UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549


FORM 10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2007

OR

o  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from            to

Commission file number 1-32600


TUCOWS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Pennsylvania

 

23-2707366

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Incorporation or Organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

96 Mowat Avenue,

Toronto, Ontario M6K 3M1, Canada

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(416) 535-0123

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days: Yes x  No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Large Accelerated Filer o

 

Accelerated Filer o

 

Non-Accelerated Filer x

 

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

As of August 13, 2007, there were 73,754,691 outstanding shares of common stock, no par value, of the registrant.

 




TUCOWS INC.
Form 10-Q Quarterly Report
INDEX

PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1

 

Financial Statements

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2007 (unaudited) and December 31, 2006

3

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006

4

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

6

 

 

 

 

Item 2

 

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

14

 

 

 

 

Item 3

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

28

 

 

 

 

Item 4

 

Controls and Procedures

29

 

 

 

 

PART II
OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

Item 1

 

Legal Proceedings

30

 

 

 

 

Item 1A

 

Risk Factors

30

 

 

 

 

Item 2

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

30

 

 

 

 

Item 4

 

Submission of Matters to Vote of Security Holders

30

 

 

 

 

Item 6

 

Exhibits

31

 

 

 

 

Signatures

 

 

 

 

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PART I.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

Tucows Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Dollar amounts in U.S. dollars)

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

5,717,412

 

$

6,256,392

 

Restricted cash

 

510,000

 

1,019,423

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $131,500 as of June 30, 2007 and $147,500 as of December 31, 2006

 

4,033,648

 

2,969,997

 

Prepaid expenses and deposits

 

4,037,325

 

2,394,627

 

Prepaid domain name registry and other Internet services fees, current portion

 

24,321,679

 

22,168,558

 

Deferred tax asset, current portion

 

1,000,000

 

1,000,000

 

Total current assets

 

39,620,064

 

35,808,997

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid domain name registry and other Internet services fees, long-term portion

 

10,110,771

 

9,511,341

 

Property and equipment

 

6,394,697

 

5,647,532

 

Deferred tax asset, long-term portion

 

2,000,000

 

2,000,000

 

Intangible assets (note 4)

 

17,989,747

 

18,554,436

 

Goodwill (note 3)

 

12,189,767

 

12,094,817

 

Investment

 

353,737

 

353,737

 

Cash held in escrow (note 3(a))

 

 

694,579

 

Total assets

 

$

88,658,783

 

$

84,665,439

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

1,901,126

 

$

2,867,814

 

Accrued liabilities

 

2,502,580

 

2,567,012

 

Customer deposits

 

2,773,653

 

3,144,119

 

Deferred revenue, current portion

 

34,527,977

 

31,658,081

 

Accreditation fees payable, current portion

 

521,844

 

847,325

 

Promissory note payable, current portion

 

6,000,000

 

 

Total current liabilities

 

48,227,180

 

41,084,351

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue, long-term portion

 

14,485,149

 

13,478,525

 

Accreditation fees payable, long-term portion

 

173,441

 

163,988

 

Promissory note payable, long-term portion

 

 

6,000,000

 

Deferred tax liability

 

5,396,000

 

5,396,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders' equity (note 8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock - no par value, 1,250,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding

 

 

 

Common stock - no par value, 250,000,000 shares authorized; 73,735,782 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2007 and 75,978,502 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2006

 

15,217,279

 

15,395,381

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

48,451,596

 

50,359,906

 

Deficit

 

(43,291,862

)

(47,212,712

)

Total stockholders' equity

 

20,377,013

 

18,542,575

 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 

$

88,658,783

 

$

84,665,439

 

 

Subsequent events (note 10)

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

3




Tucows Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Dollar amounts in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net revenues

 

$

20,814,881

 

$

15,678,856

 

38,586,098

 

$

30,965,976

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenues (*)

 

12,198,808

 

10,066,262

 

23,431,597

 

19,994,116

 

Depreciation of property and equipment

 

985,430

 

669,256

 

1,795,096

 

1,194,175

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

63,540

 

38,538

 

127,072

 

77,078

 

Total cost of revenues

 

13,247,778

 

10,774,056

 

25,353,765

 

21,265,369

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit

 

7,567,103

 

4,904,800

 

13,232,333

 

9,700,607

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and marketing (*)

 

1,480,078

 

1,572,290

 

2,824,522

 

3,031,446

 

Technical operations and development (*)

 

1,752,693

 

2,090,723

 

3,564,972

 

4,411,439

 

General and administrative (*)

 

810,872

 

948,464

 

2,309,641

 

2,567,517

 

Depreciation of property and equipment

 

68,267

 

45,041

 

129,791

 

82,091

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

222,741

 

112,591

 

456,042

 

205,884

 

Total expenses

 

4,334,651

 

4,769,109

 

9,284,968

 

10,298,377

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

 

3,232,452

 

135,691

 

3,947,365

 

(597,770

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expenses):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income (expense), net

 

(49,297

)

102,662

 

(90,946

)

205,553

 

Other income, net

 

 

 

88,431

 

473,606

 

Total other income (expense)

 

(49,297

)

102,662

 

(2,515

)

679,159

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before provision for income taxes

 

3,183,155

 

238,353

 

3,944,850

 

81,389

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

 

12,000

 

12,000

 

24,000

 

12,000

 

Net income for the period

 

$

3,171,155

 

$

226,353

 

3,920,850

 

$

69,389

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per common share

 

$

0.04

 

$

0.00

 

0.05

 

$

0.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used in computing basic earnings per common share

 

74,447,018

 

72,527,662

 

74,950,621

 

72,255,539

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per common share

 

$

0.04

 

$

0.00

 

0.05

 

$

0.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used in computing diluted earnings per common share

 

77,375,096

 

74,704,791

 

77,633,136

 

74,540,626

 

 


(*) Stock-based compensation has been included in operating expenses as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenues

 

$

4,400

 

$

3,200

 

6,900

 

$

5,500

 

Sales and marketing

 

$

25,500

 

$

18,900

 

39,700

 

$

36,000

 

Technical operations and development

 

$

23,300

 

$

27,500

 

43,400

 

$

51,000

 

General and administrative

 

$

58,300

 

$

29,500

 

84,200

 

$

56,000

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

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Tucows Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Dollar amounts in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash provided by (used in):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income for the period

 

$

3,171,155

 

$

226,353

 

$

3,920,850

 

$

69,389

 

Items not involving cash:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation of property and equipment

 

1,053,697

 

714,297

 

1,924,887

 

1,276,266

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

286,281

 

151,129

 

583,114

 

282,962

 

Unrealized change in the fair value of forward contracts

 

(885,652

)

(378,846

)

(1,102,441

)

(195,902

)

Stock-based compensation

 

111,500

 

78,300

 

174,200

 

148,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in non-cash operating working capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest receivable

 

 

(3,047

)

 

34,547

 

Accounts receivable

 

(211,028

)

(335,071

)

(1,063,651

)

(2,162,713

)

Prepaid expenses and deposits

 

(310,274

)

(24,292

)

(1,037,510

)

(20,879

)

Prepaid domain name registry and other Internet services fees

 

(771,898

)

(1,858,622

)

(2,752,551

)

(4,171,670

)

Accounts payable

 

(337,450

)

2,577,875

 

(745,587

)

3,070,542

 

Accrued liabilities

 

(216,318

)

(259,966

)

432,821

 

1,067,114

 

Customer deposits

 

(195,342

)

420,423

 

(370,466

)

568,257

 

Deferred revenue

 

979,595

 

2,151,830

 

3,876,520

 

5,196,350

 

Accreditation fees payable

 

(315,320

)

(240,100

)

(316,028

)

(108,836

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash provided by operating activities

 

2,358,946

 

3,220,263

 

3,524,158

 

5,053,927

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds received on exercise of stock options

 

85,272

 

27,401

 

186,343

 

55,410

 

Repurchase of shares

 

(1,119,455

)

 

(2,446,955

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

(1,034,183

)

27,401

 

(2,260,612

)

55,410

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of domain names acquired

 

10,303

 

 

(18,425

)

 

Additions to property and equipment

 

(1,690,523

)

(2,405,146

)

(2,893,153

)

(3,291,425

)

Decrease in investment in short-term investments

 

 

72,000

 

 

1,771,569

 

Decrease (increase) in restricted cash - being margin security against forward exchange contracts

 

257,785

 

190,042

 

509,423

 

(362,458

)

Acquisition of Mailbank.com Inc., net of cash acquired

 

 

(5,830,902

)

 

(5,830,902

)

Acquisition of Hosted Messaging Assets, net of cash acquired

 

 

163,969

 

(90,050

)

(6,419,485

)

Acquisition of Boardtown Corporation, net of cash acquired

 

(4,900

)

 

(4,900

)

 

Decrease (increase) in cash held in escrow

 

 

(18,507

)

694,579

 

(1,785,011

)

Cash used in investing activities

 

(1,427,335

)

(7,828,544

)

(1,802,526

)

(15,917,712

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

(102,572

)

(4,580,880

)

(538,980

)

(10,808,375

)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

5,819,984

 

11,120,593

 

6,256,392

 

17,348,088

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

5,717,412

 

$

6,539,713

 

$

5,717,412

 

$

6,539,713

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid

 

$

105,000

 

$

 

$

210,000

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplementary disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital assets acquired during during the period not yet paid for

 

$

163,169

 

$

 

$

163,169

 

$

 

Common stock issued on the acquisition of Mailbank.com Inc.

