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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)
Registration No. 333-148650
 
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
 
to
 
PROSPECTUS DATED February 8, 2008
 
The attached Annual Report on Form 10-K (excluding the exhibits thereto) dated March 27, 2008 was filed by the registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus dated February 8, 2008.
 
The date of this Prospectus Supplement is April 1, 2008


 

 
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
 
 
Form 10-K
 
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007
 
Commission file number 000-51211
 
 
 
 
Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
     
Delaware
  20-2096338
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
8484 Westpark Drive
Suite 720
McLean, Virginia 22102
(703) 442-5500
 
(Address including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of principal executive offices)
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
 
Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share
Class W Warrants
Class Z Warrants
(Title of Class)
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes o     No þ
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  Yes o     No þ
 
Note — Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act from their obligations under those Sections.
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes þ     No o
 
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy statements or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer o      Accelerated filer o      Non-accelerated filer o      Smaller reporting company þ
                      (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes o     No þ
 
The aggregate market value of the common stock held by nonaffiliates of the registrant (2,542,213 shares) based on the $2.28 closing price of the registrant’s common stock as reported on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board on June 30, 2007, was approximately $5,796,246. For purposes of this computation, all officers, directors and 10% beneficial owners of the registrant are deemed to be affiliates. Such determination should not be deemed to be an admission that such officers, directors or 10% beneficial owners are, in fact, affiliates of the registrant.
 
As of March 24, 2008, there were outstanding 14,775,279 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $.0001 per share.
 
Documents Incorporated by Reference
 
Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Form 10-K, are incorporated by reference into Parts II and III of this Form 10-K.
 


 

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
                 
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PART I
 
Item 1.
    Business     2  
 
Item 1A.
    Risk Factors     9  
 
Item 2.
    Properties     20  
 
Item 3.
    Legal Proceedings     20  
 
PART II
 
Item 5.
    Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities     20  
 
Item 7.
    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations     21  
 
Item 7A.
    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk     34  
 
Item 8.
    Financial Statements and Supplementary Data     35  
 
Item 9A(T).
    Controls and Procedures     35  
 
Item 9B.
    Other Information     36  
 
PART III
 
Item 10.
    Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance     36  
 
Item 11.
    Executive Compensation     36  
 
Item 12.
    Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters     36  
 
Item 13.
    Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence     36  
 
Item 14.
    Principal Accounting Fees and Services     36  
 
PART IV
 
Item 15.
    Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules     36  


 

CAUTIONARY NOTES REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
We believe that some of the information contained in this report constitutes forward-looking statements within the definition of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “may,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan” and “continue” or similar words. You should read statements that contain these words carefully because they:
 
  •  discuss future expectations;
 
  •  contain projections of future results of operations or financial condition; or
 
  •  state other “forward-looking” information.
 
We believe it is important to communicate our expectations to our stockholders. However, there may be events in the future that we are not able to accurately predict or over which we have no control. The risk factors and cautionary language discussed in this report provide examples of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations described by us in our forward-looking statements, including among other things:
 
  •  our ability to obtain capital;
 
  •  our ability to develop and market new products and services that meet customer demands and generate acceptable margins;
 
  •  our reliance on several large customers;
 
  •  our ability to negotiate and enter into acceptable contract terms with our suppliers;
 
  •  our ability to attract and retain qualified management and other personnel;
 
  •  competition in the industry in which we do business;
 
  •  failure of the third-party communications networks on which we depend;
 
  •  legislation or regulatory environments, requirements or changes adversely affecting the businesses in which we are engaged;
 
  •  general economic conditions; and
 
  •  our ability to maintain our databases, management systems and other intellectual property.
 
You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual future results to differ materially from those projected or contemplated in the forward-looking statements.
 
All forward-looking statements included herein attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. Except to the extent required by applicable laws and regulations, we undertake no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. You should be aware that the occurrence of the events described in the “Risk Factors” section and elsewhere in this report could have a material adverse effect on us.
 
Unless the context otherwise requires, when we use the words “ the Company,” “GTT,” “we”, “us,” or “our Company” in this Form 10-K, we are referring to Global Telecom & Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries, unless it is clear from the context or expressly stated that these references are only to Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.


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PART I
 
ITEM 1.   BUSINESS
 
Background
 
Global Telecom & Technology, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware on January 3, 2005 under the name Mercator Partners Acquisition Corp. to merge or acquire operating businesses. On October 15, 2006, the Company acquired the outstanding capital stock of Global Internetworking, Inc., or GII, pursuant to a stock purchase agreement dated May 23, 2006, as amended. On the same date, the Company also acquired the outstanding voting stock of European Telecommunications & Technology Limited, or ETT, pursuant to an offer made to its stockholders under the laws of England and Wales. We refer to the acquisitions of GII and ETT herein collectively as the “Acquisitions.” GII and ETT were both founded in 1998, and prior to the Acquisitions, each company’s primary business was the design, delivery, and management of data networks and value-added services. In 2007, the Company completed the consolidation and integration of GII and ETT into a single operating entity called Global Telecom & Technology, Inc. (“GTT”)
 
GTT is a multi-network operator, or MNO. We procure, package, and resell network capacity from existing telecommunications carriers to direct enterprise customers (including government agencies) and to channel partners (including telecommunications carriers, value-added resellers and systems integrators). By integrating the best network elements from multiple suppliers, we address our customers’ complex communications requirements more efficiently than any single facilities-based carrier can. This multi-carrier model enables GTT to offer highly customized, cost-efficient solutions for our customers, particularly those with complex or global telecommunications requirements.
 
As of December 31, 2007, GTT has purchase agreements with over 150 suppliers and access to more than 100,000 network points of presence worldwide. GTT leverages a deep and broad set of carriers, network facilities, and technologies. We have also developed a proprietary suite of network design software to analyze and identify the best available network options for our customers. These assets enable us to provide unique, customized solutions for each customer, which are independent from the traditional fixed network constraints of individual carriers. This positions GTT to maintain a scalable, capital-efficient business model aligned with our customers’ network connectivity, reliability, and cost-savings objectives.
 
Limitations of Traditional Network Solutions
 
No matter how extensive an individual carrier’s network footprint might be, no single provider owns a complete and comprehensive network to service all users. As new wide-area network and access technologies emerge (e.g., Ethernet, MPLS, wireless and satellite-based services), as multinational corporations expand their global presence, and as new international service providers evolve, traditional facilities-based carriers are often forced to choose the technology and the geography they will support. These “one size fits all” suppliers cannot provide complete end-to-end solutions to their clients. Rather, they are forced to interconnect their networks with and purchase services from other service providers. We believe that facilities-based telecommunications carriers’ desire to maximize their existing network facilities prevents them from fully co-operating with their competitor providers. These conditions can create problems for both direct enterprise and channel customers looking for high capacity network services and support. We believe that the problems associated with traditional network solutions may include:
 
  •  significant time and expense related to managing network services purchased from multiple network service providers;
 
  •  technical or administrative limitations in maintaining, monitoring and restoring service provided by multiple carriers;
 
  •  lack of systems and processes to efficiently manage multiple network service providers;


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As a result, customers are increasingly attracted to “one-stop-shop” providers who can reduce the complexity of network management by combining the network elements of multiple facilities-based carriers. Further, the growing demand for bundled solutions and value-added services has spurred the demand for companies like GTT.
 
Our Services
 
GTT provides a broad portfolio of wide-area data networking products and services, including:
 
  •  Private Line:  Point-to-point private lines and bundled private line hub solutions (which provide centralized connectivity and access aggregation). Both of these services are provided on an intra-country and international basis;
 
  •  Carrier Ethernet:  Ethernet Private Line (a point to point Ethernet-enabled private line solution), Transparent LAN Services (a high-capacity, inter-LAN connectivity solution), and Ethernet-based internet access;
 
  •  Dedicated Internet Access:  High speed connectivity to the Internet, in circuit speeds ranging from DS1/E1 to high capacity OC and STM level bandwidth;
 
  •  VPN Services:  Variety of virtual-private network services, including IP-VPN, MPLS, and Ethernet-based VPLS services;
 
  •  GTT Wireless Services:  Worldwide remote and mobile broadband access with comprehensive management control over connectivity, devices and costs; these services include mobility in the form of Wi-Fi and wireless internet connectivity; and
 
  •  GTT Managed Services:  Monitoring, maintenance and management of customers’ telecommunications circuits and network systems. This also may include co-location, equipment support or network security solutions.
 
Our Strategy and Value Proposition
 
We believe we can offer the following key benefits to our customers with our multi-network operator strategy:
 
Multi-carrier approach.  We have purchasing contracts in place with over 150 worldwide suppliers. We can integrate network elements from multiple carriers and provide customers customized network solutions. Since we are not beholden to any individual network, we help customers find cost-effective solutions to their telecommunications requirements. In addition, we have compiled a proprietary database of key contact, network location, and/or service capability information on more than 800 carriers, including information regarding how and where they interconnect with one another. Collectively, we believe that these agreements, relationships, and industry data — developed over a ten year period — represent a significant competitive asset.
 
Network design and engineering expertise.  We have developed significant in-house technical expertise to design and manage complex data networks worldwide. We have developed extensive and proprietary network design systems, which help us manage the networks of direct enterprise and channel customers throughout the world. We believe that this ability will be in particular demand as networks become more complex and more critical to the overall performance of businesses; moreover, as networking demands become more international in scope, we believe the global perspective we can offer through our global operations will be attractive to customers.
 
Intelligent Operating Platform.  Because our multi-carrier approach requires significant analysis of solution options across a variety of networks, we have developed several proprietary software programs, web-based interfaces, and specialized databases to design and manage customer solutions efficiently. We employ our own IT development team, which has developed two proprietary software tools that are integrated with one another:
 
  •  Circuit Management Database, or CMDtm, is our internally developed order management system. It supports the full order life cycle, from initial quotation design and ordering, through installation, maintenance and fault management, and any required disconnection. It is also used as a central


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  repository for details on carriers’ network presence, products, and pricing. CMDtm is the database of record for our global organization.
 
  •  GTT Client Portalsm is our web-based, password-protected order life cycle management tool that provides new and existing customers real time access to details regarding their pending and existing GTT orders. GTT Client Portalsm provides real time quotes and allows customers to track subsequent orders through the provisioning, installation, and test and turn up process. GTT Client Portalsm provides customers an always-up-to-date-view of their potential, pending, and existing GTT circuits. We believe this one-stop-shop for order management is a particular benefit to our channel partners, who not only need real time response to sales opportunities, but who also require 24 x 7 access to their order information.
 
We believe that CMDtm and GTT Client Portalsm represent significant competitive assets. These tools automate, organize, and streamline the quote-through-install process as well as provide key order management insight to our customers.
 
Turn-key service.  By providing customers a single point of contact for design, installation, and management of high capacity network services throughout the world, GTT significantly simplifies our customers’ purchase of network services and support. Rather than becoming experts themselves, customers can leverage GTT’s existing relationships, contracts, and carrier expertise. We believe this capability is particularly attractive to multinational enterprises looking to expand to different parts of the world.
 
Cost efficiency.  Our multi-carrier pricing tools give us real-time access to a wide array of cost-effective network design options. Our pricing tool taps into the over 100,000 network access points available to us via our various carrier agreements. Where facilities-based carriers may prefer to utilize expensive “last mile” connections from their own networks, our multiple access options provide more cost-effective choices for our customers.
 
Network diversity.  Since our database combines the network assets of over 800 carriers, we can offer a diverse and cost-effective set of wide-area network solutions for our customers. We believe this capability can present a significant benefit for customers over facilities-based carriers that often promote only one physical route to connect two or more network locations.
 
Customer support.  We assign a project manager to each solution we provide. This project manager interfaces with all underlying vendors on behalf of the customer, and manages the service provisioning, installation, and maintenance process. In addition, our web-based client portal provides customers access to details regarding their pending and existing orders.
 
Network management.  We provide a single point of contact for 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week network support for each customer network and all its underlying vendors. Unlike individual facilities-based carriers, our network management team will simultaneously trouble shoot all portions of the customer’s network — a resource-intensive effort which many customers choose to outsource.
 
Managed Network Services.  Just as we take a multi-vendor approach to designing telecommunications solutions, we adopt a similar approach when considering the hardware and software required to provide Managed Network Services to customers.
 
Our Customers
 
Our target customer base includes direct enterprise customers (including government agencies) and channel partners (including telecommunications carriers, value-added resellers, and systems integrators).
 
As of December 31, 2007, our customer base was comprised of over 300 businesses. These customers included Global 500 companies, some of which are in the global banking, manufacturing, communications, and media industries. For the year ended December 31, 2007, no single customer accounted for more than 11% of our total consolidated revenues. Our four largest customers accounted for approximately 33% of consolidated revenues during this period.


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We provide services to over 70 countries, with the ability to expand into new geographic areas by adding new regional partners and suppliers. Service expansion is largely customer-driven. For example, we have designed, delivered, and subsequently managed services in all six populated continents around the globe.
 
For the year ended December 31, 2007, approximately 46% of our consolidated revenues were attributable to our operations based in the United States, 39% were attributable to operations based in the United Kingdom, 13% were attributable to operations based in Germany, and 2% were attributable to other countries. No other single country accounted for a material portion of our consolidated revenues during this period.
 
Our customer contracts for network services and support are generally for initial terms of one to three years, with some contracts lasting five years or more in duration. Following the initial terms, these agreements typically renew automatically for successive month-to-month or other (e.g., quarterly or annual) specified periods. Our prices are fixed for the duration of the contract, and we typically bill in advance for such services. If a customer terminates its agreement, the terms of our customer contracts typically require full recovery of any amounts due for the remainder of the term (or at a minimum, our liability to the underlying suppliers).
 
Our Suppliers
 
As of December 31, 2007 we had purchase agreements with over 150 national and international suppliers from whom we source bandwidth and other services to meet our customers’ requirements. Through our extensive supplier relationships, our customers have access to an array of service providers without having to manage multiple contracts. For example, on many point to point private line connections we may contract with three different suppliers, such as an access supplier at each end of the connection and a third operator providing the long-haul connection between them.
 
Our supplier management teams interact with our suppliers to acquire updated pricing and network asset information and negotiate purchase agreements when appropriate. In some cases we have electronic interfaces into our suppliers’ pricing systems to provide our customers with real time pricing updates. These supplier management teams are constantly seeking out strategic partnerships with new carriers, negotiating favorable terms on existing contracts, and looking to expand each supplier’s product portfolio. These partnerships are codified in the form of long-term contracts, commonly referred to as Master Service Agreements. All of these efforts are aimed at providing more choice, flexibility, and cost savings for our customers. We are committed to using top-tier suppliers, and our supplier management teams continually monitor supplier performance.
 
Sales and Marketing
 
Because the market is highly competitive, we believe that personal relationships and quality of service delivery remain extremely important in winning new and repeat customer business. We therefore sell our services largely through a direct sales force located across the globe, with principal concentration in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Most sales representatives have an average of five to ten years of experience in selling to multinational corporations, enterprises, service providers, and carriers. We also employ several sales engineers to provide presales support to our sales representatives. The average sales cycle can take two to six weeks for existing customers and three to six months for larger new customers.
 
Our sales and marketing efforts are focused on generating new business opportunities through industry contacts, new product offerings, and long-term relationships with new and existing customers. Our sales activities are specifically focused around: recruiting seasoned industry experts with deep ties to the direct enterprise and channel markets, building relationships with our channel partners, and driving sales performance within existing accounts. Our marketing activities are designed to generate awareness and familiarity of GTT’s value proposition with our target accounts, to develop new products to meet the needs of our customer base, and to communicate our successes externally to our target accounts, reinforcing our value proposition among our customers’ key influencers and decision makers.


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Operations
 
The GTT Operations function consists of three parts: global project management, global Network Operations Center (NOC), and Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Project management assures the successful implementation of a customer’s service once a sale has been executed. A project manager is assigned to each customer order to ensure that the underlying network facilities required for the solution are provisioned, that the customer is provided with status reports on its service, and that any difficulties related to the installation of a customer order are proactively managed. The NOC receives, prioritizes, tracks, and resolves any network outages or other customer needs, along with provisioning and testing of new services. ICT manages all internal data, voice, and IT requirements, and provides Tier 2 support to the NOC, project management and sales teams.
 
Competition
 
Our competition is principally traditional, facilities-based providers as well as competitors with similar business models.
 
Facilities-Based Providers.  These are companies who have made capital investments in physical networks to provide telecommunications services for their customers. We compete with both wholesale and retail business divisions of facilities-based carriers. In many cases, different business units within these carriers are also our customers and/or our suppliers. These competitors fall into the following categories:
 
  •  Regional Telecommunications Providers:  Companies that provide network connectivity principally within one continent or geographical region, such as Level 3, Qwest, KPN, XO Communications, and COLT; and
 
  •  Global Telecommunications Providers:  Carriers who provide network connectivity on a multi-continent, or global basis, such as Verizon Business, AT&T, British Telecom, NTT and Deutsche Telekom.
 
Competitors with Similar Business Models.  These companies resell, integrate and manage the capacity of other telecommunications network providers and may also provide value-added managed and professional services to enterprises, systems integrators, and government clients. Examples include Vanco PLC, iNetworks, Global Capacity, Fibernet, and American Telesis.
 
Government Regulation
 
In connection with certain of our service offerings, we may be subject to federal, state, and foreign regulations. United States federal laws and Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, regulations generally apply to interstate telecommunications and international telecommunications that originate or terminate in the United States, while state laws and regulations apply to telecommunications transmissions ultimately terminating within the same state as the point of origination. A foreign country’s laws and regulations apply to telecommunications that originate or terminate in, or in some instances traverse, that country. The regulation of the telecommunications industry is changing rapidly, and varies from state to state and from country to country.
 
Where certification or licensing is required, carriers are required to comply with certain ongoing responsibilities. For example, we may be required to submit periodic reports to various telecommunications regulatory authorities relating to the provision of services within the relevant jurisdiction. Another potential ongoing responsibility relates to payment of regulatory fees and the collection and remittance of surcharges and fees associated with the provision of telecommunications services. Some of our services are subject to these assessments, depending upon the jurisdiction, the type of service, and the type of customer.
 
Because we purchase telecommunications services from other carriers, our cost of doing business can be affected by changes in regulatory policies affecting these other carriers. For example, in January 2005, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to initiate a comprehensive review of rules governing the pricing of special access service offered by incumbent local exchange carriers subject to price cap regulation, such as AT&T and Verizon. The FCC tentatively concluded that it should continue to permit certain levels of pricing flexibility for these incumbents where competitive market forces are sufficient to constrain special access prices, but it also sought further examination of whether the current triggers for pricing flexibility accurately assess competition and whether


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certain aspects of special access offerings (such as basing discounts on previous volumes of service or imposing use restrictions) are unreasonable. The matter is still pending before the FCC.
 
In another matter, the FCC failed to take action by a March 2006 deadline on a Verizon petition for forbearance from certain regulatory requirements with respect to broadband transmission facilities used to serve large business customers. The relevant federal appeals court upheld this decision, and thus Verizon has, by operation of law, been relieved of certain common carrier obligations on these facilities. The relief granted to Verizon has, to varying extents, been granted to other incumbents such as AT&T, ACS, and Embarq. It is unclear what impact, if any, these actions could have in terms of either the cost of certain access facilities or competition for certain business customers in the marketplace. Qwest has also filed a similar request for forbearance at the FCC seeking the same relief as that which apparently was granted to Verizon.
 
In December 2006, in connection with approval of the merger of AT&T and BellSouth, the FCC accepted a condition to the merger proposed by AT&T and BellSouth that would require the new company to reduce its rates on certain special access services for 48 months. The time period was subsequently reduced by the FCC to 39 months. This condition is unaffected by the broadband forbearance that AT&T has been granted.
 
Federal Regulation
 
Generally, the FCC has chosen not to heavily regulate the charges or practices of non-dominant carriers. For example, we are not required to tariff the interstate inter-exchange private line services we provide, but, instead, need only to post terms and conditions for such services on our website. In providing certain telecommunications services, however, we may remain subject to the regulatory requirements applicable to common carriers, such as providing services at just and reasonable rates, filing the requisite reports, and paying regulatory fees and contributing to universal service. The FCC also releases orders and takes other actions from time to time that modify the regulations applicable to services provided by carriers such as us; these orders and actions can result in additional (or reduced) reporting or payments requirements, or changes in the relative rights and obligations of carriers with respect to services they provide to each other or to other categories of customers. These changes in regulation can affect the services that we procure and/or provide and, in some instances, may affect demand for or the costs of providing our services.
 
State Regulation
 
The Telecommunications Act generally prohibits state and local governments from enforcing any law, rule, or legal requirement that prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting any person from providing any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service. However, states retain jurisdiction to adopt regulations necessary to preserve universal service, protect public safety and welfare, ensure the continued quality of communications services, and safeguard the rights of consumers. Generally, each carrier must obtain and maintain certificates of authority from regulatory bodies in states in which it offers intrastate telecommunications services. In most states, a carrier must also file and obtain prior regulatory approval of tariffs containing the rates, terms and conditions of service for its regulated intrastate services. A state may also impose telecommunications regulatory fees, fees related to the support for universal service, and other costs and reporting obligations on providers of services in that state. We are currently authorized to provide intrastate services in more than 20 states and the District of Columbia as an interexchange carrier and/or a competitive local provider.
 
Foreign Regulation
 
Generally speaking, the provisioning to U.S. customers of international telecommunications services originating or terminating in the United States is governed by the FCC. In addition, the regulatory requirements to operate within a foreign country or to provide services to customers within that foreign country vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, although in some significant respects regulation in the Western European markets is harmonized under the regulatory structure of the European Union. As opportunities arise in particular nations, we may need to apply for and acquire various authorizations to operate and provide certain kinds of telecommunications services. Although some countries require complex applications procedures for authorizations and/or


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impose certain reporting and fee payment requirements, others simply require registration with or notification to the regulatory agency, and some simply operate through general authorization with no filing requirement at all.
 
Intellectual Property
 
We do not own any patent registrations, applications or licenses. We maintain and protect trade secrets, know-how, and other proprietary information regarding many of our business processes and related systems and databases. Our U.S. operating entity holds United States trademark registrations for its former Global Internetworking brand, its POP2POP mark, and for its GTT Client Portalsm.
 
We enter into confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, customers, vendors, and partners, and we control access to, and distribution of, our proprietary information. Our intellectual property may be misappropriated or a third party may independently develop similar intellectual property. Moreover, the laws of certain foreign countries, including many of the countries within which we operate or to which we terminate services, may not protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States. Unauthorized use of any of our proprietary information could seriously harm our business.
 
Employees
 
As of December 31, 2007, we had a total of 78 employees. None of our employees are represented by labor unions. We believe that relations with our employees are good.
 
Executive Officers
 
Our executive officers and their respective ages and positions as of March 1, 2008 are as follows:
 
H. Brian Thompson, 68, has served as Chairman of our Board of Directors since January 2005 and as our Executive Chairman since October 2006. From January 2005 until October 2006, Mr. Thompson also served as our Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Thompson continues to head his own private equity investment and advisory firm, Universal Telecommunications, Inc., focused on both start-up companies and consolidations taking place in the information/telecommunications business areas both domestically and internationally. From December 2002 to June 2007, he was Chairman of Comsat International (CI), one of the largest independent telecommunications operators serving all of Latin America. He previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Global TeleSystems Group, Inc. from March 1999 through September of 2000. Mr. Thompson also served as Chairman and CEO of LCI International from 1991 until its sale to Qwest Communications International, Inc. in June 1998. He became Vice Chairman of the Board for Qwest until his resignation in December 1998. From 1981 to 1990, Mr. Thompson served as Executive Vice President of MCI Communications Corporation. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Axcelis Technologies, Inc., ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited, Penske Automotive Group, Inc. and Sonus Networks, Inc. Mr. Thompson served as the Co-Chairman for the Americas and is currently on the Executive Committee of the Global Information Infrastructure Commission, a multinational organization launched in Brussels in 1995 to chart the role of the private sector in the developing global information and telecommunications infrastructure. He serves as a member of the Irish Prime Minister’s Ireland-America Economic Advisory Board. Mr. Thompson received his Master of Business Administration from Harvard’s Graduate School of Business and holds an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts.
 
Richard D. Calder, Jr., 44, has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Director since May 2007. Prior to joining us, from 2004 to 2006 Mr. Calder served as President & Chief Operating Officer of InPhonic, Inc., a publicly-traded online seller of wireless services and products. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Calder served in a variety of executive roles for Broadwing Communications, Inc., including President — Business Enterprises and Carrier Markets. From 1996 to 2001, Mr. Calder held several senior management positions with Winstar Communications, including Chief Marketing Officer, and President of the company’s South Division. In 1994 Mr. Calder helped to co-found Go Communications, a wireless communications company, and served as its Vice President of Corporate Development from its founding until 1996. Prior to co-founding Go Communications, Mr. Calder held a variety of marketing, business development, and engineering positions within


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MCI Communications, Inc. and Tellabs, Inc. Mr. Calder holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Yale University.
 
Kevin Welch, 43, has served as our Chief Financial Officer since January 2007. Prior to joining us, Mr. Welch served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer of Meristar Hospitality Corporation, a public real estate investment trust focusing on hotels and resorts in the United States, from December 2004 to May 2006. From August 2003 to October 2004, Mr. Welch served as Chief Financial Officer of Landmat International, a privately held wireless applications developer. From 1995 to 2003, Mr. Welch worked for Qwest Communications (including LCI International, Inc prior to its acquisition by Qwest in 1999). Before LCI International, Mr. Welch worked for MCI Telecommunications from 1989 to 1995. Mr. Welch holds a Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University and received his Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.
 
Available Information
 
We make available, free of charge, on or through our internet website our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. Our website address is www.gt-t.net.  
 
ITEM 1A.   RISK FACTORS
 
We operate in a rapidly changing environment that involves a number of risks, some of which are beyond our control. This discussion highlights some of the risks which may affect future operating results. These are the risks and uncertainties we believe are most important for you to consider. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us, which we currently deem immaterial or which are similar to those faced by other companies in our industry or telecommunications and/or technology companies in general, may also impair our business operations. If any of these risks or uncertainties actually occurs, our business, financial condition or operating results could materially suffer.
 
Risks Relating to Our Business and Operations
 
Our operating company subsidiaries have historically generated losses over the past several fiscal years and have been cash flow negative for a number of the past fiscal years. On a consolidated basis, including the operations of these subsidiaries after their acquisitions, we generated negative income and had negative cash flow from operations during the most recent year. We may continue to generate losses in the future and be cash flow negative during future periods.
 
Prior to the Acquisitions, the Company’s predecessor entities, formerly GII and ETT, experienced net losses and operating losses for the past several fiscal years. GII used $914,349 and $272,350 in cash for operations in its fiscal years ended September 30, 2004 and 2005, respectively. In its fiscal year 2006, GII generated $476,374 in cash from operations. GII incurred net losses of $223,560, $444,964, and $350,981 for its fiscal years ended September 30, 2004, 2005, and 2006, respectively. For the period from October 1, 2006 through October 15, 2006, the date on which we completed the Acquisitions, GII achieved a net income of $35,002 and was a net user of $108,852 of cash for that period. ETT generated cash flow from operations of $1,234,754 and $242,071 during 2004 and 2005, respectively. ETT incurred net losses of $490,198 and $231,000 for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005, respectively. For the period from January 1, 2006 through October 15, 2006, ETT incurred a net loss of $1,268,146 and used $1,488,751 in cash to fund operations. For the period from January 1, 2006 through October 15, 2006, ETT incurred a net loss of $1,268,146 and used $1,488,751 in cash to fund its operations.
 
