Valuation of Long-lived and Intangible Assets
We review long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Factors we consider important, which could trigger an impairment review, include the following:
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significant underperformance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results;
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significant changes in the manner of our use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our overall business;
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significant negative industry or economic trends;
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significant adverse changes in legal factors or in the business climate, including adverse regulatory actions or assessments; and
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significant decline in our stock price for a sustained period.
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If a potential impairment exists, a calculation is performed to determine the fair value of the long-lived asset. This calculation is based on a valuation model, which considers the estimated future undiscounted cash flows resulting from the use of the asset, and a discount rate commensurate with the risks involved. Third party appraised values may also be used in determining whether impairment potentially exists. The estimated fair value is compared to the long-lived asset’s carrying value to determine whether impairment exists.
As described above, in assessing the recoverability of intangible assets, significant judgment is required in connection with estimates of market values, estimates of the amount and timing of future cash flows, and estimates of other factors that are used to determine the fair value of the respective assets. If these estimates or related projections change in future periods, future intangible asset impairment tests may result in charges to earnings.
Accounting for Business Combinations - Acquisition Method of Accounting
Acquisitions are accounted for in accordance with the acquisition method of accounting under Financial Accounting Standards Board, “FASB”, ASC Topic 805, “Business Combinations,” “Topic 805”. Topic 805 requires, among other things, that identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recognized at their fair values as of the acquisition date. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the purchase consideration is allocated to the assets acquired, including tangible assets, patents and other identifiable intangible assets and liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair market values on the date of acquisition. Any excess purchase price after the initial allocation to identifiable net tangible and identifiable intangible assets is assigned to goodwill. Amounts attributable to patents are amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated economic useful life of the underlying patents. The carrying value of our patents was $0 as of December 31, 2013 and 2012. Nonetheless, we believe our technology remains current and we continue to seek licensing opportunities and are actively engaged in enforcement actions to further monetize our patent portfolio. Acquisition accounting includes the establishment of a net deferred tax asset or liability resulting from book tax basis differences related to assets acquired and liabilities assumed on the date of acquisition.
We assess fair value for financial statement purposes using a variety of methods, including the use of present value models and may also reference independent analyses. Amounts recorded as intangible assets, including patents and patent rights, are based on assumptions and estimates, as of the date of acquisition, regarding the amount and timing of projected income and costs associated with the licensing and enforcement of patents and patent rights acquired, appropriate risk-adjusted discount rates, rates of technology adoption, market penetration, technological obsolescence, product launch timing, the impact of competition or lack of competition in the market place, tax implications and other factors. Also, upon acquisition, based on several of the estimates and assumptions previously described, we determine the estimated economic useful lives of the acquired intangible assets for amortization purposes.
Management is responsible for determining the fair value of the tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date, solely for purposes of allocating the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Fair value measurements can be highly subjective, and it is possible that other professionals for other purposes, applying reasonable judgment and criteria to the same facts and circumstances, could develop and support a range of alternative estimated amounts. Actual results may vary from projected results.
Comparability to Future Results
We have set forth below selected factors that we believe have had, or can be expected to have, a significant effect on the comparability of our recent or future results. In addition to the factors described below, please see “Risk Factors” for additional factors that may affect our operating results.
Fluctuation of income, expenses and cash flows related to licensing and enforcement
Our settlements and judgments are non-recurring, and are not necessarily indicative of the income or cash flows that we expect to generate in the future from our existing technology portfolio or otherwise. We expect income, expenses and cash flows related to patent enforcement to be unpredictable and to fluctuate significantly from period to period. A number of factors, many of which are beyond our control, may affect the timing and amount of our income and cash flows related to patent licensing and enforcement actions, including, but not limited to, trial dates, the strength of our claims and likelihood of achieving an acceptable license on settlement, the timing and nature of any appeals and our ability to collect on any favorable judgments. Significant fluctuations in our income and cash flows may make our business difficult to manage and adversely affect our business and operating results. We do not recognize income from our licensing and enforcement actions until we actually receive the proceeds of licensing activities or litigation (whether resolved at trial or in a settlement).
Our expenses, principally with respect to litigation costs, may also vary significantly from period to period depending upon a number of factors, including, but not limited to, whether fees of outside legal counsel are paid on an hourly, contingent or other basis, the timing of depositions, discovery and other elements of litigation, costs of expert witnesses and other consultants and other costs incurred in support of enforcement actions.
As a result of the factors described above and other known and unknown risks affecting our business (including those described above under the caption “Risk Factors”), our historical operating performance may not be indicative of our future results.
Public company expenses
As a result of the Reverse Merger, Finjan became a subsidiary of a public company, and we have applied to list our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market, although no assurance can be given that such application will be approved or that we will continue to satisfy the relevant quantitative listing criteria. Finjan’s operating results as a private company do not reflect certain expenses that we incur, and will continue to incur, as a public company or may incur if our securities are approved for listing. We expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase as we pay legal counsel and accountants to assist us in, among other things, establishing and maintaining more comprehensive compliance and governance functions, establishing and maintaining internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and preparing and distributing periodic public reports under the federal securities laws with respect to the business we operate through Finjan. We also expect to incur additional costs associated with compensation of non-employee directors and costs associated with the retention of full-time employees and consultants to operate our web and network security technology business and to comply with our obligations as a public company. In addition, we expect that as part of a public company the cost of director and officer liability insurance will increase compared to costs incurred by Finjan prior to the Reverse Merger. In light of these costs and the changes in our management, business and growth strategy that resulted from the Reverse Merger, the public company costs that we incurred prior to the Reverse Merger may not be indicative of the costs we will incur in the future.
Stock-based and other executive compensation
During the years ended December 31 2012 and 2011, Finjan did not grant any options, restricted stock or other equity-based compensation. Prior to the Reverse Merger, Finjan had outstanding options to purchase an aggregate of 77 shares of Finjan common stock, all of which were awarded in May 2013. Following the Reverse Merger, our board of directors adopted the 2013 Option Plan, and the 2010 Plan also remains in effect. In addition, although the 2010 Stock Compensation Plan replaced the 2006 Option Plan and no additional options will be issued under the 2006 Option Plan, the Company reserved the right to issue new options pursuant to the 2006 Option Plan to the extent that, and in the amount of, any outstanding options that are forfeited under that plan. We do not intend to issue additional options under either the 2010 Stock Compensation Plan or the 2006 Option Plan, and expect that future equity-based awards will be made under our 2013 Option Plan or other equity, incentive compensation or similar plans that the Company may adopt in the future, to our directors, officers and other employees and consultants. As a result, to the extent relevant, we may incur non-cash, stock-based compensation expenses in future periods.
During the year ended December 31, 2013, Finjan granted to employees and consultants ten-year options to purchase an aggregate of 1,625,476 shares of common stock at exercise prices ranging from $1.66 to $5.90 per share. During the year ended December 31, 2013, we granted an aggregate of 22,368 shares of restricted stock in connection with the termination of certain severance agreements in connection with the closing of the Reverse Merger.
In addition, Finjan had no full-time employees or full-time consultants during the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 and its sole executive officer served in such capacity without compensation during such years. In April 2013, Finjan engaged Philip Hartstein and Shimon Steinmetz as its President and Chief Financial Officer, respectively, pursuant to consulting agreements. Messrs. Hartstein and Steinmetz were appointed President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company on July 8, 2013. During the first quarter of 2014, we also hired a Vice President, Intellectual Property (IP) Licensing, a Vice President, Legal Operations and a Vice President, Corporate Counsel and we intend to hire additional employees and/or consultants in the future to expand our business. Since the Reverse Merger, we have hired a total of six employees. Accordingly, we will incur compensation expenses in future periods that Finjan did not incur during the period presented in its financial statements. For additional information regarding the employment agreements between us and each of our president and chief financial officer please see “Executive Compensation—Employment Agreements” below.
Finjan Reorganization
Until May 2, 2013, Finjan was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Finjan Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which we refer to as “FSI.” In April 2013, Finjan distributed securities of two unaffiliated entities which it previously held to FSI, and made a payment of cash in an amount sufficient to repay and satisfy in full an intercompany loan from FSI to Finjan. Following that distribution, the board of directors and stockholders of FSI approved the dissolution of, and a plan of liquidation for, FSI that resulted in, among other things, the distribution of Finjan common stock to certain of FSI’s stockholders, each of whom received shares of our common stock in the Reverse Merger.
Recent Financing Activities Prior to the Reverse Merger
Prior to the Reverse Merger, Converted Organics, Inc.’s operations were financed primarily by the issuance of debt, equity and equity-linked securities. In connection with the Reverse Merger, we redeemed, cancelled or otherwise retired all of the notes and derivative securities previously issued by Converted Organics, Inc., other than warrants that are exercisable for a de minimis number of shares of our common stock. See “—Recent Developments—Exchange Agreement” above. Although we may require financing in the future, we expect that our cash on hand will be sufficient to satisfy our cash needs for at least the next twelve months, although we may seek additional financing in connection with our growth strategy. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued 89,438 shares of its common stock (on a reverse stock split adjusted basis) to reduce principal of $3,975,978 on its convertible debt. During the three month period ended March 31, 2013, the company issued short term notes in the aggregate amount of $374,000, which were extinguished pursuant to the Exchange Agreement.
Results of Operations
Year ended December 31, 2013 compared with the year ended December 31, 2012
Our revenue and cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2013 was $0.74 and $0.76 million, respectively, which was attributable to our organic fertilizer business.
Our operating expenses consist primarily of legal fees, general and administrative expenses, including stock-based compensation, consulting and other professional fees, and transaction costs associated with the Reverse Merger. During the year ended December 31, 2013, total operating expenses increased by approximately $4.7 million, or 171%, to $7.5 million as compared to the year ended December 31, 2012. The increased costs were primarily due to $2.6 million incurred in relation to current litigation, approximately $0.8 million related to the one-time merger transaction costs, $0.8 million corporate legal expenses, $0.2 million accounting and consulting fees and $0.1 million in stock registration fees and various other costs related to being a public company. The Company also hired new employees including the President and CFO and others in 2013 resulting in increased salaries and benefits of approximately $0.6 million.
Our gain on settlements, net of legal costs decreased by approximately $76.4 million, or 99%, to $1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012. The decrease was primarily due to our entry into settlements with two of the parties in the 2010 Litigation, pursuant to which we received net proceeds of approximately $76.5 million (gross proceeds of $85.0 million less contingent legal fees of $8.5 million) from one of the defendants during 2012 and $1.0 million in cash proceeds (representing the first of three equal installment payments payable over 18 months from the date of settlement) and securities with a fair value as of the settlement date of approximately $8.4 million from the second defendant during 2012, partially offset by the receipt of the second installment with respect to a litigation settlement payment of $1.0 million during 2013 associated with a licensing agreement. The remaining amounts due under the litigation settlement will be recognized when payment is received, as collectability is not reasonably assured.
Our other income decreased by approximately $3.1 million, or 100%, to less than $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012. The decrease was due to securities received in exchange for modifying a perpetual license agreement originally entered into on November 2, 2009 with a fair value of approximately $3.1 million during 2012.
Our interest income decreased by less than $0.1 million, or 7%, to approximately $0.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012. Interest income decreased due to the lower average cash balance on hand during the 2013 periods compared to the same periods of 2012.
The significant fluctuation in our income for the year ended December 31, 2013 as compared to our income for the 2012 fiscal year reflects the fact that our settlements are non-recurring and, as a result, income for these periods is not necessarily indicative of the income we will achieve in the future.
Our income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2013 decreased $27.1 million, or 103%, to a tax benefit of $0.3 million as compared to the year ended December 31, 2012, due to limited cumulative taxable operations of the Company in certain local jurisdictions compared to the same period in 2012.
Year ended December 31, 2012 compared with the year ended December 31, 2011
Our general and administrative expenses consist mainly of legal, consulting and other professional fees. Our general and administrative expenses increased approximately $0.9 million, or 52%, to $2.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase in general and administrative expenses is primarily due to a an approximate $0.2 million increase in legal fees and other expenses related to litigation (other than contingency fees paid in connection with settlements), as well as a $0.7 million increase in consulting and other fees and expenses consisting primarily of fees and expenses related to our evaluation of strategic alternatives that culminated in the Reverse Merger.
Our gain on settlements, net of legal costs increased by approximately $52.4 million, or 211%, to approximately $77.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase was primarily due to settlement agreements with two of the parties in the 2010 Litigation, pursuant to which we received net proceeds of approximately $76.5 million (gross proceeds of $85.0 million less contingent legal fees of $8.5 million) from one of the defendants and $1.0 million in cash proceeds (representing the first of three equal installment payments payable over 18 months from the date of settlement) and securities with a fair value as of the settlement date of approximately $8.4 million from the second defendant during the year ended December 31, 2012. Our gain on settlements, net of legal costs for the year ended December 31, 2011 was attributable to receipt of approximately $24.9 million in net proceeds (proceeds of $37.3 million (including interest income of $3.1 million) less contingent legal fees of $9.3 million) from the judgment we obtained in the Secure Computing Litigation.
During the year ended December 31, 2011 we sold certain patent assets to a third party for net proceeds of approximately $1.3 million. The net proceeds were accounted for as a gain on sale of patents, net of legal costs. We did not sell any patents in fiscal 2012 and do not presently intend to sell the patents in our current portfolio. Other income increased by $3.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2012 due to securities received in exchange for modifying a perpetual license agreement originally entered into on November 2, 2009 with a fair value of approximately $3.1 million.
Our interest income decreased approximately $3.0 million, or 95%, to $0.16 million during the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to the year ended December 31, 2011, primarily resulting from the approximate $3.1 million of interest income we received as component from the judgment we obtained in the Secure Computing Litigation.
The significant fluctuation in our income before taxes for the year ended December 31, 2012 as compared to our income for the 2011 fiscal year reflects the fact that our settlements and judgments are non-recurring and, as a result, income for these periods is not necessarily indicative of the income we will achieve in the future.