 

$

 

$

2,877,070

 

$

 

$

2,877,070

 

Promissory notes issued on the acquisition of Mailbank.com Inc.

 

$

 

$

8,122,930

 

$

 

$

8,122,930

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION:

Tucows Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (referred to throughout this report as the “Company”, “Tucows”, “we”, “us” or through similar expressions), together with its consolidated subsidiaries, seeks to make the Internet easier and more effective for Internet users and to reduce complexity for its customers as they acquire, deliver or use Internet services.

Our principle source for distributing Internet services is our global network of over 7,000 hosting companies, Internet Service Providers, or ISPs, and other providers of Internet services, collectively referred to as Service Providers. Service Providers play a critical role in connecting users to the Internet as they interact with individuals and businesses ranging from small business to large corporations. Our wholesale product offerings and our outsourced service management capability allows us to offer Service Providers innovative value-added services that allow these Service Providers to focus their time and resources on customer acquisition and retention while still being able to enhance per customer revenue by offering additional services along with their core services.

In addition to other Internet services, we provision millions of email boxes and manage over 7 million domains. We also have one of the most popular download sites on the Internet, where we connect advertisers to a global audience of Internet users.

We were among the first group of 34 registrars to be accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in 1999. ICANN maintains a list of accredited registrars at www.icann.org /registrars/accredited-list.html.

We were incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in November 1992 under the name Infonautics, Inc. In August 2001, we completed our acquisition of Tucows Inc., a Delaware corporation, and we changed our name from Infonautics, Inc. to Tucows Inc. Our principal executive offices are located in Toronto, Ontario and we have offices in Europe and the United States.

2. NEW ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated balance sheet, and the related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows reflect all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position of Tucows and its subsidiaries as at June 30, 2007 and the results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006. The results of operations presented in this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that may be expected for future periods.

The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared by Tucows without audit, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosure normally included in the Company’s annual audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes have been condensed or omitted. These interim financial statements and accompanying notes follow the same accounting policies and methods of application used in the annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto of Tucows for the year ended December 31, 2006 included in Tucows 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 29, 2007.

Other than the adoption of FIN 48 described below, there have been no material changes in our significant accounting policies during the six months ended June 30, 2007 as compared to the significant accounting policies described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.

Reclassification

Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to conform with the current period’s presentation.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements Adopted

In June 2006, the FASB ratified the consensus reached on Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 06-03, “How Sales Taxes Collected from Customers and Remitted to Governmental Authorities Should Be Presented in the Income Statement (that is, Gross Versus Net Presentation)” (EITF 06-03). The EITF reached a consensus that the presentation of taxes on either a gross or net basis is an accounting policy decision that requires disclosure. EITF 06-03 is effective for the first interim or annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2006. Tucows adopted EITF 06-03 on January 1, 2007. Any amounts we collect, which under common trade practices are referred to as sales taxes, are and have been recorded on a net basis. The Company has no intention of modifying this accounting policy; therefore, the adoption of EITF 06-03 does not have any effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In June 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (FIN 48), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in a company’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in an income tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. FIN 48 is effective for the first interim or annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2006. The implementation of FIN 48 had no impact on Tucows opening deficit.

Tucows had approximately $180,000 of total gross unrecognized benefits as of the adoption of FIN 48 on January 1, 2007 which if recognized would favorably affect the income tax rate in future periods. At June 30, 2007 Tucows’ unrecognized tax benefits remain substantially unchanged. Tucows recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefit in tax expense. Tucows does not have any interest and penalties accrued as of January 1, 2007 and June 30, 2007 as the tax benefit relates entirely to refundable research and development tax credits. Tucows believes it is reasonably possible that all of the unrecognized tax benefit will decrease in the next twelve months as it is anticipated that the Canadian tax authorities will review the Company’s research and development claim for the credits within that period. Generally, all tax years are open for examination by the major taxing jurisdictions to which the Company is subject including federal, state and foreign jurisdictions.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In September 2006, FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”. This statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This statement is effective for all fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Earlier application is encouraged. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this statement on its financial statements.

In February 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“SFAS 159”). This statement permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. This statement expands the use of fair value measurement and applies to entities that elect the fair value option. The fair value option established by this Statement permits all entities to choose to measure eligible items at fair value at specified election dates. SFAS 159 is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this statement on its financial statements.

3. ACQUISITIONS

a.             Acquisition of the Hosted Messaging Assets from Critical Path Inc. :

To expand our presence in the email market, on January 3, 2006, Tucows.com Co., one of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries, completed the purchase of all of the Hosted Messaging Assets from Critical Path, Inc.

In January 2007, an amount of $90,050 was released from escrow and paid to Critical Path. This amount was reflected as additional goodwill. Critical Path’s portion of the $50,019 interest earned on the escrow account to date amounted to $36,433 and was paid to them in January 2007.

b.             Acquisition of Mailbank.com Inc. :

The results of Mailbank.com Inc. acquired on June 19, 2006 have been included in the consolidated statements of operations since its date of acquisition. Unaudited pro forma results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006 are included below. Such pro forma information assumes that the above acquisition had occurred as of January 1, 2006 and is presented in accordance with our accounting policies. This summary is not necessarily indicative of what our results of operations would have been had Mailbank.com Inc. been a combined entity during such period, nor does it purport to represent results of operations for any future periods.

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Three months ended
June 30, 2006

 

Six months ended
June 30, 2006

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net revenues

 

$

14,266

 

$

32,864

 

Net loss for the period

 

$

(927

)

$

(949

)

Basic loss per common share

 

$

(0.01

)

$

(0.01

)

 

c.             Acquisition of Boardtown Corporation:

On April 27, 2004, the Company finalized the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Boardtown Corporation (“Boardtown”).

In March 2007, the former shareholders of Boardtown agreed to an early release of the remaining $554,510 contingent consideration, inclusive of accrued interest, from the Boardtown escrow account to Tucows. During the three months ended June 30, 2007, goodwill was increased by an amount of $4,900, as certain customers renewed their support contracts in accordance with the escrow agreement established upon the closing of the Boardtown acquisition. Due to the early release of the escrow account as described above, this amount was paid to the former shareholders of Boardtown Corporation directly by Tucows.

4. INTANGIBLE ASSETS:

Intangible assets consist of acquired technology, brand, customer relationships, non-competition agreements, surname domain names and direct navigation domain names. These balances, with the exception of the surname and direct navigation domain names that have been determined to have an indefinite life, are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the intangible assets, as reflected in the table below.

A summary of acquired intangible assets for the three months ended June 30, 2007, is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer

 

Non-compete

 

Surname domain

 

Direct navigation

 

 

 

 

 

Technology

 

Brand

 

relationships

 

agreements

 

names

 

domain names

 

 

 

Amortization period

 

2 - 7 years

 

7 years

 

4 - 7 years

 

3 years

 

indefinite life

 

indefinite life

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net book value, March 31, 2007

 

$

494,820

 

$

98,980

 

$

3,458,523

 

$

5,280

 

$

12,128,728

 

$

2,100,000

 

$

18,286,331

 

Purchase of domain names

 

 

 

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,000

 

Disposition of domain names

 

 

 

 

 

(325

)

(10,978

)

(11,303

)

Amortization expense

 

(63,540

)

(6,060

)

(211,401

)

(5,280

)

 

 

(286,281

)

Net book value, June 30, 2007

 

$

431,280

 

$

92,920

 

$

3,247,122

 

$

 

$

12,129,403

 

$

2,089,022

 

$

17,989,747

 

 

A summary of acquired intangible assets for the six months ended June 30, 2007, is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer

 

Non-compete

 

Surname domain

 

Direct navigation

 

 

 

 

 

Technology

 

Brand

 

relationships

 

agreements

 

names

 

domain names

 

 

 

Amortization period

 

2 - 7 years

 

7 years

 

4 - 7 years

 

3 years

 

indefinite life

 

indefinite life

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net book value, December 31, 2006

 

$

558,352

 

$

105,040

 

$

3,669,924

 

$

21,120

 

$

12,100,000

 

$

2,100,000

 

$

18,554,436

 

Purchase of domain names

 

 

 

 

 

30,048

 

 

30,048

 

Disposition of domain names

 

 

 

 

 

(645

)

(10,978

)

(11,623

)

Amortization expense

 

(127,072

)

(12,120

)

(422,802

)

(21,120

)

 

 

(583,114

)

Net book value, June 30, 2007

 

$

431,280

 

$

92,920

 

$

3,247,122

 

$

 

$

12,129,403

 

$

2,089,022

 

$

17,989,747

 

 

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5. BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE:

The Company’s basic earnings per common share have been calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding.

