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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


Form 10-K


 

þ

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

 

 

 

 

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011


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 000-54309


SMTP, Inc.

 (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware

 

05-0502529

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. employer

incorporation or organization)

 

identification number)

 

 

 

One Broadway, 14th Floor
Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

02142

(Address of principal executive offices)

  

(Zip Code)


617-500-8635

(Registrant’s telephone number)


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

None


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


Common Stock, Par Value $0.001

(Title of class)



Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes    o     No    þ

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  Yes   o       No   þ


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   þ       No   o





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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes   þ       No   o


Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment of this Form 10-K.    o


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):


Large accelerated filer   o

 

Accelerated filer   o

 

Non-accelerated filer   o

 

Smaller reporting company þ


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


The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $490,725 as of June 30, 2011.


As of March 26, 2012, there were 13,841,500 outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock, $.001 par value.


DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE


Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement to be issued in conjunction with the registrant’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2012 are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The proxy statement will be filed by the registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission not later than 120 days after the end of the registrant’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. 

 




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TABLE OF CONTENTS


 

 

 

 

Page

PART I

Item 1.

 

Business

 

5

Item 1A.

 

Risk Factors

 

8

Item 1B.

 

Unresolved Staff Comments

 

19

Item 2.

 

Properties

 

19

Item 3.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

19

PART II

Item 5.

 

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

20

Item 6.

 

Selected Financial Data

 

22

Item 7.

 

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

 

22

Item 7A.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

24

Item 8.

 

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

24

Item 9.

 

Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

 

25

Item 9A.

 

Controls and Procedures

 

25

Item 9B.

 

Other Information

 

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PART III

Item 10.

 

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

 

26

Item 11.

 

Executive Compensation

 

26

Item 12.

 

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

 

26

Item 13.

 

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

 

26

Item 14.

 

Principal Accounting Fees and Services

 

26

PART IV

Item 15.

 

Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

 

27

Signatures

  

 

  

28


 




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PART I


SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements about our plans, objectives, expectations, assumptions or future events. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expect,” “we believe,” “we intend,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “could” and similar expressions denoting uncertainty or an action that may, will or is expected to occur in the future. These statements involve estimates, assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.

Examples of forward-looking statements include:

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the timing of the development of future products;

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projections of costs, revenue, earnings, capital structure and other financial items;

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statements of our plans and objectives;

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statements regarding the capabilities of our business operations;

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statements of expected future economic performance;

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statements regarding competition in our market; and

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assumptions underlying statements regarding us or our business.


The ultimate correctness of these forward-looking statements depends upon a number of known and unknown risks and events. We discuss our known material risks under Item 1.A “Risk Factors. Many factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.


The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and, except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.


 




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ITEM 1.

BUSINESS


Corporate History


We were incorporated in Massachusetts on October 14, 1998 as EMUmail, Inc. and changed our name on April 1, 2010 to SMTP.com, Inc. On November 23, 2010, we incorporated a new entity under the name SMTP, Inc. in the State of Delaware and entered into a Merger Agreement with SMTP.com, Inc. The sole purpose of the merger was to change the jurisdiction of our company from Massachusetts to Delaware and to increase the number of authorized shares outstanding. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to “our company,” “we,” “our” or “us” and other similar terms means SMTP, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Business Summary


We provide Internet-based services to facilitate email delivery worldwide. Our services provide customers with the ability to increase the deliverability of email with less time, cost and complexity than handling it themselves. We believe our growth since inception has been driven by the compelling value proposition for our services.


Principal services


We provide services to enable small, medium and large businesses to outsource the sending of outbound emails. Legitimate senders of email use our services to help maintain their online email reputation so that their email is not blocked and is delivered to the intended recipients.


The services are differentiated by level of computer, software and customer support resources we provide, which is largely based on the volume of emails sent by our customers:


1.

Business solution services are for small business users that send low volumes on an infrequent basis. These customers typically send between 500 and 200,000 emails each month and pay between $2 and $200 per month in fees.


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Corporate solutions are for larger businesses requiring dedicated computer and software systems with advanced features, proactive reputation management and phone support. Our high volume corporate customers receive more powerful computer and software systems, high speed Internet connectivity, advanced email management features, 24/7 event monitoring and the highest levels of customer support. Corporate customers typically send from 200,000 to many millions of emails each month and pay between $200 and $10,000 per month. As of December 31, 2011, we had approximately 500 corporate customers with the average customer paying us approximately $450 per month.


Sales and Marketing

We sell directly to prospective customers through online advertisements and through marketing agreements with vendors of email marketing software who promote our services to their clients.  Approximately 80% of our customers reach us directly while approximately 20% reach us through third parties. We pay these third parties between 5% and 30% of the revenue generated from their referrals. Aside from fees paid to third parties, our marketing and advertising expenses are not directly related to our level of sales.  There is no direct correlation between revenues and marketing expenses.  

Growth Strategy

Our growth strategy is to expand our business through (i) acquisitions of, or investments in, other companies with competing or complementary services, technologies or businesses; and (ii) entering into relationships with other businesses in order to expand our service offerings, which could involve preferred or exclusive licenses, additional channels of distribution or discount pricing or investments in other companies. We expect to fund our business expansion through the issuance of debt or equity securities, the payment of cash, the exchange of services, or any combination thereof.




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Competition


The market for our services is competitive and rapidly changing, and the barriers to entry are relatively low. With the introduction of new technologies and the influx of new entrants to the market, we expect competition to persist and intensify in the future, which could harm our ability to increase sales, limit customer attrition and maintain our prices.


Barriers to entry in email delivery services are very low.  Privately-backed and public companies could choose to enter our space and compete directly with us, or indirectly by offering substitute solutions.  The result could be decreased demand or pricing for our services, longer sales cycles, or a requirement to make significant incremental investments in research and development to match these entrants’ new technologies.  If any of these happens, it could cause us to suffer a decline in revenues and profitability.

 

Our principal competitors include providers of email management services for small to medium size businesses such as AuthSmtp.com, SMTP2Go.com, Sendgrid.com, JangoMail.com, SocketLabs.com, StrongMail.com, ExactTarget.com, CheetahMail.com, ConstantContact.com, iContact.com, MailChimp.com and Bronto.com, larger companies such as Amazon.com, as well as the in-house information technology capabilities of prospective customers.

Competition could result in reduced sales, reduced margins or the failure of our email marketing product to achieve or maintain more widespread market acceptance, any of which could harm our business. While we do not compete currently with vendors serving larger customers, we may face future competition from these providers if they determine that our target market presents an opportunity for them. Finally, in the future, we may experience competition from Internet Service Providers, or ISPs, advertising and direct marketing agencies and other large established businesses, such as Microsoft Corporation, Google Inc. or Yahoo! Inc., possessing large, existing customer bases, substantial financial resources and established distribution channels. If these companies decide to develop, market or resell competitive email marketing products, acquire one of our existing competitors or form a strategic alliance with one of our competitors, our ability to compete effectively could be significantly compromised and our operating results could be harmed. In addition, one or more of these ISPs or other businesses could decide to offer a competitive email marketing product at no cost or low cost in order to generate revenue as part of a larger product offering.

 Our current and potential competitors may have significantly more financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we do and may be able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion, sale and support of their products. Our current and potential competitors may have more extensive customer bases and broader customer relationships than we have. In addition, these companies may have longer operating histories and greater name recognition than we have and may be able to bundle an email marketing product with other products that have gained widespread market acceptance. These competitors may be better able to respond quickly to new technologies and to undertake more extensive marketing campaigns. If we are unable to compete with such companies, the demand for our products could substantially decline.

We cannot assure you that we will be able to respond quickly, cost-effectively or sufficiently to market conditions.  Our business, financial condition and operating results may be adversely affected if we are unable to anticipate or respond quickly and economically to any developments.


Our ability to compete will also depend on the strength of our brand, our ability to attract and retain key talent and other personnel, the efficiency of development and marketing. All these activities require significant financial resources.  We may not be able to sustain competition.  Our inability to compete effectively would have an adverse impact on our business.

Intellectual Property

Our core message sending technology is built upon Postfix software that is open source and can be used by anyone without cost, as well as on commercial software from Message Systems. We customized various aspects of the software to optimize the speed at which email is delivered.  Customizations to open source software code generally require developers to make their work available at no cost. Since we have created our software by developing extensions which plug into open source software without modifying the open source code, we do not believe there is a risk we could be required to offer our products or make our source code available.  Generally, we spend less than 10% of our sales on research and development activities.

We do not own any patents, trademarks, licenses, franchises or concessions aside from the SMTP.com domain name and SMTP trademark.





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Technology

We currently rent Internet servers from providers such as Bocacom, Hostgator, thePlanet, Iweb, Rackspace and Softlayer. Each of these companies have servers in multiple cities in the United States, in Europe, or in Canada. We also have our own servers at Hurricane Electric in Fremont, California. Our disaster recovery strategy is to use back up virtual servers.

Regulation of our business

We must comply with U.S. federal legislation entitled Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003, or CAN-SPAM Act, which imposes certain obligations on the senders of commercial emails and specifies penalties for the transmission of commercial email messages that are intended to deceive the recipient as to source or content.

The CAN-SPAM Act, among other things, obligates the sender of commercial emails to provide recipients with the ability to opt out of receiving future emails from the sender. In addition, some states have passed laws regulating commercial email practices that are significantly more punitive and difficult to comply with than the CAN-SPAM Act, particularly Utah and Michigan, which have enacted do-not-email registries listing minors who do not wish to receive unsolicited commercial email that markets certain covered content, such as adult or other harmful products. Some portions of these state laws may not be preempted by the CAN-SPAM Act.

The ability of our customers’ constituents to opt out of receiving commercial emails may minimize the effectiveness of our email marketing product. Moreover, non-compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act carries significant financial penalties. If we were found to be in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act, applicable state laws not preempted by the CAN-SPAM Act, or foreign laws regulating the distribution of commercial email, whether as a result of violations by our customers or if we were deemed to be directly subject to and in violation of these requirements, we could be required to pay penalties, which would adversely affect our financial performance and significantly harm our business. We also may be required to change one or more aspects of the way we operate our business, which could impair our ability to attract and retain customers or increase our operating costs.

As Internet commerce continues to evolve, increasing regulation by federal, state or foreign governments becomes more likely. Our business could be negatively impacted by the application of existing laws and regulations or the enactment of new laws applicable to email communications. The cost to comply with such laws or regulations could be significant and would increase our operating expenses, and we may be unable to pass along those costs to our customers in the form of increased subscription fees. In addition, federal, state and foreign governmental or regulatory agencies may decide to impose taxes on services provided over the Internet or via email. Such taxes could discourage the use of the Internet and email as a means of commercial marketing and communications, which would adversely affect the viability of our services.

