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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 |
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the transition period
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Commission file number: 000-26659
Homestore, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware
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95-4438337 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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30700 Russell Ranch Road
Westlake Village, California
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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91362
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Registrants telephone number, including area code:
(805) 557-2300
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
None
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Act:
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
Warrants to purchase Common Stock, par value $.001 per
share
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed
by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter
period that the registrant was required to file such reports),
and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past
90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to
Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein,
and will not be contained, to the best of registrants
knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this
Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as
defined in
Rule 12b-2). Yes þ No o
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Aggregate market value of voting common stock held by
non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2004* |
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$500,696,146 |
Number of shares of common stock outstanding as of
February 28, 2005. |
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147,097,528 |
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Based on the closing price of the common stock of $3.99 per
share on that date, as reported on The NASDAQ National Market
and, for purposes of this computation only, the assumption that
all of the registrants directors, executive officers and
beneficial owners of 10% or more of the registrants common
stock are affiliates. |
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
In
accordance with General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K,
certain information in the registrants definitive proxy
statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission relating to the registrants 2005 Annual Meeting
of Stockholders is incorporated by reference into Part III.
HOMESTORE, INC.
FORM 10-K
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
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This Annual Report on Form 10-K and the documents
incorporated herein by reference contain forward-looking
statements based on our current expectations, estimates and
projections about our industry, beliefs, and certain assumptions
made by us. Words such as believes,
anticipates, estimates,
expects, projections, may,
potential, plan, continue
and words of similar import constitute forward-looking
statements. The forward-looking statements contained in
this report involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors that may cause our actual results to be materially
different from those expressed or implied by these statements.
These factors include those listed under the Risk
Factors section contained in Item 1,
Business, and elsewhere in this Form 10-K, and
the other documents we file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or SEC, including our reports on Form 8-K and
Form 10-Q, and any amendments thereto. Other unknown or
unpredictable factors also could have material adverse effects
on our future results. The forward-looking statements included
in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are made only as of the
date of this Annual Report. We cannot guarantee future results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements. Accordingly,
you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements. Finally, we expressly disclaim any intent or
obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect
subsequent events or circumstances.
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PART I
Homestore, Inc. (Homestore or we) has
created an online service that is the leading consumer
destination on the Internet for home and real estate-related
information, based on the number of visitors, time spent on our
websites and number of property listings. We provide a wide
variety of information and tools for consumers and are a leading
supplier of online media and technology solutions for real
estate industry professionals, advertisers and providers of home
and real estate-related products and services.
Our consumer websites include REALTOR.com®,
HomeBuilder.comtm,
RENTNET.com®, SeniorHousingNet® and
Homestore.com®. We also provide software and related
services to real estate industry professionals and provide
printed advertising and home plan products to pre-move and
post-move consumers.
The emergence and acceptance of the Internet has fundamentally
changed the way that consumers and businesses communicate,
obtain information, purchase goods and services and transact
business. The real estate industry and home services market is
particularly well suited for the Internet because of its
complexity, fragmented nature, and reliance on the exchange of
information. Real estate professionals currently spend almost
nine billion dollars per year on marketing their products and
services to apartment hunters, homebuyers and homesellers.
Traditional methods of marketing for real estate professionals
include classified advertisements, print media and other offline
sources. These methods do not allow for interactivity and may
use data that is incomplete or outdated. Additionally, these
methods reach consumers only within specific local markets and
are often distributed on a weekly or less frequent basis. These
traditional marketing sources also lack content that can be
searched based on specific detailed criteria, and do not have
the ability to offer two-way communication. The Internet
overcomes many of the limitations of traditional real estate
marketing methods by providing consumers with access to
information on market supply and demand and enabling consumers
to search for real estate information based on specified,
detailed criteria, without geographical limitations. The
Internet offers a compelling means for consumers, real estate
professionals, home builders, property managers and owners, and
ancillary service providers to communicate and transact business
together.
We were incorporated in the State of Delaware in 1993 under the
name of InfoTouch Corporation, or InfoTouch. In February 1999,
we changed our corporate name to Homestore.com®, Inc. In
May 2002, we changed our name to Homestore, Inc. See
Item 7, Managements Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations for a
further description of our history, including information
regarding the difficult challenges we have faced since our
discovery of accounting irregularities in late 2001. Our
corporate headquarters are in Westlake Village, California.
Our vision statement incorporates the provision of products and
services to consumers, real estate professionals and advertisers
prior to, during and immediately following a move:
We create media and technology solutions
to promote and connect
Real Estate Professionals and other Advertisers
to Consumers
before, during and after a move.
As of the beginning of 2003, we realigned our business to ensure
that each of our products and services directly support this
vision. We operate under three business segments: Media
Services, Software and Print, which for the year ended
December 31, 2004 represented approximately 69%, 8% and 23%
of our revenue, respectively.
Media Services. Media Services consists of products and
services that promote and connect real estate professionals to
consumers through our REALTOR.com®,
HomeBuilder.comtm,
RENTNET.com®, Seni-
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orHousingNet®.com and Homestore.com® websites. Our
revenue is derived from a variety of advertising services,
including enhanced listings, banner ads, sponsorships,
integrated content and text-based links and rich media
applications which we sell to those businesses interested in
reaching our targeted audience.
Software. Software includes our customer relationship
management applications for REALTORS® offered through our
Top Producer® business. This segment previously included
Wyldfyretm
and Computers for Tracts, which were both sold in the fourth
quarter of 2004 and are reflected in discontinued operations for
all periods presented in this Form 10-K.
Print. Print incorporates the targeted, new-mover
advertising products provided by our Welcome Wagon®
subsidiary, and sales of new home plans and related magazines
through our Homestore Plans and Publications businesses.
Key Characteristics
We believe there are several characteristics of our business
that help distinguish Homestore from other real estate media and
technology companies. These characteristics include the strength
and depth of our real estate industry relationships, the high
volume of visitors to our websites and the technology that
powers our websites and applications.
To provide consumers with timely and comprehensive real estate
listings, access to real estate professionals and other home and
real estate-related information and resources, we have
established relationships with key industry participants. These
participants include real estate market leaders such as the
National Association of REALTORS®, or NAR; the National
Association of Home Builders, or NAHB; hundreds of Multiple
Listing Services (MLS); the Manufactured Housing
Institute, or MHI; and leading real estate franchisors,
including the six largest franchises, brokers, builders and
apartment owners and managers. Under our agreement with NAR, we
operate NARs official website, REALTOR.com®. Under
our agreement with NAHB, we operate NAHBs official
website,
HomeBuilder.comtm.
Under our agreements with NAR, NAHB, and MHI we receive
preferential promotion in their marketing activities.
REALTOR® is a registered collective membership
mark which may be used only by real estate professionals who are
members of NAR and subscribe to its code of ethics.
National Association of REALTORS®. The NAR is the
largest trade association in the United States that represents
real estate professionals. NAR consists of residential and
commercial real estate professionals, including brokers, agents,
property managers, appraisers, counselors and others engaged in
all aspects of the real estate industry. NAR had approximately
1.1 million members as of December 2004.
National Association of Home Builders. The NAHB is the
second-largest real estate trade association in the United
States. As of December 31, 2004, NAHB had approximately
220,000 members. Approximately one-third of NAHBs members
are home builders and/or remodelers and the remainder work in
closely related fields within the residential real estate
industry such as mortgage, finance, building products and
building services, including subcontractors.
Manufactured Housing Institute. The MHI is a nonprofit
national trade association representing all segments of the
manufactured housing industry, including manufactured home
producers, retailers, developers, community owners and managers,
suppliers, insurers and financial service providers. As of
December 31, 2004, the MHI had approximately 315 corporate
members, and 53 state associated members.
Multiple Listing Services. MLSs operate networks that
provide real estate professionals with listings of properties
for sale and are typically regulated by a governing body of
local brokers and/or agents. There are approximately 900 MLSs
nationwide that aggregate local property listings by geographic
location.
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Leading Consumer Websites |
The Homestore network of websites includes REALTOR.com®,
the official site of NAR;
HomeBuilder.comtm,
the official new home listing site of NAHB; RENTNET.com®,
an apartment, corporate housing and self-storage resource;
SeniorHousingNet®.com, a comprehensive resource for
seniors; and Homestore.com®, a home information resource
site with an emphasis on content related to mortgage financing,
moving and storage, and home and garden activities.
Collectively, the Homestore network of websites attracts
approximately 9 million unique users per month, according
to January 2005 data obtained from third-party Internet traffic
auditor comScore Media Metrix. January is seasonally one of the
highest traffic months for each of our sites. The typical
visitor to the Homestore network visits us more than two times
per month and spends approximately 33 minutes per month on our
sites. Individually, REALTOR.com®, our flagship site, is
the Internets No. 1 real estate site with
approximately 6.3 million unique users recorded in January
2005, according to comScore. REALTOR.com® visitors spend a
great deal of time browsing home listings
approximately 45 minutes per unique user in a typical month.
HomeBuilder.comtm
is the No. 1 Internet destination for gathering information
and contacting home builders related to newly constructed and
to-be-built homes, having attracted approximately 692,000 unique
users in January 2005. RENTNET.com® is a leading apartment
website, having attracted approximately 1.5 million unique
users in January 2005. Homestore.com®, which comprises all
of our consumer traffic not directed to one of our three largest
property sites, attracted approximately 2.8 million unique
users in January 2005.
We are the exclusive provider of national property listings
across America Online, or AOL, The Microsoft Network, or MSN,
Netscape, CompuServe and Digital City and are the exclusive
provider of new homes and apartments listings on YAHOO!. In
addition, we distribute moving and home and garden content for a
home and real-estate related channel on AOL and provide
AOLs over 22.7 million domestic subscribers an online
area to find home-related information, tools and services. Other
significant portal relationships for the Homestore network
include The Excite Network, Inc., iWon.com, Internet Broadcast
Systems, Inc. and its websites for 61 local network-affiliated
TV stations, and United Online through its NetZero and Juno
brands.
REALTOR.com®. The REALTOR.com® website offers
consumers a comprehensive suite of services, tools and content
for all aspects of the residential real estate transaction. The
REALTOR.com® website includes a directory of approximately
1.1 million REALTORS® to help guide buyers and sellers
through the real estate transaction process. For buyers, there
is a searchable database of approximately 2.0 million
existing homes for sale. For sellers, there are tools and
information about understanding the value of their home,
preparing the home for sale, listing and advertising the home
and completing the sale. We receive listing content from over
900 MLSs across the United States. Our property listings
typically provide information that is more detailed and timely
than the information included in other media channels, such as
newspaper classified advertisements and print magazines. In
addition, we offer consumers information and tools on mortgages,
home affordability, the offer process, applying for a loan,
closing the purchase, planning the move and neighborhood
profiles.
HomeBuilder.comtm.
The
HomeBuilder.comtm
website offers consumers a comprehensive resource for
information on builders as well as information on newly built
homes and housing plans. We aggregate information on more than
66,000 new and model homes for sale throughout more than 6,500
new home communities and planned developments throughout the
United States. Homebuyers can browse through our database under
three types of search queries: new homes, builders and
manufactured homes. In addition to offering this information, we
also provide consumers with community profiles and the ability
to send detailed requests to builders via electronic mail,
telephone or fax for further information on particular
properties.
RENTNET.com®. The RENTNET.com® website provides
consumers with a large and comprehensive rental housing
database. As of December 31, 2004, our rental housing
database consisted of more than 40,000 properties, representing
approximately 5.5 million apartment units located in more
than 5,500 cities nationwide. Our database also includes
corporate housing and self storage listings. We also provide
consumers
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with information relating to moving services, renters
insurance and neighborhood profiles. Additionally, consumers can
create personalized moving checklists and receive email
reminders.
SeniorHousingNet®.com. Our Senior Housing website
offers a database of senior housing listings, independent
living, assisted living, nursing homes, continuing care and
alzheimers care. The channel also contains content, tools
and guides to assist users in selecting suitable housing and
care types, together with information on health and wellness.
Homestore.com®. As a complete home-information
resource, Homestore.com® offers a wide range of content on
a variety of home related topics including mortgage financing,
moving, and home and garden. The site utilizes content prepared
by our in-house editorial staff as well as information obtained
and displayed through third-party relationships. The
Homestore.com® site is organized into three primary
channels:
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Homestore Home Finance. Our Home Finance channel contains
information and decision support tools that help consumers
understand and satisfy their home financing and mortgage needs.
A variety of content, tools, and interactive guides are
available to help consumers with mortgages, loans, credit,
insurance, legal matters and taxes. Additionally, consumers have
access to our Find a Lender directory, which
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Homestore Moving. Our Moving channel contains content,
tools and interactive guides for consumers moving to new homes
or relocating to another community. We also offer a database of
self-serve storage locations across the country. These resources
provide movers with custom moving quotes and other resources
necessary for making moving decisions, such as salary
calculators, school reports and neighborhood information. |
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Homestore Home & Garden. Our Home &
Garden channel is an online resource for consumers seeking to
make improvements to their existing home, including remodeling,
home improvement, landscaping and home maintenance needs. It
provides an online resource for consumers seeking decorating
ideas and information. The channel includes information for
planning, budgeting and visualizing options, as well as specific
advice on a room-by-room basis. The channel is designed to help
consumers locate qualified professionals as well as provide them
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We seek to maintain and enhance our market position with
consumers and real estate professionals by building proprietary
systems and consumer features into our websites, such as search
engines for real estate listings and the technologies used to
aggregate real estate content. We regard many elements of our
websites and underlying technologies as proprietary, and we
attempt to protect these elements and underlying technologies by
relying on trademark, service mark, patent, copyright and trade
secret laws, restrictions on disclosure and other methods. See
Intellectual Property.
Our Software segment business has also developed proprietary
applications to enhance the productivity and profitability of
real estate professionals. We are continually attempting to add
functionality and features to our applications, including
integration with our leading consumer websites. We believe that
our ability to assist real estate professionals in managing
relationships with their customers enables us to better
distinguish the value of our media properties.
Products and Services
Most of our revenue, including a substantial majority of our
Media Services and Print segments, is derived from
subscription-based advertising services. The revenue of our
Software segment is derived primarily from subscriptions to an
online contact management software service. See Note 13,
Segment Information, to our Consolidated Financial
Statements contained in Item 8 of this Form 10-K for
financial information by segment. Our sales force consists of a
combination of internal phone-based associates and field sales
personnel.
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Our Media Services segment provides marketing and website
solutions that allow real estate professionals to reach and
connect with a highly targeted potential customer audience
represented by the consumer traffic on our websites. We do this
by allowing our customers to personalize the personal, corporate
and property listing information contained on our websites and
by allowing our customers to connect their personal or corporate
website directly to our database of property information, our
professional directories and to traditional Internet advertising
products such as banner ads.
Our services enable real estate professionals to manage their
online content and branding presence through a personal or
corporate website, and to use our listing enhancements such as
multiple photos; virtual tours and printable brochures. We also
enable real estate professionals to market themselves and their
properties directly to potential buyers whose search criteria
match a set of listing criteria specified by the real estate
professional. We also design, host, and maintain personal and
corporate websites for real estate professionals.
Because of our focus on home and real estate-related
information, we believe our websites draw an attractive national
target audience for advertisers and providers of home-related
products and services. We also believe that because our websites
attract a significant number of consumers that are contemplating
a real estate transaction or a move, we provide businesses such
as mortgage companies, home improvement retailers and moving
service providers with an efficient way to find and communicate
with their potential customers.
During 2003, we changed the way we offer many of our services to
customers, including a particularly significant change to our
REALTOR® service offering. Historically, we required our
REALTOR® customers to purchase a templated website, or
homepage, in order to connect themselves to their listings
displayed on REALTOR.com®. These templated website and
listing enhancements were generally offered at the same price in
different markets and did not provide for differential pricing
based on the advertising value delivered to the customer.
Beginning in the second quarter of 2003, we began to offer these
services under a more traditional media model where pricing is
dependent upon geographic market, placement, content and length
or quantity of the media run. This change was intended to permit
us to compete more effectively with traditional offline media
products. Customers may still purchase our templated website
service, but it is no longer required in order to benefit from
the media value of REALTOR.com®. Our implementation of
these changes was completed during the second quarter of 2004.
We offer the following services through our Media Services
segment:
Classified Advertising. We offer a number of classified
advertising opportunities throughout our network of websites,
primarily in the form of property listing enhancements on
REALTOR.com®,
HomeBuilder.comtm,
and RENTNET.com® websites.
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Enhanced Listings. A major service offering for real
estate agents and brokers is the enhancement of property
listings. As the official website of the NAR, we present basic
MLS property listings on the REALTOR.com® website at no
charge to NAR members. For a fee we offer our professional
customers the ability to enhance their listings by adding their
own personal promotion in the forms of custom copy, photographs,
text effects, links to their homepage and more. |
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Virtual Tours. As a separate listing enhancement product
to the REALTOR.com® suite of services, Homestore offers two
virtual tour solutions. Hometour360 allows customers to create,
host and distribute media rich virtual tours powered by industry
leading image technologies IPIX and iseemedia. The new
PicturePath Link solution allows other virtual tour products,
purchased by our customers, to be distributed to
REALTOR.com® in their full featured format. |
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Online Brochures. Our primary service for rental,
corporate housing and senior housing property owners and
managers is an online brochure displayed on our
RENTNET.com® website. We also offer a similar service to
our home builder customers for display on our
HomeBuilder.comtm
website. Our online brochures include property photos, floor
plan images, virtual tours, unit descriptions, community
descriptions, interactive mapping, driving directions and links
to property owners or managers |
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websites. A variety of enhancements are also available to assist
in increasing the visibility of specific properties to our
online audience. |
Display Advertising. A variety of online display
advertising in the form of banners, vertical
skyscraper ads, and other Internet Advertising
Bureau, or IAB, standard ad sizes can be purchased for placement
throughout the Homestore network of websites by companies or
individuals wishing to reach the largest and most targeted real
estate-oriented audience. While companies currently make up the
majority of our display advertising customers, we also offer a
number of unique display advertising opportunities to individual
real estate professionals to brand themselves online to
consumers in their local market. Advertisers can also purchase
custom advertising units on our websites, including text-based
links and rich media products. We offer advertisers branding and
lead generation opportunities on both fixed and variable bases,
with most of our advertising relationships tied to audience size.
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Featured
Homestm.
Featured
Homestm
allows our REALTOR® customers to more prominently display
their property listings on the REALTOR.com® website during
geographically targeted property searches by consumers.
Properties featured through the Featured
Homestm
product are viewed first in any search of their respective zip
codes. |
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Featured
Agenttm.
Featured
Agenttm
allows agents to promote themselves and their services on
REALTOR.com® to a geographically targeted real estate
audience. |
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Featured
Companytm.
Featured
Companytm
allows brokers to promote themselves and their services to a
geographically targeted real estate audience on
REALTOR.com®. |
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Featured
Buildertm.
Featured
Buildertm
allows builders to promote themselves and their services to a
geographically targeted real estate audience on
HomeBuilder.comtm. |
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Sponsorships. Sponsorships allow advertisers to maximize
their exposure on our websites by featuring fixed
buttons or other prominent placements on certain
pages on our websites. These advertisements present users with
the opportunity to click-through directly to the
advertisers site. Sponsorships may also include other
advertising components such as content or online advertisements. |
Directory Listings. Advertisers can purchase placement in
our online directories. Our network of websites includes
directories of REALTORS®, home builders, lenders, and
self-service storage facilities. We believe our directory
services offer advertisers the opportunity to reach qualified
consumers based upon the targeted audience that visits our
websites and are a cost-effective way for professionals to
generate leads from online consumers.
Websites. Our website service is comprised of templated
and custom websites for individuals as well as companies. We
build websites based either on an á la carte features and
functionality basis or bundled with pre-selected features based
on industry segments, including websites designed specifically
for REALTORS®, brokers, builders and manufactured housing
retailers. For customers seeking websites with specialized
features and expanded functionality, we design and build
customized websites. In addition to the design and set-up of the
websites, we also offer hosting and maintenance services.
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One
Placetm.
One
Placetm
is a suite of services, including a website, that integrates
with an interactive voice response system that is linked to a
pager network. One
Placetm
enables REALTORS® to be paged when a potential homebuyer or
homeseller submits an inquiry about a specific property listing.
Additionally, if a prospective buyer contacts the REALTOR®
after viewing a for sale sign, the interactive voice
response system will provide the consumer with details about the
property and then page the REALTOR® with a notification of
the callers telephone number and the property listing for
which the consumer has inquired. |
Our software business now consists solely of Top Producer®,
which provides software solutions and related services to real
estate professionals. WyldFyre and CFT, two other businesses
formerly in this segment,
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were sold in the fourth quarter of 2004 and their results have
been classified as discontinued operations for all periods
presented.
Top Producer® is the leading client management and
marketing software specific to real estate agents. Top
Producer®s line of desktop and web-based applications
features client management, appointment and task scheduling,
Internet lead distribution and follow-up, prospecting
automation, comparative market analysis, customer presentations
and mobile data synchronization for Palm devices and notebook
computers. Products are co-branded for some of the
countrys largest franchise brands, such as RE/ MAX, Keller
Williams, and GMAC. This was sold exclusively as a desktop
application until the fourth quarter of 2002. Our historical Top
Producer® desktop products have an installed customer base
of more than 100,000 agents. Top Producer® is now offered
as an online application that is purchased through a monthly or
annual subscription.
Welcome Wagon®. Welcome Wagon® offers local and
national merchants the opportunity to reach movers through
targeted direct mail services.
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New Mover Program. The New Mover Program integrates local
merchant advertiser information into a welcome gift delivered
through the mail to new homeowners shortly after their move. The
welcome gift contains a customized neighborhood address book
with exclusive merchant advertiser listings as well as coupons
and special offers from local advertisers. Additionally, local
advertisers receive the names and contact information of the new
homeowners in their selected area that have received the welcome
gift. This allows local merchants the opportunity to continue to
build their relationship with these new homeowners through their
own direct marketing initiatives. This service is sold to
merchants on an annual subscription basis. Additionally, Welcome
Wagon® offers local merchants solo marketing opportunities
through its Pinpoint Mail product, which is sold on a per
mailing basis. |
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Early Advantage. Launched in the fourth quarter of 2004,
Early Advantage is a shared direct mail product for advertisers
to reach new movers at their existing addresses prior to their
actual move. |
Homestore Plans and Publications. Homestore Plans and
Publications offers both consumers and building professionals
the ability to browse, select, modify and purchase new home
designs and project plans from one of the largest selections of
home plans and project plans available. Homestore Plans and
Publications has business relationships with many designers that
provide us the right to sell the designers home plans
directly to consumers and building professionals. These plans
are sold through magazines that are distributed at leading
retailers and newsstands nationwide and through our website,
Homeplans.com. The Internet has become an increasingly important
channel of distribution for the sale of home plans, and our Home
Plans website is one of the most heavily trafficked websites in
the home plans category, distributing its home plan content
through approximately 300 affiliate partner sites.
Competition
We face competition in each segment of our business.
We compete with a variety of online companies and websites
providing real estate content that sell classified advertising
opportunities to real estate professionals and sell display
advertising opportunities to other advertisers, including real
estate professionals, seeking to reach consumers interested in
products and services related to the home and real estate. We
also compete with websites that attract consumers by offering
rebates for home purchases or rental leases, and then charge the
real estate professional who performed the transaction a
referral fee for the introduction. However, these sites
generally have a limited amount of real estate content and an
even more limited directory of qualified REALTORS®. Other
online competitive models include pure lead generation models
and paid search models.
Our primary competitors for online real estate advertising
dollars include InterActiveCorp, HouseValues.com,
AgentConnect.com (a division of Next Phase Media, Inc.), and
HomeGain.com, Inc. In
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addition, RENTNET.com® faces competition from
ApartmentGuide.com, Rent.com, ForRent.com and Apartments.com,
and our
HomeBuilder.comtm
website competes directly with NewHomeGuide.com and
NewHomeSource.com. Our Homestore.com® website also faces
competition from general interest consumer websites that offer
home, moving and finance content, including MonsterMoving.com (a
division of Monster Worldwide, Inc.) and ServiceMagic, Inc. (a
division of InterActiveCorp).
Newspapers and home/apartment guide publications are the two
primary offline competitors to our media offerings. We compete
with newspapers and home/apartment guide publications for the
advertising dollars spent by real estate professionals to
advertise their offerings. Although approximately 74% of all
homebuyers use the Internet to search for homes (according to
the NAR), real estate professionals currently spend only a small
percentage of their marketing budget to display their listings
on the Internet. In addition, newspapers and the publishers of
home/apartments guides, including Classified Ventures, Inc.,
PRIMEDIA Inc., and Network Communications Inc., have extended
their media offerings to include an Internet presence. We must
continue to work to shift more real estate advertising dollars
online if we are to successfully compete with newspapers and
real estate guides.
Our Top Producer® business faces competition from Fidelity
National Information Solutions, Inc. which offers competing
solutions to real estate professionals. Top Producer® also
competes with horizontal Customer Relationship Management
offerings such as: Microsoft Corporations Outlook
solution, Best Software Inc.s ACT! solution, and
FrontRange Solution Inc.s GoldMine product. Some providers
of real estate website solutions, such as A La Mode, Inc.,
are also offering contact management features which compete with
products from Top Producer®. Certain Internet media
companies such as HomeGain.com, Inc. and HouseValues, Inc. are
providing drip marketing solutions that incorporate aspects of
lead management, which, over time, could pose a competitive
threat to Top Producer®.
Welcome Wagon®. Our Welcome Wagon® business
competes with numerous direct marketing companies that offer
advertising solutions to local and national merchants.
Competitors include Imagitas, Inc., ADVO Inc., Valpak Direct
Marketing Systems, Inc., Pennysaver and MoneyMailer, LLC. These
competitors, like Welcome Wagon®, target homeowners at
various stages of the home ownership life cycle with advertising
from third parties.
Homestore Plans and Publications. Our Plans and
Publications business faces direct competition from several
large publishing companies that print multiple publications,
including home plan publications. Our major competitors include
Hanley-Wood, LLC and The Garlinghouse Company. We also face
competition from many smaller companies offering home plans for
sale over the Internet, such as dreamhomesource.com and
coolhouseplans.com.
Infrastructure and Technology
Our websites are designed to provide fast, secure and reliable
high-quality access to our services, while minimizing the
capital investment needed for our computer systems. We have
made, and expect to continue to make, technological improvements
designed to reduce costs and increase the efficiency of our
systems. We expect that enhancements to our family of websites,
and to our products and services, will come from internally and
externally developed technologies.
Our systems supporting our websites must accommodate a high
volume of user traffic, store a large number of listings and
related data, process a significant number of user searches and
deliver frequently updated information. Any significant
increases in utilization of these services could strain the
capacity of our computers, causing slower response times or
outages. We host our Homestore.com®, REALTOR.com®,
HomeBuilder.comtm,
RENTNET.com®, SeniorHousingNet®.com and custom broker
web pages and the on-line subscription product for Top
Producer® in Thousand Oaks, California. Because
substantially all of our computer and communications hardware
for each of our websites is located at this location, our
systems are
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vulnerable to fire, floods, telecommunications failures,
break-ins, earthquakes and other force majeure events. Our
operations are dependent on our ability to protect our systems
from such occurrences. See Risk
Factors Internet Industry Risks for a more
complete description of the risks related to our computer
infrastructure and technology.
Intellectual Property
We regard substantial elements of our websites and underlying
technology as proprietary. We attempt to protect this
intellectual property by relying on a combination of trademark,
service mark, patent, copyright and trade secret laws,
restrictions on disclosure and other methods.
Despite our precautions, our intellectual property is subject to
a number of risks that may materially adversely affect our
business, including but not limited to:
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it may be possible for a third party to copy or otherwise obtain
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NAR could lose the use of the trademark REALTOR® or we
could lose the use of such trademark or the REALTOR.com®
domain name, or be unable to protect the other trademarks or
website addresses that are important to our business, and
therefore would need to devote substantial resources toward
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we could be subject to litigation with respect to our
intellectual property rights; |
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we may be required to license additional technology and
information from others, which could require substantial
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legal standards relating to the validity, enforceability and
scope of protection of proprietary rights in Internet-related
businesses are uncertain and continue to evolve, and we can give
no assurance regarding our ability to protect our intellectual
property and other proprietary rights. |
See Risk Factors Risks Related to
Our Business for a more complete description of the risks
related to our intellectual property.
Seasonality
Our Welcome Wagon® business in our Print segment is
affected by seasonality. Our revenue in this segment is
significantly impacted by the number of household moves in the
United States each year. Due to weather and school calendars, a
disproportionate percentage of moves take place in the second
and third calendar quarters than in the first and fourth
quarters. As a result, we distribute a larger number of our
Welcome Wagon® services in the second and third quarters
each year. None of our other businesses are exposed to this
degree of seasonality primarily due to the fact that much of our
business in the Media and Software segments is based on annual
contracts.
Employees
As of December 31, 2004, we had approximately
1,456 full-time equivalent employees. We consider our
relations with our employees to be good. We have never had a
work stoppage, and no employee is represented by collective
bargaining agreements. We believe that our future success will
depend in part on our ability to attract, integrate, retain and
motivate highly qualified personnel and upon the continued
service of our senior management and key technical personnel.
See Risk Factors Risks Related to Our
Business.
Available Information
We file annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on
Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments
to those reports, as well as our proxy statements and other
information, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or
SEC. In most cases, those documents are available, without
charge, on our website at http://ir.homestore.com as soon
as reasonably practicable after they are filed electronically
with the SEC.
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Copies are also available, without charge, from Homestore, Inc.,
Investor Relations, 30700 Russell Ranch Road, Westlake Village,
CA 91362. You may also read and copy these documents at the
SECs public reference room located at 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 under our SEC file
number (000-26659), and you may obtain information on the
operation of the public reference room by calling the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330. In most cases, these documents are available
over the Internet from the SECs web site at
http://www.sec.gov.
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RISK FACTORS
The following risk factors and other information included or
incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K should be
considered carefully. The risks and uncertainties described
below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and
uncertainties not presently known to us or that we deem to be
currently immaterial also may impair our business operations. If
any of the following risks actually occur, our business,
financial condition and operating results could be materially
adversely affected.
Risks Related to our Business
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We have a history of net losses and expect net losses for
the foreseeable future. |
Except for the first quarter of 2003 and the fourth quarter of
2004, for which we experienced a net profit due to one-time,
non-operating gains, we have experienced net losses in each
quarterly and annual period since 1993. We incurred net losses
of $7.9 million, $47.1 million, and
$163.4 million, for the years ended December 31, 2004,
2003 and 2002, respectively. As of December 31, 2004, we
had an accumulated deficit of $2.0 billion, and are unsure
when or if we will become profitable on a recurring basis. The
size of our future losses will depend, in part, on the rate of
growth in our revenues from broker, agent, home builder and
rental property owner, advertising sales and sales of other
products and services. The size of our future net losses will
also be impacted by non-cash stock-based charges relating to
deferred compensation and stock and warrant issuances, and
amortization of intangible assets. As of December 31, 2004,
we had approximately $19.7 million of stock-based charges
and intangible assets to be amortized. In addition, we will
continue to use cash to repay existing liabilities that have
arisen from prior contractual arrangements and recent
restructuring charges until those liabilities are satisfied.
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Our quarterly financial results are subject to significant
fluctuations. |
Our results of operations may vary significantly from quarter to
quarter. In the near term, we expect to be substantially
dependent on sales of our advertising and media services. We
also expect to make significant investments in our businesses
and incur significant sales and marketing expenses to promote
our brand and services. Therefore, our quarterly revenue and
operating results are likely to be particularly affected by the
success of our investment strategy and by the number of
customers purchasing advertising and media services. If revenue
falls below our expectations, we will not be able to reduce our
spending rapidly in response to the shortfall.
Other factors that could affect our quarterly operating results
include those described below and elsewhere in this
Form 10-K:
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the level of renewals for our services and the purchase of media
services by real estate agents, brokers and rental property
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the amount of advertising sold on our websites and the timing of
payments for this advertising; |
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the amount and timing of our operating expenses; |
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the amount and timing of non-cash stock-based charges, such as
charges related to deferred compensation or warrants issued to
real estate industry participants; and |
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the impact of fees paid to professional advisors in connection
with litigation and accounting matters. |
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Litigation relating to accounting irregularities could
have an adverse effect on our financial condition. |
Following the December 2001 announcement of the discovery of
accounting irregularities and the subsequent restatement of our
2000 and interim 2001 financial statements, numerous lawsuits
claiming to be class actions and several lawsuits claiming to be
brought derivatively on our behalf were commenced in various
courts against us and certain of our current and former officers
and directors by or on behalf of persons purporting to be our
stockholders and persons claiming to have purchased or otherwise
acquired securities issued by us between May 2000 and December
2001. The California State Teachers Retirement System was
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named lead plaintiff, or the Plaintiff, in the
consolidated securities class action lawsuits against us (the
Securities Class Action Lawsuit). On
August 12, 2003, we entered into a settlement agreement
with the Plaintiff to resolve all outstanding claims related to
the Securities Class Action Lawsuit. As a part of the
settlement, we agreed to pay $13.0 million in cash and
issue 20.0 million new shares of our common stock valued at
$50.6 million as of August 12, 2003.
On May 14, 2004, the District Court entered final judgment
and an order of dismissal with prejudice of the Securities
Class Action Lawsuit as to us. The final judgment includes
a bar order providing for the maximum protection to which we are
entitled under the law with respect to all future claims for
contribution or indemnity by other persons, whether under
federal, state or common law.
On June 10, 2004, an objector to the settlement filed a
notice of appeal. The Company and Plaintiff reached a settlement
with the objector and the objector dismissed the appeal on
March 4, 2005. The $13.0 million and the
20.0 million shares currently held in trust will be
distributed to the class and Plaintiffs counsel in
accordance with the judgment.
Although the settlement of the Securities Class Action
Lawsuit is no longer subject to appeal, we continue to be
subject to litigation by persons who have elected to be excluded
from the settlement. Moreover, we could be subject to claims
that may not have been discharged or barred by the settlement,
including potential claims by Cendant Corporation
(Cendant) for contribution or indemnity. See
Note 21, Settlements of Disputes and
Litigation, Note 22, Commitments and
Contingencies to our Consolidated Financial Statements
contained in Item 8 of Form 10-K for more information.
In addition, we are subject to several other shareholder
lawsuits relating to accounting irregularities that could have
an adverse effect on our business. See Note 21,
Settlements of Disputes and Litigation, and
Note 22, Commitments and Contingencies, to our
Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Item 8 of
this Form 10-K for more information.
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Limitations of our Director and Officer Liability
Insurance and potential indemnification obligations may
adversely affect our financial condition. |
Several securities actions currently are pending against us and
certain of our former and current officers and directors. During
the relevant time period, our liability insurance provided
limited claims-made coverage for allegations of wrongful acts by
our officers and directors, which allegations, in part, form the
basis of the pending actions. During the relevant time period,
our insurers provided a total of $80.0 million in primary
and excess coverage. As the policies are written and
subject to their unique terms and provisions
$30.0 million of coverage is available to us, as an entity,
with regard to securities actions. That same $30.0 million
of insurance also covers our obligations to indemnify our
officers and directors with respect to liability claims. The
additional $50.0 million of insurance, as well as the first
$30.0 million, covers individual officers and directors
directly should we not indemnify them for their liability
losses. The failure of our policies to adequately cover
liabilities or expenses incurred in connection with the pending
actions has materially and adversely affected our results of
operations and financial position, to date, and could continue
into the future. Several of our insurance carriers
representing $60.0 million in coverage also
have purported to rescind their respective policies of insurance
and have filed lawsuits seeking judicial confirmation of their
actions.
Under Delaware and California law, our certificate of
incorporation and bylaws, and certain indemnification agreements
we entered into with our executive officers and directors, we
may have certain obligations to indemnify our current and former
officers and directors. The indemnification may cover any
expenses and/or liabilities reasonably incurred in connection
with the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of legal
proceedings. One of our former officers filed a lawsuit against
us seeking to recover expenses incurred, plus further expenses
and liabilities that he may incur, in connection with the SEC
and Department of Justice investigations and lawsuits that have
been filed against him with respect to our prior accounting
irregularities. See Note 22, Commitments and
Contingencies Legal Proceedings Contingencies
Related to Pending Litigation Other
Litigation, to our Consolidated Financial Statements
contained in Item 8 of this Form 10-K for more
information. On October 27, 2004, the Court ruled that we
are obligated to advance all reasonable attorneys fees and
costs to that former officer approximating $4.1 million.
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and directors likely have incurred and will incur similar
expenses and liabilities and those who have not pled guilty to
crimes may also seek recovery of those amounts from us. Although
we may appeal the decision, we have recorded $8.0 million
for our estimate of those expenses through December 2004. We may
have to spend this amount and more indemnifying these officers
and directors or paying for damages that they may incur. Our
financial condition could be materially and adversely affected
if we have to make these payments for indemnification.
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We continue to incur costs related to the SEC
investigation of prior accounting irregularities. |
In December 2001, we announced that the Audit Committee of our
Board of Directors was conducting an inquiry into certain of our
accounting practices and that the results of the inquiry to date
indicated that our unaudited interim financial statements for
2001 would require restatement. In February 2002, we announced
that we would restate our financial results for the year ended
December 31, 2000. In connection with the restatement, in
March 2002 we filed an amended Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2000 and amended Form 10-Qs for the first
three quarters of 2001.
In January 2002, we were notified that the SEC had issued a
formal order of private investigation in connection with the
accounting matters that resulted in the restatement of our
financial statements. The SEC requested that we provide them
with certain documents concerning the restatement. The SEC also
requested access to certain of our current and former employees
for interviews. We have cooperated and continue to cooperate
fully with the SECs investigation.
Since September 2002, certain of our former employees have
entered into plea agreements with the United States
Attorneys Office and the SEC in connection with the
investigation. Also in September 2002, the SEC and the
Department of Justice informed us that, in light of the actions
taken by our Board of Directors and our Audit Committee and our
cooperation in the SECs investigation, those agencies
would not bring any enforcement action against us. Because the
SEC and DOJ investigations are ongoing and we are committed to
cooperating with those investigations, we will likely continue
to incur additional costs related to the investigation and
management time and attention may be diverted until the
investigation concludes.