The diluted earnings per common share have been calculated using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and potentially dilutive common shares outstanding during the periods. Options to purchase 3,931,238 shares of common stock were outstanding during the three months ended June 30, 2007 (during the three months ended June 30, 2006, options to purchase 3,161,318 shares of common stock were outstanding) but were not included in the computation of diluted income per common share because the options’ exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares. Options to purchase 255,999 shares of common stock were outstanding during the six months ended June 30, 2007 (during the six months ended June 30, 2006, options to purchase 749,676 shares of common stock were outstanding) but were not included in the computation of diluted income per common share because the options’ exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares.

6. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:

(a)           The following is a summary of the Company’s revenue earned from each significant revenue stream:

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domain names and other Internet servicews:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domain names, excluding Domain Direct

 

$

12,273,996

 

$

10,559,464

 

$

24,174,690

 

$

21,226,253

 

Other Internet services, including Domain Direct

 

4,228,727

 

4,044,704

 

8,628,690

 

7,821,027

 

Sale of domain names

 

3,067,980

 

 

3,150,480

 

 

Total domain names and other Internet services

 

19,570,703

 

14,604,168

 

35,953,860

 

29,047,280

 

Advertising and other revenue

 

1,244,178

 

1,074,688

 

2,632,238

 

1,918,696

 

 

 

$

20,814,881

 

$

15,678,856

 

$

38,586,098

 

$

30,965,976

 

 

(b)           The following is a summary of the Company’s cost of revenues from each significant revenue stream:

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Domain names and other Internet servicews:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domain names, excluding Domain Direct

 

$

9,146,139

 

$

7,508,908

 

$

17,928,038

 

$

15,183,708

 

Other Internet services, including Domain Direct

 

1,037,984

 

1,011,569

 

2,052,689

 

1,943,719

 

Sale of domain names

 

11,303

 

 

11,623

 

 

Total domain names and other Internet services

 

10,195,426

 

8,520,477

 

19,992,350

 

17,127,427

 

Advertising and other revenue

 

111,651

 

 

163,985

 

 

Network, other costs

 

1,891,731

 

1,545,785

 

3,275,262

 

2,866,689

 

Network, depreciation and amortization costs

 

1,048,970

 

707,794

 

1,922,168

 

1,271,253

 

 

 

$

13,247,778

 

$

10,774,056

 

$

25,353,765

 

$

21,265,369

 

 

(c)                                 The following is a summary of the Company’s property and equipment by geographic region:

 

June 30, 2007

 

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada

 

$

2,596,729

 

$

2,521,328

 

United States

 

3,736,025

 

3,045,236

 

United Kingdom

 

61,943

 

80,968

 

 

 

$

6,394,697

 

$

5,647,532

 

 

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7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:

As of June 30, 2007, we had outstanding foreign currency forward contracts with a notional value of $10.2 million, whereby $850,000 is converted into Canadian dollars on a semi-monthly basis from July 2007 to December 2007 at foreign exchange rates varying from U.S.$1:Cdn$1.1250 to U.S.$1:Cdn$1.1299. During the three months ended June 30, 2007, Tucows recorded a gain in fair value in respect of its foreign exchange forward contracts in the amount of $886,000, and during the six months ended June 30, 2006 the Company recorded a gain in fair value in respect of its foreign exchange forward contracts, in the amount of $1.1 million. These amounts have been recorded in the general and administrative expense.

8. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

The following unaudited table summarizes stockholders’ equity transactions for the period ended June 30, 2007:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

 

stockholders'

 

 

 

Common stock

 

paid in

 

 

 

equity

 

 

 

Number

 

Amount

 

capital

 

Deficit

 

(deficiency)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances, December 31, 2006

 

75,978,502

 

$

15,395,381

 

$

50,359,906

 

$

(47,212,712

)

$

18,542,575

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise of stock options

 

234,732

 

187,089

 

(86,018

)

 

101,071

 

Repurchase of shares

 

(1,500,000

)

(300,000

)

(1,027,500

)

 

(1,327,500

)

Stock-based compensation (note 10)

 

 

 

62,700

 

 

62,700

 

Net income for the period

 

 

 

 

749,695

 

749,695

 

Balances, March 31, 2007

 

74,713,234

 

15,282,470

 

49,309,088

 

(46,463,017

)

18,128,541

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise of stock options

 

139,148

 

158,129

 

(72,857

)

 

85,272

 

Repurchase of shares

 

(1,116,600

)

(223,320

)

(896,135

)

 

(1,119,455

)

Stock-based compensation (note 10)

 

 

 

111,500

 

 

111,500

 

Net income for the period

 

 

 

 

3,171,155

 

3,171,155

 

Balances, June 30, 2007

 

73,735,782

 

$

15,217,279

 

$

48,451,596

 

$

(43,291,862

)

$

20,377,013

 

 

The following unaudited table summarizes stockholders’ equity transactions for the period ended June 30, 2006:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

 

stockholders'

 

 

 

Common stock

 

paid in

 

 

 

equity

 

 

 

Number

 

Amount

 

capital

 

Deficit

 

(deficiency)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances, December 31, 2005

 

71,945,303

 

$

12,403,422

 

$

50,061,866

 

$

(49,373,146

)

$

13,092,142

 

Exercise of stock options

 

65,301

 

28,009

 

 

 

28,009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of Boardtown Corporation

 

3,569

 

3,281

 

 

 

3,281

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

70,200

 

 

70,200

 

Net loss for the period

 

 

 

 

(156,964

)

(156,964

)

Balances, March 31, 2006

 

72,014,173

 

12,434,712

 

50,132,066

 

(49,530,110

)

13,036,668

 

Exercise of stock options

 

56,710

 

27,400

 

 

 

27,400

 

Acquisition of Mailbank.com

 

3,596,337

 

2,803,070

 

 

 

2,803,070

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

78,300

 

 

78,300

 

Net loss for the period

 

 

 

 

226,353

 

226,353

 

Balances, June 30, 2006

 

75,667,220

 

$

15,265,182

 

$

50,210,366

 

$

(49,303,757

)

$

16,171,791

 

 

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9. SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS

Valuation method:

The Company estimates the fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, consistent with the provisions of SFAS 123R and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107. The Black-Scholes option-pricing model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable, while the options issued by the Company are subject to both vesting and restrictions on transfer. In addition, option-pricing models require input of subjective assumptions including the estimated life of the option and the expected volatility of the underlying stock over the estimated life of the option. The Company uses historical volatility as a basis for projecting the expected volatility of the underlying stock and estimates the expected life of its stock options based upon historical data.

The Company believes that the valuation technique and the approach utilized to develop the underlying assumptions are appropriate in calculating the fair value of the Company’s stock option grants. Estimates of fair value are not intended, however, to predict actual future events or the value ultimately realized by employees who receive equity awards.

No cash is used by the Company to settle equity instruments granted under share-based compensation arrangements.

Summary of Outstanding Stock Options:

(a)            1996 Stock Options Plan

As of June 30, 2007, options to purchase an aggregate of 5,273,729 shares of common stock are outstanding under the Company’s 1996 Stock Option Plan. No further shares of common stock may be issued under this option plan. Stock options that have been issued under the 1996 Stock Option Plan generally vest over four years and expire ten years from the date of the grant. The exercise price of options granted is equivalent to the fair market value of the stock on the day prior to date of grant.

A summary of unaudited option activity under the Company’s 1996 Stock Option Plan for the three months ended June 30, 2007 is as follows:

 

Options

 

Weighted
Average
Exercise Price

 

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (years)

 

Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
($’000s)

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2007

 

5,515,982

 

$

0.50

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

(139,148

)

0.61

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

(103,105

)

0.88

 

 

 

 

 

Expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at June 30, 2007

 

5,273,729

 

$

0.49

 

5.81

 

$

3,756

 

Exercisable at June 30, 2007

 

4,961,656

 

$

0.48

 

5.72

 

$

3,586

 

 

A summary of unaudited option activity under the Company’s 1996 Stock Option Plan for the six months ended June 30, 2007 is as follows:

 

Options

 

Weighted
Average
Exercise Price

 

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (years)

 

Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
($’000s)

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2006

 

5,910,192

 

$

0.52

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

(373,880

)

0.50

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

(262,583

)

1.17

 

 

 

 

 

Expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at June 30, 2007

 

5,273,729

 

$

0.49

 

5.81

 

$

3,756

 

Exercisable at June 30, 2007

 

4,961,656

 

$

0.48

 

5.72

 

$

3,586

 

 

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Total unrecognized compensation cost relating to unvested stock options at June 30, 2007, prior to the consideration of expected forfeitures, is approximately $198,000 and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.1 years

For the six months ended June 30, 2006, the weighted-average fair value of options granted, as of the grant date, during the period was $0.83, using the following assumptions: expected volatility of 121%; risk-free interest rate of 4.5%, expected dividend yield of 0%; and expected life of six years. 233,000 options were granted during the three months ended June 30, 2006.

(b)           2006 Equity Compensation Plan

As of June 30, 2007, options to purchase an aggregate of 1,398,500 shares of common stock are outstanding under the Company’s 2006 Equity Compensation Plan. Stock options that have been issued under the 2006 Equity Compensation Plan vest over four years and expire seven years from the date of the grant. The exercise price of options granted is equivalent to the fair market value of the stock on the day of grant.

