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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Form 10-K

(cid:3)

(cid:2)

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009

or

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                                                      to

Commission File Number:  001-33852

VirnetX Holding Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

5615 Scotts Valley Drive, Suite 110
Scotts Valley, California
(Address of principal executive offices)

77-0390628
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

95066
(Zip Code)

(831) 438-8200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Class
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

Name of Exchange on Which Registered
NYSE Amex Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.   Yes (cid:2)     No (cid:3)

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 (cid:2)     No (cid:3)

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 (cid:3)     No (cid:2)

Indicate  by  check  mark  whether  the  registrant  has  submitted  electronically  and  posted  on  its  corporate  Web  site,  if  any,  every  Interactive  Data  File  required  to  be 
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was 
required to submit and post such files).  Yes (cid:2)     No (cid:2)

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of 

Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  (cid:3)

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 (cid:2)

Accelerated filer (cid:2)

Non-accelerated filer (cid:2)
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company (cid:3)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).   Yes (cid:2)   No  (cid:3)

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2009, was $44,713,671 based upon the 
closing price of the common shares of the Registrant on June 30, 2009. This calculation does not reflect a determination that certain persons are affiliates of the Registrant for 
any other purpose.

43,670,328 shares of Registrant’s Common Stock were outstanding as of March 19, 2010.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Certain  portions  of  this  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K  incorporate  by  reference  information  from  the  Registrant’s  Proxy  Statement  to  be  filed  with  the  Securities  and 

Exchange Commission in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the Registrant’s 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2009.

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Business

Item 1.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.

Properties
Legal Proceedings
Reserved

VirnetX Holding Corporation

INDEX

PART I

PART II

Selected Financial Data

Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Item 6.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Item 8.
Item 9.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Item 9B. Other Information

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Item 12.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters Equity Compensation Plan Information

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

PART IV

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Statement regarding forward-looking statements

This  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K  includes  forward-looking  statements  within  the  meaning  of  Section 27A  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933  and  Section 21E  of  the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including statements regarding 
our current liquidity, future financial position, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements.  The words 
“believe,”  “may,”  “estimate,”  “continue,”  “anticipate,”  “intend,”  “expect” and  similar  expressions,  as  they  relate  to  us,  are  intended  to  identify  forward-looking
statements.  We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe 
may  affect  our  financial  condition,  results  of  operations,  business  strategy  and  financial  needs.  These  forward-looking  statements  are  subject  to  a  number  of  risks, 
uncertainties  and  assumptions  described  in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.  These risks are not exhaustive.  Other sections of this 
Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K  include  additional  factors  which  could  adversely  impact  our  business  and  financial  performance.  Moreover,  we  operate  in  a  very 
competitive and rapidly changing environment.  New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for our management to predict all risk factors, nor can we 
assess  the  impact  of  all  factors  on  our  business  or  the  extent  to  which  any  factor,  or  combination  of  factors,  may  cause  actual  results  to  differ  materially  from  those 
contained in any forward-looking statements.  You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.  We cannot assure you that the events 
and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur and actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-
looking statements.

As used herein, “we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company” means VirnetX Holding Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including VirnetX, Inc., collectively, on 

a consolidated basis.

Item 1.    Business.

The Company

PART I

We are developing and commercializing software and technology solutions for securing real-time communications over the Internet.  Our patented GABRIEL Connection 
Technology™ combines industry standard encryption protocols with our patented techniques for automated domain name system, or DNS, lookup mechanisms, enabling 
users to create a secure communication link using secure domain names.  We also intend to establish the exclusive secure domain name registry in the United States and other 
key markets around the world. Our software and technology solutions provide the security platform required by next-generation Internet-based applications such as instant 
messaging, or IM, voice over Internet protocol, or VoIP, mobile services, streaming video, file transfer and remote desktop.  Our technology generates secure connections on a 
“zero-click” or “single-click” basis, significantly simplifying the deployment of secure real-time communication solutions by eliminating the need for end users to enter any 
encryption information.

Our portfolio of intellectual property is the foundation of our business model.  We currently have 12 patents in the United States and eight international patents, as well as 
several  pending  U.S. and  foreign  patent  applications.  Our  patent  portfolio  is  primarily  focused  on  securing  real-time  communications  over  the  Internet,  as  well  as  related 
services such as the establishment and maintenance of a secure domain name registry.  Our software and technology solutions also have additional applications in operating 
systems  and  network  security.  On  December  2,  2009,  we  declared  to  the  3GPP  (3rd  Generation  Partnership  Project)  that  our  U.S.  and  international  patents  are  or  may  be 
essential to Long Term Evolution (LTE) and 4G wireless specifications. We believe that we will hold the majority of 4G essential patents related to Series 33 specifications that 
define security standards for LTE/4G and are prepared to license the use of our patents for incorporation into 4G related products such as chips, servers, smartphones, laptop 
computers, etc. Our employees include the core development team behind our patent portfolio, technology and software. This team has worked together for over ten years and 
is the same team that invented and developed this technology while working at Science Application International Corporation, or SAIC. SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific,
engineering,  and  technology  applications  company  that  uses  its  deep  domain  knowledge  to  solve  problems  of  vital  importance  to  the  nation  and  the  world,  in  national 
security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure and health.  We acquired this patent portfolio in 2006, and it now serves as the foundation of our planned licensing 
and service offerings.  We expect to derive the majority of our revenue from license fees and royalties associated with these patents.  We also intend to continue our research 
and development efforts to further strengthen and expand our patent portfolio, and over time, we plan to leverage this portfolio to develop a product suite that can be sold to 
enterprise customers and developers.

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We intend to license our patents and our GABRIEL Connection Technology™ to original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, within the IP-telephony, mobility, fixed-
mobile convergence and unified communications markets.  The leaders in these markets include Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Juniper Networks, Inc., LM 
Ericsson Telephone Company, Motorola, Inc., NEC Corporation, Nokia Corporation, Nortel Networks Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sony Ericsson Mobile 
Communications AB, among others.  On December 9, 2009, we announced the start of beta testing of our GABRIEL Connection Technology™. In this testing we intend to 
include invited beta users from outside the company. This phase of beta testing is expected to be completed around mid-year 2010.

We also intend to license our patent portfolio, technology and software, including our secure domain name registry service, to communication service providers as well as 
to system integrators.  We believe that the market opportunity for our software and technology solutions is large and expanding.  As part of our licensing strategy, in March 
2008, we hired ipCapital Group, a leading advisor on licensing technology and intellectual property, to initiate discussions with several major potential licensees.  Since its 
founding in 1998, ipCapital Group has supported the licensing efforts of clients across a variety of technologies and markets, resulting in transactions representing several 
hundred million dollars of value.  On December 23, 2009, we signed a letter of intent with VeriSign, Inc. or VeriSign, under which VirnetX and VeriSign will collaborate to assess 
and  evaluate  the  technical,  market  and  commercial  viability  to  jointly  develop  and  provide  mobile  directory  services  and  solutions  using  secure  domain  names  or “PKI”
certificate infrastructure consistent with VirnetX intellectual property. The letter of intent also provided for a “no shop” period until March 23, 2010, during which period the 
parties have agreed not to solicit or encourage proposals from any other person or entity regarding a similar strategic relationship. On March 24, 2010, we entered into an 
agreement  with  VeriSign  to  extend  the  binding  exclusively  period  under  the  letter  of  intent  until  June  4,  2010.  We  continue  to  have  discussions  with  other  prospective 
customers/partners in our target markets outside the scope of the potential strategic relationship with VeriSign.

Industry Overview

The  Internet  is  increasingly  evolving  into  a  rich  medium  used  by  individuals  and  businesses  to  conduct  commerce,  share  information  and  engage  in  real-time
communications  including  email,  text  messaging,  IM,  and  voice  and  video  calls.  This  communications  experience  is  richer  and  more  complex  than  ever  before.  Session 
initiation protocol, or SIP, was developed to enable the convergence of voice and data networks and today is the predominant industry standard for establishing multimedia 
communications over the Internet such as voice, video, instant messaging, presence information and file transfer.  SIP, as well as other real-time collaboration protocols such 
as XMPP, use DNS lookup as its primary means of connecting Internet devices but is an open architecture that remains inherently unsecure.

We believe that accessing a diversity of services from a single device, anytime and anywhere, and the ability to access these same services from a range of devices, are 
emerging as key market requirements.  The portions of the IP-telephony, mobility, fixed-mobile convergence and unified communications markets that could benefit from our 
software  and  technology  solutions  are  forecasted  by  Infonetics  to  grow  total  revenues  from  approximately  $59 billion  in  2006  to  approximately  $162 billion  by  2011, 
representing  a  compound  annual  growth  rate,  or  CAGR,  of  approximately  22%.  This  growing  trend  represents  a  significant  opportunity  for  VirnetX  to  license  its  patent 
portfolio, technology and software, and establish its secure domain name registry.

IP Telephony

IP telephony includes technologies that use Internet Protocol’s packet-switched connections to exchange voice, fax, and other forms of information traditionally carried 
over the dedicated circuit-switched connections of the public switched telephone network, or PSTN.  The adoption of IP telephony has helped businesses significantly lower 
network operating costs by using a common network for voice and data.  As the workforce becomes increasingly dispersed, mobile features enabled by Internet protocol-
based  communications  such  as  presence,  unified  messaging,  peer-to-peer  applications,  find  me/follow  me,  white-boarding  and  document  sharing  have  become  more 
commonplace.  However,  the  development  of  the  related  security  infrastructure  has  lagged  behind,  leaving  next-generation  networks  vulnerable  to  a  multitude  of  threats 
including man-in-middle, eavesdropping, domain hijacking, distributed denial of service, or DDoS, spam over Internet telephony, or SPIT, and spam over instant messaging, or 
SPIM.  These  threats  continue  to  highlight  the  need  for  securing  next-generation  networks.  As  the  use  of  IP  telephony  systems  extends  beyond  the  boundaries  of  an 
organization’s private network, security is likely to become an even bigger concern.  Worldwide revenue from IP telephony products like IP-PBX including IP phones, service 
provider  VoIP  and  IMS  equipment,  VoIP  gateways  and  hosted  VoIP  services  for  businesses  is  forecasted  by  Infonetics  to  grow  from  approximately  $15 billion  in  2006  to 
approximately $43 billion in 2011, representing a CAGR of approximately 23%.  We believe our unique and patented solution provides the robust security platform required for 
providing  on-demand  secure  communication  links  between  enterprises  intending  to  communicate  securely  without  manually  configuring  the  connections.  We  believe  a 
standard security solution such as ours will further accelerate the adoption of IP telephony products in the market and allow enterprises to take full advantage of these rich 
content applications and real-time communications over the Internet, thereby significantly increasing their return on investment.

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Statement regarding forward-looking statements

This  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K  includes  forward-looking  statements  within  the  meaning  of  Section 27A  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933  and  Section 21E  of  the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including statements regarding 
our current liquidity, future financial position, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements.  The words 
“believe,”  “may,”  “estimate,”  “continue,”  “anticipate,”  “intend,”  “expect” and  similar  expressions,  as  they  relate  to  us,  are  intended  to  identify  forward-looking
statements.  We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe 
may  affect  our  financial  condition,  results  of  operations,  business  strategy  and  financial  needs.  These  forward-looking  statements  are  subject  to  a  number  of  risks, 
uncertainties  and  assumptions  described  in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.  These risks are not exhaustive.  Other sections of this 
Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K  include  additional  factors  which  could  adversely  impact  our  business  and  financial  performance.  Moreover,  we  operate  in  a  very 
competitive and rapidly changing environment.  New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for our management to predict all risk factors, nor can we 
assess  the  impact  of  all  factors  on  our  business  or  the  extent  to  which  any  factor,  or  combination  of  factors,  may  cause  actual  results  to  differ  materially  from  those 
contained in any forward-looking statements.  You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.  We cannot assure you that the events 
and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur and actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-
looking statements.

As used herein, “we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company” means VirnetX Holding Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including VirnetX, Inc., collectively, on 

a consolidated basis.

Item 1.    Business.

The Company

PART I

We are developing and commercializing software and technology solutions for securing real-time communications over the Internet.  Our patented GABRIEL Connection 
Technology™ combines industry standard encryption protocols with our patented techniques for automated domain name system, or DNS, lookup mechanisms, enabling 
users to create a secure communication link using secure domain names.  We also intend to establish the exclusive secure domain name registry in the United States and other 
key markets around the world. Our software and technology solutions provide the security platform required by next-generation Internet-based applications such as instant 
messaging, or IM, voice over Internet protocol, or VoIP, mobile services, streaming video, file transfer and remote desktop.  Our technology generates secure connections on a 
“zero-click” or “single-click” basis, significantly simplifying the deployment of secure real-time communication solutions by eliminating the need for end users to enter any 
encryption information.

Our portfolio of intellectual property is the foundation of our business model.  We currently have 12 patents in the United States and eight international patents, as well as 
several  pending  U.S. and  foreign  patent  applications.  Our  patent  portfolio  is  primarily  focused  on  securing  real-time  communications  over  the  Internet,  as  well  as  related 
services such as the establishment and maintenance of a secure domain name registry.  Our software and technology solutions also have additional applications in operating 
systems  and  network  security.  On  December  2,  2009,  we  declared  to  the  3GPP  (3rd  Generation  Partnership  Project)  that  our  U.S.  and  international  patents  are  or  may  be 
essential to Long Term Evolution (LTE) and 4G wireless specifications. We believe that we will hold the majority of 4G essential patents related to Series 33 specifications that 
define security standards for LTE/4G and are prepared to license the use of our patents for incorporation into 4G related products such as chips, servers, smartphones, laptop 
computers, etc. Our employees include the core development team behind our patent portfolio, technology and software. This team has worked together for over ten years and 
is the same team that invented and developed this technology while working at Science Application International Corporation, or SAIC. SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific,
engineering,  and  technology  applications  company  that  uses  its  deep  domain  knowledge  to  solve  problems  of  vital  importance  to  the  nation  and  the  world,  in  national 
security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure and health.  We acquired this patent portfolio in 2006, and it now serves as the foundation of our planned licensing 
and service offerings.  We expect to derive the majority of our revenue from license fees and royalties associated with these patents.  We also intend to continue our research 
and development efforts to further strengthen and expand our patent portfolio, and over time, we plan to leverage this portfolio to develop a product suite that can be sold to 
enterprise customers and developers.

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The  idea  behind  unified  communications  is  to  organize  the  array  of  communication  methodologies,  integrating  the  various  fragmented  ways  individuals  communicate 
today into a single communications experience, ultimately increasing utility and productivity.  The basic components comprising unified communications include:  a directory 
for  storing  addresses,  various  modes  of  communication  with  each  user/contact  (desk  phone,  mobile  phone,  IM,  etc.),  message  storage  for  all  messages  regardless  of 
communication  method  and  secure  presence  of  a  user’s  status  for  each  mode  of  communication  (available,  away,  busy,  etc.).  Worldwide  unified  communications  market 
generated approximately $377 million in revenue in 2006 and is forecasted to grow rapidly over the next few years generating approximately $813 million in revenue in 2011, 
representing a CAGR of approximately 17%.  We believe the growth in unified communication products may not reach its full potential due to the lack of transparent and 
seamless security as users hesitate to place their presence information online for all to see and as organizations block access due to the lack of credentials verified by a neutral 
third party.  Our solutions help address these concerns and should enable significant growth in the unified communications market.

Our Solutions

Our software and technology solutions, including our secure domain name registry, our patents and our GABRIEL Connection Technology™ are designed to secure all 
types of real-time  communications  over  the  Internet.  Our  technology  uses  industry  standard  encryption  methods  with  our  patented  DNS  lookup  mechanisms  to  create  a 
secure communication link between users intending to communicate in real time over the Internet.  Our technology can be built into network infrastructure, operating systems 
or silicon chips developed for a communication or computing device to secure real-time communications over the Internet between any number of devices.  Our technology 
automatically encrypts data allowing organizations and individuals to establish communities of secure, registered users and transmit information between multiple devices, 
networks and operating systems.  These secure network communities, which we call secure private domains, or SPDs, are designed to be fully-customizable and support rich 
content applications such as IM, VoIP, mobile services, streaming video, file transfer and remote desktop in a completely secure environment.  Our approach is a unique and 
patented solution that provides the robust security platform required by these rich content applications and real-time communications over the Internet.  The key benefits and 
features of our technology include the following:

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Automatic and seamless to the user.  After a one-time registration, users connect securely on a “zero-click” or “single-click” basis.

Secure data communications.  Users create secure networks with people they trust and communicate over a secure channel.

Control of data at all times.  Users can secure and customize their unified communication and collaboration applications such as file sharing and remote desktop with 
policy-based access and secure presence information.

Authenticated users.  Users know they are communicating with authenticated users with secure domain names.

Application-agnostic  technology.  Our solution provides security at the IP layer of the network by using patented DNS lookup mechanisms to make connections 
between secure domain names, thereby obviating the need to provide application specific security.

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Competitive Strengths

We believe the following competitive strengths will enable our success in the marketplace:

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Unique  patented  technology.  We are focused on developing innovative technology for securing real-time communications over the Internet, and establishing the 
exclusive secure domain name registry in the United States and other key markets around the world.  Our unique solutions combine industry standard encryption 
methods and communication protocols with our patented techniques for automated DNS lookup mechanisms.  Our technology and patented approach enables users 
to  create  a  secure  communication  link  by  generating  secure  domain  names.  We  have  a  strong  portfolio  comprised  of  12  patents  in  the  United States  and  eight 
international patents, as well as several pending U.S. and foreign patent applications.  Our portfolio includes patents and pending patent applications in the United 
States and other key markets that support our secure domain name registry service for the Internet.

Scalable  licensing  business  model.  Our  intellectual  property  portfolio  is  the  foundation  of  our  business  model.  We  are  actively  engaged  in  commercializing  our 
intellectual property portfolio by pursuing licensing agreements with OEMs, service providers and system integrators within the IP-telephony, mobility, fixed-mobile
convergence and unified communications end-markets.  We have engaged ipCapital Group to accelerate our patent and technology licensing program with customers 
and to expand the depth of our intellectual property portfolio, and we are actively pursuing our first licensing agreements.  We believe that our licensing business 
model is highly scalable and has the potential to generate strong margins once we achieve significant revenue growth.

Highly  experienced  research  and  development  team.  Our research and development team is comprised of nationally recognized network security and encryption 
technology scientists and experts that have worked together as a team for over ten years and, collectively, have over 120 years of experience in the field.  During their 
careers, this team has developed several cutting-edge technologies for U.S. national defense, intelligence and civilian agencies, many of which remain critical to our 
national security today.  Prior to joining VirnetX, our team worked for SAIC during which time they invented the technology that is the foundation of our patent 
portfolio,  technology,  and  software.  Based  on  the  collective  knowledge  and  experience  of  our  development  team,  we  believe  that  we  have  one  of  the  most 
experienced and sophisticated groups of security experts researching vulnerability and threats to real-time communication over the Internet and developing solutions 
to mitigate these problems.

Our Strategy

Our strategy is to become the market leader in securing real-time communications over the Internet and to establish our GABRIEL Communications TechnologyTM as the 

industry standard security platform.  Key elements of our strategy are to:

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Implement a patent and technology licensing program to commercialize our intellectual property, including our GABRIEL Connection TechnologyTM.

Establish  VirnetX  as  the  exclusive  universal  registry  of  secure  domain  names  and  to  enable  our  customers  to  act  as  registrars  for  their  users  and  broker  secure 
communication between users on different registries.

Leverage our existing patent portfolio and technology to develop a suite of products that can be sold directly to end-user enterprises.

In furtherance of our strategy, in March 2008, we engaged ipCapital Group to help us support and grow our licensing business.  The ipCapital Group is a leading advisor 
on licensing technology and intellectual property.  Through our alliance with ipCapital Group, we are actively engaged in discussions with several potential customers in our 
target markets.  ipCapital Group is led by John Cronin.  Prior to founding ipCapital Group, Mr. Cronin was a distinguished inventor at IBM for 17 years where he patented 100 
inventions, published over 150 technical papers, received IBM’s “Most Distinguished Inventor Award,” and was recognized as IBM’s “Top Inventor.”  As a member of the 
senior  technical  staff  and  the  prestigious  IBM  Academy,  Mr. Cronin  led  an  intellectual  asset  team  that  spearheaded  efforts  to  produce  and  manage  the  development  of 
intellectual property at IBM.  Eventually known as “The IBM Patent Factory,” this select group supported the division that increased IBM’s annual licensing revenue from 
$30 million in 1992 to more than $1 billion in 1997 when Mr. Cronin left IBM.  Since its founding in 1998, ipCapital Group has supported the licensing efforts of clients across a 
variety of technologies and markets, resulting in transactions representing several hundred million dollars of value.

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(LTE) and 4G wireless specifications. We believe that we will hold the majority of 4G essential patents related to Series 33 specifications that define security standards for 
LTE/4G  and  are  prepared  to  license  the  use  of  our  patents  for  incorporation  into  4G  related  products  such  as  chips,  servers,  smartphones,  laptop  computers  and  similar 
products.

License and Service Offerings

We plan to offer a diversified portfolio of license and service offerings focused on securing real-time communications over the Internet, including:

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VirnetX patent licensing:  Customers who want to develop their own implementation of the VirnetX code module for supporting secure domain names, or who want 
to  use  their  own  techniques  that  are  covered  by  our  patent  portfolio  for  establishing  secure  communication  links,  will  purchase  a  patent  license.  The  number  of 
patents licensed, and therefore the cost of the patent license to the customer, will depend upon which of the patents are used in a particular product or service.  These 
licenses will typically include an initial license fee, as well as an ongoing royalty.

