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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-KSB
(Mark One)
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                     to                     
Commission file number 1-9330
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
(Name of small business issuer in its charter)
     
Georgia   58-1964787
     
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
4355 Shackleford Road, Norcross, Georgia   30093
     
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Issuer’s telephone number: (770) 381-2900
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
     
Title of each class   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.01 par value   American Stock Exchange
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Check whether the issuer in not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act o
Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act during the past 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
Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-B contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any amendment to this Form 10-KSB. þ
Indicated by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
       
State issuer’s revenue for its most recent fiscal year.
  $19,005,000  
 
     
State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of a specified date within the past 60 days. (See definition of affiliate in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.)
As of February 29, 2008, 4,478,971 shares of Common Stock of the registrant were outstanding. The aggregate market value of the Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant on February 29, 2008 was $8,106,000 (computed using the closing price of the Common Stock on February 29, 2008 as reported by the American Stock Exchange).
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: Portions of the registrant’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated by reference in Part III hereof.
Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format: Yes o No þ
 
 

 

 


 

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PART I
Forward-Looking Statements
In addition to historical information, this Form 10-KSB may contain forward-looking statements relating to Intelligent Systems Corporation (“ISC”). All statements, trend analyses and other information contained in the following discussion relative to markets for our products and trends in revenue, gross margins and anticipated expense levels, as well as other statements including words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “plan”, “estimate”, “expect”, “likely” and “intend”, and other similar expressions constitute forward-looking statements. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. A number of the factors that we believe could impact our future operations are discussed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis in Item 6 of this Form 10-KSB. ISC undertakes no obligation to update or revise its forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes in future operating results.
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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Overview
Intelligent Systems Corporation, a Georgia corporation, and its predecessor companies have operated since 1973 and its securities have been publicly traded since 1981. In this report, sometimes we use the terms “company”, “we”, “ours” and similar words to refer to Intelligent Systems Corporation. Our executive offices are located at 4355 Shackleford Road, Norcross, Georgia 30093 and our telephone number is (770) 381-2900. Our Internet address is www.intelsys.com. We publish our Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) reports on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we file them with or furnish them to the SEC, and shareholders may access and download these reports free of charge.
Since the early 1980’s, we have conducted our operations principally through wholly and majority owned subsidiaries or minority owned affiliates to which we devote extensive management resources. Depending upon the needs of each company, we may undertake a variety of roles including day-to-day management of operations, board of director participation, financing, market planning, strategic contract negotiations, personnel and administrative roles, and similar functions. Currently, our subsidiary and affiliate companies are primarily in the information technology industry (principally software for business applications) although our largest subsidiary company is in the industrial products industry. A common thread in our corporate and subsidiary efforts is bringing new applications of technologies to business markets. Thus, one element of our business model is being proactive in identifying emerging technologies, markets, or companies that may advance our interests. From time to time, we see promising companies or technologies that may be candidates for acquisition or that we believe are in line with our corporate or subsidiaries’ strategic direction, thus warranting an investment of our time and money in order to build future shareholder value. In addition, from time to time, we may sell one of our companies or we may increase our investment in a less-than-wholly owned company. As a result, our ownership position in a given company may change from time to time, our results of operations vary considerably from quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year, and our past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.
Financial Reporting
We consolidate the results of operations of companies in which we own a majority interest or over which we exert control. We generally account for investments by the equity method for minority owned companies (i) in which we own 20 to 50 percent and over which we do not exert control or (ii) that are organized as partnerships or limited liability companies. In general, under the equity method, we report our pro rata share of the income or loss generated by each of these businesses as equity income/losses of affiliates on a quarterly basis. These equity losses and income decrease or increase, respectively, the cost basis of our investment. Privately owned corporations in which we own less than 20 percent of the equity are carried at the lower of cost or market.
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Industry Segments Overview
Our consolidated companies operate in two industry segments: Information Technology Products and Services and Industrial Products. The Information Technology Products and Services segment includes our VISaer, Inc. (“VISaer”) and CoreCard Software, Inc. (“CoreCard”) subsidiaries and the Industrial Products segment includes ChemFree Corporation (“ChemFree”). As of December 31, 2007, we own 100 percent of ChemFree, 79 percent of VISaer and 95 percent of CoreCard. We also have two wholly owned subsidiaries, CoreCard SRL and ISC Software in Romania and India, respectively, that perform software development and testing for CoreCard and VISaer. On July 31, 2006, we sold the business of our QS Technologies subsidiary and accordingly, we have classified the QS operations as Discontinued Operations.
The Industrial Products segment includes the design, assembly and sale of equipment and associated supplies that are used by commercial, industrial, military and government agencies to maintain and service machinery or vehicles used in their operations. Our assembled products are shipped to resellers or direct to customer sites and do not require set-up or on-site support from us. Unit pricing varies by model but typical end-user prices are less than $2,000 per unit. Customers purchase replacement supplies from us after the sale. In some cases, we provide equipment to multi-site corporate users under leases which typically range between three and four years.
Operations in the Information Technology Products and Services segment are involved in the design, development and marketing of application software products that are used by business customers and government agencies to manage aspects of their operations. Our software products are typically sold in competitive situations with relatively long sales and implementation cycles. We receive software license fees that vary depending upon the number of licensed users and the number of software modules licensed with total contract revenue typically ranging from $100,000 to over $1 million. We also derive service revenue from implementation, customization, training and support services. Depending on factors such as the contract terms, customer implementation and testing schedule, and extent of customization required, the timing of revenue recognition on software contracts not generally determinable by us with any degree of certainty in advance.
Our individual operations in both segments are relatively small in size and are subject to considerable fluctuation in revenue and profitability, which in turn affects our consolidated revenue and margins. The business in our segments is not seasonal on a consolidated basis although there is generally some slowdown in ChemFree’s European business in late summer. The business discussion which follows contains information on products, markets, competitors, research and development and manufacturing for our operating subsidiaries, organized by industry segment and by company. For further detailed financial information concerning our segments, see Note 16 in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. For further information about trends and risks likely to impact our business, please refer to Management’s Discussion and Analysis in Item 6 of this Form 10-KSB.
Industrial Products Segment
ChemFree Corporation - ChemFree is our largest subsidiary and the only one in the Industrial Products segment of our business. ChemFree designs, manufactures and markets a line of parts washers under the SmartWasher® trademark. The SmartWasher® system uses a proprietary advanced bio-remediation system that cleans automotive and machine parts without using hazardous, solvent-based chemicals. Typically, the SmartWasher® system consists of a molded plastic tub and sink, recirculating pump, heater, control panel, filter with microorganisms, and aqueous-based degreasing solutions. Unlike traditional solvent-based systems, there are no regulated, hazardous products used or produced in the process and the SmartWasher® system is completely self-cleaning. ChemFree sells replacement fluid and filters to its customers on a regular basis after the initial parts washer sale. ChemFree has numerous US and European patents covering its SmartWasher® system and protects its proprietary fluid and filters as trade secrets. As the leader in bio-remediating parts washers, ChemFree seeks to continually bring new product enhancements and features to the market.
ChemFree’s markets include the automotive, transportation, industrial and military markets. The automotive market includes companies and governmental agencies with fleets of vehicles, individual and chain automobile service centers and auto parts suppliers. The industrial market includes customers with machinery that requires routine maintenance, such as power plants and tool and equipment rental companies. Military applications include vehicle, aircraft and weapons maintenance. ChemFree sells its products directly to high volume customers as well as through several distribution channels, including international distributors in Europe, Canada, Latin America and the Pacific Rim. ChemFree also sells under a General Services Administration schedule to government agencies. Because ChemFree sells in part through large national non-exclusive distributors such as NAPA and Barnes Group in the United States and exclusive distributors in certain international markets, its results could be impacted negatively if one or more of such distributors stops carrying ChemFree products. One of ChemFree’s domestic distributors represented 10 percent and 11 percent of our consolidated revenue in 2007 and 2006, respectively, and 14 percent and 20 percent of our Industrial Products Segment revenue in 2007 and 2006, respectively. Part of ChemFree’s revenue is derived from multi-year lease contracts under which ChemFree provides SmartWashers® and supplies to nationwide chains of auto repair shops, such as Firestone, Tires Plus and Pep Boys.
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Beginning in 2006, ChemFree increased its sales to large corporate customers on a direct basis using a manufacturer’s representative firm. In 2007, one new corporate customer accounted for almost 50 percent of ChemFree’s revenue (32 percent of consolidated revenue) as a result of the successful roll-out of a national sales program that supplied SmartWasher® machines and routine fluid and filter replenishment to the customer’s installed base of clients. Management expects a significant volume of orders for additional machines and supplies in 2008 but it is possible that a number of factors outside of ChemFree’s control could cause that expectation not to be met. If the volume of sales drops significantly or quickly, there is a risk that revenue and profits would decline compared to 2007 levels and that in the near-term ChemFree’s inventory levels and production expenses would be higher than planned since ChemFree typically orders raw materials up to 12 weeks in advance of producing and shipping finished goods.
ChemFree competes with larger, established companies that offer solvent-based systems, other companies that offer aqueous-based systems, and hazardous waste hauling firms. Although smaller than some established solvent-based firms, ChemFree believes it is competitive based on product features, positive environmental impact, desirable health and safety features, less burdensome regulatory compliance, and cleaning performance. ChemFree believes that overall domestic and international market demand for its products could increase significantly if environmental regulations in the U.S. and overseas prohibiting or restricting the use of solvent-based products, with which ChemFree’s products compete, continue to become increasingly stringent and such regulations are enforced effectively by state, local and national governments. Moreover, ChemFree believes there may be an opportunity to provide services, either directly or through third parties, to customers that prefer to outsource periodic fluid and filter replenishment activities.
Customer and warranty service, typically covering a one-year period, generally consists of shipping a replacement part to the customer or returning a defective product to either ChemFree or its distributors and dealers. ChemFree subcontracts the manufacturing of major sub-assemblies built to its specifications to various manufacturers and performs final assembly and testing at its own facility. While it is possible to acquire most subassemblies from multiple sources, ChemFree frequently contracts with a single source for certain components in order to benefit from lower prices and consistent quality, especially with respect to molded plastic parts which are produced using ChemFree owned molds. One subassembly has only a single qualified supplier presently and shortages or price increases associated with such supplier could impact ChemFree’s ability to meet market demand for its products and/ or increase its cost of goods sold. In the past two years, the cost of certain parts has increased significantly due to increases in the cost of plastic materials resulting from higher oil prices, which increase has been offset in part by cost reductions related to new product designs.
Information Technology Products and Services Segment
VISaer, Inc. - VISaer develops, sells and supports software for the world-wide aircraft maintenance and engineering industry. VISaer offers a fully integrated, real time software solution that helps aviation customers efficiently and cost-effectively manage the technical, commercial and operational aspects of their maintenance, repair and overhaul (“MRO”) operations while also meeting regulatory requirements, such as those of the Federal Aviation Administration. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, VISaer also has employees in England to support customer service and sales activities in Europe and a small technical and project management team in Australia. VISaer’s product offering includes the following major components: technical records planning and management, MRO operations, materials management, production scheduling, commercial operations and financial management. In 2005, VISaer focused on developing and delivering to initial customers the “go-live” Version 3.4 release of its software, which was achieved in late 2005. In 2006, VISaer continued its focus on product improvements and go-live support of its existing customers. By the end of 2006, several customer sites were live, Version 3.5 with some significant enhancements was released and several additional customer sites had signed contracts to implement Version 3.5 in 2007. In 2007, VISaer focused on product enhancements and go-live support with the goal of having most of the VISaer customer base live and referenceable on Version 3.5 and its follow-on versions. VISaer did not allocate significant resources to new sales and marketing programs in the last two years although it delivered a significant amount of professional services and maintenance support to its existing base of customers in 2007 and expects to do so again in 2008.
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Regulatory requirements dictate that airlines manage their MRO processes carefully and encourage companies to improve and automate MRO business processes, materials and asset utilization, record-keeping and compliance reporting. VISaer’s software products provide a comprehensive, cost-effective way to do so. We believe significant sales opportunities exist in North America as well as in the Asian Pacific, Latin American and Chinese markets. These markets include MRO service outsourcing companies, low-cost airlines, small to mid-size domestic regional airlines, small to large non-domestic airlines and IT services hosting companies.
VISaer markets and sells its software in both domestic and international markets. International customers have traditionally represented a significant part of VISaer’s revenue. The markets for VISaer products include both airline-owned maintenance and engineering shops as well as third party MRO organizations. VISaer’s sales are direct to the customer with VISaer providing a turnkey solution that covers project management, software, system implementation, training, consulting and support. In most cases, sales are made in response to competitive bids and requests for proposals and have sales cycles of six to eighteen months with implementation periods of an additional six to eighteen months. VISaer provides a full suite of implementation services and post-sales support and maintenance activities under annual contracts, as well as customization and professional services on an as needed basis. VISaer has a number of competitors, some of whom offer MRO software as part of a broader enterprise resource planning package and who have more financial resources, larger customer bases and greater market coverage than VISaer. Other competitors are small players focused on MRO solutions with resources similar to VISaer. VISaer competes on the basis that its software provides extensive product functionality using Web-native technology; provides low cost-of-ownership; includes integrated modules offering a complete software and service solution; and runs on industry standard technology platforms. VISaer believes that its Version 3.5 Web-native software is a strong competitive offering, although any technical or quality problems that arise could delay the product’s implementation and negatively impact customer acceptance and references.
CoreCard Software, Inc. - CoreCard was spun off from our former affiliate company, PaySys International, in April 2001. CoreCard designs, develops, and markets software to accounts receivable businesses, banks, credit unions, and retailers to manage their credit and debit card, prepaid cards, merchant, fleet, loyalty, and accounts receivable accounts. CoreCard products allow financial institutions and commercial customers to optimize their account management systems, improve customer retention, lower operating costs and create greater market differentiation. CoreCard’s feature-rich, browser-based financial software allows customers to automate, streamline and optimize business processes associated with the set-up, administration and management of credit card, merchant and loan accounts, to process transactions and to generate reports and statements for these accounts. Because CoreCard’s products are designed to run on PC-based servers, rather than mini or mainframe computers, customers benefit from a lower overall cost-of-ownership, scalability, and increased flexibility to respond to market conditions. CoreCard’s product functionality includes embedded multilingual, multi-currency support, Web-based interface, real-time processing, complex rules-based authorizations, account hierarchies, and flexible, customer-defined pricing and payment terms.
CoreCard’s principal target markets include accounts receivable businesses, prepaid cards issuers, small and mid-size banks, and retail and private-label issuers in the United States and in emerging international markets. The company expects that a significant amount of its bankcard business will come from international markets, particularly with respect to banks and similar institutions that are less inclined to outsource their processing than are the domestic US banks. CoreCard competes with third-party card processors, larger and more established software suppliers, and a number of software solution providers that offer more limited functional modules. CoreCard has relatively limited sales and marketing experience compared to some of its competitors and potential customers may choose to outsource their account transaction processing rather than acquire software to manage their transactions in-house, which could impact negatively the total addressable market for CoreCard. One challenge facing most new software companies is overcoming the reluctance of risk-averse financial customers to acquire software from a company with limited customer installations. Certain of CoreCard’s competitors, including processors, may have significantly more financial, marketing and development resources than does CoreCard and have large, established customer bases often tied to long-term contracts. CoreCard believes it can compete successfully in its selected markets by providing customers with a robust technology platform, lower overall cost-of-ownership, greater system flexibility, multilingual/multicurrency capabilities and more customer-driven marketing options. Furthermore, we believe that CoreCard’s products can be configured and deployed to address problems in managing certain types of financial transactions that are not being addressed by other alternatives. CoreCard is focusing its extensive development and limited sales activities on establishing a growing base of referenceable customers in its target markets.
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CoreCard licenses its software products typically for a one-time license fee or, in some cases, for an initial installation charge and a per account fee. It provides maintenance and support services under annual contracts, as well as professional services for customization, implementation and training activities. Generally, CoreCard expects to sell its products directly to customers in the domestic U.S. but may work with a small number of resellers and third parties in international markets to identify, sell and support targeted opportunities. CoreCard’s core software platform and modules include CoreENGINE™, CoreISSUE™, CoreFRAUD™, CoreCOLLECT™ and CoreACQUIRE™ which are configured with additional or specific functionality to meet the market and/or customer requirements in applications such as prepaid, bankcard or fleet. In 2006 and 2007, CoreCard signed several new license contracts and developed additional software functionality, including a prepaid card application that will be ready for initial customer implementations in 2008. However, delays or problems in completing development, testing and delivering CoreCard’s new products could adversely affect customer implementations, acceptance and references.
Incubator Program
For over fifteen years, we have operated the Gwinnett Innovation Park (formerly called the Intelligent Systems Incubator) at our corporate facility in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. In exchange for a monthly facility fee, incubator companies have access to resources such as office space, conference facilities, telecommunication and network infrastructure, business advice and planning, and a network of professional services. Income from incubator companies reduces our total corporate facility and personnel costs. Because we have a large facility, we are able to offer the benefits of the incubator program to companies in which we have no ownership interest. We view this program as a way to stay abreast of new business opportunities and trends which may be of benefit to our company while simultaneously contributing to our local community in a very positive way.
Minority-Owned Partner Companies
A common thread in our corporate and subsidiary efforts is bringing new applications of technologies to business markets. Thus, an important element of our business model is being proactive in identifying emerging technologies, markets, or companies that may advance our interests. Accordingly, we seek to identify companies that we believe are involved in promising technologies or markets with good growth potential. From time to time, we have acquired an investment in such companies and may continue to do so as a regular part of our strategy. Typically, these companies are privately held, early stage companies in technology-related fields. We are often actively involved in helping the companies develop and implement their business plans. Currently, our largest investment is a 25.5 percent interest in NKD Enterprises, LLC (dba CoreXpand), a software services company with an e-commerce application that allows customers to centralize and control purchases of supplies and consumables through an online company “store”. CoreXpand is located in our Gwinnett Innovation Park.
Research and Development
We spent $5.0 million and $5.7 million in the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, on company sponsored research and development. During the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, almost all of our consolidated research and development expense related to VISaer and CoreCard, with the balance spent for research at ChemFree. Although the absolute dollar amount of research and development declined in each of the last two years, the number of employees involved in company-wide research and development increased in 2006 and 2007 as the company added development and testing employees in Romania and India for CoreCard and VISaer projects, at a lower cost per employee than the domestic workforce.
Patents, Trademarks and Trade Secrets
Our ChemFree subsidiary has 11 U.S. patents issued and 15 patents in foreign jurisdictions issued and pending covering various aspects of the design and construction of the SmartWasher® system and the process of bioremediation used in the SmartWasher® system. ChemFree considers these patents an important component of its overall business strategy. Furthermore, ChemFree considers the proprietary formulation of the chemicals used in its fluids, which ChemFree protects as a trade secret, to be an important intellectual property asset and competitive advantage. CoreCard has one U.S. patent issued and several pending patent applications in the U.S. covering aspects of its core software engine. It may be possible for competitors to duplicate certain aspects of our products and processes even though we regard such aspects as proprietary. We have registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and various foreign jurisdictions numerous trademarks and service marks for our products. We believe that an active trade secret, trade name, trademark, and copyright protection program is important in developing and maintaining brand recognition and protecting our subsidiaries’ intellectual property. Our companies presently market their products under trademarks and service marks such as SmartWasher®, OzzyJuice®, OzzyBooster™ ChemFree®, VISaer™, CoreENGINE™, CoreISSUE™, CoreCOLLECT™, and others.
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Personnel
As of February 29, 2008, we had 260 total and full-time equivalent employees in our company (including our subsidiaries in the United States and foreign countries). Our employees are not represented by a labor union, we have not had any work stoppages or strikes and we believe our employee relations are good.
Financial Information About Geographic Areas
Refer to Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for financial information in response to this item. Except for the risk associated with fluctuations in currency we do not believe there are any specific risks attendant to our foreign operations that are significantly different than the general business risks discussed elsewhere in this Annual Report.
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DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY
At February 28, 2008, we have leases covering approximately 61,000 square feet in Norcross, GA, and 12,000 square feet in Andover, MA, to house our product development, manufacturing, sales, service and administration operations, as well as our software development office in Romania. Such leases expire at various dates through July 2010. We also own a 6,350 square foot office facility in Bhopal, India to house the software development and testing activities of our ISC Software subsidiary. Approximately 9 percent of the space we lease in Norcross, Georgia is subleased to non-affiliated businesses in our small business incubator. We believe our facilities are adequate for the foreseeable future. We do not invest in real estate or interests in real estate, mortgages, or securities of persons primarily engaged in real estate activities.
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Our ChemFree subsidiary devotes considerable resources, including management time and legal fees, to protect its rights in various patents and related contracts and expects to continue to do so in the foreseeable future. From time to time, these efforts involve initiating legal action such as the action described below.
In December 2004, ChemFree filed a patent infringement action against J. Walter Co. Ltd. and J. Walter, Inc. in the United States Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The complaint alleges that certain of the defendant’s products infringe various U.S. patents held by ChemFree and seeks a ruling to compel defendant to cease its infringing activities. The defendant has asserted various defenses. The parties are in the discovery phase of the case and no trial date has been set. While the resolution and timing of any legal action is not predictable, ChemFree believes it has sufficient grounds to prevail in this action although there can be no assurance that the case will be resolved in its favor.
From time to time we are or may become a party to a number of other legal matters arising in the ordinary course of business. It is management’s opinion that none of these other matters will have a material adverse impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.
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SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
We did not submit any matter to a vote of our shareholders during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2007.
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PART II
ITEM 5.  
MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS, AND SMALL BUSINESS ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market Information
Our common stock is listed and traded on the American Stock Exchange (“AMEX”) under the symbol “INS”. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the range of high and low sales prices for our common stock as reported by AMEX.
                                 
