Delaware
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98-0202855
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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237
West 35th
Street, Suite 1101, New York, New York
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10001
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(646)
502-4777
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(Registrant’s
telephone number)
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(Former
Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if changed since last
report)
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PART I
— FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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PART II
— OTHER INFORMATION
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38
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38
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June
30
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December
31
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2007
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2006
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$
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$
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Assets
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|||||||
Current
assets:
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|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
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4,540
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4,976
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|||||
Investment
securities
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3,985
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4,102
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|||||
Accounts
receivable
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1,279
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1,304
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|||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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847
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416
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|||||
Total
current assets
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10,651
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10,798
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|||||
Long-term
deposits (restricted)
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333
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218
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|||||
Deposits
in respect of employee severance obligations
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975
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856
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|||||
Property
and equipment, net of $1,690 and $1,425 accumulated depreciation
as of
June
30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively
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1,182
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998
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Other
assets:
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|||||||
Intangible
assets, net of $1,736 and $1,108 accumulated amortization as of June
30,
2007 and
December 31, 2006, respectively
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5,382
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6,010
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|||||
Goodwill
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437
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437
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|||||
Prepaid
expenses, long-term, and other assets
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312
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362
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|||||
Total
other assets
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6,131
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6,809
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|||||
Total
assets
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19,272
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19,679
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|||||
Liabilities
and stockholders' equity
|
|||||||
Current
liabilities:
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable
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317
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366
|
|||||
Accrued
expenses
|
873
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805
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|||||
Accrued
compensation
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717
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623
|
|||||
Deferred
revenues, short-term
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8
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465
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|||||
Total
current liabilities
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1,915
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2,259
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|||||
Liability
in respect of employee severance obligations
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1,046
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828
|
|||||
Commitments
and contingencies
|
|||||||
Stockholders'
equity:
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|||||||
Preferred
stock: $0.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized, none
issued
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-
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-
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|||||
Common
stock; $0.001 par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized; 7,854,053
and
7,809,394 shares
issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006,
respectively
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8
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8
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Additional
paid-in capital
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72,867
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71,599
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|||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
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(30
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)
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(31
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)
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|||
Accumulated
deficit
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(56,534
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)
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(54,984
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)
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Total
stockholders' equity
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16,311
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16,592
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|||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
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19,272
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19,679
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Three
months ended June 30
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Six
months ended June 30
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2007
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2006
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2007
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2006
|
|||||||||
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$
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$
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$
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$
|
|||||||||
Revenues:
|
|||||||||||||
Answers.com
Advertising
revenue
|
2,728
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1,457
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5,612
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2,547
|
|||||||||
Answers
service licensing
|
82
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46
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159
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99
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|||||||||
Subscriptions
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-
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8
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425
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19
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|||||||||
2,810
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1,511
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6,196
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2,665
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||||||||||
Costs
and expenses:
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|||||||||||||
Cost
of revenue
|
1,320
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808
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2,464
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1,492
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|||||||||
Research
and development
|
748
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1,951
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1,469
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4,588
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|||||||||
Sales
and marketing
|
1,072
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678
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2,054
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1,320
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|||||||||
General
and administrative
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1,019
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965
|
1,945
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1,765
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|||||||||
Total
operating expenses
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4,159
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4,402
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7,932
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9,165
|
|||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(1,349
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)
|
(2,891
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)
|
(1,736
|
)
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(6,500
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)
|
|||||
Interest
income, net
|
112
|
145
|
212
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286
|
|||||||||
Other
income (expenses), net
|
4
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(201
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)