Our income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2012 increased $23.5 million, or 692%, to $26.9 million as compared to the year ended December 31, 2011. Such increase was primarily due to an increase in gain on settlement, partially offset by the increase in our general and administrative expenses described above.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our cash requirements are, and will continue to be, dependent upon a variety of factors. We expect to continue to devote significant capital resources to our licensing and enforcement program and resulting litigation we pursue. We also expect to require significant capital resources to maintain our issued patents, prosecute our patent applications, acquire new technologies as part of our growth strategy and to attract and retain qualified personnel on a full time basis. Our primary sources of liquidity are cash flows from operations, principally proceeds from settlements and judgments in connection with our patent enforcement activities. Based on our current forecasts and assumptions, we believe that our cash and cash equivalents, will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs for working capital and capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months. We may, however, encounter unforeseen difficulties that may deplete our capital resources more rapidly than anticipated, including those set forth under “Risk Factors,” above. Even without such difficulties, we may seek to raise additional capital to grow our business. Any efforts to seek additional funding could be made through issuances of equity or debt, or other external financing. However, additional funding may not be available on favorable terms, or at all. The capital and credit markets have experienced extreme volatility and disruption since late 2007, and the volatility and impact of the disruption has continued into 2014. At times during this period, the volatility and disruption has reached unprecedented levels. In several cases, the markets have exerted downward pressure on stock prices and credit capacity for certain issuers, and there can be no assurance that we will have access to short-term financing. If we fail to obtain additional funding when needed, we may not be able to execute our business plans and our business may suffer.
We had approximately $24.6 million and $91.5 million of cash and cash equivalents and $23.9 million and $29.6 million of working capital as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. As of December 31, 2012, our current liabilities included approximately $33.9 million due to FSI, Finjan’s then-parent company, which was repaid in full in February 2013 in anticipation of Finjan’s reorganization.
Cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2013
Operating Activities: Finjan’s net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $100.3 million, or 149%, to $32.8 million of cash used in operating activities during the year ended December 31, 2013 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2012. Such decrease is primarily attributable to Finjan’s receipt of approximately $77.5 million of cash proceeds as a result of a settlement net of contingency fees and an installment payment related to the settlement agreement entered into by the Company during 2012 partially offset by $2.8 million of legal costs and general and administrative expenses respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2013, we used cash of approximately $25.3 million related to the payment of income taxes. The significant fluctuation in our cash flows from operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2013 as compared to our cash flows from operating activities for the 2012 fiscal year reflects the fact that our settlements are non-recurring and, as a result, cash flows from operating activities for these periods are not necessarily indicative of the income we will achieve in the future.
Investing activities: During the year ended December 31, 2013, our investing activities used approximately $0.03 million, as compared to $1.3 million of cash used by investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2012. Cash provided by investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2013 primarily related to the $0.52 million of proceeds from notes receivable acquired through the Reverse Merger, which was offset by an investment of $0.5 million in an Israeli limited liability partnership. Cash used in investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2012 related to our purchase of M86 securities. (which were distributed to FSI during 2013, prior to the Reverse Merger)
Financing activities: During the year ended December 31, 2013, we used approximately $34.1 million in financing activities, as compared to $2.5 million used in financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2012. The increase in cash used in financing activities is primarily attributable to the repayment of $33.9 million of intercompany indebtedness due to FSI during the year ended December 31, 2013.
Cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2012
Operating Activities: Our net cash provided by operating activities increased by $40.9 million, or 154%, to $67.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2012 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2011. Such increase is primarily attributable to our receipt of approximately $77.5 million of cash proceeds as a result of a settlement and a part installment of the settlement agreement entered into by the Company in 2012, partially offset by $2.8 million of legal costs and general and administrative expenses respectively. We used a portion of the net proceeds received to finance post-trial proceedings and continue to use a portion of such proceeds in connection with our pending appeals with respect to the 2010 Litigation. We also expect to use such proceeds to finance any future licensing and enforcement activities and any future acquisitions, as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes. The significant fluctuation in our cash flows from operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2012 as compared to our cash flows from operating activities for the 2011 fiscal year reflects the fact that our settlements are non-recurring and, as a result, cash flows from operating activities for these periods are not necessarily indicative of the income we will achieve in the future.
Investing activities: During the year ended December 31, 2012, Finjan used approximately $1.3 million in investing activities, as compared to $1.3 million in cash proceeds provided by the sale of patent, net of commissions, during the year ended December 31, 2011. Cash used in investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2012 related primarily to our purchase of M86 securities.
Financing activities: During the year ended December 31, 2012, Finjan used approximately $2.5 million in financing activities, as compared to $0.2 million in cash used in financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase in cash used in financing activities is attributable to the repayment of $2.5 million of intercompany indebtedness due to FSI during the year ended December 31, 2012.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any material off-balance sheet arrangements.
Contractual Obligations
The following table summarizes the Company’s contractual obligations for the next five years and thereafter as of December 31, 2013:
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Contractual Obligations
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Long Term Debt Obligations
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Capital Lease Obligations
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Operating Lease Obligations
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280 |
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849 |
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127 |
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Purchase Obligations
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Other Long-Term Liabilities
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Capital commitments not called
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1,000 |
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3,000 |
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500 |
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4,500 |
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Total
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780 |
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2,349 |
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1,127 |
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1,500 |
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$ |
5,756 |
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As of December 31, 2013, the Company had a $4.5 million outstanding Capital Commitment to an Israel–based limited partnership venture capital fund not called. The Company did not have Capital Commitment as of December 31, 2012.
Impact of recently issued accounting pronouncements
In July 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2013-11, Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists (“ASU 2013-11”). ASU 2013-11 clarifies guidance and eliminates diversity in practice on the presentation of unrecognized tax benefits when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists at the reporting date. This new guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2013 and subsequent interim periods. We are assessing the effect the adoption of the standard will have on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows for subsequent reporting periods.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to its holdings of cash and cash equivalents. Our cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2013 totaled $24.6 million and consisted primarily of cash and money market funds with original maturities of three months or less from the date of purchase. Our primary exposure to market risk is interest income sensitivity, which is affected by changes in the general level of the interest rates in the United States. However, because of the short-term nature of the instruments in our portfolio, a sudden change in market interest rates would not be expected to have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations. We do not have any foreign currency or other derivative financial instruments.
BUSINESS
Our Business Segments
Effective as of June 3, 2013, the date we consummated a reverse acquisition of Finjan and changed our name from “Converted Organics, Inc.” to “Finjan Holdings, Inc.,” we operate two businesses, each of which constitutes a separate reportable segment. Our two reportable segments include: our web and network security technology segment, which we operate through Finjan, and our organic fertilizer segment, which we operate through Converted Organics.
Our Web and Network Security Technology Business
Overview
Through Finjan, we own a portfolio of patents, related to software that proactively detects malicious code and thereby protects end users from identity and data theft, spyware, malware, phishing, trojans and other online threats. Finjan’s mission is to invest in innovation and encourage the development of core intellectual property. Founded in 1997, Finjan developed and patented technology that is capable of detecting previously unknown and emerging threats on a real-time, behavior-based, basis, in contrast to signature-based methods of intercepting only known threats to computers, which were standard in the online security industry during the 1990s. As the network, web and endpoint security industries have transitioned to behavior-based detection of malicious code, we believe that our patented technology is widely used by third parties.
Development of Finjan’s Business
Finjan was founded in 1997 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Finjan’s initial parent, to cultivate proprietary technology that focused on proactively detecting threats to online security by identifying patterns and behavior of online viruses and other malicious code, rather than relying on lists of threats known within the online security industry. This technology allows users to proactively scan and repel the latest, and often unknown, threats to network, web, and endpoint security on a real-time basis. Following the development of its patented technology, Finjan’s initial parent, together with its subsidiaries, provided secure web solutions, including security software and hardware, to the enterprise and endpoint markets.
In 2002, Finjan’s initial parent engaged in a reorganization in which FSI was formed to acquire and hold all of the capital stock of Finjan. Between 2002 and 2009, FSI focused its efforts on research and development and sales and marketing activities in an effort to bolster its position in the industry and enhance its portfolio of content inspection technologies. During that time period, FSI’s activities were funded primarily by venture capital firms with experience providing capital and management expertise to software security firms, some with investment and operational experience within Israel’s cybersecurity and technology sectors. Finjan also received financial backing from multi-national software and technology companies.
Between approximately 2002 and 2006, competitors in the online security industry began moving towards real-time, behavior-based, proactive threat detection, at times in violation of Finjan’s patent rights and, beginning in 2005, Finjan commenced licensing and enforcing its patents through litigation against third parties it believed were infringing its patents.
In October 2009, FSI transferred its portfolio of intellectual property to Finjan (its wholly owned subsidiary at the time). Thereafter, in November, 2009, FSI sold certain assets, including certain of its operating subsidiaries (other than Finjan) and its sales and marketing assets, and Finjan granted a non-exclusive patent license to M86 for 7,075,629 shares of M86 common stock of which 1,548,148 were issued to Finjan and the balance of which were issued to FSI. In connection with that transaction, and subsequent to November 2009, FSI and its remaining subsidiaries (including Finjan) ceased the development, marketing and sale of its products, but Finjan retained all of its patents and related rights. In January 2012, Finjan purchased 1,837,595 shares of M86 Series C Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase 459,399 shares of M86 Series C Preferred Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $1,601,097. In March, 2012, M86 entered into a business combination with Trustwave Holdings, Inc., which we refer to as “Trustwave.” In connection with the transaction between Trustwave and M86, Finjan exchanged its interest in M86 for 409,747 shares of Trustwave Class A common stock. In conjunction with that transaction, Finjan modified the non-exclusive, perpetual license to use certain of Finjan’s technology previously granted to M86, which license is fully paid unless certain conditions are satisfied, in which case Finjan may be entitled to receive additional payments from Trustwave. We are not entitled to future payments, if any, under such license, which are payable to FSI. In exchange for modifying such license, Finjan received 224,000 additional shares of Trustwave Class A common stock.
Following the M86 transactions, Finjan raised additional funds from its existing stockholders to finance its activities, which have consisted primarily of licensing and enforcing its intellectual property rights in network, web and endpoint security fields. See “—Licensing and Enforcement Business” below.
In August 2011, Finjan sold certain fully amortized patents for $1.6 million and incurred $0.3 million of fees associated with the transactions. Such patents were related to the protection of online images against unauthorized copying, which Finjan previously acquired from an unaffiliated third party in approximately 2005.
In April 2013, Finjan distributed securities of Trustwave and one other unaffiliated entity which it previously held to FSI, and made a payment of cash in an amount sufficient to repay and satisfy in full an intercompany loan from FSI to Finjan. Following that distribution, the board of directors and stockholders of FSI approved the dissolution of, and a plan of liquidation for, FSI that resulted, among other things, in the distribution of Finjan common stock to certain of FSI’s stockholders, each of whom received shares of our common stock in the Reverse Merger.
In June 2013, Finjan engaged in the Reverse Merger and became one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries. As described below, following the Reverse Merger, we have commenced discussions with various parties regarding potential licensing arrangements and commenced five litigations against parties we believe are using our patented technology without a license.
Licensing and Enforcement Business
Through Finjan, we generate revenues and related cash flows by granting intellectual property licenses for the use of patented technologies that we own by actively licensing and enforcing our patent rights against unauthorized use of our technologies (i.e. non-compliant licensees). Most of our license agreements, whether entered into via traditional licensing or enforcement litigation or otherwise, are structured on a paid-up basis, while some of our license agreements provide for future royalty payments in the event the licensee achieves milestones specified in the applicable license agreement. Upon entering into a new patent license agreement, the licensee typically agrees to pay consideration for sales made prior to the effective date of the license, in an amount related to the royalties we would have received had a license been in effect at the time of such sales.
Under U.S. law, a patent owner has the right to exclude others from making, selling or using the owner’s patented technology without a license to do so. In many cases, unauthorized users of our technology are unwilling, at least initially, to negotiate or pay reasonable royalties for their infringement of our patents and often fight any allegations of patent infringement. As a result of the common reluctance of patent infringers to negotiate and ultimately take a patent license without at least the threat of legal action, patent licensing and enforcement often begins with the filing of patent enforcement litigation. Accordingly, if we believe a party is required to license our patents in order to sell certain products and such party refuses to do so, we may institute legal action against them. In a patent infringement lawsuit, we would typically seek damages for past infringement and an injunction against future infringement. We evaluate, on a case-by-case basis, whether to commence litigation, pursue litigation until a judgment is obtained or settle litigation based on a number of factors, including the strength of our patent claims, validity, the evidence that the patent is being infringed and the terms of any proposed settlement or license agreement.
In June 2006, Finjan’s initial parent filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Secure Computing in the United States District Court for the district of Delaware. Finjan, which succeeded FSI as the plaintiff in the litigation, asserted that Secure Computing had willfully infringed three of Finjan’s U.S. patents (patent numbers 6,092,194, 6,804,780, and 7,058,822) and sought an injunction and damages for such infringement. In the Secure Computing Litigation, Secure Computing filed counterclaims for patent infringement, asserting that Finjan was infringing two U.S. patents. At trial, a jury determined that Secure Computing willfully infringed Finjan’s three patents and found that Finjan did not infringe Secure Computing’s patents. The jury awarded Finjan approximately $9.0 million for past infringement and in August 2009 and the award was subsequently increased to approximately $37.3 million, including interest, in July 2011. Post judgment interest continued to accumulate until the date of the payment. The court also issued a permanent injunction prohibiting Secure Computing from making, using, selling or offering to sell any infringing products. In September 2011, Finjan received proceeds of approximately $28.0 million, net of $9.9 million of contingent legal fees, from Secure Computing, including $3.1 million of interest, in satisfaction of the judgment.
In 2010, Finjan filed a patent infringement lawsuit against five additional software and technology companies, which we refer to as the “2010 Litigation,” asserting that the defendants had infringed two of Finjan’s patents (patent numbers 6,092,194 and 6,480,962). Finjan negotiated out-of-court settlements with two of the defendants while three defendants continued to trial. Following a three-week jury trial held in December 2012, the jury rendered an adverse verdict in the 2010 Litigation. The jury concluded that the defendants that proceeded to trial were not liable for infringement and also concluded that certain claims in two of Finjan’s patents (patent numbers 6,092,194 and 6,480,962) were invalid. Finjan filed a post-trial motion to set aside the jury’s verdict, but the motion was denied. We are appealing the jury’s verdict rendering the subject claims of the two patents invalid. There can be no assurance, however, that such appeal will be successful. If unsuccessful, the subject claims of the two patents will continue to be invalid in future licensing and enforcement actions.