For the years ended 2007 and 2006, including results of the operating company subsidiaries following the Acquisitions, the Company incurred net losses of $4,251,792 and $1,847,281, respectively, and (used) or generated, respectively, ($1,563,823) and $175,245 cash from operations. We may generate losses in the future and/or be cash flow negative. If we are not able to achieve or sustain profitability, the market price of our securities may decline.


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Our debt may hinder our growth and put us at a competitive disadvantage.
 
In November 2007, the Company issued new debt and restructured its existing debt so that as of December 31, 2007, we had $8.8 million in debt with a scheduled maturity date of December 31, 2010. This debt may have important consequences, including the following:
 
  •  the ability to obtain additional financing for acquisitions, working capital, investments, and capital or other expenditures could be impaired, or financing may not be available on acceptable terms;
 
  •  a portion of our cash flow may be used to make principal and interest payments on this debt, reducing the funds that would otherwise be available for operations and future business opportunities;
 
  •  a substantial decrease in cash flows from operating activities or an increase in expenses could make it difficult to meet debt service requirements and force modifications to operations;
 
  •  if we do not have enough cash flow in the future to make interest or principal payments on this debt, we may be required to refinance all or a portion of this debt, or to raise additional capital, which refinancing or additional capital might not be available on acceptable terms, if at all; and
 
  •  substantial debt may make us more vulnerable to a downturn in business or the economy generally.
 
We might require additional capital to support business growth, and this capital might not be available on favorable terms, or at all.
 
Our operations or expansion efforts may require substantial additional financial, operational, and managerial resources. As of December 31, 2007, we had approximately $3.3 million in cash and cash equivalents. We may have insufficient cash to fund our working capital or other capital requirements (including our outstanding debt obligations), and may be required to raise additional funds to continue or expand our operations. If we are required to obtain additional funding in the future, we may have to sell assets, seek debt financing, or obtain additional equity capital. Additional capital may not be available to us, or may only be available on terms that adversely affect our existing stockholders, or that restrict our operations. For example, if we raise additional funds through issuances of equity or convertible debt securities, our existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution, and any new equity securities we issue could have rights, preferences, and privileges superior to those of holders of our common stock. In addition, certain promissory notes that we have issued contain anti-dilution provisions related to their conversion into our common stock. The issuance of new equity securities or convertible debt securities could trigger an anti-dilution adjustment pursuant to these promissory notes, and our existing stockholders would suffer dilution if these notes are converted into shares of our common stock.
 
We are obligated to repay several debt instruments that mature during 2010. If we are unable to raise additional capital or to renegotiate the terms of that debt, we may be unable to make the required principal payments with respect to one or more of these debt instruments.
 
In the aggregate, we are obligated to pay approximately $4.8 million in principal, plus accrued interest, in December 2010 with respect to promissory notes we issued in November 2007 to certain holders of our promissory notes and certain other accredited investors. In addition, we are obligated to pay $4.0 million in principal, plus accrued interest, with respect to an additional set of promissory notes issued to the former GII shareholders that also mature in December 2010. We are also obligated to pay accrued interest on several earlier dates with respect to the latter set of promissory notes. If we are unable to raise additional capital or arrange other refinancing options, we may be unable to make the principal payments and/or payments of accrued interest when due with respect to one or more of these promissory notes.
 
Our failure to comply with covenants in our credit facility could result in our indebtedness being immediately due and payable and the loss of our assets.
 
In March 2008 we obtained a credit facility from Silicon Valley Bank. This credit facility is secured by a pledge of substantially all of our assets, as well as by a pledge of 67% of the capital stock of our U.K. subsidiary. If we fail to pay any of our indebtedness under this credit facility when due, or if we breach any of the other covenants in the


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instruments governing the credit facility, it may result in one or more events of default. An event of default under our credit facility could permit the lender to declare all amounts owing to be immediately due and payable and, if we were unable to repay any indebtedness owed, the lender could proceed against the collateral securing that indebtedness.
 
We depend on several large customers, and the loss of one or more of these clients, or a significant decrease in total revenues from any of these customers, would likely significantly reduce our revenue and income.
 
A sizeable portion of our service revenues come from a limited number of clients. For the year ended December 31, 2007, our four largest customers accounted for approximately 33% of our total service revenues. If we were to lose one or more of our large clients, or if one or more of our large clients were to reduce the services purchased from us or otherwise renegotiate the terms on which services are purchased from us, our revenues could decline and our results of operations would suffer.
 
If our customers elect to terminate their agreements with us, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.
 
Our services are sold under agreements that generally have initial terms of between one and three years. Following the initial terms, these agreements generally automatically renew for successive month-to-month, quarterly, or annual periods, but can be terminated by the customer without cause with relatively little notice during a renewal period. In addition, certain government customers may have rights under federal law with respect to termination for convenience that can serve to minimize or eliminate altogether the liability payable by that customer in the event of early termination. Our customers may elect to terminate their agreements as a result of a number of factors, including their level of satisfaction with the services they are receiving, their ability to continue their operations due to budgetary or other concerns, and the availability and pricing of competing services. If customers elect to terminate their agreements with us, our business, financial condition, and results of operation may be adversely affected.
 
Competition in the industry in which we do business is intense and growing, and our failure to compete successfully could make it difficult for us to add and retain customers or increase or maintain revenues.
 
The markets in which we operate are rapidly evolving and highly competitive. We currently or potentially compete with a variety of companies, including some of our transport suppliers, with respect to their products and services, including global and regional telecommunications service providers such as AT&T, British Telecom, NTT, Level 3, Qwest and Verizon, among others.
 
The industry in which we operate is consolidating, which is increasing the size and scope of our competitors. Competitors could benefit from assets or businesses acquired from other carriers or from strategic alliances in the telecommunications industry. New entrants could enter the market with a business model similar to ours. Our target markets may support only a limited number of competitors. Operations in such markets with multiple competitive providers may be unprofitable for one or more of such providers. Prices in both the long-distance business and the data transmission business have declined significantly in recent years and may continue to decline.
 
Many of our potential competitors have certain advantages over us, including:
 
  •  substantially greater financial, technical, marketing, and other resources, including brand or corporate name recognition;
 
  •  substantially lower cost structures, including cost structures of facility-based providers who have significantly reduced debt and other obligations through bankruptcy or other restructuring proceedings;
 
  •  larger client bases;
 
  •  longer operating histories;
 
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  •  larger geographic presence.
 
Our competitors may be able to use these advantages to:
 
  •  develop or adapt to new or emerging technologies and changes in client requirements more quickly;
 
  •  take advantage of acquisitions and other opportunities more readily;
 
  •  enter into strategic relationships to rapidly grow the reach of their networks and capacity;
 
  •  devote greater resources to the marketing and sale of their services;
 
  •  adopt more aggressive pricing and incentive policies, which could drive down margins; and
 
  •  expand their offerings more quickly.
 
If we are unable to compete successfully against our current and future competitors, our revenues and gross margins could decline and we could lose market share, which could materially and adversely affect our business.
 
Because our business consists primarily of reselling telecommunications network capacity purchased from third parties, the failure of our suppliers and other service providers to provide us with services, or disputes with those suppliers and service providers, could affect our ability to provide quality services to our customers and have an adverse effect on our operations and financial condition.
 
The majority of our business consists of integrating and reselling network capacity purchased from traditional telecommunications carriers. Accordingly, we will be largely dependent on third parties to supply us with services. Occasionally in the past, our operating companies have experienced delays or other problems in receiving services from third party providers. Disputes also arise from time to time with suppliers with respect to billing or interpretation of contract terms. Any failure on the part of third parties to adequately supply us or to maintain the quality of their facilities and services in the future, or the termination of any significant contracts by a supplier, could cause customers to experience delays in service and lower levels of customer care, which could cause them to switch providers. Furthermore, disputes over billed amounts or interpretation of contract terms could lead to claims against us, some of which if resolved against us could have an adverse impact on our results of operations and/or financial condition. Suppliers may also attempt to impose onerous terms as part of purchase contract negotiations. For example, in its first few years of existence, certain suppliers required one of our operating companies to agree to onerous terms such as the granting of a security lien with respect to that operating company’s accounts receivable, and certain other collateral and clauses providing for the opportunity to match other suppliers’ offers. The operating company renegotiated such terms with the applicable suppliers prior to consummation of the Acquisitions. Although we know of no pending or threatened claims with respect to past compliance with any such terms, claims asserting any past noncompliance, if successful, could have a material adverse effect on our operations and/or financial condition. Moreover, to the extent that key suppliers were to attempt to impose such provisions as part of future contract negotiations, such developments could have an adverse impact on the company’s operations. Finally, some of our suppliers are potential competitors. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to obtain use of facilities or services in a timely manner or on terms acceptable and in quantities satisfactory to us.
 
Industry consolidation may affect our ability to obtain services from suppliers on a timely or cost-efficient basis.
 
A principal method of connecting with our customers is through local transport and last mile circuits we purchase from incumbent carriers such as AT&T and Verizon, or competitive carriers such as Time Warner Telecom, XO, or Level 3. In recent years, AT&T, Verizon, and Level 3 have acquired competitors with significant local and/or long-haul network assets. Industry consolidation has occurred on a lesser scale as well through mergers and acquisitions involving regional or smaller national or international competitors. Generally speaking, we believe that a marketplace with multiple supplier options for transport access is important to the long-term availability of competitive pricing, service quality, and carrier responsiveness. It is unclear at this time what the long-term impact of such consolidation will be, or whether it will continue at the same pace as it has in recent years; we cannot guarantee that we will continue to be able to obtain use of facilities or services in a timely manner or on terms acceptable and in quantities satisfactory to us from such suppliers.


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Failure to satisfy term or volume commitments agreed to with suppliers could affect operating margins.
 
We typically enter into contracts with suppliers that are matched with respect to term and volume with the sale of services to underlying customers. Nevertheless, we have entered into contracts with two suppliers under which it is subject to monthly minimum purchase commitments that are effective as of December 31, 2007, in exchange for improved pricing from the suppliers. We may also enter into additional contracts with similar commitments in the future. Since each contract’s inception through December 31, 2007, we have had sufficient customer demand to satisfy its minimum purchase commitments with each of those suppliers, but we cannot provide assurance that in the future our customer demand will meet or exceed such purchase levels with each vendor. If we are unable to resell any of the network availability we have committed to purchase, our operating margins could be adversely affected.
 
In addition, from time to time, we purchase capacity under multiple-year commitments from several vendors in order to secure more competitive pricing. These multiple-year purchase commitments are not, in all cases, matched with multiple-year supply agreements to customers. In these cases, if a customer were to disconnect its service before the multiple-year term ordered from the vendor expired, and if we were unable to find another customer for the capacity, we would be subject to an early termination liability, which could adversely impact our operating margin. As of December 31, 2007, the company’s total potential early termination liability, if all such services terminated as of that date, and if we could not obtain a waiver of termination liability (by contractual right or otherwise) with respect to such terminations, was approximately $376,000.
 
The networks on which we depend may fail, which would interrupt the network availability they provide and make it difficult to retain and attract customers.
 
Our customers depend on our ability to provide network availability with minimal interruption. The ability to provide this service depends in part on the networks of third party transport suppliers. The networks of transport suppliers may be interrupted as a result of various events, many of which they cannot control, including fire, human error, earthquakes and other natural disasters, disasters along communications rights-of-way, power loss, telecommunications failures, terrorism, sabotage, vandalism, or the financial distress or other event adversely affecting a supplier, such as bankruptcy or liquidation.
 
We may be subject to legal claims and be liable for losses suffered by customers due to our inability to provide service. If our network failure rates are higher than permitted under the applicable customer contracts, we may incur significant expenses related to network outage credits, which would reduce our revenues and gross margins. Our reputation could be harmed if we fail to provide a reasonably adequate level of network availability, and in certain cases, customers may be entitled to seek to terminate their contracts with us in case of prolonged or severe service disruptions or other outages.
 
System disruptions could cause delays or interruptions of our services, which could cause us to lose customers or incur additional expenses.
 
Our success depends on our ability to provide reliable service. Although we have attempted to design our network services to minimize the possibility of service disruptions or other outages, in addition to risks associated with third party provider networks, our services may be disrupted by problems on our own systems, including events beyond our control such as terrorism, computer viruses, or other infiltration by third parties that affect our central offices, corporate headquarters, network operations centers, or network equipment. Such events could disrupt our service, damage our facilities, and damage our reputation. In addition, customers may, under certain contracts, have the ability to terminate services in case of prolonged or severe service disruptions or other outages. Accordingly, service disruptions or other outages may cause us to, among other things, lose customers and could harm our results of operations.
 
If the products or services that we market or sell do not maintain market acceptance, our results of operations will be adversely affected.
 
Certain segments of the telecommunications industry are dependent on developing and marketing new products and services that respond to technological and competitive developments and changing customer needs. We cannot assure you that our products and services will gain or obtain increased market acceptance. Any


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significant delay or failure in developing new or enhanced technology, including new product and service offerings, could result in a loss of actual or potential market share and a decrease in revenues.
 
If carrier and enterprise connectivity demand does not continue to expand, we may experience a shortfall in revenues or earnings or otherwise fail to meet public market expectations.
 
The growth of our business will be dependent, in part, upon the increased use of carrier and enterprise connectivity services and our ability to capture a higher proportion of this market. Increased usage of enterprise connectivity services depends on numerous factors, including:
 
  •  the willingness of enterprises to make additional information technology expenditures;
 
  •  the availability of security products necessary to ensure data privacy over the public networks;
 
  •  the quality, cost, and functionality of these services and competing services;
 
  •  the increased adoption of wired and wireless broadband access methods;
 
  •  the continued growth of broadband-intensive applications; and
 
  •  the proliferation of electronic devices and related applications.
 
If the demand for carrier and enterprise connectivity services does not continue to grow, we may not be able to grow our business, achieve profitability, or meet public market expectations.
 
Our long sales and service deployment cycles require us to incur substantial sales costs that may not result in related revenues.
 
Our business is characterized by long sales cycles, which are often in the range of 60 days or more, between the time a potential customer is contacted and a customer contract is signed. Furthermore, once a customer contract is signed, there is typically an extended period of between 30 and 120 days before the customer actually begins to use the services, which is when we begin to realize revenues. As a result, we may invest a significant amount of time and effort in attempting to secure a customer, which investment may not result in any revenues. Even if we enter into a contract, we will have incurred substantial sales-related expenses well before we recognize any related revenues. If the expenses associated with sales increase, if we are not successful in our sales efforts, or if we are unable to generate associated offsetting revenues in a timely manner, our operating results will be negatively affected.
 
Because much of our business is international, our financial results may be affected by foreign exchange rate fluctuations.
 
For the year ended December 31, 2007, we generated approximately 54% of our revenue from business conducted outside the United States. As such, our financial results are subject to fluctuations in the exchange rates of the currencies of the countries in which we operate.
 
Because much of our business is international, we may be subject to local taxes, tariffs, or other restrictions in foreign countries, which may reduce our profitability.
 
Revenues from our foreign subsidiaries, or other locations where we provide or procure services internationally, may be subject to additional taxes in some foreign jurisdictions. Additionally, some foreign jurisdictions may subject us to additional withholding tax requirements or the imposition of tariffs, exchange controls, or other restrictions on foreign earnings. Any such taxes, tariffs, controls, and other restrictions imposed on our foreign operations may increase our costs of business in those jurisdictions, which in turn may reduce our profitability.
 
The ability to implement and maintain our databases and management information systems is a critical business requirement, and if we cannot obtain or maintain accurate data or maintain these systems, we might be unable to cost-effectively provide solutions to our customers.
 
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upon the information we collect from our transport suppliers regarding their networks. These suppliers are not obligated to provide this information and could decide to stop providing it to us at any time. Moreover, we cannot be certain that the information that these suppliers share with us is accurate. If we cannot continue to maintain and expand the existing databases, we may be unable to increase revenues or to facilitate the supply of services in a cost-effective manner.
 
Furthermore, we are in the process of reviewing, integrating, and augmenting our management information systems to facilitate management of client orders, client service, billing, and financial applications. Our ability to manage our businesses could be materially adversely affected if we fail to successfully and promptly maintain and upgrade the existing management information systems.
 
If we are unable to protect our intellectual property rights, competitors may be able to use our technology or trademarks, which could weaken our competitive position.
 
We own certain proprietary programs, software, and technology. However, we do not have any patented technology that would preclude competitors from replicating our business model; instead, we rely upon a combination of know-how, trade secret laws, contractual restrictions, and copyright, trademark and service mark laws to establish and protect our intellectual property. Our success will depend in part on our ability to maintain or obtain (as applicable) and enforce intellectual property rights for those assets, both in the United States and in other countries. Although our Americas operating company has registered some of its service marks in the United States, we have not otherwise applied for registration of any marks in any other jurisdiction. Instead, with the exception of the few registered service marks in the United States, we rely exclusively on common law trademark rights in the countries in which we operate.
 
We may file applications for patents, copyrights and trademarks as our management deems appropriate. We cannot assure you that these applications, if filed, will be approved, or that we will have the financial and other resources necessary to enforce our proprietary rights against infringement by others. Additionally, we cannot assure you that any patent, trademark, or copyright obtained by us will not be challenged, invalidated, or circumvented, and the laws of certain foreign countries may not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States or the member states of the European Union. Finally, although we intend to undertake reasonable measures to protect the proprietary assets of our combined operations, we cannot guarantee that we will be successful in all cases in protecting the trade secret status of certain significant intellectual property assets. If these assets should be misappropriated, if our intellectual property rights are otherwise infringed, or if a competitor should independently develop similar intellectual property, this could harm our ability to attract new clients, retain existing customers, and generate revenues.
 
Intellectual property and proprietary rights of others could prevent us from using necessary technology to provide our services or otherwise operate our business.
 
We utilize data and processing capabilities available through commercially available third-party software tools and databases to assist in the efficient analysis of network engineering and pricing options. Where such technology is held under patent or other intellectual property rights by third parties, we are required to negotiate license agreements in order to use that technology. In the future, we may not be able to negotiate such license agreements at acceptable prices or on acceptable terms. If an adequate substitute is not available on acceptable terms and at an acceptable price from another software licensor, we could be compelled to undertake additional efforts to obtain the relevant network and pricing data independently from other, disparate sources, which, if available at all, could involve significant time and expense and adversely affect our ability to deliver network services to customers in an efficient manner.
 
Furthermore, to the extent that we are subject to litigation regarding the ownership of our intellectual property or the licensing and use of others’ intellectual property, this litigation could:
 
  •  be time-consuming and expensive;
 
  •  divert attention and resources away from our daily business;
 
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  •  require us to pay significant royalties, licensing fees, and damages.
 
Parties making claims of infringement may be able to obtain injunctive or other equitable relief that could effectively block our ability to provide our services and could cause us to pay substantial damages. In the event of a successful claim of infringement, we may need to obtain one or more licenses from third parties, which may not be available at a reasonable cost, if at all. The defense of any lawsuit could result in time-consuming and expensive litigation, regardless of the merits of such claims, and could also result in damages, license fees, royalty payments, and restrictions on our ability to provide our services, any of which could harm our business.
 
We may incur operational and management inefficiencies if we acquire new businesses or technologies, and our results of operations could be impaired.
 
To further our strategy, we may seek to acquire additional businesses and technologies that we believe will complement the existing businesses. Any such acquisitions would likely involve some or all of the following risks:
 
  •  difficulty of assimilating acquired operations and personnel and information systems;
 
  •  potential disruption of our ongoing business;
 
  •  increased indebtedness to finance the acquisitions;
 
  •  possibility that we may not realize an acceptable return on our investment in these acquired companies or assets;
 
  •  diversion of resources;
 
  •  difficulty of maintaining uniform standards, controls, procedures, and policies;
 
  •  risks of entering markets in which we have little or no experience; and
 
  •  potential impairment of relationships with employees, suppliers, or clients.
 
We may need to complete transactions of this kind in order to remain competitive. We cannot be sure that we will be able to obtain any required financing or regulatory approvals for these transactions or that these transactions will occur.
 
Our efforts to develop new service offerings may not be successful, in which case our revenues may not grow as we anticipate or may decline.
 
The market for telecommunications services is characterized by rapid change, as new technologies are developed and introduced, often rendering established technologies obsolete. For our business to remain competitive, we must continually update our service offerings to make new technologies available to our customers and prospects. To do so, we may have to expend significant management and sales resources, which may increase our operating costs. The success of our potential new service offerings is uncertain and would depend on a number of factors, including the acceptance by end-user customers of the telecommunications technologies which would underlie these new service offerings, the compatibility of these technologies with existing customer information technology systems and processes, the compatibility of these technologies with our then-existing systems and processes, and our ability to find third-party vendors that would be willing to provide these new technologies to us for delivery to our users. If we are unsuccessful in developing and selling new service offerings, our revenues may not grow as we anticipate, or may decline.
 
If we do not continue to train, manage and retain employees, clients may significantly reduce purchases of services.
 
Our employees are responsible for providing clients with technical and operational support, and for identifying and developing opportunities to provide additional services to existing clients. In order to perform these activities, our employees must have expertise in areas such as telecommunications network technologies, network design, network implementation, and network management, including the ability to integrate services offered by multiple telecommunications carriers. They must also accept and incorporate training on our systems and databases


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developed to support our operations and business model. Employees with this level of expertise tend to be in high demand in the telecommunications industry, which may make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified employees. If we fail to train, manage, and retain our employees, we may be limited in our ability to gain more business from existing clients, and we may be unable to obtain or maintain current information regarding our clients’ and suppliers’ communications networks, which could limit our ability to provide future services.
 
The regulatory framework under which we operate could require substantial time and resources for compliance, which could make it difficult and costly for us to operate the businesses.
 
In providing certain interstate and international telecommunications services, we must comply, or cause our customers or carriers to comply, with applicable telecommunications laws and regulations prescribed by the FCC and applicable foreign regulatory authorities. In offering services on an intrastate basis, we may also be subject to state laws and to regulation by state public utility commissions. Our international services may also be subject to regulation by foreign authorities and, in some markets, multinational authorities, such as the European Union. The costs of compliance with these regulations, including legal, operational, and administrative expenses, may be substantial. In addition, delays in receiving or failure to obtain required regulatory approvals or the enactment of new or adverse legislation, regulations, or regulatory requirements may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flow.
 
If we fail to obtain required authorizations from the FCC or other applicable authorities, or if we are found to have failed to comply, or are alleged to have failed to comply, with the rules of the FCC or other authorities, our right to offer certain services could be challenged and/or fines or other penalties could be imposed on us. Any such challenges or fines could be substantial and could cause us to incur substantial legal and administrative expenses as well; these costs in the forms of fines, penalties, and legal and administrative expenses could have a material adverse impact on our business and operations. Furthermore, we are dependent in certain cases on the services other carriers provide, and therefore on other carriers’ abilities to retain their respective licenses in the regions of the world in which they operate. We are also dependent, in some circumstances, on our customers’ abilities to obtain and retain the necessary licenses. The failure of a customer or carrier to obtain or retain any necessary license could have an adverse effect on our ability to conduct operations.
 
Future changes in regulatory requirements or new interpretations of existing regulatory requirements may impair our ability to provide services, or may reduce our profitability.
 
Many of the laws and regulations that apply to providers of telecommunications services are subject to frequent changes and different interpretations and may vary between jurisdictions. Changes to existing legislation or regulations in particular markets may limit the opportunities that are available to enter into markets, may increase the legal, administrative, or operational costs of operating in those markets, or may constrain other activities, including our ability to complete subsequent acquisitions, or purchase services or products, in ways that we cannot anticipate. Because we purchase telecommunications services from other carriers, our costs and manner of doing business can also be adversely affected by changes in regulatory policies affecting these other carriers.
 
Required regulatory approvals may interfere with or delay potential future corporate transactions.
 
Because certain portions of our business are regulated, and require that we obtain licenses to conduct such business, we are or may be required to obtain the approval of the FCC and certain state and foreign regulators before completing certain types of transactions such as changes in ownership, acquisitions of other regulated companies, sales of all or substantial parts of our business, issuances of stock, and incurrence of certain debt obligations. The regulations and approval requirements imposed on these types of transactions differ between jurisdictions. If the approvals required to complete any future transactions cannot be obtained, or if substantial delays in obtaining such approvals are encountered, it may impair our ability to enter into and/or consummate other transactions on favorable terms (if at all). Such events could have a material adverse effect on our operating results.


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We depend on key personnel to manage our businesses effectively in a rapidly changing market, and our ability to generate revenues will suffer if we are unable to retain key personnel and hire additional personnel.
 
The future success, strategic development, and execution of our business will depend upon the continued services of our executive officers and other key sales, marketing, and support personnel. We do not maintain “key person” life insurance policies with respect to any of our employees, nor are we certain if any such policies will be obtained or maintained in the future. We may need to hire additional personnel in the future, and we believe the success of the combined business depends, in large part, upon our ability to attract and retain key employees. The loss of the services of any key employees, the inability to attract or retain qualified personnel in the future, or delays in hiring required personnel could limit our ability to generate revenues and to operate our business.
 
Risks Related to our Common Stock and the Securities Markets
 
We have only recently commenced operations as a public company. Fulfilling our obligations incident to being a public company will be expensive and time-consuming, and we may not be able to comply with all of these obligations.
 
Prior to the Acquisitions, we had no significant operating activities and therefore relied upon the services of an interim Chief Financial Officer for all finance and accounting functions. Similarly, prior to the Acquisitions, our Americas and EMEA operating companies operated as private companies, and therefore maintained relatively small finance and accounting staffs. We do not currently have an internal audit group. Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related rules and regulations of the SEC, we are in the process of implementing additional corporate governance practices to adhere to a variety of reporting requirements and complex accounting rules. Compliance with these obligations will require significant management time, place significant additional demands on our finance and accounting staff and on our financial, accounting and information systems, and increase our insurance, legal, and financial compliance costs. We may also need to hire additional accounting and financial staff with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge. We cannot assure that we will be able to comply with these obligations in a timely manner, or at all, in which case we could become subject to enforcement actions by the SEC or other regulatory bodies or other adverse consequences.
 
Because we do not currently intend to pay dividends on our common stock, stockholders will benefit from an investment in our common stock only if it appreciates in value.
 
We do not currently anticipate paying any dividends on shares of our common stock. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be made by our Board of Directors and will depend upon results of operations, financial conditions, contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law, and other factors our Board of Directors deems relevant. Accordingly, realization of a gain on stockholders’ investments will depend on the appreciation of the price of our common stock. There is no guarantee that our common stock will appreciate in value or even maintain the price at which stockholders purchased their shares.
 
Our outstanding warrants may have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.
 
In connection with our initial public offering, we issued warrants to purchase 16,330,000 shares of common stock. Certain of our former and current officers and directors and/or certain of their affiliates also hold warrants to purchase 4,950,000 shares of common stock at $5.00 per share. We also issued an option to purchase 25,000 Series A units (each now representing two shares of common stock, five Class W warrants, and five Class Z warrants) and/or 230,000 Series B units (each now representing two shares of common stock, one Class W warrant, and one Class Z warrant) to the representative of the underwriters of our initial public offering which, if exercised, would result in the issuance of an additional 710,000 warrants. In connection with the purchase of GII, we have issued warrants to the former shareholders of that company to purchase an additional 2,900,000 shares of our common stock. The sale, or even the possibility of sale, of the shares underlying the warrants and the exercise of any purchase options could have an adverse effect on the market price for our securities or on our ability to obtain future public financing. If and to the extent these warrants are exercised, stockholders may experience dilution to their holdings.


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If our stockholders exercise their registration rights, it may have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.
 
In addition to the right of selling stockholders to have their shares of common stock registered, some of our existing stockholders are entitled to demand that we register the resale of their shares of our common stock and Class W and Class Z warrants and shares of common stock underlying their Class W and Class Z warrants at any time after we consummated the Acquisitions. If these stockholders were to exercise their registration rights with respect to all of these shares and warrants, there would be an additional 4,950,100 shares of common stock and 4,950,000 warrants eligible for trading in the public market.
 