Employees

We have between three and eight full-time employees at any given time, including:

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Chief Executive Officer

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President and Chief Operating Officer

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Director of North American Sales

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Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer

We also have several contractors in the United States and approximately 25 to 35 contractors at any given time in Ukraine.

Our Ukraine team includes:

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Technical Support

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Systems Engineers

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Research and Development Engineers

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Accounts Receivables

We believe  that our future  success will depend in part on our  continued  ability  to  attract,  hire  or  acquire  and  retain qualified independent contractors. There can be no assurance that we will be able to attract and retain such individuals or companies. If we are unsuccessful in managing the timely delivery of these services our business could be adversely affected.





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ITEM 1A.

RISK FACTORS


Risks Related To Our Business

The majority of our services are sold pursuant to short-term subscription agreements, and if our customers elect not to renew these agreements, our revenues may decrease.

 

Typically, our services are sold pursuant to short-term subscription agreements, which are generally one month to one year in length, with no obligation to renew these agreements. Our renewal rates may decline due to a variety of factors, including the services and prices offered by our competitors, new technologies offered by others, consolidation in our customer base or if some of our customers cease their operations. If our renewal rates are low or decline for any reason, or if customers renew on less favorable terms, our revenues may decrease, which could adversely affect our stock price.


If we fail to enhance our existing services or develop new services, our services may become obsolete or less competitive and we could lose customers.

If we are unable to enhance our existing services or develop new services that keep pace with rapid technological developments and meet our customers’ needs, our business will be harmed. Creating and designing such enhancements and new products entail significant technical and business risks and require substantial expenditures and lead-time, and there is no guarantee that such enhancements and new products will be completed in a timely fashion. Nor is there any guarantee that any new service offerings will gain acceptance among our email marketing customers or by the broader market. For example, our existing email marketing customers may not view any new service as complementary to our email service offerings and therefore decide not to purchase such service. If we cannot enhance our existing services or develop new products or if we are not successful in selling such enhancements and new products to our customers, we could lose customers or have difficulty attracting new customers, which would adversely impact our financial performance.

If we are unable to attract new customers and retain existing customers on a cost-effective basis, our business and results of operations will be affected adversely.


To succeed, we must continue to attract and retain a large number of customers on a cost-effective basis, many of whom have not previously used an email service like ours. We rely on a variety of methods to attract new customers, such as paying providers of online services, search engines, directories and other websites to provide content, advertising banners and other links that direct customers to our website, direct sales and partner sales. If we are unable to use any of our current marketing initiatives or the cost of such initiatives were to significantly increase or such initiatives or our efforts to satisfy our existing customers are not successful, we may not be able to attract new customers or retain existing customers on a cost-effective basis and, as a result, our revenue and results of operations would be affected adversely.


If we fail to develop our brands cost-effectively, our business may be adversely affected.

 

Successful promotion of our brands will depend largely on the effectiveness of our marketing efforts and on our ability to provide reliable and useful services at competitive prices. Brand promotion activities may not yield increased revenue, and even if they do, any increased revenue may not offset the expenses we incur in building our brands. If we fail to successfully promote and maintain our brands, or incur substantial expenses in an unsuccessful attempt to promote and maintain our brands, we may fail to attract enough new customers or retain our existing customers to the extent necessary to realize a sufficient return on our brand-building efforts, and our business and results of operations could suffer.


Our relationships with our channel partners may be terminated or may not continue to be beneficial in generating new email marketing customers, which could adversely affect our ability to increase our customer base.


 We maintain a network of active channel partners, as well as business service providers such as web developers and marketing agencies, on whom we depend to refer customers to us through links on their websites and outbound promotion to their customers. If we are unable to maintain our contractual relationships with existing channel partners or establish new contractual relationships with potential channel partners, we may experience delays and increased costs in adding customers, which could have a material adverse effect on us. The number of customers we are able to add through these marketing relationships is dependent on the marketing efforts of our partners over which we exercise very little control, and a significant decrease in the number of gross customer additions generated through these relationships could adversely affect the size of our customer base and revenue.





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If the delivery of our customers’ emails is limited or blocked, the fees we may be able to charge for our email marketing product may not be accepted by the market and customers may cancel their accounts.

 


Internet Service Providers (ISP) can block emails from reaching their users. Recent releases of ISP software and the implementation of stringent new policies by ISPs make it more difficult to deliver our customers’ emails. We continually improve our own technology and work closely with ISPs to maintain our deliverability rates. If ISPs materially limit or halt the delivery of our customers’ emails, or if we fail to deliver our customers’ emails in a manner compatible with ISPs’ email handling or authentication technologies, then the fees we charge for our email marketing product may not be accepted by the market, and customers may cancel their accounts.


Our international operations will subject us to additional risks and uncertainties.


Our international operations present unique challenges and risks to our Company.  Compliance with complex foreign and U.S. laws and regulations that apply to our international operations increases our cost of doing business in international jurisdictions and could interfere with our ability to offer our products and services to one or more countries or expose us or our employees to fines and penalties. These laws and regulations include, but are not limited to, tax laws, data privacy and filtering requirements, U.S. laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and local laws prohibiting corrupt payments to governmental officials. Violations of these laws and regulations could result in monetary damages, criminal sanctions against us, our officers, or our employees, and prohibitions on the conduct of our business. Our international operations also subject us to additional foreign currency exchange rate risks and will require additional management attention and resources. Our international operations subject us to other inherent risks, including, but not limited to:


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the impact of recessions in economies outside of the United States;

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changes in and differences between regulatory requirements between countries;

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U.S. and foreign export restrictions, including export controls relating to encryption technologies;

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reduced protection for and enforcement of intellectual property rights in some countries;

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potentially adverse tax consequences;

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difficulties and costs of staffing and managing foreign operations;

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political and economic instability;

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tariffs and other trade barriers; and

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seasonal reductions in business activity.


Our failure to address these risks adequately could materially and adversely affect our business, revenue, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.


We could be adversely affected by the devaluation of the U.S. Dollar against the Euro and could be adversely affected by the rate of inflation in the European Union.


All of our revenues are currently generated in U.S. Dollars, and inflation in the European Union and/or the devaluation of the U.S. dollar in relation to the Euro may have the effect of increasing the cost in U.S. dollars of financing expenses.  As a result, our U.S. dollar-measured results of operations may be adversely affected. Because exchange rates between the Euro and the U.S. dollar fluctuate continuously, exchange rate fluctuations will have an impact on our profitability and period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations once we begin generating more significant revenues outside the U.S through SMTP International Limited.


We face significant threats from new entrants to our business, which could cause us to suffer a decline in revenues and profitability.


Barriers to entry in Internet service markets are low.  Privately-backed and public companies could choose to enter our space and compete directly with us, or indirectly by offering substitute solutions.  The result could be decreased demand or pricing for our services, longer sales cycles, or a requirement to make significant incremental investments in research and development to match these entrants’ new technologies.  If any of these happens, it could cause us to suffer a decline in revenues and profitability.


The market in which we participate is competitive and, if we do not compete effectively, our operating results could be harmed.

The market for our services is competitive and rapidly changing, and the barriers to entry are relatively low. With the introduction of new technologies and the influx of new entrants to the market, we expect competition to persist and intensify in the future, which could harm our ability to increase sales, limit customer attrition and maintain our prices.




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Our principal competitors include providers of email management services for small to medium size businesses such as AuthSmtp.com, SMTP2Go.com, SendGrid.com, JangoMail.com, SocketLabs.com, StrongMail.com, ExactTarget.com, CheetahMail.com, ConstantContact.com, iContact.com, MailChimp.com and Bronto.com, larger companies such as Amazon.com, as well as the in-house information technology capabilities of prospective customers. Competition could result in reduced sales, reduced margins or the failure of our email marketing product to achieve or maintain more widespread market acceptance, any of which could harm our business. While we do not compete currently with vendors serving larger customers, we may face future competition from these providers if they determine that our target market presents an opportunity for them. We may also experience competition from Internet Service Providers, or ISPs, advertising and direct marketing agencies and other large established businesses, such as Microsoft Corporation, Google Inc. or Yahoo! Inc., possessing large, existing customer bases, substantial financial resources and established distribution channels. If these companies decide to develop, market or resell competitive email marketing products, acquire one of our existing competitors or form a strategic alliance with one of our competitors, our ability to compete effectively could be significantly compromised and our operating results could be harmed. In addition, one or more of these ISPs or other businesses could decide to offer a competitive email marketing product at no cost or low cost in order to generate revenue as part of a larger product offering.

 Our current and potential competitors may have significantly more financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we do and may be able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion, sale and support of their products. Our current and potential competitors may have more extensive customer bases and broader customer relationships than we have. In addition, these companies may have longer operating histories and greater name recognition than we have and may be able to bundle an email marketing product with other products that have gained widespread market acceptance. These competitors may be better able to respond quickly to new technologies and to undertake more extensive marketing campaigns. If we are unable to compete with such companies, the demand for our products could substantially decline.

Our business is substantially dependent on continued demand for email marketing and any decrease in demand could cause us to suffer a decline in revenues and profitability.


We derive, and expect to continue to derive, substantially all of our revenue from organizations, including small and medium size businesses, associations and non-profits. As a result, widespread acceptance of communicating by email among small and medium size organizations is critical to our future growth and success. The overall market for email and related services is relatively new and still evolving, and small organizations have generally been slower than larger organizations to adopt email marketing as part of their marketing mix. There is no certainty regarding how or whether this market will develop, or whether it will experience any significant contractions. Our ability to attract and retain customers will depend in part on our ability to make email communications convenient, effective and affordable. If small and medium size organizations determine that email marketing and communication does not sufficiently benefit them, existing customers may cancel their accounts and potential customers may decide not to utilize our email services. In addition, many small and medium size organizations currently lack the technical expertise to effectively send large quantities of email. As technology advances, however, small and medium size organizations may establish the capability to manage their own email transmissions and therefore have no need for our email services. If the market for email services fails to grow or grows more slowly than we currently anticipate, demand for our services may decline and our revenue would suffer.


We depend on search engines to attract a significant percentage of our customers, and if those search engines change their listings or our relationship with them deteriorates or terminates, we may be unable to attract new customers, which would adversely affect our business and results of operations.


Many of our customers located our website by clicking through on search results displayed by search engines such as Google and Yahoo!. Search engines typically provide two types of search results, algorithmic and purchased listings. Algorithmic listings cannot be purchased, and instead are determined and displayed solely by a set of formulas designed by the search engine. Purchased listings can be purchased by advertisers in order to attract users to their websites. We rely on both algorithmic and purchased listings to attract a significant percentage of the customers we serve to our website. Search engines revise their algorithms from time to time in an attempt to optimize their search result listings. If search engines on which we rely for algorithmic listings modify their algorithms, this could result in fewer customers clicking through to our website, requiring us to resort to other costly resources to replace this traffic, which, in turn, could reduce our revenue and negatively impact our operating results, harming our business. If one or more search engines on which we rely for purchased listings modifies or terminates its relationship with us, our expenses could rise, or our revenue could decline and our business may suffer. The cost of purchased search listing advertising fluctuates and may increase as demand for these channels grows, and any such increases could have negative effects on our financial results.