In April 2012, Finjan entered into a binding MOU with one of the parties in the 2010 Litigation. As part of the MOU, Finjan agreed to withdraw its claims against such party in the 2010 Litigation and grant such party a license to use all the patents owned or exclusively licensed by Finjan at the time it entered into the MOU. The license is fully paid up unless the holder of the license has aggregate annual net sales to third party distributors or re-sellers in excess of $10 million (which has not been achieved to date). The MOU provided for the issuance to Finjan of 3.765% of the party’s common stock, which had a fair value at the time of settlement of approximately $8.4 million, and cash payments in the aggregate amount of $3.0 million, payable in three equal payments of $1.0 million, within eighteen months after the effective date of the final settlement and license agreement. Finjan has received all of the above-mentioned shares and all three installments of the cash payment. The payments accrued interest at the rate of 4% per annum until paid and were recognized when such payments were received. Prior to the Reverse Merger, Finjan distributed all of the shares of common stock it received in the Settlement to its then-parent company and accordingly we do not own or have an interest in this company. The license granted pursuant to the MOU will remain effective until the expiration of the last to expire of the licensed patents.
In November 2012, Finjan signed a Confidential Settlement, Release and License Agreement with one of the parties to the 2010 Litigation, a large, multinational software and technology company. Pursuant to the agreement, the counter-party paid a one-time fully paid up license fee to Finjan in the amount of $85 million in exchange for a perpetual, non-exclusive worldwide license to all of Finjan’s and its affiliates’ patents, including patent rights owned or controlled by Finjan or its affiliates as of the date of such agreement and patents with a first effective priority date occurring at any time prior to November 2022 that Finjan or its affiliates may own or control after the date of such agreement. Following the signing of the agreement, Finjan dismissed all claims against the counter-party (including its affiliates).
Since completing the Reverse Merger in June 2013, Finjan has filed five patent infringement lawsuits:
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Finjan filed a patent infringement lawsuit against FireEye, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on July 8, 2013, asserting that FireEye, Inc. is infringing U.S. Patent Nos. 6,804,780, 8,079,086, 7,975,305, 8,225,408, 7,058,822, 7,647,633 and 6,154,844 patents. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in settling or litigating these claims.
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Finjan filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Blue Coat Systems, Inc., in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on August 28, 2013, asserting that Blue Coat Systems, Inc. is infringing U.S. Patent Nos. 6,154,844, 6,804,780, 6,965,968, 7,058,822, 7,418,731, and 7,647,633. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in settling or litigating these claims.
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Finjan filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Websense, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on September 23, 2013, asserting that Websense, Inc. is infringing U.S. Patent Nos. 7,058,822, 7,647,633, 8,141,154, and 8,225,408. Finjan filed a separate suit against Websense, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on March 24, 2014, asserting that Websense, Inc. is infringing U.S. Patent No. 8,677,494. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in settling or litigating these claims.
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Finjan appealed a District Court Decision in a prior patent case with defendants Sophos, Inc., Websense, Inc., and Symantec Corp. where there was a finding of no liability for U.S. Patent Nos. 6,092,194 and 6,480,962. The Appeal Brief was filed on December 10, 2013, at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the case is pending. There is no assurance that we will be successful with oral arguments in front of the Court .
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Finjan filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Proofpoint, Inc. et al. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on December 16, 2013, asserting that Proofpoint, Inc. et al. is infringing U.S. Patent Nos. 6,154,844, 7,058,822, 7,613,918, 7,647,633, 7,975,305, 8,079,086, 8,141,154, and 8,225,408. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in settling or litigating these claims.
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Finjan filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Sophos, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on March 14, 2014, asserting that Sophos, Inc. is infringing U.S. Patent Nos. 6,804,780, 8,141,154, 7,613,918, 7,757,289, 7,613,926, and 6,154,844. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in settling or litigating these claims.
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In each case, the patents subject to litigation relate to Finjan’s endpoint, web, and network security technologies. The cases are pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Finjan is seeking monetary damages for past and future use of accused infringing products, injunctive relief, and/or other remedies deemed appropriate through the Court. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in settling or litigating these claims.
As discussed below, since completing the Reverse Merger, we also commenced preliminary discussions with potential licensees during 2013 and, during the first quarter of 2014, we hired additional personnel (including our Vice President, Intellectual Property (IP) Licensing and our Vice President, Legal Operations) to pursue our licensing strategy.
Growth Strategy
Our mission is to invest in innovation and encourage the development of core intellectual property. We believe our patented technology that is capable of detecting previously unknown and emerging threats on a real-time, behavior-based, basis, in contrast to signature-based methods of intercepting only known threats to computers, is significant and we intend to further monetize our technology through licensing. This may include the pursuit of new patents relating to technology we currently own through continued prosecution of pending patent applications relating to our existing technology, the identification of new uses for our existing technology that may be patentable (and obtaining patent protection for such new uses) and prosecuting patent applications in additional (non-U.S.) jurisdictions. We also intend to expand our technology and intellectual property portfolio through strategic partnerships and acquisitions, as discussed below. Future licensing efforts may involve negotiated transactions or, if necessary, enforcement of our patent rights through litigation or other means.
We are also actively developing a licensing campaign, pursuant to which we intend to negotiate license agreements with third parties without resorting to litigation. During the first quarter of 2014, we hired additional personnel (including our Vice President, Intellectual Property (IP) Licensing and our Vice President, Legal Operations) to focus on our non-litigation licensing and enforcement strategy and, since completing the Reverse Merger, have entered into preliminary discussions with several potential licensees. As discussed below, we are not currently engaged in research and development or the internal development of new technology but continue to prosecute patents on our existing core technologies.
In addition to expanding our intellectual property portfolio by seeking additional patent protections relating to technology we currently own (as described above), we intend to acquire and develop new technology and invest in intellectual property through acquisitions and strategic partnerships. We intend to broaden our technology and patent holdings by working with inventors, acquiring technology companies, investing in research laboratories, start-ups, universities, and by creating strategic partnerships with large companies seeking to effectively and efficiently monetize their technology and patent assets. Currently, however, we do not have the resources to engage in internal research and development or internal development of new technology through our current operating platform, and we expect that any new technology that we acquire in the foreseeable future will be developed by strategic partners or businesses that we acquire or in which we invest. We will depend upon acquisitions and strategic partnerships to acquire new technology, and we may acquire operating subsidiaries or enter into strategic partnerships with businesses that develop technology on an ongoing basis. While we anticipate that we will initially focus on acquisitions and strategic partnership involving technology relating to network, web and endpoint security, we may seek to diversify to a broader software definition in the future. Our experience with monetizing both technology and patents may be considered useful by potential acquisition candidates and strategic partners who may lack resources (in terms of capital, personnel and time) to effectively and efficiently generate a return for those investments. We anticipate each opportunity may require a unique deal structure and have contemplated a number of potential constructs; we may acquire outright applicable technology and patents for an upfront fee, pay royalties based on future licensing revenue with respect to the acquired technology and patents, or commit shares of our common stock to the extent permitted under applicable securities laws and the rules of any securities exchange on which our securities are listed or a combination of the above. Since completing the Reverse Merger, we have increased our staffing with a view towards a licensing campaign and otherwise pursuing our growth strategy. Among other things, our management has entertained discussions with potential sources of new technology regarding strategic opportunities, including strategic partnerships and acquisitions. On November 21, 2013, we made a strategic investment in an Israel-based limited partnership venture capital fund seeking to invest in early-stage cyber technology companies. If and when we fund the entire amount of the investment, the investment will be less than a 10% limited partnership interest in which we will not be able to exercise control over the fund.
As part of our acquisition and strategic partnership strategy, we will seek to identify technology and patents that have been or are anticipated to be widely adopted by third parties in connection with the manufacture or sale of products and services. To date, other than a small patent portfolio that we acquired in 2005 and substantially sold thereafter, we have not acquired any material technology or intellectual property from third parties and no assurance can be given that we will be able to execute our acquisition and strategic partnership strategy on terms acceptable to us, if at all. However, we intend to leverage the contacts and expertise of our directors and executive officers who, through their backgrounds in the venture capital, technology and intellectual property monetization industries have experience identifying potentially valuable opportunities for future investment.
Prior to the Reverse Merger, Finjan’s intellectual property enforcement was handled primarily by outside consultants (including outside legal counsel and technology experts) and prior to April 2013, Finjan had no full-time employees or consultants. However, in April 2013, Finjan engaged Philip Hartstein to serve as Finjan’s president and Shimon Steinmetz to serve as Finjan’s chief financial officer, in each case on a consulting basis. Upon the closing of the Reverse Merger, Messrs. Hartstein and Steinmetz were appointed as our president and chief financial officer, respectively. In June 2013, we entered into employment agreements with each of Messrs. Hartstein and Steinmetz. During February 2014, we also hired a Vice President, Intellectual Property (IP) Licensing and a Vice President, Legal Operations as part of our efforts to pursue our licensing and enforcement business. We intend to hire or engage additional employees and/or consultants with skills and experience relevant to our online security technology business in the near term and to develop processes and procedures for identifying and evaluating the strength of a patent portfolio before the decision is made to acquire additional intellectual property or to commence enforcement actions. Among other sources, we intend to utilize our connections in venture capital, cybersecurity and technology industries to identify and retain talented personnel. There can be no assurances, however, that we will be successful in those endeavors.
Patented Technology
Through Finjan, we currently have twenty-two U.S. patents. Finjan’s current U.S. issued patents expire at various times from 2016 through 2032 and it currently has four U.S. patent applications pending. Finjan also has 11 international patents and four international patent applications pending as of the date of this prospectus. Although we may from time to time focus on monetizing certain of these patents, we consider all of our patents to be “core” patents for our business.
The following table sets forth a brief description of Finjan’s issued U.S. patents, including their respective publication numbers, application filing date, issue date, expiration date and title.
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Expiration Date*
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Title
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6092194
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11/6/1997
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7/18/2000
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11/6/2017
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System and method for protecting a computer and a network from hostile downloadables
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6154844
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12/22/1997
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11/28/2000
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12/22/2017
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System and method for attaching a downloadable security profile to a downloadable
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6167520
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1/29/1997
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12/26/2000
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1/29/2017
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System and method for protecting a client during runtime from hostile downloadables
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6480962
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4/18/2000
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11/12/2002
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1/29/2017
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System and method for protecting a client during runtime from hostile downloadables
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6804780
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3/30/2000
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10/12/2004
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11/6/2017
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System and method for protecting a computer and a network from hostile downloadables
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6965968
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2/27/2003
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11/15/2005
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7/1/2023
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Policy-based caching
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7058822
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5/17/2001
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6/6/2006
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1/7/2023
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Malicious mobile code runtime monitoring system and methods
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7418731
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5/3/2004
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8/26/2008
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4/27/2019
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Method and system for caching at secure gateways
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7613918
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2/16/2006
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11/3/2009
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12/22/2017
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System and method for enforcing a security context on a downloadable
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7613926
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3/7/2006
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11/3/2009
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11/6/2017
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Method and system for protecting a computer and a network from hostile downloadables
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7647633
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6/22/2005
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1/12/2010
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1/7/2023
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Malicious mobile code runtime monitoring system and methods
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7756996
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1/30/2004
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7/13/2010
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5/4/2029
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Embedding management data within HTTP messages
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7757289
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12/12/2005
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7/13/2010
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5/12/2029
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System and method for inspecting dynamically generated executable code
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7930299
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11/29/2006
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4/19/2011
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5/18/2027
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System and method for appending security information to search engine results
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7975305
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12/9/2004
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7/5/2011
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8/18/2020
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Method and system for adaptive rule-based content scanners for desktop computers
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8015182
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11/29/2006
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9/6/2011
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5/18/2027
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System and method for appending security information to search engine results
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8079086
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5/26/2009
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12/13/2011
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1/29/2017
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Malicious mobile code runtime monitoring system and methods
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8087079
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5/4/2007
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12/27/2011
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10/26/2030
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Byte-distribution analysis of file security
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8141154
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6/14/2010
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3/20/2012
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12/12/2025
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System and method for inspecting dynamically generated executable code
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8225408
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8/30/2004
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7/17/2012
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5/27/2021
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Method and system for adaptive rule-based content scanners
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8566580
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7/23/2008
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10/22/2013
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7/9/2032
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System for splitting an SSL connection between two security computers, designed specifically to address network security concerns
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*Patent expiration dates are routinely subject to dispute in patent infringement actions. No assurance can be given that third parties infringing our patents will not dispute the expiration dates of our patents or that we will be successful in defending against such disputes. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Web and Network Security Technology Business”
We continue to seek additional patent protection relating to the technology we currently own, recently obtaining patent protection (U.S. Patent No. 8,566,580) relating to a proprietary system for splitting an SSL connection between two secure computers, designed specifically to address network security concerns. Splitting an SSL (secure socket layer) connection or ‘split tunneling’ allows a VPN (virtual private network) user to access a public network (e.g., the Internet) and a local network simultaneously, utilizing the same physical network connection. However, split tunneling can also enable users to bypass a company’s gateway level security, which represents a significant network security risk. The technique covered by the ‘580 patent is intended to address this and other critical cybersecurity issues.
On March 18, 2014, we were issued a new patent (U.S. Patent No. 8,677,494), which relates to a proprietary malicious mobile code runtime monitoring systems and methods. The techniques described in the '494 patent cover protection systems and methods offering security for one or more personal computers and/or other intermittently or persistently network accessible devices or processes. specifically, the inventive aspects of the patent cover various defenses from undesirable or otherwise malicious operations of Java TN applets, ActiveXTM controls, JavaScriptTM scripts, Visual Basic scripts, add-ins, and downloaded/uploaded programs which are often downloaded by users without considering the inherent security risks.
As a core element of our continued patent licensing and enforcement business, our management team, having expertise with technology and IP monetization, alongside early company executives including Shlomo Touboul (Finjan’s founder) who consults with us, we monitor a number of markets and assess and observe the adoption of our patented technology in these markets. Our management team, in conjunction with outside legal, technical, and financial experts conclude on a case-by-case basis whether or not they believe that Finjan’s patented technology is being used. Based on these observations, we continue to believe our patented technologies are relevant in specific technology areas including endpoint/cloud software, web gateway/internet infrastructure, and networking equipment markets. From that basis, the Company pursues unlicensed entities through licensing, assertion of claims or both.
