UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

(Mark One)

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

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017

 

OR

 

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

 

For the transition period from ______________ to _______________

 

Commission File Number 001-36404

 

INPIXON

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

NEVADA   88-0434915
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

2479 E. Bayshore Road

Suite 195

Palo Alto, CA 94303

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(408) 702-2167

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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

 

Title of each class  

Name of each exchange on
which each is registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

  

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

 

None

(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 ☐ No ☒

 

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 ☐ No ☒

 

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 ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 229.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

  

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ☐

 

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

Large accelerated filer ☐   Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐   Smaller reporting company ☒
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)   Emerging growth company ☒

  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☒ 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the issuer is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒ 

 

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter. 

 

As of June 30, 2017, the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the last sale price of the common equity was $2,704,584. 

 

As of March 26, 2018, the registrant has 9,339,291 shares of common stock outstanding. 

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

None.

 

 

 

 

 

Inpixon

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT ii
   
PART I  
   
ITEM 1: BUSINESS 1
   
ITEM 1A: RISK FACTORS 10
   
ITEM 1B: UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS 39
   
ITEM 2: PROPERTIES 40
   
ITEM 3: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 40
   
ITEM 4: MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES 41
   
PART II  
   
ITEM 5: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES 42
   
ITEM 6: SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA. 42
   
ITEM 7: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 43
   
ITEM 7A: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK 61
   
ITEM 8: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA F-1
   
ITEM 9: CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE 62
   
ITEM 9A: CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES 62
   
ITEM 9B: OTHER INFORMATION 63
   
PART III  
   
ITEM 10: DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 64
   
ITEM 11: EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 70
   
ITEM 12: SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS 74
   
ITEM 13: CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE 75
   
ITEM 14: PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES 76
   
PART IV  
   
ITEM 15: EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES 78
   
SIGNATURE 85

  

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION

CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT

 

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements give our current expectations or forecasts of future events. You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. You can find many (but not all) of these statements by looking for words such as “approximates,” “believes,” “hopes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may,” or other similar expressions in this report. In particular, these include statements relating to future actions; prospective products, applications, customers and technologies; future performance or results of anticipated products; and projected expenses and financial results. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our historical experience and our present expectations or projections. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

  

our limited cash and our history of losses;

 

our ability to achieve profitability;

 

our limited operating history with recent acquisitions;

 

emerging competition and rapidly advancing technology in our industry that may outpace our technology;

 

customer demand for the products and services we develop;

 

the impact of competitive or alternative products, technologies and pricing;

 

our ability to manufacture any products we develop;

 

general economic conditions and events and the impact they may have on us and our potential customers;

 

our ability to obtain adequate financing in the future;

 

our ability to continue as a going concern;

 

our success at managing the risks involved in the foregoing items;

 

strategic transactions which may include a sale, spin-off or other possible divesture of subsidiaries or assets of the Company; and

 

other factors discussed in this report.

 

The forward-looking statements are based upon management’s beliefs and assumptions and are made as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements included in this report. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

 

Unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires, the terms “Inpixon” “we,” “us,” “our” “the Corporation” and the “Company” refer collectively to Inpixon and, where appropriate, its subsidiaries.

 

Note Regarding Reverse Stock Split

 

The Company effected a reverse split of its outstanding common stock, par value $0.001, at a ratio of 1-for-30, effective as of February 6, 2018 (the “Reverse Split”), for the purpose of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). We have reflected the Reverse Split herein.

  

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PART I

  

ITEM 1: BUSINESS

 

Introduction

 

Inpixon is a technology company that helps to secure, digitize and optimize any premises with Indoor Positioning Analytics, sometimes referred to in this annual report as “IPA,” for businesses and governments in the connected world. Inpixon Indoor Positioning Analytics is based on new sensor technology that finds all accessible cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and RFID signals anonymously. Paired with a high-performance, data analytics platform, this technology delivers visibility, security and business intelligence on any commercial or government premises world-wide. Inpixon’s products, infrastructure solutions and professional services group help customers take advantage of mobile, Big Data, analytics and the Internet of Things (“IoT”).

 

Inpixon Indoor Positioning Analytics offer:

 

  New sensors with proprietary technology that can find all accessible cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and RF signals. Utilizing various radio signal technologies ensures precision device positioning accurately down to arm’s length. This enables highly detailed understanding of customer journey and dwell time in retail scenarios, detection and identification of authorized and unauthorized devices, and prevention of rogue devices through alert notification based on rules when unknown devices are detected in restricted areas.
     
  Data science analytics with lightning fast data mining using an in-memory database that uses a dynamic blend of RAM and NAND along with specially optimized algorithms that both minimize data movement and maximize system performance. This enables the system to deliver reports with valuable insights to the user as well as to integrate with common third party visualization, charting, graphing and dashboard systems.
     
  Insights that deliver visibility and business intelligence about detailed customer journey and flow analysis of in-stores and storefronts allowing businesses to better understand customer preferences, measure campaign effectiveness, uncover revenue opportunities and deliver an exceptional shopping experience.

 

Inpixon Indoor Positioning Analytics can assist all types of establishments, including brands, retailers, shopping malls and shopping centers, hotels and resorts, gaming operators, airports, healthcare facilities, office buildings and government agencies, by providing greater security, gaining better business intelligence, increasing consumer confidence and reducing risk while being compliant with applicable “Personal Identifiable Information” regulations.

 

2018 IPA Product Development

 

Inpixon is a company in the information and technology industry and therefore keeping up with the technological advancements within the industry are critical to our long term success and growth. As a result, our senior management must continuously work to ensure that they remain informed and prepared to quickly adapt and leverage new technologies within our product and service offering as such technologies become available. In connection with that goal, our 2018 product roadmap development plans include the use of blockchain technology to maintain and propagate device reputation, enforcing security policies and attaining compliance, artificial intelligence for amassing anonymous device information and a voice-assisted analytics interface. (See additional information regarding our 2018 product development plans under the heading “Our Products and Services”).

 

Infrastructure Segment

 

In addition, in connection with the Company’s infrastructure value-added reseller segment (the “VAR Segment”), Inpixon currently resells third party hardware, software and related maintenance/warranty products and services to commercial and government customers. It includes but is not limited to, products for enterprise computing, storage, virtualization, and networking. Some of the services offered in connection with the VAR Segment include custom application/software design, architecture and development, staff augmentation, project management, business continuity, data migration, networking and information technology business consulting services. These services allow Inpixon to offer turnkey solutions that allow for the integration of third party products into existing infrastructure when requested by customers. As described below under the heading “Corporate Strategy” the Company’s strategic plans include exploring options to divest the VAR Segment and focus its business on the other products and services described below including the development and growth of its IPA platform.

  

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Corporate Strategy

 

Management’s corporate strategy is to continue to build and develop Inpixon as a technology company that provides turnkey solutions from the collection of data to delivering insights from that data to our customers with a focus on securing, digitizing and optimizing premises with IPA for businesses and governments. In connection with such strategy and in order to facilitate our long-term growth, we have acquired certain companies, technologies and intellectual property (“IP”) that complement such goals and will continue to consider completing additional strategic acquisitions as long as our financial condition permits. An important element of this mergers and acquisitions strategy is to acquire companies with complementary capabilities and/or innovative and commercially proven technologies in indoor positioning and Big Data analytics and to obtain an established customer base. We believe that acquiring complementary products and/or IP will add value to the Company, and the customer base of each potential acquisition may also present an opportunity to cross-sell our existing solutions. Candidates with proven technologies that complement our overall strategy may come from anywhere in the world, so long as there are strategic and financial reasons to make the acquisition. If we make any acquisitions in the future, we expect that we may pay for such acquisitions using our equity securities, cash and debt financing in combinations appropriate for each acquisition.

 

In connection with our strategic business plan, Inpixon may also consider the sale or divestment of certain assets for strategic and financial purposes, even if that asset makes up a majority of our revenue, should management deem such transactions necessary or desirable in order to facilitate its overall strategy. In particular, Inpixon is exploring options that may include a divesture of our Infrastructure segment, sometimes referred to as the Value Added Reseller (VAR) business. While a sale, spin-off or other transaction that may result in the separation of these two business segments may significantly reduce our revenues since this business segment currently accounts for approximately 93% of our total revenues, we believe such a strategic transaction may also reduce operating expenses and eliminate substantially all of our trade debt. A divesture of this segment would allow Inpixon to solely focus on the Indoor Positioning Analytics (IPA) business for which we have historically recognized lower revenues, but which we believe has greater growth potential and substantially better gross margins than the Infrastructure segment. Such a transaction would also allow Inpixon USA to focus its resources on its core business without the need to divert resources for the research and development of the IPA business and products, which management believes may allow the VAR business to achieve profitability sooner than if the businesses are combined. A spin-off or sale of the VAR business would separate Inpixon USA, including its wholly-owned subsidiary Inpixon Federal (the “Inpixon USA”), which maintains the commercial and federal VAR business, as a separate entity independent from the Company, including the associated employees, assets and liabilities related to the VAR business. All other assets and liabilities of Inpixon USA that are not associated with the VAR would be contributed to or otherwise retained by the Company. There are no assurances that we will be able to complete any such transaction, however, if such a transaction is consummated, we cannot assure you that it will be on favorable terms. For example, if the divesture is structured as a tax-free spin-off, we and Inpixon USA, may be restricted from (i) entering into any transaction pursuant to which all or a portion of the shares of our common stock would be acquired, whether by merger or otherwise, (ii) issuing equity securities beyond certain thresholds, (iii) repurchasing shares of our common stock other than in certain open-market transactions, or (iv) ceasing to actively conduct certain of our businesses. As a result, these restrictions may limit our ability to pursue certain strategic transactions, equity issuances or repurchases or other transactions that we believe to be in the best interests of our stockholders or that might increase the value of our businesses. For illustration purposes attached as Exhibit 99.1 of this report are unaudited pro forma financial information presenting the consolidated results of operations of the Company as if such a divestiture had occurred as of January 1, 2016. The proforma does not necessarily (1) reflect the results of operations that would have occurred had the entities been a stand-alone company during those periods, (2) the terms of any consideration that may be delivered to the Company in connection with a sale, (3) the impact of a dividend distribution in the event of a spin-off or (4) the contribution by Inpixon to Inpixon USA of any cash amounts to support its operations following the divesture.

 

Industry Overview

 

We believe that more and more enterprises are realizing the importance of employing Information Technology in their operations. The technology growth story has long focused on the consumer, but as enterprises in every industry sector, including the government sector, look to technology to facilitate and transform their own operations, the opportunities for technology companies have broadened considerably. The following information illustrates the ways in which various IT markets are expected to grow.

 

The indoor location market is estimated to grow from $7,11 billion in 2017 to $40.22 billion by 2022, at a compound annual growth rate, or CAGR of 42%. (Source: http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/PressReleases/indoor-location.asp)

 

The location analytics market is expected to grow from $8.20 billion in 2016 to $16.34 billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 17.6% from 2016 to 2021. (Source: https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/PressReleases/indoor-location.asp)

 

The location-based services (“LBS”) and real-time location systems (“RTLS”) market has grown considerably over the past few years and is expected to grow further with increasing portable personal digital assistant (“PDA”)-based e-commerce. The overall market is expected to grow from $15.04 billion in 2016 to $77.84 billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 38.9%.

  

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The IDC Worldwide Semiannual Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide, released October 3, 2016, predicts that the Big Data and business analytics market will grow from $130 billion by the end of 2016 to $203 billion by 2020. That is a CAGR of 11.7% over the next years, according to IDC. (Source: http://www.informationweek.com/big-data/big-data-analytics-market-to-hit-$203-billion-in-2020-/d/d-id/1327092)

 

In July 2013, Cisco forecasted that The Internet of Things, which consists of smart connected objects in homes, businesses and our surroundings that have the ability communicate over a multimodal network without human-to-human or human-to-computer involvement, would grow to 50 billion devices by the year 2020.

 

According to a report by Allied Market Research titled, “Mobile Security Market by Solution (Authentication, Sim card, Mobile application management, Mobile data protection and Firewall), Type (E-mail, Antivirus and Malware), End User (Individual user, Enterprise user, Financial Institutions, Retail, Government, Telecommunication & IT, Education, Manufacturing & Automotive Aerospace, Defense, Intelligence) and Operating System (iOS, Blackberry, Android, Windows) - Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2013 - 2020”, the global mobile security market would reach $34.8 billion by 2020, registering a CAGR of 40.8% during 2014 – 2020. 

 

The cyber security market size is estimated to grow from USD 122.45 Billion in 2016 to USD 202.36 Billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 10.6% during the forecast period. 2015 is considered to be the base year while the forecast period is 2016 – 2021. (Source: http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/cyber-security-market-505.html?gclid=COSEpv-Ho9MCFYVgfgodYmAJXw)

 

Cyber crime damages will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $2 trillion in 2015. (Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3153707/security/top-5-cybersecurity-facts-figures-and-statistics.html)

 

According to industry sources, the cloud analytics market is expected to grow from $7.5 Billion in 2015 to $23.1 Billion in 2020 at a CAGR of 25.1% during the forecast period. (source: http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/PressReleases/cloud-based-business-analytics.asp) 

 

According to a report by Gartner, the annual retail IT spend is more than $205 B annually and advanced analytics is the technology most retails (88%) believe will change their organization during the next five years. (Source: https://www.gartner.com/doc/3837964/market-guide-advanced-analytics-service)

 

The U.S. Federal IT market will reach $140 billion by 2023, growing at CAGR 3.6% in the period 2018-2023 according to Market Research Media (Source: https://www.marketresearchmedia.com/?p=193)

 

We expect that investment in IT research and development will continue to be strong in the future and that technologies like ours will deliver new level of value and opportunities for business enterprises.

 

Corporate Structure

  

We have three operating subsidiaries: (i) Inpixon USA (100% ownership) based in Larkspur, California and its wholly-owned subsidiary Inpixon Federal, Inc. based in Herndon, Virginia, which focuses on the U.S. Federal government market; (ii) Inpixon Canada Corp. based in Coquitlam, British Columbia; and (iii) Sysorex India (82.5% ownership) based in Hyderabad, India.

 

These consolidated subsidiaries operate in the following business segments:

 

  Indoor Positioning Analytics: This segment includes Inpixon’s proprietary products and services delivered on premise or in the Cloud as well as our hosted SaaS based solutions. Our Indoor Positioning Analytics product is based on a unique and patented sensor technology that detects and locates accessible cellular, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices and then uses a lightning fast data-analytics engine to deliver actionable insights and intelligent reports for security, marketing, asset management, etc.
     
  Infrastructure: This segment includes third party hardware, software and related maintenance/warranty products and services that Inpixon resells to commercial and government customers. It includes but is not limited to products for enterprise computing; storage; virtualization; networking; etc. as well as services including custom application/software design; architecture and development; staff augmentation and project management.

 

Although the subsidiaries are separate legal entities, the Company is currently structured by function and organized to operate in an integrated fashion as one business.

 

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Corporate History

 

The Company was formed in Nevada in April 1999.

 

On July 29, 2011, we acquired all of the stock of the U.S. Federal government business of the Company, which included Sysorex Federal and its subsidiary Sysorex Government, and 50.2% of the stock of the operating unit of the Company engaged in Saudi Arabian government contracts, Sysorex Arabia, LLC. 

 

On March 20, 2013, we completed the acquisition of the assets of Lilien LLC, including all the outstanding capital stock of Lilien Systems. In conjunction with our name to Inpixon effective on March 1, 2017, Lilien Systems was renamed Inpixon USA. Inpixon USA, based in Larkspur, California, is an information technology company that provides a Big Data analytics platform and enterprise infrastructure capabilities. Inpixon USA delivers right-fit information technology solutions in enterprise computing and storage, virtualization, business continuity, networking and IT business consulting that help organizations reach their next level of business advantage.

 

Effective August 31, 2013, we acquired 100% of the stock of Shoom. Shoom, which was merged into Inpixon USA in January 2016, provides us with Cloud based data analytics and enterprise solutions to the media, publishing and entertainment industries.

 

Effective April 18, 2014, we acquired 100% of the stock of AirPatrol Corporation. AirPatrol, which was merged into Inpixon USA in January 2016, developed indoor device locationing, monitoring and management technologies for mobile devices operating on WiFi, cellular and wideband RF networks. Through AirPatrol we acquired two product lines, ZoneDefense (now rebranded “Inpixon Security”) and ZoneAware (now rebranded “Inpixon Intelligence”). These products and technologies deliver solutions to address an exploding global location-based mobile security and services (“LBS”) and real-time location systems (“RTLS”) market estimated to be more than $15.0 billion in 2016 and to grow to $77.8 billion by 2021, growing at 37.5% (Source:http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/location-based-service-market- 96994431.html?gclid=CKz8gKml69ICFQx6fgodTkoBNQ). Inpixon Intelligence (formerly known as AirPatrol for Retail or Zone Aware) also serves as a location-based services, sales and marketing system. The security platform connects to third party apps on a user’s mobile device that provide functions such as location-based offers, discounts and suggestive selling, VIP service functions (for hotels, resorts, casinos, etc.), and location-based information delivery such as mobile-based guided tours of historic sites, points of interest and museums, shopping center maps, building floor plans and so on. These products require no app installation for anonymous collection of behavioral data such as traffic flow, entry and exit patterns, length of stay and other business intelligence and analytics functions.

 

On April 24, 2015, we completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of LightMiner Systems, Inc. (“LightMiner”), which was in the business of developing and commercializing in-memory Structured Query Language databases. The assets acquired from LightMiner included an in-memory, real-time, data analysis system designed to perform very large, highly complex and extremely difficult calculations using off-the-shelf hardware and memory. The system supports both traditional SQL-based business intelligence and analytics applications as well as a host of integrated statistical, machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms allowing it to provide supercomputer-like performance at competitive prices.

 

On December 4, 2015 and effective January 1, 2016, our Board of Directors approved the following reorganization transactions: (1) statutory mergers of AirPatrol and Shoom with and into Lilien, pursuant to which Lilien was the surviving corporation and changed its name to “Sysorex USA”; and (2) a short-form statutory merger of the Company with a newly-formed wholly-owned Nevada corporation, pursuant to which the Company changed its name to “Sysorex Global”. Immediately prior to the consummation of these mergers, the Company carried out (i) an assignment from AirPatrol to the Company of all shares of capital stock of AirPatrol Research, pursuant to which AirPatrol Research became a direct subsidiary of the Company; (ii) the amendment of AirPatrol Research’s Notice of Articles to change its name to “Sysorex Canada Corp.”; (iii) the dissolution and winding up of Sysorex Federal, in which Sysorex Federal assigned and transferred all of its assets, including all outstanding shares of capital stock of Sysorex Government, to the Company, and the Company assumed Sysorex Federal’s debts and liabilities; (iv) an assignment from the Company to Lilien of all outstanding shares of capital stock of Sysorex Government, pursuant to which Sysorex Government became a direct subsidiary of Lilien. 

 

On November 21, 2016 we completed the acquisition of the business and certain assets of Integrio Technologies, LLC (“Integrio” or “Integrio Technologies”) and Emtech Federal, LLC (“Emtech Federal”). Integrio, together with Emtech Federal, is an IT integration and engineering company that provides solutions for network performance, secure wireless infrastructure, software application lifecycle support, and physical cyber security for federal, state and local government agencies.

  

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On February 27, 2017, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Inpixon, our wholly-owned Nevada subsidiary formed solely for the purpose of changing our corporate name from Sysorex Global to Inpixon. As part of the name change, each of our subsidiaries also amended their corporate charters to change their names from Sysorex USA, Sysorex Government Services, Inc. and Sysorex Canada Corp. to Inpixon USA, Inpixon Federal, Inc. and Inpixon Canada, Inc., respectively, effective as of March 1, 2017. Also effective March 1, 2017, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to effect a 1-for-15 reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock.

 

Effective as of December 31, 2017 the Company acquired approximately 82.5% of the outstanding equity securities of Sysorex India Limited (“Sysorex India”) from Sysorex Consulting, Inc. (“SCI”) pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of December 31, 2017 by and among the Company, SCI and Sysorex India, for aggregate consideration for the assignment by the Company of $666,000 of outstanding receivables.

 

On January 18, 2018, the Company sold its 50.2% interest in Sysorex Arabia to Sysorex Consulting, Inc. (“SCI”) in consideration for SCI’s assumption of 50.2% of the assets and liabilities of Sysorex Arabia, totaling approximately $11,400 and $1,031,000, respectively.

 

On February 2, 2018, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to increase the total number of authorized shares of common stock from 50,000,000 to 250,000,000, as approved by the Company’s stockholders at a special meeting held on February 2, 2018 and effective upon filing (the “Authorized Share Amendment”).

 

On February 2, 2018, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to effect a 1-for-30 reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, effective as of February 6, 2018 (the “Reverse Stock Split”). Our common stock began trading on a Reverse Stock Split-adjusted basis on the Nasdaq Capital Market at the opening of trading on February 6, 2018.

 

Our Products and Services

 

We provide the following products and services that may be used by any number of businesses and government agencies.

 

  LightMiner Analytics Platform — This is an advanced solution for aggregating and mining multi-terabyte Big Data sets in real time for instant insights. The product is Cloud-based so there’s nothing to install and it is fully scalable to meet even the most demanding business requirements. Our quick start analytics modules are available for a variety of industry verticals and applications.
     
  Data Science and Advanced Analytics Consulting Services —  Our consulting services are backed by our data science and analytics team that develops data driven solutions for the most complex challenges. Our team’s extensive experience and unique strategies allow it to leverage Big Data in new ways to uncover hidden insights and create new business opportunities.
     
  Inpixon Security (formerly AirPatrol ZoneDefense) – This is a mobile security and detection product that locates devices operating within a monitored area, determines their compliance with network security policies for that zone, and if the device is not compliant, can trigger policy modification of device apps and/or features either directly or via third party mobile device, application and network management tools.
     
  Inpixon Intelligence (formerly AirPatrol ZoneAware) – This is a commercial product for enabling location and/or context-based marketing services and information delivery to mobile devices based on zones as small as 10 feet or as large as a square mile. The monitored areas may include a building, a campus, a mall, and outdoor regions like a downtown. Unlike other mobile locationing technologies, Inpixon technologies use passive sensors that work over both cellular and WiFi networks and offer device locationing and zone-based app and information delivery accurate to within 10 feet. Additionally, unlike geo-fencing systems, Inpixon technologies are capable of simultaneously enabling different policies and delivering different apps or information to multiple devices within the same zone based on contexts such as the type of device, the device user and time of day.

  

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  Shoom Products (eTearsheets; eInvoice, AdDelivery, ePaper) - The Shoom products are Cloud based applications and analytics for the media and publishing industry. These products also generate critical data analytics for the customers.
     
  Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions and Services — These products and services help organizations tackle challenges and accelerate business goals by implementing best of breed technology solutions. We believe that our deep expertise in a broad range of infrastructure solutions, from storage and Big Data solutions to converged infrastructure and cyber security, delivers impactful results for our clients.
     
  IT Services — From enterprise architecture design to custom application development and integration, Inpixon offers a variety of information technology development and implementation services including: systems integration with third-party data sources such as point of sale data; social media data; meteorological data; integration with data warehouse/data lakes; existing on-premise wi-fi access points; security/access-control systems; API integration with mobile device management products; and more.

 

2018 IPA Product Enhancements

 

Inpixon is a company in the information and technology industry and therefore keeping up with the technological advancements within the industry are critical to our long term success and growth. As a result, our senior management must continuously work to ensure that they remain informed and prepared to quickly adapt and leverage new technologies within our product and service offering as such technologies become available. In connection with that goal, our 2018 product roadmap development plans include the use of blockchain technology to maintain and propagate device reputation, enforcing security policies and attaining compliance, artificial intelligence for amassing anonymous device information and a voice-assisted analytics interface.

 

Blockchain Technology for Device Reputation

 

Our IPA platform locates, monitors and analyzes the path of all cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth devices, regardless of make, manufacturer or device type, allowing not just the ability to identify and prevent unwanted mobile devices, but also the ability to track and analyze device traffic within an indoor location. The addition of “device reputation” to our IPA platform has been an important component of our anticipated product enhancements. “Device reputation” refers to information regarding the particular history of a device, such as when a device enters a certain location, where within that location the device has travelled, the types of activities for which the device was previously used, including, but not limited to, whether the device is linked to prior fraudulent activities, and information concerning accounts that the device might be linked to.

 

We intend to use “blockchain technology” in order to propagate device reputation profiles. “Blockchain technology” refers to a type of decentralized “distributed ledger” or database that can be used to securely record, store, share and synchronize data or information across multiple networks in various locations. The lack of a centralized location to store information concerning a single device reputation profile results in a more secure repository for data and makes hacking or accessing that information for fraudulent purposes extremely difficult. Accessing and falsifying or otherwise using information that is stored across a network of multiple servers in different locations for fraudulent purposes would require breaching not just one server but the majority of the servers on which the information is stored making it significantly more difficult, if not impossible, to breach, thus creating a higher level of security. We intend to leverage open source blockchain technology available to us without cost, by re-engineering such technology from a transaction based schema to a behavior based schema in order to create a private proprietary code-base specifically for use within our IPA platform, to serve as a repository of “device reputation” collected in connection with our IPA platform’s analytics capabilities. The collected data regarding device behavior will be secured through conventional methods of encrypted storage allowing for tamper proof audit trails with respect to device activity and behavior. While we may decide to hire 1-3 additional employees during 2018 with greater expertise with blockchain technology, the addition of these employees is not critical to our business plans insofar as the intent is to use open source technology and consult with third parties and/or provide training for its employees on an as needed basis. We currently expect that proof of concept and the test scenario implementation of this technology within our IPA platform will be available at the end of the first quarter or the middle of the second quarter of 2018.