    2007     2006  
Year Ended December 31,   High     Low     High     Low  
1st Quarter
  $ 4.48     $ 3.05     $ 2.76     $ 2.12  
2nd Quarter
    4.46       3.42       2.40       1.95  
3rd Quarter
    3.75       3.25       2.70       1.92  
4th Quarter
    3.75       2.85       3.30       2.26  
We had 330 shareholders of record as of February 29, 2008. This number does not include beneficial owners of our common stock whose shares are held in the names of various dealers, clearing agencies, banks, brokers and other fiduciaries. The company has in the past paid cash dividends on an irregular basis but has not in the past paid regular dividends and does not expect to pay any regular dividends in the foreseeable future. Under our revolving line of credit facility, we are precluded from paying dividends without obtaining consent from the bank. See Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
In 2006, The American Stock Exchange (“AMEX”) determined that we did not meet certain of the AMEX continued listing standards, specifically relating to minimum shareholder’s equity of $4 million. Subsequently, we submitted a plan to regain compliance and AMEX confirmed that we had resolved the continued listing deficiency in May 2007. AMEX continually assesses continued listing eligibility of all listed companies and there is no assurance that we will meet continued listing requirements in the future. Failure to meet such requirements could impact our stock price and possibly result in delisting of the company’s common stock.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
See Item 11 for information regarding securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
There have been no sales of unregistered securities by the company during the period covered by this report.
Repurchases of Securities
The company did not repurchase any of its shares of common stock during the fourth quarter of 2007.
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The 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 accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. We consider certain accounting policies related to revenue recognition, valuation of acquired intangibles and impairment of long-lived assets, and valuation of investments to be critical policies due to the estimation processes involved in each. For a detailed description on the application of these and other accounting policies, see Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Revenue Recognition - Product revenue consists of fees from software licenses and sales or leases of industrial products. Service revenue consists of fees for implementation, consulting, training, customization, reimbursable expenses, maintenance and support for software products.
We recognize revenue for industrial products when products are shipped, at which time title transfers to the customer, and there are no remaining future obligations. As an alternative to selling the product, on occasion we may lease our equipment. For leased equipment, we recognize revenue monthly at the contracted monthly rate during the term of the lease.
We recognize software fees in accordance with Statement of Position (“SOP”) No. 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition”, as amended by SOP No. 98-9, “Software Revenue Recognition, With Respect to Certain Transactions”. Under SOP 97-2, we recognize software license fees when the following criteria are met: (1) a signed contract is obtained; (2) delivery of the product has occurred; (3) the license fee is fixed or determinable; and (4) collectibility is probable. Additionally, license fee revenue is not recognized until there are no material uncertainties regarding customer acceptance, cancellation provisions, if any, have expired and there are no significant vendor obligations remaining. SOP No. 98-9 requires recognition of revenue using the “residual method” when (1) there is vendor-specific objective evidence of the fair values of all undelivered elements in a multiple-element arrangement that is not accounted for using long-term contract accounting; (2) vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value does not exist for one or more of the delivered elements in the arrangement; and (3) all revenue recognition criteria in SOP No. 97-2 other than the requirement for vendor-specific objective evidence of the fair value of each delivered element of the arrangement are satisfied. Under the residual method, the fair value of the undelivered elements is deferred and the remaining portion of the license fee is recognized as revenue.
For those contracts that contain significant production, modification and/or customization, software license fees are recognized utilizing Accounting Research Bulletin (“ARB”) No. 45, “Long-term Construction Type Contracts”, using the relevant guidance in SOP No. 81-1, “Accounting for Performance of Construction Type and Certain Production Type Contracts”. We are presently utilizing the completed contract method because current contracts are for new software products for which we do not have a historical basis on which to prepare reliable estimates. Under the completed contract method, all revenue is deferred until the customer has accepted the software and any refund rights have expired.
A number of internal and external factors could affect our estimates related to software contracts, including labor rates, utilization of resources, changes in specifications or testing requirements, unforeseen technical problems and delays caused by customer issues such as lack of resources or change in project priorities. If we do not accurately estimate the resources required or the scope of work to be performed, or we do not manage the contract properly, in future periods we may need to restate revenues, to defer revenue longer than originally anticipated, or to incur additional cost which would result in a loss on the contract or impact our financial results.
Valuation of Investments - We hold minority interests in non-publicly traded companies whose values are difficult to determine and are based on management’s estimate of realizability of the value of the investment. Future adverse changes in market conditions, poor operating results, lack of progress of the underlying investee company or its inability to raise capital to support its business plan could result in investment losses or an inability to recover the current carrying value of the investment. Some of the companies in which we hold non-control, minority positions are backed by venture capital, and the value of our investment may be impacted by the amount, terms and valuation of the investee’s financial transactions with third party venture funds or the terms of the sale of the investee company to a third party. Our policy with respect to minority interests is to record an impairment charge when we believe an investment has experienced a decline in value that is other than temporary. For instance, this could occur if the investee company is sold for less than our pro rata carrying value or if a new round of funding is at a lower valuation than our investment was made or if the financing terms for the new investors (such as preferences on liquidation) otherwise reduce the estimated value of our investment. We do not write-up the carrying value of our investments based on favorable changes or financial transactions. At least quarterly, we review our investments to determine any impairment in their carrying value and we write-down any impaired asset at quarter-end to our best estimate of its current realizable value. Any such charges could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition or results of operations and are generally not predictable in advance.
Valuation of Intangibles - From time to time in the past, we have acquired companies and we may do so in the future. Occasionally, we may increase our ownership or control of an entity from a minority to a majority position, which generally is treated as an acquisition for accounting purposes. Purchase accounting for an acquisition requires use of accounting estimates and judgments to allocate the purchase price to the fair market value of the assets and liabilities purchased. Our business acquisitions may result in the allocation of a portion of the purchase price to goodwill and other intangible assets. In the two years ended December 31, 2007, we did not acquire any companies and we did not record any write-downs with respect to goodwill or other intangibles.
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The determination of the value of intangible assets, especially with respect to goodwill, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amount of future period amortization expenses and possible impairment expense that we will incur. Sometimes we use the services of a third party appraiser to provide a valuation of material intangible assets. However, often the acquired company is a small entity with limited operating history on which to base future projections and thus valuing the assets requires the use of estimates which are very subjective. Furthermore, the period over which we amortize certain intangibles may change based on future conditions and consequently we may need to adjust the intangible value and/or amortization period, which could require us to increase the amount of amortization expense we record each period or to take a non-cash charge to reduce the value of the intangible. On at least an annual basis, we review the values assigned to long-lived assets, generally using an estimate of the undiscounted cash flows of the entity over the remaining life of the asset. Any resulting impairment could require a write-down that would have a material adverse impact on our financial condition or results of operations.
Overview
We derive our product revenue from sales of software licenses in our Information Technology Products and Services sector and sales and leases of equipment and supplies in our Industrial Products sector. Our service revenue consists of fees for implementation, consulting, customization, training, maintenance and support for software products in our Information Technology sector. Our consolidated revenue is the aggregate of the revenue generated at our subsidiary companies. Our revenue fluctuates from period to period and our results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected in future periods. Period-to-period comparisons may not be meaningful and it is difficult to predict the level of consolidated revenue on a quarterly or annual basis for a number of reasons, including the following:
 