GABRIEL  Connection  TechnologyTM  Software  Development  Kit,  or  SDK:  OEM  customers  who  want  to  adopt  the  GABRIEL  Connection  TechnologyTM as their 
solution for establishing secure connections using secure domain names within their products will purchase an SDK license.  The software development kit consists 
of object libraries, sample code, testing and quality assurance tools and the supporting documentation necessary for a customer to implement our technology.  These 
tools are comprised of software for a secure domain name connection test server, a relay test server and a registration test server. Customers will pay an up-front
license fee to purchase an SDK license and a royalty fee for every product shipped with the embedded VirnetX code module.

Secure domain name registrar service:  Customers, including service providers, telecommunication companies, ISPs, system integrators and OEMs will purchase a 
license to our secure domain name registrar service.  We provide the software suite and technology support to enable such customers to provision devices with 
secure domain names and facilitate secure connections between registered devices.  This suite includes the following server software modules:

Registrar server software:  Will enable customers to operate as a secure domain name registrar that provisions devices with secure domain names.  The registrar 
server software provides an interface for our customers to register new virtual private domains and sub-domain names.  This server module must be enrolled with the 
VirnetX secure domain name master registry to obtain its credentials before functioning as an authorized registrar.

Connection  server  software:  Will  allow  customers  to  provide  connection  services  to  enrolled  devices.  The  connection  services  include  registration  of  presence 
information for authenticated users and devices, presence information query request services, enforcement of policies and support for communication with peers 
behind firewalls.

Relay server software:  Will  allow  customers  to  dynamically  maintain  connections  and  relay  data  to  private  IP  addresses  for  network  devices  that  reside  behind 
firewalls. Secure domain name registrar service customers will enter into a technology licensing and revenue sharing agreement with VirnetX whereby we will typically 
receive an up-front licensing fee for the secure domain name registrar technology, as well as ongoing annual royalties for each secure domain name issued by the 
customer.

Secure domain name master registry and connection service:  As part of enabling the secure domain name registrar service, we will maintain and manage the secure 
domain name master registry.  This service will enroll all secure domain name registrar customers and generate the credentials required to function as an authorized 
registrar.  It also provides connection services and universal name resolution, presence information and secure connections between authorized devices with secure 
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Technical support services:  We intend to provide high-quality technical support services to licensees and customers for the rapid customization and deployment of 
GABRIEL Connection TechnologyTM in an individual customer’s products and services.

Our research and development team was the team responsible for inventing the patents that form the foundation of the technology we intend to license to OEMs and 
service providers globally.  This team has worked together for over ten years and, collectively, has over 120 years of experience in engineering and technology.  We intend to 
leverage  this  experience  and  continue  investing  in  research  and  development  and,  over  time,  expect  to  strengthen  and  expand  our  patent  portfolio,  technology,  and 
software.  While we are currently focused on securing real-time communications over the Internet and establishing the first and only secure domain name registry, we believe 
our existing and future intellectual property portfolio will extend to additional areas including, among others, network security and operating systems for fixed and mobile 
devices. On December 9, 2009, we announced the start of beta testing of our GABRIEL Connection Technology™. In this testing we intend to include invited beta users from 
outside the company. This phase of beta testing is expected to last approximately 6 months.

Customers

We are currently focused on commercializing our technology and are actively pursuing our first licensing agreements.  We intend to license our patents and our GABRIEL 
Connection TechnologyTM to original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, within the IP-telephony, mobility, fixed-mobile convergence and unified communications markets. 
Notify Technology Corporation (OTC BB:NTFY), a San Jose (Calif.) based, 70 person, technology company offering wireless products and services has agreed to join our beta 
testing program.

We also intend to license our patent portfolio, technology and software, including our secure domain name registry service, to communication service providers as well as 
to  system  integrators.  We  are  in  the  process  of  assessing  and  evaluating  the  technical,  market  and  commercial  viability  of  jointly  developing  and  providing  the  mobile 
directory services and solutions using secure domain names and PKI certificate infrastructure with VeriSign, Inc.

Marketing and Sales

We  plan  to  employ  a  leveraged,  partner-oriented,  marketing  strategy  for  our  patent  and  technology  licensing  program.  The  marketing  strategy  for  our  patent  and 
technology licensing program will primarily be focused on OEMs.  We have engaged ipCapital Group to accelerate our patent and technology licensing program with these 
customers and are actively pursuing our first licensing agreements.

We plan to directly market our domain name registry services to our service provider and system integrator customers.  On December 23, 2009, we signed a letter of intent 
with VeriSign, Inc., under which VirnetX and VeriSign will collaborate to assess and evaluate the technical, market and commercial viability to jointly develop and provide 
mobile directory services and solutions using secure domain names and PKI certificate infrastructure consistent with VirnetX intellectual property. The letter of intent also 
provided  for  a “no  shop” period until March 23, 2010, during which period the parties have agreed not to solicit or encourage proposals from any other person or entity 
regarding a strategic relationship. On March 24, 2010, we entered into an agreement with VeriSign to extend the binding exclusively period under the letter of intent until June 4, 
2010. ipCapital Group is also focused on building our marketing efforts with these potential customers.  Additionally, we hope to leverage our relationship with SAIC to extend 
our offering to departments and agencies within the federal government.  SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its 
deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health.

Once we begin generating revenue, we intend to build a sales force that will be responsible for managing accounts and pursuing licensing and sales opportunities with 

new customers.

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We believe our technology and solutions will compete primarily against various proprietary security solutions.  We group these solutions into three main categories:

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Proprietary or home-grown application specific security solutions have been developed by vendors and integrated directly into their products for our target markets 
including  IP-telephony,  mobility,  fixed-mobile  convergence,  and  unified  communications.  These  proprietary  solutions  have  been  developed  due  to  the  lack  of 
standardized approaches to securing real-time communications.  This approach has led to corporate networks that are isolated and, as a result, restrict enterprises to 
using these next-generation networks within the boundaries of their private network.  These solutions generally do not provide security for communications over the 
Internet or require network administrators to manually exchange keys and other security parameters with each destination network outside their corporate network 
boundary.  The cost-savings and other benefits of IP-based real-time communications are significantly limited by this approach to securing real-time communications.

A session border controller, or SBC, is a device used in networks to exert control over the signaling and media streams involved in establishing, conducting and 
terminating VoIP calls.  A traditional firewall or network address translation, or NAT, device typically block information like endpoint IP addresses and port numbers 
required by signaling protocols, such as SIP and XMPP, to reach and communicate with their intended destination. SBCs are used in physical networks to address 
these limitations and enable real-time session traffic to cross the boundaries created by firewalls and other NAT devices and enable VoIP calls to be established 
successfully.  However, SBCs must decrypt and analyze every single data packet for the information to be transmitted successfully, thereby preventing end-to-end
encryption.  This network design results in SBCs becoming a single point of congestion on the network, as well as a single point of failure.  SBCs are also limited to 
the physical network they secure.

SIP  firewalls,  or  SIP-aware  firewalls,  and  application  layer  gateways,  manage  and  protect  the  traffic,  flow  and  quality  of  VoIP  and  other  SIP-related
communications.  They  perform  real-time  network  address  translation,  dynamic  firewall  functions,  support  multiple  signaling  protocols,  and  media  functionality, 
allowing secure interconnection and the flow of IP media streams across multiple networks.  While SIP firewalls assist in analyzing SIP traffic transmitted over the 
corporate network to filter out various threats, they do not necessarily encrypt the traffic.  As a result, this traffic is not entirely secure from end-to-end nor is it 
protected against threats like man-in-middle and eavesdropping.

Intellectual Property and Patent Rights

Our intellectual property is primarily comprised of trade secrets, patented know-how, issued and pending patents and technological innovation.

We  have  a  strong  portfolio  comprised  of  12  patents  in  the  United  States  and  eight  international  patents,  as  well  as  several  pending  U.S. and  foreign  patent 
applications.  Our  patent  portfolio  is  primarily  focused  on  securing  real-time  communications  over  the  Internet,  as  well  as  related  services  such  as  the  establishment  and 
maintenance of a secure domain name registry.  Our software and technology solutions also have additional applications in operating systems and network security.

We  have  included  a  list  of  our  U.S.  patents  below.  Each  patent  below  is  publicly  accessible  on  the  Internet  website  of  the  U.S.  Patent  and  Trademark  Office  at 

www.uspto.gov.  The various terms of our issued U.S. and foreign patents will expire during the period from 2019 to 2024.

U.S. Patent Number
Link to Patent
6,502,135
6,618,761
6,826,616
6,834,310
6,839,759
6,907,473
7,010,604
7,133,930
7,188,180
7,209,479
7,418,504
7,490,151

Title of Patent
Agile network protocol for secure communications with assured system availability
Agile network protocol for secure communications with assured system availability
Method for establishing secure communication link between computers of virtual private network
Preventing packet flooding of a computer on a computer network
Method for establishing secure communication link between computers of virtual private network without user entering any cryptographic information
Agile network protocol for secure communications with assured system availability
Agile network protocol for secure communications with assured system availability
Agile network protocol for secure communications with assured system availability
Method for establishing secure communication link between computers of virtual private network
Third party VPN certification
Agile network protocol for secure communications using secure domain names
Establishment of a secure communication link based on a domain name service (DNS) request

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that might 
incorporate  future  filings,  the  information  set  forth  on  the  United  States  Patent  and  Trademark  Office,  or  the  USPTO  Website,  shall  not  be  deemed  to  be  a  part  of  or 
incorporated by reference into any such filings.  The Company does not warrant the accuracy, or completeness or adequacy of the USPTO Website, and expressly disclaims 
liability for errors or omissions on such website.

Assignment of Patents

Most of our issued patents were originally acquired from SAIC pursuant to an assignment agreement by and between VirnetX and SAIC dated December 21, 2006, and a 
patent license and assignment agreement by and between VirnetX and SAIC dated August 12, 2005, as amended on November 2, 2006, including documents prepared pursuant 
to  the  November  amendment,  and  as  further  amended  on  March 12,  2008.  VirnetX  recorded  the  assignment  from  SAIC  with  the  U.S. Patent  and  Trademark  Office  on 
December 21, 2006.

Key terms of these agreements are as follows:

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Patent assignment.  SAIC unconditionally and irrevocably conveyed, transferred, assigned and quitclaimed all its right, title and interest in and to the patents and 
patent  applications,  as  specifically  set  forth  on  Exhibit A  to  the  assignment  document  recorded  with  the  U.S. Patent  and  Trademark  Office,  including,  without 
limitation, the right to sue for past infringement.

License  to  SAIC  outside  the  field  of  use.  On  November 2,  2006,  we  granted  to  SAIC  an  exclusive,  royalty  free,  fully  paid,  perpetual,  worldwide,  irrevocable, 
sublicensable and transferable right and license permitting SAIC and its assignees to make, have made, import, use, offer for sale, and sell products and services 
covered by, and to make improvements to, the patents and patent applications we acquired from SAIC, solely outside our field of use.  We have, and retain, all right, 
title and interest to all our patents within our field of use.  Our field of use is defined as the field of secure communications in the following areas:  virtual private 
networks,  or  VPNs;  secure  VoIP;  electronic  mail,  or  e-mail;  video  conferencing;  communications  logging;  dynamic  uniform  resource  locators,  or  URLs;  denial  of 
service;  prevention  of  functional  intrusions;  IP  hopping;  voice  messaging  and  unified  messaging;  live  voice  and  IP  PBXs;  voice  web  video  conferencing  and 
collaboration; IM; minimized impact of viruses; and secure session initiation protocol or SIP.  Our field of use is not limited by any predefined transport mode or 
medium of communication (for example, wire, fiber, wireless, or mixed medium).  On March 12, 2008, SAIC relinquished the November 2, 2006, exclusive grant back 
license outside our field of use, as well as any right to obtain such exclusive license in the future.  Effective March 12, 2008, we granted to SAIC a non-exclusive,
royalty free, fully paid, perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, sublicensable and transferable right and license permitting SAIC and its assignees to make, have made, 
import, use, offer for sale, and sell products and services covered by, and to make improvements to, the patents and patent applications we acquired from SAIC, 
solely outside our field of use.

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Compensation  obligations.  As  consideration  for  the  assignment  of  the  patents  and  for  the  rights  we  obtained  from  SAIC  as  a  result  of  the  March 12,  2008 
amendment, we are required to make payments to SAIC based on the revenue generated from our ownership or use of the patents assigned to us by SAIC.

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Our compensation obligation includes payment of royalties, in an amount equal to (a) 15% of all gross revenues generated by us in our field of use less (1) trade, 
quantity  and  cash  discounts  allowed,  (2) commercially  reasonable  commissions,  discounts,  refunds,  rebates,  chargebacks,  retroactive  price  adjustments  and 
other allowances which effectively reduce the net selling price, and which are based on arms length terms and are customary and standard in VirnetX’s industry, 
and (3) actual product returns and allowances; (b) 15% of all non-license gross revenues generated by us outside our field of use less (1) trade, quantity and cash 
discounts allowed, (2) commercially reasonable commissions, discounts, refunds, rebates, chargebacks, retroactive price adjustments and other allowances which 
effectively reduce the net selling price, and which are based on arms length terms and are customary and standard in VirnetX’s industry, and (3) actual product 
returns  and  allowances;  and  (c) 50%  of  all  license  revenues  generated  by  us  outside  our  field  of  use  less  (1) trade,  quantity  and  cash  discounts  allowed, 
(2) commercially reasonable commissions, discounts, refunds, rebates, chargebacks, retroactive price adjustments and other allowances which effectively reduce 
the  net  selling  price,  and  which  are  based  on  arms  length  terms  and  are  customary  and  standard  in  VirnetX’s  industry,  and  (3) actual  product  returns  and 
allowances.

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Royalty payments are calculated based on each quarter and payment is due within 30 days following the end of each quarter.

Beginning 18 months after January 1, 2007, we must make a minimum guaranteed annual royalty payment of $50,000.

The maximum cumulative royalty paid in respect to our revenue-generating activities in our field of use shall be no more than $35 million.

In addition to the royalties, in the circumstances and subject to the limitations specified in the November amendment, SAIC shall be entitled to receive 10% of 
any proceeds, revenues, monies or any other form of consideration paid for the acquisition of VirnetX by Microsoft or any other party alleged to be infringing the 
patents  or  patent  applications  we  acquired  from  SAIC,  up  to  a  maximum  amount  of  $35 million.  Any  such  payments  to  SAIC  shall  be  credited  against  the 
$35 million maximum cumulative royalty payable with respect to our revenue-generating activities in our field of use.

In the event that VirnetX receives any proceeds, recovery or other form of compensation (other than acquisition proceeds) as a result of any action or proceeding 
brought by VirnetX against Microsoft or certain other alleged infringing companies to resolve a claim of infringement or enforcement relating to the patents and 
patent applications we acquired from SAIC, or as a result of negotiations with such entities, as further consideration for the assignment of the patents, in lieu of 
any amounts otherwise owing to SAIC we must pay to SAIC 35% of the excess of such proceeds over all costs incurred in connection with any such litigation, 
without a cap.  Any payment to SAIC of amounts with respect to such proceeds shall be credited against the $35 million maximum cumulative royalty payable 
with respect to our revenue-generating activities in our field of use.

In the event that VirnetX receives any proceeds, recovery or other form of compensation as a result of any action or proceeding brought by VirnetX against 
parties other than Microsoft and certain other alleged infringing companies, with respect to which VirnetX is required to notify SAIC of infringement under the 
terms of the November amendment to resolve a claim of infringement or enforcement relating to the patents and patent applications we acquired from SAIC, or as 
a result of negotiations with such entities (other than acquisition proceeds) as further consideration for the assignment of the patents, in lieu of any amounts 
otherwise owing to SAIC we must pay to SAIC 25% of the excess of such proceeds over all costs incurred in connection with any such litigation, without a 
cap.  Any payment to SAIC of amounts with respect to such proceeds shall be credited against the $35 million maximum cumulative royalty payable with respect 
to our revenue-generating activities in our field of use.

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Reversion to SAIC upon breach or default.  We must convey, transfer, assign and quitclaim to SAIC all of our right, title and interest in and to the patents or patent 
applications we acquired from SAIC, upon the first occurrence of the following reversion events:

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our failure to pay the $50,000 minimum annual royalty that has not been cured within 90 days after our receipt of written notice of such failure; or

for the period prior to the date of our full payment of the $35 million maximum cumulative royalty, any termination of the August 2005 agreement with SAIC, as 
amended.

If a reversion event occurs due to our failure to pay SAIC an aggregate cumulative amount of at least $7.5 million within seven years after January 1, 2007, then we will 
receive from SAIC a non-exclusive license to the reverting patents in our field of use.

Rights to bring and control actions for infringement and enforcement.  In addition to the exclusive right to bring and control any action or proceeding with respect 
to infringement or enforcement of our patents, and to collect damages and fees for past, present and future infringement, both in and outside of our field of use, we 
also have the first right to negotiate with or bring a lawsuit against any and all third parties for purposes of enforcing our patents, regardless of the field of use.

Security agreement.  We granted SAIC a security interest in some of our intellectual property, including the patents and patent applications we obtained from SAIC, 
to secure our payment obligations to SAIC described above.

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Government Regulation

The laws governing online secure communications remain largely unsettled, even in areas where there has been legislative action.  It may take years to determine whether 
and  how  existing  laws  governing  intellectual  property,  privacy  and  libel  apply  to  online  media.  Such  legislation  may  interfere  with  the  growth  in  use  of  online  secure 
communications and decrease the acceptance of online secure communications as a viable solution, which could adversely affect our business.

Due to the Internet’s popularity and increasing use, new laws regulating secure communications may be adopted.  These laws and regulations may cover, among other 
things, issues relating to privacy, pricing, taxation, telecommunications over the Internet, content, copyrights, distribution and quality of products and services.  We intend to 
comply with all new laws and regulations as they are adopted.

The U.S. government has controlled the authoritative domain name system, or DNS, root server since the inception of the Internet.  On July 1, 1997, the President of the 
United  States  directed  the  U.S. Secretary  of  Commerce  to  privatize  the  management  of  the  domain  name  system  in  a  manner  that  increases  competition  and  facilitates 
international participation in its management.

On  September 29,  2006,  the  U.S. Department  of  Commerce  extended  its  delegation  of  authority  by  entering  into  a  new  agreement  with  the  Internet  Corporation  for 
Assigned  Names  and  Numbers,  or  ICANN,  a  California  non-profit  corporation  headquartered  in  Marina  Del  Rey,  California.  ICANN  is  responsible  for  managing  the 
accreditation of registry providers and registrars that manage the assignment of top level domain names associated with the authoritative DNS root directory.  Although it is 
possible to create and manage other DNS root directories privately without accreditation from ICANN, the possibility of conflicting name and number assignments makes it 
less likely that users would widely adopt a top level domain name associated with an alternative DNS root directory provided by a non-ICANN-accredited registry service.

On June 26, 2008, ICANN announced that it will be relaxing its prior position and will begin to issue generic top level domain names, or gTLDs, more broadly than it had 
previously.  ICANN expects to begin to take applications for gTLDs in April or May of 2009 with an application fee of $100,000 or more per application.  ICANN expects the 
first of these customized gTLDs to be issued in the fourth quarter of 2009.

We are currently evaluating whether we will apply to become an ICANN-accredited registry provider with respect to one or more customized gTLDs, or create our own 
alternative DNS root directory to manage the assignment of non-standard secure domain names.  We have not yet begun discussions with ICANN and we cannot assure you 
that we will be successful in obtaining ICANN accreditation for our registry service on terms acceptable to us or at all.  Whether or not we obtain accreditation from ICANN, 
we will be subject to the ongoing risks arising out of the delegation of the U.S. government’s responsibilities for the domain name system to the U.S. Department of Commerce 
and ICANN and the evolving government regulatory environment with respect to domain name registry services.

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As of December 31, 2009, we had 12 full-time employees.

Corporate Overview and History

PASW,  Inc.  was  incorporated  in  the  State  of  California  in  November  1992.  PASW,  Inc.  reincorporated  in  the  State  of  Delaware  in  March  2007.  From  inception  until 
January 2003, PASW, Inc. was engaged in the business of developing and licensing software that enabled Internet and web based communications.  In January 2003, PASW, 
Inc. sold all of its operating assets and became a publicly traded company with limited operations.

VirnetX, Inc., which we refer to throughout this Annual Report on Form 10-K as VirnetX, was incorporated in the State of Delaware in August 2005.  In November 2006, 
VirnetX acquired certain patents from SAIC.  In July 2007, we effected a reverse merger between PASW, Inc. and VirnetX, which became our principal operating subsidiary.  As 
a result of this merger, the former security holders of VirnetX came to own a majority of our outstanding common stock.  On October 29, 2007, we changed our name from 
PASW, Inc. to VirnetX Holding Corporation.

Available Information

We file or furnish various reports, such as registration statements, periodic and current reports, proxy statements and other materials with the SEC. Our Internet website 
address is www.virnetx.com. You may obtain, free of charge on our Internet website, copies of our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports 
on  Form 8-K,  and  amendments  to  those  reports  filed  or  furnished  pursuant  to  Section 13(a)  or  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act,  as  soon  as  reasonably  practicable  after  we 
electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. The information we post is intended for reference purposes only; none of the information posted on our website 
is part of this report or incorporated by reference herein.

In addition to the materials that are posted on our website, you may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, 
NE, Washington, DC 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an 
Internet site that contains reports, proxy and other information statements, and other information regarding issuers, including us, that file electronically with the SEC. The 
Internet address of the SEC’s Internet site is http://www.sec.gov.

