DELAWARE
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22-3181095
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
incorporation)
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Identification
No.)
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PART
I. FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Financial
Statements
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See
pages 2-17
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Item
2.
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Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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See
pages 18-24
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Item
3.
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Quantitative and
Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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See
page 25
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Item
4T.
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Controls and
Procedures
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See
page 25
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PART
ll. OTHER
INFORMATION
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See
page 26
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June
30,
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December
31,
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2009
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2008
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(Unaudited)
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ASSETS
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|||||||||||||
CASH
AND EQUIVALENTS
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$
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5,647
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$
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7,139
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|||||||||
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE –
net of allowance for doubtful
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|||||||||||||
accounts of $160 in 2009 and $213
in 2008
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917
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976
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|||||||||||
DUE
FROM CLEARING BROKER
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926
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760
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DUE
FROM BROKER
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19,655
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42,029
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MARKETABLE
SECURITIES
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2,274
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3,616
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FIXED ASSETS - at cost
(net of accumulated depreciation and amortization)
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1,631
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1,818
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CONSTRUCTION
IN PROGRESS
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13,508
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-
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|||||||||||
EXCESS OF COST OVER NET ASSETS
ACQUIRED – net
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1,700
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1,700
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PERFORMANCE
GUARANTEE DEPOSIT
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543
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-
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|||||||||||
OTHER
ASSETS
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868
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848
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|||||||||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
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$
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47,669
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$
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58,886
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LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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LIABILITIES
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|||||||||||||
Promissory note payable
-bank
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$
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3,800
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$
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-
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|||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued
expenses
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4,309
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3,707
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|||||||||||
Trading securities sold, but not
yet purchased
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8,249
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30,896
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|||||||||||
Construction contract
deposits
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2,930
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-
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|||||||||||
Property taxes
payable
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517
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-
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|||||||||||
Net deferred income tax
liabilities
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687
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496
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|||||||||||
Other liabilities
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362
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168
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|||||||||||
Total
liabilities
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20,854
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35,267
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COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
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STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
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Track Data Stockholders’
Equity
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Common
stock - $.01 par value; 15,000,000 shares
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authorized; issued
and outstanding – 2,098,000 shares
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21
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21
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Additional paid-in
capital
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10,246
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10,246
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Retained earnings
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13,623
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13,132
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Accumulated other comprehensive
income
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506
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220
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Total Track Data stockholders’
equity
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24,396
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23,619
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Noncontrolling
interest
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2,419
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-
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|||||||||||
Total equity
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26,815
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23,619
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TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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$
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47,669
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$
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58,886
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2009
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2008
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||||||||
SERVICE
FEES AND REVENUE
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|||||||||
Market Data
Services
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$
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7,666
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$
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9,060
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ECN Services
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602
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1,346
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Broker-Dealer Commissions
(includes $12
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|||||||||
in 2009 and $38 in 2008 from
related party)
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5,533
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5,125
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Total
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13,801
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15,531
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COSTS,
EXPENSES AND OTHER:
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Direct operating costs
(includes depreciation and amortization
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of $319 and $368 in
2009 and 2008, respectively)
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8,229
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9,812
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|||||||
Selling and administrative
expenses (includes depreciation and
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amortization of $50 and $32 in
2009 and 2008, respectively)
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4,411
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4,557
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Rent
expense – related party
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328
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328
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Marketing
and advertising
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95
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124
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Gain
on arbitrage trading
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(28
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)
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(723
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)
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Gain
on sale of marketable securities – Innodata
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(2
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)
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(65
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)
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Interest
income
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(58
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)
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(201
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)
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Interest
expense
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8
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131
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|||||||
Total
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12,983
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13,963
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INCOME
BEFORE INCOME TAXES
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818
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1,568
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|||||||
INCOME
TAX PROVISION
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327
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627
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|||||||
NET
INCOME
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$
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491
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$
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941
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BASIC
AND DILUTED NET INCOME PER SHARE
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$.23
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$.45
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WEIGHTED
AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING
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2,098
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2,098