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Contingent obligations to Cendant related to our
Securities Class Action Lawsuit could have an adverse
effect on our financial condition. |
On August 5, 2003, we settled the dispute with Cendant
arising out of our 2001 acquisition of Move.com, Inc. and
Welcome Wagon®International, Inc., or the Move.com Group,
from Cendant. See Note 21, Settlements of Disputes
and Litigation, to our Consolidated Financial Statements
contained in Item 8 of this Form 10-K. Under the terms
of the settlement agreement, Cendant agreed not to sue us, or
our officers, directors and other related parties, with respect
to the acquisition of the Move.com Group and the prior
restatement of our financial statements. However, in the
circumstances described below, Cendant retains the right to sue
us for contribution, indemnification, or similar relief if
Cendant is held liable for or settles claims against it in the
Securities Class Action Lawsuit up to the amount for which
it is held liable or for which it settles. On March 7,
2003, the court in the Securities Class Action Lawsuit
dismissed, with prejudice, Cendant as a defendant. However, that
dismissal has been appealed to the United States Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In October 2004, the Securities
and Exchange Commission filed an amicus brief in support of the
appeal. If Cendants dismissal as a defendant in the
Securities Class Action Lawsuit is reversed on appeal and
Cendant is subsequently found liable or settles the claims
against it in the Securities Class Action Lawsuit, Cendant
will likely seek indemnification, contribution or similar relief
from us. However, on March 16, 2004, as part of our
settlement of the Securities Class Action Lawsuit, the
United States District Court issued an order approving the
settlement and barring claims by third parties against us for
indemnification, contribution and similar relief with respect to
liability such third parties may have in the Securities
Class Action Lawsuit.
The March 16, 2004 order may preclude Cendant from seeking
indemnification, contribution or similar relief from us in the
event Cendant is found liable or settles claims against it in
the Securities Class Action Lawsuit. However, we have been
advised by counsel that the law is unclear on whether Cendant
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precluded. Therefore, we would likely incur significant expenses
in defending such an action by Cendant and could ultimately be
found liable to Cendant or settle with Cendant, notwithstanding
the bar order. Such expenses, liability or settlement could have
a material adverse effect on our results of operation and our
financial position.
In addition, if Cendant is not permitted to share in the
settlement of the Securities Class Action Lawsuit (which
would be the case if its dismissal as a defendant is reversed on
appeal), we have agreed to pay or otherwise provide to Cendant
the amount of money and/or other consideration that Cendant
would have been otherwise entitled to receive from that portion
of the class action settlement fund provided by us had Cendant
been a class member and Cendants proof of claim in respect
of its shares had been accepted in full. At this time, Cendant
is still a member of the class and has not been excluded.
Pending resolution of the appeal and approval by the District
Court of the distribution to the class of the cash held in
escrow and shares held in trust, we are unable to estimate the
amount of cash and number of shares that Cendant could be
entitled to receive from us should Cendant be prevented from
participating in the settlement.
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We could be required to expend substantial amounts in
connection with continuing indemnification obligations to a
purchaser of one of our businesses. |
As part of the sale in 2002 of our ConsumerInfo division to
Experian Holdings, Inc. (Experian),
$10.0 million of the purchase price was put in escrow to
secure our indemnification obligations. This escrow was
scheduled to terminate in the third quarter of 2003, but prior
to the scheduled termination, Experian demanded indemnification
from us for claims made against Experian or its subsidiaries by
several parties, including allegations of unfair and deceptive
advertising in connection with ConsumerInfos furnishing of
credit reports and providing Advice for Improving
Credit that appeared on its website both before, during
and after our ownership of ConsumerInfo. Experian is defending
these claims. In January of 2005, Experian informed us that they
had received a settlement proposal in connection with certain of
the unfair and deceptive advertising allegations for an amount
greater than the remaining $7.3 million balance of the
escrow. There can be no assurance that as a result of resolution
of the claims that Experian may not seek to recover from us an
amount in excess of the escrow. Under the terms of the stock
purchase agreement, our maximum potential liability for the
claims made by Experian is capped at $29.3 million less the
balance in the escrow.
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Our employees, investors, customers, business partners and
vendors may react adversely to the continuing litigation brought
against us. |
Our future success depends in large part on the continued
support of our key employees, investors, customers, business
partners and vendors who may react adversely to the litigation
that has continued to be brought against us following the
restatement of our 2000 and interim 2001 financial statements.
The restatement of our financial statements and the uncertainty
associated with substantial unresolved lawsuits referred to
above has resulted in substantial amounts of negative publicity
about us. We may not be able to motivate or retain key employees
or retain customers or key business partners if they lose
confidence in us, and our vendors may re-examine their
willingness to do business with us. In addition, investors may
lose confidence in us, which may adversely affect the trading
price of our common stock. If we lose the services of our key
employees or are unable to retain our existing customers,
business partners and vendors or attract new customers, our
business, operating results and financial condition could be
materially and adversely affected.
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We may be subject to litigation. |
Our business and operations may subject us to claims, litigation
and other proceedings brought by private parties and
governmental authorities. For information regarding certain
proceedings to which we are currently a party, see Note 22,
Commitments and Contingencies Legal
Proceedings to our Consolidated Financial Statements in
Item 8 in this Form 10-K.
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Our common stock price may be volatile, which could result
in substantial losses for individual stockholders. |
The market price for our common stock has fluctuated from 2001
through early 2005. It is likely to continue to be highly
volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to many
factors, including the factors described herein and the
following, some of which are beyond our control:
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actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly operating
results; |
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announcements of technological innovations or new products or
services by us or our competitors; |
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changes in financial estimates by securities analysts; |
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conditions or trends in the Internet, technology and/or real
estate and real estate-related industries; |
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market prices for stocks of Internet companies and other
companies whose businesses are heavily dependent on the
Internet, which have generally proven to be highly volatile,
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adverse publicity relating to litigation. |
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The emergence of competitors and referral fee
business models may adversely impact our business. |
A number of competitors, including LendingTree (a division of
InterActive Corp) and HomeGain.com, Inc., have emerged offering
or proposing to offer a referral fee business model.
These models may be attractive to real estate professionals
because it requires little or no upfront expenditures to obtain
business prospects. The model requires them to share part of
their commission with the media provider upon the actual receipt
of revenue from the closing of a transaction. In addition, a
number of competitors, including HouseValues, Inc. have emerged
offering or proposing a lead-based business model. This model
also requires no upfront expenditure but charges real estate
professionals for consumer leads received. Our business model is
a media model that requires upfront advertising payment on our
network of websites. While we continue to explore other business
models, we do not currently offer this model.
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Our future success depends upon our managements
ability to execute its business plan. |
In January and October 2002, we replaced much of our senior
management team. The current senior management team includes W.
Michael Long, our Chief Executive Officer, Jack D. Dennison, our
Chief Operating Officer, and Lewis R. Belote, III, our
Chief Financial Officer. In addition, Allan Dalton was appointed
as President of the REALTOR.com® unit and Michael R.
Douglas was appointed as Executive Vice President and General
Counsel. Allan P. Merrill is our Executive Vice President of
Strategy and Corporate Development. Also, in the third and
fourth quarter of 2004, we appointed Maria L. Pietroforte as
President of RENTNET.com®, Stephen Feltner as President of
HomeBuilder.comtm
and Sunil Mehrotra as President of our Consumer/ Retail
Advertising unit. Our future success will depend in part on the
continued integration of senior management with other members of
management and the rest of our employees and business partners,
their understanding of the business, and their implementation of
processes and procedures that allow us to respond to our
customers needs.
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Focusing on our core business may require sales of assets
and/or discontinuing certain operations, which could lead to
write-offs or unusual/non-recurring items in our financial
statements. |
In February 2002, we announced that we would re-focus on our
core business objective to make real estate
professionals more productive and profitable. This focus has
involved and may continue to involve the disposition of
non-strategic business and corporate services. For example, in
February 2002, we sold our eNeighborhoods division, and in March
2002 we sold all of the capital stock of Homestore Consumer
Information Corp., which includes ConsumerInfo.com, for
$130.0 million in cash to Experian Holdings, Inc. In
addition, in the first quarter of 2003, we sold substantially
all of the assets of The Hessel Group, our relocation tax
software and services business. In the fourth quarter of 2004,
we sold our Wyldfyre and Computers for Tracts businesses. We do
not have plans to sell any other significant assets.
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Our agreement with the National Association of
REALTORS® could be terminated. |
The REALTOR.com® trademark and website address and the
REALTOR® trademark are owned by NAR. NAR licenses these
trademarks to our subsidiary RealSelect under a license
agreement, and RealSelect operates the REALTOR.com® website
under an operating agreement with NAR.
Although the REALTOR.com® operating agreement is a lifetime
agreement, NAR may terminate it for a variety of reasons. These
include:
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the acquisition of us or RealSelect by another party; |
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if traffic on the REALTOR.com® site falls below 500,000
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a substantial decrease in the number of property listings on our
REALTOR.com® site; and |
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a breach of any of our other obligations under the agreement
that we do not cure within 30 days of being notified by NAR
of the breach. |
Absent a breach by NAR, the agreement does not contain
provisions that allow us to terminate.
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Our agreement with NAR contains a number of provisions
that could restrict our operations. |
Our operating agreement with NAR, as amended, contains a number
of provisions that restrict how we operate our business. These
provisions include the following restrictions and requirements:
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For 2005, we must pay $1.5 million in four installments of
$375,000 due on the last day of each calendar quarter of 2005. |
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For 2006, we must pay $1.5 million plus or minus, as the
case may be, the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index
for 2005, in four equal installments due on the last day of each
calendar quarter of 2006. |
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For 2007 and beyond, we must pay the amount due during the prior
calendar year plus or minus, as the case may be, the percentage
change in the Consumer Price Index for the prior calendar year,
in four equal installments due on the last day of each calendar
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we amended, and continue to amend, many of our agreements with
the entities that provide us the information for our real
property listings (data content providers) to reduce
or eliminate the amounts that we must pay to data content
providers. In exchange, in some cases, we shortened or are
shortening the duration of these agreements, including those
agreements under which we receive the real property listings on
an exclusive basis; |
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we are restricted in the type and subject matter of, and the
manner in which we display, advertisements on the
REALTOR.com® website; |
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NAR has the right to approve how we use its trademarks, and we
must comply with its quality standards for the use of these
marks; |
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we must meet performance standards relating to the availability
time of the REALTOR.com® website; |
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NAR has the right to review, approve and request changes to the
content on certain pages of our REALTOR.com®
website; and |
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we are restricted in our ability to create additional websites
or pursue other lines of business that engage in displaying real
property advertisements in electronic form. |
In addition, our operating agreement with NAR contains
restrictions on how we can operate the REALTOR.com®
website. For instance, we can only enter into agreements with
entities that provide us with real estate listings, such as
MLSs, on terms approved by NAR. In addition, NAR can require us
to include on REALTOR.com® real estate related content that
it has developed.
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If our operating agreement for REALTOR.com®
were terminated, NAR would be able to operate the
REALTOR.com® website. |
If our operating agreement with NAR were terminated, we would be
required to transfer a copy of the software that operates the
REALTOR.com® website and assign our agreements with data
content providers, such as real estate brokers or MLSs, to NAR.
NAR would then be able to operate the REALTOR.com® website
itself or with another third party.
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We are subject to non-competition provisions with NAR,
which could adversely affect our business. |
We were required to obtain the consent of NAR prior to our
acquisition of our SpringStreet, Inc., Move.com and
HomeBuilder.comtm
websites. In the future, if we acquire or develop another
service that provides real estate listings on an Internet site
or through other electronic means, we will need to obtain the
prior consent of NAR. Any future consents from NAR, if obtained,
could be conditioned on our agreeing to operational conditions
for the new website or service. These conditions could include
paying fees to NAR, limiting the types of content or listings on
the websites or service or other terms and conditions. Our
business could be adversely affected if we do not obtain
consents from NAR, or, if we obtain a consent, by any
restrictive conditions in the consent. These non-competition
provisions and any required consent, if accepted by us at our
discretion, could have the effect of restricting the lines of
business that we may pursue.
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Our agreement with the National Association of Home
Builders contains provisions that could restrict our
operations. |
Our operating agreement with NAHB includes a number of
restrictions on how we operate our
HomeBuilder.comtm
website:
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if NAR terminates our REALTOR.com® operating agreement, for
six months thereafter NAHB can terminate its operating agreement
with us on three months prior notice; |
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we are restricted in the type and subject matter of
advertisements on the pages of our
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NAHB has the right to approve how we use its trademarks and we
must comply with its quality standards for the use of its marks. |
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Our RENTNET.com® website is subject to
a number of restrictions on how it may be operated. |
In agreeing to our acquisition of SpringStreet, NAR imposed a
number of restrictions on how we can operate the
RENTNET.com® website (formerly Homestore®
Apartments & Rentals website). These include:
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if NAR terminates its consent for any reason, we will have to
transfer to NAR all data and content, such as listings, on the
rental site that were provided by REALTORS®; |
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listings for rental units in smaller non-apartment properties
generally must be received from a REALTOR® or a
REALTOR®-controlled MLS in order to be listed on the
website; |
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if the consent is terminated, we could be required to operate
our rental properties website at a different web address; |
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if the consent is terminated for any reason, other than as a
result of a breach by NAR, NAR will be permitted to use the
REALTOR®-branded web address, resulting in increased
competition; |
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we cannot list properties for sale on the rental website for the
duration of our REALTOR.com® operating agreement and for an
additional two years; |
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we are restricted in the type and subject matter of, and the
manner in which we display, advertisements on the rental
website; and |
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we must offer REALTORS® preferred pricing for home pages or
enhanced advertising on the rental website. |
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NAR could revoke its consent to our operating our
RENTNET.com® website. |
NAR can revoke its consent to our operating our
RENTNET.com® website for reasons which include:
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the acquisition of us or RealSelect by another party; |
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a substantial decrease in property listings on our
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a breach of any of our obligations under the consent or the
REALTOR.com® operating agreement that we do not cure within
30 days of being notified by NAR of the breach. |
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The National Association of REALTORS®
has significant influence over aspects of our RealSelect
subsidiarys corporate governance and has a representative
on our Board. |
NAR has significant influence over RealSelects corporate
governance.
Board Representatives. NAR is entitled to have one
representative as a member of our Board of Directors and two
representatives as members of RealSelects Board of
Directors (out of a current total of 8).
Approval Rights. RealSelects certificate of
incorporation contains a limited corporate purpose, which
purpose is the operation of the REALTOR.com® website and
real property advertising programming for electronic display and
related businesses. Without the consent of seven-eighths of the
members of the RealSelect Board of Directors, which would have
to include at least one NAR-appointed director, this limited
purpose provision cannot be amended.
RealSelects bylaws also contain protective provisions
which could restrict portions of its operations or require us to
incur additional expenses. If the RealSelect Board of Directors
cannot agree on an annual operating budget for RealSelect, it
would use as its operating budget the operating budget from the
prior year, adjusted for inflation. Any expenditures in excess
of that budget would have to be funded by us. In addition, if
RealSelect desired to incur debt or invest in assets in excess
of $2.5 million without the approval of a majority of its
board, which would have to include at least one NAR-appointed
director, we would need to fund those expenditures.
RealSelect also cannot take the following actions without the
consent of at least one of NARs representatives on its
Board of Directors:
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amend its certificate of incorporation or bylaws; |
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pledge its assets; |
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approve transactions with affiliates, stockholders or employees
in excess of $100,000; |
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change its executive officers; |
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establish, or appoint any members to, a committee of its Board
of Directors; or |
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We must continue to obtain listings from Multiple Listing
Services, real estate brokers and home builders. |
We believe that our success depends in large part on the number
of real estate listings received from MLSs, brokers, home
builders and rental owners. Many of our agreements with MLSs to
display property listings have fixed terms, typically 12 to
36 months. At the end of the term of each agreement, the
other party may choose not to renew their agreement with us. We
incurred significant expenditures to secure agreements with
providers of real estate information. However, beginning in 2003
we renegotiated with each MLS to renew our contract without
requiring future payments from us. We have been successful in
renegotiating our agreements with MLSs to reduce our costs.
However, there is no assurance the MLSs will continue to
remain on similar terms and if they choose not to renew their
relationship with us, then our websites could become less
attractive to other real estate industry participants or
consumers.
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It is important to our success that we support our real
estate professional customers. |
Since many real estate professionals are not sophisticated
computer users and often spend limited amounts of time in their
offices, it is important that these customers find that our
software and website products significantly enhance their
productivity and are easy to use. To meet these needs, we
provide customer training and have developed a customer support
organization that seeks to respond to customer inquiries as
quickly as possible. If we do not maintain adequate support
levels, our customers may choose not to renew their
subscriptions for our software and website products.
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Failure of real estate professionals to accept online
media-based pricing may adversely affect our financial
results. |
In the past we sold products and media services at a single
national rate for all customers. In 2003, we began offering
these products and services under a more traditional media model
where pricing is dependent upon geographic market, placement,
content and length or quantity of the media run, which has
affected the pricing levels paid by our customers. The success
of our pricing strategy will depend on its acceptance by our
customers. If real estate professionals do not accept our
pricing structure and subsequent price increases, this could
lead to a decrease in our sales, which could have an adverse
affect on our financial results.
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We must dedicate significant resources to market our
subscription products and media services to real estate
professionals. |
Real estate agents are generally independent contractors rather
than employees of brokers and typically spend a majority of
their time outside the office. As a result, it is often
necessary for us to communicate with them on an individual
basis. This results in relatively high fixed costs associated
with our inside and field-based sales activities. In addition,
since we offer media services to both real estate brokers and
agents, we are often required to contact them separately when
marketing our products and media services.
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A failure to establish and maintain strategic online
relationships that generate a significant amount of traffic
could limit the growth of our business. |
We have established strategic relationships with online
companies that generate a significant amount of online traffic
for our websites. Failure to maintain these relationships and
create new ones could limit the growth of our business. Although
we expect that a significant portion of our online customers
will continue to come to our websites directly, we also continue
to rely on third-party websites with which we have
relationships, including websites operated by AOL, Yahoo!, MSN,
Excite, iWon.com, Internet Broadcast Systems, United Online
through its Juno and NetZero brands, Overture and Google for
online traffic. We may also be required to pay significant fees
to establish, maintain and expand our existing online
relationships. As a result, our revenue may suffer if we fail to
enter into new relationships or maintain existing relationships
or if these relationships do not result in online traffic
sufficient to justify their costs.
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The market for web-based subscription and advertising
services relating to real estate is competitive. |
Our main existing and potential competitors include websites
offering real estate related content and services as well as
general purpose online services, and traditional media such as
newspapers, magazines and television that may compete for
advertising dollars.
The barriers to entry for web-based services and businesses are
low, making it possible for new competitors to proliferate
rapidly. In addition, parties with whom we have listing and
marketing agreements could choose to develop their own Internet
strategies or competing real estate sites. Many of our existing
and potential competitors have longer operating histories in the
Internet market, greater name recognition, larger consumer bases
and significantly greater financial, technical and marketing
resources than we do. The rapid pace of technological change
constantly creates new opportunities for existing and new
competitors and it can quickly render our existing technologies
less valuable.
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Our future success depends largely on our ability to
attract, retain and motivate personnel. |
Our future success depends on our ability to attract, retain and
motivate highly skilled technical, managerial, sales personnel,
our senior management and other key personnel. The loss of the
services of key employees would likely have a significantly
detrimental effect on our business. Several of our key senior
management have employment agreements that we believe will
assist in our ability to retain them. However, many other key
employees do not have employment agreements. Competition for
qualified personnel in our industry and geographical locations
is intense. We can give no assurance that we will be successful
in attracting, integrating, retaining and motivating a
sufficient number of qualified employees to conduct our business
in the future. Volatility or lack of positive performance in our
stock price may also adversely affect our ability to retain key
employees, many of whom have been granted stock options.
In the past, we have implemented a number of workforce
reductions. As a result, we now operate with fewer employees and
existing employees may have to perform new tasks. These factors
and our current financial health may create concern about job
security among existing employees that could lead to increased
turnover. We may have difficulties in retaining and attracting
employees. Employee turnover may result in a loss of knowledge
about our customers, our operations and our internal systems,
which could materially harm our business. If any of our
employees leave, we may not be able to replace them with
employees possessing comparable skills. Attracting and retaining
qualified personnel with experience in the real estate industry,
a complex industry that requires a unique knowledge base, is an
additional challenge for us. The loss of services of any of our
key personnel, excessive turnover of our work force, the
inability to retain and attract qualified personnel in the
future or delays in hiring required personnel may have a
material adverse effect on our business, operating results or
financial condition.
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Our investment strategy may not meet its objectives and
could adversely affect our results of operations and financial
position. |
In November 2004, we announced our decision to invest
approximately $25 million in our underperforming businesses
and in our corporate infrastructure. If we do not meet our
investment objectives, we may have to implement plans for
restructuring in order to reduce our operating costs. Developing
and implementing investment plans are time consuming and could
divert managements attention, which could have an adverse
effect on our financial results.
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We need to continue to develop our content and product and
service offerings. |
To remain competitive, we must continue to enhance and improve
the ease of use, responsiveness, functionality and features of
our websites and services. These efforts may require us to
develop internally or to license increasingly complex
technologies. In addition, many companies are continually
introducing new Internet-related products, services and
technologies, which will require us to update or modify our
technology. Developing and integrating new products, services or
technologies into our websites could be expensive and time
consuming. Any new features, functions or services may not
achieve market acceptance or enhance our brand loyalty. If we
fail to develop and introduce or acquire new features, functions
or services effectively and on a timely basis, we may not
continue to attract new users and may be unable to retain our
existing users. Furthermore, we may not succeed in incorporating
new Internet technologies, or, in order to do so, we may incur
substantial additional expenses.
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Delaware law, our certificate of incorporation and bylaws,
and other agreements contain provisions that could discourage a
takeover. |
Delaware law, our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, our
operating agreement with NAR, other agreements with business
partners and a stockholders agreement could have the effect of
delaying or preventing a third party from acquiring us, even if
a change in control would be beneficial to our stockholders. For
example, we currently have a classified Board of Directors. In
addition, our stockholders are unable to act by written consent
or to fill any vacancy on the Board of Directors. Our
stockholders cannot call special meetings of stockholders for
any purpose, including to remove any director or the entire
Board of Directors
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without cause. In addition, NAR could terminate the
REALTOR.com® operating agreement if we are or RealSelect is
acquired.
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We rely on intellectual property and proprietary
rights. |
We regard substantial elements of our websites and underlying
technology as proprietary. Despite our precautionary measures,
third parties may copy or otherwise obtain and use our
proprietary information without authorization or develop similar
technology independently. Any legal action that we may bring to
protect our proprietary information could be unsuccessful,
expensive and distract management from day-to-day operations.
Other companies may own, obtain or claim trademarks that could
prevent or limit or interfere with use of the trademarks we use.
The REALTOR.com® website address and trademark and the
REALTOR® trademark are important to our business and are
licensed to us by NAR. If we were to lose the REALTOR.com®
domain name or the use of these trademarks, our business would
be harmed and we would need to devote substantial resources
toward developing an independent brand identity.
Legal standards relating to the validity, enforceability and
scope of protection of proprietary rights in Internet-related
businesses are uncertain and evolving, and we can give no
assurance regarding the future viability or value of any of our
proprietary rights.
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We may not be able to protect the website addresses that
are important to our business. |
Our website addresses, or domain names, are important to our
business. However, the regulation of domain names is subject to
change, and it is also possible that the requirements for
holding domain names could change. Therefore, we may not be able
to obtain or maintain relevant domain names for all of the areas
of our business. It also may be difficult for us to prevent
third parties from acquiring domain names that are similar to
ours, that infringe our trademarks or that otherwise decrease
the value of our intellectual property.
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We could be subject to litigation with respect to our
intellectual property rights. |
Other companies may own or obtain patents or other intellectual
property rights that could prevent, limit or interfere with our
ability to provide our products and services. Companies in the
Internet market are increasingly making claims alleging
infringement of their intellectual property rights. We could
incur substantial costs to defend against these or any other
claims or litigation. If a claim were successful, we could be
required to obtain a license from the holder of the intellectual
property or redesign our advertising products and services.
Real Estate Industry Risks
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Our business is dependent on the strength of the real
estate industry, which is both cyclical and seasonal. |
The real estate industry traditionally has been cyclical.
Recently, sales of real estate in the United States have been at
historically high levels. Economic swings in the real estate
industry may be caused by various factors. When interest rates
are high or general national and global economic conditions are
or are perceived to be weak, there is typically less sales
activity in real estate. A decrease in the current level of
sales of real estate and products and services related to real
estate could adversely affect demand for our family of websites
and our subscription and advertising products and services. In
addition, reduced traffic on our family of websites would likely
cause our subscription and advertising revenue to decline, which
would materially and adversely affect our business. We may
experience seasonality in our business. The real estate industry
generally experiences a decrease in activity during the winter.
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We may particularly be affected by general economic
conditions. |
Purchases of real property and related products and services are
particularly affected by negative trends in the general economy.
Substantially all of our revenue has been, and is expected to
continue to be, derived from customers in the United States. The
success of our operations depends to a significant extent upon a
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of factors relating to discretionary consumer and business
spending, and the overall economy, as well as regional and local
economic conditions in markets where we operate, including:
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interest rates; |
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taxation policies; |
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employment levels; |
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fears of terrorist attacks or the threat of war. |
In addition, because a consumers purchase of real property
and related products and services is a significant investment
and is relatively discretionary, any reduction in disposable
income in general may affect us more significantly than
companies in other industries.
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Recessionary pressures traditionally impact real estate
markets. |
During recessionary periods, there tends to be a corresponding
decline in demand for real estate, generally and regionally,
that could adversely affect certain segments of our business.
Such adverse effects typically are a general decline in rents
and sales prices, a decline in leasing activity, a decline in
the level of investments in, and the value of real estate, and
an increase in defaults by tenants under their respective
leases. All of these, in turn, adversely affect revenue for fees
and brokerage commissions, which are derived from property
sales, and annual rental payments and property management fees.
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We have risks associated with changing legislation in the
real estate industry. |
Real estate is a heavily regulated industry in the U.S.,
including regulation under the Fair Housing Act, the Real Estate
Settlement Procedures Act and state advertising laws. In
addition, states could enact legislation or regulatory policies
in the future, which could require us to expend significant
resources to comply. These laws and related regulations may
limit or restrict our activities. As the real estate industry
evolves in the Internet environment, legislators, regulators and
industry participants may advocate additional legislative or
regulatory initiatives. Should existing laws or regulations be
amended or new laws or regulations be adopted, we may need to
comply with additional legal requirements and incur resulting
costs, or we may be precluded from certain activities. For
instance, RENTNET.com® was required to qualify and register
as a real estate agent/broker in the State of California. To
date, we have not spent significant resources on lobbying or
related government issues. Any need to significantly increase
our lobbying or related activities could substantially increase
our operating costs.
Internet Industry Risks
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We depend on increased use of the Internet to expand our
real estate-related advertising products and services. |
If the Internet does not continue to be a viable marketplace for
real estate content and information or if the pace of adoption
by consumers of the Internet slows, our business growth may
suffer. Broad acceptance and adoption of the Internet by
consumers and businesses when searching for real estate and
related products and services will continue only if the Internet
continues to provide them with greater efficiencies and improved
access to information.
In addition to selling subscription and media services to real
estate professionals, we depend on selling other types of
advertisements on our websites.
We have experienced a deterioration in the demand for our
advertising services due to the slowdown in the
U.S. economy, decreased corporate spending and concerns
about the effectiveness of Internet advertising.
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Our ability to generate advertising revenue from selling banner
advertising, display ads and sponsorships on our websites will
depend on, among other factors, the development of the Internet
as an advertising medium, the amount of traffic on our websites
and our ability to achieve and demonstrate user demographic
characteristics that are attractive to advertisers. Most
potential advertisers and their advertising agencies have only
limited experience with the Internet as an advertising medium
and have not devoted a significant portion of their advertising
expenditures to Internet-based advertising. No standards have
been widely accepted to measure the effectiveness of web
advertising. If these standards do not develop, existing
advertisers might reduce their current levels of Internet
advertising or eliminate their spending entirely. The widespread
adoption of technologies that permit Internet users to
selectively block out unwanted graphics, including
advertisements attached to the web pages, could also adversely
affect the growth of the Internet as an advertising medium. In
addition, advertisers in the real estate industry, including
real estate professionals, have traditionally relied upon other
advertising media, such as newsprint and magazines, and have
invested substantial resources in other advertising methods.
These persons may be reluctant to adopt a new strategy and
advertise on the Internet. If the demand for the Internet
advertising remains sluggish due to current economic conditions
or a weak U.S. economy, our revenue and operating results
could be harmed materially.
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Government regulations and legal uncertainties could
affect the growth of the Internet. |
A number of legislative and regulatory proposals under
consideration by federal, state, local and foreign governmental
organizations may lead to laws or regulations concerning various
aspects of the Internet, including online content, user privacy,
access charges, liability for third-party activities and
jurisdiction. Additionally, it is uncertain how existing laws
will be applied to the Internet. The adoption of new laws or the
application of existing laws may decrease the growth in the use
of the Internet, which could in turn decrease the usage and
demand for our services or increase our cost of doing business.
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Taxation of Internet transactions could slow the use of
the Internet. |
In December 2004, Congress enacted the Internet Tax
Nondistrimination Act (Public Law (108-435), which placed a
moratorium on states and local governments imposing
(i) taxes on Internet access and (ii) multiple or
discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce through
November 1, 2007. If this moratorium is not renewed, U.S.,
state and local governments would be free to impose new taxes on
Internet access. The imposition of such taxes could impair the
growth of electronic commerce and thereby adversely affect the
growth of our business.
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We depend on continued improvements to our computer
network and the infrastructure of the Internet. |
Any failure of our computer systems that causes interruption or
slower response time of our websites or services could result in
a smaller number of users of our websites or the websites that
we host for real estate professionals. If sustained or repeated,
these performance issues could reduce the attractiveness of our
websites to consumers and our subscription products and media
services to real estate professionals, providers of real
estate-related products and services and other Internet
advertisers. Increases in the volume of our website traffic
could also strain the capacity of our existing computer systems,
which could lead to slower response times or system failures.
This would cause the number of real property search inquiries,
advertising impressions, other revenue producing offerings and
our informational offerings to decline, any of which could hurt
our revenue growth and our brand loyalty. We may need to incur
additional costs to upgrade our computer systems in order to
accommodate increased demand if our systems cannot handle
current or higher volumes of traffic. We may not be able to
project accurately the rate, timing or cost of any increases in
our business, or to expand and upgrade our systems and
infrastructure to accommodate any increases in a timely manner.
Our ability to increase the speed with which we provide services
to consumers and to increase the scope of these services is
limited by and dependent upon the speed and reliability of the
Internet. Consequently, the emergence and growth of the market
for our services is dependent on the performance of and future
improvements to the Internet.
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Our internal network infrastructure could be
disrupted. |
Our operations depend upon our ability to maintain and protect
our computer systems, located at our corporate headquarters in
Westlake Village, California and our technology facility in
Thousand Oaks, California. Temporary or permanent outages of our
computers or software equipment could have an adverse effect on
our business. Although we have not experienced any material
outages to date, we currently do not have a fully redundant
system for our websites and other services at an alternate site.
Therefore, our systems are vulnerable to damage from break-ins,
unauthorized access, vandalism, fire, earthquakes, power loss,
telecommunications failures and similar events. Although we
maintain insurance against fires, earthquakes and general
business interruptions, the amount of coverage may not be
adequate in any particular case.
Experienced computer programmers, or hackers, may attempt to
penetrate our network security from time to time. Although we
have not experienced any material security breaches to date, a
hacker who penetrates our network security could misappropriate
proprietary information or cause interruptions in our services.
We might be required to expend significant capital and resources
to protect against, or to alleviate, problems caused by hackers.
We also may not have a timely remedy against a hacker who is
able to penetrate our network security. In addition to
purposeful security breaches, the inadvertent transmission of
computer viruses could expose us to litigation or to a material
risk of loss.
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We could face liability for information on our websites
and for products and services sold over the Internet. |
We provide third-party content on our websites, particularly
real estate listings. We could be exposed to liability with
respect to this third-party information. Persons might assert,
among other things, that, by directly or indirectly providing
links to websites operated by third parties, we should be liable
for copyright or trademark infringement or other wrongful
actions by the third parties operating those websites. They
could also assert that our third-party information contains
errors or omissions, and consumers could seek damages for losses
incurred if they rely upon incorrect information.
We enter into agreements with other companies under which we
share with these other companies revenue resulting from
advertising or the purchase of services through direct links to
or from our family of websites. These arrangements may expose us
to additional legal risks and uncertainties, including local,
state, federal and foreign government regulation and potential
liabilities to consumers of these services, even if we do not
provide the services ourselves. We cannot assure you that any
indemnification provided to us in our agreements with these
parties, if available, will be adequate.
Even if these claims do not result in liability to us, we could
incur significant costs in investigating and defending against
these claims. Our general liability insurance may not cover all
potential claims to which we are exposed and may not be adequate
to indemnify us for all liability that may be imposed.
We maintain the following principal facilities:
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Principal executive and corporate office(C)(MS)
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Westlake Village, CA |
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137,762 |
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Technology facility(MS)
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Thousand Oaks, CA |
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Operations and customer service center(MS)
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Scottsdale, AZ |
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Welcome Wagon®(P)
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Plainview, NY |
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Top Producer®(SW)
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Richmond, BC |
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Homestore Plans and Publications(P)
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Milwaukee, WI |
|
|
|
13,016 |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
(MS Media Services) (SW Software)
(P Print) (C Corporate)
We believe that our existing facilities and office space are
adequate to meet current requirements.
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|
|
Item 3. |
Legal Proceedings |
From time to time, we are party to various litigation and
administrative proceedings relating to claims arising from our
operations in the ordinary course of business. See the
disclosure regarding litigation included in Note 21,
Settlements of Disputes and Litigation, and
Note 22, Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings, to our Consolidated Financial
Statements contained in Item 8 of this Form 10-K,
which disclosures are incorporated herein by reference. As of
the date of this Form 10-K and except as set forth herein,
we are not a party to any other litigation or administrative
proceedings that management believes will have a material
adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial
condition or cash flows.
|
|
Item 4. |
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
We did not submit any matters to a vote of security holders
during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004.
PART II
|
|
Item 5. |
Market for Registrants Common Equity, Related
Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities |
Market Information
Our common stock was traded on The NASDAQ SmallCap Market under
the symbol HOMS from November 18, 2002 until
January 2, 2004. Prior to that time, our common stock was
traded on The NASDAQ National Market. On January 2, 2004,
we resumed trading on The NASDAQ National Market. The following
table shows the high and low sale prices of the common stock as
reported by The NASDAQ SmallCap Market or The NASDAQ National
Market, as applicable, for the periods indicated.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
High | |
|
Low | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First Quarter
|
|
$ |
1.51 |
|
|
$ |
0.51 |
|
|
Second Quarter
|
|
|
2.03 |
|
|
|
0.48 |
|
|
Third Quarter
|
|
|
3.95 |
|
|
|
1.62 |
|
|
Fourth Quarter
|
|
|
4.93 |
|
|
|
2.51 |
|
2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First Quarter
|
|
|
5.58 |
|
|
|
3.49 |
|
|
Second Quarter
|
|
|
5.95 |
|
|
|
3.70 |
|
|
Third Quarter
|
|
|
4.29 |
|
|
|
1.81 |
|
|
Fourth Quarter
|
|
|
3.31 |
|
|
|
2.25 |
|
2005
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First Quarter (through February 28, 2004)
|
|
|
3.24 |
|
|
|
2.10 |
|
As of February 28, 2005, there were approximately 996
record holders of our common stock. Because many of these shares
are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of
stockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of
stockholders represented by these record holders.
Dividends
We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital
stock and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the
foreseeable future, except for an annual dividend of $0.08 to be
paid on the one share of our Series A preferred stock held
by NAR.
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Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
There were no sales of unregistered equity securities by
Homestore during 2004 that have not previously been reported in
a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation
Plans
The following table provides information as of December 31,
2004 regarding compensation plans (including individual
compensation arrangements) under which our equity securities are
authorized for issuance.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of | |
|
|
Number of | |
|
Weighted | |
|
Securities | |
|
|
Securities to be | |
|
Average Exercise | |
|
Remaining | |
|
|
Issued Upon | |
|
Price of | |
|
Available for | |
|
|
Exercise of | |
|
Outstanding | |
|
Future Issuance | |
|
|
Outstanding | |
|
Options, | |
|
(Excluding | |
|
|
Options, Warrants | |
|
Warrants and | |
|
Securities Reflected | |
Plan Category |
|
and Rights | |
|
Rights | |
|
in Column (a)) | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(a) | |
|
(b) | |
|
(c) | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
|
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
|
|
|
19,748 |
|
|
$ |
3.29 |
|
|
|
3,391 |
|
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
|
|
8,165 |
|
|
$ |
2.29 |
|
|
|
10,450 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
27,913 |
|
|
$ |
2.99 |
|
|
|
13,841 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Each of the above plans provides that the number of shares with
respect to which options may be granted, and the number of
shares of common stock subject to an outstanding option, shall
be proportionately adjusted in the event of a subdivision or
consolidation of shares or the payment of a stock dividend on
common stock, and the purchase price per share of outstanding
options shall be proportionately revised. Options outstanding as
of December 31, 2004 pursuant to compensation plans assumed
in connection with prior acquisitions, in the aggregate, total
206,060 and the weighted average exercise price of those option
shares is $20.58.
The Homestore, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, a security-holder
approved plan, contains a provision for an automatic increase in
the number of shares available for issuance each January 1
(until January 1, 2009) by an amount equal to 4.5% of the
total number of outstanding shares as of the preceding
December 31; provided that the aggregate number of shares
that qualify as Incentive Stock Options (as defined in the plan)
must not exceed 20.0 million shares.
The Homestore, Inc. 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, a
security-holder approved plan, also contained a provision for an
automatic increase in the number of shares available for
issuance each January 1 (until January 1, 2009) by an
amount equal to one-half of one percent (0.5%) of the total
number of outstanding shares as of the preceding
December 31; provided that the aggregate number of shares
reserved under this plan must not exceed 5.0 million
shares. This plan was terminated in December 2004.
Non-Shareholder Approved Plans
Options are granted from the Homestore, Inc. 2002 Stock
Incentive Plan, a plan established in January 2002 to attract
and retain qualified personnel. No more then 40% of the
available securities granted under this plan may be awarded to
our directors or executive officers. Option grants under this
plan are non-qualified stock options and generally have a 4-year
vesting schedule and a 10-year life.