Competition
We expect to encounter significant competition in the area of patent acquisitions and enforcement. This includes a growing number of competitors seeking to acquire the same or similar patents and technologies that we may seek to acquire. Entities including Acacia Research Corporation, Interdigital, Inc., RPX Corporation, Rambus Inc., Tessera Technologies Inc., Wi-LAN Inc. and Pendrell Corp compete in acquiring rights to patents, and we expect more entities to enter the market.
Other companies may develop competing technologies that offer better or less expensive alternatives to our patented technologies that we may acquire and/or out-license. Many potential competitors may have significantly greater resources than us. Technological advances or entirely different approaches developed by one or more of our competitors could render certain of the technologies owned or controlled by our operating subsidiaries obsolete and/or materially reduce their value.
We also compete with venture capital firms, strategic corporate buyers and various industry leaders for technology acquisitions and licensing opportunities. Many of these competitors may have more financial and human resources than us as well as more experience operating in our industry. If we are successful, we may find more companies entering the market for similar technology opportunities, which may reduce our market share in the web and network security industry, which we currently rely upon to generate future income.
Our Organic Fertilizer Business
Overview
Through our Converted Organics subsidiary, we operate a processing facility in Gonzales, CA that uses food and agricultural waste as raw materials to manufacture all-natural fertilizer and soil amendment products combining nutritional and disease suppression characteristics for sale to the agribusiness market. We anticipate that any future revenue from our fertilizer business will be based upon our continued operation of our Gonzales, CA facility and possibly licensing the use of our technology to others.
We are evaluating whether to continue our organic fertilizer business. There can be no assurance that we will continue to operate our organic fertilizer business as previously operated or at all.
Production and Sale of Organic Fertilizer
Our organic fertilizer is produced exclusively at our Gonzales, CA plant. The plant currently produces predominantly liquid products; with additional capital it could be modified to enable production of additional dry products as well. Revenue from our fertilizer manufacturing operations is predominately generated from the sale of liquid product to the agribusiness market in California, though we do generate a small amount of revenue from tip fees associated with the receipt of food waste at the facility and sell a limited amount of dry products.
Through Converted Organics, we sell and distribute the fertilizer manufactured at the Gonzales, CA plant through a small group of sales professionals who seek out large purchasers of fertilizer for distribution in our target geographic and product markets. Key activities of the sales organization include the introduction of our products to target clients and the development of our relationships with them. Due to Converted Organics’ small size, we believe that the most efficient means of distributing our fertilizer products is to regional distributors. The majority of our sales are completed on a wholesale basis to a limited number of fertilizer distributors. Distributors typically sell our fertilizer to farms, vineyards, and other end users. We do not receive proceeds from the resale of our fertilizer products by distributors to end users. To the extent that we make sales directly to customers, we generally require our customers to handle delivery of the product.
To generate product for sale, we use a high temperature liquid composting, or “HTLC,” process to convert food waste and other feedstock into fertilizer. In simplified terms, the process operates by encouraging naturally-occurring microbes to consume prepared feedstock. The action of the microbes on the feedstock is exothermic (heat-releasing), and causes the temperature of the feedstock to rise to very high, pathogen-destroying levels. Subsequently, thermophilic (heat-loving) bacteria naturally occurring in the food waste utilize oxygen to convert the waste into a rich blend of nutrients and single-cell proteins (aerobic digestion). Feedstock preparation, digestion temperature, rate of oxygen addition, acidity, and inoculation of the microbial regime are carefully controlled to produce products that are highly consistent from batch to batch. The HTLC method can be used in any future operating plants, whether owned by us or licensed. The HTLC technology that we use is not patented and, although we believe our know-how and right to use this technology may provide a competitive advantage, we do not possess the right to exclude others from using the same or similar technology.
Our Gonzales, CA facility is our sole producer of our fertilizer product. Converted Organics, Inc., the former parent of Converted Organics of California, is considered the acquiree for accounting purposes in the Reverse Merger. The results of operations of Converted Organics have been included in our assets and liabilities and our historical operations since June 3, 2013, the date we completed the Reverse Merger. Accordingly, the following historical results of operations of Converted Organics are included in the pro forma financial information in the footnotes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this filing. During 2013, 2012 and 2011, our Converted Organics generated approximately $1.6 million of revenue (of which approximately $0.7 million was generated after the Reverse Merger and is included in our results of operations), $1.5 million and $2.8 million of revenue, respectively, from the sale of fertilizer from this facility. During 2013, approximately 68% of the revenues generated by the Gonzales, CA facility were from a total of three customers, each of which distributes our fertilizer. During 2012, approximately 58% of the revenues generated by the Gonzales, CA facility were from a total of three customers, each of which distributes our fertilizer. During 2011, approximately 53% of the revenues generated by the Gonzales, CA facility were from a total of four customers, each of which distributes our fertilizer.
Since completing the Reverse Merger, we have placed our fertilizer business under new management and have worked to enhance the operations of its fertilizer business, principally by reducing costs. Under new management, our organic fertilizer business is poised to manufacture its first new product line in approximately three years. Our new product offerings are undergoing registration with the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Once registered, our new product offerings will include a liquid soil amendment complete with beneficial soil micro-organisms and probiotics and a vegan, powder based fertilizer.
Benefits of Our Fertilizer Products and Technology
The efficacy of our fertilizer products has been demonstrated both in university laboratories and multi-year growth trials. These field trials have been conducted on more than a dozen crops including potatoes, tomatoes, squash, blueberries, grapes, cotton, and turf grass. While these studies have not been published, peer-reviewed, or otherwise subject to third-party scrutiny, we believe that the trials and other data show our products to have several valuable attributes:
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Plant Nutrition. Historically, growers have focused on the nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P) and potassium (K) content of fertilizers. As agronomists have gained a better understanding of the importance of soil culture, they have turned their attention to humic and fulvic acids, phytohormones, and other micronutrients and growth regulators not present in petrochemical-based fertilizers. We believe that the presence of such ingredients in our fertilizer may cause its use to have significant beneficial effects on soil and plant health.
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Disease Suppression. Based on field trials of product produced using our technology, we believe our products possess disease suppression characteristics that may eliminate or significantly reduce the need for fungicides and other crop protection products. The products’ disease suppression properties have been observed under controlled laboratory conditions and in documented field trials. We also have field reports that have shown the liquid concentrate to be effective in reducing the severity of powdery mildew on grapes, the verticillium pressure on tomatoes, and the scab in potatoes
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Soil amendment. As a result of its slow-release nature, our dry fertilizer product increases the organic content of soil, which improves granularity and water retention and thus reduces NPK leaching and run-off.
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Pathogen-free. Due to high processing temperatures, our products are virtually pathogen-free and have an extended shelf life. We generally recommend that customers not store our fertilizer for more than 12 months.
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In addition to these agricultural benefits, we have also achieved Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) and/or Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) certification for many of our products, allowing growers to use them in certified organic farming.
Competition
We operate our organic fertilizer business in a very competitive environment. The organic fertilizer business requires us to compete in three separate areas — organic waste stream feedstock, technology, and end products — each of which is quickly evolving. We believe our organic fertilizer business will be able to compete effectively, with adequate financial resources, because of the abundance of the supply of food waste in our geographic markets, the pricing of our tip fees, and the quality of our products and technology.
Competition for the organic waste stream feedstock includes landfills, incinerators, animal feed, land application, and traditional composting operations.
There are a variety of methods used to treat organic wastes, including composting, digestion, hydrolysis, and thermal processing.
Companies using these technologies may compete with us for organic material. These methods are defined as follows:
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Composting. Composting is a natural process of decomposition that can be accelerated through the mounding of waste into windrows to retain the heat given off by bacteria involved in the decomposition process. Given the difficulties in controlling this process, the resulting compost is often inconsistent and generally commands a lower market price than our product. Further, large-scale composting facilities require significant amounts of land for operations, which, particularly in major metropolitan areas, may either not be readily available or may be too costly.
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Digestion. Digestion may be either aerobic (requiring oxygen) like the HTLC process, or anaerobic (occurring without oxygen). Anaerobic digestion generally takes longer and produces significantly more odor as a result of the production of ammonia and methane, the latter of which is also a greenhouse gas. The methane gas produced has some value as a source of energy, but it is not readily transported and is thus generally limited to on-site use.
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Hydrolysis. Hydrolysis is a chemical process by which water reacts with another substance, and it is usually catalyzed through the introduction of an acid. This reaction is used to convert cellulose present in the organic waste into sugars, which in turn may be converted into ethanol.
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Thermal. Thermal technologies work by either completely or partially combusting organic materials for the purpose of generating electricity. Partial combustion methods may also lead to the production of useful and saleable byproducts, such as a variety of gases (e.g. hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide) and organic liquids.
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The organic fertilizer business is highly fragmented, under-capitalized, and growing rapidly. We are unaware of any dominant producers or products currently in the market. There are a number of single-input, protein-based products, such as fish, bone, and cottonseed meal, which can be used alone or mixed with chemical additives to create highly formulated fertilizer blends that target specific soil and crop needs. In this sense, they are similar to our products and provide additional competition in the organic fertilizer market. In the future, large producers of non-organic fertilizer may also increase their presence in the organic fertilizer market, and these companies are generally better-capitalized and have greater financial and marketing resources than we do.
Most of the fertilizer consumed annually in North America is mined or derived from natural gas or petroleum. These petroleum-based products generally have higher nutrient content (NPK) and cost less than organic fertilizers. Traditional petrochemical fertilizers are highly soluble and readily leach from the soil, and slow-release products, which must be coated or specially processed, command a premium. The economic value offered by petrochemicals, especially for field crops including corn, wheat, hay, and soybeans, will not be supplanted in the foreseeable future. We compete with large producers of non-organic fertilizers, many of which are significantly larger and better-capitalized than we are. In addition, we compete with numerous smaller producers of fertilizer.
Despite a large number of new products in the end market, we believe that our products have a unique set of characteristics. We believe positioning and branding the combination of nutrition and disease suppression characteristics will differentiate our products from other organic fertilizers to develop market demand, while maintaining or increasing pricing.
Target Markets
In the U.S., the majority of fertilizer is consumed by agribusiness, with the professional turf and retail segments consuming the remainder. The concern of farmers, gardeners, and landscapers about nutrient runoffs, soil health, and other long-term effects of conventional chemical fertilizers has increased demand for organic fertilizer. We have identified three target markets for our products, however due to cash and production limitations we are presently only marketing product into the agribusiness market:
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Agribusiness. Conventional farms, organic farms, horticulture, hydroponics, and aquaculture.
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Turf Management. Professional lawn care and landscaping, golf courses, and sod farms, as well as commercial, government, and institutional facilities.
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Retail Sales. Home improvement outlets, garden supply stores, nurseries, Internet sales, and shopping networks.
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We believe there are two primary business drivers influencing commercial agriculture. First, commercial farmers are focused on improving the economic yield of their land — i.e., maximizing the value derived from crop output (quantity and quality). Second, commercial farmers have begun to recognize the importance of reducing the use of chemical products while also meeting the demand for cost-effective, environmentally responsible alternatives. We believe this change in focus is the result of:
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Consumer demand for safer, higher quality food;
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The limitation on the use of certain synthetic products by government authorities, including nutrients such as nitrogen and chemicals such as methyl bromide;
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Environmental concerns and the demand for sustainable technologies; and
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Demand for more food for the growing world population.
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We believe farmers are facing pressures to change from conventional production practices to more environmentally friendly practices. U.S. agricultural producers are turning to certified organic farming methods as a potential way to lower production costs, decrease reliance on nonrenewable resources such as chemical fertilizers, increase market share with an “organically grown” label and capture premium prices, thereby boosting farm income.
Governmental Regulation
Our end products are regulated by federal, state, county, and local governments, as well as various agencies thereof, including the United States Department of Agriculture.
In addition to the regulations governing the sale of our end products, our current facility and any future facilities are subject to extensive regulation. Specific permit and approval requirements are set by the state and state agencies, as well as local jurisdictions including but not limited to cities, towns, and counties. Any changes to our plant or procedures would likely require permit modifications.
Environmental regulations will also govern the operation of our current facility and any future facilities. Regulatory agencies may require us to remediate environmental conditions at our locations. During the year ended December 31, 2013, expenses incurred to comply with environmental regulation applicable to our fertilizer business were immaterial.
Future Development
We need additional capital to build additional plants to grow our organic fertilizer business or we need to license others to use our technology. Our Converted Organics subsidiary does not have funds to build additional facilities and we have no plans to raise such funds or allocate funds generated from our online security technology business for that purpose. We are evaluating whether to continue our organic fertilizer business as currently conducted. There can be no assurance that we will continue to operate our organic fertilizer business as previously operated or at all. We do not intend to use significant amounts of cash on hand generated by Finjan to fund our organic fertilizer business.
Employees
As of April 3, 2014, we had thirteen full-time employees, three part-time employees and six part - time consultants working for us, on a consolidated basis. We have dedicated nine full time employees and one part-time employee to our web and network security technology business, including our president, chief financial officer, three vice presidents, controller and director of investor relations, as well as five part time consultants . In February 2014, we hired two additional full-time employees, who serve as our Vice President, Intellectual Property (IP) Licensing and Vice President, Legal Operations. In March 2014, the Company hired a Vice President, Corporate Counsel. Our management team and additional personnel that we may hire in the future will be primarily responsible for establishing and pursuing our licensing and enforcement strategy, including analyzing licensing and enforcement opportunities, making tactical decisions related to our strategy, identifying new applications for our existing technology and pursuing opportunities to invest in new technologies through strategic partnerships and acquisitions. Although our management controls our overall litigation strategy and our strategy for each case we litigate (or settle), we nonetheless utilize outside legal counsel to execute aspects of our licensing and enforcement strategy (such as counsel we retain to prosecute enforcement actions, under the supervision of management) and technology and utilize consultants, including Shlomo Touboul, Finjan’s founder and former chief technology officer, to assess opportunities related to our technology and additional technologies we may pursue in the future. We intend to hire additional full time employees (or additional consultants or independent contractors) in the near future to expand our online security technology business, although no assurance can be given that we will be able to attract or retain qualified employees on terms acceptable to us or at all. Four of our full-time employees work in connection with our organic fertilizer segment (one in office management, two in operations and one in sales). We also have two part-time employees and one part-time consultant in our organic fertilizer business. Neither we nor any of our subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement. We consider our employee relations to be good.
Properties
Our principal executive office is located at 122 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10168, which we use in connection with our web and network security technology segment and for general corporate purposes.