A change in revenue level at one of our subsidiaries may impact consolidated revenue or be offset by an opposing change at another subsidiary.
 
 
Our software subsidiaries do not have extensive experience in their marketplaces which makes it difficult to identify and evaluate trends that may impact their business.
 
 
Our software subsidiaries, CoreCard and VISaer, have been involved in major new product development initiatives for at least the past five years and have limited experience delivering and installing their current product releases at customer sites, making it difficult to predict with certainty when they will recognize revenue on individual software contracts.
 
 
Our subsidiaries in the Information Technology Products and Services sector are relatively small in size and software license revenue in a given period may consist of a relatively small number of contracts. Consequently, even minor delays in a subsidiary’s delivery under a software contract (which may be out of their control) could have a significant and unpredictable impact on the consolidated revenue that we can recognize in a given quarterly or annual period.
 
 
Acquisitions or sales of subsidiaries may affect our revenue and expense levels, as occurred in 2006 with the sale of our QS business.
 
 
Customers may decide to postpone or cancel a planned implementation of our software for any number of reasons, which may be unrelated to our software features or contract performance, but which may affect the amount, timing and characterization of our deferred and/or recognized revenue.
Frequently we recognize consolidated operating losses on a quarterly and annual basis and are likely to do so in the future from time to time. Our operating expenses consist of the aggregate of our subsidiaries’ expenses and the corporate office expenses. Our ChemFree subsidiary generates an operating profit on an annual basis but our earlier stage subsidiaries, VISaer and CoreCard, are not consistently profitable on a quarterly or annual basis, mainly due to significant research and development expense that is invested to complete their new product offerings and the deferral of revenue recognition until such products are delivered to customers. Depending upon the size and number of software licenses recognized in a particular period and the level of expenses incurred to support development and sales activities, our subsidiaries may report operating profits on an irregular basis, if at all, as they build their customer base. A significant portion of our subsidiaries’ expense is related to personnel which is relatively fixed in the short-term. We continually evaluate and strive to balance our financial resources with the resources required to complete products under development and support our subsidiaries’ customers. For these and other reasons, our operating profits or losses may vary from quarter to quarter and at the present time are generally not predictable with any degree of certainty.
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We also frequently generate income or losses from non-consolidated companies and we may do so from time to time in the future. Occasionally we derive income from sales of holdings in affiliate and other minority-owned companies or we record a charge if we believe the value of a non-consolidated company is impaired. We also recognize on a quarterly basis our pro rata share of the income or losses of affiliate companies accounted for by the equity method. The timing and amount of the gain or loss recognized as a result of a sale or the amount of equity in the income or losses of affiliates generally are not under our control and are not necessarily indicative of future results, either on a quarterly or annual basis.
In recent years, most of our cash has been generated on an irregular basis from sales of our investments or subsidiaries. We have used a significant amount of the cash received from these sales to support the operations of our CoreCard and VISaer subsidiaries.
Under SEC rules and regulations, beginning with our 2007 fiscal year we must comply with the requirements related to internal control over financial reporting of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to management’s assessment of internal controls. In 2007, we spent substantial management and staff time and incurred additional expenses for outside consultants related to compliance with Section 404. The compliance efforts constituted a significant diversion of management time and attention in 2007. We cannot be certain about the amount of management time and expense that will be required going forward to maintain the internal controls and testing required for compliance nor estimate the additional auditor fees that will be incurred or the impact, if any, that these activities will have on our operations. We are a small company with limited resources, and our efforts to timely comply with Section 404 constitute a significant strain on these resources. Any failure to maintain compliance with Section 404 could result in sanctions or other penalties, which could adversely affect our business or financial results.
Results of Operations
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements presented in this Annual Report. As explained in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, we sold our former QS Technologies business in July 2006 and have accounted for the QS operations as Discontinued Operations in the Consolidated Financial Statements for both 2007 and 2006. Accordingly, management’s discussion of the results of operations does not include the QS operations in the discussion of continuing operations for either period presented.
2007 Compared to 2006
Revenue - Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2007 was $19.0 million, an increase of 31 percent compared to $14.5 million for the prior year. Revenue from product sales increased 73 percent from $8.4 million in 2006 to $14.6 million in 2007, and service revenue declined by 27 percent, from $6.1 million in 2006 to $4.5 million in 2007.
Product revenue includes sales of industrial products by our Industrial Products segment as well as software licenses by our Information Technology Products and Services segment subsidiaries. The increase in product revenue in 2007 compared to 2006 is the result of a $5.4 million increase in sales of industrial products and an increase of $735,000 in software license revenue.
 
In 2007, our ChemFree subsidiary experienced record levels of revenue and profits, attributed to an increased volume of products sold in both domestic and international markets. ChemFree’s revenue grew 74 percent and 44 percent in the domestic and international markets, respectively, in 2007 as compared to 2006. As a result of this growth, ChemFree’s revenue represented 69 percent of consolidated revenue in 2007 as compared to 54 percent of consolidated revenue in 2006. In the domestic U.S. market, most of the increase relates to a single end-user customer that began a national roll-out of the SmartWasher® parts washer to its installed base of customers. An increased volume of products sold in Europe was the major factor in the year-to-year growth in the international markets. Management believes it is unlikely that ChemFree will record the same year-to-year increase in domestic revenue in 2008. ChemFree’s fluid and filters sales increased approximately 21 percent in 2007 as compared to 2006, due to a larger installed base of customers that purchase such consumable supplies.
 
 
License revenue generated by our Information Technology Products and Services segment was $1.1 million higher in 2007 than in 2006 due to the recognition of a single license by our CoreCard subsidiary. In 2006, most license revenue resulted from additional licenses sold to VISaer’s existing customer base. As we have frequently cautioned, a number of factors, some of which may be outside of our control, can cause delays in delivery of our software and implementation by the customer, thus delaying license revenue recognition. With mission-critical, complex software systems such as those sold by CoreCard and VISaer, customer requirements, available resources and testing cycles may increase the scope and length of time to complete the project beyond our original estimates.
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Service revenue generated by our Information Technology Products and Services subsidiaries decreased by 27 percent ($1.6 million) in 2007 as compared to 2006. This year-to-year decrease is primarily attributable to a single, multi-year contract at the VISaer subsidiary that was completed and recognized in early 2006, contributing $1.8 million in services revenue. Excluding the impact of that 2006 contract, service revenue would have shown a slight decrease year-to-year.
Cost of Revenue - A comparison of the cost of revenue between 2007 and 2006 is influenced significantly by the change in revenue mix between years as described above. Total cost of revenue was $10.4 million (55 percent of total revenue) in 2007 compared to $7.2 million (50 percent of total revenue) in 2006.
 
Cost of product revenue in 2007 was $7.7 million (53 percent of total product revenue) compared to $4.4 million (52 percent of total product revenue) in 2006. The difference between 2007 and 2006 is due to the proportionately greater amount of product revenue generated by our industrial products, which have a higher cost of sales than do our software license products. In addition, in 2007 a greater proportion of industrial products revenue was derived from SmartWasher® machine sales which have a higher material cost than do consumable fluid and filter products. Furthermore, the company experienced an increase in the cost of certain of its plastic components due to increases in the price of oil. These increased costs are likely to continue in the foreseeable future. In 2007, the company implemented price increases and re-engineered its SmartWasher® design to offset some of these costs.
 