The consideration issued to the former GII shareholders upon the closing of our Acquisition of GII included 1,300,000 shares of our common stock, 1,450,000 of our Class W Warrants, each of which entitles the holder to purchase one share of our common stock at $5.00 per share, and 1,450,000 of our Class Z Warrants, each of which entitles the holder to purchase one share of our common stock at $5.00 per share. These securities are currently not registered, and their resale is restricted. However, the recipients of those shares and warrants in connection with our purchase of GII have certain registration rights, including the right to demand registration beginning on January 15, 2007, and will be able to sell their shares in the public market if registration is effected. The presence of this additional number of shares of common stock and warrants eligible for trading in the public market may have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.
 
If our goodwill or amortizable intangible assets become impaired we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings.
 
Under generally accepted accounting principles, we review our amortizable intangible assets for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. Goodwill is tested for impairment at least annually. Factors that may be considered a change in circumstances indicating that the carrying value of our goodwill or amortizable intangible assets may not be recoverable include reduced future cash flow estimates, a decline in stock price and market capitalization, and slower growth rates in our industry. We may be required to record a significant charge to earnings in our financial statements during the period in which any impairment of our goodwill or amortizable intangible assets is determined, negatively impacting our results of operations.
 
The concentration of our capital stock ownership will likely limit a stockholder’s ability to influence corporate matters, and could discourage a takeover that stockholders may consider favorable and make it more difficult for a stockholder to elect directors of its choosing.
 
Based on public filings with the SEC made by J. Carlo Cannell, we believe that as of December 31, 2007, funds associated with Cannell Capital LLC owned 1,612,016 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire 2,224,000 shares of our common stock. Based on the number of shares of our common stock outstanding on March 10, 2008, without taking into account their unexercised warrants, these funds would beneficially own approximately 10.9% of our common stock. In addition, as of March 10, 2008, our executive officers, directors and affiliated entities together beneficially owned common stock, without taking into account their unexercised and unconverted warrants, options and convertible notes, representing approximately 12.1% of our outstanding common stock. As a result, these stockholders have the ability to exert significant control over matters that require approval by our stockholders, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. The interests of these stockholders might conflict with your interests as a holder of our securities, and it may cause us to pursue transactions that, in their judgment, could enhance their equity investments, even though such transactions may involve significant risks to you as a security holder. The large concentration of ownership in a small group of stockholders might also have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of our company that other stockholders may view as beneficial.


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It may be difficult for you to resell shares of our common stock if an active market for our common stock does not develop.
 
Our common stock is not actively traded on a securities exchange and we currently do not meet the initial listing criteria for any registered securities exchange, including the NASDAQ National Market System. It is quoted on the less recognized Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board. This factor may further impair your ability to sell your shares when you want and/or could depress our stock price. As a result, you may find it difficult to dispose of, or to obtain accurate quotations of the price of, our securities because smaller quantities of shares could be bought and sold, transactions could be delayed, and security analyst and news coverage of our company may be limited. These factors could result in lower prices and larger spreads in the bid and ask prices for our shares.
 
ITEM 2.   PROPERTIES
 
GTT is headquartered just outside Washington, DC, in McLean, Virginia. The Company leases facilities in McLean as well as in London, England; Düsseldorf, Germany; and Paris, France.
 
GTT’s corporate headquarters facility in McLean is subject to a ten-year lease expiring on December 31, 2014. The lease with respect to the London office expires on June 23, 2008, as the Company has exercised the tenant’s option to terminate the lease on that date. The Company is currently evaluating other facilities in London. GTT does not own any real estate.
 
GTT management believes that the Company’s properties, taken as a whole, are in good operating condition and are suitable for its business operations. As the Company expands its business into new markets, it may lease additional sales office facilities.
 
ITEM 3.   LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
The Company is not currently subject to any material legal proceedings. From time to time, however, we or our operating companies may be involved in legal actions arising from normal business activities.
 
PART II
 
ITEM 5.   MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
 
Market for Equity Securities
 
Following our initial public offering in April 2005, our Series A units, Series B units, shares of common stock, shares of Class B common stock, Class W warrants, and Class Z warrants were listed on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbols MPAQU, MPABU, MPAQ, MPAQB, MPAQW, and MPAQZ, respectively.
 
Following the consummation of the Acquisitions in October 2006, our Class B common stock ceased trading and was thereafter deregistered. Our Series A units and Series B units ceased trading independently of the underlying shares of common stock and warrants and were deregistered in January 2007. Each Series A unit consisted of two shares of common stock, five Class W warrants, and five Class Z warrants. Each Series B unit consisted of two shares of Class B common stock, one Class W warrant, and one Class Z warrant. Our common stock now trades on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol GTLT, and our Class W warrants and Class Z warrants trade under the symbols GTLTW and GTLTZ, respectively.
 
Each Class W and Class Z warrant entitles the holder to purchase from us one share of common stock at an exercise price of $5.00. The Class W warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 10, 2010, or earlier upon redemption. The Class Z warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 10, 2012, or earlier upon redemption. The trading of our securities, especially our Class W warrants and Class Z warrants, is limited, and therefore there may not be deemed to be an established public trading market under guidelines set forth by the SEC.


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The following table sets forth, for the calendar quarters indicated, the quarterly high and low bid information of our common stock, warrants, and units as reported on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board. The quotations listed below reflect interdealer prices, without retail markup, markdown, or commission, and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.
 
                                                                                                 
    Common Stock     Class B Common Stock     Class W Warrants     Class Z Warrants     Series A Units     Series B Units  
    High     Low     High     Low     High     Low     High     Low     High     Low     High     Low  
 
2006
                                                                                               
First Quarter
  $ 3.30     $ 2.45     $ 5.28     $ 0.54     $ 0.54     $ 0.36     $ 0.66     $ 0.39     $ 13.10     $ 9.25     $ 11.60     $ 10.55  
Second Quarter
  $ 4.50     $ 2.50     $ 5.31     $ 0.57     $ 0.57     $ 0.30     $ 0.65     $ 0.33     $ 13.00     $ 8.40     $ 11.55     $ 10.75  
Third Quarter
  $ 2.90     $ 1.50     $ 5.24     $ 0.32     $ 0.32     $ 0.16     $ 0.35     $ 0.19     $ 8.65     $ 4.60     $ 10.76     $ 10.05  
Fourth Quarter
  $ 4.50     $ 0.66     $ 5.35     $ 0.62     $ 0.62     $ 0.06     $ 0.74     $ 0.10     $ 14.95     $ 1.68     $ 11.00     $ 6.50  
2007
                                                                                               
First Quarter
  $ 3.48     $ 1.75                     $ 0.52     $ 0.26     $ 0.46     $ 0.18                                  
Second Quarter
  $ 2.50     $ 1.69                     $ 0.37     $ 0.27     $ 0.38     $ 0.21                                  
Third Quarter
  $ 2.35     $ 1.20                     $ 0.35     $ 0.23     $ 0.24     $ 0.07                                  
Fourth Quarter
  $ 1.85     $ 1.02                     $ 0.12     $ 0.04     $ 0.26     $ 0.11                                  
 
As of March 18, 2008, there were approximately 34 holders of record of our common stock, 14 holders of record of our Class W warrants, and 14 holders of record of our Class Z warrants.
 
Dividends
 
We have not paid any dividends on our common stock to date, and do not anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable future. Moreover, restrictive covenants existing in certain promissory notes that we have issued preclude us from paying dividends until those notes are paid in full.
 
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
 
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to repurchases of our common stock during the three months ended December 31, 2007:
 
                                 
                Total Number of Shares
    Maximum Number of
 
          Average
    Purchased as Part of
    Shares that May Yet be
 
    Total Number of
    Price per
    Publically Announced
    Purchased Under the
 
    Shares Purchased     Share     Plans or Programs     Plans or Programs  
 
October 2007
                       
November 2007
    15,550 (1)   $ 1.42              
December 2007
                       
 
 
(1) All of the shares were surrendered by the employees to pay tax withholding upon the vesting of restricted stock awards. These repurchases were not part of a publicly announced program to repurchase shares of our common stock, nor do we have a publicly announced program to repurchase shares of common stock.
 
Equity Compensation Plan Information
 
The equity compensation plan information required under this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the information provided under the heading “Equity Compensation Plan Information” in the S-1 Statement filed on January 14, 2008, pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act for our 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
 
ITEM 7.   MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and accompanying notes included elsewhere in this report.


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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of the Company
 
Overview
 
An overview of our Company’s history, services, strategy and customer and supplier relationships is included in Item 1, “Business” of this report.
 
Revenues, Lines of Business, and Principal Services
 
The Company’s focus is on the delivery of carrier-neutral, facilities-neutral and technology-neutral telecommunications and Internet service solutions. We do not own a network, but rather identify what we consider to be the best choices available (based upon factors such as technology, cost, and other operational considerations) from a variety of vendors in providing data networking solutions to customers.
 
GTT provides the following kinds of services:
 
  •  Private Line:  Point-to-private lines and bundled private line hub solutions (which provide centralized connectivity and access aggregation). Both of these services are provided on an intra-country and international basis;
 
  •  Carrier Ethernet:  Ethernet Private Line (a point-to-point Ethernet-enabled private line solution), Transparent LAN Services (a high-capacity, inter-LAN connectivity solution), and Ethernet-based internet access;
 
  •  Dedicated Internet Access:  High speed connectivity to the Internet, in circuit speeds ranging from DS1/E1 to high capacity OC and STM level bandwidth;
 
  •  VPN Services:  Variety of virtual-private network services, including IP-VPN, MPLS, and Ethernet-based VPLS services;
 
  •  GTT Wireless Services:  Worldwide remote and mobile broadband access with comprehensive management control over connectivity, devices and costs; these services include mobility in the form of Wi-Fi, Ethernet and wireless internet connectivity; and
 
  •  GTT Managed Services:  Monitoring, maintenance and management of customers’ telecommunications circuits and network systems. This also may include co-location, equipment support or network security solutions.
 
Please see “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates — Revenue Recognition” for more information regarding our revenues.
 
Locations of Offices and Origins of Revenue
 
We are headquartered just outside Washington, DC, in McLean, Virginia, and we have offices in London, England; Paris, France; and Düsseldorf, Germany. For the period ended December 31, 2007, approximately 46% of our consolidated revenue was earned from operations based in the United States. Approximately 39% of our revenues were generated from operations based in the United Kingdom, 13% from operations in Germany, and 2% from the rest of the world.
 
Costs and Expenses
 
The Company’s cost of revenue consists almost entirely of the costs for procurement of services associated with customer solutions. The key terms and conditions appearing in both supplier and customer agreements are substantially the same, with margin applied to the suppliers’ costs. There are no wages or overheads included in these costs.
 
In most cases, the Company matches the length of each purchase contract with a supplier to each sales contract with a customer, typically between one and three years. The provisions of such customer contracts and supplier contracts are typically fixed for their stated terms unless both parties agree to any modifications. This generally allows the Company to maintain a predictable margin for the term of each such service, and the Company’s contract


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terms typically require customers to pay the full amount of their contract liability (or at a minimum, the Company’s underlying liability) in the event of customer cancellation or early termination.
 
Our supplier contracts do not have any market related net settlement provisions. The Company has not entered into, and has no plans to enter into, any supplier contracts which involve financial or derivative instruments. The supplier contracts are entered into solely for the direct purchase of telecommunications capacity, which is resold by the Company in its normal course of business. As such, the Company considers its contracts with its suppliers to be normal purchases, according to the criteria in paragraph 10(b) of SFAS 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” as amended.
 
We may occasionally have certain sales commitments to customers that extend beyond the Company’s commitments from its underlying suppliers. It is therefore possible that the Company’s margins could be adversely affected if the Company were unable to purchase extended service from a supplier at a cost sufficiently low to maintain the Company’s margin for the remaining term of its commitment to the customer. Historically, the Company has not encountered material price increases from suppliers with respect to continuation or renewal of services after expiration of initial contract terms. Although infrequent, in most cases where the Company has faced any price increase from a supplier following contract expiration, the Company has been able to locate another supplier to provide the service at a similar or reduced future cost. Based upon this historical experience and given that most of its customer contract terms are matched in duration with supplier contract terms, the Company does not believe that its existing long-term fixed-rate customer contracts are subject to any material reduction in margins that would have a material impact on its liquidity.
 
From time to time, the Company has agreed to certain special commitments with vendors in order to obtain better rates, terms and conditions for the procurement of services from those vendors. These commitments include volume purchase commitments and purchases on a longer-term basis than the term for which the applicable customer has committed.
 
  •  Volume Purchase Commitments.  Some of the service purchase contracts entered into call for certain levels of monthly payments to vendors whether or not we are currently utilizing the underlying capacity from those specific vendors, commonly referred to in the industry as “take-or-pay” commitments. As of December 31, 2007, the aggregate monthly obligations under all such take-or-pay commitments over the remaining terms of all of those contracts totaled approximately $240,000. All of the aggregate commitments existing as of December 31, 2007 expire by June 2008. If we were not able to satisfy such commitments via sales to underlying customers in a given month, our Americas operating company would be liable to the vendors for the shortfall in that month. In turn, a shortfall payment would have an adverse effect upon our gross margins, by increasing the cost of circuit access without the receipt of any corresponding revenue from customers against the shortfall. However, all monthly purchase commitments under take-or-pay contracts had been fully utilized through December 31, 2007, and we do not anticipate material shortfalls (if any) arising under these agreements in the foreseeable future.
 
  •  Term Commitments.  To the extent practicable, the Company matches the quantity, duration and other terms of individual purchases of communications services with sales to individual customers on a service-by-service basis. However, from time to time the Company has selectively purchased capacity under multiple-year commitments from some of its vendors in order to secure more competitive pricing. These multiple-year purchase commitments may not be, in all cases, matched with corresponding multiple-year commitments from customers. In such cases, if a customer were to disconnect its service before the multiple-year term ordered from the vendor expired, and if we were unable to find another customer for the capacity, we would either be subject to an early termination liability payable to the vendor or would be forced to continue to pay for the service without any corresponding customer revenue attributable to the circuit. Such early termination liability would have an adverse effect upon our gross margins, by either accelerating our Americas operating company’s liability with respect to the circuit or increasing the cost of circuit access, either without the receipt of any corresponding revenue from customers against the liability. As of December 31, 2007, the Company’s total potential early termination liability, if all such services terminated as of that date, and if it could not obtain a waiver of termination liability (pursuant to contractual right or otherwise) with respect to such terminations, was approximately $376,000.


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Other than cost of revenue, the Company’s most significant operating expenses are employment costs. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had 78 employees, and employment costs comprised approximately 18% of total operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2007.
 
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to its accompanying consolidated financial statements. The Company considers the following accounting policies to be those that require the most significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of its financial statements, and believes that an understanding of these policies is important to a proper evaluation of the reported financial results.
 
Revenue Recognition
 
The Company provides data connectivity solutions, such as dedicated circuit access, access aggregation and hubbing and managed network services to its customers. Many of these services involve arrangements with multiple elements, such as recurring and installation charges, equipment charges, and usage charges. When a sale involves multiple elements, the entire fee from the arrangement is evaluated under EITF 00-21, Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables. The consideration is allocated to respective elements based on their relative fair values and is recognized when revenue recognition criteria for each element are met. The units of accounting are based on the following criteria: (1) the delivered items have value to the customer on a standalone basis, (2) there is objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the undelivered items and (3) if the arrangement includes a general right of return, delivery or performance of the undelivered items is probable and substantially in the Company’s control.
 
The Company’s services are provided under contracts that typically provide for an installation charge along with payments of recurring charges on a monthly (or other periodic) basis for use of the services over a committed term. Our contracts with customers specify the terms and conditions for providing such services. These contracts call for the Company to provide the service in question (e.g., data transmission between point A and point Z), to manage the activation process, and to provide ongoing support (in the form of service maintenance and trouble-shooting) during the service term. The contracts do not typically provide the customer any rights to use specifically identifiable assets. Furthermore, the contracts generally provide us with discretion to engineer (or re-engineer) a particular network solution to satisfy each customer’s data transmission requirement, and typically prohibit physical access by the customer to the network infrastructure used by the Company and its suppliers to deliver the services.
 
The Company recognizes revenue as follows:
 
  •  Recurring Revenue.  Recurring charges are generally billed pursuant to fixed price contracts, and are recognized ratably over the term of the contract from the date of installation. Where such charges are billed in advance, they are recorded as unearned revenue when billed. This unearned revenue is recognized monthly for as long as such service is provided and collectability is reasonably assured. Under the service contracts, service is first considered provided upon the issuance of a start of service notice. Recurring costs relating to supply contracts are recognized ratably over the term of the contract.
 
  •  Non-recurring Fees.  Non-recurring fees typically take the form of one-time, nonrefundable provisioning fees established pursuant to service contracts. The amount of the provisioning fee included in each contract is generally determined by marking up or passing through the corresponding charge from our supplier imposed pursuant to our purchase agreement. Non-recurring fees related to provisioning in connection with the delivery of recurring communications services do not have value to the customer on a standalone basis, and the Company has concluded therefore that these revenues are not a separate unit of accounting. As a result, non-recurring fees are recognized ratably over the term of service starting upon commencement of the service contract term. Installation costs related to provisioning that are incurred from independent third party suppliers, that are directly attributable and necessary to fulfill a particular service contract, and which costs would not have been incurred but for the occurrence as cost of revenues of that service contract, are capitalized as deferred contract costs and expensed proportionally over the term of service in the same manner as the deferred revenue arising from that contract.


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  •  Other Revenue.  From time to time, we recognize revenue in the form of fixed or determinable cancellation (pre-installation) or disconnection (post-installation) charges imposed pursuant to the service contract. These revenues are earned when a customer cancels or terminates a service agreement prior to the end of its committed term. These revenues are recognized when billed if collectability is reasonably assured. In addition, the Company occasionally sells equipment in connection with data networking and managed service applications. The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of equipment at the fixed contracted selling price when title to the equipment passes to the customer (generally F.O.B. origin) and when collectability is reasonably assured.
 
  •  Usage.  Usage fees are recognized as the usage occurs. Unbilled revenue at the end of a period is accrued.
 
Use of Estimates
 
The Company does not use estimates in determining amounts of revenue to be recognized. Each service contract has a fixed monthly cost and a fixed term, in addition to a fixed installation charge (if applicable). At the end of the initial term of most service contracts, the contracts roll forward on a month-to-month or other periodic basis and the Company continues to bill at the same fixed recurring rate. If any cancellation or disconnection charges become due from the customer as a result of early cancellation or termination of a service contract, those amounts are calculated pursuant to a formula specified in each contract.
 
Estimating Allowances and Accrued Liabilities
 
The Company employs the “allowance for bad debts” method to account for bad debts. The Company states its accounts receivable balances at amounts due from the customer net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company determines this allowance by considering a number of factors, including the length of time receivables are past due, previous loss history, and the customer’s current ability to pay.
 
In the normal course of business from time to time, the Company identifies errors by suppliers with respect to the billing of services. The Company performs bill verification procedures to attempt to ensure that errors in its suppliers’ billed invoices are identified and resolved. The bill verification procedures include the examination of bills, comparison of billed rates to rates shown on the actual contract documentation and logged in the Company’s operating systems, comparison of circuits billed to the Company’s database of active circuits, and evaluation of the trend of invoiced amounts by suppliers, including the types of charges being assessed. If the Company concludes by reference to such objective factors that it has been billed inaccurately, the Company accrues for the amount that it believes is owed with reference to the applicable contractual rate and, in the instances where the billed amount exceeds the applicable contractual rate, the likelihood of prevailing with respect to any dispute.
 
These disputes with suppliers generally fall into three categories: pricing errors, network design or disconnection errors, and taxation and regulatory surcharge errors. In the instances where the billed amount exceeds the applicable contractual rate the Company does not accrue the full face amount of obvious billing errors in accounts payable because to do so would present a misleading and confusing picture of the Company’s current liabilities by accounting for liabilities that are erroneous based upon a detailed review of objective evidence. If the Company ultimately pays less than the corresponding accrual in resolution of an erroneously over-billed amount, the Company recognizes the resultant decrease in expense in the period in which the resolution is reached. If the Company ultimately pays more than the corresponding accrual in resolution of an erroneously billed amount, the Company recognizes the resultant expense increase in the period in which the resolution is reached and during which period the Company makes payment to resolve such account.
 
Although the Company may dispute erroneously billed amounts in good faith and historically has prevailed in most cases, it recognizes that it may not prevail in all cases (or in full) with a particular supplier with respect to such billing errors or it may choose to settle the matter because of the quality of the supplier relationship or the cost and time associated with continuing the dispute. Therefore, as stated above, notwithstanding the objective nature of many of the billing errors at issue, the Company reserves an amount for potential supplier losses related to erroneous billings where the billed amount exceeds the applicable contractual rate. Careful judgment is required in estimating the ultimate outcome of disputing each error, and each reserve is based upon a specific evaluation by management of the merits of each billing error (based upon the bill verification process) and the potential for loss with respect to


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that billing error. In making such a case-by-case evaluation, the Company considers, among other things, the documentation available to support its assertions with respect to the billing errors, its past experience with the supplier in question, and its past experience with similar errors and disputes. To the extent that the Company prevails with respect to a billing error, any amount in reserve that the Company is not required to pay to the supplier would represent a reduction to the Company’s cost of revenue during the period in which the resolution is reached. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had $550,000 in billing errors disputed with suppliers, for which we have accrued $140,000 in liabilities.
 
In instances where the Company has been billed less than the applicable contractual rate the accruals remain on the Company’s financial statements until the vendor invoices for the under-billed amount or until such time as the obligations related to the under-billed amounts, based upon applicable contract terms and relevant statutory periods in accordance with the Company’s internal policy, have passed. If the Company ultimately determines it has no further obligation related to the under-billed amounts, the Company recognizes a decrease in expense in the period in which the determination is made. Any amount in reserve that the Company is not required to pay to the supplier would represent a reduction to the Company’s cost of revenue.
 
Goodwill
 
Under SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations,” goodwill represents the excess of cost (purchase price) over the fair value of net assets acquired. Acquired intangibles are recorded at fair value as of the date acquired using the purchase method. Under SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Intangible Assets,” goodwill and other intangibles determined to have an indefinite life are not amortized, but are tested for impairment at least annually or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the assets might be impaired.
 
Goodwill represents the Company’s allocation of the purchase price to acquire GII and ETT in excess of the fair value of the assets acquired at the date of the Acquisitions. The allocation of purchase price, to reflect the values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, has been based upon management’s evaluation and certain third-party appraisals.
 
The goodwill impairment test is a two-step process, which requires management to make judgments in determining what assumptions to use in the calculation. The first step requires estimating the fair value of the Company’s reporting units based on discounted cash flow models, using revenue and profit forecasts and comparing the estimated fair values with the carrying values of the Company’s reporting units, which include the goodwill. If the estimated fair values are less than the carrying values, a second step is performed to compute the amount of the impairment by determining an “implied fair value” of goodwill. The determination of the Company’s “implied fair value” requires the Company to allocate the estimated fair value to the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit. Any unallocated fair value represents the “implied fair value” of goodwill, which is compared to the corresponding carrying value.
 
Under SFAS No. 142, the Company measures impairment of its indefinite lived intangible assets based on projected discounted cash flows. The Company also re-evaluates the useful life of these assets annually to determine whether events and circumstances continue to support an indefinite useful life. The Company performs its annual goodwill impairment testing, by reportable segment, in the third quarter of each year, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that goodwill may be impaired. The Company tested its goodwill during the third quarter of 2007 and concluded that no impairment existed under SFAS No. 142.
 
Application of the goodwill impairment test requires significant judgments including estimation of future cash flows, which is dependent on internal forecasts, estimation of the long-term rate of growth for the acquired Americas and EMEA operating companies, the useful life over which cash flows will occur, and determination of the acquired companies’ cost of capital. Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value and/or conclusions on goodwill impairment.
 
Income Taxes
 
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operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards, and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for temporary differences that will result in taxable amounts in future years. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the periods in which the deferred tax asset or liability is expected to be realized or settled. A valuation allowance is provided to offset the net deferred tax asset if, based upon the available evidence, management determines that it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.
 
In June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting For Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The adoption of FIN 48 on January 1, 2007 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
 
We may from time to time be assessed interest and/or penalties by taxing jurisdictions, although any such assessments historically have been minimal and immaterial to our financial results. In the event we have received an assessment for interest and/or penalties, it has been classified in the statement of operations as other general and administrative costs.
 
Share-Based Compensation
 
On October 16, 2006, following the completion of the Acquisitions, the Company adopted SFAS 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, directors, and consultants based on estimated fair values. In March 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 (“SAB 107”) relating to SFAS 123(R). The Company has applied the provisions of SAB 107 in its adoption of SFAS 123(R).
 
The Company adopted SFAS 123(R) prospectively, as no share-based compensation awards were granted prior to October 16, 2006. SFAS 123(R) requires companies to estimate the fair value of share-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations. The Company follows the straight-line single option method of attributing the value of stock-based compensation to expense. As stock-based compensation expense recognized 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.
 
Upon adoption of SFAS 123(R), the Company elected the Black-Scholes option-pricing model as its method of valuation for share-based awards granted. The Company’s determination of fair value of share-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model is affected by the Company’s stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of highly complex and subjective variables. These variables include, but are not limited to the Company’s expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards and the expected term of the awards. The Company accounts for non-employee share-based compensation expense in accordance with EITF Issue No. 96-18, Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Goods or Services.
 
Use of Estimates and Assumptions
 
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results can, and in many cases will, differ from those estimates.


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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations, (“SFAS No. 141(R)”),which replaces SFAS No. 141 and issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, (“SFAS No. 160”), an amendment of ARB No. 51. These two new standards will change the accounting for and the reporting for business combination transactions and noncontrolling (minority) interests in the consolidated financial statements, respectively. SFAS No. 141(R) will change how business acquisitions are accounted for and will impact financial statements both on the acquisition date and in subsequent periods. SFAS No. 160 will change the accounting and reporting for minority interests, which will be re-characterized as noncontrolling interests and classified as a component of equity. These two standards will be effective for the Company for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2008. Early adoption is prohibited. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of SFAS No. 141(R) and SFAS No. 160 on its consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
 
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities — Including an Amendment of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115 (“SFAS No. 159”). SFAS No. 159 permits companies to choose to measure, on an instrument-by-instrument basis, financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option is elected will be recognized in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. SFAS No. 159 is effective for the Company as of January 1, 2008. The Company is in the process of determining the effect of the adoption of SFAS No. 159 on its consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
 
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, (“SFAS No. 157”) which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 does not require any new fair value measurements but rather eliminates inconsistencies in guidance found in various prior accounting pronouncements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is in the process of determining the effect of the adoption of SFAS No. 157 on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
 
In June 2006, The FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting For Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting For Income Taxes, and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. On January 1, 2007, the Company adopted FIN 48. The Company recognizes interest, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties, if any, in selling, general and administrative expenses.
 
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements or the Company’s future results of operations.
 
Results of Operations of the Company
 
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2007 compared to Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2006
 
Overview.  The results of operations of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2007 includes the consolidated performance of the Company’s subsidiaries, GII and ETT (“subsidiaries”), acquired on October 15, 2006 (the date of Acquisitions), for the entire twelve-month period. The results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006 consist of the consolidated performance of the Company’s subsidiaries from the date of acquisition through December 31, 2006. The expenses prior to the date of acquisition, January 1 through October 15, 2006 and from the date of inception through December 31, 2005, consisted primarily of professional fees and travel costs associated with the Company’s efforts to identify targets for potential acquisition during its operations as a special purpose acquisition company.


