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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002
OR
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from
to
Commission File Number 0-25131
INFOSPACE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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91-1718107 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
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(IRS Employer Identification
No.) |
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601 108th Avenue NE, Suite 1200 Bellevue, Washington |
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98004
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (425) 201-6100
Indicate by check
mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such
reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨.
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the
issuers classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Class
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Outstanding at October 31,
2002
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Common Stock, Par Value $.0001 |
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30,941,023 |
FORM 10-Q
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I Financial Information
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Financial Statements |
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Item 2. |
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Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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Part II Other Information |
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Item 1. |
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Item 2. |
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Items 3 and 5 are not applicable with respect to the current reporting period. |
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Item 1. Financial Statements
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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September 30, 2002
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December 31, 2001 (audited)
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(Amounts in thousands,
except share data) |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
134,160 |
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$ |
118,561 |
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Short-term investments, available-for-sale |
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141,042 |
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80,319 |
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Accounts receivable, net |
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17,322 |
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16,305 |
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Notes receivable, net |
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1,842 |
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2,888 |
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Other receivables, net |
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9,311 |
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11,095 |
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Payroll tax receivable |
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13,214 |
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13,214 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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5,169 |
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8,239 |
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Total current assets |
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322,060 |
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250,621 |
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Long-term investments, available-for-sale |
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94,891 |
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Property and equipment, net |
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29,830 |
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39,443 |
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Other long term assets |
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781 |
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1,403 |
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Other investments |
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23,981 |
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47,087 |
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Goodwill, net |
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153,948 |
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356,476 |
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Other intangible assets, net |
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17,881 |
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47,084 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
548,481 |
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$ |
837,005 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
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$ |
3,495 |
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$ |
9,139 |
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
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19,877 |
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25,791 |
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Short-term deferred revenue |
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11,589 |
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15,794 |
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Total current liabilities |
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34,961 |
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50,724 |
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Long-term deferred revenue |
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1,590 |
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3,693 |
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Total liabilities |
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36,551 |
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54,417 |
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Contingencies (Note 9) |
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Stockholders equity: |
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Preferred stock, par value $.0001Authorized, 15,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding, 2 shares,
respectively |
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Common stock, par value $.0001Authorized, 900,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding, 30,927,107 and 30,778,930
shares, respectively |
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3 |
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3 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
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1,704,356 |
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1,702,550 |
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Accumulated deficit |
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(1,191,565 |
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(910,725 |
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Deferred expensewarrants |
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(155 |
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(680 |
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Unearned compensation |
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(1,264 |
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(7,881 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |
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555 |
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(679 |
) |
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Total stockholders equity |
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511,930 |
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782,588 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders equity |
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$ |
548,481 |
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$ |
837,005 |
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See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements.
3
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2002 and 2001
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Three Months Ended
September 30,
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Nine Months Ended September 30,
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2002
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2001
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2002
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2001
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(Amounts in thousands, except per share data) |
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Revenues (including related party revenues of $654, $3,819, $2,162 and $28,376 respectively) |
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$ |
33,571 |
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$ |
33,051 |
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$ |
99,981 |
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$ |
130,558 |
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Cost of revenue |
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8,661 |
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9,460 |
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28,045 |
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31,795 |
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Gross profit |
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24,910 |
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23,591 |
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71,936 |
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98,763 |
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Operating expenses: |
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Product development |
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8,372 |
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9,051 |
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27,315 |
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31,407 |
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Sales, general and administrative |
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19,564 |
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27,694 |
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69,351 |
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95,472 |
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Impairment of intangible assets |
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15,474 |
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99,157 |
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15,474 |
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99,157 |
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Amortization of goodwill |
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51,153 |
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162,688 |
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Amortization of other intangible assets |
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3,120 |
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6,830 |
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14,784 |
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18,299 |
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Acquisition and other related charges |
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(4,504 |
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(3,504 |
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Other charges, net |
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22 |
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1,660 |
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821 |
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1,827 |
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Restructuring charges |
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1,056 |
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13,755 |
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1,056 |
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15,410 |
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Total operating expenses |
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47, 608 |
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204,796 |
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128,801 |
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420,756 |
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Loss from operations |
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(22,698 |
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(181,205 |
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(56,865 |
) |
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(321,993 |
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Loss on investments |
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(5,532 |
) |
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(26,753 |
) |
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(22,788 |
) |
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(88,451 |
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Other income, net |
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1,706 |
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3,764 |
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5,765 |
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14,327 |
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Loss before income tax expense, minority interest and cumulative effect of changes in accounting principle
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(26,524 |
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(204,194 |
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(73,888 |
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(396,117 |
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Minority interest |
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(17 |
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Income tax expense |
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(93 |
) |
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(557 |
) |
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(333 |
) |
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(744 |
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Loss before cumulative effect of changes in accounting principle |
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(26,617 |
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(204,751 |
) |
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(74,221 |
) |
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(396,878 |
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Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principle |
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(206,619 |
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(3,171 |
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Net loss |
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$ |
(26,617 |
) |
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$ |
(204,751 |
) |
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$ |
(280,840 |
) |
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$ |
(400,049 |
) |
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Basic and diluted net loss per share: |
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Prior to cumulative effect of changes in accounting principle |
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$ |
(0.86 |
) |
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$ |
(6.38 |
) |
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$ |
(2.40 |
) |
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$ |
(12.29 |
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Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principle |
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(6.69 |
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(0.10 |
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Basic and diluted net loss per share |
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$ |
(0.86 |
) |
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$ |
(6.38 |
) |
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$ |
(9.09 |
) |
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$ |
(12.39 |
) |
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Shares used in basic and diluted net loss per share calculations |
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30,912 |
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32,072 |
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30,892 |
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32,301 |
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Comprehensive Loss: |
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Net loss |
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$ |
(26,617 |
) |
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$ |
(204,751 |
) |
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$ |
(280,840 |
) |
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$ |
(400,049 |
) |
Foreign currency translation adjustment |
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(289 |
) |
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(227 |
) |
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1,667 |
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(545 |
) |
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments |
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430 |
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|
689 |
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(970 |
) |
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12,969 |
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Comprehensive loss |
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$ |
(26,476 |
) |
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$ |
(204,289 |
) |
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$ |
(280,143 |
) |
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$ |
(387,625 |
) |
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See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements.
4
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2002 and 2001
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Nine months ended September
30,
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2002
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2001
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(Amounts in thousands) |
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Operating activities: |
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Net loss |
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$ |
(280,840 |
) |
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$ |
(400,049 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used by operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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29,415 |
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195,168 |
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Impairment of intangibles |
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15,474 |
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99,157 |
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Warrant and stock related revenue |
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(2,037 |
) |
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(13,267 |
) |
Warrant expense |
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525 |
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|
611 |
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Stock-based compensation expense |
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5,698 |
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2,449 |
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Bad debt (recovery) expense |
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(558 |
) |
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4,070 |
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Non-cash loss on investments |
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22,788 |
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88,468 |
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Other charges |
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22 |
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|
1,732 |
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Minority interest |
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17 |
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Loss on disposal of assets |
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|
861 |
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|
365 |
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Restructuring charges |
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1,056 |
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|
13,702 |
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In-process research and development |
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|
600 |
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Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principle |
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206,619 |
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3,171 |
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Cash provided (used) by changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Accounts receivable |
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(459 |
) |
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|
12,215 |
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Notes and other receivables |
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2,797 |
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(15,677 |
) |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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2,486 |
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2,936 |
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Other long-term assets |
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|
622 |
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|
155 |
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Accounts payable |
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(5,644 |
) |
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|
2,475 |
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
|
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(5,862 |
) |
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(17,914 |
) |
Deferred revenue |
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(3,970 |
) |
|
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(16,740 |
) |
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Net cash used by operating activities |
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(11,007 |
) |
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(36,356 |
) |
Investing activities: |
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Business acquisitions |
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(2,512 |
) |
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(5,427 |
) |
Purchase of minority interest in Venture Fund |
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(16,335 |
) |
Purchase of intangible assets |
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(100 |
) |
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Notes receivable |
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(238 |
) |
Other investments |
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(12,000 |
) |
Purchases of property and equipment |
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(4,823 |
) |
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(10,883 |
) |
Proceeds from the sale of fixed assets |
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|
|
2,707 |
|
Short-term investments, net |
|
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(60,723 |
) |
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|
116,269 |
|
Long-term investments, net |
|
|
93,934 |
|
|
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(47,425 |
) |
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|
|
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|
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|
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Net cash provided by investing activities |
|
|
25,776 |
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|
26,668 |
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Financing activities: |
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|
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Proceeds from issuance of common stock |
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|
769 |
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1,563 |
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Proceeds from exercise of stock options |
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|
61 |
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|
7,651 |
|
Purchase of common stock |
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|
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|
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(22,786 |
) |
Payments of debt assumed from acquisitions |
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(3,075 |
) |
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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Net cash provided (used) by financing activities |
|
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830 |
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|
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(16,647 |
) |
|
|
|
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|
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
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15,599 |
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(26,335 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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Beginning of period |
|
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118,561 |
|
|
|
153,913 |
|
|
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|
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End of period |
|
$ |
134,160 |
|
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$ |
127,578 |
|
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Supplemental disclosure of noncash activities: |
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Non-cash activities resulting from purchase transactions: |
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Common stock issued |
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$ |
1,895 |
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$ |
88,772 |
|
Net assets (liabilities) acquired (assumed) |
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1,910 |
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(2,379 |
) |
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements.
5
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. |
|
The Company and Basis of Presentation |
InfoSpace, Inc. (the Company or InfoSpace) develops and delivers products and application services to a broad range of customers that span each of its business areas including wireline, merchant and wireless. In our wireline
business, we deliver our services throughout our own sites, such as Dogpile.com, Webcrawler.com, Metacrawler.com, InfoSpace.com and Excite.com (search and directory), and to Web portals such as America Online and MSN, and broadband service providers
such as Verizon Online. In our merchant business, we deliver our products and services to Verizon Information Services and merchant aggregators such as FindLaw, merchant banks such as Union Bank of California and Wells Fargo, financial institutions
such as American Express, and other independent sales organizations. In our wireless business, we deliver our products and application services to wireless carriers such as Cingular, AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile and Virgin Mobile UK, and other
consumer service companies such as Charles Schwab.The Company provides its services across multiple platforms simultaneously, including PCs and non-PC devices.
Business combinations accounted for using the purchase method of accounting include the results of operations of the acquired business from the date of acquisition. Prior to June 30, 2001, business combinations accounted for
using the pooling-of-interests method of accounting include the financial position and results of operations as if the acquired company had been a wholly owned subsidiary since inception. Accordingly, prior period financial statements have been
recast to give effect to the pooling-of-interests mergers with Go2Net, Prio and INEX.
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the financial information set forth herein. Certain information and note disclosures
normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Results of operations for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 are not necessarily indicative of future financial results. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting
period. Actual amounts may differ, perhaps materially, from these financial estimates.
On July 25, 2002, the Companys board of
directors approved a one-for-ten reverse stock split of its outstanding shares of common stock. The Companys stockholders approved the reverse split at a special meeting held on September 12, 2002, and the reverse split was effective September
13, 2002. The number of post-split shares outstanding on September 13, 2002 was 30,928,805. All share and per share data presented in this document has been adjusted to reflect this reverse stock split.
Investors should read these interim statements in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001. Certain prior period balances have been reclassified to conform with current period presentation.
2. |
|
Cumulative Effect of Changes in Accounting Principle and Recent Accounting Pronouncements |
Cumulative Effect of Changes in Accounting Principle
Effective July 1, 2001, the Company adopted certain provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 141, Business Combinations, and effective January 1, 2002, the Company adopted the full
provisions of SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. SFAS No. 141 requires business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 to be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting, and broadens the
criteria for recording
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intangible assets apart from goodwill. In accordance with SFAS No. 142, the Company evaluated the classification of its intangible assets using
the criteria of SFAS No. 141, which resulted in $1.0 million of intangible assets (comprised entirely of assembled workforce intangibles) being classified as goodwill on January 1, 2002.
SFAS No. 142 requires that purchased goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles no longer be amortized into results of operations, but instead be tested for impairment at least annually. The
Company evaluated its other intangible assets, including core technology, customer lists, and other intangibles, and determined that these assets have definite lives. These are classified on the Companys consolidated balance sheets as Other
intangible assets, net.
As of January 1, 2002, the amount of intangible assets (comprised of domain name and trademark intangibles) that
have been determined to have indefinite lives, and therefore not subject to amortization, was $213,000. This amount is included in Goodwill on the Companys unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2002.
SFAS No. 142 prescribes an impairment testing of goodwill, which the Company completed during the three months ended March 31, 2002 and determined
that a portion of the value of its recorded goodwill was impaired as of January 1, 2002. Accordingly, the Company recorded a non-cash charge for the cumulative effect of change in accounting principle of $206.6 million as of January 1, 2002, as
impairment of goodwill. This amount was determined based on an independent valuation of the Companys reporting units as of January 1, 2002 using a combination of the Companys quoted stock price and projections of future discounted cash
flows for each reporting unit.
