SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED          , 2006

 

PROSPECTUS

 

 

 

359,248,679 shares of Common Stock

 

This prospectus relates to the resale by the selling shareholders of up to 359,248,679 shares of our common stock. The shares offered by this prospectus include:

 

 

We will not receive any proceeds from the resale of these shares by the selling shareholders, but will receive proceeds if any of the options or warrants are exercised for cash, rather than on a cashless basis.

 

The selling shareholders may sell the shares from time to time at prevailing market prices or in negotiated transactions. Sales may be made directly to purchasers or through brokers or to dealers, who are expected to receive customary commissions or discounts. Each of the selling shareholders may be deemed to be an “underwriter,” as such term is defined in the Securities Act of 1933. We agreed to pay the expenses of registering these shares.

 

Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the trading symbol “RSMI.” On April 19, 2006, the last reported sales price per share of our common stock was $0.14.

 

Investing in our common stock involves significant risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 4 to read about factors you should consider before buying our common stock.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

The date of this prospectus is April   , 2006.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

All references in this prospectus to “Rim Semiconductor,” “the company,” “we,” “us” or “our” mean Rim Semiconductor Company and, as the context requires, its subsidiaries.

 

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus and any supplement to this prospectus. Neither we nor the selling shareholders have authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. The selling shareholders are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, shares of our common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of common stock.

 

Rim Semiconductor^tm and Embarq^tm are our trademarks. This prospectus may also contain trademarks and trade names of other companies. All trademarks and trade names appearing in this prospectus are the property of their respective owners.

 

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

Common stock offered by the selling shareholders		359,248,679 shares. This amount includes 14,967,523 shares of common stock held by the selling shareholders; 157,597,460 shares of common stock issuable to the selling shareholders on the conversion of principal and interest on debentures; 160,035,469 shares of common stock issuable to the selling shareholders on the exercise of options and warrants; and 26,648,227 shares of common stock we could be required to issue to the selling shareholders in the future as liquidated damages or in the event of certain adjustments to the conversion price of the debentures or the exercise price of the warrants.(1)
Common stock outstanding before the offering		323,042,763 shares
Use of Proceeds		The selling shareholders will receive all of the net proceeds from their sale of the common stock offered by this prospectus. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of such common stock. We would, however, receive proceeds from the exercise of options or warrants to purchase up to 160,035,469 shares of common stock that are held by the selling shareholders, to the extent such options or warrants are exercised for cash. Under certain circumstances, many of these options or warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis. We will not receive proceeds from any cashless exercises. The selling shareholders are not obligated to exercise these options or warrants, and there can be no assurance that they will do so. If all of these options and warrants were exercised for cash, we would receive proceeds of approximately $24.8 million. Any proceeds we receive from the exercise of these options and warrants will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.
OTC Bulletin Board Symbol		RSMI

(1)		The number of shares issuable to the selling shareholders on conversion of principal and interest on the debentures we issued in 2005 and 2006, and the number of shares issuable to the selling shareholders as liquidated damages or in the event of certain adjustments to the conversion price of these debentures or the exercise price of the warrants issued in connection with the placement of these debentures, are based upon our current good faith estimates of the number of shares issuable. As required by our agreements with the purchasers of the debentures, we estimated the number of shares issuable on conversion of principal and interest on the debentures we issued in 2005 and 2006 by multiplying by 150% and 200%, respectively, the number of shares into which the principal and interest on such debentures could have been converted on April 20, 2006.

 

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below and the other information in this prospectus before you purchase any of our common stock. If any of these actually occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations could suffer. In this event you could lose all or part of your investment.

 

Risks Related to Our Business

 

We have a history of losses and we expect these losses to continue for the foreseeable future.

 

Since inception, we have incurred significant net losses. We incurred net losses of $6,923,386 and $5,506,287 for the years ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively and $1,273,738 for the three months ended January 31, 2006. As of January 31, 2006, we had an accumulated deficit of $63,388,298. We expect to continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future as we continue to develop our products and semiconductor technology. We have been funding our operations through the sale of our securities and expect to continue doing so for the foreseeable future. Our ability to generate and sustain significant additional revenues or achieve profitability will depend upon the factors discussed elsewhere in this “Risk Factors” section. We cannot assure you that we will achieve or sustain profitability or that our operating losses will not increase in the future. If we do achieve profitability, we cannot be certain that we can sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis in the future. We expect to increase expense levels on research and development, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales and administration as we begin to market our products, and to invest in new semiconductor technologies. These expenditures will necessarily precede the realization of substantial revenues from the sales of our semiconductor products, if any, which may result in future operating losses.

 

We may need to raise additional funds in order to achieve our business objectives.

 

As of April 21, 2006, we had cash balances of $4,086,078. Although management believes funds on hand will enable us to meet our liquidity needs at least through January 31, 2007, circumstances may arise that would require us to raise additional capital in order to meet our liquidity needs and satisfy our current business plan prior to the receipt of revenues from our semiconductor business. Even after we begin to sell our products, we do not yet know what payment terms will be required by our customers or if our products will be successful. At the present time, we have no commitments for any additional financing, and there can be no assurance that, if needed, additional capital will be available to us on commercially acceptable terms or at all. We may have difficulty obtaining additional funds as and if needed, and we may have to accept terms that would adversely affect our shareholders. Additional equity financings are likely to be dilutive to holders of our common stock and debt financing, if available, may involve significant payment obligations and covenants that restrict how we operate our business.

 

We also may be required to seek additional financing in the future to respond to increased expenses or shortfalls in anticipated revenues, accelerate product development and deployment, respond to competitive pressures, develop new or enhanced products, or take advantage of unanticipated acquisition opportunities. We cannot be certain we will be able to find such additional financing on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. Covenants in our agreements with certain selling shareholders may impede our ability to obtain additional financing. See “Agreements with the Selling Shareholders.” If we are unable to obtain additional financing when needed, we could be required to modify our business plan in accordance with the extent of available financing. We also may not be able to accelerate the development and deployment of our products, respond to competitive pressures, develop new or enhanced products or take advantage of unanticipated acquisition opportunities.

 

We have no agreement relating to revenue generating activities. No assurance can be provided that we will successfully conclude any such agreement.

 

We presently have no agreement or understanding with any third party to purchase our products or build equipment using our products, and no assurance can be provided that we will be successful in concluding any significant-revenue generating agreement on terms commercially acceptable to us or at all.

The inclusion of a going concern qualification in our audited financial statements may make it difficult for us to raise additional capital.

 

Our independent registered public accountants have included an explanatory paragraph in their report accompanying our audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended October 31, 2005 and 2004 relating to a substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. This qualification may make it more difficult for us to raise additional capital when needed. Our auditors believe that there are conditions that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability of reported assets or liabilities should we be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

Our operating results may vary significantly due to the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry and any such variations could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

We operate in the semiconductor industry, which is cyclical and subject to rapid technological change. The semiconductor industry, from time to time, experiences significant downturns characterized by diminished product demand, accelerated erosion of prices and excess production capacity. These downturns in the semiconductor industry may be severe and prolonged, and could delay or hinder the market acceptance of our semiconductor technologies and seriously impact our revenues and harm our business, financial condition and results of operations. This industry also periodically experiences increased demand and production capacity constraints, which may affect our ability to ship products utilizing the semiconductor technologies in future periods. Accordingly, our quarterly results may vary significantly as a result of the general conditions in the semiconductor industry, which could cause our stock price to decline.

 

In addition, the worldwide telecommunications industry from time to time has experienced a significant downturn. In such an event, wireline telecommunications carriers may reduce their capital expenditures, cancel or delay new service introductions, and reduce their workforces and equipment inventories. They may take a cautious approach to acquiring new equipment from equipment manufacturers. Together or separately, these actions would have a negative impact on our business. A downturn in the worldwide telecommunications industry may cause our operating results to fluctuate from year to year, which also may tend to increase the volatility of the price of our common stock and harm our business.

 

We have a limited operating history in the telecommunications industry and, consequently, there is limited historical financial data upon which an evaluation of our business prospects could be made.

 

We have only been engaged in the semiconductor business since February 2000. While we made our initial chipset available to customers for evaluation and testing in December 2005, we have not begun commercial shipments, and therefore have not generated any revenues from our semiconductor business. As a result, we have no historical financial data that can be used in evaluating our business prospects and in projecting future operating results. For example, we cannot forecast operating expenses based on our historical results, and we are instead required to forecast expenses based in part on future revenue projections. In addition, our ability to accurately forecast our revenue going forward is limited.

 

You must consider our prospects in light of the risks, expenses and difficulties we might encounter because we are at an early stage of product introduction in a new and rapidly evolving market. Many of these risks are described under the sub-headings below. We may not successfully address any or all of these risks and our business strategy may not be successful.

 

Our success is contingent upon the incorporation of our products into successful products offered by leading equipment manufacturers and the non-incorporation of our products into such equipment could adversely affect our business prospects.

 

Our products will not be sold directly to the end-user of broadband services; rather, they will be components of other products. As a result, we must rely upon equipment manufacturers to design our products into their equipment. If equipment that incorporates our products is not accepted in the marketplace, we may not achieve adequate sales volume, which would have a negative effect on our results of operations. Accordingly, we must correctly anticipate the price, performance and functionality requirements of these data

equipment manufacturers. We must also successfully develop products containing our semiconductor technology that meet these requirements and make such products available on a timely basis and in sufficient quantities. Further, if there is consolidation in the data equipment manufacturing industry, or if a small number of data equipment manufacturers otherwise dominate the market for data equipment, then our success will depend upon our ability to establish and maintain relationships with these market leaders. If we do not anticipate trends in the market for products enabling the digital transmission of data, voice and video to homes and business enterprises over existing copper wire telephone lines and meet the requirements of equipment manufacturers, or if we do not successfully establish and maintain relationships with leading data equipment manufacturers, then our business, financial condition and results of operations will be seriously harmed.

 

Because we will depend on third parties to manufacture, package and test our semiconductors, we may experience delays in receiving semiconductor devices.

 

We do not own or operate a semiconductor fabrication facility. Rather, semiconductor devices that will contain our technology will be manufactured at independent foundries. We intend to rely solely on third-party foundries and other specialist suppliers for all of our manufacturing, packaging and testing requirements. However, these parties may not be obligated to supply products to us for any specific period, in any specific quantity or at any specific price, except as may be provided in a particular purchase order that has been accepted by one of them. As a result, we will not directly control semiconductor delivery schedules, which could lead to product shortages, poor quality and increases in the costs of our products. Because the semiconductor industry is currently experiencing high demand, we may experience delays in receiving semiconductor devices from foundries due to foundry scheduling and process problems. We cannot be sure that we will be able to obtain semiconductors within the time frames and in the volumes required by us at an affordable cost or at all. Any disruption in the availability of semiconductors or any problems associated with the delivery, quality or cost of the fabrication packaging and testing of our products could significantly hinder our ability to deliver products to our customers.

 

In order to secure sufficient manufacturing capacity, we may enter into various arrangements that could be costly, including:

 

 

We may not be able to make any such arrangements in a timely fashion or at all, and any arrangements may be costly, reduce our financial flexibility and not be on terms favorable to us. Moreover, if we are able to secure facility capacity, we may be obligated to use all of that capacity or incur penalties. These penalties and obligations may be expensive and require significant capital and could harm our business.

 

We may incur substantial expenses developing new products before we earn associated net revenues and may not ultimately sell a large volume of our products.

 

We are currently working on new products and we anticipate that we will incur substantial development expenditures prior to generating associated net revenues from a commercially deployable version (if any). We anticipate receiving limited orders for our products during the period that potential customers test and evaluate them. This test and evaluation period typically lasts from three to six months or longer, and volume production of an equipment manufacturer’s product incorporating our products typically would not begin until this test and evaluation period has been completed. As a result, a significant period of time may lapse between product development and sales efforts and the realization of revenues from volume ordering by customers of our products. In addition, achieving a design win with a customer does not necessarily mean that this customer will order our products. A design win is not a binding commitment by a customer to purchase products. Rather, it is a decision by a customer to use our products in the design process of that customer’s equipment.

A customer can choose at any time to discontinue using our products in that customer’s designs or product development efforts. Even if our products are chosen to be incorporated into a customer’s equipment, we may still not realize significant net revenues from that customer if that customer’s products are not commercially successful.

 

We may be unable to adequately protect our proprietary rights or may be sued by third parties for infringement of their proprietary rights.

 

We outsource to independent third parties all significant design, development and testing activities relating to our products. Our success depends significantly on our ability to obtain and maintain patent, trademark and copyright protection for our intellectual property, to preserve our trade secrets and to operate without infringing the proprietary rights of third parties. If we are not adequately protected, our competitors could use the intellectual property that we have developed to enhance their products and services, which could harm our business.

 

We rely on patent protection, as well as a combination of copyright and trademark laws, trade secrets, confidentiality provisions and other contractual provisions, to protect our proprietary rights, but these legal means afford only limited protection. Despite any measures taken to protect our intellectual property, unauthorized parties may copy aspects of our semiconductor technology or obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries may not protect our proprietary rights as fully as do the laws of the United States. If we litigated to enforce our rights, it would be expensive, divert management resources and may not be adequate to protect our intellectual property rights.

 

The telecommunications industry is characterized by the existence of a large number of patents and frequent litigation based on allegations of trade secret, copyright or patent infringement. We may inadvertently infringe a patent of which we are unaware. In addition, because patent applications can take many years to issue, there may be a patent application now pending of which we are unaware that will cause us to be infringing when it is issued in the future. Although we are not currently involved in any intellectual property litigation, we may be a party to litigation in the future to protect our intellectual property or as a result of our alleged infringement of another’s intellectual property, forcing us to do one or more of the following:

 

 

A successful claim of infringement against us, and our failure to license the same or similar technology, could adversely affect our business, asset value or stock value. Infringement claims, with or without merit, would be expensive to litigate or settle, and would divert management resources.

 

Our market is highly competitive and our products or technology may not be able to compete effectively with other products or technologies.

 

The market for high-speed telecommunications products is highly competitive, and we expect that it will become increasingly competitive in the future. Our competitors, including Centillium Communications, Inc., Conexant Systems, Inc., PMC-Sierra, Texas Instruments Incorporated, Ikanos Communications, ST Microelectronics N.V., Metalink Ltd., Broadcom Corporation, Infineon Technologies A.G. and others, have developed and are currently marketing technologies that also address the existing technical impediments of using existing copper networks as broadband options or are otherwise substantially similar to our products. Our competitors include some of the largest, most successful domestic and international telecommunications companies and other companies with well-established reputations in the broadband telecommunications industry. Some of our competitors operate their own fabrication facilities. Our competitors have longer operating histories and possess substantially greater name recognition, financial, sales and marketing, manufacturing, technical, personnel, and other resources than we have. As a result, these competitors may be able to adapt more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements. They may also be

able to devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products. These competitors may also have pre-existing relationships with our potential customers. Further, in the event of a manufacturing capacity shortage, these competitors may be able to manufacture products when we are unable to do so. In all of our target markets, we also may face competition from newly established competitors, suppliers of products based on new or emerging technologies, and customers who choose to develop wire based solutions that are functionally similar to our products. Although we believe we will be able to compete based on the special features of our products, they will incorporate new concepts and may not be successful even if they are superior to those of our competitors.