A summary of unaudited option activity under the Company’s 2006 Equity Compensation Plan for the three months ended June 30, 2007 is as follows:

 

Options

 

Weighted
Average
Exercise Price

 

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (years)

 

Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
($’000s)

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2007

 

1,451,500

 

$

0.83

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

70,000

 

0.98

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

(123,000

)

0.85

 

 

 

 

 

Expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at June 30, 2007

 

1,398,500

 

$

0.85

 

6.55

 

$

469

 

Exercisable at June 30, 2007

 

120,000

 

$

0.90

 

4.67

 

$

35

 

 

A summary of unaudited option activity under the Company’s 2006 Equity Compensation Plan for the six months ended June 30, 2007 is as follows:

 

Options

 

Weighted
Average
Exercise Price

 

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (years)

 

Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
($’000s)

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2006

 

60,000

 

$

0.83

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

1,472,500

 

0.86

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

(134,000

)

0.85

 

 

 

 

 

Expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at June 30, 2007

 

1,398,500

 

$

0.85

 

6.55

 

$

469

 

Exercisable at June 30, 2007

 

120,000

 

$

0.90

 

4.67

 

$

35

 

 

Total unrecognized compensation cost relating to unvested stock options at June 30, 2007, prior to the consideration of expected forfeitures, is approximately $681,000 and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 4.5 years

For the three months ended June 30, 2007, the weighted-average fair value of options granted, as of the grant date, during the period was $0.35, using the following assumptions: expected volatility of 51%; risk-free interest rate of 4.3%, expected dividend yield of 0%; and expected life of 4.75 years. A total of 70,000 options were granted during the three months ended June 30, 2007.

For the six months ended June 30, 2007, the weighted-average fair value of options granted, as of the grant date, during the period was $0.57, using the following assumptions: expected volatility of 83%; risk-free interest rate of 4.5%,

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expected dividend yield of 0%; and expected life of 4.75 years. A total of 1,472,500 options were granted during the six months ended June 30, 2007.

No options were granted during the six months ended June 30, 2006.

(c)                                Share-based compensation expense.

Share-based compensation expense included in the Statement of Operations for the three months ended June 30, 2007 was $111,500 while share-based compensation expense included in the Statement of Operations for the three months ended June 30, 2006 was $79,100

Share-based compensation expense included in the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was $174,200 while share-based compensation expense included in the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2006 was $148,500.

The Company has not capitalized any share-based compensation expense as part of the cost of an asset.

10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS:

(a)           Acquisition of Innerwise Inc. (dba ItsYourDomain.com) :

On July 25, 2007, Tucows (Delaware) Inc., one of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries, acquired Innerwise Inc.
(dba ItsYourDomain.com)
(“IYD”), a privately held, ICANN-accredited registrar offering domain services through a worldwide wholesale network of over 2,500 affiliates.

Tucows paid $10.8 million in cash for IYD with additional contingent consideration of $1.1 million based on specific targets. Such additional contingent consideration will be recorded when the amount becomes fixed and determinable.

(b)           Non-revolving, reducing credit facility  :

In connection with the acquisition of Innerwise, Inc., on July 27, 2007, Tucows obtained a $9,579,201 non-revolving, reducing credit facility (the “Loan”) through Tucows.com Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tucows (the “Borrower”) from the Bank of Montreal (the “Bank”). Tucows, along with certain of its other subsidiaries, each executed Guaranty and Security Agreements, guaranteeing the obligations of the Borrower, and granting the Bank a security interest in substantially all of their assets.

The loan is repayable monthly in arrears, in equal installments of blended principal and interest, currently amounting to approximately $225,000, over five years, at an interest rate equal to prime rate plus 0.5% (which rate is currently 8.75% and is subject to annual assessment based on Borrower’s ratio of total funded debt to EBITDA). The loan requires that Tucows meet certain financial covenants, and limits the amount of our capital expenditures. Tucows is currently in compliance with these covenants.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the statements under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this Form 10-Q constitute forward-looking statements.

These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. While we believe that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement contained in this Form 10-Q, we caution you that these statements are based on a combination of facts and factors currently known by us and projections of the future, about which we cannot be certain or even relatively certain. Many factors affect our ability to achieve our objectives and to successfully develop and commercialize our services including:

·                  Our ability to continue to generate sufficient working capital to meet our operating requirements;

·                  Our ability to maintain a good working relationship with our vendors and customers;

·                  The ability of vendors to continue to supply our needs;

·                  Actions by our competitors;

·                  Our ability to achieve gross profit margins at which we can be profitable;

·                  Our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel in our business;

·                  Our ability to effectively manage our business;

·                  Our ability to obtain and maintain approvals from regulatory authorities on regulatory issues; and

·                  Pending or new litigation.

In addition, you should refer to the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 for a discussion of other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those implied by our forward-looking statements. As a result of these factors, we cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q will prove to be accurate. Furthermore, if our forward-looking statements prove to be inaccurate, the inaccuracy may be material. In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, you should not regard these statements as a representation or warranty by us or any other person that we will achieve our objectives and plans in any specified time frame, if at all.

You should read this Form 10-Q completely. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the following words: “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. All forward-looking statements included in this Form 10-Q are based on information available to us as of the date of this Form 10-Q, and we assume no obligation to update these cautionary statements or any forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance.

We qualify all the forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q by the foregoing cautionary statements.

OVERVIEW

We provide Internet services and downloadable software through a global distribution network of more than 7,000 customers, or Service Providers, in more than 100 countries. We are an accredited registrar ICANN, and we generate revenue primarily through the provision of domain registration and other Internet services to Service Providers who offer such services to their own customers in a process known as wholesale distribution

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Our distribution network of Service Providers is comprised primarily of web hosting companies, Internet Service Providers, or ISPs, and providers of other services over the Internet. These Service Providers typically provide their customers, the end-users of the Internet, with a critical component to enable their use of the Internet. End-users typically consist of individuals and businesses ranging from small businesses to large corporations.

Net Revenues

We generate net revenues primarily through the provision of domain registration and other Internet services. Additional revenue is generated from the sale of domain names and advertising and other services.

Domain registration and other Internet services

We generate revenues from the provision of Internet services on both a wholesale and retail basis. To date, the majority of net revenues has been derived from the sale of services provided as an accredited domain registrar. As of June 30, 2007, we offered registration services for the generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, .com, .net, .org, .info, .name .biz and .mobi and for the country code top-level domains, or ccTLDs .at, .be, .ca, ..cc, .ch, .cn, .de, .dk, .es, .eu, .fr, .it, .nl, .tv, .uk, .us and .vc.

We receive revenues for each domain registration or other Internet service processed through our system by Service Providers.

With respect to the sale of domain registrations, we earn registration fees in connection with each new, renewed and transferred-in registration and from providing provisioning services to Service Providers and registrars on a monthly basis. Domain registrations are generally purchased for terms of one to ten years. Payments for the full term of all services, or billed revenue, are received at the time of activation of service and where appropriate are recorded as deferred revenue and are recognized as earned ratably over the term of provision of service. This accounting treatment reasonably approximates a recognition pattern that corresponds with the provision of the services during the quarters and the year.

Other Internet services currently consist of the sale of expiring domain names, digital certificates, billing, provisioning and customer care software solutions, hosted email and anti-spam services, blogware and website building tools which are used by our Service Providers to create bundles of Internet services for their end-users. We earn fees when a service is activated. Other Internet services are generally purchased for terms of one month to three years. Payments for domain registrations and other Internet services are for the full term of all services at the time of activation of service and where appropriate are recorded as deferred revenue and are recognized as earned ratably over the term of provision of service. This accounting treatment reasonably approximates a recognition pattern that corresponds with the provision of the services during the quarters and the year.

On a retail basis, we offer Internet services directly to end-users through our Domain Direct division. These services include domain registration and other Internet services such as email, personalized email through our portfolio of surname-based domain names, blogware, hosting and website creation. Depending on the service offered, Domain Direct receives standard fees for its services that are published on its website. In addition, Domain Direct offers referral commissions based on a percentage of net registration revenues to participants in its affiliate program.

Domain name sales

We also generate revenue from the sale of domain names held in our portfolio of generic and surname domains. These names are included as intangible assets on our balance sheet.

In evaluating these names for sale, we consider the potential foregone revenue from pay-per-click advertising as well as other factors. The name will be offered for sale if based on this evaluation the name is deemed non essential to our business, and management believes that the proceeds from this sale is strategically more beneficial to the Company. The cost of these names is included as intangible assets with indefinite lives on our consolidated balance sheet.

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Advertising and other revenue

We also generate advertising and other revenue through our online libraries of shareware, freeware and online services presented at our website, www.tucows.com, as well as from traffic and search sessions originating on our portfolio of domain names.

Our software libraries advertising revenue is generated from third-party advertisers and from software developers who rely on us as a primary source of distribution. Software developers use our Author Resource Center, or ARC, to submit their products for inclusion in our software libraries and to purchase promotional placement of their software in the library categories, as well as purchase other promotional services on a cost-per-click through or flat rate basis. Software developers are able to promote their software through advertising services including keyword search placements, banners, promotional placements, expedited reviews and premium data services. Revenue is also generated from companies who contract with us to provide them with co-branded content.