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We may engage in future acquisitions that could disrupt our business, dilute stockholder value, and harm our business, operating results or financial condition.


 

We may pursue acquisition opportunities in the future. We have not made any material acquisitions to date and, therefore, our ability as an organization to make and integrate significant acquisitions is unproven. Moreover, acquisitions involve numerous risks, including:

 


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an inability to locate a suitable acquisition candidate or technology or acquire a desirable candidate or technology on favorable terms;

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difficulties in integrating personnel and operations from the acquired business or acquired technology with our existing technology and products and in retaining and motivating key personnel from the business;

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disruptions in our ongoing operations and the diversion of our management’s attention from their day-to-day responsibilities associated with operating our business;

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increases in our expenses that adversely impact our business, operating results and financial condition;

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potential write-offs of acquired assets and increased amortization expense related to identifiable assets acquired; and

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potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities or the incurrence of debt.


In addition, any acquisition we complete may not ultimately strengthen our competitive position or achieve our goals, or such an acquisition may be viewed negatively by our customers, stockholders or the financial markets.



Risks Related To Our Management

If we fail to retain our key personnel, we may not be able to achieve our anticipated level of growth and our business could suffer.

 


Our future depends, in part, on our ability to attract and retain key personnel. Our future also depends on the continued contributions of our executive officers and other key technical personnel, each of whom would be difficult to replace. In particular, Semyon Dukach, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is critical to the management of our business and operations and the development of our strategic direction. The loss of the services of Mr. Dukach or other executive officers or key personnel and the process to replace any of our key personnel would involve significant time and expense and may significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our business objectives. Our anticipated growth could strain our personnel resources and infrastructure, and if we are unable to implement appropriate controls and procedures to manage our anticipated growth, we may not be able to successfully implement our business plan.


 

We are anticipating a period of rapid growth in our headcount and operations, which may place, to the extent that we are able to sustain such growth, a significant strain on our management and our administrative, operational and financial reporting infrastructure.


Our success will depend in part on the ability of our senior management to manage this expected growth effectively. To do so, we believe we will need to continue to hire, train and manage new employees as needed. If our new hires perform poorly, or if we are unsuccessful in hiring, training, managing and integrating these new employees, or if we are not successful in retaining our existing employees, our business may be harmed. To manage the expected growth of our operations and personnel, we will need to continue to improve our operational and financial controls and update our reporting procedures and systems. The expected addition of new employees and the capital investments that we anticipate will be necessary to manage our anticipated growth will increase our cost base, which will make it more difficult for us to offset any future revenue shortfalls by reducing expenses in the short term. If we fail to successfully manage our anticipated growth, we will be unable to execute our business plan.


None of our officers and directors have in-depth accounting or financial reporting backgrounds, which increases the risk we may be unable to comply with all rules and regulations.


Our ability to meet our ongoing reporting requirements on a timely basis will be dependent to a significant degree on advisors and consultants. Our officers and directors have no in-depth accounting or financial reporting backgrounds. As such, there is risk about our ability to comply with all financial reporting requirements accurately and on a timely basis.





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We do not have compensation or an audit committee, so shareholders will have to rely on the independent directors to perform these functions.


We do not have an audit or compensation committee comprised of independent directors. These functions are performed by the independent members of our board of directors. Until we have an audit committee, there may less oversight of management decisions and activities and little ability for minority shareholders to challenge or reverse those activities and decisions, even if they are not in the best interests of minority shareholders.


Our officers and directors own a controlling interest in our voting stock and investors will not have any voice in our management, which could result in decisions adverse to our general stockholders.


Our officers and directors, in the aggregate, beneficially own approximately or have the right to vote approximately 84.45% of our outstanding common shares on a fully diluted basis. As a result, these stockholders, acting together, have the ability to control substantially all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval including:


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election of our board of directors;

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removal of any of our directors;

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amendment of our Articles of Incorporation or By-laws; and

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adoption of measures that could delay or prevent a change in control or impede a merger, takeover or other business combination involving us.


As a result of their ownership and positions, our officers and directors collectively are able to influence all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. The interests of our officers may differ from the interests of the other stockholders, and they may influence decisions with which the other stockholders may not agree. Such decisions may be detrimental to our business plan and/or operations and they may cause the business to fail in which case you may lose your entire investment.


If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or to prevent fraud.


The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, adopted rules requiring every public company to include a management report on such company's internal controls over financial reporting in its annual report, which contains management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting.  However, as a result of our limited management depth and our failure to hire a separate chief financial officer (Semyon Dukach is our Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer), we may have difficulty in implementing our internal controls over our financial reporting.  Furthermore, during the course of the evaluation, documentation and attestation, we may identify deficiencies that management may not be able to remedy in time to meet the deadline imposed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for compliance with the requirements of Section 404.  If we fail to achieve and maintain the adequacy of our internal controls, we may not be able to conclude that we have effective internal controls, on an ongoing basis, over financial reporting in accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  Moreover, effective internal controls are necessary for our Company to produce reliable financial reports and are important to help prevent fraud.  As a result, our failure to achieve and maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting could result in the loss of investor confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, which in turn could harm our business and negatively impact the trading price of our shares of common stock.


Risks Related To Our Systems

Various private spam blacklists have in the past interfered with, and may in the future interfere with, the effectiveness of our products and our ability to conduct business.


 

We depend on email to market to and communicate with our customers, and our customers rely on email to communicate with their constituents. Various private entities attempt to regulate the use of email for commercial solicitation. These entities often advocate standards of conduct or practice that significantly exceed current legal requirements and classify certain email solicitations that comply with current legal requirements as spam. Some of these entities maintain “blacklists” of companies and individuals, and the websites, ISPs and Internet protocol addresses associated with those entities or individuals that do not adhere to those standards of conduct or practices for commercial email solicitations that the blacklisting entity believes are appropriate. If a company’s Internet protocol addresses are listed by a blacklisting entity,




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emails sent from those addresses may be blocked if they are sent to any Internet domain or Internet address that subscribes to the blacklisting entity’s service or purchases its blacklist.


 

Some of our Internet protocol addresses currently are listed with one or more blacklisting entities and, in the future, our other Internet protocol addresses may also be listed with these and other blacklisting entities. There can be no guarantee that we will not continue to be blacklisted or that we will be able to successfully remove ourselves from those lists. Blacklisting of this type could interfere with our ability to market our products and services and communicate with our customers and could undermine the effectiveness of our customers’ email marketing campaigns, all of which could have a material negative impact on our business and results of operations.


Our customers’ use of our products to transmit negative messages or website links to harmful applications could damage our reputation, and we may face liability for unauthorized, inaccurate or fraudulent information distributed via our services.


 

Our customers could use our email servers to transmit negative messages or website links to harmful applications, reproduce and distribute copyrighted material without permission, or report inaccurate or fraudulent data or information. Any such use of our products could damage our reputation and we could face claims for damages, copyright or trademark infringement, defamation, negligence or fraud. Moreover, our customers’ promotion of their products and services through our email marketing product may not comply with federal, state and foreign laws. We cannot predict whether our role in facilitating these activities would expose us to liability under these laws.


 

Even if claims asserted against us do not result in liability, we may incur substantial costs in investigating and defending such claims. If we are found liable for our customers’ activities, we could be required to pay fines or penalties, redesign business methods or otherwise expend resources to remedy any damages caused by such actions and to avoid future liability.


We do not currently have any general liability insurance to protect us in case of customer or other claims.


 

We do not have any general liability insurance to cover any potential claims to which we are exposed. Any imposition of liability would increase our operating losses and reduce our net worth and working capital.


Our facilities and systems are vulnerable to natural disasters and other unexpected events and any of these events could result in an interruption of our ability to execute clients’ email campaigns.

 

We depend on the efficient and uninterrupted operations of our third-party data centers and hardware systems. The data centers and hardware systems are vulnerable to damage from earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, fire, floods, power loss, telecommunications failures and similar events. If any of these events results in damage to our third-party data centers or systems, we may be unable to execute clients’ hosted online direct marketing campaigns until the damage is repaired, and may accordingly lose clients and revenues. In addition, subject to applicable insurance coverage, we may incur substantial costs in repairing any damage.


System failures could reduce the attractiveness of our service offerings, which could cause us to suffer a decline in revenues and profitability.


We provide email delivery services to our clients and end-users through our proprietary technology and client management systems. The satisfactory performance, reliability and availability of the technology and the underlying network infrastructure are critical to our operations, level of client service, reputation and ability to attract and retain clients. We have experienced periodic interruptions, affecting all or a portion of our systems, which we believe will continue to occur from time to time. We are not aware of any loss of customers due to material service interruptions. However any systems damage or interruption that impairs our ability to accept and fill client orders could result in an immediate loss of revenue to us, and could cause some clients to purchase services offered by our competitors. In addition, frequent systems failures could harm our reputation.  Some factors that could lead to interruptions in customer service include:  operator negligence; improper operation by, or supervision of, employees; physical and electronic break-ins; misappropriation; computer viruses and similar events; power loss; computer systems failures; and Internet and telecommunications failures. We do not carry sufficient business interruption insurance to fully compensate us for losses that may occur.


A rapid expansion of our network and systems could cause our network or systems to fail or cause our network to lose data.


In the future, we may need to expand our network and systems at a more rapid pace than we have in the past. We may suddenly require additional bandwidth for which we have not adequately planned. We may secure an extremely large customer, group of customers, or experience demands for growth by an existing customer or set of customers that would require significant system resources. Our network or




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systems may not be capable of meeting the demand for increased capacity, or we may incur additional unanticipated expenses to accommodate such capacity constraints. In addition, we may lose valuable data or our network may temporarily shut down if we fail to expand our network to meet future requirements. Any disruption in our network processing or loss of data may damage our reputation and result in the loss of customers.


Any significant disruption in service on our website or in our computer systems, or in our customer support services, could reduce the attractiveness of our products and result in a loss of customers.


 

The satisfactory performance, reliability and availability of our technology and our underlying network infrastructure are critical to our operations, level of customer service, reputation and ability to attract new customers and retain existing customers. Our production system hardware and the disaster recovery operations for our production system hardware are co-located in third-party hosting facilities. None of the companies who host our systems guarantee that our customers’ access to our products will be uninterrupted, error-free or secure. Our operations depend on their ability to protect their and our systems in their facilities against damage or interruption from natural disasters, power or telecommunications failures, air quality, temperature, humidity and other environmental concerns, computer viruses or other attempts to harm our systems, criminal acts and similar events. In the event that our arrangements with third-party data centers are terminated, or there is a lapse of service or damage to their facilities, we could experience interruptions in our service as well as delays and additional expense in arranging new facilities. Any interruptions or delays in access to our services, whether as a result of a third-party error, our own error, natural disasters or security breaches, whether accidental or willful, could harm our relationships with customers and our reputation. Also, in the event of damage or interruption, our insurance policies may not adequately compensate us for any losses that we may incur. These factors could damage our brand and reputation, divert our employees’ attention, reduce our revenue, subject us to liability and cause customers to cancel their accounts, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.