  

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Artificial Intelligence

 

In 2018, we intend to expand our use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to anonymously capture device identity, build a repository of device profiles and fingerprints, and offer intelligent solutions, which will continue to be refined over time, for enterprise security and marketing customers. Following this enhancement, Inpixon’s IPA AI engine will be able to assist in providing predictive, more accurate, bidirectional information to secure the indoors. Inpixon’s IPA AI engine will interface with disparate customer site data sources and the platform’s locationing data. The AI engine will apply heuristic analytical algorithms to data that is accumulated over time, identifying new patterns in device and customer behavior, and deliver this information to customers and users via IPA and/or an application program interface (API) in real time. For the security domain, IPA’s AI analytics will be able to identify device behavior patterns on networks that are associated with existing blacklisted devices, analyze device behavior and, after pattern matching, predictively alert users to a potentially risky device and quarantine eminent threats. Inpixon intends to incorporate the use of blockchain technology in order to deliver the blacklisted catalog and risky behavior patterns to on-premises IPA components so that detection is near instantaneous. By applying the same technology to the retail and marketing dimension, IPA’s AI engine will give managers the ability to accurately predict and quantify variance in crowd movement patterns, footfalls, and revenue for store relocations and marketing campaigns, providing Inpixon customers with the opportunity to monetize this intelligence in correlation with big data like dwell time, weather patterns, and demographics. We intend to continue to add AI and machine learning enhancements to our platform as we expand our customer base and add new big data partners to our ecosystem.

 

Voice-Assisted Analytics Interface

 

We also intend to use enterprise voice-user interface (VUI) technology to support our network of retail and marketing customers in making better decisions with deeper intelligence. The VUI technology in our IPA platform will perform as a digital assistant for marketers, allowing them to make quick, hands-free decisions based on vetted, predictive information provided with simple voice/speech commands while also providing a complete audit trail. While the use of platforms such as Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant have made VUIs modern household names, Inpixon’s IPA VUI is uniquely built for the enterprise marketing space digital assistant with no monitor, no keyboard, no mouse and only an audio input/output device that functions just like a search engine, listening for keywords. While the technology itself is not revolutionary, it will modernize meetings and brainstorm sessions by speeding up intelligence gathering, with nearly instantaneous access to company information and big data, it will be able to predict outcomes based on past information, and make suggestions to keep business moving efficiently and effectively. At the same time, Inpixon’s IPA VUI will maintain a written log of all queries, seamlessly reporting all statistics back to meeting attendees through an automated email. We currently expect that proof of concept of this technology within our IPA platform will be available in the second quarter of 2018.

 

Research and Development Expenses

 

Our future plans include significant investments in research and development and related product opportunities. Our management believes that we must continue to dedicate a significant amount of resources to research and development efforts to maintain a competitive position. Research and development expenses for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 totaled $1.8 million and $2.3 million, respectively.

 

Sales and Marketing

 

IPA Segment

 

In our IPA segment, we utilize direct sales and marketing through approximately five sales representatives, who are compensated with a base salary and, in certain instances, with incentive plans such as commissions or bonuses. We utilize webinars, conferences, tradeshows and other direct and indirect marketing activities to generate demand for our products and services. We also have relationships with channel partners to directly engage with customers and to perform the installation services. We train our partners and we have our own channel/partner managers to support and augment partners as needed. We are in the process of expanding our channel partners in both security and intelligence markets.

 

Our Inpixon products are primarily sold on a license (up-front one-time fee) or software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. In our licensing model we also typically charge an annual maintenance fee. The SaaS model is typically for a 2-3 year contract and includes maintenance upgrades. The SaaS model generates a recurring revenue stream. Our Shoom product is on a monthly subscription model based on 2-3 year contracts.

  

Infrastructure Segment

 

For our infrastructure segment, we utilize direct marketing through approximately a dozen outside and inside sales representatives, who are compensated with a base salary and, in certain instances, with incentive plans such as commissions or bonuses. We utilize tradeshows, government events and websites, vendor provided market development funds and other direct and indirect marketing activities to generate demand for our products and services. We also have extensive relationships with vendor/supplier partners to directly engage with customers.

  

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We have built a core competency in bidding on government requests for proposals in the infrastructure segment. We utilize our internal bid and proposal team as well as consultants to prepare the proposal responses for government clients. We also use business development, sales and account management employees or consultants.

 

As part of our end-to-end IT solutions, we are authorized resellers of the products and services of leading IT manufacturers and distributors. In many cases, we have achieved the highest level of relationship the manufacturer or distributor offers. In addition, our employees hold certifications issued by these manufacturers and by industry associations relating to the configuration, installation and servicing of these products. We differentiate ourselves from our competitors by the range of manufacturers and distributors we represent, the relationship level we have achieved with these manufacturers and distributors and the scope of the manufacturer and industry certifications our employees hold.

 

The Infrastructure segment has a variety of contracts that vary from cost plus to time and material in its storage and computing and professional services segments. These apply to both commercial and government customers including contracts recently acquired from Integrio Technologies.

 

Customers

 

Inpixon has worked with over 1,000 customers company-wide since inception. These customers include many civilian and defense federal, state and local government agencies as well as enterprise customers in retail, manufacturing, life sciences, bio-tech, high-tech, agriculture, financial services, state and local government, utilities, media and entertainment, telecom and many other verticals. A partial list of Infrastructure segment customers include Healthnet, Gilead Sciences, Dow Jones Local Media Group, Gannett, RockStar Games, Hewlett Packard, Evault, Hawaii Electric, Hearst Corporation, E& J Gallo Winery, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Business Wire, Premera Blue Cross and the City of Seattle. IPA segment customers include Cadillac Fairview, Al Nakheel, Finance Factors and several U.S. Federal Government agencies and certain other Fortune 1000 companies.

 

The Company does not depend on one or a few customers, however, as a result of our acquisition of Integrio, there are a few large government contracts (SEWP, CIO-CS, GSA) that may generate a significant portion of our revenues during 2018, but these are task order contracts that come from a variety of end-user customers. In the private sector we have long term client relationships that may generate approximately 5%-10% of our revenue in a particular quarter as a result of a large project that may be in process, but once the project is completed another project may not be immediately undertaken.

 

 Competition

 

Our IPA segment products compete with WiFi based detection companies such as Aruba, Cisco, Euclid Analytics and other smaller companies. However, these companies currently offer only WiFi detection and therefore we believe they cannot achieve the accuracy that Inpixon can achieve. Inpixon has partnered with or replaced some of these companies because it offers WiFi, cellular, RFID and Bluetooth and has a location accuracy of approximately 10-feet. Mobile device management companies like AirWatch, Mobile Iron and Good Technology have also integrated with Inpixon instead of developing competing products. MerlinOne and PressTeligence compete with the functionality of our Shoom products, but typically provide information only for the specific customer and not for the customer’s competitors or for the industry.

 

In the Infrastructure segment, we face substantial competition from other national, multi-regional, regional and local value-added resellers and IT service providers, some of which may have greater financial and other resources than we do or that may have more fully developed business relationships with clients or prospective clients than we do. Many of our competitors compete principally on the basis of price and may have lower costs or accept lower selling prices than we do and, therefore, we may need to reduce our prices. In addition, manufacturers may choose to market their products directly to end-users, rather than through IT solutions providers such as us, and this could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

  

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The U.S. Government systems integration business is intensely competitive and subject to rapid change. We compete with a large number of systems integrators, hardware and software manufacturers, and other large and diverse companies attempting to enter or expand their presence in the U.S. Government market. Many of the existing and potential competitors have greater financial, operating and technological resources than we have. The competitive environment may require us to make changes in our pricing, services or marketing. The competitive bidding process involves substantial costs and a number of risks, including significant cost and managerial time to prepare bids and proposals for contracts that may not be awarded to us, or that may be awarded, but for which we do not receive meaningful revenues. Accordingly, our success depends on our ability to develop services and products that address changing needs and to provide people and technology needed to deliver these services and products. In the government services sector our competition includes large systems integrators and defense contractors as well as small businesses such as 8a, Women Owned, Veteran Disabled, Alaskan Native, etc. Some of these competitors include global defense and IT service companies including IBM Global Services, LogicaCMG, CSC, ATOS Origins, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon IT Services and SAIC.

 

This complex landscape of domestic and multi-national services companies creates a challenging environment. To remain competitive, we must consistently provide superior service, technology and performance on a cost-effective basis to our customers. While we believe that, due to the functionality of our products, we can successfully compete in all of these markets, at this time we do not represent a significant presence in any these markets.

 

Intellectual Property

 

The Company expects to file trademark applications for the names Inpixon, Inpixon — Indoor Positioning & Analytics, and Inpixon — Security Dome. The Company uses several trademarks relating to the products and services of Inpixon/AirPatrol and owns one registered mark, ZoneDefense®. The Company has several awarded and/or pending patent applications in various countries, including the United States, relating to Inpixon/AirPatrol products and two pending patent applications, both of which are filed in the United States, relating to Lightminer products. The awarded patents were issued September 23, 2015, September 23, 2014 and September 16, 2014 and will expire in the years 2032, 2031 and 2028, respectively.

 

Government Regulation

 

In general, we are subject to numerous federal, state and foreign legal requirements on matters as diverse as data privacy and protection, employment and labor relations, immigration, taxation, anticorruption, import/export controls, trade restrictions, internal and disclosure control obligations, securities regulation and anti-competition.

 

Furthermore, U.S. Government contracts generally are subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”), which sets forth policies, procedures and requirements for the acquisition of goods and services by the U.S. Government, department-specific regulations that implement or supplement DFAR, such as the DoD’s Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) and other applicable laws and regulations. We are also subject to the Truth in Negotiations Act, which requires certification and disclosure of cost and pricing data in connection with certain contract negotiations; the Procurement Integrity Act, which regulates access to competitor bid and proposal information and government source selection information, and our ability to provide compensation to certain former government officials; the Civil False Claims Act, which provides for substantial civil penalties for violations, including for submission of a false or fraudulent claim to the U.S. Government for payment or approval; and the U.S. Government Cost Accounting Standards, which impose accounting requirements that govern our right to reimbursement under certain cost-based U.S. Government contracts.

 

Violations of one or more of these diverse legal requirements in the conduct of our business could result in significant fines and other damages, criminal sanctions against us or our officers, prohibitions on doing business and damage to our reputation. Violations of these regulations or contractual obligations related to regulatory compliance in connection with the performance of customer contracts could also result in liability for significant monetary damages, fines and/or criminal prosecution, unfavorable publicity and other reputational damage, restrictions on our ability to compete for certain work and allegations by our customers that we have not performed our contractual obligations. To date, compliance with these regulations has not been financially burdensome.

  

Employees

 

As of March 9, 2018, we have 86 employees including 4 part-time employees. This includes 5 officers, 12 sales personnel, 2 marketing personnel, 56 technical/engineering personnel and 11 finance and administration personnel.

  

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Emerging Growth Company

 

As a company with less than $1.0 billion in revenue during our most recently completed fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. As an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of specified reduced disclosure and other requirements that are otherwise applicable, in general, to public companies that are not emerging growth companies. These provisions include:

 

  Reduced disclosure about our executive compensation arrangements;
     
  No non-binding shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements;
     
  Exemption from the auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting; and

 

Reduced disclosure of financial information in this report, limited to two years of audited financial information and two years of selected financial information.

 

As a smaller reporting company, each of the foregoing exemptions is currently available to us. We may take advantage of these exemptions for up to five years or such earlier time that we are no longer an emerging growth company. We would cease to be an emerging growth company if we have more than $1.0 billion in annual revenues as of the end of a fiscal year, if we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or if we issue more than $1.0 billion of non-convertible debt over a three-year-period.

 

The JOBS Act permits an emerging growth company to take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies. We have chosen to “opt out” of this provision. Therefore, we will be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

 

Corporate Information

 

Our principal executive offices are located at 2479 E. Bayshore Road, Suite 195, Palo Alto, CA 94303, and our telephone number is (408) 702-2167. Our subsidiaries maintain offices in Herndon Virginia, Larkspur California, Encino California, and Coquitlam, British Columbia. Our Internet website is www.inpixon.com. The information on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not part of this report, and you should not rely on any such information in making any investment decision relating to our common stock.

 

ITEM 1A: RISK FACTORS

 

We are subject to various risks that may materially harm our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. An investment in our common stock is speculative and involves a high degree of risk. In evaluating an investment in shares of our common stock, you should carefully consider the risks described below, together with the other information included in this report.

 

If any of the events described in the following risk factors actually occurs, or if additional risks and uncertainties later materialize, that are not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial, then our business, prospects, results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected. In that event, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and investors in our common stock may lose all or part of their investment in our shares. The risks discussed below include forward-looking statements, and our actual results may differ substantially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements.

  

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Risks Related to Our Consolidated Operations

 

We have completed five acquisitions since 2013, including Lilien, Shoom, AirPatrol, LightMiner and Integrio, and may pursue a divestiture of our VAR Business which includes the businesses acquired from Lilien and Integrio, which may make it difficult for potential investors to evaluate our future consolidated business. Furthermore, due to the risks and uncertainties related to the acquisition of new businesses, any such acquisition does not guarantee that we will be able to attain profitability.

 

Between March 2013 and November 2016, we completed five acquisitions and are currently contemplating a divesture of our VAR Business. Our limited combined operating history makes it difficult for potential investors to evaluate our business or prospective operations or the merits of an investment in our securities. We are subject to the risks inherent in the financing, expenditures, complications and delays characteristic of a newly combined business. These risks are described below under the risk factor titled “Any future acquisitions that we may make could disrupt our business, cause dilution to our stockholders and harm our business, financial condition or operating results.” In addition, while the former affiliates of four of these businesses have indemnified the Company from any undisclosed liabilities, there may not be adequate resources to cover such indemnity. Furthermore, there are risks that the vendors, suppliers and customers of these acquired entities may not renew their relationships for which there is no indemnification. Accordingly, our business and success faces risks from uncertainties inherent to developing companies in a competitive environment. There can be no assurance that our efforts will be successful or that we will ultimately be able to attain profitability.

 

We may not be able to successfully integrate the business and operations of entities that we have acquired or may acquire in the future into our ongoing business operations, which may result in our inability to fully realize the intended benefits of these acquisitions, or may disrupt our current operations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position and/or results of operations.

 

We continue to integrate the operations of AirPatrol and LightMiner, and Integrio into Inpixon Federal (effective January 1, 2016, Shoom and AirPatrol were merged into Lilien, which changed its name to Sysorex USA and then to Inpixon USA on March 1, 2017) and this process involves complex operational, technological and personnel-related challenges, which are time-consuming and expensive and may disrupt our ongoing business operations. Furthermore, integration involves a number of risks, including, but not limited to:

 

  difficulties or complications in combining the companies’ operations;
     
  differences in controls, procedures and policies, regulatory standards and business cultures among the combined companies;
     
  the diversion of management’s attention from our ongoing core business operations;
     
  increased exposure to certain governmental regulations and compliance requirements;
     
  the potential loss of key personnel;
     
  the potential loss of key customers or suppliers who choose not to do business with the combined business;
     
  difficulties or delays in consolidating the acquired companies’ technology platforms, including implementing systems designed to continue to ensure that the Company maintains effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting for the combined company and enable the Company to continue to comply with U.S. GAAP and applicable U.S. securities laws and regulations;
     
  unanticipated costs and other assumed contingent liabilities;
     
  difficulty comparing financial reports due to differing financial and/or internal reporting systems;
     
  making any necessary modifications to internal financial control standards to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and/or
     
  possible tax costs or inefficiencies associated with integrating the operations of the combined company.

 

These factors could cause us to not fully realize the anticipated financial and/or strategic benefits of the acquisitions and the recent reorganization, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

  

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Even if we are able to successfully operate the businesses of AirPatrol and LightMiner and, to the extent that a sale or divesture of Inpixon USA is not consummated, Integrio within Inpixon Federal, we may not be able to realize the revenue and other synergies and growth that we anticipated from these acquisitions in the time frame that we currently expect, and the costs of achieving these benefits may be higher than what we currently expect, because of a number of risks, including, but not limited to:

  

  the possibility that the acquisition may not further our business strategy as we expected;
     
  the possibility that we may not be able to expand the reach and customer base for the acquired companies current and future products as expected; and
     
  the possibility that the carrying amounts of goodwill and other purchased intangible assets may not be recoverable.
     

As a result of these risks, the acquisitions and integration may not contribute to our earnings as expected, we may not achieve expected revenue synergies or our return on invested capital targets when expected, or at all, and we may not achieve the other anticipated strategic and financial benefits of the acquisitions and the reorganization.

 

The risks arising with respect to the historic business and operations of our recent acquisition targets may be different from what we anticipate, which could significantly increase the costs and decrease the benefits of the acquisition and materially and adversely affect our operations going forward.

 

Although we performed significant financial, legal, technological and business due diligence with respect to our recent acquisition targets, we may not have appreciated, understood or fully anticipated the extent of the risks associated with the acquisitions. We have secured indemnification for certain matters from the former equity holders of Lilien, Shoom, AirPatrol and Integrio in order to mitigate the consequences of breaches of representations, warranties and covenants under the merger agreements and the risks associated with historic operations, including those with respect to compliance with laws, accuracy of financial statements, financial reporting controls and procedures, tax matters and undisclosed liabilities, and certain matters known to us. We believe that the indemnification provisions of the merger agreements, together with any applicable holdback escrows (in the case of AirPatrol, Shoom and LightMiner) and insurance policies that we have in place will limit the economic consequences of the issues we have identified in our due diligence to acceptable levels. Notwithstanding our exercise of due diligence and risk mitigation strategies, the risks of the acquisition and the costs associated with these risks may be greater than we anticipate. We may not be able to contain or control the costs associated with unanticipated risks or liabilities, which could materially and adversely affect our business, liquidity, capital resources or results of operations.

 

A significant portion of the purchase price for our acquisition of Lilien, Shoom, AirPatrol, LightMiner and Integrio is allocated to goodwill and intangible assets that are subject to periodic impairment evaluations. An impairment loss could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

 

The Company acquired $4.5 million of goodwill and $5.4 million of intangible assets relating to our acquisition of Lilien, $1.2 million of goodwill and $2.8 million of intangible assets relating to our acquisition of Shoom, $7.4 million of goodwill and $13.3 million of intangible assets relating to our acquisition of AirPatrol, $3.5 million of intangible assets relating to our acquisition of LightMiner and $3.3 million of goodwill and $4.9 million of intangible assets relating to our acquisition of Integrio. As required by current accounting standards, we review intangible assets for impairment either annually or whenever changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. The risk of impairment to goodwill is higher during the early years following an acquisition. This is because the fair values of these assets align very closely with what we paid to acquire the reporting units to which these assets are assigned. As a result, the difference between the carrying value of the reporting unit and its fair value (typically referred to as “headroom”) is smaller at the time of acquisition. Until this headroom grows over time, due to business growth or lower carrying value of the reporting unit, a relatively small decrease in reporting unit fair value can trigger impairment charges. When impairment charges are triggered, they tend to be material due to the size of the assets involved. Our business would be adversely affected, and impairment of goodwill could be triggered, if any of the following were to occur: higher attrition rates than planned as a result of the competitive environment or our inability to provide products and services that are competitive in the marketplace, lower-than-planned adoption rates by customers, higher-than-expected expense levels to provide services to clients, and changes in our business model that may impact one or more of these variables. During the year ended December 31, 2016 we recorded an impairment charge for goodwill in the amount of $7.4 million. During the year ended December 31, 2017 we recorded an impairment charge for goodwill of $8.4 million.

  

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Our acquisitions may expose us to additional liabilities, and insurance and indemnification coverage may not fully protect us from these liabilities. 

 

Upon completion of acquisitions, we may be exposed to unknown or contingent liabilities associated with the acquired entity, and if these liabilities exceed our estimates, our results of operations and financial condition may be materially and negatively affected.

 

Our ability to successfully execute our business plan may require additional debt or equity financing, which may otherwise not be available on reasonable terms or at all.

 

According to our business plan we may need additional debt or equity financing. Future financings through equity offerings by us will be dilutive to existing stockholders. Also, the terms of securities we may issue in future capital transactions may be more favorable to new investors than our current investors. Newly issued securities may include preferences, superior voting rights, the issuance of warrants or other derivative securities. We may also issue incentive awards under employee equity incentive plans, which may have additional dilutive effects. We may also be required to recognize non-cash expenses in connection with certain securities we may issue in the future such as convertible notes and warrants, which would adversely impact our financial condition and results of operations. Our ability to obtain needed financing may be impaired by factors, including the condition of the economy and capital markets, both generally and specifically in our industry, and the fact that we are not profitable, which could impact the availability or cost of future financing. If the amount of capital we are able to raise from financing activities, together with our revenues from operations, is not sufficient to satisfy our capital needs, we may need to reduce our operations by, for example, selling certain assets or business segments.

 

Failure to manage or protect growth may be detrimental to our business because our infrastructure may not be adequate for expansion.

 

Our recent acquisitions require a substantial expansion of the Company’s systems, workforce and facilities and we anticipate that we may need to consummate additional acquisitions in connection with the expansion of our indoor positioning business. We may fail to adequately manage our anticipated future growth. The substantial growth in our operations as a result of our acquisitions has, and is expected to continue to, place a significant strain on our administrative, financial and operational resources, and increase demands on our management and on our operational and administrative systems, controls and other resources. There can be no assurance that our systems, procedures and controls will be adequate to support our operations as they expand. We cannot assure you that our existing personnel, systems, procedures or controls will be adequate to support our operations in the future or that we will be able to successfully implement appropriate measures consistent with our growth strategy. As part of this growth, we may have to implement new operational and financial systems, procedures and controls to expand, train and manage our employee base, and maintain close coordination among our staff. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so, or that if we are able to do so, we will be able to effectively integrate them into our existing staff and systems.

 

To the extent we acquire other businesses, we will also need to integrate and assimilate new operations, technologies and personnel. The integration of new personnel will continue to result in some disruption to ongoing operations. The ability to effectively manage growth in a rapidly evolving market requires effective planning and management processes. We will need to continue to improve operational, financial and managerial controls, reporting systems and procedures, and will need to continue to expand, train and manage our work force. There can be no assurance that the Company would be able to accomplish such an expansion on a timely basis. If the Company is unable to effect any required expansion and is unable to perform its contracts on a timely and satisfactory basis, its reputation and eligibility to secure additional contracts in the future could be damaged. The failure to perform could also result in contract terminations and significant liability. Any such result would adversely affect the Company’s business and financial condition.

 

Our financial status raises doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Our cash and cash equivalents were $141,000 at December 31, 2017, compared with $1.8 million at December 31, 2016. We continue to incur significant operating losses, and management expects that significant on-going operating expenditures will be necessary to successfully implement our business plan and develop and market our products. These circumstances raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are issued. Implementation of our plans and our ability to continue as a going concern will depend upon our ability to market our technology and raise additional capital.

 

Management believes that we have access to capital resources through possible public or private equity offerings, exchange offers, debt financings, corporate collaborations or other means. In addition, we continue to explore opportunities to strategically monetize our technology and our services, although there can be no assurance that we will be successful with such plans. We have historically been able to raise capital through equity offerings, although no assurance can be provided that we will continue to be successful in the future. If we are unable to raise sufficient capital through 2018 or otherwise, we will not be able to pay our obligations as they become due.

  

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We will need to increase the size of our organization, and we may experience difficulties in managing growth, which could hurt our financial performance.

 

In addition to employees hired in connection with our recent acquisitions and any other companies which we may acquire in the future, we anticipate that we will need to expand our employee infrastructure for managerial, operational, financial and other resources at the parent company level. Future growth will impose significant added responsibilities on members of management, including the need to identify, recruit, maintain and integrate additional employees. Our future financial performance and our ability to commercialize our product candidates and to compete effectively will depend, in part, on our ability to manage any future growth effectively.

 

In order to manage our future growth, we will need to continue to improve our management, operational and financial controls and our reporting systems and procedures. All of these measures will require significant expenditures and will demand the attention of management. If we do not continue to enhance our management personnel and our operational and financial systems and controls in response to growth in our business, we could experience operating inefficiencies that could impair our competitive position and could increase our costs more than we had planned. If we are unable to manage growth effectively, our business, financial condition and operating results could be adversely affected.

 

We have a history of operating losses and working capital deficiency and there is no assurance that we will be able to achieve profitability or raise additional financing.

 

We have a history of operating losses and working capital deficiency. We have incurred recurring net losses of approximately $27.5 million and $35.0 million for the fiscal years ended 2016 and 2017, respectively. We had a working capital deficiency of approximately $21.0 million and $32.8 million as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The continuation of our Company is dependent upon attaining and maintaining profitable operations and raising additional capital as needed, but there can be no assurance that we will be able to raise any further financing.

 

Our ability to generate positive cash flow from operations is dependent upon sustaining certain cost reductions and generating sufficient revenues. In that regard, our revenues have declined by approximately 75% for Q4 2017 and 15% for the year ended December 31 2017, respectively, as compared to the same periods for the prior fiscal year as a result of our credit limitations with vendors and suppliers limiting our ability to process orders in our Infrastructure/VAR segment. Our management is evaluating options and strategic transactions including possibly divesting our infrastructure segment and continuing to market and promote our new products and technologies, however, there is no guarantee that these efforts will be successful or that any such transaction will be consummated or that or that we will be able to achieve or sustain profitability. We have funded our operations primarily with proceeds from public and private offerings of our common stock and secured and unsecured debt instruments. Our history of operating losses and cash uses, our projections of the level of cash that will be required for our operations to reach profitability, and the terms of the financing transactions that we completed in the past, may impair our ability to raise capital on terms that we consider reasonable and at the levels that we will require over the coming months. We cannot provide any assurances that we will be able to secure additional funding from public or private offerings or debt financings on terms acceptable to us, if at all. If we are unable to obtain the requisite amount of financing needed to fund our planned operations, it would have a material adverse effect on our business and ability to continue as a going concern, and we may have to curtail, or even to cease, certain operations. If additional funds are raised through the issuance of equity securities or convertible debt securities, it will be dilutive to our stockholders and could result in a decrease in our stock price.

 

The reorganization transactions we carried out in 2015 and the name change completed in 2017 may cause us to be in a technical breach of certain third-party agreements.

 

In 2015, we carried out a series of reorganization transactions to streamline the organizational structure within the Company and both its direct and indirect subsidiaries. In addition, in February 2017, we changed our corporate name. Although these transactions occurred solely within the Company and its subsidiaries, there still may have been an obligation to either provide notice and/or seek consent from certain third parties pursuant to the contracts we have with these parties. We have reviewed and addressed these requirements; however, our failure to comply with any of these notice or consent requirements may have left us in a technical breach, thus possibly subjecting us to potential liabilities or an early termination under the applicable contracts. As of the date of this filing there are no known breaches.