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(12
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)
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(204
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)
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||||||
Loss
before income taxes
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(1,233
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)
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(2,947
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)
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(1,536
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)
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(6,418
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)
|
|||||
Income
tax (expense) benefit
|
(14
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)
|
5
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(14
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)
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3
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|||||||
Net
loss
|
(1,247
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)
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(2,942
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)
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(1,550
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)
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(6,415
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)
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Basic
and diluted net loss per common share
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(0.16
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)
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(0.38
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)
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(0.20
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)
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(0.85
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)
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Weighted
average shares used in computing basic and diluted
net loss per common share
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7,853,818
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7,678,328
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7,840,140
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7,555,185
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Six
months ended June 30
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2007
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2006
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|||||
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$
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$
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|||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
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|||||||
Net
loss
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(1,550
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)
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(6,415
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)
|
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Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
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Depreciation
and amortization
|
892
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594
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|||||
Deposits
in respect of employee severance obligations
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(119
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)
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(95
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)
|
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Increase
in liability in respect of employee severance obligations
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214
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85
|
|||||
Stock-based
compensation to employees and directors
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1,123
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856
|
|||||
Stock-based
compensation in connection with the Brainboost transaction
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-
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3,489
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Exchange
rate losses (gains)
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12
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(23
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)
|
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Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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Decrease
(increase) in accounts receivable
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24
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(400
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)
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Increase
in prepaid expenses and other assets
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(78
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)
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(111
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)
|
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Increase
(decrease) in accounts payable
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(49
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)
|
34
|
||||
Increase
in accrued expenses and other current liabilities
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(20
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)
|
197
|
||||
Decrease
in short-term deferred revenues
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(457
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)
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(34
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)
|
|||
Decrease
in long-term deferred revenues
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-
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(12
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)
|
||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
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(8
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)
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(1,835
|
)
|
|||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(448
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)
|
(308
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)
|
|||
Capitalization
of software development costs
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-
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(36
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)
|
||||
Purchase
of intangible assets
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-
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(55
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)
|
||||
Increase
in long-term deposits
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(100
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)
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(3
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)
|
|||
Deferred
charges relating to planned acquisition
|
(114
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)
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-
|
||||
Purchases
of investment securities
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(3,205
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)
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(8,816
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)
|
|||
Proceeds
from sales of investment securities
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3,321
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12,545
|
|||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by investing activities
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(546
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)
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3,327
|
||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|||||||
Exercise
of common stock options
|
145
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173
|
|||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
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145
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173
|
|||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
(27
|
)
|
23
|
||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
(436
|
)
|
1,688
|
||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
4,976
|
2,840
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
4,540
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4,528
|
Supplemental
disclosures of cash flow information:
|
|||||||
Income
taxes paid
|
5
|
4
|
|||||
Non-cash
investing activities:
|
|||||||
Deferred
charges relating to planned acquisition
|
190
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-
|
|||||
Unrealized
net loss from securities
|
1
|
1
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$
(in thousands)
|
||||
December
31, 2006
|
16,592
|
|||
Exercise
of stock options
|
145
|
|||
Stock-based
compensation
|
1,123
|
|||
Other
comprehensive loss
|
1
|
|||
Net
loss for the period
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(1,550
|
)
|
||
June
30, 2007
|
16,311
|
(a) |
Future
minimum lease payments under operating leases for office space and
cars,
as of June 30, 2007, are as
follows:
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Year
ending December 31
|
$
(in thousands)
|
|||
2007
(six months ending December 31)
|
232
|
|||
2008
|
436
|
|||
2009
|
382
|
|||
2010
|
217
|
|||
1,267
|
(b) |
All
of the Subsidiary’s obligations to its bank, including the bank guarantee
given to the Subsidiary’s landlord, are secured by a lien on all of the
Subsidiary’s deposits at such bank. As of June 30, 2007, deposits at such
bank amounted to $890,000, including a restricted long-term deposit
of
$95,000.
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(c) |
In
the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into various
arrangements with vendors and other business partners, principally
for
content, web-hosting, marketing and investor relations arrangements.
As of
June 30, 2007, the total future cash commitments under these arrangements
amount to approximately $1,228,000.
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(d) |
On
November 2, 2006 (the “Closing Date”), the Parent acquired certain assets
of Interesting.com, Inc. including the domain names www.faqfarm.com
and www.wikianswers.com in exchange for $2,000,000 in cash (the
“Acquisition Costs”). For a period commencing on the Closing Date and
ending one year thereafter, the parties to the agreement have agreed
to
indemnify each other for damages resulting from any breach of their
respective representations, warranties and covenants provided under
the
agreement.