Other non-shareholder approved plans include the following plans
assumed in connection with prior acquisitions: The 1997-1998
Stock Incentive Plan of Cendant Corporation, the Cendant
Corporation Move.com Group 1999 Stock Option Plan, as amended
and restated effective as of March 21, 2000, the
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Move.com, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, the HomeWrite
Incorporated 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, the ConsumerInfo.com,
Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan, the iPlace 2000 Stock Option Plan,
the eNeighborhoods, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan, the Qspace,
Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan, the iPlace, Inc. 2001 Equity
Incentive Plan and The Hessel Group, Inc. 2000 Stock Option
Plan. Each of these plans (i) was intended to attract,
retain and motivate employees, (ii) was administered by the
Board of the Directors or by a committee of the Board of
Directors of such entities, and (iii) provided that options
granted thereunder would be exercisable as determined by such
Board or committee, provided that no option would be exercisable
after the expiration of 10 years after the grant date. We
did not grant options under any of these plans in 2004, and we
do not plan to do so in the future.
For additional information regarding our equity compensation
plans, see Note 14, Stock Plans, to our
Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Item 8 of
this Form 10-K.
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|
Item 6. |
Selected Financial Data |
You should read the following selected consolidated financial
data together with the Consolidated Financial Statements and
related notes included in Part II
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
and Part II Item 7.
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations.
The consolidated statement of operations data for the years
ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 and the consolidated
balance sheet data as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 are
derived from our audited Consolidated Financial Statements
included in Part II Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. The
consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended
December 31, 2001 and 2000 and the consolidated balance
sheet data as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 have been
derived from unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements not
included in this Form 10-K. The consolidated balance sheet
data as of December 31, 2002 was derived from audited
Consolidated Financial Statements not included in this
Form 10-K.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001(3) | |
|
2000(3) | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands, except per share amounts) | |
Consolidated Statement of Operations Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue(2)
|
|
$ |
216,860 |
|
|
$ |
198,227 |
|
|
$ |
219,867 |
|
|
$ |
254,103 |
|
|
$ |
174,706 |
|
Related party revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,695 |
|
|
|
31,158 |
|
|
|
38,346 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenue
|
|
|
216,860 |
|
|
|
205,922 |
|
|
|
251,025 |
|
|
|
292,449 |
|
|
|
174,706 |
|
Cost of revenue(2)
|
|
|
50,829 |
|
|
|
56,569 |
|
|
|
73,622 |
|
|
|
110,377 |
|
|
|
59,912 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
166,031 |
|
|
|
149,353 |
|
|
|
177,403 |
|
|
|
182,072 |
|
|
|
114,794 |
|
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales and marketing(2)
|
|
|
88,388 |
|
|
|
101,122 |
|
|
|
161,554 |
|
|
|
239,790 |
|
|
|
158,993 |
|
|
Product and website development(2)
|
|
|
15,362 |
|
|
|
17,065 |
|
|
|
25,497 |
|
|
|
32,397 |
|
|
|
14,259 |
|
|
General and administrative(2)
|
|
|
68,442 |
|
|
|
65,333 |
|
|
|
83,042 |
|
|
|
168,695 |
|
|
|
58,278 |
|
|
Amortization of goodwill and intangible assets(1)
|
|
|
7,894 |
|
|
|
21,863 |
|
|
|
34,699 |
|
|
|
199,291 |
|
|
|
42,868 |
|
|
In-process research and development
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,048 |
|
|
Restructuring charges(2)
|
|
|
1,316 |
|
|
|
4,100 |
|
|
|
12,057 |
|
|
|
50,234 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,999 |
|
|
|
3,482 |
|
|
|
925,094 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Litigation settlement
|
|
|
2,168 |
|
|
|
63,600 |
|
|
|
23,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
183,570 |
|
|
|
300,082 |
|
|
|
343,331 |
|
|
|
1,615,501 |
|
|
|
278,446 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001(3) | |
|
2000(3) | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands, except per share amounts) | |
Loss from operations
|
|
|
(17,539 |
) |
|
|
(150,729 |
) |
|
|
(165,928 |
) |
|
|
(1,433,429 |
) |
|
|
(163,652 |
) |
Interest income (expense), net
|
|
|
672 |
|
|
|
(406 |
) |
|
|
2,673 |
|
|
|
10,490 |
|
|
|
23,032 |
|
Gain on settlement of distribution agreement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
104,071 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
|
2,366 |
|
|
|
691 |
|
|
|
(5,694 |
) |
|
|
(44,393 |
) |
|
|
(7,045 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from continuing operations
|
|
|
(14,501 |
) |
|
|
(46,373 |
) |
|
|
(168,949 |
) |
|
|
(1,467,332 |
) |
|
|
(147,665 |
) |
Gain on disposition of discontinued operations
|
|
|
7,294 |
|
|
|
2,530 |
|
|
|
11,790 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
|
|
|
(679 |
) |
|
|
(3,281 |
) |
|
|
(6,266 |
) |
|
|
1,743 |
|
|
|
1,612 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$ |
(7,886 |
) |
|
$ |
(47,124 |
) |
|
$ |
(163,425 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,465,589 |
) |
|
$ |
(146,053 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share applicable to
common shareholders.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Continuing operations
|
|
$ |
(0.11 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.39 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.43 |
) |
|
$ |
(13.66 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.85 |
) |
Discontinued operations
|
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$ |
(0.06 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.40 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.39 |
) |
|
$ |
(13.64 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.83 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares used to calculate basic and diluted per share amounts
|
|
|
136,518 |
|
|
|
118,996 |
|
|
|
117,900 |
|
|
|
107,433 |
|
|
|
79,758 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
We adopted SFAS No. 142 in 2002 and ceased amortizing
goodwill as required by that standard. |
|
(2) |
The following chart summarizes the stock-based charges that have
been included in the following captions for the periods
presented: |
|
(3) |
Acquisitions during the year ended December 31, 2001
include Internet Pictures Corporation (iPIX),
Computer for Tracts (CFT), Homewrite, Inc.,
Homebid.com, Inc., and Move.com Group which includes Welcome
Wagon International, Inc., and RENTNET. Acquisitions during the
year ended December 31, 2000 include Wyldfyre Technologies,
Inc. (Wyldfyre), Top Producer Systems, Inc.
(Top Producer), and The Hessel Group. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
2000 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Stock-based Charges:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,119 |
|
|
$ |
1,501 |
|
|
$ |
2,456 |
|
|
$ |
6,233 |
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
134 |
|
|
|
383 |
|
|
|
607 |
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
301 |
|
|
|
3,795 |
|
|
|
63,848 |
|
|
|
71,188 |
|
|
|
45,148 |
|
Product and website development
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
127 |
|
|
|
361 |
|
|
|
572 |
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
518 |
|
|
|
164 |
|
|
|
1,297 |
|
|
|
6,237 |
|
|
|
3,095 |
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,140 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
819 |
|
|
$ |
7,249 |
|
|
$ |
66,907 |
|
|
$ |
80,625 |
|
|
$ |
55,655 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
2000 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and short-term investments
|
|
$ |
59,859 |
|
|
$ |
35,517 |
|
|
$ |
80,463 |
|
|
$ |
38,272 |
|
|
$ |
167,576 |
|
Working capital (deficiency)
|
|
|
1,059 |
|
|
|
(70,729 |
) |
|
|
(80,763 |
) |
|
|
(31,888 |
) |
|
|
253,638 |
|
Total assets
|
|
|
150,504 |
|
|
|
153,548 |
|
|
|
379,208 |
|
|
|
615,037 |
|
|
|
893,350 |
|
Obligation under capital lease
|
|
|
2,765 |
|
|
|
1,904 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
|
57,393 |
|
|
|
328 |
|
|
|
38,730 |
|
|
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183,256 |
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603,479 |
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Item 7. |
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations |
You should read the following discussion in conjunction with our
audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 and related notes included
in Part II Item 8. Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data.
Overview
Our History
We were incorporated in 1993 under the name of InfoTouch
Corporation with the objective of establishing an interactive
network of real estate kiosks for consumers to
search for homes. In 1996, we began to develop the technology to
build and operate real estate related Internet sites. In 1996,
we entered into a series of agreements with NAR and several
investors and transferred technology and assets to a
newly-formed subsidiary, which ultimately became RealSelect,
Inc. RealSelect, Inc. in turn entered into a number of formation
agreements with, and issued cash and common stock representing a
15% ownership interest in RealSelect, Inc. to, NAR in exchange
for the rights to operate the REALTOR.com® website and
pursue commercial opportunities relating to the listing of real
estate on the Internet. That 15% ownership in RealSelect, Inc.
was exchanged for stock in Homestore.com®, Inc. in August
1999. Our initial operating activities primarily consisted of
recruiting personnel, developing our website content and raising
our initial capital and we began actively marketing our
advertising products and services to real estate professionals
in January 1997. We changed the corporate name to
Homestore.com®, Inc. in August 1999. We changed our name to
Homestore, Inc. in May 2002.
In recent years, our company has faced a number of difficult
challenges. After discovering accounting irregularities in late
2001, we restated our financial statements for 2000 and the
first three quarters of 2001. In the wake of these accounting
irregularities and subsequent restatements, we have faced:
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numerous lawsuits, including a consolidated securities class
action and derivative litigation; |
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an SEC investigation of the company and our accounting practices; |
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contractual disputes with our customers and partners; |
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limited financial resources and the need for cost reduction
measures; |
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listing maintenance issues with The NASDAQ National
Market; and |
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replacement of the former executive management team, some of
whom have pled guilty to criminal charges. |
We believe that we have addressed each of these challenges,
while recognizing that many risks persist. See Item 1,
Business Risk Factors, contained in
Part I to this Form 10-K for more information.
During this time of uncertainty, many of our customers and
potential customers have expressed concerns about our ability to
provide value-added products and services. At the same time, we
have modified our product and service offerings and have
introduced new pricing structures that we believe better reflect
the
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value of our products and services. We believe that the changes
in our products and service offerings have begun to be accepted
by our customers, despite initial resistance by some.
We have implemented four restructurings during the last three
years. These restructurings were designed to focus our business
and to eliminate redundancies in our organization. We believe
these restructurings were necessary to address both our product
and service offerings and our cost structure.
We have created an online service that is the leading consumer
destination on the Internet for home and real estate-related
information based on the number of visitors, time spent on our
websites and number of property listings. We provide a wide
variety of information and tools for consumers and are a leading
supplier of online media and technology solutions for real
estate industry professionals, advertisers and providers of home
and real estate-related products and services.
To provide consumers with timely and comprehensive real estate
listings, access to real estate professionals and other home and
real estate-related information and resources, we have
established relationships with key industry participants. These
participants include real estate market leaders such as NAR,
NAHB, hundreds of MLSs, the MHI, and leading real estate
franchisors, including the six largest franchises, brokers,
builders and apartment owners and managers. Under our agreement
with NAR, we operate NARs official website,
REALTOR.com®. Under our agreement with NAHB, we operate its
new home listing website,
HomeBuilder.comtm.
Under our agreements with NAR, NAHB, and MHI we receive
preferential promotion in their marketing activities.
Business Trends and Conditions
In recent years, our business has been, and we expect will
continue to be, influenced by a number of macroeconomic,
industry-wide and product-specific trends and conditions:
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Market and economic conditions. In recent years, the
U.S. economy has experienced low interest rates, and
volatility in the equities markets. Against this backdrop,
housing starts have remained strong, while the supply of
apartment housing has generally exceeded demand. At the same
time, our business model has shifted from a technology offering
to a media model. The foregoing conditions have meant that
homebuilders spent less on advertising, given the strong demand
for new houses. Conversely, apartment owners have not spent as
much money on advertising, as they have sought to achieve cost
savings during the difficult market for apartment owners. Both
of these trends have impacted our ability to grow our business.
The impact of the recent rise in interest rates on job creation
and other economic factors is difficult to gauge and creates
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Evolution of Our Product and Service Offerings and Pricing
Structures. |
Media Service segment: Our Media segment evolved as a
business providing Internet applications to real estate
professionals. In recent years, it became apparent that our
customers valued the media exposure that the Internet offered
them, but not the actual technology that we were
offering. Many of our customers objected to our proposition that
they purchase our templated website in order to gain access to
our networks. In addition, we were charging a fixed price to all
customers regardless of the market they operated in or the size
of their business.
In 2003, we responded to our customers needs and revamped
our service offerings. We began to price our product based on
the size of the market and the number of properties they
displayed. For many of our customers this change led to
substantial price increases over our former technology pricing.
This change has been reasonably well-accepted by our customers,
however, it has caused us to lose some customers. While we do
not expect this trend to continue, it could materially and
adversely impact our Media Segment revenue.
Software segment: In our Software segment, Top
Producer® introduced a monthly subscription model of an
online application in late 2002. This had a negative impact on
our revenues over the first eighteen months of this offering as
we attempted to build the subscriber base. While our desktop
product is still attractive to
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some real estate professionals, our customer base continues to
shift to the online application and we believe it will
completely replace our desktop product over the next year.
Print segment: The uncertain economic conditions since
2001 have had an adverse effect on our Welcome Wagon®
business. Our primary customers are small local merchants trying
to reach new movers and the economic conditions have negatively
impacted the small business more than other businesses. These
economic conditions have caused a significant decline in our
revenue in this segment over the past three years. Although we
are starting to see some improvement in market conditions in
some geographic areas, it could take considerable time before
this segment yields meaningful growth, if at all.
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Investment Strategy: Because of the limited resources we
have available, we have instituted a staged investment strategy.
Starting in Mid-2002, we began conceiving and executing the
repositioning of REALTOR.com®, Top Producer®, and our
retail advertising activities. Our improved performance is
entirely related to the improvement in those three businesses,
which, in turn, gives us increasing confidence in the longer
term results that we should be able to generate from our current
and planned investments in other areas of our business. We are
now focusing on investing in and improving our
RENTNET.com®,
HomeBuilder.comtm,
and Welcome Wagon® businesses and expect to continue to do
so through much of 2005 and possibly into 2006. We believe that
HomeBuilder.comtm
and RENTNET.com® will begin contributing to our overall
growth in the second half of 2005. The process of integrating
Welcome Wagon® into our Media Services businesses will
require patience, but could represent a very large market
opportunity for us. |
Dispositions
On December 21, 2004, the Company entered into an Asset
Purchase Agreement with Newstar Systems, Inc.
(Newstar) pursuant to which the Company agreed to
sell its Computer for Tracts (CFT) software
business, which had been reported as part of the Companys
software segment, for a purchase price of approximately
$2.5 million in cash. The transaction closed on
December 21, 2004, resulting in a gain on disposition of
discontinued operations of approximately $1.6 million.
On October 6, 2004, the Company entered into an Asset
Purchase Agreement with Wyld Acquisition Corp.
(Wyld), a wholly owned subsidiary of Seigel
Enterprises, Inc., pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell
its Wyldfyre software business, which had been reported as part
of the Companys software segment, for a purchase price of
$8.5 million in cash. The transaction closed on
October 6, 2004, resulting in a gain on disposition of
discontinued operations. The sale generated net proceeds of
approximately $7.0 million after transaction fees and
monies placed in escrow pursuant to the Asset Purchase
Agreement. To date, approximately $5.7 million has been
recorded as Gain on disposition of discontinued
operations.
On March 19, 2002, we entered into an agreement to sell our
ConfusmerInfo division, a former subsidiary of iPlace, to
Experian Holdings, Inc. (Experian), for
$130.0 million in cash. The transaction closed on
April 2, 2002. The sale generated net proceeds of
approximately $117.1 million after transaction fees and
monies placed in escrow. On March 26, 2002, MemberWorks
Incorporated (MemberWorks), one of the former owners
of iPlace, obtained a court order requiring us to set aside
$58.0 million of the proceeds against a potential claim
MemberWorks had against us. On August 9, 2002, we reached a
settlement in the MemberWorks litigation, in which MemberWorks
and certain other former iPlace shareholders received
$23.0 million, with the remaining $35.0 million plus
accrued interest being transferred to us resulting in net
proceeds to us of $94.1 million. In addition, the
litigation was dismissed and MemberWorks released all claims
against us relating to the sale of iPlace. We have included the
cost of the settlement in our results of operations for the year
ended December 31, 2002.
The $11.8 million gain associated with the disposition of
the ConsumerInfo division was recorded as Gain on
disposition of discontinued operations, in the
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended
December 31, 2002. As part of the sale to Experian,
$10.0 million of the purchase price was put in escrow to
secure our indemnification obligations (the Indemnity
Escrow). In the second quarter of 2003, $2.3 million
was released to us from the Indemnity Escrow and recognized as
Gain on disposition of discontinued operations. As
of December 31, 2004, cash in the Indemnity Escrow was
$7.3 million. To the
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extent the Indemnity Escrow is released to us, we will recognize
additional gain on disposition of discontinued operations.
The Indemnity Escrow was scheduled to terminate in the third
quarter of 2003, but prior to the scheduled termination,
Experian demanded indemnification from us for claims made
against Experian or its subsidiaries by several parties. See
Note 22, Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings to our Consolidated Financial Statements
in Item 8 in this Form 10-K.
Pursuant to SFAS No. 144, the Consolidated Financial
Statements of the Company for all periods presented reflect the
disposition of its Wyldfyre, CFT, and ConsumerInfo divisions as
discontinued operations. Accordingly, the revenue, costs and
expenses, and cash flows of these divisions have been excluded
from the respective captions in the Consolidated Statements of
Operations and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and have
been reported as Loss from discontinued operations,
net of applicable income taxes of zero; and as Net cash
provided by (used in) discontinued operations. Total
revenue and loss from discontinued operations are reflected
below:
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12,788 |
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33,107 |
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16,069 |
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39,373 |
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The calculation of the gain on the sale of discontinued
operations is as follows (in thousands):
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2,300 |
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130,000 |
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850 |
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10,000 |
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2,210 |
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106,321 |
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Transaction costs
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627 |
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2,918 |
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11,790 |
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The cash and stock received from the purchase of iPlace relates
to the settlement of the original escrow related to the
Companys purchase of iPlace.
Critical Accounting Policies, Estimates and Assumptions
Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and
results of operations is based upon our Consolidated Financial
Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles. 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
contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we
evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue
recognition, uncollectible receivables, intangible and other
long-lived assets and contingencies. We base our estimates on
historical experience 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. Actual results may differ from these
estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
We believe the following critical accounting policies affect our
more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation
of our Consolidated Financial Statements: revenue recognition;
valuation allowances, specifically the allowance for doubtful
accounts; valuation of goodwill, identified intangibles and
other long-lived assets; accounting for business combinations;
and legal contingencies.
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Management has discussed the development and selection of the
following critical accounting policies, estimates and
assumptions with the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors
and the Audit Committee has reviewed these disclosures.
Revenue Recognition We derive our revenue
primarily from two sources:
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software revenue, which includes software licenses, software
development, hardware services and support revenue which
includes software maintenance, training, consulting and website
hosting revenue; and |
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advertising revenue for running online advertising on our
websites or offline advertising placed in our publications. |
As described below, significant management judgments and
estimates must be made and used in connection with the revenue
recognized in any accounting period.
We recognize revenue in accordance with Securities and Exchange
Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104,
Revenue Recognition, and Emerging Issues Task Force
Issue (EITF) 00-21, Revenue Arrangements with
Multiple Deliverables. Revenue is recognized only when
persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has
occurred or services have been rendered, the price is fixed or
determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured.
We assess collection based on a number of factors, including
past transaction history with the customer and the credit
worthiness of the customer. We do not request collateral from
our customers. If we determine that collection of a fee is not
reasonably assured, we defer the fee and recognize revenue at
the time collection becomes reasonably assured, which is
generally upon receipt of cash. Cash received in advance is
recorded as deferred revenue until earned.
Software revenue We generally license our
software products in three ways:
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on a perpetual basis; and |
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on a monthly subscription basis. |
Our hosting arrangements require customers to pay a fixed fee
and receive service over a period of time, generally one year.
We apply the provisions of Statement of Position
(SOP) 97-2, Software Revenue
Recognition, as amended by SOP 98-9
Modification of SOP 97-2, Software Revenue
Recognition, With Respect to Certain Transactions, to all
transactions involving the sale of software. Software license
revenue is recognized upon all of the following criteria being
satisfied:
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the execution of a license agreement; |
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product delivery; |
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fees are fixed or determinable; |
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collectibility is reasonably assured; and |
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all other significant obligations have been fulfilled. |
For arrangements containing multiple elements, such as software
license fees, consulting services and maintenance, and where
vendor-specific objective evidence (VSOE), of fair
value exists for all undelivered elements, we account for the
delivered elements in accordance with the residual
method prescribed by SOP 98-9. For arrangements in
which VSOE does not exist for the undelivered element, including
specified upgrades, revenue is deferred and not recognized until
either VSOE is established or delivery of the element without
VSOE has occurred. We also generate non-recurring revenue from
consulting fees for implementation, installation, data
conversion and training related to the use of our proprietary
and third-party licensed products. We recognize revenue for
these services as they are performed, as they are principally
contracted for
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on a time and material basis. Our arrangements generally do not
include acceptance clauses. However, if an arrangement includes
an acceptance clause, acceptance occurs upon the earlier of
receipt of a written customer acceptance or expiration of the
acceptance period. Certain software products are sold as
subscriptions, and accordingly, revenue is deferred and
recognized ratably over the term of the contract which is
typically based on a one-year renewable term.
We recognize revenue from maintenance services ratably over the
contract term. Our training and consulting services are billed
based on hourly rates and we generally recognize revenue as
these services are performed. Payments for maintenance services
are generally made in advance and are non-refundable. However,
at the time of entering into a transaction, we assess whether
any services included within the arrangement will require us to
perform significant work either to alter the underlying software
or to build additional complex interfaces so that the software
performs as the customer requests. If these services are
included as part of the arrangement and management is able to
accurately estimate the progression to completion, we recognize
the entire fee using the percentage of completion method. We
estimate the percentage of completion based on an estimate of
total costs incurred to date as a percentage of estimated total
costs to complete the project, and we monitor our progress
against plan to insure the our estimates are materially
accurate. We recognize estimated losses in the periods in which
such losses are reasonably expected. For projects in which we
are unable to estimate its progression to completion, such
revenue is recognized in the period in which the project is
completed. Percentage of completion projects ceased to become a
material amount of our revenue after 2002.
Advertising Revenue We sell online and
offline advertising. Online advertising revenue includes three
revenue streams:
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impression based, |
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fixed fee subscriptions; and |
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variable, performance based agreements. |
The impressions based agreements range from spot purchases to
12 month contracts. The impression based revenue is
recognized based upon actual impressions delivered and viewed by
a user in a period. The fixed fee subscription revenue is
recognized ratably over the period in which the services are
provided. The affiliate revenue is recognized in the period in
which the affiliate partner provides the services. We measure
performance related to advertising obligations on a monthly
basis prior to the recording of revenue. Offline advertising
revenue is recognized when the publications in which the
advertising is displayed are shipped.
We record and measure the fair value of equity received in
exchange for advertising services in accordance with the
provisions of EITF 00-8, Accounting by a Grantee for
an Equity Instrument to be Received in Conjunction with
Providing Goods or Services.
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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |
Our estimate for the allowance for doubtful accounts related to
trade receivables is based on two methods. The amounts
calculated from each of these methods are combined to determine
the total amount to be reserved. First, we evaluate specific
accounts where we have information that the customer may have an
inability to meet its financial obligations. In these cases, we
use our judgment, based on the best available facts and
circumstances, and record a specific reserve for that customer
against amounts due to reduce the receivable to the amount that
is expected to be collected. These specific reserves are
reevaluated and adjusted as additional information is received
that impacts the amount reserved. Second, a general reserve is
established for all customers based on a range of percentages
applied to aging categories. These percentages are based on
historical collection and write-off experience. If circumstances
change (i.e. higher than expected defaults or an unexpected
material adverse change in a major customers ability to
meet its financial obligation to us), our estimates of the
recoverability of amounts due to us could be reduced or
increased by a material amount.
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Valuation of Goodwill, Identified Intangibles and Other
Long-lived Assets |
We test goodwill for impairment in accordance with
SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets and test intangible assets and property, plant and
equipment for impairment in accordance with
SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or
Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. We assess the impairment of
goodwill, identifiable intangible assets and other long-lived
assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that
the carrying value may not be recoverable. Factors we consider
important which could trigger an impairment review include the
following:
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a significant decline in actual and projected revenue; |
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a significant decline in the market value of our common stock; |
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a significant decline in performance of certain acquired
companies relative to their original projection; |
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a significant difference between our net book value and our
market value; |
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a significant decline in our operating results relative to our
operating forecasts; |
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a loss of key customer relationships coupled with the
renegotiation of existing arrangements; |
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a significant change in the manner of our use of the acquired
assets or the strategy for our overall business; |
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a significant decrease in the market value of an asset; |
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a shift in technology demands and development; and |
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a significant turnover in key management or other personnel. |
When we determine that the carrying value of goodwill, other
intangible assets and other long lived assets may not be
recoverable based upon the existence of one or more of the above
indicators of impairment, we measure any impairment based on a
projected discounted cash flow method using a discount rate
determined by our management to be commensurate with the risk
inherent in our current business model. In the third quarter of
2003 and in the fourth quarter of 2003 and 2002, we recognized
an impairment of our long-lived assets. See Note 5,
Impairment of Long-lived Assets, to our Consolidated
Financial Statements contained in Item 8 of this
Form 10-K.
We adopted SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets, in January 2002. Under
SFAS No. 142, goodwill is no longer amortized, but is
tested for impairment at a reporting unit level on an annual
basis and between annual tests if an event occurs or
circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the
fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value amount.
Events or circumstances which could trigger an impairment review
include a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the
business climate, an adverse action or assessment by a
regulator, unanticipated competition, a loss of key personnel,
significant changes in the manner of our use of the acquired
assets or the strategy for our overall business, significant
negative industry or economic trends, significant declines in
our stock price for a sustained period or significant
underperformance relative to expected historical or projected
future operating results.
In testing for a potential impairment of goodwill, we first
compare the estimated fair value of each reporting unit with
book value, including goodwill. If the estimated fair value
exceeds book value, goodwill is considered not to be impaired
and no additional steps are necessary. If, however, the fair
value of the respective reporting unit is less than book value,
then we are required to compare the carrying amount of the
goodwill with its implied fair value. The estimate of implied
fair value of goodwill may require independent valuations of
certain internally generated and unrecognized intangible assets
such as our subscriber base, software and technology and patents
and trademarks. If the carrying amount of our goodwill exceeds
the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss
would be recognized in an amount equal to the excess.
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We are currently involved in certain legal proceedings, as
discussed in Note 21, Settlements of Disputes and
Litigation and Note 22, Commitments and
Contingencies Legal Proceedings to our
Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 in this
Form 10-K. For those matters where we have reached
agreed-upon settlements, we have estimated the amount of those
settlements and accrued the amount of the settlement in our
financial statements. Because of the uncertainties related to
both the amount and range of loss on the remaining pending
litigation, we are unable to make a reasonable estimate of the
liability that could result from an unfavorable outcome. As
additional information becomes available, we will assess the
potential liability related to our pending litigation and revise
our estimates. Such revisions in our estimates of the potential
liability could materially impact our results of operations and
financial position.
Results of Operations
We have only a limited operating history, and our business model
has been modified over the past two years. Our prospects should
be considered in light of the risks, uncertainties, expenses and
difficulties frequently encountered by companies in their early
stages of development, particularly companies in new and rapidly
evolving markets such as the Internet. To address these risks,
we must, among other things, be able to continue to:
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respond to highly competitive developments; |
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attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel; |
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implement and successfully execute our marketing plans; |
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improve our operational and financial systems. |
Although our revenue grew significantly in our early history,
during recent periods, we have been unable to sustain this
growth and have had to reduce our expense structure. Therefore,
you should not consider our historical growth indicative of
future revenue levels or operating results. In order to reduce
our operating cost structure to a sustainable level commensurate
with our revenues, we have gone through four restructurings
during the last three years. We may never achieve net income,
and, if we do, we may not be able to sustain it. A more complete
description of other risks relating to our business is set forth
in Part I Item 1.
Business Risk Factors.
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Consolidated Statement of Operations Data:
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Revenue(1)
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216,860 |
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198,227 |
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219,867 |
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Related party revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,695 |
|
|
|
31,158 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenue
|
|
|
216,860 |
|
|
|
205,922 |
|
|
|
251,025 |
|
Cost of revenue(1)
|
|
|
50,829 |
|
|
|
56,569 |
|
|
|
73,622 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
166,031 |
|
|
|
149,353 |
|
|
|
177,403 |
|
38
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales and marketing(1)
|
|
|
88,388 |
|
|
|
101,122 |
|
|
|
161,554 |
|
|
Product and website development(1)
|
|
|
15,362 |
|
|
|
17,065 |
|
|
|
25,497 |
|
|
General and administrative(1)
|
|
|
68,442 |
|
|
|
65,333 |
|
|
|
83,042 |
|
|
Amortization of intangible assets(1)
|
|
|
7,894 |
|
|
|
21,863 |
|
|
|
34,699 |
|
|
Restructuring charges(1)
|
|
|
1,316 |
|
|
|
4,100 |
|
|
|
12,057 |
|
|
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,999 |
|
|
|
3,482 |
|
|
Litigation settlement
|
|
|
2,168 |
|
|
|
63,600 |
|
|
|
23,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
183,570 |
|
|
|
300,082 |
|
|
|
343,331 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
|
(17,539 |
) |
|
|
(150,729 |
) |
|
|
(165,928 |
) |
Interest income (expense), net
|
|
|
672 |
|
|
|
(406 |
) |
|
|
2,673 |
|
Gain on settlement of distribution agreement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
104,071 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
|
2,366 |
|
|
|
691 |
|
|
|
(5,694 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from continuing operations
|
|
|
(14,501 |
) |
|
|
(46,373 |
) |
|
|
(168,949 |
) |
Gain on disposition of discontinued operations
|
|
|
7,294 |
|
|
|
2,530 |
|
|
|
11,790 |
|
Income from discontinued operations
|
|
|
(679 |
) |
|
|
(3,281 |
) |
|
|
(6,266 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$ |
(7,886 |
) |
|
$ |
(47,124 |
) |
|
$ |
(163,425 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
The following chart summarizes the stock-based charges that have
been included in the following captions for the periods
presented: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,119 |
|
|
$ |
1,501 |
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
134 |
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
301 |
|
|
|
3,795 |
|
|
|
63,848 |
|
Product and website development
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
127 |
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
518 |
|
|
|
164 |
|
|
|
1,297 |
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,140 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
819 |
|
|
$ |
7,249 |
|
|
$ |
66,907 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
As a Percentage of Revenue:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
96 |
% |
|
|
88 |
% |
Related party revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenue
|
|
|
100 |
|
|
|
100 |
|
|
|
100 |
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
27 |
|
|
|
29 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
77 |
|
|
|
73 |
|
|
|
71 |
|
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
41 |
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
65 |
|
|
Product and website development
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
33 |
|
|
Amortization of intangible assets
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Litigation settlement
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
31 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
146 |
|
|
|
137 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
(73 |
) |
|
|
(66 |
) |
Interest income (expense), net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Gain on settlement of distribution agreement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from continuing operations
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
(23 |
) |
|
|
(67 |
) |
Gain on disposition of discontinued operations
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
Income from discontinued operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss
|
|
|
(4 |
)% |
|
|
(23 |
) % |
|
|
(65 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Years Ended December 31, 2004 and 2003
Revenue and Related Party
Revenue
Revenue, including non-cash stock-based charges, increased
approximately $10.9 million, or 5%, to $216.8 million
for the year ended December 31, 2004 from revenue of
$205.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2003.
The increase in revenue was due to increases of
$6.5 million in the Media Services segment,
$3.2 million in the Software segment, and $1.2 million
in the Print segment. These increases by segment are explained
in the segment information below.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue, including non-cash stock-based charges,
decreased approximately $5.7 million, or 10%, to
$50.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2004
from $56.5 million for the year ended December 31,
2003. The decrease was primarily due to our continued cost
cutting efforts over the past three years that resulted in
restructuring charges in the first and third quarters of 2002
and the fourth quarter of 2003. The reductions consisted of
decreases in personnel related costs of $1.7 million and
decreases in royalties and fees of $4.9 million, partially
offset by increases in other direct costs of $0.9 million.
The decrease in royalties and fees was primarily due to the
Media Services segment renewing its contracts with MLSs on terms
that do not require us to pay future royalties.
40
Gross margin percentage for the year ended December 31,
2004 was 77%, compared to 73% for the year ended
December 31, 2003. The increase in gross margin percentage
was primarily due to the factors mentioned above.
Operating Expenses
Each of our operating expense lines, with the exception of
General and Administrative, have declined over the past three
years due to our cost cutting efforts that resulted in
restructuring charges in the first and third quarters of 2002
and the fourth quarter of 2003. We have provided the major
categories of changes in each of the operating expenses so our
investors can understand the breadth of changes we have made to
our operating expense structure.
Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses,
including non-cash stock-based charges, decreased approximately
$12.7 million, or 13%, to $88.4 million for the year
ended December 31, 2004 from $101.1 million for the
year ended December 31, 2003. The overall decrease was
primarily due to reductions in personnel related costs of
$2.8 million due to our restructuring efforts, reductions
in stock based charges of $4.6 million due to the
expiration of previous marketing agreements, reductions in
online marketing and portal costs of $2.6 million due to
renegotiated agreements, reductions in depreciation expense of
$1.4 million due to certain assets being fully depreciated,
and other cost reductions of $1.3 million.
Product and Website Development. Product and website
development expenses, including non-cash stock-based charges,
decreased approximately $1.7 million, or 10%, to
$15.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2004
from $17.1 million for the year ended December 31,
2003. The decrease was primarily due to decreases in personnel
related costs of $1.0 million due to our restructuring
efforts and other cost reductions of $0.7 million.
General and Administrative. General and administrative
expenses, including non-cash stock-based charges, increased
approximately $3.1 million, or 5%, to $68.4 million
for the year ended December 31, 2004 from
$65.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2003.
The increase was primarily due to a $7.2 million loss
contingency accrual for the potential advancement of legal costs
of former officers and directors and increases in accounting
fees of $2.6 million primarily due to the cost of
compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
These increases were offset by decreases in personnel related
costs of $4.3 million due to our restructuring efforts,
decreases in bad debt expense of $1.9 million resulting
from a closer alignment between our sales force compensation and
tighter credit and collection policies, and other operating cost
decreases of $0.5 million. Our general and administrative
expenses continue to be larger as a percentage of our revenues
than many companies of our size. These expenses have been
impacted by our legal costs as well as our costs to prepare for
compliance in 2004 with Section 404 of the new
Sarbanes-Oxley legislation. We will continue to focus on
reducing these expenses, but some of these costs, such as our
corporate office costs, may not be reduced for a number of years
and some, like our legal expense, are not totally within our
control.
Amortization of Intangible Assets. Amortization of
intangible assets was $7.9 million for the year ended
December 31, 2004 compared to $21.9 million for the
year ended December 31, 2003. The decrease in amortization
was due to the impairment of intangible assets charges under
SFAS Nos. 144 and 142, during the year ended
December 31, 2003 as well as certain intangible assets
becoming fully amortized during 2004.
Restructuring Charges. We have taken four restructuring
charges: in the fourth quarter of 2001, the first quarter of
2002, the third quarter of 2002 and the fourth quarter of 2003.
All of these charges were a part of plans approved by our Board
of Directors, with the objective of eliminating duplicate
resources and redundancies.
A summary of each is outlined below. We have also revised
previous estimates from time to time.
Restructuring charges were $1.3 million for the year ended
December 31, 2004 as a result of revisions to estimates of
our sublease assumptions of our remaining San Francisco
office space and changes in the exchange rates for our Canadian
lease. There were no new restructuring plans approved during the
year ended December 31, 2004.
41
Restructuring charges were $4.1 million for the year ended
December 31, 2003, related to restructuring plans approved
in fourth quarter of 2003. As part of this restructuring and
integration plan, we undertook a review of our existing
operations and elected to change our management structure and
identified and notified approximately 95 employees whose
positions with the Company were eliminated. The work force
reductions affected approximately 7 in research and development,
17 in production, 37 in sales and marketing and 34 in
administrative functions resulting in a charge of
$3.5 million. In addition, we revised the estimates on the
first quarter 2002 and the fourth quarter 2001 restructuring
plans and took an additional charge of $560,000 to properly
reflect our current estimates. The primary factor in this change
in estimate was the continued slow demand for office space in
San Francisco where we still have one floor of a large
facility available for sublease.
Restructuring charges were $12.1 million for the year ended
December 31, 2002, related to restructuring plans approved
in the first and third quarters of 2002. In the first quarter of
2002, we took a charge of $2.3 million. As part of this
restructuring and integration plan, we undertook a review of our
existing locations and elected to close offices and identified
and notified approximately 270 employees whose positions with us
were eliminated. The work force reductions affected
approximately 30 members of management, 40 in research and
development, 140 in sales and marketing and 60 in administrative
functions. This charge consisted of employee termination
benefits of $1.7 million and facility closure charges of
approximately $600,000. In the third quarter of 2002, we took a
charge of $3.6 million. As part of this restructuring and
integration plan, we undertook a review of our existing
locations and elected to close an office and identified and
notified approximately 190 employees whose positions with us
were eliminated. The work force reductions affected
approximately 30 in research and development, 10 in production,
140 in sales and marketing and 10 in administrative functions.
This charge consists of employee termination benefits of
$1.6 million and facility closure charges of approximately
$2.0 million. We also revised the estimates on previous
restructuring plans and took an additional charge of
$6.2 million to properly reflect our current expectations.
The primary factor in this change in estimate was the decline in
demand for office space in San Francisco.
In the fourth quarter of 2001, we recorded a charge of
$35.8 million. As part of this restructuring and
integration plan, we undertook a review of our existing
locations and elected to close a number of satellite offices and
identified and notified approximately 700 employees whose
positions with us were eliminated. The work force reductions
affected approximately 150 members of management, 100 in
research and development, 200 in sales and marketing and 250 in
administrative functions. This charge consisted of employee
termination benefits of $6.4 million; facility closure
charges of $20.8 million, comprised of $12.8 million
in future lease obligations, net of estimated sublease income of
$11.9 million, and $8.0 million of non-cash fixed
asset disposals related to vacating duplicate facilities and
decreased equipment requirements due to lower headcount;
non-cash write-offs of $2.9 million in other assets related
to exited activities; and accrued future payments of
$5.7 million for existing contractual obligations with no
future benefit to us.