Item 1A.    Risk Factors.

You should carefully consider the following material risks in addition to the other information set forth in Annual Report on Form 10-K before making any investment 
in the offered securities.  The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face.  Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that 
we currently believe to be immaterial may also adversely affect our business.  If any of these risk factors occurs, you could lose substantial value or your entire investment 
in the offered securities.

Risks Related To Existing and Future Litigation

Our litigation against Microsoft is ongoing, and we expect such litigation and the appeals process to be time-consuming and costly, which may adversely affect our 
financial condition and our ability to operate our business.

We have initiated two lawsuits against Microsoft: one in February 2007 and one in March 2010. On February 15, 2007, we initiated a lawsuit by filing a complaint against 
Microsoft in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, pursuant to which we allege that Microsoft infringes two of our patents regarding 
the creation of virtual private networks, or VPNs.  We seek damages and injunctive relief.  On April 5, 2007, we filed an amended complaint, pursuant to which we allege that 
Microsoft  infringes  a  third  patent. We  subsequently removed  one  of  our  patents  from  the  case.  On  March  16,  2010,  the  jury  awarded  us  a  $105,750,000 verdict  against 
Microsoft for infringing two of our patents.  The jury also found that Microsoft’s patent infringement was willful.  We will request injunctive relief at a later date.  We expect 
Microsoft to appeal this decision and we will vigorously defend our rights in any appeal, but we cannot assure you that the litigation will result in a final outcome that is 
favorable to our company or our stockholders.

On March 17, 2010, we filed a new complaint against Microsoft alleging that Microsoft's Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 software products infringe two of our 
patents. We refer to the February 2007 and March 2010 lawsuits collectively in this Annual Report on Form 10-K as the Microsoft litigation. Similar to the lawsuit we filed 
against Microsoft in February 2007, we cannot assure you that the March 2010 lawsuit will result in a final outcome that is favorable to our company or our stockholders.

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In addition to pursuing the commercialization of our GABRIEL Connection Technology™ and our portfolio of intellectual property, given the scope and importance of the 
Microsoft litigation to us, we expect to allocate a majority of our existing cash and any proceeds we may receive from the cash exercise of warrants issued in our January 2009 
public offering and our September 2009 private placement transaction towards the fees and expenses associated with the Microsoft litigation.  Although we have entered into a 
fixed fee engagement with McKool Smith on June 9, 2009 to act as our lead counsel in connection with the Microsoft lawsuit filed in March 2007, we anticipate that the legal 
proceedings against Microsoft may continue for several years and may require significant expenditures for legal fees and other expenses. Although we view the McKool Smith 
fixed fee arrangement as a positive arrangement and one that will help us manage our expenses in connection with the litigation, we anticipate that our legal fees and other 
expenses associated with this litigation will be material and will negatively impact our financial condition and results of operations.  Such impact may result in our inability to 
continue our business or to pursue other business initiatives not associated with the Microsoft litigation.

The time and effort required of our management to effectively pursue the Microsoft litigation may adversely affect our ability to operate our business, since time spent on 
matters related to the lawsuit will take away from the time spent on managing and operating our business.  Microsoft has counterclaimed for declarations that the two patents 
are not infringed, are invalid and are unenforceable.  If Microsoft’s counterclaims are successful on appeal, or if they prevail in the lawsuit filed in March 2010, such outcomes 
may preclude our ability to commercialize our initial products.

While we believe Microsoft infringes our patents, we can provide no assurance that we will be successful in our lawsuit through appeal.

We believe that Microsoft infringes on certain of our patents, but obtaining and collecting a judgment against Microsoft may be difficult or impossible.  Patent litigation is 
inherently risky and the outcome is uncertain.  Microsoft is a large, well-financed company with substantially greater resources than us.  We believe that Microsoft will devote 
a substantial amount of resources in an attempt to prove that either their products do not infringe our patents or that our patents are not valid and are unenforceable.  At this 
time, we cannot predict the final outcome of this litigation.

We are devoting a substantial amount of our financial and management resources to the Microsoft litigation, and if we are unsuccessful in this lawsuit, our financial 
condition may be adversely affected, and we may not survive.

Currently, we are devoting substantial time, effort and financial resources to the Microsoft litigation.  We are a development stage company with no finished product, and, 
although our business strategy is focused primarily on bringing patented products to market, our business strategy also depends greatly on collecting on our judgment before 
our financial resources are depleted.  In the event we are not successful through appeal and do not subsequently obtain monetary and injunctive relief, we may not have 
enough financial resources to continue our operations.

The burdens of being a public company may adversely affect our ability to pursue the Microsoft litigation.

As  a  public  company,  our  management  must  devote  substantial  time,  attention  and  financial  resources  to  comply  with  U.S. securities  laws.  This  may  have  a  material 
adverse affect on management’s ability to effectively pursue the Microsoft litigation as well as our other business initiatives.  In addition, our disclosure obligations under 
U.S. securities laws require us to disclose information publicly that will be available to Microsoft as well as any other future litigation opponents.  We may, from time to time, 
be  required  to  disclose  information  that  will  have  a  material  adverse  affect  on  our  litigation  strategies.  This  information  may  enable  our  litigation  opponents  to  develop 
effective litigation strategies that are contrary to our interests.

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We  may  commence  additional  legal  proceedings  against  third  parties  who  we  believe  are  infringing  on  our  intellectual  property  rights,  and  if  we  are  forced  to 
litigate  to  defend  our  intellectual  property  rights,  or  to  defend  claims  by  third  parties  against  us  relating  to  intellectual  property  rights,  legal  fees  and  court 
injunctions could adversely affect our financial condition or end our business.

Disputes regarding the ownership of technologies and intellectual property rights are common and we may have intellectual property infringement claims against other 
parties in addition to our claims against Microsoft. If we decide to commence actions against any additional parties, doing so may be expensive and time-consuming, which 
may adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.  Moreover, there can be no assurance that we would be successful in these additional legal proceedings 
and the existence and outcome of any such litigation could harm our business.  In addition, commencing lawsuits may lead to potential counterclaims which may preclude our 
ability to develop and commercialize our initial products.

Risks Related to Our Business and Our Industry

We are a development stage company with virtually no revenues.

We are a development stage company with a very small amount of revenue and do not expect to generate additional revenues unless and until our patent portfolio, or part 
of it, is commercialized. We may need to raise additional capital to fund our operations and our litigation against Microsoft and there can be no assurance that we will be 
successful in doing so on acceptable terms or at all.  Our inability to generate sufficient cash flow or raise other funds to meet our expenses, obligations and sustain our 
operations raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

We anticipate incurring operating losses and negative cash flows for the foreseeable future resulting in uncertainty of future profitability and limitations on our 
operations.

We  anticipate  that  we  will  incur  operating  losses  and  negative  cash  flows  in  the  foreseeable  future,  and  we  will  accumulate  increasing  deficits  as  we  increase  our 

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infrastructure;

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general business enhancements.

We need to significantly increase our revenue if we are to attain profitability and there is no assurance that we will be able to do so. In the event that we are unable to 
achieve profitability or raise sufficient funding to cover our losses in the near term, we will be unable to meet our expenses and obligations as they come due, and this raises 
substantial doubts as to our ability to continue as a going concern.  The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome 
of this uncertainty.

Our business plan for commercializing our patents and technology is new and unproven, and therefore we can provide no assurance that we will be successful in 
pursuing it.

We intend to develop products to provide a security platform for real-time communications; however, this is not a defined market.  We expect to depend on our intellectual 
property licensing fees for the majority of our revenues.  Our ability to generate licensing fees is highly dependent on mainstream market adoption of real-time communications 
based on SIP or using DNS lookup protocols as well as customer adoption of our GABRIEL Communication Technology™ and our secure domain name registry.  We cannot 
assure you that customers will adopt our products and services, or that we will succeed in building a profitable business based on our business plan.

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If we are not able to adequately protect our patented rights, our operations would be negatively impacted.

Our ability to compete largely depends on the superiority, uniqueness and value of our technology and intellectual property.  To protect our intellectual property rights, 
we rely on a combination of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret laws, confidentiality agreements with our employees and third parties, and protective contractual 
provisions.  Further, we can give no assurances that infringement or invalidity claims (or claims for indemnification resulting from infringement claims) will not be asserted or 
prosecuted against us or that any such assertions or prosecutions will not materially adversely affect our business.

In December 2009, Microsoft submitted a reexamination request to the USPTO to challenge the validity of two of our patents at issue in connection with the Microsoft 
litigation.  In  January  2010,  the  USPTO  confirmed  the  validity  of  certain  claims,  while  taking  "non-final  action"  on  other  of  Microsoft's  claims. We  are  in  the  process  of 
responding to the non-final action, and the process is ongoing. 

Regardless of whether these or any future claims are valid or can be successfully asserted, defending against such claims could cause us to incur significant costs, could 
jeopardize  or  substantially  delay  a  successful  outcome  in  our  Microsoft  litigation  or  any  future  litigation,  and  could  divert  resources  away  from  our  other  activities.  In 
addition, assertion of infringement claims could result in injunctions that prevent us from distributing our products.  In addition to challenges against our existing patents, any 
of the following could also reduce the value of our intellectual property now, or in the future:

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our applications for patents, trademarks and copyrights relating to our business may not be granted and, if granted, may be challenged or invalidated;

issued trademarks, copyrights, or patents may not provide us with any competitive advantages;

our efforts to protect our intellectual property rights may not be effective in preventing misappropriation of our technology; or

our efforts may not prevent the development and design by others of products or technologies similar to or competitive with, or superior to those we develop.

In addition, we may not be able to effectively protect our intellectual property rights in certain foreign countries where we may do business in the future or from which 
competitors  may  operate.  While  we  have  numerous  pending  international  patents,  obtaining  such  patents  will  not  necessarily  protect  our  technology  or  prevent  our 
international  competitors  from  developing  similar  products  or  technologies.  Our  inability  to  adequately  protect  our  patented  rights  would  have  a  negative  impact  on  our 
operations and revenues.

In addition, legal standards relating to the validity, enforceability, and scope of protection of intellectual property rights in Internet-related businesses are uncertain and 
still evolving.  Because of the growth of the Internet and Internet related businesses, patent applications are continuously and simultaneously being filed in connection with 
Internet-related technology.  There are a significant number of U.S. and foreign patents and patent applications in our areas of interest, and we believe that there has been, and 
is likely to continue to be, significant litigation in the industry regarding patent and other intellectual property rights.

We may or may not be able to capitalize on potential market opportunities related to our licensing strategy or our patent portfolio.

Our business strategy calls for us to enter into licensing relationships with the leading companies in our target market in order to reach a larger end-user base than we 
could reach through direct sales and marketing efforts.  We have engaged ipCapital Group to help develop our licensing strategy and to introduce us to five potential strategic 
licensees of our technology.  In connection with this engagement, we agreed to pay ipCapital Group 10% of the royalties of each resulting licensing arrangement, up to an 
aggregate  maximum  of  $2 million  per  licensee,  or  $10 million  in  the  aggregate.  There  can  be  no  assurance  that  we  will  be  able  to  capitalize  on  the  potential  market 
opportunity.  Our inability to generate licensing revenues associated with the potential market opportunity could result from a number of factors, including, but not limited to:

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our management team may not have sufficient bandwidth to successfully capitalize on all of the opportunities identified by ipCapital Group;

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we may not be successful in entering into licensing relationships with our targeted customers on commercially acceptable terms; and

the validity of certain claims of certain of our patents underlying our licensing opportunity currently being challenged in our litigation against Microsoft, and by 
Microsoft, through the USPTO reexamination process.

Our business greatly depends on the growth of IM, VoIP, mobile services, streaming video, file transfer and remote desktop and other next-generation Internet-based
applications.

We  cannot  assure  you  that  next-generation  Internet-based  applications  such  as  instant  messaging,  or  IM,  voice  over  Internet  protocol,  or  VoIP,  mobile  services, 
streaming  video,  file  transfer  and  remote  desktop  will  continue  to  gain  widespread  market  acceptance.  The  Internet  may  ultimately  prove  not  to  be  a  viable  commercial 
marketplace for such applications for a number of reasons, including:

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unwillingness of consumers to shift to VoIP and use other such next-generation Internet-based applications;

refusal to purchase security products to secure information transmitted through such applications;

perception by the licensees of unsecure communication and data transfer;

lack of concern for privacy by licensees and users;

limitations on access and ease of use;

congestion leading to delayed or extended response times;

inadequate development of Internet infrastructure to keep pace with increased levels of use; and

increased government regulations.

If the market for IM, VoIP, mobile services, streaming video, file transfer and remote desktop does not grow as anticipated, our business would be adversely affected.

The success of our products that secure IM, VoIP, mobile services, streaming video, file transfer and remote desktop, among other real-time communications applications, 
depends on the growth in the number of users, which in turn depends on the Internet gaining more widespread acceptance as the basis for these real-time communications 
applications.  These real-time communications applications are still in early stages of market acceptance and we cannot assure you that they will continue to develop a broader 
audience.  For example, potential new users may view VoIP as unattractive relative to traditional telephone services for a number of reasons, including the need to purchase 
computer headsets or the perception that the price advantage for VoIP is insufficient to justify the perceived inconvenience.

While the use of IM and other next-generation Internet-based applications has grown rapidly in personal and professional use, there can be no assurance that users 
will pay to secure their use of such applications.

Many services such as Microsoft, Yahoo! and America Online offer IM free of charge.  However, security solutions for these services are not free, and OEMs may not 
want to adopt such security solutions if users of IM do not see the value and do not want to pay for such security solutions.  If personal and professional users of IM and 
other next-generation Internet-based solutions do not want to pay for the security solutions, we will have difficulty marketing and selling our products and technologies.

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We expect that we will experience long and unpredictable sales cycles, which may impact our quarterly operating results.

We expect that our sales cycles will be long and unpredictable due to a number of uncertainties such as:

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the need to educate potential customers about our patent rights and our product and service capabilities;

customers’ willingness to invest potentially substantial resources and modify their network infrastructures to take advantage of our products;

customers’ budgetary constraints;

the timing of customers’ budget cycles; and

delays caused by customers’ internal review processes.

We expect that we will be substantially dependent on a concentrated number of customers.  If we are unable to establish, maintain or replace our relationships with 
customers and develop a diversified customer base, our revenues may fluctuate and our growth may be limited.

We expect that for the foreseeable future, a significant portion of our revenues will be generated from a limited number of customers.  There can be no guarantee that we 
will be able to obtain such customers, or if we do so, to sustain our revenue levels from these customers.  If we cannot establish, maintain or replace the limited group of 
customers that we anticipate will generate a substantial majority revenues, or if they do not generate revenues at the levels or at the times that we anticipate, our ability to 
maintain or grow our revenues will be adversely affected.

If we do not successfully develop our planned products and services in a cost-effective manner to customer demand in the rapidly evolving market for Internet and 
IP-based communications services, our business may fail.

The market for communications services is characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards, changes in customer needs and frequent new 
service  and  product  introductions.  We  are  currently  focused  on  developing  products  to  provide  security  solutions  for  real-time communications.  Our future success will 
depend, in part, on our ability to use new technologies effectively, to continue to develop our technical expertise, to enhance our existing services and to develop new services 
that meet changing customer needs on a timely and cost-effective basis.  We may not be able to adapt quickly enough to changing technology, customer requirements and 
industry standards.  If we fail to use new technologies effectively, to develop our technical expertise and new services, or to enhance existing services on a timely basis, either 
internally or through arrangements with third parties, our product and service offerings may fail to meet customer needs, which would adversely affect our revenues and 
prospects for growth.

In addition, if we are unable, for technological, legal, financial or other reasons, to adapt in a timely manner to changing market conditions or customer requirements, we 
could lose customers, strategic alliances and market share.  Sudden changes in user and customer requirements and preferences, the frequent introduction of new products 
and  services  embodying  new  technologies  and  the  emergence  of  new  industry  standards  and  practices  could  render  our  existing  products,  services  and  systems 
obsolete.  The emerging nature of products and services in the technology and communications industry and their rapid evolution will require that we continually improve the 
performance, features and reliability of our products and services.  Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to:

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design,  develop,  launch  and/or  license  our  planned  products,  services  and  technologies  that  address  the  increasingly  sophisticated  and  varied  needs  of  our 
prospective customers; and

respond to technological advances and emerging industry standards and practices on a cost-effective and timely basis.

The development of our planned products and services and other patented technology involves significant technological and business risks and requires substantial 
expenditures and lead time.  We may be unable to use new technologies effectively.  Updating our technology internally and licensing new technology from third-parties may 
also require us to incur significant additional expenditures.

If our products do not gain market acceptance, we may not be able to fund future operations.

A number of factors may affect the market acceptance of our planned products or any other products we develop or acquire, including, among others:

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the price of our products relative to other products that seek to secure real-time communication;

the perception by users of the effectiveness of our products;

our ability to fund our sales and marketing efforts; and

the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts.

If our products do not gain market acceptance, we may not be able to fund future operations, including the development of new products and/or our sales and marketing 

efforts for our current products, which inability would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

Our products are highly technical and may contain undetected errors, which could cause harm to our reputation and adversely affect our business.

Our products are highly technical and complex and, when deployed, may contain errors or defects.  In addition, we rely on third parties for software development and 
technology services, and there may be errors in the development processes used by our third party counterparts that may adversely affect our end products.  Despite testing, 
some  errors  in  our  products  may  only  be  discovered  after  a  product  has  been  installed  and  used  by  customers.  Any  errors  or  defects  discovered  in  our  products  after 
commercial release could result in failure to achieve market acceptance, loss of revenue or delay in revenue recognition, loss of customers and increased service and warranty 
cost, any of which could adversely  affect our  business, operating results and financial condition.  In addition, we could face claims for product liability, tort or breach of 
warranty, including claims relating to changes to our products made by our channel partners.  The performance of our products could have unforeseen or unknown adverse 
effects on the networks over which they are delivered as well as on third-party applications and services that utilize our services, which could result in legal claims against us, 
harming  our  business.  Furthermore,  we  expect  to  provide  implementation,  consulting  and  other  technical  services  in  connection  with  the  implementation  and  ongoing 
maintenance  of  our  products,  which  typically  involves  working  with  sophisticated  software,  computing  and  communications  systems.  We  expect  that  our  contracts  with 
customers will contain provisions relating to warranty disclaimers and liability limitations, which may not be upheld.  Defending a lawsuit, regardless of its merit, is costly and 
may divert management’s  attention  and  adversely  affect  the  market’s  perception  of  us  and  our  products.  In  addition,  if  our  business  liability  insurance  coverage  proves 
inadequate or future coverage is unavailable on acceptable terms or at all, our business, operating results and financial condition could be adversely impacted.

Malfunctions of third-party communications infrastructure, hardware and software exposes us to a variety of risks we cannot control.

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offerings.  We have no control over the operation, quality or maintenance of a significant portion of that infrastructure or whether or not those third parties will upgrade or 
improve their equipment.  We depend on these companies to maintain the operational integrity of our connections.  If one or more of these companies is unable or unwilling to 
supply or expand its levels of service to us in the future, our operations could be severely interrupted.  Also, to the extent the number of users of networks utilizing our future 
products suddenly increases, the technology platform and secure hosting services which will be required to accommodate a higher volume of traffic may result in slower 
response times or service interruptions.  System interruptions or increases in response time could result in a loss of potential or existing users and, if sustained or repeated, 
could reduce the appeal of the networks to users.  In addition, users depend on real-time communications; outages caused by increased traffic could result in delays and 
system failures.  These types of occurrences could cause users to perceive that our solution does not function properly and could therefore adversely affect our ability to 
attract and retain licensees, strategic partners and customers.

System failure or interruption or our failure to meet increasing demands on our systems could harm our business.

The  success  of  our  license  and  service  offerings  will  depend  on  the  uninterrupted  operation  of  various  systems,  secure  data  centers  and  other  computer  and 
communication  networks  that  we  establish.  To  the  extent  the  number  of  users  of  networks  utilizing  our  future  products  suddenly  increases,  the  technology  platform  and 
hosting services which will be required to accommodate a higher volume of traffic may result in slower response times, service interruptions or delays or system failures.  Our 
systems and operations will also be vulnerable to damage or interruption from:

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power loss, transmission cable cuts and other telecommunications failures;

damage or interruption caused by fire, earthquake, and other natural disasters;

computer viruses or software defects; and

physical or electronic break-ins, sabotage, intentional acts of vandalism, terrorist attacks and other events beyond our control.

System interruptions or failures and increases or delays in response time could result in a loss of potential or existing users and, if sustained or repeated, could reduce the 
appeal of the networks to users.  These types of occurrences could cause users to perceive that our solution does not function properly and could therefore adversely affect 
our ability to attract and retain licensees, strategic partners and customers.

Any significant problem with our systems or operations could result in lost revenue, customer dissatisfaction or lawsuits against us.  A failure in the operation of our 
secure domain name registration system could result in the inability of one or more registrars to register and maintain secure domain names for a period of time.  A failure in the 
operation or update of the master directory that we plan to maintain could result in deletion or discontinuation of assigned secure domain names for a period of time.  The 
inability of the registrar systems we establish, including our back office billing and collections infrastructure, and telecommunications systems to meet the demands of an 
increasing number of secure domain name requests could result in substantial degradation in our customer support service and our ability to process registration requests in a 
timely manner.

If we experience security breaches, we could be exposed to liability and our reputation and business could suffer.