 

In addition to facing competition from the above-mentioned suppliers, our semiconductors will compete with products using other broadband access technologies, such as cable modems, wireless, satellite and fiber optic telecommunications technology. Commercial acceptance of any one of these competing solutions, or new technologies, could decrease demand for our proposed products. We cannot assure you that we will be able to compete successfully or that competitive pressures will not materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We must keep pace with rapid technological changes in the semiconductor industry and broadband communications market in order to be competitive.

 

Our success will depend on our ability to anticipate and adapt to changes in technology and industry standards. We will also need to develop and introduce new and enhanced products to meet our customers’ changing demands. The semiconductor industry and broadband communications market are characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards, frequent new product introductions and short product life cycles. In addition, this industry and market continues to undergo rapid growth and consolidation. A cyclical slowdown in the semiconductor industry or other broadband communications markets could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Our success will also depend on the ability of our potential telecommunications equipment customers to develop new products and enhance existing products for the broadband communications markets and to introduce and promote those products successfully. The broadband communications markets may not continue to develop to the extent or in the timeframes that we anticipate. If new markets do not develop as we anticipate, or if upon their deployment our products do not gain widespread acceptance in these markets, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

 

Because our success is dependent upon the broad deployment of data services by telecommunications service providers, we may not be able to generate substantial revenues if such deployment does not occur.

 

Our products are designed to be incorporated in equipment that is targeted at end-users of data services offered by wire-line telecommunications carriers. Consequently, the success of our products depends upon the decision by telecommunications service providers to broadly deploy data technologies and the timing of such deployment. If service providers do not offer data services on a timely basis, or if there are technical difficulties with the deployment of these services, sales of our products would be adversely affected, which would have a negative effect on our results of operations. Factors that may impact data deployment include:

 

 

The complexity of our products could result in unforeseen delays or expense and in undetected defects, which could adversely affect the market acceptance of new products and damage our reputation with prospective customers.

 

Highly complex products such as the semiconductors that we expect to offer frequently contain defects and bugs when they are first introduced or as new versions are released. If our products contain defects, or have reliability, quality or compatibility problems, our reputation may be damaged and customers may be reluctant to buy our semiconductors, which could materially and adversely affect our ability to retain existing customers or attract new customers. In addition, these defects could interrupt or delay sales to our potential customers. In order to alleviate these problems, we may have to invest significant capital and other resources. Although our suppliers and potential customers will test our products it is possible that these tests will fail to uncover defects. If any of these problems are not found until after we have commenced commercial production of products, we may be required to incur additional development costs and product recall, repair or replacement costs. These problems may also result in claims against us by our customers or others. In addition, these problems may divert our technical and other resources from other development efforts. Moreover, we would likely lose, or experience a delay in, market acceptance of the affected product, and we could lose credibility with our prospective customers.

 

Governmental regulation concerning the technical specifications of semiconductor technologies that are deployed in the telephone networks could adversely affect the market acceptance of our semiconductors.

 

The jurisdiction of the Federal Communication Commission (“FCC”) extends to the entire US communications industry, including potential customers for our semiconductors. Future FCC regulations affecting the broadband access industry may adversely affect our business. In addition, international regulatory bodies such as The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and The Committee T1E1.4 in North America, European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) in Europe and ITU-T and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) worldwide are beginning to adopt standards and regulations for the broadband access industry. These domestic and foreign standards, laws and regulations address various aspects of Internet, telephony and broadband use, including issues relating to liability for information retrieved from or transmitted over the Internet, online context regulation, user privacy, taxation, consumer protection, security of data, access by law enforcement, tariffs, as well as intellectual property ownership, obscenity and libel. Changes in laws, standards and/or regulations, or judgments in favor of plaintiffs in lawsuits against service providers, e-commerce and other Internet companies, could adversely affect the development of e-commerce and other uses of the Internet. This, in turn, could directly or indirectly materially adversely impact the broadband telecommunications and data industry in which our customers operate. To the extent our customers are adversely affected by laws or regulations regarding their business, products or service offerings, this could result in a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

In addition, highly complex products such as the semiconductors that we expect to offer are subject to rules, limitations and requirements as set forth by international standards bodies such as The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and The Committee T1E1.4 in North America, European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) in Europe and ITU-T and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) worldwide, and as adopted by the governments of each of the countries that we intend to market in. There are some FCC regulations in the United States pertaining to the use of the available bandwidth spectrum that at present have been interpreted by some of our target customers as discouraging to the technical innovations that we are bringing to market. Further, regulations affecting the availability of broadband access services generally, the terms under which telecommunications service providers conduct their business, and the competitive environment among service providers, for example, could have a negative impact on our business.

 

We depend on attracting, motivating and retaining key personnel and the failure to attract, motivate or retain needed personnel could adversely affect our business.

 

We are highly dependent on the principal members of our management and on our technology advisors and the technology staff of our development partners. The loss of their services might significantly delay or prevent the achievement of development or strategic objectives. Our success depends on our ability to retain

certain key employees and our partner relationships, and to attract additional qualified employees. Competition for these employees is intense. We cannot assure you that we will be able to retain existing personnel and partners or attract and retain highly qualified employees in the future.

 

Risks Related to this Offering and Our Capital Structure

 

This offering may have an adverse impact on the market price of our common stock.

 

This prospectus relates to the sale or distribution of up to 359,248,679 shares of common stock by the selling security holders. We will not receive proceeds from these sales except to the extent certain options or warrants are exercised for cash, and have prepared this prospectus principally in order to meet our contractual obligations to some of the selling security holders. The sale of this block of stock, or even the possibility of its sale, may adversely affect the trading market for our common stock and reduce the price available in that market.

 

Our shareholders will experience significant dilution upon the conversion of our 2006 Debentures and 2005 Debentures because these debentures convert at a discount to the market price of our common stock at the time of conversion.

 

At any time and from time to time after the earlier of May 14, 2006 or the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, all or any portion of the principal amount of the two-year 7% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures we issued in March 2006 (the “2006 Debentures”) then outstanding may, at the option of the holders of the debentures, be converted into shares of common stock at the conversion price then in effect. Similarly, currently and from time to time all or any portion of the principal amount of the three-year 7% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures we issued in May 2005 (the “2005 Debentures”) then outstanding may, at the option of the holders of the debentures, be converted into shares of common stock at the conversion price then in effect. Additionally, all accrued but unpaid interest on 2006 Debentures and 2005 Debentures is payable upon conversion, at our option, in shares of common stock at the conversion price for those debentures then in effect.

 

The number of shares issuable upon any conversion will be equal to the outstanding principal amount of convertible debenture to be converted, divided by the applicable conversion price on the conversion date, plus (if we have elected to pay such amount in shares of common stock) the amount of any accrued but unpaid interest on the convertible debenture through the conversion date, divided by the conversion price on the conversion date. The conversion price of the 2006 Debentures is equal to the lower of (i) 70% of the volume weighted average closing price per share of our common stock for the 20 trading days immediately preceding the conversion date and (ii) the lowest purchase price or conversion price of any shares of common stock or securities convertible into shares of common stock that we subsequently offer or issue on or prior to the date on which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2006 Debentures is first equal to or less than $1.5 million. The conversion price of the 2005 Debentures is equal to 70% of the volume weighted average closing price per share of our common stock for the five trading days immediately preceding the conversion date. Due to the conversion mechanics of these convertible debentures, decreases in the conversion price result in an increase in the total number of shares issuable upon conversion.

 

The number of shares to be acquired by each of the holders of the 2006 Debentures or 2005 Debentures upon conversion cannot exceed the number of shares that, when combined with all other shares of common stock and securities then owned by each holder and its affiliates, would result in any one of them owning more than 4.99% of our then outstanding common stock.

 

There is an inverse relationship between our stock price and the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the 2006 Debentures and 2005 Debentures. That is, the higher the market price of our common stock at the time a debenture is converted, the fewer shares we would be required to issue, and the lower the market price of our common stock at the time a debenture is converted, the more shares we would be required to issue. This inverse relationship is demonstrated by the table set forth below, which shows the number of shares into which $6 million of the 2006 Debentures would be convertible at various prices of our common stock.

 

 

We may need to increase the amount of authorized common stock in order to meet our obligations to holders of our derivative securities or to conduct future equity transactions.

 

We have 900 million shares of common stock currently authorized for issuance, of which 323,042,763 shares are issued and outstanding. In addition, our outstanding warrants and options, if exercised at April 19, 2006, would require us to issue an additional 161,282,543 shares of common stock. The terms of the 2005 and 2006 Debentures provide that the debentures convert into shares of our common stock at an initial conversion price equal to 70% of the volume-weighted closing price per share of our common stock over a specific period of time. To the extent our stock price falls, the number of shares into which the debentures will convert will increase and could exceed the number of shares currently available for issuance by us. As a result, we may need to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized in order to honor our obligations to issue shares of common stock to the selling shareholders and other holders of options, warrants, convertible promissory notes and other derivative securities. Furthermore, a lack of authorized shares of common stock would impair our ability to use our equity securities for raising capital, acquisitions, compensation and other corporate purposes. In order to increase our authorized common stock, our shareholders must approve an amendment to our articles of incorporation. It may take a significant amount of time for us to obtain approval of our shareholders, and there is no guarantee that we will be able to obtain such approval.

 

Future sales of common stock or other dilutive events may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock.

 

As of April 19, 2006, we had 323,042,763 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding. As of April 19, 2006, an additional 161,282,543 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options and warrants exercisable at exercise prices ranging from $0.027 to $10.00 per share. In addition, we have outstanding $6.0 million principal amount of 2006 Debentures and $40,577 principal amount of 2005 Debentures, all of which are convertible into an undeterminable number of shares of our common stock. The exercise price of such debentures is variable, and is based upon an initial conversion price equal to 70% of the volume-weighted closing price per share of our common stock over a period preceding the applicable conversion date. We also have outstanding $125,000 principal amount of convertible debentures we issued in 2003 and 2004 (the “2003 Debentures”). These debentures are convertible into our common stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share. Many of the above options, warrants and debentures contain provisions that require the issuance of increased numbers of shares of common stock upon exercise or conversion in the event of stock splits, redemptions, mergers or other transactions.

 

The occurrence of any such event or the exercise or conversion of any of the options, warrants or debentures described above would dilute the interest in the Company represented by each share of common stock and may adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock. Finally, we may need to raise additional capital through the sale of shares of common stock or other securities exercisable for or convertible into common stock. The occurrence of any such sale would dilute the interest in the Company represented by each share of common stock and may adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock.

Our board of directors’ right to authorize the issuance of shares of preferred stock could adversely impact the rights of holders of our common stock.

 

Our Articles of Incorporation authorize our board of directors to issue up to 15,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series, and to fix the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any such series, without further vote or action by shareholders. The terms of any series of preferred stock, which may include priority claims to assets and dividends and special voting rights, could adversely affect the rights of the holders of our common stock and thereby reduce the value of our common stock. The issuance of preferred stock could discourage certain types of transactions involving an actual or potential change in control of our company, including transactions in which the holders of common stock might otherwise receive a premium for their shares over then current prices, otherwise dilute the rights of holders of common stock, and may limit the ability of such shareholders to cause or approve transactions which they may deem to be in their best interests, all of which could have a material adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.

 

Our stock price may be volatile.

 

The market price of our common stock will likely fluctuate significantly in response to the following factors, some of which are beyond our control:

 

 

In addition, the equity markets have experienced volatility that has particularly affected the market prices of equity securities issued by high technology companies and that often has been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating results of those companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

We may have violated Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with sales of our securities and could suffer substantial losses if purchasers of our securities demand to rescind previous sales.

 

We have raised substantial amounts of capital in private placements of our securities from time to time. The securities offered in such private placements were not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or any state agency in reliance upon exemptions from such registration requirements. Such exemptions are highly technical in nature and if we inadvertently failed to comply with the requirements of any of such exemptive provisions, investors would have the right to rescind their purchase of our securities or sue for damages. If one or more of these investors were to successfully seek such rescission or institute any such suit, we could face severe financial demands that could materially and adversely affect our financial position.

We do not anticipate paying any dividends on our common stock.

 

We have not paid any dividends on our common stock since our inception and do not anticipate paying any dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Instead, we intend to retain any future earnings for use in the operation and expansion of our business.

 

Additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers by the application of the “penny stock” rules to our common stock may limit the market for our common stock.

 

The SEC has adopted regulations concerning low-priced (or “penny”) stocks. The regulations generally define “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a market price less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. If our shares continue to be offered at a market price less than $5.00 per share, and do not qualify for any exemption from the penny stock regulations, our shares will continue to be subject to these additional regulations relating to low-priced stocks.

 

The penny stock regulations require that broker-dealers who recommend penny stocks to persons other than institutional accredited investors, make a special suitability determination for the purchaser, receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction prior to the sale and provide the purchaser with risk disclosure documents that identify risks associated with investing in penny stocks. Furthermore, the broker-dealer must obtain a signed and dated acknowledgment from the purchaser demonstrating that the purchaser has actually received the required risk disclosure document before effecting a transaction in penny stock. These requirements have historically resulted in reducing the level of trading activity in securities that become subject to the penny stock rules.

 

The additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers by these penny stock requirements may discourage broker-dealers from effecting transactions in the common stock, which could severely limit the market liquidity of our common stock and our shareholders’ ability to sell our common stock in the secondary market.

 

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements under the headings “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Business” and elsewhere that involve substantial uncertainties and risks. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. You should exercise extreme caution with respect to all forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus. Specifically, the following statements are forward-looking:

 

 

Potential investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are predictions based on our current expectations about future events and reflect our beliefs and assumptions based upon information available to us as of the date of this prospectus. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Our actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including but not

limited to the risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading “ Risk Factors” beginning on page 4 of this prospectus, and in our other filings with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement for any reason.