42
A summary of activity related to the four restructuring charges
and the changes in our estimates is as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based | |
|
Obligations | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee | |
|
Charges for | |
|
and | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Termination | |
|
Accelerated | |
|
Related | |
|
Asset | |
|
Contractual | |
|
|
|
|
Benefits | |
|
Vesting | |
|
Charges | |
|
Write-offs | |
|
Obligations | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
December 2001 restructuring charge
|
|
$ |
6,364 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
12,782 |
|
|
$ |
10,917 |
|
|
$ |
5,733 |
|
|
$ |
35,796 |
|
Cash paid
|
|
|
(3,511 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(137 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(141 |
) |
|
|
(3,789 |
) |
Non-cash charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10,917 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10,917 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual at December 31, 2001
|
|
|
2,853 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,645 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,592 |
|
|
|
21,090 |
|
March 2002 restructuring charge
|
|
|
1,720 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
309 |
|
|
|
260 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,289 |
|
September 2002 restructuring charge
|
|
|
1,590 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,033 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,623 |
|
Cash paid
|
|
|
(4,916 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,920 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,631 |
) |
|
|
(14,467 |
) |
Sale of a subsidiary
|
|
|
(156 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(156 |
) |
Change in estimates
|
|
|
(638 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,611 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(798 |
) |
|
|
6,175 |
|
Non-cash charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
488 |
|
|
|
(260 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
228 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual at December 31, 2002
|
|
|
453 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,166 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,163 |
|
|
|
18,782 |
|
December 2003 restructuring charge
|
|
|
1,401 |
|
|
|
2,140 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,541 |
|
Cash paid
|
|
|
(797 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,476 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(576 |
) |
|
|
(7,849 |
) |
Changes in estimates
|
|
|
(156 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
919 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(203 |
) |
|
|
560 |
|
Non-cash charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,140 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,140 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual at December 31, 2003
|
|
$ |
901 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
11,609 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
384 |
|
|
$ |
12,894 |
|
Cash paid
|
|
|
(809 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,564 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
(5,384 |
) |
Changes in estimates
|
|
|
(71 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,359 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
|
1,316 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual at December 31, 2004
|
|
$ |
21 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
8,404 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
401 |
|
|
$ |
8,826 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
With the exception of payments associated with the
San Francisco and other office lease commitments which will
be paid through 2006, substantially all of the remaining
restructuring liabilities at December 31, 2004 will be paid
during 2005. Any further changes to the accruals based upon
current estimates will be reflected through the acquisition and
restructuring charges line in the Consolidated Statement of
Operations.
Impairment of Long-lived Asset. In conjunction with
certain business units continuing to perform below our
expectations, as required by SFAS Nos. 144 and 142, we
performed an impairment analysis as of September 30, 2003.
Our analysis resulted in a charge of $13.0 million
comprised of impairments of $11.7 million of identifiable
intangible assets relating to our acquisitions of SpringStreet
and Move.com, Inc., and $1.3 million of prepaid
distribution expense. In addition, in conjunction with the
settlement of the dispute with Cendant, we relinquished certain
exclusive data rights and other rights. As a result, certain
intangible assets associated with those rights no longer have
value to us and, accordingly, we recorded an impairment charge
of $12.2 million. Both charges were recorded in the quarter
ended September 30, 2003. In the fourth quarter of 2003,
specific events and changes in circumstances indicated a
potential impairment. Those specific events included Homestore
revising its implementation plan of its enterprise resource
planning system. As a result of the revision, the decision was
made to terminate the implementation of one aspect of the
application.
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This decision resulted in a charge of $1.8 million. There
were no impairment charges for the year ended December 31,
2004.
Litigation Settlement. We have recorded a litigation
settlement charge of $2.2 million in our operating results
for the year ended December 31, 2004. During 2003, we
reached a settlement in the Securities Class Action Lawsuit
and recorded a charge of $63.6 million.
Stock-based Charges. The following chart summarizes the
stock-based charges that have been included in the following
captions for each of the periods presented (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended | |
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,119 |
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
301 |
|
|
|
3,795 |
|
Product and website development
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
518 |
|
|
|
164 |
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,140 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
819 |
|
|
$ |
7,249 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based charges decreased by $6.4 million to
$0.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2004 from
$7.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. The
decrease was primarily due to the termination of an agreement
with AOL.
|
|
|
Interest Income (Expense), Net |
Interest income (expense), net, increased $1.1 million to
income of $672,000 for the year ended December 31, 2004,
from net expense of $406,000 for the year ended
December 31, 2003, primarily due to increases in short-term
investment balances and higher interest rates on those balances.
|
|
|
Gain on Settlement of Distribution Agreement |
In 2003, we entered into a new marketing agreement with AOL that
resolved our dispute with AOL and terminated our obligations
under the old agreement. In connection with the settlement, we
reduced our accrued distribution obligation and other accrued
liabilities by $189.9 million and $4.2 million,
respectively, and allowed AOL to fully draw down on an existing
$90.0 million letter of credit secured by restricted cash.
Accordingly, we recorded a gain on settlement of the
distribution agreement of $104.1 million for the year ended
December 31, 2003. There were no similar transactions in
2004.
|
|
|
Other Income (Expense), Net |
Other income, net, increased $1.7 million to
$2.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2004
compared to $691,000 for the year ended December 31, 2003
primarily due to a $1.4 million gain realized on the sale
of an office building owned by the Company and a $400,000 gain
on the sale of other assets.
|
|
|
Gain on Disposition of Discontinued Operations and Income
from Discontinued Operations |
On October 6, 2004, we sold our Wyldfyre division for
$8.5 million in cash and recorded a gain on disposition of
discontinued operations of $5.7 million. On
December 21, 2004, we sold our Computers for Tracts
division for $2.5 million and recorded a gain on
disposition of discontinued operations of $1.6 million. In
accordance with SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, the
Consolidated Financial Statements reflect these as discontinued
operations. The results of operations for the Wyldfyre and
Computer for Tracts divisions included operating losses of
$679,000 and $3.3 million for the years ended
December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively.
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On April 2, 2002, we sold our ConsumerInfo division for
$130.0 million in cash to Experian. We recorded a gain on
disposition of discontinued operations of $2.5 million
during the year ended December 31, 2003, as a result of our
receipt of cash and stock valued at $230,000 released from the
escrow related to our purchase of iPlace and our receipt of
$2.3 million in cash from the escrow related to the sale of
our ConsumerInfo division.
As a result of operating losses and our inability to recognize a
benefit from our deferred tax assets, we have not recorded a
provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31,
2004 and December 31, 2003. As of December 31, 2004,
we had $975.9 million of net operating loss carryforwards
for federal income tax purposes, which expire beginning in 2008.
We have provided a full valuation allowance on our deferred tax
assets, consisting primarily of net operating loss
carryforwards, due to the likelihood that we may not generate
sufficient taxable income during the carry-forward period to
utilize the net operating loss carryforwards.
Segment information is presented in accordance with
SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an
Enterprise and Related Information. This standard is based
on a management approach, which requires segmentation based upon
our internal organization and disclosure of revenue and
operating expenses based upon internal accounting methods. We
evaluate performance and allocate resources based on three
segments, consisting of Media Services, Software, and Print.
This is consistent with the data that is made available to our
management to assess performance and make decisions.
The expenses presented below for each of the business segments
include an allocation of certain corporate expenses that are
identifiable and benefit those segments and are allocated for
internal management reporting purposes. The unallocated expenses
are those corporate overhead expenses that are not directly
attributable to a segment and include: corporate expenses, such
as finance, legal, internal business systems, and human
resources; amortization of intangible assets; litigation
settlement charges; impairment charges; stock-based charges; and
acquisition and restructuring charges. There is no inter-segment
revenue. Assets and liabilities are not fully allocated to
segments for internal reporting purposes.
Summarized information by segment as excerpted from internal
management reports is as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended | |
|
|
| |
|
|
December 31, 2004 | |
|
December 31, 2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Media | |
|
Software | |
|
Print | |
|
Unallocated | |
|
Total | |
|
Media | |
|
Software | |
|
Print | |
|
Unallocated | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
150,053 |
|
|
$ |
18,210 |
|
|
$ |
48,597 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
216,860 |
|
|
$ |
143,510 |
|
|
$ |
15,018 |
|
|
$ |
47,394 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
205,922 |
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
24,905 |
|
|
|
5,473 |
|
|
|
19,619 |
|
|
|
832 |
|
|
|
50,829 |
|
|
|
29,796 |
|
|
|
6,001 |
|
|
|
19,363 |
|
|
|
1,409 |
|
|
|
56,569 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit (loss)
|
|
|
125,148 |
|
|
|
12,737 |
|
|
|
28,978 |
|
|
|
(832 |
) |
|
|
166,031 |
|
|
|
113,714 |
|
|
|
9,017 |
|
|
|
28,031 |
|
|
|
(1,409 |
) |
|
|
149,353 |
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
63,358 |
|
|
|
4,771 |
|
|
|
19,547 |
|
|
|
712 |
|
|
|
88,388 |
|
|
|
69,485 |
|
|
|
6,234 |
|
|
|
19,434 |
|
|
|
5,969 |
|
|
|
101,122 |
|
Product and website development
|
|
|
10,405 |
|
|
|
4,705 |
|
|
|
251 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
15,362 |
|
|
|
11,261 |
|
|
|
5,341 |
|
|
|
442 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
17,065 |
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
20,236 |
|
|
|
2,799 |
|
|
|
10,371 |
|
|
|
35,036 |
|
|
|
68,442 |
|
|
|
22,420 |
|
|
|
2,438 |
|
|
|
9,763 |
|
|
|
30,712 |
|
|
|
65,333 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,894 |
|
|
|
7,894 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,863 |
|
|
|
21,863 |
|
Litigation settlement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,168 |
|
|
|
2,168 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
63,600 |
|
|
|
63,600 |
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,316 |
|
|
|
1,316 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,100 |
|
|
|
4,100 |
|
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,999 |
|
|
|
26,999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
93,999 |
|
|
|
12,275 |
|
|
|
30,169 |
|
|
|
47,127 |
|
|
|
183,570 |
|
|
|
103,166 |
|
|
|
14,013 |
|
|
|
29,639 |
|
|
|
153,264 |
|
|
|
300,082 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from operations
|
|
$ |
31,149 |
|
|
|
462 |
|
|
$ |
(1,191 |
) |
|
$ |
(47,959 |
) |
|
$ |
(17,539 |
) |
|
$ |
10,548 |
|
|
$ |
(4,996 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,608 |
) |
|
$ |
(154,673 |
) |
|
$ |
(150,729 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Our Media Services segment consists of products and media
services that promote and connect real estate professionals to
consumers through our REALTOR.com®,
HomeBuilder.comtm,
RENTNET.com® and Homestore.com® websites. In addition,
we provide advertising services, including banner ads,
sponsorships, integrated text based links and rich media
applications to those businesses interested in reaching our
targeted audience.
Media Services revenue increased approximately
$6.5 million, or 5%, to $150.0 million for the year
ended December 31, 2004, compared to $143.5 million
for the year ended December 31, 2003. The revenue increase
was primarily generated by a $7.7 million increase driven
by higher average spending per customer and a $3.6 million
increase in advertising driven by higher effective
cost-per-thousand impressions and higher sell-through rates.
These increases were partially offset by a reduction in revenue
from our HomeBuilder and RentNet businesses of
$4.8 million. Media Services revenue represented
approximately 69% of total revenue for the year ended
December 31, 2004 compared to 70% of the total revenue for
the year ended December 31, 2003.
Media Services expenses decreased $14.1 million, or 11%, to
$118.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2004
from $133.0 million for the year ended December 31,
2003. The decrease was primarily due to decreases in personnel
related costs of $4.2 million due to our restructuring
efforts, cost of revenue savings of $4.4 million due to a
reduction in royalty expense resulting from new MLS agreements
eliminating the requirement for future royalties, sales and
marketing savings of $3.0 million due to lower online
marketing and portal costs associated with renegotiated
agreements, and general and administrative savings of
$3.5 million due to improved collections resulting in lower
bad debt expense. These decreases were partially offset by other
operating expense increases of $1.0 million.
Media Services generated operating income of $31.1 million
for the year ended December 31, 2004 compared to operating
income of $10.5 million for the year ended
December 31, 2003. We have announced plans for additional
investments in our HomeBuilder and RentNet businesses that could
negatively impact our operating income in this segment in the
near future. We continue to seek increased revenue through new
product offerings and new market opportunities.
Software
Our Software segment is comprised of our Top Producer®
business. Our WyldFyre and Computers for Tracts businesses were
sold during the year ended December 31, 2004 and have been
reclassified as discontinued operations for all periods
presented.
Software revenue increased $3.2 million, or 21%, to
$18.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2004,
compared to $15.0 million for the year ended
December 31, 2003. The increase was generated as the Top
Producer® subscriber base associated with the new online
version of the Top Producer® product has continued to grow
since its launch in September 2002 and has surpassed revenue
being generated from the desktop version of the product.
Software revenue represented approximately 8% of total revenue
for the year ended December 31, 2004, compared to 7% of
total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2003.
Software expenses decreased $2.3 million, or 12%, to
$17.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2004
from $20.0 million for the year ended December 31,
2003. The decrease was primarily due to reductions in personnel
related costs due to our restructuring efforts.
Software generated operating income of $0.5 million for the
year ended December 31, 2004 compared to an operating loss
of $5.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2003
primarily due to factors outlined above.
Print
Our Print segment is comprised of our Welcome Wagon® and
Homestore Plans and Publications businesses.
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Print revenue increased $1.2 million, or 3%, to
$48.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2004,
compared to $47.4 million for the year ended
December 31, 2003. The increase was primarily due to an
increase in revenue from Welcome Wagon® associated with the
new Pinpoint product launched in early 2003. Print revenue
represented approximately 23% of total revenue for the year
ended December 31, 2004 and the year ended
December 31, 2003.
Print expenses increased $0.8 million, or 2%, to
$49.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2004
compared to expenses of $49.0 million for the year ended
December 31, 2003. The increase was primarily due to an
increase in general and administrative expenses.
Print generated an operating loss of $1.2 million for the
year ended December 31, 2004, compared to an operating loss
of $1.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2003
primarily due to the revenue increase discussed above. We have
announced plans for additional investments in our Welcome
Wagon® business that could negatively impact our operating
results in this segment in the near future. We continue to seek
increased revenue through new product offerings and new market
opportunities.
Unallocated
Unallocated expenses decreased $106.7 million, or 69% to
$48.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2004
from $154.7 million for the year ended December 31,
2003. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in litigation
settlement charges of $61.4 million, impairment of
long-lived assets of $27.0 million, amortization of
intangibles of $14.0 million due to the impairment charges
taken in 2003 as well as certain intangible assets becoming
fully amortized during 2004, sales and marketing savings of
$5.3 million primarily due to reduced stock based charges
as a direct result of the settlement of our agreement with AOL,
$4.2 million in reduced personnel related costs due to our
restructuring efforts, $2.8 million in reduced
restructuring charges, $1.6 million in reduced depreciation
expense as certain assets have become fully depreciated during
2004, and other operating cost reductions of $0.2 million.
These reductions were offset by our $7.2 million accrual
for the potential advancement of legal costs of former officers
and directors and $2.6 million in increased accounting fees
primarily due to the cost of compliance with Section 404 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We continue to seek reductions in our
corporate overhead expenses but cannot provide assurances that
reductions will be achieved.
For the Years Ended December 31, 2003 and 2002
|
|
|
Revenue and Related Party Revenue |
Revenue, including non-cash stock-based charges, decreased
approximately $45.1 million, or 18%, to $205.9 million
for the year ended December 31, 2003 from revenue of
$251.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2002.
The decline in revenue was due to decreases of
$17.0 million in the Media Services segment, a decrease in
the Software segment of $18.2 million, and a decrease in
the Print segment of $9.9 million. These declines by
segment are explained in the segment information below. Of these
declines, $23.5 million was due to declines in related
party revenues with $15.1 million in the Media segment and
$8.4 million in the Software segment from the expiration of
legacy contracts. In the Software segment we sold the Hessel
Group in early 2003 resulting in an additional decrease in
revenue of $7.4 million.
Cost of revenue, including non-cash stock-based charges,
decreased approximately $17.0 million, or 23%, to
$56.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2003
from $73.6 million for the year ended December 31,
2002. The decrease was primarily due to our continued cost
cutting efforts over the past two years that have resulted in
restructuring charges in the first and third quarters of 2002
and the fourth quarter of 2003. The reductions consisted of
decreases in personnel related costs of $6.4 million due to
restructuring efforts, reductions in royalties and fees of
$3.8 million due to changes in certain royalty agreements
from percentage of revenue to fixed fee arrangements, reductions
in consulting costs of $1.2 million, reductions in hosting
and imaging costs of $2.2 million, and reductions in other
direct costs of $3.4 million. The decreases in both
consulting costs and hosting and imaging costs were due to the
elimination of the full service virtual tours business as we
switched to a self-service model in mid-2002.
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Gross margin percentage for the year ended December 31,
2003 was 73%, compared to 71% for the year ended
December 31, 2002. The increase in gross margin percentage
was primarily due to the factors mentioned above.
Operating Expenses
Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses,
including non-cash stock-based charges, decreased approximately
$60.4 million, or 37%, to $101.1 million for the year
ended December 31, 2003 from $161.5 million for the
year ended December 31, 2002. The overall decrease was
primarily due to decreases in personnel related costs of
$10.2 million, decrease in stock-based charges of
$60.0 million, decrease in telephone costs of
$2.3 million and decrease in other direct costs of
$5.8 million, partially offset by increases in online
marketing and portal costs of $17.9 million. Personnel and
other direct costs decreased primarily due to the implementation
of restructuring plans as described above. The increase in
online marketing costs was due to an increase in distribution
costs associated with traffic acquisition related to our new
agreements with AOL, MSN and Yahoo! Stock-based charges
primarily decreased due to the termination of the previous
agreement with AOL.
Product and Website Development. Product and website
development expenses, including non-cash stock-based charges,
decreased approximately $8.4 million, or 33%, to
$17.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2003
from $25.5 million for the year ended December 31,
2002. The decrease was primarily due to decreases in personnel
related costs of $1.5 million, decreases in depreciation
expense of $1.2 million and decreases in other direct costs
of $5.7 million. These decreases were primarily due to the
implementation of restructuring plans as described above.
General and Administrative. General and administrative
expenses, including non-cash stock-based charges, decreased
approximately $17.7 million, or 21%, to $65.3 million
for the year ended December 31, 2003 from
$83.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2002.
The decrease was primarily due to decreases in personnel related
costs of $6.7 million, reductions in bad debt expense of
$3.0 million, reductions in consulting expense of
$1.3 million, reductions in outside legal and accounting
fees of $6.2 million, reductions in stock-based charges of
$1.1 million, partially offset by an increase in other
direct costs of $0.6 million. The decreases in personnel
related costs and other overhead were as we expected and
primarily due to the implementation of the restructuring plans
described above. The decrease in bad debt expense related to a
closer alignment between our sales force compensation and
tighter credit and collection policies.
Amortization of Intangible Assets. Amortization of
intangible assets was $21.9 million for the year ended
December 31, 2003 compared to $34.7 million for the
year ended December 31, 2002. The decrease in amortization
was due to the impairment of intangible assets charges under
SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or
Disposal of Long-lived Assets, in the quarters ended
December 31, 2002, and September 30, 2003 as well as
certain intangible assets becoming fully amortized during 2003.
Restructuring Charges. Restructuring charges were
$4.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. We
took a charge of $3.5 million related to restructuring
plans approved in the fourth quarter of 2003. As part of this
restructuring and integration plan, we undertook a review of our
existing operations and elected to change our management
structure and identified and notified approximately 95 employees
whose positions with the Company were eliminated. The work force
reductions affected approximately 7 in research and development,
17 in production, 37 in sales and marketing and 34 in
administrative functions. In addition, we revised the estimates
on the first quarter 2002 and the fourth quarter 2001
restructuring plans and took an additional charge of $560,000 to
properly reflect our current estimates. The primary factor in
this change in estimate was the continued slow demand for office
space in San Francisco.
Restructuring charges were $12.1 million for the year ended
December 31, 2002, related to restructuring plans approved
in the first and third quarters of 2002. In the first quarter of
2002, we took a charge of $2.3 million. In the third
quarter of 2002 we took a charge of $3.6 million. We also
revised the estimates on previous restructuring plans and took
an additional charge of $6.2 million to properly reflect
our current expectations. The primary factor in this change in
estimate was the decline in demand for office space in
San Francisco.
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Impairment of Long-lived Assets. In conjunction with
certain business units continuing to perform below our
expectations, as required by SFAS Nos. 144 and 142, we
performed an impairment analysis as of September 30, 2003.
Our analysis resulted in a charge of $13.1 million
comprised of impairments of $11.8 million of identifiable
intangible assets relating to our acquisitions of SpringStreet
and Move.com, Inc., and $1.3 million of prepaid
distribution expense. In addition, in conjunction with the
settlement of the dispute with Cendant, we relinquished certain
exclusive data rights and other rights. As a result, certain
intangible assets associated with those rights no longer have
value to us and, accordingly, we recorded an impairment charge
of $12.1 million. Both charges were recorded in the quarter
ended September 30, 2003. In the fourth quarter of 2003,
specific events and changes in circumstances indicated a
potential impairment. Those specific events included Homestore
revising its implementation plan of its enterprise resource
planning system. As a result of the revision, the decision was
made to terminate the implementation of one aspect of the
application. This decision resulted in a charge of
$1.8 million.
In January 2002, we adopted SFAS Nos. 144 and 142. We
evaluated the impact of our adoption of SFAS No. 142
in the first quarter of 2002 and determined that no impairment
charge was required upon the adoption of the standard. During
the fourth quarter of 2002, we performed an update of our
evaluation due to specific events and changes in the operations
of our business including the sustained decline in the value of
our stock, revision of our annual operating plan and a decision
to sell our Hessel businesses prompted by a loss of a
significant customer. The impairment analysis resulted in a
charge of $3.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2002,
comprised of $1.9 million to property and equipment
relating to the shut down of the Hessel businesses and
$1.6 million to other assets.
Litigation Settlement. As a result of our settlement of
the Securities Class Action Lawsuit, we recorded a
litigation settlement charge of $63.6 million in our
operating results for the year ended December 31, 2003.
During 2002, we reached a settlement with MemberWorks and
included the $23.0 million cost of the settlement in our
results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2002.
Stock-based Charges. The following chart summarizes the
stock-based charges that have been included in the following
captions for each of the periods presented (in thousands):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended | |
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
1,119 |
|
|
$ |
1,501 |
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
134 |
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
3,795 |
|
|
|
63,848 |
|
Product and website development
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
127 |
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
164 |
|
|
|
1,297 |
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
|
2,140 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
7,249 |
|
|
$ |
66,907 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based charges decreased by $59.7 million to
$7.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 from
$66.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2002.
The decrease was primarily due to the termination of the
previous agreement with AOL.
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|
|
Interest Income (Expense), Net |
Interest expense, net of $406,000 in 2003 decreased by
$3.1 million from interest income of $2.7 million for
the year ended December 31, 2002. This resulted from
reduced cash and restricted cash balances and a general decline
in market interest rates as well as the recognition of imputed
interest on long-term arrangements.
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|
|
Gain on Settlement of Distribution Agreement |
In 2003, we entered into a new marketing agreement with AOL that
resolved our dispute with AOL and terminated our obligations
under the old agreement. In connection with the settlement, we
reduced our accrued distribution obligation and other accrued
liabilities by $189.9 million and $4.2 million,
respectively, and allowed AOL to fully draw down on an existing
$90.0 million letter of credit secured by restricted cash.
Accordingly, we recorded a gain on settlement of the
distribution agreement of $104.1 million for the year ended
December 31, 2003.
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|
|
Other Income (Expense), Net |
Other income, net of $691,000 for the year ended
December 31, 2003 consisted primarily of a gain from the
release of proceeds during the first quarter of 2003 from an
escrow on the sale of assets in previous quarters. Other
expense, net of $5.7 million for the year ended
December 31, 2002, consisted primarily of the accretion of
the AOL distribution obligation of $14.8 million and other
miscellaneous expense of $1.7 million, partially offset by
$10.8 million of income from an amendment of an existing
agreement.
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|
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Gain on Disposition of Discontinued Operations and Income
from Discontinued Operations |
On April 2, 2002, we sold our ConsumerInfo division for
$130.0 million in cash to Experian. In accordance with
SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or
Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, the Consolidated Financial
Statements reflect this as discontinued operations. We recorded
a gain on disposition of discontinued operations of
$2.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2003,
as a result of our receipt of cash and stock valued at $230,000
released from the escrow related to our purchase of iPlace and
our receipt of $2.3 million in cash from the escrow related
to the sale of our ConsumerInfo division. During the year ended
December 31, 2002, we recorded a gain on the disposition of
discontinued operations of $11.8 million as a result of our
sale of the ConsumerInfo division. The results of operations of
the ConsumerInfo division included operating income of $846,000
for the year ended December 31, 2002.
On October 6, 2004, we sold our Wyldfyre business and on
December 21, 2004, we sold our Computers for Tracts
business. In accordance with SFAS No. 144,
Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived
Assets, the Consolidated Financial Statements reflect
these as discontinued operations for all periods presented. The
results of operations for the Wyldfyre and Computer for Tracts
divisions included operating losses of $3.3 million and
$7.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2003 and
December 31, 2002, respectively.
As a result of operating losses and our inability to recognize a
benefit from our deferred tax assets, we have not recorded a
provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31,
2003 and December 31, 2002. As of December 31, 2003,
we had $872.6 million of net operating loss carryforwards
for federal income tax purposes, which expire beginning in 2008.
We have provided a full valuation allowance on our deferred tax
assets, consisting primarily of net operating loss
carryforwards, due to the likelihood that we may not generate
sufficient taxable income during the carry-forward period to
utilize the net operating loss carryforwards.
Segment information is presented in accordance with
SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an
Enterprise and Related Information. This standard is based
on a management approach, which requires segmentation based upon
our internal organization and disclosure of revenue and
operating expenses based upon internal accounting methods. As of
the beginning of 2003, we combined the previously reported
Online Advertising segment with the Media Services segment as we
changed the way that we manage and evaluate our businesses. In
addition, we changed the names of the Software and Services
segment to Software and the Offline Advertising
segment to Print. As a result of these changes, we
evaluate performance and allocate resources based on three
segments, consisting of Media Services, Software, and Print. We
have reclassified
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previously reported segment data to conform to the current
period presentation. This is consistent with the data that is
made available to our management to assess performance and make
decisions.
The expenses presented below for each of the business segments
include an allocation of certain corporate expenses that are
identifiable and benefit those segments and are allocated for
internal management reporting purposes. The unallocated expenses
are those corporate overhead expenses that are not directly
attributable to a segment and include: corporate expenses, such
as finance, legal, internal business systems, and human
resources; amortization of intangible assets; litigation
settlement charges; impairment charges; stock-based charges; and
acquisition and restructuring charges. There is no inter-segment
revenue. Assets and liabilities are not fully allocated to
segments for internal reporting purposes.
Summarized information by segment as excerpted from internal
management reports is as follows (in thousands):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended | |
|
|
| |
|
|
December 31, 2003 | |
|
December 31, 2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Media | |
|
Software | |
|
Print | |
|
Unallocated | |
|
Total | |
|
Media | |
|
Software | |
|
Print | |
|
Unallocated | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
143,510 |
|
|
$ |
15,018 |
|
|
$ |
47,394 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
205,922 |
|
|
$ |
160,506 |
|
|
$ |
33,216 |
|
|
$ |
57,303 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
251,025 |
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
29,796 |
|
|
|
6,001 |
|
|
|
19,363 |
|
|
|
1,409 |
|
|
|
56,569 |
|
|
|
38,581 |
|
|
|
12,078 |
|
|
|
20,983 |
|
|
|
1,980 |
|
|
|
73,622 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit (loss)
|
|
|
113,714 |
|
|
|
9,017 |
|
|
|
28,031 |
|
|
|
(1,409 |
) |
|
|
149,353 |
|
|
|
121,925 |
|
|
|
21,138 |
|
|
|
36,320 |
|
|
|
(1,980 |
) |
|
|
177,403 |
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
69,485 |
|
|
|
6,234 |
|
|
|
19,434 |
|
|
|
5,969 |
|
|
|
101,122 |
|
|
|
65,715 |
|
|
|
9,435 |
|
|
|
21,814 |
|
|
|
64,590 |
|
|
|
161,554 |
|
Product and website development
|
|
|
11,261 |
|
|
|
5,341 |
|
|
|
442 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
17,065 |
|
|
|
14,007 |
|
|
|
11,266 |
|
|
|
237 |
|
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
25,497 |
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
22,420 |
|
|
|
2,438 |
|
|
|
9,763 |
|
|
|
30,712 |
|
|
|
65,333 |
|
|
|
19,339 |
|
|
|
6,417 |
|
|
|
14,077 |
|
|
|
43,209 |
|
|
|
83,042 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,863 |
|
|
|
21,863 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34,699 |
|
|
|
34,699 |
|
Litigation settlement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
63,600 |
|
|
|
63,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,000 |
|
|
|
23,000 |
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,100 |
|
|
|
4,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,057 |
|
|
|
12,057 |
|
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,999 |
|
|
|
26,999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,482 |
|
|
|
3,482 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
103,166 |
|
|
|
14,013 |
|
|
|
29,639 |
|
|
|
153,264 |
|
|
|
300,082 |
|
|
|
99,061 |
|
|
|
27,118 |
|
|
|
36,128 |
|
|
|
181,024 |
|
|
|
343,331 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from operations
|
|
$ |
10,548 |
|
|
$ |
(4,996 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,608 |
) |
|
$ |
(154,673 |
) |
|
$ |
(150,729 |
) |
|
$ |
22,864 |
|
|
$ |
(5,980 |
) |
|
$ |
192 |
|
|
$ |
(183,004 |
) |
|
$ |
(165,928 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Our Media Services segment consists of products and media
services that promote and connect real estate professionals to
consumers through our REALTOR.com®,
HomeBuilder.comtm,
RENTNET.com® and Homestore.com® websites. In addition,
we provide advertising services, including banner ads,
sponsorships, integrated text-based links and rich media
applications to those businesses interested in reaching our
targeted audience. This segment also includes our limited
international activities.
Media Services revenue decreased approximately
$17.0 million, or 11%, to $143.5 million for the year
ended December 31, 2003, compared to $160.5 million
for the year ended December 31, 2002. The revenue decrease
was primarily due to a reduction in revenue from bulk purchases
by a related party (Cendant) that expired in the fourth quarter
of 2002 of $15.1 million. Additionally, the revenue
decrease was due to a reduction in revenue from our Virtual Tour
products of $8.4 million, a reduction in revenue from our
network-wide National Advertising Sales products of
$5.4 million, and a reduction in revenue from our New Homes
and Apartments verticals of $2.1 million and
$1.1 million, respectively. These decreases were offset by
increases in revenue from our Featured Home and our new Featured
Agent products of $7.9 million, our new REALTOR.com®
Classified product offering of $4.5 million, and our
Find a Lender directory product of
$2.7 million, which was launched in late 2002. Media
Services revenue represented approximately 70% of total
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revenue for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to
64% of the total revenue for the year ended December 31,
2002.
Media Services expenses decreased $4.6 million, or 3%, to
$133.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2003
from $137.6 million for the year ended December 31,
2002. The decrease was primarily due to decreases in personnel
costs of $11.1 million across all operating lines as a
result of restructuring efforts. Cost of revenue savings
resulted from a $3.5 million reduction in royalty expense
resulting from a change in royalty rates and $2.1 million
from reduced hosting costs associated with renegotiated
agreements. Sales and marketing had increased online marketing
costs of $16.3 million due to our new agreements with AOL,
MSN and Yahoo!, partially offset by a reduction of
$1.7 million in telephone costs, $1.4 million in
travel costs, and other reduced operating expenses of
$1.1 million.
Media Services operating income decreased primarily as a result
of the decline in related party revenue. Our operating income
declined to $10.5 million for the year ended
December 31, 2003, compared to operating income of
$22.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2002. We
have reduced the cost structure of this segment and are
continuing to seek new revenue opportunities.
Our Software segment is comprised of our Top Producer®
business and, in 2002, included The Hessel Group. Our WyldFyre
and Computers for Tracts businesses were sold during the year
ended December 31, 2004 and have been reclassified as
discontinued operations for all periods presented.
Software revenue decreased $18.2 million, or 55%, to
$15.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2003,
compared to $33.2 million for the year ended
December 31, 2002. The decrease was primarily due to a
$8.4 million reduction in revenue from a related party
(Cendant) for a custom development project that is now complete
and $7.4 million reduction in revenue due to the shutdown
and sale of assets of The Hessel Group at the end of 2002. The
remaining decrease was attributable to the introduction of a new
online version of our Top Producer® product in the second
half of 2002 that caused sales to shift from the desktop product
with a one-time license fee to the online product with a monthly
subscription fee. Software revenue represented approximately 7%
of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2003,
compared to 13% of total revenue for the year ended
December 31, 2002.
Software expenses decreased $19.3 million, or 49%, to
$20.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2003
from $39.2 million for the year ended December 31,
2002. The decrease was primarily due to a $13.9 million
reduction due to the shutdown and sale of assets of The Hessel
Group. The remaining decrease was in personnel related costs as
a result of our restructuring plans described above.
Software generated an operating loss of $5.0 million for
the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to an operating
loss of $6.0 million for the year ended December 31,
2002. Excluding the effect of the shutdown of The Hessel Group,
the remaining operating loss was primarily driven by the
reduction in revenue outlined above partially offset by cost
reductions implemented by management.
Our Print segment is comprised of our Welcome Wagon® and
Homestore Plans and Publications businesses.
Print revenue decreased $9.9 million, or 17%, to
$47.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2003,
compared to $57.3 million for the year ended
December 31, 2002. The decrease was primarily due to a
decline in the size of our local merchant sales force at Welcome
Wagon®, a reduction in the number of books distributed and
a decline in the average revenue per book as advertising
spending by local merchants and consumers decreased. Print
revenue represented approximately 23% of total revenue both for
the year ended December 31, 2003, and the year ended
December 31, 2002.
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Print expenses decreased $8.1 million, or 14%, to
$49.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2003
compared to expenses of $57.1 million for the year ended
December 31, 2002. The decrease was directly attributable
to significant changes in the cost structure resulting in
reduced headcount and production costs.
Print generated operating losses of $1.6 million for the
year ended December 31, 2003, compared to operating income
of $192,000 for the year ended December 31, 2002 primarily
due to the revenue decline discussed above not being fully
offset by the cost reduction efforts and production improvements.
Unallocated expenses decreased $28.3 million, or 15%, to
$154.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2003
from $183.0 million for the year ended December 31,
2002. The decrease was primarily due to decreases in stock-based
charges of $57.5 million as a direct result of the
settlement agreement with AOL, decreases in amortization of
intangibles of $12.8 million due to the impairment charge
taken in the fourth quarter of 2002 as well as certain
intangible assets becoming fully amortized during 2003,
decreases in restructuring charges of $8.0 million and
decreases in other costs of $14.1 million primarily related
to the implementation of our restructuring plans described
above. These decreases were offset by increased litigation
settlement charges of $40.6 and increased impairment of
long-lived assets of $23.5 million.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Net cash provided by continuing operating activities of
$9.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2004 was
attributable to the net loss from continuing operations of
$14.5 million, offset by non-cash expenses including
depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, provision for
doubtful accounts, stock-based charges and other non-cash items,
aggregating to $16.9 million and increased by the gain on
sale of fixed assets of $2.2 million. Increasing the cash
provided by continuing operating activities were the changes in
operating assets and liabilities of approximately
$9.4 million. These changes were primarily the result of
the accrual of the legal costs associated with former officers
and directors and the settlement of the AOL agreement.
Net cash used in continuing operating activities of
$41.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 was
attributable to the net loss from continuing operations of
$46.4 million, offset by non-cash expenses including
depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, impairment of
long-lived assets, provision for doubtful accounts, stock-based
charges and other non-cash items, aggregating to
$70.2 million and increased by the non-cash gain on
settlement of the AOL distribution agreement of
$104.1 million. Reducing the cash used in continuing
operating activities were the changes in operating assets and
liabilities of approximately $39.1 million. These changes
were primarily the result of the accrual of the Securities
Class Action Lawsuit settlement and the settlement of the
AOL agreement. Because of the impact of our restructuring
efforts in 2003 and 2002 and the impairment and litigation
settlement charges in each year, the cash flow from operations
for the year ended December 31, 2003 is not comparable to
our current results.
Net cash used in investing activities of $20.4 million for
the year ended December 31, 2004 was attributable to
purchases of short-term investments of $24.5 million and
increased capital expenditures due to the implementation of our
new enterprise reporting system and increased capacity for our
data center of $3.7 million, partially offset by the sale
of assets of $6.7 million primarily due to the sale of our
Welcome Wagon® facility and maturities of short-term
investments of $1.0 million. The actual cash provided by
investing activities was $3.0 million, as the
$24.5 million and $1.0 million of investment activity
is a classification requirement. Management considers these
short-term investments as the equivalent of cash as there is
minimal principal risk and none of the instruments have a
maturity longer than 30 days. Net cash used in investing
activities of $29.2 million for the year ended
December 31, 2003 was attributable to purchases of
short-term investments of $21.6 million and increased
capital expenditures of $8.9 million due to the
implementation of our new enterprise reporting system and
increased capacity for our data center, partially offset by the
sale of marketable securities of $1.3 million. The actual
use of cash for investing activities was only $7.6 million,
as the $21.6 million was a classification requirement.
Net cash provided by financing activities of $1.8 million
for the year ended December 31, 2004 was primarily
attributable to $3.9 million due to the exercise of stock
options, warrants and share purchases under
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the employee stock purchase plan, partially offset by
$2.1 million in capital lease payments. Net cash provided
by financing activities of $3.4 million for the year ended
December 31, 2003 was primarily attributable to the
exercise of stock options, warrants, and share purchases under
the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
We generated positive operating cash flows for the year ended
December 31, 2004, but as of December 31, 2004, we had
an accumulated deficit of $2.0 billion and cash and
short-term investments of $59.9 million. We have stated our
intention to invest in our products and our infrastructure,
although we have not determined the actual amount of those
future expenditures. We have no material financial commitments
other than those under capital and operating lease agreements
and distribution and marketing agreements. We believe that our
existing cash and short-term investments, and any cash generated
from operations will be sufficient to fund our working capital
requirements, capital expenditures and other obligations through
the next 12 months.