The following table provides information about activity in Goodwill by reporting unit for the period from
December 31, 2001 to September 30, 2002 (in thousands):
|
|
Wireline
|
|
|
Merchant
|
|
Wireless
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Goodwill as of December 31, 2001 |
|
$ |
66,404 |
|
|
$ |
94,726 |
|
$ |
195,346 |
|
|
$ |
356,476 |
|
Assembled workforce reclassification |
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
99 |
|
|
832 |
|
|
|
1,011 |
|
Domain name and trademark reclassifications |
|
|
89 |
|
|
|
62 |
|
|
62 |
|
|
|
213 |
|
Cumulative effect of adopting SFAS No. 142 |
|
|
(66,484 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(140,135 |
) |
|
|
(206,619 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill as of January 1, 2002 |
|
|
89 |
|
|
|
94,887 |
|
|
56,105 |
|
|
|
151,081 |
|
Goodwill associated with eCash acquisition |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,767 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,767 |
|
Purchase of indefinite lived intangible asset |
|
|
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill as of September 30, 2002 |
|
$ |
189 |
|
|
$ |
97,654 |
|
$ |
56,105 |
|
|
$ |
153,948 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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In accordance with SFAS No. 142, the effect of this accounting change is reflected prospectively from
January 1, 2002. Supplemental comparative disclosure as if the change had been retroactively applied to the prior year period is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):
|
|
Three months ended September 30,
|
|
|
Nine months ended September
30,
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
|
2001
|
|
|
2002
|
|
|
2001
|
|
Net loss: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reported net loss |
|
$ |
(26,617 |
) |
|
$ |
(204,751 |
) |
|
$ |
(280,840 |
) |
|
$ |
(400,049 |
) |
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
206,619 |
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill amortization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
51,153 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
162,688 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted net loss |
|
$ |
(26,617 |
) |
|
$ |
(153,598 |
) |
|
$ |
(74,221 |
) |
|
$ |
(237,361 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted loss per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reported net loss per share |
|
$ |
(0.86 |
) |
|
$ |
(6.38 |
) |
|
$ |
(9.09 |
) |
|
$ |
(12.39 |
) |
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle for adoption of SFAS No. 142 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.69 |
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill amortization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.59 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted basic and diluted net loss per share |
|
$ |
(0.86 |
) |
|
$ |
(4.79 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.40 |
) |
|
$ |
(7.35 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
|
|
September 30, 2002
|
|
December 31, 2001
|
|
|
Gross carrying amount
|
|
Accumulated amortization
|
|
|
Other intangible assets, net
|
|
Gross carrying amount
|
|
Accumulated amortization
|
|
|
Other intangible assets, net
|
Domain names and trademarks |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
600 |
|
$ |
(387 |
) |
|
$ |
213 |
Assembled workforce |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,887 |
|
|
(876 |
) |
|
|
1,011 |
Core technology |
|
|
34,778 |
|
|
(28,952 |
) |
|
|
5,826 |
|
|
61,074 |
|
|
(32,828 |
) |
|
|
28,246 |
Customer lists |
|
|
16,055 |
|
|
(8,167 |
) |
|
|
7,888 |
|
|
16,700 |
|
|
(5,753 |
) |
|
|
10,947 |
Other |
|
|
6,667 |
|
|
(2,500 |
) |
|
|
4,167 |
|
|
6,667 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,667 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
57,500 |
|
$ |
(39,619 |
) |
|
$ |
17,881 |
|
$ |
86,928 |
|
$ |
(39,844 |
) |
|
$ |
47,084 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
During the three months ended September 30, 2002, the Company evaluated its other
intangible assets and recorded an impairment charge of $15.5 million. This amount is comprised of $14.9 million of impairment charges related to core technology and $606,000 related to customer lists. During the three months ended September 30,
2002, the Company determined that it would not pursue development of technologies acquired in certain previous acquisitions due to changes in market factors and the Companys business. The Company also cancelled certain customer agreements
during the three months ended September 30, 2002 that had been acquired in a previous acquisition and recorded an impairment charge of $606,000 to the customer lists other intangible asset.
Other intangible assets are scheduled to be fully amortized by 2007 with corresponding amortization expense estimated to be $2.1 million, $8.4 million, $5.0 million, $1.7 million, $708,000
and $55,000 for the remainder of 2002 and years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively.
On January 1, 2002, the Company adopted
SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. SFAS No. 144 establishes a single accounting model, based on the framework established in SFAS No. 121, for long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale. It retains
the fundamental provisions of SFAS No. 121 for (a) recognition and measurement of the impairment of long-lived assets to be held and used and (b) measurement of long-lived assets to be
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disposed of by sale. There was no effect on the Companys financial position or results of operations as a result of adopting SFAS No. 144.
Impairment of long-lived assets in 2002 has been recorded under the provisions of SFAS No. 144.
On January 1, 2001, the Company adopted
SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. SFAS No. 133 establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts. All
derivatives, whether designated in hedging relationships or not, are required to be recorded on the balance sheet at fair value and changes in fair value are recognized in earnings unless certain hedge criteria are met. As a result of adopting SFAS
No. 133, the Company recorded a charge of $3.2 million to record at their fair value as of January 1, 2001, warrants held to purchase stock in other companies. This amount was recorded as a cumulative effect of change in accounting principle. On
December 31, 2000, warrants to purchase stock in public companies were held at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive loss, and warrants to purchase stock in private companies were held at cost.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In April 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 145, Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections. This Statement
rescinds SFAS No. 4, Reporting Gains and Losses from Extinguishment of Debt, and an amendment of that statement, SFAS No. 64, Extinguishments of Debt Made to Satisfy Sinking-Fund Requirements. SFAS No. 145 also rescinds SFAS No. 44,
Accounting for Intangible Assets of Motor Carriers. SFAS No. 145 amends SFAS No. 13, Accounting for Leases, to eliminate an inconsistency between the required accounting for sale-leaseback transactions and the required accounting for
certain lease modifications that have economic effects that are similar to sale-leaseback transactions. SFAS No. 145 also amends other existing authoritative pronouncements to make various technical corrections, clarify meanings, or describe their
applicability under changed conditions. Certain provisions of SFAS No. 145 will be adopted by the Company on January 1, 2003. The Company does not anticipate that adoption of these provisions will have a material effect on its financial position or
results of operations. The Company has adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 145 that are effective for financial statements issued after May 15, 2002. There was no impact on the Companys financial position or results of operations as a result of
the adoption of these provisions.
In July 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal
Activities. The standard requires companies to recognize costs associated with exit or disposal activities when they are incurred rather than at the date of a commitment to an exit or disposal plan. Examples of costs covered by the standard
include lease termination costs and certain employee severance costs that are associated with a restructuring, discontinued operation, plant closing, or other exit or disposal activity. SFAS No. 146 is to be applied prospectively to exit or disposal
activities initiated after December 31, 2002.
Basic earnings per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed using the weighted average
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number of common and potentially dilutive shares outstanding during the period. Potentially dilutive shares consists of the incremental common
shares issuable upon conversion of the exercise of stock options and warrants (using the treasury stock method). Potentially dilutive shares are excluded from the computation of earnings per share if their effect is antidilutive. The Company had a
net loss for all periods presented herein; therefore, none of the options and warrants outstanding during each of the periods presented were included in the computation of diluted loss per share, as they were antidilutive. Options, restricted stock
and warrants to purchase a total of approximately 7,414,225 shares of common stock were excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2002. 8,734,385 shares were excluded from the
calculations of diluted loss per share for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2001.
On
February 8, 2002, the Company acquired certain assets of eCash Technologies, Inc. (eCash), a developer of electronic debit and stored value technologies, for purchase consideration of $2.7 million and 106,482 shares of the Companys common
stock.
The purchase price was allocated to the assets and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as follows (in
thousands):
Tangible assets acquired |
|
$ |
215 |
|
Fair value adjustments: |
|
|
|
|
Purchased technology |
|
|
1,640 |
|
Customer contracts |
|
|
55 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of net assets acquired |
|
$ |
1,910 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase price: |
|
|
|
|
Cash consideration |
|
$ |
2,700 |
|
Acquisition costs |
|
|
82 |
|
Fair value of shares issued |
|
|
1,895 |
|
Less fair value of net assets acquired |
|
|
(1,910 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Excess of purchase price over net assets acquired, allocated to goodwill |
|
$ |
2,767 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The expected life of the core technology was assumed to be five years, after which
substantial modifications and enhancements would be required for the technology to remain competitive. The expected life of the customer contracts was assumed to be three and a half years, which is consistent with the expected cash flows from the
customer contracts. The Company is amortizing the core technology and customer list over an estimated life of five years and three and a half years, respectively. In accordance with SFAS No. 142, no amortization of the goodwill will be recorded, as
it has an indefinite life. The goodwill will be tested for impairment at least annually, with the Companys other indefinite-lived intangibles (Note 2).
As of the date of the acquisition, the technology acquired from eCash was substantially complete and no material alterations or enhancements were under development. The Companys revenue assumptions were based on the
stream of income that could be attributed to the existing eCash customer base assuming renewals, and the prospective customer base, assuming similar pricing.
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The Companys expense assumptions included cost of revenues, which were estimated to be 105.5% of
revenues for 2002 and decreasing to 11.7% over the next eight years, as revenues grow and costs of revenues are expected to remain relatively fixed. Research and development costs were estimated to be 187.6% of revenues in 2002 and decreasing to
12.0% over the next eight years. Sales and marketing combined with general and administrative expenses were estimated to be 94.3% of revenues in 2002 and thereafter decreasing to 32.5% over the next eight years in line with industry levels as
customers adopt the technology, revenues grow and the Company capitalizes on economies of scale. However, cost of revenues, research and development and sales and marketing and general and administrative expenses may vary, both in absolute dollars
and as a percentage of revenues.
While the Company believes that the assumptions discussed above were made in good faith and were
reasonable when made, the assumptions may prove to be inaccurate, and there can be no assurance that the Company will realize the revenues, gross profit, growth rates, expense levels or other variables set forth in the Companys assumptions.
The Company does not expect to have the ability to calculate revenues specifically and exclusively attributable to the integrated eCash
technology. The amount that the Company can charge customers for the use of these products and application services will be greatly influenced by market forces and competitors pricing of their own integrated offerings.
5. |
|
Net loss on Investments |
Loss on investments for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 consists of the following (in thousands):
|
|
Three Months ended September 30,
|
|
|
Nine Months ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
|
2001
|
|
|
2002
|
|
|
2001
|
|
Gain on Venture Fund investments |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
880 |
|
Other-than-temporary investment impairments |
|
|
(3,306 |
) |
|
|
(22,454 |
) |
|
|
(19,199 |
) |
|
|
(78,537 |
) |
Loss on sale of investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(92 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,706 |
) |
Decrease in fair value of warrants |
|
|
(2,226 |
) |
|
|
(4,207 |
) |
|
|
(3,589 |
) |
|
|
(8,088 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss on investments |
|
$ |
(5,532 |
) |
|
$ |
(26,753 |
) |
|
$ |
(22,788 |
) |
|
$ |
(88,451 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From January 1, 2000 to March 31, 2001, the Company held a majority ownership in the
InfoSpace Venture Capital Fund 2000 LLC (Venture Fund). Investments held by the Venture Fund were held at fair value, with changes in fair value reflected as gains and losses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations, as required by investment
company accounting, which was carried forward in consolidation pursuant to Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 85-12, Retention of Specialized Accounting for Investments in Consolidation. The Company has recorded minority interest on
the Balance Sheet and Statement of Operations for the employeeowned portion of the fund during the period the Venture Fund was active. On January 26, 2001, the Companys Board of Directors approved the liquidation of the Venture Fund.
During the three months ended March 31, 2001, the Company disbursed $16.4 million to the accredited investors for their original investment amount, representing 100% of the accredited investor ownership.
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On January 15, 2002, the Company offered a limited non-compulsory exchange of stock options to its employees. Under the exchange offer, eligible employees had the opportunity to exchange eligible stock options for new options to be
granted under the Companys 1996 Restated Flexible Stock Incentive Plan. Options eligible for exchange were those having an exercise price of $100.00 or more per share. The exchange offer period expired on February 15, 2002, and the Company
accepted for exchange options covering 1,272,442 shares of common stock. Shares accepted for exchange were cancelled pursuant to the terms of the Companys existing stock options plans. The Company granted to each participating employee a new
option to purchase one share of InfoSpace common stock for every ten shares of common stock underlying the exchanged options. In addition, each participating employee was eligible to receive an additional option grant, granted at the discretion of
the Companys Board of Directors, to purchase a number of shares determined in accordance with the Companys compensation policies and practices. On August 20, 2002 the Company granted new options covering 272,162 shares of common stock at
an exercise price of $5.10. The new options were 25% vested on the date of grant and the remaining 75% will vest in equal monthly installments over the three-year period following the grant date.
On July 3, 2002, the Company received a notice from the Nasdaq stock exchange that its stock had failed to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days,
and that the Company needed to comply with the requirements for continued listing within 90 calendar days from such notification or be delisted. On July 25, 2002, the Companys board of directors approved a one-for-ten reverse stock split of
its outstanding shares of common stock. The Companys stockholders approved the reverse split at a special meeting held on September 12, 2002, and it was effective September 13, 2002. The number of post-split shares outstanding on September 13,
2002, was 30,928,805. On September 27, 2002, the Company was notified by The Nasdaq Stock Market that it had regained compliance with the minimum bid price rule and that Nasdaq considered the matter to be closed.
On July 19, 2002, the Companys board of directors adopted a Stockholder Rights Plan. Under the plan, the Company issued a dividend of one right for each
share of its common stock held by stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 9, 2002. Each right will initially entitle stockholders to purchase a fractional share of the Companys preferred stock for $55.00. However, the
rights are not immediately exercisable and will become exercisable only upon the occurrence of certain events. If a person or group acquires, or announces a tender or exchange offer that would result in the acquisition of, 15% or more of the
Companys common stock while the Stockholder Rights Plan remains in place (or, with respect to Naveen Jain, the Companys chairman and chief executive officer, 25% or more of the Companys common stock), then, unless the rights are
redeemed by the Company for $0.001 per right, the rights will become exercisable by all rights holders except the acquiring person or group for shares of InfoSpace or shares of the third party acquirer, in each case having a value of twice the
rights then-current exercise price.
7. |
|
Payroll Tax Receivable |
On September 30, 2002, the Company had $13.2 million recorded as a tax receivable due from the Federal government. In October 2000, one of the Companys employees exercised non-qualified stock options and remitted $12.6 million
for federal income tax based on the market price of the
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stock on the day of exercise and the Company remitted the employer payroll tax of $620,000. Due to the affiliate lock-up period from the Go2Net
merger, the employee was restricted from transferring or selling the stock until February 2001. Treasury Regulations provide that the valuation for purposes of determining taxable income is not required until these restrictions have lapsed. The
Company, therefore, returned the federal income tax withholding to the employee and filed an amendment to its payroll tax return to request the tax refund.
Restructuring charges were approximately $1.1 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002. The Company made the decision in the three months ended September 30, 2002 to discontinue in-country operations in Brazil.
The closure of the Brazil operations resulted in a charge of $491,000 primarily relating to the realized loss on foreign currency fluctuations. This amount was previously classified in other comprehensive income on the Companys balance sheet.
During September 2002, the Company made the decision to sell certain assets of InfoSpace Speech Solutions. As a result of classifying
these assets as held-for-sale, the Company incurred a charge of $854,000 to adjust the book value of these assets to the estimated fair market value as of September 30, 2002. The charges associated with Brazil and the proposed InfoSpace Speech
Solutions asset sale was partially offset by a reduction of $289,000 to the estimated charge related to the lease buyout of the Companys former Seattle facility.