We occupy the space for our principal executive office pursuant to a lease agreement, dated September 9, 2013, with 122 East 42nd Street, LLC. Under the lease, for a period of five years from the commencement date of the lease, we owe an initial annual rent of $138,952, payable in monthly installments of $11,579, unless earlier terminated in accordance with the lease. The annual rental rate is subject to a 2.5% increase each anniversary of such commencement date during the five-year term of the lease. Our office space at 122 East 42nd Street replaced our office at 261 Madison Avenue, New York, New York.
We also occupy space in Menlo Park, California pursuant to a sublease agreement we entered into on March 10, 2014, subject to the consent of the master landlord. We received the consent from the master landlord on March 20, 2014. From the commencement date through November 30, 2017, we will owe an initial annual rent of $164,619, payable in equal monthly installments, unless earlier terminated by either party in accordance with the lease. The annual rental rate is subject to an approximately 3.0% increase each anniversary of the commencement date during the term.
We have a lease for land in Gonzales, CA, where our Gonzales, CA facility is located. The land is leased from Valley Land Holdings (“VLH”), a California LLC whose sole member is a former officer and a former director of our company. The lease provides for a monthly rent of $10,433. The lease is renewable for three 5-year terms after the expiration of the initial 10-year term. In addition, we own the Gonzales, CA facility and the operating equipment used in the facility. Our Gonzalez, CA facility is used in our organic fertilizer segment. Effective April 15, 2013, we assigned our rights and obligations under our Gonzales, CA lease to our Converted Organics subsidiary, which assumed our obligations thereunder.
Legal Proceedings
From time to time, in the normal course of business, we are a party to various legal proceedings. For additional information regarding legal proceedings to which we are a party, see “Business—Our Web and Network Security Technology Business—Licensing and Enforcement Business” above. We believe there is no other litigation pending that could have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.
Corporate Information and History
Finjan Holdings, Inc. (formerly, Converted Organics Inc.) was incorporated in Delaware in January of 2006 for the purpose of establishing a waste-to-fertilizer business. In February 2007, we successfully completed both a $9.9 million initial public offering of stock and a $17.5 million bond offering with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. The net proceeds of these offerings were used to develop and construct a fertilizer manufacturing facility in Woodbridge, New Jersey. In January of 2008, we acquired the assets of Waste Recovery Industries, LLC and United Organic Products, LLC, including our processing facility in Gonzales, California. Also in 2008, operations commenced at the Woodbridge, New Jersey plant, with the production of dry fertilizer product beginning in 2009. We subsequently began distribution of the dry product in the professional turf and retail markets. In 2009, we also raised $27 million of additional capital and the Gonzales, California facility became cash flow positive. In 2010, we closed the Woodbridge, New Jersey plant, making the Gonzales, California plant our sole fertilizer manufacturing facility.
In March 2010, we began to operate an Industrial Wastewater Resources, or “IWR,” division to leverage our exclusive license of the LM-HT Concentrator technology for the treatment of industrial wastewater. On March 23, 2010, we entered into a loan and license agreement with Heartland Technology Partners, LLC, or “HTP.” On September 17, 2012, we completed a transaction with HTP whereby we terminated all rights under the license agreement in exchange for $650,000 and we no longer have any rights under that agreement.
On May 20, 2010, we formed TerraSphere Inc., a Delaware C corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, for the purpose of acquiring the membership interests of TerraSphere Systems, LLC, or “TerraSphere Systems.” On July 6, 2010, we, TerraSphere Inc., Terrasphere Systems and the members of TerraSphere Systems entered into a membership interest purchase agreement, pursuant to which we agreed to acquire the membership interests of TerraSphere Systems. The agreement was approved by our stockholders on September 16, 2010 and we acquired 95% of the membership interests of TerraSphere Systems on November 12, 2010. TerraSphere Systems is in the business of designing, building, and operating highly efficient and scalable systems, featuring a patented, proprietary technology that utilizes vertically-stacked modules to house rows of plants, which are then placed perpendicular to an interior light source to grow pesticide and chemical-free organic fruits and vegetables. On December 7, 2012, we entered into an agreement, whereby we transferred our entire ownership of TerraSphere Inc. and its subsidiaries to a third party. The purchaser received all of the assets of TerraSphere Inc. and its subsidiaries, assumed all of the liabilities of TerraSphere Inc. and its subsidiaries and paid us nominal cash consideration. In light of the sale of TerraSphere Inc. and its subsidiaries, we will not generate future revenue from the vertical farming segment of our business and as such, the results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 were classified as discontinued operations.
On June 3, 2013, we entered into the Merger Agreement with Finjan and Merger Sub, pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Finjan, with Finjan being the surviving corporation. The Reverse Merger was consummated on June 3, 2013. As a result of the Reverse Merger, Finjan became our wholly-owned subsidiary and former holders of Finjan’s capital stock received an aggregate of 20,467,058 shares of our common stock, or 91.5% of our outstanding common stock at the effective time of the Reverse Merger (on a fully-diluted basis, but excluding any shares underlying the options to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,585,476 shares of our common stock issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement).
On June 3, 2013, as a condition to the closing of the Reverse Merger, we entered into the Exchange Agreement. Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, immediately following the effectiveness of the Reverse Merger, each of Hudson Bay and Iroquois exchanged an aggregate of $1,192,500 principal amount of our convertible notes, 13,281 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 105,554 (on an adjusted basis, after giving effect to the 1-for-500 reverse stock split effected on June 3, 2013 and the 1-for-12 reverse stock split effected on August 22, 2013) shares of our common stock for an aggregate of 1,789,470 shares of our common stock, or 8% of our outstanding common stock immediately following the Reverse Merger (on a fully-diluted basis, but excluding any shares underlying the options to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,585,476 shares of our common stock issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement). Each of Hudson Bay and Iroquois also released us, our affiliates, subsidiaries and related companies from any and all debts, liabilities and other claims with respect to such convertible notes, Series A Preferred Stock and warrants.
Prior to the Reverse Merger, our corporate name was “Converted Organics, Inc.” On June 3, 2013, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Name Change Merger Sub, which was formed solely for the purpose of effecting the change of our corporate name, pursuant to which, on June 3, 2013, Name Change Merger Sub was merged with and into our company, and our company remained as the surviving corporation. Upon filing of the Certificate of Ownership and Merger reflecting the merger of Name Change Merger Sub with and into our company with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 3, 2013, we changed our corporate name from Converted Organics, Inc. to Finjan Holdings, Inc., without obtaining shareholder approval, through a short-form merger in accordance with Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. In connection with our name change, the symbol for our common stock was changed to “FNJN,” effective July 2, 2013.
We effected a 1-for-12 reverse stock split of our common stock on August 22, 2013.
For additional information regarding Finjan’s corporate history, please see “Business—Online Security Technology—Development of Finjan’s Business” above.
Our principal executive offices are located at 122 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10168. Our telephone number is (646) 755-3320 and our web address is finjan.com. The information included or referred to on, or accessible through, our website does not constitute part of, and is not incorporated by reference into, this prospectus.
Effective as of June 3, 2013, in connection with the closing of the Reverse Merger and pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Edward J. Gildea resigned as our president and chief executive officer, David R. Allen resigned as our chief financial officer and executive vice president of administration, William Gildea resigned as our secretary and Edward J. Stoltenberg resigned as a director of the Company. Edward J. Gildea also resigned as the chairman of the board of directors but remains a director of the Company.
Effective as of June 3, 2013, Philip Hartstein was appointed as our president, Shimon Steinmetz was appointed as our chief financial officer and Daniel Chinn was appointed as a director to fill the vacancy created by Edward Stoltenberg’s resignation. Mr. Chinn also served as chief executive officer of our Finjan subsidiary until April 2, 2014 when he transitioned to focus his time on serving on the Company’s board of directors. Effective as of June 23, 2013, Michael Eisenberg, Eric Benhamou and Alex Rogers were appointed as additional members of our board of directors to fill vacancies on our board. On April 4, 2014, Glenn Daniel, Harry Kellogg and Michael Southworth were also appointed as additional members of our board, which appointments increased the size of our board from five to eight directors. All three new board members will serve as independent directors.
The following table sets certain information concerning our executive officers and directors, including their names, ages, positions with us and, with respect to directors, the year in which their current term as directors expires. Our executive officers are chosen by our board of directors and hold their respective offices until their resignation or earlier removal by the board of directors.
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Position
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Age
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Class
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Executive
Officer Since
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Director Since
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Term Expires
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Daniel Chinn
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Director
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47
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1
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2010 (5)
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2013
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2013(3)
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Edward Gildea
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Director (1)
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62
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2
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N/A
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2006
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2014
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Michael Eisenberg
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Director (2)
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42
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3
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N/A
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2013
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2015
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Eric Benhamou
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Director (2)
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58
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1
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N/A
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2013
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2013(3)
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Alex Rogers
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Director (2)
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39
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2
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N/A
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2013
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2014
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Glenn Daniel
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Director (4)
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66 |
2 |
N/A
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2014 |
2014 |
Harry Kellogg
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Director (4)
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70 |
3 |
N/A
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2014 |
2015 |
Michael Southworth
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Director (4)
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41 |
1 |
N/A
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2014 |
2013(3) |
Philip Hartstein
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President
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37
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N/A
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2013
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N/A
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N/A
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Shimon Steinmetz
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Chief Financial Officer
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35
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N/A
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2013
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N/A
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N/A
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(1) Mr. Gildea resigned as our president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors, effective June 3, 2013. He continues to serve as one of our directors. Effective as of June 23, 2013, he resigned as a director and was immediately reappointed as a class 2 director with a term expiring in 2014.
(2) Messrs. Eisenberg, Benhamou and Rogers have been appointed to serve as members of our board of directors, to fill the vacancies created by the increase in the size of our board of directors from two members to five members. Such appointments became effective as of June 23, 2013, 10 days after mailing of an information statement with respect to a change in the majority of our board of directors pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
(3) No annual meeting of stockholders was held during 2013. Class 1 board members will be up for election at the next meeting of stockholders.
(4) Messrs. Daniel, Kellogg and Southworth were appointed to serve as members of our board of directors as of April 4, 2014.
(5) Mr. Chinn also served as chief executive officer of our Finjan subsidiary until April 2, 2014 when he transitioned to focus his time on serving on the Company’s board of directors.
Executive Officers/Directors
The following information pertains to our executive officers who also serve as directors, their principal occupations and other public company directorships for at least the last five years and information regarding their specific experiences, qualifications, attributes and skills.
Daniel Chinn. Mr. Chinn was appointed as a director of the Company in connection with the closing of the Reverse Merger. Mr. Chinn has served, and continues to serve, as a the chief executive officer of our Finjan subsidiary from 2010 until April 2, 2014 when he transitioned to focus his time on serving on the Company’s board of directors . He also served as a director of FSI (from 2006) and the chief executive officer (from 2010) of FSI until its dissolution in 2013. Since 2011, Mr. Chinn has also been a Partner at Tulchinsky Stern Marciano Cohen Levitski & Co., an Israeli law firm, where he specializes in corporate and transactional matters. Prior to joining Tulchinsky Stern Marciano Cohen Levitski & Co., from 2009 to 2010, Mr. Chinn was the chief executive officer of Seambiotic Ltd., which develops and produces marine microalgae for the food additives sector and as an energy alternative source, and from 2006 to 2010, he was a Partner at Israel Seed IV, L.P., an investment company focusing on Israeli information technology and life sciences companies. The Company believes that Mr. Chinn brings to our board of directors his deep knowledge and understanding of Finjan’s business, gained over 7 years of service in board and management capacities of Finjan and FSI, and his experience in leading and advising other small market companies as investor, director, executive officer and legal counsel.
Non-Employee Directors
The following information pertains to our non-employee directors, their principal occupations and other public company directorships for at least the last five years and information regarding their specific experiences, qualifications, attributes and skills.
Michael Eisenberg. Mr. Eisenberg was appointed as a director of the Company effective as of June 23, 2013. Mr. Eisenberg has served as a director of Finjan since 2003. Since 2005, Mr. Eisenberg has been a general partner at Benchmark Capital Partners, an early stage venture capital firm focusing on social, mobile, local and cloud companies that disrupt various industries. Mr. Eisenberg has served, and continues to serve, on the board of directors of many of Benchmark’s portfolio companies in the technology industry. Mr. Eisenberg earned a B.A. from Yeshiva University. In July 2013, Mr. Eisenberg co-founded, and currently serves as a manager of, Aleph, a venture capital firm focused on serving Israeli entrepreneurs. The Company believes that Mr. Eisenberg will bring to our board of directors his deep knowledge and understanding of Finjan’s business, gained over ten years of service as a director of Finjan, and his extensive board leadership with other companies in the technology industry.
Eric Benhamou. Mr. Benhamou was appointed as a director of the Company effective as of June 23, 2013. He has served as a director of Finjan since 2006. Mr. Benhamou is also chairman and chief executive officer of Benhamou Global Ventures, LLC, which he founded in 2003. Benhamou Global Ventures, LLC invests and plays an active role in innovative high tech firms throughout the world. Mr. Benhamou sits or has sat on the boards of directors of numerous public and private companies in the technology industry. Among U.S. public companies, he serves as a director of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, a semiconductor company (chairman, since 1993) and SVB Financial Group, a diversified financial services company, bank holding company and financial holding company (since 2005), and has previously served as a director of RealNetworks, Inc., creator of digital media services and software (2003-2012), 3Com Corporation, a public networking solutions provider (chairman, 1990-2010), Voltaire Ltd., a public grid computing network solutions company (2007-2011), Dasient, a security company that provides malware detection and prevention solutions (2010-2011) and Palm, Inc., a public mobile products provider (chairman, 1999-2007). Mr. Benhamou also has served in management capacities at various public and private technology companies, including Palm, Inc. (interim chief executive officer, 2001-2003) and 3Com Corporation (chief executive officer, 1990-2000), and previously founded Bridge Communications, an early networking pioneer, and served as vice president of engineering (1981-1987) until its merger with 3Com in 1987. He serves as a member of the board of the Stanford University School of Engineering, as a vice chairman of the board of governors of Ben Gurion University of the Negev, and serves other educational and philanthropic organizations. Mr. Benhamou holds a Master of Science degree from Stanford University’s School of Engineering, a Diplôme d’Ingénieur and a doctorate from Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers, Paris, and several honorary degrees. We believe that Mr. Benhamou’s extensive experience managing public companies in the technology sector, his expertise in venture and other financial transactions, and his engineering expertise makes him well-qualified to serve on our board of directors.