Our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2004 are as
follows (in thousands):
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Payments Due by Period | |
|
|
| |
|
|
Total | |
|
Due in One | |
|
Due in One | |
|
Due in Three | |
|
Over Five | |
|
|
Payments Due | |
|
Year or Less | |
|
to Three Years | |
|
to Five Years | |
|
Years | |
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| |
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| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Capital lease obligations
|
|
$ |
2,851 |
|
|
$ |
1,834 |
|
|
$ |
1,017 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
Operating lease obligations
|
|
|
24,736 |
|
|
|
6,726 |
|
|
|
12,017 |
|
|
|
2,045 |
|
|
|
3,948 |
|
Obligations under restructuring charges
|
|
|
8,564 |
|
|
|
4,420 |
|
|
|
4,065 |
|
|
|
79 |
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution agreements
|
|
|
19,750 |
|
|
|
14,900 |
|
|
|
4,850 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other purchase obligations
|
|
|
7,942 |
|
|
|
1,942 |
|
|
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
63,843 |
|
|
$ |
29,822 |
|
|
$ |
24,949 |
|
|
$ |
5,124 |
|
|
$ |
3,948 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term, we face significant risks associated with the
successful execution of our business strategy and may need to
raise additional capital in order to fund more rapid expansion,
to expand our marketing activities, to develop new, or enhance
existing, services or products and to respond to competitive
pressures or to acquire complementary services, businesses or
technologies. If we are not successful in continuing to generate
sufficient cash flow from operations, we may need to raise
additional capital through public or private financing,
strategic relationships or other arrangements. Our settlement of
the Securities Class Action Lawsuit reduced our cash
balance by $13.0 million and increased the number of
outstanding shares by 20 million, which may make it more
difficult to raise additional capital. This additional capital,
if needed, might not be available on terms acceptable to us, or
at all. If adequate funds are not available or not available on
acceptable terms, we may be unable to develop or enhance our
products and services, take advantage of future opportunities,
or respond to competitive pressures or unanticipated
requirements which may have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition or operating results. If
additional capital were raised through the issuance of equity
securities, the percentage of our stock owned by our
then-current stockholders would be further reduced. Furthermore,
these equity securities might have rights, preferences or
privileges senior to those of our common and convertible
preferred stock. In addition, our liquidity could be adversely
impacted by the litigation referred to in Note 21
Settlements of Disputes and Litigation and
Note 22 Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings to our Consolidated Financial Statements
contained in Item 8 of this Form 10-K.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have not entered into any transactions with unconsolidated
entities whereby we have financial guarantees, subordinated
retained interests, derivative instruments or other contingent
arrangements that expose Homestore to material continuing risks,
contingent liabilities, or any other obligation under a variable
interest in an unconsolidated entity that provides financing,
liquidity, market risk or credit risk support to Homestore.
54
Recent Accounting Developments
In March 2004, the FASB approved the consensus reached on the
Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 03-1,
The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its
Application to Certain Investments. The Issues
objective is to provide guidance for identifying
other-than-temporarily impaired investments. EITF 03-1 also
provides new disclosure requirements for investments that are
deemed to be temporarily impaired. In September 2004, the FASB
issued a FASB Staff Position (FSP), EITF 03-1-1
that delays the effective date of the measurement and
recognition guidance in EITF 03-1 until further notice. The
disclosure requirements of EITF 03-1 are effective with
this Annual Report for fiscal 2004. Once the FASB reaches a
final decision on the measurement and recognition provisions,
the Company will evaluate the impact of the adoption of the
accounting provisions of EITF 03-1.
In December 2004, the FASB issued revised
SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based Payment.
SFAS No. 123R sets accounting requirements for
share-based compensation to employees and requires
companies to recognize in the income statement the grant-date
fair value of stock options and other equity-based compensation.
SFAS No. 123R is effective in interim or annual
periods beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company will be
required to adopt SFAS No. 123R in its third quarter
of fiscal 2005 and currently discloses the effect on net (loss)
income and (loss) earnings per share of the fair value
recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. The Company
is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of
SFAS 123R on its financial position and results of
operations, including the valuation methods and support for the
assumptions that underlie the valuation of the awards.
|
|
Item 7A. |
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk |
Interest Rate Risk. Our exposure to market rate risk for
changes in interest rates relates primarily to our investment
portfolio. We have not used derivative financial instruments in
our investment portfolio. We invest our excess cash in
money-market funds, auction rate securities, debt instruments of
high quality corporate issuers and debt instruments the
U.S. Government and its agencies, and, by policy, this
limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer.
Investments in both fixed rate and floating rate interest
earning instruments carry a degree of interest rate risk. Fixed
rate securities may have their fair market value adversely
impacted due to a rise in interest rates, while floating rate
securities may produce less income than expected if interest
rates fall.
55
|
|
Item 8. |
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data |
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Page | |
|
|
| |
Homestore, Inc. Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
57 |
|
|
|
|
|
58 |
|
|
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
|
|
61 |
|
|
|
|
|
62 |
|
|
|
|
|
63 |
|
56
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Homestore, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
Homestore, Inc. as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the
related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders equity and comprehensive income (loss), and
cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended
December 31, 2004. Our audits also included the financial
statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a)(2) for
the two years in the period ended December 31, 2004. These
financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the
Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our
audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are
free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated
financial position of Homestore, Inc. at December 31, 2004
and 2003, and the consolidated results of its operations and its
cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended
December 31, 2004, in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the
related financial statement schedule, when considered in
relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole,
presents fairly in all material respects, the information set
forth therein.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the
effectiveness of Homestore, Inc.s internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, based on
criteria established in Internal Control Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of
the Treadway Commission and our report dated March 7, 2005
expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
Los Angeles, California
March 7, 2005
57
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Homestore, Inc.:
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations, of stockholders equity and of cash flows,
present fairly, in all material respects, the results of
operations and cash flows of Homestore, Inc. and its
subsidiaries (the Company) for the year ended
December 31, 2002, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the
Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We
conducted our audit of these statements in accordance with
auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements,
assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit
provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
Los Angeles, California
March 25, 2003, except as to
Notes 13 and 21, as to
which the date is August 12, 2003,
except as to Note 3, as to which
the date is March 10, 2005
58
HOMESTORE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
ASSETS |
Current assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
14,819 |
|
|
$ |
13,942 |
|
|
Short-term investments
|
|
|
45,040 |
|
|
|
21,575 |
|
|
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of
$1,399 and $5,377 at December 31, 2004 and 2003,
respectively
|
|
|
12,532 |
|
|
|
14,576 |
|
|
Prepaid distribution expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,509 |
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
12,498 |
|
|
|
10,585 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
84,889 |
|
|
|
71,187 |
|
Property and equipment, net
|
|
|
15,242 |
|
|
|
21,454 |
|
Goodwill, net
|
|
|
19,502 |
|
|
|
20,477 |
|
Intangible assets, net
|
|
|
17,864 |
|
|
|
25,758 |
|
Restricted cash
|
|
|
5,840 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other assets
|
|
|
7,167 |
|
|
|
14,672 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$ |
150,504 |
|
|
$ |
153,548 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
Current Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
$ |
2,675 |
|
|
$ |
1,409 |
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
|
39,894 |
|
|
|
42,576 |
|
|
Accrued litigation settlement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
53,600 |
|
|
Accrued distribution obligation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,406 |
|
|
Obligation under capital leases
|
|
|
1,774 |
|
|
|
1,535 |
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
39,487 |
|
|
|
31,348 |
|
|
Deferred revenue from related parties
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,042 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
83,830 |
|
|
|
141,916 |
|
Obligation under capital leases
|
|
|
991 |
|
|
|
369 |
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
4,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred revenue from related parties
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,869 |
|
Other non-current liabilities
|
|
|
4,190 |
|
|
|
8,066 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
93,111 |
|
|
|
153,220 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and contingencies (Note 22)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $.001 par value; 500,000 shares
authorized, 146,868 and 126,905 shares issued at
December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively,
and 146,868 and 120,871 shares outstanding at
December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively
|
|
|
147 |
|
|
|
122 |
|
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
2,043,053 |
|
|
|
1,992,591 |
|
|
Treasury stock, at cost; -0- and 6,034 shares at
December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(14,470 |
) |
|
Deferred stock-based charges
|
|
|
(406 |
) |
|
|
(258 |
) |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income
|
|
|
409 |
|
|
|
267 |
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(1,985,810 |
) |
|
|
(1,977,924 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
|
57,393 |
|
|
|
328 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity
|
|
$ |
150,504 |
|
|
$ |
153,548 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
59
HOMESTORE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands, except per share amounts) | |
Revenue (including non-cash equity charges, see note 2)
|
|
$ |
216,860 |
|
|
$ |
198,227 |
|
|
$ |
219,867 |
|
Related party revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,695 |
|
|
|
31,158 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenue
|
|
|
216,860 |
|
|
|
205,922 |
|
|
|
251,025 |
|
Cost of revenue (including non-cash equity charges, see
note 2)
|
|
|
50,829 |
|
|
|
56,569 |
|
|
|
73,622 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
166,031 |
|
|
|
149,353 |
|
|
|
177,403 |
|
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales and marketing (including non-cash equity charges, see
note 2)
|
|
|
88,388 |
|
|
|
101,122 |
|
|
|
161,554 |
|
|
Product and website development (including non-cash equity
charges, see note 2)
|
|
|
15,362 |
|
|
|
17,065 |
|
|
|
25,497 |
|
|
General and administrative (including non-cash equity charges,
see note 2)
|
|
|
68,442 |
|
|
|
65,333 |
|
|
|
83,042 |
|
|
Amortization of intangible assets
|
|
|
7,894 |
|
|
|
21,863 |
|
|
|
34,699 |
|
|
Restructuring charges (including non-cash equity charges, see
note 2)
|
|
|
1,316 |
|
|
|
4,100 |
|
|
|
12,057 |
|
|
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,999 |
|
|
|
3,482 |
|
|
Litigation settlement
|
|
|
2,168 |
|
|
|
63,600 |
|
|
|
23,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
183,570 |
|
|
|
300,082 |
|
|
|
343,331 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
|
(17,539 |
) |
|
|
(150,729 |
) |
|
|
(165,928 |
) |
|
Interest income (expense), net
|
|
|
672 |
|
|
|
(406 |
) |
|
|
2,673 |
|
|
Gain on settlement of distribution agreement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
104,071 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
|
2,366 |
|
|
|
691 |
|
|
|
(5,694 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from continuing operations
|
|
|
(14,501 |
) |
|
|
(46,373 |
) |
|
|
(168,949 |
) |
|
Gain on disposition of discontinued operations
|
|
|
7,294 |
|
|
|
2,530 |
|
|
|
11,790 |
|
|
Loss from discontinued operations
|
|
|
(679 |
) |
|
|
(3,281 |
) |
|
|
(6,266 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$ |
(7,886 |
) |
|
$ |
(47,124 |
) |
|
$ |
(163,425 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share applicable to
Common Stockholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Continuing operations
|
|
$ |
(0.11 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.39 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.43 |
) |
|
Discontinued operations
|
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$ |
(0.06 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.40 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.39 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares used to calculate basic and diluted net loss per share
applicable to common stockholders
|
|
|
136,518 |
|
|
|
118,996 |
|
|
|
117,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
60
HOMESTORE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY AND
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes | |
|
|
|
Accumulated | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred Stock |
|
Common Stock | |
|
Additional | |
|
|
|
Receivable | |
|
Deferred | |
|
Other | |
|
|
|
Total | |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Paid-in | |
|
Treasury | |
|
from | |
|
Stock-based | |
|
Comprehensive | |
|
Accumulated | |
|
Stockholders | |
|
|
Shares | |
|
Amount |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Capital | |
|
Stock | |
|
Stockholders | |
|
Charges | |
|
Income (loss) | |
|
Deficit | |
|
Equity | |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Balance at December 31, 2001
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
117,509 |
|
|
$ |
117 |
|
|
$ |
1,987,405 |
|
|
$ |
(18,062 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,569 |
) |
|
$ |
(11,692 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,568 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,767,375 |
) |
|
$ |
183,256 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income (loss):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(163,425 |
) |
|
|
(163,425 |
) |
|
Realized loss on marketable securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,292 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,292 |
|
|
Foreign currency translation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(148 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(148 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,144 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(160,281 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan and
exercise of stock options
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
707 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
895 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(90 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
806 |
|
Settlement of stock issuance obligation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(521 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(521 |
) |
Issuance of common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
117 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
141 |
|
|
|
(57 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
84 |
|
Repayment from stockholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,463 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,463 |
|
Repurchase of common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(127 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(169 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(169 |
) |
Reversal of stock- based charges related to dispositions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,124 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,502 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(622 |
) |
Stock-based charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,959 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,034 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,993 |
|
Shares returned from escrow relating to discontinued operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(367 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(279 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(279 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
117,839 |
|
|
$ |
118 |
|
|
$ |
1,990,755 |
|
|
$ |
(18,567 |
) |
|
$ |
(106 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,246 |
) |
|
$ |
(424 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,930,800 |
) |
|
$ |
38,730 |
|
Comprehensive income (loss):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(47,124 |
) |
|
|
(47,124 |
) |
|
Realized loss on marketable securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
180 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
180 |
|
|
Foreign currency translation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
511 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
511 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
691 |
|
|
|
(47,124 |
) |
|
|
(46,433 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan and
exercise of stock options
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,838 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
3,299 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,302 |
|
Settlement of stock issuance obligation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
168 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of restricted stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
436 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
343 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(344 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repayment from stockholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
68 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
68 |
|
Repurchase and retirement of treasury stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,416 |
) |
|
|
4,386 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repurchase of common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(31 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(38 |
) |
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,610 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,302 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,912 |
|
Shares returned from escrow relating to discontinued operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(367 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(251 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(251 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
120,871 |
|
|
$ |
122 |
|
|
$ |
1,992,591 |
|
|
$ |
(14,470 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(258 |
) |
|
$ |
267 |
|
|
$ |
(1,977,924 |
) |
|
$ |
328 |
|
Comprehensive income (loss):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7,886 |
) |
|
|
(7,886 |
) |
|
Realized loss on marketable securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Foreign currency translation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
140 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
140 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
142 |
|
|
|
(7,886 |
) |
|
|
(7,744 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan and
exercise of stock options
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,146 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
3,862 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,866 |
|
Issuance of restricted stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
148 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
667 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(367 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
300 |
|
Retirement of treasury stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(14,469 |
) |
|
|
14,470 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
219 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
219 |
|
Shares issued in settlement of litigation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,703 |
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
60,402 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
60,424 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
146,868 |
|
|
$ |
147 |
|
|
$ |
2,043,053 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(406 |
) |
|
$ |
409 |
|
|
$ |
(1,985,810 |
) |
|
$ |
57,393 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
61
HOMESTORE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Cash flows from continuing operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from continuing operations
|
|
$ |
(14,501 |
) |
|
$ |
(46,373 |
) |
|
$ |
(168,949 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used
in) continuing operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
7,901 |
|
|
|
11,267 |
|
|
|
13,705 |
|
|
Amortization of intangible assets
|
|
|
7,894 |
|
|
|
21,863 |
|
|
|
34,699 |
|
|
Accretion of distribution obligation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,812 |
|
|
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,999 |
|
|
|
3,482 |
|
|
Provision for doubtful accounts
|
|
|
340 |
|
|
|
2,266 |
|
|
|
5,434 |
|
|
Stock-based charges
|
|
|
819 |
|
|
|
7,249 |
|
|
|
66,907 |
|
|
Gain on settlement of distribution agreement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(104,071 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on sales of property and equipment
|
|
|
(2,226 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Realized loss on sale of marketable securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
180 |
|
|
|
3,168 |
|
|
Write-off of capitalized software
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,849 |
|
|
Other non-cash items
|
|
|
(40 |
) |
|
|
588 |
|
|
|
2,137 |
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions
and discontinued operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
(430 |
) |
|
|
3,716 |
|
|
|
(1,138 |
) |
|
|
Prepaid distribution expense
|
|
|
10,509 |
|
|
|
22,812 |
|
|
|
10,869 |
|
|
|
Restricted Cash
|
|
|
(5,840 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other assets
|
|
|
5,710 |
|
|
|
1,108 |
|
|
|
4,756 |
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
|
1,414 |
|
|
|
37,971 |
|
|
|
(51,621 |
) |
|
|
Accrued distribution agreement
|
|
|
(7,406 |
) |
|
|
(22,162 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
5,475 |
|
|
|
2,131 |
|
|
|
(22,054 |
) |
|
|
Deferred revenue from related parties
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,657 |
) |
|
|
(10,679 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used) in continuing operating activities
|
|
|
9,619 |
|
|
|
(41,113 |
) |
|
|
(91,623 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by discontinued operations
|
|
|
9,915 |
|
|
|
421 |
|
|
|
116,265 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
|
|
19,534 |
|
|
|
(40,692 |
) |
|
|
24,642 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of property and equipment
|
|
|
(3,716 |
) |
|
|
(8,937 |
) |
|
|
(2,911 |
) |
Purchases of short-term investments
|
|
|
(24,465 |
) |
|
|
(21,575 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Maturities of short-term investments
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,394 |
|
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,320 |
|
|
|
2,250 |
|
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment
|
|
|
6,737 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
|
|
(20,444 |
) |
|
|
(29,192 |
) |
|
|
13,733 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from payment of stockholders notes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
61 |
|
|
|
3,463 |
|
Proceeds from exercise of stock options, warrants and share
issuances under employee stock purchase plan
|
|
|
3,866 |
|
|
|
3,302 |
|
|
|
800 |
|
Payments on capital lease obligations
|
|
|
(2,079 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repurchases of common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(169 |
) |
Transfer from restricted cash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
243 |
|
Settlement of stock issuance obligation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(521 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
1,787 |
|
|
|
3,363 |
|
|
|
3,816 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
877 |
|
|
|
(66,521 |
) |
|
|
42,191 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
|
|
13,942 |
|
|
|
80,463 |
|
|
|
38,272 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
|
|
$ |
14,819 |
|
|
$ |
13,942 |
|
|
$ |
80,463 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
62
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Homestore, Inc. (Homestore or the
Company) has created an online service that is the
leading consumer destination on the Internet for home and real
estate-related information, based on the number of visitors,
time spent on its websites and number of property listings. The
Company provides a wide variety of information and tools for
consumers, and is a leading supplier of online media and
technology solutions for real estate industry professionals,
advertisers and providers of home and real estate-related
products and services. The Company derives all of its revenue
from its North American operations.
To provide consumers with timely and comprehensive real estate
listings, access to real estate professionals and other home and
real estate-related information and resources, the Company has
established relationships with key industry participants. These
participants include real estate market leaders such as the
National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), the
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB),
hundreds of Multiple Listing Services (MLSs), the
Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), and leading
real estate franchisors, including the six largest franchises,
brokers, builders, and apartment owners and managers. Under an
agreement with NAR, the Company operates NARs official
website, REALTOR.com®. Under an agreement with NAHB, the
Company operates its new home listing website,
HomeBuilder.comtm.
Under agreements with NAR, NAHB, and MHI, the Company receives
preferential promotion in their marketing activities.
Since inception, except for the first quarter of 2003
(unaudited) and the fourth quarter of 2004 (unaudited), for
which we experienced a net profit due to one-time, non-operating
gains, the Company has incurred losses from operations. As of
December 31, 2004, the Company had an accumulated deficit
of $2.0 billion and cash and short-term investments of
$59.9 million. The Company has no material financial
commitments other than those under capital and operating lease
agreements and distribution and marketing agreements. The
Company believes that its existing cash and short-term
investments, and any cash generated from operations will be
sufficient to fund its working capital requirements, capital
expenditures and other obligations through the next
12 months. Long term, the Company may face significant
risks associated with the successful execution of its business
strategy and may need to raise additional capital in order to
fund more rapid expansion, to expand its marketing activities,
to develop new or enhance existing services or products and to
respond to competitive pressures or to acquire complementary
services, businesses or technologies. If the Company is not
successful in continuing to generate sufficient cash flow from
operations, it may need to raise additional capital through
public or private financing, strategic relationships or other
arrangements. The Companys settlement of the Securities
Class Action Lawsuit (as described in Note 21) has
reduced its cash balance by $13.0 million and has increased
the number of outstanding shares of the Companys common
stock by 20.0 million, which may make it more difficult to
raise additional capital. This additional capital, if needed,
might not be available on terms acceptable to the Company, or at
all. If additional capital were raised through the issuance of
equity securities, the percentage of the Companys stock
owned by its then-current stockholders would be further reduced.
Furthermore, these equity securities might have rights,
preferences or privileges senior to those of the Companys
common and preferred stock. In addition, the Companys
liquidity could be adversely impacted by other litigation (See
Note 22).
|
|
2. |
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
Principles of Consolidation and Basis of
Presentation The consolidated financial
statements include the accounts of the parent company and its
subsidiaries, all of which are wholly owned. All material
intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in
consolidation.
Use of Estimates The preparation of financial
statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities,
disclosure of contingent liabilities and the reported amounts of
revenue and expenses. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
63
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Short-Term
Investments All highly liquid instruments with
an original maturity of three months or less are considered cash
and cash equivalents, those with original maturities greater
than three months and current maturities less than twelve months
from the balance sheet date are considered short-term
investments. The Company also invests in certain auction rate
preferred equity and debt securities that have been classified
as short-term investments in the accompanying balance sheets.
The short-term investments are presented in current assets in
the accompanying balance sheets, as they are intended to meet
the short-term working capital needs of the Company. The Company
does not invest in any long-term investments. It invests its
excess cash in money-market funds, debt instruments of high
quality corporate issuers and debt instruments of the
U.S. Government and its agencies, and, by policy, this
limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer.
The Companys marketable securities and short-term
investments are classified as available-for-sale and are
reported at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses, net of
tax, recorded in stockholders equity. Realized gains or
losses and declines in value that are other than temporary, if
any, on available-for-sale securities are calculated using the
specific identification method and are reported in other income
or expense as incurred. For the year ended December 31,
2002, a realized loss of $3.2 million was recognized on the
sale of marketable equity securities. For the years ended
December 31, 2004 and 2003, realized gains and losses were
insignificant.
Concentration of Credit Risk Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to a
concentration of credit risk consist of cash and cash
equivalents, short and long term investments, marketable equity
securities and accounts and notes receivable. The Companys
accounts receivable are derived primarily from revenue earned
from customers located in the United States. The Company
maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts based upon the
expected collectibility of accounts and notes receivable.
During the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, revenue
from related party arrangements with Cendant Corporation and
Real Estate Technology Trust (RETT) accounted for
approximately 4% and 12%, respectively, of the Companys
revenue (See Note 12). No other customer accounted for more
than 10% of the Companys revenue in any year. As of
December 31, 2004 and 2003, no customer represented more
than 5% of net accounts receivable.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments The
Companys financial instruments, including cash and cash
equivalents, accounts and notes receivable, accounts payable,
and notes payable are carried at cost, which approximates their
fair value due to the short-term maturity of these instruments
and the relatively stable interest rate environment.
Prepaid Distribution The Company has entered
into various web portal distribution and preferred alliance
agreements, which have been amortized ratably over the term of
the agreements, generally two to five years. As of
December 31, 2003, total prepaid distribution primarily
consists of prepaid distribution costs related to AOL of
$10.1 million. These costs were amortized over an 18-month
period, the term of the agreement, ending June 30, 2004 and
was replaced with an agreement that extends through
December 31, 2005 (See Note 21).
Prepaid Commissions The Company prepays
commissions to certain of its salespersons on the contract sale
date and expenses the commission consistent with the revenue
recognition term.
Property and Equipment Property and equipment
are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation.
Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the
estimated useful lives of the assets, which is generally three
years for computer software and equipment, three to five years
for furniture, fixtures and office equipment, and five to seven
years for machinery and equipment. Amortization of assets
recorded under capital leases is included in depreciation
expense and amortized over the life of the lease. Leasehold
improvements are amortized over the shorter of the lease term or
the estimated useful lives. Upon the sale or retirement of
property or equipment, the cost and related accumulated
depreciation and
64
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
amortization are removed from the Companys financial
statements with the resulting gain or loss reflected in the
Companys results of operations.
Product and Website Development Costs Costs
incurred by the Company to develop, enhance, manage, monitor and
operate the Companys websites are generally expensed as
incurred, except for certain costs relating to the acquisition
and development of internal-use software that are capitalized
and depreciated over estimated economic lives, generally three
years or less in accordance with SOP 98-1, Accounting
for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for
Internal Use. The Company had $2.6 million and
$2.6 million of capitalized software costs and
$2.6 million and $1.9 million of accumulated
amortization included in computer software and equipment at
December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. During 2002, the
Company wrote off capitalized software of approximately
$2.8 million. In the fourth quarter of 2003, the Company
recorded an impairment charge of $1.8 million as a result
of a decision made by the Company to terminate the
implementation of one aspect of its enterprise resource planning
system due to revisions to its implementation plan.
Identifiable Intangibles, Goodwill and other Long-Lived
Assets Definite lived identifiable intangible
assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their
estimated useful lives, ranging from two to fifteen years. The
Company assesses the impairment of long-lived assets, which
include property and equipment and identifiable intangible
assets, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate
that such assets might be impaired and the carrying value may
not be recoverable. Events and circumstances that may indicate
that an asset is impaired may include significant decreases in
the market value of an asset or common stock, a significant
decline in actual and projected advertising and software license
revenue, loss of key customer relationships or renegotiation of
existing arrangements, a change in the extent or manner in which
an asset is used, shifts in technology, loss of key management
or personnel, changes in the Companys operating model or
strategy and competitive forces as well as other factors.
If events and circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of
an asset may not be recoverable and the expected undiscounted
future cash flows attributable to the asset are less than the
carrying amount of the asset, an impairment loss equal to the
excess of the assets carrying value over its fair value is
recorded. Fair value is determined based on the present value of
estimated expected future cash flows using a discount rate
commensurate with the risk involved, quoted market prices or
appraised values, depending on the nature of the assets.
Goodwill has been recorded in connection with the Companys
various acquisitions. (See Note 6).
In testing for a potential impairment of goodwill, the Company
will first compare the estimated fair value of each reporting
unit with book value, including goodwill. If the estimated fair
value exceeds book value, goodwill is considered not to be
impaired and no additional steps are necessary. If, however, the
fair value of the respective reporting units of the Company is
less than book value, then the Company is required to compare
the carrying amount of the goodwill with its implied fair value.
The estimate of implied fair value of goodwill may require
independent valuations of certain internally generated and
unrecognized intangible assets such as its subscriber base,
software and technology and patents and trademarks. If the
carrying amount of the goodwill exceeds the implied fair value
of that goodwill, an impairment loss would be recognized in an
amount equal to the excess.
During the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, the
Company recorded impairment charges of $27.0 million and
$3.5 million, respectively (See Note 5). There were no
impairment charges in the year ended December 31, 2004.
65
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The following table summarizes the Companys useful lives
for significant intangible and long-lived assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Range of | |
Type |
|
Lives | |
|
|
| |
Customer, merchant lists and relationships
|
|
|
2-5 |
|
Exclusive electronic listing and rights agreement
|
|
|
9 |
|
NAR operating agreement
|
|
|
15 |
|
Online traffic
|
|
|
3 |
|
Porting relationships
|
|
|
5 |
|
Purchased content
|
|
|
5 |
|
Purchased technology
|
|
|
3-5 |
|
Tradename, trademarks, brand name
|
|
|
5-15 |
|
Other
|
|
|
2-15 |
|
Revenue Recognition The Company derives its
revenue primarily from two sources (i) software revenue,
which includes software licenses, software development, hardware
services and support revenue which includes software
maintenance, training, consulting and website hosting revenue
and (ii) advertising revenue for running online advertising
on the Companys websites or offline advertising placed in
its publications. As described below, significant management
judgments and estimates must be made and used in connection with
the revenue recognized in any accounting period.
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Securities and
Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104,
Revenue Recognition, and Emerging Issues Task Force
Issue (EITF) 00-21, Revenue Arrangements with
Multiple Deliverables. Revenue is recognized only when
persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has
occurred or services have been rendered, the price is fixed or
determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured.
The Company assesses collection based on a number of factors,
including past transaction history with the customer and the
credit worthiness of the customer. The Company does not request
collateral from its customers. If the Company determines that
collection of a fee is not reasonably assured, the Company
defers the fee and recognizes revenue at the time collection
becomes reasonably assured, which is generally upon receipt of
cash. Cash received in advance is recorded as deferred revenue
until earned.
Software revenue The Company generally
licenses its software products in three ways: (i) on a
one-year term basis; (ii) on a perpetual basis; and
(iii) on a monthly subscription basis. The Companys
hosting arrangements require customers to pay a fixed fee and
receive service over a period of time, generally one year.
The Company applies the provisions of Statement of Position
(SOP) 97-2, Software Revenue
Recognition, as amended by SOP 98-9,
Modification of SOP 97-2, Software Revenue
Recognition, With Respect to Certain Transactions, to all
transactions involving the sale of software. The Company
recognizes license revenue upon all of the following criteria
being satisfied: (i) the execution of a license agreement;
(ii) product delivery; (iii) fees are fixed or
determinable; (iv) collectibility is reasonably assured;
and (v) all other significant obligations have been
fulfilled. For arrangements containing multiple elements, such
as software license fees, consulting services and maintenance,
and where vendor-specific objective evidence (VSOE)
of fair value exists for all undelivered elements, the Company
accounts for the delivered elements in accordance with the
residual method prescribed by SOP 98-9. For
arrangements in which VSOE does not exist for the undelivered
element, including specified upgrades, revenue is deferred and
not recognized until either VSOE is established or delivery of
the element without VSOE has occurred. The Company also
generates non-recurring revenue from consulting fees for
implementation, installation, data conversion and training
related to the use of the Companys proprietary and
third-party licensed products. The Company
66
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
recognizes revenue for these services as they are performed, as
they are principally contracted for on a time and materials
basis. The Companys arrangements generally do not include
acceptance clauses. However, if an arrangement includes an
acceptance clause, acceptance occurs upon the earlier of receipt
of a written customer acceptance or expiration of the acceptance
period. Certain software products are sold as subscriptions, and
accordingly, revenue is deferred and recognized ratably over the
term of the contract which is typically based on a one-year
renewable term.
The Company recognizes revenue from maintenance services ratably
over the contract term. The Companys training and
consulting services are billed based on hourly rates and it
generally recognizes revenue as these services are performed.
Payments for maintenance services are generally made in advance
and are non-refundable. However, at the time of entering into a
transaction, the Company assesses whether any services included
within the arrangement will require the Company to perform
significant work either to alter the underlying software or to
build additional complex interfaces so that the software
performs as the customer requests. If these services are
included as part of the arrangement and management is able to
accurately estimate the progression to completion, the Company
recognizes the entire fee using the percentage of completion
method. The Company estimates the percentage of completion based
on an estimate of total costs incurred to date as a percentage
of estimated total costs to complete the project, and the
Company monitors its progress against plan to insure the
Companys estimates are materially accurate. The Company
recognizes estimated losses in the periods in which such losses
are reasonably expected. For projects in which the Company is
unable to estimate its progression to completion, such revenue
is recognized in the period in which the project is completed.
Percentage of completion projects ceased to become a material
amount of the Companys revenue after 2002.
Advertising Revenue The Company sells online
and offline advertising. Online advertising revenue includes
three revenue streams: (i) impression based,
(ii) fixed fee subscriptions and (iii) affiliate
revenue share agreements. The impressions based agreements range
from spot purchases to 12 month contracts. The impression
based revenue is recognized based upon actual impressions
delivered and viewed by a user in a period. The fixed fee
subscription revenue is recognized ratably over the period in
which the services are provided. The affiliate revenue is
recognized in the period in which the affiliate partner provides
the services. The Company measures performance related to
advertising obligations on a monthly basis prior to the
recording of revenue. Offline advertising revenue is recognized
when the publications in which the advertising is displayed are
shipped.
The Company records and measures the fair value of equity
received in exchange for advertising services in accordance with
the provisions of EITF 00-8, Accounting by a Grantee
for an Equity Instrument to be Received in Conjunction with
Providing Goods or Services.
Shipping and Handling Income and Costs The
Company accounts for income and costs related to shipping and
handling activities in accordance with the EITF Issue
No. 00-10, Accounting for Shipping and Handling
Revenues and Costs. Income from shipping and handling is
included with revenue. Associated costs of shipping and handling
are included in cost of revenue.
Advertising Expense Advertising costs are
expensed as incurred and totaled $22.8 million,
$22.9 million and $6.6 million during the years ended
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
Stock-Based Charges The Company accounts for
stock-based employee compensation arrangements in accordance
with the provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion
(APB) No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued
to Employees, and complies with the disclosure provisions
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS) No. 123, Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation. Under APB No. 25,
compensation expense is recognized over the vesting period based
on the difference, if any, on the date of grant between the
deemed fair value for accounting purposes of the Companys
stock and the exercise price on the date of grant.
67
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The Company follows the intrinsic value method in accounting for
its stock options. Had compensation cost been recognized based
on the fair value at the date of grant for options granted in
2004, 2003 and 2002, the pro forma amounts of the Companys
net loss and net loss per share for the years ended
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 would have been as follows
(in thousands, except per share amounts):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Net loss applicable to common stockholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As reported
|
|
$ |
(7,886 |
) |
|
$ |
(47,124 |
) |
|
$ |
(163,425 |
) |
|
Add: Stock-based employee compensation charges included in
reported net loss
|
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
3,069 |
|
|
|
7,021 |
|
|
Deduct: Total stock-based compensation determined under the fair
value-based method for all awards
|
|
|
(15,747 |
) |
|
|
(20,067 |
) |
|
|
(29,798 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma net loss
|
|
$ |
(23,333 |
) |
|
$ |
(64,122 |
) |
|
$ |
(186,202 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per share basic and diluted:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As reported
|
|
$ |
(0.06 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.40 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.39 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma
|
|
$ |
(0.17 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.54 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.58 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The fair value for each option granted was estimated at the date
of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model, assuming
the following weighted-average assumptions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended | |
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Risk-free interest rates
|
|
|
3 |
% |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
|
4 |
% |
Expected lives (in years)
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Dividend yield
|
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
0 |
% |
Expected volatility
|
|
|
130 |
% |
|
|
144 |
% |
|
|
147 |
% |
The Company accounts for stock issued to non-employees in
accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123 and
EITF 96-18, Accounting for Equity Instruments That
Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in
Conjunction with Selling, Goods and Services. In November
2001, the EITF reached a consensus in EITF 00-18,
Accounting Recognition for Certain Transactions Involving
Equity Instruments Granted to Other Than Employees, that
an asset acquired in exchange for the issuance of fully vested,
nonforfeitable equity instruments should not be displayed as
contra-equity by the grantor of the equity instruments.
The following chart summarizes the stock-based charges that have
been included in the following captions for each of the periods
presented (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,119 |
|
|
$ |
1,501 |
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
134 |
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
301 |
|
|
|
3,795 |
|
|
|
63,848 |
|
Product and website development
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
127 |
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
518 |
|
|
|
164 |
|
|
|
1,297 |
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,140 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
819 |
|
|
$ |
7,249 |
|
|
$ |
66,907 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
68
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Stock-based charges for the years ended December 31, 2004,
2003 and 2002 include $0 million, $0 million and
$37.2 million, respectively, of amortization related to the
AOL distribution agreement, and $0.3 million,
$2.3 million and $17.9 million, respectively, related
to vendor agreements with the remainder related to
employee-based stock option charges.
Income Taxes Income taxes are accounted for
under SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income
Taxes. Under SFAS No. 109, deferred tax assets
and liabilities are determined based on differences between the
financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities, and
are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be
in effect when the differences are expected to reverse.
Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce
deferred taxes to the amount expected to be realized.
Net Loss Per Share Net loss per share is
computed by dividing the net loss applicable to common
stockholders for the period by the weighted average number of
common shares outstanding. Shares associated with stock options,
warrants and convertible preferred stock are not included to the
extent they are anti-dilutive.
Foreign Currency Translation The financial
statements of the Companys foreign subsidiaries are
measured using the local currency as the functional currency.
Assets and liabilities of these subsidiaries are translated at
the rate of exchange at the balance sheet date. Income and
expense items are translated at average monthly rates of
exchange prevailing during the year. The resulting translation
adjustments are included in accumulated other comprehensive
income as a separate component of stockholders equity.
Comprehensive Income Comprehensive income is
defined as the change in equity of a business enterprise during
a period from transactions and other events and circumstances
from non-owner sources. For the Company, comprehensive income
consists of its reported net income or loss, the change in the
foreign currency translation adjustments during a period and the
net unrealized gains or losses on short-term investments and
marketable equity securities.
Segments The Company reports segment
information in accordance with SFAS No. 131,
Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related
Information. The Companys operating segments are
presented consistently with the way that the Companys
management organizes and evaluates financial information for
making internal operating decisions and assessing performance.
Recent Accounting Developments In March 2004,
the FASB approved the consensus reached on the Emerging Issues
Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 03-1, The Meaning of
Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain
Investments. The Issues objective is to provide
guidance for identifying other-than-temporarily impaired
investments. EITF 03-1 also provides new disclosure
requirements for investments that are deemed to be temporarily
impaired. In September 2004, the FASB issued a FASB Staff
Position (FSP), EITF 03-1-1 that delays the
effective date of the measurement and recognition guidance in
EITF 03-1 until further notice. The disclosure requirements
of EITF 03-1 are effective with this Annual Report for
fiscal 2004. Once the FASB reaches a final decision on the
measurement and recognition provisions, the Company will
evaluate the impact of the adoption of the accounting provisions
of EITF 03-1.
In December 2004, the FASB issued revised
SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based Payment.
SFAS No. 123R sets accounting requirements for
share-based compensation to employees and requires
companies to recognize in the income statement the grant-date
fair value of stock options and other equity-based compensation.
SFAS No. 123R is effective in interim or annual
periods beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company will be
required to adopt SFAS No. 123R in its third quarter
of fiscal 2005 and currently discloses the effect on net (loss)
income and (loss) earnings per share of the fair value
recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. The Company
is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of
SFAS 123R on its financial position and results of
operations, including the valuation methods and support for the
assumptions that underlie the valuation of the awards.
69
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Reclassifications Certain reclassifications
have been made to prior years financial statements in
order to conform to the 2004 presentations.
|
|
3. |
Discontinued Operations |
On October 6, 2004, the Company entered into an Asset
Purchase Agreement with Wyld Acquisition Corp.
(Wyld), a wholly owned subsidiary of Seigel
Enterprises, Inc., pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell
its Wyldfyre software business, which had been reported as part
of the Companys software segment for a purchase price of
$8.5 million in cash. The transaction closed on
October 6, 2004, resulting in a gain on disposition of
discontinued operations. The sale generated net proceeds of
approximately $7.0 million after transaction fees and
monies placed in escrow pursuant to the Asset Purchase
Agreement. To date, approximately $5.7 million has been
recorded as Gain on disposition of discontinued
operations.
On December 21, 2004, the Company entered into an Asset
Purchase Agreement with Newstar Systems, Inc.