We offer pay-per-click advertising on the pages of certain domains within our domain name portfolio. When a user types one of these domain names into the command line of the browser (direct navigation), they are presented with dynamically generated links which are pay-per-click advertising. Every time a user clicks on one of the links listed on a web page, it generates revenue for us through our partnership with third-parties who provide syndicated pay-per-click results.

Advertising and other revenue is recognized ratably over the period in which it is presented.

Critical Accounting Policies

In preparing our consolidated financial statements, we make assumptions, judgments and estimates that can have a significant impact on amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements. We base our assumptions, judgments and estimates on historical experience and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making estimates about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Other than the adoption of EITF 06-03 and FIN 48 during the three months ended March 31, 2007, there have been no significant changes in our critical accounting estimates during the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 as compared to the critical accounting estimates disclosed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. As a result of the adoption of FIN 48 on January 1, 2007, we had approximately $180,000 of total gross unrecognized benefits which, if recognized, would favorably affect the income tax rate in future periods. We recognize accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefit in tax expense. We did  not have any interest and penalties accrued as of January 1, 2007 and June 30, 2007 as the tax benefit relates entirely to refundable tax credits. We do not expect that any of the unrecognized tax benefit will decrease in the next twelve months.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AS COMPARED TO THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2006

NET REVENUES

The following table presents our revenues, by revenue source, for the periods presented (unaudited):

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Domain name and other Internet services:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domain names, excluding Domain Direct

 

$

12,273,996

 

$

10,559,464

 

$

24,174,690

 

$

21,226,253

 

Other Internet services, including Domain Direct

 

4,228,727

 

4,044,704

 

8,628,690

 

7,821,027

 

Sale of domain names

 

3,067,980

 

 

3,150,480

 

 

Total domain name and other Internet services

 

19,570,703

 

14,604,168

 

35,953,860

 

29,047,280

 

Advertising and other revenue

 

1,244,178

 

1,074,688

 

2,632,238

 

1,918,696

 

 

 

$

20,814,881

 

$

15,678,856

 

$

38,586,098

 

$

30,965,976

 

Increase over prior period

 

$

5,136,025

 

 

 

$

7,620,122

 

 

 

Increase - percentage

 

33

%

 

 

25

%

 

 

 

The following table presents our revenues, by revenue source, as a percentage of total revenues for the periods presented (unaudited):

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Domain name and other Internet services:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domain names, excluding Domain Direct

 

59.0

%

67.3

%

62.7

%

68.5

%

Other Internet services, including Domain Direct

 

20.3

%

25.8

%

22.4

%

25.3

%

Sale of domain names

 

14.7

%

0.0

%

8.2

%

0.0

%

Total domain name and other Internet services

 

94.0

%

93.1

%

93.3

%

93.8

%

Advertising and other revenue

 

6.0

%

6.9

%

6.8

%

6.2

%

 

 

$

100.0

%

100.0

%

$

100.1

%

100.0

%

 

Total net revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2007 increased to $20.8 million from $15.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2006.

Total net revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2007 increased to $38.6 million from $31.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006.

During the three months ended June 30, 2007, one customer accounted for 14.4% of revenue. During the six months ended June 30, 2007, no customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2007, one customer accounted for 12% of accounts receivable at June 30, 2007. Significant management judgment is required at the time of recording of revenue to assess whether the collection of the resulting receivables is reasonably assured. On an ongoing basis we assess the ability of our customers to make required payments. Based on this assessment, we expect the carrying amount of our outstanding receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, to be fully collected.

Domain name and other Internet services

Net revenues from domain name and other Internet services for the three months ended June 30, 2007 increased by $5.0 million, or 34.0%, to $19.6 million from $14.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2006. This increase was primarily as a result of an atypically large sale of approximately 2,500 domain names from our portfolio of domain names for $3.0 million, as well as increased volumes from new and existing customers and the additional revenue we earned during the three months ended June 30, 2007 from the acquisition of the name-based domain assets from Mailbank.com, Inc. in June 2006. We may earn up to an additional $1.2 million from the sale of the 2,500 domain names in June 2008, if certain performance criteria are met.

Net revenues from domain name and other Internet services for the six months ended June 30, 2007 increased by $7.0 million, or 23.9%, to $36.0 million from $29.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006. This increase was primarily as a result of an atypically large sale of approximately 2,500 domain names from our portfolio of domain names for $3.0 million, as well as increased volumes from new and existing customers and the additional revenue we earned during the six months ended June 30, 2007 from the acquisition of the name-based domain assets from Mailbank.com, Inc. in June 2006. We may earn up to an additional $1.2 million from the sale of the 2,500 domain names in June 2008, if certain performance criteria are met.

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During the three months ended June 30, 2007, the number of domain names that we processed increased by 122,000 to 1.4 million new, renewed and transferred-in domain name registrations, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2006. This increase was due primarily to the fact that we continued to compete aggressively to attract new clients and retain existing customers in order to protect our current market share and improve our competitive position, as well as increased volumes as a result of the acquisition of the name-based domain assets from Mailbank.com, Inc. in June 2006. These actions have resulted in our average selling price declining, which has partially offset the impact of the increased transaction volume on our revenue and profitability.

During the six months ended June 30, 2007, the number of domain names that we processed increased by 292,000 to 2.8 million new, renewed and transferred-in domain name registrations, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2006. This increase was due primarily to the fact that we continued to compete aggressively to attract new clients and retain existing customers in order to protect our current market share and improve our competitive position, as well as increased volumes as a result of the acquisition of the name-based domain assets from Mailbank.com, Inc. in June 2006. These actions have resulted in our average selling price declining, which has partially offset the impact of the increased transaction volume on our revenue and profitability.

We continue to face pricing pressure and effective August 2007 have invested in a new cost-plus domain pricing structure and a reduction in our domain name pricing. These steps are likely to adversely impact our revenue and profitability in the short term and may or may not result in increased volumes, which would adversely impact our revenues and profitability in the longer term.

The renewal rate for domain name registrations remained relatively constant at 72% for the three months ended June 30, 2007, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2006.

While we anticipate that the number of new, renewed and transferred-in domain name registrations will incrementally increase, the volatility in the market could affect the growth of domain names under our management. At June 30, 2007, the total number of domain names under our management increased by 0.9 million to 6.3 million, compared to the total number of domain names under our management as at June 30, 2006. As of June 30, 2007, we provided provisioning services to ten registrars on a monthly basis, which registrars use our technical systems to process domain registrations with their accreditation. As of June 30, 2007, we managed 1.9 million domain names for these ten registrars, compared to 1.5 million for seven registrars at June 30, 2006, on their behalf.

Deferred revenue from domain name registrations and other Internet services at June 30, 2007 increased to $49.0 million from $43.2 million at June 30, 2006.

Advertising and other revenue

Advertising and other revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2007 increased by $169,000, or 15.8%, to $1.2 million from $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2006. This increase was primarily the result of our delivery of third party advertisements on parked pages amounting to $496,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $174,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2006. This increase was partially offset by a decline in our Google Adsense revenue of $124,000. This decrease was primarily the result of the further contraction in the yields from our syndicated Google feed, which impacts both our software library and direct navigation revenue.

Advertising and other revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2007 increased by $714,000, or 37.2%, to $2.6 million from $1.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006. This increase was primarily as a result of our delivery of third party advertisements on parked pages amounting to $1.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $227,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2006. This increase was partially offset by a decline in our Google Adsense revenue of $50,000. This decrease was primarily the result of the further contraction in the yields from our syndicated Google feed, which impacts both our software library and direct navigation revenue.

During the three months ended June 30, 2007, revenue from advertising and other revenue comprised 6.0% of total revenue, compared to 6.9% for the three months ended June 30, 2006. This decrease resulted primarily from the impact of the atypically large sale of approximately 2,500 domain names from the Company’s portfolio of domain names during the three months ended June 30, 2007.

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During the six months ended June 30, 2007, revenue from advertising and other revenue comprised 6.8% of total revenue, compared to 6.2% for the six months ended June 30, 2006. This increase was also impacted by the atypically large sale of approximately 2,500 domain names from the Company’s portfolio of domain names during the three months ended June 30, 2007 mentioned above.

COST OF REVENUES

Cost of revenues includes the costs associated with providing domain registration, other Internet services, the costs of domain name sales, advertising and other revenue and network costs.

Cost of revenues for domain registrations represents the amortization of registry fees on a basis consistent with the recognition of revenues from our customers, namely ratably over the term of provision of the service. Registry fees, the primary component of cost of revenues, are paid in full when the domain is registered, and are recorded as prepaid domain registry fees.

Costs of revenues for other Internet services, includes the cost incurred for the renewal of surname domain names and any impairment charges that may arise from our assessment of the domain name intangible assets as well as fees paid to third-party service providers. Fees paid to third-party service providers and renewal fees are recognized ratably over the periods in which the services are provided.

Cost of revenues for the sale of domain names includes the value ascribed to it under intangible assets and is expensed as cost of revenues at the time of the sale.