 

The selling shareholders will receive all of the net proceeds from their sale of the common stock offered by this prospectus. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of such common stock. We would, however, receive proceeds from the exercise of options or warrants to purchase up to 160,035,469 shares of common stock that are held by the selling shareholders, to the extent such options or warrants are exercised for cash. The warrants issued in connection with the placement of the 2006 Debentures (the “2006 Warrants”) may not be exercised on a cashless basis until March 10, 2007. The warrants issued in connection with the placement of the 2005 Debentures (the “2005 Warrants”) may not be exercised on a cashless basis until May 26, 2006. Even after these dates, the 2006 Warrants and 2005 Warrants may only be exercised on a cashless basis if a registration statement covering the shares issuable under the relevant warrants is not effective at the time of exercise. If the options or warrants are exercised on a cashless basis, we will not receive proceeds from those exercises.

 

The selling shareholders are not obligated to exercise these options or warrants, and there can be no assurance that they will do so. If all of these options and warrants were exercised for cash, we would receive proceeds of approximately $24.8 million. Any proceeds we receive from the exercise of these options and warrants will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.

 

The following is a summary of certain provisions of agreements among us and certain of the selling shareholders relating to the purchase by these selling shareholders of convertible debentures and warrants that we issued in 2006, 2005 and 2003-04. We are registering the shares offered by this prospectus in order to satisfy our obligations to the holders of these debentures and warrants.

 

Copies of the securities purchase agreements, debentures, warrants, registration rights agreements, security interest agreements and other transaction documents described below have been filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to each of these documents, which are incorporated herein by reference. We urge you to read these documents carefully for more details regarding the provisions we describe below and for other provisions that may be important to you.

 

2006 Debentures

 

Pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2006 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), among us and 17 institutional and individual investors, we raised gross proceeds of $6.0 million from the private placement of our two-year 7% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures (the “2006 Debentures”). In connection with the issuance of the 2006 Debentures, we issued warrants (the “2006 Warrants”) to purchase 70,955,548 shares of our common stock.

 

The 2006 Debentures have a term of two years and are convertible into shares of our common stock at the holder’s option at any time on or after the earlier of (i) May 14, 2006 or (ii) the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. The conversion price for any such conversion equals the lower of (x) 70% of the volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) of our common stock for the twenty trading days ending on the trading day immediately preceding the conversion date or (y) if we enter into certain financing transactions prior to the end of the Final Lockup Period (as defined below), the lowest purchase price or conversion price applicable to that transaction. Interest on the 2006 Debentures accrues at the rate of 7% per annum, payable upon conversion or semi-annually (June 30 and December 31 of each year) or upon maturity, whichever occurs first, and will continue to accrue until the 2006 Debentures are fully converted and/or paid in full. Interest is payable, at our option, either (i) in cash, or (2) in shares of our

common stock at the then applicable conversion price. If we fail to deliver stock certificates upon the conversion of the 2006 Debentures at the specified time and in the specified manner, we may be required to make substantial payments to the holders of the 2006 Debentures.

 

Provided the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is effective, we may prepay the amounts outstanding on the 2006 Debentures by giving advance notice and paying an amount equal to 120% of the sum of (x) the principal being prepaid plus (y) the accrued interest. Holders will continue to have the right to convert their debentures prior to the actual prepayment.

 

Holders of the 2006 Debentures may require us to redeem any or all of the outstanding 2006 Debentures upon the occurrence of any one or more of the following events of default, as generally described below: (i) our failure to pay principal and interest when due (subject to a 5 day grace period), (ii) our material breach of any of the representations or warranties made in the Securities Purchase Agreement, (iii) our failure to have stock certificates delivered within a specified time period after delivery of a conversion notice if the failure continues for ten trading days after notice, (iv) our failure to observe any undertaking contained in the 2006 Debentures or the other transaction documents in a material respect if the failure continues for 30 calendar days after notice, (v) our insolvency or liquidation or a bankruptcy event, (vi) the entry of a money judgment or similar process in excess of $500,000 if the judgment remains unvacated for 45 days, or (vii) the suspension of our common stock from trading on the OTC Bulletin Board if the suspension continues for five consecutive trading days. The redemption amount is equal to (i) (x) the principal and accrued interest of the 2006 Debenture being redeemed, divided by (y) the applicable conversion price, multiplied by (ii) the highest closing sale price of our common stock from the date of the redemption notice through the payment date.

 

The 2006 Warrants become first exercisable on the earlier of (i) May 14, 2006 or (ii) the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. The 2006 Warrants are exercisable at a per share exercise price of $0.15 through the last day of the month in which the third anniversary of the effective date of the registration statement occurs. Holders of the 2006 Warrants are entitled to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis following the first anniversary of issuance if the registration statement is not in effect at the time of exercise.

 

Holders of 2006 Debentures are subject to certain limitations on their rights to convert the debentures. The principal limitation is that the holder may not, with certain limited exceptions, convert into a number of shares that would, together with other shares held by the holder, exceed 4.99% of our then outstanding shares after such conversion. The exercise of the 2006 Warrants is subject to a similar limitation.

 

To secure our obligations under the 2006 Debentures, we granted a security interest in substantially all of our assets, including our intellectual property, in favor of the investors under the terms and conditions of a Security Interest Agreement dated as of the date of the 2006 Debentures. The security interest terminates upon the earlier of (i) the date on which less than $1.5 million in principal amount of the 2006 Debentures are outstanding or (ii) payment or satisfaction of all of our obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

The conversion price of the 2006 Debentures and the exercise price of the 2006 Warrants are subject to adjustment. Under the agreements with the holders of the 2006 Debentures, we agreed that if we made certain offers or sales of our common stock (or securities convertible into common stock) to any third party during the period from the closing date through the date on which less than $1.5 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2006 Debentures remain unconverted (the “Final Lockup Period”), adjustments would be made to the conversion price of the then unconverted 2006 Debentures and to the exercise price of the then unexercised 2006 Warrants. The above adjustments do not apply to certain specified transactions, such as the exercise of outstanding options, warrants, or convertible securities, the issuance of securities pursuant to our existing option plans or a non-employee director option plan, or the issuance of options to our directors, officers, and employees, and advisors or consultants who have served in that capacity for over 90 days (provided these persons enter into a lock-up agreement), and transactions with strategic investors. The exercise price of the 2006 Warrants also is subject to adjustment in the event of certain capital adjustments or similar transactions, such as a stock split or merger. In addition, in certain cases, the investors may be entitled to receive additional warrants to purchase additional shares.

We also agreed that until the end of the Final Lockup Period, without the prior written consent of 75% of the then outstanding 2006 Debentures, we will not enter into any new transaction for the offer or sale of our securities when the transaction provides for a variable conversion price or a variable exercise price. We also agreed that until the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part we will not enter into any other transaction for the offer or sale of any of our securities and, beginning on the effective date and for six months thereafter, we will not enter into any transaction granting the investors in that transaction registration rights.

 

In addition, under certain circumstances, we will be obligated to pay liquidated damages to the holders of the 2006 Debentures if the registration statement is not declared effective by the SEC within the earlier of five days after notice by the SEC that the registration statement may be declared effective or June 23, 2006. Similar payments will be required if the registration is subsequently suspended beyond certain agreed upon periods. The amount of liquidated damages that may become payable may be substantial. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our obligation to pay these liquidated damages with respect to any late effectiveness will be waived if the registration statement is declared effective within 30 days after the specified target effective date.

 

Each of our directors and Walter Chen (and their family members, companies or trusts owning any Company stock) and Munck Butrus, P.C. have agreed in writing that he or it will not, without the prior written consent of the holders of 75% of the then outstanding principal amount of the 2006 Debentures, sell any shares of our common stock he or it holds until 30 days after the effective date of the registration statement. Thereafter, without such consent, he or it will not sell more than 10,000 shares of common stock per day for up to 15 trading days per calendar month. This limitation will expire when the outstanding principal amount of the 2006 Debentures is less than $2,000,000.

 

Pond Equities (the “Placement Agent”) and we entered into a Placement Agency Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2006. Pursuant to the Placement Agency Agreement, in connection with the placement of the 2006 Debentures, the Placement Agent will receive a placement agent fee equal to (i) 10% of the aggregate purchase price ($600,000), (ii) 10% of the proceeds realized in the future from exercise of 2006 Warrants issued to the investors, and (iii) warrants (the “Placement Agent’s Warrants”). The Placement Agent’s Warrants consist of (x) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,095,556 shares of common stock having an initial exercise price equal to $0.1693 per share, and (y) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,095,556 shares of common stock having an initial exercise price equal to $0.15 per share. Except as provided above, the Placement Agent’s Warrants will have terms similar to the form of 2006 Warrant issued to the investors.

 

2005 Debentures

 

Pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2005 (the “2005 Securities Purchase Agreement”), among us and 26 institutional and individual investors, we raised gross proceeds of $3.5 million from the private placement of our three-year 7% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures (the “2005 Debentures”). As of April 19, 2006, approximately $40,577 in principal amount of 2005 Debentures remained outstanding. The remainder has been converted into common stock. In connection with the issuance of the 2005 Debentures, we issued warrants (the “2005 Warrants”) to purchase 33,936,650 shares of our common stock.

 

The 2005 Debentures have a term of three years and are convertible into shares of our common stock at the holder’s option at a conversion price equal to 70% of the VWAP of our common stock for the five trading days ending on the trading day immediately preceding the conversion date. Interest on the 2005 Debentures accrues at the rate of 7% per annum, payable upon conversion or semi-annually (June 30 and December 31 of each year) or upon maturity, whichever occurs first, and will continue to accrue until the 2005 Debentures are fully converted and/or paid in full. Interest is payable, at our option, either (i) in cash, or (2) in shares of our common stock at the then applicable conversion price. If we fail to deliver stock certificates upon the conversion of the 2005 Debentures at the specified time and in the specified manner, we may be required to make substantial payments to the holders of the 2005 Debentures.

 

Provided the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is effective, we may prepay the amounts outstanding on the 2005 Debentures by giving advance notice and paying an amount equal to 120%

of the sum of (x) the principal being prepaid plus (y) the accrued interest. Holders will continue to have the right to convert their debentures prior to the actual prepayment.

 

Holders of the 2005 Debentures may require us to redeem any or all of the outstanding 2005 Debentures upon the occurrence of any one or more of the following events of default, as generally described below: (i) our failure to pay principal and interest when due (subject to a 5 day grace period), (ii) our material breach of any of the representations or warranties made in the 2005 Securities Purchase Agreement, (iii) our failure to have stock certificates delivered within a specified time period after delivery of a conversion notice if the failure continues for ten trading days after notice, (iv) our failure to observe any undertaking contained in the 2005 Debentures or the other transaction documents in a material respect if the failure continues for 30 calendar days after notice, (v) our insolvency or liquidation or a bankruptcy event, (vi) the entry of a money judgment or similar process in excess of $500,000 if the judgment remains unvacated for 45 days, or (vii) the suspension of our common stock from trading on the OTC Bulletin Board if the suspension continues for five consecutive trading days. The redemption amount is equal to (i) (x) the principal and accrued interest of the 2005 Debenture being redeemed, divided by (y) the applicable conversion price, multiplied by (ii) the highest closing sale price of our common stock from the date of the redemption notice through the payment date.

 

Of the 2005 Warrants originally issued, 22,624,430 (the “Class A Warrants”) were exercisable at a per share exercise price of $.3094, and 11,312,220 (the “Class B Warrants”) were exercisable at a per share exercise price of $0.1547. As of April 19, 2006, 18,470,945 of the Class A Warrants and 9,751,189 of the Class B Warrants were outstanding. The 2005 Warrants expire on August 31, 2008. Holders of the 2005 Warrants are entitled to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis following the first anniversary of issuance if a registration statement covering the resale of the shares issuable on exercise of the warrants is not in effect at the time of exercise.

 

Holders of 2005 Debentures are subject to certain limitations on their rights to convert the debentures. The principal limitation is that the holder may not, with certain limited exceptions, convert into a number of shares that would, together with other shares held by the holder, exceed 4.99% of our then outstanding shares after such conversion. The exercise of the 2005 Warrants is subject to a similar limitation.

 

To secure our obligations under the 2005 Debentures, we granted a security interest in substantially all of our assets, including our intellectual property, in favor of the investors. The security interest terminated when less than $1,166,667 in principal amount of the 2005 Debentures became outstanding.

 

The conversion price of the 2005 Debentures and the exercise price of the 2005 Warrants are subject to adjustment in the event of certain capital adjustments or similar transactions, such as a stock split or merger.

 

In addition, under certain circumstances, we are obligated to pay liquidated damages to the holders of the 2005 Debentures if the registration statement covering the resale of the debentures and 2005 Warrants is suspended beyond certain agreed upon periods. The amount of liquidated damages that may become payable may be substantial.

 

In connection with the placement of the 2005 Debentures, we issued to a finder an amount in cash equal to 10% of the aggregate purchase price ($350,000) and agreed to issue to the finder 10% of the proceeds realized in the future from exercise of 2005 Warrants issued to the investors. We also issued to the finder warrants to purchase an aggregate of 4,524,886 shares of common stock having an initial exercise price equal to $0.3094 per share, warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,131,222 shares of common stock having an initial exercise price equal to $0.1547 per share, and 2,000,000 shares of common stock. Except as provided above, the finder’s warrants had terms similar to the form of 2005 Warrant issued to the investors. The finder exercised all of the above warrants in February 2006 at an amended exercise price of $0.05 per share. See “— Amendment to 2005 Warrants.”

 

Amendment to 2005 Warrants

 

On February 21, 2006, we and certain holders of the 2005 Warrants entered into an amendment (the “Warrant Amendment”) to the terms of their warrants.

Pursuant to the Warrant Amendment, certain holders of the 2005 Warrants and we agreed to temporarily reduce the exercise price of the 2005 Warrants to $0.05 per share for a period beginning February 21, 2006 and ending at midnight, New York City time on March 10, 2006 (the “New Price Exercise Period”). The warrant holders that are parties to the Warrant Amendment were entitled but not required to exercise all or any portion of their 2005 Warrants for cash at a per share price of $0.05 at any time during the New Price Exercise Period. This reduction in the exercise price of the 2005 Warrants expired on March 10, 2006. During the New Price Exercise Period, holders of 2005 Warrants exercised warrants to purchase an aggregate of 11,370,624 shares of common stock, resulting in gross proceeds to us of $568,531.

 

Any shares of our common stock issued with any exercise of a 2005 Warrant to a holder of the 2005 Warrants who or which executed the Warrant Amendment, whether during the New Price Exercise Period (on the terms contemplated in the Warrant Amendment) or thereafter (on the original terms provided in the 2005 Warrants) shall be restricted common stock, but shall have the registration rights provided in the Warrant Amendment. Except as expressly provided in the Warrant Amendment, the terms and conditions of the 2005 Warrants and any related registration rights agreement shall be unchanged and remain in full force and effect.