(Newstar) pursuant to which the Company agreed to
sell its Computer for Tracts (CFT) software
business, which had been reported as part of the Companys
software segment for a purchase price of approximately
$2.5 million in cash. The transaction closed on
December 21, 2004, resulting in a gain on disposition of
discontinued operations of approximately $1.6 million.
On March 19, 2002, we entered into an agreement to sell our
ConfusmerInfo divison, a former subsidiary of iPlace, to
Experian Holdings, Inc. (Experian), for
$130.0 million in cash. The transaction closed on
April 2, 2002. The sale generated net proceeds of
approximately $117.1 million after transaction fees and
monies placed in escrow. On March 26, 2002, MemberWorks
Incorporated (MemberWorks), one of the former owners
of iPlace, obtained a court order requiring us to set aside
$58.0 million of the proceeds against a potential claim
MemberWorks had against us. On August 9, 2002, we reached a
settlement in the MemberWorks litigation, in which MemberWorks
and certain other former iPlace shareholders received
$23.0 million, with the remaining $35.0 million plus
accrued interest being transferred to us resulting in net
proceeds to us of $94.1 million. In addition, the
litigation was dismissed and MemberWorks released all claims
against us relating to the sale of iPlace. We have included the
cost of the settlement in our results of operations for the year
ended December 31, 2002.
The $11.8 million gain associated with the disposition of
the ConsumerInfo division was recorded as Gain on
disposition of discontinued operations, in the
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended
December 31, 2002. As part of the sale to Experian,
$10.0 million of the purchase price was put in escrow to
secure our indemnification obligations (the Indemnity
Escrow). In the second quarter of 2003, $2.3 million
was released to us from the Indemnity Escrow and recognized as
Gain on disposition of discontinued operations. As
of December 31, 2004, cash in the Indemnity Escrow was
$7.3 million. To the extent the Indemnity Escrow is
released to us, we will recognize additional gain on disposition
of discontinued operations.
The Indemnity Escrow was scheduled to terminate in the third
quarter of 2003, but prior to the scheduled termination,
Experian demanded indemnification from us for claims made
against Experian or its subsidiaries by several parties. (See
Note 22.)
Pursuant to SFAS No. 144, the consolidated financial
statements of the Company for all periods presented reflect the
disposition of its Wyldfyre, CFT, and ConsumerInfo divisions as
discontinued operations. Accordingly, the revenue, costs and
expenses, and cash flows of these divisions have been excluded
from the respective captions in the Consolidated Statements of
Operations and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and have
been reported as Income from discontinued
operations, net of applicable income taxes of zero; and
70
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
as Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued
operations. Total revenue and loss from discontinued
operations are reflected below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
9,137 |
|
|
$ |
12,788 |
|
|
$ |
33,107 |
|
Total expenses
|
|
|
9,816 |
|
|
|
16,069 |
|
|
|
39,373 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from discontinued operations
|
|
$ |
(679 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,281 |
) |
|
$ |
(6,266 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The calculation of the gain on the sale of discontinued
operations is as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Gross proceeds from sale
|
|
$ |
10,981 |
|
|
$ |
2,300 |
|
|
$ |
130,000 |
|
Less:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash subject to escrow
|
|
|
850 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
Net assets sold
|
|
|
2,210 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
106,321 |
|
|
Transaction costs
|
|
|
627 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,918 |
|
|
Cash and Homestore stock received from purchase of iPlace
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(230 |
) |
|
|
(1,029 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on disposition of discontinued operations
|
|
$ |
7,294 |
|
|
$ |
2,530 |
|
|
$ |
11,790 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The carrying amounts of major classes of assets and liabilities
for the discontinued operations were as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
Total current assets
|
|
$ |
2,267 |
|
Property & equipment, net
|
|
|
484 |
|
Other long term assets
|
|
|
36 |
|
Goodwill, net
|
|
|
975 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$ |
3,762 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
590 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
$ |
590 |
|
|
|
|
|
The cash and stock received from the purchase of iPlace relates
to the settlement of the original escrow related to the
Companys purchase of iPlace.
In the fourth quarter of 2001, the Companys Board of
Directors approved a restructuring and integration plan, with
the objective of eliminating duplicate resources and
redundancies and implementing a new management structure to more
efficiently serve the Companys customers. The plan
included the unwinding of the Companys newly formed or
recently acquired international operations and a broad
restructuring of the Companys core operations.
As part of this restructuring and integration plan, the Company
undertook a review of its existing locations and elected to
close a number of satellite offices and identified and notified
approximately 700 employees whose positions with the Company
were eliminated. The work force reductions affected approxi-
71
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
mately 150 members of management, 100 in research and
development, 200 in sales and marketing and 250 in
administrative functions.
In connection with this restructuring and integration plan, the
Company recorded a charge of $35.8 million in the fourth
quarter of 2001, which was included in restructuring charges on
the Consolidated Statement of Operations. This charge consists
of the following: (i) employee termination benefits of
$6.4 million; (ii) facility closure charges of
$20.8 million, comprised of $12.8 million in future
lease obligations, exit costs and cancellation penalties, net of
estimated sublease income of $11.9 million, and
$8.0 million of non-cash fixed asset disposals related to
vacating duplicate facilities and decreased equipment
requirements due to lower headcount; (iii) non-cash
write-offs of $2.9 million in other assets related to
exited activities; and (iv) accrued future payments of
$5.7 million for existing contractual obligations with no
future benefits to the Company. During the year ended
December 31, 2002, the Company revised its estimates
relating to a lease obligation and took an additional
$6.5 million charge. The Company also reduced its estimates
for employee termination pay by $396,000 and its contractual
obligations by $798,000 in 2002. The Companys original
estimate with respect to sublease income related primarily to a
lease commitment for office space in San Francisco that
expires in November 2006. The Company originally estimated that
it would sublease the facility by the second quarter of 2003 at
a rate of approximately two-thirds of the existing commitment.
However, declines in the demand for office space in the
San Francisco market have led the Company to revise these
estimates on three occasions. The Company took an additional
$6.5 million charge during 2002. In the fourth quarter of
2003, the Company took an additional charge of
$1.3 million. In the fourth quarter of 2004 the Company
took an additional charge of approximately $1.0 million
because the Company is uncertain it will be able to sublease the
remaining one-third of the San Francisco property.
72
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
A summary of activity related to the fourth quarter 2001
restructuring charge is as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Obligations | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee | |
|
and | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Termination | |
|
Related | |
|
Asset | |
|
Contractual | |
|
|
|
|
Benefits | |
|
Charges | |
|
Write-offs | |
|
Obligations | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Initial restructuring charge
|
|
$ |
6,364 |
|
|
$ |
12,782 |
|
|
$ |
10,917 |
|
|
$ |
5,733 |
|
|
$ |
35,796 |
|
Cash paid
|
|
|
(3,511 |
) |
|
|
(137 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(141 |
) |
|
|
(3,789 |
) |
Non-cash charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10,917 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10,917 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual at December 31, 2001
|
|
|
2,853 |
|
|
|
12,645 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,592 |
|
|
|
21,090 |
|
Cash paid
|
|
|
(2,274 |
) |
|
|
(5,480 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,631 |
) |
|
|
(11,385 |
) |
Change in estimates
|
|
|
(396 |
) |
|
|
6,027 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(798 |
) |
|
|
4,833 |
|
Non-cash charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
488 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
488 |
|
Sale of a subsidiary
|
|
|
(156 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(156 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual at December 31, 2002
|
|
|
27 |
|
|
|
13,680 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,163 |
|
|
|
14,870 |
|
Cash paid
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
(4,970 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(576 |
) |
|
|
(5,552 |
) |
Change in estimates
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
1,290 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(203 |
) |
|
|
1,077 |
|
Non-cash charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sale of a subsidiary
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual at December 31, 2003
|
|
$ |
11 |
|
|
$ |
10,000 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
384 |
|
|
$ |
10,395 |
|
Cash paid
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
(3,966 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
(3,982 |
) |
Change in estimates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
987 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
|
1,015 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual at December 31, 2004
|
|
$ |
6 |
|
|
$ |
7,021 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
401 |
|
|
$ |
7,428 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
With the exception of payments associated with the
San Francisco and other office lease commitments which will
be paid through 2006, substantially all of the remaining
restructuring liabilities at December 31, 2004 will be paid
during 2005. Any further changes to the accruals based upon
current estimates will be reflected through the acquisition and
restructuring charges line in the consolidated statement of
operations.
In the first quarter of 2002, the Companys Board of
Directors approved an additional restructuring and integration
plan, with the objective of eliminating duplicate resources and
redundancies.
As part of this restructuring and integration plan, the Company
undertook a review of its existing locations and elected to
close offices and identified and notified approximately 270
employees whose positions with the Company were eliminated. The
work force reductions affected approximately 30 members of
management, 40 in research and development, 140 in sales and
marketing and 60 in administrative functions.
In connection with this restructuring and integration plan, the
Company recorded a charge of $2.3 million in the first
quarter of 2002, which was included in restructuring charges in
the consolidated statement of operations. This charge consists
of the employee termination benefits of $1.7 million and
facility closure charges of approximately $600,000. In the third
quarter of 2002, the Company evaluated its original estimates
73
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
and concluded it must increase its charge for lease obligations
by $1.6 million because of a decline in market rates and
reduce its estimate for employee termination pay by $242,000. In
the fourth quarter of 2003, the Company reduced its estimate for
employee termination by $14,000 and increased its charge for
lease obligations and related charges by $46,000 as a result of
changes in exchange rates. In the fourth quarter of 2004, the
Company increased its charge for lease obligations and related
charges by $372,000 as a result of changes in exchange rates.
A summary of activity related to the first quarter 2002
restructuring charge is as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Obligations | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee | |
|
and | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Termination | |
|
Related | |
|
Asset | |
|
|
|
|
Benefits | |
|
Charges | |
|
Write-offs | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Initial restructuring charge
|
|
$ |
1,720 |
|
|
$ |
309 |
|
|
$ |
260 |
|
|
$ |
2,289 |
|
Non-cash charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(260 |
) |
|
|
(260 |
) |
Cash paid
|
|
|
(1,452 |
) |
|
|
(187 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,639 |
) |
Change in estimates
|
|
|
(242 |
) |
|
|
1,584 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,342 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual at December 31, 2002
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
1,706 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,732 |
|
Cash paid
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
(387 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(399 |
) |
Change in estimates
|
|
|
(14 |
) |
|
|
46 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual at December 31, 2003
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,365 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,365 |
|
Cash paid
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(386 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(386 |
) |
Change in estimates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
372 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
372 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual at December 31, 2004
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,351 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,351 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All of the remaining restructuring liabilities at
December 31, 2004 are related to lease obligations and will
be paid through 2006. Any further changes to the accruals based
upon current estimates will be reflected through restructuring
charges in the consolidated statement of operations.
In the third quarter of 2002, the Companys Board of
Directors approved a further restructuring and integration plan,
with the objective of eliminating duplicate resources and
redundancies. As part of this restructuring and integration
plan, the Company undertook a review of its existing locations
and elected to close an office and identified and notified
approximately 190 employees whose positions with the Company
were eliminated. The work force reductions affected
approximately 30 in research and development, 10 in production,
140 in sales and marketing and 10 in administrative functions.
In connection with this restructuring and integration plan, the
Company recorded a charge of $3.6 million in the third
quarter of 2002, which was included in restructuring charges in
the consolidated statement of operations. This charge consists
of employee termination benefits of $1.6 million and
facility closure charges of approximately $2.0 million. In
the fourth quarter of 2003, the Company reduced its estimate for
employee termination by $132,000 and reduced its lease
obligations and related charges by $417,000 as a result of a
buy-out of the remaining lease obligation.
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HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
A summary of activity related to the third quarter 2002
restructuring charge is as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Obligations | |
|
|
|
|
Employee | |
|
and | |
|
|
|
|
Termination | |
|
Related | |
|
|
|
|
Benefits | |
|
Charges | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Initial restructuring charge
|
|
$ |
1,590 |
|
|
$ |
2,033 |
|
|
$ |
3,623 |
|
Cash paid
|
|
|
(1,190 |
) |
|
|
(253 |
) |
|
|
(1,443 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual at December 31, 2002
|
|
|
400 |
|
|
|
1,780 |
|
|
|
2,180 |
|
Cash paid
|
|
|
(268 |
) |
|
|
(1,119 |
) |
|
|
(1,387 |
) |
Change in estimates
|
|
|
(132 |
) |
|
|
(417 |
) |
|
|
(549 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual at December 31, 2003
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
244 |
|
|
$ |
244 |
|
Cash paid
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(212 |
) |
|
|
(212 |
) |
Change in estimates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual at December 31, 2004
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
32 |
|
|
$ |
32 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Substantially all of the remaining restructuring liabilities at
December 31, 2004 will be paid in 2005.
In the fourth quarter of 2003, the Companys Board of
Directors approved a further restructuring and integration plan,
with the objective of eliminating duplicate resources and
redundancies. As part of this restructuring and integration
plan, the Company undertook a review of its existing operations
and elected to change its management structure and identified
and notified approximately 95 employees whose positions with the
Company were eliminated. The work force reductions affected
approximately 7 in research and development, 17 in production,
37 in sales and marketing and 34 in administrative functions. As
of December 31, 2003, all of the planned 95 employees have
been terminated and a total of 17 have not yet been paid
severance.
In connection with this restructuring and integration plan, the
Company recorded a charge of $3.5 million in the fourth
quarter of 2003, which was included in the acquisition and
restructuring charges line in the consolidated statement of
operations. This charge consists of employee termination
benefits of $1.4 million and stock-based charges related
the acceleration of vesting of certain options for terminated
management personnel of approximately $2.1 million. In the
first quarter of 2004, the Company reduced its estimate for
employee termination benefits by $71,000.
A summary of activity related to the fourth quarter 2003
restructuring charge is as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based | |
|
|
|
|
Employee | |
|
Charges for | |
|
|
|
|
Termination | |
|
Accelerated | |
|
|
|
|
Benefits | |
|
Vesting | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Initial restructuring charge
|
|
$ |
1,401 |
|
|
$ |
2,140 |
|
|
$ |
3,541 |
|
Cash paid
|
|
|
(511 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(511 |
) |
Non-cash charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,140 |
) |
|
|
(2,140 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual at December 31, 2003
|
|
$ |
890 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
890 |
|
Cash paid
|
|
|
(804 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(804 |
) |
Change in estimates
|
|
|
(71 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(71 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual at December 31, 2004
|
|
$ |
15 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
75
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Substantially all of the remaining restructuring liabilities at
December 31, 2004 will be paid in 2005.
|
|
5. |
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets |
During the fourth quarter of 2002, the Company decided to shut
down The Hessel Group (Hessel) and sell the
remaining assets. Operating expenses for the fourth quarter of
fiscal 2002 include $1.2 million in accrued expenses
associated with the shutdown of these operations including lease
termination fees, severance, and other related costs. During the
first quarter of fiscal 2003, the Company entered into four
separate agreements to sell substantially all of the assets of
Hessel for a total of approximately $1.5 million in cash.
In the fourth quarter of 2002, specific events and changes in
operations of the business indicated a potential impairment of
its long-lived assets. The specific events and changes in
circumstances indicating a potential impairment including the
Company revising the annual operating plan, the sustained
decline of the value of the Companys stock, and the
Company making the decision to shutdown Hessel. Pursuant to
SFAS No. 144, the Company performed an impairment
analysis. With the assistance of outside valuation specialists,
fair value was determined based on the present value of
estimated expected future cash flows using discount rates
ranging from 11% to 20%. The Companys impairment analysis
resulted in a charge of $3.5 million in the fourth quarter
of 2002 comprised of impairments of $1.9 million of
property and equipment relating to the pending sale and shut
down of the Hessel businesses and $1.6 million of other
assets.
In the third quarter of 2003, specific events and changes in
operations of the business indicated a potential impairment of
its long-lived assets. The specific events and changes in
circumstances indicating a potential impairment included certain
business units continuing to perform below managements
expectations. Pursuant to SFAS Nos. 144 and 142, the
Company performed an impairment analysis. Fair value was
determined based on the present value of estimated expected
future cash flows using discount rates ranging from 11% to 20%.
The Companys impairment analysis resulted in a charge of
$13.0 million in the third quarter of 2003 comprised of
impairments of $11.7 million of identifiable intangible
assets relating to the Companys acquisitions of
SpringStreet and Move.com, Inc. and $1.3 million of prepaid
distribution expense.
In the third quarter of 2003, in conjunction with the settlement
of the dispute with Cendant Corporation and certain of its
affiliates (collectively Cendant) as described in
Note 21, the Company relinquished certain exclusive data
rights and rights under other agreements that were entered into
at the time of the acquisition of Move.com, Inc. and Welcome
Wagon®International, Inc. (collectively the Move.com
Group). As a result of the surrender of those rights,
certain intangible assets associated with those rights no longer
have value to the Company, and, accordingly, the Company
recorded an impairment charge of $12.2 million in the year
ended December 31, 2003.
In the fourth quarter of 2003 pursuant to SFAS No. 142
the Company performed its annual review of the valuation of its
goodwill with the assistance of outside valuation specialists,
fair value was determined based on the present value of
estimated expected future cash flows using discount rates from
14% to 18%. The Companys impairment analysis did not
result in a charge. However, specific events and changes in
circumstances indicated a potential impairment. Those specific
events included the Company revising its implementation plan of
its enterprise resource planning system. As a result of the
revision, the decision was made to terminate the implementation
of one aspect of the application. This decision resulted in a
charge of $1.8 million.
There were no impairment charges in the year ended
December 31, 2004 based on the Companys annual
analysis.
|
|
6. |
Top Producer Acquisition |
In May 2000, the Company acquired Top Producer Systems, Inc.
(Top Producer), a leading provider of leads
management and marketing software for real estate professionals,
for $12.1 million in cash,
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HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
473,538 shares exchangeable into the Companys common
stock with an estimated fair value of $12.1 million, and an
amount contingent on future performance of Top Producer. Because
the exchangeable shares vested over a three-year period and were
contingent upon Top Producers chief executive
officers employment over a three-year period, the value of
such shares was recorded in deferred stock-based charges. During
the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company elected to
pay cash of $521,000 instead of issuing the Companys
common stock. This payment was charged against additional
paid-in capital. As part of the original purchase agreement, an
additional amount of up to $14.8 million of contingent
consideration (earn-out) could be paid if certain
defined performance targets were met during the years ended
December 31, 2000 through December 31, 2004. During
2002, the earn-out was re-negotiated with the former owners,
several of whom were then employed by the Company, and set at a
fixed amount of $10.2 million payable in installments of
cash or stock, at the Companys option, of
$3.1 million, $2.8 million and $4.3 million in
2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. Recognition of this fixed
obligation resulted in an increase in goodwill and accrued
expenses. The Company paid the $3.1 million 2002
installment in cash. In June 2004, we entered into an agreement
providing for the settlement of certain litigation involving
former shareholders of Top Producer® and for the payment of
the remaining installments of the purchase price. The
acquisition has been accounted for as a purchase. The
acquisition cost has been allocated to the assets acquired and
liabilities assumed based on their respective fair values. The
excess of purchase consideration over net tangible assets
acquired of $34.8 million has been allocated to goodwill,
deferred compensation and other identifiable intangible assets
and is being amortized on a straight-line basis over estimated
lives ranging from three to five years. During the year ended
December 31, 2000, a portion of the purchase price was
charged to acquired IPR&D upon completion of the purchase
price valuation by an independent third party. At
December 31, 2004 and 2003, the Company had net goodwill of
$11.7 million and $11.7 million and net intangible
assets of $721,000 and $2.6 million, respectively (See
Notes 12 and 21).
|
|
7. |
Short-term Investments |
The following table summarizes the Companys investments in
available-for-sale securities classified as short-term
investments and marketable equity securities at
December 31, 2004 and 2003 (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized |
|
Unrealized |
|
Estimated | |
|
|
Book Value | |
|
Gains |
|
Losses |
|
Fair Value | |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
December 31, 2004
Auction rate preferred instruments |
|
$ |
45,040 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
45,040 |
|
December 31, 2003
Auction rate preferred instruments |
|
$ |
21,575 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
21,575 |
|
The contractual maturities of available-for-sale debt securities
at December 31, 2004 and 2003 were less than 30 days.
77
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
8. |
Property and Equipment |
Property and equipment consists of the following (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Computer software and equipment
|
|
$ |
37,415 |
|
|
$ |
32,275 |
|
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment
|
|
|
4,007 |
|
|
|
4,232 |
|
Leasehold improvements
|
|
|
6,352 |
|
|
|
5,829 |
|
Machinery and equipment
|
|
|
670 |
|
|
|
638 |
|
Land and building
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,060 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48,444 |
|
|
|
48,034 |
|
Less: accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(33,202 |
) |
|
|
(26,580 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
15,242 |
|
|
$ |
21,454 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation expense, excluding discontinued operations, for the
years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 was
$7.9 million, $11.3 million and $13.7 million,
respectively. Computer software and equipment above includes
$5.5 million and $2.3 million, respectively, of assets
purchased under capital leases at December 31, 2004 and
2003.
|
|
9. |
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets |
A change in the net carrying amount of goodwill for the year
ended December 31, 2004 was made as a result of the
write-off of $975,000 due to sale of Wyldfyre business. Goodwill
by segment as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 is as follows
(in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Media services
|
|
$ |
1,307 |
|
|
$ |
1,307 |
|
Software
|
|
|
11,681 |
|
|
|
12,656 |
|
Print
|
|
|
6,514 |
|
|
|
6,514 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
19,502 |
|
|
$ |
20,477 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definite-lived intangible assets consist of purchased content,
porting relationships, purchased technology, and other
miscellaneous agreements entered into in connection with
business combinations and are amortized
78
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
over expected periods of benefits. There are no indefinite lived
intangibles and no expected residual values related to these
intangible assets (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Gross | |
|
Accumulated | |
|
Gross | |
|
Accumulated | |
|
|
Amount | |
|
Amortization | |
|
Amount | |
|
Amortization | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Customer lists and relationships
|
|
$ |
18,786 |
|
|
$ |
18,407 |
|
|
$ |
18,786 |
|
|
$ |
18,081 |
|
Trade name, trademarks, websites and brand names
|
|
|
19,746 |
|
|
|
5,499 |
|
|
|
19,746 |
|
|
|
4,032 |
|
Online traffic
|
|
|
533 |
|
|
|
533 |
|
|
|
533 |
|
|
|
320 |
|
Purchased technology
|
|
|
9,325 |
|
|
|
8,642 |
|
|
|
9,325 |
|
|
|
6,822 |
|
Purchased content
|
|
|
7,631 |
|
|
|
7,631 |
|
|
|
7,631 |
|
|
|
5,248 |
|
Porting relationships
|
|
|
1,728 |
|
|
|
1,728 |
|
|
|
1,728 |
|
|
|
1,220 |
|
NAR® operating agreement
|
|
|
1,578 |
|
|
|
451 |
|
|
|
1,578 |
|
|
|
301 |
|
Other
|
|
|
5,844 |
|
|
|
4,416 |
|
|
|
5,844 |
|
|
|
3,389 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
65,171 |
|
|
$ |
47,307 |
|
|
$ |
65,171 |
|
|
$ |
39,413 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization expense, excluding discontinued operations, for
intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2004,
2003 and 2002 was $7.9 million, $21.9 million and
$34.7 million, respectively. Amortization expense for the
next five years is estimated to be as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
Amount | |
|
|
| |
2005
|
|
|
3,587 |
|
2006
|
|
|
1,834 |
|
2007
|
|
|
1,423 |
|
2008
|
|
|
1,423 |
|
2009
|
|
|
1,423 |
|
Other current assets consist of the following (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Prepaid commissions
|
|
$ |
6,226 |
|
|
$ |
4,804 |
|
Other
|
|
|
6,272 |
|
|
|
5,781 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
12,498 |
|
|
$ |
10,585 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
79
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Accrued expenses, current, consist of the following (in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Accrued payroll and related benefits
|
|
$ |
14,109 |
|
|
$ |
14,184 |
|
Accrued royalties
|
|
|
295 |
|
|
|
1,914 |
|
Accrued restructuring charges
|
|
|
4,656 |
|
|
|
6,000 |
|
Accrued professional fees
|
|
|
9,588 |
|
|
|
3,451 |
|
Other
|
|
|
11,246 |
|
|
|
17,027 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
39,894 |
|
|
$ |
42,576 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12. |
Related-party Transactions |
In February 2001, the Company acquired all of the outstanding
shares of the Move.com Group from Cendant valued at
$745.7 million (See Note 6). In connection with and
contingent upon the closing of the acquisition of the Move.com
Group, the Company entered into a series of commercial
agreements for the sale of various technology and
subscription-based products to Real Estate Technology Trust
(RETT), an independent trust established in 1996 to
provide technology services and products to Cendants real
estate franchisees that was considered a related party of the
Company. Under the commercial agreements, RETT committed to
purchase $75.0 million in products and services to be
delivered to agents, brokers and other Cendant real estate
franchisees over the next three years. Subsequent to the closing
of the acquisition of the Move.com Group, the Company entered
into additional commercial agreements with Cendant and RETT. The
total contractual value of all commercial agreements entered
into during 2001 is approximately $95.5 million, resulting
in $82.5 million in future revenue. Revenue of
$7.7 million and $31.2 million related to these
transactions was recognized in 2003 and 2002, respectively. This
revenue was reported separately as revenue from related parties
in these financial statements. It is not practical to separately
determine the costs of such revenues. During the years ended
December 31, 2003 and 2002, the Company had received
approximately $1.2 million and $12.0 million of cash,
respectively, and had recorded at December 31, 2003 and
2002, deferred revenue of approximately $6.9 million and
$13.5 million, respectively, related to these agreements.
The Company amended certain of these agreements and relieved the
Company of certain future delivery obligations under those
agreements and recorded other income of approximately
$10.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2002.
Cendant ceased being a related party in early 2004.
As part of an employment agreement, the Company purchased a
house in the fourth quarter of 2002 from an executive officer
for $1.95 million to facilitate his move to the
Companys headquarters. The house was included in other
assets at December 31, 2003, net of its expected selling
costs, at $1.4 million and was sold in 2004 for
approximately its carrying cost.
During 2002, the Company renegotiated the earn-out agreement
with the former owners of Top Producer® that was tied to
the original purchase agreement. Several of the former owners
were employed by the Company at the time of the renegotiation
(See Note 6). This revised the contingent obligation of
$14.8 million and fixed it at $10.2 million. In
connection with this renegotiation, the Company recorded
additional goodwill of $9.3 million. The Company paid
$3.1 million of this earn-out during 2002 and the remaining
portion as part of a settlement in 2004. (See Note 21)
As part of an employment agreement entered into in 2002, the
Company reimburses its chief executive officer for the business
use of an airplane, which is owned indirectly by him. Total
expense incurred by the Company for reimbursement in 2004, 2003
and 2002 was approximately $1.3 million in each year.
80
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Segment information is presented in accordance with
SFAS No. 131 Disclosures about Segments of an
Enterprise and Related Information. This standard is based
on a management approach, which requires segmentation based upon
the Companys internal organization and disclosure of
revenue and operating expenses based upon internal accounting
methods.
The expenses presented below for each of the business segments
include an allocation of certain corporate expenses that are
identifiable and benefit those segments and are allocated for
internal management reporting purposes. The unallocated expenses
are those corporate overhead expenses that are not directly
attributable to a segment and include: corporate expenses, such
as finance, legal, internal business systems, and human
resources; amortization of intangible assets; litigation
settlement charges; stock-based charges; impairment charges and
acquisition and restructuring charges. There is no inter-segment
revenue. Assets and liabilities are not fully allocated to
segments for internal reporting purposes.
Summarized information, by segment, as excerpted from the
internal management reports is as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
Media | |
|
Software | |
|
Print | |
|
Unallocated | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
150,053 |
|
|
$ |
18,210 |
|
|
$ |
48,597 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
216,860 |
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
24,905 |
|
|
|
5,473 |
|
|
|
19,619 |
|
|
|
832 |
|
|
|
50,829 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit (loss)
|
|
|
125,148 |
|
|
|
12,737 |
|
|
|
28,978 |
|
|
|
(832 |
) |
|
|
166,031 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
63,358 |
|
|
|
4,771 |
|
|
|
19,547 |
|
|
|
712 |
|
|
|
88,388 |
|
Product and website development
|
|
|
10,405 |
|
|
|
4,705 |
|
|
|
251 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
15,362 |
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
20,236 |
|
|
|
2,799 |
|
|
|
10,371 |
|
|
|
35,036 |
|
|
|
68,442 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,894 |
|
|
|
7,894 |
|
Litigation settlement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,168 |
|
|
|
2,168 |
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,316 |
|
|
|
1,316 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
93,999 |
|
|
|
12,275 |
|
|
|
30,169 |
|
|
|
47,127 |
|
|
|
183,570 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from operations
|
|
$ |
31,149 |
|
|
$ |
462 |
|
|
$ |
(1,191 |
) |
|
$ |
(47,959 |
) |
|
$ |
(17,539 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
81
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
Media | |
|
Software | |
|
Print | |
|
Unallocated | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
143,510 |
|
|
$ |
15,018 |
|
|
$ |
47,394 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
205,922 |
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
29,796 |
|
|
|
6,001 |
|
|
|
19,363 |
|
|
|
1,409 |
|
|
|
56,569 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit (loss)
|
|
|
113,714 |
|
|
|
9,017 |
|
|
|
28,031 |
|
|
|
(1,409 |
) |
|
|
149,353 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
69,485 |
|
|
|
6,234 |
|
|
|
19,434 |
|
|
|
5,969 |
|
|
|
101,122 |
|
Product and website development
|
|
|
11,261 |
|
|
|
5,341 |
|
|
|
442 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
17,065 |
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
22,420 |
|
|
|
2,438 |
|
|
|
9,763 |
|
|
|
30,712 |
|
|
|
65,333 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,863 |
|
|
|
21,863 |
|
Litigation settlement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
63,600 |
|
|
|
63,600 |
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,100 |
|
|
|
4,100 |
|
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,999 |
|
|
|
26,999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
103,166 |
|
|
|
14,013 |
|
|
|
29,639 |
|
|
|
153,264 |
|
|
|
300,082 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from operations
|
|
$ |
10,548 |
|
|
$ |
(4,996 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,608 |
) |
|
$ |
(154,673 |
) |
|
$ |
(150,729 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
Media | |
|
Software | |
|
Print | |
|
Unallocated | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
160,506 |
|
|
$ |
33,216 |
|
|
$ |
57,303 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
251,025 |
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
38,581 |
|
|
|
12,078 |
|
|
|
20,983 |
|
|
|
1,980 |
|
|
|
73,622 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit (loss)
|
|
|
121,925 |
|
|
|
21,138 |
|
|
|
36,320 |
|
|
|
(1,980 |
) |
|
|
177,403 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
65,715 |
|
|
|
9,435 |
|
|
|
21,814 |
|
|
|
64,590 |
|
|
|
161,554 |
|
Product and website development
|
|
|
14,007 |
|
|
|
11,266 |
|
|
|
237 |
|
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
25,497 |
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
19,339 |
|
|
|
6,417 |
|
|
|
14,077 |
|
|
|
43,209 |
|
|
|
83,042 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34,699 |
|
|
|
34,699 |
|
Litigation settlement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,000 |
|
|
|
23,000 |
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,057 |
|
|
|
12,057 |
|
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,482 |
|
|
|
3,482 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
99,061 |
|
|
|
27,118 |
|
|
|
36,128 |
|
|
|
181,024 |
|
|
|
343,331 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from operations
|
|
$ |
22,864 |
|
|
$ |
(5,980 |
) |
|
$ |
192 |
|
|
$ |
(183,004 |
) |
|
$ |
(165,928 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002
included $7.7 million and $31.2 million, respectively,
of revenue from a related party, Cendant and RETT (Cendant). The
related party revenue for 2003 and 2002 consisted of
$5.8 million and $21.0 million in Media Services and
$1.9 million and $10.2 million in Software,
respectively. The Company has one customer, Cendant, a related
party, within its Media Services and Software segments
representing approximately 13% and 31%, respectively, of those
segments revenue for the year ended December 31,
2002. Our revenue from Cendant was less than 10% in each segment
for the year ended December 31, 2003 and Cendant ceased to
be a related party during 2004.
In general, options granted by the Company are vested over a
four year period and are granted at fair market value at the
date of grant. The life of an option grant cannot exceed ten
years. In January 1999, the
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HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Board of Directors adopted, and in March 1999 the Companys
stockholders approved, the 1999 Equity Incentive Plan
(1999 Plan) to replace a pre-existing stock option
plan (1996 Plan). The 1999 Plan provides for the
issuance of both non-statutory and incentive stock options to
employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company.
The initial number of shares of common stock reserved for
issuance under the 1999 Plan was 10,000,000. In April 1999 and
June 1999, the Board of Directors authorized, and the
stockholders approved, an increase in the number of shares
reserved for issuance under the 1999 Plan by an additional
3,000,000 shares and 625,000 shares, respectively.
In June 1999, the Board of Directors adopted, and the
stockholders approved, the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan
(SIP). The SIP reserves 4,900,000 shares of
common stock for future grants. The SIP contains a provision for
an automatic increase in the number of shares available for
grant starting January 1, 2000 and each January
thereafter by an amount equal to 4.5% of the outstanding shares
as of the preceding December 31; provided, however, that
the aggregate number of shares that qualify as Incentive Stock
Options (as defined in the plan) must not exceed
20.0 million shares. In accordance with the provisions of
the SIP, the number of options available for grant was increased
by 6,608,957 shares, 5,439,240 shares and
5,330,104 shares in January 2005, 2004 and 2003,
respectively.
In connection with the acquisitions of the Move.com Group,
SpringStreet, HomeWrite, Hessel and iPlace, the Company assumed
options of 3.2 million, 719,000, 196,000, 135,000, and
1.1 million, respectively. Options outstanding as of
December 31, 2004 pursuant to compensation plans assumed in
connection with prior acquisitions, in the aggregate, total
206,060 and the weighted average exercise price of those option
shares is $20.58.
On January 15, 2002, the Board of Directors adopted the
2002 Stock Incentive Plan (2002 SIP). The 2002 SIP
reserves 15,000,000 shares of common stock for future
grants of nonqualified stock options to employees, consultants,
contractors and advisors as to be determined by the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors.
The following table summarizes the activities under the option
plans for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002
(shares in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted | |
|
|
Number | |
|
|
|
Average | |
|
|
of Shares | |
|
Price per Share | |
|
Exercise Price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Outstanding at December 31, 2001
|
|
|
14,658 |
|
|
$ |
0.02 to 89.25 |
|
|
|
24.16 |
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
29,558 |
|
|
|
0.00 to 2.70 |
|
|
|
1.72 |
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(406 |
) |
|
|
0.00 to 2.00 |
|
|
|
0.48 |
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
|
(19,495 |
) |
|
|
0.06 to 89.25 |
|
|
|
16.42 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2002
|
|
|
24,315 |
|
|
|
0.03 to 89.25 |
|
|
|
3.32 |
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
2,564 |
|
|
|
0.56 to 3.68 |
|
|
|
1.84 |
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(1,595 |
) |
|
|
0.30 to 3.57 |
|
|
|
1.59 |
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
|
(2,735 |
) |
|
|
0.30 to 89.25 |
|
|
|
6.25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2003
|
|
|
22,549 |
|
|
|
0.30 to 89.25 |
|
|
|
2.87 |
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
8,459 |
|
|
|
2.18 to 4.88 |
|
|
|
3.37 |
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(1,739 |
) |
|
|
0.30 to 3.00 |
|
|
|
1.39 |
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
|
(1,356 |
) |
|
|
0.30 to 89.25 |
|
|
|
5.40 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2004
|
|
|
27,913 |
|
|
$ |
0.30 to 89.25 |
|
|
$ |
2.99 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
83
HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Common stock available for future grants as of December 31,
2004 was 13.8 million shares, but increased on
January 1, 2005 to 20.4 million shares.
Additional information with respect to the outstanding options
at December 31, 2004 is as follows (shares in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding | |
|
|
|
Options Exercisable | |
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average | |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Number | |
|
Remaining | |
|
Average | |
|
Number | |
|
Average | |
Prices |
|
of Shares | |
|
Contractual Life | |
|
Exercise Price | |
|
of Shares | |
|
Exercise Price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
$0.30 to 0.84
|
|
|
3,024 |
|
|
|
7.85 |
|
|
|
0.45 |
|
|
|
1,640 |
|
|
|
0.43 |
|
0.85 to 1.44
|
|
|
985 |
|
|
|
7.65 |
|
|
|
1.28 |
|
|
|
566 |
|
|
|
1.31 |
|
1.72 to 1.76
|
|
|
11,676 |
|
|
|
7.07 |
|
|
|
1.76 |
|
|
|
8,704 |
|
|
|
1.76 |
|
2.07 to 2.25
|
|
|
4,094 |
|
|
|
8.47 |
|
|
|
2.25 |
|
|
|
1,315 |
|
|
|
2.25 |
|
2.31 to 3.57
|
|
|
2,915 |
|
|
|
9.54 |
|
|
|
2.96 |
|
|
|
609 |
|
|
|
3.03 |
|
2.58 to 3.99
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
8.55 |
|
|
|
3.75 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
3.71 |
|
4.09 to 4.09
|
|
|
2,900 |
|
|
|
9.36 |
|
|
|
4.09 |
|
|
|
272 |
|
|
|
4.09 |
|
4.17 to 69.63
|
|
|
2,261 |
|
|
|
7.52 |
|
|
|
12.63 |
|
|
|
1,120 |
|
|
|
19.31 |
|
72.13
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
5.16 |
|
|
|
72.13 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
72.13 |
|
89.25
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
5.09 |
|
|
|
89.25 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
89.25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$0.30 to $89.25
|
|
|
27,913 |
|
|
|
7.91 |
|
|
$ |
2.99 |
|
|
|
14,263 |
|
|
$ |
3.25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The weighted-average fair value of options granted during the
years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 was $3.37,
$1.58 and $1.46, respectively. The total number of shares
exercisable was 14.3 million, 11.6 million and
8.0 million at December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002,
respectively. The weighted average exercise price at those dates
was $3.25, $3.47 and $4.82, respectively.
In 2002, as a result of previously established employment
agreements, the Company accelerated the vesting of 467,187
options and extended the exercise period related to the
departure of former executive officers and recorded a non-cash
charge amounting to $4.9 million. In 2003, as a result of
previously established employment agreements, the Company
accelerated the vesting of 1,162,945 options and extended the
exercise period related to the departure of former officers and
recorded a non-cash charge amounting to $2.6 million.
|
|
|
Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
In July 1999, the Company adopted, and the stockholders
approved, the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(ESPP). Under the terms of the ESPP, the initial
aggregate number of shares of stock that could be issued was
750,000, cumulatively increased on January 1, 2000 and each
January 1 thereafter until and including January 1, 2009 by
an amount equal to one-half of one percent (.5%) of the
outstanding shares of stock as of the preceding
December 31; provided, however, that the aggregate shares
reserved under the plan was not to exceed 5,000,000 shares.