We will retain certain confidential customer information in our secure data centers and secure domain name registry.  It will be critical to our business strategy that our 
facilities and infrastructure remain secure and are perceived by the marketplace to be secure.  Our secure domain name registry operations will also depend on our ability to 
maintain our computer and telecommunications equipment in effective working order and to reasonably protect our systems against interruption, and potentially depend on 
protection  by  other  registrars  in  the  shared  registration  system.  The  secure  domain  name  servers  that  we  will  operate  will  be  critical  hardware  to  our  registry  services 
operations.  Therefore, we expect to have to expend significant time and money to maintain or increase the security of our facilities and infrastructure.

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Security  technologies  are  constantly  being  tested  by  computer  professionals,  academics  and “hackers.”  Advances in the techniques for attacking security solutions 
could make some or all of our products obsolete or unmarketable.  Likewise, if any of our products are found to have significant security vulnerabilities, then we may need to 
dedicate engineering and other resources to eliminate the vulnerabilities and to repair or replace products already sold or licensed to our customers.  Despite our security 
measures, our infrastructure may be vulnerable to physical break-ins, computer viruses, attacks by hackers or similar disruptive problems.  It is possible that we may have to 
expend additional financial and other resources to address such problems.  Any physical or electronic break-in or other security breach or compromise of the information 
stored at our secure data centers and domain name registration systems may jeopardize the security of information stored on our premises or in the computer systems and 
networks of our customers.  In such an event, we could face significant liability and customers could be reluctant to use our services.  Such an occurrence could also result in 
adverse publicity and therefore adversely affect the market’s perception of the security of electronic commerce and communications over IP networks as well as of the security 
or reliability of our services.

We may incur significant expenses and damages because of liability claims.

An actual or perceived breach of our security solutions could result in a product liability claim against us.  A substantial product liability claim against us could harm our 
operating results and financial condition.  In addition, any actual or perceived breach of our security solution, whether or not caused by the failure of one of our products, 
could hurt our reputation and cause potential customers to turn to our competitors’ products.

Our ability to sell our solutions will be dependent on the quality of our technical support, and our failure to deliver high-quality technical support services could 
have a material adverse effect on our sales and results of operations.

If we do not effectively assist our customers in deploying our products, succeed in helping our customers quickly resolve post-deployment issues and provide effective 
ongoing support, or if potential customers perceive that we may not be able achieve to the foregoing, our ability to sell our products would be adversely affected, and our 
reputation with potential customers could be harmed.  In addition, as we expand our operations internationally, our technical support team will face additional challenges, 
including those associated with delivering support, training and documentation in languages other than English.  As a result, our failure to deliver and maintain high-quality
technical support services to our customers could result in customers choosing to use our competitors’ products instead of ours in the future.

There  has  been  increased  competition  for  security  solutions  in  the  real-time communications industry, as more companies seek to provide products and services 
similar  to  our  proposed  products  and  services,  and  because  larger  and  better-financed  competitors  may  affect  our  ability  to  operate  our  business  and  achieve 
profitability, our business may fail.

We expect competition for our products and services to be intense.  We expect to compete directly against other companies offering similar security products and services 
that will compete directly with our proposed products and services.  We also expect that we will compete against established vendors within the IP-telephony, mobility, fixed-
mobile convergence and unified communications markets.  These companies may incorporate other competitive technologies into their product offerings, whether developed 
internally  or  by  third  parties.  For  the  foreseeable  future,  substantially  all  of  our  competitors  are  likely  to  be  larger,  better-financed companies that may develop products 
superior  to  our  proposed  products,  which  could  create  significant  competitive  advantages  for  those  companies.  Our  future  success  depends  on  our  ability  to  compete 
effectively with our competitors.  As a result, we may have difficulty competing with larger, established competitor companies.  Generally, these competitors have:

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a larger customer base;

better name recognition; and

more expansive product offerings.

These  competitors  are  likely  to  command  a  larger  market  share  than  us,  which  may  enable  them  to  establish  a  stronger  competitive  position,  in  part,  through  greater 
marketing  opportunities.  Further,  our  competitors  may  be  able  to  respond  more  quickly  to  new  or  emerging  technologies  and  changes  in  user  preferences  and  to  devote 
greater resources to developing and operating networks of affinity websites.  These competitors may develop products or services that are comparable or superior.  If we fail to 
address competitive developments quickly and effectively, we may not be able to remain a viable entity.

If we fail to meet our obligations to SAIC, we may lose our rights to key technologies on which our business depends.

Our business depends on our rights to and under the patents we obtained from SAIC.  Our agreements with SAIC impose various obligations on us, including payment 
obligations and minimum royalties that we must pay to SAIC.  If SAIC believes that we have failed to meet these obligations, SAIC could seek to limit or reacquire the assigned 
patent rights, which could lead to costly and time-consuming litigation and, potentially, a loss of our rights in these patents.  During the period of any such litigation, our 
ability to carry out the development and commercialization of potential products could be significantly and negatively affected.  The loss or restriction of our rights in our 
patents would result in our inability to continue our business.

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When we attempt to implement our secure domain name registry services business, we may be subject to government and industry regulation and oversight which 
may impede our ability to achieve our business strategy.

The  U.S. government  has  historically  controlled  the  authoritative  domain  name  system,  or  DNS,  root  server  since  the  inception  of  the  Internet.  On  July 1,  1997,  the 
President of the United States directed the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to privatize the management of the domain name system in a manner that increases competition and 
facilitates international participation in its management.

On  September 29,  2006,  the  U.S. Department  of  Commerce  extended  its  delegation  of  authority  by  entering  into  a  new  agreement  with  the  Internet  Corporation  for 
Assigned  Names  and  Numbers,  or  ICANN,  a  California  non-profit  corporation  headquartered  in  Marina  Del  Rey,  California.  ICANN  is  responsible  for  managing  the 
accreditation of registry providers and registrars that manage the assignment of top level domain names associated with the authoritative DNS root directory.  Although other 
DNS root directories are possible to create and manage privately without accreditation from ICANN, the possibility of conflicting name and number assignments makes it less 
likely that users would widely adopt a top level domain name associated with an alternative DNS root directory provided by a non-ICANN-accredited registry service.

On June 26, 2008, ICANN announced that it will be relaxing its prior position and will begin to issue generic top level domain names, or gTLDs, more broadly than it had 
previously.  ICANN expects to begin to take applications for gTLDs in April or May of 2009 with an application fee of $100,000 or more per application.  ICANN expects the 
first of these customized gTLDs to be issued in the fourth quarter of 2009.

We are currently evaluating whether we will apply to become an ICANN-accredited registry provider with respect to one or more customized gTLDs, or create our own 
alternative DNS root directory to manage the assignment of non-standard secure domain names.  We have not yet begun discussions with ICANN and we cannot assure you 
that we will be successful in obtaining ICANN accreditation for our registry service on terms acceptable to us or at all.  Whether or not we obtain accreditation from ICANN, 
we will be subject to the ongoing risks arising out of the delegation of the U.S. government’s responsibilities for the domain name system to the U.S. Department of Commerce 
and ICANN and the evolving government regulatory environment with respect to domain name registry services.

The laws governing online secure communications are largely unsettled, and if we become subject to various government regulations, costs associated with those 
regulations may materially adversely affect our business.

The current regulatory environment for our services remains unclear.  We can give no assurance that our planned product offerings will be in compliance with local, state 
and/or U.S. federal laws or other laws.  Further, we can give no assurance that we will not unintentionally violate such laws or that such laws will not be modified, or that new 
laws will be enacted in the future which would cause us to be in violation of such laws.

VoIP services are not currently subject to all of the same regulations that apply to traditional telephony.  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has imposed some 
traditional telephony requirements on VoIP such as disability access requirements and other obligations.  It is possible that federal and state legislatures may seek to impose 
increased fees and administrative burdens on VoIP, data and video providers.  Such regulations could result in substantial costs depending on the technical changes required 
to  accommodate  the  requirements,  and  any  increased  costs  could  erode  the  pricing  advantage  over  competing  forms  of  communication  and  adversely  affect  consumer 
adoption of VoIP products generally.

The  use  of  the  Internet  and  private  IP  networks  to  provide  voice,  video  and  other  forms  of  real-time,  two-way  communications  services  is  a  relatively  recent 
development.  Although the provisioning of such services is currently permitted by U.S. law and is largely unregulated within the United States, several foreign governments 
have  adopted  laws  and/or  regulations  that  could  restrict  or  prohibit  the  provisioning  of  voice  communications  services  over  the  Internet  or  private  IP  networks.  More 
aggressive domestic or international regulation of the Internet in general, and Internet telephony providers and services specifically, may materially and adversely affect our 
business, financial condition, operating results and future prospects, particularly if increased numbers of governments impose regulations restricting the use and sale of IP 
telephony services.

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In addition to regulations addressing Internet telephony and broadband services, other regulatory issues relating to the Internet in general could affect our ability to 
provide  our  planned  security  solutions.  Congress  has  adopted  legislation  that  regulates  certain  aspects  of  the  Internet,  including  online  content,  user  privacy,  taxation, 
liability for third-party activities and jurisdiction.  In addition, a number of initiatives pending in Congress and state legislatures would prohibit or restrict advertising or sale of 
certain products and services on the Internet, which may have the effect of raising the cost of doing business on the Internet generally.

Telephone carriers have petitioned governmental agencies to enforce regulatory tariffs, which, if granted, would increase the cost of online communication, and such 
increase in cost may impede the growth of online communication and adversely affect our business.

The  growing  popularity  and  use  of  the  Internet  has  burdened  the  existing  telecommunications  infrastructures,  and  many  high  traffic  areas  have  begun  to  experience 
interruptions in service.  As a result, certain local telephone carriers have petitioned governmental agencies to enforce regulatory tariffs on IP telephony traffic that crosses 
over the traditional telephone networks.  If any of these petitions or the relief that they seek is granted, the costs of communicating via online could increase substantially, 
potentially adversely affecting the growth in the use of online secure communications.  Any of these developments could have an adverse effect on our business.

The departure of Kendall Larsen, our Chief Executive Officer and President, and/or other key personnel could compromise our ability to execute our strategic plan 
and may result in additional severance costs to us.

Our success largely depends on the skills, experience and efforts of our key personnel, including Kendall Larsen, our Chief Executive Officer and President.  We have no 
employment agreements with any of our key executives that prevent them from leaving us at any time.  In addition, we do not maintain key person life insurance for any of our 
officers or key employees.  The loss of Mr. Larsen, or our failure to retain other key personnel, would jeopardize our ability to execute our strategic plan and materially harm our 
business.

We will need to recruit and retain additional qualified personnel to successfully grow our business.

Our future success will depend in part on our ability to attract and retain qualified operations, marketing and sales personnel as well as engineers.  Inability to attract and 
retain such personnel could adversely affect our business.  Competition for engineering, sales, marketing and executive personnel is intense, particularly in the technology and 
Internet sectors and in the regions where our facilities are located.  We can provide no assurance that we will attract or retain such personnel.

Growth of internal operations and business may strain our financial resources.

We intend to significantly expand the scope of our operating and financial systems in order to build our business.  Our growth rate may place a significant strain on our 

financial resources for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to, the following:

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the need for continued development of the financial and information management systems;

the need to manage relationships with future licensees, resellers, distributors and strategic partners;

the need to hire and retain skilled management, technical and other personnel necessary to support and manage our business; and

the need to train and manage our employee base.

The addition of new infrastructure services, networks, vertical categories and affinity websites and the attention they demand, on top of the attention demanded by our 
pending litigation with Microsoft, may also strain our management resources.  We cannot give you any assurance that we will adequately address these risks and, if we do 
not, our ability to successfully expand our business could be adversely affected.

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If  we  expand  into  international  markets,  our  inexperience  outside  the  United  States  would  increase  the  risk  that  our  international  expansion  efforts  will  not  be 
successful, which would in turn limit our prospects for growth.

We  may  explore  expanding  our  business  to  outside  the  United  States.  Expansion  into  international  markets  requires  significant  management  attention  and  financial 

resources.  In addition, we may face the following risks associated with any expansion outside the United States:

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challenges caused by distance, language and cultural differences;

legal, legislative and regulatory restrictions;

currency exchange rate fluctuations;

economic instability;

longer payment cycles in some countries;

credit risk and higher levels of payment fraud;

potentially adverse tax consequences; and

other higher costs associated with doing business internationally.

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These risks could harm our international expansion efforts, which would in turn harm our business prospects.

We will continue to incur significant costs as a result of being a public company.

As a public company, we will continue to incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that VirnetX did not incur as a private company.  The laws, rules and 
regulations governing public companies to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and make some activities more time-consuming and costly, and these costs could 
be material to us.

Failing to maintain the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting could cause the cost related to remediation to increase and could cause our 
stock price to decline.

In the future, our management may identify deficiencies regarding the design and effectiveness of our system of internal control over financial reporting that we engage in 
pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, or Section 404, as part of our periodic reporting obligations. Such deficiencies could include those arising from turnover of 
qualified personnel or arising as a result of acquisitions, which we may not be able to remediate in time to meet the continuing reporting deadlines imposed by Section 404 and 
the costs of which may harm our results of operations. In addition, if we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal controls, as such standards are modified, supplemented or 
amended from time to time, we may not be able to ensure that our management can conclude on an ongoing basis that we have effective internal controls. We also may not be 
able to retain an independent registered public accounting firm with sufficient resources to attest to and report on our internal controls in a timely manner. Moreover, our 
registered public accounting firm may not agree with our management’s future assessments and may deem our controls ineffective if we are unable to remediate on a timely 
basis. If in the future we are unable to assert that we maintain effective internal controls, our investors could lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial 
reports which could cause our stock price to decline.

Our ability to sell our solutions will be dependent on the quality of our technical support, and our failure to deliver high-quality technical support services could 
have a material adverse effect on our sales and results of operations.

If we do not effectively assist our customers in deploying our products, succeed in helping our customers quickly resolve post-deployment issues and provide effective 
ongoing support, or if potential customers perceive that we may not be able achieve the foregoing, our ability to sell our products would be adversely affected, and our 
reputation with potential customers could be harmed.  In addition, as we expand our operations internationally, our technical support team will face additional challenges, 
including those associated with delivering support, training and documentation in languages other than English.  As a result, our failure to deliver and maintain high-quality
technical support services to our customers could result in customers choosing to use our competitors’ products instead of ours in the future.

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Risks Related to Our Stock

The exercise of our outstanding warrants may result in a dilution of our current stockholders' voting power and an increase in the number of shares eligible for 
future resale in the public market which may negatively impact the market price of our stock.

The exercise of some or all of our outstanding warrants could significantly dilute the ownership interests of our existing stockholders. As of December 31, 2009, we had 
outstanding warrants to purchase an aggregate of 12,271,946 shares of common stock, including (i) the warrant to purchase 300,000 shares of common stock issued to the 
underwriter of our December 2007 sale of common shares and warrants, (ii) the warrants to purchase 1,235,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share 
issued pursuant to our January 2009 sale of common shares and warrants (which were all exercised and/or expired in March 2010), (iii) the warrants to purchase 1,235,000 
shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share issued pursuant to our January 2009 sale of common shares and warrants, (iv) the warrants to purchase 1,235,000 
shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share issued pursuant to our January 2009 sale of common shares and warrants, (v) the warrant to purchase 220,000 
shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.80 per share issued to the underwriter of our January 2009 sale of common shares and warrants, (vi) the warrants to purchase 
3,246,959 shares of common stock underlying the Series I Warrants issued pursuant to our September 2009 private placement transaction, (vii) the warrants to purchase up to 
2,419,023 shares of common stock underlying the Series II Warrants issued pursuant to our September 2009 private placement transaction (all of which automatically expired 
unexercised in January 2010), and (viii) the warrants to purchase up to 2,380,942 shares of common stock underlying the Series III Warrants issued pursuant to our September 
2009 private placement transaction (all of which were exercised in February 2010).  To the extent warrants are exercised, additional shares of common stock will be issued, and 
such issuance may dilute existing stockholders and increase the number of shares eligible for resale in the public market.  Additionally, the issuance of up to 7,553,700 shares 
of common stock issuable upon exercise of vested stock options and other awards outstanding as of December 31, 2009 pursuant to our incentive plan will further dilute our 
existing stockholders’ voting interest.

In addition to the dilutive effects described above, the exercise of those securities would lead to a potential increase in the number of shares eligible for resale in the public 

market. Sales of substantial numbers of such shares in the public market could adversely affect the market price of our shares.

We may seek to raise additional funds, finance acquisitions or develop strategic relationships by issuing capital stock that would dilute your ownership.

We have financed our operations, and we expect to continue to finance our operations, acquisitions and develop strategic relationships, by issuing equity or convertible 
debt  securities,  which  could  significantly  reduce  the  percentage  ownership  of  our  existing  stockholders.  Furthermore,  any  newly  issued  securities  could  have  rights, 
preferences and privileges senior to those of our existing stock.  Moreover, any issuances by us of equity securities may be at or below the prevailing market price of our stock 
and in any event may have a dilutive impact on your ownership interest, which could cause the market price of stock to decline.  We may also raise additional funds through 
the incurrence of debt or the issuance or sale of other securities or instruments senior to our common shares.  The holders of any debt securities or instruments we may issue 
would have rights superior to the rights of our common stockholders.

Trading in our common stock is limited and the price of our common stock may be subject to substantial volatility, particularly in light of the instability in the 
financial and capital markets.

Our common stock is listed on NYSE Amex, but its daily trading volume has been limited, sporadic and volatile. Over the past year the market price of our common stock 
has experienced significant fluctuations.  Between June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2009, the reported last sale price for our common stock has ranged from $7.06 to $1.06 per 
share.  With such volatility, there can be no assurance that we will remain qualified to be listed on NYSE Amex.

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In April 2009, we received a letter from the NYSE Amex stating that, based on the NYSE Amex’s review of publicly available information, we were considered to be below 
the  NYSE  Amex’s continued listing standards.  After submitting a plan of compliance to the NYSE Amex and additional evaluation by the Exchange, we were informed in 
October 2009 that we had resolved the continued listing deficiencies.  We cannot assure you that we will not receive additional deficiency letters in the future, or that we will 
continue to satisfy the continued listing standards in order to remain listed on the Exchange.

If our securities were delisted from trading on NYSE Amex and we are unable to list our securities on another securities exchange, our securities may be able to be listed on 
the OTC Bulletin Board or the “Pink Sheets,” which may adversely affect the liquidity and price of our common stock.  In addition, we expect the price of our common stock to 
continue to be volatile as a result of a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the following:

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developments in our litigation against Microsoft;

quarterly variations in our operating results;

large purchases or sales of common stock;

actual or anticipated announcements of new products or services by us or competitors;

general conditions in the markets in which we compete; and

economic and financial conditions.

Because ownership of our common shares is concentrated, you and other investors will have minimal influence on stockholder decisions.

As of December 31, 2009, our executive officers and directors beneficially owned an aggregate of 10,297,935 shares, or approximately 26% of our then outstanding common 
stock.  In addition, a group of stockholders that, as of December 31, 2007, held 4,766,666 shares, or approximately 12% of our then outstanding common stock, have entered 
into a voting agreement with us that requires them to vote all of their shares of our voting stock in favor of the director nominees approved by our Board of Directors at each 
director election going forward, and in a manner that is proportional to the votes cast by all other voting shares as to any other matters submitted to the stockholders for a 
vote. As a result, our existing officers and directors could significantly influence stockholder actions of which you disapprove or that are contrary to your interests.  This 
ability to exercise significant influence could prevent or significantly delay another company from acquiring or merging with us.

Our protective provisions could make it difficult for a third party to successfully acquire us even if you would like to sell your shares to them.

We  have  a  number  of  protective  provisions  that  could  delay,  discourage  or  prevent  a  third  party  from  acquiring  control  of  us  without  the  approval  of  our  Board  of 

Directors.  Our protective provisions include:

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A staggered Board of Directors:  This means that only one or two directors (since we have a five-person Board of Directors) will be up for election at any given 
annual meeting.  This has the effect of delaying the ability of stockholders to effect a change in control of us since it would take two annual meetings to effectively 
replace at least three directors which represents a majority of the Board of Directors.

Blank check preferred stock:  Our Board of Directors has the authority to establish the rights, preferences and privileges of our 10,000,000 authorized, but unissued, 
shares of preferred stock.  Therefore, this stock may be issued at the discretion of our Board of Directors with preferences over your shares of our common stock in a 
manner that is materially dilutive to existing stockholders.  In addition, blank check preferred stock can be used to create a “poison pill” which is designed to deter a 
hostile bidder from buying a controlling interest in our stock without the approval of our Board of Directors.  We have not adopted such a “poison  pill;” but our 
Board of Directors has the ability to do so in the future, very rapidly and without stockholder approval.

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Advance notice requirements for director nominations and for new business to be brought up at stockholder meetings:  Stockholders wishing to submit director 
nominations or raise matters to a vote of the stockholders must provide notice to us within very specific date windows and in very specific form in order to have the 
matter voted on at a stockholder meeting.  This has the effect of giving our Board of Directors and management more time to react to stockholder proposals generally 
and could also have the effect of disregarding a stockholder proposal or deferring it to a subsequent meeting to the extent such proposal is not raised properly.

No stockholder actions by written consent:  No stockholder or group of stockholders may take actions rapidly and without prior notice to our Board of Directors and 
management or to the minority stockholders.  Along with the advance notice requirements described above, this provision also gives our Board of Directors and 
management more time to react to proposed stockholder actions.

Super majority requirement for stockholder amendments to the By-laws:  Stockholder proposals to alter or amend our By-laws or to adopt new By-laws can only be 
approved by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding shares.