 
Cost of service revenue (which relates to the Information Technology subsidiaries only) was $2.7 million (60 percent of service revenue) in 2007, as compared to $2.8 million (46 percent of service revenue) in 2006. The decline in gross margin percentage between periods reflects primarily a higher number of hours and average standard cost for CoreCard’s customer support and professional services activities in 2007 than in 2006.
Operating Expenses - Consolidated operating expenses were 11 percent higher in 2007 than in 2006 on a 31 percent increase in revenue. Lower research and development expenses were offset by increases in marketing and general and administrative expenses. Marketing expenses increased by 49 percent ($1.0 million) year-to-year, mainly due to increased sales commission payable to a third party by the ChemFree subsidiary related to the increased volume of domestic sales. General and administrative expense in 2007 was 24 percent ($839,000) higher in 2007 compared to 2006, principally reflecting higher legal costs and management bonuses at the ChemFree subsidiary. Consolidated research and development expense was $664,000 less in 2007 than in 2006, decreasing from $5.7 million to $5.0 million due to a combination of factors, including a reduction in the number of employees allocated to R&D at VISaer’s domestic operation, offset in part by a greater number of technical employees at our subsidiary in India. In addition, in 2007 a larger component of expense was recorded as cost of services revenue at CoreCard or was classified on the balance sheet as cost associated with in-process, deferred revenue contracts. Such deferred costs will be recognized when the corresponding deferred revenue is recognized. Although the total number of employees involved in R&D increased on a consolidated basis, the offshore technical resources at the company’s offices in Romania and India contribute to a lower average employee cost and increase the productivity of the entire workforce.
Operating Loss - Our loss from operations was $3.9 million in 2007, a slight improvement compared to $4.0 million in 2006.
Interest Income, net - We recognized net interest income of $136,000 and $57,000 in 2007 and 2006, respectively. The increase in 2007 reflects interest earned on the notes receivable related to the sale of our QS Technologies business for the entire year in 2007 as well as lower borrowings under our bank line of credit. In 2006, interest was earned on the notes issued by the buyers of our QS Technologies business and Horizon Software International investment, as described in Notes 2 and 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, offset in part by a higher level of borrowings under our bank line of credit during the first seven months of 2006.
Investment Income, net - We recognized $81,000 and $2.5 million in net investment income in 2007 and 2006, respectively. The 2006 investment income reflects mainly the gain of $2.6 million on the sale of our Horizon Software International investment, offset in part by a charge of $98,000 to reduce the carrying value of our investment in Paymetric, a privately held company. In 2007, we earned additional investment income of $92,000 related to Horizon Software, offset by a loss of $11,000 on the sale of a marketable security. Refer to Notes 2 and 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for more details on the transactions noted in this section.
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Equity Earnings (Loss) of Affiliate Companies - We recognize our pro rata share of the earnings or losses of affiliate companies that we record on the equity method. The amount recorded is not generally predictable or indicative of future results because it is the aggregate earnings (losses) of several companies operating in different industries and thus aggregate earnings (losses) are subject to considerable fluctuation from quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year. In 2007 and 2006, we recorded $13,000 in net equity losses and $374,000 in net equity earnings, respectively, of affiliate companies. Affiliate companies include Horizon Software International (through August 31, 2006, the date of the sale of our interest), NKD Enterprises and Alliance Technology Ventures.
Other Income (Expense), net - In 2007, we recorded $49,000 in other expense, the majority of which is due to the write-down of the unamortized value of certain leased equipment at the ChemFree subsidiary.
Income taxes - Income tax expense in 2007 reflects certain state tax liabilities at two subsidiaries. We did not accrue for any income tax liability in 2006 and we believe our deferred tax assets should be fully reserved at December 31, 2007 and 2006 given their character and our historical losses.
Discontinued Operations
Net Income from Discontinued Operations - The amounts recorded in 2006 reflect the results of operations of the QS Technologies subsidiary which has been classified as a discontinued operation as a result of the sale of the QS business, as disclosed in more detail in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Gain on Sale of Discontinued Operations - In 2006, we recorded a gain of $4.9 million on the sale of the QS business. In 2007, we recorded an additional gain on the sale of $1.3 million reflecting $1.2 million in earned contingency payments and the reversal of $97,000 in excess accruals related to estimated transaction related expenses.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our cash balance at December 31, 2007 was $554,000 compared to $2.1 million at December 31, 2006. During the year ended December 31, 2007, our principal sources of cash were $3.4 million from payments received on principal and interest on notes receivable, consisting of payment in full of the $2.9 million note related to the sale of our Horizon Software investment and scheduled payments of principal and interest totaling $542,000 from the buyer of our QS Technologies business. We also borrowed $415,000 under our line of credit and $178,000 under a term loan for ChemFree’s new accounting software system. During 2007, we used approximately $4.1 million in the aggregate principally to support our CoreCard subsidiary’s U.S. and international operations, and to a lesser extent, our VISaer subsidiary operations. In addition, other uses of cash included $520,000 to increase inventory levels to support ChemFree product sales and approximately $385,000 to acquire an office facility to house our software subsidiary in India.
In recent years, most of our cash has been generated on an irregular basis from sales of assets, as exemplified by the QS Technologies and Horizon Software International transactions in 2006. We have used a significant amount of the cash received from such sales to support the operations of our CoreCard and VISaer subsidiaries. In 2007, we used more cash than originally forecasted to support our software operations due to slippage in anticipated contract payments during the year. The delays resulted from a combination of factors including complex customer requirements that resulted in more time than estimated to complete initial statements of work, longer than expected review and approval cycles by large customers, and more time than anticipated for testing and quality assurance cycles. In 2008, we do not expect the same level of cash investment in these software subsidiaries and we anticipate that ChemFree will generate greater positive cash flow. A significant amount of our consolidated expenses are related to personnel, none of whom are represented by a union or have employment contracts.
In April 2008, we anticipate receiving cash of between $1.2 million and $1.4 million related to the earn-out contingency payment from the buyer of our QS Technologies business. We renewed our $2.0 million line of credit on December 1, 2007 and expect to use it as necessary to support short-term cash needs. At this time, we estimate that our receivable and inventory balances will support a borrowing base calculation sufficient for our borrowing needs. However, it is difficult to estimate such balances except in the near-term and it is possible that our borrowing base calculation would not support our intended use of the line of credit, in which case we could experience a temporary cash shortfall unless the bank agreed to a short term waiver. Delays in meeting project milestones or software delivery commitments could cause customers to postpone payments and increase our need for cash during 2008. Presently, we do not believe there is a material risk to successfully perform under these software contracts. However, if customer payments are delayed for any reason, if we do not control costs or if we encounter unforeseen technical or quality problems, then we could require more cash than planned for our software subsidiaries. As a result, we may need to increase the use of our bank line of credit, scale back operations, seek alternative financing or consider the sale of a business, which could impact our performance under the software contracts, at least in the near term.
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Beyond 2008, we currently expect that liquidity will continue to improve and consolidated operations will generate sufficient cash to fund their requirements with use of our credit facility to accommodate short-term needs. Other long-term sources of liquidity include potential sales of investments, subsidiaries or other assets although the timing and amount of any such transactions are uncertain and, to the extent they involve non-consolidated companies, generally not within our control.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not currently have any off-balance sheet arrangements that are reasonably likely to have a current or future material adverse effect on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.
Factors That May Affect Future Operations
Future operations in both the Information Technology Products and Services and Industrial Products segments are subject to risks and uncertainties that may negatively impact our future results of operations or projected cash requirements. It is difficult to predict future quarterly and annual results with any certainty mainly because our software subsidiaries are early stage companies with limited revenue and experience in their respective markets, all are relatively small in size and, particularly in the Information Technology sector, revenue tends to be associated with fewer and larger sales than in the Industrial Products segment. Thus any trend or delay that affects even one of our subsidiaries could have a negative impact on the company’s consolidated results of operations or cash requirements on a quarterly or annual basis. In addition, the carrying value of our investments is impacted by a number of factors which are generally beyond our control since we are typically a non-control shareholder in a private company with limited liquidity.
Among the numerous factors that may affect our consolidated results of operations or financial condition are the following:
 
Delays in software development projects could cause our customers to delay implementations, delay payments or cancel contracts, which would increase our costs and reduce our revenue.
 
 
Our CoreCard subsidiary could fail to improve its ability to deliver software products which meet the business and technology requirements of its target markets within a reasonable time frame and at a price point that supports a profitable, sustainable business model.
 
 
One of ChemFree’s customers represented approximately 32 percent of our consolidated revenue in 2007 and any unplanned changes in the volume of orders or timeliness of payments from such customer could have a negative impact on inventory levels and cash, at least in the near-term.
 
 
Failure by our ChemFree subsidiary to protect its intellectual property assets could increase competition in the marketplace and result in greater price pressure and lower margins, thus potentially impacting sales, profits and projected cash flows.
 
 
Software errors or poor quality control may delay product releases, increase our costs, result in non-acceptance of our software by customers or delay revenue recognition.
 
 
Compliance with the internal controls over financial reporting requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 could increase operating expenses and divert management and staff resources.
 
 
Water shortages in the State of Georgia, ChemFree’s base of operations, could impact availability and price of water that is used to manufacture certain of its consumable products, resulting in reduced revenue and gross margins.
 
 
Competitive pressures (including pricing, changes in customer requirements and preferences, and competitor product offerings) may cause prospective customers to choose an alternative product solution, resulting in lower revenue and profits (or increased losses).
 
 
In 2008, ChemFree will convert to a new accounting software system. We do not have experience in such an activity and are relying on consultants to assist us in this process. While we believe we have a good plan in place for the transition, unanticipated problems could occur which may have a negative impact on operations or timely financial reporting.
 
 
Our CoreCard or VISaer subsidiaries could fail to establish a base of reference customers for their new product offerings, resulting in lower revenue and profits (or increased losses), increased cash needs and possibly leading to restructuring or cutting back of the subsidiaries’ operations.
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In certain limited situations, ChemFree lease customers are permitted to terminate the lease covering a SmartWasher® machine, requiring the unamortized balance of the original machine cost to be written off which could reduce profits in that reporting period and result in lower revenue in future periods.
 
 
Our products’ specifications and features could fail to achieve market acceptance.
 
 
Our software subsidiaries could fail to retain key software developers and managers who have accumulated years of know-how in our target markets and company products, or fail to attract and train a sufficient number of new software developers and testers to support our product development plans and customer requirements at projected cost levels.
 
 
Further increases in the price of oil could increase the cost of certain plastic components used in ChemFree’s products and could affect VISaer’s results if potential aviation customers delay or cancel purchases of software or services in the face of declining industry trends or poor financial condition.
 
 
Delays in anticipated customer payments for any reason would increase our cash requirements and possibly our losses.
 
 
Declines in performance, financial condition or valuation of minority-owned companies could cause us to write-down the carrying value of our investment or postpone an anticipated liquidity event, which could negatively impact our earnings and cash.
 
 
Negative trends affecting the commercial aviation industry worldwide could impact VISaer’s customer purchases, thus increasing its losses and need for cash.
 
 
Failure to meet the continued listing standards of The American Stock Exchange could result in delisting of our common stock, with a potentially negative impact on market price and liquidity of our common stock.
 
 
Other general economic and political conditions could cause customers to delay or cancel software purchases.
We have certain lease commitments, legal matters and contingent liabilities described in detail in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. We are not aware presently of any facts or circumstances related to these that are likely to have a material negative impact on our results of operations or financial condition.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In September 2006, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (FASB No.157) to increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements. FASB No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements of certain assets, liabilities and items in stockholders’ equity that are measured at fair value. FASB No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and, accordingly, we will adopt FASB No.157 in the first quarter of 2008. The company has not yet determined the effect, if any, the adoption of FASB No.157 will have on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
On February 15, 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 159, (FASB No. 159) “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities: Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115.” FASB No.159, which builds on other statements related to fair value such as Statement No. 157 above, permits entities to elect to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value with changes in value reported in earnings. It is designed to mitigate earnings volatility that arises when assets and liabilities are measured differently. FASB No. 159 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and, accordingly, we will adopt FASB No. 159 in the first quarter of 2008. The company has not yet determined the effect, if any, the adoption of FASB No.159 will have on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
ITEM 7.  
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following consolidated financial statements and related report of registered public accounting firm are included in this report and are incorporated by reference in Part II, Item 7 hereof. See Index to Financial Statements on page F-1 hereof.
         
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
       
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2007 and 2006
       
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
       
 
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
       
 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
       
 
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ITEM 8.  
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None
ITEM 8A(T).  
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 the company’s management, including the company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the company’s disclosure controls and the procedures are effective. There were no significant changes in the company’s internal controls over financial reporting or in other factors identified in connection with this evaluation that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting.
The management of Intelligent Systems Corporation is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a — 15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The company maintains accounting and internal control systems which are intended to provide reasonable assurance that the assets are safeguarded against loss from unauthorized use or disposition, transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization and accounting records are reliable for preparing financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its inherent limitations. Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures. Internal control over financial reporting also can be circumvented by collusion or improper management override. Because of such limitations, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process. Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, risk.
The company’s management assessed the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control — Integrated Framework.
Based on our assessment management believes that, as of December 31, 2007, the company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria.
This annual report does not include an attestation report of the company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.
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PART III
ITEM 9.  
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS, CONTROL PERSONS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
Please refer to the subsection entitled “Proposal 1 — The Election of One Director — Nominee” and “Proposal 1 — The Election of One Director — Executive Officers” in our Proxy Statement for the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Proxy Statement”) for information about the individual nominated as a director and about the directors and executive officers of the company. This information is incorporated into this Item 9 by reference. Information regarding compliance by directors and executive officers of the company and owners of more than 10 percent of our common stock with the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is contained under the caption “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the Proxy Statement. This information is incorporated into this Item 9 by reference. Information regarding the company’s Audit Committee and its composition is contained under the caption “Proposal 1 — The Election of One Director — Nominee” and “Proposal 1 — The Election of One Director — Meetings and Committees of the Board of Directors” in the Proxy Statement. This information is incorporated into this Item 9 by reference.
There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the company’s Board of Directors.
We have a Code of Ethics that applies to all directors, officers, and employees. The Code of Ethics is posted on our website at www.intelsys.com. We also disclose on our website, within the time required by the rules of the SEC, any waivers of, or amendments to, the Code of Ethics for the benefit of an executive officer.
ITEM 10.  
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Please refer to the subsection entitled “Proposal 1 — The Election of One Director — Executive Compensation” in the Proxy Statement for information about management compensation. This information is incorporated into this Item 10 by reference.
ITEM 11.  
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
                         
                    (c) Number of securities remaining  
    (a) Number of securities to be     (b) Weighted-average     available for future issuance under  
    issued upon exercise of     exercise price of     equity compensation plans  
    outstanding options, warrants     outstanding options,     (excluding securities reflected in  
Plan category   and rights     warrants and rights     column (a))  
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
    111,000     $ 1.78       350,000  
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
    98,000     $ 3.14       96,000  
 
                 
Total
    209,000     $ 2.42       446,000  
The company instituted its 1991 Incentive Stock Plan (the “1991 Plan”) in December 1991 and the 1991 Plan expired in December 2001. Effective August 22, 2000, the company adopted the Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the “Director Plan”). Up to 200,000 shares of common stock may be issued under the Director Plan to non-employee directors with each director receiving an initial grant of 5,000 options followed by annual grants of 4,000 options on the date of each subsequent Annual Meeting. The company instituted the 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (the “2003 Plan”) in March 2003. The 2003 Plan authorizes the issuance of up to 450,000 options to purchase shares of common stock to officers and key employees. No options were granted under the 2003 Plan in 2006 or 2007. Twelve thousand options were granted under the Director Plan in 2007. Non-qualified stock options are granted under the company’s equity compensation plans at fair market value on the date of grant and vest ratably over two or three year periods after the date of grant.
Please refer to the subsection entitled “Voting — Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in the Proxy Statement for information about the ownership of our $0.01 par value common stock by certain persons. This information is incorporated into this Item 11 by reference.
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ITEM 12.  
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
The lease on our headquarters and primary facility at 4355 Shackleford Road, Norcross, Georgia is held by ISC Properties, LLC, an entity controlled by J. Leland Strange, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Strange holds a 100% ownership interest in ISC Properties, LLC. In each of the years ending December 31, 2007 and 2006, we paid ISC Properties, LLC $459,000 in rent.
Please refer to the subsection entitled “Proposal 1 — The Election of One Nominee” in the Proxy Statement referred to in Item 9 for information regarding the independence of the company’s directors. This information is incorporated into this Item 12 by reference.
ITEM 13.  
EXHIBITS
We are filing the following exhibits with this report or incorporating them by reference to earlier filings. Shareholders may request a copy of any exhibit by contacting Bonnie L. Herron, Secretary, Intelligent Systems Corporation, 4355 Shackleford Road, Norcross, Georgia 30093; telephone (770) 381-2900. There is a charge of $.50 per page to cover expenses of copying and mailing.
2.1  
Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of July 31, 2006 by and between QS Technologies, Inc. and Intelligent Systems Corporation, as Sellers, and Netsmart Public Health, Inc. as Buyer and Netsmart Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K dated July 31, 2006.)
 