Cost of revenues for advertising and other revenues, includes the renewal cost of domain names in our portfolio of generic domain names, which are amortized ratably over the term of provision of the renewal, as well as any impairment charges that may arise from our assessment of the domain name intangible assets. These cost of revenues are not likely to be material in relation to advertising and other revenues earned, thus any increase or decrease in advertising and other revenue will impact our gross profit by approximately the same amount.

Network costs include personnel and related expenses, depreciation and amortization, communication costs, equipment maintenance, stock based compensation and employee and related costs directly associated with the management and maintenance of our network. Communication costs include bandwidth, co-location and provisioning costs we incur to support the supply of all our services.

The following table presents our cost of revenues, by revenue source, for the periods presented (unaudited):

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Domain name and other Internet services:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domain names, excluding Domain Direct

 

$

9,146,139

 

$

7,508,908

 

$

17,928,038

 

$

15,183,708

 

Other Internet services, including Domain Direct

 

1,037,984

 

1,011,569

 

2,052,689

 

1,943,719

 

Sale of domain names

 

11,303

 

 

11,623

 

 

Total domain name and other Internet services

 

10,195,426

 

8,520,477

 

19,992,350

 

17,127,427

 

Advertising and other revenue

 

111,651

 

 

163,985

 

 

Network, other costs

 

1,891,731

 

1,545,785

 

3,275,262

 

2,866,689

 

Network, depreciation and amortization costs

 

1,048,970

 

707,794

 

1,922,168

 

1,271,253

 

 

 

$

13,247,778

 

$

10,774,056

 

$

25,353,765

 

$

21,265,369

 

Increase over prior period

 

$

2,473,722

 

 

 

$

4,088,396

 

 

 

Increase - percentage

 

23

%

 

 

19

%

 

 

 

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The following table presents our cost of revenues, as a percentage of total cost of revenues for the periods presented (unaudited):

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Domain name and other Internet services:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domain names, excluding Domain Direct

 

69.1

%

69.7

%

70.8

%

71.4

%

Other Internet services, including Domain Direct

 

7.8

%

9.4

%

8.1

%

9.1

%

Sale of domain names

 

0.1

%

0.0

%

0.0

%

0.0

%

Total domain name and other Internet services

 

77.0

%

79.1

%

78.9

%

80.5

%

Advertising and other revenue

 

0.8

%

0.0

%

0.6

%

0.0

%

Network, other costs

 

14.3

%

14.3

%

12.9

%

13.5

%

Network, depreciation and amortization costs

 

7.9

%

6.6

%

7.6

%

6.0

%

 

 

$

100.0

%

100.0

%

$

100.0

%

100.0

%

 

Cost of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2007 increased to $13.2 million from $10.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2006, primarily as a result of higher costs attributable to higher volumes of domain registrations and other Internet services of $1.6 million and an increase in network costs of $687,000. The increase in network costs was primarily a result of the additional labor, bandwidth and co-location and other costs required to manage the data centers of $541,000, depreciation of additional information technology assets acquired or purchased of $316,000 and additional amortization of $25,000 resulting from acquisitions.

These increases were offset in part by transitional costs incurred during the three months ended June 30, 2006 in the amount of $173,000 as a result of the acquisition of the Hosted Messaging Assets of Critical Path Inc., which were not incurred during the three months ended June 30, 2007, as well as a decrease in travel expenses during the period of $23,000.

Cost of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2007 increased to $25.4 million from $21.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006, primarily as a result of higher costs attributable to higher volumes of domain registrations and other Internet services of $2.7 million and an increase in network costs of $1.1 million. The increase in network costs was primarily a result of the additional labor, bandwidth and co-location and other costs required to manage the data centers of $1.1 million, depreciation of additional information technology assets acquired or purchased of $601,000 and additional amortization of $49,000 resulting from acquisitions.

These increases were offset in part by a reversal in March 2007 of a contingency of $220,000 that was accrued for a planned network operation initiative that the Company did not pursue. Because the relevant statute of limitations covering this initiative has expired, this accrual is no longer required.  In addition, transitional costs incurred during the six months ended June 30, 2006 in the amount of $513,000 as a result of the acquisition of the Hosted Messaging Assets of Critical Path Inc. were not incurred during the six months ended June 30, 2007.

Registry fees, the primary component of cost of revenues, are paid in full when the domain is registered. Registry fees are recorded as prepaid domain registry fees and are recognized ratably over the term of provision of the service. Other Internet service costs and ICANN accreditation transaction fees are generally paid either monthly or quarterly. Services provided over periods longer than one month are recognized ratably over the term of provision of the service.

Prepaid domain registration and other Internet services fees at June 30, 2007 increased by $4.4 million, to approximately $34.4 million from $30.0 million at June 30, 2006.

We anticipate that cost of revenues will continue to increase in absolute dollars primarily as a result of continued growth in domain registration and other Internet services and as our network activity increases.

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SALES AND MARKETING

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of personnel costs. These costs include commissions and related expenses of our sales, product management, public relations, call center, support and marketing personnel. Other sales and marketing expenses include customer acquisition costs, advertising and other promotional costs.

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Sales and marketing

 

$

1,480,078

 

$

1,572,290

 

$

2,824,522

 

$

3,031,446

 

Decrease over prior period

 

$

(92,212

)

 

 

$

(206,924

)

 

 

Decrease - percentage

 

(6

)%

 

 

(7

)%

 

 

Percentage of net revenues

 

7

%

10

%

7

%

10

%

 

Sales and marketing expenses during the three months ended June 30, 2007 decreased to $1.5 million compared to $1.6 million during the three months ended June 30, 2006.

Sales and marketing expenses during the six months ended June 30, 2007 decreased to $2.8 million compared to $3.0 million during the six months ended June 30, 2006.

This decrease during the three months ended June 30, 2007 was primarily the result of the reversal of a contingency of $94,000 that was accrued for certain marketing initiatives that the Company did not persue. Because the relevant statute of limitations covering these initiatives has expired, this accrual is no longer required. In addition, transitional costs incurred during the three months ended June 30, 2006 in the amount of $4,000, as a result of the acquisition of the Hosted Messaging Assets of Critical Path Inc., were not incurred during the three months ended June 30, 2007. Travel and other selling expenses also decreased by approximately $32,000 when compared to the same quarter last year. These decreases were partly offset by miscellaneous sales expenses of $38,000.

This decrease during the six months ended June 30, 2007 was primarily the result of the reversal of a contingency of $231,000 that was accrued for certain marketing initiatives that the Company did not peruse. Because the relevant statute of limitations covering these initiatives has expired, this accrual is no longer required. In addition, transitional costs incurred during the six months ended June 30, 2006 in the amount of $37,000, as a result of the acquisition of the Hosted Messaging Assets of Critical Path Inc., which were not incurred during the six months ended June 30, 2007. Travel and other selling expenses also decreased by approximately $92,000 when compared to the same period last year. These decreases were partly offset by additional people costs of $153,000, predominantly in customer service and marketing as we continue to invest in customer service improvements.

We believe that sales and marketing expenses will continue to increase, in absolute dollars, as we adjust our marketing programs and sales strategies to meet future opportunities in the marketplace.

TECHNICAL OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT

Technical operations and development expenses consist primarily of personnel costs and related expenses required to support the development of new or enhanced service offerings and the maintenance and upgrading of existing infrastructure. This includes expenses incurred in the research, design and development of technology that we use to register domain names and other Internet services and to distribute our digital content services. Editorial costs relating to the rating and review of the software content libraries are included in the costs of product development. In accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Statement of Position 98-1, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use, costs incurred during the application development stage are capitalized and primarily include personnel costs for employees directly related to the development project. All other costs are expensed as incurred.

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Technical operations and development

 

$

1,752,693

 

$

2,090,723

 

$

3,564,972

 

$

4,411,439

 

Decrease over prior period

 

$

(338,030

)

 

 

$

(846,467

)

 

 

Decrease - percentage

 

(16

)%

 

 

(19

)%

 

 

Percentage of net revenues

 

8

%

13

%

9

%

14

%

 

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Technical operations and development expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2007 decreased by $338,000 to $1.8 million compared to $2.1 million during the three months ended June 30, 2006.

Technical operations and development expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2007 decreased by $846,000 to $3.6 million compared to $4.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2006.

This decrease was primarily the result of our not incurring transitional costs relating to the acquisition of the Hosted Messaging Assets of Critical Path Inc. during the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $289,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2006. In addition, as a result of steps we took to streamline our operations in Flint, Michigan, people-related costs, including contract and outside service costs, decreased by approximately $85,000. Other costs, including travel and conferences, decreased by $24,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2006. There were no capitalized personnel costs for employees directly related to the application development stage of development projects during the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $44,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2006, while other costs including dues and subscriptions decreased by $16,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2007, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2006.