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ADJUSTED
DILUTIVE SHARES OUTSTANDING
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2,098
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2,098
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2009 | 2008 | ||||||||
SERVICE
FEES AND REVENUE
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|||||||||
Market Data
Services
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$
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3,778
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$
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4,524
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ECN
Services
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280
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568
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|||||||
Broker-Dealer Commissions
(includes $7 in 2009
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and
$18 in 2008 from related party)
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3,124
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2,669
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Total
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7,182
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7,761
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COSTS,
EXPENSES AND OTHER:
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Direct operating costs
(includes depreciation and amortization
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of
$159 and $184 in 2009 and 2008, respectively)
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4,009
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4,769
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Selling and administrative
expenses (includes depreciation and
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amortization
of $25 and $16 in 2009 and 2008, respectively)
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2,238
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2,256
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Rent expense – related
party
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164
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164
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Marketing and
advertising
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30
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81
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Gain on arbitrage
trading
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(47
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)
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(352
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)
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Gain
on sale of marketable securities – Innodata
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(2
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)
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-
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||||||
Interest
income
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(37
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)
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(106
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)
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Interest
expense
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2
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32
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|||||||
Total
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6,357
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6,844
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|||||||
INCOME
BEFORE INCOME TAXES
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825
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917
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|||||||
INCOME
TAX PROVISION
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330
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366
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|||||||
NET
INCOME
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$
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495
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$
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551
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BASIC
AND DILUTED NET INCOME PER SHARE
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$.24
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$.26
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|||||||
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING
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2,098
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2,098
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|||||||
ADJUSTED
DILUTIVE SHARES OUTSTANDING
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2,098
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2,098
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|||||||
Track
Data Corporation Stockholders
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Accumulated
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Number
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Additional
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Other
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Noncon-
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Compre-
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of
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Common
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Paid-in
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Retained
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Comprehensive
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trolling
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Total
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hensive
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||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
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Stock
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Capital
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Earnings
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Income
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Interest
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Equity
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Income
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||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
JANUARY 1, 2009
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2,098
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$
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21
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$
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10,246
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$
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13,132
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$
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220
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$
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-
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$
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23,619
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||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income
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491
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491
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$
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491
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment in
subsidiary
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
by third
parties
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2,419
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2,419
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Unrealized gain
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
on
marketable
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
securities -
net of taxes
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286
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286
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286
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||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
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$
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777
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BALANCE,
JUNE 30, 2009
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2,098
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$
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21
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$
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10,246
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$
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13,623
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$
|
506
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$
|
2,419
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$
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26,815
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2009
|
2008
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||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
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|||||||||
Net
income
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$
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491
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$
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941
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|||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
|
|||||||||
operating
activities:
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|||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
369
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401
|
|||||||
Gain
on sale of Innodata common stock
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(2)
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(65
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)
|
||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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|||||||||
Accounts
receivable and due from clearing broker
|
(107
|
)
|
265
|
||||||
Due
from broker
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22,374
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(7,598
|
)
|
||||||
Marketable
securities
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1,815
|
(1,564
|
)
|
||||||
Construction in
progress
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(323
|
)
|
-
|
||||||
Other
assets
|
(49
|
)
|
326
|
||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
(336
|
)
|
(189
|
)
|
|||||
Trading
securities sold, but not yet purchased
|
(22,647
|
)
|
9,598
|
||||||
Other
liabilities, including deferred income taxes
|
195
|
369
|
|||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
1,780
|
2,484
|
|||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
|||||||||
Acquisition
of real estate development
|
(5,000
|
)
|
-
|
||||||
Purchase
of fixed assets
|
(177
|
)
|
(110
|
)
|
|||||
Performance guarantee
deposit
|
(543
|
)
|
-
|
||||||
Proceeds
from sale of Innodata common stock
|
5
|
77
|
|||||||
Purchase
of Innodata common stock
|
-
|
(35
|
)
|
||||||
Issuance
of note receivable
|
-
|
(100
|
)
|
||||||
Repayment
of note receivable
|
24
|
4
|
|||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(5,691
|
)
|
(164
|
)
|
|||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|||||||||
Noncontrolling
interest investment in subsidiary
|
2,419
|
-
|
|||||||
Net
repayments on loans from employees
|
-
|
(782
|
)
|
||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
2,419
|
(782
|
)
|
||||||
NET
(DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND EQUIVALENTS
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(1,492
|
)
|
1,538
|
||||||
CASH
AND EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD
|
7,139
|
5,275
|
|||||||
CASH
AND EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD
|
$
|
5,647
|
$
|
6,813
|
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SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
|
|||||||||
Cash
paid for:
|
|||||||||
Interest
|
$
|
11
|
$
|
131
|
|||||
Income
taxes
|
36
|
2
|
|||||||
NON-CASH
INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
|||||||||
Real
Estate Development Acquisition
|
|||||||||
Construction
in progress
|
$
|
8,185
|
|||||||
Promissory
note payable
|
(3,800
|
)
|
|||||||
Deposits
payable
|
(2,930
|
)
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable
|
(938
|
)
|
|||||||
Real
estate taxes payable
|
(517
|
)
|
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NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
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SIX
MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2009 AND 2008
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1.