2.2  
Promissory Note of Netsmart Technologies, Inc. dated July 31, 2006. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K dated July 31, 2006.)
 
3(i)  
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant dated November 14, 1991, as amended November 25, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1991 and to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Report on Form 8-K dated November 25, 1997.)
 
3(ii)  
Bylaws of the Registrant dated December 7, 2007. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K dated December 7, 2007.)
 
4.1  
Rights Agreement dated as of November 25, 1997 between the Registrant and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company as Rights Agent. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Report on Form
8-K dated November 25, 1997 and filed on December 16, 1997.)
 
4.2  
Form of Rights Certificate. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Registrant’s Report on Form 8-K dated November 25, 1997 and filed on December 16, 1997.)
 
10.1  
Lease Agreement dated June 1, 2004, between the Registrant and ISC Properties, LLC. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004.)
 
10.2  
Management Compensation Plans and Arrangements:
  (a)  
Intelligent Systems Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan
 
  (b)  
Intelligent Systems Corporation Change in Control Plan for Officers
 
  (c)  
Intelligent Systems Corporation Outside Director’s Retirement Plan
 
  (d)  
Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan
   
Exhibit 10.2(a) is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(a) to the Registrants Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.
 
   
Exhibits 10.2(b) and (c) are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993.
 
   
Exhibit 10.2(d) is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.
10.3  
Loan Agreement by and among Intelligent Systems Corporation and Fidelity Bank dated October 1, 2003. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.)
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10.4  
Security Agreement by and among Intelligent Systems Corporation and Fidelity Bank dated as of October 1, 2003. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.)
10.5  
Form of Security Agreement by and among majority owned subsidiary companies of Intelligent Systems Corporation and Fidelity Bank as of October 1, 2003. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.)
10.6  
Negative Pledge Agreement by and among Intelligent Systems Corporation and Fidelity Bank dated October 1, 2003. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.)
10.7  
Commercial Promissory Note and Rider thereto of Intelligent Systems Corporation in favor of Fidelity Bank dated October 1, 2004. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.)
10.8  
Form of Guarantee of majority owned subsidiaries of Intelligent Systems Corporation in favor of Fidelity Bank dated October 1, 2003. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.)
10.9  
Sixth Modification to Loan Documents by and among Intelligent Systems Corporation and Fidelity Bank dated December 1, 2007.
 
21.1  
List of subsidiaries of Registrant.
 
23.1  
Consent of Tauber & Balser, P.C.
 
31.1  
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
31.2  
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
32.1  
Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
ITEM 14.  
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Please refer to the subsection entitled “Independent Public Accountants” in the Proxy Statement referred to in Item 9 for information about the fees paid to and services performed by our independent public accountants. This information is incorporated into this Item 14 by reference.
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
  INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Registrant
 
 
Date: March 31, 2008  By:   /s/ J. Leland Strange    
    J. Leland Strange   
    Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
         
Signature   Capacity   Date
 
/s/ J. Leland Strange
 
J. Leland Strange
  Chairman of the Board, President,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
  March 31, 2008
         
/s/ Bonnie L. Herron
 
Bonnie L. Herron
  Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
  March 31, 2008
         
/s/ James V. Napier   Director   March 31, 2008
         
  James V. Napier        
         
/s/ John B. Peatman   Director   March 31, 2008
         
  John B. Peatman        
         
/s/ Parker H. Petit   Director   March 31, 2008
         
  Parker H. Petit        
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INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following consolidated financial statements of the Registrant and its subsidiaries are submitted herewith in response to Item 7:
Financial Statements:
         
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Intelligent Systems Corporation
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Intelligent Systems Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with 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. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Intelligent Systems Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ Tauber & Balser, P.C.
Atlanta, Georgia
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Intelligent Systems Corporation
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
                 
As of December 31,   2007     2006  
ASSETS
               
Current assets:
               
Cash
  $ 554     $ 2,136  
Accounts receivable, net
    2,139       2,006  
Notes and interest receivable, current portion
    540       3,445  
Inventories
    1,424       904  
Other current assets
    2,217       1,072  
 
           
Total current assets
    6,874       9,563  
 
           
Long-term investments
    1,127       1,174  
Notes and interest receivable, net of current portion
    350       841  
Property and equipment, at cost less accumulated depreciation
    1,894       1,009  
Goodwill, net
    2,047       2,047  
Other intangibles, net
    313       359  
Other assets, net
    17       17  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 12,622     $ 15,010  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current liabilities:
               
Short-term borrowings
  $ 593     $  
Accounts payable
    1,482       1,558  
Deferred revenue
    2,527       3,094  
Accrued payroll
    1,162       974  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    1,235       1,088  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    6,999       6,714  
 
           
Long-term liabilities
    95       356  
 
           
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
               
Minority interest
    1,516       1,516  
 
           
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized, 4,478,971 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2007 and 2006
    45       45  
Additional paid-in capital
    18,437       18,425  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (127 )     (127 )
Accumulated deficit
    (14,343 )     (11,919 )
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    4,012       6,424  
 
           
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 12,622     $ 15,010  
 
           
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Intelligent Systems Corporation
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
                             
Year Ended December 31,   2007     2006  
Revenue
                   
Products
      $ 14,555     $ 8,401  
Services
        4,450       6,059  
 
               
Total revenue
        19,005       14,460  
 
               
Cost of revenue
                   
Products
        7,748       4,355  
Services
        2,655       2,812  
 
               
Total cost of revenue
        10,403       7,167  
 
               
Expenses
                   
Marketing
        3,075       2,059  
General & administrative
        4,358       3,519  
Research & development
        5,032       5,696  
 
               
Loss from operations
        (3,863 )     (3,981 )
 
               
Other income (expense)
                   
Interest income, net
        136       57  
Investment income, net
        82       2,547  
Equity in income (loss) of affiliate companies, net
        (13 )     374  
Other expense, net
        (49 )     (1 )
 
               
Loss from continuing operations before income tax provision
        (3,707 )     (1,004 )
 
               
Income tax
        17        
 
               
Loss from continuing operations
        (3,724 )     (1,004 )
 
               
Income from discontinued operations, no tax effect
              600  
 
               
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, no tax effect
        1,300       4,873  
 
               
Net income (loss)
      $ (2,424 )   $ 4,469  
 
               
Loss per share from continuing operations:  Basic
      $ (0.83 )   $ (0.22 )
 Diluted
      $ (0.83 )   $ (0.22 )
Income per share from discontinued operations:  Basic
      $ 0.29     $ 1.22  
 Diluted
      $ 0.29     $ 1.20  
Income (loss) per share:  Basic
      $ (0.54 )   $ 1.00  
 Diluted
      $ (0.54 )   $ 0.98  
 
               
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding
        4,478,971       4,478,971  
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
        4,478,971       4,571,261  
 
               
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(in thousands, except share amounts)
                 
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2007     2006  
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Common stock, number of shares, beginning and end of year
    4,478,971       4,478,971  
 
           
Common stock, amount, beginning and end of year
  $ 45     $ 45  
 
           
Additional Paid-in capital, beginning of year
    18,425       18,410  
Additions during year
    12       15  
 
           
End of year
    18,437       18,425  
 
           
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, beginning of year
    (127 )     (61 )
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    (12 )     (55 )
Change in unrealized loss on marketable securities
    12       (11 )
 
           
End of year
    (127 )     (127 )
 
           
Accumulated deficit, beginning of year
    (11,919 )     (16,388 )
Net income (loss)
    (2,424 )     4,469  
 
           
End of year
    (14,343 )     (11,919 )
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
  $ 4,012     $ 6,424  
 
           
 
               
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
               
Net income (loss)
  $ (2,424 )   $ 4,469  
Other comprehensive income (loss):
               
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    (12 )     (55 )
Change in unrealized loss on marketable securities
    12       (11 )
 
           
Total comprehensive income (loss)
  $ (2,424 )   $ 4,403  
 
           
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
                 
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2007     2006  
OPERATIONS:
               
Net income (loss)
  $ (2,424 )   $ 4,469  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used for operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    485       546  
Loss on disposal of property and equipment
    30       40  
Stock-based compensation expense
    13       12  
Gain on sale of QS business
    (1,300 )     (4,873 )
Investment income, net
    (81 )     (2,547 )
Equity in (earnings) loss of affiliate companies
    13       (374 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of sale of QS business
               
Accounts receivable
    (133 )     (179 )
Accrued interest receivable
    94       (103 )
Inventories
    (519 )     (134 )
Other current assets
    79       (568 )
Accounts payable
    (76 )     759  
Accrued payroll
    188       2  
Deferred revenue
    (567 )     45  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    116       (232 )
Other liabilities
    (93 )     209  
 
           
Cash used for operating activities
    (4,175 )     (2,928 )
 
           
 
               
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
               
Proceeds related to sales of investments
    39       3,033  
Proceeds from sale of QS business
          1,900  
Distributions from long-term investments
    92       385  
Proceeds from notes receivable
    3,396       143  
Payments on notes payable
    (145 )     (100 )
Purchases of property and equipment
    (1,355 )     (523 )
 
           
Cash provided by investing activities
    2,027       4,838  
 
           
 
               
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
               
Borrowings under short-term borrowing arrangements
    928       2,335  
Repayments under short-term borrowing arrangements
    (350 )     (2,435 )
Proceeds from exercise of stock option in subsidiary
          3  
 
           
Cash provided by (used for) financing activities
    578       (97 )
 
           
 
               
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash
    (12 )     (55 )
 
           
Net increase (decrease) in cash
    (1,582 )     1,758  
Cash at beginning of year
    2,136       378  
Cash at end of year
  $ 554     $ 2,136  
 
           
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Intelligent Systems Corporation
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)

(in thousands)
                 
    2007     2006  
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
               
Cash paid during the year for interest
  $ 13     $ 105  
Cash paid during the year for income taxes
    19        
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NONCASH INVESTING ACTIVITIES IN 2006:
Sale of Horizon Software Investment:
As explained in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company sold its 17 percent interest in Horizon as of August 31, 2006. The carrying value of the Horizon investment at the time of the sale was $3,062,000 and the proceeds of the sale included a note receivable of $2,850,000 in addition to the cash proceeds of $2,850,000. The sale resulted in a gain of $2,638,000.
Sale of QS Technologies Business (Discontinued Operations):
Below is a reconciliation of the cash and non-cash activities associated with the sale of the QS Technologies business, as disclosed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements. The assets and liabilities were valued at their carrying values as of the date of the transaction, July 31, 2006.
         