   

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Our business depends on experienced and skilled personnel, and if we are unable to attract and integrate skilled personnel, it will be more difficult for us to manage our business and complete contracts.

 

The success of our business depends on the skill of our personnel. Accordingly, it is critical that we maintain, and continue to build, a highly experienced management team and specialized workforce, including those who create software programs and sales professionals. Competition for personnel, particularly those with expertise in government consulting and a security clearance, is high, and identifying candidates with the appropriate qualifications can be costly and difficult. We may not be able to hire the necessary personnel to implement our business strategy given our anticipated hiring needs, or we may need to provide higher compensation or more training to our personnel than we currently anticipate. In addition, our ability to recruit, hire and indirectly deploy former employees of the U.S. Government is subject to complex laws and regulations, which may serve as an impediment to our ability to attract such former employees.

 

Our business is labor intensive and our success depends on our ability to attract, retain, train and motivate highly skilled employees, including employees who may become part of our organization in connection with our acquisitions. The increase in demand for consulting, technology integration and managed services has further increased the need for employees with specialized skills or significant experience in these areas. Our ability to expand our operations will be highly dependent on our ability to attract a sufficient number of highly skilled employees and to retain our employees and the employees of companies that we have acquired. We may not be successful in attracting and retaining enough employees to achieve our desired expansion or staffing plans. Furthermore, the industry turnover rates for these types of employees are high and we may not be successful in retaining, training or motivating our employees. Any inability to attract, retain, train and motivate employees could impair our ability to adequately manage and complete existing projects and to accept new client engagements. Such inability may also force us to increase our hiring of independent contractors, which may increase our costs and reduce our profitability on client engagements. We must also devote substantial managerial and financial resources to monitoring and managing our workforce. Our future success will depend on our ability to manage the levels and related costs of our workforce.

 

In the event we are unable to attract, hire and retain the requisite personnel and subcontractors, we may experience delays in completing contracts in accordance with project schedules and budgets, which may have an adverse effect on our financial results, harm our reputation and cause us to curtail our pursuit of new contracts. Further, any increase in demand for personnel may result in higher costs, causing us to exceed the budget on a contract, which in turn may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results and harm our relationships with our customers.

 

Any future acquisitions that we may make could disrupt our business, cause dilution to our stockholders and harm our business, financial condition or operating results.

 

If we are successful in consummating acquisitions, those acquisitions could subject us to a number of risks, including, but not limited to:

 

  the purchase price we pay and/or unanticipated costs could significantly deplete our cash reserves or result in dilution to our existing stockholders;
     
  we may find that the acquired company or technologies do not improve our market position as planned;

 

  we may have difficulty integrating the operations and personnel of the acquired company, as the combined operations will place significant demands on the Company’s management, technical, financial and other resources;
     
  key personnel and customers of the acquired company may terminate their relationships with the acquired company as a result of the acquisition;
     
  we may experience additional financial and accounting challenges and complexities in areas such as tax planning and financial reporting;
     
  we may assume or be held liable for risks and liabilities (including environmental-related costs) as a result of our acquisitions, some of which we may not be able to discover during our due diligence investigation or adequately adjust for in our acquisition arrangements;
     
  our ongoing business and management’s attention may be disrupted or diverted by transition or integration issues and the complexity of managing geographically or culturally diverse enterprises;

 

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  we may incur one-time write-offs or restructuring charges in connection with the acquisition;
     
  we may acquire goodwill and other intangible assets that are subject to amortization or impairment tests, which could result in future charges to earnings; and
     
  we may not be able to realize the cost savings or other financial benefits we anticipated.

 

We cannot assure you that, following any acquisition, our continued business will achieve sales levels, profitability, efficiencies or synergies that justify the acquisition or that the acquisition will result in increased earnings for us in any future period. These factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

 

Insurance and contractual protections may not always cover lost revenue, increased expenses or liquidated damages payments, which could adversely affect our financial results.

 

Although we maintain insurance and intend to obtain warranties from suppliers, obligate subcontractors to meet certain performance levels and attempt, where feasible, to pass risks we cannot control to our customers, the proceeds of such insurance or the warranties, performance guarantees or risk sharing arrangements may not be adequate to cover lost revenue, increased expenses or liquidated damages payments that may be required in the future.

 

Our obligations to our senior secured lender, Payplant LLC (“PayPlant”), are secured by a security interest in substantially all of our assets, so if we default on those obligations, the lenders could foreclose on, liquidate and/or take possession of our assets. If that were to happen, we could be forced to curtail, or even to cease, our operations.

 

We issued a revolving Secured Promissory Note to GemCap Lending I, LLC dated as of November 14, 2016 which was assigned to Payplant on August 14, 2017 together with the Amended and Restated GemCap Loan and Security Agreement: Payplant Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2017 (the “Payplant Loan Agreement”). As of December 31, 2017, we had approximately $1.1 million in outstanding revolving credit loans. All amounts due under the Secured Promissory Note and Debenture are secured by our assets. As a result, if we default on our obligations under the Secured Promissory Note, Payplant could foreclose on its security interest and liquidate or take possession of some or all of these assets, which would harm our business, financial condition and results of operations and could require us to curtail, or even to cease our operations.

 

Payplant, the Debenture Holders and the holders of convertible promissory notes (the “November 2017 Notes”) issued in November 2017 (the “November Noteholders”) have certain rights upon an event of default under their respective agreements that could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations and could require us to curtail or cease our operations.

 

Payplant, the Debenture Holders, and the November Noteholders have certain rights upon an event of default. With respect to Payplant, such rights include an increase in the interest rate on any advances made pursuant to the Payplant Loan Agreement, the right to accelerate the payment of any outstanding advances made pursuant to the Payplant Loan Agreement, the right to directly receive payments made by account debtors and the right to foreclose on our assets, among other rights. The Payplant Loan Agreement includes in its definition of an event of default, among other occurrences, the failure to pay any principal when due within two business days, the termination, winding up, liquidation or dissolution of any borrower, the filing of a tax lien by a governmental agency against any borrower, and any reduction in ownership of our wholly owned subsidiaries, Inpixon USA and Inpixon Federal.

 

With respect to the Debenture Holders, such rights include the right to accelerate all amounts outstanding under the Debenture and demand a mandatory default payment in an amount equal to the greater of (i) the outstanding principal amount of the Debenture, plus all accrued and unpaid interest, divided by the conversion price on the date the mandatory default amount is either (A) demanded (if demand or notice is required to create an event of default) or otherwise due or (B) paid in full, whichever has a lower conversion price, multiplied by the VWAP (as defined in the Debenture) on the date the mandatory default amount is either (x) demanded or otherwise due or (y) paid in full, whichever has a higher VWAP, or (ii) 125% of the outstanding principal amount plus 100% of accrued and unpaid interest, and (b) all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated damages due in respect of the Debenture. Each of the following events shall constitute an event of default: failure to make a payment obligation, failure to observe certain covenants of the Debenture or related agreements (subject to applicable cure periods), breach of representation or warranty, bankruptcy, default under another significant contract or credit obligation, delisting of the common stock, a change in control, or failure to deliver stock certificates in a timely manner.

  

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The November Holders have the right to accelerate all amounts outstanding under the November 2017 Notes payable in cash in an amount equal to the greater of (a) the outstanding balance divided by $13.50 (subject to adjustment as set forth in the November 2017 Notes) on the date the note is demanded, multiplied by the VWAP on such date, or (b) the outstanding balance following multiplying the outstanding balance as of the date the applicable default occurred by (a) 15% for each occurrence of any Major Default (as defined in the November 2017 Notes), or (b) 5% for each occurrence of any Minor Default (as defined in the November 2017 Notes), and then adding the resulting product to the outstanding balance as of the date the applicable default occurred, with the sum of the foregoing then becoming the outstanding balance under the November 2017 Notes as of the date the applicable default occurred; provided that the Default Effect (as defined in the November 2017 Notes) may only be applied three (3) times with respect to Major Defaults and three (3) times with respect to Minor Defaults; and provided further that the Default Effect shall not apply to any default pursuant to Section 4.1(b) of the November 2017 Notes. Each of the following events shall constitute an event of default: failure to pay any principal, interest, fees, charges, or any other amount when due and payable under the November 2017 Notes; (b) failure to deliver any Lender Conversion Shares (as defined in the November 2017 Notes); (c) failure to deliver any Redemption Conversion Shares (as defined below); (d) a receiver, trustee or other similar official shall be appointed over the Company or a material part of its assets and such appointment shall remain uncontested for twenty (20) days or shall not be dismissed or discharged within sixty (60) days; (e) Company becomes insolvent or generally fails to pay, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due, subject to applicable grace periods, if any; (f) Company makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (g) Company files a petition for relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law (domestic or foreign); (h) an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding is commenced or filed against Company; (i) Company defaults or otherwise fails to observe or perform any covenant, obligation, condition or agreement of the Company, with certain limitations; (j) any representation, warranty or other statement made or furnished by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the issuance of the November 2017 Notes is false, incorrect, incomplete or misleading in any material respect when made or furnished; (k) the occurrence of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the November 2017 Notes) without lender’s prior written consent; (l) the Company fails to maintain the Share Reserve (as defined in the November 2017 Notes); (m) the Company effectuates a reverse split of its common stock without twenty (20) trading days prior written notice to lender; (n) any money judgment, writ or similar process is entered or filed against the Company or any subsidiary or any of its property or other assets for more than $600,000.00, and shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of twenty (20) calendar days unless otherwise consented to by lender; (o) the Company fails to be DWAC eligible; (p) the Company fails to observe or perform any covenant set forth in the purchase agreement; and (q) the Company breaches any covenant or other term or condition contained in any Other Agreements (as defined in the November 2017 Notes).

 

The exercise of any of these rights upon an event of default could substantially harm our financial condition and force us to curtail, or even to cease, our operations.

 

If we are unable to comply with certain financial and operating restrictions required by the Payplant Loan Agreement, we may be limited in our business activities and access to credit or may default under the Payplant Loan Agreement.

 

Provisions in the Payplant Loan Agreement impose restrictions or require prior approval on our ability, and the ability of certain of our subsidiaries to, among other things:

 

  sell, lease, transfer, convey, or otherwise dispose of any or all of our assets or collateral, except in the ordinary course of business;
     
  make any loans to any person, as that term is defined in the Payplant Loan Agreement, with the exception of employee loans made in the ordinary course of business;
     
  declare or pay cash dividends, make any distribution on, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly, any of our Equity Interests, as defined in the Payplant Loan Agreement;
     
  guarantee the indebtedness of any Person;

 

  compromise, settle or adjust any claims in any amount relating to any of the collateral;

 

  incur, create or permit to exist any lien on any of our property or assets;
     
  engage in new lines of business;
     
  change, alter or modify, or permit any change, alteration or modification of our organizational documents in any manner that might adversely affect Payplant’s rights;
     
  sell, assign, transfer, discount or otherwise dispose of any accounts or any promissory note payable to us, with or without recourse;

  

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  incur, create, assume, or permit to exist, any indebtedness or liability on account of either borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property; and
     
  make any payments of cash or other property to any affiliate.

 

The Payplant Loan Agreement also contains other customary covenants. We may not be able to comply with these covenants in the future. Our failure to comply with these covenants may result in the declaration of an event of default and cause us to be unable to borrow under the Payplant Loan Agreement. In addition to preventing additional borrowings under the Payplant Loan Agreement, an event of default, if not cured or waived, may result in the acceleration of the maturity of indebtedness outstanding under the Payplant Loan Agreement, which would require us to pay all amounts outstanding. If the maturity of our indebtedness is accelerated, we may not have sufficient funds available for repayment or we may not have the ability to borrow or obtain sufficient funds to replace the accelerated indebtedness on terms acceptable to us or at all. Our failure to repay the indebtedness would result in Payplant foreclosing on all or a portion of our assets and force us to curtail, or even to cease, our operations.

 

We may be subject to damages resulting from claims that the Company or our employees have wrongfully used or disclosed alleged trade secrets of their former employers.

 

Upon completion of any acquisitions by the Company, we may be subject to claims that our acquired companies and their employees may have inadvertently or otherwise used or disclosed trade secrets or other proprietary information of former employers or competitors. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these claims. Even if we are successful in defending against these claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management. If we fail in defending such claims, in addition to paying money claims, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights or personnel. A loss of key research personnel or their work product could hamper or prevent our ability to commercialize certain products, which could severely harm our business.

 

Adverse judgments or settlements in legal proceedings could materially harm our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows.

 

We are currently subject to pending claims for non-payment by certain vendors in an aggregate amount of approximately $5.4 million, which is approximately 20% of our total assets as of December 31, 2017. In addition, as of the date of this annual report we have received a notice to cure in connection with the failure to pay charges of approximately $154,000 in connection with certain property lease agreements. We may also be a party to other claims that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of our business, which may include those related to, for example, contracts, sub-contracts, protection of confidential information or trade secrets, adversary proceedings arising from customer bankruptcies, employment of our workforce and immigration requirements or compliance with any of a wide array of state and federal statutes, rules and regulations that pertain to different aspects of our business. We may also be required to initiate expensive litigation or other proceedings to protect our business interests. There is a risk that we will not be successful or otherwise be able to satisfactorily resolve any pending or future litigation. In addition, litigation and other legal claims are subject to inherent uncertainties and management’s view of currently pending legal matters may change in the future. Those uncertainties include, but are not limited to, litigation costs and attorneys’ fees, unpredictable judicial or jury decisions and the differing laws and judicial proclivities regarding damage awards among the states in which we operate. Unexpected outcomes in such legal proceedings, or changes in management’s evaluation or predictions of the likely outcomes of such proceedings (possibly resulting in changes in established reserves), could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Due to recurring losses and net capital deficiency, our current financial status may increase our default and litigation risks and may make us more financially vulnerable in the face of pending or threatened litigation.

 

The loss of our Chief Executive Officer or other key personnel may adversely affect our operations.

 

The Company’s success depends to a significant extent upon the operation, experience, and continued services of certain of its officers, including our CEO, as well as other key personnel. While our CEO and key personnel are employed under employment contracts, there is no assurance we will be able to retain their services. The loss of our CEO or several of the other key personnel could have an adverse effect on the Company. If our CEO or other executive officers were to leave we would face substantial difficulty in hiring a qualified successor and could experience a loss in productivity while any successor obtains the necessary training and experience. Furthermore, we do not maintain “key person” life insurance on the lives of any executive officer and their death or incapacity would have a material adverse effect on us. The competition for qualified personnel is intense, and the loss of services of certain key personnel could adversely affect our business.

  

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Internal system or service failures could disrupt our business and impair our ability to effectively provide our services and products to our customers, which could damage our reputation and adversely affect our revenues and profitability.

 

Any system or service disruptions, on our hosted Cloud infrastructure or those caused by ongoing projects to improve our information technology systems and the delivery of services, if not anticipated and appropriately mitigated, could have a material adverse effect on our business including, among other things, an adverse effect on our ability to bill our customers for work performed on our contracts, collect the amounts that have been billed and produce accurate financial statements in a timely manner. We are also subject to systems failures, including network, software or hardware failures, whether caused by us, third-party service providers, cyber security threats, natural disasters, power shortages, terrorist attacks or other events, which could cause loss of data and interruptions or delays in our business, cause us to incur remediation costs, subject us to claims and damage our reputation. In addition, the failure or disruption of our communications or utilities could cause us to interrupt or suspend our operations or otherwise adversely affect our business. Our property and business interruption insurance may be inadequate to compensate us for all losses that may occur as a result of any system or operational failure or disruption and, as a result, our future results could be adversely affected.

 

Customer systems failures could damage our reputation and adversely affect our revenues and profitability.

 

Many of the systems and networks that we develop, install and maintain for our customers on premise or host on our infrastructure involve managing and protecting personal information and information relating to national security and other sensitive government functions. While we have programs designed to comply with relevant privacy and security laws and restrictions, if a system or network that we develop, install or maintain were to fail or experience a security breach or service interruption, whether caused by us, third-party service providers, cyber security threats or other events, we may experience loss of revenue, remediation costs or face claims for damages or contract termination. Any such event could cause serious harm to our reputation and prevent us from having access to or being eligible for further work on such systems and networks. Our errors and omissions liability insurance may be inadequate to compensate us for all of the damages that we may incur and, as a result, our future results could be adversely affected.

 

Our financial performance could be adversely affected by decreases in spending on technology products and services by our public sector customers.

 

Our sales to our public sector customers are impacted by government spending policies, budget priorities and revenue levels. Although our sales to federal, state and local government are diversified across multiple agencies and departments, they collectively accounted for approximately 37% and 13% of 2017 and 2016 net sales, respectively. An adverse change in government spending policies (including budget cuts at the federal level), budget priorities or revenue levels could cause our public sector customers to reduce their purchases or to terminate or not renew their contracts with us, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations or cash flows.

   

Our business could be adversely affected by the loss of certain vendor partner relationships and the availability of their products.

 

We purchase products for resale from vendor partners, which include OEMs, software publishers, and wholesale distributors. For the year ended December 31, 2017, approximately 75% of our revenue was from purchases from vendor partners as defined above. We are authorized by vendor partners to sell all or some of their products via direct marketing activities. Our authorization with each vendor partner is subject to specific terms and conditions regarding such things as sales channel restrictions, product return privileges, price protection policies and purchase discounts. In the event we were to lose one of our significant vendor partners, our business could be adversely affected. If we complete the sale or spin-off of our VAR Business, as further described herein, we anticipate that our revenues levels will decrease by approximately 90% of our historical revenue levels.

 

We have entered, and expect to continue to enter, into joint venture, teaming and other arrangements, and these activities involve risks and uncertainties. A failure of any such relationship could have material adverse results on our business and results of operations.

 

We have entered, and expect to continue to enter, into joint venture, teaming and other arrangements. These activities involve risks and uncertainties, including the risk of the joint venture or applicable entity failing to satisfy its obligations, which may result in certain liabilities to us for guarantees and other commitments, the challenges in achieving strategic objectives and expected benefits of the business arrangement, the risk of conflicts arising between us and our partners and the difficulty of managing and resolving such conflicts, and the difficulty of managing or otherwise monitoring such business arrangements. A failure of our business relationships could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

  

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Our business and operations expose us to numerous legal and regulatory requirements and any violation of these requirements could harm our business.

 

We are subject to numerous federal, state and foreign legal requirements on matters as diverse as data privacy and protection, employment and labor relations, immigration, taxation, anticorruption, import/export controls, trade restrictions, internal control and disclosure control obligations, securities regulation and anti-competition. Compliance with diverse and changing legal requirements is costly, time-consuming and requires significant resources. We are also focused on expanding our business in certain identified growth areas, such as health information technology, energy and environment, which are highly regulated and may expose us to increased compliance risk. Violations of one or more of these diverse legal requirements in the conduct of our business could result in significant fines and other damages, criminal sanctions against us or our officers, prohibitions on doing business and damage to our reputation. Violations of these regulations or contractual obligations related to regulatory compliance in connection with the performance of customer contracts could also result in liability for significant monetary damages, fines and/or criminal prosecution, unfavorable publicity and other reputational damage, restrictions on our ability to compete for certain work and allegations by our customers that we have not performed our contractual obligations.

 

If we do not adequately protect our intellectual property rights, we may experience a loss of revenue and our operations and growth prospects may be materially harmed.

 

We have not registered copyrights on any of the software we have developed. We rely upon confidentiality agreements signed by our employees, consultants and third parties to protect our intellectual property. We cannot assure you that we can adequately protect our intellectual property or successfully prosecute actual or potential infringement of our intellectual property rights. Also, we cannot assure you that others will not assert rights in, or ownership of, trademarks and other proprietary rights of ours or that we will be able to successfully resolve these types of conflicts to our satisfaction. Our failure to protect our intellectual property rights may result in a loss of revenue and could materially adversely affect our operations and financial condition.

 

Our proprietary software is protected by common law copyright laws, as opposed to registration under copyright statutes. We have not registered copyrights on any of the software we have developed. Our performance and ability to compete are dependent to a significant degree on our proprietary technology. Our proprietary software is protected by common law copyright laws, as opposed to registration under copyright statutes. Common law protection may be narrower than that which we could obtain under registered copyrights. As a result, we may experience difficulty in enforcing our copyrights against certain third party infringements. As part of our confidentiality-protection procedures, we generally enter into agreements with our employees and consultants and limit access to, and distribution of, our software, documentation and other proprietary information. There can be no assurance that the steps we have taken will prevent misappropriation of our technology or that agreements entered into for that purpose will be enforceable. The laws of other countries may afford us little or no protection of our intellectual property. We also rely on a variety of technology that we license from third parties. There can be no assurance that these third party technology licenses will continue to be available to us on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. The loss of or inability to maintain or obtain upgrades to any of these technology licenses could result in delays in completing software enhancements and new development until equivalent technology could be identified, licensed or developed and integrated. Any such delays would materially and adversely affect our business.

 

The growth of our business is dependent on increasing sales to our existing clients and obtaining new clients, which, if unsuccessful, could limit our financial performance.

 

Our ability to increase revenues from existing clients by identifying additional opportunities to sell more of our products and services and our ability to obtain new clients depends on a number of factors, including our ability to offer high quality products and services at competitive prices, the strength of our competitors and the capabilities of our sales and marketing departments. If we are not able to continue to increase sales of our products and services to existing clients or to obtain new clients in the future, we may not be able to increase our revenues and could suffer a decrease in revenues as well.

 

Our business depends on the continued growth of the market for IT products and services, which is uncertain.

 

The storage and computing and professional services segments of our business include IT products and services solutions that are designed to address the growing markets for on and off-premises services (including migrations, consolidations, Cloud computing and disaster recovery), technology integration services (including storage and data protection services and the implementation of virtualization solutions) and managed services (including operational support and client support). These markets are continuously changing. Competing technologies and services, reduction in technology refreshes or reductions in corporate spending may reduce the demand for our products and services.

  

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Decreases, or slow growth, in the newspaper publishing industry may negatively impact our results from operation as it relates to our Cloud based applications and analytics for media and publishing.

 

The newspaper industry as a whole is experiencing challenges to maintain and grow print circulation and revenues. This results from, among other factors, increased competition from other media, particularly the growth of electronic media, and shifting preferences among some consumers to receive all or a portion of their news other than from a newspaper. The customer base for our Cloud based applications and analytics for media and publishing is focused on the newspaper publishing industry and therefore sales from this operating sector will be subject to the future of the newspaper industry.

 

Our competitiveness depends significantly on our ability to keep pace with the rapid changes in IT. Failure by us to anticipate and meet our clients’ technological needs could adversely affect our competitiveness and growth prospects.

 

We operate and compete in an industry characterized by rapid technological innovation, changing client needs, evolving industry standards and frequent introductions of new products, product enhancements, services and distribution methods. Our success depends on our ability to develop expertise with these new products, product enhancements, services and distribution methods and to implement IT solutions that anticipate and respond to rapid changes in technology, the IT industry, and client needs. The introduction of new products, product enhancements and distribution methods could decrease demand for current products or render them obsolete. Sales of products and services can be dependent on demand for specific product categories, and any change in demand for or supply of such products could have a material adverse effect on our net sales if we fail to adapt to such changes in a timely manner.

 

We operate in a highly competitive market and we may be required to reduce the prices for some of our products and services to remain competitive, which could adversely affect our results of operations.

 

Our industry is developing rapidly and related technology trends are constantly evolving. In this environment, we face significant price competition from our competitors. We may be unable to offset the effect of declining average sales prices through increased sales volumes and/or reductions in our costs. Furthermore, we may be forced to reduce the prices of the products and services we sell in response to offerings made by our competitors. Finally, we may not be able to maintain the level of bargaining power that we have enjoyed in the past when negotiating the prices of our services.

 

We face substantial competition from other national, multi-regional, regional and local value-added resellers and IT service providers, some of which may have greater financial and other resources than we do or that may have more fully developed business relationships with clients or prospective clients than we do. Many of our competitors compete principally on the basis of price and may have lower costs or accept lower selling prices than we do and, therefore, we may need to reduce our prices. In addition, manufacturers may choose to market their products directly to end-users, rather than through IT solutions providers such as us, and this could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our profitability is dependent on the rates we are able to charge for our products and services. The rates we are able to charge for our products and services are affected by a number of factors, including:

 

  our clients’ perceptions of our ability to add value through our services;
     
  introduction of new services or products by us or our competitors;
     
  our competitors’ pricing policies;
     
  our ability to charge higher prices where market demand or the value of our services justifies it;
     
  procurement practices of our clients; and
     
  general economic and political conditions.

 

If we are not able to maintain favorable pricing for our products and services, our results of operations could be adversely affected.

  

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Sales of our IT products and services are subject to quarterly and seasonal variations that may cause significant fluctuations in our operating results, therefore period-to-period comparisons of our operating results may not be reliable predictors of future performance.

 

The timing of our revenues can be difficult to predict. Our sales efforts involve educating our clients about the use and benefit of the products we sell and our services and solutions, including their technical capabilities and potential cost savings to an organization. Clients typically undertake a significant evaluation process that has in the past resulted in a lengthy sales cycle, which typically lasts several months, and may last a year or longer. We spend substantial time, effort and money on our sales efforts without any assurance that our efforts will produce any sales during a given period.

 

In addition, many of our clients spend a substantial portion of their IT budgets in the second half of the year. Other factors that may cause our quarterly operating results to fluctuate include changes in general economic conditions and the impact of unforeseen events. We believe that our revenues will continue to be affected in the future by cyclical trends. As a result, you may not be able to rely on period-to-period comparisons of our operating results as an indication of our future performance.

 

A delay in the completion of our clients’ budget processes could delay purchases of our products and services and have an adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

We rely on our clients to purchase products and services from us to maintain and increase our earnings, and client purchases are frequently subject to budget constraints, multiple approvals and unplanned administrative, processing and other delays. If sales expected from a specific client are not realized when anticipated or at all, our results could fall short of public expectations and our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

 

The profit margins from our IT products and services depend, in part, on the volume of products and services sold. A failure to achieve increases in our profit margins in the future could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

 

Given the significant levels of competition that characterize the IT reseller market, it is unlikely that we will be able to increase gross profit margins through increases in sales of IT products alone. Any increase in gross profit margins from this operating sector, if we choose to continue this sector, will depend, in part, on the growth of our higher margin businesses such as IT consulting and professional services. In addition, low margins increase the sensitivity of our results of operations to increases in costs of financing. Any failure by us to maintain or increase our gross profit margins could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

 

Any failures or interruptions in our services or systems could damage our reputation and substantially harm our business and results of operations.