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In
the opinion of the Company, the accompanying unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of
only normal recurring items) necessary to present fairly the financial
position as of June 30, 2009, and the results of operations for the three
and six month periods ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 and cash flows for the
six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008. The results of
operations for the six months ended June 30, 2009 are not necessarily
indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or
for the full year. The unaudited condensed financial statements
have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Certain information and note disclosures normally
included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted
pursuant to those rules and regulations, although the Company believes
that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information not
misleading.
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2.
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On
May 4, 2009, the Company, Barry Hertz, its Principal Stockholder, Silver
Polish LLC (“SPLLC”), a New Jersey limited liability company of which Mr.
Hertz is the general manager, and another unrelated individual, entered
into an agreement with Sovereign Bank (“Sovereign”), pursuant to which
SPLLC purchased the note and mortgage on a real estate development known
as Sterling Place, located in Lakewood, New Jersey. The mortgage was in
default and the subject of a foreclosure proceeding by Sovereign which
Sovereign agreed to assign to SPLLC. The total purchase price
was $8.8 million, of which $5 million was paid to Sovereign by SPLLC and
$3.8 million of which is payable in November 2009 and is evidenced by a
promissory note payable by SPLLC, on which the Company, Mr. Hertz and the
other party to the Agreement are jointly and severally
liable.
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Assets:
|
||||
Capitalized
construction costs
|
$
|
13,185
|
||
Liabilities:
|
||||
Accounts
payable
|
938
|
|||
Deposits
payable
|
2,930
|
|||
Real
estate taxes payable
|
517
|
|||
Total
liabilities
|
4,385
|
|||
Purchase
price
|
$
|
8,800
|
3.
|
The
Company charges all costs incurred to establish the technological
feasibility of a product or product enhancement, as well as correction of
software bugs and minor enhancements to existing software applications to
research, development and maintenance expense. Research, development and
maintenance expense included in direct operating costs, were approximately
$37,000 and $37,000 for the six months and $18,000 and $18,000 for the
three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
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4.
|
The
Company applies Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No.
157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”), for assets and liabilities
measured at fair value on a recurring basis. SFAS 157 accomplishes the
following key objectives:
|
·
|
Defines
fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to
transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants
at the measurement date;
|
·
|
Establishes
a three-level hierarchy (“Valuation Hierarchy”) for fair value
measurements;
|
·
|
Requires
consideration of the Company’s creditworthiness when valuing liabilities;
and
|
·
|
Expands
disclosures about instruments measured at fair
value.
|
·
|
Level
1 – inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for
identical assets or liabilities in active markets. The fair values of the
Company’s arbitrage trading securities and Innodata common stock are based
on quoted prices and therefore classified as level
1.
|
·
|
Level
2 – inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar
assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable
for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for
substantially the full term of the financial
instrument.
|
·
|
Level
3 – inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant
to the fair value measurement.