The accrued charges consisted of the following (in thousands):
|
|
Severance and related costs
|
|
|
Asset disposal costs
|
|
|
Estimated future lease costs
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Reserve balance on December 31, 2001 |
|
$ |
133 |
|
|
$ |
65 |
|
|
$ |
5,653 |
|
|
$ |
5,851 |
|
Cash payments during 2002 |
|
|
(45 |
) |
|
|
(65 |
) |
|
|
(5,331 |
) |
|
|
(5,441 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reserve balance on September 30, 2002 |
|
$ |
88 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
322 |
|
|
$ |
410 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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All accrued restructuring charges are expected to be paid in the year ended December 31,
2002. Cash payments during 2002 included $4.4 million for a lease buyout payment in connection with the lease of the Companys former Seattle facility, which was included in the $5.9 million accrued liability as of December 31, 2001. The
Seattle facility was the corporate headquarters of Go2Net prior to its merger with the Company in October 2000. This buyout released the Company of all future obligations under that lease. The remaining $322,000 of estimated future lease losses
relates to the Companys former Mountain View, California office that was vacated during 2001.
Litigation:
On June 19, 2001, a putative securities class action complaint entitled Horton v. InfoSpace, Inc., et
al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The complaint alleges that the Company and its chief executive officer made false and misleading statements about the Companys business and prospects
during the period between January 26, 2000 and January 30, 2001. The complaint alleges violations of the federal securities laws and does not specify the amount of damages sought. Subsequently, other similar complaints were filed.
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The Horton matter and the subsequent similar complaints have been consolidated into one matter, captioned In re InfoSpace, Inc. Securities
Litigation. The Court has appointed lead plaintiffs and counsel, and a consolidated complaint was filed on January 22, 2002, which, among other things, added the Companys chief financial officer as a defendant. On April 8, 2002, the Company
filed a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim. On April 11, 2002, plaintiffs filed a motion for leave of the Court to amend the consolidated complaint to add Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and one of its analysts as defendants,
which was granted on April 30, 2002. The amended complaint was filed on May 9, 2002. On July 2, 2002, the Company filed a new motion to dismiss the amended complaint for failure to state a claim. Merrill Lynch and its analyst moved for transfer of
this case to the Southern District of New York to be consolidated with the various cases pending against them. The Company opposed that motion and sought, with Merrill Lynchs support, a severance and transfer of only plaintiffs claims
against Merrill Lynch to New York. Plaintiffs sought to have the case (including the claims against Merrill Lynch) remain in the Western District of Washington. On October 11, 2002, the Multidistrict Litigation Panel issued an order transferring the
case to the Southern District of New York for pre-trial proceedings to be consolidated with the other various claims pending against Merrill Lynch. The Companys management believes the Company has meritorious defenses to plaintiffs
claims against the Company and its management, but litigation is inherently uncertain and the Company may not prevail in this matter.
On
March 19, 2001, a purported shareholder derivative complaint entitled Youtz v. Jain, et al. was filed in the Superior Court of Washington for King County. The complaint has been amended twice thus far and has been renamed Dreiling v. Jain, et al.
The complaint names as defendants certain current and former officers and directors of the Company and entities related to several of the individual defendants; the Company is named as a nominal defendant. The complaint alleges that
certain defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the Company and were unjustly enriched by engaging in insider trading, and also alleges that certain defendants breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the Go2Net and Prio mergers and
that one defendant converted the Companys assets to his personal use. Various equitable remedies are requested in the complaint, including disgorgement, restitution, accounting and imposition of a constructive trust, and the complaint also
seeks monetary damages. As stated, the complaint is derivative in nature and does not seek monetary damages from, or the imposition of equitable remedies on, the Company. The Company has entered into indemnification agreements in the ordinary course
of business with officers and directors and may be obligated throughout the pendency of this action to advance payment of legal fees and costs incurred by the defendant officers and directors pursuant to the Companys obligations under the
indemnification agreements and applicable Delaware law. The special litigation committee of the Companys Board of Directors (SLC), with the assistance of independent legal counsel, has investigated the complaint, and on March 22, 2002 filed a
motion to terminate this derivative action. Plaintiff took discovery with respect to that motion. The motion has been fully briefed by both the SLC and the plaintiff, and a hearing on that motion is presently scheduled for November 15, 2002.
In September of 2000, Go2Net sued FreeYellow.com, Inc., a Florida corporation, and John Molino, FreeYellows sole shareholder, in
the Superior Court of Washington for King County seeking to rescind its acquisition of FreeYellow that closed in October 1999, and in the alternative, seeking damages. Molino denied the allegations, and asserted a counterclaim for breach of the
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merger agreement. In October 2000, Go2Net was acquired by and became a wholly owned subsidiary of InfoSpace. On August 6, 2001, Go2Net amended
the complaint to add a claim against FreeYellow and Molino under the Securities Act of Washington (WSA). The trial for this case commenced on August 7, 2002; on August 30, 2002, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Go2Net on its WSA
claim. A hearing to determine the manner in which the acquisition will be rescinded and to reduce the jurys verdict to a judgment is pending. Molino has the right to appeal the final judgment. The Companys management believes Go2Net has
meritorious arguments to any appeal, but litigation is inherently uncertain and Go2Net may not ultimately prevail in the event of an appeal.
Two of nine founding shareholders and three other shareholders of Authorize.Net Corporation, a subsidiary acquired through the Companys merger with Go2Net, filed a lawsuit on May 2, 2000 in Utah State Court. This action was
brought to reallocate amongst the founding shareholders of Authorize.Net the consideration received in the acquisition of Authorize.Net by Go2Net. The plaintiffs allege that the then corporate officers of Authorize.Net fraudulently obtained a
percentage of Authorize.Net shares greater than what was anticipated by the founding shareholders, and are making claims under the Utah Uniform Securities Act as well as claims of fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty,
conflict of interest, breach of contract and related claims. Plaintiffs seek compensatory and punitive damages in the amount of $200 million, rescission of certain transactions in Authorize.Net securities, and declaratory and injunctive relief. The
plaintiffs subsequently amended the claim to name Authorize.Net as a defendant with regard to the claims under the Utah Uniform Securities Act and have asserted related claims against Go2Net. Authorize.Net updated and re-filed its prior motion for
summary judgment seeking dismissal of all claims against it. Authorize.Net previously asserted counterclaims against the plaintiffs on which plaintiffs also have now filed for summary judgment. The Companys management believes Authorize.Net
and Go2Net have meritorious defenses to these claims, but litigation is inherently uncertain and they may not prevail in this matter.
On
December 5, 2001, a complaint entitled The boxLot Company v. InfoSpace, Inc., et. al. was filed in the Superior Court of California for San Diego County. The complaint names as defendants the Company and certain of the Companys current and
former directors, alleges violations of state law in connection with the asset purchase transaction between the Company and The boxLot Company in December of 2000 and seeks monetary damages. Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on February 15,
2002. Plaintiffs subsequently dropped without prejudice two of the defendants, who are current directors of InfoSpace, from the action. Discovery is ongoing. The Companys management believes the Company has meritorious defenses to these
claims, but litigation is inherently uncertain and the Company may not prevail in this matter.
In addition, from time to time the
Company is subject to various other legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. These claims, even if not meritorious, could require the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources. Although the Company cannot
predict the outcomes of these other legal proceedings with certainty, the Companys management does not believe that the disposition of these matters will have a material adverse effect on the Companys financial position, results of
operations or cash flows.
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Other Contingencies:
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is auditing the Companys payroll tax returns for the year 2000. This audit includes a review of tax withholding on stock options exercised by certain former
employees. No amounts have been accrued in the financial statements, as the potential liability does not meet the definition of probable in accordance with SFAS No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies. The Company believes that the range of the
possible liability could be zero to $18.6 million plus any applicable interest and penalties. Resolution of this matter is uncertain and our arguments may not prevail in the event an assessment by the IRS is rendered.
The Company has pledged a portion of its cash and cash equivalents as collateral for standby letters of credit and a bank guaranty for certain of its property
leases. On September 30, 2002, the total amount of collateral pledged under these agreements was approximately $5.6 million, which consists of $4.7 million of standby letters of credit, $546,000 of certificates of deposit and $342,000 of bank
guaranty.
At September 30, 2002, the Company was holding funds in the amount of approximately $2.9 million for and on behalf of
merchants utilizing the Companys electronic check (eCheck) application services, in anticipation of funding under contractual terms. The held funds are included in Cash and cash equivalents and in Other current liabilities on the
Companys consolidated balance sheet. In addition, InfoSpace has guaranteed up to $12.0 million of monthly processing volume to the originating depository financial institution related to Authorize.Nets eCheck application services.
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Related Party Transactions |
Revenues earned from companies in which the Company owns stock are considered related party revenues, including independent agreements entered into during the current year with companies that InfoSpace or Go2Net invested in during
prior years. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002, the Company made no new investments in private or public companies. From time to time, in the normal course of business, the Company has entered into agreements to provide
various promotional services for companies in which the Company previously made an investment. In addition, the Company has deferred revenue from warrants that were earned from a company in which InfoSpace has an investment. For the three months
ended September 30, 2002, related party revenue was $654,000, compared to $3.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2001. For the nine months ended September 30, 2002, related party revenue was $2.2 million, compared to $28.4 million for
the nine months ended September 30, 2001.
During the first quarter of 2002, the Company began presenting information internally to its chief operating decision maker in three reportable segments representing the Companys three business units: wireline, merchant and
wireless.
The Company measures the results of its reportable segments based on operating income or loss before depreciation, restricted
stock-based compensation expense, amortization and impairment of intangibles, restructuring charges, non-recurring charges, gains and losses on equity investments and the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principle, referred to as Segment
income (loss) from operations. Included in revenues for the wireless business unit for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 is non-recurring revenue of $1.3 million recognized in the third
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quarter upon the cancellation of a contract with a former customer in Brazil. The Company received the nonrefundable cash payment during 2001
and deferred the amount for future recognition because of the Companys obligation to perform under the terms of the agreement. In July 2002, the agreement was cancelled and the company has no future performance requirements. Also included in
the operating expenses for the wireless business unit for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 is $1.9 million of transition charges for temporary employee relocation and consulting costs related to the Giant Bear acquisition completed in
December 2001.
Certain indirect expenses are allocated to the reportable segments based on internal usage measurements. The Company does
not allocate certain indirect general and administrative expenses, income taxes or interest income to the reportable segments.
Information on reportable segments and a reconciliation to consolidated net loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 is presented below (in thousands). The Company has not provided information on reportable
segments for 2001, as it is impracticable to do so.
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Three Months Ended September 30, 2002
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|
|
|
Wireline
|
|
Merchant
|
|
Wireless
|
|
Corporate(a)
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues |
|
$ |
12,886 |
|
$ |
12,183 |
|
$ |
8,502 |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
33,571 |
|
Operating expenses |
|
|
5,619 |
|
|
8,395 |
|
|
7,424 |
|
|
9,977 |
(b) |
|
|
31,415 |
|
Unallocated depreciation and non capitalized property, plant and equipment expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,378 |
(c) |
|
|
4,378 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment income (loss) |
|
|
7,267 |
|
|
3,788 |
|
|
1,078 |
|
|
(14,355 |
) |
|
|
(2,222 |
) |
Income tax expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(93 |
) |
|
|
(93 |
) |
Other income, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,705 |
|
|
|
1,705 |
|
Loss on equity investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,532 |
) |
|
|
(5,532 |
) |
Amortization of intangibles |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,120 |
) |
|
|
(3,120 |
) |
Impairment of intangibles |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(15,474 |
) |
|
|
(15,474 |
) |
Restructuring charges |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,056 |
) |
|
|
(1,056 |
) |
Other charges |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
(22 |
) |
Restricted stock compensation expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(803 |
) |
|
|
(803 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
7,267 |
|
$ |
3,788 |
|
$ |
1,078 |
|
$ |
(38,750 |
) |
|
$ |
(26,617 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Corporate costs include certain common general and administrative expenses including professional services, facility expenses, corporate insurance expense and
general and administrative salaries and benefits that are not allocated. |
|
(b) |
|
Unallocated corporate expenses include approximately $3.1 million of professional services, $1.9 million of facility expenses, $1.9 million of corporate
insurance expense and business license expenses and $1.6 million of salaries and benefits. |
|
(c) |
|
Depreciation and non-capitalized property, plant and equipment expenses may be allocated to the reportable segments in future periods.
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|
|
Nine months ended September 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
Wireline
|
|
Merchant
|
|
Wireless
|
|
|
Corporate(d)
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues |
|
$ |
40,494 |
|
$ |
36,933 |
|
$ |
22,554 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
99,981 |
|
Operating expenses |
|
|
21,683 |
|
|
26,521 |
|
|
26,540 |
|
|
|
30,099 |
(e) |
|
|
104,843 |
|
Unallocated depreciation and non capitalized property, plant and equipment expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,069 |
(f) |
|
|
14,069 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment income (loss) |
|
|
18,811 |
|
|
10,412 |
|
|
(3,986 |
) |
|
|
(44,168 |
) |
|
|
(18,931 |
) |
Income tax expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(333 |
) |
|
|
(333 |
) |
Other income, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,765 |
|
|
|
5,765 |
|
Loss on equity investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(22,788 |
) |
|
|
(22,788 |
) |
Amortization of intangibles |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(14,784 |
) |
|
|
(14,784 |
) |
Impairment of intangibles |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(15,474 |
) |
|
|
(15,474 |
) |
Restructuring charges |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,056 |
) |
|
|
(1,056 |
) |
Other charges |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(821 |
) |
|
|
(821 |
) |
Restricted stock compensation expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,799 |
) |
|
|
(5,799 |
) |
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(206,619 |
) |
|
|
(206,619 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
18,811 |
|
$ |
10,412 |
|
$ |
(3,986 |
) |
|
$ |
(306,077 |
) |
|
$ |
(280,840 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(d) |
|
Corporate costs include certain common general and administrative expenses including professional services, facility expenses, corporate insurance expense and
general and administrative salaries and benefits that are not allocated. |
|
(e) |
|
Unallocated operating expenses include $10.2 million of professional services, $6.2 million of facility expenses, $5.5 million of corporate insurance and
business license expenses, $4.5 million of salaries and benefits and $3.7 million of other expenses. |
|
(f) |
|
Depreciation and non-capitalized property, plant and equipment expenses may be allocated to the reportable segments in future periods.