 

In addition, the warrant holders agreed to waive any claims arising out of or relating to the failure, if any, to have available registered Warrant Shares, as defined in the 2005 Warrants, prior to June 23, 2006.

 

We agreed to include the shares of common stock purchased by a 2005 Warrant holder through the exercise of each 2005 Warrant (whether or not pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Amendment) in the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. We are required to use our best efforts to have the registration statement declared effective by June 23, 2006.

 

The Warrant Amendment is effective as to each 2005 Warrant holder executing it, regardless of whether any other 2005 Warrant holders also execute the Warrant Amendment.

 

2003 Debentures

 

In December 2003, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “2003 Securities Purchase Agreement”), we completed a private placement to certain individual and institutional investors of $1,000,000 in principal amount of our three year 7% Convertible Debentures (the “2003 Debentures”) and signed commitments to place an additional $1,000,000 of 2003 Debentures (the “Additional Debentures”) upon the effectiveness by June 28, 2004 of a registration statement covering the common stock underlying the 2003 Debentures. The registration statement was originally filed on February 11, 2004. In April and May 2004, certain holders of the 2003 Debentures waived the registration statement effectiveness condition and purchased an aggregate of $350,000 in principal amount of 2003 Debentures, satisfying their post effectiveness commitments. The registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on August 16, 2004 solely with respect to the common stock underlying the $1 million in principal amount of 2003 Debentures and related securities issued as of December 2003. Because the registration statement covering the common stock underlying the Additional Debentures was not declared effective by June 28, 2004 as required by the 2003 Securities Purchase Agreement, we did not place the remaining $650,000 in principal amount of Additional Debentures contemplated by the 2003 Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

As of April 19, 2006, $125,000 in principal amount of 2003 Debentures remained outstanding and held by two investors. The remaining 2003 Debentures are due in December 2006. The 2003 Debentures are convertible at any time into shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $0.15 per share. The conversion price is subject to adjustments for stock splits, redemptions, mergers, and certain other transactions. Interest on the 2003 Debentures accrues at the rate of 7% per annum and is payable on the earlier of the conversion or maturity of the 2003 Debentures. On conversion or at maturity, we have the option to pay accrued interest in cash or shares of our common stock valued at the conversion price then in effect. The option to pay interest in shares of our common stock, however, is subject to the condition that the issuance of such shares of common stock to the holder of a debenture cannot result in such holder and its affiliates beneficially owning more than 4.99% of the then outstanding shares of our common stock.

In connection with the issuance of the 2003 Debentures, we issued warrants (“2003 Warrants”) to purchase up to 8,999,999 shares of our common stock at a per share exercise price of $0.25, subject to cashless exercise provisions. The 2003 Warrants generally expire five years after issuance.

 

In the event of an uncured default or a non-permitted sale of securities, the holders of the 2003 Debentures can require us to redeem their debentures. Provided that certain conditions are met, the 2003 Debentures automatically convert into common stock on the third anniversary of issuance. In addition, under certain circumstances, we can require the conversion of the 2003 Debentures before that time.

 

In connection with this private placement, we issued to a placement agent warrants to purchase 900,000 shares of our common stock. Warrants to purchase 666,667 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share expire on December 31, 2008, warrants to purchase 66,666 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share expire on April 20, 2009 and warrants to purchase 166,667 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share expire on May 7, 2009.

 

Under the agreements with the purchasers of the December 2003 Debentures, we were obligated to pay to the debenture holders liquidated damages associated with the late filing of the registration statement and the missed registration statement required effective date of March 30, 2004. Liquidated damages were equal to (x) 2% of the principal amount of all the debentures during the first 30-day period following late filing or effectiveness and (y) 3% of the principal amount of all debentures for each subsequent 30-day period (or part thereof). These liquidated damages aggregated to $160,000. Accrued liquidated damages as of October 31, 2005 was $37,550. At their option, the debenture holders are entitled to be paid such amount in cash or shares of Common Stock at a per share rate equal to the effective conversion price of the 2003 Debentures, which is currently $0.15.

 

Our common stock is currently traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market’s over-the-counter bulletin board (“OTC Bulletin Board”) under the trading symbol “RSMI.”

 

The following table sets forth the high and low bid prices for the common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board for the periods indicated. These prices represent inter-dealer quotations without retail markup, markdown or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions. Investors should not rely on historical stock price performance as an indication of future price performance. The closing price of our common stock on April 19, 2006 was $0.14 per share.

 

 

Shareholders

 

As of April 19, 2006, there were 1,064 holders of record of our common stock. A significant number of shares of our common stock are held in either nominee name or street name brokerage accounts. The actual number of beneficial owners of such shares is not included in the foregoing number of holders of record.

 

Dividends

 

We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital stock and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our capital stock in the foreseeable future. Payment of dividends on the common stock is within the discretion of our board of directors. The Board currently intends to retain future earnings, if any, to finance our business operations and fund the development and growth of our business. The declaration of dividends in the future will depend upon our earnings, capital requirements, financial condition, and other factors deemed relevant by the board of directors.

 

Equity Compensation Plan Information

 

We have three compensation plans (excluding individual stock option grants outside of such plans) under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance to employees, directors and consultants in exchange for services — the 2000 Omnibus Securities Plan (the “2000 Plan”), the 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2001 Plan”), and the 2003 Consultant Stock Plan (the “Consultant Plan”) (collectively, the “Plans”). Our shareholders approved the 2000 Plan and 2001 Plan, and the Consultant Plan has not yet been submitted to the shareholders for approval.

The following table presents information as of October 31, 2005 with respect to compensation plans under which equity securities were authorized for issuance, including the 2000 Plan, the 2001 Plan, the Consultant Plan and agreements granting options or warrants outside of these plans.

 

 

Non-Shareholder Approved Plans

 

The following is a description of options and warrants granted to employees, directors, advisory directors, and consultants outside of the Plans that were outstanding as of October 31, 2005.

 

As of October 31, 2005, we had outstanding compensatory options and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 16,500,000 shares of our common stock that were granted outside of the Plans. Of this amount, outstanding options to purchase 375,000 shares of common stock were granted during fiscal 2001 outside of the Plans. These options, which expire ten years from their grant date, were granted to five advisory directors at exercise prices ranging from $1.07 to $4.00. All of these options have vested.

 

We have outstanding options to purchase an aggregate of 525,000 shares of common stock that were granted during fiscal 2002 outside of the Plans to a director and a consultant. These options expire ten years from their grant date. 500,000 of the options have an exercise price of $0.39, and the remaining options have an exercise price of $1.02. All of these options have vested.

 

At October 31, 2005, we had outstanding options to purchase 15,000,000 shares of common stock that were granted in fiscal 2005 outside of the Plans, 14,000,000 of which were canceled in January 2006. 1,000,000 options were granted to a consultant at an exercise price per share of $0.15, and expire four years from their grant date. 7,000,000 options were granted to each of Brad Ketch and Ray Willenberg, Jr. at an exercise price per share of $0.17, and were to expire ten years from their grant date. All of these options have vested, but the options granted to Mr. Ketch and Mr. Willenberg were canceled by agreement effective January 1, 2006. See “Executive Compensation — Option Grants in Last Fiscal Year” and Note 17 to the accompanying audited consolidated financial statements (at p. F-36) for more information regarding option grants to Mr. Ketch and Mr. Willenberg subsequent to October 31, 2005.

 

There are outstanding warrants to purchase an aggregate of 100,000 shares of common stock that were granted during fiscal 2001 to a consultant. These warrants have a five year term and an exercise price of $2.50 with respect to 50,000 shares, $5.00 with respect to 25,000 shares and $10.00 with respect to 25,000 shares.

 

There are outstanding warrants that we granted during fiscal 2003 to a consultant to purchase 600,000 shares of common stock outside of the Plans. These warrants have a 35-month term (under certain circumstances the Company may accelerate the expiration date) and an exercise price of $0.15.

There are outstanding warrants to purchase an aggregate of 100,000 shares of common stock that were granted during fiscal 2004 to a consultant. These warrants have a three year term and an exercise price of $0.15.

 

There are outstanding warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock that we granted during fiscal 2005 to a consultant. These warrants have a term of three years and an exercise price of $0.12.

 

The Consultant Plan was adopted in January 2003 and authorizes the issuance of up to 6,000,000 non-qualified stock options or stock awards to consultants to the Company. Directors, officers and employees are not eligible to participate in the Consultant Plan. To date, we have issued a total of 3,200,000 shares of common stock under the Consultant Plan to four consultants.

 

We urge you to read the following discussion in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto beginning on page F-1. This discussion may contain forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Our actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including but not limited to the risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning on page 4 of this prospectus, and in our other filings with the SEC. See “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

 

Overview

 

We are developing advanced transmission technology products to enable data to be transmitted across copper telephone wire at speeds and over distances that exceed those offered by leading DSL technology providers. Our first chipset in a planned family of transport processors, the Embarq^TM E30 (Release 1.3) digital signal processor, was first made available to prospective customers for evaluation and testing in the first quarter of fiscal 2006. We are presently working on Release 1.4 of the E30 and Release 1.1 of the Embarq^TM E20 analog front end. We market this novel technology to leading equipment makers in the telecommunications industry. Our products are designed to substantially increase the capacity of existing copper telephone networks, allowing telephone companies, office building managers, and enterprise network operators to provide enhanced and secure video, data and voice services over the existing copper telecommunications infrastructure.

 

We expect that system-level products that use our technology will have a significant advantage over existing system-level products that use existing broadband technologies, such as digital subscriber line (DSL), because such products will transmit data faster, and over longer distances. We expect products using our technology will offer numerous advantages to the network operators that deploy them, including the ability to support new services, the ability to offer existing and new services to previously unreachable locations in their network, reduction in total cost of ownership, security and reliability.

 

Our semiconductor business segment is dependent upon our ability to generate future revenues and positive cash flow from our advanced transmission technology products, such as the E30 and E20. No assurance can be provided that our target customers will purchase these products in large volumes, or at all. See “Risk Factors.”

 

In April 2000, our NV Entertainment subsidiary entered into a joint venture production agreement to produce a feature length film, “Step into Liquid” (the “Film”). We own a 50% interest in the joint venture. The financial condition and results of operations of the joint venture are consolidated with our financial condition and results of operations on the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The Film was released to theaters in the United States in 2003 and is currently in foreign and DVD distribution. During the years ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, we recognized revenues of $39,866 and $287,570, respectively, from the Film. As a result of impairment reviews during the years ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, we reduced the carrying value of the Film to $0 on our balance sheet. We do not intend to make further investment in our entertainment business.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Our estimates are based on historical experience, other information that is currently available to us and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions and the variances could be material.

Our critical accounting policies are those that affect our condensed consolidated financial statements materially and involve difficult, subjective or complex judgments by management. We have identified the following critical accounting policies that affect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

  Convertible Debentures

 

Proceeds of the 2006 and 2005 Debentures are recorded as a liability net of a debt discount consisting of the fair values attributed to the Investor’s warrants and to the embedded conversion option in accordance with EITF issue No. 00-19 “Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to and Potentially Settled in a Company’s Own Stock” and EITF issue No. 05-04, view C “The Effect of a Liquidated Damages Clause on a Freestanding Financial Instrument.”

 

 

On November 1, 2005, we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment,” (“SFAS 123(R)”) which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to employees and directors including stock options based on estimated fair values. SFAS 123(R) supersedes our previous accounting under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”) for periods beginning on November 1, 2005. In March 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 (“SAB 107”) relating to SFAS 123(R). We have applied the provisions of SAB 107 in our adoption of SFAS 123(R).

 

We early adopted SFAS 123(R) using the modified prospective transition method, as of November 1, 2005, the first day of our fiscal year 2006. Our condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended January 31, 2006 reflect the impact of SFAS 123(R). In accordance with the modified prospective transition method, our condensed consolidated financial statements for prior periods have not been restated to reflect, and do not include, the impact of SFAS 123(R).

 

Stock-based compensation expense recognized under SFAS 123(R) related to employee stock options was $69,037 for the three months ended January 31, 2006. Stock based-compensation expense for share-based payment awards granted prior to, but not yet vested as of October 31, 2005 based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the pro forma provisions of SFAS 123 was $247,057 for the three months ended January 31, 2006. Stock-based compensation expense recognized for non-employees under other accounting standards was $22,908 for the three months ended January 31, 2006.

 

There was no stock-based compensation expense related to employee stock options under other accounting standards for the three months ended January 31, 2005. Stock based-compensation expense recognized for non-employees under other accounting standards was $279,548 for the three months ended January 31, 2005.

 

Stock-based compensation expense recognized in our condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended January 31, 2006 included compensation expense for share-based payment awards granted prior to, but not yet vested as of October 31, 2005 based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the pro forma provisions of SFAS 123 and compensation expense for the share-based payment awards granted subsequent to October 31, 2005 based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123(R). We have continued to attribute the value of stock-based compensation to expense on the straight-line single option method.

 

As stock-based compensation expense recognized in the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended January 31, 2006 is based on awards ultimately expected to vest, it has been reduced for estimated forfeitures. SFAS 123(R) requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. In our pro forma information required under SFAS 123 for the periods prior to fiscal 2006, we accounted for forfeitures as they occurred.

 

We recognize revenue from the sale of our semiconductor products when evidence of an arrangement exists, the sales price is determinable or fixed, legal title and risk of loss has passed to the customer, which is generally upon shipment of our products to our customers, and collection of the resulting receivable is probable. To date we have not recognized any revenues related to the sale of our semiconductor products.

 

We recognize revenue from the distribution of our Film and related products when earned and reasonably estimable in accordance with Statement of Position 00-2 — “Accounting by Producers or Distributors of Films” (SOP 00-2). The following are the conditions that must be met in order to recognize revenue in accordance with SOP 00-2:

 

(i) persuasive evidence of a sale or licensing arrangement with a customer exists;

 

(ii) the film is complete and, in accordance with the terms of the arrangement, has been delivered or is available for immediate and unconditional delivery;

 

(iii) the license period of the arrangement has begun and the customer can begin its exploitation, exhibition or sale;

 

(iv) the arrangement fee is fixed or determinable; and

 

(v) collection of the arrangement fee is reasonably assured.

 

Under a rights agreement with our distributor for our Film, we share with the distributor in the profits of the Film after the distributor recovers its marketing, distribution and other predefined costs and fees. The agreement provides for the payment of minimum guaranteed license fees, usually payable on delivery of the completed film, that are subject to further increase based on the actual distribution results.

 

In accordance with the provisions of SOP 00-2, a film is classified as a library title after three years from the film’s initial release. The term library title is used solely for the purpose of classification and for identifying previously released films in accordance with the provisions of SOP 00-2. Revenue recognition for such titles is in accordance with our revenue recognition policy for film revenue.

