA: 031908485
A/C: Trust Funds 069-6964
ACCT: BMTC DE / WorthPoint Corporation
Check Instructions:
WorthPoint Corporation
c/o The Bryn Mawr Trust Company of Delaware
20 Montchanin Road, Suite 100
Greenville, DE 19807
*Please include a clear reference on the check to the WorthPoint Corporation Escrow
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EXHIBIT 11
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR
We consent to the use, in this Offering Statement on Form 1-A, as it may be amended, of our independent auditors’ report dated September 30, 2016 on our audits related to the consolidated financial statements of Worthpoint Corporation as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements.
Very truly yours,
/s/ dbbmckennon
Newport Beach, California
January 17, 2017