 

Our success depends in part on our ability to provide reliable remote services, technology integration and managed services to our clients. The operations of our IT products and services as well as our Cloud based applications and analytics are susceptible to damage or interruption from human error, fire, flood, power loss, telecommunications failure, terrorist attacks and similar events. We could also experience failures or interruptions of our systems and services, or other problems in connection with our operations, as a result of:

 

  damage to or failure of our computer software or hardware or our connections;
     
  errors in the processing of data by our systems;
     
  computer viruses or software defects;
     
  physical or electronic break-ins, sabotage, intentional acts of vandalism and similar events;
     
  increased capacity demands or changes in systems requirements of our clients; and
     
  errors by our employees or third-party service providers.

  

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Our inventory management systems and related supply chain tools may not be able to forecast accurately and effectively manage supply of our products. If we ultimately determine that we have excess supply, we may have to reduce our prices and write-down inventory, which in turn could result in lower gross margins. If actual component usage and product demand are lower than the forecast, losses on manufacturing commitments in excess of forecasted demand may be accrued.

 

Any production interruptions for any reason, such as a natural disaster, epidemic, capacity shortages, or quality problems, at one of our manufacturing partners would negatively affect sales of product lines manufactured by that manufacturing partner and adversely affect our business and operating results.

 

Any interruptions in our systems or services could damage our reputation and substantially harm our business and results of operations. While we maintain disaster recovery plans and insurance with coverage we believe to be adequate, claims may exceed insurance coverage limits, may not be covered by insurance or insurance may not continue to be available on commercially reasonable terms.

 

Some of our services and solutions involve storing and replicating mission-critical data for our clients and are highly technical in nature. If client data is lost or corrupted, our reputation and business could be harmed.

 

Our IT data center and technology integration services and Software-as-a-Service solutions include storing and replicating mission-critical data for our clients. The process of storing and replicating that data within their data centers or at our facilities is highly technical and complex. If any data is lost or corrupted in connection with the use of our products and services, our reputation could be seriously harmed and market acceptance of our IT solutions could suffer. In addition, our solutions have contained, and may in the future contain, undetected errors, defects or security vulnerabilities. Some errors in our solutions may only be discovered after a solution has been in use by clients. Any errors, defects or security vulnerabilities discovered in our solutions after use by clients could result in loss of revenues, loss of clients, increased service and warranty cost and diversion of attention of our management and technical personnel, any of which could significantly harm our business. In addition, we could face claims for product liability, tort or breach of warranty. Defending a lawsuit, regardless of its merit, is costly and may divert management’s attention and adversely affect the market’s perception of us and our service offerings and solutions.

 

We do not have long-term recurring revenue generating contracts with our clients that utilize our IT products and services, and such clients may cease providing new purchase orders at any time or reduce the amount of purchases they make that would depress the revenues we receive from our IT products and services and harm our results of operations.

 

Our operations depend upon our relationships with our clients. Revenues from out IT products and services are typically driven by purchase orders received every month. The majority of revenues from our IT products and services come from one time purchase orders that do not guarantee any future recurring revenues. Approximately 24% of such revenues are recurring and based on contracts that range from 1-5 years for warranty and maintenance support. For these contracts the customer is invoiced one time and pays up front for the full term of the warranty and maintenance contract. Revenue from these contracts is determinable ratably over the contract period with the unearned revenue recorded as deferred revenue and amortized over the contract period. Clients with these types of contracts may cease providing new purchase orders at any time, may elect not to renew such contracts, cancel and request a refund of maintenance/warranty services that have not yet been provided (upon 30 days advance written notice) or reschedule purchases. If clients cease providing us with new purchase orders, diminish the services purchased from us, cancel executed purchase orders or delay future purchase orders, revenues received from the sale of our IT products and services would be negatively impacted, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations. There is no guarantee that we will be able to retain or generate future revenue from our existing clients or develop relationships with new clients.

 

We rely on a limited number of key customers, the importance of which may vary dramatically from year to year, and a loss of one or more of these key customers may adversely affect our operating results.

 

Our top three customers accounted for approximately 26% and 40% of our gross revenue during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. One customer accounted for 28% of our gross revenue in 2016, was a significant contributor in 2017 however this customer may or may not continue to be a significant contributor to revenue in 2018. The loss of a significant amount of business from one of our major customers would materially and adversely affect our results of operations until such time, if ever, as we are able to replace the lost business. Significant clients or projects in any one period may not continue to be significant clients or projects in other periods. To the extent that we are dependent on any single customer, we are subject to the risks faced by that customer to the extent that such risks impede the customer’s ability to stay in business and make timely payments to us.

  

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Consolidation in the industries that we serve or from which we purchase could adversely affect our business.

 

Some of the clients we serve may seek to achieve economies of scale by combining with or acquiring other companies. If two or more of our current clients combine their operations, it may decrease the amount of work that we perform for these clients. If one of our current clients merges or consolidates with a company that relies on another provider for its consulting, systems integration and technology, or outsourcing services, we may lose work from that client or lose the opportunity to gain additional work. If two or more of our suppliers merge or consolidate operations, the increased market power of the larger company could also increase our product costs and place competitive pressures on us. Any of these possible results of industry consolidation could adversely affect our business.

 

The loss of any key manufacturer or distributor relationships, or related industry certifications, could have an adverse effect on our business.

 

As part of our end-to-end IT solutions, we are authorized resellers of the products and services of leading IT manufacturers and distributors. In many cases, we have achieved the highest level of relationship the manufacturer or distributor offers. In addition, our employees hold certifications issued by these manufacturers and by industry associations relating to the configuration, installation and servicing of these products. We differentiate ourselves from our competitors by the range of manufacturers and distributors we represent, the relationship level we have achieved with these manufacturers and distributors and the scope of the manufacturer and industry certifications our employees hold. There can be no assurance that we will be able to retain these relationships with our manufacturers and distributors, that we will be able to retain the employees holding these manufacturer and industry certifications, or that our employees will maintain their manufacturer or industry certifications. The loss of any of these relationships or certifications could have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

We may experience a reduction in the incentive programs offered to us by our vendors. Any such reduction could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

We receive payments and credits from vendors, including consideration pursuant to volume sales incentive programs and marketing development funding programs. These programs are usually of finite terms and may not be renewed or may be changed in a way that has an adverse effect on us. Vendor funding is used to offset, among other things, inventory costs, cost of goods sold, marketing costs and other operating expenses. Certain of these funds are based on our volume of net sales or purchases, growth rate of net sales or purchases and marketing programs. If we do not grow our net sales or if we are not in compliance with the terms of these programs, there could be a material negative effect on the amount of incentives offered or paid to us by vendors. No assurance can be given that we will continue to receive such incentives or that we will be able to collect outstanding amounts relating to these incentives in a timely manner, or at all. Any sizeable reduction in, the discontinuance of, or a significant delay in receiving or the inability to collect such incentives, particularly related to incentive programs with one of our largest partners, Hewlett-Packard Company, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. If we are unable to react timely to any fundamental changes in the programs of vendors, including the elimination of funding for some of the activities for which we have been compensated in the past, such changes would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

We may need additional cash financing and any failure to obtain cash financing, could limit our ability to grow our business and develop or enhance our service offerings to respond to market demand or competitive challenges.

 

We expect that we will need to raise funds in order to continue our operations and implement our plans to grow our business. However, if we decide to seek additional capital, we may be unable to obtain financing on terms that are acceptable to us or at all. If we are unable to raise the required cash, our ability to grow our business and develop or enhance our service offerings to respond to market demand or competitive challenges could be limited.

 

We rely on inventory financing and vendor credit arrangements for our daily working capital and certain operational functions, the loss of which could have a material adverse effect on our future results.

 

We rely on inventory financing and vendor financing arrangements for daily working capital and to fund equipment purchases for our technology sales business. The loss of any of our inventory financing or vendor credit financing arrangements, a reduction in the amount of credit granted to us by our vendors, or a change in any of the material terms of these arrangements could increase our need for and the cost of working capital and have a material adverse effect on our future results. These credit arrangements are discretionary on the part of our creditors and require the performance of certain operational covenants. There can be no assurance that we will continue to meet those covenants and failure to do so may limit availability of, or cause us to lose, such financing. There can be no assurance that such financing will continue to be available to us in the future on acceptable terms.

  

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If we cannot collect our receivables or if payment is delayed, our business may be adversely affected by our inability to generate cash flow, provide working capital or continue our business operations.

 

Our business depends on our ability to successfully obtain payment from our clients of the amounts they owe us for products received from us and any work performed by us. The timely collection of our receivables allows us to generate cash flow, provide working capital and continue our business operations. Our clients may fail to pay or delay the payment of invoices for a number of reasons, including financial difficulties resulting from macroeconomic conditions or lack of an approved budget. An extended delay or default in payment relating to a significant account will have a material and adverse effect on the aging schedule and turnover days of our accounts receivable. If we are unable to timely collect our receivables from our clients for any reason, our business and financial condition could be adversely affected.

 

If our location based security and detection and context aware marketing products fail to satisfy customer demands or to achieve increased market acceptance our results of operations, financial condition and growth prospects could be materially adversely affected.

 

The market acceptance of our products, particularly our location based security and detection and context aware marketing products are critical to our continued success. Demand for these products is affected by a number of factors beyond our control, including continued market acceptance, the timing of development and release of new products by competitors, technological change, and growth or decline in the mobile device management market. We expect the proliferation of mobile devices to lead to an increase in the data security demands of our customers, and our products may not be able to scale and perform to meet those demands. If we are unable to continue to meet customer demands or to achieve more widespread market acceptance of these products, our business operations, financial results and growth prospects will be materially and adversely affected.

 

Defects, errors, or vulnerabilities in our location based security and detection products or services or the failure of such products or services to prevent a security breach, could harm our reputation and adversely impact our results of operations.

 

Because our location based security products and services are complex, they have contained and may contain design or manufacturing defects or errors that are not detected until after their commercial release and deployment by customers. Defects may cause such products to be vulnerable to advanced persistent threats (APTs) or security attacks, cause them to fail to help secure information or temporarily interrupt customers’ networking traffic. Because the techniques used by hackers to access sensitive information change frequently and generally are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques and provide a solution in time to protect customers’ data. In addition, defects or errors in our subscription updates or products could result in a failure to effectively update customers’ hardware products and thereby leave customers vulnerable to APTs or security attacks.

 

Any defects, errors or vulnerabilities in our products could result in:

 

  Expenditure of significant financial and product development resources in efforts to analyze, correct, eliminate, or work-around errors or defects or to address and eliminate vulnerabilities;
     
  Delayed or lost revenue;
     
  Loss of existing or potential customers or partners;
     
  Increased warranty claims compared with historical experience, or increased cost of servicing warranty claims, either of which would adversely affect gross margins; and
     
  Litigation, regulatory inquiries, or investigations that may be costly and harm our reputation

 

Our Cloud strategy, including our Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Data as a Service (DaaS) offerings, may adversely affect our revenues and profitability.

 

We offer customers a full range of consumption models including the deployment of our products via our Cloud based SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and DaaS offerings. These business models continue to evolve, and we may not be able to compete effectively, generate significant revenues or maintain the profitability of our Cloud offerings. Additionally, the increasing prevalence of Cloud and SaaS delivery models offered by us and our competitors may unfavorably impact the pricing of our on-premises enterprise software offerings and our Cloud offerings, and has a dampening impact on overall demand for our on-premises software product and service offerings, which could reduce our revenues and profitability, at least in the near-term. If we do not successfully execute our Cloud computing strategy or anticipate the Cloud computing needs of our customers, our reputation as a cloud services provider could be harmed and our revenues and profitability could decline.

  

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Our Cloud offerings are generally purchased by customers on a subscription basis and revenues from these offerings are generally recognized ratably over the term of the subscriptions. The deferred revenue that results from sales of our Cloud offerings may prevent any deterioration in sales activity associated with our Cloud offerings from becoming immediately observable in our consolidated statement of operations. This is in contrast to revenues associated with our new software licenses arrangements whereby new software licenses revenues are generally recognized in full at the time of delivery of the related software licenses. We incur certain expenses associated with the infrastructures and marketing of our Cloud offerings in advance of our ability to recognize the revenues associated with these offerings. As customer demand for our Cloud offerings increases, we experience volatility in our reported revenues and operating results due to the differences in timing of revenue recognition between our new software licenses arrangements and Cloud offering arrangements.

 

Our current research and development efforts may not produce successful products or features that result in significant revenue, cost savings or other benefits in the near future. If we do not realize significant revenue from our research and development efforts, our business and operating results could be adversely affected.

 

Developing products and related enhancements in our field is expensive. Investments in research and development may not result in significant design improvements, marketable products or features or may result in products that are more expensive than anticipated. We may not achieve the cost savings or the anticipated performance improvements expected, and we may take longer to generate revenue from products in development, or generate less revenue than expected.

 

Our future plans include significant investments in research and development and related product opportunities. Our management believes that we must continue to dedicate a significant amount of resources to research and development efforts to maintain a competitive position. However, we may not receive significant revenue from these investments in the near future, or these investments may not yield the expected benefits, either of which could adversely affect our business and operating results.

 

Misuse of our products could harm our reputation.

 

Our products, particularly our location based security and detection and context aware marketing may be misused by customers or third parties that obtain access to such products. For example, these products could be used to protect information kept by criminals from government agencies. Such use of these products for censorship could result in negative press coverage and negatively affect our reputation.

 

If the general level of advanced attacks declines, or is perceived by current or potential customers to have declined, this could harm our location based security and detection operating segment, and our financial condition, operating results and growth prospects.

 

Our location based security and detection operating segment is substantially dependent upon enterprises and governments recognizing that advanced persistent threats (“APTs”) and other security attacks are pervasive and are not effectively prevented by legacy security solutions. High visibility attacks on prominent enterprises and governments have increased market awareness of the problem of APTs and security attacks and help to provide an impetus for enterprises and governments to devote resources to protecting against attacks, such as testing our platform, purchasing it, and broadly deploying it within their organizations. If APTs and other security attacks were to decline, or enterprises or governments perceived that the general level of attacks has declined, our ability to attract new customers and expand its offerings for existing customers could be materially and adversely affected, which would, in turn, have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.

 

If our location based security and detection products do not effectively interoperate with our customers’ IT infrastructure, installations could be delayed or cancelled, which would harm our financial condition, operating results and growth prospects.

 

Our products must effectively interoperate with our customers’ existing or future IT infrastructure, which often has different specifications, utilizes multiple protocol standards, deploys products from multiple vendors, and contains multiple generations of products that have been added over time. As a result, when problems occur in a company’s infrastructure, it may be difficult to identify the sources of these problems. If we find errors in the existing software or defects in the hardware used in our customers’ infrastructure, we may have to modify its software or hardware so that our products will interoperate with the infrastructure of our customers. In such cases, our products may be unable to provide significant performance improvements for applications deployed in the infrastructure of our customers. These issues could cause longer installation times for our products and could cause order cancellations, either of which would adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, other customers may require products to comply with certain security or other certifications and standards. If our products are late in achieving or fail to achieve compliance with these certifications and standards, or competitors sooner achieve compliance with these certifications and standards, we may be disqualified from selling our products to such customers, or may otherwise be at a competitive disadvantage, either of which would harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

 

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Failure to protect our intellectual property rights could adversely affect our financial condition, operating results and growth prospects.

 

The success of our business depends, in part, on our ability to protect proprietary methods and technologies that we develop under patent and other intellectual property laws of the United States so that we can prevent others from using our inventions and proprietary information. If we or our subsidiaries fail to protect intellectual property rights adequately, competitors might gain access to our technology, and our business might be adversely affected. However, defending our intellectual property rights might entail significant expenses. Any patents issued in the future may not provide us with any competitive advantages, and our patent applications may never be granted. The process of obtaining patent protection is expensive and time-consuming, and we may not be able to prosecute all necessary or desirable patent applications at a reasonable cost or in a timely manner. Even if issued, there can be no assurance that these patents will adequately protect our intellectual property, as the legal standards relating to the validity, enforceability and scope of protection of patent and other intellectual property rights are complex and often uncertain. Our inability to protect our property rights could adversely affect our financial condition, operating results and growth prospects.

  

We depend on the U.S. government for a substantial portion of our business and government budget impasses together with changes in government defense spending could have adverse consequences on our financial position, results of operations and business.

 

A substantial portion of our U.S. revenues from our operations have been from and will continue to be from sales and services rendered directly or indirectly to the U.S. Government. Consequently, our revenues are highly dependent on the Government’s demand for computer systems and related services. Our revenues from the U.S. Government largely result from contracts awarded to us under various U.S. Government programs, primarily defense-related programs with the Department of Defense (DoD), as well as a broad range of programs with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Bureau of Prisons, National Institute of Health (NIH), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Department of Homeland Security, the Intelligence Community and other departments and agencies. Cost cutting including through consolidation and elimination of duplicative organizations and insurance has become a major initiative for DoD. The funding of our programs is subject to the overall U.S. Government budget and appropriation decisions and processes which are driven by numerous factors, including geo-political events and macroeconomic conditions. It is expected that U.S. Government spending on IT will decrease from 6% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) during the first decade of the 21st Century to 3%. (Source: Market Research Media — U.S. Federal IT Market Forecast 2013-2018). The overall level of U.S. defense spending increased in recent years for numerous reasons, including increases in funding of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, with the winding down of both wars, defense spending levels are becoming increasingly difficult to predict and are expected to be affected by numerous factors. Such factors include priorities of the Administration and the Congress, and the overall health of the U.S. and world economies and the state of governmental finances.

 

The Budget Control Act of 2011 enacted 10-year discretionary spending caps which are expected to generate over $1 trillion in savings for the U.S. Government, a substantial portion of which comes from DoD baseline spending reductions. In addition, the Budget Control Act of 2011 provides for additional automatic spending cuts (referred to as “sequestration”) totaling $1.2 trillion over nine years which were implemented beginning in the U.S. Government fiscal year ending September 30, 2013 (GFY13). These reduction targets will further reduce DoD and other federal agency budgets. Although the Office of Management and Budget has provided guidance to agencies on implementing sequestration cuts, there remains much uncertainty about how exactly sequestration cuts will be implemented and the impact those cuts will have on contractors supporting the government. We are not able to predict the impact of future budget cuts, including sequestration, on our Company or our financial results. However, we expect that budgetary constraints and concerns related to the national debt will continue to place downward pressure on DoD spending levels and that implementation of the automatic spending cuts without change will reduce, delay or cancel funding for certain of our contracts - particularly those with unobligated balances - and programs and could adversely impact our operations, financial results and growth prospects.

  

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A significant reduction in defense spending could have long-term consequences for our size and structure. In addition, reduction in government priorities and requirements could impact the funding, or the timing of funding, of our programs, which could negatively impact our results of operations and financial condition. In addition, we are involved in U.S. Government programs which are classified by the U.S. Government and our ability to discuss these programs, including any risks and disputes and claims associated with and our performance under such programs, could be limited due to applicable security restrictions.

 

The U.S. government systems integration business is intensely competitive and we may not be able to win government bids when competing against much larger companies, which could reduce our revenues.

 

Large computer systems integration contracts awarded by the U.S. Government are few in number and are awarded through a formal competitive bidding process, including indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ), GSA Schedule and other multi-award contracts. Bids are awarded on the basis of price, compliance with technical bidding specifications, technical expertise and, in some cases, demonstrated management ability to perform the contract. There can be no assurance that the Company will win and/or fulfill additional contracts. Moreover, the award of these contracts is subject to protest procedures and there can be no assurance that the Company will prevail in any ensuing legal protest. The Company’s failure to secure a significant dollar volume of U.S. Government contracts in the future would adversely affect our Inpixon Federal subsidiary.

 

The U.S. Government systems integration business is intensely competitive and subject to rapid change. The Company competes with a large number of systems integrators, hardware and software manufacturers, and other large and diverse companies attempting to enter or expand their presence in the U.S. Government market. Many of the existing and potential competitors have greater financial, operating and technological resources than the Company. The competitive environment may require us to make changes in our pricing, services or marketing. The competitive bidding process involves substantial costs and a number of risks, including significant cost and managerial time to prepare bids and proposals for contracts that may not be awarded to us, or that may be awarded, but for which we do not receive meaningful revenues. Accordingly, our success depends on our ability to develop services and products that address changing needs and to provide people and technology needed to deliver these services and products. To remain competitive, we must consistently provide superior service, technology and performance on a cost-effective basis to our customers. Our response to competition could cause us to expend significant financial and other resources, disrupt our operations and strain relationships with partners, any of which could harm our business and/or financial condition.

 

Inpixon Federal’s financial performance is dependent on our ability to perform on our U.S. government contracts, which are subject to termination for convenience, which could harm our results of operations and financial condition.

 

Inpixon Federal’s financial performance is dependent on our performance under our U.S. Government contracts. With the Integrio acquisition the Company’s government contract revenue has increased significantly and represents approximately 67% of its revenue during the year ended December 31, 2017. Government customers have the right to cancel any contract at their convenience. An unanticipated termination of, or reduced purchases under, one of the Company’s major contracts whether due to lack of funding, for convenience or otherwise, or the occurrence of delays, cost overruns and product failures could adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition. If one of our contracts were terminated for convenience, we would generally be entitled to payments for our allowable costs and would receive some allowance for profit on the work performed. If one of our contracts were terminated for default, we would generally be entitled to payments for our work that has been accepted by the government. A termination arising out of our default could expose us to liability and have a negative impact on our ability to obtain future contracts and orders. Furthermore, on contracts for which we are a subcontractor and not the prime contractor, the U.S. Government could terminate the prime contract for convenience or otherwise, irrespective of our performance as a subcontractor. The termination or cancellation of U.S. Government contracts, no matter what the reason, could harm our results of operations and financial condition.

  

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Our failure to comply with a variety of complex procurement rules and regulations could result in our being liable for penalties, including termination of our U.S. government contracts, disqualification from bidding on future U.S. government contracts and suspension or debarment from U.S. government contracting that could adversely affect our financial condition.

 

We must comply with laws and regulations relating to the formation, administration and performance of U.S. Government contracts, which affect how we do business with our customers and may impose added costs on our business. U.S. Government contracts generally are subject to: (i) the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which sets forth policies, procedures and requirements for the acquisition of goods and services by the U.S. Government; (ii) department-specific regulations that implement or supplement FAR, such as the DoD’s Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS); and (iii) other applicable laws and regulations. We are also subject to the Truth in Negotiations Act, which requires certification and disclosure of cost and pricing data in connection with certain contract negotiations; the Procurement Integrity Act, which regulates access to competitor bid and proposal information and government source selection information, and our ability to provide compensation to certain former government officials; the Civil False Claims Act, which provides for substantial civil penalties for violations, including for submission of a false or fraudulent claim to the U.S. Government for payment or approval; and the U.S. Government Cost Accounting Standards, which impose accounting requirements that govern our right to reimbursement under certain cost-based U.S. Government contracts. These regulations impose a broad range of requirements, many of which are unique to government contracting, including various procurement, import and export, security, contract pricing and cost, contract termination and adjustment, and audit requirements. A contractor’s failure to comply with these regulations and requirements could result in reductions to the value of contracts, contract modifications or termination, and the assessment of penalties and fines and lead to suspension or debarment, for cause, from government contracting or subcontracting for a period of time. In addition, government contractors are also subject to routine audits and investigations by U.S. Government agencies such as the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA). These agencies review a contractor’s performance under its contracts, cost structure and compliance with applicable laws, regulations and standards. The DCAA also reviews the adequacy of and a contractor’s compliance with its internal control systems and policies, including the contractor’s purchasing, property, estimating, compensation and management information systems. During the term of any suspension or debarment by any U.S. Government agency, contractors can be prohibited from competing for or being awarded contracts by U.S. Government agencies. The termination of any of the Company’s significant government contracts or the imposition of fines, damages, suspensions or debarment would adversely affect the Company’s business and financial condition.

 

The U.S. government may adopt new contract rules and regulations or revise its procurement practices in a manner adverse to us at any time.

 

Our industry has experienced, and we expect it will continue to experience, significant changes to business practices as a result of an increased focus on affordability, efficiencies, and recovery of costs, among other items. U.S. Government agencies may face restrictions or pressure regarding the type and amount of services that they may obtain from private contractors. Legislation, regulations and initiatives dealing with procurement reform, mitigation of potential conflicts of interest and environmental responsibility or sustainability, as well as any resulting shifts in the buying practices of U.S. Government agencies, such as increased usage of fixed price contracts, multiple award contracts and small business set-aside contracts, could have adverse effects on government contractors, including us. Any of these changes could impair our ability to obtain new contracts or renew our existing contracts when those contracts expire and are subject to a renewed bidding process. Any new contracting requirements or procurement methods could be costly or administratively difficult for us to implement and could adversely affect our future revenues, profitability and prospects.

 

We may incur cost overruns as a result of fixed priced government contracts, which would have a negative impact on our operations.

 

Most of our U.S. Government contracts are multi-award, multi-year IDIQ task order based contracts, which generally provide for fixed price schedules for products and services, have no pre-set delivery schedules, have very low minimum purchase requirements, are typically competed over among multiple awardees and force us to carry the burden of any cost overruns. Due to their nature, fixed-priced contracts inherently have more risk than cost reimbursable contracts. If we are unable to control costs or if our initial cost estimates are incorrect, we can lose money on these contracts. In addition, some of our contracts have provisions relating to cost controls and audit rights, and if we fail to meet the terms specified in those contracts, we may not realize their full benefits. Lower earnings caused by cost overruns and cost controls would have a negative impact on our results of operations. The U.S. Government has the right to enter into contract with other suppliers, which may be competitive with the Company’s IDIQ contracts. The Company also performs fixed priced contracts under which the Company agrees to provide specific quantities of products and services over time for a fixed price. Since the price competition to win both IDIQ and fixed price contracts is intense and the costs of future contract performance cannot be predicted with certainty, there can be no assurance as to the profits, if any, that the Company will realize over the term of such contracts.