In January 2004, 2003 and 2002, the amount available under the
plan was increased by 604,360, 592,234 and 587,534 shares,
respectively. Employees could choose to have up to 15% of their
annual base earnings withheld, but not to exceed $15,000, to
purchase the Companys common stock. The purchase price of
the common stock would be 85% of the lesser of the fair market
value as of the beginning or ending of the offering period in
February and August, as defined in the plan. The first offering
period started on August 1, 1999. During 2004, 2003 and
2002, the Company issued 1,405,367, 1,243,105 and
282,691 shares, respectively, of common stock under the
ESPP at a weighted issuance price of $1.02, $0.67 and
$0.77 per share, respectively. The Company terminated the
ESPP in December 2004.
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HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
During the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002,
the Company issued 77,250, 436,588, and 36,000 shares of
restricted stock, respectively, to certain members of the
Companys Board of Directors. The 2002 shares vested
over one year and the 2003 and 2004 shares vest over three
years. The charge associated with the issuance of these shares
was $367,000 for 2004 shares, $344,000 for 2003 shares
and $90,000 for 2002 shares and are being recognized over
their respective vesting period. There was an additional
70,922 restricted shares issued to the chief executive
officer resulting in a $300,000 charge for the year ended
December 31, 2004.
Throughout 1998 and 1999, the Company issued warrants to
purchase 910,836 shares of common stock at a weighted
average price of $21.18 per share to MLSs that agreed to
provide their real estate listings to the Company for
publication on its website. All warrants issued were
fully-vested, non-forfeitable and were immediately exercisable.
The Company incurred a total non-cash charge of approximately
$11.2 million, which was recognized as expense over the
term of the applicable MLS agreements, ranging from one to two
years. Through the year ended December 31, 2001, warrants
to purchase 368,859 shares of the Companys
common stock were exercised at a weighted average exercise price
of $20.00 per share. None have been exercised since 2001.
Throughout 2000, the Company issued warrants to
purchase 31,680 shares of the Companys common
stock at a weighted average exercise price of $85.45 per
share to MLSs that agreed to provide their real estate listings
to the Company for publication on its websites. All warrants
issued were fully vested, non-forfeitable and were immediately
exercisable. The Company incurred a total non-cash charge of
approximately $1.8 million, which was recognized as expense
over the term of the applicable MLS agreement, ranging from two
to three years. In October 2001, the Company reduced the
exercise price of the warrants to $27.95, and recognized an
additional $3.0 million charge which was recognized over
the remaining term of the agreements.
During the year ended December 31, 2000, the Company issued
a warrant to purchase 40,000 shares at $88.12 as part
of a consumer website operating agreement with the Manufactured
Homes Institute (MHI) wherein the Company would be
the exclusive provider of web sites, home pages, electronic mail
and similar Internet related products and services to MHI
members and MHI would provide the Company with joint marketing
activities and access to member lists and other materials. The
Company recorded a prepaid asset of approximately
$2.7 million and has a remaining balance of
$1.4 million as of December 31, 2004 and
$1.6 million as of December 31, 2003.
During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company issued
a warrant to purchase 240,000 shares at $2.07 as part
of a consulting agreement. The warrant was immediately vested
and the charge associated with this warrant was recognized upon
the issuance of the warrant and was not material to the
Companys financial results. These warrants expire in 2006.
The Company recognized $0.3 million, $1.2 million and
$9.4 million in stock-based charges for the years ending
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively, in
connection with the issuance of all warrants. At
December 31, 2004, warrants to
purchase 291,793 shares of common stock were
outstanding with a weighted-average exercise price of
$14.82 per share.
At December 31, 2004, the Company had authorized the
issuance of one share of Series A preferred stock. At
December 31, 2004, one share of Series A preferred
stock was issued and outstanding and held by NAR. The holder of
Series A preferred stock has the following rights:
Voting Except as provided in this paragraph,
the Series A preferred stockholder is not entitled to
notice of any stockholders meetings and shall not be
entitled to vote on any matters with respect to any
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STATEMENTS (Continued)
question upon which holders of common stock or preferred stock
have the right to vote, except as may be required by law (and,
in any such case, the Series A preferred shall have one
vote per share and shall vote together with the common stock as
a single class). The holder of Series A preferred is
entitled to elect one director of the Company. If there is any
vacancy in the office of a director elected by the holder of the
Series A preferred, then a director to hold office for the
unexpired term of such directorship may be elected by the vote
or written consent of the holder of the Series A preferred
stock. The provisions dealing with preferred stockholders rights
included in the Certificate of Incorporation may not be amended
without the approval of the holder of the Series A
preferred stock.
Dividends In each calendar year, the holder
of the Series A preferred is entitled to receive, when, as
and if declared by the Board, non-cumulative dividends in an
amount equal to $0.08 per share (as appropriately adjusted
for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and the
like), prior and in preference to the payment of any dividend on
the common stock in such calendar year. If, after dividends in
the full preferential amounts specified in this section for the
Series A preferred have been paid or declared and set apart
in any calendar year of the Company, the holder of Series A
preferred shall have no further rights to receive any further
dividends that the Board may declare or pay in that calendar
year.
Liquidation In the event of any liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or
involuntary, the Series A preferred is entitled to receive,
prior and in preference to any payment or distribution on any
shares of common stock, an amount per share equal to
$1.00 per share of Series A preferred. After payment
of such amount, any further amounts available for distribution
shall be distributed among the holders of common stock and the
holders of preferred stock other than Series A preferred,
if any, entitled to receive such distributions.
Redemption Upon the earlier to occur of
(i) termination of that certain operating agreement dated
November 26, 1996, as the same may be amended from time to
time (the operating agreement), or (ii) NAR
ceases to own at least 149,778 shares of common stock of
the Company, or (iii) the existence and continuance of a
material breach by NAR of that certain Joint Ownership
Agreement, dated as of November 26, 1996, between NAR, and
subsidiaries of the Company, or the Trademark License dated as
of November 26, 1996, by and between NAR and the Company,
at any time thereafter the Company may, at the option of the
Board, redeem the Series A preferred. The redemption price
for each share of Series A preferred shall be
$1.00 per share.
Conversion Each share of Series A
preferred stock shall automatically be converted into one share
of common stock upon any sale, transfer, pledge, or other
disposition of the share of Series A preferred to any
person or entity other than the initial holder of such share of
Series A preferred, or any successor by operation of law
that functions as a non-profit trade association for
REALTORS® under Section 501(c)(6) of Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, that owns the REALTOR® trademark,
or any wholly-owned affiliate of such holder as long as the
holder continues to own such affiliate.
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Repurchase of Common Stock |
During 2002, the Company reached an agreement with the former
owner and previous employee of WyldFyre to
repurchase 127,262 shares of the Companys common
stock issued as part of the acquisition for approximately
$3.9 million resulting in $169,000 in treasury stock and
$3.7 million as a reduction to accrued liabilities. This
agreement was entered into because the Company was unable to
register the shares as required by the original agreement. The
$3.8 million was accrued during the year ended
December 31, 2001 and is included in general and
administrative expenses.
During 2003, the Company repurchased 31,765 shares of
common stock for approximately $38,000, in exchange for the
cancellation of notes payable to the Company of equal value.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
In April 2000, the Company entered into a five-year distribution
agreement with AOL. In exchange for entering into this
agreement, the Company paid AOL $20.0 million in cash and
issued to AOL approximately 3.9 million shares of its
common stock. In the agreement, the Company also guaranteed that
the value of approximately 64%, 18% and 18% of the shares it
issued, would be $65.64 per share on July 31, 2003 and
$68.50 per share on July 31, 2004 and July 31,
2005, respectively. This guarantee only applied to shares that
continued to be held by AOL at the end of each respective
guarantee period. At December 31, 2002, the Company had
recorded a total of $219.5 million of distribution
obligation. This distribution obligation represented the
guaranteed fair market value of the approximately
3.9 million shares of the Companys common stock
issued upon entering the agreement. The difference between the
total guaranteed amount and the liability recorded was being
recorded as other expense over the term of the agreement. In
connection with the guarantee, the Company established a
$90.0 million letter of credit and was required to pledge
an amount equal to the outstanding portion of the letter of
credit. At December 31, 2002, the cash pledged was
classified as restricted cash on the balance sheet. This letter
of credit could have been drawn against by AOL in the event the
Companys 30-day average closing price is less than $65.64
on July 31, 2003. The aggregate amount of cash payments the
Company would have been required to make in performing under
this agreement was limited to $90.0 million. Any additional
obligation to AOL could have been paid in cash or Company common
stock at the Companys discretion. If the amount the
Company was required to pay AOL at July 31, 2003 exceeded
$90.0 million, the distribution agreement with AOL would
expire.
In January 2001, the Company issued 600,000 shares of its
common stock in connection with a five-year marketing and
distribution agreement, the fair value of which was
$11.1 million on the date of issuance. Concurrently, the
Company also entered into a marketing and web services agreement
with this same party for $15.0 million in cash which is
payable to the Company over the five-year term of the agreement.
The Company is recording these transactions over the five-year
term of the agreements on a net revenue basis. Accordingly,
variable charges associated with the fair value of the common
stock are recognized over the term of the agreement and included
as an offset to revenue recognized related to the cash payments.
In October 2001, the Company made certain amendments to the
marketing and web services agreement, including the removal of
performance requirements related to the vesting of the
600,000 shares of common stock. As a result, the charges
associated with the common stock became fixed in connection with
the amendment. The net unamortized deferred balance for this
equity consideration will continue to be amortized as a
reduction of revenue over the remaining term of the agreement.
Net revenue recognized in connection with these agreements was
$0, $(487,000) and $(124,000) for the years ended
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
In October 2001, the Company filed a demand for arbitration with
AOL relating to the distribution agreement. The Companys
complaint claimed that AOL has breached the distribution
agreement by failing to meet its contractual obligations. In the
arbitration, the Company sought a declaration that AOL breached
the distribution agreement; that it may terminate or rescind the
contract and receive damages and other appropriate relief; that
it may terminate the contract without AOL having any right to
the $90.0 million letter of credit issued in favor of AOL
in connection with the distribution agreement; and that the
Company would have no further obligations under the distribution
agreement. An arbitration hearing was held in mid-July 2002 and
the Company submitted its Proposed Findings of Fact and
Conclusions of Law to the Tribunal on September 20, 2002.
During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company issued
117,262 shares of its common stock in connection with the
purchase agreement for Homestyles for certain performance
objectives and recognized $141,000 in compensation expense
during 2002.
In January 2003, the Company entered into a new marketing
agreement with AOL that settled the arbitration and terminated
the obligation under the old agreement. As part of the new
marketing agreement,
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
which continued through June 2004, the Company had the exclusive
right to provide AOL with real estate listings, and AOL members
also retained access to a wide array of the Companys
professional content. The parties continued to share advertising
revenue in certain home-related categories. The Company paid AOL
$7.5 million in cash to terminate the previous agreement
and allowed AOL to fully draw down on the $90.0 million
letter of credit secured by restricted cash on the
Companys balance sheet at December 31, 2002.
Termination of the previous agreement also eliminated the
Companys responsibility to provide AOL with an additional
make-whole payment in July 2003. Transfer
restrictions relating to the approximately 3.9 million
shares of the Companys common stock issued to AOL under
the previous agreement were removed. Over the term of the
agreement, the Company made or will make quarterly cash payments
of $3.75 million, in six equal installments beginning
January 2003 and ending June 2004. The Company replaced the
agreement in 2004 with an agreement through December 31,
2005. (See Note 21)
In May 2004, in accordance with an order entered by the District
Court, the Company issued 20.0 million shares of its common
stock in connection with the settlement of the Securities
Class Action Lawsuit. The fair value of the shares on the
date the settlement was approved was $50.6 million which
was recorded as expense in the year ended December 31, 2003.
In May 2004 the Company issued 200,000 shares of its common
stock with a fair value of $560,000 in settlement of the
derivative litigation. The Company had previously accrued for
the expense of this settlement.
In July 2004, pursuant to the settlement of three lawsuits
brought by certain former shareholders of Top Producer Systems,
Inc., the Company (i) issued 2,097,984 shares of
common stock in satisfaction of the remaining installments of
the Companys purchase price of Top Producer® that
were due in 2003, 2004 and 2005, (ii) issued
151,064 shares of common stock and paid $104,000 in cash in
satisfaction of non-competition payments due to the former
president of Top Producer® and (iii) issued
75,988 shares of common stock in settlement of the various
claims. The fair value of these shares was $8.7 million of
which $7.9 million had previously been accrued resulting in
a $0.8 million settlement charge in the year ended
December 31, 2004.
Also in July 2004, pursuant to the settlement of a lawsuit
brought by certain former owners and directors of iPlace, the
Company issued 177,631 shares of its common stock and paid
$700,000 in cash. As a result of this settlement, the Company
recoded a litigation settlement charge of approximately
$1.4 million in the year ended December 31, 2004.
The Company recognized $0.3 million, $1.1 million and
$45.7 million in stock-based charges in connection with the
issuance of common stock for the years ended December 31,
2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
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HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and
diluted net loss per share applicable to common stockholders for
the periods indicated (in thousands, except per share amounts):
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Year Ended December 31, | |
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| |
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|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
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2002 | |
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| |
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| |
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| |
Numerator:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from continuing operations
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|
$ |
(14,501 |
) |
|
$ |
(46,373 |
) |
|
$ |
(168,949 |
) |
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|
Gain on disposition of discontinued operations
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|
|
7,294 |
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|
|
2,530 |
|
|
|
11,790 |
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|
|
Loss from discontinued operations
|
|
|
(679 |
) |
|
|
(3,281 |
) |
|
|
(6,266 |
) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
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|
$ |
(7,886 |
) |
|
$ |
(47,124 |
) |
|
$ |
(163,425 |
) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denominator:
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares outstanding
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|
|
136,518 |
|
|
|
118,996 |
|
|
|
117,900 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted income (loss) per share:
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from continuing operations
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|
$ |
(0.11 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.39 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.43 |
) |
|
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
|
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$ |
(0.06 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.40 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.39 |
) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
The per share computations exclude preferred stock, options and
warrants which are anti-dilutive. The number of such shares
excluded from the basic and diluted net loss per share
computation were 28,204,581, 22,847,784 and 25,056,743 for the
years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
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18. |
Supplemental Cash Flow Information |
During the year ended December 31, 2004:
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The Company paid $62,000 in interest. |
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|
The Company sold two of its business units generating net
proceeds of $9.5 million and a gain on sale of
$7.3 million. |
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|
The Company sold its Welcome Wagon® facility generating net
proceeds of $6.3 million and a gain on sale of
$1.4 million. |
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|
The Company issued 20 million shares of stock and paid
$3.0 million in settlement of the Securities
Class Action lawsuit that had previously been accrued at
$53.6 million. |
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|
The Company issued 200,000 shares of stock and paid
$150,000 in settlement of the derivative litigation suit which
had previously been accrued at $710,000. |
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|
The Company issued 2.3 million shares of stock in
settlement of the Top Producer® litigation resulting in an
additional charge of $793,000 against an existing accrual of
$7.9 million. |
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|
The Company granted 70,922 shares of restricted common
stock to its Chief Executive Officer. These shares vest over
three years. The expense associated with these shares was
$300,000 and was recognized in 2004. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
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|
The Company issued 77,250 shares of restricted common stock
to certain members of its Board of Directors. These shares vest
over three years. The charge associated with these shares was
$367,000 and is being recognized over the three-year vesting
period. |
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The Company funded $3.2 million of capital expenditure
through an equipment lease financing arrangement. |
During the year ended December 31, 2003:
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The Company paid $103,000 in interest. |
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|
The Company was required to accelerate 1,162,945 options for
terminated former executives and incurred a $2,609,000 expense
in 2003. |
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|
The Company issued 436,000 shares of restricted stock to
certain members of the Companys Board of Directors. These
shares vest over three years. The charge associated with the
issuance of these shares was $344,000 and is being recognized
over the three-year vesting period. |
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The Company funded $2.1 million of capital expenditures
through an equipment lease financing arrangement. |
During the year ended December 31, 2002:
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The Company paid $372,000 in interest. |
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|
The Company also amended an agreement relating to earn-out
payments of $14.8 million that were part of the original
Top Producer® purchase agreement. The amendment revised the
contingent obligation of $14.8 million and fixed it at
$10.2 million. In connection with the amendment, the
Company recorded additional goodwill of $9.3 million. |
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|
The Company was required to accelerate 467,187 options for
terminated former executives and incurred a $4.9 million
expense in 2002. |
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|
|
The Company issued 36,000 shares of restricted stock to
certain members of the Companys Board of Directors. These
shares vest over one year. The charge associated with the
issuance of these shares was $90,000 and is being recognized
over the one-year vesting period. 12,000 of these shares were
returned to the Company in 2003, prior to vesting. |
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The Company issued a warrant to
purchase 240,000 shares at $2.07 as part of a
consulting agreement. The warrant was immediately vested and the
charge associated with this warrant was not material to the
Companys operations. |
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|
19. |
Defined Contribution Plan |
The Company has a savings plan (Savings Plan) that
qualifies as a defined contribution plan under
Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the
Savings Plan, participating employees may defer a percentage
(not to exceed 15%) of their eligible pretax earnings up to the
Internal Revenue Services annual contribution limit. All
full-time employees on the payroll of the Company are eligible
to participate in the Plan. The Company is not required to
contribute to the Savings Plan and has made no contributions
since the inception of the Savings Plan.
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HOMESTORE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
As a result of net operating losses, the Company has not
recorded a provision for income taxes. The components of the
deferred tax assets and related valuation allowance at
December 31, 2004 and 2003 are as follows (in thousands):
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|
December 31, | |
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December 31, | |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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| |
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| |
Deferred tax assets:
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|
Net operating loss carryforwards
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|
$ |
357,067 |
|
|
$ |
325,470 |
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|
Deferred expenses
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|
|
14,889 |
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|
|
47,531 |
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|
Impairment charges
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|
|
2,863 |
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|
|
18,012 |
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|
Amortization of acquired intangible assets
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|
|
3,748 |
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|
|
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|
|
Other
|
|
|
624 |
|
|
|
31,187 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
379,191 |
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|
|
422,200 |
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|
Less: valuation allowance
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|
|
(379,191 |
) |
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|
(409,283 |
) |
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|
|
|
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|
|
Net deferred tax assets
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|
$ |
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|
|
$ |
12,917 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of acquired intangible assets
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|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(12,917 |
) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Total gross deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12,917 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax asset (liability)
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Based on managements assessment, the Company has placed a
valuation allowance against its otherwise recognizable deferred
tax assets due to the likelihood that the Company may not
generate sufficient taxable income during the carryforward
period to utilize the net operating loss carryforwards. The
valuation allowance for net deferred taxes was decreased by
$30.1 million primarily as a result of the expiration of
deferred tax assets related to certain warrants.
To the extent that the valuation allowance recorded in
connection with the acquisition of tax carryforwards is
subsequently released, it will be credited directly to goodwill.
The difference between the statutory tax rate and the effective
tax rate is due to permanent differences and a valuation
allowance placed against the Companys deferred tax assets.
At December 31, 2004 and 2003, the Company had gross net
operating losses for federal income tax purposes of
approximately $975.9 million and $872.6 million,
respectively, which begin to expire in 2008. At
December 31, 2004 and 2003, the Company had gross net
operating losses for state income tax purposes of approximately
$949.8 million and $340.6 million, respectively, which
begin to expire in 2007. The state gross net operating loss
carryforward was increased as a result of conducting an analysis
on a state by state basis to determine the net operating loss
carryforward available for each state where the Company conducts
business, plus a current year projected tax loss of
$34.0 million. Gross net operating loss carryforwards for
both federal and state tax purposes may be subject to an annual
limitation under relevant tax laws. At December 31, 2004
and 2003, the gross net operating loss carryforwards included
approximately $0.4 million and $62.5 million
respectively, related to the exercise of employee stock options
and warrants, respectively. At December 31, 2004, the gross
net operating loss carryforwards include approximately
$3.2 million of Canadian gross net operating loss
carryforwards.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
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21. |
Settlements of Disputes and Litigation |
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Settlement of AOL Dispute |
In January 2003, the Company entered into a marketing agreement
with America Online, Inc. (AOL) that resolved its
dispute with AOL and terminated the obligations under a prior
marketing agreement. Under the January 2003 marketing agreement,
the Company has maintained the exclusive right to provide AOL
with real estate listings, and AOL retained access to the
Companys professional content. The Company paid AOL
$7.5 million in cash to terminate the previous agreement
and allowed AOL to fully draw down on an existing
$90.0 million letter of credit secured by restricted cash
at December 31, 2002. Termination of the previous agreement
also eliminated the Companys responsibility to provide AOL
with an additional make-whole payment in July 2003,
which would have been approximately $57.0 million, payable
in cash or stock. Transfer restrictions relating to the
approximately 3.9 million shares of the Companys
common stock issued to AOL under the previous agreement were
also removed. Over the term of the agreement, the Company made
quarterly cash payments of $3.75 million, in six equal
installments which began in January 2003 and ended in June 2004.
The January 2003 marketing agreement expired on June 30,
2004, and was replaced with an agreement that extends through
December 31, 2005.
In connection with the settlement with AOL, the Company reduced
its accrued distribution obligation and accrued expenses by
$189.9 million and $4.2 million, respectively, and
allowed AOL to draw down on the $90.0 million letter of
credit. Accordingly, the Company recorded a gain on settlement
of the distribution agreement of $104.1 million, which is
included as gain on settlement of distribution agreement in the
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended
December 31, 2003.
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|
|
Settlement of Securities Class Action Lawsuit |
Beginning in December 2001, numerous separate complaints
purporting to be class actions were filed in various
jurisdictions alleging that the Company and certain of its
current and former officers and directors violated certain
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The
complaints contain varying allegations, including that the
Company made materially false and misleading statements with
respect to the Companys 2000 and 2001 financial results
included in the Companys filings with the SEC, analysts
reports, press releases and media reports. The complaints sought
an unspecified amount of damages. In March 2002, the California
State Teachers Retirement System was named lead plaintiff
(the Plaintiff), and the complaints were
consolidated in the United States District Court, Central
District of California. In November 2002, the Plaintiff filed a
first amended consolidated class action complaint
(Securities Class Action Lawsuit) naming the
Company, certain of its current officers, directors and
employees, certain of the Companys former officers,
directors and employees, and various other parties, including
among others PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as defendants. The
amended complaint made various allegations, including that the
Company violated federal securities laws, and sought an
unspecified amount of damages.
On August 12, 2003, the Company entered into a settlement
agreement with the Plaintiff to resolve all outstanding claims
against the Company in the Securities Class Action Lawsuit. On
October 8, 2003, the District Court preliminarily approved
the settlement. As a part of the settlement, the Company agreed
to pay $13.0 million in cash and issue 20.0 million
new shares of the Companys common stock valued at
$50.6 million as of August 12, 2003. The Company
placed $10.0 million in escrow in October 2003 and an
additional $3.0 million in escrow in April 2004. In May
2004, in accordance with an order entered by the District Court,
the Company issued the 20.0 million shares to counsel to
the Plaintiff as trustee. The $13.0 million and the
20.0 million shares will be distributed to the class and
Plaintiffs counsel in accordance with the judgment once
final judgment is upheld. The 20.0 million shares currently
held in trust must be voted in proportion to the votes of all
the other holders of the Companys common stock who
exercise their voting rights until they are distributed to the
class. These shares have been reflected as issued and
outstanding in the Companys financial statements beginning
in May 2004. A final hearing on the settlement was held on
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January 16, 2004, after delivery of notice to class
members. On February 5, 2004, the Court issued an interim
order generally approving the terms of the settlement, but
requesting additional briefs on two issues: (1) whether
certain objectors proposal to carve out
certain claims from the settlement was feasible; and
(2) whether notice to class members was potentially
inadequate because of the short time period given to file their
claims. The Court suggested that the parties consider allowing
additional time for class members to file claims, which would
not affect the total settlement fund. On March 16, 2004,
the Court issued its Order Granting Motion for Final
Approval of Partial Class Settlement and Directing Renotice of
the Class. The Order extended the deadline for class
members to opt out or submit claims until May 31, 2004. On
May 14, 2004, the District Court entered final judgment and
an order of dismissal with prejudice of the Securities Class
Action Lawsuit as to the Company. The final judgment includes a
bar order providing for the maximum protection to which the
Company is entitled under the law with respect to all future
claims, whether under federal, state or common law.
On June 10, 2004, an objector to the settlement filed a
notice of appeal. The Company and Plaintiff reached a settlement
with the objector and the objector filed a dismissal of the
appeal on March 4, 2005.
As a result of the settlement, the Company recorded a litigation
settlement charge of $63.6 million in its operating results
in the year ended December 31, 2003. In addition, the
Company agreed to adopt, within thirty days of final judicial
approval of the settlement, certain corporate governance
principles that have been approved by the Board of Directors,
including requirements for independent directors and special
committees, a non-classified Board of Directors with two-year
terms, appointment of a new shareholder-nominated director,
prohibition on the future use of stock options for director
compensation and minimum stock retention by officers after
exercise of future stock option grants. The Company will also
divide equally with the class any future net proceeds from
insurance with respect to the litigation after provision for
legal expenses incurred against the Company. The Plaintiff has
agreed that any members of the class who participate in the
settlement will release and discharge all claims against the
Company. The Company is aware that several persons, who
purportedly acquired the Companys shares during the class
period during January 1, 2000 through December 21,
2002, representing approximately 1% of our outstanding shares,
have notified the Plaintiff that they wish to be excluded from
the settlement.
In addition, the Company continues to be subject to litigation
by persons who have elected to be excluded from the settlement.
Moreover, the Company could be subject to claims that may not
have been discharged or barred by the settlement, including
potential claims by Cendant described in the following section.
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Settlement of Cendant Dispute |
In connection with the Companys acquisition of the
Move.com Group, the Company entered into a series of agreements
with Cendant that, among other things, provided the Company with
certain promotion and exclusive data rights and placed certain
restrictions on Cendants ability to dispose of the
Companys shares. In connection with the Companys
acquisition of the Move.com Group, Cendant previously alleged
that the Company breached certain representations and warranties
made in the acquisition agreement as a result of the restatement
of the Companys consolidated financial statements for the
year ended December 31, 2000 and the first three quarters
of 2001. On August 5, 2003, the Company and Cendant settled
potential claims relating to the Companys acquisition of
the Move.com Group and entered into certain new agreements with
Cendant. The settlement terminated certain existing arrangements
between the Company and Cendant and resulted in several new
arrangements between the parties.
Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Cendant agreed not
to sue the Company or its officers, directors and other related
parties with respect to the acquisition of the Move.com Group
and the prior restatement of the Companys financial
statements. However, in the circumstances described below,
Cendant retains the right to sue the Company for contribution,
indemnification, or similar relief if Cendant is held liable for
or settles claims against it in the Securities Class Action
Lawsuit up to the amount for which it is
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STATEMENTS (Continued)
held liable or for which it settles. The Company released all
claims against Cendant (including a release of any derivative
claims, to the extent permitted by law) relating to the
acquisition of the Move.com Group and the Companys prior
restatement of its financial statements. In addition to the
settlement agreement, Cendant and the Company executed an Option
Agreement, a new Listings License Agreement and a Source Code
License and Maintenance Services Agreement.
On March 7, 2003, the court in the Securities
Class Action Lawsuit dismissed with prejudice Cendant as a
defendant. However, that dismissal has been appealed to the
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In October
2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed an amicus
brief in support of the appeal. If Cendants dismissal as a
defendant in the Securities Class Action Lawsuit is reversed on
appeal and Cendant is subsequently found liable or settles the
claims against it in the Securities Class Action Lawsuit,
Cendant will likely seek indemnification, contribution or
similar relief from the Company. However, on March 16,
2004, as part of the Companys settlement of the Securities
Class Action Lawsuit, the United States District Court issued an
order approving the settlement and barring claims by third
parties against the Company for indemnification, contribution
and similar relief with respect to liability such third parties
may have in the Securities Class Action Lawsuit.
The March 16, 2004 order may preclude Cendant from seeking
indemnification, contribution or similar relief from the Company
in the event Cendant is found liable or settles claims against
it in the Securities Class Action Lawsuit. However, the Company
has been advised by counsel that the law is unclear on whether
Cendant would be so precluded. Therefore, the Company would
likely incur significant expenses in defending such an action by
Cendant and could ultimately be found liable to Cendant or
settle with Cendant, notwithstanding the bar order. Such
expenses, liability or settlement could have a material adverse
effect on the Companys results of operations.
In addition, if Cendant is not permitted to share in the
settlement of the Securities Class Action Lawsuit (which would
be the case if its dismissal as a defendant is reversed on
appeal), the Company has agreed to pay or otherwise provide to
Cendant the amount of money and/or other consideration that
Cendant would have been otherwise entitled to receive from that
portion of the class action settlement fund provided by the
Company had Cendant been a class member and Cendants proof
of claim in respect of its shares had been accepted in full. At
this time, Cendant is still a member of the class and has not
been excluded. Pending resolution of the appeal and approval by
the District Court of the distribution to the class of the cash
and shares, the Company is unable to estimate the amount of cash
and number of shares that Cendant could be entitled to receive
from the Company should Cendant be prevented from participating
in the settlement.
The settlement agreement also provided for the termination of a
stockholders agreement that contained a standstill provision
under which Cendant had agreed not to acquire additional
Homestore stock, a requirement that Cendant vote its Homestore
stock in proportion to the vote of all other stockholders and
restrictions on Cendants ability to sell its Homestore
stock. On August 14, 2003, the Company filed a registration
statement to enable Cendant and its affiliates to sell their
shares of the Companys common stock to the public.
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Settlement of Derivative Litigation |
In January 2002, Robert Sparaco filed a complaint in California
Superior Court, Los Angeles County, derivatively on the
Companys behalf as nominal defendant, against certain of
the Companys current and former officers and directors.
Two additional shareholder derivative actions were filed against
substantially the same defendants on the Companys behalf
as nominal defendant. The three derivative actions alleged
breaches of fiduciary duty, negligence, abuse of control,
misconduct, waste of corporate assets and other violations of
state law. In March 2002, the court entered an order
consolidating the three actions. In November 2002, the
plaintiffs filed a first-amended consolidated shareholder
derivative complaint. The complaint sought an unspecified amount
of damages.
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STATEMENTS (Continued)
In January 2002, Jeff Joerg filed a complaint in Delaware
Chancery Court, derivatively on the Companys behalf as
nominal defendant, against certain of the Companys current
and former officers and directors. The complaint alleged that
defendants breached their fiduciary duties by failing to
maintain adequate accounting controls and by employing improper
accounting practices and procedures. The complaint sought an
unspecified amount of damages.
On January 28, 2004, the Company entered into a settlement
to resolve the California Superior Court (Sparaco) and Delaware
Chancery Court (Joerg) derivative actions. In consideration for
plaintiffs release of all claims, the Company agreed to
adopt the corporate governance reforms set forth in the
Securities Class Action Lawsuit settlement upon final judicial
approval of the settlement, that it was in the best interests of
the Company to terminate its relationship with
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Companys auditors (which
the Audit Committee did in September 2003); and to pay
plaintiffs attorneys fees in the sum of $150,000 in
cash and 200,000 shares of the Companys stock. The
conditions of the settlement include approval by the United
States District Court of the Securities Class Action Lawsuit
settlement, approval by the California Superior Court of the
consolidated shareholder derivative action settlement and the
dismissal with prejudice of the California and Delaware actions.
On March 16, 2004, the United States District Court issued
an order approving the Securities Class Action settlement and on
March 26, 2004, the Superior Court approved the
consolidated shareholder derivative settlement. In May 2004, the
Company paid these fees, and issued the 200,000 shares of
common stock in a transaction exempt from registration by
Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933. The Company
had previously accrued for the expense of the settlement.
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Settlement of Other Securities Litigation |
On June 7, 2004, the Company entered into an agreement
providing for the settlement of three lawsuits brought against
it by certain former shareholders of Top Producer® in
connection with the acquisition of Top Producer® in May
2000. Pursuant to this settlement, on July 6, 2004, the
Company (i) issued 2,097,984 shares of common stock in
satisfaction of the remaining installments of the Companys
purchase price of Top Producer® that were due in 2003, 2004
and 2005, (ii) issued 151,064 shares of common stock
and paid $104,000 in cash in satisfaction of non-competition
payments due to the former president of Top Producer®, and
(iii) issued an additional 75,988 shares of common
stock in settlement of the various claims. Issuance of the
shares was exempt from registration under Section 3(a)(10)
of the Securities Act of 1933. As a result of the acceleration
of the remaining installments of the purchase price and the
issuance of additional stock to settle this dispute, the Company
recorded a litigation settlement charge of $793,000 in the year
ended December 31, 2004.
On July 6, 2004, the Company settled a lawsuit brought
against it by certain former owners and directors of iPlace.
Pursuant to this settlement, on July 9, 2004, the Company
issued to the plaintiffs 177,631 shares of the
Companys common stock and paid $700,000 in cash. The
issuance of the shares in the settlement was exempt from
registration under Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act
of 1933. As a result of the settlement, the Company recorded a
litigation settlement charge of approximately $1.4 million
in the year ended December 31, 2004.
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22. |
Commitments and Contingencies |
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Operating and Capital Leases |
The Company leases certain facilities and equipment under
non-cancelable operating leases with various expiration dates
through 2008. The leases generally contain renewal options and
payments that may be adjusted for increases in operating
expenses and increases in the Consumer Price Index. Certain
equipment leases constitute capital leases. The accompanying
consolidated financial statements include the assets and
liabilities arising from these capital lease obligations. Future
minimum lease payments under these capital and
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STATEMENTS (Continued)
operating leases as of December 31, 2004 are net of actual
sublease arrangements and exclusive of estimated sublease income
used in the restructuring provision (See Note 4) are as
follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital | |
|
Operating | |
Year Ended December 31, |
|
Leases | |
|
Leases | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
2005
|
|
$ |
1,834 |
|
|
$ |
10,724 |
|
2006
|
|
|
1,017 |
|
|
|
10,138 |
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,943 |
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,413 |
|
2009 and thereafter
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,659 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
2,851 |
|
|
$ |
32,877 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Amount representing interest
|
|
|
(86 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net capital leases
|
|
|
2,765 |
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Current portion
|
|
|
(1,774 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term capital leases
|
|
$ |
991 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Of the amounts above, $8.1 million has already been accrued
in restructuring accruals and is reflected in accrued expenses
and other non-current liabilities at December 31, 2004.
Rental expense for the Company for operating leases was
$5.6 million, $6.8 million and $10.6 million for
the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002,
respectively.
Commitments for the years ending 2008 and beyond will be
calculated based on amounts paid in the prior year adjusted for
the Annual Consumer Price Index for the period ending in the
prior calendar year.
The contractual provisions of two of the Companys
facilities lease commitments required that the Company
collateralize the obligation with outstanding letters of credit,
resulting in $5.8 million classified as restricted cash at
December 31, 2004.
The Company has entered into various web portal distribution and
preferred alliance agreements which require the Company to make
certain scheduled payments over the term of the agreements. The
following presents the Companys future minimum commitments
under those agreements (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ending December 31, |
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
$ |
14,900 |
|
2006
|
|
|
4,850 |
|
2007-2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
19,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
Additionally, under the Companys operating agreement with
NAR, the Company has an exclusive arrangement to operate
REALTOR.com® as well as a license to use the
REALTOR.com® domain name and trademark and the
REALTORS® trademark in exchange for minimum annual royalty
payments. The Company also has an operating agreement with the
International Consortium of Real Estate Associations
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STATEMENTS (Continued)
under which the Company agreed to operate the consortiums
web site but terminated the agreement in 2004. The following
presents the Companys future minimum commitments under
those agreements (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ending December 31, |
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
$ |
1,942 |
|
2006
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
2007
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
2008
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
2009
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
7,942 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Contingencies Related to Pending Litigation |
In January 2002, the Company was notified that the SEC had
issued a formal order of private investigation in connection
with accounting matters that resulted in the restatement of the
Companys consolidated financial statements in March 2002.
The SEC requested that the Company provide it with certain
documents concerning the restatement. The SEC has also requested
access to certain of the Companys current and former
employees for interviews. The Company has cooperated and
continues to cooperate fully with the SECs investigation.
Since September 2002, certain of the Companys former
employees have entered into plea agreements with the United
States Attorneys Office and the SEC in connection with the
investigation. Also in September 2002, the SEC and the
Department of Justice (the DOJ) informed the Company
that, in light of the actions taken by the Companys Board
of Directors and the Companys Audit Committee and its
cooperation in the SECs investigation, those agencies
would not bring any enforcement action against the Company.
Because the SEC and DOJ investigations are ongoing and the
Company is committed to cooperating with those investigations,
the Company will likely continue to incur additional costs
related to the investigation, and management time and attention
may be diverted until the investigation concludes.
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Insurance Coverage Litigation |
Between September 2002 and November 2002, Genesis Insurance
Company (Genesis), Federal Insurance Company
(Federal), Clarendon National Insurance Company
(Clarendon), Royal Indemnity Company
(Royal) and TIG Insurance Company of Michigan
(TIG) sent the Company notices of rescission of the
officers and directors liability policies issued to the Company
for the period of August 4, 2001 through August 4,
2002. The same carriers filed complaints to judicially confirm
the rescissions or for declaratory relief in the United States
District Court, Central District of California against the
Company and certain of its current and former officers,
directors and employees. The complaints allege
misrepresentations contained in the original applications for
insurance, the renewal applications and warranty letters.
In October 2002, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company
(Lumbermens) rescinded and filed a similar complaint
against the Company and certain of its current and former
officers, directors and employees to confirm the rescission in
the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.
In February 2003, TIG dismissed its federal court rescission
action and filed a new rescission action against the Company and
certain of the Companys current and former officers and
directors in California State Superior Court.
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In May 2003, XL Insurance Limited (Bermuda) sent the
Company a notice of rescission of the officers and directors
liability policy issued to the Company for the period
August 4, 2001 to August 4, 2002. The Company is in
discussions with Bermuda about possibly deferring any
arbitration over the insurers purported rescission pending
the resolution of the underlying liability lawsuits.