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Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
You should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and
Notes thereto included elsewhere in this report. In addition to historical information, the following discussion contains certain forward-looking statements that involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, such as statements of our plans,
objectives, expectations and intentions. You should read the cautionary statements made in this report as being applicable to all related forward-looking statements wherever they appear in this report. Our actual results could differ materially from
those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed below and in the section entitled Factors Affecting Our Operating Results, Business
Prospects and Market Price of Stock and in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission including our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001. You should not rely on these forward-looking statements,
which reflect only our opinion as of the date of this report.
On September 13, 2002, we effected a one-for-ten reverse split of
our issued and outstanding common stock. Historical share numbers and prices throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been adjusted to reflect the reverse split.
InfoSpace, Inc. develops and delivers products and application services to a
broad range of customers that span each of our business areas of wireline, merchant and wireless. We deliver a wireless and Internet platform of software and application services that enable companies to offer network-based services under their own
brands. Our customers, in turn, offer these products and application services to their customers as their solutions. We provide our services across multiple platforms, including PCs and non-PC devices.
In our wireline business, we deliver our services throughout our own sites, such as Dogpile.com, Webcrawler.com, Metacrawler.com,
InfoSpace.com and Excite.com (search and directory) to Web portals such as America Online and MSN, and broadband service providers such as Verizon Online. In our merchant business, we deliver our products and services to Verizon Information
Services, and merchant aggregators such as FindLaw, merchant banks such as Union Bank of California and Wells Fargo, financial institutions such as American Express and other independent sales organizations. In our wireless business, we deliver our
products and application services to wireless carriers such as Cingular, AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile and Virgin Mobile UK, and other consumer service companies such as Charles Schwab.
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Our Business Areas
The following provides detail on each of our business areas:
Wireline
Through our wireline business unit, we develop
and deliver Internet services that are designed for high-speed broadband and dial-up narrowband Web sites. We operate our own consumer-facing websites, as well as offer our customers private-labeled versions of our services. Our own sites include
Dogpile.com, Webcrawler.com, Metacrawler.com, InfoSpace.com, and Excite.com (search and directory), among others. Our customers include Web portals such as America Online and Microsofts MSN, as well as broadband service providers, including
cable companies and digital subscriber line (DSL) providers such as Verizon Online.
InfoSpaces offerings
are designed to help attract online users, create loyalty, and generate revenue from these users. Further, customer versions of InfoSpaces services are generally private-labeled and delivered with each customers logo and design
specifications, ensuring that the customer maintains their brand and the value relationship with their users.
Our
wireline business unit is focused on delivering three main categories of application services: search, directory and broadband.
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Search. Our search offerings differ from most other mainstream search services in that they implement meta-search technology. This means that
we provide a comprehensive, simultaneous, integrated view of what many search engines have found for a given query. Through meta-search, we allow users to see a broader set of results than other non meta-search services, and find what theyre
looking for faster, all through a single Web site. Our meta-search technology utilizes the results of search engines such as Overture, Google, FAST, Ask Jeeves, About, FindWhat, LookSmart and Inktomi, among others. |
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· |
|
Directory. Directory services are an extension of search and include services such as white pages. Our white pages service enables users to find basic
telephone and address information, as well as a wide array of more detailed information, on individuals. |
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· |
|
Broadband. Broadband services are targeted at the DSL and cable modem markets. These services include basic portal content that allow our customers to
present a branded homepage to their broadband subscribers. They also include next-generation services, such as an integrated online video experience, which are designed to take advantage of higher bandwidth networks and help our customers to deliver
a user experience that is richer and more pleasing than that of typical narrowband Internet connections. |
Our wireline services generate revenue as follows:
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· |
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Per Query. We are paid for a user generating a query to an InfoSpace or private-labeled service. |
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· |
|
Licensing Fees. We earn licensing fees from the development of customized, private-label versions of one or more InfoSpace services and for providing
access monthly to these services. |
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· |
|
Subscription Fees. We are paid monthly based on the volume of usage of a given service. |
Merchant
Our merchant business develops and delivers application and payment infrastructure services
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that are designed to help merchants leverage Internet and wireless technologies to conduct commerce. Using our merchant services, merchants can
establish an online presence, promote their products and services, and conduct commerce using our payment infrastructure services. We target small to medium sized merchant businesses.
Our merchant business is focused on payments, promotions, shopping and hosting.
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· |
|
Secure Payment Gateway Solutions enable merchants to authorize, process, and manage credit card and electronic check transactions using industry standard
Internet security methods. These services are available under the brand Authorize.Net and through our merchant bank partners, such as Wells Fargo and Union Bank of California and independent sales organizations, such as U.S. Merchant Services and
iPayments, among others. We earn revenue from our merchants on a monthly subscription fee basis, which includes a certain number of transactions. As merchants exceed their minimum number of transactions, we receive additional revenue per
transaction. |
|
· |
|
Merchant promotions are primarily our yellow page services, and are distributed through leading Web sites and wireless carriers offering merchants
expansive networks over which to promote their products and services. Revenues from merchant promotions are generated on a per query basis. |
|
· |
|
Shopping services offer a private-labeled, comparison shopping and customer loyalty solution that provides a unique way of offering reward point
redemption and online purchases using a range of products available from name brand merchants such as Good Guys, ABT Electronics, Saks 5th Avenue and other merchants. We earn a percentage of the total dollars processed or a percentage of loyalty points redeemed. |
|
· |
|
Hosting solutions provide merchants and Web developers with a flexible and scalable solution for establishing and building secure Web sites with a range
of tools for Web page construction and store building applications. These services are marketed under the brand Hypermart.net. Hosting revenues are generated on a monthly basis from subscriptions and monetization of the users to the merchants
Web sites. |
Wireless
We develop, deliver and support wireless data solutions that make it possible for wireless carriers to provide compelling and revenue-generating wireless data offerings to their subscribers. Our
flexible wireless data solutions make it easier and more efficient for our partners to aggregate, configure and customize the services they offer under their own brand and deliver these services to any mobile device.
InfoSpace partners include leading wireless carriers worldwide, such as Cingular Wireless (United States), AT&T Wireless (United
States), T-Mobile (United States and United Kingdom), Virgin Mobile (United Kingdom), Sprint (United States), Iusacell (Mexico), Rogers AT&T Wireless (Canada), KPN (Netherlands) and Vodafone (Australia).
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We generate revenue primarily on a per-subscriber or per-message fee basis.
As wireless data evolves, we are increasingly focused on the technologies and services with proven ability to drive mobile data service
usage and revenue. Around the world, push-messaging technologies such as SMS and MMS are emerging as the foundation for many of the more successful wireless data deployments.
As a result, we are executing several initiatives to capitalize on this. These initiatives include focusing more development efforts on next generation push-messaging
standards such as MMS and WAP-push, driving increased usage and adoption of existing push-messaging applications with innovative technologies that facilitate service provisioning, and providing carriers and third parties with tools and services
designed to simplify the process of developing, deploying and managing new mobile push-messaging applications.
Our wireless business
unit is focused on mobile applications and mobile application services.
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· |
|
Mobile Applications. We enable wireless carriers to differentiate their offering with an array of the information and services people use every day. Our
services are accessible over a wide array of network and device standards, including push-messaging standards WAP, SMS, WAP-push, as well as, SS7 signaling, voice (VXML), BREW and J2ME, among others. |
Our Mobile Applications fall into two product areas:
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· |
|
Content Applications. We offer a broad range of content applications delivering wireless access to the services and information people use everyday. Our
content applications offer carriers a broad range of multi-modal services including news, finance, sports, weather, fun and dating, jokes, horoscopes, trivia and more. In addition, InfoSpace helps carriers to more effectively target, attract and
retain users through offering service packages designed to appeal to the unique needs and interests of specific segments such as teens and young adults. |
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· |
|
Messaging. Our wireless messaging offers carriers a single interface, private-labeled for their brand, that provides subscribers with multi-modal access
to corporate and personal email, calendars and directories, using any Internet-connected or wireless device. |
|
· |
|
Mobile Application Services. We offer wireless carriers a comprehensive set of standards-based, components that, together as an end-to-end solution or
integrated with various carrier or third-party systems, enable the delivery of more revenue-generating services, more quickly, and at a lower cost. This solution enables the effective delivery and management of services based on push-messaging and
other wireless data standards by providing tools and services to support mobile application development, content integration, push-message delivery, billing, reporting and service packaging. |
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, as well as disclosures included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q, are based upon our consolidated financial statements,
which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of
assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingencies.
The U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission has defined a companys most critical accounting policies as the ones that are the most important to the portrayal of the companys financial condition and results of operations, and which require the company to make
its most difficult and subjective judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates of matters that are inherently uncertain. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate the estimates used, including those related to impairment and useful lives of
intangible assets, other-than-temporary impairment of investments, and collectibility of outstanding accounts and other receivables. We base our
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estimates on historical experience, current conditions and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the
circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources as well as identifying and assessing our accounting treatment with respect
to commitments and contingencies. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe the following critical accounting policies involve the more significant judgments and estimates used in the
preparation of our consolidated financial statements.
Accounting for Goodwill and Certain Other Intangible Assets
Approximately 31% of our assets as of September 30, 2002 consist of goodwill and other intangible assets, most of which have
been acquired in business combinations and were recorded based on the fair value of the consideration we issued to effect those business combinations. We adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 142, Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets, on January 1, 2002 and recorded a non-cash charge for the cumulative effect of adopting SFAS No. 142 of $206.6 million to reduce the carrying value of our indefinite-lived intangible assets to their estimated fair value as of
January 1, 2002. In the three months ended September 30, 2002, we recorded a charge of $15.5 million for the impairment of definite-lived other intangibles that were no longer being used in our operations. Ongoing analyses of whether the fair value
of recorded goodwill is impaired will involve a substantial amount of judgment, as will establishing and monitoring estimated lives of amortizable intangible assets. Future charges related to intangible assets could be material depending on future
developments and changes in technology and our business. We have retained an independent valuation firm to conduct the annual valuation analysis pursuant to SFAS No. 142. We may record a non-cash operating charge in the fourth quarter based on the
results of this analysis.
Other Investments
We have invested in public and private companies for business and strategic purposes. As of September 30, 2002, the carrying value of our publicly held and privately held
investments was $3.8 million and $20.2 million, respectively. The determination as to whether a decline in the fair value of a publicly held security is other-than-temporary requires a considerable amount of judgment. However, determining whether
other-than-temporary declines in the fair values of investments in the equity securities of private companies have occurred requires an even higher level of judgment due to the absence of an observable market price for the investment. We regularly
review the status of our private company investees to determine whether such a decline has occurred. However, this determination involves various assumptions about the investee companies business prospects in addition to an understanding of
their capital structure and financing developments. To the extent the companies in which we have invested experience significant business difficulties in the future, we may record additional impairment charges beyond those incurred to date.
We periodically evaluate whether the declines in fair value of our investments are other-than-temporary. This
evaluation consists of a review by members of senior management in finance and accounting. For investments in companies with publicly quoted market prices, we compare the market price to the investments carrying value and, if the quoted market
price is less than the
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investments accounting basis for an extended period of time, generally six months, we then consider additional factors to determine
whether the decline in fair value is other-than-temporary. These include the financial condition, results of operations and operating trends for each of the companies, as well as publicly available information regarding the investee companies,
including reports from investment analysts. We also consider our ability and intent to hold the investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value, specific adverse conditions causing a decline in fair
value of a particular investment, conditions in an industry or geographic area, seasonal factors, recent exercise prices of option grants and, if applicable, whether dividends have been reduced or eliminated, or scheduled interest payments on debt
securities have not been made. For investments in private companies with no quoted market price, we consider similar qualitative factors and also consider the implied value from any recent rounds of financing completed by the investee as well as
market prices of comparable public companies. We obtain periodic financial statements from the private company investees to assist us in reviewing relevant financial data and to assist us in determining whether such data may indicate
other-than-temporary declines in fair value below the investments carrying value.
Revenue Recognition
Approximately 0.2% of our revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2002 was earned from advertising barter transactions.
We had no barter revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2002. The determination of the fair value of consideration given and received requires judgment. For advertising barter transactions, we identify comparable cash transactions, as
required by EITF Issue No. 99-17, to determine the amount of revenue and expense to be recorded for the advertising we receive and surrender in such transactions.
We also record revenue from arrangements that contain multiple revenue-generating activities. In such arrangements, we recognize revenue for individual elements where
evidence of the fair value of the individual elements exists. Where no such evidence exists, revenue is collectively recognized for the individual components as one element.
Accounts and Other Receivables
The allowance for doubtful
accounts is a management estimate that considers actual facts and circumstances of individual customers and other debtors, such as financial condition and historical payment trends. We evaluate the adequacy of the allowance utilizing a combination
of specific identification of potentially problematic accounts as well as identification of accounts that have exceeded payment terms.
Internally Developed Software
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
issued Statement of Position (SOP) 98-1, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use, to provide guidance on the accounting treatment of costs related to software obtained or developed for internal
use. We have capitalized certain costs to develop internal-use software, consisting primarily of salaries and benefits. Because most of our employees do not work exclusively on developing internally used software, we allocate the salaries and
benefits for employees on a project-by-project basis. We capitalize the amount of salaries and benefits related to software
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developed for internal use based on the results of this allocation. We have capitalized approximately $1.7 million of internal-use software
costs during the nine months ended September 30, 2002. During the year ended December 31, 2001, we capitalized approximately $2.6 million of internal-use software costs. These amounts are included in property and equipment, net, in our consolidated
balance sheets. We amortize these capitalized costs to expense over an estimate of the useful life of the related internal-use software, which is generally five years.
Historical Results of Operations
We have incurred losses
since our inception and, as of September 30, 2002, had an accumulated deficit of approximately $1.2 billion, which includes impairment and amortization of intangible assets of approximately $817 million. For the three months ended September 30,
2002, our net loss was $26.6 million including impairment of intangible assets of $15.5 million, amortization of intangible assets of $3.1 million and $5.5 million loss on investments. For the three months ended September 30, 2001, our net loss was
$204.8 million, including $99.2 million of impairment of intangible assets, $58.0 million in amortization of goodwill and other intangibles and $26.8 million loss on investments. For the nine months ended September 30, 2002, our net loss totaled
$280.8 million, including the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle of $206.6 million, impairment of intangible assets of $15.5 million, amortization of intangible assets of $14.8 million, and $22.8 million loss on investments. For
the nine months ended September 30, 2001, our net loss totaled $400.0 million, including amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets of $181.0 million, impairment of intangible assets of $99.2 million and $88.5 million loss on investments.