|
Quoted Market Prices
|
||||||||||||
in Active Markets
|
||||||||||||
(Level 1)
|
||||||||||||
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||
Arbitrage
trading securities
|
||||||||||||
Long Positions
|
$
|
1,165
|
|
$
|
2,980
|
|||||||
Short Positions
|
8,249
|
30,896
|
||||||||||
Available
for sale securities (1)
|
||||||||||||
Innodata common
stock
|
1,109
|
636
|
||||||||||
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||
Innodata
- Available for sale securities - at market
|
$
|
1,109
|
$
|
636
|
||||||||
Arbitrage
trading securities - at market
|
1,165
|
2,980
|
||||||||||
Marketable
securities
|
$
|
2,274
|
$
|
3,616
|
||||||||
Arbitrage
trading securities sold but not yet purchased – at market
|
$
|
8,249
|
$
|
30,896
|
5.
|
The
Company has a revolving line of credit up to a maximum of $3 million which
bears interest at a per annum rate of 1.75% above the bank’s prime rate
(7.75% at June 30, 2009) and is due on demand. The line expires in August,
2010, subject to automatic renewal. The note is collateralized by
substantially all of the assets of Track Data Corporation. The Company may
borrow up to 80% of eligible accounts receivable and is required to
maintain a compensating cash balance of not less than 10% of the
outstanding loan obligation and is required to comply with certain
covenants. There were no borrowings outstanding at June 30,
2009. Borrowings available under the line of credit at June 30, 2009 were
$463,000 based on these formulas.
|
6.
|
Earnings
Per Share--Basic earnings per share is computed based on the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding without consideration of
potential common stock. Diluted earnings per share is computed
based on the weighted average number of common and potential dilutive
common shares outstanding. There was no effect on earnings per
share as a result of potential dilution. The calculation takes
into account the shares that may be issued upon exercise of stock options,
reduced by the shares that may be repurchased with the funds received from
the exercise, based on the average price during the period. For
the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company had 43,000 stock
options outstanding. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2008, the
Company had 108,000 stock options outstanding. Outstanding
options for the aforementioned periods were not included in the dilutive
calculation because the effect on earnings per share is
antidilutive.
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Six
Months Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
495
|
$
|
551
|
$
|
491
|
$
|
941
|
||||||||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding
|
2,098
|
2,098
|
2,098
|
2,098
|
||||||||||||
Dilutive
effect of outstanding options
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Adjusted
for dilutive computation
|
2,098
|
2,098
|
2,098
|
2,098
|
||||||||||||
Basic
income per share
|
$.24
|
$.26
|
$.23
|
$.45
|
||||||||||||
Diluted
income per share
|
$.24
|
$.26
|
$.23
|
$.45
|
7.
|
At
June 30, 2009, the Company had seven stock-based employee compensation
plans of which there were outstanding awards exercisable into 43,000
shares of common stock. No stock-based employee compensation cost is
reflected in the statement of operations, as there was no vesting of
outstanding stock option awards in 2008 or 2009. The Company is
required pursuant to SFAS 123(R) “Share-Based Payments” to account for its
options and other stock based awards at fair
value. Compensation expense is recognized over the service
period of the award.
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8.
|
Segment
Information--The Company is a financial services company that provides
real-time financial market data, fundamental research, charting and
analytical services to institutional and individual investors through
dedicated telecommunication lines and the Internet. The Company
also disseminates news and third-party database information from more than
100 sources worldwide. The Company owns Track Data Securities
Corp. (“TDSC”), a registered securities broker-dealer and member of the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). The Company
provides a proprietary, fully integrated Internet-based online trading and
market data system, proTrack, for the professional institutional traders,
and myTrack and myTrack Edge, for the individual trader. The
Company also operates Track ECN, an electronic communications network that
enables traders to display and match limit orders for
stocks. The Company's operations are classified in four
business segments: (1) market data services and trading,
including ECN services, to the institutional professional investment
community, (2) Internet-based online trading and market data services to
the non-professional individual investor community, (3) arbitrage trading,
and (4) real estate.