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EITF 01-34, Accounting in a Business Combination for Deferred Revenue of an Acquiree, provides that an acquiring entity should recognize a liability related to the deferred revenue of an acquired entity only if that deferred revenue represents a legal obligation assumed by the acquiring entity and that the amount assigned to that liability should be based on its estimated fair value at the acquisition date. Accordingly, as discussed below, our revenues and cost of revenue as reported have been affected by the required treatment of deferred revenue and deferred cost on the financial statements of GII and ETT as of the date of the Acquisitions.
 
                 
    2007     2006  
 
Revenues
  $ 57,617,651     $ 10,470,502  
Cost of revenue
    40,179,917       7,784,193  
Gross margin
    17,437,734       2,686,309  
Operating expenses, depreciation and amortization
    20,880,053       4,503,277  
Employee termination cost and non-recurring items
    3,154,950        
Operating loss
    (6,597,269 )     (1,816,968 )
Net loss
    (4,251,792 )     (1,847,281 )
 
Revenues.  Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2007 were $57.6 million generated by services provided to existing customers and new sales during the period. Revenues during the year ended December 31, 2006 were approximately $10.5 million, including service revenues generated by customers during the period from October 16, 2006 through December 31, 2006. The Company was a special purpose acquisition company until its Acquisitions of GII and ETT on October 15, 2006, and thus there were no sales in 2006 prior to consummation of the Acquisitions. The 2006 reported revenues for the Company reflect the impact of the purchase accounting treatment of deferred revenue on the financial statements of GII and ETT as of October 15, 2006. The deferred revenue balances of GII and ETT as of October 15, 2006 included non-recurring revenue related to the provisioning in connection with the delivery of recurring communications services recognized ratably over the term of service and advanced billings for recurring communications services. The purchase accounting treatment of these balances lowered the Company’s 2006 revenues by approximately $0.8 million, and was not material for 2007.
 
Cost of Revenue and Gross Margin.  Cost of revenue and gross margin for the year ended December 31, 2007 were $40.2 million and $17.4 million, respectively. Cost of revenue consists of amounts incurred by our underlying network suppliers in the delivery of our services during 2007, less any service credits or billing adjustments. For the year ended December 31, 2006, cost of revenue was $7.8 million; all of these costs arose from operations after the Acquisitions. Because the Company had no sales prior to consummation of the Acquisitions, the Company had no corresponding cost of revenue during these periods. The fiscal year 2006 cost of revenue and gross margin for the Company reflect the impact of purchase accounting of deferred revenue and deferred cost on the financial statements of GII and ETT as of October 15, 2006. The deferred cost balances of GII and ETT as of October 15, 2006 included installation costs related to provisioning of service contracts. The purchase accounting treatment of these balances lowered 2006 cost of revenue by $0.1 million and, in combination with the deferred revenue impact listed above, lowered 2006 gross margin by $0.7 million. The impact was not material in 2007.
 
Operating Expenses, Depreciation and Amortization.  Operating expenses, depreciation, and amortization for the year ended December 31, 2007 were $20.9 million, which included $2.3 million of expense related to the amortization of intangible assets generated through the Acquisitions and $0.4 million of depreciation expense. The remaining $18.1 million related mostly to costs associated with the compensation of personnel, including $1.4 million in non-cash compensation, of which $0.9 million is included in employee termination cost and non-recurring items and $0.4 million is included in selling, general and administrative expense. Operating expenses, depreciation, and amortization for the year ended December 31, 2006 were $4.5 million, consisting primarily of compensation of personnel, $0.5 million expenses associated with the Company’s efforts to identify targets for potential acquisition during its operations as a special purpose acquisition company, and approximately $0.4 million of expense resulting from amortization of intangible assets related to the Acquisitions of GII and ETT.
 
Employee Termination Cost and Non-recurring Items.  Employee termination costs and other non-recurring expenses were $3.2 million and zero for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. During 2007 the Company implemented various organizational restructuring plans to reduce its operating expenses, centralize


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management and decision making, and strengthen both its competitive and financial positions. The restructuring plans reduced non-sales general and administrative functions that were determined to be redundant or inconsistent with the Company’s growth strategy. Restructuring charges were recorded during the year ended December 31, 2007 of $2.2 million. Other non-recurring costs incurred during 2007 include $0.7 million associated with resolution of the share conversion process of the former Class B common stock and $0.2 million in expense related to an Acquisition adjustment.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
Long-Term Debt
 
During the year ended December 31, 2007, through a combination of payments, amendments and restructuring, the Company reduced its total debt obligations and extended maturities until December 31, 2010. These activities are illustrated then discussed in further detail below.
 
                                 
          Notes Payable to
    Notes Payable to
       
          former GII
    former ETT and
    Notes Payable to
 
    Total Debt     Shareholders     GII Shareholders     Other Investors  
 
Debt obligation as of December 31, 2006
  $ 10,519,167     $ 4,000,000     $ 5,916,667     $ 602,500  
Payment of Notes Payable
    (602,500 )                     (602,500 )
November 12, 2007 Debt Restructure:
                               
Conversion to new Notes and shares of Company common stock
    (5,916,667 )             (5,916,667 )        
Issuance of Convertible Notes Payable due December 31, 2010 to former ETT and GII shareholders
    2,870,713               2,870,713          
Issuance of Convertible Notes Payable due December 31, 2010 to other investors
    1,925,000                       1,925,000  
                                 
Debt obligation as of December 31, 2007
  $ 8,795,713     $ 4,000,000     $ 2,870,713     $ 1,925,000  
                                 
 
On March 23, 2007, the Company and the holders of approximately $5.9 million in promissory notes previously due and payable by the Company on June 30, 2007 entered into agreements to amend the notes. As a result of these amendments, the maturity date of each of the notes was extended from June 30, 2007 to April 30, 2008. In addition, the per annum interest rate payable with respect to each note was modified as follows: (a) from October 15, 2006 through March 31, 2007 — 6%; (b) from April 1, 2007 through June 30, 2007 — 8%; (c) from July 1, 2007 through October 31, 2007 — 10%; (d) from November 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007 — 12%; (e) from January 1, 2008 through March 31, 2008 — 14%; and (f) from April 1, 2008 and thereafter — 16%.
 
On November 12, 2007, the Company and the holders of the approximately $5.9 million of promissory notes due on April 30, 2008 (the “April 2008 Notes”) entered into agreements to convert not less than 30% of the amounts due under the April 2008 Notes as of November 13, 2007 (including principal and accrued interest) into shares of the Company’s common stock, and to obtain 10% convertible unsecured subordinated promissory notes due on December 31, 2010 (the “December 2010 Notes”) for the remaining indebtedness then due under the April 2008 Notes. Pursuant to the conversion, a total of 2,570,144 shares of the Company’s common stock (with a quoted market price of $2.9 million) were issued for $3.5 million of principal and accrued interest due under the April 2008 Notes as of November 13, 2007. All principal and accrued interest under the December 2010 Notes is payable on December 31, 2010.
 
In addition, on November 12, 2007, the holders of the $4.0 million of promissory notes due on December 29, 2008 agreed to amend those notes to extend the maturity date to December 31, 2010, subject to increasing the interest rate to 10% per annum, beginning January 1, 2009. Under the terms of the notes, as amended (the “Amended Notes”), 50% of all interest accrued during 2008 and 2009 is payable on each of December 31, 2008 and 2009, respectively, and all principal and remaining accrued interest is payable on December 31, 2010.


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On November 13, 2007, the Company sold an additional $1.9 million of December 2010 Notes to certain accredited investors.
 
The holders of the December 2010 Notes can convert the principal due under the December 2010 Notes into shares of the Company’s common stock, at any time, at a price per share equal to $1.70. The Company has the right to require the holders of the December 2010 Notes to convert the principal amount due under the December 2010 Notes at any time after the closing price of the Company’s common stock shall be equal to or greater than $2.64 for 15 consecutive business days. The conversion provisions of the December 2010 Notes include protection against dilutive issuances of the Company’s common stock, subject to certain exceptions. The December 2010 Notes and the Amended Notes are subordinate to any future credit facility entered into by the Company, up to an amount of $4.0 million. The Company has agreed to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission the shares of Company’s common stock issued to the holders of the December 2010 Notes upon their conversion, subject to certain limitations.
 
As of December 31, 2007 the Company’s total debt obligation is $8.8 million, which is due December 31, 2010, and accordingly classified as long-term in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet.
 
Former Class B Common Stock Conversions
 
In connection with the Acquisitions, certain holders of our then-outstanding Class B common stock voted against the Acquisitions and exercised their rights to convert their shares into cash equal to a pro-rata distribution from the trust account established to hold proceeds from the initial public offering. The actual per-share conversion price was equal to the amount in the trust account (inclusive of any interest thereon) as of two business days prior to the Acquisitions, divided by the number of Class B shares sold in the public offering, or approximately $5.35 per share.
 
Through December 31, 2007, we had paid approximately $10.15 million to redeem 1,897,193 shares of stock and had canceled the converted shares. We do not expect to redeem any additional shares in connection with this conversion process.
 
Liquidity Assessment
 
Historically, the combined operations of the acquired companies have not been cash flow positive. However, cash flows of the Company are expected to improve through cost reductions following the combination of the two companies and additional growth in revenue and gross margin. Net cash used by operations for the Company in 2007 was approximately $1.6 million.
 
As a multi-network operator (or MNO), the Company typically has very low levels of capital expenditures, especially when compared to infrastructure-owning traditional telecommunications competitors. Additionally, the Company’s cost structure is somewhat variable and provides management an ability to manage costs as appropriate. The Company’s capital expenditures are predominantly related to the maintenance of computer facilities, office fixtures and furnishings, and are very low as a proportion of revenue. However, from time to time the Company may require capital investment as part of an executed service contract that would typically consist of significant multi-year commitments from the customer.
 
Management monitors cash flow and liquidity requirements. Based on the Company’s cash and cash equivalents and analysis of the anticipated working capital requirements, management believes the Company has sufficient liquidity to fund the business and meet its contractual obligations for the foreseeable future. The Company’s current planned cash requirements for 2008 are based upon certain assumptions, including its ability to manage expenses and the growth of revenues from services arrangements. In connection with the activities associated with the services, the Company expects to incur expenses, including provider fees, employee compensation and consulting fees, professional fees, sales and marketing, insurance and interest expense. Should the expected cash flows not be available, management believes it would have the ability to revise its operating plan and make reductions in expenses.
 
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circumstances, if the Company were unable to fully fund cash requirements through operations and current cash on hand, the Company would need to obtain additional financing through a combination of equity and debt financings and/or renegotiation of terms on the existing debt. If any such activities become necessary, there can be no assurance that the Company would be successful in completing any of these activities on terms that would be favorable to the Company, if at all.
 
Summary Quarterly Financial Data
 
The table below presents quarterly statement of operations data of the Company for each of the last eight quarters through December 31, 2007. This information has been derived from unaudited financial statements that have been prepared on the same basis as the audited financial statements included elsewhere in this report and, in our opinion, includes all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the information.
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended (Unaudited)  
    March 31,
    June 30,
    September 30,
    December 31,
 
    2007     2007     2007     2007(1)  
 
Revenues
  $ 13,582,176     $ 13,814,852     $ 14,718,045     $ 15,502,578  
Gross margin
    4,052,377       4,307,677       4,576,323       4,501,357  
Operating loss
    (3,085,818 )     (2,269,803 )     (640,724 )     (600,924 )
Net income (loss)
    (2,969,281 )     (2,263,215 )     (518,751 )     1,499,455  
Net income (loss) per share, basic and diluted
  $ (0.25 )   $ (0.19 )   $ (0.04 )   $ 0.11  
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended (Unaudited)  
    March 31,
    June 30,
    September 30,
    December 31,
 
    2006     2006     2006     2006(2)  
 
Revenues
  $     $     $     $ 10,470,502  
Gross margin
                      2,686,309  
Operating loss
    (317,520 )     (104,156 )     (156,793 )     (1,238,499 )
Net income (loss)
    (3,504,534 )     4,602,244       2,800,391       (5,745,382 )
Net income (loss) per share, basic and diluted
  $ (0.30 )   $ 0.39     $ 0.24     $ (0.48 )
 
 
(1) The Company’s net income for the three months ended December 31, 2007 includes $0.6 million gain on early extinguishment of notes payable and $1.6 million of the Company’s 2007 tax benefit recorded during this period.
 
(2) The Company’s net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2006, includes a $4.9 million non-cash impact for the change in derivative value of outstanding warrants during the period. For further information, please refer to “NOTE 14 — CAPITAL STOCK” in the filed Form 10-K Annual Report for year ended December 31, 2006.
 
The Company’s future revenues and operating results may vary significantly from quarter to quarter due to a number of factors, many of which the Company cannot control.
 
Supplemental Information
 
Year Ended December 31, 2007 Compared to the Non-GAAP Basis Combined Financial Information for the Year Ended December 31, 2006.
 
As a result of the Acquisitions of GII and ETT, which occurred on October 15, 2006, we are presenting the Company’s financial statements and the financial statements of GII and ETT as predecessors of the Company separately and presenting a separate Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for both GII and ETT. See “— Results of Operations of Global Internetworking, Inc. as Predecessor” and “— Results of Operations of European Telecommunications & Technology Limited as Predecessor” filed in annual report Form 10K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. Because the Company had no material


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business or operations prior to October 15, 2006, we are presenting below the Company’s results of operations, combined on an arithmetic basis, with those of GII and ETT for the relevant periods of each company for the year ended December 31, 2006. We refer to such combined financial information as being presented on a “non-GAAP combined” basis and when we refer to “2006” in this section, we are referring to the non-GAAP combined year ended 2006. Such non-GAAP combined financial information only constitutes the arithmetic sums described above with respect to those periods and does not give effect to purchase accounting, cost savings, interest expense or other pro forma adjustments resulting from the acquisitions of GII and ETT for periods prior to October 16, 2006. The Company’s historical financial information for the period from October 16, 2006 to December 31, 2006 gives effect to purchase accounting adjustments in accordance with SFAS No. 141.
 
We are presenting and analyzing below non-GAAP combined financial information with respect to the Company and its predecessors for informational purposes only because we believe that presenting such non-GAAP financial information will be useful to investors. Because of the method by which the non-GAAP combined financial information was compiled, our analysis compares results of different companies over different periods, and the non-GAAP combined financial information may not be indicative of the Company’s future results or of what the Company’s results would have been had the acquisitions of GII and ETT occurred as of the first day of the periods presented. Therefore, you should not consider the non-GAAP combined financial information in isolation or view it as a substitute for any financial information of the Company, GII or ETT that is prepared in accordance with GAAP. You should read the non-GAAP combined financial information and this analysis in conjunction with “— Results of Operations of Global Internetworking, Inc. as Predecessor” and “— Results of Operations of European Telecommunications & Technology Limited as Predecessor” and the consolidated financial statements filed in the annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2006.
 
                                                   
    Historical
    Historical
    Historical
                     
    Predecessor
    Predecessor
    Successor
          Non-GAAP
         
    GII
    ETT
    Mercator/GTT
    Acquisition
    Combined
         
    January 1-
    January 1-
    Year Ended
    Accounting
    Year Ended
         
    October 15,
    October 15,
    December 31,
    Adjustments
    December 31,
      GTT
 
    2006(1)     2006     2006     2006(2)     2006(3)       2007  
    (unaudited)                 (unaudited)     (unaudited)          
Revenue
                                                 
Telecommunications revenue sold
  $ 14,636,595     $ 26,122,950     $ 10,470,502     $ 819,162     $ 52,049,209       $ 57,617,651  
Operating Expenses
                                                 
Cost of telecommunications services provided
    10,256,797       18,583,780       7,784,193       131,061       36,755,831         40,179,917  
Selling, general and administrative
    4,229,496       8,625,233       3,981,423             16,836,152         18,143,550  
Employee termination cost and non-recurring items
                                    3,154,950  
Depreciation and amortization
    11,923       194,468       521,854             728,245         2,736,503  
Operating income (loss)
  $ 138,379     $ (1,280,531 )   $ (1,816,968 )   $ 688,101     $ (2,271,019 )     $ (6,597,269 )
 
 
(1) Represents the arithmetic combination of (a) the results of operations of GII for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2006, plus (b) the results of operations of GII for its period from October 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006, minus (c) the results of operations of GII for its quarter ended December 31, 2005. GII’s results of operations for the period from January 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006 are being presented here solely for the purpose of computing our non-GAAP combined financial information for the year ended December 31, 2006 and are not indicative of what GII’s results of operations would be for that period. You should not consider GII’s results of operations for the period from January 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006 in isolation. Please read GII’s historical financial statements as well as “— Results of Operations of Global Internetworking, Inc. as Predecessor” filed in annual report Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
 
(2) Represents deferred revenue and associated cost of revenue that existed as of October 15, 2006, and was received by GTT during the period from October 15, 2006 to December 31, 2006, but was recorded as a part of goodwill as a result of accounting for the Acquisitions.
 
(3) Represents, on a non-GAAP combined basis, the sum of (a) the results of operations of ETT for the period from January 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006, plus (b) the results of operations of GII for the period from January 1, 2006


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to October 15, 2006, (c) the impact of the purchase accounting treatment for deferred revenue and cost of revenue, plus (d) our stand-alone results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006.
 
Revenue.  Revenue on an Adjusted non-GAAP combined basis grew 10.7% from the year ended 2006 to the year ended 2007. Adjusted non-GAAP combined revenue growth was due primarily to internal sales growth and revenues generated by new and existing customers and the benefit from an increase in the average exchange rate for the US Dollar to the British Pound Sterling of $1.84 in 2006 to $2.00 in 2007, and for the US Dollar to the Euro of $1.26 in 2006 to $1.37 in 2007. Revenue growth for 2007 compared to 2006 Adjusted non-GAAP combined revenue was negatively impacted by contract expirations during the second half of 2006. In particular, a large European financial institution customer contract expired during the third quarter of 2006 that had approximately $2.8 million in annual contract revenue.
 
Cost of Revenue and Gross Margin.  For the year ended December 31, 2007, cost of revenue of $40.2 million resulted in a gross margin of 30.3%. On a non-GAAP combined basis, cost of revenue of $36.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 resulted in a non-GAAP combined gross margin of 29.4%. Gross margins increased in 2007 due to improved supplier costs, including favorable resolution of disputed invoices and billing credits from suppliers.
 
Selling, General and Administrative.  Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2007 of $18.1 million increased by $1.3 million over the non-GAAP combined selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2006. Costs increased during 2007 through costs related to being a public company with substantial operations, including additional non-cash employee compensation costs of $0.4 million as well as public audit and filing requirements. The increases in 2007 costs were also impacted by the increase in the average exchange rate for the US Dollar to the British Pound Sterling from $1.84 in 2006 to $2.00 in 2007, and for the US Dollar to the Euro from $1.26 in 2006 to $1.37 in 2007.
 
Employee termination, cost and non-recurring items.  Employee termination, severance and nonrecurring costs for the year ended December 31, 2007 include $2.2 million in costs associated with the restructuring activity completed during 2007, costs of approximately $0.7 million associated with resolution of the share conversion process of the former Class B common stock, and $0.2 million in expense related to an Acquisition adjustment.
 
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
 
As of December 31, 2007, the Company had total contractual obligations of approximately $46.5 million. Of these obligations, approximately $34.6 million, or 74%, are supplier agreements associated with the telecommunications services that the Company has contracted to purchase from its vendors. The Company’s contracts are such that the terms and conditions in the vendor and client customer contracts are substantially the same in terms of duration. The back-to-back nature of the Company’s contracts means that the largest component of its contractual obligations is generally mirrored by its customer’s commitment to purchase the services associated with those obligations.
 
Approximately $8.8 million, or 19%, of the total contractual obligations are associated with promissory notes issued by the Company which are due December 31, 2010.
 
Operating leases amount to $3.1 million, or 7% of total contractual obligations, which consist of building and car leases.
 
ITEM 7A.   QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
 
Interest Rate Sensitivity
 
Interest due on the Company’s loans is based upon the applicable stated fixed contractual rate with the lender. Interest earned on the Company’s bank accounts is linked to the applicable base interest rate. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company had interest expense, net of income, of approximately $0.6 million. The Company believes that its results of operations are not materially affected by changes in interest rates. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company had no material net interest income.


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Exchange Rate Sensitivity
 
The majority of the Company’s revenues (approximately 54% for the year ended December 31, 2007) are derived from services provided outside of the United States. As a consequence, a material percentage of the Company’s revenues are billed in British Pounds Sterling or Euros. Since we operate on a global basis, we are exposed to various foreign currency risks. First, our consolidated financial statements are denominated in U.S. Dollars, but a significant portion of our revenue is generated in the local currency of our foreign subsidiaries. Accordingly, changes in exchange rates between the applicable foreign currency and the U.S. Dollar will affect the translation of each foreign subsidiary’s financial results into U.S. Dollars for purposes of reporting consolidated financial results.
 
In addition, because of the global nature of our business, we may from time to time be required to pay a supplier in one currency while receiving payments from the underlying customer of the service in another currency. Although it is the Company’s general policy to pay its suppliers in the same currency that it will receive cash from customers, where these circumstances arise with respect to supplier invoices in one currency and customer billings in another currency, the Company’s gross margins may increase or decrease based upon changes in the exchange rate. Such factors did not have a material impact on the Company’s results in the year ended December 31, 2007.
 
ITEM 8.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
 
Reference is made to the financial statements, the notes thereto, and the reports thereon, commencing on page F-1 of this report, which financial statements, notes, and report are incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 9A(T).   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
 
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
Our management carried out an evaluation required by Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), under the supervision of and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act (“Disclosure Controls”). Based on the evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that, subject to the limitations noted herein, as of December 31, 2007, our Disclosure Controls are effective in timely alerting them to material information required to be included in our reports filed with the SEC.
 
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
 
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP.
 
During 2007, we implemented various organizational restructuring plans that were intended to strengthen our competitive and financial positions by reducing our operating expenses and centralizing our management and decision making. These restructuring initiatives reduced corporate level functions that were determined to be redundant or not consistent with our growth strategy. In addition, we indentified a single financial operating system for the company to enable us to standardize and streamline our financial recording and reporting processes and began consolidating our financial operating and reporting process from multiple systems onto a single system. As a result of these restructuring efforts, including the resulting organizational and systems changes, we were unable to complete our assessment of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007. We commenced the procedures to make this assessment during 2007, using the criteria described in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. However, due to the status of our systems consolidation and organizational restructuring efforts, we were unable to undertake the testing procedures set forth in Internal Control — Integrated Framework. As a result, we performed additional analysis and other post-closing procedures to ensure our consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in this report fairly represent in all material respects our financial condition, results from


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operations and cash flows for the periods presented. However, we are unable to make a determination as to whether our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2007.
 
This annual report does not include an attestation report of our independent public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit us to provide only management’s report in this annual report.
 
ITEM 9B.   OTHER INFORMATION.
 
Deadline for Submission of Stockholder Proposals
 
We have scheduled our 2008 annual meeting of stockholders to take place on June 5, 2008. Accordingly, if you are a stockholder of the Company and want to include a proposal in the proxy statement for the 2008 annual meeting, you need to provide it to us by no later than April 18, 2008.
 
PART III
 
ITEM 10.   DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
 
The information required by this Item relating to our directors is incorporated herein by reference to the definitive Proxy Statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act for our 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The information required by this Item relating to our executive officers is included in Item 1, “Business — Executive Officers” of this report.
 
ITEM 11.   EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the definitive Proxy Statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act for our 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
 
ITEM 12.   SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
 
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the definitive Proxy Statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act for our 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
 
ITEM 13.   CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
 
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the definitive Proxy Statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act for our 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
 
ITEM 14.   PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
 
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the definitive Proxy Statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act for our 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
 
PART IV
 
ITEM 15.   EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
 
(a)  Financial Statements
 
  (1)   Financial Statements are listed in the Index to Financial Statements on page F-1 of this report.


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  (2)   Schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable or because the information required to be set forth therein is included in the consolidated and combined financial statements or notes thereto.
 
(b)  Exhibits
 
The following exhibits, which are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K, are filed herewith or, as noted, incorporated by reference herein:
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
         
Exhibit
   
Number
 
Description of Document
 
  2 .1(1)   Stock Purchase Agreement dated May 23, 2006, among the Registrant, Global Internetworking, Inc. and the shareholders of Global Internetworking, Inc.
  3 .1(2)   Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated October 16, 2006.
  3 .2(2)   Amended and Restated Bylaws dated October 15, 2006.
  4 .1(3)   Specimen of Series A Unit Certificate of the Company.
  4 .2(3)   Specimen of Series B Unit Certificate of the Company.
  4 .3(7)   Specimen of Common Stock Certificate of the Company.
  4 .4(7)   Specimen of Class W Warrant Certificate of the Company.
  4 .5(8)   Specimen of Class Z Warrant Certificate of the Company.
  4 .6(5)   Unit Purchase Option granted to HCFP/Brenner Securities LLC.
  4 .7(5)   Warrant Agreement between American Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.
  10 .1(3)   Letter Agreement among the Registrant, HCFP/Brenner Securities LLC and Rhodric C. Hackman.
  10 .2(3)   Letter Agreement among the Registrant, HCFP/Brenner Securities LLC and H. Brian Thompson.
  10 .3(4)   Letter Agreement among the Registrant, HCFP/Brenner Securities LLC and Morgan E. O’Brien.
  10 .4(4)   Letter Agreement among the Registrant, HCFP/Brenner Securities LLC and Alex Mandl.
  10 .5(5)   Investment Management Trust Agreement between American Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.
  10 .6(2)   Employment Agreement for H. Brian Thompson, dated October 15, 2006.
  10 .7(2)   Employment Agreement for Todd Vecchio, dated October 15, 2006.
  10 .8(2)   Form of Lock-up letter agreement entered into by the Registrant and the stockholders of Global Internetworking, Inc., dated October 15, 2006.
  10 .9(6)   2006 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan, as amended. On November 30, 2006, the Plan was amended to (i) change the termination date to May 21, 2016 and (ii) reflect the Company’s new corporate name.
  10 .10(4)   Form of Registration Rights Agreement.
  10 .11(2)   Form of Promissory Note issued to the stockholders of Global Internetworking, Inc., dated October 15, 2006.
  10 .12(7)   Note Amendment Agreement entered into by the Registrant and the former stockholders of Global Internetworking, Inc., dated November 13, 2007.
  10 .13(8)   Form of Stock Option Agreement.
  10 .14(8)   Form of Restricted Stock Agreement.
  10 .15(9)   Employment Agreement for Kevin J. Welch, dated January 22, 2007.
  10 .16(10)   Separation Agreement for D. Michael Keenan, dated February 23, 2007.
  10 .17(11)   Employment Agreement for Richard D. Calder, Jr., dated May 7, 2007.
  10 .18(7)   Form of Exchange Agreement entered into by the Registrant and certain holders of promissory notes.
  10 .19(7)   Form of 10% Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Promissory Note.


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Exhibit
   
Number
 
Description of Document
 
  10 .20(12)   Loan and Security Agreement entered into by the Registrant, its subsidiary Global Telecom & Technology Americas, Inc. and Silicon Valley Bank, dated March 17, 2008.
  21 .1*   Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
  23 .1*   Consent of J.H. Cohn LLP.
  24 .1*   Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this report).
  31 .1*   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
  31 .2*   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
  32 .1*   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
  32 .2*   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
Filed herewith
 
(1) Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q filed August 21, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(2) Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed October 19, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(3) Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-122303) and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(4) Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-122303) and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(5) Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 30, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(6) Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(7) Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed March 29, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(8) Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed April 17, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(9) Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed January 24, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(10) Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed February 23, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(11) Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed May 10, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(12) Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed March 20, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
GLOBAL TELECOM & TECHNOLOGY, INC.
 