Results of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2002 and 2001
Revenues. Revenues are derived from our products and application services, which are delivered to end-users on wireline, wireless and broadband platforms and to merchants principally via merchant aggregators including
merchant banks. Under many of our agreements we earn revenue from a combination of our products and application services.
Revenues were $33.6 million in the three months ended September 30, 2002 compared to $33.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2001. Revenues were $100.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 compared to
$130.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001. The decline in total revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 reflects primarily the reduction of barter and related party revenues.
Revenues for wireline were $12.9 million in the three months ended September 30, 2002 compared to $15.8 million in the three months ended
September 30, 2001. Revenues for wireline were $40.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002, compared to $76.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001. The decline in total wireline revenue for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2002, reflects the reduction of barter and related party revenues.
Revenues for merchant were
$12.2 million in the three months ended September 30, 2002 compared to $10.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2001. Revenues for merchant were $36.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2002 compared to $29.8 million in the
nine months ended September 30, 2001. The growth in merchant revenue for the three and nine
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months ended September 30, 2002, is primarily due to a new long-term agreement for our merchant promotion services with Verizon Information
Services, an increase in transactions being processed on our payment platform, and an increase in the number of merchant customers using our payment platform.
Revenues for wireless were $8.5 million in the three months ended September 30, 2002 compared to $6.9 million in the three months ended September 30, 2001. Revenues for wireless were $22.6 million in
the nine months ended September 30, 2002 compared to $24.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2001. Included in wireless revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002, is non-recurring revenue of $1.3 million of deferred
revenue recognized in the third quarter upon the cancellation of a contract with a former customer in Brazil. We received the nonrefundable cash payment during 2001 and deferred the amount for future recognition because of our obligation to perform
under the terms of the agreement. In July 2002, the agreement was cancelled and we have no future performance requirements. We have elected to cease our operations in Brazil. In addition, during July 2001 we sold certain assets related to the
enterprise portion of our speech solutions business. Both of these events contributed to reduced wireless revenues in the latter half of 2001 and in 2002. Our existing agreement with Verizon Wireless terminated in early November 2002. We expect
revenues for our wireless unit to be lower for the three-month period ending December 31, 2002 compared to the three-month period ended September 30, 2002.
Included in revenue are barter revenues generated from non-cash transactions as defined by EITF Issue No. 99-17, Accounting for Advertising Barter Transactions. Revenue is recognized when we
complete all of our obligations under the agreement. Barter expense is recorded when the other party to the agreement completes their obligations under the agreement. For non-cash agreements, we record a receivable or liability at the end of the
reporting period for the difference in the fair value of the services provided or received. We recognized no barter revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2002 compared to $3.1 million recognized for the three months ended September 30,
2001. We recognized barter revenue of $243,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 compared to $13.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001. Generally, barter transactions consist of the right to place Internet advertisements.
For the three months ended September 30, 2002, barter advertising expense was $285,000 compared to $2.1 million in the three months ended September 30, 2001. For the nine months ended September 30, 2002, barter advertising expense was $1.0 million
compared to $8.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2001. We expect that barter revenue and expense in 2002 will continue to decrease in absolute dollars from the amount of barter revenue and expense recorded in 2001.
We hold warrants and stock in public and privately held companies for business and strategic purposes. Some of these warrants
were received in conjunction with equity investments. Additionally, some warrants and stock were received in connection with business agreements whereby we provide our products and services to the issuers in exchange for warrants or stock in the
customer's company. Some of these agreements contain provisions that require us to meet specific performance criteria in order for the stock or warrants to vest. When we meet our performance obligations, we record revenue equal to the fair value of
the stock or warrant then vesting. If no future performance is required, we recognize the revenue on a straight-line basis over the contract term. Fair values are determined through third party investors or independent appraisal. We recorded revenue
in the amount of $641,000 for recognition of deferred revenue
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associated with stock and warrants for the three months ended September 30, 2002 compared to $1.9 million for the three months ended September
30, 2001. We recorded revenue in the amount of $2.0 million for recognition of deferred revenue associated with stock and warrants for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 compared to $12.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.
We expect that warrant revenue in 2002 will continue to decrease in absolute dollars from the amount of warrant revenue recorded in 2001.
Revenues earned from companies in which we own stock are considered related party revenues, including independent agreements entered into during the current year with companies that we or Go2Net invested in during prior
years. During the nine months ended September 30, 2002, we made no new investments in private or public companies. From time to time, in the normal course of business, we have entered into agreements to provide various promotional services for
companies in which we previously made an investment. In addition, we have deferred revenue from warrants that were earned from a company in which we have an investment. For the three months ended September 30, 2002, related party revenue was
$654,000, (including $402,000 of the $641,000 of stock and warrant revenue discussed above) compared to $3.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2001. For the nine months ended September 30, 2002, related party revenue was $2.2 million,
(including $1.3 million of the $2.0 million of stock and warrant revenue discussed above), compared to $28.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.
Cost of Revenues. Cost of revenues consists of expenses associated with the delivery, maintenance and support of our products and application services,
including personnel expenses, communication costs such as high-speed Internet access, server equipment depreciation, and content license fees. Cost of revenues was $8.7 million, or 26% of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2002,
compared to $9.5 million, or 29% of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2001. Cost of revenues was $28.0 million, or 28% of revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 compared to $31.8 million, or 24% of revenue for the nine
months ended September 30, 2001. The absolute dollar decrease of cost of revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 was primarily attributable to a decrease in salaries and benefits resulting from our reduction of workforce in
2001. In the near term, the majority of our expenses in cost of revenues are fixed.
Product Development
Expenses. Product development expenses consist principally of personnel costs for research, development, support and ongoing enhancements of the software, application services and solutions we deliver to our customers. Product development
expenses were $8.4 million, or 25% of revenue, for the three months ended September 30, 2002, compared with $9.1 million, or 27% of revenue, for the three months ended September 30, 2001. Product development expenses were $27.3 million, or 27% of
revenue, for the nine months ended September 30, 2002, compared with $31.4 million, or 24% of revenue, for the nine months ended September 30, 2001. The absolute dollar decrease for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 was primarily
attributable to a decrease in salaries and benefits resulting from reductions of workforce in 2001. Generally, product development costs are not consistent with changes in revenue as they represent key infrastructure costs to develop and enhance
service offerings and are not directly associated with current period revenue. We believe that continued significant investments in technology are necessary to remain competitive.
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Sales, General and Administrative Expenses. Sales, general and
administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and related benefits for sales and administrative personnel, carriage fees, professional service fees, occupancy and general office expenses, business development and management travel expenses
and advertising and promotion expenses. Sales, general and administrative expenses were $19.6 million, or 58% of revenues, for the three months ended September 30, 2002 compared to $27.7 million, or 84% of revenues, for the three months ended
September 30, 2001. Sales, general and administrative expenses were $69.4 million, or 69% of revenues, for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 compared to $95.5 million, or 73% of revenues, for the nine months ended September 30, 2001. The
absolute dollar decrease for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 is attributable to reduced salaries and benefits from our reduction of workforce in 2001, reduced barter advertising expense and recovery of bad debts from receiving
payments on receivables that had been previously written off as not collectible. We expect sales, general and administrative expenses to continue to decline in absolute dollars in the remainder of 2002 as compared to 2001.
Amortization of Intangible Assets. Amortization of definite-lived intangible assets in 2002 includes amortization of core
technology, customer lists and other intangibles. For periods prior to 2002, amortization of intangibles included amortization of goodwill, core technology, purchased domain names, trademarks, customer lists and assembled workforce. Amortization of
other intangible assets was $3.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2002, compared to $6.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2001. Amortization of other intangible assets was $14.8 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 2002, compared to $18.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001. The absolute dollar decrease during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 is attributable to a lower balance of other intangible assets in 2002
due to impairment charges incurred during the third and fourth quarters of 2001. Other intangible assets are expected to be fully amortized by 2007 with corresponding amortization expense estimated to be $2.1 million for the remainder of 2002, $8.4
million for 2003, $5.0 million for 2004, $1.7 million for 2005, $708,000 for 2006 and $55,000 for 2007.
Effective
January 1, 2002, goodwill and other specific indefinite-lived intangible assets are no longer subject to amortization (see Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle). As a result, we did not record an expense for amortization of goodwill
in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002. Amortization of goodwill was $51.2 million and $162.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001, respectively.
Impairment of Intangible Assets. During the three months ended September 30, 2002, we evaluated our other intangible assets and recorded an impairment charge
of $15.5 million. This amount is comprised of $14.9 million of charges related to the abandonment of core technology and $606,000 related to customer lists. We determined that we would not pursue development of technologies acquired in certain
previous acquisitions due to changes in market factors and our business. We also cancelled certain agreements that had been acquired in a previous acquisition and recorded an impairment charge of the other intangible related to customer lists.
During the three months ended September 30, 2001, we determined that the values of certain intangible assets
associated with previous acquisitions were impaired. A total of $99.2 million of impairment charges were recorded during the three-month period ended September 30, 2001. This amount is comprised of $2.0 million of charges related to assembled
workforce intangibles, $33.0
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million of charges related to the abandonment of technology and related goodwill amounts, and $64.2 million related to the writedowns of the
core technology and associated goodwill from the sale of certain operating assets to Locus Dialogue relating to the Liaison enterprise solution. We have retained an independent valuation firm to conduct the annual valuation analysis pursuant to SFAS
No. 142. We may record a non-cash operating charge in the fourth quarter of 2002 based on the results of this analysis.
Restructuring Charges. Restructuring charges were $1.1 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002. We made the decision during the third quarter of 2002 to discontinue operations in Brazil. However we
do plan to continue to pursue wireless opportunities in Latin America, including Brazil. The closure of our Brazil operations resulted in a charge of $491,000 primarily relating to the realized loss on foreign currency fluctuations since we began
operations in Brazil. During September 2002, we decided to sell certain assets of InfoSpace Speech Solutions. As a result of classifying these assets as held-for-sale, we incurred a charge of $854,000 to adjust the book value of those assets to the
estimated fair market value as of September 30, 2002. The charges relating to Brazil and the asset sale were partially offset by a reduction of $289,000 to the estimated charge related to the lease buyout of the Companys former Seattle
facility.
As part of our focus on profitability and streamlining operations, we will reduce our work force by
approximately 90 employees during the fourth quarter of 2002. We expect to incur a charge during the three month period ended December 31, 2002, of approximately $1.0 to $1.5 million related to this restructuring.
Restructuring charges of $13.8 million incurred during the three months ended September 30, 2001 include future operating lease costs net
of the sublease income from the abandonment of our Seattle, Mountain View and a portion of the Montreal facilities. Also included in restructuring charges for the three months ended September 30, 2001, are severance costs for the reduction in
workforce from the closure of the Mountain View facility. Restructuring charges of $15.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001, also include charges for the formal reduction in workforce in February 2001 and adjustments for the future
operating lease costs from the closure of the Ottawa and Dallas facilities.
Other charges. Other
charges consist of one-time costs and/or charges that are not directly associated with other operating expense classifications. Other charges of $22,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2002 consist mostly of an adjustment to an allowance on
a note receivable and an adjustment to the estimated liability for settlement of a litigation matter. Other charges of $821,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 consist of, in addition to the adjustments detailed above, an additional
allowance on a note receivable and a settlement charge on a litigation matter, offset by a reduction of an estimated liability for settlement of a litigation matter.
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Other charges of $1.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2001
consisted of settlements on litigation matters. Other charges of $1.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 included settlements on litigation matters and allowance for a note receivable, offset by a decrease to an estimated liability
for past overtime worked.
Loss on Investments. Loss on investments consists of losses from declines
in the fair value of derivative instruments held, losses on investments marked to fair value in the InfoSpace Venture Capital Fund 2000, LLC during the three months ended March 31, 2001 and realized gains and losses on investments and impairment on
investments.
Changes in fair values of derivative instruments held: Effective January 1, 2001, we adopted
SFAS No. 133 which requires us to adjust our derivative instruments to fair value and recognize the change in the fair value in current earnings. We hold warrants to purchase stock in other companies, which qualify as derivatives. For the three
months ended September 30, 2002, we recognized a $2.2 million loss from the net decrease in fair value of these warrants compared to a $4.2 million gain for the three months ended September 30, 2001. For the nine months ended September 30, 2002, we
recognized a $3.6 million loss from the net decrease in the fair value of these warrants compared to an $8.1 million loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.
Impairment on investments: We determined that the decline in value was other-than-temporary for some of our investments during the three months ended September 30,
2002. For the three months ended September 30, 2002, we recorded impairment charges of $3.3 million, compared to $22.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2001. For the nine months ended September 30, 2002, we recorded impairment
charges of $19.2 million, compared to $78.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.
Other
Income, Net. Other income, net consists primarily of interest income and totaled $1.7 million during the three months ended September 30, 2002 compared to $3.8 million in the three months ended September 30, 2001. Other income, net totaled
$5.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 compared to $14.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001. The decrease for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 was primarily due to reduced cash and marketable
investments held during the periods ended September 30, 2002 as compared to the same periods ended September 30, 2001, as well as lower interest rates. The average interest rate earned on invested balances during the three months ended September 30,
2002 was 3.17%, as compared to 5.01% for the three months ended September 30, 2001.
We anticipate that interest
income from our fixed income securities will decrease in the fourth quarter of 2002 compared to the third quarter of 2002 primarily as a result of lower interest rates. We continue to expect lower yields on our invested balances and expect our total
interest income to be lower in 2002 compared to 2001.
Income Tax Expense. We have recorded income
tax expense of approximately $93,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and $333,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 related to our operations in Europe. We expect to continue to record a tax provision for our international
operations and do not anticipate recording a U.S. federal tax provision for the remainder of 2002.
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Cumulative Effect of Changes in Accounting Principle. Effective
July 1, 2001, we adopted certain provisions of SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations, and effective January 1, 2002, we adopted the full provisions of SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. SFAS No. 141
requires business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 to be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting, and broadens the criteria for recording intangible assets apart from goodwill. In accordance with SFAS No. 142, we evaluated
the classification of our intangible assets using the criteria of SFAS No. 141, which resulted in $1.0 million of intangible assets (comprised entirely of assembled workforce intangibles) being classified into goodwill at January 1, 2002.