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(e) |
On
July 14, 2005, a former marketing employee of the Company (“the
Employee”), filed a statement of claim (“the Claim) with the Regional
Labor Court in Jerusalem, Israel (“the Court”), against the Parent, the
Subsidiary, the Parent’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial
Officer, in the amount of approximately US$50,000, for deferred salary,
severance pay and unpaid commissions, as well as 43,441 options to
purchase such number of our shares of common stock, with an exercise
price
of $2.76 per share. On
June 27, 2007, the Company and the Employee entered into a settlement
agreement. As a result of this settlement agreement, the Company
paid the
Employee $130,000, including the Employee’s legal fees, and the claim was
dismissed without prejudice.
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(f) |
From
time to time, the Company receives various legal claims incidental
to its
normal business activities, such as intellectual property infringement
claims and claims of defamation and invasion of privacy. Although
the
results of claims cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company
believes
the final outcome of such matters will not have a material adverse
effect
on its financial position, results of operations, or cash
flows.
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(a) |
In
June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - An Interpretation of FASB Statement
No.
109"
(FIN 48). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainties in income
taxes recognized in a company's financial statements in accordance
with
SFAS No. 109, "Accounting
for Income Taxes”.
FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute
for
the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position
taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Company adopted
the
provisions of FIN 48 as of January 1, 2007. Interest and penalties
related
to unrecognized
tax benefits are recognized as a component of income tax expense.
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(b) |
The
2006 financial statements as previously presented by the Company
in
reports and SEC filings, have been modified to account for an immaterial
error in the income tax expense in the Consolidated Statements of
Operations and deferred taxes on the Consolidated Balance Sheets
involving
an over-accrual of deferred income taxes relating to the Subsidiary’s
accumulated earnings, as a result of applying the distributed tax
rate as
opposed to the undistributed tax
rate.
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(a)
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On
July 13, 2007, the Company entered into a purchase agreement, pursuant
to
which it will acquire all of the outstanding limited liability interests
of Lexico Publishing Group, LLC (the "Lexico Agreement"). The Company
will
pay an aggregate amount of up to of $100 million in cash, subject
to
adjustment for closing net working capital and transaction expenses,
$10
million of which may be paid to the employees of Lexico, and recorded
as
compensation expense, subject to certain terms and conditions and
a
pre-determined payout schedule.
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(b) |
On
August 2, 2007, the Company announced that due to a search engine
algorithmic adjustment by Google, Answers.com has seen a drop in
search
engine traffic. As a result, overall traffic and revenue on Answers.com
dropped by approximately 28% from levels immediately prior to the
change.
The Company is currently working to analyze and address the recent
algorithm change, however, it may not successfully react to this
or other
future actions, and it may not recover the lost traffic and associated
revenue. The Company’s current reaction to this event has been to reduce
headcount and related recurring compensation costs, however it also
expects to record a charge in the third quarter of 2007, in respect
of
termination-related costs. Further, the Company is currently assessing,
what impact this event might have on the recoverability of its intangible
assets.
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·
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Search
engines:
Users submit queries and the algorithmic search engines respond by
generating a list of Web pages that are likely to offer the most
relevant
content. When our pages rank very high in the search engines’ algorithmic
systems, our results are more likely to be accessed by
users. Currently, this source of traffic represents the majority of
our traffic.
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·
|
Google’s
definition link:
Our informal, non-contractual relationship, pursuant to which Google
currently links to our Answers.com pages for definitions based on
a list
of trigger words we have provided Google. At present, this
source of traffic represents between 25% and 30% of our
traffic.