  

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Misconduct of employees, subcontractors, agents and business partners could cause us to lose existing contracts or customers and adversely affect our ability to obtain new contracts and customers and could have a significant adverse impact on our business and reputation.

 

Misconduct could include fraud or other improper activities such as falsifying time or other records and violations of laws, including the Anti-Kickback Act. Other examples could include the failure to comply with our policies and procedures or with federal, state or local government procurement regulations, regulations regarding the use and safeguarding of classified or other protected information, legislation regarding the pricing of labor and other costs in government contracts, laws and regulations relating to environmental, health or safety matters, bribery of foreign government officials, import-export control, lobbying or similar activities, and any other applicable laws or regulations. Any data loss or information security lapses resulting in the compromise of personal information or the improper use or disclosure of sensitive or classified information could result in claims, remediation costs, regulatory sanctions against us, loss of current and future contracts and serious harm to our reputation. Although we have implemented policies, procedures and controls to prevent and detect these activities, these precautions may not prevent all misconduct, and as a result, we could face unknown risks or losses. Our failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations or misconduct by any of our employees, subcontractors, agents or business partners could damage our reputation and subject us to fines and penalties, restitution or other damages, loss of security clearance, loss of current and future customer contracts and suspension or debarment from contracting with federal, state or local government agencies, any of which would adversely affect our business, reputation and our future results.

 

We may fail to obtain and maintain necessary security clearances, which may adversely affect our ability to perform on certain U.S. government contracts and depress our potential revenues.

 

Many U.S. Government programs require contractors to have security clearances. Depending on the level of required clearance, security clearances can be difficult and time-consuming to obtain. If we or our employees are unable to obtain or retain necessary security clearances, we may not be able to win new business, and our existing clients could terminate their contracts with us or decide not to renew them. To the extent we are not able to obtain and maintain facility security clearances or engage employees with the required security clearances for a particular contract, we may not be able to bid on or win new contracts, or effectively rebid on expiring contracts, as well as lose existing contracts, which may adversely affect our operating results and inhibit the execution of our growth strategy.

 

Our future revenues and growth prospects could be adversely affected by our dependence on other contractors.

 

If other contractors with whom we have contractual relationships either as a prime contractor or subcontractor eliminate or reduce their work with us, or if the U.S. Government terminates or reduces these other contractors’ programs, does not award them new contracts or refuses to pay under a contract our financial and business condition may be adversely affected. Companies that do not have access to U.S. Government contracts may perform services as our subcontractor and that exposure could enhance such companies’ prospect of securing a future position as a prime U.S. Government contractor which could increase competition for future contracts and impair our ability to perform on contracts.

 

We may have disputes with our subcontractors arising from, among other things, the quality and timeliness of work performed by the subcontractor, customer concerns about the subcontractor, our failure to extend existing task orders or issue new task orders under a subcontract, our hiring of a subcontractor’s personnel or the subcontractor’s failure to comply with applicable law. Current uncertain economic conditions heighten the risk of financial stress of our subcontractors, which could adversely impact their ability to meet their contractual requirements to us. If any of our subcontractors fail to timely meet their contractual obligations or have regulatory compliance or other problems, our ability to fulfill our obligations as a prime contractor or higher tier subcontractor may be jeopardized. Significant losses could arise in future periods and subcontractor performance deficiencies could result in our termination for default. A termination for default could eliminate a revenue source, expose us to liability and have an adverse effect on our ability to compete for future contracts and task orders, especially if the customer is an agency of the U.S. Government.

 

Our international business exposes us to geo-political and economic factors, regulatory requirements and other risks associated with doing business in foreign countries.

 

Our foreign operations pose complex management, foreign currency, legal, tax and economic risks, which we may not adequately address. We have foreign operations in the Middle East which we are winding down. At the same time, we provide our products and services to customers worldwide and expect to do business in South Asia. These risks differ from and potentially may be greater than those associated with our domestic business.

 

Our international business is sensitive to changes in the priorities and budgets of international customers and geo-political uncertainties, which may be driven by changes in threat environments and potentially volatile worldwide economic conditions, various regional and local economic and political factors, risks and uncertainties, as well as U.S. foreign policy. Our international sales are subject to U.S. laws, regulations and policies, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (see below) and other export laws and regulations. Due to the nature of our products, we must first obtain licenses and authorizations from various U.S. Government agencies before we are permitted to sell our products outside of the U.S. We can give no assurance that we will continue to be successful in obtaining the necessary licenses or authorizations or that certain sales will not be prevented or delayed. Any significant impairment of our ability to sell products outside of the U.S. could negatively impact our results of operations and financial condition.

  

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Our international sales are also subject to local government laws, regulations and procurement policies and practices which may differ from U.S. Government regulations, including regulations relating to import-export control, investments, exchange controls and repatriation of earnings, as well as to varying currency, geo-political and economic risks. Our international contracts may include industrial cooperation agreements requiring specific in-country purchases, manufacturing agreements or financial support obligations, known as offset obligations, and provide for penalties if we fail to meet such requirements. Our international contracts may also be subject to termination at the customer’s convenience or for default based on performance, and may be subject to funding risks. We also are exposed to risks associated with using foreign representatives and consultants for international sales and operations and teaming with international subcontractors, partners and suppliers in connection with international programs. As a result of these factors, we could experience award and funding delays on international programs and could incur losses on such programs, which could negatively impact our results of operations and financial condition.

 

We are also subject to a number of other risks including:

 

  the absence in some jurisdictions of effective laws to protect our intellectual property rights;
     
  multiple and possibly overlapping and conflicting tax laws;
     
  restrictions on movement of cash;
     
  the burdens of complying with a variety of national and local laws;
     
  political instability;
     
  currency fluctuations;
     
  longer payment cycles;
     
  restrictions on the import and export of certain technologies;
     
  price controls or restrictions on exchange of foreign currencies; and
     
  trade barriers.

 

Our international operations are subject to special U.S. government laws and regulations, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and regulations and procurement policies and practices, including regulations to import-export control, which may expose us to liability or impair our ability to compete in international markets.

 

Our international operations are subject to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and other laws that prohibit improper payments or offers of payments to foreign governments and their officials and political parties by U.S. and other business entities for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. We have operations and deal with governmental customers in countries known to experience corruption, including certain countries in the Middle East and in the future, the Far East. Our activities in these countries create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by one of our employees, consultants or contractors that could be in violation of various laws including the FCPA, even though these parties are not always subject to our control. We are also subject to import-export control regulations restricting the use and dissemination of information classified for national security purposes and the export of certain products, services, and technical data, including requirements regarding any applicable licensing of our employees involved in such work.

  

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As a U.S. defense contractor we are vulnerable to security threats and other disruptions that could negatively impact our business.

 

As a U.S. defense contractor, we face certain security threats, including threats to our information technology infrastructure, attempts to gain access to our proprietary or classified information, and threats to physical security. These types of events could disrupt our operations, require significant management attention and resources, and could negatively impact our reputation among our customers and the public, which could have a negative impact on our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity. We are continuously exposed to cyber-attacks and other security threats, including physical break-ins. Any electronic or physical break-in or other security breach or compromise may jeopardize security of information stored or transmitted through our information technology systems and networks. This could lead to disruptions in mission-critical systems, unauthorized release of confidential or otherwise protected information and corruption of data. Although we have implemented policies, procedures and controls to protect against, detect and mitigate these threats, we face advanced and persistent attacks on our information systems and attempts by others to gain unauthorized access to our information technology systems are becoming more sophisticated. These attempts include covertly introducing malware to our computers and networks and impersonating authorized users, among others, and may be perpetrated by well-funded organized crime or state sponsored efforts. We seek to detect and investigate all security incidents and to prevent their occurrence or recurrence. We continue to invest in and improve our threat protection, detection and mitigation policies, procedures and controls. In addition, we work with other companies in the industry and government participants on increased awareness and enhanced protections against cyber security threats. However, because of the evolving nature and sophistication of these security threats, which can be difficult to detect, there can be no assurance that our policies, procedures and controls have or will detect or prevent any of these threats and we cannot predict the full impact of any such past or future incident. We may experience similar security threats to the information and technology systems that we develop, install or maintain under customer contracts. Although we work cooperatively with our customers and other business partners to seek to minimize the impacts of cyber and other security threats, we must rely on the safeguards put in place by those entities. Any remedial costs or other liabilities related to cyber or other security threats may not be fully insured or indemnified by other means. Occurrence of any of these security threats could expose us to claims, contract terminations and damages and could adversely affect our reputation, ability to work on sensitive U.S. Government contracts, business operations and financial results.

 

Difficult conditions in the global capital markets and the economy generally may materially adversely affect our business and results of operations, and we do not expect these conditions to improve in the near future.

 

Our results of operations are materially affected by conditions in the global capital markets and the economy generally, both in the U.S. and elsewhere around the world.  Weak economic conditions generally, sustained uncertainty about global economic conditions, concerns about future U.S. government budget impasses or a prolonged or further tightening of credit markets could cause our customers and potential customers to postpone or reduce spending on technology products or services or put downward pressure on prices, which could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations or cash flows.  Concerns over inflation, energy costs, geopolitical issues and the availability of credit, in the U.S. have contributed to increased volatility and diminished expectations for the economy and the markets going forward. These factors, combined with volatile oil prices and wavering business and consumer confidence, have precipitated an economic slowdown and a global recession. Domestic and international equity markets have been experiencing heightened volatility and turmoil. These events and the continuing market upheavals may have an adverse effect on our business. In the event of extreme prolonged market events, such as the global economic recovery, we could incur significant losses.

 

The Company intends to use open source blockchain technology in its IPA platform.  This technology has been scrutinized by regulatory agencies and therefore we may be impacted by unfavorable regulatory action in one or more jurisdictions.

 

The Company intends to use open source blockchain technology as a secure repository for “device reputation” acquired by its IPA platform. Blockchain technologies have been the subject of scrutiny by various regulatory bodies around the world. The Company could be impacted by one or more regulatory inquiries or actions, including but not limited to restrictions on the use of blockchain technology, which could impede or limit the use of this technology within our product offerings.

 

We intend to use and leverage open source technology in our IPA platform which may create risks of security weaknesses.

 

Some parts of our technology may be based on open-source technology, including the blockchain technology that we intend to use in our IPA platform, There is a risk that the development team, or other third parties may intentionally or unintentionally introduce weaknesses or bugs into the core infrastructure elements of our technology solutions interfering with the use of such technology or causing loss to the Company.

 

 The use of new and untested technologies, including blockchain technology, may result in risks that we may not be able to currently anticipate.

 

Blockchain technology is a relatively new and untested technology. In addition to the risks set forth here, there are risks with the use of this technology that the Company cannot anticipate. Risks may further materialize as unanticipated combinations or variations from the risks set forth here.

  

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We may not be able to develop new products or enhance our product to keep pace with our industry’s rapidly changing technology and customer requirements.

 

The industry in which we operate is characterized by rapid technological changes, new product introductions, enhancements, and evolving industry standards. Our business prospects depend on our ability to develop new products and applications for our technology in new markets that develop as a result of technological and scientific advances, while improving performance and cost-effectiveness. New technologies, techniques or products could emerge that might offer better combinations of price and performance than the blockchain technology solutions that are being developed by the Company. It is important that we anticipate changes in technology and market demand. If we do not successfully innovate and introduce new technology into our anticipated technology solutions or effectively manage the transitions of our technology to new product offerings, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be harmed.

 

Risks Related to Our Securities

 

We are eligible to be treated as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our common stock less attractive to investors.

 

We are an “emerging growth company”, as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including (1) not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which we refer to as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (2) reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and (3) exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. In addition, as an emerging growth company, we are only required to provide two years of audited financial statements and two years of selected financial data in this annual report. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier, including if the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700.0 million as of any June 30 before that time or if we have total annual gross revenue of $1.0 billion or more during any fiscal year before that time, in which cases we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following December 31 or, if we issue more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during any three-year period before that time, we would cease to be an emerging growth company immediately. Even after we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, we may still qualify as a “smaller reporting company” which would allow us to take advantage of many of the same exemptions from disclosure requirements, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.

 

Our independent registered public accounting firm will not be required to formally attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting until the later of our second annual report or the first annual report required to be filed with the Commission following the date we are no longer an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act. We cannot assure you that there will not be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our internal controls in the future.

 

Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can also delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards and, therefore, will be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

  

We do not intend to pay cash dividends to our stockholders, so it is unlikely that stockholders will receive any return on their investment in our Company prior to selling stock in the Company.

 

We have never paid any dividends to our common stockholders as a public company. We currently intend to retain any future earnings for funding growth and, therefore, do not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. If we determine that we will pay cash dividends to the holders of our common stock, we cannot assure that such cash dividends will be paid on a timely basis. The success of your investment in the Company will likely depend entirely upon any future appreciation. As a result, you will not receive any return on your investment prior to selling your shares in our Company and, for the other reasons discussed in this “Risk Factors” section, you may not receive any return on your investment even when you sell your shares in our Company.

  

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Anti-Takeover, Limited Liability and Indemnification Provisions

 

Some provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws may deter takeover attempts, which may inhibit a takeover that stockholders consider favorable and limit the opportunity of our stockholders to sell their shares at a favorable price.

 

Under our articles of incorporation, our Board of Directors may issue additional shares of common or preferred stock. Our Board of Directors has the ability to authorize “blank check” preferred stock without future shareholder approval. This makes it possible for our board of directors to issue preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede the success of any attempt to acquire us by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise, including a transaction in which our stockholders would receive a premium over the market price for their shares and/or any other transaction that might otherwise be deemed to be in their best interests, and thereby protects the continuity of our management and limits an investor’s opportunity to profit by their investment in the Company. Specifically, if in the due exercise of its fiduciary obligations, the Board of Directors were to determine that a takeover proposal was not in our best interest, shares could be issued by our Board of Directors without stockholder approval in one or more transactions that might prevent or render more difficult or costly the completion of the takeover by:

 

  diluting the voting or other rights of the proposed acquirer or insurgent stockholder group,
     
  putting a substantial voting bloc in institutional or other hands that might undertake to support the incumbent Board of Directors, or
     
  effecting an acquisition that might complicate or preclude the takeover.

 

Nevada Anti-Takeover Law may discourage acquirers and eliminate a potentially beneficial sale for our stockholders.

 

We are subject to the provisions of Section 78.438 of the Nevada Revised Statutes concerning corporate takeovers. This section prevents many Nevada corporations from engaging in a business combination with any interested stockholder, under specified circumstances. For these purposes, a business combination includes a merger or sale of more than 5% of our assets, and an interested stockholder includes a stockholder who owns 10% or more of our outstanding voting stock, as well as affiliates and associates of these persons. Under these provisions, this type of business combination is prohibited for three years following the date that the stockholder became an interested stockholder unless:

 

  the transaction in which the stockholder became an interested stockholder is approved by the Board of Directors prior to the date the interested stockholder attained that status;
     
  on consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder’s becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 90% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction was commenced, excluding those shares owned by persons who are directors and also officers; or
     
  on or subsequent to that date, the business combination is approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

 

This statute could prohibit or delay mergers or other takeover or change in control attempts and, accordingly, may discourage attempts to acquire us.

 

Our indemnification of our officers and directors may cause us to use corporate resources to the detriment of our stockholders.

 

Our articles of incorporation eliminate the personal liability of our directors for monetary damages arising from a breach of their fiduciary duty as directors to the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law. This limitation does not affect the availability of equitable remedies, such as injunctive relief or rescission. Our articles of incorporation require us to indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law, including in circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise discretionary under Nevada law.

 

Under Nevada law, we may indemnify our directors or officers or other persons who were, are or are threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding because the person is or was our director, officer, employee or agent, if we determine that the person:

 

  conducted himself or herself in good faith, reasonably believed, in the case of conduct in his or her official capacity as our director or officer, that his or her conduct was in our best interests, and, in all other cases, that his or her conduct was at least not opposed to our best interests; and
     
  in the case of any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

  

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These persons may be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, including excise taxes, and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding. If the person is found liable to the corporation, no indemnification will be made unless the court in which the action was brought determines that the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity in an amount that the court will establish.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us under the above provisions, we have been informed that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

 

The obligations associated with being a public company require significant resources and management attention, which may divert from our business operations.

 

Following consummation of our initial public offering, we became subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Exchange Act requires that we file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements, and other information. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we establish and maintain effective internal controls and procedures for financial reporting. Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer are required to certify that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that material information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. We will need to hire additional financial reporting, internal controls and other financial personnel in order to enhance appropriate internal controls and reporting procedures. As a result, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses. Furthermore, the need to establish the corporate infrastructure demanded of a public company may divert management’s attention from implementing our growth strategy, which could prevent us from improving our business, results of operations and financial condition. We have made, and will continue to make, changes to our internal controls and procedures for financial reporting and accounting systems to meet our reporting obligations as a public company. However, the measures we take may not be sufficient to satisfy our obligations as a public company. In addition, we cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we may incur in order to comply with these requirements. We anticipate that these costs will materially increase our selling, general and administrative expenses.

 

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires annual management assessments of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. In connection with the implementation of the necessary procedures and practices related to internal control over financial reporting, we may identify deficiencies. Additionally, in the event we are no longer a smaller reporting company, as defined under the Exchange Act, and we are unable to comply with the internal controls requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, then we may not be able to obtain the independent registered public accountants’ certifications required by that act, which may preclude us from keeping our filings with the SEC current, and interfere with the ability of investors to trade our securities and our shares to continue to be listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

If we fail to establish and maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to report our financial results accurately or prevent fraud. Any inability to report and file our financial results accurately and timely could harm our reputation and adversely impact the trading price of our common stock.

 

Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and prevent fraud. If we cannot provide reliable financial reports or prevent fraud, we may not be able to manage our business as effectively as we would if an effective control environment existed, and our business and reputation with investors may be harmed. With each prospective acquisition we may make we will conduct whatever due diligence is necessary or prudent to assure us that the acquisition target can comply with the internal controls requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Notwithstanding our diligence, certain internal controls deficiencies may not be detected. As a result, any internal control deficiencies may adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and access to capital. We have not performed an in-depth analysis to determine if historical undiscovered failures of internal controls exist, and may in the future discover areas of our internal controls that need improvement.

 

Public company compliance may make it more difficult to attract and retain officers and directors.

 

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and rules implemented by the SEC have required changes in corporate governance practices of public companies. As a public company, these rules and regulations increase our compliance costs and make certain activities more time consuming and costly. As a public company, these rules and regulations may make it more difficult and expensive for us to maintain our director and officer liability insurance and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. As a result, it may be more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors or as executive officers, and to maintain insurance at reasonable rates, or at all.

  

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Our stock price may be volatile.

 

The market price of our common stock is likely to be highly volatile and could fluctuate widely in price in response to various factors, many of which are beyond our control, including the following:

 

  our ability to execute our business plan and complete prospective acquisitions;
     
  changes in our industry;
     
  competitive pricing pressures;
     
  our ability to obtain working capital financing;
     
  additions or departures of key personnel;
     
  limited “public float” in the hands of a small number of persons whose sales or lack of sales could result in positive or negative pricing pressure on the market price for our common stock;
     
  sales of our common stock (particularly following effectiveness of this registration statement);
     
  operating results that fall below expectations;
     
  regulatory developments;
     
  economic and other external factors;
     
  period-to-period fluctuations in our financial results;
     
  our inability to develop or acquire new or needed technologies;

 

  the public’s response to press releases or other public announcements by us or third parties, including filings with the SEC;
     
  changes in financial estimates or ratings by any securities analysts who follow our common stock, our failure to meet these estimates or failure of those analysts to initiate or maintain coverage of our common stock;
     
  the development and sustainability of an active trading market for our common stock; and
     
  any future sales of our common stock by our officers, directors and significant stockholders.

 

In addition, the securities markets have from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

Our shares of common stock may be thinly traded, and the price may not reflect our value, and there can be no assurance that there will be an active market for our shares of common stock either now or in the future.

 

Our shares of common stock are thinly traded, our common stock is available to be traded and is held by a small number of holders, and the price may not reflect our actual or perceived value. There can be no assurance that there will be an active market for our shares of common stock either now or in the future. The market liquidity will be dependent on the perception of our operating business, among other things. We will take certain steps including utilizing investor awareness campaigns, investor relations firms, press releases, road shows and conferences to increase awareness of our business. Any steps that we might take to bring us to the awareness of investors may require that we compensate consultants with cash and/or stock. There can be no assurance that there will be any awareness generated or the results of any efforts will result in any impact on our trading volume. Consequently, investors may not be able to liquidate their investment or liquidate it at a price that reflects the value of the business, and trading may be at an inflated price relative to the performance of the Company due to, among other things, the availability of sellers of our shares. If an active market should develop, the price may be highly volatile. Because there is currently a relatively low per-share price for our common stock, many brokerage firms or clearing firms are not willing to effect transactions in the securities or accept our shares for deposit in an account. Many lending institutions will not permit the use of low priced shares of common stock as collateral for any loans.

  

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Offers or availability for sale of a substantial number of shares of our common stock may cause the price of our common stock to decline.

 

If our stockholders sell substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market upon the expiration of any statutory holding period under Rule 144, or shares issued upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants, it could create a circumstance commonly referred to as an “overhang” and, in anticipation of which, the market price of our common stock could fall. The existence of an overhang, whether or not sales have occurred or are occurring, also could make more difficult our ability to raise additional financing through the sale of equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem reasonable or appropriate.

 

In general, a non-affiliated person who has held restricted shares for a period of six months, under Rule 144, may sell into the market our common stock all of their shares, subject to the Company being current in its periodic reports filed with the SEC. As of March 20, 2018, approximately 9,316,320 shares of common stock of the 9,339,291 shares outstanding were free trading.

 

Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that these sales could occur, could adversely affect the price of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional shares.

 

In addition, as of March 20, 2018, there were 8,302,590 shares subject to outstanding warrants, 8,322 shares subject to outstanding options under the plan, 1,389 shares subject to options not under the plan, 630,139 shares issuable upon the conversion of the November Note, 4,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance to investor relations firms, an additional 97,284 shares reserved for future issuance under our Amended and Restated 2011 Employee Stock Incentive Plan and up to an additional 2,000,000 shares of common stock which may be issued under the Company’s 2018 Employee Stock Incentive Plan that will become, or have already become, eligible for sale in the public market to the extent permitted by any applicable vesting requirements, the lock-up agreements and Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

 

Our common stock may be delisted from The Nasdaq Capital Market if we cannot satisfy Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements in the future.

 

On May 19, 2017, we received written notice from the Listing Qualifications Staff of Nasdaq notifying us that we no longer comply with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) due to our failure to maintain a minimum of $2,500,000 in stockholders’ equity (the “Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement”) or any alternatives to such requirement.

 

On October 24, 2017, the Company received notification (the “Staff Delisting Determination”) from Nasdaq that it has not regained compliance with the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement. The Company appealed the Staff Delisting Determination and requested a hearing that was held on December 7, 2017. As a result, the suspension and delisting was stayed pending the issuance of a written decision by the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”).

 

By decision dated December 14, 2017, the Panel granted the Company’s request for a further extension, through April 23, 2018, to evidence compliance with the $2,500,000 stockholders’ equity requirement. The Company’s continued listing on Nasdaq through April 23, 2018 and thereafter is subject to the Company’s compliance with certain interim milestones, which, if not timely satisfied, may result in the delisting of the Company’s common stock from Nasdaq.

 

As of December 31, 2017, we had a stockholder’s deficit equal to $18,853,000 and therefore, were not compliant with the stockholder’s equity requirement as of such date. While we are pursuing actions to cure the deficiency including, but not limited to a possible sale or divesture of our Infrastructure segment, there are no assurances that any such transaction will be consummated. If we are unable to complete such transactions or otherwise comply with the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement by April 23, 2018, our common stock may be delisted, which could make trading our common stock more difficult for investors, potentially leading to declines in our share price and liquidity. Without a Nasdaq listing, stockholders may have a difficult time getting a quote for the sale or purchase of our stock, the sale or purchase of our stock would likely be made more difficult and the trading volume and liquidity of our stock could decline. Delisting from Nasdaq could also result in negative publicity and could also make it more difficult for us to raise additional capital. Further, if we are delisted, we would also incur additional costs under state blue sky laws in connection with any sales of our securities. These requirements could severely limit the market liquidity of our common stock and the ability of our stockholders to sell our common stock in the secondary market. If our common stock is delisted by Nasdaq, our common stock may be eligible to trade on an over-the-counter quotation system, such as the OTCQB market, where an investor may find it more difficult to sell our stock or obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of our common stock. We cannot assure you that our common stock, if delisted from Nasdaq, will be listed on another national securities exchange or quoted on an over-the counter quotation system.

  

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On August 14, 2017, we received a deficiency letter from Nasdaq indicating that, based on our closing bid price for the last 30 consecutive business days, we do not comply with the minimum bid price requirement of $1.00 per share, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we had a grace period of 180 calendar days, or until February 12, 2018, to regain compliance with the minimum closing bid price requirement for continued listing. We effected a 1-for-30 reverse stock split on February 6, 2018 in response to our non-compliance with the minimum bid price requirement and as of the date of this filing we have achieved compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, however, there are no assurances that we will be able to continue to maintain such compliance.

 

There may be future sales or other dilution of our equity, which may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

We are generally not restricted from issuing additional common stock, including any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, common stock. The market price of our common stock could decline as a result of sales of common stock or securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive common stock or the perception that such sales could occur.

 

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, or if they change their recommendations regarding our stock adversely, our stock price and trading volume could decline.

 

The trading market for our common stock relies in part on the research and reports that equity research analysts publish about us and our business. We do not control these analysts. The price of our common stock could decline if one or more equity research analysts downgrade our common stock or if they issue other unfavorable commentary or cease publishing reports about us or our business.

 

Risks Related to the Divestiture

 

The proposed divestiture of our VAR business may not be completed on the currently contemplated timeline or terms, or at all, may be more expensive than anticipated and may not achieve the intended benefits.