  By: 
/s/  Richard D. Calder, Jr
Richard D. Calder, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
Date: March 26, 2008
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Richard D. Calder, Jr. and Kevin J. Welch, jointly and severally, his attorney-in-fact, each with the full power of substitution, for such person, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might do or could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed on or before March 26, 2008 by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated.
 
             
Signature
 
Title
   
 
         
/s/  Richard D. Calder, Jr.

Richard D. Calder, Jr.
  President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
   
         
/s/  Kevin J. Welch

Kevin J. Welch
  Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
   
         
/s/  H. Brian Thompson

H. Brian Thompson
  Chairman of the Board and Executive
Chairman
   
         
/s/  S. Joseph Bruno

S. Joseph Bruno
  Director    
         
/s/  Didier Delepine

Didier Delepine
  Director    
         
/s/  Rhodric C. Hackman

Rhodric C. Hackman
  Director    
         
/s/  Howard Janzen

Howard Janzen
  Director    


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Signature
 
Title
   
 
         
/s/  D. Michael Keenan

D. Michael Keenan
  Director    
         
/s/  Morgan E. O’Brien

Morgan E. O’Brien
  Director    
         
/s/  Sudhakar Shenoy

Sudhakar Shenoy
  Director    
         
/s/  Theodore B. Smith, III

Theodore B. Smith, III
  Director    


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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
         
Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
       
    F-2  
    F-3  
    F-4  
    F-5  
    F-6  
    F-7  
GTT — EMEA Limited and Subsidiaries (formerly European Telecommunications & Technology Limited)
       
    F-28  
    F-29  
    F-30  
    F-31  
    F-32  
    F-33  
Global Internetworking, Inc.
       
    F-41  
    F-42  
    F-43  
    F-44  
    F-45  


F-1


 

 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Global Telecom & Technology, Inc. (formerly Mercator Partners Acquisition Corp.) and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years then ended. 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 financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Global Telecom & Technology, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
As discussed in Note 2, the Company changed its method of accounting for registration payment arrangements upon adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position on Emerging Issue Task Force No. 00-19-2, Accounting for Registration Payment Arrangements.
 
/s/  J.H. Cohn LLP
 
Jericho, New York
March 26, 2008


F-2


 

 
Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets
 
                 
    December 31,
    December 31,
 
    2007     2006  
 
ASSETS
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 3,333,329     $ 3,779,027  
Designated cash
          10,287,180  
Accounts receivable, net
    6,236,055       7,687,544  
Income tax refund
          417,110  
Deferred contract costs
    1,181,130       591,700  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    977,585       970,821  
                 
Total current assets
    11,728,099       23,733,382  
Property and equipment, net
    841,460       890,263  
Other assets
    797,560       1,075,063  
Intangible assets, net
    8,801,024       11,117,721  
Goodwill
    60,920,162       61,458,599  
                 
Total assets
  $ 83,088,305     $ 98,275,028  
                 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
  $ 10,004,095     $ 13,892,664  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    6,110,362       2,970,123  
Notes payable
          6,519,167  
Common stock, subject to possible conversion to cash
          11,311,658  
Unearned and deferred revenue
    3,204,785       2,930,639  
Derivative liabilities
          8,435,050  
                 
Total current liabilities
    19,319,242       46,059,301  
Long-term obligations, less current maturities
    8,795,713       4,000,000  
Long-term deferred revenue
    312,219       190,778  
Deferred tax liability, net
    1,227,225       4,231,762  
                 
Total liabilities
    29,654,399       54,481,841  
                 
Commitments and contingencies
               
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Preferred stock, par value $.0001 per share, 5,000 shares authorized, no shares issued
           
Common stock, par value $.0001 per share, 80,000,000 shares authorized, 14,479,678 and 11,011,932 shares issued and outstanding (in 2006 excluding 2,114,942 shares subject to possible to cash conversion)
    1,448       1,101  
Additional paid-in capital
    56,771,044       44,049,553  
Accumulated deficit
    (3,579,412 )     (478,220 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    240,826       220,753  
                 
Total stockholders’ equity
    53,433,906       43,793,187  
                 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 83,088,305     $ 98,275,028  
                 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations
 
                 
    Year Ended
    Year Ended
 
    December 31, 2007     December 31, 2006  
 
Revenue:
               
Telecommunications services sold
  $ 57,617,651     $ 10,470,502  
                 
Operating expenses:
               
Cost of telecommunications services provided
    40,179,917       7,784,193  
Selling, general and administrative expense
    18,143,550       3,981,423  
Employee termination cost and non-recurring items
    3,154,950        
Depreciation and amortization
    2,736,503       521,854  
                 
Total operating expenses
    64,214,920       12,287,470  
                 
Operating loss
    (6,597,269 )     (1,816,968 )
Other income (expense):
               
Interest income (expense), net
    (606,771 )     2,108,716  
Other income (expense), net
    613,875       (17,591 )
Loss on derivative financial instruments
          (1,927,350 )
                 
Total other income
    7,104       163,775  
                 
Loss before income taxes
    (6,590,165 )     (1,653,193 )
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes
    (2,338,373 )     194,088  
                 
Net loss
  $ (4,251,792 )   $ (1,847,281 )
                 
Net loss per share — basic and diluted
  $ (0.35 )   $ (0.15 )
                 
Weighted average shares — basic and diluted
    12,246,356       12,008,854  
                 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.


F-4


 

 
Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity
 
                                                                 
                                        Accumulated
       
                Common Stock,
    Additional
    Retained
    Other
       
    Common Stock     Class B     Paid-In
    Earnings
    Comprehensive
       
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Capital     (Accumulated Deficit)     Income     Total  
 
Balance, December 31, 2005
    1,150,100       115       8,465,058       847       37,087,542       1,369,061       5,567       38,463,132  
Allocation of value to Class B shares subject to possible conversion to cash
                            (385,636 )                 (385,636 )
Conversion of Class B common shares to common stock (excluding 2,114,942 shares subject to cash conversion)
    8,465,058       847       (8,465,058 )     (847 )                        
Value of common shares and warrants issued in connection with acquisition
    1,300,000       130                   7,198,557                   7,198,687  
Share-based compensation for options issued to employees
                            7,680                   7,680  
Share-based compensation for restricted stock issued
    96,774       9                   66,397                   66,406  
Share-based compensation for restricted stock awarded
                            75,013                   75,013  
Comprehensive loss
                                                               
Net loss
                                  (1,847,281 )           (1,847,281 )
Change in unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities
                                        (5,567 )     (5,567 )
Change in accumulated foreign currency gain on translation
                                        220,753       220,753  
                                                                 
Comprehensive loss
                                                            (1,632,095 )
                                                                 
Balance, December 31, 2006
    11,011,932     $ 1,101     $     $     $ 44,049,553     $ (478,220 )   $ 220,753     $ 43,793,187  
                                                                 
Conversion of Class B common shares to common stock (excluding 2,114,942 shares subject to cash conversion)
    217,749       22                   (22 )                  
Redemption of former class B common shares
                            1,161,476                   1,161,476  
Reclassification of amounts previously allocated to derivative liabilities upon change in accounting
                            7,284,450                   7,284,450  
Adjustment to derivative liabilities, cumulative-effect change in accounting adjustment
                                  1,150,600             1,150,600  
Share-based compensation for options issued to employees
                            132,509                   132,509  
Share-based compensation for restricted stock issued
    695,403       70                   1,093,243                   1,093,313  
Share-based compensation for restricted stock awarded
                            142,200                   142,200  
Conversion of April 2008 Notes in conjunction with debt restructuring
    2,570,144       257                   2,929,706                   2,929,963  
Shares retired
    (15,550 )     (2 )                 (22,071 )                 (22,073 )
Comprehensive loss
                                                               
Net loss
                                  (4,251,792 )           (4,251,792 )
Change in accumulated foreign currency gain on translation
                                        20,073       20,073  
                                                                 
Comprehensive loss
                                                            (4,231,719 )
                                                                 
Balance, December 31, 2007
    14,479,678     $ 1,448           $     $ 56,771,044     $ (3,579,412 )   $ 240,826     $ 53,433,906  
                                                                 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
 
                 
    Year Ended
    Year Ended
 
    December 31, 2007     December 31, 2006  
 
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
               
Net loss
  $ (4,251,792 )   $ (1,847,281 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
               
Depreciation and amortization
    2,736,503       521,854  
Change in value of derivative liabilities
          1,927,350  
Shared-based compensation to employees
    1,368,022       149,099  
Amortization of discount on U.S. Government securities held in trust
          (1,926,831 )
Deferred income taxes
    (2,338,373 )      
Gain on early extinguishment of notes
    (600,201 )      
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable, net
    2,229,254       1,952,678  
Deferred contract cost, prepaid expenses, income tax refund receivable and other current assets
    (376,577 )     302,406  
Other assets
    (152,604 )     187,887  
Accounts payable
    (2,071,208 )     999,138  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    1,618,529       688,278  
Deferred revenue
    274,624       (2,779,333 )
                 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
    (1,563,823 )     175,245  
                 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
               
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
          (44,370,105 )
Decrease (increase) of designated cash
    10,149,180       (10,149,180 )
Redemption of certificates of deposit
    137,999        
Purchases of property and equipment
    (358,697 )     (50,564 )
Purchases of U.S. Government Securities held in Trust Fund
          (166,038,591 )
Maturities of U.S. Government Securities held in Trust Fund
          222,741,468  
                 
Net cash provided by investing activities
    9,928,482       2,133,028  
                 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
               
Net use of designated cash for redemption of former Class B common stock
    (10,149,180 )      
Proceeds from additional notes payable
    1,925,000        
Payments to eliminate note payable
    (602,500 )      
                 
Net cash used in financing activities
    (8,826,680 )      
                 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
    16,323       87,550  
                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (445,698 )     2,395,823  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    3,779,027       1,383,204  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
  $ 3,333,329     $ 3,779,027  
                 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
               
Cash received from income tax refund
  $ 335,019          
Cash paid for interest expense
  $ 40,494     $ 12,477  
Cash paid for income taxes
  $ 181,080     $  
Noncash investing and financing activities:
               
Deferred tax liability related to acquisitions of GII and ETT
          $ 4,231,762  
Stock and warrants issued in connection with Acquisition of GII
          $ 7,198,687  
Debt issued for Acquisition of ETT
          $ 4,666,667  
Debt issued for Acquisition of GII
          $ 5,250,000  
Other notes payable
          $ 602,500  
Debt restructure activities:
               
Extinguishment of April 2008 notes payable
  $ (5,916,667 )        
Conversion to common stock
  $ 257          
Conversion to common stock, additional paid-in capital
  $ 2,929,706          
Issuance of convertible notes payable due December 2010
  $ 2,870,713          
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
 
NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT’S PLANS
 
Organization and Business
 
Global Telecom & Technology, Inc., (“GTT”) serves as the holding company for two operating subsidiaries, Global Telecom & Technology Americas, Inc. (“GTTA”) and GTT — EMEA Ltd. (“GTTE”) and their respective subsidiaries (collectively, hereinafter, the “Company”).
 
The Company provides facilities-neutral, high-capacity communications network solutions, dedicated managed data networks and other value-added telecommunications services to over 300 domestic and multinational customers in over 70 countries.
 
GTT is a Delaware corporation formerly known as Mercator Acquisition Partners Corp. (“Mercator”), which was incorporated on January 3, 2005 for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or another similar business combination with what was, at the time, an unidentified operating business or businesses (“Business Combination”). Mercator was a “shell company” as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act. On April 11, 2005, Mercator effected an initial public offering of its securities (the “Offering”) which closed on April 15, 2005.
 
GTTA is a Virginia corporation, incorporated in 1998, formerly known as Global Internetworking, Inc. (“GII”). GTTE is a UK limited company, incorporated in 1998, formerly known as European Telecommunications and Technology, Ltd. (“ETT”).
 
On October 15, 2006, GTT acquired all of the outstanding shares of common stock of GII and outstanding voting stock of ETT (collectively the “Acquisitions”) in exchange for cash, stock, warrants and notes. Immediately thereafter, Mercator changed its name to GTT. Subsequently, GII changed its name to Global Telecom & Technology Americas, Inc., and ETT changed its name to GTT — EMEA Ltd.
 
Basis of Presentation
 
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. As shown in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company had a working capital deficit of approximately $7.6 million at December 31, 2007.
 
Historically, the combined operations of the acquired companies have not been cash flow positive. However, cash flows of the Company are expected to improve through cost reductions following the combination of the two companies and additional growth in revenue and gross margin. Net cash used by operations for the Company in 2007 was approximately $1.6 million.
 
As a multi-network operator (or MNO), the Company typically has very low levels of capital expenditures, especially when compared to infrastructure-owning traditional telecommunications competitors. Additionally, the Company’s cost structure is somewhat variable and provides management an ability to manage costs as appropriate. The Company’s capital expenditures are predominantly related to the maintenance of computer facilities and office fixtures and furnishings, and are very low as a proportion of revenue. However, from time to time the Company may require capital investment as part of an executed service contract that would typically consist of significant multi-year commitments from the customer.
 
Management monitors cash flow and liquidity requirements. Based on the Company’s cash and cash equivalents and analysis of the anticipated working capital requirements, management believes the Company has sufficient liquidity to fund the business and meet its contractual obligations for the foreseeable future. The Company’s current planned cash requirements for 2008 are based upon certain assumptions, including its ability to manage expenses and maintain and grow revenue via sales to new and existing customers. The Company expects to incur expenses, including provider fees, employee compensation and consulting fees, professional fees, sales and


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
marketing, insurance and interest expense. Should the expected cash flows not be available, management believes it would have the ability to revise its operating plan and make reductions in expenses.
 
Although the Company believes that cash currently on hand and expected cash flows from future operations are sufficient to fund operations, the Company may seek to raise additional capital as necessary to meet certain capital and liquidity requirements in the future. Due to the dynamic nature of the industry and unforeseen circumstances, if the Company were unable to fully fund cash requirements through operations and current cash on hand, the Company might need to obtain additional financing through a combination of equity and debt financings and/or renegotiation of terms on the existing debt. If any such activities were to become necessary, there can be no assurance that the Company would be successful in completing any of these activities on terms that would be favorable to the Company, if at all.
 
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
Basis of Presentation of Consolidated Financial Statements and Use of Estimates
 
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, GTTA, GTTE, and GTTA’s and GTTE’s respective operating subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
GTTA’s subsidiaries:
 
GTT Global Telecom, LLC (US)
 
GTT Global Telecom Government Services, LLC (US)
 
Global Internetworking of Virginia, Inc. (US)
 
GTTE’s subsidiaries:
 
  Global Telecom & Technology SARL (France) (Formerly “European Telecommunications & Technology SARL)
 
European Telecommunications & Technology Inc. (US)
 
  Global Telecom & Technology Deutschland GmbH (Germmany) (Formerly “ETT European Telecommunications & Technology Deutschland GmbH”)
 
ETT (European Telecommunications & Technology) Private Limited (India)
 
European Telecommunications & Technology (S) Pte Limited (Singapore)
 
ETT Network Services Limited, (UK)
 
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant accounting estimates to be made by management include or will include allowances for doubtful accounts, impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets, estimated reserves and other allowances, and expected volatility of common stock. Because of the uncertainty inherent in such estimates, actual results may differ from these estimates.
 
Change in Accounting Principle for Registration Payment Arrangements
 
In December 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Staff Position on Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) No. 00-19-2, Accounting for Registration Payment Arrangements


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
(“FSP EITF 00-19-2”). FSP EITF 00-19-2 provides that the contingent obligation to make future payments or otherwise transfer consideration under a registration payment arrangement should be separately recognized and measured in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies, which provides that loss contingencies should be recognized as liabilities if they are probable and reasonably estimable. Subsequent to the adoption of FSP EITF 00-19-2, any changes in the carrying amount of the contingent liability will result in a gain or loss that will be recognized in the consolidated statement of operations in the period the changes occur. The guidance in FSP EITF 00-19-2 is effective immediately for registration payment arrangements and the financial instruments subject to those arrangements that are entered into or modified subsequent to the date of issuance of FSP EITF 00-19-2. For registration payment arrangements and financial instruments subject to those arrangements that were entered into prior to the issuance of FSP EITF 00-19-2, this guidance is effective for our consolidated financial statements issued for the year beginning January 1, 2007, and interim periods within that year.
 
On January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions of FSP EITF 00-19-2 to account for the registration payment arrangement associated with the Company’s 8,165,000 Class W warrants and 8,165,000 Class Z warrants to purchase Common Stock included in the Series A Units and Series B Units sold in the Offering and the Underwriters’ Purchase Options (the “UPO”) to purchase up to 25,000 Series A Units and/or up to 230,000 Series B Units (collectively, the “Registration Payment Arrangement”). As of January 1, 2007, management determined that it was not probable that the Company would have any payment obligation under the Registration Payment Arrangement; therefore, no accrual for contingent obligation is required under the provisions of FSP EITF 00-19-2. Accordingly, the warrant liability account was eliminated. The amount originally allocated to the derivative liability of $7,284,450 was reclassified to additional paid-in-capital and the amount representing the cumulative revalulation of such derivative liability through the adoption of FSP EITF 00-19-2, $1,150,600, was recorded as a cumulative-effect change in accounting principle against opening retained earnings.
 
The following financial statement line items for the period ended were affected by the change in accounting principle:
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations
 
                         
    As Computed Under
    As Computed Under
       
    EITF 00-19     FSP EITF 00-19-2     Effect of Change  
 
Twelve months ended December 31, 2007
                       
Loss from operations
  $ (6,597,269 )   $ (6,597,269 )   $  
Gain on fair value of warrants
    4,386,600             (4,386,600 )
Net gain (loss)
    134,808       (4,251,792 )     (4,386,600 )
Net gain (loss) per share:
                       
Basic and diluted
  $ 0.01     $ (0.35 )   $ (0.36 )
 
Consolidated Balance Sheet
 
                         
    As Computed Under
    As Computed Under
       
    EITF 00-19     FSP EITF 00-19-2     Effect of Change  
 
As of December 31, 2007
                       
Warrant liability
  $ 4,048,450     $     $ (4,048,450 )
Total liabilities
    33,702,849       29,654,399       (4,048,450 )
Additional paid-in capital
    49,486,594       56,771,044       7,284,450  
Total stockholders’ equity
  $ 49,385,456     $ 53,433,906     $ 4,048,450  


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
Revenue Recognition
 
Network Services and Support. The Company’s services are provided pursuant to contracts that typically provide for payments of recurring charges on a monthly basis for use of the over a committed term. Each service contract has a fixed monthly cost and a fixed term, in addition to a fixed installation charge (if applicable). At the end of the initial term of most service contracts the contracts roll forward on a month-to-month or other periodic basis and continue to bill at the same fixed recurring rate. If any cancellation or termination charges become due from the customer as a result of early cancellation or termination of a service contract, those amounts are calculated pursuant to a formula specified in each contract. Recurring costs relating to supply contracts are recognized ratably over the term of the contract.
 
Non-recurring fees, Deferred Revenue. Non-recurring fees for data connectivity typically take the form of one-time, non-refundable provisioning fees established pursuant to service contracts. The amount of the provisioning fee included in each contract is generally determined by marking up or passing through the corresponding charge from the Company’s supplier, imposed pursuant to the Company’s purchase agreement. Non-recurring revenues earned for providing provisioning services in connection with the delivery of recurring communications services are recognized ratably over the term of the recurring service starting upon commencement of the service contract term. Fees recorded or billed from these provisioning services are initially recorded as deferred revenue then recognized ratably over the term of the recurring service. Installation costs related to provisioning incurred by the Company from independent third party suppliers, directly attributable and necessary to fulfill a particular service contract, and which costs would not have been incurred but for the occurrence of that service contract, are recorded as deferred contract costs and expensed proportionally over the term of service in the same manner as the deferred revenue arising from that contract.
 
Other Revenue. From time to time, the Company recognizes revenue in the form of fixed or determinable cancellation (pre-installation) or termination (post-installation) charges imposed pursuant to the service contract. These revenues are earned when a customer cancels or terminates a service agreement prior to the end of its committed term. These revenues are recognized when billed if collectibility is reasonably assured. In addition, the Company from time to time sells equipment in connection with data networking applications. The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of equipment at the contracted selling price when title to the equipment passes to the customer (generally F.O.B. origin) and when collectibility is reasonably assured.
 
Translation of Foreign Currencies
 
These consolidated financial statements have been reported in US Dollars by translating asset and liability amounts at the closing exchange rate, equity amounts at historical rates, and the results of operations and cash flow at the average exchange rate prevailing during the periods reported.
 
A summary of exchange rates used is as follows:
 
                                 
    US Dollars/
   
    British Pounds
  US Dollars/
    Sterling   Euro
    2007   2006   2007   2006
 
Closing exchange rate at December 31,
    1.99731       1.95913       1.47178       1.31914  
Average exchange rate during the period
    2.00181       1.84358       1.36917       1.25640  
 
Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the time of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rate of exchange prevailing at the balance sheet date. Exchange differences arising upon settlement of a transaction are reported in the consolidated statement of operations.


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
 
Accounts receivable balances are stated at amounts due from the customer net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. Credit extended is based on an evaluation of the customer’s financial condition and is granted to qualified customers on an unsecured basis.
 
The Company, pursuant to its standard service contracts, is entitled to impose a finance charge of a certain percentage per month with respect to all amounts that are past due. The Company’s standard terms require payment within 30 days of the date of the invoice. The Company treats invoices as past due when they remain unpaid, in whole or in part, beyond the payment time set forth in the applicable service contract. At such time as an invoice becomes past due, the Company applies the finance charge as stated in the applicable service contract.
 
The Company determines its allowance for doubtful accounts by considering a number of factors, including the length of time trade receivables are past due, the customer’s current ability to pay its obligation to the Company, and the condition of the general economy and the industry as a whole. Specific reserves are also established on a case-by-case basis by management. The Company writes off accounts receivable when they become uncollectible. Credit losses have historically been within management’s expectations. Actual bad debts, when determined, reduce the allowance, the adequacy of which management then reassesses. The Company writes off accounts after a determination by management that the amounts at issue are no longer likely to be collected, following the exercise of reasonable collection efforts, and upon management’s determination that the costs of pursuing collection outweigh the likelihood of recovery. As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, the total allowance for doubtful accounts was $217,285 and $127,634, respectively.
 
Other Comprehensive Income
 
In addition to net income, comprehensive income (loss) includes charges or credits to equity occurring other than as a result of transactions with stockholders. For the Company this consists of foreign currency translation adjustments and marked to market adjustments on available for sale securities.
 
Share-Based Compensation
 
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment, (“SFAS 123(R)”) requires the Company to measure and recognize compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to employees, directors and consultants based on estimated fair values. In March 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 (“SAB 107”). The Company has applied the provisions of SAB 107 in its adoption of SFAS 123(R).
 
There were no share-based compensation awards granted prior to October 16, 2006. Share-based compensation expense recognized under SFAS 123(R) for the year ended December 31, 2007 was $1,368,022, which consisted of $132,509 of share-based compensation expense related to stock option grants and $1,235,513 in restricted stock awards, of which $923,867 is included in restructuring charges and $444,155 is included in selling general and administrative expense on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. See Note 8 for additional information.
 
SFAS 123(R) requires companies to estimate the fair value of share-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.
 
Stock-based compensation expense recognized in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2007 included compensation expense for share-based payment awards based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123(R). The Company follows the straight-line single option method of attributing the value of stock-based compensation to expense. As stock-based compensation expense recognized in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2007 is


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
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.
 
The Company used the Black-Scholes option-pricing model (“Black-Scholes model”) as its method of valuation for share-based awards granted. The Company’s determination of fair value of share-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model is affected by the Company’s stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables. These variables include, but are not limited to, the Company’s expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards and the expected term of the awards.
 
The Company accounts for non-employee stock-based compensation expense in accordance with EITF Issue No. 96-18, Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Goods or Services (“EITF 96-18”). The Company had issued two non-employee grants totaling 21,000 share options as of December 31, 2007, the expense for which is included in selling, general and administrative expense on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
Included in cash and cash equivalents are deposits with financial institutions as well as short-term money market instruments, certificates of deposit and debt instruments with maturities of three months or less when purchased.
 
Investments
 
Consistent with SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities, the Company classifies all debt securities that have readily determinable fair values as available-for-sale, as the sale of such securities may be required prior to maturity to implement management strategies. Such securities are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains or losses excluded from earnings and included in other comprehensive income, net of applicable taxes. Discounts from the face value of restricted investments are amortized using the interest method over the period from the date of purchase to maturity and are included in interest income on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
 
Accounting for Derivative Instruments
 
The Company accounts for derivative instruments in accordance with SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended (“SFAS 133”), which establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments and hedging activities, including certain derivative instruments imbedded in other financial instruments or contracts. The Company also considers the EITF 00-19, Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock, which provides criteria for determining whether freestanding contracts that are settled in a company’s own stock, including common stock warrants, should be designated as either an equity instrument, an asset or as a liability under SFAS 133. The Company evaluates the conversion feature embedded in its convertible notes payable at each reporting period based on the criteria of SFAS 133 to determine whether the conversion feature would be required to be bifurcated from the convertible notes and accounted for separately as derivative liabilities. Based on management’s evaluation, the embedded conversion feature did not require bifurcation and derivative accounting as of December 31, 2007.
 
Taxes
 
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. Under SFAS No. 109, deferred tax assets are recognized for future deductible temporary differences and for tax net operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards, and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for temporary differences


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
that will result in taxable amounts in future years. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the periods in which the deferred tax asset or liability is expected to be realized or settled. A valuation allowance is provided to offset the net deferred tax asset if, based upon the available evidence, management determines that it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.
 
In June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting For Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The adoption of FIN 48 on January 1, 2007 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
 
The Company may from time to time be assessed interest and/or penalties by taxing jurisdictions, although any such assessments historically have been minimal and immaterial to its financial results. In the event the Company has received an assessment for interest and/or penalties, it has been classified in the statements of operations as other general and administrative costs.
 
The Company is liable in certain cases for collecting regulatory fees and/or certain sales taxes from its customers and remitting the fees and taxes to the applicable governing authorities. The Company records taxes applicable under EITF No. 06-3, How Taxes Collected from Customers and Remitted to Governmental Authorities Should Be Presented in the Income Statement (That Is, Gross versus Net Presentation), on a net basis.
 
Net Income (Loss) Per Share
 
Basic income (loss) per share is computed by dividing income (loss) available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share reflect, in periods with earnings and in which they have a dilutive effect, the effect of common shares issuable upon exercise of stock options and warrants. Diluted loss per share for the years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 excludes potentially issuable common shares of 28,227,056 and 25,777,500, respectively, primarily related to the Company’s outstanding stock options, warrants and convertible notes, because of the losses reported for 2007 and 2006, and because the assumed issuance of such potential common shares is antidilutive as the exercise prices of such securities are greater than the average closing price of the Company’s common stock during the periods.
 
Software Capitalization
 
Internal Use Software — The Company has adopted Statement of Position 98-1, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use. This Statement requires that certain costs incurred in purchasing or developing software for internal use be capitalized as internal use software development costs and included in fixed assets. Amortization of the software begins when the software is ready for its intended use.
 
Property and Equipment
 
Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation computed using the straight-line method. Depreciation on these assets is computed over the estimated useful lives of the assets ranging from three to


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
seven years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the term of the lease, excluding optional extensions. Depreciable lives used by the Company for its classes of assets are as follows:
 
         
Furniture and Fixtures
    7 years  
Telecommunication Equipment
    5 years  
Leasehold Improvements
    up to 10 years  
Computer Hardware and Software
    3-5 years  
Internal Use Software
    3 years  
 
Goodwill
 
Under SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations, goodwill represents the excess of cost (purchase price) over the fair value of net assets acquired. Acquired intangibles are recorded at fair value as of the date acquired using the purchase method. Under SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, goodwill and other intangibles determined to have an indefinite life are not amortized, but are tested for impairment at least annually or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the assets might be impaired.
 