SFAS No. 142 requires that purchased goodwill and certain indefinite-lived intangibles no longer be amortized
into results of operations, but instead be tested for impairment at least annually. We evaluated our other intangible assets, which include core technology, customer lists and other, and determined that substantially all such assets have definite
lives. As of January 1, 2002, the amount of intangible assets (comprised of domain name and trademark intangibles) that have been determined to have indefinite lives, and therefore not subject to amortization, is $313,000. This amount is included in
goodwill, net on our consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2002.
SFAS No. 142 prescribes an impairment
testing of goodwill, which we completed during the three months ended March 31, 2002 and determined that the value of our recorded goodwill was impaired as of January 1, 2002. Accordingly, we recorded a non-cash charge for the cumulative effect of
change in accounting principle of $206.6 million as of January 1, 2002, as impairment of goodwill. This amount was determined based on independent valuations of our reporting units as of January 1, 2002 using a combination of our quoted stock price
and projections of future discounted cash flows for each reporting unit. We will test our goodwill balance for impairment and may incur an additional impairment charge during the three months ended December 31, 2002. The amount of such charge is
currently indeterminable.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2002, we had cash and marketable
investments of $275.2 million, consisting of cash and cash equivalents of $134.2 million and short-term investments available-for-sale of $141.0 million. We invest our excess cash in high quality marketable investments, which are rated at least A-1,
P-1. These investments include securities issued by U.S. government agencies, certificates of deposit, money market funds, and taxable municipal bonds.
We have pledged a portion of our cash and cash equivalents as collateral for standby letters of credit and a bank guaranty for certain of our property leases. At September 30, 2002, the total amount of
collateral pledged under these agreements was approximately $5.6 million, which consisted of $4.7 million of standby letters of credit, $546,000 of certificates of deposit and $342,000 of bank guaranty. At September 30, 2002 we were holding funds in
the amount of approximately $2.9 million for and on behalf of merchants utilizing our eCheck application services, in anticipation of funding under contractual terms. On average, eCheck funds are held for seven business days or longer depending on
the merchant agreement. The held funds are included in both cash and other current liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet. In addition, we have guaranteed up to $12.0 million of monthly processing volume to the originating depository
financial institution related to Authorize.Nets eCheck application services.
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Net cash used by operating activities totaled $11.0 million for the nine months ended September 30,
2002. Approximately $10.0 million of the net cash used by operating activities was related changes in operating assets and liabilities, which includes the reduction of the balances of accounts payable and accrued expenses. Cash used in operations
for the nine months ended September 30, 2002, included $1.9 million of transition charges for temporary employee relocation and consulting costs related to the Giant Bear acquisition completed in December 2001. Cash used by operating activities for
the nine months ended September 30, 2002 also included a cash outlay of $4.4 million for a lease buyout payment in connection with the lease of our former Seattle facility paid in April 2002, which was included in accrued expenses at December 31,
2001. The Seattle facility was the corporate headquarters of Go2Net prior to the Companys merger in October 2000. This buyout released the Company of all future obligations under that lease.
Net cash provided by investing activities totaled $25.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002. We sold $93.9 million of
long-term investments with maturities of one to two years and reinvested $60.7 million of the funds from the sale of the long-term investments into short-term investments rated at least A-1, P-1 with maturities of 365 days or less. We used $4.8
million to purchase fixed assets, primarily capitalized equipment. We also used $2.5 million in business acquisition costs for the purchase of certain assets from eCash Technologies.
Net cash provided by financing activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2002 was $830,000. Cash proceeds from financing activities resulted from the exercise of
stock options and from sales of shares through the employee stock purchase plan.
We believe that existing cash
balances, cash equivalents and cash generated from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs for working capital and capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months. However, the underlying assumed levels of revenues and
expenses may not prove to be accurate. Our anticipated cash needs exclude any payments to settle pending litigation matters or any amounts we may be required to pay resulting from the IRS audit of our payroll tax returns for the year 2000. In
addition, the Company evaluates acquisitions of businesses, products or technologies that complement its business from time to time. Any such transactions, if consummated, may use a portion of the Companys working capital. We may seek
additional funding through public or private financings or other arrangements prior to such time. Adequate funds may not be available when needed or may not be available on favorable terms. If we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities,
dilution to existing stockholders will result. If funding is insufficient at any time in the future, we may be unable to develop or enhance our products or services, take advantage of business opportunities or respond to competitive pressures, any
of which could harm our business.
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Factors Affecting Our Operating Results, Business Prospects and Market Price of Stock
You should carefully
consider the financial risks and uncertainties described below and all of the information contained in this report before making an investment decision. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, financial condition or operating
results could be materially harmed. This could cause the trading price of our common stock to decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.
Financial Risks Related to Our Business
We have a history of losses and expect
to continue to incur operating losses, and we may not achieve profitability under GAAP or be able to sustain profitability under GAAP.
We have incurred net losses from our inception through September 30, 2002. As of September 30, 2002, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $1.2 billion. We have not achieved profitability under accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and we expect to continue to incur operating losses in the future. These losses may be higher than our current losses from operations. Many of our operating expenses are fixed in the short
term. We may in the future incur losses from the impairment of goodwill or other intangible assets, or from the impairment of the value of private and public companies that we have invested in. We must therefore generate revenues sufficient to
offset these expenses in order for us to become profitable under GAAP. If we do achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain it.
Our financial results are likely to continue to fluctuate, which could cause our stock price to be volatile or decline.
Our financial results have varied on a quarterly basis and are likely to fluctuate in the future. These fluctuations could cause our stock price to be volatile or decline. Several factors could cause
our quarterly results to fluctuate materially, including:
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the amount and timing of fees we pay to Web portals to include our information services on their Web sites; |
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For these reasons, you should not rely on period-to-period comparisons of our financial results to forecast our future performance.
Furthermore, our fluctuating operating results may fall below the expectations of securities analysts or investors, which would cause the trading price of our stock to decline.
A substantial portion of our revenues is attributable to a small number of customers, the loss of any one of which would harm our financial results.
We derive a substantial portion of our revenues from a small number of customers. We expect that this concentration will continue in the
foreseeable future. Our top ten customers represented 55% of our revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 38% of our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2001. No single customer accounted for more than 10% of our revenues in
2001. However, Overture and Verizon Information Services each accounted for more than 10% of our revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002. If we lose any of these customers, or if any of these customers are unable or unwilling
to pay us amounts that they owe us, our financial results could materially suffer.
An audit of our payroll tax returns could result
in material liabilities that could adversely affect our financial position and results of operations.
The
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is auditing our payroll tax returns for the year 2000. This audit includes a review of tax withholding on stock options exercised by certain former employees. No amounts have been accrued in our financial statements,
as the potential liability does not meet the definition of probable in accordance with SFAS No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies. We believe the range of the possible liability could be zero to $18.6 million plus any applicable interest and
penalties. Resolution of this matter is uncertain and our arguments may not prevail in the event an assessment by the IRS is rendered. If the IRS determines that we owe additional payroll taxes, and the amount we owe is material to us, our financial
position and results of operations will be adversely affected.
We operate in new and rapidly evolving markets, and our business model
continues to evolve, which makes it difficult to evaluate our future prospects.
Since inception, our business
model has evolved and is likely to continue to evolve as we expand our product offerings and enter new markets. As a result, our potential for future profitability must be considered in light of the risks, uncertainties, expenses and difficulties
frequently encountered by companies that are in new and/or rapidly evolving markets and continuing to innovate with new and unproven technologies. Some of these risks relate to our potential inability to:
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respond quickly and appropriately to competitive developments, including rapid technological change, changes in customer requirements and new products
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manage our growth, control expenditures and align costs with revenues; |
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attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel. |
In addition, in response to uncertain and volatile economic
conditions, we have in the past and may find it necessary in the future to streamline operations and reduce expenses, including such measures as reductions in the workforce, cuts in discretionary spending, reductions in capital expenditures as well
as other steps to reduce expenses. Effecting any such restructuring would likely place significant strains on management and our operational, financial, employee and other resources. In addition, any such restructuring could negatively affect our
development, marketing, sales and customer support efforts or alter our product development plans.
If we do not
effectively address the risks we face, our business model may become unworkable and we may not achieve or sustain profitability.
Our
stock price has been and is likely to continue to be highly volatile.
The trading price of our common stock
has historically been highly volatile. Since we began trading on December 15, 1998, our stock price has ranged from $3.70 to $1,385.00 (as adjusted for stock splits). On November 12, 2002, the closing price of our common stock was $8.50. Our stock
price could continue to decline or be subject to wide fluctuations in response to factors such as the following:
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announcements of technological innovations, new products or services, or new customer relationships by us or our competitors; |
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conditions or trends in the wireless communications, Internet and online commerce industries; |
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regulatory changes affecting the wireless, Internet and online commerce industries; |
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announcements of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments by us, our customers or our competitors;
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In addition, the stock market in general, and the Nasdaq National Market and the market for Internet and technology companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations.
These broad market and industry factors and general economic conditions may materially and adversely affect our stock price.
Our
future earnings could be negatively affected by significant charges resulting from the impairment in the value of acquired assets.
For acquisitions which we have accounted for using the purchase method, we regularly evaluate the recorded amount of long-lived assets, consisting primarily of goodwill, assembled workforce, acquired contracts and core
technology, to determine whether there has been any impairment of the value of the assets and the appropriateness of their estimated remaining lives. We evaluate impairment whenever events or changed circumstances indicate that the carrying amount
of the long-lived assets might not be recoverable.
In addition, recent changes in GAAP require us to discontinue
amortizing goodwill and certain intangibles. We adopted these changes effective January 1, 2002. Under this approach, goodwill and certain intangibles will not be amortized into results of operations, but instead will be reviewed for impairment and
written down and charged to results of operations only in the periods in which the recorded value of goodwill and certain intangibles is more than its fair value. On January 1, 2002, we recorded a non-cash, non-operating charge in the amount of
$206.6 million for the cumulative effect of adopting this new accounting standard. During the three months ended September 30, 2002, we evaluated our other intangible assets and recorded an impairment charge of $15.5 million. This amount is
comprised of $14.9 million of charges related to the abandonment of core technology and $606,000 related to intangible customer lists. We determined that we would not pursue the development of technologies acquired in certain previous acquisitions
due to changes in market factors and our business. We also cancelled certain agreements that had been acquired in previous acquisitions and recorded an impairment charge to intangible customer lists.
We will continue to regularly evaluate the recorded amount of our long-lived assets including acquired contracts and core technology and
test for impairment. In the event we determine that any long-lived asset has been impaired, we will record additional impairment charges in future quarters. Goodwill will be evaluated at least annually. We anticipate our next evaluation of our
goodwill will occur in the fourth quarter of 2002. We are unable to predict the amount, if any, of potential future impairments.
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Our revenues are dependent on our relationships with companies who distribute our products and
application services.
We provide our products and application services to our customers, who in turn offer
them to their customers. We rely on our relationships with regional Bell operating companies and other merchant banks and financial institutions, including American Express and Verizon Information Services, for distribution of our merchant services.
We also rely on our relationships with major US wireless carriers such as Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile (VoiceStream) to provide our wireless applications to their subscribers. In particular, certain of these agreements will come up for renewal
during 2002. We cannot assure you that such arrangements will not be terminated or that such arrangements will be renewed upon expiration of their terms. Additionally, we cannot assure you that these relationships will be profitable or result in
benefits to us that outweigh the costs of the relationships.
Our financial results have been, and may continue to be, negatively
impacted by our recognition of losses on investments in other companies.
We hold a number of investments in
third parties. The majority of the companies we have invested in are engaged in Internet, networking, e-commerce, telecommunications and wireless technologies. These investments involve a high level of risk for a number of reasons, including:
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the companies in which we have invested are generally development-stage companies which are likely to continue to generate losses in the foreseeable future and
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during the past few years, companies in the industries we have invested in and in the technology industry have experienced difficulties in raising capital to
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We regularly review our investments in public and
private companies for other-than-temporary declines in fair value. When we determine that the decline in fair value of an investment below our accounting basis is other-than-temporary, we reduce the carrying value of the securities we hold and
record a loss in the amount of any such decline. We determined that the decline in value of our investments was other-than-temporary for several investments in the nine months ended September 30, 2002. We recognized non-cash losses totaling $22.8
million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 to record these investments at their current fair values. During the year ended December 31, 2001, we determined that the declines in value of many of our investments were other-than-temporary and
we recognized losses totaling $100.9 million, which represented 20% of the net loss for the period, to record these investments at their current fair values. With the current economic environment, it is difficult to accurately predict the amount of
exposure to future investment impairment. As of September 30, 2002, Other investments were recorded at $24.0 million.
If we conclude in future quarters that the fair values of any of our investments have experienced more than a temporary decline, we will record additional investment losses, which would adversely affect our financial condition and
results of operations.
Our financial and operating results will suffer if we are unsuccessful at integrating acquired
businesses.
We have acquired a large number of complementary technologies and businesses in the past, and may
do so in the future. Acquisitions typically involve potentially dilutive issuances of stock, the incurrence of additional debt and contingent liabilities or large write-offs and amortization expenses related to certain intangible assets. Past and
future acquisitions involve numerous risks which could materially and adversely affect our results of operations or stock price, including:
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difficulties in assimilating the operations, products, technology, information systems and personnel of acquired companies which result in unanticipated costs,
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The success of the operations of companies and technologies which we have acquired will often depend on the continued efforts of the management of those acquired
companies. Accordingly, we have typically attempted to retain key employees and members of existing
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management of acquired companies under the overall supervision of our senior management. We have, however, not always been successful in these
attempts at retention.
We depend on third parties for content, and the loss of access to this content could cause us to
reduce our product offerings to customers.
We typically do not create our own content. Rather, we acquire
rights to information from numerous third-party content providers, and our future success is highly dependent upon our ability to maintain relationships with these content providers and enter into new relationships with other content providers.
We typically license content under arrangements that require us to pay usage (per query) or fixed monthly fees
for the use of the content or require us to pay under an advertising revenue-sharing arrangement. In the future, some of our content providers may demand a greater portion of advertising revenues or increase the fees that they charge us for their
content thus having a negative impact on our net earnings. If we fail to enter into and maintain satisfactory arrangements with content providers, our ability to provide a variety of products and services to our customers could be severely limited,
thus harming our business reputation and operating results.
Operational Risks Related to Our Business
Our systems could fail or become unavailable, which would harm our reputation, result in a loss of current and potential customers and could cause
us to breach existing agreements.