We do not have a disaster recovery system, which could lead to service interruptions and result in a loss of customers.

 

 

We do not have any disaster recovery systems. In the event of a disaster in which our software or hardware are irreparably damaged or destroyed, we would experience interruptions in access to our services. Any or all of these events could cause our customers to lose access to our products.


 

We rely on third-party computer hardware and software that may be difficult to replace or that could cause errors or failures of our service, which could cause us to suffer a decline in revenues and profitability.

 


We rely on computer hardware purchased and software licensed from third parties in order to offer our products, including hardware from such large vendors as International Business Machines Corporation, Dell Computer Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Inc. and EMC Corporation. This hardware and software may not continue to be available on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. If we lose the right to use any of this hardware or software or such hardware or software malfunctions, our customers could experience delays or be unable to access our services until we can obtain and integrate equivalent technology or repair the cause of the malfunctioning hardware or software. Any delays or failures associated with our services could upset our customers and harm our business.


If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our unpatented proprietary information, processes and know-how and our trade secrets, the value of our technology and services could be adversely affected.

 We rely upon unpatented proprietary technology, processes and know-how and trade secrets. Although we try to protect this information in part by executing confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants and third parties, such agreements may offer only limited protection and may be breached. Any unauthorized disclosure or dissemination of our proprietary technology, processes and know-how or our trade secrets, whether by breach of a confidentiality agreement or otherwise, may cause irreparable harm to our business, and we may not have adequate remedies for any such breach. In addition, our trade secrets may otherwise be independently developed by our competitors or other third parties. If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our proprietary information, processes and know-how or our trade secrets are disclosed, the value of our technology and services could be adversely affected, which could negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our use of open source software could impose limitations on our ability to commercialize our products, which could cause us to suffer a decline in revenues and profitability.

 

Customizations to open source software code generally require developers to make their work available at no cost. Since we have created our software by developing extensions which plug into open source software without modifying the open source code, we do not




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believe there is a risk we could be required to offer our products or make our source code available.  Although we monitor our use of open source software closely, the terms of many open source licenses to which we are subject have not been interpreted by United States or foreign courts, and there is a risk that such licenses could be construed in a manner that imposes unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our ability to commercialize our products. In such event, we could be required to seek licenses from third parties in order to continue offering our products, to re-engineer our products or to discontinue sales of our products, or to release our software code under the terms of an open source license, any of which could materially adversely affect our business.


 

Given the nature of open source software, there is also a risk that third parties may assert copyright and other intellectual property infringement claims against us based on our use of certain open source software programs. The risks associated with intellectual property infringement claims are discussed immediately below.


Because we have not filed for patent protection of our technologies, we face the risk of our technologies not being adequately protected.


We have not applied for patent protection of our licensed technologies or processes with the US Patent and Trademark Office; if we fail to do so, we may be unable to adequately protect our intellectual property, especially if the designs and materials used in our products are replicated by our competitors. Further, even if we file for patent protection, there is no assurance that it will be approved by the US Patent and Trademark Office.


If a third party asserts that we are infringing its intellectual property, whether successful or not, it could subject us to costly and time-consuming litigation or require us to obtain expensive licenses, and our business may be adversely affected.


 

The software and Internet industries are characterized by the existence of a large number of patents, trademarks and copyrights and by frequent litigation based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights. Third parties may assert patent and other intellectual property infringement claims against us in the form of lawsuits, letters or other forms of communication. These claims, whether or not successful, could:

 


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divert management’s attention;

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result in costly and time-consuming litigation;

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require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements, which may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all;

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in the case of open source software-related claims, require us to release our software code under the terms of an open source license; or

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require us to redesign our software and services to avoid infringement.

 


As a result, any third-party intellectual property claims against us could increase our expenses and adversely affect our business. In addition, many of our agreements with our channel partners require us to indemnify them for third-party intellectual property infringement claims, which would increase the cost to us resulting from an adverse ruling on any such claim. Even if we have not infringed any third parties’ intellectual property rights, we cannot be sure our legal defenses will be successful, and even if we are successful in defending against such claims, our legal defense could require significant financial resources and management time. Finally, if a third party successfully asserts a claim that our products infringe its proprietary rights, royalty or licensing agreements might not be available on terms we find acceptable or at all and we may be required to pay significant monetary damages to such third party.


If the security of our customers’ confidential information stored in our systems is breached or otherwise subjected to unauthorized access, our reputation may be severely harmed, we may be exposed to liability and we may lose the ability to offer our customers a credit card payment option.

Our system stores our customers’ proprietary email distribution lists, credit card information and other critical data. Any accidental or willful security breaches or other unauthorized access could expose us to liability for the loss of such information, adverse regulatory action by federal and state governments, time-consuming and expensive litigation and other possible liabilities as well as negative publicity, which could severely damage our reputation. If security measures are breached because of third-party action, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise, or if design flaws in our software are exposed and exploited, and, as a result, a third party obtains unauthorized access to any of our customers’ data, our relationships with our customers will be severely damaged, and we could incur significant liability. Because techniques used to obtain unauthorized access or to sabotage systems change frequently and generally are not recognized until they are launched against a target, we and our third-party hosting facilities may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. In addition, many states, including Massachusetts, have enacted laws requiring companies to notify individuals of data security breaches involving their




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personal data. These mandatory disclosures regarding a security breach often lead to widespread negative publicity, which may cause our customers to lose confidence in the effectiveness of our data security measures. Any security breach, whether actual or perceived, would harm our reputation, and we could lose customers and fail to acquire new customers.

If we fail to maintain our compliance with the data protection policy documentation standards adopted by the major credit card issuers, we could lose our ability to offer our customers a credit card payment option. Any loss of our ability to offer our customers a credit card payment option would make our products less attractive to many small organizations by negatively impacting our customer experience and significantly increasing our administrative costs related to customer payment processing.

We do not have any general liability insurance to cover any potential claims to which we are exposed. Any imposition of liability would increase our operating losses and reduce our net worth and working capital.


Risks Related To Our Industry


The growth of the email marketing market depends on the continued growth and effectiveness of anti-spam products, which may be insufficient to enable us to offer our services at a profit.

 

Adoption of email as a communications medium depends on the ability to prevent junk mail, or “spam,” from overwhelming a subscriber’s electronic mailbox.  In recent years, many companies have evolved to address this issue and filter unwanted messages before they reach customers’ mailboxes.  In response, spammers have become more sophisticated and have also begun using junk messages as a means for fraud.  Email protection companies in turn have evolved to address this new threat.  However, if their products fail to be effective against spam, adoption of email as a communications tool will decline, which would adversely affect the market for our services.


Current economic conditions may negatively affect the business sector, which may cause our customers to terminate existing accounts with us or cause potential customers to fail to purchase our products, resulting in a decrease in our revenue and impairing our ability to operate profitably.


Our email services are designed specifically for small and medium size organizations, including small and medium size businesses, associations and non-profits that frequently have limited budgets and may be more likely to be significantly affected by economic downturns than their larger, more established counterparts. Small organizations may choose to spend the limited funds that they have on items other than our products and may experience higher failure rates. Moreover, if small organizations experience economic hardship, they may be unwilling or unable to expend resources on marketing, including email marketing, which would negatively affect the overall demand for our products, increase customer attrition and could cause our revenue to decline. In addition, we have limited experience operating our business during an economic downturn. Accordingly, we do not know if our current business model will continue to operate effectively during the current economic downturn. Furthermore, we are unable to predict the likely duration and severity of the current adverse economic conditions in the U.S. and other countries, but the longer the duration the greater risks we face in operating our business. There can be no assurance, therefore, that current economic conditions or worsening economic conditions, or a prolonged or recurring recession, will not have a significant adverse impact on our operating and financial results.


U.S. federal legislation entitled Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 imposes certain obligations on the senders of commercial emails, which could minimize the effectiveness of our email marketing product, and establishes financial penalties for non-compliance, which could increase the costs of our business.


The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003, or CAN-SPAM Act, establishes certain requirements for commercial email messages and specifies penalties for the transmission of commercial email messages that are intended to deceive the recipient as to source or content. The CAN-SPAM Act, among other things, obligates the sender of commercial emails to provide recipients with the ability to opt out of receiving future emails from the sender. In addition, some states have passed laws regulating commercial email practices that are significantly more punitive and difficult to comply with than the CAN-SPAM Act, particularly Utah and Michigan, which have enacted do-not-email registries listing minors who do not wish to receive unsolicited commercial email that markets certain covered content, such as adult or other harmful products. Some portions of these state laws may not be preempted by the CAN-SPAM Act. The ability of our customers’ constituents to opt out of receiving commercial emails may minimize the effectiveness of our email marketing product. Moreover, non-compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act carries significant financial penalties. If we were found to be in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act, applicable state laws not preempted by the CAN-SPAM Act, or foreign laws regulating the distribution of commercial email, whether as a result of violations by our customers or if we were deemed to be directly subject to and in violation of these requirements, we could be required to pay penalties, which would adversely affect our financial performance and significantly harm our




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business. We also may be required to change one or more aspects of the way we operate our business, which could impair our ability to attract and retain customers or increase our operating costs.


Evolving regulations concerning data privacy may restrict our customers’ ability to solicit, collect, process and use data necessary to conduct email campaigns or to analyze the results or may increase their costs, which could harm our business.


 

Federal, state and foreign governments have enacted, and may in the future enact, laws and regulations concerning the solicitation, collection, processing or use of consumers’ personal information. Such laws and regulations may require companies to implement privacy and security policies, permit users to access, correct and delete personal information stored or maintained by such companies, inform individuals of security breaches that affect their personal information, and, in some cases, obtain individuals’ consent to use personal information for certain purposes. Other proposed legislation could, if enacted, prohibit the use of certain technologies that track individuals’ activities on web pages or that record when individuals click through to an Internet address contained in an email message. Such laws and regulations could restrict our customers’ ability to collect and use email addresses, page viewing data, and personal information, which may reduce demand for our products. They may also negatively impact our ability to effectively market our products.


As Internet commerce develops, federal, state and foreign governments may adopt new laws to regulate Internet commerce, which may negatively affect our business.