 

 

SOP 00-2 requires that film costs be capitalized and reported as a separate asset on the balance sheet. Film costs include all direct negative costs incurred in the production of a film, as well as allocations of production overhead and capitalized interest. Direct negative costs include cost of scenario, story, compensation of cast, directors, producers, writers, extras and staff, cost of set construction, wardrobe, accessories, sound synchronization, rental of facilities on location and post production costs. SOP 00-2 also requires that film costs be amortized and participation costs accrued, using the individual-film-forecast- computation method, which amortizes or accrues such costs in the same ratio that the current period actual revenue (numerator) bears to the estimated remaining unrecognized ultimate revenue as of the beginning of the fiscal year (denominator). We make certain estimates and judgments of future gross revenue to be received for the Film based on information received by its distributor, historical results and management’s knowledge of the industry. Revenue and cost forecasts are continually reviewed by management and revised when warranted by changing conditions. A change to the estimate of gross revenues for the Film may result in an increase or decrease to the percentage of amortization of capitalized film costs relative to a previous period.

 

In addition, SOP 00-2 also requires that if an event or change in circumstances indicates that an entity should assess whether the fair value of a film is less than its unamortized film costs, then an entity should determine the fair value of the film and write-off to the statement of operations the amount by which the unamortized film costs exceeds the film’s fair value. As a result of impairment reviews during the years ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, we wrote down the carrying value attributed to the Film to $0.

 

Capitalization of computer software development costs begins upon the establishment of technological feasibility. Technological feasibility for our computer software is generally based upon achievement of a detail program design free of high-risk development issues and the completion of research and development on the product hardware in which it is to be used. The establishment of technological feasibility and the ongoing assessment of recoverability of capitalized computer software development costs require considerable judgment by management with respect to certain external factors, including, but not limited to, technological feasibility, anticipated future gross revenue, estimated economic life and changes in software and hardware technology.

 

Amortization of capitalized computer software development costs commences when the related products become available for general release to customers. Amortization is provided on a product-by-product basis. The annual amortization is the greater of the amount computed using (a) the ratio that current gross revenue for a product bears to the total of current and anticipated future gross revenue for that product, or (b) the straight-line method over the remaining estimated economic life of the product. The estimated useful life of our existing product is seven years.

 

We periodically perform reviews of the recoverability of our capitalized software development costs. At the time a determination is made that capitalized amounts are not recoverable based on the estimated cash flows to be generated from the applicable software, the capitalized costs of each software product is then valued at the lower of its remaining unamortized costs or net realizable value.

 

No assurance can be given that products we release based upon the licensed technology will receive market acceptance. If we determine in the future that our capitalized costs are not recoverable, the carrying amount of the technology license would be reduced, and such reduction could be material.

 

We commenced amortization of capitalized software development costs during the three months ended January 31, 2006 and recorded amortization expense of $102,696 during that period.

 

 

Research and development expenses relate to the design and development of advanced transmission technology products. We outsource to independent third parties all of our design and development activities. Payments made to independent software developers under development agreements are capitalized to software development costs once technological feasibility is established or if the development costs have an alternative future use. Prior to establishing technological feasibility, software development costs are expensed to research and development costs and to cost of sales subsequent to confirmation of technological feasibility. Internal development costs are capitalized to software development costs once technological feasibility is established. Technological feasibility is evaluated on a product-by-product basis.

 

Research and development expenses generally consist of salaries, related expenses for engineering personnel and third-party development costs incurred.

 

Results of Operations

 

Comparison of the three months ended January 31, 2006 and the three months ended January 31, 2005

 

Revenues.  Revenues for the three months ended January 31, 2006 were $40,176. Of this amount, $6,234 was in the form of guarantee and/or license payments related to the U.S. distribution of the Film and $33,942 was related to foreign distribution of the Film. Revenues for the three months ended January 31, 2005 were $8,801 from our Entertainment Business. No revenues were recorded in connection with our semiconductor business during the three months ended January 31, 2006 and 2005.

 

Operating Expenses.  Operating expenses included cost of sales, amortization of technology license and capitalized software development fee, research and development expenses in connection with the semiconductor business, and selling, general and administrative expenses.

Total operating expenses increased 63% or $384,188 to $994,811 for the three months ended January 31, 2006 from $610,823 for the three months ended January 31, 2005. Cost of sales for the three months ended January 31, 2005 represents the amortization of film cost for the Film. The decrease for the three months ended January 31, 2006 was a result of the impairment of the Film costs in 2005, which reduced the carrying value of the Film costs to $0.

 

Amortization of technology license and capitalized software development fee increased by 100% or $102,696 due to the commencement of amortization related to the market release of the E30 (Release 1.3) to prospective customers for evaluation and testing during December 2005. No amortization was recorded prior to this period.

 

Research and development expenses increased $77,991 for the three months ended January 31, 2006, principally as the result of additional payments made to HelloSoft, Inc. (“HelloSoft”) in accordance with the terms of our services agreement, as amended. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 35% or $210,126 to $807,071 primarily as a result of an increase in professional fees and stock based compensation related to options granted to key employees and an advisory board member.

 

Other (Income) Expenses.  Other expenses included interest expense and amortization of deferred financing costs. Interest expense increased $966,173 primarily as a result of issuing $3,500,000 of convertible debentures in May 2005 (the “2005 debentures”) as well as the increase in amortization of debt discount. Amortization of deferred financing costs increased to $243,967 from $24,619 as a result of the additional deferred financing costs primarily related to the issuance of the 2005 debentures. Both the amortization of debt discount, which is included in interest expense, and the amortization of deferred financing costs, increased significantly due to the increase in conversions of convertible debentures into common stock. Upon conversion or repayment of debt prior to its maturity date, a pro-rata share of debt discount and deferred financing costs are written off and recorded as expense.

 

Other income in the three months ended January 31, 2006 included a gain on the forgiveness of principal and interest on a promissory note to Zaiq Technologies, Inc. of $1,169,820.

 

Net Loss.  For the three months ended January 31, 2006 our net loss increased 41% or $368,514 to $1,273,738 from $905,224 as the result of higher interest costs, higher amortization of deferred financing costs, higher selling, general, and administrative expense, and higher research and development expenses, partially offset by an increase in revenues and the gain on the forgiveness of principal and interest on the promissory note to Zaiq Technologies, Inc. discussed above.

 

Comparison of the year ended October 31, 2005 (the “2005 period”) and the year ended October 31, 2004 (the “2004 period”)

 

Revenues.  Revenues for the 2005 period were $39,866. Of this amount, $29,066 was in the form of guarantee and/or license payments relating to the U.S. distribution of the Film and the remainder was fees relating to foreign distribution of the Film. No revenues were recorded in connection with our semiconductor business for the 2005 and 2004 Periods. Revenues for the 2004 period were $287,570, of which $94,788 was in the form of guaranteed and license payments and the remainder was foreign distribution fees for the Film.

 

Operating Expenses.  Operating expenses included cost of sales, research and development expenses in connection with the semiconductor business, compensatory element of stock issuances, selling, general and administrative expenses, and the impairment charge relating to the Film.

 

Total operating expenses decreased 9% to $4,339,953 for the 2005 period from $4,746,677 for the 2004 period, a $406,724 decrease. Cost of sales for 2005 and 2004 of $11,945 and $142,691, respectively, represent the amortization of film cost for the Film. The decrease for the 2005 period when compared with the 2004 period was a result of lower revenues generated from the Film as cost of sales are directly related to the revenues recognized under SOP-00-2. Research and development expenses increased $181,306 to $366,306 for the 2005 period, principally as the result of our issuance of additional shares of common stock to HelloSoft, Inc. (“HelloSoft”) in accordance with the terms of our services agreement, as amended. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 14% or $489,262 to $2,951,925 primarily as a result of a decrease in

headcount in administrative personnel, including the elimination of executive level positions, and lower compensation relating to issuing stock for services.

 

In October 2004, we performed a review to determine if the fair value of the Film was less than its unamortized film costs. As a result of this review, the Company wrote-down the carrying value of the Film to $1,021,722. This resulted in an impairment charge of $977,799 which is included in our consolidated statement of operations for the year ended October 31, 2004. In July 2005, we performed another review, and it was determined that the unamortized film costs exceeded the fair value of the Film. As a result of this review, the Company wrote-down the remaining carrying value attributed to the Film to $0. This resulted in an impairment charge of $1,009,777 which is included in our consolidated statement of operations for the year ended October 31, 2005.

 

Other (Income) Expenses.  Other expenses included interest expense and amortization of deferred financing costs and unearned financing costs. Interest expense increased $2,143,555 primarily as a result of issuing $3,500,000 of convertible debentures in May 2005 as well as the increase in amortization of debt discount. Amortization of deferred financing costs increased to $602,182 from $78,427 as a result of the additional deferred financing costs primarily related to the issuance of $3,500,000 of convertible debentures. Both the amortization of debt discount, which is included in interest expense, and the amortization of deferred financing costs, increased significantly due to the increase in conversions of convertible debentures into common stock. Upon conversion or repayment of debt prior to its maturity date, a pro-rata share of debt discount and deferred financing costs are written off and recorded as expense. Amortization of unearned financing costs decreased to $0 from $85,161 as a result of there being no unearned financing costs as of the beginning of the 2005 period.

 

Other income in the 2005 period included gains totaling $1,006,030 related to the sale of property and equipment ($20,000), the exchange of Redeemable Series B Preferred Stock into common stock ($55,814), the conversion of accrued expenses into convertible notes payable (33,514), and the forgiveness of liabilities ($896,702). The forgiveness of liabilities consisted primarily of the forgiveness of liabilities to service providers and the reduction of principal owed on the promissory note to Zaiq Technologies, Inc. ($797,333). The terms of the Zaiq Technologies, Inc. promissory note provide for the forgiveness in the outstanding principal amount by $797,333 on each of the six-month and twelve-month anniversaries of the date of the promissory note. In October 2005, $797,333 was forgiven in accordance with these terms.

 

Net Loss.  During the 2005 period our net loss increased $1,417,099 or 26% from $5,506,287 to $6,923,386 as the result of a decrease in the gross profit generated on the Film ($116,958), higher interest costs ($2,143,555), higher amortization of deferred financing costs ($523,755), a larger impairment of the Film ($31,978), and higher research and development expenses ($181,306), offset by lower selling, general and administrative expenses ($489,262), lower amortization of unearned financing costs ($85,161), and gains totaling $1,006,030 as discussed under Other (Income) Expenses above.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Cash balances totaled $4,086,078 at April 21, 2006, $355,853 at January 31, 2006 and $373,481 at October 31, 2005.

 

Net cash used in operating activities was $467,047 for the three months ended January 31, 2006, compared to $462,489 for the three months ended January 31, 2005. The increase in cash used in operations was principally the result of the following items:

 

 

impacted by the following non-cash items:

 

 

We did not use cash for investing activities during either the three months ended January 31, 2006 or January 31, 2005.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities was $449,419 in the three months ended January 31, 2006 compared to $472,871 for the three months ended January 31, 2005. Net cash provided by financing activities in the three months ended January 31, 2006 was the result of proceeds from notes payable of $750,000 offset by capitalized financing costs of $82,500, total payments of $129,789 in connection with the cancellation of the promissory note to Zaiq Technologies, Inc. and the repurchase of common stock previously issued to Zaiq Technologies, Inc., and repayments of convertible notes payable of $88,292.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended January 31, 2005 was the result of proceeds from the issuance of common stock in the amount of $212,900 and proceeds from notes payable of $300,000, offset by capitalized financing costs of $33,029, and repayments of convertible notes payable of $7,000.

 

Our liquidity improved significantly as a result of a series of transactions completed subsequent to January 31, 2006.

 

First, as described above under the caption “Agreements with the Selling Shareholders,” we raised gross proceeds of $6.0 million in March 2006 from the private placement to 17 institutional and individual investors of our 2006 Debentures. We received net proceeds of approximately $4.5 million from the proceeds of the 2006 Debentures, after the payment of offering related fees and expenses and after the repayment in full of bridge loans, made in December 2005 and January 2006, in the aggregate amount of $810,000.

 

Second, we received approximately $570,000 from the exercise of warrants to purchase 11,370,624 shares of our common stock.

 

Third, we reduced our current liabilities by approximately $845,000 by issuing 12,064,494 shares of restricted common stock to several holders of notes payable.

 

These transactions increased our working capital by over $5.9 million.

 

Since inception, we have funded our operations primarily through the issuance of our common stock and debt securities. Our recent financings are discussed below.

 

In December 2005 and January 2006, we entered into secured bridge loan agreements with a third party pursuant to which we borrowed $750,000 from the lender. After payment of due diligence fees and transaction related fees and expenses, we received net proceeds of $672,470. An amount equal to 108% of the principal amount of the loans was due and payable on the earlier of May 25, 2006 or the date we effected a financing

transaction or series of transactions resulting in gross proceeds to us of at least $2,000,000. We repaid the loans in their entirety from the proceeds of the 2006 Debentures.

 

In May 2005, we sold $3,500,000 in aggregate principal amount of our 2005 Debentures, receiving net proceeds of approximately $3.11 million after the payment of offering related costs. As of January 31, 2006, $3,101,121 of principal amount and interest of the 2005 Debentures had been converted into 147,468,595 shares of our common stock and there was $504,987 of principal amount of the 2005 Debentures outstanding. As of April 19, 2006, as a result of additional conversions, $40,577 principal amount of the 2005 Debentures was outstanding. The 2005 Debentures mature in May 2008.

 

In December 2003, April 2004 and May 2004, we raised net proceeds of approximately $1,024,000 from the private placement to certain private and institutional investors of our three year 7% Convertible Debentures. $125,000 principal amount of the debentures issued in December 2003 was outstanding as of April 19, 2006 and matures in December 2006.

 

As of April 21, 2006, we had cash balances of $4,086,078. Although management believes funds on hand will enable us to meet our liquidity needs through at least January 31, 2007, we will need to raise additional funds to fulfill our business plan and to meet our future operating requirements, prior to the receipt of revenues from our semiconductor business.

 

We may not be successful in our efforts to raise additional funds. Our cash needs could be heavier than anticipated in which case we could be forced to raise additional capital. Even after we begin to sell our products, we do not yet know what payment terms will be required by our customers or if our products will be successful. At the present time, we have no commitments for any additional financing, and there can be no assurance that, if needed, additional capital will be available to us on commercially acceptable terms or at all.

 

Additional equity financings are likely to be dilutive to existing holders of our common stock and debt financing, if available, may involve significant payment obligations and covenants that restrict how we operate our business.