Our success depends, in part, on the performance, reliability and
availability of our services. We have data centers in Seattle and Bellevue, Washington; and Papendrecht, The Netherlands. Until we complete our disaster recovery and redundancy planning, none of our data centers are currently redundant. Our systems
and operations could be damaged or interrupted by fire, flood, power loss, telecommunications failure, Internet breakdown, break-in, earthquake and similar events. We would face significant damage as a result of these events, and our business
interruption insurance may not be adequate to compensate us for all the losses that may occur. In addition, our systems use sophisticated software that may contain bugs that could interrupt service. For these reasons we may be unable to develop or
successfully manage the infrastructure necessary to meet current or future demands for reliability and scalability of our systems.
If the volume of traffic on our Web sites or our customers Web sites increases substantially, we must respond in a timely fashion by expanding our systems which may entail upgrading our technology,
transaction-processing systems and network infrastructure. Due to the number of our customers and the products and application services that we offer, we could experience periodic capacity constraints which may cause temporary unanticipated system
disruptions, slower response times and lower levels of customer service. Our business could be harmed if we are unable to accurately project the rate or timing of increases, if any, in the use of our products and application services or expand and
upgrade our systems and infrastructure to accommodate these increases in a timely manner.
Furthermore, we have
entered into service level agreements with certain merchant services distributors, including merchant banks, portal sites and most of our wireless customers. These
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agreements call for system up times and 24/7 support, and include penalties for non-performance. We may be unable to fulfill these commitments,
which could subject us to penalties under our agreements, harm our reputation and result in the loss of customers and distributors.
If we are unable to retain our key employees, we may not be able to successfully manage our business.
Our business and operations are substantially dependent on the performance of our key employees, all of who are employed on an at-will basis. If we lose the services of one or more of our executive officers or key employees, and are
unable to recruit and retain a suitable successor, we may not be able to successfully manage our business or achieve our business objectives. The only person on whom we maintain key person life insurance is Naveen Jain, our Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer. Although our executive officers have signed agreements which limit their ability to compete with us for one year after their employment with us ends, our business could be harmed if subsequent to the non-compete period one or more
of them joined a competitor or otherwise decided to compete with us. Naveen Jain has signed a two-year non-competition agreement.
On July 31, 2002, we announced that our board of directors has formed a search committee to identify qualified candidates to serve as the Companys chairman and chief executive officer. We may not be successful in attracting and
retaining a qualified candidate to serve as our chairman and chief executive officer. Also, a new chairman and chief executive officer may change the strategic direction of the company or one or more of its business units and such change may not
prove successful. Either of these occurrences would have a material adverse effect on our business.
In light of current market
conditions, the value of stock options granted to employees may cease to provide sufficient incentive to our employees.
Stock options, which typically vest over a two or four-year period, are an important means by which we compensate employees. We face a significant challenge in retaining our employees if the value of these stock options is either not
substantial enough or so substantial that the employees leave after their stock options have vested. If our stock price does not increase significantly above the prices of our options, we may in the future need to issue new options or equity
incentives or increases in other forms of compensation to motivate and retain our employees. We may undertake or seek stockholder approval to undertake programs to retain our employees that may be viewed as dilutive to our shareholders.
Unless we are able to hire, retain and motivate highly qualified employees, we will be unable to execute our business strategy.
Our future success depends on our ability to identify, attract, hire, train, retain and motivate highly
skilled technical, managerial, sales and marketing and business development personnel. Our services and the industries to which we provide our services are relatively new, particularly with respect to our merchant services and our wireless data
services. Qualified personnel with experience relevant to our business are scarce and competition to recruit them is intense. If we fail to successfully attract, assimilate and retain a sufficient number of highly qualified technical, managerial,
sales and marketing, business development and administrative personnel, our business could suffer. Realignments of resources, reductions in workforce or other future operational decisions could create an unstable work environment and may have a
negative effect on our ability to retain and motivate employees.
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We are subject to legal proceedings that could result in liability and damage our business.
From time to time, we have been, and expect to continue to be, subject to legal proceedings and claims
in the ordinary course of our business, including claims of infringement of intellectual property rights by us, as well as a putative securities class action lawsuit and other securities-related litigation. Approximately eleven lawsuits against us
are currently pending in which claims have been asserted against us or current and former directors and executive officers, in addition to ordinary course collection matters and intellectual property infringement claims that are not material to our
business. We are unable to determine the amount for which we potentially could be liable since a number of these lawsuits do not specify an amount for damages sought, and we maintain insurance which may cover some of the claims, should they be
successful. Such proceedings and claims, even if not meritorious, require the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources, which could materially harm our business. We believe we have meritorious defenses to all the claims
currently made against InfoSpace. However, litigation is inherently uncertain, and we may not prevail in these suits. We cannot predict whether future claims will be made or the ultimate resolution of any current or future claim. For an expanded
discussion of our pending legal proceedings, see Part II, Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
We may not be successful in forming
strategic alliances with other companies.
We may not be able to form alliances with other companies
that are important, among other things, to enable us to successfully execute certain elements of our business plan including obtaining potential new customers and enter new markets; to enable us to renew or enter into new agreements with our
existing customers; and to ensure that our products are compatible with third-
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party products. There can be no assurance that we will identify the best alliances for our business or that we will be able to maintain existing
relationships with other companies or enter into new alliances with other companies on acceptable terms or at all. The failure to maintain or establish successful strategic alliances could have a material adverse effect on our business or financial
results.
Our efforts to increase our presence in markets outside the United States may be unsuccessful and could result in losses.
We have limited experience in developing localized versions of our products and application services
internationally, and we may not be able to successfully execute our business model in these markets. Our success in these markets will be directly linked to the success of relationships with our customers and other third parties.
We face a number of risks inherent in and barriers to doing business in international markets, including:
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As markets for Internet software and application services for wireline, merchant, wireless and broadband continue to grow, competition in these markets will likely intensify. Local companies may have a
substantial competitive advantage because of their greater understanding of and focus on the local markets. If we do not effectively manage risks related to our expansion internationally, our business is likely to be harmed.
We made the decision during the third quarter of 2002 to discontinue operations in Brazil. However we do plan to continue to pursue
wireless opportunities in Latin America, including Brazil. This restructuring included approximately $491,000 of charges related to the closure of our Brazil facility primarily relating to the realized loss on foreign currency fluctuations since we
began operations in Brazil.
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Insiders own a large percentage of our stock, which could delay or prevent a change in control and
may negatively affect your investment.
As of February 28, 2002, our officers, directors and affiliated
persons beneficially owned approximately 26.8% of our voting securities. Naveen Jain, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, beneficially owned approximately 20.7% of our voting securities as of that date. None of our insiders are subject to
contractual limitations on their ability to sell their shares, other than compliance with the securities laws and the Companys policies regarding insider trading.
These stockholders will be able to exercise significant influence over all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of
significant corporate transactions, which could have the effect of delaying or preventing a third party from acquiring control over us and could affect the market price of our common stock. In addition, some of our executive officers have stock
option grants that provide for accelerated vesting if their employment is actually or constructively terminated after a change of control.
The interests of those holding this concentrated ownership may not always coincide with our interests or the interests of other stockholders, and, accordingly, they could cause us to enter into transactions or agreements
that we would not otherwise consider or could prevent us from entering into transactions or agreements that we may consider beneficial to our business.
We have implemented anti-takeover provisions that could make it more difficult to acquire us.
Our certificate of incorporation, our bylaws and Delaware law contain provisions that could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us without the consent of our board of directors, even if the transaction would be
beneficial to our stockholders. These provisions include:
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On July 19, 2002, our board of directors adopted a stockholder rights plan, pursuant to which we declared and paid a dividend of one right for each share of common stock
held by stockholders of record as of August 9, 2002. Unless redeemed by us prior to the time the rights are exercised, upon the occurrence of certain events, the rights will entitle the holders to receive upon exercise thereof shares of our
preferred stock, or shares of an acquiring entity, having a value equal to twice the then-current exercise price of the right. The issuance of the rights could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of us.
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In addition, we have an agreement with America Online that provides them the
right of first negotiation in the event that we receive an unsolicited proposal from a third party regarding a sale, merger or other disposition of our assets that would result in a change of control. If we receive this type of proposal, America
Online will have the first opportunity to negotiate with us regarding a disposition. This agreement, which expires in February 2003, could make us less attractive to a potential acquiror.
Technological Risks Related to Our Business
We rely heavily on our
technology, but we may be unable to adequately protect or enforce our intellectual property rights thus weakening our competitive position and negatively impacting our financial results.
To protect our rights, we rely on a combination of copyright and trademark laws, patents, trade secrets, and confidentiality agreements with employees and third parties and
protective contractual provisions. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may copy aspects of our products or services or obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. In addition, it is possible that
others could independently develop substantially equivalent intellectual property. If we do not effectively protect our intellectual property, we could lose our competitive position.
Our intellectual property may be subject to even greater risk in foreign jurisdictions, as the laws of many countries do not protect proprietary rights to the same extent
as the laws of the United States. If we cannot adequately protect our intellectual property, our competitive position in markets abroad may suffer.
Our intellectual property or proprietary rights could be misappropriated, which could force us to become involved in expensive and time-consuming litigation.
Our ability to compete and continue to provide technological innovation is substantially dependent upon internally developed technology. We rely on a combination of
patent, copyright and trade secrets to protect our technology, although we believe that other factors such as the technological and creative skills of our personnel, new product developments, frequent products and feature enhancements and reliable
product support and maintenance are more essential to maintaining a technology leadership position. We rely on trademark law to protect the value of our corporate brand and reputation.
We generally enter into confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements with our employees, consultants, prospective customers, licensees and corporate partners. In addition,
we control access to and distribution of our software, documentation and other proprietary information. Except for certain research and development arrangements, we do not provide customers with access to the source code for our products. Despite
our efforts to protect our intellectual property and proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or otherwise obtain and use our products or technology. Effectively policing the unauthorized use of our products and trademarks is
time-consuming and costly, and there can be no assurance that the steps taken by us will prevent misappropriation of our technology or trademarks, particularly in
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foreign countries where in many instances the local laws or legal systems do not offer the same level of protection as in the United States.
If others claim that our products infringe their intellectual property rights, we may be forced to seek expensive licenses,
reengineer our products, engage in expensive and time-consuming litigation or stop marketing and licensing our products.
We attempt to avoid infringing known proprietary rights of third parties in our product development efforts. However, we do not regularly conduct comprehensive patent searches to determine whether the technology used in our
products infringes patents held by third parties. Because patent applications in the United States are not publicly disclosed until the patent is issued, applications may have been filed which relate to our software products. In addition, our
competitors and other companies as well as research and academic institutions have conducted research for many years in the electronic messaging field, and this research could lead to the filing of further patent applications. If we were to discover
that our products violated or potentially violated third-party proprietary rights, we might not be able to obtain licenses to continue offering those products without substantial reengineering. Any reengineering effort may not be successful, nor can
we be certain that any licenses would be available on commercially reasonable terms.
Substantial litigation
regarding intellectual property rights exists in the software industry, and we expect that software products may be increasingly subject to third-party infringement claims as the number of competitors in our industry segments grows and the
functionality of software products in different industry segments overlaps. Any third-party infringement claims could be time consuming to defend, result in costly litigation, divert managements attention and resources, cause product and
service delays or require us to enter into royalty and licensing agreements. Any royalty or licensing agreements, if required, may not be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all. A successful claim of infringement against us and our failure
or inability to license the infringed or similar technology could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Risks Related to Our Industry
We could be subject to liability due to fraud or privacy and security
breaches in connection with use of our merchant services.
Security and privacy concerns of
users of online commerce services such as our merchant services may inhibit the growth of the Internet and other online services, especially as a means of conducting commercial transactions.
Because some of our activities involve the storage and transmission of confidential personal or proprietary information, such as credit
card numbers, security breaches and fraud schemes could damage our reputation and expose us to a risk of loss or litigation and possible liability. Our payment transaction services may be susceptible to credit card and other payment fraud schemes,
including unauthorized use of credit cards or bank accounts, identity theft, or merchant fraud.
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We expect that technically knowledgeable criminals will continue to attempt to circumvent our anti-fraud
systems. If such fraud schemes become widespread or otherwise cause merchants to lose confidence in our services in particular, or in Internet payments systems generally, our business could suffer. In addition, the large volume of payments that we
handle for our customers makes us vulnerable to employee fraud or other internal security breaches. We cannot assure you that any internal control systems will prevent material losses from employee fraud. Further, we may be required to expend
significant capital and other resources to protect against security breaches and fraud to address any problems they may cause.
Despite measures we have taken to detect and prevent identity theft, unauthorized uses of credit cards and similar misconduct, our payment system remains susceptible to potentially illegal or improper uses. These may include illegal
online gambling, fraudulent sales of goods or services, illicit sales of prescription medications or controlled substances, software and other intellectual property piracy, money laundering, bank fraud, child pornography trafficking, prohibited
sales of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products and online securities fraud. Despite measures we have taken to detect and lessen the risk of this kind of conduct, we cannot assure you that these measures will succeed. In addition, future
regulations under the USA Patriot Act may require us to revise the procedures we use to verify the identity of customers and to monitor more closely international transactions. Our business could suffer if customers use its system for illegal or
improper purposes.
Security breaches may pose risks to the uninterrupted operation of our systems
Additionally, our networks may be vulnerable to unauthorized access by hackers or others, computer viruses and other disruptive
problems. Someone who is able to circumvent security measures could misappropriate our proprietary information or cause interruptions in our operations. We may need to expend significant capital or other resources protecting against the threat of
security breaches or alleviating problems caused by breaches. Although we intend to continue to implement and improve our security measures, persons may be able to circumvent the measures that we implement in the future. Eliminating computer viruses
and alleviating other security problems may require interruptions, delays or cessation of service to users accessing our services, any of which could harm our business.
Changes to credit card association rules or practices could adversely impact our merchant business and, if we do not comply with the rules, our ability to process credit card transactions could be
substantially impaired.
The Authorize.Net credit card payment gateway does not directly access the Visa and
MasterCard credit card associations. As a result, we must rely on banks and their service providers to process our transactions. We must comply with the operating rules of the credit card associations. The associations member banks set these
rules, and the associations interpret the rules. Some of those member banks compete with Authorize.Net. Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover could adopt new operating rules or interpretations of existing rules which we might find difficult
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using credit cards to fund their payments. If we were unable to accept credit cards, our merchant business would be materially and adversely
affected.