Alex Rogers. Alex Rogers was appointed as a director of the Company effective as of June 23, 2013. He has served as a director of Finjan since 2005. Mr. Rogers also serves as a managing director HarbourVest Partners (Asia) Limited and HarbourVest Partners LLC, which he joined in 1998. At HarbourVest, he focuses on direct co-investments in growth equity, buyout, and mezzanine transactions in Asia, Europe and emerging markets regions, and has been instrumental in expanding and managing HarbourVest’s direct investment team in London, including its direct European senior debt investing activities. He has also been actively involved in HarbourVest’s business development activities, including the listings of HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited (“HVPE”) and HarbourVest Senior Loan Europe Limited (“HSLE”). Mr. Rogers transferred to HarbourVest’s Hong Kong subsidiary in 2012. He serves or has recently served as a board member or board observer at M86, MobileAccess Networks (acquired by Corning), MYOB (acquired by Bain Capital), Nero AG, Transmode Systems (TRMO:SS), TynTec, and World-Check (acquired by Thomson Reuters). His previous experience includes two years with McKinsey & Company. Mr. Rogers received a BA (summa cum laude) in Economics from Duke University in 1996 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2002, where he graduated with high distinction and was named a Baker Scholar. Mr. Rogers brings to the board his global expertise in capital markets, private equity and strategic transactions, as well as his experience serving on the boards of numerous portfolio and other companies.
Edward J. Gildea. Mr. Gildea has been a director of the Company since January 2006. From January 2006 until the closing of the Reverse Merger, Mr. Gildea also served as our chairman, president and chief executive officer. From 2001 to 2005, he held several executive positions including chief operating officer, executive vice president, Strategy and Business Development, and General Counsel of Quality Metric Incorporated, a private health status measurement business. During that period, Mr. Gildea was also engaged in the private practice of law representing business clients and held management positions in our predecessor companies. He holds an A.B. degree from the College of the Holy Cross and a J.D. degree from Suffolk University Law School. The Company believes that Mr. Gildea’s financial and business expertise, including a diversified background of counseling and managing both public and private companies, gives him the qualifications and skills to serve as a Director.
Glenn Daniel. Mr. Daniel has been a director of the Company since April 2014. He was formerly a Managing Director at the global investment bank Houlihan Lokey, where he was head of Houlihan Lokey’s San Francisco office for 15 of his 25 years with the firm. During this time, he advised Boards of Directors and Independent Committees of technology companies on fairness, valuation, and other financial matters in M&A and securities transactions. Mr. Daniel has deep experience with litigation in financial disputes, having testified as a financial expert in more than 25 cases in State, Federal, and Bankruptcy Court. He previously held positions with Moody's Investors Service and Lehman Brothers. Mr. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Arts in German & Economics and a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the CFA Institute. Mr. Daniel brings to the board his extensive background in finance and accounting, as well as his valuable experience with litigation and financial disputes.
Harry Kellogg. Mr. Kellogg has been a director of the Company since April 2014. He was previously Vice Chairman of the Board of Silicon Valley Bank, a public company, and Head of Strategic Relationships for SVB Financial Group. He was responsible for overseeing SVB Financial Group’s venture capital, private equity, private banking and premium wine activities. Kellogg joined Silicon Valley Bank in 1986 as senior vice president of the Technology Division. Prior to joining Silicon Valley Bank, he was the group manager of Corporate Banking at Bank of the West for five years and started that bank’s technology lending group. He was also with Wells Fargo Bank for 13 years, including four years in the Wells Fargo Special Industries Group, a high-tech lending unit within Wells Fargo Bank. Mr. Kellogg is and has been actively involved in many civic and industry organizations, serving on many of their boards and advisory boards. These include: TechNet, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, Financial Executives International, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, The Computer History Museum, California/Israel Chamber of Commerce, Nollenberger Capital Partners, The Tuck Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship, Pacific Community Ventures and Grameen Bank. Mr. Kellogg is an emeritus board member of the Technology Museum of Innovation. In 2001, he was named one of Upside Magazine’s “100 People Who Changed Our World.” Mr. Kellogg holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration & Finance from San Jose State University. Mr. Kellogg brings to the board his valuable expertise in the banking and financial industries, his expertise on financial and accounting matters and his extensive experience service on public and private company boards of directors.
Michael Southworth. Mr. Southworth has been a director of the Company since April 2014. He is the Chief Financial Officer at Contact Solutions LLC, a leading provider of cloud-based and mobile customer self-service solutions. He led Contact Solutions’ business transformation, including strategy planning, risk mitigation, executive recruitment and change management. For over two decades, Mr. Southworth has directed companies from the start-up phase through major periods of growth, and has been behind over $100 million in private equity and debt financing. Previously, Mr. Southworth was Senior Vice President of Global Wireless Solutions at Corning. Prior to Corning, he held senior financial roles at a number of technology companies including MobileAccess Networks, Lucent Technologies, and Chromatis. Mr. Southworth holds a Bachelor of Science, Biology, Business concentration, from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California. Mr. Southworth brings to the board his wealth of experience with early stage growth companies, particularly in the technology space, and his expertise in private equity and debt financing.
Executive Officers
The following information pertains to our non-director executive officers.
Philip Hartstein. Mr. Hartstein was appointed as the president of the Company in connection with the closing of the Reverse Merger. He has served as president of Finjan since April 2013. Previously, Mr. Hartstein was a vice president and portfolio manager with IP Navigation Group a full-service patent monetization firm, from 2012 to 2013. He served as Managing Director—Business Development with Rembrandt IP Solutions, a firm that specializes in investing in and monetizing infringed intellectual property, from 2009 to 2012. In prior roles, Mr. Hartstein was a director with IPotential in the patent brokerage group, a director and early member of Ocean Tomo’s management team overseeing both the patent analytics and IP acquisitions groups, working as an in-house IP manager for a medical device start-up, and as a patent engineer for boutique IP law firm.
Shimon Steinmetz. Mr. Steinmetz was appointed as the chief financial officer of the Company in connection with the Reverse Merger. He has served as chief financial officer of Finjan since April 2013. Prior to joining Finjan, Mr. Steinmetz worked in the technology investment banking practice at Cantor Fitzgerald . Earlier in his career he worked as restructuring consultant at Grant Thornton and as a Senior Associate at TH Lee Putnam Ventures. He began his career on Wall Street as an investment banker at Salomon Smith Barney and Goldman Sachs. Shimon holds a MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA from Yeshiva University.
Family Relationships
There are no family relationships among the members of our board of directors or our executive officers.
Composition of the Board and Director Independence
Our board of directors currently consists of eight members. Our board of directors determines director independence based on the definition of “independent directors” under NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 5605(a)(2). Consistent with that standard, after review of all relevant transactions and relationships, including between each director, any of his family members, and us, our executive officers and our independent registered public accounting firm, our board of directors has affirmatively determined that as of the date hereof, Messrs. Eisenberg, Benhamou, Rogers , Daniel, Kellogg and Southworth are independent under the NASDAQ standard for independence. Prior to the Reverse Merger, our board of directors consisted of two members, one of whom (Edward Stoltenberg) qualified as an independent director.
In accordance with our certificate of incorporation, our board of directors is divided into three classes of directors, with the classes as nearly equal in number as possible, each serving staggered three-year terms. As a result, approximately one third of our board of directors will be elected each year.
The terms of office of our board of directors will be:
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Class 1 directors, whose initial term was scheduled to expire at the next annual meeting of stockholders, originally to be held in 2013 (but to be held in 2014) continue to serve with a term expiring at our next annual meeting and when their successors are duly elected and qualify;
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Class 2 directors, whose initial term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2014 and when their successors are duly elected and qualify; and
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Class 3 directors, whose initial term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2015 and when their successors are duly elected and qualify.
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Daniel Chinn, Eric Benhamou and Michael Southworth are class 1 directors, Edward Gildea, Alex Rogers and Glenn Daniel are class 2 directors and Michael Eisenberg and Harry Kellogg are class 3 directors.
The classification of directors will have the effect of making it more difficult for stockholders to change the composition of our board. Our bylaws provide that the number of directors shall consist of not less than two and not more than eight members, with the exact number to be fixed at the discretion of the board.
Board Committees
As our common stock is not presently listed for trading or quotation on a national securities exchange, we are not presently required to have board committees, such as an audit committee, compensation committee or nominating committee. In view of the fact that our board of directors had only two members until June 23, 2013, the customary functions of an audit committee, compensation committee and nominating committee had been performed by the full board of directors. On October 7, 2013, we adopted a new written charter for, and reconstituted, the compensation committee of our board of directors, and Daniel Chinn, Michael Eisenberg and Alex Rogers were appointed as its members. In addition, on October 7, 2013, we adopted a new written charter for, and reconstituted, the nominating and corporate governance committee of our board of directors, and Daniel Chinn and Michael Eisenberg were appointed as its members, with Mr. Chinn serving as Chair. With the addition of three new directors on April 4, 2014, the compensation committee was reconstituted to be comprised of Michael Eisenberg, Alex Rogers and Glenn Daniel, with Mr. Eisenberg serving as Chair. An audit committee was also formed on April 4, 2014 and is comprised of Eric Benhamou, Glenn Daniel, Harry Kellogg and Michael Southworth, with Mr. Benhamou serving as Chair. Previously, the function of our audit committee was performed by our full board of directors. We currently have one board member, Eric Benhamou, who qualifies and is designated as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
During the year ended December 31, 2013, none of our executive officers served as a director of or member of a compensation committee of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving on our board of directors. See “Board Committees” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” regarding our compensation committee and its members.
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
Introduction and Overview
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) provides an overview of the Company’s executive compensation program together with a description of the material factors underlying the decisions which resulted in the compensation provided to the Company’s executive officers who are named in the Summary Compensation Table, and whom we sometimes refer to as the “Named Executive Officers,” for 2013.
Effective as of October 7, 2013, the date we adopted a charter for, and reconstituted, the compensation committee of our board of directors, our compensation committee has responsibility for determining and approving the various elements of our compensation programs for our President and Chief Financial Officer. Those functions were performed by our full board prior to the reconstitution of our compensation committee. Prior to the Reverse Merger, Finjan had no employees and, as such, had no established executive compensation program. References in this discussion to functions performed by the compensation committee shall be read to refer to the full board of directors to the extent they were performed prior to the reconstitution of the compensation committee.
As described below, the principal elements of our compensation programs include base salary, annual bonuses and long-term incentives such as stock options.
Compensation Philosophy and Objectives
The goal of our executive compensation program is to motivate, retain and reward executives who create long-term value for our shareholders. Our compensation program is designed to reward, and incentivize executives to position the Company for future growth and, to achieve, short-term and long-term financial and operating performance excellence and align the executives’ long-term interests with those of our shareholders while recognizing individual contributions to the Company. To achieve these objectives, the compensation committee believes that executive compensation should generally consist of both cash and equity-based compensation. Compensation levels for each executive are determined based on several factors, including:
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general economic conditions;
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our current and historical compensation practices and current and historical compensation practices of peer companies;
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each executive’s performance, skill sets and roles in the Company; and,
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the Company’s need for skill sets and the global or regional market for the executive’s skill sets.
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Components of Executive Compensation
Currently, our executive compensation program consists of short-term compensation (salary and bonus) and long-term compensation (stock options) to achieve our goal of improving earnings and achieving long term sustainable growth in revenues and earnings which we believe is aligned with our stockholders’ interests.
Annual Salary
Annual salaries of executive officers are set at levels competitive with other companies of comparable size and scope with whom we compete for executive talent. Although the compensation committee believes a significant portion of each executive’s compensation should be based on our long-term performance, the compensation committee also believes that a stable base salary is necessary to attract, motivate, reward and retain our executives and to recognize the performance of their respective job responsibilities. Therefore, we intend for the base salary component of total compensation to be relatively stable year over year, subject to adjustment at the discretion of the compensation committee for changes in the cost of living or increases in responsibilities. Total executive compensation is impacted to a significant extent by the variability of bonuses and long-term incentive compensation (which are discussed below). The compensation committee sets the compensation philosophy with respect to base salaries for our executives generally, and will review the base salary of each executive officer annually in light of our overall compensation objectives and contractual obligations. Based on such review, the compensation committee will consider making adjustments to reflect market conditions, changes in responsibilities and potential merit increases consistent with compensation practices throughout our organization.
Base salaries for our president and CFO were determined pursuant to their respective employment agreements, entered into on July 8, 2013, which in turn were based on their respective consulting agreements with Finjan, Inc. entered into in April 2013. Pursuant to their employment agreements, the president’s and the CFO’s initial base salaries were set at $300,000 per year and $200,000 per year, respectively. These salaries resulted from separate, arms-length negotiations between Finjan (prior to the Reverse Merger) and our president and CFO before they agreed to consult with Finjan, and reflected Finjan’s view of the market for talent with the comparable skills and experience, the compensation they received from their previous employers and their anticipated job responsibilities.
Cash Bonuses
The second element of executive compensation is an annual cash bonus. Pursuant to their employment agreements, our President and CFO are entitled to cash bonuses of up to $75,000 and $50,000, respectively, which is meant to reward executives for the progress of the business over the fiscal year. The Committee believes that a significant portion of each executive’s compensation should be contingent on the annual progress of the Company, as well as the individual contribution of each executive to achieving our goals. Although the compensation committee expects to periodically review our financial metrics as measures of our performance, due to the unpredictability of our income during any specific periods, cash bonuses may not necessarily reflect financial performance measures as we grow our business. Instead, our compensation committee expects to consider various measures related to the growth of our business, such as the status of licensing discussions and enforcement activities, progress in acquiring additional technology or additional patents based on our existing technology, progress in implementing corporate governance and similar objectives, and other similar measures which may not generate financial returns during the period for which a bonus is earned.
For the 2013 fiscal year, the compensation committee approved a bonus of $50,000 for each of our President and CFO, which was paid in 2013. The compensation committee determined that such bonus amounts were appropriate in light of the Company’s overall progress, including the completion of the Reverse Merger, the early-stage development of our licensing program and transitioning Finjan’s business from privately to publicly owned.