 

Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards

 

In June 2005, the FASB published Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections” (“SFAS 154”). SFAS 154 establishes new standards on accounting for changes in accounting principles. Pursuant to the new rules, all such changes must be accounted for by retrospective application to the financial statements of prior periods unless it is impracticable to do so. SFAS 154 completely replaces Accounting Principles Bulletin No. 20 and SFAS 3, though it carries forward the guidance in those pronouncements with respect to accounting for changes in estimates, changes in the reporting entity, and the correction of errors. The requirements in SFAS 154 are effective for accounting changes made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. We will apply these requirements to any accounting changes after the implementation date.

 

The Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) reached a tentative conclusion on EITF Issue No. 05-1, “Accounting for the Conversion of an Instrument That Becomes Convertible upon the Issuer’s Exercise of a Call Option” that no gain or loss should be recognized upon the conversion of an instrument that becomes convertible as a result of an issuer’s exercise of a call option pursuant to the original terms of the instrument. The application of this pronouncement is not expected to have an impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

 

In June 2005, the FASB ratified EITF Issue No. 05-2, “The Meaning of ‘Conventional Convertible Debt Instrument’ in EITF Issue No. 00-19, ‘Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock’ ” (“EITF No. 05-2”), which addresses when a convertible debt instrument should be considered ‘conventional’ for the purpose of applying the guidance in EITF No. 00-19. EITF No. 05-2 also retained the exemption under EITF No. 00-19 for conventional convertible debt instruments and indicated that convertible preferred stock having a mandatory redemption date may qualify for the exemption provided under EITF No. 00-19 for conventional convertible debt if the instrument’s economic

characteristics are more similar to debt than equity. EITF No. 05-2 is effective for new instruments entered into and instruments modified in periods beginning after June 29, 2005. We have applied the requirements of EITF No. 05-2 since the required implementation date. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have an impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

 

EITF Issue No. 05-4 “The Effect of a Liquidated Damages Clause on a Freestanding Financial Instrument Subject to EITF Issue No. 00-19, ‘Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock’ ” (“EITF No. 05-4”) addresses financial instruments, such as stock purchase warrants, which are accounted for under EITF 00-19 that may be issued at the same time and in contemplation of a registration rights agreement that includes a liquidated damages clause. The consensus of EITF No. 05-4 has not been finalized. In May 2005, we entered into a private placement agreement for convertible debentures, a registration rights agreement and warrants in connection with the private placement. Based on the interpretive guidance in EITF Issue No. 05-4, view C, due to certain factors, including an uncapped liquidated damages provision in the registration rights agreement, we determined that the embedded conversion option related to these convertible debentures and the registration rights are derivative liabilities. Accordingly, the fair value of the embedded conversion option of $1,500,000 was recorded as a liability as of the closing of the sale of these convertible debentures. Due to various factors, including substantial conversions of these convertible debentures and the registration statement becoming effective on August 1, 2005, the value of the registration rights was deemed to be de minimus. We believe the accounting treatment for the 2006 Debentures will be similar.

 

In September 2005, the FASB ratified EITF Issue No. 05-7, “Accounting for Modifications to Conversion Options Embedded in Debt Instruments and Related Issues” (“EITF No. 05-7”), which addresses whether a modification to a conversion option that changes its fair value affects the recognition of interest expense for the associated debt instrument after the modification and whether a borrower should recognize a beneficial conversion feature, not a debt extinguishment, if a debt modification increases the intrinsic value of the debt (for example, the modification reduces the conversion price of the debt). EITF No. 05-7 is effective for the first interim or annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2005. We will adopt EITF No. 05-7 as of the beginning of our interim reporting period that begins on February 1, 2006. We are currently in the process of evaluating the effect that the adoption of this pronouncement will have on our financial statements.

 

In September 2005, the FASB ratified EITF Issue No. 05-8, “Income Tax Consequences of Issuing Convertible Debt with a Beneficial Conversion Feature” (“EITF No. 05-8”), which addresses the treatment of convertible debt issued with a beneficial conversion feature as a temporary difference under the guidance in SFAS 109. In addition, deferred taxes recognized for a temporary difference of debt with a beneficial conversion feature should be recognized as an adjustment of additional paid-in capital. Entities should apply the guidance in EITF No. 05-8 in the first interim or annual reporting period that begins after December 15, 2005. Its provisions should be applied retrospectively under the guidance in SFAS 154 to all convertible debt instruments with a beneficial conversion feature accounted for under the guidance in EITF No. 00-27 “Application of EITF Issue No. 98-5 ‘Accounting for Convertible Securities with Beneficial Conversion Features or Contingently Adjustable Conversion Ratios.’ ” We have applied the requirements of EITF No. 05-8 to all previously existing convertible debt instruments with a beneficial conversion feature and will apply the requirements of EITF No. 05-8 beginning on February 1, 2006 for all new convertible debt instruments with a beneficial conversion feature. The application of this pronouncement for new convertible debt instruments with a beneficial conversion feature is not expected to have an impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

In February 2006, the FASB published Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 155, “Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments — an amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140” (“SFAS 155”). SFAS 155 resolves issues addressed in SFAS 133 Implementation Issue No. D1, “Application of Statement 133 to Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets.” The requirements in SFAS 155 are effective for all financial instruments acquired or issued after the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006. The adoption of this pronouncement is not expected to have an impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

 

Overview

 

We are developing advanced transmission technology products to enable data to be transmitted across copper telephone wire at speeds and over distances that exceed those offered by leading DSL technology providers. In September 2005, the Company changed its name from New Visual Corporation to Rim Semiconductor Company. Our common stock trades on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol RSMI. Our corporate headquarters are located at 305 NE 102nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97220 and our telephone number is (503) 257-6700.

 

Our initial chipset in a planned family of transport processors, the Embarq^tm E30 (Release 1.3) digital signal processor, was made available to prospective customers for evaluation and testing in the first quarter of fiscal 2006. We are presently working on Release 1.4 of the E30 and Release 1.1 of the Embarq^tm E20 analog front end. We market this novel technology to leading equipment makers in the telecommunications industry. Our products are designed to substantially increase the capacity of existing copper telephone networks, allowing telephone companies, office building managers, and enterprise network operators to provide enhanced and secure video, data and voice services over the existing copper telecommunications infrastructure.

 

We expect that system-level products that use our technology will have a significant advantage over existing system-level products that use existing broadband technologies, such as digital subscriber line (DSL), because such products will transmit data faster, and over longer distances. We expect products using our technology will offer numerous advantages to the network operators that deploy them, including the ability to support new services, the ability to offer existing and new services to previously unreachable locations in their network, reduction in total cost of ownership, security and reliability.

 

Our Telecommunications Business

 

The Broadband Bottleneck

 

In recent years, demand has increased significantly for high-speed access to multimedia information and entertainment content. Telephone companies, office building managers, and enterprise network operators (together, “service providers”) satisfy this demand by offering a mix of voice, video and data services to homes, businesses and governmental locations (together, “service subscribers”). These subscribers are increasingly seeking high-speed broadband access in order to take advantage of the dramatic growth of the Internet and increased use of the World Wide Web for communicating and accessing information, e-commerce, and bandwidth-intensive applications such as video-conferencing, gaming, data-mining, image processing, distance learning, streaming audio/video, multimedia broadcasting, telecommuting and networking between branch offices. Rapid growth in the number of Internet users and the amount of bandwidth that each user requires has created bottlenecks on existing communications networks, especially over the “last mile” of the legacy communications infrastructure. The “last mile” generally refers to the connection between the edge of the high-capacity service provider network and the device or premises of the service subscriber. Generally speaking, the “last mile challenge” refers to the bottleneck that occurs where the high-speed capability of the fiber optic network meets the low-speed capacity of the local copper-based network.

 

As the volume of data has increased, service subscribers have become increasingly dissatisfied with the performance of telephone dial-up connections that are typically limited to data rates of 28.8 kilobits per second (“kbps”) to 56 kbps. At the same time, service providers and content developers are offering more and more data-intensive applications, thus stimulating demand for bandwidth. Businesses also are seeking faster access to broadband content as the convergence of voice, video and data, and increasing volumes of electronic traffic, have placed new demands on existing technologies and infrastructures.

 

In response to the challenge to provide high-speed access for both consumers and businesses, service providers have been upgrading their networks so as to significantly increase data transmission speeds beyond the 56 kbps capacity. Nonetheless, given the nature of the copper based networks, the increased data

transmission speeds do not approach those needed to address the burgeoning demand. Our products are designed to increase data transmission speeds on the existing copper-based network to satisfy this demand.

 

Broadband Opportunities Over Metallic Media

 

We believe the value of the existing copper-based telephone network is directly related to the amount of data that it can deliver. We also believe there are substantial business opportunities for companies that can develop technologies that increase the data-bearing capability, or bandwidth of this network, enabling telephone network operators to increase their offering of services and reduce the cost of network upgrades. Worldwide, this network contains over 950 million copper lines, and currently delivers to end users most of the world’s telephone traffic and much of its broadband access. Virtually every home, business and governmental location in the United States, Europe and East Asia is served with an existing copper wire connection.

 

But the existing copper wire connections were not engineered by service providers to support high speed data. Originally buried in the ground or strung on aerial cables to only carry voice calls, these wires are ill-suited to carrying high speed data. The single most important technical limitation is that the amount of data that a given piece of copper wire is capable of bearing reduces as a function of its length. Thus, shorter wires can support higher data rates, and longer wires must support lower data rates. This lack of suitability has been the largest driving force behind the telephone companies’ recent capital investments in new fiber optic and wireless “last mile” networks. When either of these technologies are introduced into a previously copper-based network, the copper wires are either shortened or eliminated entirely. While the introduction of our technologies are not likely to completely eliminate the need for fiber optics or for wireless deployments, we believe that it could reduce or forestall them. Such reduction or delay positively reduces the capital expenditures of the service providers. Thus, we believe that the existing worldwide copper wire base offers significant advantages over these alternative networks as a medium for providing broadband access, and that telephone companies adopting our technologies will enjoy these benefits:

 

Low Cost Deployment.  First, these solutions enable the service provider to leverage a huge existing infrastructure, avoiding the high costs associated with replacing the local loop with fiber, laying new cable or upgrading existing cable connections, or deploying relatively new wireless or satellite communications technologies. Because our technology uses the existing local loop, they can be less expensive to deploy than other high-speed data transmission technologies.

 

Limited Service Degradation and Improved Security Over Alternative Technologies.  In contrast to cable delivery systems, our technology is a point-to-point technology that connects the end user to the service provider’s central office or to an intermediate hub over copper wire. Our technology therefore does not encounter service degradation as other subscribers are added to the system, and also allows a higher level of security. Alternative technologies, such as cable, are shared systems and may suffer degradation and increased security risk as the number of end users on the system increases.

 

Rapid Deployment.  Because virtually every home and business in the United States, Europe and East Asia have existing copper telephone wire connections, copper wire-based broadband solutions can be rapidly deployed to a large number of potential end users.

 

Our Product Line

 

We are developing an advanced transmission technology to enable data to be transmitted across copper telephone wire at faster speeds and over greater distances than is presently offered by leading digital subscriber line (DSL) technology providers. Our technology, using the name Embarq^tm offers significant improvements over existing broadband technologies by:

 

 

 

Our solution takes advantage of these innovations, resulting in dramatically improved achievable throughput.

 

The Technology Underlying Our Proposed Solution

 

In April 2002, we entered into a development and license agreement with Adaptive Networks, Inc. (“Adaptive”) to acquire a worldwide, perpetual license to Adaptive’s Powerstream^tm technology, intellectual property, and patent portfolio for use in products relating to all applications in the field of the copper telephone wire telecommunications network. Adaptive is engaged in the research, development and sales of silicon embedded networking technology of use in wiring environments. Powerstream^tm technology refers to technologies that enable data transmission across wiring infrastructures inside buildings. Under the agreement with Adaptive, we have a license under 12 issued patents (five in the United States) and 10 pending patent applications (four in the United States) pertaining to methodologies for modifying data in order to transmit it more efficiently on metallic media. The licensed technology provides the core technology for our semiconductor products.

 

In addition to the licensed technology, we and Adaptive have also jointly developed technology and intellectual property that enhances the licensed technology. Under the agreement with Adaptive, we co-own 10 pending patent applications (two in the United States) pertaining to these enhancements.

 

In consideration of the development services provided and the licenses granted to us by Adaptive, we paid Adaptive an aggregate of $5,751,000 between 2002 and 2004 consisting of cash and our assumption of certain Adaptive liabilities. This amount represents all payments for development that we are required to make to Adaptive for both the licensed and the co-owned technologies and related intellectual property. In addition to the above payment, Adaptive is entitled to a percentage of any net sales of products sold by us and any license revenue we receive from the licensed and co-owned technologies, less the first five million dollars that would otherwise be payable to them under this royalty arrangement.

 

In February 2006, we obtained a license to include HelloSoft Inc.’s integrated VoIP software suite in the Embarq^TM E30 semiconductor. We believe that the inclusion of VoIP features in our products will enable customers to eliminate components currently placed on their modems that are dedicated to VoIP. We expect this reduction in components will lower their cost of production by more than 20% and eliminate significant design complexity. In exchange for such rights, we have paid to HelloSoft a license fee and will pay certain royalties based on our sales of products including the licensed technology.

 

Status of our Solution

 

Our initial chipset in a planned family of transport processors, the Embarq^TM E30 (Release 1.3) digital signal processor, was made available to prospective customers for evaluation and testing in the first calendar quarter of 2006. We are presently working on Release 1.4 of the E30 and Release 1.1 of the Embarq^TM E20 analog front end. We estimate that we will complete them in the second calendar quarter of 2006. Significant enhancements are currently being designed for both products that are intended to reduce the cost and increase the functionality of the products. These enhancements will be incorporated in Release 1.5 of the E30 and Release 1.2 of the E20. We estimate that we will also complete them in the second calendar quarter of 2006.

 

The primary improvement that we intend to deliver with Release 2.0 is moving both products from a field programmable gate array version to an application specific standard part, thus lowering our cost to produce these goods.

Competition

 

The market for high-speed telecommunications products is highly competitive, and we expect that it will become increasingly competitive in the future. Our competitors, including Centillium Communications, Inc., Conexant Systems, Inc., PMC-Sierra, Texas Instruments Incorporated, Ikanos Communications, ST Microelectronics N.V., Metalink Ltd., Broadcom Corporation, Infineon Technologies A.G. and others, have developed and are currently marketing technologies that also address the existing technical impediments of using existing copper networks as broadband options or are otherwise substantially similar to our products. Our competitors include some of the largest, most successful domestic and international telecommunications companies and other companies with well-established reputations in the broadband telecommunications industry. Our competitors possess substantially greater name recognition, financial, sales and marketing, manufacturing, technical, personnel, and other resources than we have. These competitors may also have pre-existing relationships with our potential customers. These competitors may compete effectively with us because in addition to the above-listed factors, they more quickly introduce new technologies, more rapidly or effectively address customer requirements or devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products than we do. Further, in the event of a manufacturing capacity shortage, these competitors may be able to manufacture products when we are unable to do so. In all of our target markets, we also may face competition from newly established competitors, suppliers of products based on new or emerging technologies, and customers who choose to develop wire based solutions that are functionally similar to our semiconductor technologies.