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·
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Direct
users:
Users visiting our Web properties directly.
|
Average
Daily Page Views
|
Ad
Revenue (Thousands)
|
|
RPM
|
|||||||
Q-1
2005
|
1,010,000
|
$
|
107
|
$
|
1.17
|
|||||
Q-2
2005
|
2,000,000
|
$
|
357
|
$
|
1.96
|
|||||
Q-3
2005
|
1,990,000
|
$
|
500
|
$
|
2.73
|
|||||
Q-4
2005
|
2,370,000
|
$
|
807
|
$
|
3.71
|
|||||
Q-1
2006
|
2,920,000
|
$
|
1,090
|
$
|
4.15
|
|||||
Q-2
2006
|
3,030,000
|
$
|
1,457
|
$
|
5.29
|
|||||
Q-3
2006
|
3,400,000
|
$
|
1,810
|
$
|
5.79
|
|||||
Q-4
2006
|
4,340,000
|
$
|
2,400
|
$
|
6.02
|
|||||
Q-1
2007
|
5,470,000
|
$
|
2,768
|
$
|
5.62
|
|||||
Q-2
2007
|
4,890,000
|
$
|
2,551
|
$
|
5.73
|
|||||
·
|
modifying
the user interface;
|
·
|
modifying
the color, background and placement of ads
displayed;
|
·
|
modifying
the size of ads;
|
·
|
changing
the number of ads per page;
|
·
|
adding
or switching Monetization Partners;
|
·
|
increasing
the revenue-share percentage offered by Monetization
Partners;
|
·
|
modifying
the types of ads introduced;
|
·
|
modifying
the content displayed; and
|
·
|
introducing
direct advertising sales.
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
(in
thousands)
|
||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
|||||||||||||
Advertising
revenue
|
$
|
2,728
|
$
|
1,457
|
$
|
5,612
|
$
|
2,547
|
|||||
Answers
services
licensing
|
82
|
46
|
159
|
99
|
|||||||||
Subscriptions
|
-
|
8
|
425
|
19
|
|||||||||
2,810
|
1,511
|
6,196
|
2,665
|
||||||||||
Costs
and expenses:
|
|||||||||||||
Cost
of revenue
|
1,320
|
808
|
2,464
|
1,492
|
|||||||||
Research
and development
|
748
|
1,951
|
1,469
|
4,588
|
|||||||||
Sales
and marketing
|
1,072
|
678
|
2,054
|
1,320
|
|||||||||
General
and administrative
|
1,019
|
965
|
1,945
|
1,765
|
|||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
4,159
|
4,402
|
7,932
|
9,165
|
|||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(1,349
|
)
|
(2,891
|
)
|
(1,736
|
)
|
(6,500
|
)
|
|||||
Interest
income, net
|
112
|
145
|
212
|
286
|
|||||||||
Other
income (expenses), net
|
4
|
(201
|
)
|
(12
|
)
|
(204
|
)
|
||||||
Loss
before income taxes
|
(1,233
|
)
|
(2,947
|
)
|
(1,536
|
)
|
(6,418
|
)
|
|||||
Income
tax (expense) benefit
|
(14
|
)
|
5
|
(14
|
)
|
3
|
|||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(1,247
|
)
|
$
|
(2,942
|
)
|
$
|
(1,550
|
)
|
$
|
(6,415
|
)
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||
Statement
of Operations Data
|
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||||
Revenues
|
100
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
|||||
Costs
and expenses:
|
|||||||||||||
Cost
of revenue
|
47
|
53
|
40
|
56
|
|||||||||
Research
and development
|
27
|
129
|
24
|
172
|
|||||||||
Sales
and marketing
|
38
|
45
|
33
|
50
|
|||||||||
General
and administrative
|
36
|
64
|
31
|
66
|
|||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
148
|
291
|
128
|
344
|
|||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(48
|
)
|
(191
|
)
|
(28
|
)
|
(244
|
)
|
|||||
Interest
income, net
|
4
|
10
|
3
|
10
|
|||||||||
Other
income (expense), net
|
0
|
(14
|
)
|
0
|
(8
|
)
|
|||||||
Loss
before income taxes
|
(44
|
)
|
(195
|
)
|
(25
|
)
|
(242
|
)
|
|||||
Income
tax (expense) benefit
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Net
loss
|
(44
|
)%
|
(195
|
)%
|
(25
|
)%
|
(242
|
)%
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|||||||
(in
thousands)
|
|
Change
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||
Advertising
Revenue
|
$
|
2,728
|
$
|
1,457
|
$
|
1,271
|
$
|
5,612
|
$
|
2,547
|
$
|
3,065
|
|||||||
Answers
Service Licensing
|
82
|
46
|
36
|
159
|
99
|
60
|
|||||||||||||