(in thousands)        
Proceeds from sale of QS Technologies Business:
       
Cash
  $ 1,900  
Note receivable
    1,435  
Other receivables
    305  
Liabilities assumed by (assets transferred to) buyer:
       
Other current assets
    (167 )
Property, plant and equipment, net
    (28 )
Accrued payroll
    120  
Accounts payable
    49  
Deferred revenue
    1,730  
Other current liabilities
    44  
Accrued transaction related expenses
    (515 )
 
     
Gain on sale of QS Technologies business
  $ 4,873  
 
     
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Intelligent Systems Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Organization - In this document, terms such as the “company”, “we”, “us”, and “ISC” refer to Intelligent Systems Corporation, a Georgia corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries.
Nature of Operations - Consolidated companies (in which we have majority ownership and control) are engaged in two industries: Information Technology Products and Services and Industrial Products. Continuing operations in Information Technology Products and Services, which consist of our VISaer and CoreCard Software subsidiaries, include development and sales of software licenses and related professional services and software maintenance contracts. Operations in the Industrial Product segment include the manufacture and sale of bio-remediating parts washer systems by our ChemFree subsidiary. Our operations are explained in further detail in Note 16. Included in Discontinued Operations is our former subsidiary, QS Technologies, Inc., a company engaged in the development and sales of software products and services, which was sold effective July 31, 2006. Our affiliate companies (in which we have a minority ownership) are mainly involved in the information technology industry.
Use of Estimates - In preparing the financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Some areas where we use estimates and make assumptions are to determine our allowance for doubtful accounts, valuation allowances on our investments, depreciation and amortization expense, accrued expenses and deferred income taxes. These estimates and assumptions also affect amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Consolidation - The financial statements include the accounts of Intelligent Systems Corporation and its majority owned and controlled U.S. and non-U.S. subsidiary companies after elimination of material inter-company accounts and transactions.
Translation of Foreign Currencies - We consider that local currencies are the functional currencies for foreign operations. We translate assets and liabilities to U.S. dollars at period-end exchange rates. We translate income and expense items at average rates of exchange prevailing during the period. Translation adjustments are accumulated as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Gains and losses that result from foreign currency transactions are recorded in the consolidated statement of operations.
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts - Accounts receivable are customer obligations due under normal trade terms. They are stated at the amount management expects to collect. We sell our products to distributors and end users involved in a variety of industries including automotive parts and repair, aircraft operators and maintenance providers, and financial services entities. We perform continuing credit evaluations of our customers’ financial condition and we generally do not require collateral. The amount of accounting loss for which we are at risk in these unsecured receivables is limited to their carrying value.
Senior management reviews accounts receivable on a monthly basis to determine if any receivables will potentially be uncollectible. We include any accounts receivable balances that are estimated to be uncollectible, along with a general reserve, in our overall allowance for doubtful accounts. After all attempts to collect a receivable have failed, the receivable is written off against the allowance. Based on the information available to us, we believe our allowance for doubtful accounts as of December 31, 2007 is adequate. However, actual write-offs might exceed the recorded allowance.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Inventories - We state the value of inventories at the lower of cost or market determined on a first-in first-out basis. Market is defined as net realizable value. The value of inventories at December 31, 2007 and 2006 is as follows:
                 
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
Raw materials
  $ 1,323     $ 768  
Finished goods
    101       136  
 
           
Total inventories
  $ 1,424     $ 904  
 
           
Property and Equipment - Property and equipment are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation. For financial reporting purposes, we use the straight-line method of depreciation for machinery, equipment, facilities, furniture and fixtures.
         
Classification   Useful life in years  
Machinery and equipment
    3 – 5  
Furniture & fixtures
    5 – 7  
Leasehold improvements
    1 – 5  
Building
    39  
The cost of each major class of property and equipment at December 31, 2007 and 2006 is as follows:
                 
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
Machinery and equipment
  $ 4,716     $ 3,894  
Furniture and fixtures
    232       201  
Leasehold improvements
    300       273  
Building
    413        
 
           
Subtotal
    5,661       4,368  
Accumulated depreciation
    (3,767 )     (3,359 )
 
           
Property and equipment, net
  $ 1,894     $ 1,009  
 
           
Depreciation expense was $440,000 and $373,000 in 2007 and 2006, respectively. These expenses are generally included in general and administrative expenses, except with respect to our Industrial Products Segment, where the depreciation expense related primarily to products leased to customers is included in cost of revenue.
Leased Equipment - In the Industrial Products segment, certain equipment is leased to customers. In the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, we recorded a charge of $30,000 and $51,000, respectively, to reduce the carrying value of certain leased equipment which was no longer in service. The cost, carrying value and accumulated depreciation associated with the leased equipment at December 31, 2007 and 2006 is as follows:
                 
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
Cost of equipment
  $ 1,263     $ 1,112  
Accumulated depreciation
    (809 )     (706 )
 
           
Carrying value of equipment
  $ 454     $ 406  
 
           

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
The minimum future lease revenue under non-cancelable contracts at December 31, 2007 is as follows:
         
(in thousands)        
2008
  $ 207  
2009
    207  
 
     
Total minimum future lease revenue
  $ 414  
 
     
There is no contingent rental income under the leases. The leased equipment assets are included in Machinery and Equipment at December 31, 2007 and 2006.
Investments - We account for investments by the equity method for (i) entities in which we have a 20 to 50 percent ownership interest and over which we do not exert control or (ii) entities that are organized as partnerships or limited liability companies. We account for investments of less than 20 percent in non-marketable equity securities of corporations at the lower of cost or market. The aggregate value of investments accounted for by the equity method was $897,000 and $944,000 at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. At both December 31, 2007 and 2006, the aggregate value of investments accounted for by the cost method was $230,000.
Marketable securities, which are included in other current assets, are accounted for in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities”. At December 31, 2007, we did not have any marketable securities. At December 31, 2006, the aggregate fair market value of our available-for-sale securities consisted of equity securities totaling $38,000. When calculating gain or loss the sale of an investment, we use the average cost basis of the securities. The amount ($38,000) includes a net unrealized holding loss of $11,000 as of December 31, 2006. This amount is reflected as a separate component of stockholders’ equity.
Other Intangibles and Goodwill - Other intangibles are carried at cost net of related amortization. We account for acquisitions in accordance with SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations” and SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”. In accordance with SFAS No. 142, we periodically, but at least annually, assess goodwill for impairment. Our annual assessment date is at year end. When circumstances indicate that an intangible other than goodwill may be impaired, we utilize the guidance provided by SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”. For the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, the carrying value of goodwill was $2,047,000 and no impairment was identified.
Other intangibles, net at December 31, 2007 and 2006 consisted of the following:
                 
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
Patents
  $ 464     $ 464  
Accumulated amortization
    (151 )     (105 )
 
           
Intangible assets, net
  $ 313     $ 359  
 
           
As of December 31, 2007, annual amortization expense for intangibles for the following years is expected to be:
         
(in thousands)        
2008
  $ 45  
2009
    45  
2010
    45  
2011
    45  
2012
    45  
Thereafter
    88  
 
     
Total amortization expense
  $ 313  
 
     

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Deferred Revenue - Deferred revenue consists of advance payments by software customers for annual maintenance and support services, advance payments from customers for software licenses expected to be delivered in 2008, and payments by ChemFree lease customers that are billed quarterly for leased equipment and supplies. Net billings in excess of costs are included in deferred revenue. Net costs in excess of billings on incomplete contracts are included in other current assets. We do not anticipate any loss under these contracts. Deferred revenue is classified as long-term until such time that it becomes likely that the services or products will be provided within 12 months of the balance sheet date.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments - The carrying value of cash, accounts receivable, short-term notes receivable including $1,300,000 included in other current assets, accounts payable and certain other financial instruments (such as short-term borrowings, accrued expenses, and other current liabilities) included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets approximates their fair value principally due to the short-term maturity of these instruments. The carrying value of notes receivable beyond one year approximates fair value because they bear interest at rates currently offered in the market for notes receivable with similar terms and conditions. The fair value of equity method and cost method investments has not been determined as it was impracticable to do so.
Financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and trade accounts and notes receivable. We invest cash in high credit-quality financial institutions. A concentration of credit risk may exist with respect to trade receivables, as a substantial portion of our customers are concentrated in the following industries (by subsidiary):
         
 
  ChemFree:   Industrial services companies, automotive parts distributors and equipment rental depots
 
  VISaer:   Aviation
We perform ongoing credit evaluations of customers worldwide and generally do not require collateral from our customers. Historically, we have not experienced significant losses related to receivables from individual customers or groups of customers in any particular industry or geographic area.
Revenue Recognition - Product revenue consists of fees from software licenses and sales or leases of industrial products. Service revenue consists of fees for implementation, consulting, training, customization, reimbursable expenses, maintenance and support for software products.
We recognize revenue for industrial products when products are shipped, at which time title transfers to the customer and there are no remaining future obligations. We do not provide for estimated sales returns allowances and rebates because ChemFree’s well-established policy rarely authorizes such transactions. As an alternative to selling the product, on occasion we may lease our equipment. For leased equipment, we recognize revenue monthly at the contracted monthly rate during the term of the lease.
We recognize software fees in accordance with Statement of Position (“SOP”) No. 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition”, as amended by SOP No. 98-9, “Software Revenue Recognition, With Respect to Certain Transactions”. Under SOP 97-2, we recognize software license fees when the following criteria are met: (1) a signed contract is obtained; (2) delivery of the product has occurred; (3) the license fee is fixed or determinable; and (4) collectibility is probable. Additionally, license fee revenue is not recognized until there are no material uncertainties regarding customer acceptance, cancellation provisions, if any, have expired and there are no significant vendor obligations remaining. SOP No. 98-9 requires recognition of revenue using the “residual method” when (1) there is vendor-specific objective evidence of the fair values of all undelivered elements in a multiple-element arrangement that is not accounted for using long-term contract accounting; (2) vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value does not exist for one or more of the delivered elements in the arrangement; and (3) all revenue recognition criteria in SOP No. 97-2 other than the requirement for vendor-specific objective evidence of the fair value of each delivered element of the arrangement are satisfied. Under the residual method, the fair value of the undelivered elements is deferred and the remaining portion of the license fee is recognized as revenue.
For those contracts that contain significant production, modification and/or customization, software license fees are recognized utilizing Accounting Research Bulletin (“ARB”) No. 45, “Long-term Construction Type Contracts”, using the relevant guidance in SOP No. 81-1, “Accounting for Performance of Construction Type and Certain Production Type Contracts”. We are presently utilizing the completed contract method because current contracts are for new software products for which we do not have a historical basis on which to prepare reliable estimates. Under the completed contract method, all revenue is deferred until the customer has accepted the software and any refund rights have expired.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Service revenue related to implementation, consulting, customization, training and other professional services is recognized when the services are performed. Service revenue related to software maintenance and support contracts is recognized on a straight-line basis over the life of the contract (typically one year). Substantially all of our software customers purchase software maintenance and support contracts and renew such contracts annually.
Cost of Revenue - Cost of revenue for product revenue includes direct material, direct labor, production overhead and third party license fees. Cost of revenue for service revenue includes direct cost of services rendered, including reimbursed expenses. For software contracts, we capitalize the contract specific direct costs and recognize the costs when the associated revenue is recognized.
Software Development Expense - We have evaluated the establishment of technological feasibility of our products in accordance with SFAS No. 86, “Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to Be Sold, Leased or Otherwise Marketed”. We sell products in markets that are subject to rapid technological change, new product development and changing customer needs; accordingly, we have concluded that technological feasibility has generally not been established until the development stage of the product is nearly complete. We define technological feasibility as the completion of a working model. The time period during which cost could be capitalized, from the point of reaching technological feasibility until the time of general product release, is very short and, consequently, the amounts that could be capitalized are not material to our financial position or results of operations. Therefore, we have charged all such costs to research and development in the period incurred.
In circumstances in which we acquire software, the annual amortization is the greater of (1) the ratio of current revenues to the expected revenues from the related product sales or (2) the straight-line method over the remaining useful life of the product.
In accordance with SOP No. 98-1, “Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use”, we have expensed all costs incurred in the preliminary project stage for software developed for internal use. Thereafter, we capitalize all direct costs of materials and services consumed in developing or obtaining internal use software. All costs incurred for upgrades, maintenance and enhancements that do not result in additional functionality are expensed. During the year ended December 31, 2007, we capitalized $319,000 related to a new accounting (ERP) system for our ChemFree subsidiary which we expect to begin amortizing April 1, 2008. During the year ended December 31, 2006, we did not capitalize any internal use software costs.
Warranty Costs - We accrue the estimated costs associated with our industrial product warranties as an expense in the period the related sales are recognized. The warranty accrual is included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities at December 31, 2007 and 2006. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the warranty accrual was $142,000 and $71,000, respectively.
Legal expense - Legal expenses are recorded as a component of general and administrative expense in the period in which such expenses are incurred.
Research and Development - Research and development costs consist principally of compensation and benefits paid to certain company employees and certain other direct costs. All research and development costs are expensed as incurred.
Stock Based Compensation - At December 31, 2007, we have two stock-based compensation plans in effect which are more fully described in Note 14. In December 2004, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment” (SFAS No. 123R) which replaced APB No. 25 and SFAS 123. We adopted SFAS 123R effective January 1, 2006 using the modified prospective application method of adoption which requires us to record compensation cost related to unvested stock awards as of December 31, 2005 by recognizing the unamortized grant date fair value in accordance with provisions of SFAS 123R on a straight line basis over the service periods of each award. We have estimated forfeiture rates based on our historical experience. Stock option compensation expense for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 has been recognized as a component of general and administrative expenses in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As a result of adopting SFAS 123R, we recorded $13,000 and $12,000 of stock-based compensation expense in the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Had we continued to account for these options under APB 25, we would have recorded no such expense in either period.
In 2007, 12,000 options were granted at fair market value on the date of grant pursuant to the Non-employee Directors Stock Option Plan. No options were granted during 2006. The fair value of each option granted in 2007 has been estimated as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:
                 