This decrease was primarily the result of the fact that we did not incur transitional costs relating to the acquisition of the Hosted Messaging Assets of Critical Path Inc. during the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $679,000 during the six months ended June 30, 2006. In addition, as a result of steps we took to streamline our operations in Flint, Michigan, people-related costs, including contract and outside service costs, decreased by approximately $177,000. Other costs, predominantly travel, decreased by $47,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2007, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2006. Capitalized personnel costs for employees directly related to the application development stage of development projects decreased by $47,000 to $32,000, while other costs including dues and subscriptions decreased by $10,000 during the six months ended June 30, 2007, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2006.

We expect technical operations and development expenses to increase slightly, in absolute dollars, going forward as our business continues to grow and as we further develop our applications and services.

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation and related costs for managerial and administrative personnel, fees for professional services, public listing expenses, rent and other general corporate expenses.

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

General and administrative

 

$

810,872

 

$

948,464

 

$

2,309,641

 

$

2,567,517

 

Decrease over prior period

 

$

(137,592

)

 

 

$

(257,876

)

 

 

Decrease - percentage

 

(15

)%

 

 

(10

)%

 

 

Percentage of net revenues

 

4

%

6

%

6

%

8

%

 

General and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2007 decreased to $811,000 compared to $948,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2006.

General and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2007 decreased to $2.3 million compared to $2.6 million during the six months ended June 30, 2006.

General and administrative expenses primarily decreased by $180,000 as a result of our recording a foreign exchange gain of approximately $961,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to approximately $781,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2006. Professional fees, predominantly accounting fees, for the three months ended June 30, 2007 decreased by approximately $70,000, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2006, while other costs such as bad debts, supplies and public listing expenses also decreased by approximately $47,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2006.

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In addition, we did not incur any transitional costs relating to the acquisition of the Hosted Messaging Assets of Critical Path Inc. during the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $51,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2006. People-related costs, including contract and outside service costs, also decreased by approximately $93,000 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2006 primarily as a result of our incurring lower consulting fees in reviewing our long term compensation alternatives and training costs during the three months ended June 30, 2007. Other costs such as bad debts, state taxes and travel related expenses also decreased by approximately $32,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2006.

These decreases were partially offset by people related costs increasing by $94,000 when compared to the three months ended June 30, 2006, primarily as a result of the incremental consultants used in our Human Resources area including an increase in stock based compensation expense of $29,000. In addition, general and administrative expenses also increased by an additional $65,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2007 as a result of other cost increases such as credit card processing fees, investor relation costs, telephone and other miscellaneous expenses, when compared to the three months ended June 30, 2006.

General and administrative expenses primarily decreased by $320,000 as a result of our recording a foreign exchange gain of approximately $1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to approximately $693,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2006. In addition, we did not incur any transitional costs relating to the acquisition of the Hosted Messaging Assets of Critical Path Inc. during the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $51,000 during the six months ended June 30, 2006. People-related costs, including contract and outside service costs, also decreased by approximately $26,000 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2006 primarily as a result of our incurring lower consulting fees in reviewing our long term compensation alternatives and training costs during the six months ended June 30, 2007. This was offset by increased stock based compensation expenses of $28,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2007. Other costs such as bad debts, state taxes, supplies and travel related expenses also decreased by approximately $64,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2006

These decreases were partially offset by an amount of $175,000 relating to increases in investor relations, credit card processing fees, telephone and other miscellaneous expenses, when compared to the six months ended June 30, 2006.

We expect general and administrative expenses to continue to increase, in absolute dollars, as our business continues to grow and the impact of a higher Canadian dollar is recognized.

DEPRECIATION OF PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment is depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the assets.

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Depreciation of property and equipment

 

$

68,267

 

$

45,041

 

$

129,791

 

$

82,091

 

Increase over prior period

 

$

23,226

 

 

 

$

47,700

 

 

 

Increase - percentage

 

52

%

 

 

58

%

 

 

 

 

The increase in depreciation for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2006 was primarily due to the acquisition of additional computer equipment purchased to update our older equipment.

AMORTIZATION OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

$

222,741

 

$

112,591

 

$

456,042

 

$

205,884

 

Increase over prior period

 

$

110,150

 

 

 

$

250,158

 

 

 

Increase - percentage

 

98

%

 

 

122

%

 

 

 

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Amortization of intangible assets consists of amounts arising in connection with the acquisition of Boardtown Corporation in April 2004, from the acquisition of the Hosted Messaging Business of Critical Path, Inc. in January 2006, and the acquisition of Mailbank.com Inc. in September 2006.

In connection with the acquisition of Boardtown Corporation, the technology, brand and customer relationships purchased are amortized on a straight-line basis over seven years, while the non-competition agreements entered into with the former owners of Boardtown Corporation are amortized on a straight-line basis over three years.

Technology acquired in connection with the acquisition of the Hosted Messaging Assets of Critical Path, Inc. is amortized on a straight-line basis over two years, while the customer relationships are amortized on a straight-line basis over five years.

In connection with the acquisition of Mailbank.com Inc., customer and customer relationships purchased are amortized on a straight-line basis over five years, while in-house software purchased is amortized on a straight-line basis over two years.

OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSES

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Other income (expenses), net

 

$

(49,297

)

$

102,662

 

$

(2,515

)

$

679,159

 

 

Other income includes interest income of $56,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007, compared to $121,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2006. Interest income has decreased as we have lower investment balances available, primarily as a result of the acquisitions we made 2006. As a result of the promissory notes issued in association with the acquisition of Mailbank.com Inc. in June 2006, we also incurred an interest expense of $105,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2007.

Other income includes interest income of $119,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2007, compared to $224,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2006. Interest income has decreased as we have lower investment balances available, primarily as a result of the acquisitions we made 2006. As a result of the promissory notes issued in association with the acquisition of Mailbank.com Inc. in June 2006, we also incurred an interest expense of $210,000 during the six months ended June 30, 2007.

In addition, Afilias Inc., a company in which we hold an investment, declared a divided payable to its shareholders of record as of March 31, 2007. An amount of $88,000 was paid in April 2007.

In 2002, we assigned to an unrelated third party (our Partner), various patents which were acquired by us in the merger with Infonautics in 2001. In connection with the assignment of these patents, we retained the right to a revenue share relating to any cash flow received by our Partner relating to the commercialization of these patents. As a result of this assignment, during the three months June 30, 2006, we received $474,000 from the assignment of the patents. On August 15, 2006, we were informed by our Partner that it had assigned certain of these patents to another unrelated third party. We do not expect to receive any additional revenue share from this arrangement in the future.

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INCOME TAXES

In preparing our financial statements, we make estimates of our current tax obligations and temporary differences resulting from differences in carrying values of reporting items for financial statement and tax purposes. We recognize deferred taxes by the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method, deferred taxes are recognized for differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities at enacted statutory tax rates in effect for the years in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized as income or expense in the period that includes the enactment date. Valuation allowances based on management’s judgment are established when appropriate to reduce the carrying value of deferred tax assets to the amounts expected to be realized.

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Provision for income taxes

 

$

12,000

 

$

12,000

 

$

24,000

 

$

12,000

 

 

We operate in various tax jurisdictions, and accordingly, our income is subject to varying rates of tax. Losses incurred in one jurisdiction cannot be used to offset income taxes payable in another. No provision for income taxes other than for alternative minimum tax has been recorded for the three months ended June 30, 2007 because we had net operating losses to offset against our operating income in our major operating jurisdictions. Our ability to use income tax loss carryforwards and future income tax deductions is dependant upon our operations in the tax jurisdictions in which such losses or deductions arise.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

At June 30, 2007, our principal source of liquidity was cash and cash equivalents, of $5.7 million compared to $6.3 million at December 31, 2006.

Net cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was $3.5 million, compared to $5.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006. Operating activities, after adjustment for non-cash and other items including non-cash cost of domain name sales, depreciation, amortization, unrealized change in the fair value of forward contracts and stock-based compensation of $2.6 million, for the six months ended June 30, 2007 generated $2.5 million. Non-cash operating working capital decreased by $2.0 million, which decrease primarily reflects changes in accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and deposits, prepaid domain name registry and other Internet services fees, accounts payable, accrued expenses, customer deposits, deferred revenue and accreditation fees payable. The increase in prepaid expenses included a prepayment of $325,000 pertaining to certain three year support contracts that we entered into to take advantage of favorable pricing.

Net cash used in financing activities was $2.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007. The primary use of these funds was the repurchase of 2.6 million shares at a cost of $2.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2007 under the terms of the normal course issuer bid we announced in January 2007. This was offset $186,000 of proceeds received on the exercise of stock options by employees of the Company.

Net cash used in investing activities was $1.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007. We invested an additional $2.9 million in property and equipment related to our hosted email environment during the six months ended June 30, 2007 in order to combat the significant increase we have experienced in inbound spam.

These investments were partially offset by $568,000 (including $13,000 of interest earned) that was returned to Tucows on the closure of the escrow accounts originally established in connection with the acquisitions of Boardtown Corporation and the Hosted Messaging assets of Critical Path and $127,000 (including $37,000 of interest earned) that was held in escrow and returned to Critical Path as a result of their satisfaction of certain post-closing conditions relating to customer retention. In addition, as certain of our forward contracts mature, margin security against these contracts is released from restricted cash. During the six months ended June 30, 2007, $509,000 was released from restricted cash.