In May 2003, the United States District Court for the Central
District of California denied the Companys request that
the hearing on Federals motion for summary judgment be
continued to allow the Company to conduct discovery on the
issues presented by Federals motion, and granted
Federals motion for summary judgment declaring that the
directors and officers liability policy issued by Federal is
rescinded as to all insureds. In July 2003, the same Court
granted motions for summary judgment declaring that the
directors and officers liability policies issued by Genesis,
Royal and Clarendon are rescinded as to all insureds.
On January 21, 2004, the Company filed briefs appealing
each of the District Courts judgments to the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals. The four insurers filed opposition briefs on
April 5, 2004, and the Company filed its reply on
May 19, 2004. A date for oral argument has not been
scheduled.
On February 27, 2004, the California State Superior Court
granted the TIG and Lumbermens motions for summary
judgment declaring the directors and officers liability policies
issued by TIG and Lumbermens rescinded as to all insureds. On
July 15, 2004, the Company filed a notice of appeal in both
cases.
The Company is unable to express an opinion at this time as to
the probable outcome of these lawsuits.
In June 2000, Anil K. Agarwal filed a petition for declaratory
judgment against the Company in the District Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska. The lawsuit arises from a transaction between
Dr. Agarwal and Michael K. Luther. Mr. Luther directed
InfoTouch Corporation (InfoTouch), the
Companys predecessor, to transfer certain shares of
InfoTouch Series B Preferred Stock to Dr. Agarwal.
Dr. Agarwal seeks substantial damages and a declaratory
judgment in connection with his claim that he should have been
issued shares of Series B Preferred stock of InfoTouch
sufficient to entitle him to receive certain shares of common
stock, and that there is a shortfall of 104,375 shares of
common stock due and owing to him. The Companys motion for
summary judgment was granted and Dr. Agarwals
petition was dismissed with prejudice on December 1, 2004.
Dr. Agarwal has appealed the dismissal to the Nebraska
State Court of Appeals. The Company intends to vigorously defend
against the appeal.
In December 2001, Pentawave Inc. filed a suit for fraud,
securities fraud, rescission, breach of contract and defamation
in Ventura County Superior Court seeking $5.0 million in
compensatory and punitive damages. The Company filed for summary
judgment and in February 2005, the court granted the motion in
part, dismissing the defamation and securities fraud claims, and
denied it as to Plantiffs breach of contract common law
fraud and rescission. Although the Company intends to defend
this claim vigorously, the Company is unable to express an
opinion as to the outcome of the litigation. No trial date is
currently scheduled.
In June 2002, Tren Technologies Holdings LLC.,(Tren)
served a complaint on Homestore, NAR and NAHB in the United
States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The
complaint alleged a claim for patent infringement based on
activities related to the websites REALTOR.com® and
HomeBuilder.comTM. Specifically, Tren alleged that it owns a
patent (U.S. Patent No. 5,584,025) on an application,
method and system for tracking demographic customer information,
including tracking information related to real estate and real
estate demographics information, and that the Company has
developed an infringing technology for the NARs
REALTOR.com® and the NAHBs HomeBuilder.comTM
websites. The complaint sought unspecified damages and a
permanent injunction against the Company using the technology.
On May 22, 2004, the Company filed with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) a
Request for Reexamination of the patent at issue in the action.
On May 25, 2004, the Court issued an order
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STATEMENTS (Continued)
dismissing the action without prejudice and stating that the
matter is to remain status quo and that the statute of
limitations is tolled, and further stating that the matter
remains active and any discovery and settlement discussions will
continue. On September 8, 2004, a status conference was
held in which the Court informed the parties to contact it after
there has been further progress in the Reexamination hearing. On
January 25, 2005, the Company received a ruling from the
USPTO regarding the Companys Request for Reexamination.
The USPTO examiner found that the patent claims at issue were
not unique or proprietary and could not be patented. Tren has
60 days to appeal the ruling. The USPTOs ultimate
decision in the reexamination proceeding is likely to have an
impact on the outcome of the action. The Company believes
Trens claims are without merit and intends to vigorously
defend the case.
On October 1, 2003, Plaintiff Kevin Keithley
(Keithley) filed a complaint against the Company,
the NAR and the NAHB in the United States District Court for the
Northern District of California alleging infringement of
U.S. Patent No. 5,584,025. The complaint sought
unspecified damages and a permanent injunction against the
Company using the technology. In the complaint, Keithley asserts
exclusive license of the patent. After Keithley filed and served
the complaint, defendants, including the Company, on
May 24, 2004 filed an answer and counterclaims seeking
declarations of non-infringement and invalidity of the patent at
issue in the action. Keithley has answered the counterclaims. On
May 22, 2004, the Company filed with the USPTO a Request
for Reexamination of the patent at issue in the action. The
Court has stayed this action pending the Reexamination
proceeding. On January 25, 2005, the Company received a
ruling from the USPTO regarding the Companys Request for
Reexamination. The UPSTO examiner found that the patent claims
at issue were not unique or proprietary and could not be
patented. Keithley has 60 days to appeal the ruling. The
UPSTOs ultimate decision in the reexamination proceeding
is likely to have an impact on the outcome of the action. The
Company believes Keithleys claims are without merit and
intends to vigorously defend the case.
In September 2002, Matt L. Brody (Brody) filed a
purported class action complaint in Superior Court for the State
of California, Los Angeles County against the Company, certain
of its former officers and certain current and former directors,
and certain underwriters, alleging that the Companys
January 26, 2000 registration statement contained
materially false and misleading statements. The complaint sought
rescission or an unspecified amount of damages. In October 2002,
defendants removed the action to the United States District
Court for the Central District of California. In June 2003,
Brody filed a petition with the United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit asking the Ninth Circuit to direct the
District Court to vacate its order denying Brodys motion
to remand the action to state court. The Ninth Circuit heard
oral arguments on the petition on July 14, 2004, denied the
petition by order filed on August 17, 2004, and denied
Brodys subsequent petition for rehearing by order filed on
September 28, 2004.
On August 11, 2003, the District Court issued an order
dismissing without prejudice Brodys claims and striking
his class action allegations. Brody filed an amended complaint
on September 12, 2003. The Company filed a motion to
dismiss the amended complaint and to strike the class
allegations with prejudice. Separately, Brodys counsel
filed a motion to amend Brodys complaint to add Ronald
Drucker (Drucker) as a plaintiff. Brody filed a
motion to stay his District Court lawsuit pending final
resolution of the Securities Class Action Lawsuit. On
July 13, 2004, the Court denied Brodys motion to stay
and by Order Granting Motion to Dismiss, filed August 11,
2004, the District Court dismissed all causes of action against
all defendants. On September 2, 2004, Brody filed a notice
of appeal from dismissal of the lawsuit. On January 4,
2005, Brody directed the Ninth Circuit to dismiss his appeal in
consideration of the defendants agreement not to seek
recovery of their costs.
In November 2002, Gregory C. Pyfrom (Pyfrom) filed a
complaint in Superior Court for the State of California, Ventura
County against the Company and certain of its former officers
and directors, alleging violations of Section 10(b) of the
Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, as well as
intentional fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of
fiduciary duty, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair
dealing,
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STATEMENTS (Continued)
violations of various other laws and negligent and intentional
infliction of emotional distress. The Company filed a motion for
judgment on the pleadings or in the alternative for a summary
judgment on the principal ground that, under the law, his
lawsuit should be dismissed because his claims are barred by the
final judgment entered in the Securities Class Action Lawsuit.
By Order entered on October 20, 2004, the Court granted the
Companys motion for summary judgment in its favor as to
all claims. Pyfroms time to file a notice of appeal has
now passed. The judgment is now final.
On October 29, 2003, Peter Tafeen (Tafeen), a
former officer of Homestore, filed suit in the Delaware Chancery
Court in New Castle County. The complaint asserted a claim for
advancement of fees and expenses already incurred and for future
expenses to be incurred in connection with the SEC and DOJ
investigations and the civil actions filed against Tafeen for
his purported role in a scheme to inflate the Companys
revenues. Tafeen and the Company filed cross-motions for summary
judgment. On March 22, 2004, the Court denied a revised
Memorandum of Opinion denying both summary judgment motions and
directed that the case go to trial. The trial concluded on
July 27, 2004. On October 27, 2004, the Court ruled
that the Company is obligated to advance to Tafeen all
reasonable attorneys fees and costs associated with the
various legal proceedings in which Tafeen is involved by reason
of his service as an officer of the Company, as well as
Tafeens fees in prosecuting the action before the Court.
On January 4, 2005, a court-appointed special master held a
hearing as to the reasonableness of the fees and expenses
incurred by Tafeen. Following a final determination by the Court
as to reasonableness, the Company intends to consider its
options, including a possible appeal of the Courts
decision. Accordingly, the Company is unable to express an
opinion as to the outcome of this case at this time.
Notwithstanding the possibility of the Company prevailing in any
such appeal, as a result of the Courts ruling, the Company
recorded an accrual of $7.2 million for its estimate of the
potential advancement of legal costs of former officers and
directors, including Tafeen in the third quarter of 2004. The
Company will review the amount of the accrual each quarter and
determine whether incremental adjustments to the accrual should
be made. No adjustment was made in the fourth quarter of 2004.
On March 30, 2004, three shareholders of WyldFyre
Technologies, Inc. (WyldFyre), two of whom had
previously opted out of the settlement of the Securities Class
Action Lawsuit, filed a complaint in the Superior Court of
California, County of Los Angeles against the Company, two of
its former officers and Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. The
complaint alleges fraud, negligent misrepresentation, vicarious
liability, unfair business practices, unjust enrichment and
breach of contract arising out of the Companys acquisition
of WyldFyre in March 2000. The complaint seeks restitution,
rescissionary or compensatory damages in an unspecified amount,
disgorgement of benefits, punitive damages and costs of
litigation. The Company intends to vigorously defend this
action. At this time, however, the Company is unable to express
an opinion on the outcome of this case.
On April 12, 2004, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage
and Hour Division (the DOL), commenced a preliminary
investigation into the Companys compliance with the Fair
Labor Standards Act with regard to job classifications. The DOL
and the Company entered into a settlement on September 30,
2004 in connection with the DOLs investigation pursuant to
which the Company, without admitting liability, agreed to
(1) convert its account executives to
non-exempt classifications effective
October 11, 2004; and (2) make payments of
approximately $1.4 million to 434 current and former
account executives for past overtime compensation. These
payments were made in October 2004 and have been reflected as
sales and marketing expenses for the year ended
December 31, 2004.
On September 17, 2004, Elizabeth Hathaway filed a class
action lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of
herself and all current and former account executives employed
by Homestore, alleging that the Company misclassified account
executives as exempt from overtime wage requirements in
violation of California law. It is the Companys belief
that the amounts paid under the DOL settlement would be applied
to any similar claims made by Hathaway so as to partially or
wholly offset amounts that might ultimately be awarded to the
class. Hathaway seeks interest, attorneys fees, overtime
wages. The Company intends to
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
vigorously defend this action. At this time, however, the
Company is unable to express an opinion on the outcome of this
case.
On July 29, 2004, the Company received a copy of an amended
complaint in (Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP v. AOL Time
Warner. et.al.) in which the Company was named as a
defendant. The case was originally filed in the
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
in July 2003 against Time Warner (formerly, AOL Time Warner),
current and former officers and directors of Time Warner and
America Online, Inc. (AOL), and Time Warners
outside auditor alleging that Time Warner and AOL made material
misrepresentations and/or omissions of material fact in
connection with the business of AOL both before and after the
merger of AOL and Time Warner in violation of federal securities
laws and constituting common law fraud and negligent
misrepresentation. In adding the Company as a defendant, the
plaintiff, a Dutch pension fund, alleges that the Company and
four other third parties with whom AOL did business and who are
also named as defendants, aided and abetted the alleged common
law fraud and themselves engaged in common law fraud as part of
a civil conspiracy. The allegations against the Company, which
are based on the factual allegations in the first amended
consolidated class action complaint and other filings in the
Companys Securities Class Action Lawsuit, are that certain
former officers of the Company knew of the alleged fraud at AOL
and knowingly participated in and substantially assisted that
alleged fraud by negotiating, structuring and participating in
numerous triangular round trip transactions with AOL
and others. The plaintiff seeks an unspecified amount of
compensatory and punitive damages. The Company intends to defend
vigorously against this suit. The Company has moved to dismiss
the claims against it in the amended complaint. Discovery has
not commenced as of the filing of this Form 10-K. The
Company is unable to predict the outcome of this case or
reasonably estimate a range of possible loss.
As part of the sale in 2002 of the ConsumerInfo division, the
former subsidiary of iPlace, to Experian Holdings, Inc.
(Experian), $10.0 million of the purchase price was
put in escrow to secure our indemnification obligations (the
Indemnity Escrow). The Indemnity Escrow was
scheduled to terminate in the third quarter of 2003, but prior
to the scheduled termination, Experian demanded indemnification
from us for claims made against Experian or its subsidiaries by
several parties, including allegations of unfair and deceptive
advertising in connection with ConsumerInfos furnishing of
credit reports and providing Advice for Improving
Credit that appeared on its website both before, during,
and after our ownership of ConsumerInfo. Under the stock
purchase agreement, pursuant to which we sold ConsumerInfo to
Experian, we could have elected to defend against the claims,
but because the alleged conduct occurred both before and after
our sale to Experian, we elected to rely on Experian to defend
them. Accordingly, we have not made a complete evaluation of the
underlying claims, but rather receive periodic updates from
Experian and its counsel concerning their defense of the claims.
In January of 2005, Experian informed us that they had received
a settlement proposal in connection with certain of the unfair
and deceptive advertising allegations. The settlement proposal
covered a multi-year period during a substantial portion of
which Experian owned ConsumerInfo. If Experian were to settle
the claims for the amount of the proposed settlement, it is
possible that Experian would claim that our indemnification
obligation to it under the stock purchase agreement exceeds the
remaining $7.3 million balance of the Indemnity Escrow.
There can be no assurance that as a result of resolution of the
claims that Experian may not seek to recover from us an amount
in excess of the Indemnity Escrow. Under the terms of the stock
purchase agreement, our maximum potential liability for the
claims made by Experian in excess of the Indemnity Escrow is
capped at $29.3 million less the balance in the Indemnity
Escrow.
From time to time, the Company is party to various other
litigation and administrative proceedings relating to claims
arising from its operations in the ordinary course of business.
As of the date of this Form 10-K and except as set forth
herein, the Company is not a party to any other litigation or
administrative
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
proceedings that management believes will have a material
adverse effect on the Companys business, results of
operations, financial condition or cash flows.
In January 2005, in accordance with plan provisions, the number
of shares reserved for issuance under the SIP was increased by
an additional 6,608,957 shares.
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24. |
Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited) |
Provided below is the selected unaudited quarterly financial
data for 2004 and 2003:
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Revenue
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$ |
53,424 |
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$ |
54,320 |
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$ |
54,782 |
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$ |
54,334 |
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$ |
51,946 |
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$ |
50,480 |
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$ |
51,636 |
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$ |
51,860 |
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Gross profit
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40,174 |
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41,853 |
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42,127 |
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41,877 |
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37,564 |
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36,132 |
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37,156 |
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38,501 |
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Income from continuing operations
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(4,777 |
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(3,960 |
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(4,753 |
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(1,011 |
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87,469 |
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(93,600 |
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(28,162 |
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(12,080 |
) |
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
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(306 |
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(302 |
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180 |
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7,043 |
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(265 |
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1,911 |
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(2,420 |
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23 |
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(5,083 |
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$ |
(4,262 |
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$ |
(4,573 |
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$ |
6,032 |
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$ |
87,204 |
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$ |
(91,689 |
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$ |
(30,582 |
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$ |
(12,057 |
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Basic net income (loss) per share:
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Continuing operations
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$ |
(0.04 |
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$ |
(0.03 |
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$ |
(0.03 |
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$ |
(0.01 |
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$ |
0.74 |
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$ |
(0.79 |
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$ |
(0.24 |
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(0.10 |
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$ |
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$ |
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0.05 |
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0.01 |
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(0.02 |
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Net income (loss)
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(0.04 |
) |
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$ |
(0.03 |
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$ |
(0.03 |
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$ |
0.04 |
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$ |
0.74 |
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$ |
(0.78 |
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$ |
(0.26 |
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$ |
(0.10 |
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Diluted net income (loss) per share:
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Continuing operations
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$ |
(0.04 |
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$ |
(0.03 |
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$ |
(0.03 |
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$ |
(0.01 |
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$ |
0.72 |
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$ |
(0.79 |
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$ |
(0.24 |
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$ |
(0.10 |
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Discontinued operations
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
0.05 |
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$ |
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$ |
0.01 |
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(0.02 |
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$ |
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Net income (loss)
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$ |
(0.04 |
) |
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$ |
(0.03 |
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$ |
(0.03 |
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$ |
0.04 |
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$ |
0.72 |
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$ |
(0.78 |
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$ |
(0.26 |
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$ |
(0.10 |
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(1) |
Includes a one-time non-cash gain of $104,071 from the
settlement of a distribution agreement. |
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(2) |
Includes a litigation settlement charge of $63,600. |
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Item 9. |
Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on
Accounting and Financial Disclosure |
None.
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Item 9A. |
Controls and Procedures |
As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried
out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the
participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and
procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act). Based upon
that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures
are effective to ensure that information required to be
disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported
within the time periods specified in the SECs rules and
forms.
There were no changes in our internal control over financial
reporting during the period covered by this report that
materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Managements Annual Report on Internal Control over
Financial Reporting
The management of Homestore, Inc. (Homestore or the
Company) is responsible for establishing and
maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting
as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods
are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of
compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Homestores management assessed the effectiveness of the
Companys internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2004. In making this assessment, the
Companys management used the criteria set forth by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission
(COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework. Based on
our assessment, management believes that, as of
December 31, 2004, the Companys internal control over
financial reporting is effective based on those criteria.
Homestores independent registered public accounting firm
has issued an audit report on our assessment of the
Companys internal control over financial reporting. This
report appears below.
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/s/ W. MICHAEL LONG
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W. Michael Long |
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Chief Executive Officer |
March 11, 2005
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Lewis R. Belote, III |
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Chief Financial Officer |
March 11, 2005
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Homestore, Inc.
We have audited managements assessment, included in the
accompanying Managements Annual Report on Internal Control
over Financial Reporting appearing above, that Homestore, Inc.
maintained effective internal control over financial reporting
as of December 31, 2004 based on criteria established in
Internal Control Integrated Framework issued by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission
(the COSO criteria). Homestore, Inc.s management is
responsible for maintaining effective internal control over
financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness
of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility
is to express an opinion on managements assessment and an
opinion on the effectiveness of the companys internal
control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control
over financial reporting was maintained in all material
respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of
internal control over financial reporting, evaluating
managements assessment, testing and evaluating the design
and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing
such other procedures as we considered necessary in the
circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
A companys internal control over financial reporting is a
process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. A companys
internal control over financial reporting includes those
policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance
of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the
company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company
are being made only in accordance with authorizations of
management and directors of the company; and (3) provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the
companys assets that could have a material effect on the
financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future
periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree
of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, managements assessment that Homestore,
Inc. maintained effective internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2004, is fairly stated, in all
material respects, based on the COSO criteria. Also, in our
opinion, Homestore, Inc. maintained, in all material respects,
effective internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2004, based on the COSO criteria.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the
consolidated balance sheets of Homestore, Inc. as of
December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders equity and
comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the two
years in the period ended December 31, 2004 and our report
dated March 7, 2005 expressed an unqualified opinion
thereon.
Los Angeles, California
March 7, 2005
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Item 9B. |
Other Information |
None
PART III
Information required by Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of
Part III is omitted from this Annual Report and will be
filed in a definitive proxy statement or by an amendment to this
Annual Report not later than 120 days after the end of the
fiscal year covered by this Annual Report.
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Item 10. |
Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant |
We will provide information that is responsive to this item in
our definitive proxy statement or in an amendment to this Annual
Report not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal
year covered by this Annual Report, in either case under the
captions Management, Section 16(a)
Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance, Code of
Conduct and Business Ethics and possibly elsewhere
therein. That information is incorporated in this item by
reference.
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Item 11. |
Executive Compensation |
We will provide information that is responsive to this item in
our definitive proxy statement or in an amendment to this Annual
Report not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal
year covered by this Annual Report, in either case under the
caption Executive Compensation, and possibly
elsewhere therein. That information is incorporated in this item
by reference.
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Item 12. |
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management and Related Stockholder Matters |
We will provide information that is responsive to this item in
our definitive proxy statement or in an amendment to this Annual
Report not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal
year covered by this Annual Report, in either case under the
caption Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
and Management, and possibly elsewhere therein. That
information is incorporated in this item by reference.
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Item 13. |
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions |
We will provide information that is responsive to this item in
our definitive proxy statement or in an amendment to this Annual
Report not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal
year covered by this Annual Report, in either case under the
caption Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions, and possibly elsewhere therein. That
information is incorporated in this item by reference.
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Item 14. |
Principal Accounting Fees and Services |
We will provide information that is responsive to this item in
our definitive proxy statement or in an amendment to this Annual
Report not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal
year covered by this Annual Report, in either case under the
caption Principal Accountant Fees and Services, and
possibly elsewhere therein. That information is incorporated in
this item by reference.
PART IV
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Item 15. |
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules |
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this
report:
(1) Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data: See Index to Consolidated Financial Statements at
Item 8 on page 67 of this report.
(2) Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying
Accounts, Exhibit Number 99.01.
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(3) Exhibits
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2.01 |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 31, 1998
between NetSelect, Inc. and InfoTouch Corporation. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 2.01 to our registration statement
on Form S-1 (File No. 333-79689) filed May 28,
1999.) |
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2.02 |
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Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated June 20, 1998
among NetSelect, Inc., National New Homes Co., Inc., MultiSearch
Solutions, Inc., Fred White, and R. Fred White III.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.02 to our
registration statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-79689) filed May 28, 1999.) |
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2.03 |
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Exchange Agreement dated March 31, 1998 among NetSelect,
Inc., The Enterprise of America, Ltd., and Roger Scommegna.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.03 to our
registration statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-79689) filed May 28, 1999.) |
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2.04 |
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Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated May 19, 1999
between NetSelect, Inc., Avenue Acquisition Corporation and
SpringStreet, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 2.04 to our registration statement on
Form S-1/ A (File No. 333-79689) filed June 17,
1999.) |
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2.05 |
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Stock Purchase Agreement dated October 12, 1999 among
Homestore.com®, Inc., The Homebuyers Fair, Inc.,
certain shareholders of The Homebuyers Fair, Inc., and
Central Newspapers, Inc., as Shareholder Agent. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.01 to our current report on Form 8-K
filed November 15, 1999.) |
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2.06 |
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Stock Purchase Agreement dated October 12, 1999 among
Homestore.com®, Inc., FAS-Hotline, Inc., the shareholders
of FAS-Hotline, Inc., and Central Newspapers, Inc., as
Shareholder Agent. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 2.02 to our current report on Form 8-K filed
November 15, 1999.) |
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2.07 |
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Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated October 26, 2000
among Homestore.com®, Inc., Metal Acquisition Corp., WW
Acquisition Corp., Move.com, Inc., Welcome
Wagon®International, Inc., Cendant Membership Services
Holdings, Inc. and Cendant Corporation. (Incorporated by
reference to Annex A to the definitive proxy statement
filed November 29, 2000.) |
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3.01.1 |
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated
August 10, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.01.1 to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2003 filed May 14, 2003.) |
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3.01.2 |
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Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation dated
May 22, 2002. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.01.2 to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2003 filed May 14, 2003.) |
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3.02 |
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Bylaws dated August 10, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2003 filed August 14, 2003.) |
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3.03.1 |
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RealSelect, Inc.s Certificate of Incorporation dated
October 25, 1996. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.05.1 to our registration statement on
Form S-1 (File No. 333-79689) filed May 28, 1999.) |
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3.03.2 |
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RealSelect, Inc.s Certificate of Amendment to Certificate
of Incorporation dated November 25, 1996. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.05.2 to our registration statement
on Form S-1/ A (File No. 333-79689) filed June 17,
1999.) |
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3.04 |
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RealSelect, Inc.s Amended By-laws dated December 1999.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.07 of our Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1999 filed March 10,
2000.) |
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4.01 |
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Form of Specimen Certificate for common stock. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.01 to our registration statement on
Form S-1/ A (File No. 333-79689) filed July 8,
1999.) |
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4.02.1 |
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NetSelect, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Stockholders
Agreement dated January 28, 1999. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.02.1 to our registration statement
on Form S-1 (File No. 333-79689) filed May 28,
1999.) |
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4.02.2 |
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Amendment No. 1 to NetSelect, Inc. Second Amended and
Restated Stockholders Agreement dated April 9, 1999.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.02.2 to our
registration statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-79689) filed May 28, 1999.) |
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10.01.1 |
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Operating Agreement dated November 26, 1996, between
REALTORS® Information Network, Inc. and RealSelect, Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.02 to our
registration statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-79689) filed May 28, 1999.) |
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10.01.2 |
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First Amendment to Operating Agreement dated December 27,
1996 between REALTORS® Information Network, Inc. and
RealSelect, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.02.2 to our registration statement on
Form S-1/ A (File No. 333-79689) filed June 17,
1999.) |
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10.01.3 |
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Amendment No. 2 to Operating Agreement dated May 28,
1999 between REALTORS® Information Network, Inc. and
RealSelect, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.02.3 to our registration statement on
Form S-1/A (File No. 333-79689) filed June 17,
1999.) |
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10.02 |
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Master Agreement dated November 26, 1996, among NetSelect,
Inc., NetSelect, L.L.C., RealSelect, Inc., CDW Internet, L.L.C.,
Whitney Equity Partners, L.P., Allen & Co., InfoTouch
Corporation, and REALTORS® Information Network, Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.03 to our
registration statement on Form S-1/A (File
No. 333-79689) filed June 17, 1999.) |
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10.03 |
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Joint Ownership Agreement dated November 26, 1996, among
National Association of REALTORS®, NetSelect, L.L.C., and
NetSelect, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.04
to our registration statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-79689) filed May 28, 1999.) |
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10.04 |
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Trademark License dated November 26, 1996, between National
Association of REALTORS® and RealSelect, Inc. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.05 to our registration statement
on Form S-1 (File No. 333-79689) filed May 28,
1999.) |
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10.05 |
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Agreement dated August 21, 1998 among RealSelect, Inc.,
REALTORS® Information Network, Inc., National Association
of REALTORS®, NetSelect, Inc., and NetSelect L.L.C.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to our
registration statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-79689) filed May 28, 1999.) |
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10.06 |
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Agreement dated May 28, 1999 among NetSelect, Inc.,
RealSelect, Inc., REALTORS® Information Network, Inc. and
National Association of REALTORS®. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.30 to our registration statement on
Form S-1/A (File No. 333-79689) filed June 17,
1999.) |
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10.07 |
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Letter Agreement Regarding Rental Site Acquisition dated
May 17, 1999 among National Association of REALTORS®,
REALTORS® Information Network, Inc. and RealSelect, Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to our
registration statement on Form S-1/A (File
No. 333-79689) filed June 17, 1999.)(1) |
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10.08 |
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Stock and Interest Purchase Agreement (NetSelect Series A
and B Preferred) dated November 26, 1996, among NetSelect,
Inc., NetSelect L.L.C., and InfoTouch Corporation. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.06 to our registration statement
on Form S-1 (File No. 333-79689) filed May 28,
1999.) |
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10.09 |
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Stock Purchase Agreement dated March 16, 2002 between
Experian Holdings, Inc. and Homestore.com®, Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Form 8-K
filed March 19, 2002.) |
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10.10 |
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Distribution Agreement dated January 9, 2003 between
America Online, Inc. and Homestore, Inc. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.10 to our annual report on Form
10-K filed March 26, 2003.)(1) |
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10.11.1 |
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Office Lease dated September 18, 1998 between RealSelect,
Inc. and WHLNF Real Estate Limited Partnership for 225 West
Hillcrest, Suite 100, Thousand Oaks, California.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24.1 to our
registration statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-79689) filed May 28, 1999.) |
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10.11.2 |
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First Amendment to Office Lease dated March 31, 1999
between RealSelect, Inc. and WHLNF Real Estate Limited
Partnership for 225 West Hillcrest, Suite 100, Thousand
Oaks, California. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.24.2 to our registration statement on
Form S-1 (File No. 333-79689) filed May 28, 1999.) |
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10.12 |
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Standard Office Lease Form, Westlake North Business Park dated
March 7, 2000 between Westlake North Associates, LLC, and
Homestore, Inc. for 30700 Russell Ranch Road, Westlake Village,
California. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to
our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 filed
April 2, 2001.) |
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10.13 |
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NetSelect, Inc. 1996 Stock Incentive Plan. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.16 to our registration statement on
Form S-1 (File No. 333-79689) filed May 28,
1999.)(3) |
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10.14 |
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NetSelect, Inc. 1999 Equity Incentive Plan. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.17 to our registration statement on
Form S-1 (File No. 333-79689) filed May 28,
1999.)(3) |
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10.15 |
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Homestore.com®, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to our
registration statement on Form S-1/A (File
No. 333-79689) filed July 27, 1999.)(3) |
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10.16 |
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Homestore.com®, Inc. 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to our
registration statement on Form S-1/A (File
No. 333-79689) filed July 27, 1999.)(3) |
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10.17 |
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Homestore.com®, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.04 to our
registration statement on Form S-8 (File
No. 333-89172) filed May 24, 2002.)(3) |
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10.18 |
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InfoTouch Corporation 1994 Stock Incentive Plan. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to our registration statement
on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-79689) filed June 17,
1999.)(3) |
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10.19 |
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Move.com, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.04 to our registration statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 333-55828) filed February 16,
2001.)(3) |
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10.20 |
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Cendant Corporation Move.com Group 1999 Stock Option Plan as
assumed by Cendant Corporation from Move.com, Inc. and amended
and restated effective as of March 21, 2000. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.05 to our registration statement
on Form S-8 (File No. 333-55828) filed
February 16, 2001.)(3) |
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10.21 |
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1997 Stock Initiative Plan of Cendant Corporation as amended and
restated through October 14, 1998. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.06 to our registration statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 333-55828) filed February 16,
2001.)(3) |
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10.22 |
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Amendment to Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Incentive Plan of
Cendant Corporation dated March 27, 2000. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.07 to our registration statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 333-55828) filed February 16,
2001.)(3) |
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10.23 |
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Amendment to Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Incentive Plan of
Cendant Corporation dated March 28, 2000. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.08 to our registration statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 333-55828) filed February 16,
2001.)(3) |
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10.24 |
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Homestore 401(k) Plan. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.25 to our registration statement on
Form S-1/ A (File No. 333-79689) filed June 17,
1999.)(3) |
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10.25 |
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Form of Indemnity Agreement between Homestore. Inc. and each of
its directors and executive officers (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.25 to our annual report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2003 filed March 15, 2004.)(3) |
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10.26 |
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Employment Agreement dated March 6, 2002 between
Homestore.com®, Inc. and W. Michael Long. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 6.01(A) to our quarterly report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002 filed
May 14, 2002.)(3) |
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10.27 |
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2003 Executive Bonus Plan of W. Michael Long. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 filed
November 13, 2003.)(3) |
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10.28 |
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Employment Agreement dated March 6, 2002 between
Homestore.com®, Inc. and Jack D. Dennison. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 6.03(A) to our quarterly report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002 filed
May 14, 2002.)(3) |
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10.29 |
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2003 Executive Bonus Plan of Jack D. Dennison. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 filed
November 13, 2003.)(3) |
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10.30 |
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Employment Agreement dated March 6, 2002 between
Homestore.com®, Inc. and Lewis R. Belote III.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 6.02(A) to our
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2002 filed May 14, 2002.)(3) |
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10.31 |
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2003 Executive Bonus Plan of Lewis R. Belote III.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to our quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
2003 filed November 13, 2003.)(3) |
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Number | |
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Exhibit Title |
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10.32 |
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Executive Retention and Severance Agreement dated April 24,
2002 between Homestore.com®, Inc. and Allan P. Merrill.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 6.06(A) to our Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002 filed
May 14, 2002.)(3) |
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10.33 |
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Memorandum dated March 29, 2002 to Allan P. Merrill.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 6.07(A) to our Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002 filed
May 14, 2002.)(3) |
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10.34 |
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2003 Executive Bonus Plan of Allan P. Merrill. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.5 to our quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 filed
November 13, 2003.)(3) |
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10.35 |
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Executive Retention and Severance Agreement dated April 24,
2002 between Homestore.com®, Inc. and Patrick R. Whelan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 6.10(A) to our Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002 filed
May 14, 2002.)(3) |
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10.36 |
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Memorandum dated March 29, 2002 to Patrick R. Whelan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 6.11(A) to our Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002 filed
May 14, 2002.)(3) |
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10.37 |
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Separation Agreement dated August 1, 2003 between
Homestore, Inc. and Patrick R. Whelan. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.37 to our annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 filed
March 15, 2004.)(3) |
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10.38 |
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Executive Retention and Severance Agreement dated
September 30, 2002 between Homestore.com®, Inc. and
Allan D. Dalton. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2002 filed November 14, 2002.)(3) |
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10.39 |
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Offer Letter dated October 7, 2002 between
Homestore.com®, Inc. and Allan D. Dalton. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002 filed
November 14, 2002.)(3) |
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10.40 |
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Annual Bonus Plan, 2002 of Allan Dalton. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.3 to our quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002 filed
November 14, 2002.)(3) |
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10.41 |
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2003 Executive Bonus Plan of Allan D. Dalton. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.4 to our quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 filed
November 13, 2003.)(3) |
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10.42 |
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Executive Retention and Severance Agreement dated
September 30, 2002 between Homestore.com®, Inc. and
Michael Douglas. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4
to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2002 filed November 14, 2002.)(3) |
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10.43 |
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Offer Letter dated September 30, 2002 between
Homestore.com®, Inc. and Michael R. Douglas. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to our quarterly report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002 filed
November 14, 2002.)(3) |
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10.44 |
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Annual Bonus Plan, 2002 of Michael R. Douglas. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.6 to our quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002 filed
November 14, 2002.)(3) |
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10.45 |
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2003 Executive Bonus Plan of Michael R. Douglas. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to our quarterly report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 filed
November 13, 2003.)(3) |
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10.46 |
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Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement between California State
Teachers Retirement System and Homestore, Inc. dated as of
August 12, 2003. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.7 to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 2003 filed November 13,
2003.) |
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10.47 |
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Settlement Agreement and Release dated August 5, 2003 among
Homestore, Inc., Welcome Wagon® International, Inc.,
Cendant Corporation, Cendant Membership Services Holdings, Inc,
Century 21 Real Estate Corporation, Coldwell Banker Real Estate
Corporation, ERA Franchise Systems, Inc., NRT Incorporated, and
Cendant Mortgage Corporation. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2003 filed August 14, 2003.) |
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10.48 |
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Registration Rights Agreement dated August 5, 2003 among
Homestore, Inc., Cendant Corporation and Cendant Membership
Services Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2003 filed August 14, 2003.) |
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10.49 |
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Listings License Agreement dated August 5, 2003 between
Cendant Corporation and Homestore, Inc. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.3 to our quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 filed
August 14, 2003.) |
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10.50 |
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Source Code License and Maintenance Services Agreement dated
August 5, 2003 between Homestore, Inc. and Cendant
Corporation. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to
our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2003 filed August 14, 2003.) |
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10.51 |
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Option Agreement dated August 5, 2003 between Cendant
Membership Services Holdings, Inc. and Homestore, Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to our quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003
filed August 14, 2003.) |
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10.52 |
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Distribution Agreement dated June 30, 2004 between America
Online, Inc. and Homestore, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2004 filed August 4, 2004.) |
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10.53 |
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Contract of Sale dated as of April 2004 between 115 south
Service Road, LLC and Welcome Wagon® International, Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004
filed August 4, 2004.) |
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10.54 |
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Asset Purchase Agreement dated October 6, 2004 between
Homestore, Inc. and Wyld Acquisition Corp. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004 filed
November 5, 2004.) |
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10.55 |
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Master Distribution Agreement dated February 2, 2005 among
Homestore, Inc., Homestore Sales Company, Inc. and NRT
Incorporated.(2)(4) |
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14.01 |
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Homestore, Inc. Code of Conduct and Business Ethics.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1 to our current
report on Form 8-K filed April 7, 2004.) |
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21.01 |
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Subsidiaries of Homestore, Inc.(2) |
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23.01 |
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.(2) |
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23.02 |
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Report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP on Financial Statement
Schedule.(2) |
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23.03 |
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.(2) |
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23.04 |
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Report of Ernst & Young LLP on Financial Statement
Schedule.(2) |
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24.01 |
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Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to this
report).(2) |
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31.01 |
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.(2) |
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31.02 |
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.(2) |
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32.01 |
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.(2) |
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32.02 |
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.(2) |
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99.01 |
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Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying
Accounts.(2) |
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(1) |
Confidential treatment has been granted with respect to certain
information in these exhibits pursuant to a confidential
treatment request. |
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(2) |
Filed herewith. |
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(3) |
Denotes management contracts and compensatory plans and
arrangements. |
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(4) |
Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to
certain information in these exhibits pursuant to a confidential
treatment request. |
(c) Exhibits
See Item 15(a)(3) above.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
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W. Michael Long |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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By: |
/s/ LEWIS R. BELOTE, III |
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Lewis R. Belote, III |
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Chief Financial Officer |
Date: March 11, 2005
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW BY ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints jointly and
severally, Lewis R. Belote, III and Michael R. Douglas, and each
one of them, his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, for him in any all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and to file
the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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Principal Executive Officer: |
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/s/ W. MICHAEL LONG
W.
Michael Long |
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Chief Executive Officer and Director |
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March 11, 2005 |
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Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting
Officer: |
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/s/ LEWIS R. BELOTE, III
Lewis
R. Belote, III |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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March 11, 2005 |
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Additional Directors: |
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/s/ JOE F. HANAUER
Joe
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Chairman of the Board and Director |
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March 11, 2005 |
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/s/ TERRENCE M. MCDERMOTT
Terrence
M. McDermott |
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Director |
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March 11, 2005 |
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/s/ L. JOHN DOERR
L.
John Doerr |
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Director |
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March 11, 2005 |
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/s/ WILLIAM E. KELVIE
William
E. Kelvie |
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Director |
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March 11, 2005 |
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/s/ KENNETH K. KLEIN
Kenneth
K. Klein |
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Director |
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March 11, 2005 |
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/s/ V. PAUL UNRUH
V.
Paul Unruh |
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Director |
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March 11, 2005 |
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/s/ BRUCE G. WILLISON
Bruce
G. Willison |
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Director |
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March 11, 2005 |
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