 

We believe we will be able to compete with these companies because our products are designed to increase the data transfer rates of broadband transmission over copper telephone wire at rates not yet achieved by competing wire based technologies.

 

Although we believe we will be able to compete based on the special features of our products, they will incorporate new concepts and may not be successful even if they are superior to those of our competitors. In addition to facing competition from providers of DSL-based products, we will compete with products using other broadband technologies, such as cable modems, wireless, satellite, and fiber optic telecommunications technology. Commercial acceptance of any one of these competing solutions could decrease demand for our products.

 

We also face competition from new technologies that are currently under development that may result in new competitors entering the market with products that may make ours obsolete. We cannot predict the competitive impact of these new technologies and competitors.

 

Proprietary Rights

 

We currently rely on a combination of trade secret, patent, copyright and trademark law, as well as non-disclosure agreements and invention-assignment agreements, to protect our proprietary information. However, such methods may not afford complete protection and there can be no assurance that other competitors will not independently develop similar processes, concepts, ideas and documentation. Under our agreement with Adaptive, we have a license under 12 issued patents (five in the United States) and 10 pending patent applications (four in the United States) pertaining to methodologies for modifying data in order to transmit it more efficiently on metallic media. Our license under each of the Adaptive patents generally remains in effect for the life of the applicable patent. In addition to the licensed technology, we and Adaptive have also jointly developed technology and intellectual property that enhances the licensed technology. Under the agreement with Adaptive, we co-own 10 pending patent applications (two in the United States) pertaining to these enhancements. Adaptive generally maintains, at its expense, these U.S. and foreign patent rights and files and/or prosecutes the relevant patent applications in the U.S. and foreign countries. We also rely upon trade secrets, know-how, continuing technological innovations and licensing opportunities to develop our competitive position. Our policy is to protect our technology by, among other things, filing, or requiring the applicable licensor to file, patent applications for technology that we consider important to the development of our business. We intend to file additional patent applications, when appropriate, relating to our technology, improvements to the technology, and to specific products we develop.

Our policy is to require our employees, consultants, other advisors, as well as software design collaborators, to execute confidentiality agreements upon the commencement of employment, consulting or advisory relationships. These agreements generally provide that all confidential information developed or made known to the individual by us during the course of the individual’s relationship with us is to be kept confidential and not to be disclosed to third parties except in specific circumstances. In the case of employees and consultants, the agreements provide that inventions conceived by the individual in the course of their employment or consulting relationship shall be our exclusive property. There can be no assurance, however, that these agreements will provide meaningful protection or adequate remedies for trade secrets in the event of unauthorized use or disclosure of such information.

 

Government Regulation

 

Our products are likely to be subject to extensive regulation by each country and in the United States by federal and state agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”), and various state public utility and service commissions. There are some regulations pertaining to the use of the available bandwidth spectrum at present that have been interpreted by our target customers as discouraging to the technical innovations that we are bringing to market, though we do not believe this to be the case. Further, regulations affecting the availability of broadband access services generally, the terms under which telecommunications service providers conduct their business, and the competitive environment among service providers, for example, could have a negative impact on our business.

 

Our Joint Venture

 

In April 2000, our NV Entertainment subsidiary entered into a joint venture production agreement to produce a feature length film, “Step Into Liquid” (the “Film”) for theatrical distribution. We own a 50% interest in the joint venture. We provided the funding for the production in the amount of approximately $2,335,101. The financial condition and results of operations of the joint venture are consolidated with our financial condition and results of operations on the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The Film was released to theaters in the United States in 2003 and is currently in foreign and DVD distribution. During the years ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, we recognized revenues of $39,866 and $287,570, respectively, from the Film. We recorded amortization expense of $11,945 and $142,691 related to the Film for the years ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

 

Based upon information received from the Film’s distributor, Lion’s Gate Entertainment, in January 2005, we recorded an impairment charge of $977,799 during the year ended October 31, 2004 that reduced the carrying value of the Film on our balance sheet to $1,021,722. The impairment charge was due to higher than expected distribution costs and lower than expected average retail selling price for the DVD. In addition, based upon information received from Lion’s Gate Entertainment in July 2005, which indicated that sales were lower than expected, we recorded an impairment charge of $1,009,777 during the year ended October 31, 2005, which reduced the carrying value of the Film to $0 on our balance sheet.

 

Research and Development

 

We outsource all of the development activities with respect to our products to independent third party developers. During fiscal years 2005 and 2004 we expended $366,306 and $185,000, respectively, on research and development with respect to the work on our semiconductors.

 

Manufacturing and Suppliers

 

We intend to contract with third party manufacturers to produce our products and will rely on third party suppliers to obtain the raw materials essential to our products’ production. Manufacturing of products utilizing our semiconductor technologies will be a complex process and we cannot assure you that we will not experience production problems or delays. Any interruption in operations could materially and adversely affect our business and operating results.

There may be a limited number of suppliers of some of the components necessary for the manufacture of products utilizing our semiconductor technologies. The reliance on a limited number of suppliers, particularly if such suppliers are foreign, poses several risks, including a potential inability to obtain an adequate supply of required components, low manufacturing yields and reduced control over pricing, quality and timely delivery of components. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain adequate supplies of raw materials. Certain key components of the semiconductor technologies may involve long lead times, and in the event of an unanticipated increase in the demand for our products, we could be unable to manufacture certain products in a quantity sufficient to satisfy potential demand. If we cannot obtain adequate deliveries of key components, we may be unable to ship products on a timely basis. Low manufacturing yields could cause us to incur substantially higher costs of goods sold. Delays in shipment could damage our relationships with customers and could harm our business and operating results.

 

Our Employees

 

We currently have five full-time employees and one part-time employee. We anticipate that we will need to hire additional employees and other personnel. We may, from time to time, supplement our regular work force as necessary with temporary and contract personnel. None of our employees is represented by a labor union.

 

Our future performance depends highly upon the continued service of the senior members of our management team. We believe that our future success will also depend upon our continuing ability to identify, attract, motivate, train and retain other highly skilled managerial, technical, sales and marketing personnel. Hiring for such personnel is intensely competitive, and there can be no assurance that we will be able to retain our key employees or attract, assimilate or retain the qualified personnel necessary for our business in a timely manner or at all.

 

Our Property

 

We do not own any real property. Our corporate headquarters are located at 305 NE 102nd Avenue, Suite 105, Portland, Oregon 97220. The premises are occupied under a lease that expires in March 2009. The current monthly rental under this lease is $3,989. We also lease approximately 200 square feet of space in La Jolla, California that we use for administrative offices under a lease that expires in February 2007. Our monthly rental payment under this lease is $1,450. We believe our properties are generally in good condition and suitable to carry on our business. We also believe that, if required, suitable alternative or additional space will be available to us on commercially reasonable terms.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

There are no material pending legal proceedings to which we are a party or to which any of our properties are subject. There are no material proceedings known to us to be contemplated by any governmental authority.

 

The names, ages and positions of our directors, executive officers and key employees are as follows:

 

 

 

 

The business experience, principal occupations and employment, as well as the periods of service, of each of our directors and executive officers during at least the last five years are set forth below.

 

Brad Ketch has served the Company in various roles since March 2002. In March 2002, Mr. Ketch became a consultant with us on our broadband technology and served in that capacity until July 2002, when he became our Chief Marketing Officer. He has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as a director, since December 2002. With over 19 years experience creating shareholder value through broadband telecommunications products and services, Mr. Ketch, from October 2001 to March 2002, served as CEO of Kentrox LLC, a manufacturer and marketer of data networking equipment. At Kentrox, Mr. Ketch was responsible for a company with 260 employees and $90 million in annual revenues. From January 2001 to October 2001 Mr. Ketch implemented strategic plans for telecom service providers and equipment manufacturers through his telecommunications consulting company, Brad Ketch & Associates, of which he was founder and President. From February 1999 to January 2001 he was Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for HyperEdge Corporation, a company he co-founded. HyperEdge acquired and integrated broadband access equipment manufacturers to further enable service providers to deliver broadband access to the “Last Mile.” From August 1997 through February 1999, Mr. Ketch implemented strategic business and technical plans for competitive local exchange carrier network access and created products targeted at the incumbent local exchange carrier market as a consultant to various telecommunications companies as a consultant with Brad Ketch & Associates. Prior to August 1997 he served in various capacities at Nortel, Advanced Fibre Communications and Cincinnati Bell. Mr. Ketch has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Wheaton College and a MBA from Northwestern University.

 

Ray Willenberg, Jr. served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board from April 1997 to March 2002, and was elected a director in October 1996. Mr. Willenberg joined us as Vice President and corporate Secretary in 1996. He currently serves as our Executive Vice President and Chairman of the board of directors. From 1972 to 1995, Mr. Willenberg was Chief Executive Officer of Mesa Mortgage Company in San Diego, California.

 

Jack L. Peckham is a founder and director of Heritage Bank of Commerce in San Jose, California, and serves on its audit and compensation committees. Mr. Peckham has served as a member of the Board since March 2005. He is currently the Chairman and CEO of Broadband Graphics, a company that owns and licenses intellectual property in the areas of video and desktop computing. From 1985 through 1998, Mr. Peckham held various positions at ATMEL Corporation (www.atmel.com), retiring as its General Manager. He received an MA and a BA in Finance and marketing from Burdette College, Boston.

 

Thomas J. Cooper has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2002. From June 1 to December 2, 2002, Mr. Cooper served as our President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Cooper has been engaged in the development, creation and management of global sales and marketing platforms for businesses operating in the areas of high technology, real estate, office automation, and telecommunications for the past 30 years. Mr. Cooper is currently the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Artimi, Inc. (www.artimi.com) a fabless semiconductor firm based in Santa Clara, California serving new markets with

Ultra Wideband wireless technology and products. From 1994 to 2002, Mr. Cooper served in various high-ranking positions at Conexant (formerly Virata), most recently as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development (from July 1999 to February 2002), where he was responsible for the development and implementation of long range growth strategies, including defining global partnership initiatives; identifying potential acquisition and joint venture candidates; and directing strategic investment of corporate capital into select ventures in which the company acquired minority stakes. From 1994 until 1999, Mr. Cooper served as Virata’s Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing, where he oversaw all aspects of the company’s product sales and marketing, corporate marketing/communications and public relations. Mr. Cooper has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Hamilton College and an MBA from the University of Toledo, Ohio.

 

Board of Directors; Election of Officers

 

All directors hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors is duly elected and qualified. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors may be filled by the shareholders, the board of directors, or if the Directors remaining in office constitute less than a quorum of the board of directors, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors remaining in office. A director elected to fill a vacancy is elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. Any directorship filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors shall expire at the next shareholders’ meeting in which directors are elected, unless the vacancy is filled by the shareholders, in which case the term shall expire on the later of (i) the next meeting of the shareholders or (ii) the term designated for the director at the time of creation of the position being filled.

 

Our executive officers are elected by and serve at the pleasure of our board of directors.

 

Compensation of Directors

 

It is our policy to pay each outside director $2,000 for each meeting of our Board of Directors attended and for each committee meeting attended. We also reimburse our directors for reasonable expenses incurred in traveling to and from board or committee meetings. Upon his resignation as a director of the Company in March 2005, Ivan Berkowitz was paid $57,251, representing deferred meeting fees, expense reimbursements and fees for service as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors accrued and unpaid though the date of his resignation.

 

In addition, we have granted stock and stock options to the directors to compensate them for their services. During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2005 we issued 200,000 and 300,000 shares of common stock valued at approximately $30,000 and $45,000 to Mr. Cooper and Mr. Peckham, respectively, to compensate them for their services as directors. Our directors are eligible to receive stock option grants under our 2000 Omnibus Securities Plan. We did not grant options to our non-employee directors in 2005. During 2006, we granted each of our non-employee directors an option to purchase 1,000,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.0319 per share. For information regarding option grants to our employee directors, see “Executive Compensation.”

 

The following table sets forth all compensation for each of the last three fiscal years awarded to, or earned by, our Chief Executive Officer and all other executive officers serving as such at the end of 2005 whose salary and bonus exceeded $100,000 for the year ended October 31, 2005 or who, as of October 31, 2005, was being paid a salary at a rate of at least $100,000 per year.

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

 

 

 

In accordance with the rules of the SEC, other compensation in the form of perquisites and other personal benefits has been omitted for the named executive officers because the aggregate amount of these perquisites and other personal benefits was less than the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of annual salary and bonuses for the named executive officers.

 

Option Grants In The Last Fiscal Year

 

The following table sets forth information concerning individual grants of stock options made during the year ended October 31, 2005 to each of the named executive officers:

 

 

 

Aggregate Options Exercised in 2005 and Year-End Option Values

 

The named executive officers did not exercise any stock options during the year ended October 31, 2005. The following table sets forth information as of October 31, 2005 concerning options held by the named executive officers. None of these options were in-the-money as of October 31, 2005, and all such options were canceled by agreement effective January 1, 2006.

 

 

Employment Agreements with Executive Officers

 

Brad Ketch.  On December 2, 2002, we entered into an employment agreement with Brad Ketch pursuant to which Mr. Ketch was retained as our Chief Executive Officer. The agreement had a three-year initial term and provided for Mr. Ketch to receive an initial base salary of $250,000, with an annual bonus to be paid at the discretion of the board of directors in either cash or stock. In December 2005, this agreement was automatically renewed for an additional one year term. If Mr. Ketch is terminated without “cause” or leaves Rim Semiconductor for “good reason,” each as defined in his agreement, he will receive a severance payment equal to two years of his base salary on the date of termination. If he is terminated without cause or with good reason within one year after a “change of control,” as defined in his agreement, he will receive a severance payment equal to two years of his base salary and an amount equal to two times the amount of his last bonus received.

 

Ray Willenberg, Jr. We entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Willenberg, dated as of March 1, 2006, pursuant to which he continues to serve as our Executive Vice President. The agreement terminates on March 3, 2008 and provides for Mr. Willenberg to receive a base salary of $250,000 per year, subject to the earlier of (i) Mr. Willenberg’s death or Disability (as defined in the agreement); (ii) the termination of the agreement by either party without cause on written notice; or (iii) termination of the agreement by us for Cause (as defined in the agreement).