On July 25, 2007, Tucows (Delaware) Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tucows, acquired Innerwise, Inc. (dba ItsYourDomain.com) (“IYD”), a privately held, ICANN-accredited registrar offering domain services through a worldwide wholesale network of over 2,500 affiliates. Tucows paid $10.8 million in cash for IYD with the opportunity for IYD to realize a further $1.1 million based on specific targets.

In connection with the acquisition of IYD., on July 27, 2007, Tucows obtained a $9,579,201 non-revolving, reducing credit facility (the “Loan”) through Tucows.com Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tucows (the “Borrower”) from the Bank of Montreal (the “Bank”). Tucows, along with certain of its other subsidiaries, each executed Guaranty and Security Agreements, guaranteeing the obligations of the Borrower, and granting the Bank a security interest in substantially all of their assets.

The loan is repayable monthly in arrears, in equal installments of blended principal and interest, currently amounting to approximately $225,000, over five years, at an interest rate equal to prime rate plus 0.5% (which rate is currently 8.75% and is subject to annual assessment based on Borrower’s ratio of total funded debt to EBITDA). The loan requires that Tucows meet certain financial covenants, and limits the amount of our capital expenditures. Tucows is currently in compliance with these covenants.

Based on our operations, we believe that our cash flow from operations will be adequate to meet our anticipated requirements for working capital and capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months.

We may choose to raise additional funds or seek other financing arrangements to facilitate more rapid expansion, develop new or enhance existing products or services, respond to competitive pressures or acquire or invest in complementary businesses, technologies, services or products.

If additional financing is required, we may not be able to raise it on acceptable terms, or at all, and additional financing may be dilutive to existing investors. We may also evaluate potential acquisitions of other businesses, products and technologies. To complete potential acquisitions, we may issue additional securities or need additional equity or debt

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financing and any additional financing may be dilutive to existing investors. There are currently no material understandings, commitments or agreements about any acquisition of other businesses.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Our services are developed in and are sold primarily from North America. Our sales are primarily made in United States dollars, while a major portion of expenses are incurred in Canadian dollars. Our financial results could be affected by factors such as changes in foreign currency exchange rates or weak economic conditions in foreign markets. Our interest income is sensitive to changes in the general level of Canadian and U.S. interest rates, particularly since the majority of our excess funds are held in money market accounts. Based on the nature of our investments, we have concluded that there is no material interest rate risk exposure at June 30, 2007.

Although we have a functional currency of U.S. dollars, a substantial portion of our fixed expenses are incurred in Canadian dollars. Our policy with respect to foreign currency exposure is to manage financial exposure to certain foreign exchange fluctuations with the objective of neutralizing some of the impact of foreign currency exchange movements. We will continue to regularly assess if we should enter into additional forward exchange contracts to offset the risk associated with the effects of Canadian dollar to U.S. dollar transaction exposures. We do not use forward contracts for trading purposes.

Foreign exchange forward contracts have not been treated as cash flow hedges for accounting purposes as we have not complied with the documentation requirements. Accordingly, we have accounted for the fair value of the derivative instruments within the consolidated balance sheets as a derivative financial asset or liability and the corresponding change in fair value is recorded in the consolidated statement of operations. We have no other freestanding or embedded derivative instruments.

The impact of the foreign exchange forward contracts for the three months ended June 30, 2007 was a net gain of approximately $886,000, which is reflected on the consolidated statements of operations in general and administrative expenses.

The impact of the foreign exchange forward contracts for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was a net gain of approximately $1.1 million, which is reflected on the consolidated statements of operations in general and administrative expenses.

As of June 30, 2007, we had outstanding foreign currency forward contracts with a notional value of $10.2 million, whereby $850,000 is converted into Canadian dollars on a semi-monthly basis from July 2007 to December 2007 at foreign exchange rates varying from U.S.$1:Cdn$1.1250 to U.S.$1:Cdn$1.1299.

We have performed a sensitivity analysis model for foreign exchange exposure over the three months ended June 30, 2007. The analysis used a modeling technique that compares the U.S. dollar equivalent of all expenses incurred in Canadian dollars, at the actual exchange rate, to a hypothetical 10% adverse movement in the foreign currency exchange rates, with all other variables held constant. Foreign currency exchange rates used were based on the market rates in effect during the three months ended June 30, 2007. The sensitivity analysis indicated that a hypothetical 10% adverse movement in foreign currency exchange rates would result in a decrease in net income for the three months ended June 30, 2007 of $490,000. There can be no assurances that the above projected exchange rate decrease will materialize. Fluctuations of exchange rates are beyond our control. We will continue to monitor and assess the risk associated with these exposures and may at some point in the future take actions to hedge or mitigate these risks. There is no assurance that any strategy will be successful in avoiding losses due to exchange fluctuations, or that the failure to manage currency risks effectively would not have a material effect on our results of operations.

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Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

(a)                                            Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report have been designed and are functioning effectively to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. We believe that a controls system, no matter how well designed and operated, cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the controls system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected.

(b)                                           Change in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

No change in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.                Legal Proceedings

We are involved in various investigations, claims and lawsuits arising in the normal conduct of our business, none of which, in our opinion, will harm our business. We cannot assure that we will prevail in any litigation. Regardless of the outcome, any litigation may require us to incur significant litigation expense and may result in significant diversion of our attention.

Item 1A.       Risk factors

In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report, you should also carefully consider the risk factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, all of which could materially affect our business, financial condition or operating results and should be considered before making an investment decision regarding our securities. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks facing the Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may adversely affect our business, financial condition or operating results.

Item 2.     Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

The following table provides information about purchases of equity securities that we made during the three months ended June 30, 2007 pursuant to our share buy-back program.

Issuer purchases of equity securities

 

 

(a)

 

(b)

 

(c)

 

(d)

 

Period

 

Total number 
of shares 
purchased

 

Average price 
paid per share 
(2)

 

Total number 
of shares 
purchased as 
part of 
publically 
announced 
plans or 
programs (1)

 

Maximum 
number of 
shares that 
may yet be 
purchased 
under the plans 
or programs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 1 - 30, 2007

 

 

$

 

 

4,198,398

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 1-31, 2007

 

200,000

 

$

0.96

 

200,000

 

3,998,398

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 1-30, 2007

 

916,600

 

$

1.01

 

916,600

 

3,081,798

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

1,116,600

 

$

1.00

 

1,116,600

 

 

 

 


1.               We repurchased an aggregate of 1,116,600 shares of our common stock in the open market pursuant to our share buy-back program, authorized by our board of directors on January 9, 2007. Unless terminated earlier by our board of directors, the program will expire upon the earlier of our repurchase of 5,698,398 shares or February 15, 2008.

2.               Average price paid per share as set forth in the table is inclusive of all fees.

Item 4.                Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Tucows’ Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on June 7, 2007.  Holders of an aggregate of 74,739,242 shares of Tucows common stock at the close of business on April 30, 2007 were entitled to vote at the meeting, of which 58,193,399 were present in person or represented by proxy.  At such meeting, Tucows’ shareholders voted as follows:

Proposal 1. To elect seven directors to serve until the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their respective successors shall have been duly selected and qualified.

Nominee

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Withheld

 

Stanley Stern

 

54,453,876

 

3,739,523

 

Elliot Noss

 

54,389,476

 

3,803,923

 

Eugene Fiume

 

54,425,076

 

3,768,323

 

Erez Gissin

 

45,643,876

 

12,549,523

 

Allen Karp

 

54,445,642

 

3,747,757

 

Lloyd Morrisett

 

54,386,942

 

3,806,457

 

Jeffrey Schwartz

 

54,426,526

 

3,766,873

 

 

No other persons were nominated, or received votes, for election as directors at the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.  There were no abstentions or broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.

Proposal 2. To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as independent auditors of Tucows and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.

Votes For

 

Votes
Against

 

Votes
Abstained

 

Ratification of Appointment of KPMG LLP

54,583,967

 

3,566,225

 

43,207

 

 

There were no broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.

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Item 6.                Exhibits

(a)  Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

Asset Sale Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2007, by and among Tucows.com Co., Tucows Domain Holding Co., Mailbank Nova Scotia Co. and Internet REIT, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 filed with Tucows’ current report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on June 20, 2007).

31.1

 

Chief Executive Officer’s Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification *

31.2

 

Chief Financial Officer’s Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification *

32.1

 

Chief Executive Officer’s Section 1350 Certification †

32.2

 

Chief Financial Officer’s Section 1350 Certification †

 


* Filed herewith.

† Furnished herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date: August 14, 2007

TUCOWS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Elliot Noss

 

 

 

Elliot Noss

 

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Cooperman

 

 

 

Michael Cooperman Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

Asset Sale Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2007, by and among Tucows.com Co., Tucows Domain Holding Co., Mailbank Nova Scotia Co. and Internet REIT, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 filed with Tucows’ current report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on June 20, 2007).

31.1

 

Chief Executive Officer’s Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification *

31.2

 

Chief Financial Officer’s Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification *

32.1

 

Chief Executive Officer’s Section 1350 Certification †

32.2

 

Chief Financial Officer’s Section 1350 Certification †

 


* Filed herewith.

† Furnished herewith.

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