Goodwill represents the Company’s allocation of the purchase price to acquire GTTA and GTTE in excess of the fair value of the assets acquired at the date of the acquisitions. The allocation of purchase price, to reflect the values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, was based upon management’s evaluation and certain third-party appraisals.
 
The goodwill impairment test is a two-step process, which requires management to make judgments in determining what assumptions to use in the calculation. The first step of the process consists of estimating the fair value of the Company and comparing with the carrying value, which includes goodwill. If the estimated fair value were less than the carrying value, a second step would be performed to compute the amount of the impairment by determining an “implied fair value” of goodwill. Determination “implied fair value” of goodwill would require the Company to allocate the estimated fair value of the Company to its assets and liabilities. Any unallocated fair value would represent the “implied fair value” of goodwill, which would be compared to the corresponding carrying value.
 
Under SFAS No. 142, the Company performs its annual goodwill impairment testing in the third quarter of each year, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that goodwill may be impaired. The Company tested its goodwill during the third quarter of 2007 and concluded that no impairment existed under SFAS No. 142.
 
Application of the goodwill impairment test requires significant judgments including estimation of future cash flows, which is dependent on internal forecasts, estimation of the long-term rate of growth for the Company, the useful life over which cash flows will occur, and determination of the Company’s cost of capital. Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value and/or conclusions on goodwill impairment.
 
Intangibles
 
Intangible assets are accounted for under the provisions of SFAS No. 142. Intangible assets arose from business combinations and consist of customer contracts and relationships and restrictive covenants related to employment agreements that are amortized, on a straight-line basis, over periods of up to five years. Intangible assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
 
In accordance with SFAS No. 144, Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, the Company reviews long-lived assets to be held-and-used for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future undiscounted cash flows the asset is considered to be impaired. Impairment losses are measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.
 
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
 
The fair values of the Company’s assets and liabilities that qualify as financial instruments under SFAS No. 107 including cash and cash equivalents, designated cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses, and common stock subject to possible conversion to cash, are carried at cost, which approximates fair value due to the short-term maturity of these instruments. Investments and derivatives liabilities are stated at fair value. Long-term obligations approximate fair value, given management’s evaluation of the instruments’ current rates compared to market rates of interest and other factors.
 
Accrued Carrier Expenses
 
The Company accrues estimated charges owed to its suppliers for services. The Company bases this accrual on the supplier contract, the individual service order executed with the supplier for that service, the length of time the service has been active, and the overall supplier relationship. It is common in the telecommunications industry for users and suppliers to engage in disputes over amounts billed (or not billed) in error or over interpretation of contract terms. The accrued carrier cost reflected in the consolidated financial statements includes disputed but unresolved amounts claimed as due by suppliers, unless management is confident, based upon its experience and its review of the relevant facts and contract terms, that the outcome of the dispute will not result in liability for the Company. Management estimates this liability monthly, and reconciles the estimates with actual results quarterly as the liabilities are paid, as disputes are resolved, or as the appropriate statute of limitations with respect to a given dispute expires.
 
As of December 31, 2007, open disputes totaled approximately $550,000. Based upon its experience with each vendor and similar disputes in the past, and based upon management review of the facts and contract terms applicable to each dispute, management has determined that the most likely outcome is that the Company will be liable for approximately $150,000 in connection with these disputes, for which accruals are included on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2007.
 
Segment Reporting
 
Immediately following the Acquisitions, the Company operated under two reportable segments as the chief operating decision maker reviewed operating results and made decisions on a regional basis. During the first six months of 2007, the Company completed a restructuring initiative that included the centralization of all financial, selling and operational functions of the Company. As a result of the restructuring, the Company now operates in one business segment providing global telecommunications services, and is no longer organized by market. A single management team reports to the chief operating decision maker who comprehensively manages the business. The Company does not operate any material separate lines of business or separate business entities with respect to its services. Accordingly, the Company no longer accumulates discrete financial information with respect to separate service lines and, effective June 30, 2007, does not have separately reportable segments as defined by SFAS No. 131, Disclosure About Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information (SFAS No. 131). Financial results reflect those of the entire Company and the comparable reporting segment for prior periods reflects the total Company reported results for those periods.


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combination (“SFAS No. 141(R)”),which replaces SFAS No. 141, and issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements (“SFAS No. 160”), an amendment of ARB No. 51. These two new standards will change the accounting for and the reporting for business combination transactions and noncontrolling (minority) interests in the consolidated financial statements, respectively. SFAS No. 141(R) will change how business acquisitions are accounted for and will impact financial statements both on the acquisition date and in subsequent periods. SFAS No. 160 will change the accounting and reporting for minority interests, which will be re-characterized as noncontrolling interests and classified as a component of equity. These two standards will be effective for the Company for consolidated financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2008. Early adoption is prohibited. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of SFAS No. 141(R) and SFAS No. 160 on its consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
 
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities — Including an Amendment of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115 (“SFAS No. 159”). SFAS No. 159 permits companies to choose to measure, on an instrument-by-instrument basis, financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option is elected will be recognized in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. SFAS No. 159 is effective for the Company as of January 1, 2008. The Company is in the process of determining the effect of the adoption of SFAS No. 159 on its consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
 
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, (“SFAS No. 157”) which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 does not require any new fair value measurements but rather eliminates inconsistencies in guidance found in various prior accounting pronouncements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is in the process of determining the effect of the adoption of SFAS No. 157 on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
 
In June 2006, The FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting For Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting For Income Taxes, and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. On January 1, 2007, the Company adopted FIN 48. The Company recognizes interest, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties, if any, in selling, general and administrative expenses.
 
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements or the Company’s future results of operations.


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
NOTE 3 — INTANGIBLE ASSETS
 
The following table summarizes the Company’s intangible assets as of December 31, 2007 and 2006:
 
                                                         
          December 31, 2007     December 31, 2006  
    Amortization
    Gross Asset
    Accumulated
    Net Book
    Gross Asset
    Accumulated
    Net Book
 
    Period     Cost     Amortization     Value     Cost     Amortization     Value  
 
Customer contracts
    5 years     $ 300,000     $ 72,658     $ 227,342     $ 300,000     $ 12,658     $ 287,342  
Carrier contracts
    1 year       151,000       151,000             151,000       31,854       119,146  
Noncompete agreements
    5 years       4,500,000       1,384,558       3,115,442       4,500,000       189,863       4,310,137  
Software
    7 years       6,600,000       1,141,760       5,458,240       6,600,000       198,904       6,401,096  
                                                         
            $ 11,551,000     $ 2,749,976     $ 8,801,024     $ 11,551,000     $ 433,279     $ 11,117,721  
                                                         
 
Amortization expense was $2,316,697 and $433,279 for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
 
Estimated amortization expense related to intangible assets subject to amortization at December 31, 2007 for each of the years in the five-year period ending December 31, 2012 and thereafter is as follows:
 
         
2008
  $ 2,295,783  
2009
    2,109,757  
2010
    1,402,857  
2011
    1,305,816  
2012
    942,857  
Thereafter
    743,954  
         
Total
  $ 8,801,024  
         
 
NOTE 4 — PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
 
The following table summarizes the Company’s property and equipment as of December 31, 2007 and 2006:
 
                 
    2007     2006  
 
Furniture and fixtures
  $ 123,172     $ 113,580  
Computer hardware and telecommunications equipment
    947,688       657,761  
Computer software
    77,532       6,048  
Leasehold improvements
    201,449       201,449  
                 
Property and equipment, gross
    1,349,841       978,838  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (508,381 )     (88,575 )
                 
Property and equipment, net
  $ 841,460     $ 890,263  
                 
 
Depreciation expense associated with property and equipment was $419,806 and $88,575 for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
NOTE 5 — ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
 
The following table summarizes the Company’s accrued expenses and other current liabilities as of December 31, 2007 and 2006:
 
                 
    2007     2006  
 
Accrued compensation and benefits
  $ 824,625     $ 366,705  
Accrued professional fees
    147,726       122,790  
Accrued interest payable
    362,679       125,520  
Accrued taxes
    642,587       731,534  
Accrued carrier costs
    3,114,524       1,600,122  
Accrued employee termination cost and non-recurring items
    867,930        
Accrued other
    150,291       23,452  
                 
    $ 6,110,362     $ 2,970,123  
                 
 
NOTE 6 — INCOME TAXES
 
The components of the provisions for (benefit from) income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 are as follows:
 
                 
    2007     2006  
 
Current:
               
Federal
  $ 214,215     $ 132,517  
State
    26,737       61,571  
Foreign
           
                 
Subtotal
    240,952       194,088  
                 
Deferred:
               
Federal
    (2,055,953 )      
State
    (112,917 )      
Foreign
    (263,770 )      
                 
Subtotal
    (2,432,640 )      
                 
Change in Valuation Allowance
    (146,685 )      
                 
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes
  $ (2,338,373 )   $ 194,088  
                 
 
The provision for (benefit from) income taxes differs from the amount computed by applying the U.S. federal statutory income tax rates for federal, state and local to income before income taxes for the reasons set forth below for the years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006:
 
                 
    2007     2006  
 
US federal statutory income tax rate
    35.00 %     35.00 %
Permanent items
    (1.15 )%     (44.90 )%
State
    3.96 %     (2.46 )%
Foreign
    0.70 %        
Change in valuation allowance
    2.23 %        
Other items
    (5.20 )%     0.62 %
                 
Effective Tax Rate
    35.54 %     (11.74 )%
                 


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
The valuation allowance for deferred tax assets decreased approximately $670,000 for year ended December 31, 2007. Approximately $540,000 of the valuation allowance reduction related to realization of deferred tax assets that had been assigned full valuation allowances through purchase accounting in 2006. Accordingly, the related reduction in valuation allowance was recorded as an adjustment to goodwill. Other net valuation allowance adjustments of $130,000 relate to 2007 activity and were recognized through the 2007 benefit from income taxes.
 
As of December 31, 2007, the Company has net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $25.8 million for tax purposes, which will be available to offset future income. If not used, these carryforwards will expire between 2020 and 2027. Approximately $2.3 million of the Company’s U.S. NOL carryforward may be significantly limited under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”). NOL carryforwards are limited under Section 382 when there is a significant “ownership change” as defined in the IRC. During 2006, the Company experienced such ownership change.
 
Deferred income taxes reflect the net effects of net operating loss carryforwards and the temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows:
 
                 
    2007     2006  
 
Deferred tax assets:
               
Tax effect of operating loss carryforwards
  $ 7,836,950     $ 7,253,991  
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
    90,925       19,598  
Fixed Assets
    415,838       322,228  
Stock Compensation
    553,333        
Accrued Bonuses
    182,833        
Miscellaneous items
    134,389       115,007  
                 
Total deferred tax assets before valuation allowance
    9,214,268       7,710,824  
Less: Valuation Allowance
    (7,039,898 )     (7,710,824 )
                 
Total deferred tax assets
    2,174,370        
                 
Deferred tax liabilities:
               
Identified intangibles
    (3,292,206 )     (4,231,762 )
Tax Accounting Method Changes and other miscellaneous items
    (109,389 )      
                 
Total deferred tax liabilities
    (3,401,595 )     (4,231,762 )
                 
Net deferred tax liability
  $ (1,227,225 )   $ (4,231,762 )
                 
 
SFAS No. 109 provides for the recognition of deferred tax assets if realization of such assets is more likely than not. The Company believes that it is more likely than not that all of the deferred tax asset will be realized against future taxable income but does not have objective evidence to support this future assumption. Based upon the weight of available evidence, which includes the Company’s historical operating performance and the reported accumulated net losses to date, the Company has provided a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets, except to the extent that those assets are expected to be realized through continuing amortization of the Company’s deferred tax liability for intangible assets.
 
NOTE 7 — EMPLOYEE TERMINATION COSTS AND NON-RECURRING ITEMS
 
During 2007, the Company implemented various organizational restructuring plans to reduce its operating expenses, centralize management and decision making, and strengthen both its competitive and financial positions.


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
The restructuring plans reduced nonsales general and administrative functions that were determined to be redundant or not consistent with the Company’s growth strategy.
 
The restructuring charges and accruals established by the Company, and activities related thereto, are summarized as follows:
 
                                         
    Balance at
                         
    Beginning of
    Charges Net of
          Non-Cash
    Balance at
 
    Year     Reversals     Cash Uses     Uses     December 31, 2007  
 
Severance
  $     $ 2,137,706     $ 430,256     $ 923,867     $ 783,583  
Other
          88,779       4,432             84,347  
                                         
Total restructuring
  $     $ 2,226,485     $ 434,688     $ 923,867     $ 867,930  
                                         
 
Other components of the Company’s $3.2 million of employee termination cost and other non-recurring expenses include $0.2 million in expense related to an Acquisition adjustment and $0.7 million in costs related to the completion of the share conversion process, as further described in Note 11.
 
NOTE 8 — SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
 
Stock-Based Compensation Plan
 
The Company adopted its 2006 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan (the “Plan”) in October 2006. In addition to stock options, the Company may also grant restricted stock or other stock-based awards under the Plan. The maximum number of shares issuable over the term of the Plan is limited to 3,000,000 shares.
 
The Plan permits the granting of stock options and restricted stock to employees (including employee directors and officers) and consultants of the Company, and non-employee directors of the Company. Options granted under the Plan have an exercise price of at least 100% of the fair market value of the underlying stock on the grant date and expire no later than ten years from the grant date. The options generally vest over four years with 25% of the option shares becoming exercisable one year from the date of grant and the remaining 75% annually or quarterly over the following three years. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, as administrator of the Plan, has the discretion to use a different vesting schedule.
 
Stock Options
 
Due to the Company’s limited history as a public company, the Company has estimated expected volatility based on the historical volatility of certain comparable companies as determined by management. The risk-free interest rate assumption is based upon observed interest rates at the time of grant appropriate for the term of the Company’s employee stock options. The dividend yield assumption is based on the Company’s intent not to issue a dividend under its dividend policy. The Company uses the simplified method under Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, “Valuation of Share-Based Payment Arrangements for Public Companies”, to estimate the options’ expected term. Assumptions used in the calculation of the stock option expense were as follows:
 
             
    2007   2006
 
Volatility
    80.0% - 80.7%     80.5%
Risk free rate
    3.6% - 4.7%     4.7%
Term
    6.0 - 6.25     6.25
Dividend yield
    0.0%     0.0%
 
Stock-based compensation expense recognized in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2007 is based on awards ultimately expected to vest, 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. Forfeiture assumptions were based upon management’s estimate.


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
The fair value of each stock option grant to employees is estimated on the date of grant. The fair value of each stock option grant to non-employees is estimated on the applicable performance commitment date, performance completion date or interim financial reporting date.
 
During the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 the Company recognized compensation expense of $132,509 and $7,680, respectively, related to stock options issued to employees and consultants, which is included in selling, general and administrative expense on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
 
During the year ended December 31, 2007, 445,500 options were granted pursuant to the Plan. The following table summarizes information concerning options outstanding as of December 31, 2007:
 
                                         
                      Weighted
       
          Weighted
    Weighted
    Average
       
          Average
    Average
    Remaining
    Aggregate
 
          Exercise
    Fair
    Contractual
    Intrinsic
 
    Options     Price     Value     Life (Years)     Value  
 
Balance at December 31, 2006
    407,500     $ 3.10     $ 2.26       9.97     $ 154,850  
Granted
    445,500     $ 2.36     $ 1.32                  
Exercised
                                     
Forfeited
    (335,500 )   $ 2.98                          
                                         
Balance at December 31, 2007
    517,500     $ 2.55     $ 1.55       9.38     $  
                                         
Exercisable
    53,125     $ 3.10     $ 1.92       9.20     $  
                                         
 
Aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price and market value of the underlying common stock as of December 31, 2007. No stock options were “in-the-money” as of December 31, 2007; thus there is no intrinsic value of outstanding or exercisable stock options as of December 31, 2007. The range of exercise prices for stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2007 was between $1.30 and $3.30.
 
As of December 31, 2007, the unvested portion of share-based compensation expense attributable to stock options and the period in which such expense is expected to vest and be recognized is as follows:
 
         
    Expense  
 
Year ending December, 2008
  $ 204,694  
Year ending December, 2009
    200,150  
Year ending December, 2010
    197,636  
Year ending December, 2011
    58,432  
         
    $ 660,912  
         
 
Restricted Stock
 
The Company expenses restricted shares granted in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123(R). The fair value of the restricted shares issued is amortized on a straight-line basis over the vesting periods. During the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company recognized compensation expense related to restricted stock of $1,235,513 and $141,419, respectively. Of the $1,235,513 of compensation expense related to restricted stock for the year ended December 31, 2007, $923,867 is included in employee termination cost and non-recurring items and $311,646 is included in selling, general and administrative expense on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
The following table summarizes restricted stock activity during the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006:
 
                                 
    2007     2006  
          Weighted
          Weighted
 
          Average
          Average
 
          Fair
          Fair
 
    Shares     Value     Shares     Value  
 
Nonvested Balance at January 1,
    552,582     $ 3.47              
Granted
    252,500     $ 2.12       576,774     $ 3.46  
Forfeited
    (37,097 )   $ 3.39              
Vested
    (347,665 )   $ 3.51       (24,192 )   $ 3.10  
                                 
Nonvested Balance at December 31,
    420,320     $ 2.64       552,582     $ 3.47  
                                 
 
As of December 31, 2007, the unvested portion of share-based compensation expense attributable to restricted stock amounts to $1,026,967, which is expected to vest and be recognized during a weighted-average period of 2.95 years.
 
Defined Contribution Plan
 
The Company has a defined contribution retirement plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code that covers substantially all US based employees. Eligible employees may contribute amounts to the plan, via payroll withholding, subject to certain limitations. During 2007 Company matched 35% of employees’ contributions to the plan. The Company’s 401(k) expense was $54,394 in 2007 and $20,090 in 2006.
 
NOTE 9 — DEBT
 
During the year ended December 31, 2007, through a combination of payments, amendments and restructuring, the Company reduced its total debt obligations and extended maturities until December 31, 2010. These activities are illustrated then discussed in further detail below.
 
                                 
          Notes Payable to
    Notes Payable to
       
          former GII
    former ETT and
    Notes Payable to
 
    Total Debt     Shareholders     GII Shareholders     Other Investors  
 
Debt obligation as of December 31, 2006
  $ 10,519,167     $ 4,000,000     $ 5,916,667     $ 602,500  
Payment of Notes Payable
    (602,500 )                     (602,500 )
November 12, 2007 Debt Restructure:
                               
Conversion to new Notes and shares of Company common stock
    (5,916,667 )             (5,916,667 )        
Issuance of Convertible Notes Payable due December 31, 2010 to former ETT and GII shareholders
    2,870,713               2,870,713          
Issuance of Convertible Notes Payable due December 31, 2010 to other investors
    1,925,000                       1,925,000  
                                 
Debt obligation as of December 31, 2007
  $ 8,795,713     $ 4,000,000     $ 2,870,713     $ 1,925,000  
                                 
 
On March 23, 2007, the Company and the holders of approximately $5.9 million in promissory notes previously due and payable by the Company on June 30, 2007 entered into agreements to amend the notes. As a result of these amendments, the maturity date of each of the notes was extended from June 30, 2007 to April 30, 2008. In addition, the per annum interest rate payable with respect to each note was modified as follows: (a) from October 15, 2006 through March 31, 2007 — 6%; (b) from April 1, 2007 through June 30, 2007 — 8%; (c) from July 1, 2007 through October 31, 2007 — 10%; (d) from November 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007 — 12%; (e) from January 1, 2008 through March 31, 2008 — 14%; and (f) from April 1, 2008 and thereafter — 16%.


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Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
On November 12, 2007, the Company and the holders of the approximately $5.9 million of promissory notes due on April 30, 2008 (the “April 2008 Notes”) entered into agreements to convert not less than 30% of the amounts due under the April 2008 Notes as of November 13, 2007 (including principal and accrued interest) into shares of the Company’s common stock, and to obtain 10% convertible unsecured subordinated promissory notes due on December 31, 2010 (the “December 2010 Notes”) for the remaining indebtedness then due under the April 2008 Notes. Pursuant to the conversion, a total of 2,570,144 shares of the Company’s common stock (with a quoted market price of $2,929,963) were issued for $3,528,987 of principal and accrued interest due under the April 2008 Notes as of November 13, 2007. All principal and accrued interest under the December 2010 Notes is payable on December 31, 2010.
 
On November 13, 2007, the Company sold an additional $1.9 million of December 2010 Notes to certain accredited investors.
 
In addition, on November 12, 2007, the holders of the $4.0 million of promissory notes due on December 29, 2008 agreed to amend those notes to extend the maturity date to December 31, 2010, subject to increasing the interest rate to 10% per annum, beginning January 1, 2009. Under the terms of the notes, as amended (the “Amended Notes”), 50% of all interest accrued during 2008 and 2009 is payable on each of December 31, 2008 and 2009, respectively, and all principal and remaining accrued interest is payable on December 31, 2010.
 
The holders of the December 2010 Notes can convert the principal due under the December 2010 Notes into shares of the Company’s common stock, at any time, at a price per share equal to $1.70. The Company has the right to require the holders of the December 2010 Notes to convert the principal amount due under the December 2010 Notes at any time after the closing price of the Company’s common stock shall be equal to or greater than $2.64 for 15 consecutive business days. The conversion provisions of the December 2010 Notes include protection against dilutive issuances of the Company’s common stock, subject to certain exceptions. The December 2010 Notes and the Amended Notes are subordinate to any future credit facility entered into by the Company, up to an amount of $4.0 million. The Company has agreed to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission the shares of Company’s common stock issued to the holders of the December 2010 Notes upon their conversion, subject to certain limitations.
 
As of December 31, 2007 the Company’s total debt obligation is $8,795, 713, which is due December 31, 2010, and accordingly classified as long term in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
 
Interest expense for 2007 and 2006 was $0.8 million and $0.1 million, respectively.
 
NOTE 10 — CONCENTRATIONS
 
Financial instruments potentially subjecting the Company to a significant concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and designated cash. At times during the periods presented, the Company had funds in excess of the $100,000 insured by the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on deposit at various financial institutions. However, management believes the Company is not exposed to significant credit risk due to the financial position of the depository institutions in which those deposits are held.
 
For the year ended December 31, 2007, one customer accounted for 11% of our total consolidated revenues, and 0% of our total consolidated accounts receivable as this customer’s account was fully paid as of year-end. Our four largest customers accounted for approximately 33% of revenues during this period, and no other customers exceeded 10% of revenues.
 
NOTE 11 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
 
Commitment — Leases
 
GTTA is required to provide its landlord with a letter of credit to provide protection from default under the lease for the Company’s headquarters. GTTA has provided the landlord with a letter of credit in the amount of $100,000 supported by hypothecation of a CD held by the underlying bank in the same amount.


F-23


 

 
Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
Office Space and Operating Leases
 
The Company has entered into certain non-cancelable operating lease agreements related to office space and vehicles. Total rent expense under operating leases was $1.2 million and $0.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Estimated annual commitments under non-cancelable operating leases are as follows at December 31, 2007:
 
                 
    Office Space     Other  
 
2008
  $ 980,194     $ 55,712  
2009
    421,907       28,257  
2010
    330,688       8,958  
2011
    311,218        
2012
    318,998        
Thereafter
    670,294        
                 
    $ 3,033,299     $ 92,927  
                 
 
Commitments-Supply agreements
 
As of December 31, 2007, the Company had supplier agreement purchase obligations of $34.6 million associated with the telecommunications services that the Company has contracted to purchase from its vendors. The Company’s contracts are such that the terms and conditions in the vendor and client customer contracts are substantially the same in terms of duration. The back-to-back nature of the Company’s contracts means that the largest component of its contractual obligations is generally mirrored by its customer’s commitment to purchase the services associated with those obligations.
 
“Take-or-Pay” Purchase Commitments
 
Some of the Company’s supplier purchase agreements call for the Company to make monthly payments to suppliers whether or not the Company is currently utilizing the underlying capacity in that particular month (commonly referred to in the industry as “take-or-pay” commitments). As of December 31, 2007, the Company’s aggregate monthly obligations under such take-or-pay commitments over the remaining term of all of those contracts totaled $240,000.
 
Service-by-Service Commitments — Early Termination Liability
 
The Company, to the extent practicable, matches the quantity, duration and other terms of individual purchases of communications capacity with agreements to supply communications to individual customers on a service-by-service basis. In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into contracts with suppliers to provide telecommunication services typically for a period between 12 and 36 months. These supplier contracts are entered into when the Company has entered into sales contracts with customers. The key terms and conditions of the supplier and customer contracts are substantially the same. The Company recognizes profit on communications sales to the extent its revenue from providing service exceeds its cost to purchase the underlying capacity. In the year ended September 30, 2004, GTTA began purchasing capacity under five-year commitments from certain vendors in order to secure more competitive pricing. These five-year purchase commitments are not, in all cases, matched with five-year supply agreements to customers. In such cases, if a customer disconnects its service before the five-year term ordered from the vendor expires, and if GTTA were unable to find another customer for the capacity, GTTA may be subject to an early termination liability. Under standard telecommunications industry practice (commonly referred to in the industry as “portability”), this early termination liability may be waived by the vendor if GTTA were to order replacement service with the vendor of equal or greater revenue to the service cancelled. As of December 31, 2007, the total potential early termination liability exposure to the Company was $376,000.


F-24


 

 
Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
Conversion Right of Holders of Class B Common Stock
 
As permitted in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation prior to and until the Acquisitions, holders of the Company’s Class B common stock that voted against a Business Combination were, under certain conditions, entitled to convert their shares into a pro-rata distribution from a trust fund (“Trust Fund”) established to hold most of the net proceeds from the Company’s initial public offering (the “Conversion Right”). In the event that holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B common stock voted for the approval of the Business Combination and that holders owning less than 20% of the outstanding Class B common stock exercised their Conversion Rights, the Business Combination could then be consummated. Upon completion of such Business Combination, the Class B common stock would be converted to common stock and the holders of Class B common stock who voted against the Business Combination and properly exercised their Conversion Rights would be paid their conversion price. There was no distribution from the Trust Fund with respect to the warrants included in the Series A Units and Series B Units or with respect to the common stock issued prior to consummation of the Business Combination. Any Class B stockholder who converted his or her stock into his or her share of the Trust Fund retained the right to exercise the Class W warrants and Class Z warrants that were received as part of the Series B Units.
 
In connection with the Acquisitions, the Company determined that Class B stockholders owning less than 20% of the outstanding Class B common stock both voted against the Acquisitions and properly exercised their Conversion Rights for a pro-rata distribution from the Trust Fund based on the value of the Trust Fund as of October 13, 2006. The actual per-share conversion price issuable to Class B stockholders who voted against the Acquisitions and elected conversion was equal to the amount in the Trust Fund (inclusive of any interest thereon) immediately prior to the proposed Business Combination, divided by the number of Class B shares sold in the Offering, or approximately $5.35 per share based on the value of the Trust Fund as of October 13, 2006. Accordingly, the Company was required to convert such Class B stockholders’ shares (which were converted into shares of common stock upon consummation of the Acquisitions) into cash following verification that such stockholders properly exercised their Conversion Rights. During 2007 the Company determined that 1,897,193 shares of former Class B common stock qualified for conversion and made payment of approximately $10.15 million with respect to the conversion of those shares. As a result of this conversion process, these shares have been canceled. The Company also incurred approximately $0.7 million in costs associated with resolution of the share conversion process, including payments made to holders of shares who initially sought conversion of those shares but ultimately agreed to withdraw their conversion claims in consideration for such payments. The Company completed the conversion process in June 2007 and does not expect to redeem any additional shares in connection with this conversion process.
 