Long-Term Incentive Compensation
The third element of executive compensation, in addition to annual salary and cash bonus, is long-term incentive compensation consisting of equity awards. The compensation committee believes that granting equity-based compensation awards to our executives is the most direct way to align their long-term interests with those of our shareholders. The compensation committee also believes that equity compensation encourages greater responsibility on the part of our President and CFO because the value of their equity compensation is subject to risk. As a result, each executive officer’s total annual compensation includes a significant portion of option awards. The stock options that have been granted to the Company’s executives are subject to a vesting schedule pursuant to which 25% of the options vest on the one-year anniversary of the grant date, with the balance vesting over the succeeding three years in equal amounts every three calendar months, encouraging the retention of the executive officers.
On June 3, 2013, immediately following the closing of the Reverse Merger, our board of directors approved the Finjan Holdings, Inc. 2013 Global Share Option Plan and Israeli Sub-Plan (the “2013 Option Plan”), which provides for awards of incentive stock options. The 2013 Option Plan permits awards to employees of the Company or its affiliates and the Company’s directors, consultants, advisers, service providers or controlling stockholder and is administered by the Compensation Committee. The compensation committee is determining whether to pursue adoption of a new incentive compensation plan intended to broaden the types of incentive awards that may be granted in order to gain flexibility in attracting and retaining talent.
Prior to the Reverse Merger, Finjan awarded options with grant date fair values of $276,942 and $118,689 to Messrs. Hartstein and Steinmetz, respectively. In addition, Finjan awarded Mr. Chinn options with a grant date fair value of $451,143. The number of options awarded was determined by the Finjan board of directors based on a percentage of the aggregate shares expected to be outstanding following the Reverse Merger. With respect to Mr. Chinn, the options were awarded at the discretion of Finjan’s board of directors (excluding Mr. Chinn, who recused himself from the Finjan board’s approval of his option award) to reward Mr. Chinn for his efforts in connection with the 2010 Litigation (and related settlements) as well as in recognition of his efforts leading up to the Reverse Merger.
Role of Management
While the compensation committee is primarily responsible for the oversight of our executive compensation, the President recommends compensation packages for the CFO and our CFO discusses his compensation with the compensation committee directly. The compensation committee believes that the President's input is critical in determining the compensation of other executive officers given his day to day role in the Company and his responsibility in establishing and implementing the Company’s strategic plans. Therefore, while the compensation committee has been and will be primarily responsible for determining executive compensation, the President will continue to provide his input and recommendations to the compensation committee with respect to compensation for the CFO. Daniel Chinn, who served as the chief executive officer of our subsidiary Finjan, Inc., also makes recommendations to the compensation committee with respect to the compensation of our senior management, based on his historic knowledge of the Company, its technology and objectives. As a member of our board of directors, Mr. Chinn will also participate in votes on the compensation of our non-executive directors. The compensation committee determines the compensation package for the President.
The Compensation Committee’s Consideration of Risk in Relation to Executive Management
In 2013, the compensation committee considered the nature, extent and acceptability of risks that our executives may be encouraged to take by our compensation programs. Taking carefully considered risks is an integral part of any business strategy, and our executive compensation program is not intended to eliminate management decisions that involve risk. Rather, the combination of various elements in our program is designed to mitigate the potential reward risk-taking that may produce short-term results that appear in isolation to be favorable, but that may undermine the successful execution of our long-term business strategy and destroy shareholder value. Together with the Company’s processes for strategic planning, its internal control over financial reporting and other financial and compliance policies and practices, the design of our compensation program helps to mitigate the potential for management actions that involve an unreasonable level of risk. Our compensation program seeks to balance performance rewarded in cash and shares of our common stock, base level salaries that are consistent with our executive’s responsibilities so that our executives are not motivated to take excessive risks to achieve a reasonable level of financial security and plans that reward executives based on financial measures as well as other objective criteria.
Summary Compensation Table
The following table provides the compensation earned for the fiscal years indicated for services rendered to us in all capacities, by our named executive officers.
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Stock
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Option
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Name and
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Bonus
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Awards
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Awards
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All Other
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Principal Position
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Year
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Salary
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(2) |
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(2) |
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Compensation
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Total
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Philip Hartstein
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2013
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$ |
150,000 |
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$ |
50,000 |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
276,942 |
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$ |
75,000 |
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$ |
551,942 |
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President (3)
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Shimon Steinmetz
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2013
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$ |
100,000 |
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$ |
50,000 |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
118,689 |
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$ |
59,999 |
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$ |
328,688 |
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Chief Financial Officer (4)
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Daniel Chinn
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2013
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$ |
- |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
451,143 |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
451,143 |
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Chief Executive Officer,
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Finjan, Inc. (5)
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Edward Gildea
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2013
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$ |
49,215 |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
29,411 |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
300,000 |
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$ |
378,626 |
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President and Chief
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2012
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$ |
229,005 |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
229,005 |
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Executive Officer (6)
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2011
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$ |
198,900 |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
144,498 |
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$ |
117,740 |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
461,138 |
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David Allen
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2013
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$ |
81,442 |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
3,219 |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
175,000 |
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$ |
259,661 |
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Chief Financial Officer (7)
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2012
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$ |
187,676 |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
187,676 |
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2011
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$ |
156,081 |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
41,887 |
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$ |
34,130 |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
232,098 |
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The Company provided discretionary cash bonuses to its president and chief financial officer based upon the Company’s progress following the completion of the Reverse Merger. The bonuses were not based on specific performance criteria.
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Represents the full grant date fair value of the stock award or option grant, as applicable, calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Our policy and assumptions made in the valuation of share-based payments are contained in Note 11 to our December 31, 2013 financial statements. The value of stock awards presented in the Summary Compensation Table reflects the grant date fair value of the awards and does not correspond to the actual value that will be recognized by the named executive officers.
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In April 2013, Finjan engaged Philip Hartstein to serve as its president pursuant to a consulting agreement, which was terminated upon the execution of an employment agreement between the Company and Mr. Hartstein effective as of July 1, 2013. Prior to the effectiveness of such employment agreement, the Company paid Mr. Hartstein $75,000 of consulting fees, which are reflected as “other compensation” in the table above. During 2013, Finjan granted Mr. Hartstein a ten-year option, which, as a result of the Reverse Merger, was converted into a ten-year option to purchase 432,403 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.66 per share.
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In April 2013, Finjan engaged Shimon Steinmetz to serve as its chief financial officer pursuant to a consulting agreement, which was terminated upon the execution of an employment agreement between the Company and Mr. Steinmetz effective as of July 1, 2013. Prior to the effectiveness of such employment agreement, the Company paid Mr. Steinmetz $59,999 of consulting fees, which are reflected as “other compensation” in the table above. During 2013, Finjan granted Mr. Steinmetz a ten-year option, which, as a result of the Reverse Merger, was converted into a ten-year option to purchase 185,315 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.66 per share.
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During 2013, Finjan granted Mr. Chinn a ten-year option, which, as a result of the Reverse Merger, was converted into an option to purchase 535,355 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.66 per share. Mr. Chinn served as the chief executive officer of our subsidiary, Finjan, Inc. from 2010 until April 2, 2014 when he transitioned to focus his time on serving on the Company’s board of directors.
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Edward Gildea was the president and chief executive officer of Converted Organics, Inc. prior to the Reverse Merger. Mr. Gildea resigned his positions as an officer of the Company effective as of June 3, 2013. He continues to serve as a director of the Company. Mr. Gildea did not receive compensation in his capacity as a director during the year ended December 31, 2013. The Company awarded 241,938 shares of restricted stock to Mr. Gildea in connection with the closing of the Reverse Merger, all of which vested on December 3, 2013. Mr. Gildea also received $300,000, in cash, in connection with the termination of his severance agreement upon the consummation of the Reverse Merger. Mr. Gildea’s compensation is not included in the financial statements included within this Annual Report because this is pre-Reverse Merger compensation.
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David Allen was the chief financial officer of Converted Organics, Inc. prior to the Reverse Merger. Mr. Allen resigned his position as an officer of the Company effective as of June 3, 2013. The Company awarded 26,482 shares of stock to Mr. Allen in connection with the closing of the Reverse Merger, all of which vested immediately upon grant. Mr. Allen also received $175,000, in cash, in connection with the termination of his severance agreement upon consummation of the Reverse Merger. Mr. Allen’s compensation is not included in the financial statements included within this Annual Report because this is pre-Reverse Merger compensation.
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During the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, Daniel Chinn, the chief executive officer of Finjan, did not receive any compensation for his services, other than the one-time option award granted by Finjan, Inc. prior to the Reverse Merger, which is reflected in the Summary Compensation Table above. However, Finjan incurred legal fees due to a law firm in which Daniel Chinn is a partner of approximately $108,000, $245,000 and $138,000 during 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, for legal services rendered to Finjan and the Company incurred legal fees due to such law firm of approximately $172,000 during the year ended December 31, 2013 (following the Reverse Merger). All of the fees paid to such law firm by Finjan were paid prior to the completion of the Reverse Merger and all of the fees paid to such law firm by the Company were paid following the completion Reverse Merger. As of December 31, 2013, and during the year then ended, Mr. Chinn was the sole executive officer of Finjan. During the two years ended December 31, 2013, Finjan had no full time employees and no full time consultants. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”
Grant of Plan Based Awards
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to grants of plan-based awards during the year ended December 31, 2013:
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Grant Date
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All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units
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All Other Option Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Options
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Exercise or Base Price of Option Awards
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Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards
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Philip Hartstein
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5/7/2013
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- |
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432,403 |
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$ |
1.66 |
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$ |
276,942 |
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Shimon Steinmetz
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5/7/2013
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- |
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185,315 |
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$ |
1.66 |
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$ |
118,689 |
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Daniel Chinn
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5/7/2013
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- |
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535,355 |
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$ |
1.66 |
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$ |
451,143 |
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Edward Gildea
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6/3/2013
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20,161 |
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- |
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n/a |
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$ |
29,411 |
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David Allen
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6/3/2013
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2,207 |
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- |
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n/a |
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$ |
3,219 |
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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the value of all equity awards that were outstanding at December 31, 2013. The following information gives effect to the 1-for-500 reverse stock split that became effective on June 3, 2013, prior to the effective time of the Reverse Merger, which we refer to as the “1-for-500 Reverse Stock Split” and the 1-for-12 reverse stock split that became effective at 12:01 a.m. on August 22, 2013, which we refer to as the “1-for-12 Reverse Stock Split.”
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Option Awards
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Stock Awards
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Name
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Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable
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Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Unexercisable
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Option Exercise Price
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Option Expiration Date
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Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested
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Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested
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Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested
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Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested
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Philip Hartstein (1)
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- |
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432,403 |
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$ |
1.66 |
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5/7/2023
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- |
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$ |
- |
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- |
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$ |
- |
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Shimon Steinmetz (2)
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- |
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185,315 |
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$ |
1.66 |
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5/7/2023
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- |
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$ |
- |
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- |
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$ |
- |
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Daniel Chinn
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422,107 |
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113,248 |
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$ |
1.66 |
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5/7/2023
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- |
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$ |
- |
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- |
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$ |
- |
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Edward Gildea (3)
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- |
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- |
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$ |
- |
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- |
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- |
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$ |
- |
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- |
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$ |
- |
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David Allen (3)
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- |
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- |
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$ |
- |
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- |
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- |
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$ |
- |
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- |
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$ |
- |
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(1) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the options awarded to Mr. Hartstein vested and became exercisable on March 31, 2014 and thereafter, 6.25% of the options vest and become exercisable every three calendar months.
(2) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the options awarded to Mr. Steinmetz vested and became exercisable on March 31, 2014 and thereafter, 6.25% of the options vest and become exercisable every three calendar months.
(3) Options to purchase common stock previously held by Edward Gildea and David Allen were exercisable for less than one share following the reverse stock splits described above, and, accordingly, such options were not outstanding as of December 31, 2013.
Option Exercises and Stock Vested
The following table summarizes, with respect to our named executive officers, all options that were exercised or stock that vested during fiscal 2013:
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Option Awards
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Restricted Stock
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Number of Shares
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on Exercise
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on Vesting
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Edward Gildea
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20,161 |
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154,232 |
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David Allen
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2,207 |
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3,219 |
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Employment Agreements
Philip Hartstein
On July 8, 2013, we and Philip Hartstein entered into an employment agreement, which we refer to as the “Hartstein Employment Agreement”, pursuant to which Mr. Hartstein serves as our President. The Hartstein Employment Agreement provides for a base salary of $300,000 per year. In addition, pursuant to the Hartstein Employment Agreement, Mr. Hartstein is eligible to receive a discretionary bonus at the end of every four month period of his employment term, based on Mr. Hartstein’s performance and the overall progress of the Company, in an aggregate amount of up to $75,000 per year. The Hartstein Employment Agreement was effective as of July 1, 2013. Either the Company or Mr. Hartstein may terminate the Hartstein Employment Agreement at any time upon 90 days prior written notice. Prior to the completion of the Reverse Merger, on March 29, 2013, Finjan entered into a consulting agreement with Mr. Hartstein that provided for substantially the same compensation as described above. In addition, pursuant to the consulting agreement between Mr. Hartstein and Finjan, Finjan granted Mr. Hartstein options to purchase 21 shares of Finjan common stock at an exercise price of $34,096.87 per share, which options were converted as a result of the Reverse Merger into options to purchase 432,403 shares (on an adjusted basis, after giving effect to the 1-for-12 Reverse Stock Split) of our common stock at an adjusted exercise price of $1.6559 per share (on an adjusted basis, after giving effect to the 1-for-12 Reverse Stock Split). Such options have a four-year vesting term, which vesting shall cease upon a termination of the Hartstein Employment Agreement for any reason, subject to accelerated vesting if Mr. Hartstein is terminated within one year following a change of control of the Company (see “—Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control—Messrs. Hartstein and Steinmetz” below). The consulting agreement between Finjan and Mr. Hartstein ceased to be effective upon our entry into the Hartstein Employment Agreement.