Year ended December 31,   2007     2006  
Risk free interest rate
    4 %     N/A  
Expected life of option in years
    6.6       N/A  
Expected dividend yield rate
    0 %     N/A  
Expected volatility
    49 %     N/A  
Under these assumptions, the weighted average fair value of options granted in 2007 was $2.07 per share. The fair value of the grants is being amortized over the vesting period for the options. All of the company’s stock-based compensation expense relates to stock options. The total remaining unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested options amounted to $12,420 and is expected to be recognized over the next year.
Income Taxes - In accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes”, we utilize the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. As such, deferred tax assets and liabilities are established to recognize the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of the existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and for income tax carryforwards.
Comprehensive Income (Loss) - Comprehensive income (loss) represents net income (loss) adjusted for the results of certain stockholders’ equity changes not reflected in the consolidated statements of operations. These items are accumulated over time as accumulated other comprehensive loss on the consolidated balance sheet and are primarily the result of cumulative currency translation adjustments at December 31, 2007 and 2006.
New Accounting Pronouncements - In September 2006, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (FASB No.157) to increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements. FASB No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements of certain assets, liabilities and items in stockholders’ equity that are measured at fair value. FASB No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and, accordingly, we will adopt FASB 157 in the first quarter of 2008. The company has not yet determined the effect, if any, the adoption of FASB 159 will have on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
On February 15, 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 159, (FASB No.159) “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities: Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115”. FASB No. 159, which builds on other statements related to fair value such as Statement No. 157 above, permits entities to elect to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value with changes in value reported in earnings. It is designed to mitigate earnings volatility that arises when assets and liabilities are measured differently. FASB No. 159 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and, accordingly, we will adopt FASB 159 in the first quarter of 2008. The company has not yet determined the effect, if any, the adoption of FASB 159 will have on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

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Intelligent Systems Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
2. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Effective July 31, 2006, we completed the sale of the business and certain assets of our QS Technologies, Inc. (“QS”) subsidiary to Netsmart Public Health, Inc. and its parent company, Netsmart Technologies, Inc., referred to collectively as “Netsmart”. Netsmart is an independent third party that expressed an interest in acquiring the QS business and the company subsequently negotiated an arms-length transaction resulting in the sale of the QS business. We sold the operations and assets associated with the QS business for a combination of $1,900,000 in cash, a promissory note of Netsmart in the amount of $1,435,000 and additional payments totaling $305,000 for unbilled receivables of QS. In addition, Netsmart assumed liabilities of QS, net of assets acquired, of $1,748,000 in the aggregate. We retained accounts receivable and cash of QS. The unsecured promissory note of Netsmart bears interest at the rate of 8.25 percent and is payable in thirty-six monthly payments of $45,133 beginning September 1, 2006.
In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No.144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”, the QS business is presented as discontinued operations for the two years ended December 31, 2007. Based on the carrying basis of the assets and liabilities transferred to Netsmart at July 31, 2006 and estimated costs and expenses incurred in connection with the sale, we recorded in 2006 a net gain on the sale of QS of $4,873,000.
The transaction also provided for contingent payments of up to $1,450,000 based on the attainment by the QS business of certain levels of revenue and bookings in 2007. As the amount, if any, of such payments was not quantifiable at the time of the transaction, no amount was recorded for such contingency payments at the time of the sale. In the year ended December 31, 2007, we recorded an additional gain on the sale of QS aggregating $1,300,000, included in other current assets, consisting of $1,225,000 related to contingent payments earned on the sale and $75,000 to reverse certain accruals for post-closing expenses and adjustments.
The following condensed financial information is provided for the QS Discontinued Operations for the periods shown.
                 
    Year Ended December 31,  
(in thousands)   2007     2006 *  
Net sales
        $ 1,934  
Operating income
          602  
Net income before tax
          600  
Income tax
           
Net income from discontinued operations
           600  
     
*  
Includes results for 7 months ended July 31, 2006, the date of the sale of the QS business
3. SALES AND WRITE-DOWNS OF ASSETS
Gains, losses and writedowns related to long-term investments described below are reflected in the category investment income, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Aderis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - In the year ended December 31, 2005, we wrote down the carrying value of our investment in Aderis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to net realizable value, based the sale of the privately held company. We recorded a charge of $101,000 against long-term investments. In 2007, we recorded investment income of $20,000 related to a post-closing distribution from Aderis.
Horizon Software Interest - Effective August 31, 2006, we completed the sale of our 17 percent ownership position in Horizon Software International, LLC (“Horizon”) to Horizon Software Holdings, Inc., an entity comprised of the founder and officers of Horizon (the “Horizon Buyer”) for a purchase price of $5,600,000. Simultaneously, we sold our interest in an affiliate company of Horizon for $100,000. At the close of the transaction, we received an aggregate of $2,850,000 in cash and a promissory note from the Horizon Buyer in the principal amount of $2,850,000. We recorded a gain of $2,638,000 on the sale of our Horizon interest on a carrying value of $3,062,000 at the time of the sale. In 2007, we recorded $73,000 in investment income reflecting a distribution from Horizon attributed to our ownership interest in 2006.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Paymetric. Inc. - In December 2006, we recorded a charge of $98,000 to reduce the carrying value of our interest in Paymetric, Inc., a private technology company in which we are a small common shareholder, to net realizable value which we estimated to be zero.
4. INVESTMENTS
At December 31, 2007 and 2006, our ownership interest in NKD Enterprises, LLC was 25.5% in both periods and our interest in Horizon Software International, LLC was 0% and 17%, respectively (we sold our interest in Horizon Software on August 31, 2006 as explained in Note 3). We account for each of these companies by the equity method of accounting for the periods in which we held each investment. The carrying value of NKD Enterprises is included in long term investments.
                         
At December 31,   Carrying Value     Original  
(in thousands)   2007     2006     Investment  
NKD Enterprises
  $ 897     $ 891     $ 1,286  
The following table presents summarized combined financial information for our 50 percent or less owned investments named above for the respective time periods:
                 
As of and for the year ended December 31,            
(in thousands)   2007     2006 *  
Revenues
  $ 1,906     $ 16,708  
Operating income
    24       2,673  
Net income
    24       2,762  
 
Current assets
  $ 338     $ 6,154  
Non-current assets
    3,041       7,938  
Current liabilities
    474       2,049  
Non-current liabilities
          4,512  
Stockholders’ equity
    2,905       7,530  
     
*  
Includes data for Horizon Software through date of sale, August 31, 2006.
Marketable Securities - The carrying and estimated fair values of available-for-sale securities at December 31, 2007 and 2006 are summarized as follows:
                 
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
Cost
        $ 49  
Gross unrealized loss
          (11 )
 
           
Estimated fair values
        $ 38  
 
           
Inhibitex, Inc. [NASDAQ:INHX] comprised the balance of $38,000 at December 31, 2006.
5. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND NOTES RECEIVABLE
At December 31, 2007 and 2006, our allowance for doubtful accounts amounted to $11,000 and $66,000, respectively. Net charges against the allowance for doubtful accounts were $44,000 and $29,000 in 2007 and 2006, respectively.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
The following table indicates the percentage of consolidated revenue and year-end accounts receivable represented by each customer for any period in which such customer represented more than 10 percent of consolidated revenue or year-end accounts receivable.
                                      
    Revenue       Accounts Receivable  
    2007     2006       2007     2006  
ChemFree
                                 
Customer A
    10 %     11 %       18 %     11 %
Customer B
                  20 %     14 %
Customer C
    32 %             18 %      
Customer D
                  12 %      
CoreCard
                                 
Customer E
                        16 %
VISaer
                                 
Customer F
          12 %              
As explained in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, in connection with the sale of our QS Technologies business, we received a promissory note from the buyer in the amount of $1,435,000, which bears interest at the rate of 8.25 percent annually and is payable in thirty-six monthly payments of $45,000 beginning September 1, 2006. At December 31, 2007, the current portion of the principal amount of this note is $491,000 and the non-current portion is $350,000. At December 31, 2006, the current portion of the principal amount of this note was $452,000 and the non-current portion was $841,000.
On August 31, 2006, we received a promissory note from the buyer of Horizon Software in the principal amount of $2,850,000 as explained in Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The note bore interest at the prime rate plus one and one half percent annually and had a maturity date of January 31, 2007. The $2,850,000 principal amount of the note is included in current notes receivable in the Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2006. On January 4, 2007, the note and accrued interest were paid in full.
6. SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS
Terms and borrowings under our primary credit facility are summarized as follows:
                 
Year ended December 31,            
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
Maximum outstanding (month-end)
  $ 415     $ 2,145  
Outstanding at year end
    415        
Interest rate at year end
    8.75 %     9.75 %
Average interest rate
    9.25 %     9.5 %
We established a working capital credit facility with a bank in October 2003 and have renewed the line periodically with the most recent renewal effective December 1, 2007. The $2,000,000 revolving line of credit bears interest at the prime rate plus one and one half percent, is secured by all assets of the company and our principal subsidiaries, is guaranteed by our subsidiaries, and expires December 1, 2008. We may borrow an aggregate of 80 percent of qualified accounts receivable of our consolidated subsidiaries plus 50 percent of inventory, up to a maximum of $2,000,000. At December 31, 2007, our borrowing base calculation resulted in availability of $1,655,000, of which we had drawn down $415,000 at year end. The terms of the loan contain typical covenants not to sell or transfer material assets, to create liens against assets, to merge with another entity, to change corporate structure or the nature of our business, to declare or pay dividends, or to redeem shares of common stock. The loan agreement also contains covenants not to change the chief executive and chief financial officers of the company or to make loans to or invest in new minority-owned companies, without first obtaining the consent of the financial institution in each case.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
On July 25, 2007, our ChemFree subsidiary entered into a financing arrangement with a bank to borrow up to $300,000 to finance the purchase of a new accounting system. The terms of the arrangement provide that ChemFree could draw down up to $300,000 and pay interest only on the outstanding balance until February 24, 2008, at which time repayment of the $300,000 principal amount and interest converts to a term loan with 36 equal monthly payments of principal and interest of $9,393.00. The interest rate is fixed at 7.95 percent and the loan is secured by assets of ChemFree and guaranteed by Intelligent Systems Corporation. At December 31, 2007, the amount outstanding under the loan was $176,000, which is included in the category Short-term Borrowings in the Consolidated Financial Statements. Effective February 24, 2008 when the arrangement converts to a term loan, the short-term and long-term balances of the note will be classified separately.
7. NOTE PAYABLE
In March 2006, our VISaer subsidiary and a customer reached a mutual agreement to terminate a Software License Agreement. The Settlement and Release Agreement provided for a refund to the customer of $512,000 of certain prepaid maintenance and other expenses to be paid in monthly installments over a three year period. VISaer issued an unsecured note payable in the amount of $512,000 (recorded as $446,000, which is equal to $512,000 discounted at 9.25%). At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the current portion of the note payable ($159,000 and $135,000, respectively) is included in other current liabilities and the long-term portion of the note payable ($42,000 and $210,000, respectively) is included in long-term liabilities.
8. INCOME TAXES
The income tax provision from continuing operations consists of the following:
                 
Year ended December 31,            
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
Current
  $     $  
Following is a reconciliation of estimated income taxes at the blended statutory rate from continuing operations to estimated tax expense (benefit) as reported:
                 
Year ended December 31,   2007     2006  
Statutory rate, blended
    38 %     38 %
Change in valuation allowance
    (38 %)     (38 %)
Other
    0 %     0 %
 
           
Effective rate
    0 %     0 %
 
           

 

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Intelligent Systems Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of December 31, the following net operating loss carryforwards, if unused as offsets to future taxable income, will expire during the following years:
                 
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
2017
  $ 1,038     $ 1,038  
2019
    2,901       2,901  
2021
    495       495  
2022
    234       234  
2023
    1,778       1,778  
Thereafter
    6,550       4,212  
 
           
Total
  $ 12,996     $ 10,660  
 
           
Net deferred tax assets consist of the following at December 31:
                 
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
Deferred tax assets:
               
Federal, state and foreign loss carryforward
  $ 5,052     $ 6,376  
Capitalized research and development
    3,711       4,054  
Accrued interest
    1,758       1,680  
Deferred revenue
    (203 )     (138 )
Federal and state tax credits
    3,109       1,238  
Long-term investments
    (521 )     (722 )
Other
    438       342  
 
           
Total deferred tax asset
    13,344       12,830  
Less valuation allowance
    (13,344 )     (12,830 )
 