|
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||||||
Ended
June 30,
|
Ended
June 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
|
||||||||||||||||
Professional
Market
|
$
|
2,751
|
$
|
3,651
|
$
|
5,687
|
$
|
7,567
|
||||||||
Non-Professional
Market
|
4,431
|
4,110
|
8,114
|
7,964
|
||||||||||||
Total Revenues
|
$
|
7,182
|
$
|
7,761
|
$
|
13,801
|
$
|
15,531
|
||||||||
Arbitrage
Trading – gain on sale
|
||||||||||||||||
of
marketable securities
|
$
|
47
|
$
|
352
|
$
|
28
|
$
|
723
|
||||||||
(Loss)
income before unallocated
|
||||||||||||||||
amounts and income
taxes:
|
||||||||||||||||
Professional
Market
|
$
|
(264
|
)
|
$
|
(342
|
)
|
$
|
(789
|
)
|
$
|
(525
|
)
|
||||
Non-Professional
Market
|
1,222
|
1,086
|
1,960
|
1,730
|
||||||||||||
Arbitrage
Trading (including interest)
|
11
|
346
|
(25
|
)
|
644
|
|||||||||||
Unallocated
amounts:
|
||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and
amortization
|
(184
|
)
|
(200
|
)
|
(369
|
)
|
(400
|
)
|
||||||||
Gain on sale of Innodata common
stock
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
65
|
||||||||||||
Interest income,
net
|
38
|
27
|
39
|
54
|
||||||||||||
Income
before income taxes
|
$
|
825
|
$
|
917
|
$
|
818
|
$
|
1,568
|
||||||||
9.
|
Transactions
with Clearing Broker and Customers—The Company conducts business through a
clearing broker which settles all trades for the Company, on a fully
disclosed basis, on behalf of its customers. The Company earns
commissions as an introducing broker for the transactions of its
customers. In the normal course of business, the Company’s
customer activities involve the execution of various customer securities
transactions. These activities may expose the Company to
off-balance-sheet risk in the event the customer or other broker is unable
to fulfill its contracted obligations and the Company has to purchase or
sell the financial instrument underlying the obligation at a
loss.
|
10.
|
Net
Capital Requirements—The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”),
FINRA, and various other regulatory agencies have stringent rules
requiring the maintenance of specific levels of net capital by securities
brokers, including the SEC’s uniform net capital rule, which governs
TDSC. Net capital is defined as assets minus liabilities, plus
other allowable credits and qualifying subordinated borrowings less
mandatory deductions that result from excluding assets that are not
readily convertible into cash and from valuing other assets, such as a
firm’s positions in securities, conservatively. Among these deductions are
adjustments in the market value of securities to reflect the possibility
of a market decline prior to
disposition.
|
1.
|
Comprehensive
income is as follows (in
thousands):
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Six
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||||||
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
495
|
$
|
551
|
$
|
491
|
$
|
941
|
|||||||||||
Unrealized
gain (loss) on marketable
|
|||||||||||||||||||
securities-net of
taxes
|
138
|
(218
|
)
|
286
|
(376
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Reclassification
adjustment for
|
|||||||||||||||||||
loss on marketable
securities
|
|||||||||||||||||||
- net of
taxes
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(34
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
633
|
$
|
333
|
$
|
777
|
$
|
531
|
12.
|
The
Company leases its executive office facilities in Brooklyn from a limited
partnership owned by the Company’s Principal Stockholder and members of
his family. A lease effective October 1, 2007 provides for the
Company to pay $657,000 per annum plus real estate taxes through September
30, 2009. The Company paid the partnership rent of $328,000 for each of
the six month periods ended June 30, 2009 and
2008.
|
13.
|
The
Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims which arise in the
ordinary course of its business. In the opinion of management, the amount
of ultimate liability with respect to these actions will not materially
affect the Company’s financial position or results of
operations.
|
14.
|
In
May 2006, the Company purchased a non-dilutable 15% interest in SFB Market
Systems, Inc. (“SFB”) for $150,000 cash. SFB is a privately
held company that provides an online centralized securities symbol
management system and related equity and option information for updating
and loading master files. The Company currently has a representative on
SFB’s four member Board of Directors. The Company accounts for
its investment in SFB under the cost method, and is included in other
assets in the balance sheet as of June 30, 2009 and December 31,
2008.