Governmental regulation and the application of existing laws to e-commerce may slow business growth, increase our costs of
doing business and create potential liability.
Businesses that handle consumers funds are subject to
numerous regulations, including those related to banking, credit cards, escrow, fair credit reporting, privacy of financial records and others. State money transmitter regulations and federal money laundering regulations can also apply under some
circumstances. The application of many of these laws with regard to electronic commerce is currently unclear. If applied to us, these rules and regulations may require us to change the way we do business in a way that increases costs or makes our
business more complex. In addition, violation of some statues may result in severe penalties or restrictions on our ability to engage in online commerce, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
The growth and development of the market for e-commerce may prompt more stringent consumer protection laws that may impose additional
burdens on those companies conducting business online. Uncertainty and new laws and regulations, as well as the application of existing laws to the Internet, in our markets could limit our ability to operate in these markets, expose us to compliance
costs and substantial liability and result in costly and time consuming litigation.
The loss of any key relationship with a
third-party payment processor could slow business growth or result in loss of business.
Our credit card
payment gateway business depends upon our relationships with third-party payment processors. Our ability to process credit card payments will be severely impacted if any of the processors prevent us from accessing their processing gateways.
Accordingly, we process our Automated Clearing House (ACH) transactions through our Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI) partners. Our ability to process ACH transactions would be severely impacted if we lose any of our ODFI partners.
We may be subject to liability for our use or distribution of information that we receive from third parties.
We obtain content and commerce information from third parties. When we integrate and distribute this information over the
Internet, we may be liable for the data that is contained in that content. This could subject us to legal liability for such things as defamation, negligence, intellectual property infringement and product or service liability. Many of the
agreements by which we obtain content do not contain indemnity provisions in favor of us. Even if a given contract does contain indemnity provisions, these provisions may not cover a particular claim. Our insurance coverage may be inadequate to
cover fully the amounts or types of claims that might be made against us. In addition, individuals whose names appear in our yellow pages and white pages directories have occasionally contacted us. These individuals believed that their phone numbers
and addresses were unlisted, and our directories are not always updated to delete phone numbers or addresses when they are changed from listed to unlisted. While we have not received any claims from these individuals, we may receive claims in the
future. Any liability that we incur as a result of content we receive from third parties could harm our financial results.
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We also gather personal information from users in order to provide personalized
services. Gathering and processing this personal information may subject us to legal liability for negligence, defamation, invasion of privacy, or product or service liability. We may also be subject to laws and regulations, both in the United
States and abroad, regarding user privacy.
Intense competition in the wireline and broadband, merchant and wireless markets could
prevent us from increasing distribution of our services in those markets or cause us to lose market share.
Our current business model depends on distribution of our products and application services into the wireline and broadband, merchant and wireless markets, all of which are extremely competitive and rapidly changing. Many of our
current and prospective competitors have substantially greater financial, technical and marketing resources, larger customer bases, longer operating histories, more developed infrastructures, greater name recognition and/or more established
relationships in the industry than we have. Our competitors may be able to adopt more aggressive pricing policies than we can, develop and expand their service offerings more rapidly, adapt to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer
requirements more quickly, take advantage of acquisitions and other opportunities more readily, achieve greater economies of scale, and devote greater resources to the marketing and sale of their services. Because of these competitive factors and
due to our relatively small size and financial resources we may be unable to compete successfully.
Some of the
companies we compete with are currently customers of ours, the loss of which could harm our business. Many of our current customers have established relationships with some of our current and potential future competitors. If these competitors
develop Internet software and application services that compete with ours, we could lose market share and our revenues would decrease.
We rely on the Internet infrastructure, and its continued commercial viability, over which we have no control and the failure of which could substantially undermine our business strategy.
Our success depends, in large part, on other companies maintaining the Internet system infrastructure. In particular, we rely on other
companies to maintain a reliable network backbone that provides adequate speed, data capacity and security and to develop products that enable reliable Internet access and services. As a result of generally unfavorable economic conditions, some of
the companies that we rely upon to maintain the network infrastructure may lack sufficient capital to support their long-term operations. In addition, as the Internet continues to experience significant growth in the number of users, frequency of
use and amount of data transmitted, the Internet system infrastructure may be unable to support the demands placed on it, and the Internets performance or reliability may suffer as a result of this continued growth.
In addition, the Internet could lose its commercial viability as a form of media due to delays in the development or adoption of new
standards and protocols to process increased levels of Internet activity. Any such degradation of Internet performance or reliability could cause advertisers to reduce their Internet expenditures; in recent months, in fact, advertisers have begun to
attribute less value to advertising on the Internet. Furthermore, any loss in the commercial viability of the
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Internet would have a significant negative impact on our merchant services. If other companies do not develop the infrastructure or
complementary products and services necessary to establish and maintain the Internet as a viable commercial medium, or if the Internet does not become a viable commercial medium or platform for advertising, promotions and electronic commerce our
business could suffer.
Consolidation in our industry could lead to increased competition and loss of customers.
The Internet and wireless industries have experienced substantial consolidation. For example, eBay recently acquired PayPal,
and VoiceStream has been acquired by T-Mobile. We expect this consolidation to continue. These acquisitions could adversely affect our business and results of operations in a number of ways, including:
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Our market
risks at September 30, 2002 have not changed significantly from those discussed in Item 7A of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. See also Managements Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section of Item 2 of this Form 10-Q for additional discussions of our market risks.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. Based on
their evaluation as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Companys principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Companys disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is
gathered, analyzed and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms.
(b) Changes
in internal controls. There were no significant changes in the Companys internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation, including any corrective actions with
regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
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PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
On June 19, 2001, a putative
securities class action complaint entitled Horton v. InfoSpace, Inc., et al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The complaint alleges that InfoSpace and our chief executive officer made false and
misleading statements about the InfoSpaces business and prospects during the period between January 26, 2000 and January 30, 2001. The complaint alleges violations of the federal securities laws and does not specify the amount of damages
sought. Subsequently, other similar complaints were filed. The Horton matter and the subsequent similar complaints have been consolidated into one matter, captioned In re InfoSpace, Inc. Securities Litigation. The Court has appointed lead plaintiffs
and counsel, and a consolidated complaint was filed on January 22, 2002, which among other things, added our chief financial officer as a defendant. On April 8, 2002, we filed a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim. On April
11, 2002, plaintiffs filed a motion for leave of the Court to amend the consolidated complaint to add Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and one of its analysts as defendants, which was granted on April 30, 2002. The amended complaint was filed on May 9,
2002. On July 2, 2002, we filed a new motion to dismiss the amended complaint for failure to state a claim. Merrill Lynch and its analyst moved for transfer of this case to the Southern District of New York to be consolidated with the various cases
pending against them. We opposed that motion, and sought, with Merrill Lynchs support, a severance and transfer of only plaintiffs claims against Merrill Lynch to New York. Plaintiffs sought to have the case (including the claims against
Merrill Lynch) remain in the Western District of Washington. On October 11, 2002, the Multidistrict Litigation Panel issued an order transferring the case to the Southern District of New York for pre-trial proceedings to be consolidated with the
other various claims pending against Merrill Lynch. Our management believes that InfoSpace has meritorious defenses to plaintiffs claims against InfoSpace and its management, but litigation is inherently uncertain and the Company may not
prevail in this matter.
On March 19, 2001, a purported shareholder derivative complaint entitled Youtz v. Jain,
et al. was filed in the Superior Court of Washington for King County. The complaint has been amended twice thus far and has been renamed Dreiling v. Jain, et al. The complaint names as defendants certain current and former officers and directors of
InfoSpace and entities related to several of the individual defendants; InfoSpace is named as a nominal defendant. The complaint alleges that certain defendants breached their fiduciary duties to InfoSpace and were unjustly enriched by
engaging in insider trading, and also alleges that certain defendants breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the Go2Net and Prio mergers and that one defendant converted the InfoSpaces assets to his personal use. Various equitable
remedies are requested in the complaint, including disgorgement, restitution, accounting and imposition of a constructive trust, and the complaint also seeks monetary damages. As stated, the complaint is derivative in nature and does not seek
monetary damages from, or the imposition of equitable remedies on InfoSpace. We have entered into indemnification agreements in the ordinary course of business with officers and directors and may be obligated throughout the pendency of this action
to advance payment of legal fees and costs incurred by the defendant officers and directors pursuant to our obligations under the indemnification agreements and applicable Delaware law. The special litigation committee of our Board of Directors
(SLC), with the assistance of independent legal counsel, has
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investigated the complaint, and on March 22, 2002 filed a motion to terminate this derivative action. Plaintiff took discovery with respect to
that motion. The motion has been fully briefed by both the SLC and the plaintiff, and a hearing on that motion is presently scheduled for November 15, 2002.
In September of 2000, Go2Net sued FreeYellow.com, Inc. a Florida corporation, and John Molino, FreeYellows sole shareholder, in the Superior Court of Washington for King County seeking to rescind
its acquisition of FreeYellow that closed in October of 1999, and in the alternative, seeking damages. Molino denied the allegations, and asserted a counterclaim for breach of the merger agreement. In October 2000, Go2Net was acquired by and became
a wholly owned subsidiary of InfoSpace. On August 6, 2001, Go2Net amended the complaint to add a claim against FreeYellow and Molino under the Securities Act of Washington (WSA). The trial for this case commenced on August 7, 2002; on
August 30, 2002, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Go2Net on its WSA claim. A hearing to determine the manner in which the acquisition will be rescinded and to reduce the jurys verdict to a judgment is pending. Molino has the right to
appeal the final judgment. Our management believes Go2Net has meritorious arguments to any appeal, but litigation is inherently uncertain and Go2Net may not ultimately prevail in the event of an appeal.
Two of nine founding shareholders and three other shareholders of Authorize.Net Corporation, a subsidiary acquired through our merger with
Go2Net, filed a lawsuit on May 2, 2000 in Utah State Court. This action was brought to reallocate amongst the founding shareholders of Authorize.Net he consideration received in the acquisition of Authorize.Net by Go2Net. The plaintiffs allege that
the then corporate officers of Authorize.Net fraudulently obtained a percentage of Authorize.Net shares greater than what was anticipated by the founding shareholders, and are making claims under the Utah Uniform Securities Act as well as claims of
fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, conflict of interest, breach of contract and related claims. Plaintiffs seek compensatory and punitive damages in the amount of $200 million, rescission of certain transactions in
Authorize.Net securities, and declaratory and injunctive relief. The plaintiffs subsequently amended the claim to name Authorize.Net as a defendant with regard to the claims under the Utah Uniform Securities Act and have asserted related claims
against Go2Net. Authorize.Net updated and re-filed its prior motion for summary judgment seeking dismissal of all claims against it. Authorize.Net previously asserted counterclaims against the plaintiffs on which plaintiffs also have now filed for
summary judgment. Our management believes Authorize.Net and Go2Net have meritorious defenses to these claims but litigation is inherently uncertain and they may not prevail in this matter.
On December 5, 2001, a complaint entitled The boxLot Company v. InfoSpace, Inc., et. al. was filed in the Superior Court of California for San Diego County. The complaint
names as defendants InfoSpace and certain of our current and former directors, alleges violations of state law in connection with the asset purchase transaction between the Company and The boxLot Company in December of 2000 and seeks monetary
damages. Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on February 15, 2002. Plaintiffs subsequently dropped without prejudice two of the defendants, who are current directors of InfoSpace, from the action. Discovery is ongoing. Our
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management believes the Company has meritorious defenses to these claims but litigation is inherently uncertain and we may not prevail in this
matter.
In addition, from time to time we are subject to various other legal proceedings that arise in the
ordinary course of business. These claims, even if not meritorious, could require the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources. Although the Company cannot predict the outcomes of these other legal proceedings with certainty,
our management does not believe that the disposition of these matters will have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
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Item 2. Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds
On July 19, 2002, in accordance with the terms of a
Preferred Stock Rights Agreement between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent, the Companys Board of Directors declared a dividend of one right (a Right) to purchase one one-thousandth share of the
Companys Series C Participating Preferred Stock for each outstanding share of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company. The dividend was payable on August 9, 2002, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on that
date. Each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of Series C Preferred at an exercise price of $55.00, subject to adjustment. See our Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 24, 2002 for a more
detailed description.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Not applicable with respect to the current reporting period.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
At a special meeting of stockholders held
on September 12, 2002, the proposal to approve an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation effecting a one-for-ten reverse split of our common stock was adopted by the margin indicated:
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Item 5. Other Information.
Not
applicable with respect to the current reporting period.
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K:
a. Exhibits
99.1 Certification pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
b. Reports on Form 8-K
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Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 3, 2002, filed with the SEC on July 5, 2002, with respect to the receipt of notification from The Nasdaq Stock Market of
failure to comply with the National Markets listing maintenance standard regarding minimum bid, reported pursuant to Item 5. |
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Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 19, 2002, filed with the SEC on July 24, 2002, with respect to the adoption of a Preferred Stock Rights Agreement and
declaration of a dividend of one right to purchase one one-thousandth share of the Companys Series C Participating Preferred Stock for each outstanding share of Common Stock of the Company, reported pursuant to Item 5.
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Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 12, 2002, filed with the SEC on September 16, 2002, with respect to approval by shareholders of a 1-for-10 reverse
stock split of all outstanding shares of common stock, reported pursuant to Item 5. |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
INFOSPACE, INC. |
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/s/ Tammy D. Halstead
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Tammy D. Halstead |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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Dated: November 14, 2002
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I, Naveen Jain, certify that:
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I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of InfoSpace, Inc.; |
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Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report; |
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report; |
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The registrants other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have: |
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designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared; |
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evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly
report (the Evaluation Date); and |
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presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the
Evaluation Date; |
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The registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrants auditors and the audit
committee of registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrants auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and |
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any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal controls; and
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The registrants other certifying officers and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls
or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
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/s/ Naveen Jain
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
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I, Tammy D. Halstead, certify that:
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I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of InfoSpace, Inc.; |
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Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report; |
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report; |
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The registrants other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have: |
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designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared; |
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evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly
report (the Evaluation Date); and |
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presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the
Evaluation Date; |
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The registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrants auditors and the audit
committee of registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrants auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and |
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any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal controls; and
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The registrants other certifying officers and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls
or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
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Date: 11/14/02
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/s/ Tammy D. Halstead
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Chief Financial Officer |
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