Elimination of the ability of stockholders to call a special meeting of the stockholders:  Only the Board of Directors or management can call special meetings of the 
stockholders.  This  could  mean  that  stockholders,  even  those  who  represent  a  significant  block  of  our  shares,  may  need  to  wait  for  the  annual  meeting  before 
nominating directors or raising other business proposals to be voted on by the stockholders.

Securities analysts may not cover our common stock and this may have a negative impact on our common stock’s market price.

The trading market for our common stock may depend on the research and reports that securities analysts publish about us or our business.  We do not have any control 
over these analysts.  There is no guarantee that securities analysts will cover our common stock.  If securities analysts do not cover our common stock, the lack of research 
coverage may adversely affect our common stock’s market price.  If we are covered by securities analysts, and our stock is downgraded, our stock price would likely decline.  If 
one or more of these analysts ceases to cover us or fails to publish regularly reports on us, we could lose or fail to gain visibility in the financial markets, which could cause 
our stock price or trading volume to decline.

Our business is subject to risks associated with the ongoing financial crisis and weakening global economy.

The recent severe tightening of the credit markets, turmoil in the financial markets, and weakening global economy impacts our ability to raise needed capital and enter into 
customer agreements.  These slowdowns are expected to worsen if these economic conditions are prolonged or deteriorate further.  Further, these conditions and uncertainty 
about future economic conditions make it challenging for us to forecast our operating results, make business decisions and identify the risks that may affect our business, 
financial condition and results of operations.  If we are not able to timely and appropriately adapt to changes resulting from the difficult macroeconomic environment, our 
business, financial condition, and results of operations may be significantly negatively affected.

We have no current intention of declaring or paying any cash dividends on our common stock.

We do not plan to declare or pay any cash dividends on our common stock.  Our current policy is to use all funds and any earnings in the operation and expansion of our 

business.

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Item 1B.    Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

Item 2.    Properties.

Our principal executive offices are located at 5615 Scotts Valley Drive, Suite 110, Scotts Valley, California 95066. We lease this property from a third party for a term that 

ends in 2012. We have no other properties and believe that our office facility is suitable and appropriately supports our current business needs.

Item 3.    Legal Proceedings.

We believe Microsoft Corporation is infringing certain of our patents.  Accordingly, we commenced a lawsuit against Microsoft on February 15, 2007, the February 2007 
lawsuit, by filing a complaint in the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division.  Pursuant to the complaint, we allege that Microsoft infringes 
two  of  our  U.S. patents:  U.S. Patent  No. 6,502,135  B1,  entitled “Agile  Network  Protocol  for  Secure  Communications  with  Assured  System  Availability,” and  U.S. Patent 
No. 6,839,759  B2,  entitled “Method for Establishing Secure Communication Link Between Computers of Virtual Private Network Without User Entering Any Cryptographic 
Information.”  On  April 5,  2007,  we  filed  an  amended  complaint  specifying  certain  accused  products  at  issue  and  alleging  infringement  of  a  third,  recently  issued 
U.S. patent:  U.S. Patent No. 7,188,180 B2, entitled “Method for Establishing Secure Communication Link Between Computers of Virtual Private Network.”  We are seeking both 
damages and injunctive relief.  Microsoft answered the amended complaint and asserted counterclaims against us on May 4, 2007.  Microsoft counterclaimed for declarations 
that our patents are not infringed, are invalid and are unenforceable.  Microsoft seeks an award of its attorneys’ fees and costs.  We filed a reply to Microsoft’s counterclaims 
on May 24, 2007. We have served our infringement contentions directed to certain of Microsoft’s operating system and unified messaging and collaboration applications.  On 
March 31, 2008, Microsoft filed a motion to dismiss for lack of standing, which was denied by the court pursuant to an order dated June 3, 2008.  Also pursuant to that court 
decision, on June 10, 2008, SAIC joined us in our lawsuit as a plaintiff.  On November 19, 2008, the court granted our motion to amend our infringement contentions, permitting 
us  to  provide  increased  specificity  and  citations  to  Microsoft’s  proprietary  documents  and  source  code  to  support  our  infringement  case  against  Microsoft’s  accused 
products, including, among other things, Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003, Server 2008, Live Communication Server, Office Communication Server and Office Communicator.  A 
Markman hearing on claim construction was conducted on February 17, 2009.  We then removed one of our patents from the case. On March 16, 2010, the jury awarded us a 
$105,750,000 verdict against Microsoft for infringing two of our patents.  The jury also found that Microsoft’s patent infringement was willful.  We will request injunctive relief 
at a later date.  We expect Microsoft to appeal this decision and will vigorously defend our rights in any appeal.  

In addition to the February 2007 lawsuit, we filed a new complaint on March 17, 2010, or the March 2010 lawsuit, alleging infringement by Microsoft of U.S. Patent Nos. 
6,502,135  and  7,188,180  by  Microsoft  Windows  7  and  Windows  Server  2008  R2  software  products.  We  refer  to  the  March  2010 lawsuit  and  the  February  2007  lawsuit 
collectively as the Microsoft litigation, or the litigation against Microsoft.   

Because  we  have  determined  that  Microsoft’s  alleged  unauthorized  use  of  our  patents  would  cause  us  severe  economic  harm  and  the  failure  to  cause  Microsoft  to 
discontinue  its  use  of  such  patents  could  result  in  the  termination  of  our  business,  we  have  dedicated  a  significant  portion  of  our  economic  resources,  to  date,  to  the 
prosecution of the Microsoft litigation and expect to continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

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Although we believe Microsoft infringes certain of our patents and have received a favorable verdict from the jury on March 16, 2010, and we intend to continue to 
vigorously  prosecute  the  Microsoft  litigation,  we  cannot  predict  the  final  outcome  of  the  Microsoft  litigation  with  any  degree  of  reasonable  certainty.  Additionally,  the 
Microsoft  litigation  and  appeals  process will  be  costly  and  time-consuming,  and  we  can  provide  no  assurance  that  we  will  ultimately  collect  on any  judgment  against 
Microsoft for damages and/or obtain injunctive relief.  

In the near term, we will dedicate significant time and resources to the Microsoft litigation.  The risks associated with such dedication of time and resources are set forth in 

the “Risk Factors” section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

One or more potential intellectual property infringement claims may also be available to us against certain other companies who have the resources to defend against any 
such claims.  Although we believe these potential claims are worth pursuing, commencing a lawsuit can be expensive and time-consuming, and there is no assurance that we 
will prevail on such potential claims.  In addition, bringing a lawsuit may lead to potential counterclaims which may preclude our ability to commercialize our initial products, 
which are currently in development.

Currently, we are not a party to any other pending legal proceedings, and are not aware of any proceeding threatened or contemplated against us by any governmental 

authority or other party.

In addition to the legal proceedings discussed above, in December 2009, Microsoft submitted a reexamination request to the USPTO to challenge the validity of certain 
claims on certain of our patents at issue in connection with the Microsoft litigation.  In January 2010, the USPTO confirmed the validity of certain claims, while taking “non-
final action” on other of Microsoft’s claims.  We are in the process of responding to the non-final action, and the process is ongoing.

Item 4.    Reserved.

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Item 5.    Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Market Information

PART II

Our common stock currently trades under the symbol “VHC” on the NYSE Amex Stock Exchange. Before the New York Stock Exchange acquired the American Stock 
Exchange in 2008, our common stock had traded under the “VHC” symbol on the American Stock Exchange since December 26, 2007.  Before then our common stock traded in 
the over-the-counter market on the Nasdaq OTC Bulletin Board under the symbols “VNXH,” and “PASW.”  Those common stock warrants that we issued in our January 2009 
public offering that are still outstanding trade under the symbols “VHCOZ” and “VHCOL” on the OTC Bulletin Board.

The following table shows the price range of our common stock, as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board, the American Stock Exchange or the NYSE Amex Stock Exchange, 

as applicable, for each quarter ended during the last two fiscal years.

Quarter Ended
3/31/08                                                                                                              
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3/31/09
6/30/09
9/30/09
12/31/09

High

Low

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$
$
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6.95
7.06
4.07
2.98
1.49
1.79
3.52
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$
$
$

4.26
3.50
1.26
0.89
1.06
1.10
1.22
1.95

The closing price of our common stock on the NYSE Amex Stock Exchange on March 19, 2010 was $5.60 per share.

Holders

As of March 19, 2010, we had 69 stockholders of record.

Dividends

We  have  not  paid  any  cash  dividends  on  our  common  stock,  and  do  not  anticipate  paying  cash  dividends  in  the  foreseeable  future.  Our  current  policy  is  to  retain 
earnings, if any, to fund operations, and the development and growth of our business.  Any future determination to pay cash dividends will be at the discretion of our Board of 
Directors  and  will  be  dependent  upon  our  financial  condition,  operation  results,  capital  requirements,  applicable  contractual  restrictions,  restrictions  in  our  organizational 
documents, and any other factors that our Board of Directors deems relevant.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

On April 17, 1998, when we operated under the name PASW, Inc., we adopted an equity incentive program. Under this program, we may grant incentive stock options, 
non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock bonuses and rights to acquire restricted stock to employees, directors and consultants (except for incentive stock 
options which may only be granted to employees). The number of shares of common stock initially reserved for issuance under this program was 150,580 shares post-split. As 
of December 31, 2009, there were no outstanding options or rights under this program and we do not intend to grant any equity incentives in the future under this plan.

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In  connection  with  the  merger  between  VirnetX  Holding  Corporation  and  VirnetX,  our  Board  of  Directors  approved  our  adoption  of  the  VirnetX  2005  Stock  Plan,  as 
amended, to cover grants of stock options and stock purchase rights to our employees and consultants. Our Board of Directors renamed this stock plan the VirnetX Holding 
Corporation 2007 Stock Plan. The total number of shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under the VirnetX Holding Corporation 2007 Stock Plan is 11,624,469, of 
which as of December 31, 2009, there were 1,417,229 shares remaining available for future grants.  To the extent that any award granted under the 2007 Stock Plan should expire, 
become unexercisable or is otherwise forfeited, the shares subject to such award will again become available for issuance under the 2007 Plan.

Plan Category
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
Total

Number of
Securities to be
Issued Upon Exercise
of Outstanding
Options,
Warrants and Rights
(a)

5,785,790
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5,785,790

Weighted-
Average Exercise
Price of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants and
Rights
(b)

Number of Securities
Remaining Available for
Future Issuance
Under Equity
Compensation Plans
Excluding Securities
Reflected in Column (a)
(c)

2.57

2.57

1,417,229
—
1,417,229

On  February  24,  2010  the  Compensation  Committee  approved  an  additional  315,250  options  to  the  employees  of  VirnetX  Inc.  This  leaves  1,101,979  shares  remaining 

available for future grants as of February 24, 2010.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

In September 2009, we closed a private placement of 2,380,942 shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $3.17 per share.  In addition to shares of common 
stock, we also issued (i) Series I warrants to purchase an additional 3,246,959 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $3.93 per share (subject to adjustment and 
including (x) 627,923 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution protections in the Series I Warrants, and (y) 238,094 shares of our common stock 
issuable to the placement agent of the September 2009 transaction) (the “Series I Warrants”),  (ii) Series II warrants to purchase up to an additional 2,419,045 shares of our 
common stock, subject to adjustment as described below, on an automatic cashless exercise basis with an exercise price of $0.01 per share (the “Series II Warrants”) and (iii) 
Series III warrants to purchase approximately an additional 2,380,942 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $2.52 per share (the “Series III Warrants” and together 
with the Series I Warrants and the Series II Warrants, the “Warrants”).    We filed this registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-162145) to cover the common stock 
issued and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

The Series I Warrants are rights to purchase an aggregate of approximately 3,246,959 shares of the Company’s common stock over a 5-year term at an exercise price 
equal to 125% of the price per share paid in the private placement  (i.e., $3.93 per share), subject to antidilution protection that could reduce the exercise price to 100% of the 
closing price on September 2, 2009 (i.e., $3.17 per share) if the Company completes other financings while the Series I Warrants are outstanding at a price per share less than 
the exercise price per share of the Series I Warrants.  The Series I Warrants were not exercisable until six months following the closing of the private placement and expire on 
fifth anniversary of the closing of the private placement.  Aside from the antidilution adjustment associated with the exercise price premium, the Series I Warrants are not 
subject to any further adjustments with respect to the exercise price or number of shares covered. In connection with the September 2009 private placement, we issued one of 
the Series I Warrants to purchase 238,094 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $3.93 per share to the placement agent in the private placement.  The warrant 
issued to the placement agent in September 2009 will expire 5 years after issuance.

 The Series II Warrants provided the investors pricing protection for the private placement with a floor price of $1.25 per share.  In the event the market price of our 
common stock declined between the closing of the private placement and the earlier of (i) the date the registration statement was declared effective and (ii) the date Rule 144 
became available for resale of the Shares (i.e., generally 6 months after the closing of the private placement) (such date that is the earlier of clause (i) and (ii) above is referred to 
in this registration statement as the “Warrant Exercise Date”), the Series II warrants would be automatically exercised on a cashless exercise basis and a number of additional 
shares would be issued to the investors who participated in the private placement in order to effectively reduce the per share purchase price paid in the private placement to 
the greater of (i) 80% of the 15-day volume weighted average trading price per share of the Company’s common stock immediately following the Warrant Exercise Date and (ii) 
$1.25 per share.  As such, the greatest number of shares that could be issued pursuant to the Series II Warrants was approximately 2,419,045 shares.  At the Warrant Exercise 
Date, the Series II Warrants would either be automatically exercised on a cashless exercise basis if the Company’s stock price was lower at the Warrant Exercise Date as 
described above, or they would expire unexercised.  The adjustment associated with the Series II Warrants did not affect either the exercise price or number of shares covered 
by either the Series I Warrants or the Series III Warrants. On January 14, 2010 the Series II Warrants expired unexercised and terminated without any additional shares being 
issued to the private placement investors.

At the Warrant Exercise Date, the Series III Warrants provided the investors a 60-day right to purchase an additional $6.0 million of common stock from the Company 
at $2.52 per share.  The Series III Warrants were not subject to any adjustments with respect to the exercise price or number of shares covered.  As of February 20, 2010, all 
Series III Warrants have been exercised in full.

The descriptions of the Series I Warrant, the Series II Warrant, the Series III Warrant, and the placement agent warrant in this registration statement are summaries 
only and are qualified in their entirety by reference to Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 filed as exhibits to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission on September 3, 2009.

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Performance Graph

COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
Among VirnetX Holding Corp, The S&P 500 Index
And The RDG Technology Composite Index

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*$100 invested on 12/31/04 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends.
Fiscal year ending December 31.

Copyright© 2010 S&P, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved.

The stock price performance reflected on this graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.

VirnetX Holding Corporation
S&P 500
RDG Technology Composite

$100.00
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Item 6.    Selected Financial Data.

You should read the selected consolidated financial data set forth below in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements, the notes to our consolidated financial 
statements  and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” contained elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.  Our
historical results are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for future periods.

For the year ended 
December 31, 2009

For the year ended 
December 31, 2008

For the year ended 
December 31, 2007

For the year ended 
December 31, 2006

Period From 
August 5, 2005
(Date of Inception)
to December 31, 
2005

Consolidated Statement of Operations Data:
Revenue
Operating expenses
Net loss
Loss per share
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data
Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Long-term obligation
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)

$

$

$

26,306
13,114,131
(13,082,751)
(.35)

2,011,470
2,241,605
120,000
(2,396,720)

$

$

$

$

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12,355,332
(12,072,180)
(.35)

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978,982
160,000
(894,351)

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9,279,166
204,000
8,495,376

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(1,401,339)
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195,123
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0
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Item 7.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

This  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K,  including  this  Management’s  Discussion  and  Analysis  of  Financial  Condition  and  Results  of  Operations  contains “forward-
looking” statements  within  the  meaning  of  the  Private  Securities  Litigation  Reform  Act  of  1995,  which  provides  a “safe  harbor” for  statements  about  future  events, 
products  and  future  financial  performance  that  are  based  on  the  beliefs  of,  estimates  made  by  and  information  currently  available  to  our  management.  Except  for  the 
historical information contained herein, the outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to risks and uncertainties.  See “Risk Factors”
for  a  discussion  of  these  risks  and  uncertainties.  The  following  discussion  should  be  read  in  conjunction  with  and  is  qualified  in  its  entirety  by  reference  to  our 
consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.  Actual results and the outcome or timing of certain 
events may differ significantly from those stated or implied by these forward-looking statements.  Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are 
not  limited  to,  those  discussed  in  Item  1A  of  Part  I “Risk Factors” and other factors from time to time described in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission,  or  SEC.  For  this  purpose,  using  the  terms “believe,”  “expect,”  “expectation,”  “anticipate,”  “can,”  “should,” “would,”  “could,”  “estimate,”  “appear,”
“based  on,” “may,”  “intended,”  “potential,”  “indicate,” “are  emerging” and “possible” or  similar  statements  are  forward-looking  statements  that  involve  risks  and 
uncertainties that could cause our actual results and the outcome and timing of certain events to differ materially from those stated or implied by these forward-looking
statements.  By making forward-looking statements, we have not assumed any obligation to, and you should not expect us to, update or revise those statements because of 
new information, future events or otherwise.

Company Overview

We  are  a  development  stage  company  focused  on  commercializing  a  patent  portfolio  for  securing  real-time  communications  over  the  Internet.  These  patents  were 
acquired by our principal operating subsidiary, VirnetX, from Science Applications International Corporation, or SAIC.  SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering, and 
technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the 
environment, critical infrastructure, and health.

Although we believe we may derive revenues in the future from our principal patent portfolio and are currently endeavoring to develop certain of those patents into 
marketable products, we have not done so to date.  Because we have limited capital resources, our revenues are insignificant and our expenses, including but not limited to 
those we expect to incur in our patent infringement case against Microsoft, are substantial, we may be unable to successfully complete our business plans, our business may 
fail and your investment in our securities may become worthless.  See “Risk Factors” for additional information.

We  are  in  the  development  stage  and  consequently  we  are  subject  to  the  risks  associated  with  development  stage  companies  including:  the  need  for  additional 
financings;  the  uncertainty  that  our  patent  and  technology  licensing  program  development  efforts  will  produce  revenue  bearing  licenses  for  us;  the  uncertainty  that  our 
development  initiatives  will  produce  successful  commercial  products  as  well  as  the  marketing  and  customer  acceptance  of  such  products;  competition  from  larger 
organizations; dependence on key personnel; uncertain patent protection; and dependence on corporate partners and collaborators.  To achieve successful operations, we will 
require additional capital to continue research and development and marketing efforts.  No assurance can be given as to the timing or ultimate success of obtaining future 
funding.

Developments from the Year Ended December 31, 2009

On January 30, 2009, we closed an underwritten public offering of 2,470,000 shares of our common stock at $1.50 per share. As further described in the prospectus for the 
offering filed on EDGAR (File No. 333-153645), for each share purchased in the offering, an investor received registered warrants to purchase 0.5 shares of our common stock at 
$2.00 per share, 0.5 shares of our common stock at $3.00 per share and 0.5 shares of our common stock at $4.00 per share. These warrants were listed for trading on the OTC 
Bulletin Board under the symbols “VHCOW”, “VHCOZ”, and “VHCOL”, respectively.  We also issued warrants to purchase 220,000 shares of common stock at an exercise 
price of $1.80 per share to the underwriter of our January 2009 offering.  The offering raised proceeds of $3.7 million before fees and expenses, and $3.3 million net of fees and 
expenses.

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On February 10, 2009, VirnetX Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiary, was awarded U.S. patent number 7,490,151 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The new 
patent,  titled “Establishment  of  a  secure  communication  link  based  on  a  domain  name  service  (DNS)  request” describes  a  secure  mechanism  for  communication  over  the 
Internet. In conjunction with the issuance of this patent, we will seek to commercialize these exclusive rights in the United States by establishing the secure domain name 
registry service for the Internet. Additional information about the patent can be found at the Internet website www.uspto.gov.

On  June  9,  2009,  we  entered  into  an  engagement  letter  with  McKool  Smith,  confirming  McKool  as  our  lead  counsel  in the  February  2007  lawsuit  against  Microsoft 
Corporation. McKool has agreed to represent us in the Microsoft Litigation for a fixed fee of $3 million and a contingency fee of 8% of the litigation proceeds. In the event of a 
judgment or settlement below an agreed upon amount (designed to approximate the total legal fees associated with the matter), McKool’s fixed fee will be limited to the actual 
time spent by McKool, up to a maximum of $3 million, plus the contingency fee of 8% of the litigation proceeds. McKool’s out-of-pocket expenses are not capped pursuant to 
the engagement letter but are estimated to be approximately $1 million.  Subsequently, with our permission, McDermott Will & Emery filed a motion to withdraw as our counsel 
from this case, which was granted by the court on July 8, 2009.  A copy of the engagement letter with McKool is attached as an exhibit to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2009.  We have submitted a request for confidential treatment for certain portions of the engagement letter.  Those portions have been redacted 
and have been provided separately to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

On June 26, 2009, we filed an unopposed motion with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for an order granting an approximate ninety day 
continuance of the trial and to enter a new docket control order in the ongoing patent infringement litigation with Microsoft Corporation.  This order was granted on June 30, 
2009 and the new trial date was set for March 8, 2010.

On  July  19,  2009,  the  NYSE  Amex  LLC  (the “Exchange”) notified us that it had accepted our previously submitted plan of compliance and, pursuant to the plan, had 
granted us an extension to regain compliance with the Exchange’s continued listing standards.  In addition to approving the plan, the Exchange determined that we are not 
currently subject to the stockholders’ equity requirements, given our compliance with certain alternative listing standards relating, among other things, to our current market 
capitalization.  Nonetheless, the Exchange continued to believe that it would be necessary and appropriate for us to take certain actions to strengthen our financial condition. 
As a result, the Exchange granted us an extension until October 30, 2009 to regain compliance with the financial condition continued listing standard.