Contingencies-Legal proceedings
 
The Company is subject to legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of those matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity. No material reserves have been established for any pending legal proceeding, either because a loss is not probable or the amount of a loss, if any, cannot be reasonably estimated.
 
NOTE 12 — ACQUISITIONS
 
On October 15, 2006, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of GII pursuant to a stock purchase agreement dated May 23, 2006, as amended (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”). Following the closing of the Acquisition, the Company paid the GII stockholders $12.75 million in cash, $5.25 million in promissory notes, 1,300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, 1,450,000 of the Company’s Class W warrants and 1,450,000 of the Company’s Class Z warrants (of which 966,666 Class W warrants and 966,666 Class Z Warrants were placed in escrow at the closing and will be released subject to certain conditions). The $5.25 million of promissory notes issued to the GII stockholders consisted of (i) $4,000,000 of subordinated promissory notes, bearing interest at 6%


F-25


 

 
Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
per annum which were due on the earlier to occur of December 29, 2008 (with certain accrued interest payments due prior thereto) or upon a change in control, the exercise of not less than 50% of the issued and outstanding warrants as of the date of the note, or the issuance by the Company of debt or equity securities resulting in a financing of $20,000,000 or more; and (ii) $1,250,000 of promissory notes bearing interest at 6% per annum and due on June 30, 2007. These notes issued to former GII stockholders were amended or converted to common stock and December 2010 Notes as of November 13, 2007 (see Note 9).
 
The Acquisition of GII was accounted for as a business combination with the Company as the acquirer of GII. Under the purchase method of accounting, the assets and liabilities of GII acquired were recorded as of the acquisition date at their respective fair values, and added to those of the Company. The cash consideration issued in the Acquisition of GII was funded from net proceeds from the Offering plus accrued interest which were released from the Trust Fund upon Class B stockholder approval and consummation of the Acquisitions.
 
The purchase price for the Acquisition of GII was determined based on the cash consideration given, the value of debt securities issued, the value of the Company’s common stock and warrants issued and direct acquisition costs incurred. The purchase price of GII of $25.22 million consists of $12.75 million of cash, $5.25 million of promissory notes, $6.73 million estimated fair value (or approximately $5.18 per common share) of the 1,300,000 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value, issued to the former shareholders of GII, and $0.47 million estimated fair value (or approximately $0.47 per Class W warrant and approximately $0.49 per Class Z warrant) of the 483,334 Class W warrants and 483,334 Class Z warrants issued to the former shareholders of GII which were not placed in escrow. The 966,666 of the Class W warrants and 966,666 of the Class Z warrants issued to the GII shareholders and held in escrow will be released from escrow to the GII shareholders when a majority of the 10,640,000 of the Company’s Class W warrants or of the 10,640,000 of the Company’s Class Z warrants that were issued and outstanding as of May 23, 2006, the date of the GII Stock Purchase Agreement, have been exercised, redeemed or otherwise converted into cash or equity securities, or earlier in the event that certain executive officers, are dismissed from employment by the Company other than for “cause,” as defined in the employment agreements such officers entered into with the Company in connection with the Acquisitions, or if there is a merger, asset sale or similar transaction that results in a change of control of the Company. The value of the warrants placed in escrow will be included in the purchase price of GII upon resolution of the contingency.
 
On October 15, 2006, the Company also acquired all of the outstanding voting stock of ETT pursuant to an offer made to its stockholders under the laws of England and Wales (the “Offer”). Following the consummation of the Offer, the Company paid the ETT stockholders $32.3 million in cash and $4.7 million in promissory notes. The promissory notes issued to the ETT stockholders bore interest at 6% per annum and were due on June 30, 2007. The Company restructured its debt as of November 13, 2007 and converted these notes to common stock and December 2010 Notes (see Note 9).
 
The Acquisition of ETT, like the Acquisition of GII, was accounted for as a business combination with the Company as the acquirer of ETT. Under the purchase method of accounting, the assets and liabilities of ETT acquired were recorded as of the acquisition date at their respective fair values, and added to those of the Company. The cash consideration issued in the Acquisition was funded from net proceeds from the Offering plus accrued interest which were released from the Trust Fund upon Class B stockholder approval and consummation of the Acquisitions.


F-26


 

 
Global Telecom & Technology, Inc.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
The aggregate purchase price of ETT of $37 million consisted of $32.3 million of cash and $4.7 million of promissory notes.
 
                         
    ETT     GII     Total  
 
Cash
  $ 32,333,333     $ 12,750,000     $ 45,083,333  
Debt
    4,666,667       5,250,000       9,916,667  
Common Stock
          6,731,400       6,731,400  
Warrants
          467,287       467,287  
Allocation of Acquisition costs
    1,670,000       1,136,000       2,806,000  
                         
Totals
  $ 38,670,000     $ 26,334,687     $ 65,004,687  
                         
 
The determination of the purchase price and its allocation to the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as reflected in the consolidated financial statements have been based on the Company’s valuation, including the use of an independent appraisal. The fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Acquisitions of GII and ETT are as follows:
 
                         
    ETT     GII     Total  
 
Net working capital deficiency
  $ (4,961,947 )   $ (503,203 )   $ (5,465,150 )
Property and equipment
    446,000       460,000       906,000  
Other assets
    390,000       396,000       786,000  
Software
          6,600,000       6,600,000  
Customer contracts
          300,000       300,000  
Carrier contracts
    7,000       144,000       151,000  
Noncompete agreements
    2,500,000       2,000,000       4,500,000  
Deferred tax liability
    (752,100 )     (3,479,662 )     (4,231,762 )
Goodwill
    41,041,047       20,417,552       61,458,599  
                         
Totals
  $ 38,670,000     $ 26,334,687     $ 65,004,687  
                         
 
Goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes.
 
Summarized below are the pro forma unaudited, non-GAAP results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006 as if the results of GTTA and GTTE were included for the entire periods presented. The pro forma results may not be indicative of the results that would have occurred if the Acquisitions had been completed at the beginning of the period presented or which may be obtained in the future and do not include acquisition accounting adjustments associated with deferred revenue and related costs (amounts in thousands expect per share information):
 
         
    2006  
 
Revenues
  $ 51,230  
Net loss
    (4,811 )
Basic and diluted loss per share
  $ (0.37 )
Weighted average common shares outstanding
    13,035  
 
NOTE 13 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
On March 17, 2008 the Company entered into a senior secured credit facility agreement with Silicon Valley Bank, the commercial banking arm of SVB Financial Group. Under terms of the facility the company may borrow up to $2 million based upon criteria related to accounts receivable and cash collections. The interest rate paid on borrowings under the facility is dependent upon certain financial measurements. The credit facility has a 364-day term and does not contain financial or other restrictive covenants.


F-27


 

 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
GTT — EMEA Limited
 
We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, changes in shareholders’ deficit and cash flows of GTT — EMEA Limited and Subsidiaries (formerly European Telecommunications & Technology Limited) for the period from January 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006. 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 audit.
 
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of GTT-EMEA Limited and Subsidiaries for the period from January 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
As discussed in Note 2, the Company changed its method of accounting for stock-based compensation upon adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment”.
 
/s/  J.H. Cohn LLP
 
Jericho, New York
April 16, 2007


F-28


 

GTT — EMEA Limited and Subsidiaries
(formerly European Telecommunications & Technology Limited)
 
 
For the Period from January 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006
 
         
    January 1, 2006 to
 
    October 15, 2006  
    $  
 
Revenue
    26,122,950  
Cost of revenue
    18,583,780  
         
Gross profit
    7,539,170  
         
Operating expenses:
       
Selling expenses
    3,979,261  
General and administrative
    4,840,440  
         
Total operating expenses
    8,819,701  
         
Operating loss
    (1,280,531 )
         
Other income (expense):
       
Interest income
    98,515  
Interest expense
    (86,130 )
         
Total other income (expense)
    12,385  
         
Loss before income taxes
    (1,268,146 )
Income taxes
     
         
Net loss
    (1,268,146 )
         
Net loss per share:
       
Basic and diluted
    (0.01 )
         
Weighted average shares:
       
Basic and diluted
    174,512,485  
         
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


F-29


 

GTT — EMEA Limited and Subsidiaries
(formerly European Telecommunications & Technology Limited)
 
 
For the Period from January 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006
 
         
    January 1, 2006 to
 
    October 15, 2006  
    $  
 
Net loss
    (1,268,146 )
Foreign currency loss on translation
    (635,811 )
         
Total comprehensive loss
    (1,903,957 )
         
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


F-30


 

 
GTT — EMEA Limited and Subsidiaries
(formerly European Telecommunications & Technology Limited)
 
 
For the Period from January 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006
 
                                                                                                         
                                                                Accumulated
             
                            Preferred Ordinary
                Additional
          Other
             
    Ordinary Shares     A Ordinary Shares     Shares     Deferred Shares     Paid-in
    Treasury
    Comprehensive
    Accumulated
       
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Capital     Shares     Income     Deficit     Total  
 
Balance, December 31, 2005
    64,445,538       10,170       37,700,006       5,967       72,366,941       10,597                   19,293,471       (622,000 )     2,653,843       (24,739,313 )     (3,387,265 )
Net loss, October 15. 2006
                                                                      (1,268,146 )     (1,268,146 )
Foreign currency translation
                                                                (635,811 )           (635,811 )
Conversion to Deferred Ordinary Stock
    (49,365,866 )     (7,790 )     (28,980,103 )     (4,587 )                 78,345,969       12,377                                
Share-based compensation expense
                                                    375,754                         375,754  
Sale of treasury shares
                                                    82,053       622,000                   704,053  
                                                                                                         
Balance, October 15, 2006
    15,079,672       2,380       8,719,903       1,380       72,366,941       10,597       78,345,969       12,377       19,751,278             2,018,032       (26,007,459 )     (4,211,415 )
                                                                                                         
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


F-31


 

 
GTT — EMEA Limited and Subsidiaries
(formerly European Telecommunications & Technology Limited)
 
 
For the Period from January 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006
 
         
    January 1, 2006 to
 
    October 15, 2006  
    $  
 
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
       
Net loss
    (1,268,146 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
       
Depreciation
    194,468  
Share-based compensation expense
    375,754  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
       
Accounts receivable
    (2,795,355 )
Deferred contract costs, prepaid expenses and other assets
    833,811  
Accounts payable
    488,498  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    (518,076 )
Deferred revenue
    1,200,295  
         
Net cash used in operating activities
    (1,488,751 )
         
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
       
Property and equipment purchases
    (166,119 )
         
Net cash used in investing activities
    (166,119 )
         
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
       
Principal payments on long-term obligations
    (529,877 )
Net cash used in financing activities
    (529,877 )
         
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
    239,155  
         
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (1,945,592 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    4,087,053  
         
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
    2,141,461  
         
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
       
Cash paid for interest during the period
    86,130  
         
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.


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GTT — EMEA Limited and Subsidiaries
(formerly European Telecommunications & Technology Limited)

Notes to consolidated financial statements
 
Note 1.   Nature of Operations
 
GTT — EMEA Limited and its subsidiaries (the “Company” or “GTT”), is a non-facilities based supplier of dedicated managed data networks and value-added services serving over 100 multinational enterprise customers in 45 countries. The Company is headquartered in London, England, and its customers are located throughout the world.
 
On October 15, 2006, the Company’s outstanding voting stock was acquired by Mercator Partners Acquisition Corp., a company registered in the United States. For further detail on the acquisition, refer to Note 11 (“Subsequent Events”).
 
Note 2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
Basis of consolidation
 
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of GTT — EMEA Limited and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company held 100% of the ordinary share capital in the following subsidiary undertakings at October 15, 2006:
 
European Telecommunications & Technology SARL, incorporated in France
 
European Telecommunications & Technology Inc., incorporated in the United States of America
 
ETT European Telecommunications & Technology Deutschland GmbH, incorporated in Germany
 
ETT (European Telecommunications & Technology) Private Limited, incorporated in India
 
European Telecommunications & Technology (S) Pte Limited, incorporated in Singapore
 
ETT Network Services Limited, incorporated in UK
 
The subsidiary undertakings are telecommunication integration companies and have December year-ends, except for India which has a March year-end.
 
Translation of foreign currencies
 
Foreign currency assets and liabilities of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are translated using the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. Results of operations are translated using the average exchange rates prevailing throughout the year. The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on translating foreign currency assets and liabilities are accumulated as part of the foreign currency translation adjustment in shareholders’ deficit. The Company has determined the functional currency to be the UK Pound.
 
These financial statements have been reported in US Dollars by translating asset and liability amounts at the closing exchange rate, the equity amounts at historical rates, and the results of operations and cash flows at the average exchange rate in effect during the periods reported. Certain per share information is disclosed in the UK Pound as well as the US Dollar.
 
A summary of exchange rates used is as follows:
 
         
    October 15,
 
    2006  
 
Closing exchange rate
    1.85650  
Average exchange rate during the period
    1.82112  
 
Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the rates of exchange ruling at the time of the transaction. Exchange differences arising are recorded in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.


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GTT — EMEA Limited and Subsidiaries
(formerly European Telecommunications & Technology Limited)

Notes to consolidated financial statements — (Continued)
 
Use of estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates and assumptions are reviewed periodically and the effects of revisions are reflected in the period that they are determined to be necessary. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates are used in the deferred tax valuation allowance and impairment decisions. Significant changes in the estimate of the deferred tax valuation allowance could materially affect the consolidated financial statements.
 
Revenue recognition
 
Revenue is primarily derived from arrangements with multiple elements such as monthly connection charges, installation, maintenance, equipment and usage charges. The arrangements are separated into units of accounting based on the following criteria; whether the delivered items have value to the customer on a standalone basis, there is objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the undelivered items and there is a general right of return and delivery or performance of the undelivered items is considered probable and substantially within the control of the Company. When the fair value of the undelivered elements is unable to be determined revenue is recognized evenly over the term of the contract from the date that completion of the installation is verified by customer acceptance. Deferred revenue relates to up-front payments received on contracts and amounts received in advance from customers for services yet to be rendered.
 
The Company also evaluates relevant facts and circumstances regarding recording revenue at gross or net and records revenue at the gross amount billed to customers because management has determined the Company has earned the revenue from the sale of the goods or services.
 
Installation costs that are directly attributable to a managed service contract are capitalised as deferred contract costs and expensed over the term of the contract from the date the installation is verified by the customer.
 
Monthly connection charges and installation are determined to be one unit of accounting as there is no stand alone value to the customer and the revenue is recognized over the life of the contract. Maintenance revenue is determined to be a separate unit of accounting and the revenue is recognized over the life of the contract.
 
Equipment revenue is recognized when there is persuasive evidence of an agreement with the customer, the equipment is shipped and title has passed, the amount due from the customer is fixed and determinable, and collectibility is reasonably assured.
 
Usage charge revenue is recognized as the connection is utilized by the customer in accordance with the agreement.
 
Accounts receivable
 
Credit extended is based on an evaluation of the customer’s financial condition and is granted to customers on an unsecured basis. Accounts receivable from sales of services and monthly connection billings are typically due from customers within 30 days of invoicing.
 
Accounts receivable balances are stated at amounts due from the customer net of an allowance for doubtful accounts listed below. Accounts outstanding longer than the contractual payments terms are considered past due. The Company determines its allowance by considering a number of factors, including the length of time trade receivables are past due, the Company’s previous loss history, the customer’s current ability to pay its obligation to the Company, and the condition of the general economy and the industry as a whole. Specific reserves are also


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GTT — EMEA Limited and Subsidiaries
(formerly European Telecommunications & Technology Limited)

Notes to consolidated financial statements — (Continued)
 
established on a case-by-case basis by management. The Company writes-off accounts receivable when they become uncollectible. Credit losses have historically been within management’s expectations.
 
Information related to the activity of the allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows:
 
         
    October 15,
 
    2006  
    $  
 
Beginning balance
    67,519  
Foreign currency exchange
    5,324  
         
Ending balance
    72,843  
         
 
Property and equipment
 
Property and equipment, including leasehold improvements, are recorded at cost. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Computer equipment and furniture is depreciated over lives ranging from three to five years, and leasehold improvements are depreciated over the term of the lease or estimated useful life, whichever is shorter. Upon retirement or other disposition of the assets, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss, if any, is reflected in results of operations. Expenditures for maintenance, repairs and renewals of minor items are charged to expense as incurred. Major renewals and improvements are capitalized when they increase the estimated useful life of the asset.
 
Leased assets
 
Where the Company retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of an asset subject to a lease, the lease is treated as a capital lease. The amount capitalised in property and equipment is the lesser of fair value or present value of the minimum lease payments payable during the lease term and is depreciated over the shorter of the lease term or its estimated useful life. The corresponding lease commitments are recorded as capital lease obligations. Leases other than capital leases are treated as operating leases. Costs in respect of operating leases are charged on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
 
Impairment of long-lived assets
 
The Company reviews long-lived assets to be held-and-used for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future undiscounted cash flows the asset is considered to be impaired. Impairment losses are measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.
 
Income taxes
 
The Company accounts for income taxes under the liability method. Deferred tax liabilities are recognized for temporary differences that will result in taxable amounts in future years. Deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and tax operating losses and tax credit carry-forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the periods in which the deferred tax asset or liability is expected to be realized or settled. A valuation allowance is provided to offset the net deferred tax assets if, based upon the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company has concluded that a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets is appropriate.


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GTT — EMEA Limited and Subsidiaries
(formerly European Telecommunications & Technology Limited)

Notes to consolidated financial statements — (Continued)
 
Other comprehensive income
 
In addition to net income (loss), comprehensive income (loss) includes charges or credits to equity that are not as a result of transactions with shareholders. For the Company this consists of foreign currency translation adjustments.
 
Fair value of financial instruments
 
The Company’s financial instruments including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses are carried at cost, which approximates fair value due to the short-term maturity of these instruments. Long-term obligations approximate fair value as the instruments are stated at variable interest rates.
 
Defined contribution plans
 
The Company does not operate a company sponsored pension plan but makes discretionary contributions of up to 10% of the gross salary to the defined contribution plans. The expense is charged to the operations in the year to which it relates.
 
Share-based compensation
 
As of January 1, 2006, the Company applies SFAS 123(R) and uses the fair value method, where share options issued to employees and directors recognized as expenses in the consolidated statements of operations when options are granted. The Company did not grant any options in the period from January 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006.
 
Net loss per share
 
Basic net loss per share is computed using the weighted daily average number of shares of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per common share incorporates the incremental shares issuable upon the assumed exercise of share options and warrants, if dilutive. For the period ended October 15, 2006 no share options were excluded from the diluted calculation because their effect was anti-dilutive. Warrants for the purchase of shares were excluded from the dilutive calculation because they are contingently convertible (see Note 4).
 
Segment Reporting
 
The Company determines and discloses its segment in accordance with SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information” (“SFAS No. 131”), which uses a “management” approach for determining segments.
 
The management approach designates the internal organization that is used by management for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the source of a company’s reportable segments. SFAS No. 131 also requires disclosures about products or services, geographic areas and major customers. The Company operates in three geographic regions in addition to corporate activities: (i) the United Kingdom, (ii) Germany, and (iii) rest of world.
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”), which is an interpretation of SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes” (“SFAS 109”). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS 109 and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected


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GTT — EMEA Limited and Subsidiaries
(formerly European Telecommunications & Technology Limited)

Notes to consolidated financial statements — (Continued)
 
to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006.
 
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities — including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115” (“SFAS 159”). SFAS 159 permits entities to elect to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. Upon adoption of SFAS 159, an entity may elect the fair value option for eligible items that exist at the adoption date. Subsequent to the initial adoption, the election of the fair value option should only be made at initial recognition of the asset or liability or upon a remeasurement event that gives rise to new-basis accounting. SFAS 159 does not affect any existing accounting literature that requires certain assets and liabilities to be carried at fair value nor does it eliminate disclosure requirements included in other accounting standards. SFAS 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and may be adopted earlier but only if the adoption is in the first quarter of the fiscal year.
 
Note 3.   Property and Equipment
 
Depreciation expense was as follows:
 
         
    January 1, 2006 to
 
    October 15, 2006  
    $  
 
Selling expenses
    58,340  
General and administrative
    136,128  
         
      194,468  
         
 
Note 4.   Shareholders’ Equity
 
During the period ended October 15, 2006 no new shares were issued. The Company’s Preferred Ordinary Shares are non-cumulative and rank pari passu with the other shares in voting rights. On a return of assets on liquidation, or other reduction of capital, the holders of the Preferred Ordinary Shares will be entitled, after payment of the Company’s liabilities, in priority to other shareholders, to receive an amount equivalent to their original investment, with the balance being distributed pro rata amongst all shareholders, including the holders of Preferred Ordinary Shares.
 
On a sale of the whole or substantial part of the Company where proceeds are distributed to shareholders, a buyer acquiring 50% or more of the total voting rights of the shares in the Company or an initial public offering, a proportion of the Ordinary and A Ordinary Shares will be converted into Deferred shares, which have no voting rights and no rights to capital or income. The number of shares to be so converted will be determined in the event of one of the above occurring in accordance with the terms set out in the Articles of Association of the Company.
 
The investors who purchased Preferred Ordinary Shares (“Original Preferred Investors”) also received warrants as part of the share purchase agreements. The warrant holder can subscribe for further preferred shares in the circumstances detailed as follows; the number of shares to purchase with the warrants is variable based on a formula related to subsequent issuance. The holder would only exercise if subsequent share subscriptions were at a lesser price per share than that at which the Original Preferred Investors purchased their shares (£0.159). If shares are never issued below the share price the Original Preferred Investors paid, then the warrant holders would not exercise their rights. The warrants are exercisable for £.0001.
 
On the date immediately preceding the offer becoming conditional in all respects, a proportion of the Ordinary and A Ordinary Shares were converted into Deferred shares. The number of A Ordinary and Ordinary shares converting into Deferred shares resulted (on a fully diluted basis) in the holders of Preferred Ordinary shares


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GTT — EMEA Limited and Subsidiaries
(formerly European Telecommunications & Technology Limited)

Notes to consolidated financial statements — (Continued)
 
receiving their Investor Return, as defined in the Company’s Articles of Association. Deferred shares were liable for compulsory acquisition by the Company at their fair value forthwith after the offer was declared unconditional in all respects. Deferred shares carry no right to vote and no right to any distribution of profit. They are therefore considered to be of limited value.
 
On October 15, 2006, the Company sold the remaining treasury shares for $704,053 which had a cost basis of $622,000. The proceeds reclassed in excess of the cost of treasury shares of $82,053 was recorded within additional paid-in capital.
 
Note 5.   Share Options
 
The Company had three separate share option plans that had similar terms. The Company purchased 14,016,667 shares of treasury shares reserved for share options and can also issue up to 5% of issued share capital (Preferred Ordinary Shares, Ordinary Shares and A Ordinary Shares) in share options. In respect of the plans an option holder could exercise all or any of his options, subject to meeting any performance conditions that may apply, in whole or in part only on or after: (1) the making of an application for a public listing (as defined in the rules of the plan) (2) the receipt of a notice from the directors that negotiations for a disposal (as defined in the rules of the plans) are proceeding and (3) the receipt of a notice from the Directors that negotiations are proceeding which may give rise to a person becoming an acquiring group or an acquiring person (as defined in the rules of the plans).
 
Certain options granted were subject to the achievement of certain performance targets. These targets related to revenue and sales growth in respective years. All these performance targets were achieved in relation to each year.
 
In June 2006, the Directors advised option holders of the plans regarding the possible acquisition of the Company by Mercator Partners Acquisition Corp. (“MPAC”). Immediately prior to the completion of the acquisition on October 15, 2006, all outstanding options were settled for cash payment of approximately $0.7 million. Accordingly, there were no options that had vested or were exercisable at October 15, 2006. No share option was exercisable later than 10 years from its date of grant. Due to the cancellation and re-granting of the share options the share option plans are accounted for as variable plans. On October 15, 2006, the share options became exercisable when the Company agreed to a disposal of the entity as defined in the plan agreement. The shares became exercisable and the Company recognized a charge of $375,754.
 
Note 6.   Taxation
 
There are no current income taxes payable, domestic or foreign for the period ended October 15, 2006 due to the losses incurred. The Company’s provision for income taxes differs from the expected tax benefit amount as a result of the valuation allowance recorded against all net deferred tax assets.
 
The following reconciles income taxes based on the domestic statutory tax rate to the Company’s income tax expense:
 
         
    January 1, 2006 to
 
    October 15, 2006  
    $  
 
Statutory rate
    (380,444 )
Non-deductible differences
    55,985  
Foreign and other tax affects
    (92,840 )
Change in valuation allowance
    417,299  
         
       
         


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GTT — EMEA Limited and Subsidiaries
(formerly European Telecommunications & Technology Limited)

Notes to consolidated financial statements — (Continued)
 
Note 7.   Defined contribution plans
 
The Company made contributions to defined contribution plans of $194,312 for the period ended October 15, 2006 which was charged to the accompanying consolidated statement of operations at the time of payment.
 
Note 8.   Segment reporting
 
The Company has determined it operates under one reportable segment as the chief financial decision maker reviews operating results and makes decisions on a consolidated basis. A summary of the Company’s operations by geographic area follows:
 
         
    January 1, 2006 to
 
    October 15, 2006  
    $  
 
Revenue
       
UK
    17,205,816  
Germany
    5,603,184  
Other
    3,313,950  
         
      26,122,950  
         
 
Sales are attributed to countries or region based on the location of the customer.
 
Note 9.   Commitments and contingencies
 
Leases
 
The Company has entered into certain non-cancellable operating lease agreements related to office, equipment and vehicles. The lease terms vary from 1 to 5 years and the land and building lease has a 5 year provision for renewal. Total rent expense under operating leases was $663,560 for the period ended October 15, 2006. Estimated annual commitments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows at October 15, 2006:
 
                 
    Land and
       
    Buildings     Other  
    $     $  
 
2007
    707,783       68,440  
2008
    594,453       42,328  
2009
    448,653       19,347  
2010
    366,470        
2011
    362,776        
Thereafter
    257,454        
                 
      2,737,589       130,115  
                 
 
Supply agreements
 
In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into contracts with suppliers to provide telecommunication services typically for a period between 12 and 36 months. These supplier contracts are entered into when the Company has entered into sales contracts with customers. The key terms and conditions of the supplier and customer contracts are substantially the same. As at October 15, 2006, the Company has commitments of $16,658,306 in respect of such agreements and the Company has in excess of this value as contractual commitments from its customers over matching periods.


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GTT — EMEA Limited and Subsidiaries
(formerly European Telecommunications & Technology Limited)

Notes to consolidated financial statements — (Continued)
 
Legal proceedings
 
The Company is subject to legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of those matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity. No material reserves have been established for any pending legal proceeding, either because a loss is not probable or the amount of a loss, if any, cannot be reasonably estimated.
 
Note 10.   Concentrations
 
Significant concentrations are as follows:
 
         
    January 1, 2006 to
 
    October 15, 2006  
 
Revenue
       
Customer A
    26.14 %
Customer B
    15.98 %
Customer C
    15.33 %
Customer D
    10.93 %
Costs of revenue
       
Vendor A
    13.62 %
Vendor B
    *  
 
 
* Amount less than 10%.
 