 

During Mr. Willenberg’s employment, the agreement provides for his nomination to our board of directors and, if elected, his appointment as chairman. Mr. Willenberg would resign from the Board upon the termination of his employment.

 

Under his employment agreement, we also granted Mr. Willenberg a right of first refusal to purchase our equity interest in Top Secret Productions, LLC in the case of a bona fide third-party offer to purchase that interest or our determination to offer that interest for sale at a specified price.

 

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

 

On July 21, 2004, we entered into a one-year $100,000 revolving line of credit with a bank. Ray Willenberg, Jr., our Executive Vice President and Chairman, guaranteed the repayment of the line of credit, and we agreed to indemnify Mr. Willenberg for any losses or expenses he may incur as a result of providing such security. The line of credit expired on August 10, 2005.

 

On March 7, 2006, we issued a convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $301,196.55 (the “New Note”) to Mr. Willenberg. The New Note replaced a promissory note in the principal amount of $383,910.72 dated March 25, 2005 (the “Old Note”), between the Company and Mr. Willenberg, which had a remaining balance due of $88,746.55. All of the amounts represented by the Old Note and the New Note represented amounts owed to Mr. Willenberg for deferred compensation. The principal amount of the New Note, with 8% interest, would have been due on the earlier of March 3, 2008 or the date on which Mr. Willenberg’s employment was terminated by the Company. The New Note was convertible, at the option of Mr. Willenberg, into shares of our common stock at a conversion price per share equal to the closing price

of the common stock on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board on the date of conversion. The Old Note was non-interest-bearing, convertible on the same terms as the New Note, and provided for monthly payments equal to at least the monthly base salary paid by us to our chief executive officer. In April 2006, we paid the New Note in full.

 

The following table sets forth information as of the close of business on April 19, 2006, concerning shares of our common stock beneficially owned by each director and named executive officer and by all directors and executive officers as a group. We are not aware of any persons beneficially owning more than 5% of our common stock.

 

In accordance with the rules of the SEC, the table gives effect to the shares of common stock that could be issued upon the exercise of outstanding options and warrants within 60 days of April 19, 2006. Unless otherwise noted in the footnotes to the table and subject to community property laws where applicable, the following individuals have sole voting and investment control with respect to the shares beneficially owned by them. We have calculated the percentages of shares beneficially owned based on 323,042,763 shares of common stock outstanding at April 19, 2006. The address for each of the directors and executive officers set forth below is c/o Rim Semiconductor Company, 305 NE 102nd Avenue, Suite 105, Portland, Oregon 97220.

 

 

 

 

 

All of the shares of our common stock being offered in this prospectus are being offered by the selling shareholders listed below. We have registered this offering because of registration rights we granted to certain of the selling shareholders when we sold securities to them. See “Agreements with the Selling Shareholders.” The selling shareholders are not required to sell all or any of the shares listed below. Other than as disclosed in the notes to the table below, no selling shareholder has had any position, office or other material relationship with us during the past three years.

 

The following table sets forth the number of shares that are, to our knowledge, beneficially owned as of April 19, 2006, by the selling shareholders prior to the offering contemplated by this prospectus, the number of shares each selling shareholder is offering by this prospectus and the number of shares which each would

own beneficially if all such offered shares are sold. Each selling shareholder may sell all, some or none of his or its shares in this offering.

 

In accordance with the rules of the SEC, the table gives effect to the shares of common stock that could be issued upon the exercise of outstanding options and warrants within 60 days of April 19, 2006. However, each of the selling shareholders that is the holder of 2006 Debentures, 2005 Debentures, 2006 Warrants or 2005 Warrants may not convert its convertible debentures or exercise its warrants if such conversion or exercise would cause such holder’s beneficial ownership of our common stock (excluding shares underlying any unconverted debentures or unexercised warrants) to exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of common stock immediately after the conversion or exercise. If the holder subsequently disposed of some or all of its holdings, it could again convert its debenture or exercise its warrant, subject to the same limitation. As a result of this limitation, the number of shares of common stock listed below for some selling shareholders may include shares that would not be subject to purchase within 60 days of April 19, 2006.

 

 

The selling shareholders and any of their pledgees, donees, transferees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of the shares that are included in the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.

 

The selling shareholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:

 

 

 

The selling shareholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Act if available, rather than under this prospectus.

 

Broker-dealers engaged by the selling shareholders may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling shareholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as an agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated. The selling shareholders do not expect these commissions and discounts to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved. We are not aware of any definitive selling arrangement at the date of this prospectus between any selling shareholder and any broker-dealer or agent.

 

Upon our being notified by a selling shareholder that any material arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the sale of shares through a block trade, special offering, exchange distribution or secondary distribution or a purchase by a broker or dealer, a supplement to this prospectus will be filed by us, if required, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, disclosing:

 

 

The selling shareholders may from time to time pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell shares from time to time under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending the list of selling shareholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling shareholders under this prospectus.

 

The selling shareholders may also transfer the shares in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

 

The selling shareholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Discounts, concessions, commissions and similar selling expenses, if any, that can be attributed to the sale of securities will be paid by the applicable selling shareholder and/or the purchasers.

 

If a selling shareholder uses this prospectus for any sale of the shares, it will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The selling shareholders will be responsible to comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation M, as applicable to such selling shareholders in connection with resales of their respective shares under this registration statement.

We are required to pay all fees and expenses incident to the registration of the shares being offered by the selling shareholders, but we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares except for, upon exercise, the exercise price of options and warrants exercised on a cash basis. We have agreed to indemnify certain selling shareholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

The following is a summary of certain rights of our common stock and preferred stock and related provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws. For more detailed information, please see our articles of incorporation and bylaws, which are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

 

We are authorized to issue 900,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and 15,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. As of April 19, 2006, there were 323,042,763 shares of common stock and no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding.

 

Common Stock

 

Holders of shares of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. The holders of shares of our common stock do not have cumulative voting rights for the election of directors and, accordingly, the holders of more than 50% of the shares of common stock are able to elect all directors. Holders of shares of common stock are entitled to receive dividends when, as and if declared by the board of directors from funds legally available therefor, subject to the rights of preferred shareholders, if any. Upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of our common stock are entitled to receive, pro-rata, that portion of our assets which are legally available for distribution to shareholders, subject to the rights of preferred shareholders, if any. Holders of our common stock are not entitled to preemptive rights.

 

Preferred Stock

 

Our board of directors has the authority, without approval by the shareholders, to issue up to a total of 15,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series. The board of directors may establish the number of shares to be included in each such series and may fix the designations, preferences, powers and other rights of the shares of a series of preferred stock, including without limitation voting powers, conversion or dividend rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences. The board could authorize the issuance of preferred stock with voting or conversion rights that could dilute the voting power or rights of the holders of common stock. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of Rim Semiconductor and might harm the market price of our common stock. We have no current plans to issue any shares of preferred stock.

 

Anti-Takeover Effects of Our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws

 

The provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws summarized below could have the effect of delaying, deferring or discouraging another party from acquiring control of us. These provisions are expected to discourage coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids and are designed to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with our board of directors. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our potential ability to negotiate with an unfriendly or unsolicited acquiror outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging a proposal to acquire us because negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

 

Undesignated Preferred Stock.  The ability to authorize undesignated preferred stock makes it possible for our board of directors to issue preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede

the success of an attempt to acquire us. These and other provisions may have the effect of deferring hostile takeovers or delaying changes in control or management of our company.

 

Requirements for Advance Notification of Shareholder Nominations and Proposals.  Our bylaws establish advance notice procedures with respect to shareholder proposals and the nomination of candidates for election as directors, other than nominations made by or at the direction of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors. The bylaws do not give the board of directors the power to approve or disapprove shareholder nominations of candidates or proposals regarding business to be conducted at a special or annual meeting of the shareholders. However, our bylaws may have the effect of precluding the conduct of certain business at a meeting if the proper procedures are not followed. These provisions may also discourage or deter a potential acquiror from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquiror’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our company.

 

We are a Utah corporation. Section 16-10a-902 of the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act (the “Revised Act”) provides that a corporation may indemnify any individual who was, is or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent (a “Party”) in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal (a “Proceeding”), because he or she is or was a director of the corporation or, while a director of the corporation, is or was serving at its request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation or other person or of an employee benefit plan (an “Indemnifiable Director”), against any obligation incurred with respect to a Proceeding, including any judgment, settlement, penalty, fine or reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees), incurred in the Proceeding if: (i) his or her conduct was in good faith; (ii) he or she reasonably believed that his or her conduct was in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful; provided, however, that pursuant to Subsection 902(4): (a) indemnification under Section 902 in connection with a Proceeding by or in the right of the corporation is limited to payment of reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with the Proceeding and (b) the corporation may not indemnify an Indemnifiable Director in connection with a Proceeding by or in the right of the corporation in which the Indemnifiable Director was adjudged liable to the corporation, or in connection with any other Proceeding charging that the Indemnifiable Director derived an improper personal benefit, whether or not involving action in his or her official capacity, in which Proceeding he or she was adjudged liable on the basis that he or she derived an improper personal benefit.

 

Section 16-10a-903 of the Revised Act provides that, unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation shall indemnify an Indemnifiable Director who was successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any Proceeding, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter in the Proceeding, to which he or she was a Party because he or she is or was an Indemnifiable Director of the corporation, for reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with the Proceeding or claim with respect to which he or she has been successful.

 

Section 16-10a-904 of the Revised Act provides that a corporation may pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an Indemnifiable Director who is a Party to a Proceeding in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding upon the satisfaction of certain conditions.

 

In addition to the indemnification provided by Sections 902 and 903, Section 16-10a-905 of the Revised Act provides that, unless otherwise limited by a corporation’s articles of incorporation, an Indemnifiable Director may apply for indemnification to the court conducting the Proceeding or to another court of competent jurisdiction.

 

Section 16-10a-907 of the Revised Act provides that, unless a corporation’s articles of incorporation provide otherwise, (i) an officer of the corporation is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 903 and is entitled to apply for court-ordered indemnification under Section 905, in each case to the same extent

as an Indemnifiable Director; (ii) the corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the corporation to the same extent as an Indemnifiable Director and (iii) a corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, fiduciary or agent who is not an Indemnifiable Director to a greater extent than the right of indemnification granted to an Indemnifiable Director, if not inconsistent with public policy, and if provided for by its articles of incorporation, bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors or contract.

 

Section 16-10a-908 of the Revised Act authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain liability insurance for a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the corporation.

 

Our Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) provide that subject to the limitations and conditions as provided below and in Section 9 of the Revised Act, a Party in a Proceeding or an appeal, inquiry or investigation that could lead to a Proceeding, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was an Indemnifiable Director shall be indemnified by us against judgments, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses (including, attorneys’ fees) actually incurred by them in connection with such Proceeding, if it is determined that such person: (i) conducted himself or herself in good faith; (ii) reasonably believed that his or her conduct was in, or not opposed to, our best interest and (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Reasonableness of expenses shall be determined by the directors, a committee, by special legal counsel or by a vote of the shareholders. However, if a person is found liable to us or is found liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by such person, indemnification is limited to reasonable expenses actually incurred by such person in connection with the Proceeding and will not be made in respect of any Proceeding in which such person shall have been found liable for willful or intentional misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to us. Indemnification may involve indemnification for negligence or under theories of strict liability.

 

Our Bylaws further provide that indemnification rights granted are contract rights, and no amendment of the Bylaws will limit or deny any such rights with respect to actions taken or Proceedings arising prior to any amendment. Indemnification rights may include the right to be paid the reasonable expenses incurred by an Indemnifiable Director who was, is or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a Proceeding in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding and without any determination as to the person’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification; provided, however, that the payment of such expenses will be made only (i) upon delivery to us of a written affirmation by such director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification; (ii) delivery of a written undertaking, by or on behalf of such person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such indemnified person is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to the Bylaws or otherwise and (iii) a determination that the facts then known to those making the determination would not preclude indemnification. We, by adoption of a resolution of the directors, may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, fiduciary or agent to the same extent and subject to the same conditions under which we may indemnify and advance expenses to directors. We may pay or reimburse expenses incurred by a director or officer in connection with his or her appearance as a witness or other participation in a Proceeding at a time when he or she is not a named defendant or respondent in the Proceeding. We may purchase and maintain liability insurance. If any portion of the Bylaws relating to indemnification are invalidated we shall nevertheless indemnify each director, officer or any other person indemnified pursuant to the Bylaws as to costs to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of the Bylaws that have not been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted for our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

 

The validity of the shares of common stock offered under this prospectus will be passed on for us by Munck Butrus, P.C., Dallas, Texas. In February 2006, we issued to Munck Butrus, P.C. for legal services an option to purchase up to 2 million shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.0319 per share. The shares underlying such option are included in the registration statement.

 

The consolidated financial statements of Rim Semiconductor Company as of and for the years ended October 31, 2005 and 2004 included in this prospectus have been audited by Marcum & Kliegman LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing elsewhere herein. Such financial statements have been included in this prospectus in reliance upon the report of Marcum & Kliegman LLP given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the following location of the SEC:

 

Public Reference Room

100 F Street, NE, Room 1580

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Our SEC filings are also available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s Web site at http:\\www.sec.gov.

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement we have filed with the SEC relating to the common stock offered hereby. As permitted by SEC rules, this prospectus does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement and the accompanying exhibits and schedules we file with the SEC. You may refer to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules for more information about us and our common stock. The registration statement and exhibits and schedules are also available at the SEC’s Public Reference Room or through its Web site.

 

 

Board of Directors

Rim Semiconductor Company

(formerly New Visual Corporation)

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Rim Semiconductor Company (formerly New Visual Corporation) and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of October 31, 2005 and 2004 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficiency), and cash flows for the years ended October 31, 2005 and 2004. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor are we engaged to perform, an audit of its 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 control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall consolidated 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 Rim Semiconductor Company and Subsidiaries at October 31, 2005 and 2004 and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years ended October 31, 2005 and 2004 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As shown in the consolidated financial statements, the Company incurred net losses of $6,923,386 and $5,506,287 during the years ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. As of October 31, 2005, the Company had a working capital deficiency of approximately $3,145,391. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

 

New York, New York

January 28, 2006

RIM SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(formerly New Visual Corporation and Subsidiaries)

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

RIM SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(formerly New Visual Corporation and Subsidiaries)

Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

RIM SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(formerly New Visual Corporation and Subsidiaries)

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficiency)
For The Years Ended October 31, 2005 and 2004

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

RIM SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(formerly New Visual Corporation and Subsidiaries)

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficiency)
For The Years Ended October 31, 2005 and 2004