 

As Internet commerce continues to evolve, increasing regulation by federal, state or foreign governments becomes more likely. Our business could be negatively impacted by the application of existing laws and regulations or the enactment of new laws applicable to email communications. The cost to comply with such laws or regulations could be significant and would increase our operating expenses, and we may be unable to pass along those costs to our customers in the form of increased subscription fees. In addition, federal, state and foreign governmental or regulatory agencies may decide to impose taxes on services provided over the Internet or via email. Such taxes could discourage the use of the Internet and email as a means of commercial marketing and communications, which would adversely affect the viability of our services.


Risks Related To Owning Our Securities


We may need additional capital in the future, which may not be available to us on favorable terms, or at all, and may dilute your ownership of our common stock.


 We have historically relied on outside financing and cash from operations to fund our operations, capital expenditures and expansion. We may require additional capital from equity or debt financing in the future to:

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fund our operations;

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respond to competitive pressures;

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take advantage of strategic opportunities, including more rapid expansion of our business or the acquisition of complementary products, technologies or businesses; and

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develop new products or enhancements to existing products.

We may not be able to secure timely additional financing on favorable terms, or at all. The terms of any additional financing may place limits on our financial and operating flexibility. If we raise additional funds through issuances of equity, convertible debt securities or other securities convertible into equity, our existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution in their percentage ownership of our company, and any new securities we issue could have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our common stock. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us, if and when we require it, our ability to grow or support our business and to respond to business challenges could be significantly limited.

We may expand through acquisitions of, or investments in, other companies or through business relationships, all of which may divert our management’s attention, resulting in additional dilution to our stockholders and consumption of resources that are necessary to sustain our business.

 

One of our business strategies is to acquire competing or complementary services, technologies or businesses. We also may enter into relationships with other businesses in order to expand our service offerings, which could involve preferred or exclusive licenses, additional channels of distribution or discount pricing or investments in other companies.





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Our completed acquisitions and any future acquisition, investment or business relationship may result in unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures. In particular, we may encounter difficulties assimilating or integrating the acquired businesses, technologies, products, personnel or operations of the acquired companies, particularly if the key personnel of the acquired company choose not to work for us and we may have difficulty retaining the customers of any acquired business due to changes in management and ownership. Acquisitions may also disrupt our ongoing business, divert our resources and require significant management attention that would otherwise be available for ongoing development of our business. Moreover, we cannot assure you that the anticipated benefits of any acquisition, investment or business relationship would be realized or that we would not be exposed to unknown liabilities, nor can we assure you that we will be able to complete any acquisitions on favorable terms or at all. In connection with one or more of those transactions, we may:


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issue additional equity securities that would dilute our stockholders;

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use cash that we may need in the future to operate our business;

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incur debt on terms unfavorable to us or that we are unable to repay;

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incur large charges or substantial liabilities;

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encounter difficulties retaining key employees of the acquired company or integrating diverse business cultures;

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become subject to adverse tax consequences, substantial depreciation or deferred compensation charges; and

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encounter unfavorable reactions from investment banking market analysts who disapprove of our completed acquisitions.


Our board of directors has the authority, without stockholder approval, to issue preferred stock with terms that may not be beneficial to existing common stockholders and with the ability to affect adversely stockholder voting power and perpetuate their control over us.


Our certificate of incorporation allows us to issue shares of preferred stock without any vote or further action by our stockholders. Our board of directors has the authority to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of preferred stock. Our board of directors also has the authority to issue preferred stock without further stockholder approval, including large blocks of preferred stock. As a result, our board of directors could authorize the issuance of a series of preferred stock that would grant to holders thereof the preferred right to our assets upon liquidation, the right to receive dividend payments before dividends are distributed to the holders of common stock or other preferred stockholders and the right to the redemption of the shares, together with a premium, prior to the redemption of our common stock or existing preferred stock, if any.


Preferred stock could be used to dilute a potential hostile acquirer. Accordingly, any future issuance of preferred stock or any rights to purchase preferred stock may have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire control of us. This may delay, defer or prevent a change of control or an unsolicited acquisition proposal. The issuance of preferred stock also could decrease the amount of earnings attributable to, and assets available for distribution to, the holders of our common stock and could adversely affect the rights and powers, including voting rights, of the holders of our common stock and preferred stock.


Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) sales practice requirements may limit your ability to buy and sell our shares.

FINRA rules require that in recommending an investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer. Prior to recommending speculative low priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our stock and have an adverse effect on the market for our shares, depressing our share price.

The market price of our shares would decline if our restricted stockholders sell a large number of shares.

A total of 13,441,500 shares of restricted common stock have been issued to certain stockholders, which are restricted securities, as that term is defined in Rule 144 of the Rules and Regulations of the SEC promulgated under the Act. Under Rule 144, such shares can be publicly sold, subject to volume restrictions and certain restrictions on the manner of sale, commencing six months after their acquisition. Any sales of restricted shares held by these stockholders (after applicable restrictions expire) may have a depressive effect on the price of our common stock in any market that may develop, of which there can be no assurance.




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Our quarterly results may fluctuate and if we fail to meet the expectations of analysts or investors, our stock price could decline substantially.


 

Our quarterly operating results may fluctuate, and if we fail to meet or exceed the expectations of securities analysts or investors, the trading price of our common stock could decline. Some of the important factors that could cause our revenue and operating results to fluctuate from quarter to quarter include:


 

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our ability to retain existing customers, attract new customers and satisfy our customers’ requirements;

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general economic conditions;

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changes in our pricing policies;

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our ability to expand our business;

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the effectiveness of our personnel;

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new product and service introductions;

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technical difficulties or interruptions in our services;

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the timing of additional investments in our hardware and software systems;

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regulatory compliance costs;

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costs associated with future acquisitions of technologies and businesses; and

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extraordinary expenses such as litigation or other dispute-related settlement payments.

 


Some of these factors are not within our control, and the occurrence of one or more of them may cause our operating results to vary widely. As such, we believe that quarter-to-quarter comparisons of our revenue and operating results may not be meaningful and should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance.


We do not intend to pay cash dividends on our shares of common stock but rather, we intend to finance the development and expansion of our business, delaying or perhaps preventing investors from receiving a return on their shares.


Because we do not intend to pay any cash dividends on our shares of common stock, our stockholders will not be able to receive a return on their shares unless they sell them at a price higher than that which they initially paid for such shares. We intend to retain any future earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.  


ITEM 1B.

UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS


None


ITEM 2.

PROPERTIES


We have our corporate headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts and support and technology offices in Kiev, Ukraine as well as in Odessa, Ukraine. We rent our 3 offices for approximately $8,000 per month total, or terms of 3 months or shorter. We believe that additional space may be required as our business expands and believe that we can obtain suitable space as needed.


ITEM 3.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

We are not aware of any litigation or threatened litigation of a material nature.  




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PART II


ITEM 5.

MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES


Market Information


Our stock trades on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol SMTP.


The following table set forth below lists the range of high and low bids for our common stock for each fiscal quarter since May 2, 2011, which is the date that we commenced trading the OTC Bulletin Board. The prices in the table reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail markup, markdown or commission and may not represent actual transactions.


 

 

 

High

 

 

Low

 

 

 

Bid

 

Ask

 

Bid

 

Ask

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011

3rd Quarter

$

-

(1)

$

-

(1)

$

-

(1)

$

-

(1)

 

4th Quarter

$

-

(1)

$

-

(1)

$

-

(1)

$

-

(1)


(1)

Reflects that no priced bids or asks were calculated because there was not a minimum of 2 two-sided quotes for our common stock.


Holders


As of the date of this annual report, we have a total of 13,841,500 shares of common stock outstanding, held of record by approximately 53 shareholders. We do not have any shares of preferred stock outstanding.


Dividends


No cash dividends have been declared or paid on our common stock to date. No restrictions limit our ability to pay dividends on our common stock. The payment of cash dividends in the future, if any, will be contingent upon our company's revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition. The payment of any dividends is within the discretion of our board of directors.


Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans


Equity Compensation Plans as of December 31, 2011.


Equity Compensation Plan Information

Plan category

Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights

(a)

Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights

(b)

Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a))

(c)

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (1)

1,318,000

$0.25

1,182,000

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders  (2)

800,000

0.625

0

Total

2,118,000

$0.392

1,182,000





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(1)

Reflects our 2010 Stock Incentive Plan for the benefit of our directors, officers, employees and consultants. We  have reserved 2,500,000 shares of common stock for such persons pursuant to that plan.

(2)

Comprised of common stock purchase warrants we issued for services.


Penny Stock Regulations and Restrictions on Marketability


The SEC has adopted rules that regulate broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in penny stocks. Penny stocks are generally equity securities with a market price of less than $5.00, other than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or quoted on the NASDAQ system, provided that current price and volume information with respect to transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange or system. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document prepared by the SEC, that: (a) contains a description of the nature and level of risk in the market for penny stocks in both public offerings and secondary trading; (b) contains a description of the broker's or dealer's duties to the customer and of the rights and remedies available to the customer with respect to a violation of such duties or other requirements of the securities laws; (c) contains a brief, clear, narrative description of a dealer market, including bid and ask prices for penny stocks and the significance of the spread between the bid and ask price; (d) contains a toll-free telephone number for inquiries on disciplinary actions; (e) defines significant terms in the disclosure document or in the conduct of trading in penny stocks; and (f) contains such other information and is in such form, including language, type size and format, as the SEC shall require by rule or regulation.

The broker-dealer also must provide, prior to effecting any transaction in a penny stock, the customer with (a) bid and offer quotations for the penny stock; (b) the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction; (c) the number of shares to which such bid and ask prices apply, or other comparable information relating to the depth and liquidity of the market for such stock; and (d) a monthly account statement showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer's account.

In addition, the penny stock rules require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, the broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser's written acknowledgment of the receipt of a risk disclosure statement, a written agreement as to transactions involving penny stocks, and a signed and dated copy of a written suitability statement.

These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the trading activity for our common stock. Therefore, stockholders may have difficulty selling our securities.


Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities


During the period covered by this report, our Company issued the following securities without registering the securities under the Securities Act:


Securities issued for services


Date

 

Security

 

 

 

March 2011

 

Warrant – right to buy 800,000 shares of common stock at $.625 per share for consulting services.

 

 

 

June 2011

 

Common stock – 1,500 shares of common stock for $2,850 in services.


Securities issued pursuant to our Employee Stock Plan


Date

 

Security

 

 

 

January 2011

 

Stock options – right to buy 384,000 shares of common stock at $.25 per share.


No underwriters were utilized and no commissions or fees were paid with respect to any of the above transactions. These persons were the only offerees in connection with these transactions. We relied on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act since the transactions did not involve any public offering.





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ITEM 6.

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA


Not Applicable.



ITEM 7.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


Except for the historical information contained in this report on Form 10-K, the matters discussed herein are forward-looking statements. Words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “future,” and “intends,” and similar expressions are used to identify forward-looking statements. These and other statements regarding matters that are not historical are forward-looking statements. These matters involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences in results and outcomes include without limitation those discussed below as well as those discussed elsewhere in this report. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s analysis only as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results or changes in factors or assumptions affecting such forward-looking statements.