Subscriptions
|
-
|
8
|
(8
|
)
|
425
|
19
|
406
|
||||||||||||
$
|
2,810
|
$
|
1,511
|
$
|
1,299
|
$
|
6,196
|
$
|
2,665
|
$
|
3,531
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
|
Change
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||
Cost
of revenue
|
$
|
1,320
|
$
|
808
|
$
|
512
|
$
|
2,464
|
$
|
1,492
|
$
|
972
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
|
Change
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||
Research
and development
|
$
|
748
|
$
|
1,951
|
($1,203
|
)
|
$
|
1,469
|
$
|
4,588
|
($3,119
|
)
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
|
Change
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||
Sales
and marketing
|
$
|
1,072
|
$
|
678
|
$
|
394
|
$
|
2,054
|
$
|
1,320
|
$
|
734
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
|
Change
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||
General
and administrative
|
$
|
1,019
|
$
|
965
|
$
|
54
|
$
|
1,945
|
$
|
1,765
|
$
|
180
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
|
Change
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
income, net
|
$
|
112
|
$
|
145
|
($33
|
)
|
$
|
212
|
$
|
286
|
($74
|
)
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
|
Change
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||
Other
income (expense), net
|
$
|
4
|
($201
|
)
|
$
|
205
|
($12
|
)
|
($204
|
)
|
$
|
192
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
$
|
$
|
||||||
Net
cash (used in) operating activities
|
(8
|
)
|
(1,835
|
)
|
|||
Net
cash (used in) provided by investing activities
|
(546
|
)
|
3,327
|
||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
145
|
173
|
$
|
||||||||||
Purchase
Contracts
|
|
Operating
Leases
|
|
Total
1
|
||||||
Remainder
of 2007
|
355
|
232
|
587
|
|||||||
2008
|
528
|
436
|
964
|
|||||||
2009
|
300
|
382
|
682
|
|||||||
2010
|
45
|
217
|
262
|
|||||||
1,228
|
1,267
|
2,495
|
·
|
The
user base of Lexico’s Web properties may behave differently than the users
of our Web properties;
|
·
|
Our
assumptions regarding the probability that Lexico's users will click
on
the ads displayed on the Lexico Web properties may be incorrect;
or
|
·
|
We
may make a modification to the Lexico Web properties that damages
the look
or experience for their user base.
|
·
|
the
difficulties of assimilating the operations of Lexico in our ongoing
operations;
|
·
|
the
potential loss of key employees of Lexico subsequent to the
acquisition;
|
·
|
the
successful incorporation of the acquired Web properties into our
products
and services;
|
·
|
the
acquired Web properties may not perform as well as we anticipate
due to
various factors, such as disruptions caused by the integration of
operations with us and changes in economic conditions;
|
·
|
the
possible impairment of relationships with current employees, users
or
advertisers as a result of the integration of new management or
operations;
|
·
|
the
diversion of management attention to the integration of operations
could
have a negative impact on our existing business; and
|
·
|
we
may experience greater than expected costs or difficulties relating
to the
integration of Lexico or may not realize the expected revenues from
the
transaction within the expected timeframe, if at all.
|
·
|
unasserted
claims of vendors or other persons dealing with Lexico;
|
·
|
liabilities,
claims and litigation, whether or not incurred in the ordinary course
of
business, relating to periods prior to the acquisition of Lexico,
including with respect to the intellectual property used by Lexico
in its
business;
|
·
|
claims
for indemnification by members or employees and others who may be
indemnified by Lexico; and
|
·
|
liabilities
for taxes relating to periods prior to the acquisition.