Shimon Steinmetz
On July 8, 2013, we and Shimon Steinmetz entered into an employment agreement, which we refer to as the “Steinmetz Employment Agreement”, pursuant to which Mr. Steinmetz serves as our chief financial officer. The Steinmetz Employment Agreement provides for a base salary of $200,000 per year. In addition, pursuant to the Steinmetz Employment Agreement, Mr. Steinmetz is eligible to receive a discretionary bonus at the end of each calendar year during his employment term, based on Mr. Steinmetz’s performance and the overall progress of the Company, in an aggregate amount of up to $50,000 per year. The Steinmetz Employment Agreement was effective as of July 1, 2013. Either the Company or Mr. Steinmetz may terminate the Steinmetz Employment Agreement at any time upon 90 days prior written notice. Prior to the completion of the Reverse Merger, on March 28, 2013, Finjan entered into a consulting agreement with Mr. Steinmetz that provided for substantially the same compensation as described above. In addition, pursuant to the consulting agreement between Mr. Steinmetz and Finjan, Finjan granted Mr. Steinmetz options to purchase 9 shares of Finjan common stock at an exercise price of $34,096.87 per share, which options were converted as a result of the Reverse Merger into options to purchase 185,316 shares (on an adjusted basis, after giving effect to the 1-for-12 Reverse Stock Split) of our common stock at an adjusted exercise price of $1.6559 per share (on an adjusted basis, after giving effect to the 1-for-12 Reverse Stock Split). Such options have a four-year vesting term, which vesting shall cease upon a termination of the Steinmetz Employment Agreement for any reason, subject to accelerated vesting if Mr. Steinmetz is terminated within one year following a change of control of the Company (see “—Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control—Messrs. Hartstein and Steinmetz” below). The consulting agreement between Finjan and Mr. Steinmetz ceased to be effective upon our entry into the Steinmetz Employment Agreement.
Other than Messrs. Hartstein and Steinmetz, all of our named executive officers are at-will employees. We have severance agreements with Edward J. Gildea and David Allen described below under “—Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control—Messrs. Gildea and Allen”, both of which have been terminated in connection with the Reverse Merger.
Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control
Messrs. Hartstein and Steinmetz
Pursuant to the Hartstein Employment Agreement, the unvested portion of any options granted to Mr. Hartstein pursuant to the consulting agreement between Finjan and Mr. Hartstein (and converted into options to purchase our common stock as a result of the Reverse Merger) shall accelerate upon the occurrence of a change of control of the Company and termination of the Hartstein Employment Agreement within one year thereafter.
Pursuant to the Steinmetz Employment Agreement, the unvested portion of any options granted to Mr. Steinmetz pursuant to the consulting agreement between Finjan and Mr. Steinmetz (and converted into options to purchase our common stock as a result of the Reverse Merger) shall accelerate upon the occurrence of a change of control of the Company and termination of the Steinmetz Employment Agreement within one year thereafter.
Messrs. Gildea and Allen
Effective as of April 20, 2011, the Company entered into severance agreements with Mr. Gildea and Mr. Allen, which provided that, upon a change in control of the Company, Messrs. Gildea and Allen were be entitled to a continuation of payment of their base salary for a term of thirty-six months, payable in bi-weekly installments in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices. Such severance agreements defined “Change of Control” to mean the consummation of any of the following events: (i) a sale, lease or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or (ii) a merger or consolidation (in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of the Company with or into any other corporation or corporations or other entity, or any other corporate reorganization, where the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such event do not retain (in substantially the same percentages) beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of and interest in the successor entity or the entity that controls the successor entity; provided, however, that a “Change in Control” did not include a sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the capital stock, assets, properties or business of the Company (by way of merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, sale of assets, stock purchase, contribution or other similar transaction) that involved the Company, on the one hand, and the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
The severance agreements also provided that, in the event a Change of Control occurred, and the employment of either Mr. Gildea or Mr. Allen was terminated (i) by the Company for a reason other than for “Cause” (as defined in the applicable severance agreement) or (ii) by the Executive for “Good Reason” (as defined in the applicable severance agreement), then the Executive would be eligible for severance pay as described above.
Mr. Gildea and Mr. Allen agreed to terminate the severance agreements in connection with the closing of the Reverse Merger. In exchange for such termination, the Company paid $300,000 and $175,000 and awarded 20,162 and 2,207 shares of our common stock to Messrs. Gildea and Allen, respectively (on an adjusted basis, after giving effect to the 1-for-12 Reverse Stock Split). The shares of common stock awarded to Mr. Gildea will lapse and be forfeited in the event Mr. Gildea elects to no longer serve as a director of the Company or an affiliate of the Company prior to the six month anniversary of the grant date.
Director and Officer Indemnification Agreements
We have entered into indemnification agreements with certain members of our board of directors (Eric Benhamou, Daniel Chinn, Michael Eisenberg and Alex Rogers) and Phil Hartstein and Shimon Steinmetz. These agreements require us to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law against liabilities that may arise by reason of their service to us, and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. We also expect to maintain directors and officers liability insurance and may enter into similar indemnification agreements with future directors and executive officers. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Employee Benefit Plans
Finjan Holdings, Inc. 2013 Global Share Option Plan and Israeli Sub-Plan
On June 3, 2013, immediately following the closing of the Reverse Merger, our board of directors approved the 2013 Option Plan and determined to submit the 2013 Option Plan to the stockholders of the Company with the recommendation of the board for approval. The 2013 Option Plan was approved by the holders of a majority of our common stock approved by written consent in lieu of a special meeting as of July 5, 2013. Prior to the closing of the Reverse Merger, Finjan had outstanding options to purchase an aggregate of 77 shares of its common stock, at an exercise price of $34,096.87 per share. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, such options were converted as a result of the Reverse Merger into options to purchase an aggregate of 1,585,476 shares (on an adjusted basis, after giving effect to the 1-for-12 Reverse Stock Split) of our common stock, at a converted exercise price of $1.6559 per share (on an adjusted basis, after giving effect to the 1-for-12 Reverse Stock Split), which converted options have been granted under our 2013 Option Plan.
A general description of the basic features of the 2013 Option Plan is set forth below.
The 2013 Option Plan is intended to provide an incentive to retain, in the employ of the company and its affiliates, persons of training, experience, and ability; to attract new employees, directors, consultants and service providers; to encourage the sense of proprietorship of such persons; and to stimulate the active interest of such persons in our development and financial success by providing them with opportunities to purchase our common stock in accordance with the 2013 Option Plan. Any person who is employed by us or any of our affiliates, as well as any of our directors, consultants, advisers, service providers or controlling stockholders (within the meaning of Israeli Income Tax Ordinance [New Version] 1961, as amended, or the “Ordinance”) is eligible to participate in the 2013 Option Plan.
The 2013 Option Plan is intended to meet the performance-based compensation exemption under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. In addition, the 2013 Option Plan is intended to enable the company to grant options and issue shares under various tax regimes, including, the United States, Israel and other jurisdictions.
The 2013 Option Plan was effective as of June 3, 2013, the date it was adopted by our board of directors and will terminate at the end of ten years from such date of adoption; provided, however, that the 2013 Option Plan will remain in effect until the latest expiration date of any outstanding option. Subject to applicable law, no option subject to the 2013 Option Plan was able to be exercised until the plan was approved by our shareholders.
We have reserved 2,236,836 authorized but unissued shares of common stock for purposes of the 2013 Option Plan, subject to adjustment in the event of certain transactions, including certain mergers, sales of substantially all of the company’s assets, reverse mergers, and certain changes in control of the company, as well as to reflect stock splits, recapitalizations, share exchanges and similar transactions.
The administration, interpretation and operation of the 2013 Option Plan will be vested in our board of directors, or a compensation or other committee thereof as determined by our board of directors. Effective as of October 7, 2013, our compensation committee serves as the administrator of the 2013 Option Plan. Our board of directors, or committee thereof tasked with administering the 2013 Option Plan is sometimes referred to as the “Administrator.”
The Administrator will have the full power and discretionary authority, subject to applicable law and subject to our certificate of incorporation, to: (i) designate optionees; (ii) determine the terms and provisions of the respective option agreements awarded under the 2013 Option Plan (which may, but need not, be identical), including, but not limited to, the number of options to be granted to each optionee, the number of shares to be covered by each option, provisions concerning the time or times when and the extent to which the options may be exercised and the nature and duration of restrictions as to the transferability or restrictions constituting substantial risk of forfeiture; (iii) accelerate the right of an optionee to exercise, in whole or in part, any previously granted option; (iv) interpret the provisions and supervise the administration of the 2013 Option Plan; (v) replace, cancel or suspend awards, as necessary; (vi) determine the fair market value of the shares covered by each option in accordance with the 2013 Option Plan; (v) designate the type of options to be granted to an optionee; (vi) alter any restrictions and conditions of any options or shares subject to any options; (ix) determine the purchase price of the option; (x) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the 2013 Option Plan; and (vii) determine any other matter which is necessary or desirable for, or incidental to the administration of the 2013 Option Plan.
The purchase price of each share subject to an option awarded under the 2013 Option Plan will be determined by the Administrator in its sole and absolute discretion in accordance with applicable law, subject to any guidelines as may be determined by our board of directors (in the event the board of directors is not then the Administrator) from time to time. However, in the case of a grant to any eligible person subject to U.S. taxation, the 2013 Option Plan provides that the purchase price shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value (as determined in accordance with the 2013 Option Plan) of the underlying shares as determined on the date of grant.
The 2013 Option Plan provides that, in the event of certain transactions, including certain mergers, sales of substantially all of the company’s assets, reverse mergers, and certain changes in control of the Company, the unexercised options then outstanding under the plan will be assumed or substituted for an appropriate number of shares of the securities of the successor company, unless the successor company does not agree to do so. However, any options that are exercisable into shares that have a fair market value that is equal to or less than such option’s purchase price may be cancelled by the Administrator rather than assumed or substituted by the successor company. The number of shares issuable upon exercise of options may also be adjusted to reflect stock splits, recapitalizations, stock dividends, share exchanges and similar transactions.
Options granted under the 2013 Option Plan may be exercised by the optionee in whole or in part from time to time, to the extent that the options become vested and exercisable, prior to the applicable expiration date, and provided that, subject to certain exceptions, the optionee is employed by, serves as a director, or provides services to us or any of our affiliates, at all times during the period beginning with the date of grant and ending upon the date of exercise.
Options granted under the 2013 Option Plan, to the extent not previously exercised, will terminate upon the earlier of: (i) the date set forth in the option agreement; (ii) the lapse of ten years from the date of grant; (ii) in the event of certain transaction and other events specified in the plan, and (iii) the expiration of any extended period applicable under the plan following the termination of the optionee’s service to the company or its affiliates.
In the event of termination of optionee’s employment, directorship or service-provider relationship, with us and all of our affiliates, all options granted to such optionee under the 2013 Option Plan will immediately expire, subject to limited exceptions. However, the 2013 Option Plan provides that an option may be exercised after the date of termination of an optionee’s employment or service with us or any of our affiliates during an additional period of time beyond the date of such termination, but only with respect to the number of vested options at the time of such termination, if (i) the termination is without cause, in which event any vested option still in force may be exercised within a period of ninety days after the date of such termination or the expiration date of the option, if earlier; or (ii) termination is the result of death or disability of the optionee, in which event any vested option still in force may be exercised within a period of twelve months after the date of such termination or the expiration date of the option, if earlier; or (iii) prior to the date of such termination, the Administrator shall authorize an extension of the terms of all or part of the vested options beyond the date of such termination for a period not to exceed the period during which the options by their terms would otherwise have been exercisable.
Any form of option agreement authorized by the 2013 Option Plan may contain such other provisions as the Administrator may, from time to time, deem advisable.
Without derogating from any other rights granted to the Administrator, the board of directors may at any time, but when applicable, after consultation with any trustee appointed in accordance with the Israeli sub-plan under the 2013 Option Plan, amend, alter, suspend or terminate the plan and/or any sub-plan thereunder. No amendment, alteration, suspension or termination of the 2013 Option Plan will impair the rights of any optionee, unless mutually agreed otherwise between us and the optionee. Termination of the 2013 Option Plan will not affect the Administrator’s ability to exercise the powers granted to it hereunder with respect to options granted under the 2013 Option Plan prior to the date of such termination.
Option awards under the 2013 Option Plan to participants who are residents of the State of Israel or those who are deemed to be residents of the State of Israel for tax purposes, whom we refer to as “Israeli Optionees,” are subject to the provisions of an Israeli sub-plan, which we refer to as the “Israeli Sub-Plan.” The Israeli Sub-Plan provides that eligible employees who are Israeli Optionees may only be granted options granted pursuant to Section 102 of the Ordinance and eligible non-employee Israeli Optionees may only be granted options granted pursuant to Section 3(i) of the Ordinance.
Converted Organics 2010 Omnibus Stock Compensation Plan
At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 30, 2010, our stockholders approved the Converted Organics 2010 Omnibus Stock Compensation Plan, or the “2010 Stock Compensation Plan.” Commencing January 1, 2011 and on the first day of each fiscal year thereafter, the number of shares authorized for issuance under the 2010 Stock Compensation Plan is automatically recalculated to be equal to 20% of the shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding on the last day of the prior fiscal year, less any issuances made under both the 2006 Option Plan and the 2010 Stock Compensation Plan. Accordingly, as of January 1, 2013 and 2014, 17,894 and 4,473,191 shares of our common stock, respectively, were available for issuance pursuant to the 2010 Stock Compensation Plan. The 2010 Stock Compensation Plan replaced the 2006 Option Plan.
Under the 2010 Stock Compensation Plan, the Compensation Committee may grant awards in the form of incentive stock options, as defined in Section 422 of the Code, as well as options which do not so qualify, stock units, stock awards, stock appreciation rights and other stock-based awards. The 2010 Stock Compensation Plan also permits awards to be granted that are based on or measured by common stock to employees, consultants and non-employee directors, on such terms and conditions as our compensation committee deems appropriate. Other stock-based awards may be granted subject to achievement of performance goals or other conditions and may be payable in common stock or cash, or in a combination of the two.
Although, in connection with the adoption of the 2010 Stock Compensation Plan, we reserved the right to issue new options pursuant to the 2006 Option Plan, to the extent that any currently outstanding options are forfeited under that 2006 Option Plan, we do not intend to issue additional options under either the 2010 Stock Compensation Plan or the 2006 Option Plan. Instead, we expect that future equity-based awards will be made under our 2013 Option Plan or other equity, incentive compensation or similar plans that the Company may adopt in the future, to our directors, officers and other employees and consultants.
Director Compensation
Effective immediately following the Reverse Merger, we ceased to pay fees or other compensation to our non-executive directors, such that our board of directors did not receive any compensation for their service during 2013.