On July 30, 2009, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, issued its Markman Order in the Microsoft litigation in connection with 

the Markman hearing on claim construction that was held on February 19, 2009.

In September 2009, we closed a private placement of 2,380,942 shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $2.52 per share.  In addition to shares of common stock, 
we  also  issued  (i)  Series  I  warrants  to  purchase  approximately  an  additional  2,380,942  shares  of  our  common  stock  with  an  exercise  price  of  $3.93  per  share  subject  to 
adjustment, (ii) Series II warrants to purchase up to approximately an additional 2,419,023 shares of our common stock, subject to adjustment, with an automatic cashless 
exercise basis with an exercise price of $0.01 per share and (iii) Series III warrants to purchase approximately an additional 2,380,942 shares of common stock with an exercise 
price of $2.52 per share.  A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-162145) was taken effective on December 22, 2009 covering the registration of the common stock 
and warrants to purchase shares of common stock issued pursuant to this private placement transaction.

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On October 9, 2009, we received a letter from the Exchange stating that, based upon a review of publicly available information, we had resolved the continued listing 
deficiencies referenced in the Exchange’s letter dated April 30, 2009.  The Exchange noted that our continued listing eligibility will continue to be assessed on an ongoing 
basis.  We are now subject to the provisions of Section 1009(h) of the Exchange’s Company Guide that states that if we, within 12 months of October 30, 2009, are again 
determined to be below the continued listing standards, the Exchange staff may take appropriate action, which, depending upon the circumstances, may include providing us 
with an opportunity to submit a plan to the Exchange advising the Exchange of action we have taken, or will take, that would bring us into compliance with the continued 
listing standards, or the Exchange may  initiate delisting proceedings, which could result in our common stock being delisted from the Exchange.

On December 23, 2009, we signed a letter of intent with VeriSign, Inc., or VeriSign, under which VirnetX Inc. and VeriSign will collaborate to assess and evaluate the 
technical, market and commercial viability to jointly develop and provide mobile directory services and solutions using secure domain names and PKI certificate infrastructure 
consistent with VirnetX Inc. intellectual property. The letter of intent also provided for a “no shop” period until March 23, 2010, during which period the parties have agreed 
not to solicit or encourage proposals from any other person or entity regarding a strategic relationship.

Recent Developments

On  January  14,  2010,  the  Series  II  Warrants  expired  unexercised  and  terminated  without  any  additional  shares  of  common  stock  being  issued  to  private  placement 

investors.

On February 24, 2010, we announced that all Series III Warrants issued had been exercised in full and we issued 2,380,942 shares of our common stock. The aggregate 

cash exercise proceeds from the Series III Warrants totaled $6,000,000.  After payment of fees and commissions, we received net proceeds of approximately $5,400,000.

On February 24, 2010, we exercised in full our rights to call the $2.00 warrants issued by us in connection with our 2009 public offering. Those warrants expired in their 
entirety unless earlier exercised on March 11, 2010. The aggregate cash exercise proceeds from the $2.00 warrants if exercised in full would total $2,470,000. After payment of 
fees and commissions, we expect to receive net proceeds of approximately $2,335,000. As of March 12, 2010, we had received proceeds in the amount of $2,000,000.

On March 16, 2010, a jury awarded us a $105,750,000 verdict against Microsoft for infringing two of our patents. The jury also found that Microsoft's patent infringement 

was willful. 

On March 17, 2010, we filed a new complaint against Microsoft alleginig infringement of our U.S. Patent Nos. 6,502,135 and 7,188,180 by Microsoft's Windows 7 and 

Windows Server 2008 R2 software products.

On March 24, 2010, we entered into an agreement to extend a letter of intent with VeriSign, under which VirnetX intends to work with VeriSign to create a technical pilot for 
providing  services  that  could  include  VirnetX’s  exclusive  secure  domain  name  registry  and  managed  connection  and  relay  services  along  with  providing  a  complete  PKI 
solution for VirnetX’s secure domain name initiative.  This falls under the original December 23, 2009, letter of intent objectives to collaborate in the development of mobile 
directory services and solutions using secure domain names and PKI certificate infrastructure.  The strategic relationship contemplated by the letter of intent remains subject 
to, among other things, the negotiation, execution and delivery of definitive agreements.  The letter of intent also provides for a binding exclusivity period until June 4, 2010, 
during which period the parties have agreed not to solicit or encourage proposals from any other person or entity regarding a strategic relationship, the primary purpose 
thereof is to assess and evaluate the technical, market and commercial viability to jointly develop and provide the services contemplated by the letter of intent.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires us 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 
revenues and expenses during the reported period.  The critical accounting policies we employ in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements are those which 
involve impairment of long-lived assets, income taxes, fair value of financial instruments and stock-based compensation.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

We identify and record impairment losses on long-lived assets used in operations when events and changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an 
asset might not be recoverable, but not less than annually. Recoverability is measured by comparison of the anticipated future net undiscounted cash flows to the related 
assets’ carrying value.  If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets 
exceeds the projected discounted future net cash flows arising from the asset.

Income Taxes

We account for income taxes under the liability method.  Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial 
statement  and  tax  basis  of  assets  and  liabilities  using  enacted  tax  rates  in  effect  for  the  year  in  which  the  differences  are  expected  to  affect  taxable  income.  Valuation 
allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts expected to be realized.

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Carrying amounts of our financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities, approximate their fair values due to their 

short maturities.

Stock-Based Compensation

We account for share-based compensation in accordance with the fair value method, which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense in the 
statement of operations for all share-based payment awards made to employees and directors including employee stock options based on estimated fair values.  Using the 
modified retrospective transition method of adopting this standard, the financial statements presented herein reflect compensation expense for stock-based awards as if the 
provisions of this standard had been applied from the date of our inception.

In addition, we record stock and options granted to non-employees at fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity investments issued as they 

vest over the performance period.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) clarified the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an entity’s financial statements 
and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for financial statement disclosure of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return.  The minimum 
threshold is defined as a tax position that is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by the applicable taxing authority, including resolution of any related 
appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position.  The tax benefit to be recognized is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 
50 percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement.  The guidance must be applied to all existing tax positions upon initial adoption.  The cumulative effect of applying 
the guidance at adoption is to be reported as an adjustment to beginning retained earnings for the year of adoption.  The accounting for uncertainty in income taxes was 
effective for the first quarter of 2008.  The adoption of accounting for uncertainty in income taxes did not have an impact to the Company’s financial statements.

In September 2006, the FASB established a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) and
expanded disclosure about fair value measurements including valuing securities in markets that are not active.  The Company adopted the framework for measuring fair value 
effective  January  1,  2009  with  the  exception  of  the  application  of  the  framework  to  non-recurring,  non-financial  assets  and  non-financial  liabilities.  The  adoption  of  the 
framework for measuring fair value did not have a significant impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

In March 2008, the FASB amended and expanded the disclosure requirements for derivative instruments and hedging activities by requiring enhanced disclosures about 
how and why the Company uses derivative instruments, how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for, and how derivative instruments and related 
hedged items affect the Company’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows.  These requirements were effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 
2008. The Company adopted the amended and expanded disclosure requirements for derivatives instruments and hedging activities as of January 1, 2009, and adoption did not 
have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In June 2008, the FASB issued guidance requiring that unvested instruments granted in share-based payment transactions that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends 
or dividend equivalents are participating securities subject to the two-class method of computing earnings per share.  This guidance is effective for financial statements issued 
for  fiscal  years,  and  interim  periods  within  those  fiscal  years,  beginning  on  or  after  December 15,  2008. The  adoption  did  not  have  a  material  effect  on  the  Company’s
consolidated financial statements.

In  April  2009,  the  FASB  required  disclosures  about  fair  value  of  financial  instruments  for  interim  reporting  periods  of  publicly  traded  companies  as  well  as  in  annual 
financial statements, effective for interim reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, and required those disclosures in summarized financial information at interim reporting 
periods.   The  Company  adopted  the  new  disclosure  guidance  over  fair  value  of  financial  instruments,  and  adoption  did  not  have  a  material  effect  on  the  Company’s
consolidated financial statements.

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before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued (“subsequent events”).  Under the new guidance, entities are required to disclose the date through which 
subsequent events were evaluated, as well as the rationale for why that date was selected.  The guidance is effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 
2009.  The Company adopted the provisions of this new guidance as of June 1, 2009, and adoption did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.  The 
Company evaluated subsequent events through March 26, 2010.

In June 2009, the FASB established the Accounting Standards Codification ("Codification") as the single source of authoritative GAAP to be applied by nongovernmental 
entities,  except  for  the  rules  and interpretive  releases  of  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (“SEC”) under  authority  of  federal  securities  laws,  which  are sources  of 
authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants.  While not intended to change GAAP, the Codification significantly changes the way in which the accounting literature is referenced 
and organized.  The Codification is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  The Codification was adopted as of 
August 31, 2009.  Adoption did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Operations

Revenue — Royalties

Revenue generated for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009 was $26,306 compared to $208,610 during the period from July 5, 2007 (the closing date of the merger 
between us and VirnetX, Inc.) to December 31, 2008.  Our revenue in 2009 was solely limited to the royalties earned under a single license agreement through our Japanese 
subsidiary.  We expect the revenue from this license to decrease substantially in the future.  We do not intend to enter into additional licenses or generate significant revenue 
through our Japanese subsidiary.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development costs include expenses paid to outside development consultants and compensation-related expenses for our engineering staff.  Research and 

development costs are expensed as incurred.

Our  research  and  development  expenses  increased  from  $56,000  for  the  period  from  August 2,  2005  (date  of  inception)  to  December 31,  2005,  to  $554,187  for  2006  to 
$684,316 for 2007 to $845,324 for 2008, and to $864,058 for 2009, primarily as a result of increased engineering activities for product development.  We expect research and 
development expenses to increase as employees are hired to provide in-house research and development.  Because we expect to use outside contractors for additional product 
development on a limited basis, we expect those costs to remain level or decline over time.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses include management and administrative personnel costs, as well as costs of outside legal, accounting, and consulting services.

Our general and administrative expenses increased from $826,478 for the period from August 2, 2005 (date of inception) to December 31, 2005, to $853,488 for 2006 to 

$8,040,894 for 2007, to $11,510,008 for 2008, and to $12,250,073 for 2009.

Within  general  and  administrative  expenses,  professional  fees,  primarily  legal  fees,  increased  from  $12,481  in  the  period  from  August 2,  2005  (date  of  inception)  to 
December 31, 2005 to $133,199 in 2006 to $5,286,525 in 2007 to $5,798,534 in 2008 and to $6,941,726 in 2009.  The fees were incurred to pursue the litigation with Microsoft, assist 
in the merger between VirnetX, Inc. and VirnetX Holding Corporation, audit the financial statements, assist in obtaining financing and potential contract negotiations and in 
general corporate matters. Although we view the McKool Smith fixed fee arrangement as a positive arrangement and one that will help us manage our expenses in connection 
with  the  Microsoft  litigation,  we  anticipate  that  our  legal  fees  and  other  expenses  associated  with  this  litigation  will  be  material  and  will  negatively  impact  our  financial 
condition and results of operations.  

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Also within general and administrative, compensation expenses increased from $799,920 in the period from August 2, 2005 (date of inception) to December 31, 2005, to 
$613,757 in 2006, $2,152,000 in 2007, $2,682,431 in 2008 and $3,031,717 in 2009.  Compensation expenses were higher in 2005 compared to 2006 due to the higher proportion of 
stock based compensation expense in 2005.  The increases from 2006 to 2009 in compensation expenses are due principally to stock-based compensation expense related to 
stock options granted to our employees and directors and an increase in the number of our employees as we added resources to comply with financial reporting requirements.

Other  general  and  administrative  expenses  increased  from  $14,077  in  the  period  from  August 2,  2005  (date  of  inception)  to  December 31,  2005  to  $106,532  in  2006  to 
$602,639 in 2007, to $3,029,043 in 2008 and decreased to $2,276,630 for 2009, as we incurred costs related to building our infrastructure and litigation support.  We also incurred 
additional general and administrative expenses in connection with the implementation of a directors and officers’ insurance policy and certain other costs. The decrease in 2009 
in due primarily to reduced cost in public relations, outsourced services, printing and other costs.

 Liquidity and Capital Resources

We are in the development stage and have raised capital since our inception through the issuance of our equity securities.  As of December 31, 2009, we had a working 
capital  deficiency  of  approximately  $2,456,000  and  approximately  $2,000,000  in  cash.  Subsequent  to  year  end  through  March  11,  2010,  we  have  received  approximately 
$7,400,000 from the exercise of warrants. We have used the net proceeds to fund our operations and provide working capital for general corporate purposes.

We expect to finance future cash needs primarily through proceeds from equity or debt financings, loans, joint ventures, and/or collaborative agreements with corporate 

and strategic partners. We also intend to license our patent portfolio, technology and software, including our secure domain name registry service.

We expect to derive the majority of our revenue from license fees and royalties associated with our patent portfolio, technology and software.

We anticipate that our existing cash and cash equivalents, including the proceeds from the completed exercises of warrants noted above are insufficient to fund our 

operations for longer than through the end of our third quarter of 2010.

       During 2009, our cash flow used in operations was $6,944,000 or an average of approximately $579,000 per month. During the fourth quarter of 2009, our cash balance used 
in operations increased on average to $636,000 per month. With our 2010 average monthly cash requirement including the impact of a reduction of our working capital deficit at 
December 31, 2009, we expect our average monthly cash flow used in operations in 2010 will be modestly greater than in 2009.

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Item 7A.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

       Not applicable

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

       On  June  9,  2009,  we  entered  into  an  engagement  letter  with  McKool  Smith,  confirming  McKool  as  our  lead  counsel  in  the  February  2007  lawsuit  against  Microsoft 
Corporation. McKool has agreed to represent us in the Microsoft litigation for a fixed fee of $3 million and a contingency fee of 8% of the litigation proceeds. In the event of a 
judgment or settlement below an agreed upon amount (designed to approximate the total legal fees associated with the matter), McKool’s fixed fee will be limited to the actual 
time spent by McKool, up to a maximum of $3 million, plus the contingency fee of 8% of the litigation proceeds. McKool’s out-of-pocket expenses are not capped pursuant to 
the engagement letter but are estimated to be approximately $1 million.  A copy of the engagement letter with McKool is attached as an exhibit to our Quarterly Report on Form 
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009.  We submitted a request for confidential treatment for certain portions of the engagement letter.  Those portions have been redacted 
and have been provided separately to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Financial Statements Index

Report of Farber Hass Hurley LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets of VirnetX Holding Corporation for the years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008
Consolidated  Statements  of  Operations  of  VirnetX  Holding  Corporation  for  the  years  ended  December  31,  2009  and  December  31,  2008  and  for  the  period  from 

August 2, 2005 (date of inception) to December 31, 2009

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) of VirnetX Holding Corporation for the years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 and for the 

period from August 2, 2005 (date of inception) to December 31, 2009

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of VirnetX Holding Corporation for the years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 and for the period from 

August 2, 2005 (date of inception) to December 31, 2009

Notes to Financial Statements of VirnetX Holding Corporation

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Board of Directors and Shareholders

VirnetX Holding Corporation

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of VirnetX Holding Corporation (the “Company”; a development stage enterprise) as of December 31, 2009 
and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and the period 
from  August 2,  2005  (date  of  inception)  to  December 31,  2009.  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 financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of VirnetX Holding Corporation, Inc. as of 
December  31,  2009  and  2008,  and  the  consolidated  results  of  their  operations,  stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for the years then ended and the period from 
August 2, 2005 (date of inception) to December 31, 2009 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), VirnetX Holding Corporation’s internal control 
over  financial  reporting  as  of  December  31,  2009,  based  on  criteria  established  in Internal  Control—Integrated  Framework  issued  by  the  Committee  of  Sponsoring 
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated March 26, 2010 expressed an unqualified opinion.

The  accompanying  consolidated  financial  statements  have  been  prepared  assuming  the  Company  will  continue  as  a  going  concern.  As  discussed  in  the  notes  to  the 
Consolidated  Financial  Statements,  the  Company  has  not  been  able  to  generate  significant  revenues  and  has  a  working  capital  deficiency  of  approximately  $2,456,000  at 
December 31, 2009. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern without  raising additional equity, debt or other 
financing  to  fund  operations.  Management's  plans  in  regard  to  these  matters  are  described  in  the  notes  to  the  Consolidated  Financial  Statements.  The  consolidated
financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Granada Hills, California
March 26, 2010

/s/  Farber Hass Hurley LLP

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts receivable
Prepaid expenses and other current assets

ASSETS

Total current assets
Property and equipment, net
Intangible and other assets
Deferred offering costs
Total assets

Current liabilities:

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities                                                                                          
Current portion of long-term obligation                                                                                        

Total current liabilities                                                                                        

Long-term obligation, net of current portion                                                                                          
Commitments and contingencies                                                                                          
Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
Preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share

Authorized:  10,000,000 shares at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
Issued and outstanding:  0 shares at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively

Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share

Authorized:  100,000,000 shares at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
Issued and outstanding:  39,750,927 shares and 34,899,985 shares, at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively

Additional paid-in capital                                                                                          
Deficit accumulated during the development stage                                                                                          

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)                                                                                        

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)                                                                                          

As of
December 31, 2009

As of
December 31, 2008

 $

 $

 $

$

 $

2,011,470
6,842
43,863
2,062,175
23,430
156,000

—  
 $

2,241,605

 $

4,478,325
40,000
4,518,325
120,000

—  

457,155
1,154
189,847
648,156
32,565
204,000
94,261
978,982

1,669,333
44,000
1,713,333
160,000
—

3,975
33,730,217
(36,130,912)
(2,396,720)
2,241,605

$

3,489
22,150,321
(23,048,161)
(894,351)
978,982

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

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

Year Ended 
December 31, 2009

Year Ended 
December 31, 2008

Cumulative from 
August 2, 2005
(Date of Inception)
to
December 31, 2009

 $

26,306

 $

133,744

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234,916

864,058
12,250,073
13,114,131
(13,087,825)

5,074
(13,082,751)
(.35)
37,911,340

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 $

845,324
11,510,008
12,355,332
(12,221,588)

149,408
(12,072,180)
(.35)
34,875,471

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 $

3,003,885
33,480,941
36,484,826
(36,249,910)

118,998
(36,130,912)

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

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Revenue — Royalties
Operating expenses:

Research and development
General and administrative
Total operating expenses

Loss from operations

Interest and other income, net
Net loss
Basic and diluted loss per share
Weighted average shares outstanding

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

Balance at inception (August 2, 2005)
Common stock issued to founders
Proceeds from issuance of restricted stock to 

employees at $0.0001 per share in 
October 2005

Stock-based compensation from restricted 

stock
Net loss
Balance at December 31, 2005

Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock at 
$1.00 per share in February 2006, net of 
issuance cost of $26,375

Proceeds from issuance of restricted stock to 
employees at $0.01 per share in March and 
October 2006

Stock-based compensation: restricted stock 
Stock-based compensation: employee stock 

options

Net loss
Balance at December 31, 2006
Proceeds from exercise of options
Shares issued for merger
Debt converted to stock, net
Stock issued for cash at $.75 per share, net
Stock issued for cash at $4.00 per share, net
Stock-based compensation
Preferred stock converted to common stock
Net loss
Balance at December 31, 2007
Cashless exercise of warrants
Stock-based compensation
Net loss
Balance at December 31, 2008
Stock issed for cash at $1.50 per share, net
Stock issued for cash at $2.52 per share, net
Deferred offering costs
Stock-based compensation
Net loss
Balance at December 31, 2009

Series A Preferred Stock  

Common Stock

Shares

Amount

—
—

—

—
—

—

Shares

—
13,285,107

Amount

—
1,329

3,321,277

—
—

332

—
—

—
—

—

—
—

— 16,606,384

1,661

1,404,000

1,377,625

—

—
—

—
—

975,625
—

—

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  Additional

Paid-in
Capital

  Due from  
Stock-
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Deficit
  Accumulated  
During
  Development  
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Total
  Stockholders’  
Equity
(Deficit)

—
(1,129)

(252)

799,920
—

798,539

—

1,953
130,210

—
—

—

—
—

0

—

(150)
—

—
—

—

—
200

80

—
(882,478)
(882,478)

799,920
(882,478)
(82,278)

—

—
—

1,377,625

1,900
130,210

—
—
1,404,000
—
—
—
—
—
—
(1,404,000)
—
—
—
—
—
—

—
—
—
—
17,582,009
1,377,625
124,548
—
1,665,800
—
2,016,016
—
4,000,000
—
3,450,000
—
—
—
5,828,841
(1,377,625)
—
—
— 34,667,214
232,771
—
—
—
—
—
— 34,899,985 $

2,470,000
2,380,942

—
—
1,758
12
167
202
400
345
—
583
—
3,467
22
—
—

81,619
—
1,012,321
29,988
—
1,499,648
2,953,249
11,776,773
818,869
1,377,042
—
19,467,890
—
2,682,431
—
3,489 $ 22,150,321
3,273,416
5,400,001
(125,238)
3,031,717

247
239

—

— 39,750,927 $

3,975 $ 33,730,218

—
—
(1,401,339)
—
(2,283,817)
(150)
—
—
—
—
—
150
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(8,692,164)
— (10,975,981)
—
—
—
—
—
(12,072,180)
— $ (23,048,161) $

81,619
(1,401,339)
107,737
30,000
167
1,500,000
2,953,649
11,777,118
818,869
—
(8,692,164)
8,495,376
22
2,682,431
(12,072,180)
(894,351)
3,273,663
5,400,240
(125,238)
3,031,717
(13,082,751)
— $ (36,130,912) $ (2,396,720)

(13,082,751)

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

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net loss                                                                  

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Stock-based compensation
Depreciation and amortization
Changes in assets and liabilities:

Receivables and other current assets

Other assets

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property and equipment
Cash acquired in acquisition
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities:
Issuance of notes payable
Repayment of notes payable
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock, net of issuance costs
Proceeds from issuance of restricted stock 
Proceeds from advance from preferred stockholders
Proceeds from exercise of options
Proceeds from convertible debt
Payment of royalty obligation  less imputed interest
Proceeds from sales of common stock
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the year for taxes

Cash paid during the year for interest

Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:
Conversion of advance into preferred stock
Royalty obligation assumed to obtain intangible assets

Year Ended 
December 31, 2009

Year Ended 
December 31, 2008

Cumulative Period
from August 2, 2005
(Date of Inception)
to
December 31, 2009

 $

(13,082,751)

 $

(12,072,180)

 $

(36,130,912)

3,031,717
63,113

140,296
94,263
2,808,992
(6,944,370)

(5,980)

—  

(5,980)

—  
—  
—  
—  
—  
—  
—  

(44,000)
8,548,665
8,504,665
1,554,315
457,155
2,011,470

2,173

6,000

$

$

$

2,682,431
68,623

119,799

1,137,751
(8,063,576)

(20,716)

—  

(20,716)

—  
—  
—  
—  
—  
—  
—  

(48,000)
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(48,000)
(8,132,292)
8,589,447
457,155

9,201

5,622

$

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— $
— $

—  $
—  $

$

$

$

$
$

7,544,766
158,034

(160,200)
94,263
4,478,533
(24,015,516)

(84,427)
14,009
(70,418)

250,000
(250,000)
1,147,625
2,180
230,000
30,000
1,500,000
(92,000)
23,279,599
26,097,404
2,011,470
—
2,011,470

12,174

53,252

230,000
252,000

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

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Note 1    Formation and Business of the Company

VirnetX  Holding  Corporation  (“we,”  “us,”  “our” or  the “Company”) are  a  development  stage  company  focused  on  commercializing  a  patent  portfolio  for  providing 

solutions for secure real-time communications such as instant messaging, or “IM,” and voice over internet protocol, or “VoIP.”