           
Net deferred tax asset
  $     $  
 
           
Federal and state tax credits of $3,109,000 included in the above table expire at various dates between 2012 and 2027.
We have a deferred tax asset of approximately $13.3 million at December 31, 2007 and $12.8 million at December 31, 2006. The deferred tax asset has been offset by a valuation allowance in 2007 and 2006 of $13.3 million and $12.8 million, respectively, because the company believes that it is more likely than not that the amount will not be realized. No deferred taxes have been provided on temporary differences related to investments in foreign subsidiaries because these investments are considered to be permanent. The total deferred tax asset and related valuation allowance at December 31, 2006 have been reduced by approximately $6,831,000 from the amount previously reported as a result of an error in the calculation of bases differences for long-term investments.
Effective January 1, 2007, we adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold that a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial statements and provides guidance on derecognition, measurement, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition issues. We have recognized tax benefits from all tax positions we have taken, and there has been no adjustment to any carry forwards (net operating loss or research and development credits) as a result of the implementation of FIN 48. The adoption of FIN 48 did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations. As of December 31, 2007, we do not have any material unrecognized tax benefits and we do not anticipate any significant changes in the balance of unrecognized tax benefits during the next twelve months.
Our policy is to recognize accrued interest related to uncertain tax positions in interest expense and related penalties, if applicable, in general and administrative expense. No interest expense or penalties were recognized during the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
We file a consolidated U.S. federal income tax return for all subsidiaries in which our ownership equals or exceeds 80%, as well as individual subsidiary returns in various states and foreign jurisdictions. Our VISaer subsidiary files a separate U.S. federal income tax return. With few exceptions we are no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local or foreign income tax examinations by taxing authorities for years before 2003.
9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Leases - We have noncancellable operating leases expiring at various dates through July 2010. Future minimum lease payments are as follows:
         
Year ended December 31,        
(in thousands)        
2008
  $ 626  
2009
    339  
2010
    84  
 
     
Total minimum lease payments
  $ 1,049  
 
     
Included in the above are future minimum lease payments to a related party of $464,000 and $194,000 in 2008 and 2009, respectively.
Rental expense for leased facilities and equipment related to continuing operations amounted to $607,000 and $604,000 for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Companies in Intelligent Systems incubator sublease space from the company. For the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, we received $95,000 and $77,000, respectively, in sublease rental income which reduced the company’s rental expense during these years.
Legal Matters - In December 2004, ChemFree filed a patent infringement action against J. Walter Co. Ltd. and J. Walter, Inc. in the United States Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The complaint alleges that certain of the defendant’s products infringe various U.S. patents held by ChemFree and seeks a ruling to compel defendant to cease its infringing activities. The defendant has asserted various defenses. The parties are in the discovery phase of the case and no trial date has been set. While the resolution and timing of any legal action is not predictable, ChemFree believes it has sufficient grounds to prevail in these actions, although there can be no assurance that the disputes will be resolved in its favor.
ISC Guarantees - In conjunction with a Software License Agreement entered into on June 12, 2003 between our CoreCard subsidiary and a CoreCard customer, ISC entered into a letter of guarantee with the CoreCard customer. Under the guarantee, in the event that the Software License is terminated due to CoreCard discontinuing operations, ISC has guaranteed to make available at its expense up to four employees to provide technical assistance to the customer during a transition period of up to one year which is estimated to be approximately $400,000. The guarantee expires in June 2008. As of December 31, 2007, it does not appear probable that the guarantee will be paid; thus no amounts have been accrued with respect to this guarantee.
10. POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS
Effective January 1, 1992, we adopted the Outside Directors’ Retirement Plan which provides that each nonemployee director, upon resignation from the Board after reaching the age of 65, will receive a lump sum cash payment equal to $5,000 for each full year of service as a director of the company (and its predecessors and successors) up to $50,000. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, we have accrued $150,000 and $145,000, respectively, for future payments under the plan.

 

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Intelligent Systems Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
11. DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS
We maintain two 401(k) defined contribution plans covering substantially all U.S. employees. Our matching contributions under the plans, which are optional, are based on the level of individual participant’s contributions, amounted to $72,000 and $85,000 in 2007 and 2006, respectively.
12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION
The lease on our headquarters and primary facility at 4355 Shackleford Road, Norcross, Georgia is held by ISC Properties, LLC, an entity controlled by our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, J. Leland Strange. Mr. Strange holds a 100% ownership interest in ISC Properties, LLC. In each of the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, we paid $459,000 in rent to ISC Properties, LLC.
13. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
We have authorized 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, and 2,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, $0.10 par value per share. No shares of Preferred Stock have been issued; however, we adopted a Rights Agreement on November 25, 1997, which provides that, under certain circumstances, shareholders may redeem the Rights to purchase shares of Preferred Stock. The Rights have certain anti-takeover effects. The Board of Directors has authorized stock repurchases from time to time but no repurchases were authorized or made in 2007 or 2006.
14. STOCK OPTION PLANS
We instituted the 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (the “2003 Plan”) in March 2003. The 2003 Plan authorizes the issuance of up to 450,000 options to purchase shares of common stock to officers and key employees, with vesting of such options occurring equally over a 3-year time period. No options were granted under the 2003 Plan in the two years ended December 31, 2007. We instituted the 1991 Incentive Stock Plan (the “1991 Plan”) in December 1991 and the 1991 Plan expired in December 2001, with 148,000 shares ungranted. In August 2000, we instituted a Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan (the “Directors’ Plan”) that authorizes the issuance of up to 200,000 shares of common stock to non-employee directors. Upon adoption of the Directors’ Plan, each non-employee director was granted an option to acquire 5,000 shares. At each Annual Meeting, each director receives a grant of 4,000 shares, which vests in 50% increments on the first and second anniversary. Stock options under all three plans are granted at fair market value on the date of grant. As of December 31, 2007, a total of 981,000 options under all three Plans have been granted, 724,320 have been exercised and 197,000 options are fully vested and exercisable. All options expire ten years from their respective dates of grant.
As of December 31, 2007, there was $12,000 compensation cost related to nonvested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the Plans. The total fair value of shares vested during the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 was $13,000 and $12,000, respectively.

 

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Intelligent Systems Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Stock option transactions during the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 were as follows:
                 
    2007     2006  
Options outstanding at January 1
    203,666       238,680  
Options granted
    12,000        
Options exercised
           
Options canceled
    6,666       35,014  
 
           
Options outstanding at December 31
    209,000       203,666  
 
           
 
               
Options available for grant at December 31
    446,000       458,000  
 
           
 
               
Options exercisable at December 31
    197,000       197,666  
 
           
 
               
Exercise price ranges per share:
               
Granted
  $ 3.84        
Canceled
  $ 4.25     $ 2.96-$4.25  
Outstanding
  $ 1.51-$4.26     $ 1.51-$4.26  
 
               
Weighted average exercise price per share:
               
Granted
  $ 3.84        
Canceled
  $ 4.25     $ 3.35  
Outstanding at December 31
  $ 2.42     $ 2.39  
Exercisable at December 31
  $ 2.33     $ 2.40  
 
           
The following tables summarize information about the stock options outstanding under the company’s option plans as of December 31, 2007.
Options Outstanding:
                         
            Wgt. Avg.        
    Number     Contractual     Wgt. Avg.  
Range of Exercise Price   Outstanding     Life Remaining     Exercise Price  
$1.51 - $2.08
    136,000     5.6 yrs     $ 1.62  
$3.15 - $4.26
    73,000     4.3 yrs     $ 3.91  
 
                 
 
    209,000     5.1 yrs     $ 2.42  
 
                 
 
Options Exercisable:
 
    Number     Wgt. Avg.     Aggregate  
Range of Exercise Price   Exercisable     Exercise Price     Intrinsic Value  
$1.51 - $2.08
    136,000     $ 1.62     $ 235,582  
$3.15 - $4.26
    61,000     $ 3.92       2,800  
 
                 
$1.51 - $4.26
    197,000     $ 2.33     $ 238,382  
 
                 
Aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value (the difference between the company’s closing stock price on the last trading day of the year ended December 31, 2007 and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options) that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options on December 31, 2007. The amount of aggregate intrinsic value will change based on the fair market value of the company’s common stock.

 

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Intelligent Systems Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
15. FOREIGN REVENUES AND OPERATIONS
Foreign revenues are based on the location of the customer. Revenues from customers by geographic areas for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows:
                 
Year ended December 31,            
(in thousands)   2007     2006  
Foreign Countries:
               
United Kingdom
  $ 2,249     $ 1,596  
Chile
    490       940  
Pacific Rim *
    1,253       759  
Panama
    149       277  
Ireland
    68       138  
China
    36       27  
Other
    115       197  
 
           
Subtotal
    4,359       3,934  
United States
    14,646       10,526  
 
           
Total
  $ 19,005     $ 14,460  
 
           
     
*  
Includes Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore.
With the acquisition of VISaer in 2001, we acquired foreign subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Ireland and in 2004 established an office in Australia. In 2003, we established a subsidiary of CoreCard Software in Romania for software development and testing activities and in 2006 we established a subsidiary in India for additional software development and testing activities. With the exception of a facility in India acquired in 2007 to house our India-based employees, substantially all long-lived assets are in the United States.
At December 31, 2007 and 2006, foreign subsidiaries had assets of $822,000 and $321,000, respectively, and total liabilities of $590,000 and $556,000, respectively. There are no currency exchange restrictions related to our foreign subsidiaries that would affect our financial position or results of operations.
Refer to Note 1 for a discussion regarding how we account for translation of non-U.S. currency amounts.
16. INDUSTRY SEGMENTS
Our consolidated subsidiaries are involved in two industry segments: Information Technology Products and Services and Industrial Products. Operations in Information Technology Products and Services, which include our VISaer and CoreCard Software subsidiaries, involve development and sales of software licenses and related professional services and software maintenance contracts. Operations in the Industrial Product segment include the manufacture and sale of bio-remediating parts washers by our ChemFree subsidiary. Total revenue by industry segment includes sales to unaffiliated customers. Sales between our industry segments are not material. Operating income (loss) is total revenue less operating expenses. None of the corporate overhead expense is allocated to the individual industry segments. Identifiable assets by industry segment are those assets that are used in our subsidiaries in each industry segment. Corporate assets are principally cash, investments and notes receivable.

 

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Intelligent Systems Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
The following table contains segment information for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006:
                 
Year ended December 31,
(in thousands)
  2007     2006  
Information Technology
               
Revenue
  $ 5,817     $ 6,690  
Operating loss
    (3,296 )     (3,256 )
Depreciation and amortization
    192       266  
Capital expenditures
    569       123  
Identifiable assets
    4,171       3,624  
Goodwill
    2,047       2,047  
 
               
Industrial Products
               
Revenue
  $ 13,188     $ 7,769  
Operating income
    533       446  
Depreciation and amortization
    271       256  
Capital expenditures
    776       368  
Identifiable assets
    4,932       3,849  
Goodwill
           
 
               
Consolidated Segments
               
Revenue
  $ 19,005     $ 14,460  
Operating income (loss)
    (2,762 )     (2,810 )
Depreciation and amortization
    463       522  
Capital expenditures
    1,345       491  
Identifiable assets
    9,103       7,373  
Goodwill
    2,047       2,047  
A reconciliation of consolidated segment data above to consolidated data follows:
                 
Year ended December 31,
(in thousands)
  2007     2006  
Consolidated segments operating loss
  $ (2,762 )   $ (2,810 )
Corporate expenses
    (1,101 )     (1,171 )
 
           
Consolidated loss from continuing operations
  $ (3,863 )   $ (3,981 )
 
           
                 
Year ended December 31,
(in thousands)
  2007     2006  
Depreciation and amortization
               
Consolidated segments
  $ 463     $ 522  
Corporate
    22       24  
 
           
Consolidated
  $ 485     $ 546  
 
           
 
               
Capital expenditures
               
Consolidated segments
  $ 1,345     $ 491  
Corporate
    10       32  
 
           
Consolidated
  $ 1,355     $ 523  
 
           
                 
As of December 31,
(in thousands)
  2007     2006  
Assets
               
Consolidated segments identifiable assets
  $ 9,103     $ 7,473  
Corporate
    3,519       7,537  
 
           
Consolidated
  $ 12,622     $ 15,010  
 
           

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
17. EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share are computed in accordance with SFAS No. 128 “Earnings per Share”. Basic net earnings (loss) per share are computed by dividing net earnings (loss) (numerator) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding (denominator) during the period and exclude the dilutive effect of stock options. Diluted net earnings per share give effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during a period. In computing diluted net earnings per share, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be reacquired under the treasury stock method for the hypothetical exercise of stock options.
The following tables represent required disclosure of the reconciliation of the earnings (loss) and the shares used in the basic and diluted net earnings (loss) per share computation:
                 
Year ended December 31,            
(in thousands except per share data)   2007     2006  
Basic
               
Net earnings (loss)
  $ (2,424 )   $ 4,469  
Weighted average common shares outstanding
    4,479       4,479  
 
           
Net earnings (loss) per share
  $ (0.54 )   $ 1.00  
 
           
 
               
Diluted
               
Net earnings (loss)
  $ (2,424 )   $ 4,469  
Weighted average common shares outstanding
    4,479       4,479  
Effect of dilutive potential common shares: stock options
          92  
 
           
Total
  $ 4,479     $ 4,571  
Net earnings (loss) per share
  $ (0.54 )   $ 0.98  
 
           
At December 31, 2007, potentially dilutive stock options to purchase 149,645 shares of the company’s common stock were not included in the diluted earnings (loss) per share as their effect would be antidilutive.

 

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Exhibit Index
     
Exhibit Number   Description
 
   
10.9
  Sixth Modification to Loan Documents by and among Intelligent Systems Corporation and Fidelity Bank dated December 1, 2007.
 
   
21.1
  List of subsidiaries of Registrant.
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Tauber and Balser, P.C.
 
   
31.1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
31.2
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
32.1
  Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 9056 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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