Approximately 51% of revenue is currently generated by managed and IP services (in contrast to pure connectivity), under contracts having terms ranging from 12 to 42 months. These contracts are mainly with large multi-national companies. The most significant operating expense is the cost of contracting for the leasing of bandwidth and other services from suppliers. The Company’s contracts with suppliers generally have terms ranging from 12 to 36 months. The Company is subject to risks and uncertainties common to rapidly growing technology-based companies, including rapid technology change, actions of competitors, dependence on key personnel and availability of sufficient capital.
 
Note 11.   Subsequent Events
 
On October 15, 2006, the Company’s outstanding voting stock was acquired by MPAC, a company registered in the United States. This was subsequent to an offer, which was sent to the Company’s shareholders on June 13, 2006. On the date immediately preceding the offer becoming conditional in all respects, a proportion of the Ordinary and A Ordinary Shares were converted into Deferred shares. The number of A Ordinary and Ordinary shares converting into Deferred shares resulted (on a fully diluted basis) in the holders of Preferred Ordinary shares receiving their Investor Return, as defined in the Company’s Articles of Association. Deferred shares were liable for compulsory acquisition by the Company at their fair value forthwith after the offer was declared unconditional in all respects. Deferred shares carry no right to vote and no right to any distribution of profit. They are therefore considered to be of limited value.
 
MPAC changed it name to Global Telecom & Technology, Inc. following consummation of the acquisition. On December 8, 2006, the Company changed its name from European Telecommunications & Technology Limited to GTT — EMEA Limited.


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Global Internetworking, Inc.
 
We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows of Global Internetworking, Inc. and Subsidiaries for the year ended September 30, 2006, and for the period from October 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006. 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 financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the results of operations and cash flows of Global Internetworking, Inc. and Subsidiaries for the year ended September 30, 2006, and the period from October 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
/s/  J.H. Cohn LLP
 
Jericho, New York
April 16, 2007


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    For the Period from
    Year Ended
 
    October 1 - 15, 2006     September 30, 2006  
 
Revenues:
               
Telecommunications services sold
  $ 825,082     $ 17,960,062  
Operating expenses:
               
Cost of telecommunications services provided
    545,648       12,821,008  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    209,050       5,463,521  
Depreciation and amortization
    4,751       47,464  
                 
Operating income (loss)
    65,633       (371,931 )
                 
Other income:
               
Interest income, net of expense
    1,113       36,542  
Other income, net of expense
    (31,744 )     28,419  
                 
Total other income (expense)
    (30,631 )     64,961  
                 
Income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income taxes
    35,002       (306,970 )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
          44,011  
                 
Net (loss) income
  $ 35,002     $ (350,981 )
                 
Earnings (loss) per share calculation:
               
Net (loss) income per share
               
Basic
  $ 0.01     $ (0.14 )
                 
Diluted
  $ 0.01     $ (0.14 )
                 
Weighted average shares outstanding
               
Basic
    2,500,000       2,500,000  
                 
Diluted
    2,500,000       2,500,000  
                 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


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Global Internetworking, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit)
For the Period From October 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006 and Year Ended
September 30, 2006
 
                                                                 
                                        Retained
       
    Common Stock
    Common Stock
    Additional
    Stock
    Earnings
       
    Class A     Class B     Paid-In
    Subscription
    (Accumulated
       
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Capital     Receivable     Deficit)     Total  
 
Balance, September 30, 2005
    2,500,000     $ 25,000       1,000,000     $     $ 279,461     $     $ (22,337 )   $ 282,124  
Net loss
                                        (350,981 )     (350,981 )
                                                                 
Balance, September 30, 2006
    2,500,000       25,000       1,000,000             279,461             (373,318 )     (68,857 )
Net income
                                        35,002       35,002  
                                                                 
Balance, October 15, 2006
    2,500,000     $ 25,000       1,000,000     $     $ 279,461     $     $ (338,316 )   $ (33,855 )
                                                                 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


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Global Internetworking, Inc. and Subsidiaries.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Period From October 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006
and For the Year Ended September 30, 2006
 
                 
    For the Period From
    Year Ended
 
    October 1 - 15, 2006     September 30, 2006  
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net income (loss)
  $ 35,002     $ (350,981 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    4,751       47,464  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable, net
    (1,109,689 )     341,482  
Income tax refunds receivable
          44,011  
Deferred contract cost
          (9,032 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    234,358       (190,203 )
Deferred contract costs and other assets
          (1,063 )
Accounts payable
    392,046       388,614  
Unearned and deferred revenue
    755,500       278,964  
Regulatory and sales taxes payable
    58,111       (33,752 )
Long-term deferrals
    580       97,209  
Other accrued expenses
    (479,510 )     (136,339 )
                 
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
    (108,851 )     476,374  
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Purchases of property and equipment
    (5,132 )     (84,605 )
(Purchases) redemptions of certificates of deposit
    (114,904 )     83,159  
                 
Net cash used in provided by investing activities
    (120,036 )     (1,446 )
                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (228,887 )     474,928  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    616,828       141,900  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 387,941     $ 616,828  
                 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


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Global Internetworking, Inc. and Subsidiaries
 
 
Note 1 — Organization, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
The Company
 
Founded in 1998, Global Internetworking, Inc. (“GII” or the “Company”) is a knowledge-based, facilities-neutral, high capacity communications network solutions provider for carriers, service providers, systems integrators, government agencies and communications-intensive enterprise customers. The Company’s fiscal year end is September 30th.
 
Within the wholesale telecom market, the Company helps customers obtain diverse, cost-effective, off-net connectivity, throughout the United States and to over 40 overseas markets. Within the enterprise and government sectors, the Company specializes in providing diverse, high-capacity solutions for wide area network applications. The Company offers a turn-key, single-point-of-contact approach which allows customers to achieve optimal end-to-end solutions without having to find, manage and interconnect multiple local and long-haul telecom carriers.
 
On October 15, 2006, the Company was acquired in a stock purchase transaction. See Note 9 below for further discussion with respect to this acquisition.
 
Basis of Presentation
 
The Company has three wholly-owned subsidiaries:
 
  •  Global Internetworking, LLC
 
  •  Global Internetworking Government Services, LLC
 
  •  Global Internetworking of Virginia, Inc.
 
These subsidiaries were formed to provide the same products and services provided by the Company but in separate entities for marketing, legal and regulatory purposes. The subsidiaries adhere to the accounting policies of the Company. Beginning in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006, the subsidiaries commenced operations. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
Revenue Recognition
 
GII provides data connectivity solutions (i.e., dedicated circuit access, access aggregation, and hubbing), managed network services, and professional services to its customers. It recognizes revenue in connection with each service as follows:
 
Data Connectivity:  Data connectivity services are provided pursuant to service contracts that typically provide for payments of recurring charges on a monthly basis for use of the services over a committed term.
 
  •  Recurring Revenue:  Recurring charges for data connectivity are generally billed pursuant to fixed price contracts one month in advance and are recorded as unearned revenue when billed. This unearned revenue is recognized monthly for as long as such service is provided and collectibility is reasonably assured, in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104. Pursuant to the service contracts, service is first considered provided upon the issuance of a start of service notice.
 
  •  Non-recurring Fees.  Non-recurring fees for data connectivity typically take the form of one-time, non-refundable provisioning fees established pursuant to service contracts. The amount of the provisioning fee included in each contract is generally determined by marking up or passing through the corresponding charge from GII’s supplier imposed pursuant to GII’s purchase agreement. Starting with the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, non-recurring revenues related to provisioning in connection with the delivery of recurring communications services are recognized ratably over the term of service starting upon


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
  commencement of the service contract term. Installation costs related to provisioning that are incurred by GII from independent third party suppliers, that are directly attributable and necessary to fulfill a particular service contract, and which costs would not have been incurred but for the occurrence of that service contract, are capitalized as deferred contract costs and expensed proportionally over the term of service in the same manner as the deferred revenue arising from that contract.
 
  •  Other Revenue:  From time to time, GII recognizes revenue in the form of fixed or determinable cancellation (pre-installation) or termination (post-installation) charges imposed pursuant to the service contract. These revenues are earned when a customer cancels or terminates a service agreement prior to the end of its committed term. These revenues are recognized when billed if collectibility is reasonably assured. In addition, GII occasionally sells equipment in connection with data networking applications. GII recognizes revenue from the sale of equipment at the contracted selling price when title to the equipment passes to the customer (generally F.O.B. origin) and when collectibility is reasonably assured.
 
Managed Network Services:  Because the same general contract terms apply to these services and because the services are typically billed in the same manner, GII recognizes revenue for managed network services in the same manner as it does for data connectivity.
 
Professional Services:  Fees for professional services are typically specified as applying on a fee per hour basis pursuant to agreements with customers and are computed based on the hours of service provided by GII. Invoices for professional services performed on an hourly basis are rendered in the month following that in which the professional services have been performed. Because such invoices for hourly fees are for services that have already been performed by GII and because such work is undertaken pursuant to an executed statement of work with the customer that specifies the applicable hourly rate, GII recognizes revenues based upon hourly fees as billed if collectibility is reasonably assured. Less than 1% of GII’s revenues for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006 were attributable to professional services provided to customers and such revenues were not material to any prior periods.
 
In certain circumstances, GII engages in professional services projects pursuant to master agreements and statements of work for each project. Fees from the performance of projects by GII are specified in each executed statement of work by reference to certain agreed-upon and defined milestones and/or the project as a whole. Invoices for professional services projects are rendered pursuant to the payment plans that are specified in the executed statement of work with the customer.
 
Recognition of revenue is determined independently of issuance of the invoice to the customer or receipt of payment from the customer. Instead, revenue is recognized based upon the degree of delivery, performance and completion of such professional services projects as stated expressly in the contractual statement of work. The performance, completion and delivery of obligations on projects are determinable by GII based upon the underlying contract or statement of work terms, particularly by reference to any customer acceptance provisions or other performance criteria that may be defined in the contract or statement of work. Furthermore, even if a project has been performed, completed and delivered in accordance with all applicable contractual requirements and an invoice has been issued consistent with those contractual requirements, professional services revenues are not recognized unless collectibility is reasonably assured (assuming payment has not already been made).
 
In cases where a project is billed on a milestone or other partial basis, revenue is allocated for recognition purposes based upon the fair market value of the individual milestone or deliverable. For this purpose, fair market value is determined by reference to factors such as how GII would price the particular deliverable on a standalone basis and/or what competitors may charge for a similar standalone product. Where GII is unable for whatever reason to make an objective determination of fair market value of a deliverable by reference to such factors, the amount paid will only be recognized upon performance, completion and delivery of the project as a whole.
 
Each service contract for data connectivity and managed services has a fixed monthly cost and a fixed term, in addition to a fixed installation charge (if applicable). At the end of the initial term of most service contracts for data


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
connectivity and managed services, the contracts roll forward on a month-to-month basis and continue to bill at the same fixed recurring rate. If any cancellation or termination charges become due from the customer as a result of early cancellation or termination of a service contract, those amounts are calculated pursuant to a formula specified in each contract. With respect to professional services, each service contract has a specified project scope and terms for payments on either an hourly basis or on a project milestone basis.
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand and money market funds.
 
Accounts Receivable
 
Accounts receivable balances are stated at amounts due from the customer net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. For the year ending September 30, 2006, the Company reported $55,599 as allowance for doubtful accounts. These estimates are based upon management’s assessment of the Company’s ability to collect its outstanding accounts receivable. The Company, pursuant to its standard service contracts, is entitled to impose a finance charge of 1.5% per month with respect to all amounts that are past due. The Company’s standard terms require payment within 30 days of the date of the invoice. The Company treats invoices as past due when they remain unpaid, in whole or in part, beyond the payment time set forth in the applicable service contract. At such time as an invoice becomes past due the Company applies the finance charge as stated in the applicable service contract.
 
The Company utilizes the allowance method of accruing for bad debt expense. The Company accrues for bad debt expense at a rate of 0.55% of billed revenue on a monthly basis; this percentage is based upon management’s historical experiences with respect to bad debt. Actual bad debts, when determined, reduce the allowance, the adequacy of which management then reassesses. The Company writes off accounts after a determination by management that the amounts at issue are no longer likely to be collected, following the exercise of reasonable collection efforts and upon management’s determination that the costs of pursuing collection outweigh the likelihood of recovery.
 
Information related to the activity of the allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows:
 
         
    2006  
 
Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts-Beginning
  $ (23,034 )
Provision for bad debt
    (77,990 )
Specific charges against allowance
    45,425  
         
Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts-Ending
  $ (55,599 )
         
 
Property and Equipment, Software Capitalization
 
Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation computed using the straight-line method. Depreciation on these assets was computed over the estimated useful lives of the assets ranging from three to seven years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the life of the lease, 10 years, excluding optional extensions.
 
The Company purchases software for internal use. The Company accounts for these costs, including employee compensation and related costs, in accordance with AICPA SOP 98-1, Accounting for Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use. Software costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over a three year period.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
Depreciable lives used by the Company for its classes of asset are as follows:
 
         
Furniture and Fixtures
    7 years  
Leasehold Improvements
    10 years  
Computer Software
    3 years  
Computer Hardware, Office and telephone equipment
    3-7 years  
 
Gains or losses on disposition of property and equipment are recognized currently in the consolidated statement of operations with the related cost and accumulated depreciation removed from the consolidated balance sheet. Repairs and maintenance, which do not significantly extend the life of the related assets, are expensed as incurred.
 
Total depreciation and amortization expense was $4,751 and $47,464 for the period from October 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006, and the year ended September 30, 2006, respectively.
 
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
 
The Company reviews its long-lived assets, primarily property, equipment and security deposits, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. The Company estimates, where applicable, the future cash flows expected from the asset. If the sum of the expected undiscounted cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the long-lived asset, the Company recognizes an impairment loss by reducing the depreciated or amortized cost of the long-lived asset to its estimated fair value.
 
Accrued Carrier Expenses
 
The Company accrues for estimated charges owed to its suppliers for services. The Company bases this accrual on the supplier contract, the individual service order executed with the supplier for that service, the length of time the service has been active, and the overall supplier relationship. It is common in the telecommunications industry for users and suppliers to engage in disputes over amounts billed (or not billed) in error or over interpretation of contract terms. The accrued costs of revenue category on the Company’s financial statements includes disputed but unresolved amounts claimed as due by suppliers, unless management is confident, based upon its experience and its review of the relevant facts and contract terms, that the outcome of the dispute will not result in liability for the Company. Management estimates this liability monthly, and reconciles the estimates with actual results quarterly as the liabilities are paid, as disputes are resolved, or as the appropriate statute of limitations with respect to a given dispute expires.
 
As of September 30, 2006 open disputes totaled $344,949. As of September 30, 2006, based upon its experience with each vendor and similar disputes in the past, and based upon its individual review of the facts and contract terms applicable to each dispute, management has determined that the most likely outcome is that the Company will be liable for $75,740 in connection with these disputes, for which accruals were recorded.
 
The summary below reflects the reserve account balances and activity in the accounts for the fiscal year 2006:
 
                                         
    Beginning
    Charges
    Reserves for
    Ending
    Unresolved Vendor
 
    Reserve
    Against
    New Vendor
    Reserve
    Billing Errors at
 
Fiscal Year
  Balance     Reserve     Billing Errors     Balance     End of Period  
 
2006
  $ 138,367       (144,677 )     82,050     $ 75,740     $ 344,949  
 
Net Income (Loss) Per Share
 
Basic Net Income (Loss) per share is computed using the weighted average number of shares of Class A and Class B common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted income (loss) per share does not differ from basic loss per share since the potential dilutive effect of common shares issuable from the exercise of stock options are anti-dilutive for all periods presented.


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Global Internetworking, Inc. and Subsidiaries
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Stock-Based Compensation
 
At September 30, 2006, the Company has a stock-based employee compensation plan, which is more fully described in Note 6. The Company accounts for stock-based employee compensation arrangements in accordance with the recognition and measurement provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (“APB 25”). Under APB 25, compensation expense is based on the difference, if any, between the fair value of the Company’s stock at the grant date and the exercise price of the option. No compensation expense has been reflected for options issued to employees or directors as these options were granted at exercise prices no less than the fair market value of the Company’s stock at the date of the grant. As permitted, the Company elected not to adopt the fair value recognition provisions of FASB Statement No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (“SFAS No. 123”). In accordance with the provisions of FASB Statement No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure, the following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if the fair value method of SFAS No. 123 had been applied to all outstanding and unvested awards in the period.
 
         
    Fiscal Year Ended
 
    September 30, 2006  
 
Net loss as reported
  $ (350,981 )
Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value method for all awards, net of related tax effects
    (37,944 )
         
Proforma net (loss)
  $ (388,925 )
         
(Loss) per share: basic and diluted as reported
  $ (0.14 )
         
(Loss) per share: basic and diluted, proforma
  $ (0.16 )
         
 
As permitted for privately held companies, the Company uses the minimum value method to estimate volatility for all employee and director options. The Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R) effective October 1, 2006. At September 30, 2006, as part of the purchase price in connection with its acquisition by MPAC, the Company entered into agreements with the individual option holders under which all of the rights existing under the outstanding options, both vested and unvested but not forfeited as of September 30, 2006, would be settled in connection with the purchase by MPAC, in exchange for cash payments to the option holders totaling approximately $987,000.
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
During December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), “Share Based Payment” (“SFAS No. 123R”), which requires all share based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized as compensation expense in the consolidated financial statements based on their fair value. As amended by SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 (“SAB 107”), in March, 2005, SFAS No. 123R is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2005, and includes two transition methods. Upon adoption, the Company is required to use either the modified prospective or the modified retrospective transition method. Under the modified retrospective approach, the previously reported amounts are restated for all periods presented to reflect the SFAS No. 123 amounts on the income statement. Under the


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Global Internetworking, Inc. and Subsidiaries
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
modified prospective method, awards granted, modified or settled after the adoption date should be measured and accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 123R. Unvested equity-classified awards that were granted prior to the effective date should continue to be accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 123 except that amounts must be recognized in the income statement. The Company adopted SFAS No. 123R on October 1, 2006, the beginning of its fiscal year, and will utilize the modified prospective application transition alternative.
 
In June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting For Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting For Income Taxes” and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition.
 
In September 2006, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS No. 157”), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 applies to other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements. The new guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and for interim periods within those fiscal years.
 
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities — including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115” (“SFAS No. 159”). SFAS No. 159 permits entities to elect to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. Upon adoption of SFAS No. 159, an entity may elect the fair value option for eligible items that exist at the adoption date. Subsequent to the initial adoption, the election of the fair value option should only be made at initial recognition of the asset or liability or upon a remeasurement event that gives rise to new-basis accounting. SFAS No. 159 does not affect any existing accounting literature that requires certain assets and liabilities to be carried at fair value nor does it eliminate disclosure requirements included in other accounting standards. SFAS No. 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and may be adopted earlier but only if the adoption is in the first quarter of the fiscal year.
 
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
Note 2 — Income Taxes
 
The Company reports its income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109. Under this method, a deferred tax asset or liability is recognized based on the difference between the financial statement and income tax basis of accounting for assets and liabilities, then measured using existing income tax rates. At September 30, 2006, the deferred tax asset was comprised principally of net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards and differences in depreciation for book purposes versus tax depreciation, as well as adjustments for deferrals and accruals.
 
For the period ended October 15, 2006, the Company earned taxable income totaling $35,002. The fiscal 2006 NOL creates $122,769 of future tax benefit calculated at a 42.66% combined federal and state tax rate.
 
Under current tax law, tax NOLs must be carried back for two years before being carried forward. In the event of a change in ownership of the Company, these income tax benefits are subjected to limitations described in Internal Revenue Code Section 382 (b)(1), which require the Company to limit the post-change-in-control carryforwards to an amount not to exceed the value of the Company immediately before the change of control, multiplied by the Federal long-term tax-exempt rate.
 
The entire $287,785 tax loss in fiscal 2006 will be carried forward through, if not utilized prior to, 2021 net of the deferred tax liability arising from book/tax depreciation and other timing differences.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
In order for GII to recognize the tax benefit arising from the fiscal 2006 NOL carryforwards, or from other net tax assets resulting from timing differences, management is required to identify objective factors which indicate that GII is more likely than not to achieve near-term future profitability sufficient to absorb the previous losses. The losses incurred over the current and preceding fiscal years were planned and anticipated by management in connection with its strategic plan to accelerate hiring to promote sales growth through additional market penetration and operational capabilities. GII has continued to carefully manage its expenses and its contract and other business risks, and believes that it has made steady progress toward future profitability beginning in fiscal 2007. However, in recognition of the fact that these factors constitute subjective rather than objective evidence of future profitability, GII’s management has elected to recognize a valuation allowance of 100% with respect to the $121,476 and $122,769 future tax benefits at October 15, 2006 and September 30, 2006, and 100% with respect to the $15,471 and $15,601 future tax benefits at October 15, 2006 and September 30, 2006, respectively.
 
The remaining $17,859 and $17,260 of net tax benefit arising from the October 15, 2006 short period and the fiscal 2006 losses, respectively, are also the subject of a 100% valuation allowance, bringing the net realizable future value of the remaining October 15, 2006 and September 30, 2006 net operating loss carryforward to zero. $72,167 of tax benefit arising from the fiscal 2005 loss, less $9,985 of tax liability arising from the book to tax depreciation difference, is the subject of a $62,182 valuation allowance, bringing the net realizable future value of the remaining fiscal 2005 net operating loss carryforward to zero. Amended tax returns for fiscal 2002 and fiscal 2003 were filed during the fourth calendar quarter of 2006 to claim the refunds from the NOL created in fiscal 2002, 2003 and 2004.
 
Other Taxes
 
The Company is liable for collecting Universal Service Fees and certain sales taxes from its customers and remitting the fees and taxes to the governing authorities. Estimates of the liability and associated receivables are presented in the financial statements.
 
Note 4 — Concentrations
 
Concentration — Revenue and Accounts Receivable
 
For the year ended September 30, 2006, four customers represent an aggregate of 36% of revenue. At September 30, 2006, two customer(s) represented 15.7% of accounts receivable. If these individually significant customers ceased to be customers or became unable to meet their financial obligations, results of operations of the Company could be adversely affected.
 
Note 5 — Commitments and Contingencies
 
Commitment — Capacity Purchases
 
The Company’s purchases of communications capacity can generally be divided into two types of purchases: a) “Take-or-Pay” Purchase Commitments; or b) Service-by-Service Commitments.
 
“Take-or-Pay” Purchase Commitments
 
Some of the Company’s capacity purchase contracts call for the Company to make monthly payments to suppliers whether or not the Company is currently utilizing the underlying capacity (commonly referred to in the industry as “take-or-pay” commitments). As of September 30, 2006, the Company’s aggregate monthly obligations under such take-or-pay commitments over the remaining term of all of those contracts totaled $1,155,000. All capacity purchase commitments under take-or-pay contracts were fully utilized by the Company’s customers throughout the year ended September 30, 2006.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
Service-by-Service Commitments — Early Termination Liability
 
The Company, to the extent practicable, matches the quantity, duration and other terms of individual purchases of communications capacity with agreements to supply communications to individual customers on a service-by-service basis. The Company recognizes profit on communications sales to the extent its revenue from supplying communications exceeds its cost to purchase the underlying capacity. In the year ended September 30, 2004, the Company began purchasing capacity under five-year commitments from one of its vendors in order to secure more competitive pricing. These five-year purchase commitments are not, in all cases, matched with five-year supply agreements to customers. In such cases, if a customer disconnects its service before the five-year term ordered from the vendor expires, and if the Company is unable to find another customer for the capacity, the Company would be subject to an early termination liability. Under standard telecommunications industry practice (commonly referred to in the industry as “portability”), this early termination liability may be waived by the vendor if the Company orders replacement service with the vendor of equal or greater revenue to the service cancelled. As of September 30, 2006, the total potential early termination liability exposure to the Company was $396,265.
 
Commitment — Leases
 
Office Lease, letter of credit
 
In June 2004, the Company entered into a ten-year lease for office space in McLean, Virginia. Rent payments commenced on January 1, 2005. Under the terms of the 2005 office lease, the Company is required to provide the landlord with a letter of credit to provide protection from default under the lease. The Company has provided the landlord with a letter of credit in the amount of $268,000 supported by hypothecation of a CD held by the bank in the same amount. Office lease expense for the period from October 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006 was $12,041, and for the year ended September 30, 2006 was $362,299.
 
Minimum Future Office Lease Obligation:
 
         
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,
       
2007
  $ 280,229  
2008
    287,234  
2009
    294,415  
2010
    301,776  
2011
    309,320  
2012 and thereafter
    1,058,923  
         
Total
  $ 2,531,897  
         
 
Automobile Lease
 
In June 2005 the Company entered into a thirty-six (36) month operating lease for an automobile.
 
Minimum Future Auto Lease Obligation:
 
         
Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2007
  $ 10,668  
2008
    5,334  
         
Total
  $ 16,002  
         


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
Contingency — Legal Proceedings
 
The Company is not a party to any material litigation and is not aware of any pending or threatened litigation that could have a material adverse effect upon the Company’s business, operating results or financial condition.
 
Note 6 — Retirement Plan
 
In 2002, the Company established a 401(k) plan for its employees. In the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006, the Company had not accrued any expenses for employer contribution.
 
Stock Option Plan and Options Outstanding
 
In 2001, the Company adopted a stock option plan (the “Plan”). The total number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan is 300,000 effective January 31, 2005. Stock options granted under the Plan are non-qualified stock options for its Class B common stock. Management determines who will receive options under the Plan and determines the vesting period pursuant to authority granted by the Board of Directors. Exercise prices are no less than the fair market value of the Class B common stock at the grant dates, as determined by management. All options granted under the Plan through September 30, 2006 were to employees or members of the Board of Directors, with the exception of 75,000 fully vested options granted to a consultant in 2000. In the event of a change of control of the Company, the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the awards, pay a cash amount in exchange for cancellation of the awards, and/or require issuance of substitute awards. The weighted average fair value of the options granted in 2006 was $1.90. There were no options granted in the period from October 1, 2006 to October 15, 2006.
 
                 
    Number of Class B
    Weighted Average
 
    Option Shares     Exercise Price  
 
Balance at September 30, 2005
    282,600     $ 4.73  
Granted
             
Exercised
             
Forfeited
             
Balance at September 30, 2006
    282,600     $ 4.73  
                 
 
The options outstanding at September 30, 2006 have exercise prices ranging from $2.50 to $6.00 per share. Additional information with regard to the outstanding options is as follows:
 
                         
          Weighted Average
       
    Outstanding at
    Remaining
    Weighted Average
 
Exercise Price
  Fiscal Year End     Contractual Life     Exercise Price  
 
$2.50
    76,000       4.67 years     $ 2.50  
$5.50
    186,600       6.80 years     $ 5.50  
$6.00
    20,000       9.40 years     $ 6.00  
 
Note 7 — Capital Stock
 
The Company has two classes of common stock authorized, Class A and Class B common stock. At September 30, 2006 there were 2,500,000 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding and no shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding. The Class A common stock and the Class B common stock have identical rights except that the Class B common shares are non-voting.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
 
Notee 8 — Communication Supply Arrangements
 
At September 30, 2006, the Company had entered into agreements to supply communications capacity in the future to 130 customers at fixed rates in the dollar amounts for the years shown, as follows:
 
                                         
FYE 2007
  FYE 2008     FYE 2009     FYE 2010     FYE 2011     Total  
 
$10,510,049
  $ 4,448,192     $ 2,941,689     $ 1,402,866     $ 787,398     $ 20,090,194  
 
Note 9 — Subsequent Events
 
On October 15, 2006, all of the outstanding capital stock of the Company was acquired by MPAC, a special purpose acquisition company. GII’s shareholders exchanged 100% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock for consideration consisting of cash, notes, and equity of MPAC. MPAC’s name was changed to Global Telecom and Technology, Inc. following consummation of the acquisition, and the Company’s name has since been changed to Global Telecom and Technology Americas, Inc.


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