In July 2007 we effected a merger between PASW, Inc., a company which had at the time of the merger, publicly traded common stock with limited operations, and VirnetX, 
Inc.,  which  became  our  principal  operating  subsidiary.  As  a  result  of  this  merger,  the  former  security  holders  of  VirnetX,  Inc.  came  to  own  a  majority  of  our  outstanding 
common stock.

Under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, the accompanying financial statements  have been prepared as if VirnetX, Inc., a company whose 
inception date was August 2, 2005, who is our predecessor for accounting purposes, had acquired PASW, Inc. on July 5, 2007.  Accordingly, the accompanying statement of 
operations include the operations of VirnetX, Inc. from August 2, 2005 to December 31, 2009 and the operations of PASW, Inc. from July 5, 2007 to December 31, 2009.  The 
historical  share  activity  of  VirnetX,  Inc.  has  been  retroactively  restated  to  account  for  the  12.454788  to  one  exchange  rate  which  was  applicable  to  certain  convertible 
instruments as explained in Note 10 and Note 11 and for our one for three reverse stock split which was implemented on October 29, 2007.

Our principal business activities to date are our efforts to commercialize our patent portfolio.  We also conduct the remaining activities of PASW, Inc., which are generally 
limited to the collection of royalties on certain internet-based communications by a wholly owned Japanese subsidiary of PASW pursuant to the terms of a single license 
agreement.  The revenue generated by this agreement is not significant.

Although we believe we may derive revenues in the future from our principal patent portfolio and are currently endeavoring to develop certain of those patents into 
marketable products, we have not done so to date.  As such, we are in the development stage and consequently are subject to the risks associated with development stage 
companies,  including  the  need  for  additional  financings,  the  uncertainty  that  our  licensing  program  development  efforts  will  produce  revenue-bearing licenses for us, the 
uncertainty that our development initiatives will produce successful commercial products as well as the uncertainty of marketing and customer acceptance of such products.

These  financial  statements  have  been  prepared  on  the  basis  that  the  Company  will  continue  as  a  going  concern.  The  going  concern  assumption  contemplates  the 
realization  of  assets  and  discharge  of  liabilities  in  the  normal  course  of  business.  We  have  incurred  net  operating  losses  and  negative  cash  flows  from  operations.  At 
December 31, 2009, we had a deficit accumulated in the development stage of approximately $36,131,000 and a working capital deficit of approximately $2,456,000. With our 2010 
average monthly cash requirement including the impact of a reduction of our working capital deficit at December 31, 2009, we expect our cash used in operations in 2010 will be 
modestly  greater  than  in  2009.  As  a  result,  despite  receiving  approximately  $7,400,000  from  the  exercise  of  warrants  in  February  and  March  2010,  management  is  still 
anticipating  incurring  net  losses,  continued  negative  cash  flows  from  operations  and  a  persistence  of  a  working  capital  deficit  during  2010.  These  conditions  and  the 
uncertainty of the Microsoft litigation raise substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. These consolidated financial statements do not include any 
adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary if we are unable 
to continue as a going concern.

Note 2    Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the VirnetX Holding Company, a development stage enterprise, and its wholly owned subsidiaries.  All 

intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

These financial statements reflect the historical results of VirnetX, Inc. and subsequent to the merger date of July 5, 2007, the historical consolidated results of VirnetX 

Holding Corporation.

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Use of Estimates

The  preparation  of  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 financial statements 
and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin 104.  We are a licensor of software and generate revenue primarily from the one-time sales of licensed 
software.  Generally,  revenue  is  recognized  upon  shipment  of  the  licensed  software.  For  multiple  element  license  arrangements,  the  license  fee  is  allocated  to  the  various 
elements  based  on  fair  value.  When  a  multiple  element  arrangement  includes  rights  to  a  post-contract  customer  support,  the  portion  of  the  license  fee  allocated  to  each 
function is recognized ratably over the term of the arrangement.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

We consider all highly liquid investments purchased with original maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at historical cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are computed using the accelerated 
and straight line methods over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which range from five to seven years. Repair and maintenance costs are charged to expense as incurred.

Concentration of Credit Risk and Other Risks and Uncertainties

Our cash and cash equivalents are primarily maintained at one financial institution in the United States. Deposits held with this financial institution may exceed the amount 
of insurance provided on such deposits.  The balances are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as of the date of this report up to $250,000.  During the year 
ended December 31, 2009 we had, at times, funds that were uninsured.  The uninsured balance at December 31, 2009 was in excess of $1,310,000.  We have not experienced any 
losses on our deposits of cash and cash equivalents.

Intangible Assets

We record intangible assets at cost, less accumulated amortization.  Amortization of intangible assets is provided over their estimated useful lives, which can range from 3 

to 15 years, on either a straight line basis or as revenue is generated by the assets.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

We  identify  and  record  impairment  losses  on  intangible  and  other  long-lived  assets  used  in  operations  when  events  and  changes  in  circumstances  indicate  that  the 
carrying amount of an asset might not be recoverable.  Recoverability is measured by comparison of the anticipated future net undiscounted cash flows to the related assets’
carrying value.  If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds 
the projected discounted future net cash flows arising from the asset.

Research and Development

Research and development costs include expenses paid to outside development consultants and compensation related expenses for our engineering staff.  Research and 

development costs are expensed as incurred.

Income Taxes

We account for income taxes under the asset and liability method.  Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between 
the  financial  statement  and  tax  basis  of  assets  and  liabilities  using  enacted  tax  rates  in  effect  for  the  year  in  which  the  differences  are  expected  to  affect  taxable  income. 
Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts expected to be realized.

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FIN 48.  The adoption of FIN 48 did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Carrying amounts of our financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable, notes payable, and accrued liabilities approximate their fair values 

due to their short maturities.  The carrying amount of our minimum royalty payment obligation approximates fair value because it is recorded at a discounted calculation.

Stock-Based Compensation

Our accounting for share-based compensation is in accordance with the fair value method which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense in 
the statement of operations for all share-based payment awards made to employees and directors including employee stock-options based on estimated fair values.  Using the 
modified retrospective transition method of adopting this standard, the financial statements presented herein reflect compensation expense for stock-based awards as if the 
provisions of this standard had been applied from the date of inception.

In addition, as required we record stock and options granted to non-employees at fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instruments issued 

as they vest over the performance period.

Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing earnings available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of outstanding common shares during the 
period.  Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding including potentially dilutive securities such as 
options, warrants and convertible debt.  Since we incurred a loss for the period, any common stock equivalents have been excluded because their effect would be anti-dilutive.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) clarified the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an entity’s financial statements 
and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for financial statement disclosure of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return.  The minimum 
threshold is defined as a tax position that is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by the applicable taxing authority, including resolution of any related 
appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position.  The tax benefit to be recognized is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 
50 percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement.  The guidance must be applied to all existing tax positions upon initial adoption.  The cumulative effect of applying 
the guidance at adoption is to be reported as an adjustment to beginning retained earnings for the year of adoption.  The accounting for uncertainty in income taxes was 
effective for the first quarter of 2008.  The adoption of accounting for uncertainty in income taxes did not have an impact to the Company’s financial statements.

In September 2006, the FASB established a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) and
expanded disclosure about fair value measurements including valuing securities in markets that are not active.  The Company adopted the framework for measuring fair value 
effective  January  1,  2009  with  the  exception  of  the  application  of  the  framework  to  non-recurring,  non-financial  assets  and  non-financial  liabilities.  The  adoption  of  the 
framework for measuring fair value did not have a significant impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

In March 2008, the FASB amended and expanded the disclosure requirements for derivative instruments and hedging activities by requiring enhanced disclosures about 
how and why the Company uses derivative instruments, how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for, and how derivative instruments and related 
hedged items affect the Company’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows.  These requirements were effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 
2008. The Company adopted the amended and expanded disclosure requirements for derivatives instruments and hedging activities as of January 1, 2009, and adoption did not 
have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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In June 2008, the FASB issued guidance requiring that unvested instruments granted in share-based payment transactions that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends 
or dividend equivalents are participating securities subject to the two-class method of computing earnings per share.  This guidance is effective for financial statements issued 
for  fiscal  years,  and  interim  periods  within  those  fiscal  years,  beginning  on  or  after  December 15,  2008.  The  adoption  did  not  have  a  material  effect  on  the  Company’s
consolidated financial statements.

In  April  2009,  the  FASB  required  disclosures  about  fair  value  of  financial  instruments  for  interim  reporting  periods  of  publicly  traded  companies  as  well  as  in  annual 
financial statements, effective for interim reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, and required those disclosures in summarized financial information at interim reporting 
periods.   The  Company  adopted  the  new  disclosure  guidance  over  fair  value  of  financial  instruments,  and  adoption  did  not  have  a  material  effect  on  the  Company’s
consolidated financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued guidance which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosures of events that occur after the balance sheet date but 
before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued (“subsequent events”).  Under the new guidance, entities are required to disclose the date through which 
subsequent events were evaluated, as well as the rationale for why that date was selected.  The guidance is effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 
2009.  The Company adopted the provisions of this new guidance as of June 1, 2009, and adoption did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.  The 
Company evaluated subsequent events through March 26, 2010.

In June 2009, the FASB established the Accounting Standards Codification ("Codification") as the single source of authoritative GAAP to be applied by nongovernmental 
entities,  except  for  the  rules  and interpretive  releases  of  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (“SEC”) under  authority  of  federal  securities  laws,  which  are sources  of 
authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants.  While not intended to change GAAP, the Codification significantly changes the way in which the accounting literature is referenced 
and organized.  The Codification is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  The Codification was adopted as of 
August 31, 2009.  Adoption did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Note 3    Property

Our major classes of property and equipment were as follows:

Office furniture
Computer Equipment

Total

Less accumulated depreciation

December 31

2009

2008

21,810
62,616
84,426
(60,996)
23,430

$

$

17,239
61,209
78,448
(45,883)
32,565

$

$

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 was $15,113 and $20,623, respectively.

Note 4    Patent Portfolio

As of February 22, 2010, we had 12 issued U.S. and eight issued foreign technology related patents, in addition to pending U.S. and foreign patent applications.  The term 
of our issued U.S. and foreign patents runs through the period 2019 to 2024.  Most of our issued patents were acquired by our principal operating subsidiary, VirnetX, Inc., 
from  Science  Applications  International  Corporation,  or  SAIC,  pursuant  to  an  Assignment  Agreement  dated  December 21,  2006,  and  a  Patent  License  and  Assignment 
Agreement  dated  August 12,  2005,  as  amended  on  November 2,  2006,  including  documents  prepared  pursuant  to  the  November  amendment,  and  as  further  amended  on 
March 12, 2008.  We are required to make payments to SAIC based on the revenue generated from our ownership or use of the patents assigned to us by SAIC.  Minimum 
annual royalty payments of $50,000 are due beginning in 2008.  Royalty amounts vary depending upon the type of revenue generating activities, and certain royalty categories 
are subject to maximums and other limitations.  SAIC is entitled to receive a portion of the proceed revenues, monies or any form of consideration paid for the acquisition of 
VirnetX or from the settlement of certain patent infringement claims of ours.  We have granted SAIC a security interest in some of our intellectual property, including the 
patents and patent applications we obtained from SAIC, to secure these payment obligations.

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acquired from SAIC without consideration.

At December 31, 2007, we recorded the fair value of the $50,000 annual guaranteed payments we have agreed to pay to SAIC in 2008 through 2012 as a liability, calculated 
using a discount rate of 8%.  This liability will accrue interest at the 8% rate during the period it is outstanding.  We recorded a related asset equal in amount to the liability as 
an intangible asset which will be amortized over the expected revenue generating period of our agreement with SAIC. Amortization expense was $48,000 in 2009 and 2008.

As of December 31, 2009, the expected amortization of the intangible assets is as follows:

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2011                                                                                                                         
2012                                                                                                                         
Thereafter                                                                                                                         
Total                                                                                                                         

As of December 31, 2009, the obligation matures as follows:

2010                                                                                                                         
2011                                                                                                                         
2012                                                                                                                         
Thereafter                                                                                                                         
Total                                                                                                                       

Note 5    Commitments

$

$

$

$

48,000
48,000
48,000
12,000
156,000

40,000
36,000
32,000
52,000
160,000

We lease our office facility under a non-cancelable operating lease that was amended in 2008 and ends in 2012.  We recognize rent expense on a straight-line basis over 

the term of the lease. Rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 was $51,807 and $25,037 respectively.

For the Year

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30,202
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Note 6    Stock Plan

In 2005, VirnetX, Inc. adopted the 2005 Stock Plan (the “Plan”), which was assumed by us upon the closing of the transaction between VirnetX Holding Corporation and 
VirnetX, Inc. on July 5, 2007.  Our Board of Directors renamed this Plan the VirnetX Holding Corporation 2007 Stock Plan and our stockholders approved the Plan at our 2008 
annual  stockholders’ meeting.  The  Plan  provides  for  the  issuance  of  up  to  11,624,469  shares  of  our  common  stock.   To  the  extent  that  any  award  should  expire,  become 
unexercisable or is otherwise forfeited, the shares subject to such award will again become available for issuance under the Plan.  The Plan provides for the granting of stock 
options  and stock purchase  rights to  our  employees  and  consultants.  Stock  options  granted  under  the  Plan  may  be  incentive  stock  options  or  nonqualified  stock 
options.  Incentive stock options (“ISO”) may only be granted to our employees (including officers and directors).  Nonqualified stock options (“NSO”) and stock purchase 
rights may be granted to our employees and consultants.

The Plan will expire 10 years after it was approved by our Board of Directors.  Options may be granted under the Plan with an exercise price determined by our Board of 
Directors, provided, however, that the exercise price of an ISO or NSO granted to one of our Named Executive Officers shall not be less than 100% fair market value of the 
shares at the date of grant and the exercise price of an ISO granted to a 10% shareholder shall not be less than 110% of the fair market value of the shares on the date of grant.

Activity under the Plan is as follows:

Shares reserved for the Plan at inception
Restricted stock granted
Options granted
Options exercised
Options cancelled
Balance at December 31, 2005
Restricted stock granted
Options granted
Options exercised
Options cancelled
Balance at December 31, 2006
Restricted stock granted
Options granted
Options exercised
Options cancelled
Balance at December 31, 2007
Restricted stock granted
Options granted
Options exercised
Options cancelled
Balance at December 31, 2008
Restricted stock granted
Options granted
Options exercised
Options cancelled
Balance at December 31, 2009

Note 7    Stock-Based Compensation

Shares Available
for Grant

Number of
Shares

Weighted Average
Exercise Price

Options Outstanding

11,624,469
(3,321,277)
—
—
—
8,303,192
(1,058,657)
(1,868,218)
—
—
5,376,317
—
(2,324,925)

—
3,051,392
—
(420,000)
—
20,000
2,651,392
—
(1,317,195)
—
83,032
1,417,229

—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1,868,218
—
—
1,868,218
—
2,324,925
(124,548)
—
4,068,595
—
420,000
—
(20,000)
4,468,595
—
1,317,195
—
—
5,785,790

$

$

$

$

$

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—
—
—
—
—
—
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—
—
.24
—
4.96
.24
—
2.94
—
3.42
—
4.20
2.98
—
1.18
—
—
2.57

We account for equity instruments issued to employees in accordance with the fair value method which requires that such issuances be recorded at their fair value on the 

grant date.  The recognition of the expense is subject to periodic adjustment as the underlying equity instrument vests.

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Stock-based compensation expense is included in general and administrative expense for each period as follows:

Stock-Based Compensation by Type of Award
Restricted stock 
Employee stock options
Total stock-based compensation

Year Ended 
December 31,
2009

Year Ended 
December 31,
2008

Cumulative Period
from
August 2, 2005
(Date of Inception)
to December 31,
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$

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3,031,717

$

$

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2,682,431
2,682,431

$

$

 930,310
6,614,456
7,544,766

As of December 31, 2009, the unrecorded deferred stock-based compensation balance related to stock options was $5,740,988, which will be amortized as expense over an 

estimated weighted average vesting amortization period of approximately 1.6 years.

The fair value of each option grant was estimated on the date of grant using the following weighted average assumptions:

Volatility
Risk-free interest rate
Expected life
Expected dividends

Year Ended 
December 31,
2009
120%
2.93%
6.6 years
0%

Year Ended 
December 31,
2008
190%
4.21%
6.7 years
0%

Based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model, the weighted average estimated fair value of employee stock options granted was $1.06 and $3.09 during the year ended 

December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

The expected life was determined using the simplified method outlined in Staff Accounting Bulletin 111, taking the average of the vesting term and the contractual term of 
the option.  Expected volatility of the stock options was based upon historical data and other relevant factors, such as the volatility of comparable publicly-traded companies 
at a similar stage of life cycle.  We have not provided an estimate for forfeitures because we have no history of forfeited options and believe that all outstanding options at 
December 31, 2009 will vest.  In the future, the Company may change this estimate based on actual and expected future forfeiture rates.

The following table summarizes activity under the equity incentive plans for the indicated periods:

Outstanding at December 31, 2005
Options granted
Options exercised
Options cancelled
Outstanding at December 31, 2006
Options granted
Options exercised
Options cancelled
Outstanding at December 31, 2007
Options granted
Options exercised
Options cancelled
Outstanding at December 31, 2008
Options granted
Options exercised
Options cancelled
Outstanding at December 31, 2009

Number of
Shares

Weighted
Average
Exercise

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years)

Aggregate
Intrinsic Value

-
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-
-
1,868,218
2,324,925
(124,548)
-
4,068,595
420,000
-
(20,000)
4,468,595
1,317,195
-
-
5,785,790

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3.80
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4.20
2.98
1.18
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2.57

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Intrinsic value is calculated at the difference between the market price of the Company’s stock on the last trading day of the year ($2.94) and the exercise price of the 

options.  For options exercised, the intrinsic value is the difference between market price and the exercise price on the date of exercise.

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at December 31, 2009:

Options Outstanding

Range of Exercise
Price

Number
Outstanding

Weighted Average 
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years)

Weighted Average 
Exercise Price

Number
Exercisable

Options Vested and Exercisable
Weighted Average 
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years)

Weighted Average 
Exercise Price

$0.24
4.20
5.88-6.47
1.74-6.20
1.15- 1.58

Note 8    Warrants

1,743,670
1,327,899
977,026
420,000
1,317,795
5,785,790

6.38
7.56
8.00
8.58
9.26
7.74

$

$

0.24
4.20
6.01
3.42
1.18
2.57

1,563,768
845,518
516,013
169,167
30,000
3,124,466

6.38
7.56
8.00
8.52
9.41
7.11

$

$

0.24
4.20
6.00
3.89
1.58
2.47

The material terms and provisions of our warrants are summarized below.  This summary below is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the forms of warrants 

publicly filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on EDGAR.