 

We are currently contemplating a divestiture of our VAR business via our wholly-owned subsidiary, Inpixon USA. The separation is subject to final board approval of the terms of such transaction, SEC clearance, market and certain other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when such a transaction will occur. Unforeseen developments, including possible delays in obtaining various tax and regulatory approvals or clearances, could delay or prevent the proposed separation or cause the proposed separation to occur on terms or conditions that are less favorable and/or different than expected. We expect the process of completing such transaction will be time-consuming and involve significant costs and expenses, which may be significantly higher than what we currently anticipate, may increase in the event that the timing of the transaction is delayed and may not yield a benefit if the transaction is not completed. Executing the proposed transaction, as well as performing our obligations under any transition services agreement entered into with Inpixon USA for a period of time after the separation, will require significant time and attention from our senior management and employees, which could adversely affect our business, financial results and results of operations.

 

Separating the businesses may also result in dis-synergies post-separation that could negatively impact the balance sheet, income statement and cash flows of each business. Moreover, we may not realize some or all of the anticipated strategic, financial, operational, marketing or other benefits from the Inpixon USA. As independent companies, Inpixon and Inpixon USA would each be smaller, less diversified companies with narrower business focuses and may be more vulnerable to changing market conditions, which could materially and adversely affect their respective businesses, financial condition and results of operations and lead to increased volatility in the price of our common stock. In addition, there can be no assurance that the combined value of the common stock of the two companies would be equal to or greater than what the value of our common stock would have been had the proposed separation not occurred.

 

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If the divestiture is structured as a spin-off and does not qualify as a transaction that is generally tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes, Inpixon, Inpixon USA and Inpixon stockholders could be subject to significant tax liabilities.

 

In order for a spin-off transaction to be classified as tax-free it must comply with several statutory and non-statutory requirements of Section 355 of the Code and the corresponding Treasury Regulations. These requirements include, among other things: proof of control by Inpixon of Inpixon USA, an active trade or business in both entities for a specified period of time, evidence that the transaction is not merely a device for the distribution of earnings and profits of either entity and a distribution by Inpixon of all of its securities of Inpixon USA held immediately prior to the transaction. If the spin-off, together with certain related transactions, fails to qualify as a transaction that is generally tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes, under Sections 355 and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, in general, Inpixon would recognize taxable gain as if it had sold the Inpixon USA common stock in a taxable sale for its fair market value, and Inpixon stockholders who receive Inpixon USA shares in the spin-off may be subject to tax as if they had received a taxable distribution equal to the fair market value of such shares.

 

While we may seek indemnification from Inpixon USA in the event that any taxes are incurred by us (or any related costs or damages) as a result of the spin-off to the extent any such obligations result from (i) an acquisition of all or a portion of the equity securities or assets of Inpixon USA, whether by merger or otherwise (and regardless of whether Inpixon USA participated in or otherwise facilitated the acquisition), (ii) other actions or failures to act by Inpixon USA or (iii) any of the representations or undertaking of Inpixon USA contained in any of the spin-off-related agreements being incorrect or violated, there are no assurances that we will obtain such indemnifications. In addition, we may be required to indemnify Inpixon USA to the extent that it incurs any taxes as a result of Inpixon consummating a transaction similar to the ones described above. As a result, any resulting tax obligations incurred by us or Inpixon USA for which we may be required to indemnify it for could have a material adverse effect on the Company.

 

The Company and Inpixon USA may not be able to engage in desirable strategic or capital-raising transactions following the separation.

 

Under current law, a spin-off can be rendered taxable to the parent corporation and its stockholders as a result of certain post-spin-off acquisitions of shares or assets of the spun-off corporation or any other controlled corporation. For example, a spin-off may result in taxable gain to the parent corporation under Section 355(e) of the Code if the spin-off were later deemed to be part of a plan (or series of related transactions) pursuant to which one or more persons acquire, directly or indirectly, shares representing a 50% or greater interest (by vote or value) in the spun-off corporation. As a result, if the divestiture is structured as a spin-off in order to preserve the tax-free treatment of the separation and the distribution, we and Inpixon USA may be restricted from (i) entering into any transaction pursuant to which all or a portion of the shares of our common stock would be acquired, whether by merger or otherwise, (ii) issuing equity securities beyond certain thresholds, (iii) repurchasing shares of our common stock other than in certain open-market transactions, or (iv) ceasing to actively conduct certain of our businesses. As a result, these restrictions may limit our ability to pursue certain strategic transactions, equity issuances or repurchases or other transactions that we believe to be in the best interests of our stockholders or that might increase the value of our business.

 

If the divestiture is structured as a spin-off, certain members of management and directors may hold stock in both Inpixon and Inpixon USA, and as a result may face actual or potential conflicts of interest.

 

If the divestiture is structured as a spin-off, certain of the management and directors of each of Inpixon and Inpixon USA may own both Inpixon common stock and Inpixon USA common stock. This ownership overlap could create, or appear to create, potential conflicts of interest when Inpixon USA management and directors and Inpixon’s management and directors face decisions that could have different implications for Inpixon USA and Inpixon. For example, potential conflicts of interest could arise in connection with the resolution of any dispute between Inpixon USA and Inpixon regarding the terms of the agreements governing the spin-off and Inpixon USA relationship with Inpixon thereafter. Potential conflicts of interest may also arise out of any commercial arrangements that Inpixon USA or Inpixon may enter into in the future.

 

ITEM 1B: UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

 

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide this information.

  

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ITEM 2: PROPERTIES

 

The Company’s executive offices consist of approximately 4,377 square feet and are located at 2479 E. Bayshore Road, Suite 195, Palo Alto, CA 94303. In October 2014 the Company entered into a 64-month lease for the facility at a monthly base rent of $14,225, which increases by approximately 3% in accordance with a schedule provided in the lease agreement. The term of the lease expires January 31, 2020.

 

Inpixon Federal’s offices and warehouse are located at:

 

  2355 Dulles Corner Blvd., Suite 600, Dulles Corner, Herndon, VA 20171. The current monthly rent is approximately $29,000 for approximately 11,000 square feet of office space. The monthly rent will increase by approximately 3% as of April 1, 2018. The lease expires on September 30, 2018. On November 3, 2017, the landlord advised Inpixon Federal that there were open charges of approximately $157,000 that were unpaid under the lease. The Company and the landlord have come to an agreement whereby the Company will pay the past due balance in installments through July 2018.

  

 

23020 Eaglewood Court, Sterling, VA 20166. This is subleased warehouse space for which we pay $5,800 per month. The sublease expires on July 31, 2018.

 

Inpixon USA’s executive offices are located at:

 

  700 Larkspur Landing Circle, Suite 199, Larkspur, CA 94939. The current monthly rent is approximately $2,590 for use of 2 offices under a lease that is on a month to month basis for up to 6 months. If the lease is extended past the initial 6 months term, the monthly rent will increase by approximately 7%.

 

  6345 Balboa Boulevard, Suite 247, Encino, CA 91316. The monthly rent was $10,780 until April 1, 2017 and has been reduced to $6,814 per month since April 1, 2017 with an approximately 2.5% increase on August 1, 2018 and each anniversary date thereafter, for approximately 5,986 square feet of office space under a lease that expires on July 31, 2017 with a five-year option to extend. The lease has been extended for an additional 48 months from August 1, 2017 through July 31, 2021. We relocated our operations to and occupy Suite 140, which is approximately 3,169 square feet, as of June 1, 2017. We currently pay the landlord a pro rata share of operating costs. Pursuant to the lease extension agreement, the operating expense calculation will change on April 1, 2017 and be reset to a base year of 2017.

  

Inpixon Canada Inc. has an office of approximately 6,656 square feet that is located at 2963 Glen Drive, Suites 405 and 400, Coquitlam, BC V3P 2B7. The monthly rent under the lease is comprised of a base rent of approximately $11,650 CAD (subject to an increase by approximately 10% as of October 1, 2018) plus the pro rata share of the operating costs which approximates $8,000 CAD per month. The lease expires on September 30, 2021 with a five-year option to extend.

 

We believe that each of our properties is suitable and adequate for the operations conducted therein.

 

ITEM 3: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

VersionOne

 

On March 1, 2017, VersionOne, Inc. filed a complaint in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, against Inpixon, Inpixon USA, and Inpixon Federal, Inc. (the “Company Parties”). The complaint alleges that VersionOne provided services to Integrio Technologies, LLC (“Integrio”) having a value of $486,337, that in settlement of this amount Integrio and VersionOne entered into an agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) whereby Integrio agreed to pay, and VersionOne agreed to accept as full payment, $243,169 (the “Settlement Amount”), and that as a result of the Defendants’ acquisition of the assets of Integrio, Defendants assumed the Settlement Amount but failed to pay amounts owed to VersionOne. The complaint also alleges that, subsequent to the closing of the acquisition, VersionOne provided additional services to the Company Parties having a value of $144,724, for which it has not been paid. VersionOne alleges that the Company Parties , have an obligation to pay both the Settlement Amount and the cost of the additional services. On Dec. 8, 2017, the court in VersionOne entered judgment against Inpixon, Inpixon Federal, and Inpixon USA, jointly and severally, in the amount of $334,339.37.

  

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Embarcadero

 

On August 10, 2017, Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. (“Embarcadero”) and Idera, Inc. (“Idera”) filed a complaint in the U.S. Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas against Inpixon Federal, Inc. and Integrio Technologies, LLC (“Integrio”) for failure to pay for purchased software and services pursuant to certain reseller agreements. The complaint alleges that Inpixon Federal, Inc. entered into an agreement with Integrio to acquire certain assets and assume certain liabilities of Integrio and are therefore responsible for any amounts due. In the complaint, Embarcadero and Idera demand that Inpixon Federal, Inc. and Integrio pay $1,100,000.00 in damages. The parties are currently in settlement negotiations.

 

Micro Focus

 

On August 11, 2017, Micro Focus (US) Inc. (“Micro Focus”), filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia against Inpixon Federal, Inc. (“Inpixon Federal”) for failure to pay a debt settlement entered into on March 13, 2017 for a principal amount of $245,538.33 plus accrued interest. The complaint demands full payment of the principal amount of $245,538.33 plus accrued interest. On October 31, 2017, Micro Focus filed a motion for summary judgment against Inpixon Federal. The Company consented to the court entering summary judgment in favor of Micro Focus in the amount of $245,538.33, with interest accruing at 10% per annum from June 13, 2017 until payment is completed.

 

Virtual Imaging

 

On December 28, 2017, Virtual Imaging, Inc. (“Virtual Imaging”) filed a complaint in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, against Inpixon USA, and Inpixon Federal, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”). The complaint alleges that Virtual Imaging provided products to the Defendants having an aggregate value of $3,938,390.28, of which $3,688,390.88 remains outstanding and overdue. Virtual Imaging has demanded compensation for the unpaid amount of $3,688,390.88. The Company has not yet responded to such complaint.

 

Deque

 

On January 22, 2018, Deque Systems, Inc. filed a motion for entry of default judgment (the “Motion”) against Inpixon Federal in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia. The Motion alleges that Inpixon Federal failed to respond to a complaint served on November 22, 2017. The Motion requests a default judgment in the amount of $336,000. A trial is currently scheduled for September 12, 2018.

 

There are no other material pending legal proceedings as defined by Item 103 of Regulation S-K, to which we are a party or of which any of our property is the subject, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the Company’s business.

 

There are no proceedings in which any of the directors, officers or affiliates of the Company, or any registered or beneficial holder of more than 5% of the Company’s voting securities, is an adverse party or has a material interest adverse to that of the Company.

 

ITEM 4: MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not applicable.

  

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PART II

 

ITEM 5: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Our common stock currently trades under the symbol “INPX” on the Nasdaq Capital Market and traded under the symbol “SYRX” prior to the March 1, 2017 name change. The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices on Nasdaq during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. All prices reflect the 1-for-30 reverse stock split effected on February 6, 2018.

 

Period   High     Low  
Year Ended December 31, 2017            
October 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017   $ 18.30     $ 6.00  
July 1, 2017 through September 30, 2017   $ 29.40     $ 5.70  
April 1, 2017 through June 30, 2017   $ 138.30     $ 19.50  
January 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017   $ 139.50     $ 75.90  
                 
Year Ended December 31, 2016                
October 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016   $ 332.40     $ 72.00  
July 1, 2016 through September 30, 2016   $ 251.40     $ 148.50  
April 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016   $ 288.00     $ 121.20  
January 1, 2016 through March 31, 2016   $ 324.00     $ 210.90  

   

Holders of Record

 

According to our transfer agent, as of March [1], 2018 we had approximately [580] shareholders of record. This number does not include an indeterminate number of shareholders whose shares are held by brokers in street name. Our stock transfer agent is Corporate Stock Transfer Inc., 3200 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 430, Denver, CO 80209.

 

Dividends

 

We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock, and we currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance the expansion of our business, therefore, we do not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. The decision whether to pay cash dividends on our common stock will be made by our board of directors, in their discretion, and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and other factors that our board of directors considers significant.

 

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

 

For information required by this item with respect to our equity compensation plan, please see Item 11 of this report.

 

Recent Issuances of Unregistered Securities

 

On December 19, 2016 the Company issued 111 shares of common stock to a consultant under the terms of a consulting services agreement which were fully vested upon date of grant.

 

On December 23, 2016 the Company issued 111 shares of common stock to consultants under the terms of a consulting services agreements which were fully vested upon date of grant.

 

On July 19, 2017, the Company issued 3,259 shares to an entity for services. The Company recorded an expense of $87,000 for the fair value of those shares.

 

On November 17, 2017, the Company issued a $1,745,000 principal face amount note to an accredited investor which yielded net proceeds of $1,500,000 to the Company.

 

On December 6, 2017, the Company issued 5,393 shares to an entity for services. The Company recorded an expense of $55,000 for the fair value of those shares.

  

The securities above were issued as restricted securities in transactions that were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, which exempts transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering. The Company relied on the representations made in the transaction documents signed by the applicable securities holders. No commissions were paid and no underwriter or placement agent was involved in these transactions. Other transactions that took place during the quarter ended December 31, 2017 pursuant to which we issued unregistered securities have been reported on the Current Reports on Form 8-K we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

ITEM 6: SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.

 

As a smaller reporting company we are not required to provide this information.

 

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ITEM 7: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition to historical information, this discussion and analysis here and throughout this Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, due to a number of factors, including but not limited to, risks described in the section entitled “Risk Factors.”

   

Except where indicated, all share and per share data in this section, as well as the consolidated financial statements, reflect the 1 for 15 reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock effected on March 1, 2017 and the 1 for 30 reverse stock split effected on February 6, 2018.

 

Overview of Our Business

 

We provide a number of different technology products and services to private and public sector customers. Effective January 1, 2017 the Company changed the way it analyzes and assesses divisional performance of the Company. The Company re-aligned its operating segments along those division business lines and now operates in two segments, namely Indoor Positioning Analytics and Infrastructure. Our premier proprietary product secures, digitizes and optimizes the interior of any premises with indoor positioning and data analytics that provide rich positional information, similar to a global positioning system, and browser-like intelligence for the indoors. Other products and services that we provide include enterprise computing and storage, virtualization, business continuity, data migration, custom application development, networking and information technology, and business consulting services.

 

Indoor Positioning Analytics Segment

 

Revenues from our Indoor Positioning Analytics (IPA) segment were flat in 2017 as a result of our limited capital and financial challenges. However, we do expect to grow this segment in 2018. The IPA segment does have long sales cycles which are a result from customer related issues such as budget and procurement processes but also because of the early stages of indoor-positioning technology and the learning curve required for customers to implement such solutions. Customers also engage in a pilot program first which prolongs sales cycles and is typical of most emerging technology adoption curves. We anticipate sales cycles to improve in 2018 as our customer base moves from innovators to mainstream customer adoption. The sales cycle is also improving with the increased presence and awareness of beacon and Wi-Fi locationing technologies in the market. IPA segment sales can be licensed based with government customers but are primarily on a SaaS model with commercial customers. Our other SaaS products include cloud-based applications for media customers, which allow us to generate industry analytics that complement our indoor-positioning solutions.

 

Infrastructure Segment

 

Our storage and computing component of our Infrastructure segment revenues are typically driven by purchase orders that are received on a monthly basis. Approximately 41% of Company revenues are from these purchase orders which are recurring contracts that range from one to five years for warranty and maintenance support. For these contracts the customer is invoiced one time and pays Inpixon upfront for the full term of the warranty and maintenance contract. Revenue from these contracts is determinable ratably over the contract period with the unearned revenue recorded as deferred revenue and amortized over the contract period. Our revenues are diversified over hundreds of customers and typically no one customer exceeds 15% of revenues however from time to time a large order from a customer could put it temporarily above 15%. During the year ended December 31, 2017, one customer generated sales of 15% of our total revenues. Management believes this diversification provides stability to our revenue streams.

 

Our professional services group provides consulting services ranging from enterprise architecture design to custom application development to data modeling. We offer a full scope of information technology development and implementation services with expertise in a broad range of IT practices including project design and management, systems integration, outsourcing, independent validation and verification, cyber security and more.

 

Inpixon has many key vendor, technology, wholesale distribution and strategic partner relationships. These relationships are critical for us to deliver solutions to our customers. We have a variety of vendors and also products that we provide to our customers, and most of these products are purchased through the distribution partners. We also have joint venture partnerships and teaming agreements with various technology and service providers for this segment as well as our other business segments. These relationships range from joint-selling activities to product integration efforts. We have been facing serious credit challenges with these vendors given our financial circumstances, but we are working on solving these issues as we move forward and improve our liquidity.

 

In addition our business is required to meet certain regulatory requirements. The federal government agencies who are our customers in particular have a range of regulatory requirements including ITAR certifications, DCAA compliancy in our government contracts and other technical or security clearance requirements as may be required from time to time.

  

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We experienced a net loss of $27.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 and a net loss of $35.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. We cannot assure that we will ever earn revenues sufficient to support our operations, or that we will ever be profitable. In order to continue our operations, we have supplemented the revenues we earned with proceeds from the sale of our equity and debt securities and proceeds from loans and bank credit lines. Furthermore, except for our Payplant facility, we have no committed source of financing and we cannot assure that we will be able to raise money as and when we need it to continue our operations. If we cannot raise funds as and when we need them, we may be required to scale back our business operations by reducing expenditures for employees, consultants, business development and marketing efforts, selling assets or one or more segments of our business, or otherwise severely curtailing our operations. As discussed above, in order to streamline our business we are currently evaluating certain strategic transactions, including, but not limited to a possible sale or spin-off our Infrastructure segment or VAR business. The sale or potential spin-off of this business segment would significantly reduce our revenues since they account for approximately 92% of our total revenues, however, such a divesture or spin-off of would also significantly reduce operating expenses and eliminate substantially all of our trade debt. The sale of or spin-off of this segment would allow Inpixon to solely focus on the Indoor Positioning Analytics business for which we have historically recognized lower revenues, but which we believe has greater growth potential and substantially better gross margins than the Infrastructure segment. The spin-off would be beneficial to Inpixon USA and its wholly-owned subsidiary Inpixon Federal as well because it could focus is resources on its core business and without the burden of the Inpixon entity it could reach profitability sooner.

 

Recent Events

 

Debenture-Related Transactions

 

On April 19, 2017, Inpixon entered into an exchange agreement (the “First Exchange Agreement”) with the holders (the “Debenture Holder”) in connection with an interest payment due on May 9, 2017, pursuant to the Company’s 8% Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Debenture in the principal amount of $5,700,000 (the “Debenture”). The Debenture was issued on August 9, 2016 pursuant to that certain securities purchase agreement dated as of that same date (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), by and between the Company and the Debenture Holder. In accordance with the First Exchange Agreement, solely in respect of the interest payment in the amount of $343,267 due on May 9, 2017, under the Debenture, the Company and the Debenture Holder agreed that $315,700 of such interest payment will be made in in the form of 3,667 shares of the Company’s common stock issued at an interest conversion rate equal to $86.10 per share (the “Interest Shares”). The Interest Shares were issued on April 20, 2017. In addition, the Debenture Holder also waived the Equity Condition (as defined in the Debenture) in connection with the issuance of the Interest Shares. On June 28, 2017, the Company redeemed an aggregate amount of approximately $2,850,000 in principal and accrued interest due under the Debenture.

 

On December 11, 2017, the Company and the then Debenture Holders, with a current aggregate principal amount of $2,763,545.25, entered into an Amendment Agreement (the “Amendment Agreement”) to modify the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement to, among other things,

(i) extend the maturity date of the Debentures from August 9, 2018 to January 2, 2019 (the “Maturity Date”);

 

(ii) suspend all payments of interest and other amounts scheduled to be made on the Debentures after December 11, 2017;

 

(iii) reduce the conversion price of the Debentures to a fixed price of $7.20 (the “Conversion Price”);

 

(iv) terminate any security interests pursuant to that certain security agreement entered into in connection

 

In addition, one of the Debenture Holders agreed that to the extent it has not exercised those outstanding warrants originally issued to it by the Company on June 30, 2017 (the “June 2017 Warrants”) in full, on or prior to December 31, 2017, such Debenture Holder’s right to exercise such June 2017 Warrants or any other rights granted pursuant to such June 2017 Warrants would be terminated and the June 2017 Warrants would be cancelled on the books and records of the Company. The Such warrants were not exercised and were therefore cancelled.

 

On December 29, 2017, the Company entered into a Second Amendment Agreement (the “Second Amendment Agreement”) to modify the terms of the securities purchase agreement and the Debentures to amend the conversion price then in effect to a price equal to up to a discount of 30% of the closing price of the Company’s common stock as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market as of the date immediately prior to each applicable conversion date, with a floor of $3.00.

  

The issuance of the shares of common stock in connection with the Amendment Agreement and Second Amendment Agreement were approved by the Company’s stockholders on December 8, 2017 in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(d).

  

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On January 5, 2018, in order to facilitate the completion of the January 2018 Offering, the holder of the Debentures agreed to amend the Debenture to prevent any conversions until the Authorized Share Amendment was filed, to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, not less than 150% of the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock for issuance upon conversion of the Debenture and payment of interest on the Debenture; and to provide for an Event of Default (as defined in the Debenture). if (the Authorized Share Amendment was not effected or a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for issuance upon conversion of the outstanding principal plus accrued or unpaid interest underlying the Debentures was not effected on or prior to February 15, 2018.

 

As of February 9, 2018, the Company had issued a total of 275,259 shares of common stock to the holder of the Debenture and the Debentures had been converted in full.

 

June 2017 Capital Raise

 

On June 30, 2017, the Company completed the previously announced registered underwritten public offering (the “June 2017 Offering”) of an aggregate of (i) 61,649 Class A Units (the “Class A Units”), with each Class A Unit consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $39.375 per share (“Exercise Price”) and (ii) 4,060 Class B Units (the “Class B Units”), with each Class B Unit consisting of one share of Series 2 Preferred Stock and one warrant to purchase the number of shares of common stock equal to the number of shares of common stock underlying the Series 2 Preferred Stock at the Exercise Price. The warrants issued in the offering contained a price protection provision pursuant to which the Exercise Price would be reduced in the event the Company issued additional securities at a price per share that was less than the Exercise Price, provided however, the adjustment would not be less than $15.00. The net proceeds to the Company from the transactions, after deducting the placement agent’s fees and expenses but before paying the Company’s estimated offering expenses, and excluding the proceeds, if any, from the exercise of the warrants was approximately $5,711,850. Immediately after completion of the June 2017 Offering, the Company redeemed outstanding indebtedness in the amount of approximately $5,512,000.

 

In connection with the June 2017 Offering, the Company entered into that certain waiver and consent agreement, dated June 28, 2017, (the “Waiver and Consent Agreement”) with those purchasers (the “December 2016 Purchasers”) signatory to that certain securities purchase agreement, dated as of December 12, 2016 (the “December 2016 SPA”). Pursuant to the terms of the Waiver and Consent Agreement, the December 2016 Purchasers agreed to waive (the “Waiver”) the variable rate transaction prohibition contained in the December 2016 SPA, which, if not waived, prohibits the adjustment to the exercise price set forth in the warrants  issued in the June 2017 Offering. In consideration of the Waiver, the warrants held by the December 2016 Purchasers issued in accordance with the December 2016 SPA (the “December 2016 Warrants”) were amended to equal the Exercise Price of the warrants issued in the June 2017 Offering and to provide for an adjustment to the Exercise Price to the extent shares of Common Stock are issued or sold for a consideration per share that is less than the exercise price then in effect; provided, that the exercise price will not be less than $15.00 per share. As of September 30, 2017 all Series 2 Preferred Stock had been converted to shares of Common Stock.

  

Series 2 Preferred Stock

 

On August 14, 2017, the Company entered into an exchange right agreement (the “Second Exchange Agreement”) with the holder of our then outstanding Series 2 Preferred Stock, pursuant to which the Company granted the Debenture Holder the right to exchange 1,850 shares of the Company’s Series 2 Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Shares”) owned by the Debenture Holder for up to an aggregate of 186,869 shares (the “Exchange Shares”) of the Company’s common stock. Pursuant to the Second Exchange Agreement, for so long as the Preferred Shares remain outstanding, each outstanding Preferred Share was exchangeable for the number of Exchange Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing $1,000 by $0.33. As of the date of this prospectus supplement, all of the Exchange Shares have been issued. The Exchange Shares were issued in accordance with the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.

 

Agreement with Warrant Holders

 

On August 9, 2017, the Company entered into a warrant exercise agreement (the “Warrant Exercise Agreement”) with certain participants in the Offering representing a majority of the then outstanding Warrants (defined below) (collectively, the “Warrant Holders” and each, a “Warrant Holder”) pursuant to which the Warrant Holders agreed to exercise, for up to an aggregate of 36,524 shares of common stock, the warrants (the “Warrants”) issued pursuant to that certain warrant agency agreement, dated as of June 30, 2017 (the “Warrant Agency Agreement”), by and between the Company and Corporate Stock Transfer, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”), provided that the Company agreed to:

 

(a)      amend the Warrant Agency Agreement to reduce the exercise price of the Warrants from $39.75 per share to $9.00 per share in accordance with the terms and conditions of Amendment No. 1 to the Warrant Agency Agreement, dated August 9, 2017 between the Company and the Warrant Agent (“Warrant Agreement Amendment”), with the consent of Aegis Capital Corp. and the registered holders of a majority of the outstanding Warrants; and

 

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(b)      issue additional five-year warrants to the Warrant Holders, for the number of shares of common stock equal to the number of exercised shares purchased by such Warrant Holder (the “Additional Warrant Shares”), at an exercise price of $16.50 per share (the “Additional Warrant”) for warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 36,524 shares of common stock.