|
15.
|
In
April 2006, the Company’s Principal Stockholder formed a private limited
partnership of which he is the general partner for the purpose of
operating a hedge fund for trading in certain options strategies. The
Company has no financial interest in or commitments related to, the hedge
fund. The hedge fund opened a trading account with the Company’s
broker-dealer. The Company charged commissions to the hedge fund of
$12,000 and $38,000 for the six months and $7,000 and $18,000 for the
three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
|
16.
|
The
Company accounts for uncertainties in income tax positions in accordance
with the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB")
Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (as
amended) - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109" ("FIN 48") which
prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial
statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected
to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 states that a tax benefit from an
uncertain tax position may be recognized only if it is "more likely than
not" that the position is sustainable, based on its technical merits. The
tax benefit of a qualifying position is the largest amount of tax benefit
that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement with a
taxing authority having full knowledge of all relevant information. Under
FIN 48, the liability for unrecognized tax benefits is classified as
noncurrent unless the liability is expected to be settled in cash within
12 months of the reporting date.
|
17.
|
The
preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity
with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect reported amounts and related disclosures. Actual results could
differ materially from estimates and assumptions made. In determining its
quarterly provision for income taxes, the Company uses an estimated annual
effective tax rate, which is based on expected annual income. Certain
significant or unusual items are separately recognized in the quarter in
which they occur and can be a source of variability in the effective tax
rates from quarter to quarter.
|
18.
|
In
September 2008, the EITF issued EITF issue no. 08-06 (“EITF 08-6”),
“Equity Method Investment Accounting Considerations.” EITF 08-6 requires
that the initial carrying value of an equity method investment should be
based on the cost accumulation model described in SFAS No. 141(R),
“Business Combinations.” EITF 08-6 also concluded that an equity method
investor (1) should not separately test an investee’s underlying
indefinite-life intangible assets for impairment, (2) should account for
an investee’s share as if the equity method investor sold a proportionate
share of its investment and (3) should continue applying the guidance of
APB Opinion No. 18, “The Equity Method of Accounting for Investors of
Common Stock,” upon a change in the investor’s accounting from the equity
to the cost method. EITF 08-6 is effective on a prospective basis in
fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2008 including interim
periods within those fiscal years. The adoption of EITF 08-6
did not have an impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial
statements.
|
PART
II.
|
OTHER
INFORMATION
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Item
1.
|
Legal
Proceedings. Not Applicable
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Item
1a.
|
Risk
Factors. Not Required
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Item
2.
|
Unregistered Sales of
Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
Number
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
of
Shares
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Number
of
|
Purchased
as
|
Maximum
Number
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
of
|
Average
|
Part
of
|
of
Shares That May
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Period
|
Common
Stock
|
Price
Paid
|
Publicly
|
Yet
be Purchased
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Purchased
|
Purchased
|
Per Share
|
Announced Plans
|
Under the Plans
|
|||||||||||||||||||
April,
2009
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
May,
2009
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
June,
2009
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
None
|
None
|
248,375
|
||||||||||||||||||||
On
November 1, 2005, the Board of Directors approved a buy back of up to
250,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock in market or privately
negotiated transactions from time to time.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Item 3. | Defaults upon Seniro Securities. Not Applicable | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Item
4.
|
Submission of Matters
to a Vote of Security Holders. Not Applicable
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Item
5.
|
Other
Information. Not Applicable
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Item
6.
|
Exhibits
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
10.12
|
Agreement
dated May 4, 2009 providing for Silver Polish LLC to purchase property
from Sovereign Bank.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
10.13
|
Promissory
Note dated May 7, 2009 providing for the balance of payment due from
Silver Polish LLC to Sovereign Bank.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
31
|
Certification
of Martin Kaye pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
32
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
Date:
|
8/14/09
|
/s/ Martin
Kaye
|
|
Martin
Kaye
|
|||
Chief
Executive Officer
|
|||
Principal
Financial Officer
|