|
·
|
take
certain prohibited actions including, among other
things:
|
·
|
editing
or modifying the order of search results,
|
·
|
redirecting
end users, producing or distributing any software which prevents
the
display of ads by Google,
|
·
|
modifying,
adapting or otherwise attempting to obtain source code from Google
technology, content, software and documentation or
|
·
|
engaging
in any action or practice that reflects poorly on Google or otherwise
disparaging or devaluing Google’s reputation or
goodwill;
|
·
|
breach
the grant of a license to us by Google of certain trade names, trademarks,
service marks, logos, domain names and other distinctive brand features
of
Google;
|
·
|
breach
the confidentiality provisions of the
GSA;
|
·
|
breach
the exclusivity provisions of the GSA; or
|
·
|
materially
breach the GSA more than two times, irrespective of any cure to such
breaches.
|
·
|
our
financial condition and resources relative to the financial condition
and
resources of competitors;
|
·
|
the
attractiveness of our common stock as potential consideration relative
to
the common stock of competitors;
|
·
|
our
ability to obtain additional financing from investors;
and
|
·
|
our
available cash, which depends upon our results of operations and
our cash
demands.
|
·
|
the
difficulties of assimilating the operations and personnel of the
acquired
companies and the potential disruption of our ongoing
business;
|
·
|
the
difficulties of maintaining uniform standards, controls, procedures
and
policies;
|
·
|
the
successful incorporation of the acquired or shared technology or
content
and rights into our products and
services;
|
·
|
the
difficulties of establishing a new joint venture, including attracting
qualified personnel, customers and advertisers;
and
|
·
|
the
potential impairment of relationships with employees and customers
as a
result of any integration of new management personnel or reduction
of
personnel.
|
·
|
substantial
liability for damages and litigation costs, including attorneys'
fees;
|
·
|
lawsuits
that prevent us from further use of intellectual property and require
us
to permanently cease and desist from selling or marketing products
that
use the intellectual property;
|
·
|
licensing
intellectual property from a third party, which could include significant
licensing and royalty fees not presently paid by us, adding materially
to
the our costs of operations;
|
·
|
developing
new intellectual property, as a non-infringing alternative, that
could
delay projects, add materially to our costs of operations and be
unacceptable to our users, which in turn could adversely affect our
user
traffic and revenues; and
|
·
|
indemnifying
third parties who have entered into agreements with us with respect
to
losses they incurred as a result of the infringement, which could
include
consequential and incidental damages that are material in
amount.
|
·
|
any
major hostilities involving Israel;
|
·
|
a
full or partial mobilization of the reserve forces of the Israeli
army;
|
·
|
the
interruption or curtailment of trade between Israel and its present
trading partners;
|
·
|
risks
associated with the fact that a certain number of our key employees
and
one officer reside in what are commonly referred to as occupied
territories;
|
·
|
risks
associated with outages and disruptions of communications networks
due to
any hostilities involving Israel; and
|
·
|
a
significant downturn in the economic or financial conditions in
Israel.
|
Director
Nominee or Proposal
|
For
|
Against/Withheld
|
Abstentions
|
|||||||
Robert
S. Rosenschein
|
6,524,531
|
64,049
|
-
|
|||||||
Yehuda
Sternlicht
|
6,522,000
|
66,580
|
-
|
|||||||
Mark
B. Segall
|
6,531,909
|
56,671
|
-
|
|||||||
Ratification
of Auditors
|
6,515,918
|
67,638
|
5,024
|
31.1
|
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer required under
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) under the Exchange
Act.
|
|
|
|
31.2
|
|
Certification
of Principal Financial Officer required under
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) under the Exchange
Act.
|
|
|
|
32.1
|
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
|
|
|
|
32.2
|
|
Certification
of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
|
ANSWERS
CORPORATION
(Registrant)
|
||
|
|
|
Date:
August 23, 2007
|
By: |
/s/
Robert S. Rosenschein
|
Robert
S. Rosenschein
|
||
Chief
Executive Officer
|
Date:
August 23, 2007
|
By: |
/s/
Steven Steinberg
|
Steven
Steinberg
|
||
Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer)
|