 

Background Overview

 

We provide Internet-based services to facilitate email delivery. Our services provide customers with the ability to increase the deliverability of email with less time, cost and complexity than handling it themselves. We believe our growth since inception has been driven by the compelling value proposition for our services.


Results of Operations

Year Ended
December 31,

 

Net
Revenues

 

Change from
Prior Year

 

Percent Change
from Prior Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 

 $          4,279,243

 

 $          1,543,491

 

56.4 %

2010

 

 $          2,735,752

 

 $      2,735,752

 

#DIV/0!


Revenues increased for the year ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010, due to increased sales of our email delivery services to consumers.  Revenue growth is attributable primarily to an increase in our number of subscribers of our services.  Most of this growth is attributable to organic growth in our customer base offset by decreases in sales from the resellers of our products.  Our customers generally pay monthly without contacts.  Their fees range from $2 to $6,000 per month.


Year Ended
December 31,

 

Cost of Services

 

Change from
Prior Year

 

Percent Change
from Prior Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 

 $             822,790

 

 $           183,549

 

28.7 %

2010

 

 $             639,241

 

 

 

 


Cost of services increased for the year ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010 primarily due to increased revenues.  As a percentage of revenues, cost of services were 19% and 23% of net revenues for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  This decrease in cost of services as a percentage of revenues is due to decreased partner share commissions during 2011 as a lower volume of customers were provided by our resellers.  Additionally, there was a slight decrease in support costs as a percentage of revenue as these are fixed costs to support the services we provide.


Year Ended
December 31,

 

Sales and Marketing

 

Change from
Prior Year

 

Percent Change
from Prior Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 

 $             361,395

 

 $            85,146

 

30.8 %

2010

 

 $             276,249

 

 

 

 





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Sales and marketing expenses increased for the year ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010 primarily attributable to a general growth in our business.  We spent more on advertising and marketing to fuel additional growth, but there is no direct correlation between revenues and marketing expenses.  There was no single marketing campaign or effort that caused a significant fluctuation in our sales and marketing expenses between these periods, however we generally increased our online ad budget in the US as well as globally during 2011, and we had online ads running in 10 different languages.


Year Ended
December 31,

 

General and Administrative

 

Change from
Prior Year

 

Percent Change
from Prior Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 

 $          1,168,398

 

 $           315,868

 

37.1 %

2010

 

 $             852,530

 

 

 

 


General and administrative expenses increased for the year ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010 based on the following:


·

An increase of approximately $162,000 of professional services related to our newly acquired status as a publicly traded company;

·

An increase in stock compensation expense of approximately $34,000 related to options given to our President and other employees; and

·

An increase in other general and administrative expenses of approximately $109,000; and

·

An increase in payroll and related costs of approximately $11,000 primarily due to increased bonuses.


Year Ended
December 31,

 

Research and Development

 

Change from
Prior Year

 

Percent Change
from Prior Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 

 $             351,090

 

 $         125,698

 

55.8 %

2010

 

 $             225,392

 

 

 

 


Research and development expenses increased for the year ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010 as we focus on expanding our service offerings and improving the functionality of our products. In particular we have been building better statistics tracking, and moving customers to a more sophisticated version of our ecosystem.


Year Ended
December 31,

 

Income Tax Expense

 

Change from
Prior Year

 

Percent Change
from Prior Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 

 $           670,497

 

 $          321,748

 

92.3%

2010

 

 $           348,749

 

 

 

 


Changes in our income tax expense related primarily to differences in pretax income during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and the effects of certain true ups to our tax returns that vary from year to year.   


Year Ended
December 31,

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

Change from
Prior Year

 

Percent Change
from Prior Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 

 $             905,632

 

 $         510,731

 

129.3 %

2010

 

 $             394,901

 

 

 

 


Net income increased for the year ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010 increased primarily due to revenue growth partially offset by increases in cost of services, operating expenses and income taxes related to the growth in our business, each of which is described above.





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Liquidity and Capital Resources


Our primary source of cash inflows are net remittances from customers for email services.  Such payments are typically received in advance of providing the services, yielding a deferred revenue liability on our balance sheet.  


Our primary sources of cash outflows include payroll, income tax payments and payments to vendors and third party service providers.  With the exception of income taxes, which occur on a periodic basis, cash outflows typically occur in close proximity of expense recognition.  


Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010


Net cash generated by operating activities increased approximately $969,716, or 206%, to $1,441,279 for the year ended December 31, 2011, compared to $471,563 for the year ended December 31, 2010.  The increase of cash generated by operating activities was primarily attributable to an increase in net income of approximately $510,731.  Cash generated by operating activities also increased by changes in working capital and other adjustments, the most significant of which was an increase in income taxes payable of $287,462 and stock based compensation of $107,696, meaning that cash spent was less than the expense recognition by those amounts.  This was offset by a change in accrued expenses of ($128,769), meaning that cash spent was more than the expense recognition by that amount


Net cash used in investing activities was $150,349 and $3,164 during the year ended December 31, 2011, and 2010, respectively, consisting of the purchase of software licenses and investments in servers and computers for employees.


Net cash provided by financing activities was $96,816 and $0 during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, consisting of proceeds from the issuance of common stock.  In February 2010, we provided a loan of $100,000 to one of our shareholders. The loan was repaid by the shareholder in July 2010.


We had net working capital of $1,240,515 as of December 31, 2011 and $220,940 as of December 31, 2010.  Our net working capital as of December 31, 2011 was primarily attributable to our increased cash, which increased to $1,978,809 at December 31, 2011 compared to $591,063 at December 31, 2010.  Our net working capital as of December 31, 2010 was primarily attributable to our increased cash, which increased to $591,063 at December 31, 2010 compared to $122,664 at December 31, 2009.

 

Critical Accounting Policies


Our critical accounting policies, including the assumptions and judgments underlying them, are disclosed in the Notes to the Financial Statements. We have consistently applied these policies in all material respects. We do not believe that our operations to date have involved uncertainty of accounting treatment, subjective judgment, or estimates, to any significant degree.


Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.


New Accounting Pronouncements


Our new accounting pronouncements are disclosed in the Notes to the Financial Statements. We do not expect the adoption of recently issued accounting pronouncements to have a significant impact on our results of operations, financial position or cash flow.


ITEM 7A.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK


Not Applicable.


ITEM 8.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA


The financial statements included in this annual report under this item are set forth beginning on Page F-1 of this Annual Report, immediately following the signature pages.





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ITEM 9.

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE


Not Applicable.



ITEM 9A.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES


Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures


As of the end of the period covered by this report, our Company evaluated the effectiveness and design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures. Our Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are the controls and other procedures that we designed to ensure that our Company records, processes, summarizes, and reports in a timely manner the information that it must disclose in reports that our Company files with or submits to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer reviewed and participated in this evaluation. Based on this evaluation, our Company made the determination that its disclosure controls and procedures were effective.


Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting


Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control -Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission ("COSO"). Based on this evaluation, management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2011.


The Company's internal control over financial reporting includes policies and procedures that (1) pertain to maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.


Our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system's objectives will be met. Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures. In addition, the design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and controls may become inadequate if conditions change. There can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.


This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management’s attestation in this annual report.


Changes in Company Internal Controls

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

ITEM 9B.

OTHER INFORMATION


Not Applicable

 





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PART III


ITEM 10.

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE


The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the information contained within our company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held later this year.


ITEM 11.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION


The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the information contained within our company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held later this year.


ITEM 12.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS


The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the information contained within our company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held later this year.


ITEM 13.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE


The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the information contained within our company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held later this year.


ITEM 14.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES


The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the information contained within our company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held later this year.





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PART IV


ITEM 15.

EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES


(a) Documents filed as part of this report:


1.   Financial Statements and Reports


The consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K are filed as part of this Report.


2.  Financial Statements Schedule

 

Other financial statement schedules have been omitted because either the required information (i) is not present, (ii) is not present in amounts sufficient to require submission of the schedule or (iii) is included in the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto under Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.


3.

 Exhibits


The exhibit list in the Index to Exhibits is incorporated herein by reference as the list of exhibits required as part of this Report.


 




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SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on March 30, 2012.


SMTP, INC.

 

 

By:

/s/  Semyon Dukach

 

Semyon Dukach

 

Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer

 

(Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:


Signature

 

Capacity

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/  Semyon Dukach

 

 

 

 

Semyon Dukach



/s/ Richard Harrison

 

Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Director

 

March 30, 2012

Richard Harrison

 

President and Chief Operating Officer

 

March 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Vadim Yasinovsky

 

Director

 

March 30, 2012

Vadim Yasinovsky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Matt Mankins

 

Director

 

March 30, 2012

Matt Mankins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Brad Harkavy

 

Director

 

March 30, 2012

Brad Harkavy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Rens Troost

 

Director

 

March 30, 2012

Rens Troost

 

 

 

 






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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



 

Page

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

F-2

Balance Sheets  

F-3

Statements of Operations

F-4

Statements of Shareholder’s Deficit

F-5

Statements of Cash Flows

F-6

Notes to Financial Statements

F-7

 

 

 




F-1



 




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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


To the Board of Directors

SMTP, Inc.


We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of SMTP, Inc. (the Company) as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related statements of operations, shareholders' equity (deficit), and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.


We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal controls over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal controls over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.


In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of SMTP, Inc as of  December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the results of its operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.


/s/ McConnell & Jones, LLP


Houston, Texas

March 28, 2012


3040 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1600
Houston, TX  77056
Phone:  713.968.1600

WWW.MCCONNELLJONES.COM





F-2



SMTP, INC.

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,978,809

 

$

591,063

Accounts receivable

 

4,226

 

15,577

Deferred income taxes

 

206,283

 

157,962

Other current assets

 

26,042

 

28,250

 

Total current assets

 

2,215,360

 

792,852

Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of

 

 

 

 

$11,608 and $6,555

 

149,315

 

4,019

Intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of $7,432

 

 

 

 

and $6,002

 

1,568

 

2,736

Deferred income taxes

 

2,214

 

709

Deposits

 

29,995

 

69,400

 

Total assets

 

$

2,398,452

 

$

869,716

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue

 

$

335,425

 

$

297,158

Income taxes payable

 

458,631

 

100,306

Allowance for refunds and chargebacks

 

7,202

 

2,166

Accrued expenses and other

 

173,587

 

172,282

 

Total current liabilities

 

974,845

 

571,912

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders' equity:

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized,

 

 

 

 

no shares issued or outstanding at December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively

 

-

 

-

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized,

 

 

 

 

13,841,500 and 13,440,000 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively

 

13,842

 

13,440

Additional paid in capital

 

276,924

 

57,155

Retained earnings

 

1,132,841

 

227,209

Total shareholders' equity

 

1,423,607

 

297,804

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

 

$

2,398,452

 

$

869,716


See accompanying notes to the financial statements





F-3




SMTP, INC.