 

The Warrant Holders agreed to exercise up to 36,524 shares of common stock underlying the Warrants (the “Exercised Shares”) for aggregate gross proceeds of $328,715.70 from the exercise of the Warrants. The Warrants and Exercised Shares were registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by the Company (333-218173) and declared effective on June 28, 2017.

  

Effective as of December 15, 2017, the Company, pursuant to certain Exchange Agreements (the “Exchange Agreement”), by and between the Company and the December 2016 Purchasers, agreed to issue up to an aggregate of 66,667 shares (the “Exchange Shares”) of the Company’s common stock to the December 2016 Purchasers, in exchange for the termination and cancellation of the December 2016 Warrants.

 

Loan and Security Agreement 

 

Pursuant to the terms of a Commercial Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2017 (the “Purchase Agreement”), Gemcap Lending I, LLC (“GemCap”) sold and assigned to Payplant LLC, as agent for Payplant Alternatives Fund LLC (“Payplant” or “Lender”), all of its right, title and interest to that certain revolving Secured Promissory Note in an aggregate principal amount of up to $10,000,000 (the “GemCap Note”) issued in accordance with that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2016 (the “GemCap Loan”), by and among Gemcap and the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Inpixon USA (“INPXUSA” or “Inpixon USA”) and Inpixon Federal, Inc. (“INPXF” or “Inpixon Federal,” and together with INPX and INPXUSA, the “Company”) for an aggregate purchase price of $1,402,770.16.

 

In connection with the purchase and assignment of the Gemcap Loan in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, the GemCap Loan was amended and restated in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Payplant Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2017, between the Company and Payplant (the “Loan Agreement”). The Loan Agreement allows the Company to request loans (each a “Loan” and collectively the “Loans”) from the Lender (in the manner provided therein) with a term of no greater than 360 days in amounts that are equivalent to 80% of the face value of purchase orders received (“Aggregate Loan Amount”). The Lender is not obligated to make the requested loan, however, if the Lender agrees to make the requested loan, before the loan is made, the Company must provide Lender with (i) one or more promissory notes (“Notes”) for the amount being loaned in favor of Lender, (ii) one or more guaranties executed in favor of Lender and (iii) other documents and evidence of the completion of such other matters as Lender may request. The principal amount of each Loan shall accrue interest at a 30 day rate of 2% (the “Interest Rate”), calculated per day on the basis of a year of 360 days and, when combined with all fees that may be characterized as interest will not exceed the maximum rate allowed by law Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any event of default, interest shall accrue at a rate equal to the Interest Rate plus 0.42% per 30 days. All computations of interest shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days. In accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement, the Company issued a promissory note to Payplant with a term of 30 days in an aggregate principal amount of approximately $995,000 in connection with a purchase order received. The promissory note is subject to the interest rates described in the Loan Agreement and is secured by the assets of the Company pursuant to the Loan Agreement and will be satisfied in accordance with the terms of the Client Agreement.

 

Reverse Stock Split

 

At a meeting of our stockholders held on February 2, 2018, our stockholders holding a majority of our outstanding voting power approved an amendment to our Articles of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of our common stock at an exchange ratio between 1-for -5 and 1-for-60 with our Board of Directors retaining the discretion as to whether to implement the reverse stock split and the exact exchange ratio to implement. The Board of Directors approved the implementation of a reverse stock split at a ratio of 1 for 30 effective as of February 6, 2018.

  

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November 2017 Convertible Note

 

On November 17, 2017, the Company issued a $1,745,000 principal face amount convertible promissory note (the “November Note”) to an accredited investor (the “November Noteholder”) which yielded net proceeds of $1,500,000 to the Company pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November 17, 2017 by and between the Company and the November Noteholder (the “November Note SPA” and together with the November Note, the “November Transaction Documents”). On January 5, 2018, the November Transaction Documents were amended pursuant to a Waiver and First Amendment Agreement (the “Waiver and Amendment Agreement”). The November Note, as amended, bears interest at the rate of 10% per year and is due 10 months after the date of issuance. In accordance with the Waiver and Amendment Agreement, the Conversion Price (as defined in the November Note) was amended to be equal to 70% of the closing bid price reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market as of the date immediately prior to each applicable conversion, subject to a floor of $3.00 (subject to adjustment). The issuance of the shares of common stock pursuant to the Waiver and Amendment Agreement was obtained at a meeting of stockholders held on February 2, 2018.

 

Redemptions may occur at any time after the 6 month anniversary of the date of issuance of the November Note with a minimum redemption price equal to the Conversion Price. If the conversion rate is less than the market price, then the redemptions must be made in cash. The November Note contains standard events of default and a schedule of redemption premiums and a most favored nations clause and provision which allows for adjustments upon dilutive issuances which is subject to a floor of $3.00.

 

Prepayments may be made on the November Note as follows:

 

Prepayment Date   Prepayment Amount
     
On or before December 31, 2017   100% of the Outstanding Balance
     
On or after January 1, 2018 until February 1, 2018   115% of the Outstanding  Balance
     
On or after February 1, 2018 until the Maturity Date   120% of the Outstanding Balance

 

Service Provider Share Issuance

 

On December 6, 2017, Company entered into Subscription Agreements (the “Service Provider Agreement”) with certain service providers and vendors (the “Providers”) in connection with the issuance by the Company of an aggregate of 75,980 shares of the Company’s common stock, including 36,768 shares (the “Initial Shares”) issuable at closing and up to an additional 39,213 shares of common stock (the “Reserve Shares”, together with the Initial Shares, the “Provider Shares”) that the Providers had the right to receive subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations at a purchase price of $10.20 per Provider Share, in satisfaction of an aggregate of $775,000 payable to the Providers by the Company for services rendered. The Company did not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Provider Shares. The closing of the sale of the Provider Shares pursuant to the Service Provider Agreement occurred on December 7, 2017. As of the date of this prospectus supplement an aggregate of 7,837 remain available for issuance to the Providers.

 

The Provider Shares were sold by the Company pursuant to a prospectus supplement, dated as of December 5, 2017, to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3, which was filed with the SEC on May 14, 2015 and declared effective on May 28, 2015 (File No. 333-204159), and a related base prospectus dated as of May 28, 2015.

  

January 2018 Capital Raise

 

On January 5, 2018, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “January 2018 SPA”) with certain investors (the “January 2018 Investors”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 599,812 shares (the “January 2018 Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, at a purchase price of $5.31 per share (the “January 2018 Offering”) for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $3,185,000.

 

Concurrently with the sale of the January 2018 Shares, pursuant to the January 2018 SPA the Company also agreed to sell warrants to purchase up to 599,812 shares (the “January 2018 Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock (the “January 2018 Warrants”). The aggregate gross proceeds for the sale of the January 2018 Shares and January 2018 Warrants was approximately $3.2 million. The January 2018 Warrants are exercisable at an exercise price per share equal to $6.60, subject to certain adjustments (the “January 2018 Exercise Price”), and will expire five years from the date on which the Company filed an amendment to its articles of incorporation (the “Amendment”), to increase its number of authorized shares common stock such that all of the January 2018 Warrants may be exercised in full.

  

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February 2018 Public Offering

 

On February 20, 2018, the Company completed a public offering for approximately $18 million in securities, consisting of an aggregate of 3,325,968 Class A Units, at a price to the public of $2.35 per Class A Unit, each consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and a five-year warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock, and 10,184.9752 Class B Units, at a price to the public of $1,000 per Class B Unit, each consisting of one share of the Company’s newly designated Series 3 Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share with a stated value of $1,000 and initially convertible into approximately 426 shares of our Common Stock at a conversion price of $2.35 per share for up to an aggregate of 4,334,032 shares of Common Stock and Warrants exercisable for the number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series 3 Preferred is initially convertible.

 

The Company received approximately $18 million in gross proceeds from the offering, including $1 million in amounts payable to service providers that was satisfied with the issuance of common stock to service providers that participate in the Offering, and before placement agent fees and offering expenses payable by the Company. After satisfying the amounts due to service providers and deducting placement agent fees, the net proceeds from the Offering was approximately $15.4 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the transactions for working capital and general corporate purposes, including research and development and sales and marketing, and if consummated, to support a divesture of the Company’s infrastructure business segment.

 

JOBS Act

 

Pursuant to Section 107 of the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies may delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected to opt out of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards and, therefore, are subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or GAAP. In connection with the preparation of our consolidated financial statements, we are required to make assumptions and estimates about future events, and apply judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses and the related disclosures. We base our assumptions, estimates and judgments on historical experience, current trends and other factors that management believes to be relevant at the time our consolidated financial statements are prepared. On a regular basis, we review the accounting policies, assumptions, estimates and judgments to ensure that our consolidated financial statements are presented fairly and in accordance with GAAP. However, because future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, actual results could differ from our assumptions and estimates, and such differences could be material.

 

Our significant accounting policies are discussed in Note 2 of the audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 which are included elsewhere in this 10-K. We believe that the following accounting estimates are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results, and they require our most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, resulting from the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. There have been no changes to estimates during the periods presented in the filing. Historically changes in management estimates have not been material.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

We provide IT solutions and services to customers with revenues currently derived primarily from the sale of third-party hardware and software products, software, assurance, licenses and other consulting services, including maintenance services. The products and services we sell, and the manner in which they are bundled, are technologically complex and the characterization of these products and services requires judgment in order to apply revenue recognition policies. For all of these revenue sources, we determine whether we are the principal or the agent in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic, 605-45 Principal Agent Considerations.

 

We allocate the total arrangement consideration to the deliverables based on an estimated selling price of our products and services and report revenues containing multiple deliverable arrangements under ASC 605-25 “Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables” (“ASC-605-25”). These multiple deliverable arrangements primarily consist of the following deliverables: third-party computer hardware, third-party software, hardware and software maintenance (a.k.a. support), and third-party services. We determine the estimated selling price using cost plus a reasonable margin for each deliverable, which was based on our established policies and procedures for providing customers with quotes, as well as historical gross margins for our products and services. From time to time our personnel are contracted to perform installation and services for the customer. In situations where we bundle all or a portion of the separate elements, Vendor Specific Objective Evidence (“VSOE”) is determined based on prices when sold separately. Our revenue recognition policies vary based upon these revenue sources and the mischaracterization of these products and services could result in misapplication of revenue recognition polices.

  

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We recognize revenue when the following criteria are met: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (2) shipment (software or hardware) or fulfillment (maintenance) has occurred and applicable services have been rendered; (3) the sales price is fixed or determinable; and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. Generally, these criteria are met upon shipment to customers with respect to the sales of hardware and software products. With respect to our maintenance and other service agreements, this criteria is met once the service has been provided. Revenue from the sales of our services on time and material contracts is recognized based on a fixed hourly rate as direct labor hours are expended. We recognize revenue for sales of all services on a fixed fee ratably over the term of the arrangement as such services are provided. The Company evaluates whether the revenues it receives from the sale of hardware and software products, licenses, and services, including maintenance and professional consulting services, should be recognized on a gross or net basis on a transaction by transaction basis. We maintain primary responsibility for the materials and procedures utilized to service our customers, even in connection with the sale of third party-products and maintenance services as we are responsible for the fulfillment and acceptability of the products and services purchased by our customers. In addition, the nature of the products sold to our customers are such that they need configuration in order to be utilized properly for the purposes intended by the customer and therefore we assume certain responsibility for product staging, configuration, installation, modification, and integration with other client systems, or retain general inventory risk upon customer return or rejection. Our customers rely on us to develop the appropriate solutions and specifications applicable to their specific systems and then integrate any such required products or services into their systems. As described above, we are responsible for the day to day maintenance and warranty services provided in connection with all of our existing customer relationships, whether such services are ultimately provided directly by the Company and its employees or by the applicable third party service provider. As of the date of this filing, after an evaluation of all of our existing customer relationships, we have concluded that we are the primary obligor to all of our existing customers and therefore recognize all revenues on a gross basis.

 

Long-lived Assets

 

We account for our long-lived assets in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 360, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“ASC 360”), which requires that long-lived assets be evaluated whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable or the useful life has changed. Some of the events or changes in circumstances that would trigger an impairment test include, but are not limited to:

 

  significant under-performance relative to expected and/or historical results (negative comparable sales growth or operating cash flows for two consecutive years);

 

  significant negative industry or economic trends;

 

  knowledge of transactions involving the sale of similar property at amounts below our carrying value; or

 

  our expectation to dispose of long-lived assets before the end of their estimated useful lives, even though the assets do not meet the criteria to be classified as “held for sale.”

 

Long-lived assets are grouped for recognition and measurement of impairment at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other assets. The impairment test for long-lived assets requires us to assess the recoverability of our long-lived assets by comparing their net carrying value to the sum of undiscounted estimated future cash flows directly associated with and arising from our use and eventual disposition of the assets. If the net carrying value of a group of long-lived assets exceeds the sum of related undiscounted estimated future cash flows, we would be required to record an impairment charge equal to the excess, if any, of net carrying value over fair value. 

 

When assessing the recoverability of our long-lived assets, which include property and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets, we make assumptions regarding estimated future cash flows and other factors. Some of these assumptions involve a high degree of judgment and also bear a significant impact on the assessment conclusions. Included among these assumptions are estimating undiscounted future cash flows, including the projection of comparable sales, operating expenses, capital requirements for maintaining property and equipment and residual value of asset groups. We formulate estimates from historical experience and assumptions of future performance, based on business plans and forecasts, recent economic and business trends, and competitive conditions. In the event that our estimates or related assumptions change in the future, we may be required to record an impairment charge. Based on our evaluation we did not record a charge for impairment for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

  

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The benefits to be derived from our acquired intangibles, will take additional financial resources to continue the development of our technology. Management believes our technology has significant long-term profit potential, and to date, management continues to allocate existing resources to the develop products and services to seek returns on its investment. We continue to seek additional resources, through both capital raising efforts and meeting with industry experts, as part of our continued efforts. Although there can be no assurance that these efforts will be successful, we intend to allocate financial and personnel resources when deemed possible and/or necessary. If we choose to abandon these efforts, or if we determine that such funding is not available, the related development of our technology (resulting in our lack of ability to expand our business), may be subject to significant impairment.

 

As described previously, we continue to experience weakness in market conditions, a depressed stock price, and challenges in executing our business plans. The Company will continue to monitor these uncertainties in future periods, to determine the impact.

 

We evaluate the remaining useful lives of long-lived assets and identifiable intangible assets whenever events or circumstances indicate that a revision to the remaining period of amortization is warranted. Such events or circumstances may include (but are not limited to): the effects of obsolescence, demand, competition, and/or other economic factors including the stability of the industry in which we operate, known technological advances, legislative actions, or changes in the regulatory environment. If the estimated remaining useful lives change, the remaining carrying amount of the long-lived assets and identifiable intangible assets would be amortized prospectively over that revised remaining useful life. We have determined that there were no events or circumstances during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 which would indicate a revision to the remaining amortization period related to any of our long lived assets. Accordingly, we believe that the current estimated useful lives of long-lived assets reflect the period over which they are expected to contribute to future cash flows and are therefore deemed appropriate.

  

Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Assets

 

We have recorded goodwill and other indefinite-lived assets in connection with our acquisitions of Lilien, Shoom, AirPatrol, LightMiner and Integrio, LLC (“Integrio”). Goodwill, which represents the excess of acquisition cost over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets of the acquired company, is not amortized. Indefinite-lived intangible assets are stated at fair value as of the date acquired in a business combination. The recoverability of goodwill is evaluated at least annually and when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.

 

 We analyze goodwill first to assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform a detailed goodwill impairment test as required. The more-likely-than-not threshold is defined as having a likelihood of more than 50 percent.

 

 Events and circumstances for an entity to consider in conducting the qualitative assessment are:

 

  Macroeconomic conditions such as a deterioration in general economic conditions, limitations on accessing capital, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, or other developments in equity and credit markets.

 

  Industry and market considerations such as a deterioration in the environment in which an entity operates, an increased competitive environment, a decline in market-dependent multiples or metrics (considered in both absolute terms and relative to peers), a change in the market for an entity’s products or services, or a regulatory or political development.

 

  Cost factors such as increases in raw materials, labor, or other costs that have a negative effect on earnings and cash flows.

 

  Overall financial performance such as negative or declining cash flows or a decline in actual or planned revenue or earnings compared with actual and projected results of relevant prior periods.

 

  Other relevant entity-specific events such as changes in management, key personnel, strategy, or customers, contemplation of bankruptcy, or litigation.

 

  Events affecting a reporting unit such as a change in the composition or carrying amount of its net assets, a more-likely-than-not expectation of selling or disposing of all, or a portion, of a reporting unit, the testing for recoverability of a significant asset group within a reporting unit, or recognition of a goodwill impairment loss in the financial statements of a subsidiary that is a component of a reporting unit.

  

  If applicable, a sustained decrease in share price (considered in both absolute terms and relative to peers).

 

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Acquired In-Process Research and Development (“IPR&D”)

 

In accordance with authoritative guidance, we recognize IPR&D at fair value as of the acquisition date, and subsequently account for it as an indefinite-lived intangible asset until completion or abandonment of the associated research and development efforts. Once an IPR&D project has been completed, the useful life of the IPR&D asset is determined and amortized accordingly. If the IPR&D asset is abandoned, the remaining carrying value is written off. During fiscal year 2014, we acquired IPR&D through the acquisition of AirPatrol and in 2015 through the acquisition of the assets of LightMiner. Our IPR&D is comprised of AirPatrol and LightMiner technology, which was valued on the date of the acquisition. It will take additional financial resources to continue development of these technologies.

 

 We continue to seek additional resources, through both capital raising efforts and meeting with industry experts, for further development of the AirPatrol and LightMiner technologies. Through December 31, 2017, we have made some progress with raising capital since these acquisitions, building our pipeline and getting industry acknowledgment. We are being recognized by leading industry analysts in their report on leading indoor positioning companies and also was awarded the IoT Security Excellence award by TMC. However, management is focused on growing revenue from these products and continues to actively and aggressively pursue efforts to recognize the value of the AirPatrol and LightMiner technologies. Although there can be no assurance that these efforts will be successful, we intend to allocate financial and personnel resources when deemed possible and/or necessary. If we choose to abandon these efforts, or if we determine that such funding is not available, the related IPR&D will be subject to significant impairment.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Subject to Amortization

 

We amortize intangible assets with finite lives over their estimated useful lives and review them for impairment whenever an impairment indicator exists. We continually monitor events and changes in circumstances that could indicate carrying amounts of our long-lived assets, including our intangible assets, may not be recoverable. When such events or changes in circumstances occur, we assess recoverability by determining whether the carrying value of such assets will be recovered through the undiscounted expected future cash flows. If the future undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount of these assets, we recognize an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the assets. We did not recognize any intangible asset impairment charges for the year ended December 31, 2017. See “Acquired In-Process Research and Development (“IPR&D”)” for further information.

 

Deferred Income Taxes

 

In accordance with ASC 740 “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”), management routinely evaluates the likelihood of the realization of its income tax benefits and the recognition of its deferred tax assets. In evaluating the need for any valuation allowance, management will assess whether it is more likely than not that some portion, or all, of the deferred tax asset may not be realized. Ultimately, the realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during those periods in which temporary differences become deductible and/or tax credits and tax loss carry-forwards can be utilized. In performing its analyses, management considers both positive and negative evidence including historical financial performance, previous earnings patterns, future earnings forecasts, tax planning strategies, economic and business trends and the potential realization of net operating loss carry-forwards within a reasonable timeframe. To this end, management considered (i) that we have had historical losses in the prior years and cannot anticipate generating a sufficient level of future profits in order to realize the benefits of our deferred tax asset; (ii) tax planning strategies; and (iii) the adequacy of future income as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017, based upon certain economic conditions and historical losses through December 31, 2017. After consideration of these factors management deemed it appropriate to establish a full valuation allowance.

  

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A liability for “unrecognized tax benefits” is recorded for any tax benefits claimed in the Company’s tax filings that do not meet these recognition and measurement standards. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, no liability for unrecognized tax benefits was required to be reported. The guidance also discusses the classification of related interest and penalties on income taxes. The Company’s policy is to record interest and penalties on uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense. No interest or penalties were recorded during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

  

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

We maintain our reserves for credit losses at a level believed by management to be adequate to absorb potential losses inherent in the respective balances. We assign an internal credit quality rating to all new customers and update these ratings regularly, but no less than annually. Management’s determination of the adequacy of the reserve for credit losses for our accounts and notes receivable is based on the age of the receivable balance, the customer’s credit quality rating, an evaluation of historical credit losses, current economic conditions, and other relevant factors.

 

As of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, reserves for credit losses included a reserve for doubtful accounts of approximately $1.1 million and $378,000, respectively, due to the aging of the items greater than 120 days outstanding and other potential non-collections.

 

Business Combinations

 

We account for business combinations using the acquisition method of accounting, and accordingly, the assets and liabilities of the acquired business are recorded at their fair values at the date of acquisition. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value is recorded as goodwill. Any changes in the estimated fair values of the net assets recorded for acquisitions prior to the finalization of more detailed analysis, but not to exceed one year from the date of acquisition, will change the amount of the purchase price allocable to goodwill. Any subsequent changes to any purchase price allocations that are material to our consolidated financial results will be adjusted. All acquisition costs are expensed as incurred and in-process research and development costs are recorded at fair value as an indefinite-lived intangible asset and assessed for impairment thereafter until completion, at which point the asset is amortized over its expected useful life. Separately recognized transactions associated with business combinations are generally expensed subsequent to the acquisition date. The application of business combination and impairment accounting requires the use of significant estimates and assumptions.

 

Upon acquisition, the accounts and results of operations are consolidated as of and subsequent to the acquisition date and are included in our Consolidated Financial Statements from the acquisition date.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

We account for equity instruments issued to non-employees in accordance with accounting guidance which requires that such equity instruments are recorded at their fair value on the measurement date, which is typically the date the services are performed.

 

We account for equity instruments issued to employees in accordance with accounting guidance that requires that awards are recorded at their fair value on the date of grant and are amortized over the vesting period of the award. We recognize compensation costs over the requisite service period of the award, which is generally the vesting term of the equity instrument issued.

 

The Black-Scholes option valuation model is used to estimate the fair value of the options or the equivalent security granted. The model includes subjective input assumptions that can materially affect the fair value estimates. The model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options or warrants. The expected volatility is estimated based on the average of historical volatilities for industry peers.

  

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The principal assumptions used in applying the Black-Scholes model along with the results from the model were as follows:

  

    For the Years Ended
December 31,
    2017   2016
Risk-free interest rate   2.27%   1.35–1.47%
Expected life of option grants   7 years   7 years
Expected volatility of underlying stock   47.34%   47.47%–49.02%
Dividends assumption $-- $--

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company recorded a charge of $1.5 million and $1.4 million, respectively, for the amortization of employee stock options.

 

Operating Segments

 

Effective January 1, 2017, the Company has changed the way it analyzes and assesses divisional performance of the Company. The Company has therefore re-aligned its operating segments along those division business lines and has created the following operating segments. The Company has retroactively applied these new segment categories to the prior periods presented below for comparative purposes.

 

  Indoor Positioning Analytics: This segment includes Inpixon’s proprietary products and services delivered on premise or in the Cloud as well as our hosted SaaS based solutions. Our Indoor Positioning Analytics product is based on a unique and patented sensor technology that detects and locates accessible cellular, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices and then uses a lightning fast data-analytics engine to deliver actionable insights and intelligent reports for security, marketing, asset management, etc.

 

  Infrastructure: This segment includes third party hardware, software and related maintenance/warranty products and services that Inpixon resells to commercial and government customers. It includes but is not limited to products for enterprise computing; storage; virtualization; networking; etc. as well as services including custom application/software design; architecture and development; staff augmentation and project management.

  

Results of Operations

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017 compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2016

 

The following table sets forth selected consolidated financial data as a percentage of our revenue and the percentage of period-over-period change:

 

    Years ended        
    December 31, 2017     December 31, 2016        
(in thousands, except percentages)   Amount     % of
Revenues
    Amount     % of
Revenues
    %
Change
 
                               
Product Revenues   $ 33,928       75 %   $ 37,510       71 %     (10 )%
Services Revenues   $ 11,206       25 %   $ 15,657       29 %     (28 )%
Cost of revenues - Products   $ 28,804       64 %   $ 29,025       55 %     (1 )%
Cost of revenues - Services   $ 5,508       12 %   $ 9,215       17 %     (40 )%
Gross profit   $ 10,822       24 %   $ 14,927       28 %     (28 )%
Operating expenses   $ 40,307       89 %   $ 38,650       73 %     4 %
Loss from operations   $ (29,485 )     (65 )%   $ (23,723 )     (45 )%     24 %
Net loss   $ (35,030 )     (78 )%   $ (27,503 )     (52 )%     27 %
Net loss attributable to stockholders   $ (35,769 )     (79 )%   $ (27,114 )     (51 )%     32 %

 

Revenues

 

Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017 were $45.1 million compared to $53.2 million for the comparable period in the prior year. The decrease of $8.1 million, or approximately 15.2%, is primarily associated with a decline in revenues earned by the Infrastructure segment. Revenue earned by the Indoor Positioning Analytics segment for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $3.9 million compared to $4.9 million for the prior year period. Revenue earned by the Infrastructure segment was $41.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to $48.3 million for the prior year period. Revenues declined, despite the Integrio acquisition, due to the on-going capital constraints and supplier credit challenges the Company faced throughout the year.

 

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Cost of Revenues

 

Cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $34.3 million compared to $38.2 million for the comparable period in the prior year. This decrease of $3.9 million, or approximately 10.2%, was primarily attributable to lower sales resulting from the capital constraints and supplier credit limitations. Indoor Positioning Analytics cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $1.3 million compared to $1.5 million for the prior year period. Infrastructure cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $33.0 million compared to $36.7 million for the prior year period.

 

The gross profit margin for the year ended December 31, 2017 was 24% compared to 28% for the year ended December 31, 2016. This decrease in margin is a result of lower margin Infrastructure sales from the Integrio acquisition. Indoor Positioning Analytics gross margins for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 were 67% and 69%, respectively. Gross margins for the Infrastructure segment for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 were 20% and 24%, respectively.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2017 were $40.3 million and $38.7 million for the comparable period ended December 31, 2016. This increase of $1.6 million includes a $1 million increase in goodwill impairment over the prior year, $680,000 increase in amortization of intangibles due to the Integrio intangibles and increases in other operating expenses primarily due to the Integrio acquisition offset by lower compensation costs.