During 2007, we issued:

·

·

warrants to purchase 266,667 shares of our common stock at $0.75 per share. The warrants expire in 2012. In 2008, 232,771 of these warrants were exercised in 
cashless exercise transactions, as a result of which a total of 232,771 shares of our common stock were issued and 33,896 of these warrants were outstanding 
as of December 31,2009; and
warrants to purchase 300,000 shares of our common stock at $4.80 per share to the underwriter of our December 2007 stock issuance. Those warrants expire 
in 2012.

During 2009, in connection with our public offering, we issued:

·
·
·
·

warrants to purchase up to 1,235,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share;
warrants to purchase up to 1,235,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share;
warrants to purchase up to 1,235,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share,
warrants to purchase 220,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.80 per share issued to the underwriter of our January 2009 offering.

Each warrant issued to the public pursuant to this offering became exercisable on January 30, 2009, and, other than the warrants with an exercise price of $2.00 per share, 
remains exercisable through July 30, 2010.  We exercised in full our rights to call those warrants with an exercise price of $2.00 on February 24, 2010 and they expired on 
their terms, if not earlier exercised, on March 11, 2010.  The warrant issued to the underwriter in connection with this offering is exercisable at any time between January 30, 
2010 and January 30, 2014.

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·

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Series I Warrants to purchase up to 2,380,942 shares of our common stock at $3.93 per share subject to adjustment.  The Series I Warrants became exercisable on 
March 11, 2010, and expire on March 11, 2015;

Series II Warrants to purchase up to 2,419,023 shares of our common stock at $0.01 per share.  The Series II Warrants were to be exercisable on a cashless basis 
but terminated on their terms on January 14, 2010.  No shares of common stock were issued pursuant to these Series II Warrants; and

Series III Warrants to purchase up to 2,380,942 shares of or common stock at $2.52 per share.  The Series III Warrants expired on their terms on February 20, 2010 
and  were  exercised  in  full  by  the  holders  of  such  warrants.  2,380,942  shares  of  our  common  stock  were  issued  pursuant  to  such  warrants  and  we  received 
approximately $5,400,000 in net cash proceeds pursuant to such exercises.

Note 9    Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding for a period.  Diluted earnings per share is based upon the weighted average 
number of shares and potentially dilutive common shares outstanding.  Potential common shares outstanding principally include stock options, warrants, restricted stock and 
other equity awards under our stock plan.  Since the Company has incurred losses, the effect of any common stock equivalent would be anti-dilutive.

The table below sets forth the basic loss per share calculations (in 000s, except per share information). Because we incurred net losses for each period presented, no 

diluted per share amounts have been presented.

Net loss
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
Basic (loss) per share

For the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, there were the following stock equivalents:

Options
Warrants

Note 10    Preferred Stock

Period Ended December 31,
2008
2009

$

$

(13,083)
37,911
(0.35)

$

$

(12,072)
34,875
(0.35)

2009

5,785,790
12,271,946

2008

4,468,595
300,000

Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended in October 2007, authorizes us to issue 10,000,000 shares of $0.0003 par value per share preferred 
stock having rights, preferences and privileges to be designated by our Board of Directors.  There were no shares of preferred stock outstanding at December 31, 2009.  All of 
the VirnetX, Inc. preferred stock converted into VirnetX, Inc. common stock on a 1-for-1 basis immediately prior to the merger between us and VirnetX, Inc, so at the date of the 
merger in 2007, each preferred share of VirnetX, Inc. converted to 12.454788 shares of our common stock.  These shares were subsequently adjusted for the impact of the one 
for three reverse split in October 2007.

At December 31, 2009, our Series A preferred stock was not mandatorily redeemable.

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Note 11    Common Stock

Each share of common stock has the right to one vote.  The holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends whenever funds are legally available and when 
declared by our Board of Directors, subject to the prior rights of holders of all classes of stock outstanding having priority rights as to dividends.  No dividends have been 
declared from inception through December 31, 2009.  Our restated articles of  incorporation authorizes us to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of $.0001 par value common stock.

All  share  amounts  have  been  retroactively  restated  to  reflect  the  conversion  rate  of  12.454788/1  used  to  effect  the  merger  between  VirnetX  Inc.  and  VirnetX  Holding 

Corporation in 2007 and the one for three reverse stock split effective in October 2007.

Note 12    Employee Benefit Plan

We sponsor a defined contribution, 401k plan, covering substantially all our employees.  The Company’s matching contribution to the plan in 2009 was approximately 

$36,000 and $34,000 in 2008.

Note 13    Income Taxes

We have Federal and state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $9,100,000 available to offset future taxable income.  The Federal and state loss carryforwards 
expire beginning in 2025 and 2015 respectively.  There are restrictions on our ability to utilize these benefits in any one year.  As a result, we have fully reserved any deferred 
tax benefit from these net operating loss carryforwards.

We have Federal and state tax credit carryforwards of approximately $300,000 to reduce future income tax expense.  The Federal tax credits expire beginning in 2025.  The 

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The components of the income tax provision are as follows:

Provision for income taxes at the federal & state statutory rate
Stock-based compensation
Research and development credits
Valuation allowance
Tax provision

The elements of deferred taxes are as follows:

Tax benefit of net operating loss carryforwards
Research and development credits
Subtotal
Less valuation allowance

2009

2008

$

(4,400,000)
1,000,000
(100,000)
3,500,000

— $

(4,100,000)
900,000
(100,000)
3,300,000
—

2009

2008

$

10,500,000
500,000
11,000,000
(11,000,000)

— $

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400,000
7,400,000
(7,400,000)
—

$

$

$

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The change in the deferred tax valuation allowance was an increase of $3,600,000 and $3,700,000 in the periods ended 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Note 14    Merger of VirnetX Inc. and VirnetX Holding Corporation

In July 2007, VirnetX Holding Corporation consummated a reverse triangular merger in which the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary merged with and into VirnetX Inc. 
with VirnetX Inc. as the surviving Corporation to the merger.  As a result of the merger VirnetX Inc. became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and the pre-merger
shareholders of VirnetX Inc. exchanged their shares in VirnetX Inc. for shares of the common stock of the Company.  As a result, the VirnetX Inc. is considered the acquiror of 
VirnetX Holding Corporation for accounting purposes.

The key terms of the merger include the following:

·

·

·

Our officers and directors, except for the chief financial officer, were replaced upon completion of the transaction so that the officers and directors of VirnetX Inc. 
became our officers and directors.

VirnetX Inc.’s convertible notes payable for $1,000,000 and $500,000 were converted into our common stock in July 2007.

An escrow account containing proceeds of $3,000,000 was released from escrow in exchange for our issuance of common stock in July 2007.

· We issued 29,551,398 shares of our common stock and options to purchase 1,785,186 shares of common stock to the pre-merger shareholders, convertible note 
holders and option holders of VirnetX Inc. in exchange for 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock and securities of VirnetX Inc.  Additionally, we 
issued to MDB Capital Group LLC and its affiliates, warrants to purchase an aggregate of 266,667 shares of our common stock of the Company pursuant to the 
provisions of the MDB Service Agreement, which we assumed from VirnetX Inc. in connection with the merger.

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Note 15    Subsequent Event

On February 24, 2010, VirnetX Holding Corporation, or VirnetX, announced that, as of February 20, 2010, all Series III Warrants issued by VirnetX in a private placement 
transaction  that  closed  on  September  2,  2009,  or  the  Financing,  have  been  exercised  in  full.  The  aggregate  cash  exercise  proceeds  from  the  Series  III  Warrants  totaled 
$6,000,000.  After payment of fees and commissions, the Company received a net of $5,400,000.

As  previously  announced,  the  Series  II  Warrants  issued  in  the  Financing  as  a  price  protection  feature  have  already  expired  unexercised,  so  there  was  no  downward 

adjustment made to the price per share paid by the investors in the Financing.

On February 24, 2010, the Company notified the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation that the Company exercised its rights to call those certain warrants to purchase 
shares of Company Common Stock with an exercise price of $2.00 per share (the “$2 Warrants”) issued pursuant to the Company’s underwritten public offering that closed on 
January 30, 2009. Pursuant to Section 3 of the $2 Warrants, the $2 Warrants expired in their entirety on March 11, 2010 unless earlier exercised (the “Termination Date”) subject
to a broker protection on file with Corporate Stock Transfer, the warrant agent. The aggregate cash exercise proceeds from the $2.00 warrants, if exercised in full, would total 
$2,470,000 approximately $2,335,000 after payment of fees and expenses. As of March 12, 2010 we had received proceeds in the amount of $2,000,000.

See additional disclosure in Note 16 below regarding certain recent developments related to the Microsoft litigation.

Note 16    Litigation

We believe Microsoft Corporation is infringing certain of our patents.  Accordingly, we commenced a lawsuit against Microsoft on February 15, 2007, the February 2007 
lawsuit, by filing a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division.  Pursuant to the complaint, we allege that Microsoft infringes 
two  of  our  U.S. patents:  U.S. Patent  No. 6,502,135  B1,  entitled “Agile  Network  Protocol  for  Secure  Communications  with  Assured  System  Availability,” and  U.S. Patent 
No. 6,839,759  B2,  entitled “Method for Establishing Secure Communication Link Between Computers of Virtual Private Network Without User Entering Any Cryptographic 
Information.” On  April 5,  2007,  we  filed  an  amended  complaint  specifying  certain  accused  products  at  issue  and  alleging  infringement  of  a  third,  recently  issued 
U.S. patent:  U.S. Patent No. 7,188,180 B2, entitled “Method for Establishing Secure Communication Link Between Computers of Virtual Private Network.” We are seeking both 
damages and injunctive relief.  Microsoft answered the amended complaint and asserted counterclaims against us on May 4, 2007.  Microsoft counterclaimed for declarations 
that our patents are not infringed, are invalid and are unenforceable.  Microsoft seeks an award of its attorneys’ fees and costs.  We filed a reply to Microsoft’s counterclaims 
on May 24, 2007. We have served our infringement contentions directed to certain of Microsoft’s operating system and unified messaging and collaboration applications.  On 
March 31, 2008, Microsoft filed a motion to dismiss for lack of standing, which was denied by the court pursuant to an order dated June 3, 2008.  Also pursuant to that court 
decision, on June 10, 2008, SAIC joined us in our lawsuit as a plaintiff.  On November 19, 2008, the court granted our motion to amend our infringement contentions, permitting 
us  to  provide  increased  specificity  and  citations  to  Microsoft’s  proprietary  documents  and  source  code  to  support  our  infringement  case  against  Microsoft’s  accused 
products, including, among other things, Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003, Server 2008, Live Communication Server, Office Communication Server and Office Communicator.  

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On July 30, 2009, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, issued its Markman Order in the Microsoft litigation. On March 16, 2010, 
the jury awarded us a $105,750,000 verdict against Microsoft for infringing two of our patents.  The jury also found that Microsoft’s patent infringement was willful.  We will 
request injunctive relief at a later date.  We expect Microsoft to appeal this decision and will vigorously defend our rights in any appeal.

On March 17, 2010, we filed a new complaint against Microsoft, or the March 2010 lawsuit, alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,502,135 and 7,188,180 by Microsoft's 

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 software products. We refer to the February 2007 lawsuit and the March 2010 lawsuit collectivity as the Microsoft litigation.

Because  we  have  determined  that  Microsoft’s  alleged  unauthorized  use  of  our  patents  would  cause  us  severe  economic  harm  and  the  failure  to  cause  Microsoft  to 
discontinue  its  use  of  such  patents  could  result  in  the  termination  of  our  business,  we  have  dedicated  a  significant  portion  of  our  economic  resources,  to  date,  to  the 
prosecution of the Microsoft litigation and expect to continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

Although we believe Microsoft infringes certain of our patents and we intend to vigorously prosecute the Microsoft litigation, at this stage of the litigation the final 
outcome cannot be predicted in either the February 2007 lawsuit or the March 2010 lawsuit with any degree of reasonable certainty.  Additionally, the Microsoft litigation and 
appeals process will be costly and time-consuming, and we can provide no assurance that we will ultimately collect in any judgment we may receive against Microsoft for 
damages and/or obtain injunctive relief. 

Because the final outcome of this litigation cannot be estimated at this time, we have made no provision for gain or expenses in the accompanying financial statements.

Note 17    Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited)

2009
Revenue
Loss from operations
Net loss
Net loss per common share
2008
Revenue
Loss from operations
Net loss
Net loss per common share

First

Second

Third

Fourth

(amounts in thousands except per share)

3
(3,405)
(3,403)
(0.09)

33
(3,102)
(3,032)
(0.09)

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$

$

$

$

$

$

$

60

7
(3,928)
(3,927)
(0.11)

51
(3,096)
(3,049)
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$

$

$

3
(2,624)
(2,623)
(0.07)

24
(2,947)
(2,923)
(0.08)

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$

$

$

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(3,131)
(3,130)
(0.08)

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of VirnetX Holding Corporation

We  have  audited  VirnetX  Holding  Corporation’s  internal  control  over  financial  reporting  as  of  December 31, 2009,  based  on  criteria  established  in Internal  Control—
Integrated  Framework  issued  by  the  Committee  of  Sponsoring  Organizations  of  the  Treadway  Commission  (COSO).  VirnetX  Holding  Corporation’s  management  is 
responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in 
the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over 
financial reporting 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 effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.  Our audit of internal 
control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing 
and  evaluating  the  design  and  operating  effectiveness  of  internal  control  based  on  the  assessed  risk.  Our  audit  also  included  performing  such  other  procedures  as  we 
considered necessary in the circumstances.  We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s 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  generally  accepted  accounting  principles.  A  company’s  internal  control  over  financial  reporting  includes 
those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the 
assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally 
accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; 
and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a 
material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to 
future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures 
may deteriorate.

In our opinion, VirnetX Holding Corporation maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on criteria 
established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States),  the balance sheets and the related statements of 
income, stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows of VirnetX Holding Corporation, and our report dated March 26, 2010 express an unqualified opinion and included an 
explanatory paragraph expressing substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

/s/ Farber Hass Hurley LLP

Granada Hills, California

March 26, 2010

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Item 9.    Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

None

Item 9A.    Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We evaluated the design and operating effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2009, under the supervision and with the participation 
of  our  management,  pursuant  to  Rule 13a-15(b)  of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  or  the  Securities  Exchange  Act.  Based  on  this  evaluation,  our  Chief 
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-
15(e) were effective in providing the requisite reasonable assurance that material information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities 
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our 
management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding the required disclosure.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining an adequate system of internal control over our financial reporting, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(c) of the 
Securities Exchange Act.  This system is intended to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for 
external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes policies and procedures that:  (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately 
and  fairly  reflect  the  transactions  and  dispositions  of  the  assets  of  the  company,  (ii) provide  reasonable  assurance  that  transactions  are  recorded  as  necessary  to  permit 
preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are 
being  made  only  in  accordance  with  authorizations  of  management  and  directors  of  the  company,  and  (iii) provide  reasonable  assurance  regarding  prevention  or  timely 
detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

In 2007, our management selected the framework in Internal Control — Integrated Framework, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway 
Commission or COSO, to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.  The COSO framework summarizes each of the 
components of a company’s internal control system, including the:  (i) control environment, (ii) risk assessment, (iii) information and communication, and (iv) monitoring or 
collectively, the entity-level controls, as well as a company’s control activities or process-level controls.  In addition to utilizing substantial internal resources, management 
also engaged an outside consulting firm to assist in various aspects of its evaluation and compliance efforts.

Based  on  this  assessment,  our  management  believes  that,  as  of  the  end  of  our  most  recently  completed  fiscal  year,  our  internal  control  over  financial  reporting  was 

effective.

      This  annual  report  does  not  include  an  attestation  report  of  the  Company's  registered  public  accounting  firm  regarding  internal  control  over  financial 
reporting.  Management's report was not subject to attestation by the Company's registered  public  accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the SEC that permit the 
Company to provide only management's report in this annual report.

Changes in Internal Control

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rule 13a-15 or Rule 15d-15
of the Securities Exchange Act that occurred during our fourth fiscal quarter of 2009 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal 
control over financial reporting.

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Item 9B.    Other Information.

Not applicable.

PART III

Certain information required by Part III is omitted from this report because we will file a definitive proxy statement within 120 days after the end of its fiscal year pursuant 
to Regulation 14A or the Proxy Statement for our annual meeting of stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2009, and the information included in the Proxy Statement is 
incorporated herein by reference.

Item 10.    Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in our Definitive Proxy Statement, expected to be filed within 120 days of our 

fiscal year end.

Item 11.    Executive Compensation.

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in our Definitive Proxy Statement, expected to be filed within 120 days of our 

fiscal year end.

Item 12.    Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters Equity Compensation Plan Information.

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in our Definitive Proxy Statement, expected to be filed within 120 days of our 

fiscal year end.

Item 13.    Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in our Definitive Proxy Statement, expected to be filed within 120 days of our 

fiscal year end.

Item 14.    Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in our Definitive Proxy Statement, expected to be filed within 120 days of our 

fiscal year end.

Item 15.    Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(a) The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

(1) Financial Statements:

PART IV

·

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·

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and for the period from August 2, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2009

Consolidated  Statements  of  Changes  in  Stockholders’ Equity  (Deficit)  for  the  years  Ended  December 31,  2009  and  2008  and  for  the  period  from  August 2,  2005 
(inception) to December 31, 2009

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and for the period from August 2, 2005 (inception) to December 31, 2009

Notes to Financial Statements

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(2) Financial Statement Schedule:

Financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.

All  other  schedules  are  omitted  because  of  the  absence  of  conditions  under  which  they  are  required  or  because  the  required  information  is  given  in  the  financial 

statements or the notes thereto.

(3) Exhibits:

Exhibit
Number

3.1
3.2
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
10.1

10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7

10.8
10.9

10.10
10.11
10.12
10.13

10.14
10.15
10.16

10.17

21.1
23.1
31.1
31.2
32.1
32.2

(1) 

(2) 

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(4) 

(5) 

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

  Description
  Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. (1)
  By-Laws of the Company. (1)

Form of Warrant Issued to Gilford Securities Incorporated. (1)
Form of Warrant Agency Agreement by and between the Company and Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc. as Warrant Agent. (2)
Form of Underwriter’s Warrant.(2)
Form of Series I Warrant. (3)

  Amended Form of Stock Option Agreement - 2007 Stock Plan. (10)

Form of Indemnification Agreement by and between the Company and each of Kendall Larsen, Edmund C. Munger, Scott C. Taylor, Michael F. Angelo, 
Thomas M. O’Brien and William E. Sliney. (1)

  Voting Agreement among the Company and certain of its stockholders, dated as of December 12, 2007. (5)

2007 Stock Plan and related agreements. (4)
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 2, 2009, by and between the Company and the Purchasers. (3)
Form of Registration Rights Agreement by and between the Company and the Purchasers. (3)
Form of Underwriting Agreement between VirnetX Holding Corporation and Gilford Securities Incorporated. (9)
Patent License and Assignment Agreement by and between the Company and Science Applications International Corporation, dated as of August 12, 
2005. (6)
Security Agreement by and between the Company and Science Applications International Corporation, dated as of August 12, 2005. (6)

  Amendment No. 1 to Patent License and Assignment Agreement by and between the Company and Science Applications International Corporation, dated 

as of November 2, 2006. (6)

  Assignment Agreement between the Company and Science Applications International Corporation, dated as of December 21, 2006. (6)

Professional Services Agreement by and between the Company and Science Applications International Corporation, dated as of August 12, 2005. (6)

  Voting Agreement among the Company and certain of its stockholders, dated as of December 12, 2007. (5)
  Amendment No. 2 to Patent License and Assignment Agreement by and between VirnetX, Inc. and Science Applications International Corporation, dated 

as of March 12, 2008. (7)
IP Brokerage Agreement by and between ipCapital Group, Inc. and VirnetX, Inc., effective as of March 13, 2008. (7)
  Engagement Letter by and between VirnetX Holding Corporation and ipCapital Group, Inc. dated March 12, 2008. (7)
  Lease Agreement by and between the Company and Granite Creek Business Center, dated as of March 15, 2006, as amended in April 2007 and April 2008. 

(8)

  Engagement Letter dated June 9, 2009, by and between McKool Smith, a professional corporation, and the Company. (9)

Subsidiaries of VirnetX Holding Corporation.

  Consent of Farber Hass Hurley LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  Chief Executive Officer Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act.
  Chief Financial Officer Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act.
  Chief Executive Officer Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
  Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 12, 2007.

Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2009.

Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 3, 2009.

Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2008.

Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 17, 2007.

Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-33852) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 2007.

Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-33852) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2008.

Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K (Commission File No. 001-33852) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2009.

Incorporated  by  reference  to  the  Company’s Form 10-Q  (Commission  File  No.  001-33852) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2009. 
Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.

(10)

Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q (Commission File No. 001-33852 ) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2009.

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Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Annual Report on Form 10-K to be signed 

on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

SIGNATURES

VirnetX Holding Corporation

By:

/s/ Kendall Larsen
Name:  Kendall Larsen
Title:  Chief Executive Officer and President

Dated:  March 30, 2010

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kendall Larsen his or her attorney-in-fact, with 
full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other 
documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or 
substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Annual Report on Form 10-K has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the 

registrant and in the capacities indicated.

Name

Capacity

/s/ Kendall Larsen
Kendall Larsen

/s/ William E. Sliney
William E. Sliney

/s/ Edmund C. Munger
Edmund C. Munger

/s/ Scott C. Taylor
Scott C. Taylor

/s/ Michael F. Angelo
Michael F. Angelo

/s/ Thomas M. O’Brien
Thomas M. O’Brien

Director, Chief Executive Officer and
President (Principal Executive Officer)

Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

Director

Director

Director

Director

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Date

March 30, 2010

March 30, 2010

March 30, 2010

March 30, 2010

March 30, 2010

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