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS


 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net revenue

$

4,279,243

 

$

2,735,752

Cost of services

822,790

 

639,241

Gross profit

3,456,453

 

2,096,511

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

Sales and marketing

361,395

 

276,249

 

General and administrative

1,168,398

 

852,530

 

Research and development

351,090

 

225,392

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

1,880,883

 

1,354,171

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income:

1,575,570

 

742,340

Other income:

 

 

 

 

Interest income

559

 

1,310

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other income

559

 

1,310

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

1,576,129

 

743,650

Provision for income tax

670,497

 

348,749

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

$

905,632

 

$

394,901

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per share:

 

 

 

 

Basic

$

0.07

 

$

0.03

 

Diluted

$

0.06

 

$

0.03

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common

 

 

 

   shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

Basic

13,773,566

 

13,440,000

 

Diluted

15,154,264

 

13,440,000


See accompanying notes to the financial statements






F-4



SMTP, INC.

STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retained Earnings

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

Additional

 

(Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Paid in Capital

 

Deficit)

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2009

 

 

13,440,000

 

$

13,440

 

$

41,496

 

$

(167,692)

 

$

(112,756)

Stock based compensation - stock options

 

 

-

 

-

 

15,659

 

 

15,659 

Net Income

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

394,901 

 

394,901 

Balance, December 31, 2010

 

 

13,440,000

 

$

13,440

 

$

57,155

 

$

227,209 

 

$

297,804 

Stock based compensation - stock options

 

 

-

 

-

 

46,737

 

 

46,737 

Warrant for services rendered

 

 

-

 

-

 

73,768

 

 

73,768 

Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs

 

400,000

 

400

 

96,416

 

 

96,816 

Shares issued for services rendered

 

 

1,500

 

2

 

2,848

 

 

2,850 

Net Income

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

905,632 

 

905,632 

Balance, December 31, 2011

 

 

13,841,500

 

$

13,842

 

$

276,924

 

$

1,132,841 

 

$

1,423,607 


See accompanying notes to the financial statements





F-5




SMTP, INC.

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

  

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

2011

 

2010

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

905,632 

 

$

394,901 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to

 

 

 

 

net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

  Depreciation and amortization

 

6,221 

 

3,128 

  Stock-based compensation

 

123,355 

 

15,659 

  Allowance for refunds and chargebacks

 

5,036 

 

(7,543)

  Deferred income taxes

 

(49,826)

 

4,588 

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

  Accounts receivable

 

11,351 

 

(15,577)

  Other assets

 

2,208 

 

(97,650)

  Deposits

 

39,405 

 

  Income taxes payable

 

358,325 

 

70,863 

  Accrued expenses and other

 

1,305 

 

130,074 

  Deferred revenue

 

38,267 

 

(26,880)

          Net cash provided by operating activities

 

1,441,279 

 

471,563 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

  Purchases of property and equipment

 

(150,349)

 

(3,164)

          Net cash used in investing activities

 

(150,349)

 

(3,164)

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of offering costs

96,816 

 

Proceeds from shareholder

 

 

100,000 

Repayments of amount due to shareholder

 

 

(100,000)

 

 

 

 

 

          Net cash provided by financing activities

 

96,816 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in cash and cash equivalents

 

1,387,746 

 

468,399 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

591,063 

 

122,664 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

1,978,809 

 

$

591,063 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow disclosures:

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 

$

359,362 

 

$

273,315 


See accompanying notes to the financial statements






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Note 1:  Organization

The Company was incorporated in Massachusetts on October 14, 1998 as EMUmail, Inc. and changed our name on April 1, 2010 to SMTP.com, Inc.  The Company focuses on the execution of email delivery for marketing and enterprise application customers.  The Company has customers for both corporate and personal email delivery. The Company’s services are marketed directly by the Company and through reseller partners.

On November 23, 2010, the Company formed a Delaware corporation, SMTP, Inc. for the purpose of changing the structure of the Company from a Massachusetts corporation to a Delaware corporation and to increase the number of authorized shares outstanding.  Also on November 23, 2010, the Company entered into a Merger agreement between SMTP, Inc. and SMTP.com, Inc. whereby the surviving corporation would be SMTP, Inc. (the “Surviving Corporation”), the newly formed Delaware corporation.  The Surviving Corporation has an authorized capital structure of 50,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share.  Under the terms of the Merger agreement, the Company’s existing 100 shares of ownership (which are held by a sole shareholder) were exchanged for 13,440,000 shares of common stock in the Surviving Corporation.  All financial statements have been retroactively restated to show the effects of this recapitalization.  

Note 2: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP).  

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior reported period amounts to conform to current year presentations.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents are short-term, liquid investments with remaining maturities of three months or less when acquired. Cash and cash equivalents are deposited or managed by major financial institutions and at times are in excess of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance limits.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

U.S. GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy which has three levels based on the reliability of the inputs to determine the fair value. These levels include: Level 1, defined as inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable; and Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs for use when little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions.

The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable. The carrying amount of cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximates fair value because of the short-term nature of these items.

Intangibles

Our intangible assets consist of a domain name. All such assets are capitalized at their original cost and amortized over their estimated useful lives. The Company evaluates its intangibles for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred in accordance with the provisions of FASB ASC 350 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”.

Income Taxes

Provision for income taxes are based on taxes payable or refundable for the current year and deferred taxes on temporary differences between the amount of taxable income and pretax financial income and between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the




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financial statements. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are included in the financial statements at currently enacted income tax rates applicable to the period in which the deferred tax assets and liabilities are expected to be realized or settled as prescribed in FASB ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes. As changes in tax laws or rates are enacted, deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted through the provision for income taxes. A valuation allowance is established to reduce deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized.


The Company applies the authoritative guidance in accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements. This guidance prescribes a two-step process to determine the amount of tax benefit to be recognized. First, the tax position must be evaluated to determine the likelihood that it will be sustained upon external examination. If the tax position is deemed “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained, the tax position is then assessed to determine the amount of benefit to recognize in the financial statements. The amount of the benefit that may be recognized is the largest amount that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. There are no uncertain tax positions taken by the Company on its tax returns. Tax years subsequent to 2006 remain open to examination by U.S. federal and state tax jurisdictions.  


In relation to an examination by the Internal Revenue Service on the Company’s 2008 and 2009 tax return, the Company was notified on March 3, 2011 that additional taxes, including interest and penalties, of $42,636 and $4,576 were due for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2009, respectively.  These amounts have been reflected as an income taxes payable at December 31, 2010.  The Company paid a total of $47,212 in March 2011 and considers these tax years closed.  All other tax years subsequent to 2006 remain open to examination by the U.S. federal and state tax jurisdictions.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the assets. Upon retirement or sale, the cost of assets disposed of and the related accumulated depreciation are eliminated from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is credited or charged to operations. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.


In 2011 the Company paid $100,000 to a third party for a software license which has been categorized as software within property and equipment.  The license will be depreciated over its expected useful life on the straight-line method over five (5) years.  As of December 31, 2011, the license had not been placed into service.

Estimated useful lives are as follows:

Computing equipment

3 years

Software

5 years


Revenue Recognition


The Company recognizes revenue from its services when it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transactions will flow to the Company and the amount of revenue can be measured reliably. This is normally demonstrated when: (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (ii) the fee is fixed or determinable; (iii) performance of service has been delivered; and (iv) collection is reasonably assured.

The Company provides Internet-based services to facilitate email deliverability, including bulk and transactional sending, reputation management, compliance auditing, abuse processing and diagnostics.  The Company’s services are offered over various contractual periods for a fixed fee that varies based on a maximum volume of transactions.  Revenues are typically paid by clients via credit card, check or wire payments at the inception of the contractual period.  Revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the contractual period.

The Company offers refunds on a pro-rata basis at any time during the contractual period.  The Company also experiences credit card chargebacks relating to cardholder disputes that are commonly experienced by businesses that accept credit cards.  The Company makes estimates for refunds and credit card chargebacks based on historical experience.




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Deferred Revenue


The Company’s customers pay for services in advance on a monthly, quarterly, annual, bi-annually and quinquennially basis. Deferred revenue consists of payments received in advance of the Company’s providing the services. Deferred revenues are amortized on a straight-line basis in connection with the contractual period.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk and Significant Customers


Financial instruments that potentially expose the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents. At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company had substantially all cash balances at financial institutions within federally insured limits. The Company maintains its cash balances with accredited financial institutions. The Company does not believe that it is subject to unusual credit risk beyond the normal credit risk associated with commercial banking relationships.

For the years ended December 31, 2011, and 2010, there were no customers that accounted for more than 10% of total revenue.


Cost of Services

Cost of services consists primarily of the direct labor costs, credit card fees, software costs, and fees paid to resellers of the Company’s product.

Advertising Costs

The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred.

Research and Development costs

Research and development cost are charged to expenses when incurred and include salaries and related cost of personnel engaged in research and development activities.

Net Income (Loss) Per Share

Basic net income per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares and, if dilutive, potential common shares outstanding during the period.  For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company’s options and warrants to purchase shares of common stock were excluded from the calculation of net income per share because the average market price of the underlying shares during the period was not greater than the exercise price of the options.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements (“ASU 2011-04”) in GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). Under ASU 2011-04, the guidance amends certain accounting and disclosure requirements related to fair value measurements to ensure that fair value has the same meaning in GAAP and in IFRS and that their respective fair value measurement and disclosure requirements are the same. ASU 2011-04 is effective for public entities during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption by public entities is not permitted. The Company does not believe that the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on the financial statements.

 

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, “Presentation of Comprehensive Income” (“ASU 2011-05”). ASU 2011-05 requires companies to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The provisions of ASU 2011-05 are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. Since ASU 2011-05 only amends the disclosure requirements concerning comprehensive income, the adoption of ASU 2011-05 will not affect the consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.





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Note 3: Intangible Assets


Intangible assets that are subject to amortization are reviewed for potential impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Impairment is determined to exist if the anticipated future cash flow attributable to the asset is less than its carrying value. The asset is then reduced to the net present value of the anticipated future cash flow.

Domain Name


Domain name represents the cost of an internet domain. The cost is amortized on the straight-line method over its estimated useful life of fifteen (15) years.

 

 

December 31, 2011

 

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

Cost basis

 

$

9,000 

 

$

9,000 

Less: accumulated amortization

 

(7,432)

 

(6,002)

 

 

$

1,568 

 

$

2,998 


Amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 was $1,168 and $834 respectively. Estimated amortization expense for each of the ensuing years through December 31, 2013 is $1,336 per year.


Note 4: Shareholders’ Equity


During February and March of 2011, the Company issued and sold 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.25 per share. The sale of the common stock resulted in gross proceeds of $100,000 and net proceeds of $96,816 to the Company after deducting offering costs of $3,184. The Company has used a portion of, and intends to continue to use, the proceeds of their initial public offering for product development expenses.