 

Loss From Operations

 

Loss from operations for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $29.5 million as compared to $23.7 million for the comparable period in the prior year. This increase of $5.8 million was primarily attributable to a decrease in gross profit of approximately $4.2 million and an increase in operating expenses of approximately $1.6 million as described above. 

 

Other Income/Expense

 

Other income/expense consisted primarily of interest expense, extinguishment loss, change in the fair value of derivative liabilities and gain on the settlement of obligations. Interest expenses for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 were $3.8 million and $1.7 million, respectively. The increase of approximately $2.1 million was primarily attributable to interest attributable to the August 2016 Senior Convertible Debenture and a higher revolving line of credit balance. For the year ended December 31, 2017, other income/expense included a $1.5 million non-cash extinguishment loss for the value of the common shares issued as repayment for the debenture. For the year ended December 31, 2016, other income/expense included a $1.1 million reserve for recoverability of note receivable.

 

Provision for Income Taxes

 

There was no provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 as the Company was in a net taxable loss position. Deferred tax assets resulting from such losses are fully reserved as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 since, at present the Company has no history of taxable income and it is more likely than not that such assets will not be realized.

 

Net Loss Attributable To Non-Controlling Interest

 

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest for the years ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were $17,000 and $389,000, respectively. This decrease in loss of $379,000 was attributable to an increased loss incurred at Sysorex Arabia in the year ended December 31, 2016 due to reserve related to the settlement of obligations related to the wind down of the entity.

 

Net Loss Attributable To Stockholders of Inpixon

 

Net loss attributable to stockholders of Inpixon for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $35.0 million compared to $27.1 million for the comparable period in the prior year. This increase in loss of $7.9 million was attributable to the changes described for the various reporting captions discussed above.

 

 Non-GAAP Financial information

 

EBITDA

 

EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) before interest, provision for (benefit from) income taxes, and depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is used by our management as the matrix in which it manages the business. It is defined as EBITDA plus adjustments for other income or expense items, non-recurring items and non-cash stock-based compensation.

 

Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2017 was a loss of $12.1 million compared to a loss of $9.8 million for the prior year period.

  

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The following table presents a reconciliation of net income/loss attributable to stockholders of Inpixon, which is our GAAP operating performance measure, to Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands):

 

   

For the Years Ended

December 31,

 
    2017     2016  
Net loss attributable to stockholders   $ (35,013 )   $ (27,114 )
Adjustments:                
Non-recurring one-time charges:                
Acquisition transaction/financing costs     5       876  
Costs associated with public offering     212       4  
Impairment of goodwill     8,392       7,400  
Gain on earnout     (561 )     --  
Change in the fair value of shares to be issued     --       (13 )
Change in the fair value of derivative liability     (555 )     (51 )
Severance     27       55  
Stock based compensation – acquisition costs     7       --  
Provision for doubtful accounts     952       685  
Reserve for recoverability of note receivable     --       1,077  
Gain on the settlement of obligations     (430 )     (1,541 )
Exchange of warrants for shares     434       --  

Extinguishment loss for debt modification

    1,523       --  
Debt forgiveness     635       --  
Stock-based compensation - compensation and related benefits     1,526       1,377  
Interest expense     3,821       1,743  
Depreciation and amortization     6,895       5,662  
Adjusted EBITDA   $ (12,130 )   $ (9,840 )

 

We rely on Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure for the following:

 

  To review and assess the operating performance of our Company as permitted by Accounting Standards Codification Topic 280, Segment Reporting;
     
  To compare our current operating results with corresponding periods and with the operating results of other companies in our industry;
     
  As a basis for allocating resources to various projects;
     
  As a measure to evaluate potential economic outcomes of acquisitions, operational alternatives and strategic decisions; and
     
  To evaluate internally the performance of our personnel.

  

 We have presented Adjusted EBITDA above because we believe it conveys useful information to investors regarding our operating results. We believe it provides an additional way for investors to view our operations, when considered with both our GAAP results and the reconciliation to net income (loss). By including this information we can provide investors with a more complete understanding of our business. Specifically, we present Adjusted EBITDA as supplemental disclosure because of the following:

 

  We believe Adjusted EBITDA is a useful tool for investors to assess the operating performance of our business without the effect of interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization  and other non-cash items including stock based compensation, amortization of intangibles, change in the fair value of shares to be issued, change in the fair value of derivative liability, impairment of goodwill and one time charges including gain/loss on the settlement of obligations, severance costs, provision for doubtful accounts, acquisition costs and the costs associated with the public offering.
     
  We believe that it is useful to provide to investors with a standard operating metric used by management to evaluate our operating performance; and
     
  We believe that the use of Adjusted EBITDA is helpful to compare our results to other companies.

 

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Even though we believe Adjusted EBITDA is useful for investors, it does have limitations as an analytical tool. Thus, we strongly urge investors not to consider this metric in isolation or as a substitute for net income (loss) and the other consolidated statement of operations data prepared in accordance with GAAP. Some of these limitations include the fact that:

 

  Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect our cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;
     
  Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
     
  Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the significant interest expense or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our debt;
     
  Although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements;
     
  Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect income or other taxes or the cash requirements to make any tax payments; and
     
  Other companies in our industry may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, thereby potentially limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure.

 

Because of these limitations, Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered a measure of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business or as a measure of performance in compliance with GAAP. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and providing Adjusted EBITDA only as supplemental information.

 

Proforma Non-GAAP Net Loss per Share

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017 was ($137.79) compared to ($468.26) for the prior year period. This increase was attributable to the changes discussed in our results of operations.

 

Proforma non-GAAP net income (loss) per share is used by our Company’s management as an evaluation tool as it manages the business and is defined as net income (loss) per basic and diluted share adjusted for non-cash items including stock based compensation, amortization of intangibles and one time charges including gain on the settlement of obligations, severance costs, provision for doubtful accounts, change in the fair value of shares to be issued, acquisition costs and the costs associated with the public offering.

 

Proforma non-GAAP net loss per basic and diluted common share for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017 was ($68.70) compared to a loss of ($223.08) per share for the prior year period.

  

 The following table presents a reconciliation of net loss per basic and diluted share, which is our GAAP operating performance measure, to proforma non-GAAP net loss per share for the periods reflected (in thousands, except per share data):

 

    For the Years Ended
December 31,
 
(thousands, except per share data)   2017     2016  
Net loss attributable to stockholders   $ (35,013 )   $ (27,114 )
Adjustments:                
Non-recurring one-time charges:                
Acquisition transaction/financing costs     5       876  
Costs associated with public offering     212       4  
Impairment of goodwill     8,392       7,400  
Gain on earnout     (561 )     --  
Change in the fair value of shares to be issued     --       (13 )
Change in the fair value of derivative liability     (555 )     (51 )
Severance     27       55  
Stock based compensation – acquisition costs     7       --  
Provision for doubtful accounts     952       685  
Reserve for recoverability of note receivable     --       1,077  
Gain on the settlement of obligations     (430 )     (1,541 )
Exchange of warrants for shares     434       --  
Extinguishment loss for debt modification     1,523       --  
Debt forgiveness     635       --  
Stock-based compensation - compensation and related benefits     1,526       1,377  
Amortization of intangibles     5,012       4,328  
Proforma non-GAAP net loss   $ (17,834 )   $ (12,917 )
Proforma non-GAAP net loss per basic and diluted common share   $ (68.70 )   $ (223.08 )
Weighted average basic and diluted common shares outstanding     259,596       57,904  

  

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We rely on proforma non-GAAP net loss per share, which is a non-GAAP financial measure:

 

  To review and assess the operating performance of our Company as permitted by Accounting Standards Codification Topic 280, Segment Reporting;
     
  To compare our current operating results with corresponding periods and with the operating results of other companies in our industry;
     
  As a measure to evaluate potential economic outcomes of acquisitions, operational alternatives and strategic decisions; and
     
  To evaluate internally the performance of our personnel.

 

We have presented proforma non-GAAP net loss per share above because we believe it conveys useful information to investors regarding our operating results. We believe it provides an additional way for investors to view our operations, when considered with both our GAAP results and the reconciliation to net income (loss), and that by including this information we can provide investors with a more complete understanding of our business. Specifically, we present proforma non-GAAP net loss per share as supplemental disclosure because: 

 

  We believe proforma non-GAAP net loss per share is a useful tool for investors to assess the operating performance of our business without the effect of non-cash items including stock based compensation, amortization of intangibles and one time charges including gain on the settlement of obligations, severance costs, provision for doubtful accounts, change in the fair value of shares to be issued, acquisition costs and the costs associated with the public offering.
     
  We believe that it is useful to provide to investors a standard operating metric used by management to evaluate our operating performance; and
     
  We believe that the use of proforma non-GAAP net loss per share is helpful to compare our results to other companies.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources as of December 31, 2017

 

Our current capital resources and operating results as of and through December 31, 2017, consist of:

 

  1) an overall working capital deficit of $32.8 million;

 

  2) cash of $141,000;

 

  3) the unlimited Payplant Credit Facility which we may borrow against based on eligible assets with a maturity date of August 15, 2018, of which $1.1 million is utilized; and

 

  4) net cash provided by operating activities for the year of $2.3 million.

   

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The breakdown of our overall working capital deficit is as follows (in thousands):

 

Working Capital   Assets     Liabilities     Net  
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 141     $ --     $ 141  
Accounts receivable, net / accounts payable     2,310       25,834       (23,524 )
Notes and other receivables     183       --       183  
Prepaid licenses and maintenance contracts / deferred revenue     4,638       5,611       (973 )
Short-term debt     --       3,058       (3,058 )
Derivative liabilities     --       48       (48 )
Other     1,936       7,480       (5,544 )
Total   $ 9,208     $ 42,031     $ (32,823 )

 

Deferred revenue exceeds the related prepaid contracts by $973,000 and other liabilities exceed other assets by $5.5 million. These deficits are expected to be funded by our anticipated cash flow from operations and financing activities, as described below, over the next twelve months.

  

Net cash provided by operating activities during the year ended December 31, 2017 of $2.3 million consists of net loss of $35.0 million less non-cash expenses of $22.4 million and net cash provided by changes in operating assets and liabilities of $14.9 million. We expect net cash from operations to increase during 2018 as a result of the following:

 

  1) We significantly reduced our cost of operations in mid-August 2017 by reducing headcount and office locations. We estimate this to have a $6 million impact on an annual basis.
     
  2) We are working with our key distributors and financing partners to address our credit limitation issues. Revenues during the year ended December 31, 2017 could have been higher but were negatively impacted by our inability to timely process orders due to past due amounts and credit limitations with various vendors.  We expect to relieve some of these issues during the first quarter of 2018 with our February 2018 capital raise, continue to grow our services revenue and as sales of our Inpixon product line increase.

 

The Company’s capital resources as of December 31, 2017, availability on the unlimited Payplant Facility to finance purchase orders and invoices in an amount equal to 80% of the face value of purchase orders received, funds from higher margin business line expansion and credit limitation improvements may not be sufficient to fund planned operations during the year ending December 31, 2018. The Company believes it will need approximately $20 million to continue planned operations, of which approximately $15.4 million was received in connection with the Company’s offering in February 2018. The Company may raise the additional capital as needed through the issuance of equity, equity-linked or debt securities. If these sources do not provide the capital necessary to fund the Company’s operations during the next twelve months, the Company may need to curtail certain aspects of its expansion activities or consider other means of obtaining additional financing, such as through the sale of assets or of a business segment, although there is no guarantee that the Company could obtain the financing necessary to continue its operations. In this regard, the Company is exploring strategic transactions, including a sale or divesture of its infrastructure business segment, sometimes referred to as the Value Added Reseller (VAR) business, which could reduce operating expenses and eliminate substantially all of its trade debt. In connection with such a transaction, the Company may contribute up to $8 million of its capital resources to such business segment, which will lower the Company’s available capital resources. There are no assurances that we will be able to complete such a transaction, however, if such a transaction is consummated, we may be restricted from (i) entering into any transaction pursuant to which all or a portion of the shares of our common stock would be acquired, whether by merger or otherwise, (ii) issuing equity securities beyond certain thresholds, (iii) repurchasing shares of our common stock other than in certain open-market transactions, or (iv) ceasing to actively conduct certain of our businesses. As a result, these restrictions may limit our ability to pursue certain strategic transactions, equity issuances or repurchases or other transactions that we believe to be in the best interests of our stockholders or that might increase the value of our business.

 

Going Concern and Management Plans

 

The Company’s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2017 have been prepared under the assumption that we will continue as a going concern for the next twelve months from the date the financial statements are issued. The Company’s financial statements as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 include an explanatory paragraph referring to our recurring and continuing losses from operations and expressing substantial doubt in our ability to continue as a going concern without additional capital becoming available. Management’s plans and assessment of the probability that such plans will mitigate and alleviate any substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, is dependent upon the ability to obtain additional equity or debt financing, attain further operating efficiency, reduce expenditures, and, ultimately, to generate sufficient levels of revenue, which together represent the principal conditions that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The Company may also consider selling assets and or a spin-off of certain of its business segments as discussed previously. The Company’s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2017 do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

  

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Liquidity and Capital Resources – Payplant

 

See the discussion above in the section titled “Loan and Security Agreement” for information concerning this loan.

 

As of December 31, 2017, the principal amount outstanding under the Loan Agreement was $1.1 million. 

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources as of December 31, 2017 Compared With December 31, 2016

 

The Company’s net cash flows used in operating, investing and financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 and certain balances as of the end of those periods are as follows (in thousands):

 

    For the Years Ended
December 31,
 
    2017     2016  
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   $ 2,319     $ (2,788 )
Net cash used in investing activities     (1,318 )     (2,666 )
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities     (2,660 )     3,190  
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash     (21 )     21  
Net decrease in cash   $ (1,680 )   $ (2,243 )

 

   

As of December 31,
2017

   

As of December 31,
2016

 
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 141     $ 1,821  
Working capital (deficit)   $ (32,823 )   $ (21,023 )

  

 Operating Activities for the year ended December 31, 2017

 

Net cash provided by operating activities during the year ended December 31, 2017 was $2.3 million. Net cash used in operating activities during the year ended December 31, 2016 was $2.8 million. The cash flows related to the year ended December 31, 2017 consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

Net loss   $

(35,030

)
Non-cash income and expenses    

22,384

 
Net change in operating assets and liabilities    

14,965

 
Net cash provided by operating activities   $

2,319

 

 

The non-cash income and expense of $22.4 million consisted primarily of the following (in thousands):

 

$ 6,894     Depreciation and amortization expenses (including amortization of intangibles) primarily attributable to the Lilien, Shoom, AirPatrol, LightMiner and Integrio operations, which were acquired effective March 1, 2013, August 31, 2013, April 16, 2014, April 24, 2015 and November 21, 2016, respectively
  8,392     Impairment of goodwill
  (555 )   Change in the fair value of derivative liability
  1,533     Stock-based compensation expense attributable to warrants and options issued as part of Company operations and for the AirPatrol acquisition
  (430 )   Gain on settlement of obligations of vendor liabilities
  2,110     Amortization of debt discount
  434     Exchange of warrants for shares
 

1,523

   

Extinguishment loss

  952     Provision for doubtful accounts
  1,531     Other
$ 22,384     Total non-cash expenses

 

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The net use of cash in the change in operating assets and liabilities aggregated $14.9 million and consisted primarily of the following (in thousands):

 

$ 8,706     Decrease in accounts receivable and other receivables
  11,588     Decrease in prepaid licenses and maintenance contracts
  1,029     Decrease in inventory and other assets
  5,414     Increase in accounts payable
 

984

    Increase in accrued liabilities and other liabilities
  (12,756 )   Decrease in deferred revenue
$ 14,965     Net use of cash in the changes in operating assets and liabilities

 

Operating Activities for the year ended December 31, 2016

 

Net cash flows used in operating activities during the year ended December 31, 2016 was $2.8 million and consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

Net loss   $ (27,504 )
Non-cash income and expenses     15,438  
Net change in operating assets and liabilities     9,278  
Net cash used in operating activities   $ (2,788 )

 

The non-cash income and expense of $15.4 million consisted primarily of the following (in thousands):

 

$ 5,661     Depreciation and amortization expenses (including amortization of intangibles) primarily attributable to the Lilien, Shoom, AirPatrol, LightMiner and Integrio operations, which were acquired effective March 1, 2013, August 31, 2013, April 16, 2014, April 24, 2015 and November 21, 2016, respectively
  7,400     Impairment of goodwill
  1,077     Reserve for note receivable
  1,377     Stock-based compensation expense attributable to warrants and options issued as part of Company operations and for the AirPatrol acquisition
  (1,541 )   Gain on settlement of obligations related to Integrio vendor liabilities
  491     Amortization of debt discount
  749     Reserve for settlement of bond related to the wind down of Sysorex Arabia
  93     Provision for doubtful accounts
  131     Other
$ 15,438     Total non-cash expenses

 

The net use of cash in the change in operating assets and liabilities aggregated $9.3 million and consisted primarily of the following (in thousands):

 

$ 2,968     Decrease in accounts receivable and other receivables
  (232 )   Increase in prepaid licenses and maintenance contracts
  (949 )   Increase in inventory and other assets
  6,907     Increase in accounts payable
  594     Increase in accrued liabilities and other liabilities
  (10 )   Decrease in deferred revenue
$ 9,278     Net use of cash in the changes in operating assets and liabilities

 

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Cash Flows from Investing Activities as of December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

Net cash flows used in investing activities during 2017 was $1.3 million compared to net cash flows used in investing activities during 2016 of $2.7 million. Cash flows related to investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2017 include $101,000 for the purchase of property and equipment and $1.3 million investment in capitalized software offset by $37,000 related to the Sysorex India acquisition. Cash flows related to investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2016 include $526,000 for the purchase of property and equipment, $1.6 million investment in capitalized software, $753,000 related to the acquisition of Integrio, offset by $189,000 of cash acquired in the Integrio acquisition.

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities as of December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

Net cash flows used in financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2017 was $2.2 million. Net cash flows from financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2016 was $3.2 million. During the year ended December 31, 2017 the Company received incoming cash flows of $6.6 million from the issuance of common stock, preferred stock and warrants, $2.0 million from convertible promissory notes and $1.7 million of cash flows from notes offset by $2.7 million in repayments of convertible promissory notes, $5.6 million of repayments of the credit line, $4.7 million of repayments of the debenture and $57,000 repayments of notes payable. The positive cash flows related to the year ended December 31, 2016 were primarily comprised of $5.0 million of proceeds from the August 2016 securities offering, net proceeds of $1.7 million from the December 2016 capital raise, offset by repayments to the credit line of $1.9 million, $1.6 million repayment of the term loan and $70,000 repayment of notes payable.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We do not have any off-balance sheet guarantees, interest rate swap transactions or foreign currency contracts. We do not engage in trading activities involving non-exchange traded contracts.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Standards 

 

For a discussion of recently issued accounting pronouncements, please see Note 2 to our financial statements, which are included in this report beginning on page F-1.

  

ITEM 7A: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

As a smaller reporting company we are not required to provide this information.

  

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ITEM 8: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

INPIXON

 

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

    Page No.
ANNUAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION    
     
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2017 and 2016   F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016   F-5
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016   F-6
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016   F-7
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016   F-8
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements   F-9

 

  F-1  

 

  

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of

Inpixon, Inc. and Subsidiaries

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Inpixon, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, changes in stockholders’ (deficit) equity and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Explanatory Paragraph – Going Concern

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As more fully described in Note 1, the Company has a significant working capital deficiency, has incurred significant losses and needs to raise additional funds to meet its obligations and sustain its operations. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ Marcum LLP

Marcum llp

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2012.

 

New York, New York
March 27, 2018

 

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INPIXON AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

(In thousands, except number of shares and par value data)

 

 

Assets   December 31,  
    2017     2016  
Current Assets            
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 141     $ 1,821  
Accounts receivable, net     2,310       11,788  
Notes and other receivables     183       362  
Inventory     790       1,061  
Prepaid licenses and maintenance contracts     4,638       13,321  
Assets held for sale     23       23  
Prepaid assets and other current assets     1,123       1,768  
                 
Total Current Assets     9,208       30,144  
                 
Prepaid licenses and maintenance contracts, non-current     2,264       5,169  
Property and equipment, net     520       1,385  
Software development costs, net     2,017       2,058  
Intangible assets, net     12,678       17,691  
Goodwill     636       9,028  
Other assets     368       998  
                 
Total Assets   $ 27,691     $ 66,473  

 

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

 

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INPIXON AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (CONTINUED)

 

(In thousands, except number of shares and par value data)

 

 

    December 31,  
    2017     2016  
Liabilities and Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity            
             
Current Liabilities            
Accounts payable   $ 25,834     $ 23,027  
Accrued liabilities     5,421       3,959  
Deferred revenue     5,611       15,043  
Short-term debt     3,058       6,887  
Derivative liabilities     48       210  
Liabilities held for sale     2,059       2,041  
                 
Total Current Liabilities     42,031       51,167  
                 
Long Term Liabilities                
Deferred revenue, non-current     2,636       5,960  
Long-term debt     767       4,047  
Other liabilities     113       371  
Acquisition liability - Integrio     997       1,648  
Acquisition liability - LightMiner     --       567  
                 
Total Liabilities     46,544     63,760  
                 
Commitments and Contingencies                
                 
Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity                
                 
Preferred Stock - $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized, 0 issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2017 and 2016     --       --  
Convertible Series 1 Preferred Stock - $1,000 stated value, 2,250 shares authorized; 0 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2017 and 2,250 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2016; liquidation preference of $0 at December 31, 2017 and $2,250,000 at December 31, 2016.     --       1,340  
Series 2 Convertible Preferred Stock - $1,000 stated value; 4,669 shares authorized; 0 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016; liquidation preference of $0 at December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.     --       --  
Common Stock - $0.001 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 962,200 and 72,397 issued and 961,666 and 71,866 outstanding at December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively     1       2  
Additional paid-in capital     78,302       64,148  
Treasury stock, at cost, 531 shares     (695 )     (695 )
Due from Sysorex Consulting Inc.     --       (666 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income     31       52  
Accumulated deficit (excluding $2,442 reclassified to additional paid in capital in quasi-reorganization)     (94,486 )     (59,473 )
                 
Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity Attributable to Inpixon     (16,847 )     4,708  
                 
Non-controlling Interest     (2,006 )     (1,995 )
                 
Total Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity     (18,853 )     2,713  
                 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity   $ 27,691     $ 66,473  

 

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

 

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INPIXON AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

(In thousands, except per share data)

 

 

    For the Years Ended  
    December 31,  
    2017     2016  
Revenues      
Products   $ 33,928     $ 37,510  
Services     11,206       15,657  
Total Revenues     45,134       53,167  
                 
Cost of Revenues                
Products     28,804       29,025  
Services     5,508       9,215  
Total Cost of Revenues     34,312       38,240  
                 
Gross Profit     10,822       14,927  
                 
Operating Expenses                
Research and development     1,813       2,277  
Sales and marketing     6,578       8,500  
General and administrative     18,507       15,269  
Acquisition related costs     5       876  
Impairment of goodwill     8,392       7,400  
Amortization of intangibles     5,012       4,328  
                 
Total Operating Expenses     40,307       38,650  
                 
Loss from Operations     (29,485 )     (23,723 )
                 
Other Income (Expense)                
Interest expense     (3,821 )     (1,743 )
Change in fair value of shares to be issued     --       13  
Change in fair value of derivative liability     555       51  
Reserve for the recoverability of note receivable     --       (1,077 )
Extinguishment loss for debt modification     (1,523 )     --  
Other expense     (721 )     (266 )
                 
Total Other Income (Expense)     (5,510 )     (3,022 )
                 
Net Loss from Continuing Operations     (34,995 )     (26,745 )
                 
Loss from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax     (35 )     (758 )
                 
Net Loss     (35,030 )     (27,503 )
                 
Net Loss Attributable to Non-controlling Interest     (17 )     (389 )
                 
Net Loss Attributable to Stockholders of Inpixon     (35,013 )     (27,114 )
Deemed dividend to preferred stockholders     (756 )     --  
                 
Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders     (35,769 )     (27,114 )
                 
Net Loss Per Basic and Diluted Common Share                
Loss from continuing operations   $ (137.72 )   $ (461.89 )
Loss from discontinued operations   $ (0.07 )   $ (13.09 )
                 
Net Loss Per Share - Basic and Diluted   $ (137.79 )   $ (468.26 )
                 
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding                
Basic and Diluted     259,596       57,904  

 

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

 

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INPIXON AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

 

(In thousands)

 

 

  For the Years Ended  
    December 31,  
    2017     2016  
             
Net Loss   $ (35,030 )   $ (27,503 )
                 
Unrealized foreign exchange gain/(loss) from cumulative translation adjustments     (21 )     21  
                 
Comprehensive Loss   $ (35,051 )   $ (27,482 )

 

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

 

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INPIXON AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT) EQUITY

 

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017 AND 2016

(In thousands, except per share data)

 

 

    Series 1 Convertible     Series 2
Convertible
          Additional                 Due from     Accumulated
Other
          Non-     Total  
    Preferred Stock     Preferred Stock     Common Stock     Paid-In     Treasury Stock     Sysorex     Comprehensive     Accumulated     Controlling     Stockholders’  
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Capital     Shares     Amount     Consulting, Inc.     Income (Loss)     Deficit     Interest     (Deficit) Equity  
                                                                                     
Balance - January 1, 2016     --       --                       56,245       2       58,249       (531 )     (695 )     (666 )     31       (32,359 )     (1,606 )     22,956  
                                                                                                                 
Series 1 redeemable convertible preferred stock issued     2,250       1,340                       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       --       1,340  
Common shares issued for services     --       --                       433       --       71       --       --       --       --       --       --       71  
Issuance of LightMiner acquisition shares     --       --                       3,430       --       2,896       --       --       --       --       --       --       2,896  
Stock options granted to employees for services     --       --                       --       --       1,306       --