Note 5: Net Income Per Share


Computation of net income per share is as follows:


 

Year Ended December 31,

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to SMTP.com

$

905,632

 

$

394,901

 

 

 

 

Basic weighted average common shares outstanding

13,773,566

 

13,440,000

Add incremental shares for:

 

 

 

   Warrants

423,085

 

 

   Stock options

957,613

 

-

Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding

15,154,264

 

13,440,000

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per share:

 

 

 

Basic

$

0.07

 

$

0.03

Diluted

$

0.06

 

$

0.03





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Note 6:  Income Taxes

The Company has deferred tax assets and liabilities that reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes.

Income taxes for years ended December 31, is summarized as follows:

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 

 

 

Current provision

 

$

720,323 

 

$

344,178

Deferred provision (benefit)

 

(49,826)

 

4,571

Net income tax provision

 

$

670,497 

 

$

348,749


A reconciliation of income tax computed at the U.S. statutory rate to the effective income tax rate is as follows:

 

2011

 

 

 

2010

 

 

 

Amount

 

Percent

 

Amount

 

Percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal statutory rates

$

535,884

 

34%

 

$

252,841

 

34%

State income taxes

98,823

 

6%

 

70,647

 

10%

Other

29,598

 

2%

 

23,027

 

3%

Permanent differences

6,192

 

0%

 

2,234

 

0%

Effective rate

$

670,497

 

42%

 

$

348,749

 

47%


The following is a summary of the components of the Company’s deferred tax assets:

 

 

2011

 

2010

Deferred tax assets (liabilities) - current:

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

$

(9,655)

 

$

-

Prepaid Expenses

 

(7,667)

 

-

Stock-based compensation

 

26,275 

 

6,306

Provisions and accruals

 

62,254 

 

19,868

Deferred revenue

 

135,076 

 

119,666

Total current deferred tax assets (liabilities)

 

206,283 

 

145,840

Deferred tax assets (liabilities) - long-term:

 

 

 

 

Plant and equipment

 

2,216 

 

711

Total net deferred tax assets

 

$

208,499 

 

$

146,551


As of December 31, 2011, the Company did not have tax operating loss carry forwards.  No valuation allowances have been established for deferred tax assets based on a “more likely than not” threshold. The ability to realize deferred tax assets depends on our ability to generate sufficient taxable income within the carry forward periods provided in the tax law, which management estimate they will.

We have considered the following possible sources of taxable income when assessing the realization of our deferred tax assets:

·

Future reversal of existing taxable temporary differences;

·

Taxable income or loss, based on recent results, exclusive of reversing temporary differences and carry forwards; and

·

Tax-planning strategies.




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Note 7:  Related Party Transactions

Amounts due to shareholder

In February 2010, the Company provided a loan of $100,000 at an annualized interest rate of 3% to its shareholder.  The loan, plus $1,000 in interest, was repaid by the shareholder in July 2010.

Leased administrative facilities

During 2009 and from January through June of 2010, the Company’s then sole shareholder leased certain administrative facilities to the Company.  Rent expense on the facilities during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 was $0 and $1,800, respectively.  In lieu of rental payments, the Company paid for certain repairs and maintenance on the facilities.  Additionally, the Company paid for additional repairs and maintenance and improvements on the facilities totaling $0 and $72,885 for the years ended December 31 2011 and 2010, respectively, which was deemed compensation to the Company’s shareholder.  In July 2010 the Company started paying rent of $300 on a month to month basis to a third party for use of the Company’s corporate headquarters.  As of December 31, 2011, the Company pays approximately $8,000 per month in total rent for 3 offices in Cambridge, MA, Kiev, Ukraine, and Odessa, Ukraine, under lease agreements between one and three months.

Note 8: Warrants


On March 23, 2011, in connection with a consulting agreement, the Company issued 800,000 warrants to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $0.625 per share with a term of 5 years. The warrants were fully vested at the date of grant and the Company recognized an expense of $73,768 equal to the grant date fair value of the warrants using the following assumptions: volatility of 68%; risk-free interest rate of 2.07%; and expected term of 5 years. The fair value of the warrants was determined using the Black-Scholes option valuation model. The warrants expire on March 23, 2016 and have a remaining contractual life of 4.2 years as of December 31, 2011.  The intrinsic value of the Company’s warrants outstanding was $380,000 at December 31, 2011.

Note 9:  Stock-Based Compensation


On November 23, 2010, the Company approved a 2010 Employee Stock Plan and reserved up to 1,360,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance under the plan.  

On April 29, 2011, the Company increased the number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issuance under the plan from 1,360,000 to 2,500,000.

On July 1, 2010, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Richard Harrison, its President and Chief Operating Officer.  The employment agreement, which was amended in November 2010 to clarify certain provisions, further provides that Mr. Harrison receive 960,000 options with a four-year vesting period beginning on August 1, 2010 at an exercise price of $0.25.  The options have a ten-year term.

The Company has historically granted stock options to certain vendors and employees. On January 26, 2011, the Company granted 384,000 stock options at a strike price of $0.25 that vest equally over a four year period. The grant date fair value of the awards was $54,736.  The options expire in 2021.


Awards are valued based on the grant date fair value of the instruments, net of estimated forfeitures, using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:


 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

2011

 

2010

Volatility 

68%

 

68%

Risk-free interest rate

2.40%

 

1.80%

Expected term

6.3 years

 

6.3 years

Forfeiture rate

10%

 

0%

Dividend yield rate

0%

 

0%



The volatility used was based on historical volatility of similar sized companies due to lack of historical data of the Company’s stock price.  The risk free interest rate was determined based on treasury securities with maturities equal to the expected term of the underlying award.  The expected term was determined based on the simplified method outlined in Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 110.




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Stock option awards are expensed on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.  During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company recognized expense of $46,737 and $15,659, respectively. At December 31, 2011, future stock compensation expense (net of estimated forfeitures) not yet recognized was $127,642 and will be recognized over a weighted average remaining vesting period of 1.3 years.  The following summarizes stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2011:


 

 

 

Number of Units

 

Weighted- Average Exercise Price

 

Weighted- Average Fair Value

 

Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at

 December 31, 2010

 

960,000 

 

$

0.25

 

$

0.16

 

 

 

Granted at market price

 

384,000 

 

0.25

 

0.16

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

(26,000)

 

-

 

-

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2011

 

1,318,000 

 

$

0.25

 

$

0.16

 

8.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exerciseable at December 31, 2011

283,333 

 

$

0.25

 

$

0.16

 

8.5


The following summarizes information about the Company’s stock options at December 31, 2011:

 

 

Exercisable

 

Unexercisable

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

Number

 

Average

 

Number

 

Average

 

Number

 

Average

Range of Exercise Prices

 

Outstanding

 

Exercise Price

 

Outstanding

 

Exercise Price

 

Outstanding

 

Exercise Price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$.25 per share

 

283,333

 

$

0.25

 

1,034,667

 

0.25

 

1,318,000

 

$

0.25


The intrinsic value of the Company’s stock options outstanding was $1,120,300 at December 31, 2011.


Note 10:  Commitments and Contingencies


Litigation


The Company may from time to time be involved in legal proceedings arising from the normal course of business.  There are no pending or threatened legal proceedings as of December 31, 2011.


Operating Leases and Service Contracts


The Company rents its facilities on a month-to-month or quarter-to-quarter basis. Most of its service contracts are also on a month-to-month basis. However, the Company entered into several noncancelable service contracts during the year ended December 31, 2011.  Future minimum payments under noncancelable service contracts are as follows for the years ended December 31:


2012

 

18,420

2013

 

18,420

2014

 

6,905

2015

 

-

2016

 

-

Thereafter

 

-

Total

 

$

43,745





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Employment Agreement


On July 1, 2010, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Richard Harrison, their President and Chief Operating Office.  Under the terms of the agreement, Mr. Harrison will receive an annual base salary of $175,000 in years one and two of his service to the Company.  The employment agreement also provides that Mr. Harrison be entitled to an annual bonuses of $75,000 and $125,000 for years one and two, respectively.  The bonuses are based upon meeting a percentage of the Company’s quarterly growth goal and are to be paid quarterly and proportional to growth goal attainment for both under and overachievement.  The employment agreement provides that a review by the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman and possibly a board committee for compensation plan will occur in July 2011, which will review performance and set overall compensation plan structure for the third and future years of service.  The employment agreement, which was amended in November 2010 to clarify certain provisions, further provides that Mr. Harrison receive 960,000 options with a four-year vesting period beginning on August 1, 2010 at an exercise price of .25.  The options have a ten-year term (see Note 9: Stock-Based Compensation).


Consulting Services


On July 15, 2010, the Company entered into an agreement with a third party to provide various consulting services for the Company in connection with an anticipated filing of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Under the terms of the agreement, which was amended in November 2010 to clarify certain provisions, the consultant is to receive $40,000 cash and 800,000 warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.625 per share with a contractual term of 5 years.  The warrants are contingently issuable upon the earlier (a) twenty business days after notification by the SEC that any registration statement filed on behalf of the Company has been declared effective or (b) upon a change of control of the Company or (c) upon notification by the Company that it decided not to continue retaining the services of the consultant.  The warrants are fully vested upon issuance.  As of December 31, 2011, the Company paid $40,000 for the consulting services.


In March 2011, in relation to the agreement entered into with a third party to provide various consulting services for the Company in connection with an anticipated filing of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company issued 800,000 warrants to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $0.625 per share with a term of 5 years. The warrants became fully vested upon issuance. 


In June 2011 the Company entered into a consulting agreement with a third party and issued 1,500 shares of common stock for $2,850 in services.


Note 11: Subsequent Events


On January 12, 2012 Matt Mankins resigned from the board of directors.  On January 12, 2012, the Company’s board of directors appointed Mark S. Dailey as a member of the board of directors.


Pursuant to the Company’s 2010 Employee Stock Incentive Plan, on January 23, 2012, the Company granted 683,000 stock options at an exercise price of $1.59 per share that vest equally over four years and expire January 22, 2022. Also on January 23, 2012, a Board resolution calling for an annual stipend of $10,000 for each independent director was approved.





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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

 

 

SEC Reference
Number

Title of Document

Location

 

 

 

3.1

Articles of Incorporation

*

3.2

Bylaws

*

3.3

Plan of Merger

*

10.1

2010 Stock Incentive Plan

*

10.2

Public Financial Services, LLC Agreement

*

10.3

Harrison Employment Agreement

*

14.1

Code of Ethics

*

31.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Filed herewith

31.2

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Filed herewith

32.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Filed herewith

32.2

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Filed herewith


*Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on December 2, 2010.


All other Exhibits called for by Rule 601 of Regulation S-K are not applicable to this filing. Information pertaining to our common stock is contained in our Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws.