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SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
S-1
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ZOO
ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or
other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
7372
(Primary
Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)
71-1033391
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
3805
Edwards Road, Suite 605, Cincinnati, Ohio 45209
(513)
824-8297
(Address,
including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant’s
principal executive offices)
Approximate
date of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the date this
registration statement becomes effective.
Mark
Seremet, President and Chief Executive Officer
ZOO
ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
3805
Edwards Road, Suite 605, Cincinnati, Ohio 45209
(513)
824-8297
(Name, Address and Telephone Number
of Agent
for Service)
With copies to :
MINTZ
LEVIN COHN FERRIS GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C.
Chrysler
Center, 666 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017
Attention:
Kenneth Koch, Esq.
(Name,
address including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)
If any of
the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check
the following box. þ
If this
Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration
statement for the same offering. ¨
If this
Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the
Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. ¨
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Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the
Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions
of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting
company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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accelerated filer ¨
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(Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)
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CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities
to be Registered
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Amount to be
Registered (1)
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Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (2)
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Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
(2)
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Amount of
Registration Fee
(2)
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Common
Stock, $0.001 par value per share
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941,520,381 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 706,140,286 | $ | 50,348 |
(1) Of
these shares, (i) 321,684,000 represent currently unissued shares of our
common stock to be offered for resale by selling stockholders following
issuance upon the conversion of 321,684 shares of our Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, (ii) 617,981,731 represent currently unissued shares of
our common stock to be offered for resale by selling stockholders following
issuance upon exercise of outstanding common stock purchase warrants and
(iii) 1,854,650 represent currently issued shares of our common stock to be
offered for resale by selling stockholders. In accordance with Rule 416, we
are also registering hereunder an indeterminate number of shares that may
be issued and resold in connection with stock splits, stock dividends,
reorganizations or similar events.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1993, as amended, and based on the
average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's common stock reported on
the OTC Electronic Bulletin Board on December 21, 2009.
THE REGISTRANT HEREBY
AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE
NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER
AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL
THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID
SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.
THE
INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. THE SELLING
STOCKHOLDERS MAY NOT SELL THESE SECURITIES UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION IS EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS
IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL THESE SECURITIES AND IT IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO
BUY THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT
PERMITTED.
SUBJECT
TO COMPLETION, DATED DECEMBER 22, 2009
PROSPECTUS
ZOO
ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
941,520,381 Shares of Common
Stock
This
Prospectus relates to the resale of up to 941,520,381 shares of our common stock
to be offered by the selling stockholders identified herein. Of these shares,
(i) 321,684,000 represent currently unissued shares of our common stock to
be offered for resale by selling stockholders following issuance upon the
conversion of 321,684 hares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, which
were issued to our lead investors in connection with the financings that closed
on each of November 20, 2009 and December 16, 2009 (collectively, the
“Financing”), (ii) 617,981,731 represent currently unissued shares of
our common stock to be offered for resale by selling stockholders following
issuance upon the exercise of outstanding common stock purchase warrants
issued to our lead investors in the Financing, and to Solutions 2 Go, Inc. in
consideration of making certain payments to us in advance of purchasing certain
products from us and (iii) 1,854,650 represent shares of our common stock to be
offered for resale by selling stockholders, which were issued in connection with
that certain Mutual Settlement, Release and Waiver Agreement, as
amended.
For a
list of the selling stockholders, please refer to the section entitled “Selling
Stockholders” of this Prospectus. The shares may be offered from time to time by
the selling stockholders. All expenses of the registration incurred in
connection herewith are being borne by us, but any brokers’ or underwriters’
fees or commissions will be borne by the selling stockholders. We will not
receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares by the selling stockholders.
However,
we may receive the sale price of any common stock we sell to selling
stockholders upon exercise of the warrants.
The
selling stockholders have not advised us of any specific plans for the
distribution of the shares covered by this Prospectus, but it is anticipated
that such shares will be sold from time to time primarily in transactions, which
may include block transactions, on any stock exchange, market or trading
facility on which our common stock is then traded at the market price then
prevailing, although sales may also be made in negotiated transactions or
otherwise. The selling stockholders and the brokers and dealers through whom
sale of their shares may be made may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the
meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and their commissions or
discounts and other compensation may be regarded as underwriters’ compensation.
See the “Plan of Distribution” section of this Prospectus.
Our
common stock trades under the symbol “ZOOE.OB” on the OTC Electronic Bulletin
Board. We formerly traded under the symbol “DFTW” prior to January 30, 2009. The
closing price of our common stock on the OTC Electronic Bulletin Board on
December 21, 2009 was $0.75.
Our
principal executive offices are located at 3805 Edwards Road, Suite 605,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45209, and our telephone number at such address is (513)
824-8297.
YOU
SHOULD CONSIDER CAREFULLY THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH INVESTING IN OUR COMMON
STOCK. BEFORE MAKING AN INVESTMENT, PLEASE READ THE “RISK FACTORS” SECTION OF
THIS PROSPECTUS, WHICH BEGINS ON PAGE 4.
NEITHER
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS
APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR
ACCURACY OF THE PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE.
THE DATE
OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS DECEMBER [●], 2009.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Prospectus
Summary
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1
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Risk
Factors
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4
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Forward-Looking
Statements
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17
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Use
of Proceeds
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18
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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19
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Business
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36
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Legal
Proceedings
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43
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Property
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43
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Management
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43
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Executive
Compensation
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48
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Director
Compensation
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49
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters
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52
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Selling
Stockholders
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55
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Plan
of Distribution
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58
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Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions
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59
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Description
of Securities
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63
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Market
Price of Common Stock and Other Stockholder Matters
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68
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Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel
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70
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Legal
Matters
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71
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Where
You Can Find Additional Information
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71
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Financial
Statements
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PROSPECTUS
SUMMARY
The
following is only a summary. You should read this entire Prospectus, especially
the section entitled “Risk Factors” starting on page 4, and our current public
information, including the financial statements and the other documents to which
we may refer you as described under the caption “Where You Can
Find Additional Information” on the inside back cover of this Prospectus,
before deciding whether to purchase the common stock offered in this
Prospectus. Unless the context otherwise indicates, the use of the
terms “we,” “our” or “us” refers to the business and operations of Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. through its operating subsidiaries, Zoo Games, Inc. and Zoo
Publishing, Inc.
The
Company
Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. (“Zoo” or the “Company”) was originally incorporated in the
State of Nevada on February 13, 2003 under the name Driftwood Ventures,
Inc. On December 20, 2007, through a merger, the Company
reincorporated in the State of Delaware as a public shell company with no
operations.
On
September 12, 2008, our wholly-owned subsidiary, DFTW Merger Sub, Inc., merged
with and into Zoo Games, Inc. (“Zoo Games”), with Zoo Games being the surviving
corporation, through an exchange of common stock of Zoo Games for common stock
of the Company. Effective as of the closing of the merger, Zoo Games
became our wholly-owned subsidiary. As a result thereof, the
historical and current business operations of Zoo Games now comprise our
principal business operations.
On
December 3, 2008, the Company changed its name to “Zoo Entertainment,
Inc.”
Zoo Games
commenced operations in March 2007 as Green Screen Interactive Software, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, and in May 2008, converted to a Delaware
corporation. On August 14, 2008, it changed its name to Zoo Games, Inc. Since
its initial organization and financing, Zoo Games embarked on a strategy of
partnering with and acquiring companies with compelling intellectual property,
distribution capabilities, and management with demonstrated records of
success.
In June
2007, Zoo Games acquired the assets of Supervillain Studios, Inc. which were
held by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zoo Games, Supervillain Studios, LLC
(“Supervillain”). The acquisition provided Zoo Games with access to
proprietary high end casual gaming content, established video game designers,
technical experts and producers capable of providing Zoo Games with high
quality, original casual games. On July 22, 2008, Zoo Games released Order Up!,
its first offering from Supervillain. In our effort to refocus
our cash on our core business, we sold Supervillain back to its original owners
on September 16, 2008.
In
December 2007, Zoo Games acquired the capital stock of Destination Software,
Inc. (now known as Zoo Publishing, Inc., “Zoo Publishing”). The acquisition of
Zoo Publishing provided Zoo Games with a core business, North American
distribution, and further enhanced its experienced management team. Zoo
Publishing distributes software titles throughout North America and generated
over $30 million in annual revenue in 2007. Zoo Publishing expects to exploit
its development expertise, in combination with its sales, marketing and
licensing expertise, to target the rapidly expanding market for casual games,
particularly on Nintendo’s platforms, where Zoo Publishing has experienced
considerable success. By nurturing and growing this business unit, Zoo Games
believes it will be able to rapidly build a much larger distribution network,
enabling it to place a significant number of software titles with major
retailers.
In April
2008, Zoo Games acquired the capital stock of Zoo Digital Publishing Limited
(“Zoo Digital”), a business operated in the United Kingdom. This acquisition
provided Zoo Games with a profitable core business in the United Kingdom,
European distribution, and further enhanced its experienced management team. Zoo
Digital distributes software titles throughout Europe and generated over $6.8
million in annual revenue in 2007. In our effort to refocus our cash
on our core business operations, Zoo Publishing, we sold Zoo Digital back to its
original owners on November 28, 2008.
1
In
June 2009, we formed a new company in the United Kingdom that is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Zoo Games called Zoo Entertainment Europe Ltd. (“Zoo Europe”), to
focus on the sales and distribution of our products in Europe. Zoo Europe
incurred initial start-up costs and minimal revenues beginning in the
quarter ended September 30, 2009. The activity of Zoo Europe was
immaterial through the period ended September 30, 2009, and we record all
operating activities as one segment. In our effort to refocus our
cash on our core business operations, we decided to discontinue operations of
Zoo Europe effective December 2009.
Our Zoo
Games’ principal executive offices are located at 3805 Edwards Road, Suite 605
Cincinnati, OH 45209 and our telephone number is (513) 824-8297. Our web site
address is www.zoogamesinc.com.
We are a
developer, publisher and distributor of video game software for use on major
platforms including Nintendo’s Wii, DS, GBA, Sony’s PSP,PlayStation 2,
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and iPhone. In addition, we intend to
publish packaged entertainment software titles for use on a variety of other
gaming platforms including Sony’s PlayStation 3. We will also seek to create and
sell downloadable games for Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade, Sony’s PlayStation 3
Network, Nintendo’s Virtual Console, and for use on personal computers
(PCs).
Our
current video game titles are targeted at various demographics but primarily at
the lower-priced “value” market. In some instances, these titles are based on
licenses of well-known properties and, in other cases based on original
properties. We collaborate and enter into agreements with content providers and
video game development studios for the creation of our video games.
We also
operate a site called 2beegames.com which can be found at
www.2beegames.com. We hold contests for Independent Developers
whereby they can enter their games to win monetary prizes and potential
publishing arrangements with us. This site allows us to attract fresh
intellectual property, lower production costs, decrease time to market, and
improve margins.
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The
Offering
Securities
Offered
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941,520,381
shares of our common stock to be offered by the selling
stockholders, of which (i) 321,684,000 represent currently
unissued shares of our common stock to be offered for resale by
selling stockholders following issuance upon the conversion of
321,684 shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, which were
issued to our lead investors in connection with the financings that closed
on each of November 20, 2009 and December 16, 2009 (collectively, the
“Financing”), (ii) 617,981,731 represent currently unissued
shares of our common stock to be offered for resale by selling
stockholders following issuance upon exercise of outstanding common
stock purchase warrants issued to the lead investors in the Financing, and
to Solutions 2 Go, Inc. in consideration of Solutions 2 Go, Inc. making
certain payments to us in advance of purchasing certain products from us
and (iii) 1,854,650 represent shares of our common stock issued to selling
stockholders in connection with that certain Mutual Settlement, Release
and Waiver Agreement, as amended.
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Use
of Proceeds
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We
will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the common stock
offered by the selling stockholders. However, we may receive the sale
price of any common stock we sell to the selling stockholders upon
exercise of the warrants. If all warrants included in this Prospectus are
exercised for cash (and not pursuant to the cashless exercise feature
included in the warrants), the total amount of proceeds we would receive
is approximately $8,400,000. However,
in the event of any subdivision, combination, consolidation,
reclassification or other change of our common stock into a lesser number,
a greater number or a different class of stock, the number of shares of
common stock deliverable upon exercise of the warrants issued to Focus
Capital Partners, LLC and Socius Capital Group, LLC, will be
proportionately decreased or increased, as applicable, but the exercise
price of such warrants will remain at $0.01 per share, and in such event
the total amount of proceeds we would receive would be less than
$8,400,000. We expect to use the proceeds we receive from the
exercise of warrants, if any, for general working capital
purposes.
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Risk
Factors
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The
securities offered hereby involve a high degree of risk. See “Risk
Factors” beginning on page 4.
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Offering
Price
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All
or part of the shares of common stock offered hereby may be sold from time
to time in amounts and on terms to be determined by the selling
stockholders at the time of sale.
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OTCBB
Trading Symbol
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ZOOE.OB
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RISK
FACTORS
Investing
in our stock is highly speculative and risky. You should be able to bear a
complete loss of your investment. Before making an investment decision, you
should carefully consider the following risk factors in conjunction with any
other information included or incorporated by reference in, including in
conjunction with forward-looking statements made herein. If any event or
circumstance described in the following risk factors actually occurs, it could
materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial
condition. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones
which we face. There may be additional risks and uncertainties not presently
known to us or those we currently believe are immaterial which could also have a
material negative impact on our business, operating results and financial
condition. If any of these risks materialize, the trading price of our common
stock could decline.
Unless
the context otherwise indicates, the use of the terms “we,” “our” or “us” refers
to the business and operations of Zoo Entertainment, Inc. through its operating
subsidiaries, Zoo Games and Zoo Publishing.
Risks
Related to Our Business
We have experienced operating losses
since our inception, and may incur future losses.
We have
incurred start-up costs, restructuring costs, impairment of goodwill and other
intangible assets, and losses from discontinued operations during the past two
and a half years. Through September 30, 2009, we have cumulative losses of
approximately $56.0 million. If we do become profitable, we may not be able to
sustain our profitability. Continued losses or an inability to sustain
profitability may have an adverse effect on our future operating
prospects.
We are
unable to predict whether we will be successful in our efforts to achieve or
maintain profitability. If we are not successful, we may not be able to continue
as a going concern. The report of our independent auditors on our financial
statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 included an explanatory
paragraph raising doubt about Zoo’s ability to continue as a going
concern.
Our
business activities may require additional financing that might not be
obtainable on acceptable terms, if at all, which could have a material adverse
effect on our financial condition, liquidity and our ability to operate going
forward.
Although there can be no assurance, our
management believes that based on our current plan there are sufficient capital
resources from operations, including our factoring and purchase order financing
arrangements, to finance our immediate operational requirements. We may need to
raise additional capital or incur debt to strengthen our cash position,
facilitate expansion, pursue strategic investments or to take advantage of
business opportunities as they arise.
Failure
to obtain financing or obtaining financing on unfavorable terms could result in
a decrease in our stock price and could have a material adverse effect on our
financial condition, and could require us to significantly reduce
operations.
If our products fail to gain market
acceptance, we may not have sufficient revenues to pay our expenses and to
develop a continuous stream of new games.
Our
success depends on generating revenues from existing and new
products. The market for video game products is subject to continually changing
consumer preferences and the frequent introduction of new products. As a result,
video game products typically have short market lives spanning only three to
twelve months. Our products may not achieve and sustain market acceptance
sufficient to generate revenues to cover our costs and allow us to become
profitable. If our products fail to gain market acceptance, we may not have
sufficient revenues to develop a continuous stream of new games, which we
believe is essential to covering costs and achieving future
profitability.
4
Product development schedules are
long and frequently unpredictable, and we may experience delays in introducing
products, which may adversely affect our revenues.
The
development cycle for certain of our products can exceed one year. In addition,
the creative process inherent in video game development makes the length of the
development cycle difficult to predict, especially in connection with products
for a new hardware platform involving new technologies. As a result, we may
experience delays in product introductions. If an unanticipated delay affects
the release of a video game we may not achieve anticipated revenues for that
game, for example, if the game is delayed until after an important selling
season or after market interest in the subject matter of the game has begun to
decline. A delay in introducing a video game could also require us to spend more
development resources to complete the game, which would increase costs and lower
margins, and could affect the development schedule for future
products.
The
global economic downturn could result in a reduced demand for our products and
increased volatility in our stock price.
Current
uncertainty in global economic conditions pose a risk to the overall economy as
consumers and retailers may defer or choose not to make purchases in response to
tighter credit and negative financial news, which could negatively affect demand
for our products. Additionally, due to the weak economic conditions and
tightened credit environment, some of our retailers and distributors may not
have the same purchasing power, leading to lower purchases of our games for
placement into distribution channels. Consequently, demand for our products
could be materially different from expectations, which could negatively affect
our profitability and cause our stock price to decline.
Our market is subject to rapid
technological change, and if we do not adapt to, and appropriately allocate our
resources among, emerging technologies, our revenues will be negatively
affected.
Technology
changes rapidly in the interactive entertainment industry. We must continually
anticipate and adapt our products to emerging technologies. When we choose to
incorporate a new technology into a product or to develop a product for a new
platform, operating system or media format, we will likely be required to make a
substantial investment one to two years prior to the introduction of the
product. If we invest in the development of video games incorporating a new
technology or for a new platform that does not achieve significant commercial
success, our revenues from those products likely will be lower than we
anticipated and may not cover our development costs. If, on the other hand, we
elect not to pursue the development of products incorporating a new technology
or for new platforms that achieve significant commercial success, our potential
revenues would also be adversely affected, and it may take significant time and
resources to shift product development resources to that technology or platform.
Any such failure to adapt to, and appropriately allocate resources among,
emerging technologies would harm our competitive position, reduce our market
share and significantly increase the time we take to bring popular products to
market.
Customer accommodations could
materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial
condition, and liquidity.
When
demand for our product offerings falls below expectations, we may negotiate
accommodations to retailers or distributors in order to maintain our
relationships with our customers and access to our sales channels. These
accommodations include negotiation of price discounts and credits against future
orders commonly referred to as price protection. At the time of product
shipment, we establish reserves for price protection and other similar
allowances. These reserves are established according to our estimates of the
potential for markdown allowances based upon our historical rates, expected
sales, retailer inventories of products and other factors. We cannot predict
with certainty whether existing reserves will be sufficient to offset any
accommodations we will provide, nor can we predict the amount or nature of
accommodations that we will provide in the future. If actual accommodations
exceed our reserves, our earnings would be reduced, possibly materially. Any
such reduction may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition
or results of operations. The granting of price protection and other allowances
reduces our ability to collect receivables and impacts our availability for
advances from our factoring arrangement. The continued granting of substantial
price protection and other allowances may require additional funding sources to
fund operations, but there can be no assurance that such funds will be available
to us on acceptable terms, if at all.
5
Significant
competition in our industry could adversely affect our business.
The
interactive entertainment software industry is highly competitive. It is
characterized by the continuous introduction of new titles and the development
of new technologies. Our competitors vary in size from very small companies with
limited resources to very large corporations with greater financial, marketing
and product development resources than us.
Many of
our competitors have significantly greater financial, marketing and product
development resources than we do. As a result, current and future competitors
may be able to:
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respond more quickly to new or
emerging technologies or changes in customer
preferences;
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undertake more extensive
marketing campaigns;
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adopt more aggressive pricing
policies;
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devote greater resources to
secure rights to valuable licenses and relationships with leading software
developers;
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gain access to wider distribution
channels; and
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have better access to prime shelf
space.
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If we are
unable to compete successfully, we could lose sales, market share, opportunities
to license marketable intellectual property and access to next-generation
platform technology. We also could experience difficulty hiring and retaining
qualified software developers and other employees. Any of these consequences
would significantly harm our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
If game platform manufacturers refuse
to license their platforms to us or do not manufacture our games on a timely
basis or at all, our revenues would be adversely affected.
We intend
to sell our products for use on proprietary game platforms manufactured by other
companies, including Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony. These companies can
significantly affect our business because:
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we may only publish their games
for play on their game platforms if we receive a platform license from
them, which is renewable at their
discretion;
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we must obtain their prior review
and approval to publish games on their
platforms;
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if the popularity of a game
platform declines or, if the manufacturer stops manufacturing a platform,
does not meet the demand for a platform or delays the introduction of a
platform in a region important to us, the games that we have published and
that we are developing for that platform would likely produce lower sales
than we anticipate;
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these manufacturers control the
manufacture of, or approval to manufacture, and manufacturing costs of our
game discs and cartridges;
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these manufacturers have the
exclusive right to (1) protect the intellectual property rights to
their respective hardware platforms and technology and (2) discourage
others from producing unauthorized software for their platforms that
compete with our games; and
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the manufacturing times,
particularly in the fourth quarter, can be quite long. We may be unable to
manufacture our products in a timely manner, if at all, to meet holiday or
other demands.
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We
currently have licenses from Sony to develop products for PlayStation,
PlayStation 2 and PSP, and from Nintendo to develop products for the GBA, the DS
and Wii. These licenses are non-exclusive, and as a result, many of our
competitors also have licenses to develop and distribute video game software for
these systems. These licenses must be periodically renewed, and if they are not,
or if any of our licenses are terminated or adversely modified, we may not be
able to publish games for such platforms or we may be required to do so on less
attractive terms. In addition, the interactive entertainment software products
that we intend to develop for platforms offered by Nintendo or Sony generally
are manufactured exclusively by that platform manufacturer or its approved
replicator. These manufacturers generally have approval and other rights that
will provide them with substantial influence over our costs and the release
schedule of such products. Each of these manufacturers is also a publisher of
games for its own hardware platform. A manufacturer may give priority to its own
products or those of our competitors, especially if their products compete with
our products. Any unanticipated delays in the release of our products or
increase in our development, manufacturing, marketing or distribution costs as a
result of actions by these manufacturers would significantly harm our business,
results of operations and financial condition.
Failure
to renew our existing brand and content licenses on favorable terms or at all
and to obtain additional licenses would impair our ability to introduce new
products and services or to continue to offer our products and services based on
third-party content.
Some of
our revenues are derived from our products and services based on or
incorporating brands or other intellectual property licensed from third parties.
Any of our licensors could decide not to renew our existing license or not to
license additional intellectual property and instead license to our competitors
or develop and publish its own products or other applications, competing with us
in the marketplace. Several of these licensors already provide intellectual
property for other platforms, and may have significant experience and
development resources available to them should they decide to compete with us
rather than license to us. In the past, competitors have successfully outbid us
for licenses that we previously held.
We have
both exclusive and non-exclusive license arrangements and both licenses that are
global and licenses that are limited to specific geographies. Our licenses
generally have terms that range from two to five years. We may be unable to
renew these licenses or to renew them on terms favorable to us, and we may be
unable to secure alternatives in a timely manner. Failure to maintain or renew
our existing licenses or to obtain additional licenses would impair our ability
to introduce new products and services or to continue to offer our current
products or services, which would materially harm our business, operating
results and financial condition. Some of our existing licenses impose, and
licenses that we obtain in the future might impose, development, distribution
and marketing obligations on us. If we breach our obligations, our licensors
might have the right to terminate the license which would harm our business,
operating results and financial condition.
Even if
we are successful in gaining new licenses or extending existing licenses, we may
fail to anticipate the entertainment preferences of our end users when making
choices about which brands or other content to license. If the entertainment
preferences of end users shift to content or brands owned or developed by
companies with which we do not have relationships, we may be unable to establish
and maintain successful relationships with these developers and owners, which
would materially harm our business, operating results and financial condition.
In addition, some rights are licensed from licensors that have or may develop
financial difficulties, and may enter into bankruptcy protection under U.S.
federal law or the laws of other countries. If any of our licensors files for
bankruptcy, our licenses might be impaired or voided, which could materially
harm our business, operating results and financial condition.
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Rating systems for interactive
entertainment software, potential legislation and vendor or consumer opposition
could inhibit sales of our products.
Trade
organizations within the video game industry require digital entertainment
software publishers to provide consumers with information relating to graphic
violence, profanity or sexually explicit material contained in software titles,
and impose penalties for noncompliance. Certain countries have also established
similar rating systems as prerequisites for sales of digital entertainment
software in their countries. In some instances, we may be required to modify our
products to comply with the requirements of these rating systems, which could
delay the release of those products in these countries. We believe that we
comply with such rating systems and properly display the ratings and content
descriptions received for our titles. Several proposals have been made for
legislation to regulate the digital entertainment software, broadcasting and
recording industries, including a proposal to adopt a common rating system for
digital entertainment software, television and music containing violence or
sexually explicit material, and the Federal Trade Commission has issued reports
with respect to the marketing of such material to minors. Consumer advocacy
groups have also opposed sales of digital entertainment software containing
graphic violence or sexually explicit material by pressing for legislation in
these areas, including legislation prohibiting the sale of certain ‘‘M’’ rated
video games to minors, and by engaging in public demonstrations and media
campaigns. Retailers may decline to sell digital entertainment software
containing graphic violence or sexually explicit material, which may limit the
potential market for our ‘‘M’’ rated products, and adversely affect our
operating results. If any groups, whether governmental entities, hardware
manufacturers or advocacy groups, were to target our ‘‘M’’ rated titles, we
might be required to significantly change or discontinue a particular title,
which could adversely affect our business.
We could
also experience delays in obtaining ratings which would adversely impact our
ability to manufacture products.
We are dependent on third parties to
manufacture our products, and any delay or interruption in production would
negatively affect both our ability to make timely product introductions and our
results of operations.
All of
our products are manufactured by third parties who set the manufacturing prices
for those products. Therefore, we depend on these manufacturers, including
platform manufacturers, to fill our orders on a timely basis and to manufacture
our products at an acceptable cost. If we experience manufacturing delays or
interruptions, it would harm our business and results of
operations.
We
may be unable to develop and publish new products if we are unable to secure or
maintain relationships with third party video game software
developers.
We
utilize the services of independent software developers to develop our video
games. Consequently, our success in the video game market depends on our
continued ability to obtain or renew product development agreements with quality
independent video game software developers. However, we cannot assure you that
we will be able to obtain or renew these product development agreements on
favorable terms, or at all, nor can we assure you that we will be able to obtain
the rights to sequels of successful products which were originally developed for
us by independent video game software developers.
Many of
our competitors have greater financial resources and access to capital than we
do, which puts us at a competitive disadvantage when bidding to attract
independent video game software developers. We may be unable to secure or
maintain relationships with quality independent video game software developers
if our competitors can offer them better shelf access, better marketing support,
more development funding, higher royalty rates, more creative control or other
advantages. Usually, our agreements with independent software developers are
easily terminable if either party declares bankruptcy, becomes insolvent, ceases
operations or materially breaches its agreement.
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We have
less control over a game developed by a third party because we cannot control
the developer’s personnel, schedule or resources. In addition, any of our
third-party developers could experience a business failure, be acquired by one
of our competitors or experience some other disruption. Any of these factors
could cause a game not to meet our quality standards or expectations, or not to
be completed on time or at all. If this happens with a game under development,
we could lose anticipated revenues from the game or our entire investment in the
game.
Our
failure to manage our growth and expansion effectively could adversely affect
our business.
Our
ability to successfully offer our products and implement our business plan in a
rapidly evolving market requires an effective planning and management process.
We expect to increase the scope of our operations domestically and
internationally. This growth will continue to place a significant strain on
management systems and resources. If we are unable to effectively manage our
growth or scale our development, our business could be adversely
affected.
The
acquisition of other companies, businesses or technologies could result in
operating difficulties, dilution or other harmful consequences.
We have
made acquisitions and, although we have no present intention to do so, we may
pursue further acquisitions, any of which could be material to our business,
operating results and financial condition. Certain of our acquired companies
were subsequently disposed during the past two and a half
years. These acquisitions resulted in operating losses and losses
from dispositions. Future acquisitions could divert management’s time
and focus from operating our business. In addition, integrating an acquired
company, business or technology is risky and may result in unforeseen operating
difficulties and expenditures. We may also raise additional capital for the
acquisition of, or investment in, companies, technologies, products or assets
that complement our business. Future acquisitions or dispositions could result
in potentially dilutive issuances of our equity securities, including our common
stock, or the incurrence of debt, contingent liabilities, amortization expenses
or acquired in-process research and development expenses, any of which could
harm our financial condition and operating results. Future acquisitions may also
require us to obtain additional financing, which may not be available on
favorable terms or at all.
Acquisitions
involve a number of risks and present financial, managerial and operational
challenges, including:
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including travel, legal, administrative and compensation expenses
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integrate personnel, customer base and business practices of the acquired
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operating results due to possible write-down of goodwill associated with
acquisitions;
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sellers of acquired businesses, technologies, services or products;
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Any
acquired business, technology, product or service could significantly
under-perform relative to our expectations, and we may not achieve the benefits
we expect from acquisitions. In addition, a significant portion of the purchase
price of companies we acquire may be allocated to acquired goodwill and other
intangible assets, which must be assessed for impairment at least annually. In
the future, if our acquisitions do not yield expected returns, we may be
required to take charges to our earnings based on this impairment assessment
process, which could harm our operating results. For all these reasons, our
pursuit of an acquisition and investment strategy or any individual acquisition
or investment, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition and results of operations.
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Our
success depends on our ability to attract and retain our key employees. We may
experience increased costs to continue to attract and retain senior management
and highly qualified software developers.
Our
success depends to a significant extent upon the performance of senior
management and on our ability to attract, motivate and retain highly qualified
software developers. We believe that as a result of consolidation in our
industry, there are now fewer highly skilled independent developers available to
us. Competition for these developers is intense, and we may not be successful in
attracting and retaining them on terms acceptable to us or at all. An increase
in the costs necessary to attract and retain skilled developers, and any delays
resulting from the inability to attract necessary developers or departures, may
adversely affect our revenues, margins and results of operations.
The loss
of the services of any of our executive officers or other key employees could
harm our business. All of our executive officers and key employees are under
short term employment agreements which means, that their future employment with
the company is uncertain. All of our executive officers and key employees are
bound by a contractual non-competition agreement; however, it is uncertain
whether such agreements are enforceable and, if so, to what extent, which could
make us vulnerable to recruitment efforts by our competitors.
Our
future success also depends on our ability to identify, attract and retain
highly skilled technical, managerial, finance, marketing and creative personnel.
We face intense competition for qualified individuals from numerous technology,
marketing and mobile entertainment companies. We may be unable to attract and
retain suitably qualified individuals who are capable of meeting our growing
creative, operational and managerial requirements, or may be required to pay
increased compensation in order to do so. Volatility or lack of
performance in our stock price may also affect our ability to attract and retain
our key employees. If we are unable to attract and retain the qualified
personnel we need to succeed, our business, operating results and financial
condition would be harmed.
The
loss of any of our key customers could adversely affect our sales.
Our sales
to Cokem, Jack of All Games (via Atari) and Gamestop accounted for approximately
27%, 18% and 14%, respectively, of our gross sales for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009. Our sales to Jack of All Games and Cokem accounted for
approximately 30% and 14%, respectively, of our gross sales for the year ended
December 31, 2008. Although we seek to broaden our customer base, we
anticipate that a small number of customers will continue to account for a large
concentration of our sales given the consolidation of the retail industry. We do
not have written agreements in place with several of our major customers.
Consequently, our relationship with these retailers could change at any time.
Our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely
affected if:
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financial difficulties, resulting in the inability to pay vendors, store
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less favorable foreign
intellectual property laws making it more difficult to protect our
properties from appropriation by
competitors;
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Our
failure to manage or address any of these could adversely affect our
business.
If our products contain errors, our
reputation, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely
affected.
As video
games incorporate new technologies, adapt to new hardware platforms and become
more complex, the risk of undetected errors in products when first introduced
increases. If, despite our testing procedures, errors are found in new products
after shipments have been made, we could experience a loss of revenues, delay in
timely market acceptance of its products and damage to our reputation, any of
which may negatively affect our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
If we are unsuccessful in protecting
our intellectual property, our revenues may be adversely affected.
The
intellectual property embodied in our video games is susceptible to
infringement, particularly through unauthorized copying of the games, or piracy.
The increasing availability of high bandwidth Internet service has made, and
will likely continue to make, piracy of video games more common. Infringement of
our intellectual property may adversely affect our revenues through lost sales
or licensing fees, particularly where consumers obtain pirated video game copies
rather than copies sold by us, or damage to our reputation where consumers are
wrongly led by infringers to believe that low-quality infringing material
originated from us. Preventing and curbing infringement through enforcement of
the our intellectual property rights may be difficult, costly and time
consuming, and thereby ultimately not cost-effective, especially where the
infringement takes place in foreign countries where the laws are less favorable
to rights holders or not sufficiently developed to afford the level of
protection we desire.
If we infringe on the intellectual
property of others, our costs may rise and our results of operations may be
adversely affected.
Although
we take precautions to avoid infringing the intellectual property of others, it
is possible that we or our third-party developers have done so or may do so in
the future. The number and complexity of elements in our products that result
from the advances in the capabilities of video game platforms increases the
probability that infringement may occur. Claims of infringement, regardless of
merit, could be time consuming, costly and difficult to defend. Moreover, as a
result of disputes over intellectual property, we may be required to discontinue
the distribution of one or more of its products, or obtain a license for the use
of or redesign those products, any of which could result in substantial costs
and material delays and materially adversely affect our results of
operations.
Indemnity provisions in various
agreements potentially expose us to substantial liability for intellectual
property infringement, damages caused by malicious software and other losses.
In the
ordinary course of our business, most of our agreements with carriers and other
distributors include indemnification provisions. In these provisions, we agree
to indemnify them for losses suffered or incurred in connection with our
products and services, including as a result of intellectual property
infringement and damages caused by viruses, worms and other malicious software.
The term of these indemnity provisions is generally perpetual after execution of
the corresponding license agreement, and the maximum potential amount of future
payments we could be required to make under these indemnification provisions is
generally unlimited. Large future indemnity payments could harm our business,
operating results and financial condition.
We may be unable to develop and
introduce in a timely way new products or services, which could harm our brand.
The
planned timing and introduction of new products and services are subject to
risks and uncertainties. Unexpected technical, operational, deployment,
distribution or other problems could delay or prevent the introduction of new
products and services, which could result in a loss of, or delay in, revenues or
damage to our reputation and brand. Our attractiveness to branded content
licensors might also be reduced. In addition, new products and services may not
achieve sufficient market acceptance to offset the costs of development,
particularly when the introduction of a product or service is substantially
later than a planned “day-and-date” launch, which could materially harm our
business, operating results and financial condition.
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Our business is subject to risks
generally associated with the entertainment industry, and we may fail to
properly assess consumer tastes and preferences, causing product sales to fall
short of expectations.
Our
business is subject to all of the risks generally associated with the
entertainment industry and, accordingly, our future operating results will
depend on numerous factors beyond our control, including the popularity, price
and timing of new hardware platforms being released; economic, political and
military conditions that adversely affect discretionary consumer spending;
changes in consumer demographics; the availability and popularity of other forms
of entertainment; and critical reviews and public tastes and preferences, which
may change rapidly and cannot be predicted. A decline in the popularity of
certain game genres or particular platforms could cause sales of our titles to
decline dramatically. The period of time necessary to develop new game titles,
obtain approvals of platform licensors and produce finished products is
unpredictable. During this period, consumer appeal for a particular title may
decrease, causing product sales to fall short of expectations.
We have developed and may expand
international operations, which may subject us to economic, political,
regulatory and other risks.
We
continue to seek the most cost-effective method to distribute our products
internationally. There are many risks involved with international
operations, including:
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in maintaining or finding a suitable distribution
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economic and political instability;
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with multiple and conflicting foreign and domestic laws and
regulations;
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changes
in foreign and domestic legal and regulatory requirements or policies
resulting in burdensome government controls, tariffs, restrictions,
embargoes or export license
requirements;
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fluctuations;
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difficulties
in staffing and managing international
operations;
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less
favorable foreign intellectual property laws making it more difficult to
protect our properties from appropriation by
competitors;
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potentially
adverse tax treatment;
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higher
costs associated with doing business
internationally;
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challenges
caused by distance, language and cultural
differences;
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with distributors;
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protectionist
laws and business practices that favor local businesses in some
countries;
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foreign
exchange controls that might prevent us from repatriating income earned in
countries outside the United
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servicing of regions by many different
carriers;
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of public sector controls;
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restrictions
on the export or import of
technology;
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greater
fluctuations in sales to end users and through carriers in developing
countries, including longer payment cycles and greater difficulties
collecting our accounts receivable;
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to manage or address any of these could adversely affect our business. In
addition, developing user interfaces that are compatible with other languages or
cultures can be expensive. As a result, our ongoing international expansion
efforts may be more costly than we expect. Further, expansion into developing
countries subjects us to the effects of regional instability, civil unrest and
hostilities, and could adversely affect us by disrupting communications and
making travel more difficult. These risks could harm our international expansion
efforts, which, in turn, could materially and adversely affect our business,
operating results and financial condition.
Our business is ‘‘hit’’ driven. If we
do not deliver ‘‘hit’’ titles, or if consumers prefer competing products, our
sales could suffer.
While
many new products are regularly introduced, only a relatively small number of
‘‘hit’’ titles account for a significant portion of net revenue. Competitors may
develop titles that imitate or compete with our ‘‘hit’’ titles, and take sales
away from us or reduce our ability to command premium prices for those titles.
Hit products published by our competitors may take a larger share of consumer
spending than we anticipate which could cause our product sales to fall below
our expectations. If our competitors develop more successful products or offer
competitive products at lower price, or if we do not continue to develop
consistently high-quality and well received products, our revenue, margins, and
profitability will decline.
Our
business is subject to seasonal fluctuations.
We
experience fluctuations in quarterly and annual operating results as a result
of: the timing of the introduction of new titles; variations in sales of titles
developed for particular platforms; market acceptance of our titles; development
and promotional expenses relating to the introduction of new titles, sequels or
enhancements of existing titles; projected and actual changes in platforms; the
timing and success of title introductions by our competitors; product returns;
changes in pricing policies by us and our competitors; the size and timing of
acquisitions; the timing of orders from major customers; order cancellations;
and delays in product shipment. Sales of our products are also seasonal, with
peak shipments typically occurring in the fourth calendar quarter as a result of
increased demand for titles during the holiday season. Quarterly and annual
comparisons of operating results are not necessarily indicative of future
operating results.
Risks
Relating to Our Common Stock
The
liquidity of our common stock will be affected by its limited trading
market.
Bid and
ask prices for shares of our common stock are quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board
under the symbol “ZOOE.OB.” There is currently no broadly followed, established
trading market for our common stock. While we are hopeful that we will command
the interest of a greater number of investors, a broadly followed, established
trading market for our shares of common stock may never develop or be
maintained. Active trading markets generally result in lower price volatility
and more efficient execution of buy and sell orders. The absence of an active
trading market reduces the liquidity of our common stock. As a result of the
lack of trading activity, the quoted price for our common stock on the OTC
Bulletin Board is not necessarily a reliable indicator of its fair market value.
Further, if we cease to be quoted, holders of our common stock would find it
more difficult to dispose of, or to obtain accurate quotations as to the market
value of, our common stock, and the market value of our common stock would
likely decline.
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The
market price of our common stock is highly volatile and subject to wide
fluctuations, and you may be unable to resell your shares at or above the
current price.
The
market price of our common stock is likely to be highly volatile and could be
subject to wide fluctuations in response to a number of factors that are beyond
our control, including announcements of new products or services by our
competitors. In addition, the market price of our common stock could be subject
to wide fluctuations in response to a variety of factors,
including:
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expenses;
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in the financial markets, and the worldwide or regional
economies;
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of innovations or new products or services by us or our
competitors;
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sales of our common stock or other securities in the open market;
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In the
past, stockholders have often instituted securities class action litigation
after periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities. If a
stockholder were to file any such class action suit against us, we would incur
substantial legal fees and our management’s attention and resources would be
diverted from operating our business to respond to the litigation, which could
harm our business.
The
sale of securities by us in any equity or debt financing could result in
dilution to our existing stockholders and have a material adverse effect on our
earnings.
Any sale
of common stock by us in a future private placement offering could result in
dilution to the existing stockholders as a direct result of our issuance of
additional shares of our capital stock. In addition, our business strategy may
include expansion through internal growth by acquiring complementary businesses,
acquiring or licensing additional brands, or establishing strategic
relationships with targeted customers and suppliers. In order to do so, or to
finance the cost of our other activities, we may issue additional equity
securities that could dilute our stockholders’ stock ownership. We may also
assume additional debt and incur impairment losses related to goodwill and other
tangible assets, and this could negatively impact our earnings and results of
operations.
If
securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our
business, or if they downgrade their recommendations regarding our common stock,
our stock price and trading volume could decline.
The
trading market for our common stock, if and when it develops, will be influenced
by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts publish about
us or our business. If any of the analysts who cover us downgrade our common
stock, our common stock price would likely decline. If analysts cease coverage
of our company or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose
visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our common stock
price or trading volume to decline.
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“Penny stock” rules may restrict the
market for our common stock.
Our
common stock is subject to rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission relating to “penny stocks,” which apply to companies whose
shares are not traded on a national stock exchange, trade at less than $5.00 per
share, or who do not meet certain other financial requirements specified by the
Securities and Exchange Commission. These rules require brokers who sell “penny
stocks” to persons other than established customers and “accredited investors”
to complete certain documentation, make suitability inquiries of investors, and
provide investors with certain information concerning the risks of trading in
such penny stocks. These rules may discourage or restrict the ability of brokers
to sell our common stock and may affect the secondary market for our common
stock. These rules could also hamper our ability to raise funds in the primary
market for our common stock.
If we continue to fail to maintain an
effective system of internal controls, we might not be able to report our
financial results accurately or prevent fraud; in that case, our stockholders
could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which could negatively impact
the price of our stock.
Effective
internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and
prevent fraud. In addition, Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, requires us to evaluate and report on our internal
control over financial reporting for all our current operations and have our
independent registered public accounting firm attest to our evaluation beginning
with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2010. Our
management has determined that we have a material weakness in our internal
control over financial reporting related to not having a sufficient number of
personnel with the appropriate level of experience and technical expertise to
appropriately resolve non-routine and complex accounting matters or to evaluate
the impact of new and existing accounting pronouncements on our consolidated
financial statements while completing the financial statements close process.
Until this deficiency in our internal control over financial reporting is
remediated, there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement to
our annual or interim consolidated financial statements could occur and not be
prevented or detected by our internal controls in a timely manner. We are
committed to appropriately addressing this matter and we have engaged additional
qualified personnel to assist in these areas. We will continue to reassess our
accounting and finance staffing levels to ensure that we have the appropriate
accounting resources to handle the existing workload. We are in the process of
preparing and implementing an internal plan of action for compliance with
Section 404 and strengthening and testing our system of internal controls
to provide the basis for our report. The process of implementing our internal
controls and complying with Section 404 will be expensive and time -
consuming, and will require significant attention of management. We cannot be
certain that these measures will ensure that we implement and maintain adequate
controls over our financial processes and reporting in the future. Even if we
conclude, and our independent registered public accounting firm concurs, that
our internal control over financial reporting provides reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, because of its inherent limitations, internal control
over financial reporting may not prevent or detect fraud or misstatements.
Failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties
encountered in their implementation, could harm our operating results or cause
us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. If we or our independent
registered public accounting firm discover a material weakness or a significant
deficiency in our internal control, the disclosure of that fact, even if quickly
remedied, could reduce the market’s confidence in our financial statements and
harm our stock price. In addition, a delay in compliance with Section 404
could subject us to a variety of administrative sanctions, including
ineligibility for short form resale registration, action by the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and the inability of registered broker-dealers to make a
market in our common stock, which could further reduce our stock price and harm
our business.
We do not anticipate paying
dividends.
We have
never paid cash or other dividends on our common stock. Payment of dividends on
our common stock is within the discretion of our Board of Directors and will
depend upon our earnings, our capital requirements and financial condition, and
other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.
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Our
officers, directors and principal stockholders can exert significant influence
over us and may make decisions that may not be in the best interests of all
stockholders.
Our
officers, directors and principal stockholders (greater than 5% stockholders)
collectively beneficially own approximately 60% of our outstanding common stock.
As a result, this group will be able to affect the outcome of, or exert
significant influence over, all matters requiring stockholder approval,
including the election and removal of directors and any change in control. In
particular, this concentration of ownership of our common stock is likely to
have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us or otherwise
discouraging or preventing a potential acquirer from attempting to obtain
control of us. This, in turn, could have a negative effect on the market price
of our common stock. It could also prevent our stockholders from realizing a
premium over the market prices for their shares of common stock. Moreover, the
interests of this concentration of ownership may not always coincide with our
interests or the interests of other stockholders, and, accordingly, this group
could cause us to enter into transactions or agreements that we would not
otherwise consider.
The requirements of being a public
company may strain our resources, divert management’s attention and affect our
ability to attract and retain qualified members for our Board of Directors.
As a
public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act
and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The requirements of these rules and regulations
increase our legal, accounting and financial compliance costs, may make some
activities more difficult, time-consuming and costly and may also place undue
strain on our personnel, systems and resources.
In order
to maintain and improve the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and
procedures and internal control over financial reporting, we will need to expend
significant resources and provide significant management oversight. We have a
substantial effort ahead of us to implement appropriate processes, document our
system of internal control over relevant processes, assess their design,
remediate any deficiencies identified and test their operation. As a result,
management’s attention may be diverted from other business concerns, which could
harm our business, operating results and financial condition. These efforts will
also involve substantial accounting-related costs.
Our financial results could vary
significantly from quarter to quarter and are difficult to predict.
Our
revenues and operating results could vary significantly from quarter to quarter
because of a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control. As a
result, comparing our operating results on a period-to-period basis may not be
meaningful. In addition, we may not be able to predict our future revenues or
results of operations. We base our current and future expense levels on our
internal operating plans and sales forecasts, and our operating costs are to a
large extent fixed. As a result, we may not be able to reduce our costs
sufficiently to compensate for an unexpected shortfall in revenues, and even a
small shortfall in revenues could disproportionately and adversely affect
financial results for that quarter. Individual products and services, and
carrier relationships, represent meaningful portions of our revenues and net
loss in any quarter. We may incur significant or unanticipated expenses when
licenses are renewed. In addition, some payments from carriers that we recognize
as revenue on a cash basis may be delayed unpredictably.
In
addition to other risk factors discussed in this section, factors that may
contribute to the variability of our quarterly results include:
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the number of new products and
services released by us and our
competitors;
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the amount we reserve against
returns and allowances;
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the timing of release of new
products and services by us and our competitors, particularly those that
may represent a significant portion of revenues in a
period;
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the popularity of new products
and services, and products and services released in prior
periods;
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the expiration of existing
content licenses;
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the timing of charges related to
impairments of goodwill, intangible assets, royalties and minimum
guarantees;
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changes in pricing policies by us
or our competitors;
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changes in the mix of original
and licensed content, which have varying gross margins; the seasonality of
our industry;
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fluctuations in the size and rate
of growth of overall consumer demand for video game products, services and
related content;
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strategic decisions by us or our
competitors, such as acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, joint
ventures, strategic investments or changes in business
strategy;
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our success in entering new
geographic markets;
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foreign exchange
fluctuations;
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accounting rules governing
recognition of revenue;
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the timing of compensation
expense associated with equity compensation grants;
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decisions by us to incur
additional expenses, such as increases in marketing or research and
development.
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As a
result of these and other factors, our operating results may not meet the
expectations of investors or public market analysts who choose to follow our
company. Failure to meet market expectations would likely result in decreases in
the trading price of our common stock.
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
The
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a “safe harbor” for
forward-looking statements. This document contains forward-looking statements,
which reflect the views of our management with respect to future events and
financial performance. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number
of uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from such statements. Forward-looking statements are identified by
words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “plans,”
“projects,” “targets” and similar expressions. Readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are based on the
information available to management at this time and which speak only as of this
date. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For a discussion of some of the factors that may cause actual results to differ
materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements, please read
carefully the information under “Risk Factors” beginning on page
4.
The
identification in this document of factors that may affect future performance
and the accuracy of forward-looking statements is meant to be illustrative and
by no means exhaustive. All forward-looking statements should be evaluated with
the understanding of their inherent uncertainty. You may rely only on the
information contained in this Prospectus.
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We have
not authorized anyone to provide information different from that contained in
this Prospectus. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor the sale of common
stock means that information contained in this Prospectus is correct after the
date of this Prospectus. This Prospectus is not an offer to sell or solicitation
of an offer to buy these securities in any circumstances under which the offer
or solicitation is unlawful.
USE
OF PROCEEDS
We will
not receive any proceeds from the sale or other disposition of the common stock
covered hereby by the selling stockholders pursuant to this Prospectus. However,
we may receive the sale price of any common stock we sell to the selling
stockholders upon exercise of the warrants. If all warrants included in this
Prospectus are exercised for cash (and not pursuant to the cashless exercise
feature included in the warrants), the total amount of proceeds we would receive
is approximately $8,400,000. However,
in the event of any subdivision, combination, consolidation, reclassification or
other change of our common stock into a lesser number, a greater number or a
different class of stock, the number of shares of common stock deliverable upon
exercise of the warrants issued to Focus Capital Partners, LLC and Socius
Capital Group, LLC, will be proportionately decreased or increased, as
applicable, but the exercise price of such warrants will remain at $0.01 per
share, and in such event the total amount of proceeds we would receive would be
less than $8,400,000. We expect to use the proceeds we receive from the
exercise of warrants, if any, for general working capital
purposes.
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
You
should read the following management discussion and analysis (“MD&A”)
together with our audited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto
included elsewhere in this Prospectus. This Prospectus contains forward-looking
statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results may
differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as
a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, those presented
under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere herein.
The
following discussion should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its
entirety by, the financial statements and the notes thereto included in this
report. This discussion contains certain forward-looking statements that involve
substantial risks and uncertainties. When used in this report, the words
"anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect” and similar expressions as they
relate to our management or us are intended to identify such forward-looking
statements. Our actual results, performance or achievements could differ
materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking
statements. Historical operating results are not necessarily indicative of the
trends in operating results for any future period.
We are a
developer, publisher and distributor of video game software for use on major
platforms including Nintendo’s Wii, DS, GBA, Sony’s PSP, PlayStation 2,
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and iPhone. In addition, we intend to
publish packaged entertainment software titles for use on a variety of other
gaming platforms including Sony’s PlayStation 3. We will also seek to create and
sell downloadable games for Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade, Sony’s PlayStation 3
Network, Nintendo’s Virtual Console, and for use on personal computers
(PCs).
Our
current video game titles are targeted at various demographics but primarily at
the lower-priced “value” market. In some instances, these titles are based on
licenses of well-known properties and, in other cases based on original
properties. We collaborate and enter into agreements with content providers and
video game development studios for the creation of our video games.
We also
operate a site called 2beegames.com which can be found at
www.2beegames.com. We hold contests for Independent Developers
whereby they can enter their games to win monetary prizes and potential
publishing arrangements with us. This site allows us to attract fresh
intellectual property, lower production costs, decrease time to market, and
improve margins.
Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. was originally incorporated in the State of Nevada on
February 13, 2003 under the name Driftwood Ventures, Inc. On December
20, 2007, through a merger, the Company reincorporated in the State of Delaware
as a public shell company with no operations.
On July
7, 2008, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, as
subsequently amended on September 12, 2008 (the “Merger Agreement”) with DFTW
Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company (“Merger Sub”), Zoo Games and a stockholder representative, pursuant to
which Merger Sub would merge with and into Zoo Games, with Zoo Games as the
surviving corporation through an exchange of common stock of Zoo Games for
common stock of the Company (the “Merger”).
On
September 12, 2008, the Company, Merger Sub, Zoo Games and the stockholder
representative completed the Merger and each outstanding share of Zoo Games
common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Zoo Games Common Stock”), on a
fully-converted basis, converted automatically into and became exchangeable for
shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share, based on an
exchange ratio equal to 7.023274. In addition, each of the 334,983 options to
purchase shares of Zoo Games Common Stock (the “Zoo Games Options”) outstanding
under Zoo Games’ 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan were assumed by the Company,
subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable under such plan
immediately prior to the Merger, and converted into 243,040 options to purchase
shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.58 per share,
421,396 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise
price of $2.25 per share and 1,688,240 options to purchase shares of the
Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.52 per share. The 246,243
warrants to purchase shares of Zoo Games Common Stock outstanding at the time of
the Merger (the “Zoo Games Warrants”) were assumed by the Company and converted
into 1,411,186 warrants to acquire shares of the Company’s common stock at an
exercise price of $2.84 and 318,246 warrants to acquire shares of the Company’s
common stock at an exercise price of $2.13 per share. The merger consideration
consisted (i) 26,098,303 shares of the Company’s common stock, (ii) the
reservation of 2,352,677 shares of the Company’s common stock that are required
for the assumption of the Zoo Games Options and (iii) the reservation of
1,729,432 shares of the Company’s common stock that are required for the
assumption of the Zoo Games Warrants.
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Upon the
closing of the Merger, as the sole remedy for the Zoo Games stockholders’
indemnity obligations, on behalf of the Zoo Games stockholders pursuant to the
Merger Agreement, the Company deposited 2,609,861 shares of the Company’s common
stock, otherwise payable to such stockholders, into escrow to be held by the
escrow agent until December 31, 2009 in accordance with the terms and conditions
of an escrow agreement.
Effective
as of the closing of the Merger, Zoo Games became our wholly-owned
subsidiary. As a result thereof, the historical and current business
operations of Zoo Games now comprise our principal business
operations.
Zoo
Games
Zoo Games
was treated as the acquirer for accounting purposes in the reverse merger and
the financial statements of the Company represent the historical activity of Zoo
Games and consolidate the activity of Zoo beginning on September 12, 2008, the
date of the reverse merger.
Zoo Games
commenced operations in March 2007 as Green Screen Interactive Software, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, and in May 2008, converted to a Delaware
corporation. On August 14, 2008, it changed its name to Zoo Games, Inc. Since
its initial organization and financing, Zoo Games embarked on a strategy of
partnering with and/or acquiring companies with compelling intellectual
property, distribution capabilities, and/or management with demonstrated records
of success.
In June
2007, Zoo Games acquired the assets of Supervillain Studios, Inc. which were
held by the wholly-owned subsidiary of Zoo Games, Supervillain Studios,
LLC. The acquisition provided Zoo Games with access to proprietary
high end casual gaming content, established video game designers, technical
experts and producers capable of providing Zoo Games with high quality, original
casual games. On July 22, 2008, Zoo Games released Order Up!, its first offering
from Supervillain. In our effort to refocus our cash on our
core business, the Company sold the assets of Supervillain Studios LLC back to
its original owners on September 16, 2008.
In
December 2007, Zoo Games acquired the capital stock of Zoo
Publishing. The acquisition of Zoo Publishing provided Zoo Games with
a profitable core business, North American distribution, and further enhanced
its experienced management team. Zoo Publishing distributes software titles
throughout North America and generated over $30 million in annual revenue in
2007. Zoo Publishing expects to exploit its development expertise, in
combination with its sales, marketing and licensing expertise, to target the
rapidly expanding market for casual games, particularly on Nintendo’s platforms,
where Zoo Publishing has experienced considerable success. By nurturing and
growing this business unit, Zoo Games believes it will be able to rapidly build
a much larger distribution network, enabling it to place a significant number of
software titles with major retailers.
In April
2008, Zoo Games acquired the capital stock of Zoo Digital, a business operated
in the United Kingdom. This acquisition provided Zoo Games with a profitable
core business in the United Kingdom, European distribution, and further enhanced
its experienced management team. Zoo Digital distributes software titles
throughout Europe and generated over $6.8 million in annual revenue in
2007. In our effort to refocus our cash on our core business
operations, the Company sold Zoo Digital back to its original owners on November
28, 2008.
In
June 2009, we formed a new company in the United Kingdom that is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Zoo Games called Zoo Entertainment Europe Ltd. (“Zoo Europe”), to
focus on the sales and distribution of our products in Europe. Zoo Europe
incurred initial start-up costs and minimal revenues beginning in the
quarter ended September 30, 2009. The activity of Zoo Europe was
immaterial through the period ended September 30, 2009, and we record all
operating activities as one segment. In our effort to refocus our
cash on our core business operations, we decided to discontinue operations of
Zoo Europe effective December 2009.
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The
financial statements of Zoo Entertainment include operations of each division
from the date that they were acquired. The results for Supervillain,
Repliqa and Zoo Digital are included in discontinued operations for the periods
presented.
The
financial statements of Zoo Games include operations of each division from the
date that they were acquired.
Results of
Operations
For
the nine months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the nine months ended
September 30, 2008
The
following table sets forth, for the period indicated the amount and percentage
of net revenue for significant line items in our statement of
operations:
|
|
(Amounts in Thousands Except Per Share Data)
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$ |
30,136
|
100%
|
$ |
22,364
|
100%
|
||||||||||
Cost
of goods sold
|
25,887
|
86%
|
18,306
|
82%
|
||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
4,249
|
14%
|
4.058
|
18%
|
||||||||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
5,010
|
17%
|
7,436
|
33%
|
||||||||||||
Selling
and marketing expenses
|
2,073
|
7%
|
3,269
|
15%
|
||||||||||||
Research
and development expenses
|
370
|
1%
|
1,481
|
7%
|
||||||||||||
Impairment
of goodwill and other intangible assets
|
22,000
|
73%
|
—
|
—%
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,373
|
5%
|
1,325
|
6%
|
||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
30,826
|
102%
|
13,511
|
60%
|
||||||||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(26,577)
|
(
88)%
|
(9,453)
|
(42)%
|
||||||||||||
Interest
expense, net
|
(2,403)
|
(
8)%
|
(2,533)
|
(11)%
|
||||||||||||
Gain
on legal settlement
|
4,328
|
14%
|
—
|
-
%
|
||||||||||||
Other
income – insurance recovery
|
860
|
3%
|
—
|
-
%
|
||||||||||||
Loss
from continuing operations before income tax benefit
|
(23,792)
|
(
79)%
|
(11,986)
|
(54)%
|
||||||||||||
Income
tax benefit
|
-
|
-
%
|
3,600
|
16%
|
||||||||||||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
(23,792)
|
(
79)%
|
(8,386)
|
(37)%
|
||||||||||||
Loss
from discontinued operations net of tax benefit
|
(235)
|
(1)%
|
(4,279)
|
(19)%
|
||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ |
(24,027)
|
(
80)%
|
$ |
(12,665)
|
(57)%
|
||||||||||
Loss
per share from continuing operations
|
$ |
(0.70)
|
$ |
(0.40)
|
Net
Revenues
Net
revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 were approximately $30.1
million, an increase of approximately 35% over the sales for the nine months
ended September 30, 2008 of approximately $22.4 million, primarily all
consisting of casual game sales in North America. The sales in the 2009
period are recorded net of the $2.7 million fee to Atari for the period; without
this fee, the sales increase from 2008 to 2009 would be 47%. The
breakdown of gross sales by platform is:
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Nine Months Ended September 30,
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|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Nintendo
Wii
|
65 | % | 35 | % | ||||
Nintendo
DS
|
31 | % | 60 | % | ||||
Microsoft
Xbox
|
2 | % | 0 | % | ||||
SONY
PS2
|
2 | % | 1 | % | ||||
Nintendo
GBA
|
0 | % | 2 | % | ||||
SONY
PSP
|
0 | % | 2 | % |
The
biggest sellers during the 2009 period were (i) Deal or No Deal, (ii) M&M
Kart Racing, and (iii) M&M Beach Party, all on the Nintendo Wii platform.
The biggest sellers during the 2008 period were (i) the compilation of Battle
Ship, Connect 4, Sorry & Trouble on the Nintendo DS platform, (ii) M&M
Kart Racing on the Nintendo Wii platform and (iii) the compilation of Clue,
Perfection & Aggravation on the Nintendo DS platform. The 2009 period
consisted of approximately 3.4 million units sold at an average price of $9.54
as compared to approximately 2.1 million units sold for an average price of
$10.19.
Gross
Profit
Gross
profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was approximately $4.2
million, or 14% of net revenue, while the gross profit for the nine months ended
September 30, 2008 was approximately $4.1 million, or 18% of net revenue. The
costs included in the cost of goods sold consist of manufacturing and packaging
costs, royalties due to licensors relating to the current period’s revenues and
the amortization of product development costs relating to the current period’s
revenues. The Atari sales agreement was in place during the entire 2009 period
and Atari’s fees recorded as a reduction in revenue during this period were
approximately $2.7 million as compared to $0 in the corresponding period in
2008. As part of our business plan to focus on higher margin games and
more cost effective product licenses, we opted to discontinue certain
lower-margin products in the 2009 period through the accelerated sale of such
products at lower than normal prices. This resulted in a significant amount of
sales at very low margins, which along with royalty fees and amortization of
product development costs resulted in a low overall gross margin for the 2009
period. The 2008 period included a close-out initiative for a license that
terminated during that period resulting in similar low overall margins for the
2008 period.
General
and Administrative Expenses
General
and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30 2009
were approximately $5.0 million as compared to $7.4 million for the comparable
period in 2008. The decrease in costs from the 2008 period to the 2009
period resulted primarily from a reduction in corporate salaries and related
costs. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 the Company incurred
approximately $405,000 in cost for its European sales office.
Selling
and Marketing Expenses
Selling
and marketing expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
were approximately $2.1 million and $3.3 million, respectively. These expenses
all relate to the sales of casual games in North America and consist primarily
of the salaries, commissions and related costs for Zoo Publishing. Due to the
Atari sales agreement in 2009, we incurred a lower percentage of distribution
costs in the 2009 period versus the 2008 period.
Research
and Development Expenses
Research
and development expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 were
approximately $370,000 as compared to approximately $1.5 million for the nine
months ended September 30, 2008. These expenses are a direct result of our
decision to discontinue the development of certain games during these periods.
The Company has modified its business model to focus on casual products which
carry significantly lower development risks and costs.
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Impairment
of Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Impairment
of goodwill and other intangible assets was $22.0 million in the September 2009
period, representing a reduction of $14.7 million of goodwill and $7.3 million
of content in other intangible assets. This was based on the November
2009 equity infusion of approximately $4.0 million for 50% ownership interest in
the Company and conversion of the existing convertible debt, resulting in a
pro-forma market capitalization of approximately $8.0 million as of September
30, 2009. The Company will perform a formal impairment analysis
during the fourth quarter of 2009 and adjust the impairment estimates
accordingly, if necessary.
Depreciation
and Amortization Expenses
Depreciation
and amortization costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 were
approximately $1.4 million as compared to approximately $1.3 million in the
prior period. Both periods include approximately $1.2 million resulting from the
amortization of intangibles acquired from the Zoo Publishing acquisition. The
2009 period includes $65,000 resulting from the amortization of intangibles
acquired from the Empire IP acquisition. The balance relates to
depreciation of fixed assets during the period.
Interest
Expense
Interest
expense for the 2009 period was approximately $2.4 million as compared to
approximately $2.5 million for the 2008 period. The 2009 period includes
approximately $1.6 million of non-cash interest expense relating to the
amortization on the Zoo Entertainment Notes, $418,000 of interest relating to
the Zoo Entertainment Notes and approximately $358,000 of interest on the
various promissory notes due to the sellers of Zoo Publishing of which $293,000
is non-cash interest imputed at the then market rate. The 2008 period includes
$922,000 of non-cash interest expense relating to the accelerated amortization
of the debt discount resulting from the early extinguishment of debt,
approximately $1.1 million of interest on the various promissory notes due to
the sellers of Zoo Publishing of which approximately $1.0 million is non-cash
interest imputed at the then market rate and $536,000 of interest expense on
other notes including the Zoo Entertainment Notes.
Gain
on Legal Settlement
During
the 2009 period, we settled a lawsuit brought by the former sellers of Zoo
Publishing, resulting in a net gain on settlement of approximately $4.3 million.
The settlement eliminated the Company’s obligations for certain outstanding
notes, employee loans and other obligations for an aggregate amount of
approximately $3.9 million. The settlement returned approximately 5.6 million
shares to treasury valued at approximately $1.1 million. The Company’s remaining
cash obligations and litigation expense amounted to approximately $710,000,
resulting in a net gain on settlement of approximately $4.3
million.
Other
Income – Insurance Recovery
During
the 2009 period, our third party warehouse received $860,000 from their
insurance company relating to losses incurred by us from a fire in October
2008. Those proceeds were applied against other amounts due to the
third party warehouse and are reported as Other Income in 2009.
Income
Tax Benefit
We did
not record any income tax benefit for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
As of December 31, 2008, we had already maximized the allowable amount of
deferred taxes, so no additional tax benefits could be recorded for the 2009
period. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we recorded a tax
benefit of approximately $3.6 million.
Loss
from Discontinued Operations
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2009, we wrote-off $235,000 relating to the
balance due from the sale of Zoo Digital in 2008 because it was determined to be
uncollectible during this period. During the nine months ended
September 30, 2008, we incurred an aggregate of approximately $4.3 million in
losses, net of tax benefit, from four operating divisions which were
subsequently discontinued, so the net losses relating to those operations are
recorded separately as a loss from discontinued operations. The loss relating to
Supervillain was approximately $3.2 million, the loss relating to Zoo Digital
was approximately $1.2 million, the loss relating to Repliqa was $219,000 and
the loss relating to the on-line concept was $147,000. The tax
benefit related to the discontinued operations was $465,000.
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Loss
per Share from Continuing Operations
The loss
per share from continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30,
2009 was $0.70, based on a weighted average shares outstanding for the period of
34.1 million, versus a loss per share from continuing operations of $0.40, based
on a weighted average shares outstanding of 21.1 million for nine months ended
September 30, 2008.
For
the year ended December 31, 2008 as compared to the period from March 23, 2007
to December 31, 2007
The
following table sets forth, for the period indicated the amount and percentage
of net revenue for significant line items in our statement of
operations:
|
(amounts in $000’s except per share data)
|
|||||||||||
|
For The Periods
|
|||||||||||
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2008
|
March 23, 2007
(Inception) to
December 31,
2007
|
||||||||||
Revenue
|
$
|
36,313
|
100
|
%
|
$
|
565
|
||||||
Cost
of goods sold
|
30,883
|
85
|
%
|
485
|
||||||||
Gross
profit
|
5,430
|
15
|
%
|
80
|
||||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
||||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
10,484
|
29
|
%
|
2,666
|
||||||||
Selling
and marketing expenses
|
4,548
|
12
|
%
|
146
|
||||||||
Research
and development expenses
|
5,857
|
16
|
%
|
3,360
|
||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,760
|
5
|
%
|
126
|
||||||||
Total
Operating expenses
|
22,649
|
62
|
%
|
6,298
|
||||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(17,219
|
)
|
(47
|
)%
|
(6,218
|
)
|
||||||
Interest
(expense) income, net
|
(3,638
|
)
|
(10
|
)%
|
(896
|
)
|
||||||
Other
income – insurance recovery
|
1,200
|
3
|
%
|
-
|
||||||||
Loss
from continuing operations before benefit for income taxes
|
(19,657
|
)
|
(54
|
)%
|
(7,114
|
)
|
||||||
Income
tax benefit
|
4,696
|
13
|
%
|
58
|
||||||||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
(14,961
|
)
|
(41
|
)%
|
(7,056
|
)
|
||||||
Loss
from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit
|
(6,734
|
)
|
(19
|
)%
|
(3,189
|
)
|
||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(21,695
|
)
|
(60
|
)%
|
$
|
(10,245
|
)
|
||||
Loss
per share from continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.59
|
)
|
$
|
(1.07
|
)
|
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Net Revenues . Net revenues
for the year ended December 31, 2008 were approximately $36.3 million, all
consisting of casual game sales in North America. The breakdown of
gross sales by platform is:
Nintendo
DS
|
50
|
%
|
||
Nintendo
Wii
|
45
|
%
|
||
Nintendo
GBA
|
2
|
%
|
||
SONY
PS2
|
2
|
%
|
||
SONY
PSP
|
1
|
%
|
The
biggest sellers during this period on the Nintendo DS platform were (i) the
compilation of Battle Ship, Connect 4, Sorry & Trouble, (ii) Deal or No
Deal, and (iii) the compilation of Clue, Perfection & Aggravation. The
biggest sellers during this period on the Nintendo Wii platform were the M&M
Kart Racing, Chicken Shoot and Showtime Championship Boxing.
The
revenues during the period from March 23, 2007 to December 31, 2007 consist of
casual game sales in North America for the thirteen day period beginning in
December 19, 2007 when we acquired Zoo Publishing.
Gross Profit. Gross profit
for the year ended December 31, 2008 was approximately $5.4 million, or 15% of
net revenue. The costs included in the cost of goods sold consist of
manufacturing and packaging costs, royalties due to licensors relating to the
current period’s revenues and the amortization of product development costs
relating to the current period’s revenues. The gross profit in 2008 was
negatively impacted by the October 2008 fire and the subsequent agreement to
sell our products through Atari for the remainder of the 2008
period. Atari’s fees amounted to approximately $1.2 million and were
recorded as a reduction in revenue. The gross margin of the sales for
the period from December 19, 2007 to December 31, 2007 was 14%.
General and Administrative Expenses.
General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2008
were approximately $10.5 million as compared to $2.7 million for the period from
March 23, 2007 to December 31, 2007. The 2008 period includes $7.2 million for
the operations of the corporate and publishing group, including salary and
related costs, professional fees and rent expenses and $876,000 for Zoo
Publishing expenses. The 2008 period also included approximately $2.0 million in
consulting, audit and legal fees for services performed in connection with our
reverse merger and included approximately $2.8 million in share based
compensation. The 2007 period includes nine months of corporate and publishing
expenses for Zoo Games, consisting primarily of salaries and related costs and
professional fees.
Selling and Marketing Expenses.
Selling and marketing expenses for the year ended December 31, 2008 were
approximately $4.5 million as compared to $146,000 for the period ended December
31, 2007. These expenses all relate to the sales of casual games in
North America and are primarily the salaries, commissions and related costs for
Zoo Publishing.
Research and Development Expenses.
Research and development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2008
were approximately $5.9 million as compared to $3.4 million for the period ended
December 31, 2007. The 2008 expenses consist of approximately $5.1million
relating to various video game products that were discontinued during the period
and approximately $720,000 for a video game still in development that we deemed
unrecoverable. The 2007 period includes approximately $1.8 million
relating to a game that was discontinued and approximately $1.5 million relating
to video game publishing rights that were terminated.
Depreciation and Amortization
Expenses. Depreciation and amortization costs for the year ended December
31, 2008 were approximately $1.8 million as compared to $126,000 in the prior
period. The 2008 period includes approximately $1.7 million resulting from the
amortization of intangibles acquired from the Zoo Publishing acquisitions. The
balance relates to depreciation of fixed assets during the
period. The 2007 period includes $69,000 resulting from the
amortization of the Zoo Publishing intangibles.
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Interest Expense.
Interest expense for the 2008 period was approximately $3.6 million as compared
to $896,000 for the 2007 period. The 2008 period includes $1.3 million of
non-cash interest expense relating to the amortization on the Zoo Entertainment
Notes, $610,000 of non-cash interest expense relating to the accelerated
amortization of the debt discount resulting from the early extinguishment of
debt and approximately $1.2 million of interest on the various promissory notes
due to the sellers of Zoo Publishing of which $1.0 million is non-cash interest
imputed at the then market rate. Also included in 2008 is $536,000 of interest
expense on other notes including the Zoo Entertainment Notes. The
2007 period includes $843,000 charged to interest expense resulting from the
beneficial conversion feature in our bridge notes issued during 2007 that were
converted to equity in December 2007.
Other Income – Insurance
Recovery. In 2008, we received $1.2 million from our
insurance company relating to business losses incurred from a fire at a third
party warehouse that housed our inventory in October 2008.
Income Tax Benefit. In
2008, we recorded an income tax benefit of approximately $4.7 million, while the
income tax benefit recorded for the 2007 period was $58,000. The 2008
tax benefit is based on losses incurred from continuing operations since we
converted from a limited liability corporation (“LLC”) to a general corporation
on May 16, 2008. Any losses incurred prior to May 16, 2008 were
passed along to the members of the LLC.
Loss from Discontinued
Operations . In November 2008, we sold Zoo Digital back to the
original owners, incurring a pre-tax loss for the eight-month period that we
owned Zoo Digital of approximately $4.5 million, consisting of an operating loss
of approximately $1.2 million and a loss on the disposition of net assets of
approximately $3.3 million. The tax benefit recognized in 2008
related to the loss on Zoo Digital was $1.4 million. In September
2008, the Company sold Supervillain back to the original owners, incurring a
loss for the 2008 period of approximately $3.2 million, consisting of an
operating loss for the period of approximately $2.6 million and a loss on the
disposition of net assets of $528,000. In January 2008, management determined to
discontinue Zoo Games’s involvement in the operations of Repliqa and recorded a
loss from discontinued operations of $219,000. Also during 2008, we discontinued
the operations of an on-line concept and incurred a loss from discontinued
operations of $146,000. In the 2007 period, approximately $2.1 million of the
loss relates to the Repliqa and on-line operations that were discontinued in
2008 and approximately $1.1 million of the loss relates to the Supervillain
operations. The revenues from the discontinued operations were approximately
$2.5 million in 2008 and $785,000 during the period from March 23, 2007 to
December 31, 2007. The 2008 period includes a tax benefit of
approximately $1.1 million.
Loss per share from continuing
operations. The loss per share from continuing operations was
$0.59 for 2008, based on a weighted average shares outstanding for the year of
25.4 million, vs. a loss per share from continuing operations of $1.07, based on
a weighted average shares outstanding of 6.6 million for the period from March
23, 2007 to December 31, 2007.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
We
incurred a loss from continuing operations of approximately $23.8 million,
including an impairment charge related to goodwill and other intangible assets
of $22.0 million, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and a net
loss of approximately $8.4 million from continuing operations for the nine
months ended September 30, 2008. Our principal source of cash during the 2009
period was from the use of our purchase order and receivable financing and cash
generated from operations. Net cash used in operating activities for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009 was approximately $2.7 million, while net cash
used in continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 was
$17.2 million. The specifics of the Atari sales agreement, which was in
effect during the 2009 period, where Atari prepays the Company for the cost
of goods and pays the balance due within 15 days of shipping the product,
resulted in significant improvements for our cash provided from operations in
the 2009 period, as compared to the 2008 period. The $5.0 million
sale of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and common stock purchase
warrants that closed on November 20, 2009 and December 16, 2009, and the
conversion of approximately $11.8 million underlying our convertible notes into
equity, put us into a positive working capital position, on a pro-forma basis
using the September 30, 2009 unaudited balance sheet, leaving us better
positioned to meet our working capital needs.
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We
incurred a loss from continuing operations of approximately $15.0 million for
the year ended December 31, 2008 and a net loss of approximately $7.1 million
from continuing operations for the period from March 23, 2007 to December 31,
2007. Our principal source of cash is from sales of our debt and equity
securities and the use of our purchase order financing and factor arrangements.
Net cash used in operating activities for 2008 was $14.3 million and for the
period from March 23, 2007 to December 31, 2007 was $7.3 million.
We raised an aggregate of $21.4
million, net, from various debt and equity financings from our inception to
December 2008, as follows:
·
|
$5.0
million, net in the initial sale of our common equity in May and June
2007;
|
·
|
$2.8
million, net from October 2007 through December 2007 in the sale of a 12%
debt security that was converted into the common equity we sold in
December 2007;
|
·
|
$7.5
million, net in December 2007 from the sale of our common equity;
and
|
·
|
$6.1
million, net during the first nine months of 2008 from the sale of our
common equity.
|
On May
16, 2008, Mandalay Media, Inc. (“Mandalay”) provided a bridge loan to us of $2.0
million (the “Mandalay Note”) in connection with the potential acquisition by
Mandalay of Zoo Games. The Mandalay Note bore interest at a rate of 10% per
annum. The letter of intent between Mandalay and Zoo Games were terminated, and
the Mandalay Note was paid in full on July 7, 2008.
On July
7, 2008, Zoo provided a bridge loan of up to $7.0 million to Zoo Games (the
“Company Loan”). The Company Loan bore interest at a rate of 10% per annum
(increasing upon default). Under the terms of the Company Loan, Zoo Games could
borrow on a weekly basis, repay without penalty or premium and continue to
borrow amounts until September 30, 2008, provided that any advance made by Zoo
to Zoo Games is contingent upon a mutually approved budget for the use of such
advance by Zoo Games, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld by Zoo.
The Company Loan and all accrued interest were automatically extinguished upon
the closing of the Merger. We used $2.029 million of the amounts borrowed to
repay all amounts outstanding under the Mandalay Note on July 7, 2008. The
additional advances were used for working capital purposes.
Zoo
Entertainment Notes
On July
7, 2008, as amended on July 15, 2008 and July 31, 2008, we entered into a note
purchase agreement under which the purchasers agreed to provide loans to us in
the aggregate principal amount of $9.0 million, in consideration for the
issuance and delivery of senior secured convertible promissory notes. As partial
inducement to purchase the notes, we issued to the purchasers warrants to
purchase 8,181,818 shares of our common stock. The notes bear an interest rate
of five percent (5%) for the one year term of the note commencing from issuance,
unless extended. Upon the occurrence of an investor sale, as defined in the
notes, the entire outstanding principal amount of the notes and any accrued
interest thereon will be automatically converted into shares of our common stock
determined by dividing the note balance by the lesser of (i) an amount equal to
the price per share of investor stock paid by the purchasers of such shares in
connection with the investor sale, or (ii) $2.00; provided, that in the event
that the investor sale is for less than $1.00 per share, then the notes will
only be automatically convertible with our consent. All of the warrants have a
five year term and an exercise price of $0.01 per share. Pursuant to a
security agreement, by and among the Company and the purchasers, dated as of
July 7, 2008, as amended on August 12, 2008, we granted a security interest in
all of our assets to each of the purchasers to secure our obligations under the
notes.
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On
September 26, 2008, we entered into a note purchase agreement with four
investors, pursuant to which the purchasers agreed to provide a loan to us in
the aggregate principal amount of $1.4 million, in consideration for the
issuance and delivery of senior secured convertible promissory notes. As partial
inducement to purchase the notes, we issued to the purchasers warrants to
purchase 1,272,726 shares of our common stock. The notes bear an interest
rate of five percent (5%) for the time period beginning on September 26, 2008
and ending on September 26, 2009, unless extended. The term of the
notes was subsequently amended to mature on November 2, 2009 and then to
February 2, 2010. Upon the occurrence of an investor sale, as defined
in the notes, the entire outstanding principal amount of the notes and any
accrued interest thereon will be automatically converted into shares of our
common stock determined by dividing the note balance by the lesser of (i) an
amount equal to the price per share of investor stock paid by the purchasers of
such shares in connection with the investor sale, or (ii) $2.00; provided, that
in the event that the investor sale is for less than $1.00 per share, then the
notes will only be automatically convertible with our consent. The warrants have
a five year term and an exercise price of $0.01 per share. Pursuant to a
security agreement, by and among the Company and the purchasers, dated as of
September 26, 2008, we granted a security interest in all of our assets to each
of the purchasers to secure our obligations under the notes.
On June
26, 2009, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to Senior Secured Convertible
Note (“Amendment No. 2”), with the requisite holders (the “Holders”) of the
Company’s senior secured convertible notes issued in the aggregate principal
amount of $11.15 million. Pursuant to Amendment No. 2, the parties agreed to
extend the maturity date of the notes that were originally scheduled to mature
during July 2009 to August 31, 2009, or, if the Company receives comments from
the SEC with respect to the Information Statement Pursuant to Section 14(c) (the
“Information Statement”) that the Company filed on July 7, 2009 in connection
with an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation authorizing a
sufficient number of shares of the Company’s common stock to permit the
conversion of the notes (“Certificate of Amendment”), September 15, 2009. The
Company did not receive comments from the SEC with respect to the Information
Statement and, as such, the maturity dates of such notes were extended to August
31, 2009. Amendment No. 2 also provided that the notes shall automatically
convert into shares of the Company’s common stock upon the occurrence of certain
events. In consideration of the Holders’ execution and delivery of Amendment No.
2, the Company entered into a letter agreement, dated as of June 26, 2009,
pursuant to which the Company granted to the Holders registration rights
covering the resale of the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of
the notes, which letter agreement was terminated on November 20, 2009. The
Company entered into subsequent amendments with the Holders extending the
maturity date to November 2, 2009 and then subsequently to February 2,
2010. On November 20, 2009, the requisite Holders agreed that
if the Company raises a minimum of $4.0 million of new capital, they will
convert their debt into shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock that will
ultimately convert into shares of common stock representing approximately 36.5%
of the equity of the Company. As a result of the consummation of our sale of
Series A Preferred Stock resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of
approximately $4.2 million, on November 20, 2009, approximately $11,884,390 of
principal plus accrued and unpaid interest underlying the notes converted into
an aggregate of 1,188,439 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, which, when
converted, will represent 1,188,439,000 shares of common
stock.
Zoo
Publishing Notes
In
connection with Zoo Games’ acquisition of Zoo Publishing, there was an
outstanding 3.9% promissory note for the benefit of the former shareholders of
Zoo Publishing in the aggregate principal amount of $2,957,500. Of that amount,
$1,137,500 of the principal plus accrued and unpaid interest was scheduled to be
paid on or before September 18, 2009 and the remaining $1,820,000 plus accrued
and unpaid interest was scheduled to be paid on or before December 18, 2010.
Also in connection with the acquisition of Zoo Publishing, Zoo Games was
required to pay an individual an aggregate of $608,400. Of that amount, $292,500
was due on December 18, 2010 and $315,900 was scheduled to be paid on July 31,
2011, in cash or our common stock based on the fair market value of our common
stock as of July 31, 2011, at the election of Zoo Games. In connection with the
Settlement Agreement dated June 18, 2009, all the Zoo Publishing Notes and the
note to the individual were cancelled and no cash payments were required to be
made for either the principal amounts of the notes or the interest accrued. The
net amount of the obligations relieved for the Zoo Publishing Notes was
approximately $3.0 million and is included in the Gain on Settlement on the
Statement of Operations.
As part
of the acquisition of Zoo Publishing, Zoo Games was required to pay $1,200,000
to an employee of Zoo Publishing. Of that amount, as of September 30, 2009, Zoo
Games paid $487,000; $93,000 is past due and $620,000 will be paid on July 31,
2011, in cash or our common stock based on the fair market value of our common
stock as of July 31, 2011, at the election of Zoo Games.
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Zoo
Publishing has additional debt outstanding which debt existed prior to Zoo
Games’ acquisition of that subsidiary. As of September 30, 2009, Zoo Publishing
owes approximately $300,000 as a result of the repurchase of certain
stock from a former stockholder. The terms of this note are repayment in monthly
increments of $10,000.
Zoo
Publishing also takes advances from our factor, Working Capital Solutions, Inc.,
which utilizes existing accounts receivable in order to provide working capital
to fund all aspects of our continuing business operations. Under the terms of
our factoring and security agreement, our receivables are sold to the factor,
with recourse. The factor, in its sole discretion, determines whether or not it
will accept each receivable based upon the credit risk factor of each individual
receivable or account. Once a receivable is accepted by the factor, the factor
provides funding, subject to the terms and conditions of the factoring and
security agreement. The amount remitted to us by the factor equals the invoice
amount of the receivable adjusted for any discounts or allowances provided to
the account, less 25% which is deposited into a reserve account established
pursuant to the agreement, less allowances and fees. In the event of default,
valid payment dispute, breach of warranty, insolvency or bankruptcy on the part
of the receivable account, the factor can require the receivable to be
repurchased by us in accordance with the agreement. The amounts to be paid by us
to the factor for any accepted receivable include a factoring fee of 0.6% for
each ten (10) day period the account is open. We began to use the factor
again in September 2009 and as of September 30, 2009, we had factored $832,000
of invoices and received $624,000 advance against these
receivables.
In
addition to the receivable financing agreement with Working Capital Solutions,
Inc., Zoo Publishing also utilizes purchase order financing with Transcap Trade
Finance, LLC, to fund the manufacturing of video game products. Under the terms
of our agreement, we assign purchase orders received to Transcap Trade Finance,
LLC, which may accept or decline the assignment of specific purchase orders. The
purchase order financing allows us to order manufactured video game product from
the manufacturer. Upon receipt of a purchase order, Transcap Trade Finance, LLC
opens a letter of credit to the video game product manufacturer. The letter of
credit permits us to order the video game product to satisfy the purchase orders
and projected purchase orders submitted by our accounts. The interest rate is
prime plus 4.0% on outstanding advances.
On April
6, 2009, we entered into an amended and restated purchase order financing
arrangement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”) pursuant
to an amended and restated master purchase order assignment agreement (the
“Assignment Agreement”). The Assignment Agreement amended and restated in
its entirety the master purchase order assignment agreement between Transcap
Trade Finance, LLC and Zoo Publishing, dated as of August 20, 2001, as
amended.
Pursuant
to the Assignment Agreement, the Company will assign purchase orders received
from customers to Wells Fargo, and request that Wells Fargo purchase the
required materials to fulfill such purchase orders. Wells Fargo, which may
accept or decline the assignment of specific purchase orders, will retain us to
manufacture, process and ship ordered goods, and will pay us for our services
upon Wells Fargo’s receipt of payment from the customers for such ordered
goods. Upon payment in full of the purchase order invoice by the applicable
customer to Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo will re-assign the applicable purchase
order to us. We will pay to Wells Fargo a fee upon their funding of each
purchase order and we commit to pay a total fee for twelve months in the
aggregate amount of $337,500. If the fees earned during the twelve month period
do not exceed $337,500, we are required to pay the difference between the
$337,500 and the amounts already paid on the earlier of the twelve month
anniversary of the date of the Assignment Agreement, or the date of termination
of the Assignment Agreement. Wells Fargo is not obligated to provide
purchase order financing under the Assignment Agreement if the aggregate
outstanding funding exceeds $5,000,000. The Assignment Agreement is for an
initial term of twelve months, and shall continue thereafter for successive
twelve month renewal terms unless either party terminates the Assignment
Agreement by written notice to the other no later than 30 days prior to the end
of the initial term or any renewal term. If the term of the Assignment
Agreement is renewed for one or more twelve month terms, for each such twelve
month term, we will pay to Wells Fargo a commitment fee in the sum of $337,500,
to be offset against actual fees paid by us upon their payment of each purchase
order, to be paid on the earlier of the twelve month anniversary of such renewal
date or the date of termination of the Assignment Agreement. The initial
and renewal commitment fees are subject to waiver if certain product volume
requirements are met.
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In
connection with the Assignment Agreement, on April 6, 2009 we also entered into
an amended and restated security agreement and financing statement (the
“Security Agreement”) with Wells Fargo. The Security Agreement amends and
restates in its entirety that certain security agreement and financing
statement, by and between Transcap Trade Finance, LLC and Zoo Publishing,
dated as of August 20, 2001. Pursuant to the Security Agreement, we granted
to Wells Fargo a first priority security interest in certain of our assets as
set forth in the Security Agreement, as well as a subordinate security interest
in certain other of our assets (the “Common Collateral”), which security
interest is subordinate to the security interests in the Common Collateral held
by certain of our senior lenders, as set forth in the Security
Agreement.
Also in
connection with the Assignment Agreement, on April 6, 2009, Mark Seremet,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Zoo Games and a director of Zoo
Entertainment, and David Rosenbaum, the President of Zoo Publishing, entered
into a Guaranty with Wells Fargo, pursuant to which Messrs. Seremet and
Rosenbaum agreed to guaranty the full and prompt payment and performance of the
obligations under the Assignment Agreement and the Security
Agreement.
On May
12, 2009, the Company entered into a letter agreement with each of Mark Seremet
and David Rosenbaum (the “Fee Letters”), pursuant to which, in consideration for
Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum entering into the Guaranty with Wells Fargo for
the full and prompt payment and performance by the Company and its subsidiaries
of the obligations in connection with a purchase order financing (the “Loan”),
the Company agreed to compensate Mr. Seremet in the amount of $10,000 per month,
and Mr. Rosenbaum in the amount of $7,000 per month, for so long as the
executive remains employed while the Guaranty and Loan remain in full force and
effect. If the Guaranty is not released by the end of the month following
termination of employment of either Messrs. Seremet or Rosenbaum, the monthly
fee shall be doubled for each month thereafter until the Guaranty is
removed.
Additionally,
pursuant to the Fee Letters, the Company agreed to grant under the Company’s
2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan, as amended to each of Messrs.
Seremet and Rosenbaum, on such date that is the earlier of the conversion of at
least 25% of all currently existing convertible debt of the Company into equity,
or November 8, 2009 (the earlier of such date, the “Grant Date”), an option to
purchase that number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to 6% and 3%
respectively, of the then issued and outstanding shares of common stock, based
on a fully diluted current basis assuming those options and warrants that have
an exercise price below $0.40 per share are exercised on that date but not
counting the potential conversion to equity of any outstanding convertible notes
that have not yet been converted and, inclusive of any options or other equity
securities or securities convertible into equity securities of the Company that
each may own on the Grant Date. The options shall be issued at an exercise
price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the Grant
Date and pursuant to the Company’s standard form of nonqualified stock option
agreement; provided however that in the event the Guaranty has not been released
by Wells Fargo Bank as of the date of the termination of the option due to
termination of service, the option termination date shall be extended until the
earlier of the date of the release of the Guaranty or the expiration of the ten
year term of the option. In addition any options owned by Messrs. Seremet
and Rosenbaum as of the Grant Date with an exercise price that is higher than
the exercise price of the new options shall be cancelled as of the Grant Date.
In connection with the financing consummated on November 20, 2009, Messrs.
Seremet and Rosenbaum agreed to amend their respective Fee Letters, pursuant to
which: in the case of Mr. Seremet, the Company will pay to Mr. Seremet a fee of
$10,000 per month for so long as the Guaranty remains in full force and effect,
but only for a period ending on November 20, 2010; and, in the case of Mr.
Rosenbaum, the Company will pay to Mr. Rosenbaum a fee of $7,000 per month for
so long as the Guaranty remains in full force and effect, but only for a period
ending on November 20, 2010. In addition, the amended Fee Letters
provide that, in consideration of each of their continued personal guarantees,
we will issue to each of Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum, an option to purchase
shares of common stock or restricted shares of common stock, equal to
approximately a 6.25% ownership interest on a fully diluted basis,
respectively. We intend to issue such options or restricted shares of
common stock, as applicable, as soon as possible following approval from our
stockholders of an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation authorizing a
sufficient number of shares of common stock to permit such issuance and to
permit the conversion of the shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
and our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
As a
result of a fire in October 2008 that destroyed our inventory and impacted our
cash flow from operations, we entered into an agreement with Atari, Inc.
(“Atari”). This agreement became effective on October 24, 2008 and provided for
Zoo Publishing to sell its products to Atari without recourse and Atari will
resell the products to wholesalers and retailers that are acceptable to Atari in
North America. This agreement provides for Atari to prepay to the Company for
the cost of goods and pay the balance due within 15 days of shipping the
product. Atari’s fees approximate 10% of our standard selling
price. Atari takes a reserve from the initial payment for potential
customer sales allowances, returns and price protection that is analyzed and
reviewed within a sixty day period to be liquidated no later than July 31,
2010. The agreement initially expired on March 31, 2009, but was amended to
extend the term for certain customers until March 31, 2010.
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The $5.0
million sale of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and common stock
purchase warrants that closed on November 20, 2009 and December 16, 2009, and
the conversion of approximately $11.8 million underlying our convertible notes
into equity, put us into a positive working capital position, on a pro-forma
basis using the September 30, 2009 unaudited balance sheet. We believe the
existing cash and cash generated from operations are sufficient to meet our
immediate operating requirements, along with our current financial arrangements.
We may need to raise additional capital to strengthen our cash position,
facilitate expansion, pursue strategic investments or to take advantage of
business opportunities as they arise.
The
report of our independent auditors on our financial statements for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2008 includes an explanatory paragraph raising doubt
about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States of America ("GAAP") requires
management to make estimates and assumptions about future events and apply
judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of net revenues and expenses during the
reporting periods. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience
and current trends and other assumptions that management believes to be
reasonable at the time our consolidated financial statements are prepared. On a
regular basis, management reviews the accounting policies, assumptions,
estimates and judgments to ensure that our financial statements are fairly
presented in accordance with GAAP. However, because future events and their
effects cannot be determined with certainty, actual amounts could differ
significantly from these estimates.
We have
identified the policies below as critical to our business operations and the
understanding of our financial results and they require management's most
difficult, subjective or complex judgments, resulting from the need to make
estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. The impact
and any associated risks related to these policies on our business operations is
discussed throughout Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations where such policies affect our reported and expected
financial results.
Revenue
Recognition
We
recognize revenue upon the transfer of title and risk of loss to our customers.
We apply the provisions of Statement of Position 97-2, "Software Revenue
Recognition" in conjunction with the applicable provisions of Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 104, "Revenue Recognition." Accordingly, we recognize revenue
for software when (1) there is persuasive evidence that an arrangement with
our customer exists, which is generally a customer purchase order, (2) the
product is delivered, (3) the selling price is fixed or determinable,
(4) collection of the customer receivable is deemed probable and (5) we do
not have any continuing obligations. Our payment arrangements with customers
typically provide net 30 and 60-day terms. Advances received from customers are
reported on the balance sheet as deferred revenue until we meet our performance
obligations, at which point we recognize the revenue.
Revenue
is recognized after deducting estimated reserves for returns and price
concessions. In specific circumstances when we do not have a reliable basis to
estimate returns and price concessions or are unable to determine that
collection of receivables is probable, we defer the revenue until such time as
we can reliably estimate any related returns and allowances and determine that
collection of the receivables is probable.
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Allowances for Returns and
Price Concessions
We accept
returns and grant price concessions in connection with our publishing
arrangements. Following reductions in the price of our products, we grant price
concessions to permit customers to take credits against amounts they owe us with
respect to merchandise unsold by them. Our customers must satisfy certain
conditions to entitle them to return products or receive price concessions,
including compliance with applicable payment terms and confirmation of field
inventory levels.
Our
distribution arrangements with customers do not give them the right to return
titles or to cancel firm orders. However, we sometimes accept returns from our
distribution customers for stock balancing and make accommodations for
customers, which include credits and returns, when demand for specific titles
falls below expectations.
We make
estimates of future product returns and price concessions related to current
period product revenue. We estimate the amount of future returns and price
concessions for published titles based upon, among other factors, historical
experience and performance of the titles in similar genres, historical
performance of the hardware platform, customer inventory levels, analysis of
sell-through rates, sales force and retail customer feedback, industry pricing,
market conditions and changes in demand and acceptance of our products by
consumers.
Significant
management judgments and estimates must be made and used in connection with
establishing the allowance for returns and price concessions in any accounting
period. We believe we can make reliable estimates of returns and price
concessions. However, these estimates are inherently subjective and actual
results may differ from initial estimates as a result of changes in
circumstances, market conditions and assumptions. Adjustments to estimates are
recorded in the period in which they become known.
Inventory
Inventory,
which consists principally of finished goods, is stated at the lower of actual
cost or market. We estimate the net realizable value of slow-moving inventory on
a title-by-title basis and charge the excess of cost over net realizable value
to cost of sales.
Product Development
Costs
We
utilize both internal development teams and third party product developers to
develop the titles we publish.
We
capitalize internal product development costs (including stock-based
compensation, specifically identifiable employee payroll expense and incentive
compensation costs related to the completion and release of titles), third party
production and other content costs, subsequent to establishing technological
feasibility of a video game title. Technological feasibility of a product
includes the completion of both technical design documentation and game design
documentation. Amortization of such capitalized costs is recorded on a
title-by-title basis in cost of goods sold using the proportion of current year
revenues to the total revenues expected to be recorded over the life of the
title.
We
frequently enter into agreements with third party developers that normally
require us to make advance payments for game development and production
services. In exchange for our advance payments, we receive the exclusive
publishing and distribution rights to the finished game title. Such agreements
allow us to fully recover the advance payments to the developers at an agreed
royalty rate earned on the subsequent retail sales of such games, net of any
agreed costs. We capitalize all advance payments to developers as product
development. On a product-by-product basis, we reduce product development costs
and record a corresponding amount of research and development expense for any
costs incurred by third party developers prior to establishing technological
feasibility of a product. We typically enter into agreements with third party
developers after completing the technical design documentation for our products
and therefore record the design costs leading up to a signed developer contract
as research and development expense. We also generally contract with third party
developers that have proven technology and experience in the genre of the video
game being developed, which often allows for the establishment of technological
feasibility early in the development cycle. In instances where the documentation
of the design and technology are not in place prior to an executed contract, we
monitor the product development process and require our third party developers
to adhere to the same technological feasibility standards that apply to our
internally developed products.
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We
capitalize advance payments as product development costs subsequent to
establishing technological feasibility of a video game title and amortize them,
on a title-by-title basis, as royalties in cost of goods sold. Royalty
amortization is recorded using the proportion of current year revenues to the
total revenues expected to be recorded over the life of the title.
At each
balance sheet date, or earlier if an indicator of impairment exists, we evaluate
the recoverability of capitalized product development costs, advance development
payments and any other unrecognized minimum commitments that have not been paid,
using an undiscounted future cash flow analysis, and charge any amounts that are
deemed unrecoverable to cost of goods sold if the product has already been
released. If the product is discontinued prior to completion, any prepaid
unrecoverable advances are charged to research and development expense. We use
various measures to estimate future revenues for our video game titles,
including past performance of similar titles and orders for titles prior to
their release. For sequels, the performance of predecessor titles is also taken
into consideration.
Prior to
establishing technological feasibility, we expense research and development
costs as incurred.
Licenses and
Royalties
Licenses
consist of payments and guarantees made to holders of intellectual property
rights for use of their trademarks, copyrights, technology or other intellectual
property rights in the development of our products. Agreements with rights
holders generally provide for guaranteed minimum royalty payments for use of
their intellectual property. Certain licenses extend over multi-year
periods and encompass multiple game titles. In addition to guaranteed minimum
payments, these licenses frequently contain provisions that could require us to
pay royalties to the license holder, based on pre-agreed unit sales
thresholds.
Amounts
paid for licensing fees are capitalized on the balance sheet and are amortized
as royalties in cost of goods sold on a title-by-title basis at a ratio of
(1) current period revenues to the total revenues expected to be recorded
over the remaining life of the title or (2) the contractual royalty rate
based on actual net product sales as defined in the licensing agreement,
whichever is greater. Similar to software development costs, we review our sales
projections quarterly to determine the likely recoverability of our capitalized
licenses as well as any unpaid minimum obligations. When management determines
that the value of a license is unlikely to be recovered by product sales,
capitalized licenses are charged to cost of goods sold, based on current and
expected revenues, in the period in which such determination is made. Criteria
used to evaluate expected product performance and to estimate future sales for a
title include: historical performance of comparable titles; orders for titles
prior to release; and the estimated performance of a sequel title based on the
performance of the title on which the sequel is based.
Asset
Impairment
Business Combinations—Goodwill and
Intangible Assets. The purchase method of
accounting requires that assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recorded at
their fair values on the date of a business acquisition. Our consolidated
financial statements and results of operations reflect an acquired business from
the completion date of an acquisition. The costs to acquire a business,
including transaction, integration and restructuring costs, are allocated to the
fair value of net assets acquired upon acquisition. Any excess of the purchase
price over the estimated fair values of the net tangible and intangible assets
acquired is recorded as goodwill.
Goodwill
is the excess of purchase price paid over identified intangible and tangible net
assets of acquired companies. Intangible assets consist of trademarks, customer
relationships, content and product development. Certain intangible assets
acquired in a business combination are recognized as assets apart from goodwill.
Identified intangibles other than goodwill are generally amortized using the
straight-line method over the period of expected benefit ranging from one to ten
years, except for intellectual property, which are usage-based intangible assets
that are amortized using the shorter of the useful life or expected revenue
stream.
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The
Company performs a goodwill impairment test at least on an annual basis and
whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may
not be recoverable from estimated future cash flows. We will perform tests
of impairment in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year or earlier if indicators
of impairment exist. We determine the fair value of each reporting unit
using a discounted cash flow analysis and compare such values to the respective
reporting unit's carrying amount.
The
Company incurred a triggering event on November 20, 2009 based on the equity
infusion of approximately $4.0 million for 50% ownership interest in the Company
and the conversion of the existing convertible debt, which resulted in the
Company estimating its pro-forma market capitalization to be approximately $8.0
million as of September 30, 2009. Accordingly, the Company recorded
an estimated impairment charge in September 2009 of $22.0 million to be applied
as a $14.7 million reduction of goodwill and a $7.3 million reduction of content
in other intangibles. The Company will perform a formal impairment
analysis during the fourth quarter of 2009 and adjust the impairment estimates
accordingly, if necessary.
Long-lived assets including
identifiable intangibles. We review long-lived assets for
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the related
carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Determining whether impairment has
occurred typically requires various estimates and assumptions, including
determining which cash flows are directly related to the potentially impaired
asset, the useful life over which cash flows will occur, their amount and the
asset's residual value, if any. In turn, measurement of an impairment loss
requires a determination of fair value, which is based on the best information
available. We use internal discounted cash flow estimates, quoted market prices
when available and independent appraisals, as appropriate, to determine fair
value. We derive the required cash flow estimates from our historical experience
and our internal business plans and apply an appropriate discount
rate. See section above entitled “Asset Impairment”.
Stock-based
Compensation
We
account for stock-based compensation in accordance with SFAS No. 123(R),
Share-Based Payment. Under the fair value recognition provisions of this
statement, share-based compensation expense is measured at the grant date based
on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense over the vesting
period. Determining the fair value of share-based awards at the grant date
requires judgment, including, in the case of stock option awards, estimating
expected stock volatility. In addition, judgment is also required in estimating
the amount of share-based awards that are expected to be forfeited. If actual
results differ significantly from these estimates, stock-based compensation
expense and our results of operations could be materially impacted.
Income
Taxes
Zoo Games
was a limited liability company from inception until May 16, 2008 and followed
all applicable United States tax regulations for a limited liability company.
Effective May 16, 2008 when Zoo Games became incorporated, it became necessary
for us to make certain estimates and assumptions to compute the provision for
income taxes including allocations of certain transactions to different tax
jurisdictions, amounts of permanent and temporary differences, the likelihood of
deferred tax assets being recovered and the outcome of contingent tax risks.
These estimates and assumptions are revised as new events occur, more experience
is acquired and additional information is obtained. The impact of these
revisions is recorded in income tax expense or benefit in the period in which
they become known.
In 2007,
we adopted the provisions of FIN 48, which clarifies accounting for uncertain
income tax positions. This interpretation requires us to recognize in the
consolidated financial statements only those tax positions we determine to be
more likely than not of being sustainable upon examination, based on the
technical merits of the positions, under the presumption that the taxing
authorities have full knowledge of all relevant facts. The determination of
which tax positions are more likely than not sustainable requires us to use
significant judgments and estimates, which may or may not be borne out by actual
results.
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Recently
Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Effective
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted ASC Topic 815 which clarifies the
determination of whether an instrument (or an embedded feature) is indexed to an
entity’s own stock. The adoption of ASC Topic 815 did not have a significant
impact on our results of operations or financial position.
Effective
June 30, 2009, the Company adopted ASC Topic 855 which provides guidance on
management's assessment of subsequent events and the requirement to disclose the
date through which subsequent events have been evaluated. The Company has
evaluated subsequent events through November 23, 2009 for this quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. The adoption
of ASC Topic 855 did not have any impact on the Company's consolidated financial
position or results of operations.
In June
2009, the FASB issued ASC Topic 105 which establishes the FASB Accounting
Standards Codification as the single source of authoritative GAAP for all
non-governmental entities, with the exception of the SEC and its staff. ASC
Topic 105 changes the referencing and organization of accounting guidance and is
effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. Since
it is not intended to change or alter existing GAAP, the Codification did not
have any impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of
operations. Going forward, the Board will not issue new standards in
the form of Statements, FASB Staff Positions, or Emerging Issues Task Force
Abstracts; instead, it will issue Accounting Standards Updates. The FASB will
not consider Accounting Standards Updates as authoritative in their own right;
these updates will serve only to update the Codification, provide background
information about the guidance, and provide the bases for conclusions on the
change(s) in the Codification. In the description of Accounting Standards
Updates that follows, references in “italics” relate to Codification Topics and
Subtopics, and their descriptive titles, as appropriate.
Accounting
Standards Updates Not Yet Effective
In June
2009, an update was made to “Consolidation – Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities.” Among other things, the update replaces the calculation for
determining which entities, if any, have a controlling financial interest in a
variable interest entity (VIE) from a quantitative based risks and rewards
calculation, to a qualitative approach that focuses on identifying which
entities have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact
the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE or
the right to receive benefits from the VIE. The update also requires ongoing
assessments as to whether an entity is the primary beneficiary of a VIE
(previously, reconsideration was only required upon the occurrence of specific
events), modifies the presentation of consolidated VIE assets and liabilities,
and requires additional disclosures about a company’s involvement in VIEs. This
update will be effective for the company beginning January 1, 2010. Management
is currently evaluating the effect that adoption of this update will have, if
any, on the company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations
when it becomes effective in 2010.
Other
Accounting Standards Updates not effective until after September 30, 2009, are
not expected to have a significant effect on the company’s consolidated
financial position or results of operations.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We do not
have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partners, such
as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities,
which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance
sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. In
addition, we do not have any undisclosed borrowings or debt, and we have not
entered into any synthetic leases. We are, therefore, not materially exposed to
any financing, liquidity, market or credit risk that could arise if we had
engaged in such relationships.
Fluctuations
in Operating Results and Seasonality
We
experience fluctuations in quarterly and annual operating results as a result
of: the timing of the introduction of new titles; variations in sales of titles
developed for particular platforms; market acceptance of our titles; development
and promotional expenses relating to the introduction of new titles, sequels or
enhancements of existing titles; projected and actual changes in platforms; the
timing and success of title introductions by our competitors; product returns;
changes in pricing policies by us and our competitors; the size and timing of
acquisitions; the timing of orders from major customers; order cancellations;
and delays in product shipment. Sales of our products are also seasonal, with
peak shipments typically occurring in the fourth calendar quarter as a result of
increased demand for titles during the holiday season. Quarterly and annual
comparisons of operating results are not necessarily indicative of future
operating results.
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BUSINESS
In this
section, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “ours,” and “the Company” refer to Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. (formerly known as Driftwood Ventures, Inc.) and its
operating and wholly-owned subsidiary, Zoo Games, Inc. (formerly known as Green
Screen Interactive Software, Inc.) and its operating and wholly owned
subsidiaries, Zoo Publishing, Inc. (formerly known as Destination Software,
Inc.).
Company
History
Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. (“Zoo” or the “Company”) was originally incorporated in the
State of Nevada on February 13, 2003 under the name Driftwood Ventures,
Inc. On December 20, 2007, through a merger, the Company
reincorporated in the State of Delaware as a public shell company with no
operations.
On
September 12, 2008, our wholly-owned subsidiary, DFTW Merger Sub, Inc., merged
with and into Zoo Games, Inc. (“Zoo Games”), with Zoo Games being the surviving
corporation, through an exchange of common stock of Zoo Games for common stock
of the Company. Effective as of the closing of the merger, Zoo Games
became our wholly-owned subsidiary. As a result thereof, the
historical and current business operations of Zoo Games now comprise the
Company’s principal business operations. Unless the context otherwise
indicates, the use of the terms “we,” ‘our” or “us” refer to the business and
operations of Zoo Entertainment, Inc. through its operating and wholly-owned
subsidiaries, Zoo Games and Zoo Publishing, Inc.
On
December 3, 2008, the Company changed its name to “Zoo Entertainment,
Inc.”
Zoo Games
commenced operations in March 2007 as Green Screen Interactive Software, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, and in May 2008, converted to a Delaware
corporation. On August 14, 2008, it changed its name to Zoo Games, Inc. Since
its initial organization and financing, Zoo Games embarked on a strategy of
partnering with and acquiring companies with compelling intellectual property,
distribution capabilities, and management with demonstrated records of
success.
In June
2007, Zoo Games acquired the assets of Supervillain Studios, Inc. which were
held by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zoo Games, Supervillain Studios, LLC
(“Supervillain”). The acquisition provided Zoo Games with access to
proprietary high end casual gaming content, established video game designers,
technical experts and producers capable of providing Zoo Games with high
quality, original casual games. On July 22, 2008, Zoo Games released Order Up!,
its first offering from Supervillain. In our effort to refocus
our cash on our core business, we sold Supervillain back to its original owners
on September 16, 2008.
In
December 2007, Zoo Games acquired the capital stock of Destination Software,
Inc. (now known as Zoo Publishing, Inc., “Zoo Publishing”). The acquisition of
Zoo Publishing provided Zoo Games with a core business, North American
distribution, and further enhanced its experienced management team. Zoo
Publishing distributes software titles throughout North America and generated
over $30 million in annual revenue in 2007. Zoo Publishing expects to exploit
its development expertise, in combination with its sales, marketing and
licensing expertise, to target the rapidly expanding market for casual games,
particularly on Nintendo’s platforms, where Zoo Publishing has experienced
considerable success. By nurturing and growing this business unit, Zoo Games
believes it will be able to rapidly build a much larger distribution network,
enabling it to place a significant number of software titles with major
retailers.
In April
2008, Zoo Games acquired the capital stock of Zoo Digital Publishing Limited
(“Zoo Digital”), a business operated in the United Kingdom. This acquisition
provided Zoo Games with a profitable core business in the United Kingdom,
European distribution, and further enhanced its experienced management team. Zoo
Digital distributes software titles throughout Europe and generated over $6.8
million in annual revenue in 2007. In our effort to refocus our cash
on our core business operations, Zoo Publishing, we sold Zoo Digital back to its
original owners on November 28, 2008.
Our
principal executive offices are located at 3805 Edwards Road, Suite 605
Cincinnati, OH 45209 and our telephone number is (513) 824-8297. Our web site
address is www.zoogamesinc.com.
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Overview
We are a
developer, publisher and distributor of video game software for use on major
platforms including Nintendo’s Wii, DS, GBA, Sony’s PSP, PlayStation 2,
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and iPhone. In addition, we intend to
publish packaged entertainment software titles for use on a variety of other
gaming platforms including Sony’s PlayStation 3. We will also seek to create and
sell downloadable games for Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade, Sony’s PlayStation 3
Network, Nintendo’s Virtual Console, and for use on personal computers
(PCs).
Our
current video game titles are targeted at various demographics but primarily at
the lower-priced “value” market. In some instances, these titles are based on
licenses of well-known properties and, in other cases based on original
properties. We collaborate and enter into agreements with content providers and
video game development studios for the creation of our video games.
We also
operate a site called 2beegames.com which can be found at www.2beegames.com
. We hold contests for Independent Developers whereby they can enter
their games to win monetary prizes and potential publishing arrangements with
us. This site allows us to attract fresh intellectual property, lower
production costs, decrease time to market, and improve margins.
Industry
Overview
The
interactive entertainment industry is mainly comprised of video game hardware
platforms, video game software and peripherals. Within this industry, combined
sales of video game hardware, video game software and video game peripherals in
the United States set a new industry record totaling $21.33 billion in 2008, a
19% increase over 2007 according to the NPD Group, a retail market research
firm. Of that total, hardware sales reached $7.81 billion (up 11% from 2007),
software sales totaled $10.96 billion (up 26% from 2007), and peripheral
accessory sales increased to $2.57 billion (up 14% from 2007. The industry,
which started in the 1970’s and 80’s with titles such as Pong and Pac-Man,
continues to expand at a rapid pace. Even in difficult economic
times, the video game industry had a strong finish to 2008. The NPD
Group reports industry sales in the U.S. were $5.29 billion for the month of
December 2008, up 9% from the month of December 2007. This was driven
primarily by software sales totaling $2.75 billion for the month of December
2008, up 15% from the month of December 2007. At least half of all Americans
claim to play PC and video games, with an estimated 69% of parents and
caregivers playing video games. The average video game player is 33 years old
and has been playing for nearly ten years.
The
introductions of new gaming platforms such as the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and the
Internet have created additional opportunities for overall market growth.
Throughout the world, consumers are spending significant time and money playing
video games that range from the traditional console titles, to “massively
multiplayer” online role-playing games (MMOs), to hand-held cell phone games.
The online gaming experience has expanded both the audience and the revenue
opportunities for games - offering at one end of the spectrum new types of games
for more casual gamers - and, at the other end, large-scale subscription
multi-player experiences for more sophisticated gamers. The online games
business is projected by PricewaterhouseCoopers to almost double from worldwide
revenues of $5.2 billion in 2005 to $9.8 billion in 2009. Gaming on mobile
phones, still relatively new, is anticipated to hit $10 billion in 2009.
PricewaterhouseCoopers projects the total worldwide gaming market to approach
$49 billion by 2011.
The
interactive entertainment software market is composed of two primary markets.
The first is the console systems market, which is comprised of software created
for dedicated game consoles that use a television as a display. The most
recently released console systems include Sony’s PS3, Microsoft’s Xbox360, and
Nintendo’s Wii. The second primary market is software created for use on
personal computers (PCs). In addition to these primary markets, additional
viable markets exist for the Internet, mobile/handheld systems (mobile phones,
Sony PSP, Nintendo DS) and for interactive play on home DVD
machines.
The
overall growth trends within the interactive entertainment software industry are
strong. The content is becoming more broadly appealing, allowing the industry to
continue to capture the younger consumer while retaining the older player with
content that is more relevant to them. In addition, we believe that the global
popularity of video games coupled with the growing base of available markets
will continue to permit publishers to substantially grow revenues and profits
for the foreseeable future.
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Interactive
Entertainment Software Markets:
Console
Systems : The console systems market is currently dominated by three
major platforms: Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Sony’s PlayStation 2 and 3 and Nintendo’s
Wii. These systems are now installed on an aggregate worldwide basis in well
over 100 million households. The console market is characterized by generational
transitions in the hardware (i.e., Sony’s PlayStation 1 to PlayStation 2), which
traditionally have been times of adaptation for existing publishers and times of
opportunity for emerging publishers.
With the
launch of the Xbox 360 platform in late 2005, and the 2007 launches of Sony’s
PS3 and Nintendo’s Wii, the next console transition is in full
force. Cumulative worldwide sales for the Nintendo Wii reached 50
million units in March 2009, making this the fastest-selling games console in
history, surpassing Sony’s Playstation 2. Improvements on
next-generation peripherals such as the Wii Balance Board or the Playstation 3
Eyetoy have also contributed to increased sales in the total
industry. We believe the new generation of these systems creates
additional market opportunity for us and other publishers that can access both
the existing and installed base of current-generation systems while also
focusing on the creation of new titles for next-generation systems. We believe
that video game publishers will be able to generate increased margins as the
installed base of Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii achieves critical mass.
PC Systems
: The Gartner Group, a market research firm, estimates that by the end of 2012
nearly 77% of US households will have at least one broadband connected computer.
The increase in PC ownership appears to be spurred by lower-cost Pentium-based
processing systems, which incorporate higher-speed CD-ROM or DVD drives, modems
and increasingly sophisticated graphics capabilities, and by the continued
growth and interest in the Internet. PC games are also becoming more
accessible for players due to websites such as Steam. Steam allows
developers and publishers to post downloadable games in which consumers can
purchase and download directly through the site in an efficient
manner.
Mobile/Handheld
Systems : With more than five million units sold worldwide within months
of launch, the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS demonstrated the vitality of the
handheld games business, previously dominated by Nintendo’s Gameboy product
line. The Nintendo DS has been the most successful handheld gaming
console in the marketplace, selling over 100 million units worldwide as of March
2009. As of November 26, 2008, 396 titles have released for Sony PSP
with an average of 133,000 units sold per title, while 653 titles have released
for Nintendo DS with an average of 163,000 units sold per title, as reported in
NPD Data. This success has fueled Nintendo to release a new handheld
platform, the DSi. The portable gaming system sold 2 million units in
Japan during the first 5 months of availability. The U.S. launch was
April 5, 2009. The market for “portable” games has been substantially
enhanced by the rise of more powerful mobile phones (i.e. Apple’s iPhone) and
the increased bandwidth of mobile networks (i.e. the 3G Network).
Internet :
The next generation of hardware is resulting in a significantly higher
percentage of consoles connected to the Internet. Publishers will be able to
generate new revenue streams from the sale of downloadable games and from
subscription revenues for participation in MMOs and other micro-transaction
based games. Using systems such as Xbox Live Arcade and PS3 Network (Home),
publishers now have the ability to distribute downloadable products over the
Internet. In addition, the MMO genre continues on its high growth path, with
revenue expected to grow over 150% from 2006 through 2011 according to DFC
Intelligence, a market research firm.
In-Game
Advertising Revenues : In-game advertising revenue is expected to be an
additional area of growth with the widespread adoption of the new console
systems. Advertisers have become aware of the increasing popularity of video
games as they look to expand into alternative platforms. The Yankee Group, a
market research firm, forecasts that advertisers will increase their amount
spent on in-gaming advertising from roughly $330 million in 2008 to over $970
million by 2011.
We
believe the outlook for the various gaming market segments is very strong,
growing rapidly, and accessible to us.
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Products
We are a
developer, publisher and distributor of casual gaming software for use on major
platforms including Nintendo’s Wii, DS, GBA Sony’s PSP and PlayStation 2 and
PCs, X-Box 360, and iPhone.
In 2009,
we released the following games:
On the Nintendo Wii
Platform:
ARCADE
SHOOTING GALLERY
ATV QUAD
KINGS
BIGFOOT
COLLISION COURSE
BUILD N
RACE
CHICKEN
BLASTER
CHRYSLER
CLASSIC RACING
COLDSTONE
SCOOP IT UP
DEAL OR
NO DEAL
DEER
DRIVE
DODGE
RACING
DREAM
DANCE & CHEER
GLACIER
2
GROOVIN
BLOCKS
JELLY
BELLY BALLISTIC BEAN
M&M'S
BEACH PARTY
MONSTER
TRUCK MAYHEM
PACIFIC
LIBERATOR
PUZZLE
KINGDOMS
SMILEY
WORLD ISLAND CHALLENGE
ULTIMATE
DUCK HUNTING
YAMAHA
SUPERCROSS
On the Nintendo Wii Platform
with Peripherals:
CHICKEN
BLASTER WITH GUN
CHICKEN
SHOOT WITH GUN
DEER
DRIVE W ITH GUN
ULTIMATE DUCK
HUNTING WITH GUN
On the Nintendo DS
Platform:
ANIMAL
PARADISE WILD
BIGFOOT
COLLISION COURSE
CHICKEN
BLASTER
DINER
DASH: FLO ON THE GO
DODGE
RACING
DREAM
DANCER
DREAM
SALON
GARFIELD
GETS REAL
HELLO
KITTY BIG CITY DREAMS
HISTORY
CHANNEL GREAT EMPIRE
JELLY
BELLY BALLISTIC BEAN
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MARGOTS
BEPUZZLED
PUZZLE
KINGDOMS
SMILEY
WORLD ISLAND CHALLENGE
WEDDING
DASH
YAMAHA
SUPER CROSS RACING
On the Sony PS2
Platform:
SUZUKI TT
SUPERBIKES 2
On the Microsoft Xbox
Platform:
RAIDEN
FIGHTER ACES
SKI DOO
SNOWMOBILE
CHALLENGE
Product
Development
We use
third party development studios to create our video game products. We carefully
select third parties to develop video games based on their capabilities,
suitability, availability and cost. We usually have broad rights to commercially
utilize products created by the third party developers we work with. Development
contracts are structured to provide developers with incentives to provide timely
and satisfactory performance by associating payments with the achievement of
substantive development milestones, and sometimes by providing for the payment
of royalties to them based on sales of the developed product, only after we
recoup development costs. We have worked, and continue to work, with independent
third party developers.
Customers
Our
customers are comprised of national and regional retailers, specialty retailers
and video game rental outlets. We believe we have developed close relationships
with a number of retailers, including GameStop, Kmart and Target. We
also have strong relationships with Atari, Jack of All Games (“JOAG”), a
subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., Cokem and SVG, who act as
resellers of our products to smaller retail outlets and provide program buying
for Wal-Mart, Best Buy and other larger customers. For the nine months ended
September 30, 2009, our most significant customers were Cokem, JOAG (via Atari)
and Gamestop, which accounted for approximately 27%, 18% and 14% of our net
revenue, respectively. For the fiscal year ended 2008, our most
significant customers were JOAG and Cokem, which accounted for approximately 30%
and 14% of our net revenue, respectively.
Competition
The
interactive entertainment software industry is highly competitive. It is
characterized by the continuous introduction of new titles and the development
of new technologies. Our competitors vary in size from very small companies with
limited resources to very large corporations with greater financial, marketing
and product development resources than us.
The
principal factors of competition in our industry are:
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the
ability to select and develop popular
titles;
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the
ability to identify and obtain rights to commercially marketable
intellectual
properties; and
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the
ability to adapt products for use with new
technologies.
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Successful
competition in our industry is also based on price, access to retail shelf
space, product quality, product enhancements, brand recognition, marketing
support and access to distribution channels.
We
compete with Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony, which publish software for their
respective systems. We also compete with numerous companies licensed by the
platform manufacturers to develop or publish software products for use with
their respective systems. These competitors include Activision Blizzard, Inc.,
Atari, Inc., Capcom Interactive, Inc., Electronic Arts, Inc., Konami, Corp.,
Majesco Entertainment Company, Midway Games, Inc., Namco Networks America, Inc.,
SCi Entertainment Group PLC, Sega Corporation, Take-Two Interactive
Software, Inc., THQ, Inc., Ubisoft Entertainment and Vivendi Universal Games,
among others. We will face additional competition from the entry of new
companies into the video game market, including large diversified entertainment
companies as well as other independent publishing companies.
Many of
our competitors have significantly greater financial, marketing and product
development resources than we do. As a result, current and future competitors
may be able to:
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respond
more quickly to new or emerging technologies or changes in customer
preferences;
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undertake
more extensive marketing campaigns;
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adopt
more aggressive pricing policies;
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devote
greater resources to secure rights to valuable licenses and relationships
with leading software developers;
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gain
access to wider distribution channels;
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have
better access to prime shelf space.
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There is
also intense competition for shelf space among video game developers and
publishers, all of whom have greater brand name recognition, significantly more
titles and greater leverage with retailers and distributors than we do. In
addition, regardless of our competitors’ financial resources or size, our
success depends on our ability to successfully execute our competitive
strategies.
We
believe that large diversified entertainment, cable and telecommunications
companies, in addition to large software companies, are increasing their focus
on the interactive entertainment software market, which will likely result in
consolidation and greater competition.
We also
compete with providers of alternative forms of entertainment, such as providers
of non-interactive entertainment, including movies, television and music, and
sporting goods providers. If the relative popularity of video games were to
decline, our revenues, results of operations and financial condition likely
would be harmed.
These
competitive factors may result in price reductions, reduced gross margins and
loss of market share, and may have a material adverse effect on our
business.
Intellectual
Property
Platform Licenses
:
Hardware
platform manufacturers require that publishers and developers obtain licenses
from them to develop and publish titles for their platforms. We currently have
licenses from Sony to develop and publish products for PlayStation, PlayStation
2, Playstation 3, PSP Go and PSP, and from Nintendo to develop products for the
GBA, GameCube, DS, Wii, Dsi and Micro. We are also licensed by Apple to
produce applications on iPhone. These licenses are non-exclusive and
must be periodically renewed. These companies generally have approval over
games for their platforms, on a title-by-title basis, at their
discretion.
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Licenses from Third Parties
:
While we
develop and publish original titles, many of our titles are based on rights,
licenses, and properties, including copyrights and trademarks, owned by third
parties. In addition, original titles many times include third party
licensed materials such as software and music. License agreements with
third parties have variable terms and are terminable on a variety of
events. Licensors often have fairly strict approval rights. We are
often required to make minimum guaranteed royalty payments over the term of such
licenses, including advance payments against these guarantees.
Trademarks,
Trade Names and Copyrights:
Zoo Games
and its subsidiaries have used and applied to register certain trademarks to
distinguish our products from those of our competitors in the United States
and in foreign countries. Zoo Games and its subsidiaries are also licensed to
use certain trademarks, copyrights and technologies. We believe that these
trademarks, copyrights and technologies are important to our business. The loss
of some of our intellectual property rights might have a negative impact on our
financial results and operations.
Seasonality
The
interactive entertainment business is highly seasonal, with sales typically
higher during the peak holiday selling season during the fourth quarter of the
calendar year. Traditionally, the majority of our sales for this key selling
period ship in our fiscal fourth quarter, which ends on December 31.
Significant working capital is required to finance the manufacturing of
inventory of products that ship during this quarter.
Manufacturing
Sony,
Nintendo and Microsoft control the manufacturing of our products that are
compatible with their respective video game consoles, as well as the manuals and
packaging for these products, and ship the finished products to us for
distribution. Video games for Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony game consoles consist
of proprietary format CD-ROMs or DVD-ROMs and are typically delivered to us
within the relatively short lead time of approximately two to three weeks.
Sony PSP products adhere to a similar production time frame, but use a
proprietary media format called a Universal Media Disc, or UMD.
With
respect to DS products, which use a cartridge format, Nintendo typically
delivers these products to us within 30 to 40 days after receipt of a
purchase order.
Initial
production quantities of individual titles are based upon estimated retail
orders and consumer demand. At the time a product is approved for manufacturing,
we must generally provide the platform manufacturer with a purchase order for
that product, and either cash in advance or an irrevocable letter of credit for
the entire purchase price. To date, we have not experienced any material
difficulties or delays in the manufacture and assembly of our products. However,
manufacturers’ difficulties, which are beyond our control, could impair our
ability to bring products to the marketplace in a timely manner.
Employees
As of
December 21, 2009, we had twenty-two full-time employees, of which four are in
product development and twenty are in selling, general and administrative
functions, including two employees located at a third-party warehouse. None of
our employees are represented by a labor union or are parties to a collective
bargaining agreement, and we believe our relationship with our employees is
good.
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LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
On February
19, 2009, Susan J. Kain Jurgensen, Steven W. Newton, Mercy R. Gonzalez, Bruce C.
Kain, Wesley M. Kain, Raymond Pierce and Cristie E. Walsh filed a complaint
against Zoo Publishing, Zoo Games and Zoo in the Supreme Court of the State of
New York, New York County, index number 09 / 102381
alleging claims for breach of certain loan agreements and
employment agreements, intentional interference and fraudulent
transfer. The complaint sought compensatory damages, punitive damages and
preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, among other remedies. On June 18,
2009, we reached a settlement whereby we agreed to pay to the plaintiffs an
aggregate of $560,000 (the “Settlement Amount”) in full satisfaction of the
disputed claims, without any admission of any liability of wrongdoing as
follows: (a) $300,000 on June 26, 2009; (b) $60,000 on or before the earlier of
(i) the date that is 90 days from June 18, 2009 or (ii) the date the Company
obtains new and available financing, including any amounts currently held in
escrow that will be released from escrow after June 18, 2009, in any form and
from any source, in an amount totaling at least $2,000,000; (c) $100,000 on or
before December 18, 2009; and (d) $100,000 on or before June 18, 2010. To date,
$360,000 of the Settlement Amount has been paid to the plaintiffs. The Zoo
Publishing Notes and all other notes, employment, agreements, loan agreements,
options, warrants and other agreements relating to the plaintiffs (except with
respect to that certain Employment Agreement between Zoo Publishing and Cristie
E. Walsh) were terminated and all outstanding obligations of the Company related
to these agreements were cancelled. In addition, the plaintiffs returned to us
an aggregate of 5,563,950 shares of our common stock owned by them prior to such
date.
We are
also involved in various other legal proceedings and claims incident to the
normal conduct of our business. Although it is impossible to predict the outcome
of any legal proceeding and there can be no assurances, we believe that our
legal proceedings and claims, individually and in the aggregate, are not likely
to have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of
operations or cash flows.
PROPERTY
Our
principal offices are located at 3805 Edwards Road, Suite 605 Cincinnati, OH
45209, where we lease approximately 2,453 square feet for a monthly rent of
$2,861.83 from April 17, 2009 through April 16, 2010, and a monthly rent of
$2,912.94 from April 17, 2010 through April 17, 2011, pursuant to a
lease agreement that expires on April 17, 2011.
We also
lease offices on a month-to-month basis at 770 Broadway, New York, New York,
10003, for a monthly rent of $7,006.
We
believe that our existing facilities are suitable and adequate for the business
conducted therein, appropriately used and have sufficient capacity for our
intended purpose.
MANAGEMENT
Directors
and Executive Officers of Zoo Entertainment, Inc.
Set forth
below are the names of our directors and executive officers, their ages, their
offices in Zoo Entertainment, Inc., if any, their principal occupations or
employment for the past five years, the length of their tenure as directors and
the names of other public companies in which such persons hold directorships, if
any.
Name
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Age
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Position(s)
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Mark
Seremet
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Director;
Chief Executive Officer and President
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Jay
A. Wolf
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Secretary
and Director
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Barry
I. Regenstein
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Director
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John
Bendheim
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Director
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Drew
Larner
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Director
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Moritz
Seidel
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Director
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David
Smith
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Director
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David
J. Fremed
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Evan
M. Gsell
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Chief
Operating Officer and General Counsel of Zoo Games
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David
Rosenbaum
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President
of Zoo
Publishing
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Biographical
information for our directors and executive officers are as
follows:
Mark
Seremet. Mr. Seremet has been our Chief Executive
Officer and President since May 2009, and has served as a director since
September 2008. He has been Chief Executive Officer of Zoo Games
since January 2009 and has served as President of Zoo Games since April 2007.
For the past four years Mr. Seremet has been an active internet investor with
investments in such sites as Wallstrip.com recently acquired by CBS. From
2005-2006 Mr. Seremet also served as CEO of Spreadshirt.com which he quickly
grew to the number two provider of online, customized merchandise. Mr. Seremet
is a co-founder of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. which he helped take
public in 1997, and where he was President and Chief Operating Officer from 1993
to 1998. Additionally, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Picis from
1998-2000, SA in Barcelona, Spain and orchestrated its registration for an
initial public offering on the Nouveau Marche. Mr. Seremet is also the founder
and Chief Executive Officer of Paragon Software, which was acquired in 1992 by
MicroProse. Mr. Seremet serves on the boards of Serklin, Inc. and
Qoop, Inc. He was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the U.S. Small
Business Administration in 1989 and received a B.S. in Business Computer Systems
Analysis from Saint Vincent College.
Jay A. Wolf. Mr. Wolf has
served as a director and our Secretary since October 1, 2007. Mr. Wolf
currently sits on the boards of Hythiam Inc. (HYTM) and NorthStar Systems
International Inc. Mr. Wolf has ten years of investment and operations
experience in a broad range of industries. Mr. Wolf is a co-founder of Trinad
Capital, where he served as a Managing Director since its inception in 2003
until December 2009. Prior to his work at Trinad, Mr. Wolf served as the
Executive Vice-President of Corporate Development for Wolf Group Integrated
Communications. Mr. Wolf also worked at Canadian Corporate Funding, a
Toronto-based merchant bank, in the senior debt department, and subsequently for
Trillium Growth Capital, the firm’s venture capital fund. Mr. Wolf received his
B.A from Dalhousie University.
Barry I.
Regenstein. Mr. Regenstein has served as a
director since October 1, 2007. Mr. Regenstein is also the President and
Chief Financial Officer of Command Security Corporation. Trinad Capital Master
Fund, Ltd. is a significant shareholder of Command Security Corporation and
Mr. Regenstein has formerly served as a consultant for Trinad Capital Master
Fund, Ltd. Mr. Regenstein has over 30 years of experience including 25 years in
operations and finance of contract services companies. Mr. Regenstein was
formerly Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Globe Ground North
America (previously Hudson General Corporation), and previously served as the
company’s Controller and as a Vice President. Prior to joining Hudson General
Corporation in 1982, he was with Coopers & Lybrand in Washington, D.C. since
1978. Mr. Regenstein currently sits on the boards of ProLink Holdings
Corporation (PLKH), Mandalay Media, Inc. (MNDL), MPLC, Inc. (MPNC) and Command
Security Corporation (MOC). Mr. Regenstein is a Certified Public
Accountant and received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Maryland and
an M.S. in Taxation from Long Island University.
John Bendheim . Mr.
Bendheim has served as a director since June 2008. Mr. Bendheim is President of
Bendheim Enterprises, Inc., a real estate investment holding company with
operations located exclusively in California and Nevada. Mr. Bendheim has
specialized in providing equity funding for real estate transactions.
Previously, he was President of Benditel Incorporated (1988-1994) an apparel
manufacturer based in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Bendheim has invested in real
estate for his personal account since 1976 and has owned apartments, surgery
centers, office buildings, condominiums, model homes, industrial buildings,
recreational vehicle parks, and convenience centers. Mr. Bendheim was
the past Chairman of the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors (2000-2002) and is the
current chairman of the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment
Commission. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Brentwood
School, California Republic Bank, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Lowenstein
Foundation, Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce, University Of Southern California
Alumni Association Board of Governors, Cedars Sinai Medical Genetics Institute-
Community Advisory Board,USC Marshall School Board of Leaders, Wallace Annenberg
Center For the Performing Arts, Los Angeles Committee on Foreign Relations, and
the Evergreen Community School. Mr. Bendheim received B.S. degree in
1975 and an MBA in 1976 from the University of Southern
California.
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Drew Larner. Mr. Larner has
served as a director since September 2008. He is CEO of Rdio, Inc., a
digital music subscription service. From 2003 to 2009, he was a Managing
Director of Europlay Capital Advisors, a Los Angeles-based merchant bank and
advisory firm specializing in media and technology companies. Prior to
Europlay, Mr. Larner spent over twelve years as an executive in the motion
picture industry, most recently as Executive Vice-President at Spyglass
Entertainment Group. In that role, he was involved in all operations of Spyglass
with specific oversight of business development, international distribution and
business and legal affairs. Mr. Larner was responsible for managing the
company’s output arrangements with the Walt Disney Company, Kirch Media, Canal
Plus and Toho Towa (among others) as well as the equity investments of Disney,
Svensk Filmindustri (a subsidiary of the Bonnier Group) and Lusomundo
Audiovisuais (a subsidiary of Portuguese Telecom) in Spyglass. During Mr.
Larner’s tenure at Spyglass, the company released over fifteen feature films
including the blockbuster hit The Sixth Sense , as well as
successes Seabiscuit ,
Bruce Almighty and
The Recruit . Prior to
Spyglass, Mr. Larner spent a total of five years at Morgan Creek Productions
during which time he headed up the business and legal affairs department and
then moved on to run Morgan Creek International, the company’s international
distribution subsidiary. In this period, Morgan Creek released over twenty
feature films including hits Ace Ventura: Pet Detective ,
its sequel Ace Ventura: When
Nature Calls , Robin
Hood: Prince of Thieves and Last of the Mohicans .
Additionally, Mr. Larner spent two years as Vice President/Business Affairs at
Twentieth Century Fox. Mr. Larner began his career as an attorney in the
Century City office of O’Melveny & Myers. Mr. Larner currently serves on the
Board of Directors of Broadspring, an online search and advertising company. Mr.
Larner received a B.A. from Wesleyan University, after which he earned a J.D.
from Columbia Law School.
Moritz Seidel . Mr.
Seidel has served as a director since January 2009. Since April 2007,
Mr. Seidel has served as Managing Director of T7M7 Unternehmensaufbau GmbH, a
small Venture Capital firm focused on early-stage investments in internet and
gaming companies. He has also served as a Managing Director of Mybestbrands
BmbH, an internet service company, since November 2008. In 1998 he founded
Webfair AG, a company that provides software solutions to automotive
manufacturers (OEMs) and became its Chief Executive Officer. Webfair´s software
is used today by more than 50% of all automotive OEMs to monitor the status,
bonus schemes and improvement processes of their dealer networks in
Europe. In March 2006, Webfair AG was acquired by Urban Science Inc.,
headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Seidel was responsible for
the integration of Webfair AG within the international Urban Science
organization and left the company in April 2007. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Seidel
was a consultant with Roland Berger & Partner, a management consulting firm
of European origin. His focus was consumer goods, retail and internet. He is a
member of the Entrepreneurs Organization (YEO and EO). Mr. Seidel graduated at
the age of 23 from the University of Regensburg, Germany with a Diploma in
Business Studies (Diplom Kaufmann) and went to school in Germany and United
States.
David E.
Smith. Mr. Smith has served as a director since December
2009. Since 1971, upon his graduation with an M.B.A. from the
University of California at Berkeley, Mr. Smith has worked in various capacities
in the securities industry. His past experience includes Security Pacific
Bank (1973-1983), where he was a Vice President, was responsible for the sales
and fixed income arbitrage trading activities of the Investment Department, and
was responsible for all credit decisions regarding that activity. In March
1983, Mr. Smith joined Oppenheimer and Company as a bond arbitrageur trading
that firm’s proprietary capital account. In 1986, Mr. Smith was appointed a
Senior Vice President at Oppenheimer, a position he held until he left that firm
in November 1990. When he left Oppenheimer, Mr. Smith founded Coast
Investment Management, L.P. In March 1991, Mr. Smith founded and became
President and C.E.O. of Coast Asset Management, L.L.C., an investment advisory
firm which focuses on hedge funds, fund of hedge funds and structured
products.
David J. Fremed
. Mr. Fremed has been our Chief Financial Officer since May 2009, and
Chief Financial Officer of Zoo Games since August 2007. He is a broad-based
financial executive with extensive experience in financial operations, budgeting
and forecasting, and strategic planning. Prior to working at Zoo Games, he was
Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer at Grand Toys International Limited
(Nasdaq: GRIN ) where he helped grow the company from $10 million to $150
million in just two years. Mr. Fremed also spent four years at Atari, Inc. as
Senior VP of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. During that time he was
responsible for all financial functions including treasury, SEC reporting, and
compliance. Prior to Atari, Mr. Fremed spent ten years at Marvel Enterprises,
Inc. (MVL) and its predecessor in various financial capacities, including Chief
Financial Officer. Mr. Fremed earned his MBA in Finance from New York University
in 1987 and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Evan M. Gsell . Mr.
Gsell has been Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of Zoo Games since
May 2007. He joined Zoo Games from Atari, Inc. where he served as Vice President
of Legal and Business Affairs for six years. Prior to Atari, he worked in
various senior legal and business affairs and development positions at America
Online’s Moviefone, Times Mirror’s Hollywood.com, and NBC Interactive. Mr. Gsell
began his career as a patent litigator at Fish & Neave. He was also an
associate at Frankfurt, Garbus, Klein & Selz, specializing in transactional
and intellectual property law. Mr. Gsell received his J.D. from the New York
University School of Law in 1989 where he was the winner of the American
Jurisprudence Award for Patent Law. He is a 1986 graduate of Middlebury
College.
David Rosenbaum . Mr.
Rosenbaum has been the President of Zoo Publishing since April 2009. He
has served in various capacities at Zoo Publishing since July 2006 including as
Senior Vice President of Sales. Mr. Rosenbaum served as the Sales Manager
of Elmex Corporation, a western model company, from 1975 to 1980, and again from
1982 to 1983. He served as the Sales Manager of General Toy
Distribution, a toy distribution company, from 1979 to 1981. Mr.
Rosenbaum was also the Sales Manager of Kramer Brothers Distribution
Company, a hobby distributor, from 1981 to 1982, and of Associated Independent
Distributors from 1983 to 1989. In 1989, Mr. Rosenbaum founded Jack of All
Games, which he sold in 1998, but remained on as President through March
2006. Mr. Rosenbaum received a B.A. from the University of Cincinnati in
1974.
There are
no family relationships among our directors or executive officers.
Committees
of the Board of Directors.
The Board
has determined that each member of the audit committee is “independent,” as that
term is defined under Rule 10A-3(b)(1) of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
Audit Committee. The Audit
Committee of our Board of Directors consists of Messrs. Barry Regenstein
(Chairman), John Bendheim and Drew Larner. Our Audit Committee held one meeting
in 2008, since we became an operating company as a result of the merger with Zoo
Games in September 2008. Our Audit Committee has the authority to retain
and terminate the services of our independent accountants, review annual
financial statements, consider matters relating to accounting policy and
internal controls and review the scope of annual audits. The Audit
Committee acts under a written charter, which more specifically sets forth its
responsibilities and duties, as well as requirements for the Committee’s
composition and meetings. The Board has determined that
Messrs. Barry Regenstein, John Bendheim and Drew Larner are “financial
experts” serving on its Audit Committee, and are independent, as the SEC has
defined that term under Item 407 of Regulation S-K. Please see the
biographical information for these individuals contained in the section
above. During 2008, the Audit Committee held
1meetings. To date, during 2009, the Audit Committee held five
meetings.
Nominating Committee . We are
not a listed company and there is no legal requirement that we have a nominating
committee. We do not have a formal policy in regard to nominations, but the
board of directors would consider any person as a nominee whose name is
submitted in writing at its corporate address at least 120 days before a meeting
at which directors are to be elected.
Compensation Committee . We
have a Compensation Committee consisting of Messrs. Barry Regenstein, Drew
Larner and John Bendheim.
The Compensation Committee determines matters pertaining to the
compensation and expense reporting of certain of our executive officers, and
administers our stock option, incentive compensation, and employee stock
purchase plans. The Compensation Committee acts under a written charter,
which more specifically sets forth its responsibilities and duties, as well as
requirements for the Committee’s composition and meetings. During 2008,
the Compensation Committee held one meeting. To date, during 2009, the
Compensation Committee held three meetings.
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Independence of Directors
. Our Board currently consists of seven members. They are Jay Wolf,
Barry Regenstein, John Bendheim, Drew Larner, Moritz Seidel, Mark Seremet and
David Smith. Messrs. Regenstein, Bendheim, Larner, Seidel and Smith are
independent directors. We have determined their independence using the
definition of independence set forth under the applicable NASDAQ
Marketplace rules.
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EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE
The
following table shows the compensation paid or accrued during the fiscal years
ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 to (1) our Chief Executive Officer
and (2) our two most highly compensated executive officers, other than our Chief
Executive Officer, who earned more than $100,000 during the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008. The table includes additional executives who would have been
among the two most highly compensated executive officers, other than our Chief
Executive Officer, except for the fact that they were not serving as executive
officers of the Company as of December 31, 2008.
Name and
Principal Position
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Year
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Salary
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Bonus
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Stock
Awards
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Option
Awards
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All Other
Compensation
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Total
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Robert
S. Ellin, Chief
Executive Officer of Zoo
Entertainment
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2008
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0
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0
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275,000
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(1)
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0
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0
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275,000
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2007
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Mark
E. Seremet, Chief
Executive Officer of Zoo
Games
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2008
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260,222
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0
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25,000
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(2)
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510,164
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(3)
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7,200
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(4)
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802,586
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2007
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126,202
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0
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71,788
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(5)
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0
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40,484
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(6)
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238,474
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David
Rosenbaum,
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2008
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375,000
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187,500
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0
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552,112
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(7)
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25,000
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(8)
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1,139,612
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President of
Zoo Publishing
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2007
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471,153
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250,000
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0
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0
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23,000
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(8)
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744,153
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(1)
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Mr. Ellin received 250,000
restricted shares of the Company’s common stock in June 2008 valued at
$1.10 per share. Mr. Ellin resigned as Chief Executive Officer
on May 1, 2009 and resigned as a director on November 18,
2009.
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(2)
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Mr. Seremet received 16,484
shares of the Company’s common stock in lieu of a cash bonus in 2008. Mr.
Seremet became Chief Executive Officer of Zoo Entertainment on May 1,
2009.
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(3)
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Mr. Seremet received 702,327 of
the Company’s stock options at a value of $510,164 using the provisions of
FAS 123R in 2008.
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(4)
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Includes a $600 monthly car
allowance.
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(5)
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Represents 40,800 founder units
issued in April 2007 and valued at $.197 per unit, and 5,000 incentive
profit units issued in June 2007 and valued at $12.75 per unit. These
values were determined using the provisions of FAS 123R for the fiscal
year ended December 31,
2007.
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(6)
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Includes a $600 monthly car
allowance, a $25,000 relocation payment and family medical benefits
totaling $11,284.
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(7)
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Mr. Rosenbaum received 760,031 of
the Company’s stock options at a value of $552,112 using the provisions of
FAS 123R in 2008.
|
(8)
|
Consists of family medical
benefits.
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2008
OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END1
Stock
Awards
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Equity
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Option
Awards
|
Incentive
|
Equity
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Equity
|
Plan
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Incentive
Plan
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incentive
|
Awards:
|
Awards:
|
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Plan
|
Number
of
|
Market
or
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards:
|
Number
|
Market
|
Unearned
|
Payout
Value
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number
of
|
Number
of
|
Number
of
|
of
Shares
|
Value
of
|
Shares,
|
of
Unearned
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Securities
|
Securities
|
Securities
|
or
Units
|
Shares
or
|
Units
or
|
Shares,
Units
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Underlying
|
Underlying
|
Underlying
|
of
Stock
|
Units
of
|
Other
|
or
Other
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unexercised
|
Unexercised
|
Unexercised
|
Option
|
That
|
Stock
That
|
Rights
That
|
Rights
That
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Options
(#)
|
Options
(#)
|
Unearned
|
Exercise
|
Option
|
Have
Not
|
Have
Not
|
Have
Not
|
Have
Not
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name
|
Exercisable
|
Unexercisable
|
Options
|
Price($)
|
Expiration Date
|
Vested
(#)
|
Vested
($)
|
Vested
(#)
|
Vested
($)(1)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert
S. Ellin
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mark
Seremet
|
702,328
|
0
|
0
|
1.52
|
July
2013
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
8,062
|
0
|
0
|
2.58
|
May
2013
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
David
Rosenbaum
|
760,031
|
0
|
0
|
1.52
|
July
2013
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1) On
June 23, 2008, pursuant to its 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan
(the “2007 Plan”), we issued an aggregate of 900,000 restricted shares
of common stock (the “Restricted Shares”) to certain employees,
directors and consultants, which included 250,000 Restricted Shares issued to
Robert S. Ellin. On June 27, 2008, pursuant to the 2007 Plan, we issued an
aggregate of 75,000 Restricted Shares. The Restricted Shares were issued
pursuant to the exemptions from registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act. Prior to June 23, 2008, no securities had been issued by us
pursuant to the 2007 Plan. No other securities were issued during
fiscal year 2008 pursuant to the 2007 Plan.
DIRECTOR
COMPENSATION
The
following table reflects the compensation paid to our current directors during
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
Fees
|
Nonqualified
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Earned
or
|
Non-Equity
|
Deferred
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paid
in
|
Stock
|
Option
|
Incentive
Plan
|
Compensation
|
All
Other
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
|
Awards
|
Awards
|
Compensation
|
Earnings
|
Compensation
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Name
|
($)
|
($)
|
($)
|
($)
|
($)
|
($)
|
($)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Jay
Wolf
|
—
|
137,500
|
(1)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
137,500
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Barry
Regenstein
|
—
|
55,000
|
(2)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
55,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||
John
Bendheim
|
—
|
275,000
|
(3)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
275,000
|
1)
Consists of 125,000 restricted shares of common stock valued at $1.10 per
share.
2)
Consists of 50,000 restricted shares of common stock valued at $1.10 per
share.
3)
Consists of 250,000 restricted shares of common stock valued at $1.10 per
share.
In
October 2008, the Board approved the following compensation scheme for the
members of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee for the fiscal
year 2009. The
aggregate compensation scheme was not finalized in 2009 and is expected to be
revisited and completed in 2010.
·
|
Audit
Committee:
|
-
|
Chairman - $20,000 per year, plus
non-qualified options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock, vesting over three years and in accordance with the terms set forth
in the Company’s standard form of non-qualified stock option
agreement.
|
-
|
Members - $5,000 per year, plus
non-qualified options to purchase 25,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock, vesting over three years and in accordance with the terms set forth
in the Company’s standard form of non-qualified stock option
agreement.
|
·
|
Compensation
Committee:
|
-
|
Chairman- $10,000 per year, plus
non-qualified options to purchase 50,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock, vesting over three years and in accordance with the terms set forth
in the Company’s standard form of non-qualified stock option
agreement.
|
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-
|
Members - $5,000 per year, plus
non-qualified options to purchase 25,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock, vesting over three years and in accordance with the terms set forth
in the Company’s standard form of non-qualified stock option
agreement.
|
No cash
compensation was paid, and no stock options were issued, to any directors during
2008 in connection with the compensation packages described above.
Employment
Contracts, Termination of Employment and Change-in-Control
Arrangements
On
January 14, 2009, Zoo Games entered into an employment agreement (the “Seremet
Employment Agreement”) with Mark Seremet, a director of the Company and
President of Zoo Games, pursuant to which Mr. Seremet also became Chief
Executive Officer of Zoo Games. The Seremet Employment Agreement is
for a term of three years, at an initial base salary of $325,000 per year and
provides for a bonus at the discretion of the Company’s board of
directors. The Seremet Employment Agreement is renewable
automatically for successive one year periods unless either party gives written
notice not to renew at least sixty days prior to the expiration of the initial
term or any renewal terms. The Company also granted Mr. Seremet an
option to purchase 750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exercise
price of $0.30 per share, pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Employee, Director and
Consultant Stock Plan, as amended. Mr. Seremet became Chief Executive
Officer and President of Zoo Entertainment on May 1, 2009.
On
January 14, 2009, that certain Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, by and
between Zoo Games and Mark Seremet, dated as of April 16, 2008, as subsequently
amended on July 15, 2008 (the “Original Employment Agreement”), was terminated
in connection with Zoo Games and Mark Seremet entering into the Seremet
Employment Agreement. Under the Original Employment Agreement, Mr.
Seremet agreed to serve as President of Zoo Games. Mr. Seremet’s Original
Employment Agreement provided for a term ending on April 30, 2011 with an annual
base salary of $250,000 and a bonus based on a performance milestones as
determined by the compensation committee of Zoo Games. The Original Employment
Agreement was renewable automatically for successive one year periods unless
either party gives written notice not to renew at least sixty days prior to the
expiration of the initial term or any renewal terms. Mr. Seremet was entitled to
receive a monthly car allowance of up to $600 per month and was entitled to
participate in Zoo Games’s benefit plans in the same manner and at the same
levels as Zoo Games makes such opportunities available to all of Zoo Games’s
employees. If the Original Employment Agreement was terminated by Mr. Seremet
for Good Reason (as defined in the Original Employment Agreement) or by Zoo
Games without Cause (as defined in the Original Employment Agreement) then Mr.
Seremet was entitled to receive (a) 1.5 times the sum of his then current
base salary and bonus earned with respect to the employment year preceding
the year in which he was terminated (the “Prior Bonus”), payable over eighteen
months from the termination date, (b) payment of premiums for Mr. Seremet
under Zoo Games’s health plans or materially similar benefits, (c) any earned
but unpaid base salary or bonus, (d) any earned but unpaid performance bonus
from the prior fiscal year and (e) acceleration of vesting of all outstanding
stock options and restricted stock which have not vested as of the date of such
termination, if any. If Mr. Seremet’s employment was terminated as the result of
his death, his heirs will be entitled to receive (i) any earned but unpaid base
salary or bonus, (ii) any earned but unpaid performance bonus from the prior
fiscal year and (iii) acceleration of vesting of all outstanding stock options
and restricted stock which have not vested as of the date of death, if any. Mr.
Seremet was subject to traditional non-competition and employee non-solicitation
restrictions while he was employed by Zoo Games and for a period of one year
after termination, except that if the agreement was not renewed at the end of a
term, the one-year restricted period shall not apply unless Mr. Seremet is paid
the sum of his then current base salary and Prior Bonus.
On
January 1, 2008, Zoo Publishing entered into an employment agreement with David
Rosenbaum, which was subsequently amended on July 1, 2008 and July 23, 2009,
pursuant to which he became Senior Vice President of Sales. The term
of the agreement is four years with an annual base salary of $375,000 for the
first two years and $400,000 for the remaining years. Mr. Rosenbaum
is eligible to receive a bonus as pay be approved by the board of
directors. If Mr. Rosenbaum’s employment is terminated by the Company
without cause, severance must be paid according to the following: if
the termination is within the first twelve months of the employment agreement,
Mr. Rosenbaum shall receive twenty-four months of compensation less the amount
already paid; if the termination is after twelve months but before thirty-six
months, Mr. Rosenbaum shall receive twelve months of severance pay; if the
termination is after thirty-six months, Mr. Rosenbaum shall receive the
remainder of pay due to him under the employment agreement. In April
2009, Mr. Rosenbaum was appointed as President of Zoo Publishing.
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On May
12, 2009, we entered into a letter agreement with each of Mark Seremet and David
Rosenbaum (the “Fee Letters”), pursuant to which, in consideration for Messrs.
Seremet and Rosenbaum each entering into a Guaranty with Wells Fargo for the
full and prompt payment and performance by the Company and its subsidiaries of
the obligations in connection with a purchase order financing (the “Loan”), we
agreed to compensate Mr. Seremet in the amount of $10,000 per month, and Mr.
Rosenbaum in the amount of $7,000 per month, for so long as such executive
remains employed while the Guaranty and Loan remain in full force and
effect. If the Guaranty is not released by the end of the month following
termination of employment of either Messrs. Seremet or Rosenbaum, as applicable,
the monthly fee shall be doubled for each month thereafter until the Guaranty is
removed.
Additionally,
pursuant to the Fee Letters, the Company agreed to grant under the Company’s
2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan, as amended to each of Messrs.
Seremet and Rosenbaum, on such date that is the earlier of the conversion of at
least 25% of all currently existing convertible debt of the Company into equity,
or November 8, 2009 (the earlier of such date, the “Grant Date”), an option to
purchase that number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to 6% and 3%
respectively, of the then issued and outstanding shares of common stock, based
on a fully diluted current basis assuming those options and warrants that have
an exercise price below $0.40 per share are exercised on that date but not
counting the potential conversion to equity of any outstanding convertible notes
that have not yet been converted and, inclusive of any options or other equity
securities or securities convertible into equity securities of the Company that
each may own on the Grant Date. The options shall be issued at an exercise
price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the Grant
Date and pursuant to the Company’s standard form of nonqualified stock option
agreement; provided however that in the event the Guaranty has not been released
by Wells Fargo Bank as of the date of the termination of the option due to
termination of service, the option termination date shall be extended until the
earlier of the date of the release of the Guaranty or the expiration of the ten
year term of the option. In addition any options owned by Messrs. Seremet
and Rosenbaum as of the Grant Date with an exercise price that is higher than
the exercise price of the new options shall be cancelled as of the Grant Date.
The Company estimated the value of the arrangements to be approximately $200,000
as of September 30, 2009 and is included as compensation in the nine months
ended September 30, 2009, and has been included in accrued expenses. Once the
options are issued, we will adjust the expense accordingly. In
connection with the financing consummated on November 20, 2009, Messrs. Seremet
and Rosenbaum agreed to amend their respective Fee Letters, pursuant to which:
in the case of Mr. Seremet, the Company will pay to Mr. Seremet a fee of $10,000
per month for so long as the Guaranty remains in full force and effect, but only
for a period ending on November 20, 2010; and, in the case of Mr. Rosenbaum, the
Company will pay to Mr. Rosenbaum a fee of $7,000 per month for so long as the
Guaranty remains in full force and effect, but only for a period ending on
November 20, 2010. In addition, the amended Fee Letters provide that,
in consideration of each of their continued personal guarantees, we will issue
to each of Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum, an option to purchase shares of common
stock or restricted shares of common stock, equal to approximately a 6.25%
ownership interest on a fully diluted basis, respectively. We intend
to issue such options or restricted shares of common stock, as applicable, as
soon as possible following approval from our stockholders of an amendment to our
Certificate of Incorporation authorizing a sufficient number of shares of common
stock to permit such issuance and to permit the conversion of the shares of our
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and our Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock.
Other
than as described above, we have no plans or arrangements with respect to
remuneration received or that may be received by our named executive officers to
compensate such officers in the event of termination of employment (as a result
of resignation, retirement, change of control) or a change of responsibilities
following a change of control.
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SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
The
following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial
ownership of our common stock as of December 21, 2009, for (i) each of our Chief
Executive Officer and our two most highly compensated executive officers, who
are referred to as named executive officers, (ii) each of our directors, (iii)
all persons, including groups, known to us to own beneficially more than five
percent (5%) of any class of our voting stock and (iv) all current executive
officers and directors as a group. For purposes of this table, we have assumed
that all of our issued and outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock and Series B Convertible Preferred Stock has converted to common stock and
there is a total of 3,220,063,429 shares of our common stock
outstanding.
Name and Address of Owner
(1)
|
Number
of
Shares
of
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned
|
Percentage
of
Voting
Power
|
||||||
5%
Stockholders
|
||||||||
Trinad
Capital Master Fund, Ltd. (2)
|
460,233,726
|
14.3
|
||||||
Patricia Peizer
(3)
|
321,684,000
|
9.9
|
||||||
Harris
Toibb (4)
|
252,077,309
|
7.8
|
||||||
Peter
Brant (5)
|
227,723,631
|
7.1
|
||||||
Directors
and named executive officers:
|
||||||||
Jay
A. Wolf (6) (10)
|
125,000
|
*
|
||||||
Barry
I. Regenstein (7) (10)
|
50,000
|
*
|
||||||
John
Bendheim (8) (10)
|
250,000
|
*
|
||||||
Drew
Larner (10)
|
0
|
*
|
||||||
Moritz
Seidel (9)(10)
|
120,027,932
|
3.7
|
||||||
Mark
Seremet (11) (10)
|
21,620,887
|
*
|
||||||
David
Fremed (12) (10)
|
208,825
|
*
|
||||||
David
Rosenbaum (13) (10)
|
40,906,880
|
1.3
|
||||||
David
Smith (14)
|
500,000,000
|
15.5
|
||||||
All
current directors and executive officers as a group (nine persons)
(15)
|
683,189,524
|
21.2
|
*Less
than one percent.
(1)
Except as specifically indicated in the footnotes to this table, the persons
named in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all
shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them, subject to community
property laws where applicable. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance
with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. In computing the
number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of
that person, shares of common stock subject to options, warrants or rights held
by that person that are currently exercisable or exercisable, convertible or
issuable within 60 days of December 21, 2009, are deemed outstanding. Such
shares, however, are not deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the
percentage ownership of any other person.
(2)
Consists of 450,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, 9,551,908
shares of common stock held by Trinad Capital Master Fund, Ltd. (“TCMF”) and
681,818 shares of common stock held by Trinad Management, LLC (“Trinad
Management”), which is an affiliate of and provides investment management
services to, TCMF. The address of TCMF is 2121 Avenue of the Stars,
Suite 2550, Los Angeles, CA 90067. Robert S. Ellin has sole voting and
investment power with respect to the shares held of record by
TCMF.
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(3)
Consists of an aggregate of 321,684 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock, of which 196,206 shares are held by Socius Capital Group, LLC and 125,478
shares are held by Focus Capital Partners, LLC, each of which are entities owned
and controlled by Patricia Peizer. Ms. Peizer has sole voting and
investment power with respect to the shares. This amount does not
include warrants to purchase an aggregate of 610,316,000 shares of common stock
held by Socius Capital Group, LLC and Focus Capital Partners that are not
exercisable within sixty (60) days as a result of a 9.9% ownership limitation
contained in the warrants. The address for Ms. Peizer is 11150
Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90025.
(4)
Consists of 250,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and 1,800,768
shares of common stock and immediately exercisable warrants to purchase 276,541
shares of common stock, but does not include warrants to purchase 2,272,727
shares of common stock that are not exercisable within sixty (60) days as a
result of a 4.99% ownership limitation contained in the warrants. The address of
Harris Toibb is 6355 Topenga Boulevard, Suite 335, Woodland Hills, CA
91367.
(5)
Consists of 225,606 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock owned by
Ariza, LLC, a Company controlled by Mr. Brant, 2,048,127 shares of common stock,
37,246 shares of common stock underlying immediately exercisable warrants and
32,258 shares of common stock underlying options. The amount does not include
189,692 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 47,421 shares of common
stock held by The Bear Island Paper Company LLC Thrift Plan-Aggressive Growth
Fund, of which Mr. Brant is the economic beneficiary and shares investment and
dispositive power with the trustees of the Plan of which Mr. Brant is one
trustee. Mr. Brant has the sole power to vote or dispose of the shares held by
Ariza, LLC The address for Mr. Brant is c/o Brant Industries, Inc., 80
Fieldpoint Road, Greenwich, CT 06830.
(6) Consists of 125,000 shares of
restricted common stock.
(7)
Consists of 50,000 shares of restricted common stock.
(8)
Consists of 250,000 shares of restricted common stock.
(9)
Consists of 120,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock held by Mr.
Seidel and 27,932 shares of common stock held by T7M7 Unternehmensaufbau
GmbH. Mr. Seidel is the Managing Director of T7M7 Unternehmensaufbau
GmbH, and as a result, may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own an aggregate
of 120,027,932 shares of common stock. Mr. Seidel disclaims
beneficial ownership of these securities. Mr. Seidel has the sole voting
and investment power with respect to the shares held by T7M7
Unternehmensaufbau GmbH. The address of T7M7 Unternehmensaufbau GmbH is
Occam-Strasse 4, Rueckgebauede, 80802, Muenchen, Germany.
(10) The
address of each of these persons is c/o Zoo Entertainment, Inc., 3805 Edwards
Road, Suite 605, Cincinnati, OH 45209.
(11)
Consists of 20,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, 645,825
shares of common stock, immediately exercisable warrants to purchase 5,893
shares of common stock for a purchase price of $2.13 and immediately exercisable
warrants to purchase 8,779 shares of common stock for a purchase price of
$2.84. It also includes non-qualified stock options to purchase up to
702,328 shares of common stock for a purchase price of $1.52 per share and
non-qualified stock options to purchase up to 8,062 shares of common stock for a
purchase price of $2.58 per share, in each case which is fully vested and
immediately exercisable. This includes 250,000 non-qualified stock
options to purchase up to 250,000 shares of common stock for a purchase price of
$0.30 per share that will vest and be exercisable within the next sixty days,
but does not include 500,000 non-qualified stock options to purchase up to
500,000 shares of common stock for a purchase price of $0.30 per share that are
not vested and not exercisable within the next sixty
days.
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(12) Consists
of 142,839 shares of common stock, and also includes non-qualified stock options
to purchase up to 42,575 shares of common stock for a purchase price of $2.58
per share which are fully vested and immediately exercisable. This
includes 23,411 non-qualified stock options to purchase up to 23,411 shares of
common stock for a purchase price of $2.13 per share that are vested and
exercisable, but does not include non-qualified stock options to purchase up to
46,822 shares of common stock for a purchase price of $2.13 per share that are
not vested and not exercisable within sixty days of the Record
Date.
(13)
Consists of 40,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, 117,478
shares of common stock and immediately exercisable warrants to purchase
29,371 shares of common stock for a purchase price of $2.13. It also includes
non-qualified stock options to purchase up to 760,031 shares for a purchase
price of $1.52 per share which are fully vested and immediately
exercisable.
(14)
Consists of 500,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock. Mr. Smith became a director of the Company on December 14,
2009. The address for Mr. Smith is 2450 Colorado Ave., Suite 100 East
Tower, Santa Monica, CA 90404.
(15) Includes
warrants to purchase 44,043 shares of common stock and options to purchase
1,786,407 shares of common stock.
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SELLING
STOCKHOLDERS
We
issued to certain accredited investors in transactions exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, (i) in connection with the
closing of financings on November 20, 2009 and December 16, 2009, shares of our
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase our common stock,
(ii) on August 31, 2009, we issued a warrant to purchase shares of common stock
to Solutions 2 Go, Inc., in consideration of it making certain payments to us in
advance of purchasing certain products and (iii) on June 18, 2009, in connection
with a settlement agreement, we issued shares of our common stock to certain
plaintiffs. For further information about the issuance of these
securities, please refer to the section entitled “Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” This Prospectus
relates to the resale from time to time of up to a total
of 941,520,381 shares of our common stock by the selling
stockholders, which shares are comprised of the following
securities:
•
|
321,684,000 shares of common
stock issuable upon conversion of 321,684 shares of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock;
|
•
|
610,316,000
shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of common stock purchase
warrants at an exercise price of
$0.01;
|
•
|
7,665,731 shares of common stock issuable
upon exercise of common stock purchase warrants at an exercise price of
$0.30; and
|
•
|
1,854,650
shares of our common stock.
|
Pursuant
to the terms of the financing, we filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1, of
which this Prospectus constitutes a part, in order to permit the selling
stockholders to resell to the public the shares of our common stock issued or
issuable in connection with the financing. The selling stockholders have each
represented to us that they have obtained the shares for their own account for
investment only and not with a view to, or resale in connection with, a
distribution of the shares, except through sales registered under the Securities
Act or exemptions thereto.
The
following table, to our knowledge, sets forth information regarding the
beneficial ownership of our common stock by the selling stockholders as
of December 21, 2009 and the number of shares being offered hereby by each
selling stockholder. For purposes of the following description, the term
“selling stockholder” includes pledgees, donees, permitted transferees or other
permitted successors-in-interest selling shares received after the date of this
Prospectus from the selling stockholders. The information is based in part on
information provided by or on behalf of the selling stockholders.
Beneficial
ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and includes voting or investment power with respect to
shares, as well as any shares as to which the selling stockholder has the right
to acquire beneficial ownership within sixty (60) days after December 21,
2009 through the exercise or conversion of any stock options, warrants,
convertible debt or otherwise. All shares that are issuable to a selling
stockholder upon exercise of the warrants or conversion of the debt are included
in the number of shares being offered in the table below. No estimate can be
given as to the amount or percentage of our common stock that will be held by
the selling stockholders after any sales or other dispositions made pursuant to
this Prospectus because the selling stockholders are not required to sell any of
the shares being registered under this Prospectus. The table below assumes that
the selling stockholders will sell all of the shares listed in this Prospectus.
Unless otherwise indicated below, each selling stockholder has sole voting and
investment power with respect to its shares of common stock. The inclusion of
any shares in this table does not constitute an admission of beneficial
ownership by the selling stockholder. We will not receive any of the proceeds
from the sale of our common stock by the selling stockholders. Percentage of
ownership is based on 31,624,429 shares of common stock outstanding on
December 21, 2009.
Except as
set forth below, none of the selling stockholders has held any position or
office with us or any of our affiliates, or has had any other material
relationship (other than as purchasers of securities) with us or any of our
affiliates, within the past three years.
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The
following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of the selling
stockholders:
Beneficial Ownership Before Offering
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Beneficial Ownership After Offering
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Selling Stockholder
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Total Shares
Beneficially Owned
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Aggregate Number of
Shares Offered
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Number of Shares
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Percent
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Socius
Capital Group, LLC (1)
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539,999,700
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539,999,700
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0
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*
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Focus
Capital Partners, LLC (2)
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392,000,300
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392,000,300
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0
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*
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Solutions
2 Go, Inc. (3)
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7,665,731
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7,665,731
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0
|
*
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Susan
J. Kain Jurgensen (4)
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839,127
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839,127
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0
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*
|
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Steven
W. Newton (5)
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118,521
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118,521
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0
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*
|
||||||
Mercy
R. Gonzalez (6)
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241,130
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241,130
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0
|
*
|
||||||
Bruce
C. Kain (7)
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241,130
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241,130
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0
|
*
|
||||||
Wesley
M. Kain (8)
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241,130
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241,130
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0
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*
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Raymond
Pierce (9)
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86,806
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86,806
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0
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*
|
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Cristie
E. Walsh (10)
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86,806
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86,806
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0
|
*
|
*
|
Represents beneficial ownership
of less than 1% of the outstanding shares of our common
stock.
|
(1)
|
Consists of 196,206,000 shares
of common stock issuable upon conversion of 196,206 shares of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock, and 343,793,700 shares of common stock
issuable upon exercise of warrants. Patricia Peizer has the
sole power to vote or dispose of the shares held by Socius Capital Group,
LLC.
|
(2)
|
Consists of 125,478,000 shares
of common stock issuable upon conversion of 125,478 shares of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock, and 266,522,300 shares of common stock
issuable upon exercise of warrants. Patricia Peizer has the sole
power to vote or dispose of the shares held by Focus Capital Partners,
LLC.
|
(3)
|
Consists of 7,665,731 shares of common stock issuable
upon exercise of warrants. Oliver
Block has the sole power to vote or dispose of the shares issuable upon
exercise of the warrants held by Solutions 2 Go,
Inc.
|
(4)
|
Susan J. Kain Jurgensen served as
the President of Zoo Publishing, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zoo
Games, Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiary, from December 18, 2007 through
March 30, 2009.
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(5)
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Steve
W. Newton served as Vice President of Sales from December 18, 2007 through
June 26, 2009.
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(6)
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Mercy
R. Gonzalez served as Senior Vice President of Logistics from December 14,
2007 through June 26, 2009.
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(7)
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Bruce
C. Kain served as Vice President of Operations of Zoo Publishing, Inc.
from December 18, 2007 through June 26,
2009.
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(8)
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Wesley
M. Kain, the brother of Susan J. Kain Jurgensen, served as Counsel of Zoo
Publishing, Inc., from December 18, 2007 through June 26,
2009.
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(9)
|
Raymond
Pierce served as an accountant since December 18, 2007 through February
2009.
|
(10)
|
Cristie
E. Walsh has served as our Products Manager since December 18,
2007.
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PLAN OF
DISTRIBUTION
The
selling stockholders may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of
common stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the
shares are traded or in private transactions.
These
sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. The selling stockholders may use any
one or more of the following methods when selling shares:
•
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ordinary brokerage transactions
and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits
purchasers;
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•
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block trades in which the
broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position
and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the
transaction;
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•
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purchases by a broker-dealer as
principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its
account;
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•
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an exchange distribution in
accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
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•
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privately negotiated
transactions;
|
•
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short
sales;
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•
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broker-dealers may agree with the
selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a
stipulated price per share;
|
•
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a combination of any such methods
of sale; and
|
•
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any other method permitted
pursuant to applicable law.
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The
selling stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, if available, rather than under this Prospectus.
The
selling stockholders may also engage in short sales against the box, puts and
calls and other transactions in our securities or derivatives of our securities
and may sell or deliver shares in connection with these trades.
Broker-dealers
engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to
participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from
the selling stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as an agent for the
purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated. The
selling stockholders do not expect these commissions and discounts to exceed
what is customary in the types of transactions involved. Any profits on the
resale of shares of common stock by a broker-dealer acting as principal might be
deemed to be underwriting discounts or commissions under the Securities Act.
Discounts, concessions, commissions and similar selling expenses, if any,
attributable to the sale of shares will be borne by a selling stockholder. The
selling stockholders may agree to indemnify any agent, dealer or broker-dealer
that participates in transactions involving sales of the shares if liabilities
are imposed on that person under the Securities Act.
The
selling stockholders may from time to time pledge or grant a security interest
in some or all of the shares of common stock owned by them and, if they default
in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties
may offer and sell the shares of common stock from time to time under this
Prospectus after we have filed an amendment to this Prospectus under
Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending
the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other
successors in interest as selling stockholders under this
Prospectus.
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The
selling stockholders also may transfer the shares of common stock in other
circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in
interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this Prospectus
and may sell the shares of common stock from time to time under this Prospectus
after we have filed an amendment to this Prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or
other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending the list of selling
stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest
as selling stockholders under this Prospectus.
The
selling stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in
selling the shares of common stock may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the
meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any
commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the
resale of the shares of common stock purchased by them may be deemed to be
underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act.
We are
required to pay all fees and expenses incident to the registration of the shares
of common stock. We have agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders against
certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act.
The
selling stockholders have advised us that they have not entered into any
agreements, understandings or arrangements with any underwriters or
broker-dealers regarding the sale of their shares of common stock, nor is there
an underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with a proposed sale
of shares of common stock by any selling stockholder. If we are notified by any
selling stockholder that any material arrangement has been entered into with a
broker-dealer for the sale of shares of common stock, if required, we will file
a supplement to this Prospectus. If the selling stockholders use this Prospectus
for any sale of the shares of common stock, they will be subject to the
Prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
The
anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 may apply to sales of our common stock and activities of the selling
stockholders.
CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
The
following is a description of transactions that were entered into with our
executive officers, directors or 5% stockholders during the past two fiscal
years. We believe that all of the transactions described below were made on
terms no less favorable to us than could have been obtained from an unaffiliated
third party. All future related transactions will be approved by our audit
committee or the full board of directors.
On July 7, 2008, we entered into a Note
Purchase Agreement with TCMF and the investors set forth on the schedule
thereto, as subsequently amended on July 15, 2008, July 31, 2008 and August 15,
2008 (the “Note Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the investors agreed to
provide a loan to the Company in the aggregate principal amount of $9,000,000,
in consideration for the issuance and delivery of senior secured convertible
promissory notes (the “Notes”). As partial inducement to purchase the Notes, we
issued to the investors warrants to purchase common stock of the Company (the
“Warrants,” and together with the issuance of the Notes, the “Financing”). The
offering period of the Financing closed on August 15,
2008. Pursuant
to the Note Purchase Agreement on July 7, 2008, we issued to TCMF, a principal
stockholder of the Company of which Robert Ellin, our former Chief Executive
Officer and a former director is the managing director, and of which Jay Wolf,
our Secretary and a director was a managing director until December
2009, a Note in the aggregate principal amount of $2,500,000. The Note bore an
interest rate of five percent (5%) for the time period beginning on July 7, 2008
and ending on July 7, 2009, unless extended. Upon the occurrence of an investor
sale, as defined in the Note, the entire outstanding principal amount of the
Note and any accrued interest thereon will be automatically converted into
shares of common stock of the Company. In connection with the Note Purchase
Agreement, we issued to TCMF a Warrant to purchase 2,272,727 shares of common
stock of the Company. The Warrant has a five year term and an exercise price of
$0.01 per share. On July 30, 2008, TCMF exercised its Warrant to purchase
2,272,727 shares of common stock of the Company. On November 20,
2009, the Notes issued to TCMF converted into shares of Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock.
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In connection with an amendment to the
Management Agreement, as described below, we issued to Trinad Management, LLC,
an affiliate of TCMF, of which (“Trinad”) a Note in the principal
amount of $750,000 and a Warrant to purchase 681,818 shares of the Company’s
common stock, on the same terms and conditions as the Notes and Warrants issued
in the financing. On November 20, 2009, the Note issued to Trinad
converted into shares of Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock.
Pursuant
to a Security Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2008, as amended, we granted a
security interest in all of its assets to each of the investors, including TCMF,
to secure our obligations under the Notes. Additionally, on July 7, 2008, Trinad
executed a joinder to the Security Agreement. The security interests
were terminated upon the conversion of the Notes into shares of Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock.
On July
31, 2008, TCMF executed a counterpart signature page to the Note Purchase
Agreement, pursuant to which we issued to TCMF a Note in the principal amount of
$1,500,000. As partial inducement to purchase the Note, TCMF received a Warrant
to purchase 1,363,636 shares of common stock of the Company. The Note and
Warrant issued to TCMF were issued on the same terms and conditions as the Notes
and Warrants that were issued in the initial closing of the Financing. On August
1, 2008, TCMF exercised its Warrant to purchase 1,363,636 shares of common stock
of the Company. On November 20, 2009, the Note issued to TCMF
converted into shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
On
September 26, 2008, we entered into a note purchase agreement with TCMF and the
investors set forth on the schedule thereto, pursuant to which the investors
agreed to provide a loan to the Company in the aggregate principal amount of up
to $5,000,000 (the “Second Financing). Pursuant to the note purchase
agreement, we issued to TCMF a Note in the principal amount of $500,000. As
partial inducement to purchase the Note, TCMF received a Warrant to purchase
454,545 shares of common stock of the Company. The Note and Warrant issued to
TCMF in the Second Financing were issued on the same terms and conditions as the
Notes and Warrants that were issued in the initial closing of the Financing. On
September 26, 2008, TCMF exercised its Warrant to purchase 454,545 shares of
common stock of the Company. As of April 30, 2009, $515,000 of
principal plus accrued interest was outstanding on the Note issued to TCMF, and
no payments of principal or interest have been made. Pursuant to a Security
Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2008, we granted a security
interest in all of its assets to the investors, including TCMF, to secure our
obligations under the Notes issued in the Second Financing. On November 20,
2009, the Note issued to TCMF converted into shares of Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock. The security interests were terminated upon the conversion of
the Note into shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
On
October 24, 2007, we executed a loan agreement, as subsequently amended on
November 21, 2007 and April 18, 2008 (the "Loan Agreement") with TCMF,
whereby TCMF agreed to loan to the Company a principal amount of up to $500,000
(the “Loan”) and to increase the entire outstanding principal amount of the Loan
and any accrued interest thereon, which was to be due and payable by the Company
upon, and not prior to, a Next Financing (as defined in the Loan Agreement), to
an amount of not less than $750,000. On July 7, 2008, pursuant to a further
amendment to the Loan Agreement and in consideration of TCFM’s participation in
the Financing and receipt of the Notes and Warrants issued thereunder, the Loan
Agreement automatically terminated upon the initial closing of the Financing,
and the loan thereunder, in the principal amount of $360,000, plus any accrued
interest, was cancelled and extinguished with no obligation or liability of the
Company.
On
October 24, 2007, we entered into a Management Agreement (the “Management
Agreement”) with Trinad, an affiliate of TCMF. Pursuant to the terms of the
Management Agreement, Trinad agreed to provide certain management services,
including, without limitation, the sourcing, structuring and negotiation of a
potential business combination transaction involving the Company. We agreed to
pay Trinad a management fee of $90,000 per quarter, plus reimbursement of all
expenses reasonably incurred by Trinad in connection with the provision of
management services. The fees incurred for the year ended December 31, 2007 were
waived by Trinad. The Management Agreement was terminable by either party upon
written notice, subject to a termination fee of $1,000,000 upon termination by
the Company. On July 7, 2008, the Company and Trinad amended the Management
Agreement to provide that it automatically terminated upon the initial closing
of the Financing, in which such case the termination fee was reduced to
$750,000. The Management Agreement, as amended, also provided that the Company
may satisfy the payment of such termination fee by delivery to Trinad of Notes
in the aggregate amount of $750,000 and a Warrant to purchase 618,818 shares of
common stock of the Company, such Notes and Warrants to be on the same terms of
the Notes and Warrants sold and issued by the Company to the purchasers in the
Financing. The Management Agreement automatically terminated upon the initial
closing of the Financing on July 7, 2008. In accordance with the terms of
Amendment No. 1 to the Management Agreement, the termination fee was reduced
from $1,000,000 to $750,000, which we satisfied by delivery to Trinad of a Note
in the principal amount of $750,000 and 681,818 Warrants to purchase common
stock of the Company. On November 20, 2009, the Note issued to Trinad
converted into shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
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On May
12, 2009, we entered into a letter agreement with each of Mark Seremet and David
Rosenbaum (the “Fee Letters”), pursuant to which, in consideration for Messrs.
Seremet and Rosenbaum each entering into a Guaranty with Wells Fargo for the
full and prompt payment and performance by the Company and its subsidiaries of
the obligations in connection with a purchase order financing (the “Loan”), we
agreed to compensate Mr. Seremet in the amount of $10,000 per month, and Mr.
Rosenbaum in the amount of $7,000 per month, for so long as the executive
remains employed while the Guaranty and Loan remain in full force and
effect. If the Guaranty is not released by the end of the month following
termination of employment of either Messrs. Seremet or Rosenbaum, the monthly
fee shall be doubled for each month thereafter until the Guaranty is
removed.
Additionally,
pursuant to the Fee Letters, we agreed to grant under the Company’s 2007
Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan, as amended to each of Messrs.
Seremet and Rosenbaum, on such date that is the earlier of the conversion of at
least 25% of all currently existing convertible debt of the Company into equity,
or November 8, 2009 (the earlier of such date, the “Grant Date”), an option to
purchase that number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to 6% and 3%
respectively, of the then issued and outstanding shares of common stock, based
on a fully diluted current basis assuming those options and warrants that have
an exercise price below $0.40 per share are exercised on that date but not
counting the potential conversion to equity of any outstanding convertible notes
that have not yet been converted and, inclusive of any options or other equity
securities or securities convertible into equity securities of the Company that
each may own on the Grant Date. The options shall be issued at an exercise
price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the Grant
Date and pursuant to the Company’s standard form of nonqualified stock option
agreement; provided however that in the event the Guaranty has not been released
by Wells Fargo Bank as of the date of the termination of the option due to
termination of service, the option termination date shall be extended until the
earlier of the date of the release of the Guaranty or the expiration of the ten
year term of the option. In addition any options owned by Messrs. Seremet
and Rosenbaum as of the Grant Date with an exercise price that is higher than
the exercise price of the new options shall be cancelled as of the Grant Date.
The Company estimated the value of the arrangements to be approximately $200,000
as of September 30, 2009 and is included as compensation in the nine months
ended September 30, 2009, and has been included in accrued expenses. Once the
options are issued, we will adjust the expense
accordingly. In connection with the financing consummated
on November 20, 2009, Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum agreed to amend their
respective Fee Letters, pursuant to which: in the case of Mr. Seremet, the
Company will pay to Mr. Seremet a fee of $10,000 per month for so long as the
Guaranty remains in full force and effect, but only for a period ending on
November 20, 2010; and, in the case of Mr. Rosenbaum, the Company will pay to
Mr. Rosenbaum a fee of $7,000 per month for so long as the Guaranty remains in
full force and effect, but only for a period ending on November 20,
2010. In addition, the amended Fee Letters provide that, in
consideration of each of their continued personal guarantees, we will issue to
each of Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum, an option to purchase shares of common
stock or restricted shares of common stock, equal to approximately a 6.25%
ownership interest on a fully diluted basis, respectively. We intend
to issue such options or restricted shares of common stock, as applicable, as
soon as possible following approval from our stockholders of an amendment to our
Certificate of Incorporation authorizing a sufficient number of shares of common
stock to permit such issuance and to permit the conversion of the shares of our
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and our Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock.
On
November 20, 2009, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain
investors identified therein, including Mark Seremet, our Chief Executive
Officer and President, David Rosenbaum, President of Zoo Publishing, Moritz
Seidel, one of our directors, and David E. Smith, who became a director on
December 14, 2009, pursuant to which we agreed to sell to certain investors in a
private offering an aggregate of up to 2,000,000 shares of our Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Series A Preferred
Shares”) at a price per share equal to $2.50, for gross proceeds to us of up to
$5,000,000 (the “November Financing”). On November 20, 2009, we sold
20,000 Series A Preferred
Shares to Mr. Seremet for gross proceeds of $50,000, 40,000 Series A Preferred Shares to Mr.
Rosenbaum for gross proceeds of $100,000, 120,000 Series A Preferred Shares to
Mr. Seidel for gross proceeds of $300,000 and 400,000 Series A Preferred Shares to
Mr. Smith for gross proceeds of $1,000,000. The Series A
Preferred Shares sold to Messrs. Seremet, Rosenbaum, Seidel and Smith were
issued on the same terms and conditions as the Series A Preferred Shares sold to
the other investors in the November Financing.
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On
December 16, 2009, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, with certain
investors identified therein, including David E. Smith, one of our directors,
pursuant to which we agreed to sell to certain investors in a private offering
the balance of the Series A Preferred Shares that were not sold in the November
Financing described above, at a price per share equal to $2.50 and on the same
terms and conditions as the Series A Preferred Shares sold in the November
Financing. On December 16, 2009, we sold 100,000 Series A Preferred
Shares to Mr. Smith for gross proceeds of $250,000. The Series A Preferred
Shares sold to Mr. Smith were issued on the same terms and conditions as the
Series A Preferred Shares sold to the other investors in the
financing.
Zoo
Games
Zoo Games
engages in various business relationships with its shareholders and officers and
their related entities. The significant relationships are as
follows:
Lease
of Premises
Zoo Games
leased its office space in New York, New York from 575 Broadway Associates, LLC
a company owned principally by Peter M. Brant, a former member of the board of
directors of Zoo Games and one of the Company’s principal stockholders. Zoo
Games leased 5,000 square feet at this location for a monthly rent of $23,750
from April 2007 to October 2008. Zoo Games has paid rent in the amount of
$183,000 for 2007 and $234,000 during 2008. Zoo Games believes that the rent and
lease terms are at market and are no more favorable to the landlord than
comparable leases that could be obtained under an independent third party
arrangement.
Transactions
Mark
Seremet, President of Zoo Games, received $549,000 in connection with the sale
of a portion of his shares in Cyoob, Inc to Zoo Games. The agreement entitled
Mr. Seremet to receive an additional $549,000 from Zoo Games for such shares;
however this debt was converted to an aggregate of 257,052 shares of common
stock of the Company in April, 2008.
In
connection with Zoo Publishing’s factoring facility with Working Capital
Solutions, Inc., in August 2008, Mr. Seremet provided Working Capital Solutions
with a personal validity guarantee pursuant to which Mr. Seremet made certain
representations and warranties on behalf of Zoo Publishing and agreed to be
personally liable for a breach of those representations and warranties. The
Company granted Mr. Seremet a fully vested non-qualified stock option to
purchase up to 702,327 shares of common stock of the Company for an exercise
price of $1.52 per share in consideration for Mr. Seremet’s provision of such
guaranty.
From
October 2007 to December 2007, Zoo Games issued an aggregate of $2,800,000 in
12% convertible notes in its bridge financing (the “Bridge Financing”). The
principal outstanding amounts under the notes issued in the Bridge Financing,
and the accrued interest, were to be automatically converted into equity at the
first closing of an equity financing (the “Equity Financing”) in which Zoo Games
raised at least $15,000,000 inclusive of the amounts converted from the Bridge
Financing, at a value of 75% of the average price at which the equity securities
were sold in the Equity Financing. In connection with the conversion of the
convertible notes into equity, participants in the Bridge Financing were given
the right to receive warrants in the Equity Financing to purchase Zoo Games’
common units for a purchase price equal to 75% of the exercise price of the
warrants issued in the Equity Financing. Mr. Seremet, Zoo Games’ Chief Executive
Officer invested $50,000 in the Bridge Financing. Mr. Peter Brant, a former
director of Zoo Games and a principal stockholder of the Company and an entity
related to Mr. Brant invested an aggregate of $714,583 in the Bridge Financing.
Of that amount, convertible notes in the amount of $114,583 were issued to Mr.
Brant in exchange for rent payments due to 575 Broadway Associates.
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From
December 2007 through May 2008, prior to its conversion from a limited liability
company to a corporation, Zoo Games issued common shares and warrants to
purchase common shares in an equity financing pursuant to which Zoo Games raised
an aggregate of $16,400,000, inclusive of the convertible notes which were
automatically converted into the securities issued in the equity financing, as
described above. Mr. Seremet’s convertible note was converted into 23,570 common
shares and warrants to purchase up to 5,893 common shares for an exercise price
of $2.13 per share. In addition, Mr. Seremet invested $100,000 in the
equity financing in exchange for 35,116 common shares and warrants to purchase
up to 8,779 common shares for an exercise price of $2.84 per unit. The
convertible notes of Mr. Brant and his related entities were converted into an
aggregate of 338,676 common shares and warrants to purchase up to 84,666 shares
for an exercise price of $2.13 per share. S.A.C. Venture Investments, LLC a
principal stockholder of the Company, invested an aggregate of $1,250,000 in
exchange for an aggregate of 438,955 common shares and warrants to purchase an
aggregate of 109,739 common shares for an exercise price of $2.84 per share. Mr.
Harris Toibb, a principal stockholder of the Company, and entities related to
Mr. Toibb invested an aggregate of $3,150,000 in exchange for an aggregate of
1,106,166 common shares and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 276,541 common
shares for an exercise price of $2.84 per share. Mr. Toibb also
provided various consulting services to the Company in connection with the
restructuring of Zoo Games’ indebtedness and certain other strategic matters. In
connection with the provision of those services, in July 2008 we issued 702,440
shares of its common stock to Mr. Toibb.
DESCRIPTION OF
SECURITIES
Common
Stock
The
Company is authorized to issue up to 250,000,000 shares of common stock, par
value $0.001 per share, of which 31,624,429 shares are outstanding as
of December 21, 2009. Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for
each share held of record on each matter submitted to a vote of
stockholders.
There is
no cumulative voting for election of directors. Subject to the prior rights of
any series of preferred stock which may from time to time be outstanding, if
any, holders of common stock are entitled to receive ratably, dividends when,
as, and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available
therefor and, upon the liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Company,
are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of
liabilities and payment of accrued dividends and liquidation preferences on the
preferred stock, if any. Holders of common stock have no preemptive rights and
have no rights to convert their common stock into any other securities. The
outstanding common stock is validly authorized and issued, fully paid, and
nonassessable.
Preferred
Stock
Under our
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”),
our Board of Directors is authorized to designate, and cause the Company to
issue, up to five million (5,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value
$0.001 per share, without stockholder approval, of any class or series, having
such rights, preferences, powers and limitations as the Board of Directors shall
determine.
There is
no restriction on the repurchase or redemption of shares of preferred stock
while there is any arrearage in the payment of dividends or sinking fund
installments.
On
November 20, 2009, we filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
a Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Certificate of Designation”)
designating 2,000,000 shares of its authorized preferred stock, par value $0.001
per share, as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred
Stock”), and a Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Certificate of
Designation”) designating 1,200,000 shares of its authorized preferred stock,
par value $0.001 per share, as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series
B Preferred Stock”). The Series A Certificate of Designation and the Series B
Certificate of Designation were approved by our Board of Directors on November
13, 2009. As of December 16, 2009, 1,389,684 shares of Series A Preferred Stock
and 1,188,439 shares of Series B Preferred Stock were issued and
outstanding.
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We
currently do not have a sufficient number of shares of authorized common stock
to permit the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B
Preferred Stock. We anticipate seeking approval from our stockholders
of an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation authorizing a sufficient
number of shares of common stock to permit the conversion of the shares of
Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock, as soon as
possible. Immediately upon the effectiveness of the filing of such an
amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation, (a) all issued and
outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall automatically convert into
that number of shares of common stock obtained by dividing the original purchase
price of the shares of such Series A Preferred Stock, which is $2.50 per share,
plus the amount of any accumulated but unpaid dividends as of the conversion
date, by the conversion price in effect at the close of business on the
conversion date, which is initially $0.0025 and (b) all issued and outstanding
shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall automatically convert into that number
of shares of common stock obtained by dividing the original purchase price of
the shares of such Series B Preferred Stock, which is $10 per share, plus the
amount of any accumulated but unpaid dividends as of the conversion date, by the
conversion price in effect at the close of business on the conversion date,
which is initially $0.01.
The
holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock are
entitled to vote together along with the holders of the common stock and any
other class or series of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote together
with the holders of the common stock as a single class, on all matters submitted
for a vote (or written consents in lieu of a vote) of the holders of common
stock, and are entitled to other voting rights as set forth in the Company’s
Certificate of Incorporation and the Series A Certificate of Designation and
Series B Certificate of Designation, as applicable. On all matters as to which
shares of Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock are
entitled to vote or consent, each share of Series A Preferred Stock or
Series B Preferred Stock, as applicable, entitles its holder to the number of
votes that the Common Stock into which it is convertible would have if such
Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock, as applicable, had been so
converted into Common Stock.
Dividends
on the Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock are not mandatory,
but if and when the Company’s board of directors declares such dividends, they
shall be payable pari passu with one another, and in preference and priority to
any payment of any dividends on the Common Stock. After payment of
any preferential dividends to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Series
B Preferred Stock, if the Company’s board of directors declares a dividend on
the Common Stock, it shall also declare a dividend at such time on each share of
Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock.
In the
event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, or in the
event of its insolvency, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and the
Series B Preferred Stock shall be entititled, pari passu with distributions to
the other, to have set apart for them or to be paid out of the assets of the
Company available for distribution to stockholders (after provision for the
payment of all debts and liabilities, and before any distribution made to any
holders of Common Stock or any class of securities junior to the Series A
Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock), an amount equal to $2.50 per
share with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock and $10 per share with
respect to the Series B Preferred Stock.
Outstanding Stock Options, Warrants
and Convertible Securities
As of
December 31, 2008, the Company’s 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock
Plan allowed for an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of common stock with respect
to which stock rights may be granted and a 250,000 maximum number of shares of
common stock with respect to which stock rights may be granted to any
participant in any fiscal year. As of December 31, 2008, an aggregate of
975,000 shares of restricted common stock of the Company are outstanding under
the Company’s 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan, and 25,000
shares of common stock were reserved for future issuance under this
plan.
On
January 14, 2009, the Company’s Board of Directors approved and adopted an
amendment to the 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan, which
increased the number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the
plan from 1,000,000 shares to 4,000,000 shares, and increased the maximum number
of shares of common stock with respect to which stock rights may be granted to
any participant in any fiscal year from 250,000 shares to 750,000 shares. All
other terms of the plan remain in full force and effect.
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On
January 14, 2009, the Company granted Mr. Seremet an option to purchase 750,000
shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share,
pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Plan, as amended. There were no other options
issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
On May
12, 2009, we entered into a letter agreement with each of Mark Seremet and David
Rosenbaum, pursuant to which, in consideration for Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum
entering into a Guaranty with Wells Fargo for the full and prompt payment and
performance by the Company and its subsidiaries of the obligations in connection
with a purchase order financing (the “Loan”) (see Note 18), the Company agreed
to grant under the Company’s 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan,
as amended to each of Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum, on such date that is the
earlier of the conversion of at least 25% of all currently existing convertible
debt of the Company into equity, or November 8, 2009 (the earlier of such date,
the “Grant Date”), an option to purchase that number of shares of the Company’s
common stock equal to 6% and 3% respectively, of the then issued and outstanding
shares of common stock, based on a fully diluted current basis assuming those
options and warrants that have an exercise price below $0.40 per share are
exercised on that date but not counting the potential conversion to equity of
any outstanding convertible notes that have not yet been converted and,
inclusive of any options or other equity securities or securities convertible
into equity securities of the Company that each may own on the Grant
Date. The options shall be issued at an exercise price equal to the fair
market value of the Company’s common stock on the Grant Date and pursuant to the
Company’s standard form of nonqualified stock option agreement; provided however
that in the event the Guaranty has not been released by Wells Fargo as of the
date of the termination of the option due to termination of service, the option
termination date shall be extended until the earlier of the date of the release
of the Guaranty or the expiration of the ten year term of the option. In
addition any options owned by Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum as of the Grant Date
with an exercise price that is higher than the exercise price of the new options
shall be cancelled as of the Grant Date. In connection with the
financing consummated on November 20, 2009, Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum agreed
to amend their respective Fee Letters, pursuant to which: in the case of Mr.
Seremet, the Company will pay to Mr. Seremet a fee of $10,000 per month for so
long as the Guaranty remains in full force and effect, but only for a period
ending on November 20, 2010; and, in the case of Mr. Rosenbaum, the Company will
pay to Mr. Rosenbaum a fee of $7,000 per month for so long as the Guaranty
remains in full force and effect, but only for a period ending on November 20,
2010. In addition, the amended Fee Letters provide that, in
consideration of each of their continued personal guarantees, we will issue to
each of Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum, an option to purchase shares of common
stock or restricted shares of common stock, equal to approximately a 6.25%
ownership interest on a fully diluted basis, respectively. We intend
to issue such options or restricted shares of common stock, as applicable, as
soon as possible following approval from our stockholders of an amendment to our
Certificate of Incorporation authorizing a sufficient number of shares of common
stock to permit such issuance and to permit the conversion of the shares of our
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and our Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock.
As of
December 21, 2009, there was approximately $185,000 of unrecognized compensation
cost related to non-vested stock option awards, which is expected to be
recognized over a remaining weighted-average vesting period of 2.0 - 2.2
years.
The
intrinsic value of options outstanding at December 21, 2009 is $0.
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In
addition, there are various warrants outstanding that have been previously
issued to acquire 13,486,072 shares of our common stock. Exercise of such
options and warrants will result in further dilution. On August 31, 2009, Zoo
Publishing entered into an Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Solutions 2 Go
Inc., a Canadian corporation (“S2G Inc.”) and an Exclusive Distribution
Agreement with Solutions 2 Go, LLC, a California limited liability company (“S2G
LLC,” and together with S2G Inc., “S2G”), pursuant to which Zoo Publishing
granted to S2G the exclusive rights to market, sell and distribute certain video
games, related software and products, with respect to which Zoo Publishing owns
rights, in the territories specified therein (collectively, the “Distribution
Agreements”). In connection with the Distribution Agreements, on
August 31, 2009, we entered into an Advance Agreement (the “Advance Agreement”)
with S2G, pursuant to which S2G made a payment to us in the amount of
$1,999,999, in advance of S2G’s purchases of certain products pursuant to the
Distribution Agreements. In consideration of S2G entering
into the Advance Agreement, we agreed to issue to S2G Inc. a warrant to purchase
shares of common stock representing 6% of the Company’s modified fully-diluted
shares, computed as if all outstanding convertible stock, warrants and stock
options that are, directly or indirectly, convertible into Common Stock at a
price of $0.75 or less, have been so converted), upon the occurrence of an
“Anticipated Qualified Financing”, which means (i) the consummation of the sale
of shares of Common Stock by the Company which results in aggregate gross
proceeds to the Company of at least $4,000,000 and (ii) the conversion of the
Company’s senior secured convertible notes, in the aggregate original principal
amount of $11,150,000, into shares of Common Stock. On August 31,
2009, we issued a warrant to purchase 7,665,731 shares of common stock, at an
exercise price equal to $0.30 (the “Solutions 2 Go Warrant”) to S2G
Inc. The Solutions 2 Go Warrant has a term of five years. The
Solutions 2 Go Warrant may be adjusted such that the number of shares of common
stock represents 6% of the Company’s modified fully-diluted shares, computed as
if all outstanding convertible stock, warrants and stock options that are,
directly or indirectly, convertible into common stock at a price of $0.75 or
less, have been so converted. While the Solutions 2
Go Warrant is outstanding, but only for a period ending on November 20, 2010,
(i) if the Company issues any common stock purchase warrants at an exercise
price of less than $0.30, then the exercise price of the Solutions 2 Go Warrant
will be reduced to equal such lower exercise price and the number of shares
which the Solutions 2 Go Warrant is exercisable for will be increased such that
the aggregate purchase price payable thereunder shall remain the same, and (ii)
if the Company issues any common stock or common stock equivalents at a price
per share of common stock less than $0.20, then the exercise price of the
Solutions 2 Go Warrant will be reduced to equal such lower per share price and
the number of shares which the Solutions 2 Go Warrant is exercisable for will be
increased such that the aggregate purchase price payable thereunder shall remain
the same; provided that, such adjustments shall not be made in the case of
certain exempt issuances by the Company, as provided in the Solutions 2 Go
Warrant.
Each
of the warrants issued to Focus Capital Partners, LLC and Socius Capital Group,
LLC on November 20, 2009 and to Focus Capital Partners, LLC on December 16, 2009
have an exercise price equal to $0.01 per share, and a term of five years. The
warrants contain certain customary limitations with respect to the amount of the
warrants that can be exercised. Additionally, the warrants provide
that they cannot be exercised until the effectiveness of the filing of an
amendment to our Certificate of incorporation authorizing a sufficient number of
shares of common stock to permit the exercise of the warrants. In the
event of any subdivision, combination, consolidation, reclassification or other
change of our common stock into a lesser number, a greater number or a different
class of stock, the number of shares of common stock deliverable upon exercise
of the warrants issued to Focus Capital Partners, LLC and Socius Capital Group,
LLC, will be proportionately decreased or increased, as applicable, but the
exercise price of such warrants will remain at $0.01 per share, We
currently do not have a sufficient number of shares of authorized common stock
to permit the exercise of the warrants. We anticipate seeking
approval from our stockholders of an amendment to our Certificate of
Incorporation authorizing a sufficient number of shares of common stock to
permit the exercise of the warrants, as soon as possible.
Registration
Rights
On
November 20, 2009, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, with certain
investors identified therein, pursuant to which we agreed to sell to such
investors in a private offering an aggregate of up to 2,000,000 shares of our
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
“Series A Preferred Shares”), at a price per share equal to $2.50, for gross
proceeds to us of up to $5,000,000 (the “November Financing”). On
November 20, 2009, we sold 1,180,282 Series A Preferred Shares for gross
proceeds to the Company of $4,224,015. Each Series A Preferred Share shall
automatically convert into 1,000 shares of our common stock upon the
effectiveness of the filing of an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation
authorizing a sufficient number of shares of common stock to permit the
conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares. In connection with the
Financing, we issued to each of Focus Capital Partners, LLC and Socius Capital
Group, LLC, two of the lead investors in the financing (the “Lead Investors”), a
warrant to purchase 165,530,300 shares
and 343,793,700 shares of Common Stock, respectively (the “Financing
Warrants”). We also entered into a Registration Rights
Agreement with the Lead Investors (the “Registration Rights Agreement”),
pursuant to which we agreed to register the resale of the shares of common stock
issuable upon conversion of the 290,676 Series A Preferred Shares and exercise
of the Financing Warrants that were issued to the Lead Investors (the
“Registrable Securities”). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement,
we are filing a registration statement of which this Prospectus is a
part. Subject to an amendment to the Registration Rights Agreement as
described below, we are required to file such registration statement no later
than December 5, 2009 (the “Filing Date”). We are obligated to use our best
efforts to cause the registration statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act as soon as possible, but in any event within 60 days of the
closing date of the Financing (“Closing Date”). We are required to use our best
efforts to keep the registration statement effective under the Securities Act
until the date when all Registrable Securities have been sold, or can be sold
without restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
In the event that (a) the registration statement is not filed on or before the
Filing Date, (b) the registration statement is not declared effective within 60
days of the Closing Date, (c) the registration statement is not declared
effective within 90 days from the Closing Date (and in such case the penalty
will increase to 2% for the following 30 days or until earlier declared
effective), (d) the registration statement is not declared effective within 120
days from the Closing Date (and in such case the penalty will increase to 3% and
will be and remain payable until the registration statement is declared
effective), (e) we fail to file with the Commission a request for acceleration
of a registration statement within five trading days of the date that we are
notified that such registration statement will not be reviewed or will not be
subject to further review by the Commission or (f) we do not respond to comments
received from the Commission with respect to the registration statement as soon
as practicable and, in any event, within seven business days of receipt of such
comments (if such comments relate to accounting issues) and within five business
days of receipt of such comments (if such comments relate to any other issue),
then we are required to pay to each Lead Investor an amount in cash equal to 1%
of the number of Registrable Securities held by such Lead Investor as of the
date of such event, multiplied by the purchase price paid by such Investor for
such Registrable Securities then held, on the date of such event and on every
monthly anniversary of such event until it is cured. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, penalties for any of the events under subsections (a) and (f)
above, shall be half a percent, and all penalties shall not exceed 1.5% for each
of the first two 30 day periods, 1% for the next 30 day period, or 3% for each
of the next three 30 day periods. The registration rights set forth
in the Registration Rights Agreement are also subject to customary cut-back
provisions pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act. As set forth
below, the Registration Rights Agreement was subsequently amended on December
16, 2009.
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On
December 16, 2009, we entered into a new Securities Purchase Agreement, with
certain investors identified therein, pursuant to which we agreed to sell to
certain investors in a private offering the balance of the Series A Preferred
Shares that were not sold in the November Financing described above, at a price
per share equal to $2.50 and on the same terms and conditions as the Series A
Preferred Shares sold in the November Financing. On December 16,
2009, we sold 209,402 Series A Preferred Shares for gross proceeds to the
Company of $775,985. Each Series A Preferred Share shall automatically convert
into 1,000 shares of our common stock upon the effectiveness of the filing of an
amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation authorizing a sufficient number of
shares of common stock to permit the conversion of the Series A Preferred
Shares. In connection with the December 16, 2009 financing, we issued
to Focus Capital Partners, LLC, one of the lead investors, a warrant to purchase
100,992,000 shares of common stock. We also entered into an
amendment to the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Amendment”), pursuant to
which we agreed to register the resale of the 31,008,000 shares of common stock
issuable upon conversion of the 31,008 Series A Preferred Shares and the
100,992,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrant issued
to Focus Capital Partners, LLC, pursuant to which we are filing a registration
statement of which this Prospectus is a part. The Amendment also
extended the date that we are required to file the registration statement to no
later than December 24, 2009, and provided that we are obligated to use our best
efforts to cause the registration statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as soon as possible, but in any event prior
to February 22, 2009.
On June 18, 2009 (the “Effective
Date”), the Company, Zoo Games and Zoo Publishing (collectively, the “Zoo
Companies”) entered into a Mutual Settlement, Release and Waiver Agreement, as
amended (the “Settlement Agreement”), with Susan J. Kain Jurgensen, Steven W.
Newton, Mercy Gonzalez, Bruce C. Kain, Wesley M. Kain, Cristie E. Walsh and
Raymond Pierce (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”). The Plaintiffs
originally filed a complaint on February 19, 2009 alleging claims
for breach of certain loan agreements and employment
agreements, intentional interference and fraudulent transfer, and
seeking compensatory damages, punitive damages and preliminary and permanent
injunctive relief, among other remedies. Prior to the Effective Date, Plaintiffs
collectively owned 7,418,600 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value
$0.001 per share (the “Plaintiffs Shares”). In connection
with that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger entered into by and among the
Company, DFTW Merger Sub, Inc., Zoo Games and the stockholder representative,
dated as of July 7, 2008, as amended, pursuant to which the Company acquired Zoo
Games, 741,860 of Plaintiffs Shares are currently being held in escrow until
December 31, 2009 (the “Escrowed Shares”). Pursuant to the Settlement
Agreement, among other things, each of the Plaintiffs agreed to assign, convey,
transfer and surrender to the Company an aggregate of 5,563,950 shares of the
Plaintiffs Shares (the “Surrendered Shares”), including all right, title and
interest in and to the Escrowed Shares. We issued to the Plaintiffs
new certificates representing an aggregate of the total remaining 1,854,650
shares of the Plaintiffs Shares (the “Retained
Shares”). The Settlement Agreement also provided for “piggyback”
registration rights with respect to the Retained Shares.
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On August
31, 2009, we issued the Solutions 2 Go Warrant to purchase 7,665,731 shares of
common stock, at an exercise price equal to $0.30 to S2G Inc. The
Solutions 2 Go Warrant may be adjusted such that the number of shares of common
stock represents 6% of our modified fully-diluted shares, computed as if all
outstanding convertible stock, warrants and stock options that are, directly or
indirectly, convertible into common stock at a price of $0.75 or less, have been
so converted. While the
Solutions 2 Go Warrant is outstanding, but only for a period ending on November
20, 2010, (i) if we issue any common stock purchase warrants at an exercise
price of less than $0.30, then the exercise price of the Solutions 2 Go Warrant
will be reduced to equal such lower exercise price and the number of shares
which the Solutions 2 Go Warrant is exercisable for will be increased such that
the aggregate purchase price payable thereunder shall remain the same, and (ii)
if we issue any common stock or common stock equivalents at a price per share of
common stock less than $0.20, then the exercise price of the Solutions 2 Go
Warrant will be reduced to equal such lower per share price and the number of
shares which the Solutions 2 Go Warrant is exercisable for will be increased
such that the aggregate purchase price payable thereunder shall remain the same;
provided that, such adjustments shall not be made in the case of certain exempt
issuances by the Company, as provided in the Solutions 2 Go
Warrant. The Solutions 2 Go Warrant provides for “piggyback”
registration rights with respect to the shares underlying
the Solutions 2 Go Warrant.
MARKET
PRICE OF COMMON STOCK
AND
OTHER STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Market
Information
Our
common stock trades under the symbol “ZOOE.OB” on the NASDAQ OTC Bulletin Board.
We formerly traded under the symbol “DFTW.OB” prior to January 30, 2009. The
following table shows, for the calendar quarters indicated, the high and low bid
prices per share for our common stock as reported on the NASDAQ OTC Bulletin
Board. Such quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up,
mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual
transactions.
High
|
Low
|
|||||||
First
Quarter 2007
|
$ | N/A | $ | N/A | ||||
Second
Quarter 2007
|
$ | N/A | $ | N/A | ||||
Third
Quarter 2007
|
$ | N/A | $ | N/A | ||||
Fourth
Quarter 2007
|
$ | N/A | $ | N/A | ||||
First
Quarter 2008
|
$ | 1.35 | $ | 1.00 | ||||
Second
Quarter 2008
|
$ | 1.45 | $ | 1.10 | ||||
Third
Quarter 2008
|
$ | 2.50 | $ | 1.45 | ||||
Fourth
Quarter 2008
|
$ | 1.70 | $ | 0.25 | ||||
First
Quarter 2009
|
$ | 0.85 | $ | 0.30 | ||||
Second
Quarter 2009
|
$ | 1.10 | $ | 0.85 | ||||
Third Quarter
2009
|
$ | 1.10 | $ | 0.75 | ||||
Fourth
Quarter 2009 (through December 21, 2009)
|
$ | 0.75 | $ | 0.75 |
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Holders
On
December 21, 2009, we had approximately 90 registered common stockholders of
record of the 31,624,429 outstanding shares of common stock. There were also an
undetermined number of holders who hold their stock in nominee or "street"
name.
Dividends
Since our
inception, we have not declared or paid any cash dividends to stockholders. The
declaration of any future cash dividend will be at the discretion of our Board
of Directors and will depend upon our earnings, if any, our capital requirements
and financial position, our general economic conditions, and other pertinent
conditions. It is our present intention not to pay any cash dividends in the
foreseeable future, but rather to reinvest earnings, if any, in our business
operations.
Equity
Compensation Plan Information
The
following table summarizes, as of December 31, 2008, the number of securities to
be issued upon the exercise of outstanding derivative securities (options,
warrants, and rights); the weighted-average exercise price of the outstanding
derivative securities; and the number of securities remaining available for
future issuance under our equity compensation plans.
Equity Compensation Plan
Information
Plan
Category
|
Number of
securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a) |
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) |
|||||||||
|
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Equity
compensation plans approved by Zoo security holders
|
0 | * | $ | 0 | 25,000 | |||||||
Equity
compensation plans approved by Zoo Games security holders
|
2,336,552 | $ | 1.76 | 0 | ||||||||
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Total
|
2,336,552 | $ | 1.76 | 25,000 |
* This
number does not include an aggregate of 900,000 restricted shares of our common
stock that we issued on June 23, 2008, and an aggregate of 75,000
restricted shares of our common stock that we issued on June 27, 2008, at a
purchase price of $0.001 per share to certain employees, directors and
consultants, pursuant to our 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan
(the "2007 Plan").
On
January 14, 2009, the 2007 Plan was amended to increase the aggregate number of
shares of common stock that may be issued under the plan from 1,000,000 shares
to 4,000,000 shares, and to increase the maximum number of shares with respect
to which stock rights may be granted to any participant in any fiscal year from
250,000 shares to 750,000 shares.
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DISCLOSURE
OF COMMISSION POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION
Our
By-laws provide for the elimination of the personal liability of our officers,
directors, corporate employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by the
provisions of Delaware law. Under such provisions, the director, officer,
corporate employee or agent who in her capacity as such is made or threatened to
be made, party to any suit or proceeding, shall be indemnified if it is
determined that such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of our
Company. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and persons controlling our
Company pursuant to the foregoing provision, or otherwise, we have
been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities is asserted by one of our directors, officers, or controlling
persons in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in
the opinion of our legal counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit the question of whether such indemnification is against public
policy to a court of appropriate jurisdiction. We will then be governed by the
court's decision.
Transfer
Agent
Our
transfer agent currently is Empire Stock Transfer and Trust, 1859 Whitney Mesa
Dr, Henderson, NV 89014.
INTERESTS
OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
No
expert or counsel named in this Prospectus as having prepared or certified any
part of this Prospectus or having given an opinion upon the validity of the
securities being registered or upon other legal matters in connection with the
registration or offering of the common stock was employed on a contingency basis
or had, or is to receive, in connection with the offering, a substantial
interest, directly or indirectly, in the Company or any of our subsidiaries. Nor
was any such person connected with the Company or any of our subsidiaries as a
promoter, managing or principal underwriter, voting trustee, director, officer
or employee.
The
consolidated financial statements of Zoo Entertainment, Inc. as of
December 31, 2008 and 2007 and for the year ended December 31, 2008 and for
the period March 23, 2007 (inception) to December 31, 2007, included in this
Prospectus have been audited by Amper, Politziner & Mattia, LLP, independent
registered public accountants, as stated in their report appearing in this
Prospectus, and have been so included in reliance upon the report of such firm
given upon their authority as experts in accounting and
auditing.
CHANGES
IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
As
previously disclosed in that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2008, effective October 30,
2008, we dismissed Raich Ende Malter & Co. LLP (“Raich Ende”) as our
independent public accounting firm and appointed Amper, Politziner & Mattia,
LLP (“AP&M”) as our independent public accounting firm to provide audit
services for us. The decision to change accountants was approved by our board of
directors.
From
April 18, 2008 to October 30, 2008, the period of time that Raich Ende served as
our principal accountant, no audits were performed by Raich Ende and,
therefore, no reports were issued that (i) contained an adverse opinion or
disclaimers of opinion and (ii) were qualified or modified as to
uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
From
April 18, 2008 to October 30, 2008, there were no disagreements between us and
Raich Ende on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial
statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements, if
not resolved to the satisfaction of Raich Ende, would have caused Raich Ende to
make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its
reports on our financial statements during such periods. None of the events
described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K occurred during the period that
Raich Ende served as our principal accountant.
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During our fiscal years ended December
31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, and through October 30, 2008, we did not consult
with AP&M regarding the application of accounting principles to a specified
transaction, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our
financial statements and no written or oral report was provided by AP&M that
was a factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to the accounting,
auditing or financial reporting issues, and the Company did not consult AP&M
on or regarding any matters set forth in Item 304(a)(2)(i) or (ii) of Regulation
S-K.
LEGAL
MATTERS
The
legality of the shares of common stock offered hereby will be passed upon for us
by Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., Chrysler Center, 666
Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and
Popeo, P.C. and members of that firm, their families and trusts for their own
benefit own an aggregate of approximately 60,000 shares of our common
stock.
No person
is authorized to give any information or to make any representations with
respect to shares not contained in this Prospectus in connection with the offer
contained herein, and, if given or made, such information or representation must
not be relied upon as having been authorized by us. This Prospectus does not
constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security
other than the shares of common stock offered by the Prospectus, nor does it
constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy shares of
common stock in any jurisdiction where such offer or solicitation would be
unlawful. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor any sales made hereunder
shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no
change in our affairs since the date hereof.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
We have
filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities
Act, with respect to the common stock offered by this Prospectus. This
Prospectus, which is part of the registration statement, omits certain
information, exhibits, schedules and undertakings set forth in the registration
statement. For further information pertaining to us or our common stock,
reference is made to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules
to the registration statement. Statements contained in this Prospectus as to the
contents or provisions of any documents referred to in this Prospectus are not
necessarily complete, and in each instance where a copy of the document has been
filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, reference is made to the
exhibit for a more complete description of the matters involved.
You may
read and copy all or any portion of the registration statement without charge at
the public reference room of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.
20549. Copies of the registration statement may be obtained from the SEC at
prescribed rates from the public reference room of the SEC at such address. You
may obtain information regarding the operation of the public reference room by
calling 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, registration statements and certain other
filings made with the SEC electronically are publicly available through the
SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov . The
registration statement, including all exhibits and amendments to the
registration statement, has been filed electronically with the
SEC.
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ZOO
ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
INDEX
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Page
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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F-2
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2008 and 2007
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F-3
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2008 and
2007
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F-4
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2008 and
2007
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F-5
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Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years
ended December 31, 2008 and 2007
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F-6
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Notes
to the Consolidated Financial Statements
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F-7–F-31
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Unaudited
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Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2009
(unaudited) and December 31, 2008
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F-32
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008 (unaudited)
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F-33
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Nine
Months ended September 30, 2009 (unaudited)
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F-34
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008 (unaudited)
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F-35
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Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
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F-36–F-58
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F-1
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the
Board of Directors
Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. and Subsidiaries
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Zoo Entertainment, Inc.
(formerly Zoo Games, Inc.) and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007,
and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and
cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2008 and for the period March 23,
2007 (inception) to December 31, 2007. These financial statements are
the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is
to express an opinion on these 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. The Company is not required to
have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over
financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over
financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an
opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly we express no such opinion. An audit also includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Zoo Games, Inc.) and Subsidiaries as of December
31, 2008 and 2007, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for
year ended December 31, 2008 and for the period March 23, 2007 (inception) to
December 31, 2007, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America.
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the
Company will continue as a going concern. As more fully described in Note
2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has incurred losses
since inception; net cash outflows from operations and has a working capital
deficiency of approximately $9.2 million at December 31, 2008. In addition, the
Company has note obligations maturing between July and September 2009 with a
total face value of approximately $12.3 million. These conditions raise
substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described
in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements. The consolidated
financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result from the
outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/
Amper, Politziner & Mattia, LLP
April 15,
2009
New York,
New York
F-2
Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
As
of December 31, 2008 and 2007
(in
$000's except share and per share amounts)
2008
|
2007
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ASSETS
|
||||||||
Current
Assets
|
||||||||
Cash
|
$ | 849 | $ | 169 | ||||
Accounts
receivable, net of allowances for returns and discounts of $1,160 and
$1,167
|
1,832 | 1,316 | ||||||
Inventory
|
3,120 | 1,555 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
2,124 | 4,098 | ||||||
Product
development costs, net - current
|
5,338 | 3,139 | ||||||
Deferred
tax asset
|
688 | 1,438 | ||||||
Total
Current Assets
|
13,951 | 11,715 | ||||||
Fixed
assets, net
|
214 | 384 | ||||||
- | ||||||||
Goodwill
|
14,704 | 16,204 | ||||||
Intangible
assets, net
|
14,747 | 17,535 | ||||||
Product
development costs, net
|
- | 1,120 | ||||||
Total
Assets
|
$ | 43,616 | $ | 46,958 | ||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
||||||||
Current
Liabilities
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$ | 5,709 | $ | 3,274 | ||||
Financing
arrangements
|
849 | 2,893 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities
|
5,167 | 5,932 | ||||||
Notes
payable, net of discount of $145 and $662
-
current portion
|
1,803 | 2,877 | ||||||
Convertible
notes payable, net of discount of $1,576
|
9,574 | - | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
23,102 | 14,976 | ||||||
Notes
payable, net of discount of $885 and $2,438
-
non current portion
|
1,772 | 4,032 | ||||||
Deferred
tax liability
|
688 | 6,220 | ||||||
Other
long-term liabilities
|
620 | 167 | ||||||
Total
Liabilities
|
26,182 | 25,395 | ||||||
Commitments
and Contingencies
|
||||||||
Stockholders'
Equity
|
||||||||
Preferred
Stock, par value $0.001, 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and
outstanding
|
- | - | ||||||
Common
Stock, par value $0.001, 75,000,000 shares authorized, 38,243,937 issued
and outstanding December 31, 2008 and 15,684,845 issued and outstanding
December 31, 2007
|
38 | 16 | ||||||
Additional
Paid-in-capital
|
52,692 | 31,792 | ||||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(31,940 | ) | (10,245 | ) | ||||
Treasury
Stock, at cost 2,237,376 shares in 2008
|
(3,356 | ) | - | |||||
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
17,434 | 21,563 | ||||||
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
|
$ | 43,616 | $ | 46,958 |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
F-3
Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
For
the Year Ended December 31, 2008 and the Period from March 23, 2007 (Inception)
to December 31, 2007
(in
$000's except share and per share amounts)
Year Ended
|
March 23 -
|
|||||||
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Revenue
|
$ | 36,313 | $ | 565 | ||||
Cost
of goods sold
|
30,883 | 485 | ||||||
Gross
profit
|
5,430 | 80 | ||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
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General
and administrative expenses
|
10,484 | 2,666 | ||||||
Selling
and marketing expenses
|
4,548 | 146 | ||||||
Research
and development expenses
|
5,857 | 3,360 | ||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,760 | 126 | ||||||
Total
Operating expenses
|
22,649 | 6,298 | ||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(17,219 | ) | (6,218 | ) | ||||
Interest
(expense) income, net
|
(3,638 | ) | (896 | ) | ||||
Other
income - Insurance recovery
|
1,200 | - | ||||||
Loss
from continuing operations before income tax benefit
|
(19,657 | ) | (7,114 | ) | ||||
Income
tax benefit
|
4,696 | 58 | ||||||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
(14,961 | ) | (7,056 | ) | ||||
Loss
from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit:
|
||||||||
loss
from discontinued operations, net of $200 tax benefit in
2008
|
(4,052 | ) | (3,189 | ) | ||||
loss
from disposal of net assets, net of $1,190 tax benefit in
2008
|
(2,682 | ) | - | |||||
Loss
from discontinued operations
|
(6,734 | ) | (3,189 | ) | ||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (21,695 | ) | $ | (10,245 | ) | ||
Loss per share - basic and
diluted:
|
||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$ | (0.59 | ) | $ | (1.07 | ) | ||
Discontinued
operations:
|
||||||||
loss
from operations
|
(0.16 | ) | (0.48 | ) | ||||
loss
from disposal of net assets
|
(0.11 | ) | 0.00 | |||||
Discontinued
operations total
|
(0.27 | ) | (0.48 | ) | ||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (0.85 | ) | $ | (1.56 | ) | ||
Weighted
average shares outstanding
-
basic and diluted
|
25,394,264 | 6,579,350 |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
F-4
Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flow
For
the Year Ended December 31, 2008 and the Period from March 23, 2007(Inception)
to December 31, 2007
(in
$000's)
Year Ended
|
March 23, 2007 -
|
|||||||
December 31,
|
December 31,
|
|||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Operating
Activities:
|
||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (21,695 | ) | $ | (10,245 | ) | ||
Loss
from discontinued operations
|
(6,734 | ) | (3,189 | ) | ||||
Net
loss from continuing operations
|
(14,961 | ) | (7,056 | ) | ||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss from continuing operations to net cash used in
operating activities:
|
||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,760 | 126 | ||||||
Interest
arising from amortization of debt discount
|
3,443 | 886 | ||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
(4,782 | ) | (58 | ) | ||||
Share
based compensation
|
2,759 | 138 | ||||||
Other
changes in assets and liabilities, net
|
(291 | ) | (1,373 | ) | ||||
Net
cash used in continuing operations
|
(12,072 | ) | (7,337 | ) | ||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by discontinued operations
|
(2,184 | ) | 60 | |||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(14,256 | ) | (7,277 | ) | ||||
Investing
activities:
|
||||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(67 | ) | (202 | ) | ||||
Cash
received from reverse merger with Zoo
|
1,669 | - | ||||||
Disposition
(acquisition) of assets of discontinued operations, net of cash
acquired
|
477 | (1,599 | ) | |||||
Acquisition
of stock of Zoo Publishing, net of cash acquired
|
(2 | ) | (6,000 | ) | ||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
2,077 | (7,801 | ) | |||||
Financing
activities:
|
||||||||
Proceeds
from sale of equity securities
|
6,118 | 15,247 | ||||||
Proceeds
from Zoo issuance of convertible notes - pre-merger
|
7,785 | - | ||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of convertible notes - post-merger
|
1,000 | - | ||||||
Net
repayments in connection with financing facilities
|
(2,044 | ) | - | |||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
12,859 | 15,247 | ||||||
Increase
in cash
|
680 | 169 | ||||||
Cash
at beginning of period
|
169 | - | ||||||
Cash
at end of period
|
$ | 849 | $ | 169 |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
F-5
Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders' Equity For the Period from March 23, 2007
(Inception) to December 31, 2007 and
For
the Year ended December 31, 2008
(in
000's)
Preferred Stock
|
Common Stock
|
Additional
|
Accumulated
|
Treasury Stock
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Par value
|
Shares
|
Par
Value
|
Paid-in-
Capital
|
Deficit
|
Shares
|
Par
Value
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Founder's
shares
|
$ | - | 2,374 | $ | 3 | $ | 64 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of members' units, net of costs
|
7,676 | 8 | 15,239 | 15,247 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity-based
compensation expense
|
1,068 | 1 | 70 | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common units for SVS acquisition
|
351 | - | 490 | 490 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common units for Zoo Publishing acquisition
|
3,162 | 3 | 8,170 | 8,173 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commitment
to Issue common units for Zoo Publishing acquisition
|
- | - | 5,447 | 5,447 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common units for Radar publishing rights
|
1,054 | 1 | 1,469 | 1,470 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bridge
Note beneficial conversion factor
|
- | 843 | 843 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(10,245 | ) | (10,245 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
December 31, 2007
|
- | - | 15,685 | 16 | 31,792 | (10,245 | ) | - | - | 21,563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
issued in connection with private placement offering
|
2,143 | 2 | 6,433 | 6,435 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Costs
incurred in connection with private placement offering
|
(317 | ) | (317 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
issued in connection with the acquisition of Zoo Digital
|
1,581 | 2 | 4,084 | 4,086 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exchange
of promissory notes for common stock at fair value
|
5,973 | 6 | 6,022 | 6,028 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beneficial
conversion feature of debt issued
|
- | - | 200 | 200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
issued for consulting services
|
701 | - | 1,065 | 1,065 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value
of warrants issued for consulting services
|
- | 63 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation
expense related to shares issued to employees
|
16 | - | 25 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation
expense related to options issued to employees
|
- | - | 1,605 | 1,605 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zoo
shares acquired upon the completion of the reverse merger
|
11,327 | 11 | 1,186 | 1,724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value
of warrants issued in connection with debt financing
|
527 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value
of Shares to be returned to Treasury for SVS and Zoo Digital
sale
|
2,237 | (3,356 | ) | (3,356 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
issued for warrants exercised
|
818 | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(21,695 | ) | (21,695 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance December 31, 2008 | - | $ | - | 38,344 | $ | 38 | $ | 52,692 | $ | (31,940 | ) | 2,237 | $ | (3,356 | ) | $ | 17,434 |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
F-6
ZOO
ENTERTAINMENT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1.
DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND REVERSE MERGER
Zoo
Entertainment, Inc., (“Zoo” or the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of
the State of Nevada on February 13, 2003 under the name Driftwood Ventures,
Inc. On December 20, 2007, the Company reincorporated in Delaware and
increased its authorized capital stock from 75,000,000 shares to 80,000,000
shares, consisting of 75,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001, per
share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001, per share. No
terms have been established for the preferred stock. The Company was engaged in
acquiring and exploring mineral properties until September 30, 2007 when this
activity was abandoned. The Company had been inactive until July 7,
2008 when the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, as
subsequently amended on September 12. 2008 (the “Merger Agreement”) with DFTW
Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company (“Merger Sub”), Zoo Games, Inc. (“Zoo Games”) (formerly known as Green
Screen Interactive Software, Inc.) and a stockholder representative, pursuant to
which Merger Sub would merge with and into Zoo Games, with Zoo Games as the
surviving corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”) through an exchange of
common stock of Zoo Games for common stock of the Company (the “Merger”). On
December 3, 2008, Driftwood Ventures, Inc. changed its name to Zoo
Entertainment, Inc.
On
September 12, 2008, upon the completion of the Merger, each outstanding share of
Zoo Games common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Zoo Games Common
Stock”) on a fully-converted basis, converted automatically into and became
exchangeable for shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per
share based on an exchange ratio equal to 7.023274. In addition, by virtue of
the Merger, each of the 334,983 options to purchase shares of Zoo Games Common
Stock (the “Zoo Games Options”) outstanding under Zoo Games’ 2008 Long-Term
Incentive Plan were assumed by the Company, subject to the same terms and
conditions as were applicable under such plan immediately prior to the Merger,
and converted into 243,040 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common
stock at an exercise price of $2.58 per share, 421,396 options to purchase
shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.25 per share and
1,688,240 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an
exercise price of $1.52 per share. The 246,243 warrants to purchase shares of
Zoo Games Common Stock outstanding at the time of the Merger (the “Zoo Games
Warrants”) were assumed by the Company and converted into 1,411,186 warrants to
acquire shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.84 and
318,246 warrants to acquire shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise
price of $2.13 per share. The merger consideration consisted (i) 26,098,303
shares of the Company’s common stock, (ii) the reservation of 2,352,677 shares
of the Company’s common stock that are required for the assumption of the Zoo
Games Options and (iii) the reservation of 1,729,432 shares of the Company’s
common stock that are required for the assumption of the Zoo Games
Warrants.
Zoo Games
is treated as the acquirer for accounting purposes in this reverse merger and
the financial statements of the Company for all periods presented represent the
historical activity of Zoo Games and include the activity of Zoo beginning on
September 12, 2008, the date of the reverse merger. As a result of the reverse
merger, the equity transactions for the period from March 23, 2007 to September
12, 2008 have been adjusted to reflect this recapitalization.
Zoo
Games, a Delaware corporation, is a New York City-based developer, publisher and
distributor of interactive entertainment software for use on all major platforms
including Nintendo’s Wii and DS, Sony’s PSP and PlayStation 3, Microsoft’s Xbox
360, and personal computers (PCs). Zoo Games sells primarily to major retail
chains and video game distributors. Zoo Games began business in March 2007,
acquired the assets of Supervillain Studios, Inc. (“SVS”) on June 13, 2007,
acquired the stock of Zoo Publishing on December 18, 2007 and acquired the stock
of Zoo Digital Publishing Limited (“Zoo Digital”) on April 4, 2008. The
consolidated financial statements include the results of their operations from
their respective acquisition dates. We also acquired an interest in Cyoob, Inc.,
also known as Repliqa (“Repliqa”), on June 28, 2007. During January 2008, Zoo
Games’ board of directors made a determination to discontinue its involvement
with the operations of Repliqa. During September 2008, Zoo Games sold SVS back
to its original owners. In November 2008, Zoo Games sold Zoo Digital
back to its original owners. Repliqa, SVS and Zoo Digital have been
reflected as discontinued operations for all periods
presented.
Currently,
the Company has determined that it operates in one business segment in North
America, as described above, which includes the operations of Zoo
Publishing.
On May
16, 2008, Zoo Games converted from a limited liability company to a
C-corporation and changed its name to Green Screen Interactive Software, Inc.
from Green Screen Interactive Software, LLC. In August 2008, it changed its name
to Zoo Games, Inc.
F-7
2.
GOING CONCERN
These
consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company
will continue as a going concern. The Company has incurred losses since
inception, resulting in an accumulated deficit of approximately $31.9
million and a working capital deficiency of approximately $9.2 million at
December 31, 2008. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company generated
negative cash flows from operations of approximately $12.1 million. Further
losses are anticipated in the development of its business raising substantial
doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. In addition,
the Company has various notes maturing between July and September 2009 with a
total face value of approximately $12.3 million. The Company has been
in discussions with the debt holders to either convert a portion or the entirety
of the debt to equity or extend or amend the terms of the
debt. Its ability to continue as a going concern is dependent
upon the ability of the Company to generate cash flow from operations sufficient
to maintain its daily business activities as well as acquiring financing from
outside sources through the sale of equity or debt instruments as well as
restructuring its maturing note obligations. While management has plans to seek
financing through additional sales of such instruments, there is no assurance
that such financing can be obtained. These consolidated financial statements do
not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of
recorded assets, or the amounts of and classification of liabilities that might
be necessary as a result of this uncertainty.
3.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of
Consolidation
The
consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of Zoo
Games and its wholly and majority owned subsidiaries, Supervillain Studios LLC,
Zoo Publishing, Zoo Digital Publishing Limited and Repliqa during the periods
that each subsidiary was directly or indirectly owned by Zoo Games. All
intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated in
consolidation.
Use of
Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the
financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the
reporting periods. The estimates affecting the consolidated financial statements
that are particularly significant include the recoverability of product
development costs, lives of intangibles, realization of goodwill and
intangibles, allocation of purchase price, valuation of inventories and the
adequacy of allowances for returns, price concessions and doubtful accounts.
Actual amounts could differ from these estimates.
Concentration of Credit
Risk
We
maintain cash balances at what we believe are several high quality financial
institutions. While we attempt to limit credit exposure with any single
institution, balances often exceed FDIC insurable amounts.
If the
financial condition and operations of our customers deteriorate, our risk of
collection could increase substantially. A majority of our trade receivables are
derived from sales to major retailers and distributors. In October 2008, we
entered into an agreement with Atari, Inc. where sales from October 24, 2008
through March 31, 2009 for all customers that Atari deemed acceptable would be
through Atari and Atari would prepay us for the cost of goods and they would
bear the credit risk from the ultimate customer. As of December 31,
2008, Atari had prepaid us approximately $1.8 million and the receivable due
from Atari was approximately $1.8 million, before allowances. Our
five largest ultimate customers accounted for approximately 60% and 83% of net
revenue for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. These five
largest customers accounted for 3% and 10% of our gross accounts receivable as
of December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. We believe that the receivable
balances from these customers do not represent a significant credit risk based
on past collection experience. The receivables from our factor included in our
gross accounts receivable were $0 and $175,000 as of December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. We regularly review our outstanding receivables for potential bad
debts and have had no history of significant write-offs due to bad
debts.
Inventory
Inventory,
primarily consisting of finished goods, is stated at the lower of actual cost or
market. We periodically evaluate the carrying value of our inventory and make
adjustments as necessary. Estimated product returns are included in the
inventory balances and also recorded at the lower of actual cost or
market.
F-8
Product Development
Costs
We
utilize both internal development teams and third party product developers to
develop the titles we publish.
We
capitalize internal product development costs (including stock-based
compensation, specifically identifiable employee payroll expense and incentive
compensation costs related to the completion and release of titles), third party
production and other content costs, subsequent to establishing technological
feasibility of a title. Technological feasibility of a product includes the
completion of both technical design documentation and game design documentation.
Amortization of such capitalized costs is recorded on a title-by-title basis in
cost of goods sold using the proportion of current year revenues to the total
revenues expected to be recorded over the life of the title.
We
frequently enter into agreements with third party developers that require us to
make advance payments for game development and production services. In exchange
for our advance payments, we receive the exclusive publishing and distribution
rights to the finished game title as well as, in some cases, the underlying
intellectual property rights. Such agreements allow us to fully recover the
advance payments to the developers at an agreed royalty rate earned on the
subsequent retail sales of such product, net of any agreed costs. We capitalize
all advance payments to developers as product development costs. On a
product-by-product basis, we reduce product development costs and record a
corresponding amount of research and development expense for any costs incurred
by third party developers prior to establishing technological feasibility of a
product as these advances are expended. We typically enter into agreements with
third party developers after completing the technical design documentation for
our products and therefore record the design costs leading up to a signed
development contract as research and development expense. We also generally
contract with third party developers that have proven technology and experience
in the genre of the video game being developed, which often allows for the
establishment of technological feasibility early in the development cycle. In
instances where the documentation of the design and technology are not in place
prior to an executed contract, we monitor the product development process and
require our third party developers to adhere to the same technological
feasibility standards that apply to our internally developed
products.
We also
capitalize advance payments as product development costs when advances are made
subsequent to establishing technological feasibility of a video game title and
amortize them, on a title-by-title basis, as product development costs in cost
of goods sold. Royalty amortization is recorded using the proportion of current
year unit sales and revenues to the total unit sales and revenues expected to be
recorded over the life of the title.
At each
balance sheet date, or earlier if an indicator of impairment exists, we evaluate
the recoverability of capitalized development costs, advance development
payments and any other unrecognized minimum commitments that have not been paid,
using an undiscounted future cash flow analysis, and charge any amounts that are
deemed unrecoverable to cost of goods sold if the product has already been
released. If the product is discontinued prior to completion, any prepaid
unrecoverable advances are charged to research and development expense. We use
various measures to estimate future revenues for our product titles, including
past performance of similar titles and orders for titles prior to their release.
For sequels, the performance of predecessor titles is also taken into
consideration.
Prior to
establishing technological feasibility, we expense research and development
costs as incurred. During 2008, we wrote-off approximately $5.1 million of
expense relating to costs incurred for the development of nine games that were
abandoned and we expensed $720,000 for a game still in development that we
deemed unrecoverable. In the 2007 period, we wrote off approximately
$1.9 million of expense relating to costs incurred for the development of a game
that was abandoned, we wrote off $1.5 million relating to video game publishing
rights that were terminated and we expensed approximately $1.0 million for other
costs incurred by our internal development studio prior to technological
feasibility that could not be capitalized. Those costs are included
in the Statement of Operations under research and development
expenses. In addition in 2008, approximately $1.4 million of other
costs were incurred by our discontinued internal development studio prior to
technological feasibility that could not be capitalized, and these costs are
included in the loss from discontinued operations in the Statement of
Operations.
Licenses and
Royalties
Licenses
consist of payments and guarantees made to holders of intellectual property
rights for use of their trademarks, copyrights, technology or other intellectual
property rights in the development of our products. Agreements with rights
holders generally provide for guaranteed minimum royalty payments for use of
their intellectual property. When significant performance remains to
be completed by the licensor, we record payments when actually
paid.
Certain
licenses extend over multi-year periods and encompass multiple game titles. In
addition to guaranteed minimum payments, these licenses frequently contain
provisions that could require us to pay royalties to the license holder, based
on pre-agreed unit sales thresholds.
F-9
Licensing
fees are capitalized on the balance sheet in prepaid expenses and are amortized
as royalties in cost of goods sold on a title-by-title basis at a ratio of
current period revenues to the total revenues expected to be recorded over the
remaining life of the title. Similar to product development costs, we review our
sales projections quarterly to determine the likely recoverability of our
capitalized licenses as well as any unpaid minimum obligations. When management
determines that the value of a license is unlikely to be recovered by product
sales, capitalized licenses are charged to cost of goods sold, based on current
and expected revenues, in the period in which such determination is made.
Criteria used to evaluate expected product performance and to estimate future
sales for a title include: historical performance of comparable titles; orders
for titles prior to release; and the estimated performance of a sequel title
based on the performance of the title on which the sequel is based.
Fixed
Assets
Office
equipment and furniture and fixtures are depreciated using the straight-line
method over their estimated useful life of five years. Computer equipment and
software are generally depreciated and amortized using the straight-line method
over three years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of the
term of the related lease or seven years. The cost of additions and betterments
are capitalized, and repairs and maintenance costs are charged to operations, in
the periods incurred. When depreciable assets are retired or sold, the cost and
related allowances for depreciation are removed from the accounts and the gain
or loss is recognized. The carrying amounts of these assets are recorded at
historical cost.
Goodwill and Intangible
Assets
Goodwill
is the excess of purchase price paid over identified intangible and tangible net
assets of acquired companies. Intangible assets consist of trademarks, customer
relationships, content and product development. Certain intangible assets
acquired in a business combination are recognized as assets apart from goodwill.
Identified intangibles other than goodwill are generally amortized using the
straight-line method over the period of expected benefit ranging from one to ten
years, except for intellectual property, which are usage-based intangible assets
that are amortized using the shorter of the useful life or expected revenue
stream.
The
Company accounts for its goodwill in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangibles”. Under this standard,
the Company is required to perform a goodwill impairment test at least on an
annual basis and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying value may not be recoverable from estimated future cash flows. On
December 31, 2008, we performed our annual test for impairment of goodwill and
determined no impairment existed. We will continue to perform tests
of impairment in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year or earlier if indicators
of impairment exist. We determine the fair value of each reporting
unit using a discounted cash flow analysis and compare such values to the
respective reporting unit's carrying amount.
Impairment of Long-Lived
Assets, Including Definitive Life Intangible Assets
We review
all long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that
the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable, including assets to be
disposed of by sale, whether previously held and used or newly acquired. We
compare the carrying amount of the asset to the estimated undiscounted future
cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset. If the carrying amount
of the asset exceeds estimated expected undiscounted future cash flows, we
record an impairment charge for the difference between the carrying amount of
the asset and its fair value. The estimated fair value is generally measured by
discounting expected future cash flows at our incremental borrowing rate or fair
value, if available.
Revenue
Recognition
We earn
our revenue from the sale of internally developed interactive software titles
and from the sale of titles developed by and/or licensed from third party
developers ("Publishing revenue").
We
recognize Publishing revenue upon the transfer of title and risk of loss to our
customers. We apply the provisions of Statement of Position 97-2, "Software
Revenue Recognition", in conjunction with the applicable provisions of Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 104, "Revenue Recognition." Accordingly, we recognize
revenue for software titles when there is (1) persuasive evidence that an
arrangement with the customer exists, which is generally a customer purchase
order, (2) the product is delivered, (3) the selling price is fixed or
determinable and (4) collection of the customer receivable is deemed
probable. Our payment arrangements with customers typically provide net 30 and
60-day terms. Advances received from customers are reported on the consolidated
balance sheet as customer advances, included in current liabilities until we
meet our performance obligations, at which point we recognize the
revenue.
Revenue
is recognized after deducting estimated reserves for returns, price concessions
and other allowances. In circumstances when we do not have a reliable basis to
estimate returns and price concessions or are unable to determine that
collection of a receivable is probable, we defer the revenue until such time as
we can reliably estimate any related returns and allowances and determine that
collection of the receivable is probable.
F-10
Allowances for Returns,
Price Concessions and Other Allowances
We may
accept returns and grant price concessions in connection with our publishing
arrangements. Following reductions in the price of our products, we grant price
concessions that permit customers to take credits for unsold merchandise against
amounts they owe us. Our customers must satisfy certain conditions to allow them
to return products or receive price concessions, including compliance with
applicable payment terms and confirmation of field inventory
levels.
Although
our distribution arrangements with customers do not give them the right to
return titles or to cancel firm orders, we sometimes accept returns from our
distribution customers for stock balancing and make accommodations to customers,
which include credits and returns, when demand for specific titles fall below
expectations.
We make
estimates of future product returns and price concessions related to current
period product revenue based upon, among other factors, historical experience
and performance of the titles in similar genres, historical performance of a
hardware platform, customer inventory levels, analysis of sell-through rates,
sales force and retail customer feedback, industry pricing, market conditions
and changes in demand and acceptance of our products by consumers.
Significant
management judgments and estimates must be made and used in connection with
establishing the allowance for returns and price concessions in any accounting
period. We believe we can make reliable estimates of returns and price
concessions. However, actual results may differ from initial estimates as a
result of changes in circumstances, market conditions and assumptions.
Adjustments to estimates are recorded in the period in which they become
known.
Consideration Given to
Customers and Received from Vendors
We have
various marketing arrangements with retailers and distributors of our products
that provide for cooperative advertising and market development funds, among
others, which are generally based on single exchange transactions. Such amounts
are accrued as a reduction to revenue when revenue is recognized, except for
cooperative advertising which is included in selling and marketing expense if
there is a separate identifiable benefit and the benefit's fair value can be
established.
We
receive various incentives from our manufacturers, including up-front cash
payments as well as rebates based on a cumulative level of purchases. Such
amounts are generally accounted for as a reduction in the price of the
manufacturer's product and included as a reduction of inventory or cost of goods
sold, based on (1) a ratio of current period revenue to the total revenue
expected to be recorded over the remaining life of the product or (2) an agreed
upon per unit rebate, based on actual units manufactured during the
period.
Equity-based
Compensation
We issued
options to purchase shares of common stock of the Company to certain management
and employees during 2008 and 2007. In accordance with SFAS 123(R), Share-Based
Payment, we record compensation expense over the requisite service period based
on their relative fair values.
The fair
value of our equity-based compensation is estimated using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model. This model requires the input of assumptions regarding a
number of complex and subjective variables that will usually have a significant
impact on the fair value estimate. These variables include, but are not limited
to, the volatility of our stock price and estimated exercise behavior. The
assumptions and variables used for the current period grants were developed
based on SFAS 123(R) and SEC guidance contained in Staff Accounting
Bulletin (SAB) No. 107, "Share-Based Payment." The following table
summarizes the assumptions and variables used by us to compute the weighted
average fair value of stock option grants:
For the Year
|
For the Period From
|
|||||||
Ended
|
March 23, 2007 to
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December 31, 2008
|
December 31, 2007
|
|||||||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
3.07 | % | 3.45 | % | ||||
Expected
stock price volatility
|
70.0 | % | 45.0 | % | ||||
Expected
term until exercise (years)
|
5 | 5 | ||||||
Dividends
|
None
|
None
|
For the
years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, we estimated the implied volatility
for publicly traded options on our common shares as the expected volatility
assumption required in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The
selection of the implied volatility approach was based upon the historical
volatility of companies with similar businesses and capitalization and our
assessment that implied volatility is more representative of future stock price
trends than historical volatility.
F-11
Earnings (Loss) per
Share
Basic
earnings (loss) per share ("EPS") is computed by dividing the net loss
applicable to common stockholders for the period by the weighted average number
of shares of common stock outstanding during the same period. Diluted EPS is
computed by dividing the net income applicable to common stockholders for the
period by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding and
common stock equivalents, which includes warrants and options outstanding during
the same period. Since the inclusion of the warrants and options outstanding is
anti-dilutive because of losses, the dilutive loss per share is the same as the
basic loss per share. As a result, 6,502,159 and 1,007,405 warrants as of
December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively and 2,336,552 and 243,040 options to
acquire shares of common stock as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively
were excluded from the EPS calculations for all periods presented.
Foreign Currency
Translation
The
functional currency for our former foreign operation was primarily the
applicable local currency, British pounds sterling and Euro. Accounts of foreign
operations were translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates for assets and
liabilities at the balance sheet date and average prevailing exchange rates for
the period for revenue and expense accounts. Realized and unrealized
transaction gains and losses are included in income in the period in which they
occur. There was no translation adjustment required at December 31,
2008.
Income
Taxes
Zoo Games
was a limited liability company from inception until May 16, 2008, when we
converted to a corporation. As a limited liability company, we were not required
to provide for any corporate tax. The loss from the Company’s operations was
passed to the unit holders via Form K-1’s and the unit holders are responsible
for any resulting taxes. One of our subsidiaries, Zoo Publishing was not a
limited liability company and we therefore were required to record a corporate
tax provision upon the acquisition of Zoo Publishing.
As a
corporation, we recognize deferred taxes under the asset and liability method of
accounting for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method, deferred
income taxes are recognized for differences between the financial statement and
tax bases of assets and liabilities at currently enacted statutory tax rates for
the years in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect on
deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period
that includes the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established when we
determine that it is more likely than not that such deferred tax assets will not
be realized.
During
2007, the Company adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48,
“Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an interpretation of FASB
Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertain
income tax positions. This interpretation requires us to recognize in the
consolidated financial statements only those tax positions which we have
determined to be more likely than not sustainable upon examination, based on the
technical merits of the positions under the presumption that the taxing
authorities have full knowledge of all relevant facts. The determination of
which tax positions are more likely than not sustainable requires us to use
significant judgments and estimates, which may or may not be borne out by actual
results.
Fair Market Value of
Financial Instruments
The
carrying value of cash, accounts receivable, inventory, prepaid expenses,
accounts payable, accrued expenses, due to factor, and advances from customers
are reasonable estimates of the fair values because of their short-term
maturity. Notes payable are recorded net of the discount which is
computed as the difference between the market interest rate that the Company
would pay for financing at the time the note is issued and the stated interest
rate on the note. The convertible notes that were issued with
warrants are recorded net of the unamortized discount applied to the
warrants.
Recently Issued Accounting
Pronouncements
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements” (SFAS No. 160), which is an amendment of
Accounting Research Bulletin (“ARB”) No. 51. This statement clarifies that a
noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the
consolidated entity that should be reported as equity in the consolidated
financial statements. This statement changes the way the consolidated income
statement is presented, thus requiring consolidated net income to be reported at
amounts that include the amounts attributable to both parent and the
noncontrolling interest. This statement is effective for the fiscal years, and
interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15,
2008. The adoption of SFAS No. 160 did not have a significant impact on our
results of operations or financial position.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business
Combinations” (SFAS No. 141R). This statement replaces FASB Statement No. 141,
“Business Combinations.” This statement retains the fundamental requirements in
SFAS 141 that the acquisition method of accounting (which SFAS No. 141 called
the purchase method) be used for all business combinations and for an acquirer
to be identified for each business combination. This statement defines the
acquirer as the entity that obtains control of one or more businesses in the
business combination and establishes the acquisition date as the date that the
acquirer achieves control. This statement requires an acquirer to recognize the
assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the
acquiree at the acquisition date, measured at their fair values as of that date,
with limited exceptions specified in the statement. This statement applies
prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or
after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after
December 15, 2008.
F-12
In
February 2008, the FASB issued FSP FAS 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB Statement
No. 157”. FSP FAS 157-2 delays the effective date of SFAS
No. 157, “ Fair Value
Measurements”, for certain nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial
liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the
financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). SFAS No. 157
establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about
fair value measurements. FSP FAS 157-2 defers the effective date of certain
provisions of SFAS No. 157 to fiscal years beginning after
November 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years, for items
within the scope of this FSP. The adoption of FSP FAS 157-2 will not have a
significant impact on our results of operations or financial
position.
In
April 2008, the FASB issued FSP FAS 142-3, “Determination of the Useful Life of
Intangible Assets”. FSP FAS 142-3 amends the factors an entity should
consider in developing renewal or extension assumptions used in determining the
useful life of recognized intangible assets under SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets”. This guidance for determining the useful life of a recognized
intangible asset applies prospectively to intangible assets acquired
individually or with a group of other assets in either an asset acquisition or
business combination. FSP FAS 142-3 is effective for fiscal years, and interim
periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2008, and
early adoption is prohibited. The adoption of FSP FAS 142-3 did not have a
significant impact on our results of operations and financial
position.
In
May 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 162, “The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles” (“FAS 162”). FAS 162 is intended to improve
financial reporting by identifying a consistent framework, or hierarchy, for
selecting accounting principles to be used in preparing financial statements
that are presented in conformity with GAAP for nongovernmental entities. FAS 162
is effective 60 days following the SEC’s approval of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board amendments to AU Section 411, “The Meaning of
Present Fairly in Conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles.” We do not expect the adoption of this statement to have
a significant impact on our results of operations or financial
position.
On May 9,
2008, the FASB issued Staff Position ("FSP") APB 14-1, “Accounting for Convertible Debt
Instruments That May Be Settled in Cash upon Conversion (Including Partial Cash
Settlements )”, which clarifies that convertible debt instruments that
may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement) are
not addressed by paragraph 12 of APB Opinion No. 14, Accounting for Convertible
Debt and Debt Issued with Stock Purchase Warrants. The FSP specifies that
issuers of such instruments should separately account for the liability and
equity components in a manner that will reflect the entity's nonconvertible debt
borrowing rate when interest cost is recognized in subsequent periods. FSP APB
14-1 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2008 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The
adoption of FSP APB 14-will not have a significant impact on our results of
operations or financial position.
4.
BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS
During
the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2008, we consummated the acquisitions and
dispositions described below, which largely reflect our efforts to expand our
business by adding development studios, established distribution systems, a
seasoned sales team and talented personnel resources to our existing
infrastructure. The acquisitions were accounted for under the purchase method of
accounting in accordance with FASB 141 and the results of operations and
financial position of these acquisitions are included in our consolidated
financial statements from their respective acquisition dates.
Supervillain Studios
(Discontinued Operation)
In June
2007, the Company acquired the assets of Supervillain Studios, Inc.
(“Supervillain” or “SVS”), a video game developer based in Santa Ana,
California. The total purchase price consisted of the following:
(amounts
in $000’s)
|
||||
Cash
at closing
|
$ | 1,400 | ||
Promissory
Notes, net of $989 debt discount
|
1,111 | |||
Fair
value of 351,171 common shares issued
|
490 | |||
Acquisition-related
costs
|
53 | |||
Total
purchase price
|
$ | 3,054 |
In
addition, there was $333,000 to be paid to each of Supervillain’s three
shareholders (an aggregate of up to $1.0 million) that remain employed by the
Company or its affiliates on the third anniversary of the Supervillain closing.
The $333,000 was accrued for as compensation on a straight-line basis over a
three-year period. The Supervillain Promissory Note was payable in three
installments; $500,000 of principal together with accrued interest at the rate
of 5% per annum is payable on each of (A) the earlier of December 14, 2008 or
the date that the Company consummates a round of equity financing of $20.0
million or more and (B) the earlier of December 14, 2008 or the date that the
Company consummates a round of equity financing of $31.0 million or more. The
balance of the Supervillain Promissory Note, together with any accrued interest,
was due on June 14, 2010.
F-13
Effective
September 16, 2008, the Company sold SVS back to its original owners. In
connection with the sale, certain assets that were developed by SVS after its
original acquisition remain with the Company. All unpaid obligations related to
the acquisition were assumed and a net payment of $500,000 was due to the SVS
owners. When the $500,000 is paid in full, the SVS owners will return 351,171
shares of common stock of the Company that are currently held in escrow. These
shares have been accounted for as Treasury Stock at December 31,
2008. As of December 31, 2008, $225,000 remains due to the SVS
owners. The Company reported a loss of approximately $528,000
relating to the disposition of SVS and a loss of approximately $2.6 million and
$1.1 million for its discontinued operations for 2008 and the 2007 period,
respectively. The assets disposed and liabilities relieved are (in
$000’s):
Fixed
assets
|
$
|
112
|
||
Goodwill
|
1,500
|
|||
Intangibles
|
1,057
|
|||
Accrued
expenses relieved
|
(558
|
)
|
||
Notes
payable relieved ($2,100, net of $544 discount)
|
(1,556
|
)
|
||
Common
shares to be returned to Treasury at fair value
|
(527
|
)
|
||
Additional liability
|
500
|
|||
Net
assets disposed
|
$
|
528
|
Zoo Publishing,
Inc.
In
December 2007, the Company acquired the shares of Zoo Publishing. The
purchase price was paid as follows (in $000’s):
Cash
at closing
|
$
|
7,040
|
||
Promissory
Notes, net of $2,346 debt discount
|
4,414
|
|||
Fair
value of 3,160,874 common shares issued
|
8,173
|
|||
Fair
value of 2,106,582 common shares to be issued (issued July
2008)
|
5,447
|
|||
Acquisition-related
costs
|
69
|
|||
Total
purchase price
|
$
|
25,143
|
The cash
purchase price was approximately $7.0 million at closing, with approximately
$1.8 million to be paid at the earlier of the Company’s completion of another
round of financing or by December 2008 with the $5.0 million balance to be paid
in two installments pursuant to a promissory note (the “Zoo Publishing Note”).
The first installment of $2.5 million of principal together with accrued
interest at the rate of 3.9% per annum was due on the earlier of June 18, 2009
and the date on which the Company consummates a round of equity financing of
$40.0 million or more. The balance of the Zoo Publishing Note (including accrued
interest) is payable December 18, 2010.
In July
2008, the Company restructured the Zoo Publishing Note and certain other amounts
due so that approximately $3.2 million of debt due was converted to equity of
the Company at the then current market price of $10.65 per share (equivalent to
$1.52 per share after the reverse merger) and the remaining debt was
restructured so that approximately $1.1 million is due on September 18, 2009,
approximately $100,000 is due on September 18, 2010, $2.0 million is due
December 18, 2010 and approximately $300,000 is due on July 31,
2011.
Cyoob, Inc. and Repliqa, LLC
(Discontinued Operation)
In June
2007, we acquired a 24.75% interest in the outstanding stock of Cyoob, Inc.
(“Cyoob”). Cyoob’s assets were transferred to Repliqa, LLC (“Repliqa”) and the
Company acquired a 35% membership interest in Repliqa, ultimately allowing the
Company to own 51.09% of the operating business of Repliqa. Repliqa was
developing a recommendation engine to be used on the internet. We paid
approximately $1.2 million for the interest in Cyoob and we committed to pay
approximately $1.2 million for the membership interest in Repliqa. Prior to
December 31, 2007, the assets of Repliqa were impaired and we recorded $2.0
million as a loss on impairment on this investment in the 2007 financial
statements. This operation had no revenue. In January 2008, the Board and
management decided to discontinue its involvement with the operations and this
was recorded as a discontinued operation on the 2008 financial statements.
During 2008, the Company sustained an additional $219,000 in losses that are
included in the loss from discontinued operations.
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Zoo Digital Publishing
Limited (Discontinued Operation)
In April
2008, the Company acquired the shares of Zoo Digital Publishing Limited (“Zoo
Digital”). The purchase price was paid as follows:
(amounts
in $000’s)
|
||||
Cash
due at closing
|
$ | 630 | ||
Cash
due by December 31, 2008
|
370 | |||
Promissory
Notes, net of $547 debt discount
|
1,953 | |||
Fair
value of 1,580,237 common shares issued
|
4,086 | |||
Acquisition-related
costs
|
188 | |||
Total
purchase price
|
$ | 7,227 |
In
addition, there is $500,000 to be paid to each of Zoo Digitals two shareholders
(an aggregate of up to $1.0 million) that remain employed by the Company or its
affiliates on the third anniversary of the Zoo Digital closing. The full amount
is being accrued for as compensation on a straight-line basis over a three-year
period. The cash purchase price was $630,000 paid at closing, with $370,000 to
be paid within the next nine months. The $2.5 million promissory note was
payable $1.5 million with the Company’s next round of financing and $1.0 million
was due April 2009. In addition, the Company was obligated under the purchase
agreement to remit to the sellers an amount equal to 80% of any resultant tax
savings from the utilization of the UK loss carryforward existing at the time of
the acquisition.
In July
2008, the Company restructured the promissory note so that $2.0 million of debt
due was converted to equity of the Company at the then current market price of
$10.65 per share (equivalent to $1.52 per share after the reverse merger) and
the remaining $500,000 is due on December 31, 2008.
The
following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase price based on the
estimated value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the
acquisition date:
(amounts
in $000’s)
|
||||
Cash
|
$ | 342 | ||
Other
current assets
|
3,989 | |||
Fixed
Assets
|
82 | |||
Other
assets
|
78 | |||
Goodwill
|
1,960 | |||
Content
|
1,789 | |||
Trademarks
|
840 | |||
Customer
Relationships
|
2,337 | |||
Current
liabilities assumed
|
(2,800 | ) | ||
Deferred
tax liability
|
(1,390 | ) | ||
Net
assets acquired
|
$ | 7,227 |
Effective
November 28, 2008, the Company sold Zoo Digital back to its original
owners. All unpaid obligations related to the acquisition were
relieved and a net payment of approximately $403,000 was due from the Zoo
Digital owners to the Company, to be paid in nine equal monthly installments
beginning in January 2009. In addition, the Zoo Digital owners
returned 1,886,205 shares of common stock of the Company. These
shares have been accounted for as treasury stock. The Company
reported a loss of approximately $3.3 million relating to the disposition of Zoo
Digital and a loss of approximately $1.2 million for its discontinued operations
for the year ended December 31, 2008. The assets disposed and liabilities
relieved are (in $000’s):
Current
assets
|
$
|
3,961
|
||
Fixed
assets
|
57
|
|||
Goodwill
|
1,960
|
|||
Intangibles
|
4.698
|
|||
Accrued
expenses relieved
|
(3,022
|
)
|
||
Notes
payable relieved ($500, net of $9 discount)
|
(491
|
)
|
||
Deferred
taxes
|
(1,190
|
)
|
||
Shares
to be returned to Treasury at fair value
|
(2,829
|
)
|
||
Net
assets disposed
|
$
|
3,144
|
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Loss from Discontinued
Operations
The loss
from discontinued operations is summarized as follows for the year ended
December 31, 2008 (in $000’s):
Repliqa
|
$ | (219 | ) | |
On-line
concept
|
(146 | ) | ||
Supervillain
– operations
|
(2,646 | ) | ||
Supervillain
- loss on disposition of assets
|
(528 | ) | ||
Zoo
Digital – operations
|
(1,241 | ) | ||
Zoo
Digital - loss on disposition of assets
|
(3,344 | ) | ||
Total
pretax loss from discontinued operations
|
(8,124 | ) | ||
Credit
for income taxes
|
1,390 | |||
Loss
from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit
|
$ | (6,734 | ) |
The loss
from discontinued operations for the period from March 23, 2007 to December 31,
2007 consists of approximately $2.1 million from Repliqa and the on-line concept
and approximately $1.1 million from Supervillain operations.
The
revenues from the discontinued operations were approximately $2.5 million for
the year ended December 31, 2008 and $785,000 during the period from March 23,
2007 to December 31, 2007. For the year ended December 31, 2008,
approximately $2.3 million of revenue was generated from foreign operations with
none being recorded in the 2007 period.
Pro forma
results
The
following unaudited summary pro forma information assumes the Zoo Publishing
acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2007. The pro forma results related to
Supervillain and Repliqa have been eliminated as we discontinued our interest in
Repliqa in January 2008 and Supervillain in September 2008. The pro forma
information, as presented below, is not necessarily indicative of the results
that would have been obtained had the acquisition occurred on January 1, 2007
(in $000’s):
March
23, 2007 -
|
||||
December 31, 2007
|
||||
(unaudited)
|
||||
Revenue
|
$ | 31,173 | ||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
(8,059 | ) | ||
Basic
and diluted loss per unit from continuing operations
|
$ | (0.86 | ) | |
Weighted
average shares
|
9,351,875 |
No
proforma results are required for 2008 as Zoo Digital was bought and sold within
the same year.
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5.
INVENTORY
Inventory
consisted of:
(amounts
in $000’s)
|
||||||||
December
31,
|
||||||||
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Finished
products
|
$ | 2,939 | $ | 1,502 | ||||
Parts
and supplies
|
181 | 53 | ||||||
Inventory
|
$ | 3,120 | $ | 1,555 |
Estimated
product returns included in Inventory at December 31, 2008 and 2007 were
$337,000 and $542,000, respectively.
6.
PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
Prepaid
expense and other current assets consisted of:
(amounts
in $000’s)
|
||||||||
December 31, 2008
|
December 31, 2007
|
|||||||
Vendor
advances for inventory
|
$ | 555 | $ | 2,424 | ||||
Prepaid
royalties
|
1,072 | 1,321 | ||||||
Income
taxes receivable
|
55 | 188 | ||||||
Other
prepaid expenses
|
442 | 165 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
$ | 2,124 | $ | 4,098 |
7.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT COSTS
Details
of our capitalized product development costs were as follows:
(amounts
in $000’s)
|
||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2008
|
December 31, 2007
|
|||||||||||||||
Current
|
Non-Current
|
Current
|
Non-Current
|
|||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Product
development costs, internally
|
|
|||||||||||||||
developed,
net of amortization
|
$ | 170 | $ | - | $ | 88 | $ | - | ||||||||
Product
development costs, externally
|
||||||||||||||||
developed,
net of amortization
|
5,168 | - | 3,051 | 1,120 | ||||||||||||
Product
development costs
|
$ | 5,338 | $ | - | $ | 3,139 | $ | 1,120 |
The
December 31, 2007 balance includes $88 of net product development costs relating
to operations that were discontinued in 2008.
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8.
FIXED ASSETS, NET
Fixed
assets, net consisted of:
(amounts
in $000’s)
|
||||||||
December 31, 2008
|
December 31, 2007
|
|||||||
Computer
equipment
|
$ | 254 | $ | 214 | ||||
Furniture
and fixtures
|
90 | 156 | ||||||
Office
equipment
|
52 | 30 | ||||||
Leasehold
improvements
|
- | 50 | ||||||
Other
|
3 | 17 | ||||||
Less:
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
(185 | ) | (83 | ) | ||||
Fixed
Assets, net
|
$ | 214 | $ | 384 |
The
December 31, 2007 balance includes $112 of net fixed assets relating to
operations that were discontinued in 2008.
9. GOODWILL
Goodwill
was generated from the acquisitions of the assets of Supervillain and the stock
of Zoo Publishing during the period ended December 31, 2007, and the acquisition
of the stock of Zoo Digital in 2008 as described in Note 4 as follows (in
$000’s):
Supervillain
(discontinued in 2008)
|
$
|
1,500
|
||
Zoo
Publishing
|
14,704
|
|||
Total
Goodwill Dec. 31. 2007
|
16,204
|
|||
Zoo
Digital
|
1,960
|
|||
Less
Supervillain disposition
|
(1,500
|
)
|
||
Less
Zoo Digital disposition
|
(1,960
|
)
|
||
Total
Goodwill December 31, 2008
|
$
|
14,704
|
10.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
The
following table sets forth the components of the intangible assets subject to
amortization.
(amounts in $000’s)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||||
Estimated
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Useful
|
Gross
|
||||||||||||||||||
Lives
|
Carrying
|
Accumulated
|
Net Book
|
Net Book
|
|||||||||||||||
(Years)
|
Amount
|
Amortization
|
Value
|
Value
|
|||||||||||||||
Content
|
10
|
$ | 12,202 | $ | 1,271 | $ | 10,931 | $ | 12,151 | ||||||||||
Trademarks
|
10
|
1,510 | 157 | 1,353 | 2,171 | ||||||||||||||
Customer
relationships
|
10
|
2,749 | 286 | 2,463 | 3,213 | ||||||||||||||
Total
Intangible Assets
|
$ | 16,461 | $ | 1,714 | $ | 14,747 | $ | 17,535 |
Amortization
expense related to intangible assets for the year ended December 31, 2008 and
the period from March 23, 2007 to December 31, 2007 was $2.0 million, and
$235,000, respectively.
The
December 31, 2007 amount includes approximately $1.1 million of net intangible
assets relating to Supervillain which was discontinued during the year ended
December 31, 2008.
In
connection with the disposition of Supervillain in September 2008, approximately
$1.1 million of net intangibles were eliminated.
In
connection with the acquisition of Zoo Digital in April 2008, approximately $5.0
million of intangibles were added and in connection with the sale of Zoo Digital
in November 2008, approximately $4.7 million of net intangibles were
eliminated.
The
following table presents the estimated amortization of intangible assets, based
on our present intangible assets, for the next five years as
follows:
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(amounts
in $000’s)
|
||||
Year ended Dec. 31,
|
|
|||
2009
|
$ | 1,646 | ||
2010
|
1,646 | |||
2011
|
1,646 | |||
2012
|
1,646 | |||
2013
|
1,646 | |||
Thereafter
|
6,517 | |||
|
||||
Total
|
$ | 14,747 |
11.
CREDIT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS AND ATARI AGREEMENT
In
connection with the Zoo Publishing acquisition, the Company entered into the
following credit and finance arrangements:
The
Company and Zoo Publishing entered into a purchase order financing agreement
with Transcap Trade Finance, LLC (“Transcap”) on December 19, 2007. This
agreement made the Company a party to a Master Purchase Order Assignment
Agreement dated August 20, 2001 pursuant to which Transcap agreed to provide
purchase order financing to or for the benefit of Zoo Publishing. Total advances
under the factoring arrangement include letters of credit for purchase order
financing and is limited to $10.0 million. The amounts outstanding as of
December 31, 2008 and 2007 were approximately $855,000 and $2.9 million,
respectively. The interest rate is prime plus 4.0% on outstanding advances. As
of December 31, 2008 and 2007, the effective interest rates were 7.25% and
8.75%, respectively. The charges and interest expense on the advances
total approximately $1.1 million for 2008 and are minimal for the 2007 period
and are included in the cost of goods sold in the accompanying consolidated
statement of operations. As of December 31, 2008, the Company’s
obligations under such agreement were personally guaranteed by the Zoo Games and
Zoo Publishing Presidents. See Subsequent Events Note 22 for a
description of our amended and restated facility.
Zoo
Publishing uses a factor to approve credit and to collect the proceeds from a
substantial portion of its sales. During 2008, the Company used two different
factoring facilities:
·
|
Under
the terms of the first agreement, Zoo Publishing assigned to the factor
and the factor purchases from Zoo Publishing eligible accounts receivable.
In connection with these arrangements, the factor had a security interest
in substantially all of the Zoo Publishing assets. The factor, in its sole
discretion, determined whether or not it would accept a receivable based
on its assessment of credit risk. Once a receivable was accepted by the
factor, the factor assumed substantially all of the credit risk associated
with the receivable. The factor was required to remit payments to Zoo
Publishing for the assigned accounts receivable in accordance with the
terms of the assigned invoice, regardless of whether the factor received
payment on the receivable, so long as the customer does not have a valid
dispute related to the invoice. The amount remitted to Zoo Publishing by
the factor equaled the invoiced amount adjusted for allowances and
discounts Zoo Publishing had provided to the customer. The factor charged
0.25% of invoiced amounts plus a fee for every 10 days the amount is
uncollected from the customer, subject to certain minimum charges per
invoice and a monthly maintenance charge, for these credit and collection
services. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the factor purchased
$918,000 of eligible gross receivables. This agreement was terminated in
March 2008. The factor’s charges and interest expense on the advances are
included in interest in the accompanying consolidated statement of
operations and amounted to approximately $44,000 for the 2008 period and
$12,000 for the thirteen-day period in 2007. At December 31, 2007,
accounts receivable included $175,000 due from the
factor.
|
·
|
In
August 2008, Zoo Publishing entered into a new factoring agreement with
Working Capital Solutions, Inc., which utilizes existing accounts
receivable in order to provide working capital to fund all aspects of our
continuing business operations. Under the terms of our factoring and
security agreement, we sell our receivables to the factor, with recourse.
The factor, in its sole discretion, determines whether or not it will
accept each receivable based upon the credit risk factor of each
individual receivable or account. Once a receivable is accepted by the
factor, the factor provides funding subject to the terms and conditions of
the factoring and security agreement. The amount remitted to us by the
factor equals the invoice amount of the receivable adjusted for any
discounts or allowances provided to the account, less 20% which is
deposited into a reserve account established pursuant to the agreement,
less allowances and fees. In the event of default, valid payment dispute,
breach of warranty, insolvency or bankruptcy on the part of the receivable
account, the factor can require the receivable to be repurchased by us in
accordance with the agreement. The amounts to be paid by us to the factor
for any accepted receivable include a factoring fee of 0.6% for each ten
(10) day period the account is open. From August to December 2008, the
factor purchased approximately $3.9 million of eligible gross receivables.
Since the factor acquires the receivables with recourse, we record the
gross receivables including amounts due from our customers to the factor
and we record a liability to the factor for funds advanced to us from the
factor. At December 31, 2008, accounts receivable did not include any
amounts due from our customers to the factor and the factor did not have
any advance outstanding to the Company. This facility is guaranteed by the
Company’s President.
|
F-19
As a
result of the fire in October 2008 that destroyed our inventory and impacted our
cash flow from operations, (See Note 21) we entered into an agreement with
Atari, Inc. (“Atari”). This agreement became effective on October 24, 2008 and
provided for Zoo Publishing to sell its products to Atari without recourse and
Atari will resell the products to wholesalers and retailers that are acceptable
to Atari in North America. The agreement expired on March 31, 2009, but was
amended to extend the term until April 30, 2009. This agreement
provided for Atari to prepay to the Company for the cost of goods and pay the
balance due within 15 days of shipping the product. Atari’s fees
approximate 10% of our standard selling price and they have been recorded as a
reduction in revenue. During 2008, we recorded approximately $10.9
million of net sales to Atari. Atari takes a reserve from the initial
payment for potential customer sales allowances, returns and price protection
that is analyzed and reviewed within a sixty day period to be liquidated no
later than July 31, 2009. As of December 31, 2008, Atari had prepaid
the Company approximately $1.8 million for goods not yet shipped which is
recorded as customer advances in accrued expenses and other current
liabilities. Also, as of December 31, 2008, Atari owed the Company
approximately $1.8 million, before allowances, for goods already shipped which
is recorded in accounts receivable.
12.
ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities consisted of:
(amounts
in $000’s)
|
||||||||
December 31, 2008
|
December 31, 2007
|
|||||||
Customer
advances (the 2008 amount is all from Atari)
|
$ | 1,828 | $ | 1,671 | ||||
Due
to customers
|
710 | - | ||||||
Obligation
arising from Zoo Publishing acquisition
|
254 | 1,200 | ||||||
Obligations
relating to Cyoob acquisition
|
100 | 977 | ||||||
Obligations
to compensate current and former employees
|
720 | 208 | ||||||
Zoo
Publishing pension plan (1)
|
17 | 425 | ||||||
Commission
for equity raise
|
- | 345 | ||||||
Royalty
|
252 | 793 | ||||||
Operating
expenses
|
965 | 229 | ||||||
Interest
|
321 | 84 | ||||||
Total
|
$ | 5,167 | $ | 5,932 |
(1) The
Zoo Publishing pension plan liability was assumed with the acquisition of Zoo
Publishing. The plan was subsequently cancelled and there is no additional Zoo
Publishing pension plan liability.
13.
NOTES PAYABLE
Outstanding
notes payable, net of unamortized discounts, are as follows:
(amounts
in $000’s)
|
||||||||
December 31,
2008
|
December 31,
2007
|
|||||||
Note Description
|
||||||||
Zoo
Entertainment convertible notes, net of discounts attributable to the
warrant value of $1,576
|
$ | 9,574 | $ | - | ||||
5.0% SVS
sellers note
|
- | 1,304 | ||||||
3.9% Zoo
Publishing notes, net of discount of $1,030 and $2,304
|
2,536 | 4,457 | ||||||
2.95%
note due June 2012 assumed from Zoo Publishing acquisition
|
370 | 490 | ||||||
8.25%
Wachovia demand note assumed from Zoo Publishing
acquisition
|
45 | 50 | ||||||
Note
assumed from Zoo Publishing acquisition, 12% interest
|
25 | 200 | ||||||
Employee
loans, payable on demand
|
331 | 408 | ||||||
Zoo
Publishing employee loans at 4% interest
|
268 | - | ||||||
Total
|
13,149 | 6,909 | ||||||
Current
portion
|
11,377 | 2,877 | ||||||
Non-current
portion
|
$ | 1,772 | $ | 4,032 |
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The face
amounts of the notes payable are due as follows:
|
(amounts
in $000’s)
|
|||
Year Ending December
|
Amount Due
|
|||
2009
|
$
|
13,077
|
||
2010
|
2,232
|
|||
2011
|
436
|
|||
2012
|
10
|
|||
Total
|
$
|
15,755
|
Zoo Entertainment
Notes
On July
7, 2008 and as amended on July 15, 2008 and July 31, 2008, the Company entered
into a note purchase agreement under which the purchasers agreed to provide
loans to the Company in the aggregate principal amount of $9.0 million, in
consideration for the issuance and delivery of senior secured convertible
promissory notes. In connection with the issuance of such notes, the
Company issued to the noteholders warrants to purchase 8,181,818 shares of
common stock of the Company. The notes bear an interest rate of five percent
(5%) for the one year term of the note commencing from issuance, unless
extended. Upon the occurrence of an investor sale, as defined in the notes, the
entire outstanding principal amount of the notes and any accrued interest
thereon will be automatically converted into shares of common stock of the
Company determined by dividing the note balance by the lesser of (i) an amount
equal to the price per share of investor stock paid by the purchasers of such
shares in connection with the investor sale, or (ii) $2.00; provided, that in
the event that the investor sale is for less than $1.00 per share, then the
notes will only be automatically convertible with the consent of the Company.
In connection with the note purchase agreement, the Company satisfied a
management fee obligation by issuing additional senior secured convertible
promissory notes in the principal amount of $750,000 and warrants to purchase
681,818 shares of common stock of the Company. All of the warrants have a five
year term and an exercise price of $0.01 per share. Pursuant to a security
agreement, by and among the Company and the purchasers, dated as of July 7,
2008, the Company granted a security interest in all of its assets to each of
the purchasers to secure the Company’s obligations under the notes.
On
September 26, 2008, the Company entered into a note purchase agreement pursuant
to which the purchasers agreed to provide a loan to the Company in the aggregate
principal amount of $1.4 million, in consideration for the issuance and delivery
of senior secured convertible promissory notes. In connection with the issuance
on such notes, the Company also issued warrants to purchase 1,272,726
shares of common stock of the Company to the note holders. The notes
bear an interest rate of five percent (5%) for the time period beginning on
September 26, 2008 and ending on September 26, 2009, unless extended. Upon the
occurrence of an investor sale, as defined in the notes, the entire outstanding
principal amount of the notes and any accrued interest thereon will be
automatically converted into shares of common stock of the Company determined by
dividing the note balance by the lesser of (i) an amount equal to the price per
share of investor stock paid by the purchasers of such shares in connection with
the investor sale, or (ii) $2.00; provided, that in the event that the investor
sale is for less than $1.00 per share, then the notes will only be automatically
convertible with the consent of the Company. The warrants have a five year term
and an exercise price of $0.01 per share. Pursuant to a security agreement, by
and among the Company and the purchasers, dated September 26, 2008, the Company
granted a security interest in all of its assets to each of the purchasers to
secure the Company’s obligations under the notes.
The total
principal amount of all of the notes described above is approximately $11.2
million, $9.8 million of which was incurred prior to the date of the reverse
merger. The warrants issued with all the notes were valued at approximately $5.9
million by the Company and an independent valuation firm. We used the income and
market valuation approaches to derive the Company’s business enterprise value
and then used the Black-Scholes option pricing model, applying discounts for
illiquidity and dilution, to calculate the value of the warrants. The
total deferred debt discount of $5.9 million is amortized over the one year life
of the notes. Prior to September 12, 2008, 4,545,455 warrants were exercised and
the interest expense related to the discount of these warrants was accelerated.
As of September 12, 2008, the deferred debt discount of the existing notes was
approximately $2.4 million and the net value of the notes recorded as of
September 12, 2008 was approximately $7.8 million. On September 26, 2008, we
issued $1.0 million of the notes and 909,090 of the warrants which were valued
at $527,000 using consistent valuation methodologies as those used for all the
previously issued notes. As of December 31, 2008, the net deferred debt discount
of all the notes is $1.6 million and the net value of the notes recorded as of
December 31, 2008 is approximately $9.6 million.
Supervillain
Notes
In
connection with the purchase of the Supervillain assets, the Company’s
subsidiary Supervillain Studios LLC issued a promissory note (“Supervillain
Note”) in the amount of $2.1 million. The Supervillain Note was payable in three
installments; $500,000 of principal together with accrued interest at the rate
of 5% per annum is payable on each of (A) the earlier of December 14, 2008 or
the date that the Company consummates a round of equity financing of $20.0
million or more and (B) the earlier of December 14, 2008 or the date that the
Company consummates a round of equity financing of $31.0 million or more. The
balance of the Supervillain Note, together with any accrued interest, was due on
June 14, 2010. In connection with the aforementioned note, the Company recorded
a debt discount of $989,000. For the year ended December 31, 2008, amortization
of deferred debt discount and interest expense were $265,000 and $80,000,
respectively. All obligations under the Supervillain Note were terminated
effective September 16, 2008 with the sale of SVS back to the original
owners.
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Zoo Publishing
Notes
In
connection with the acquisition of Zoo Publishing, the Company issued various
promissory notes (“Zoo Publishing Note”) in aggregate of approximately $6.8
million. Approximately $1.8 million of principal is payable at the earlier of
the Company’s completion of another round of financing or by December 2008 with
the $5.0 million balance to be paid in two installments pursuant to the “Zoo
Publishing Note”. The first installment of $2.5 million of principal together
with accrued interest at the rate of 3.9% per annum would be due on the earlier
of June 18, 2009 and the date on which the Company consummates a round of equity
financing of $40.0 million or more. The balance of the Zoo Publishing Note
(including accrued interest) would be payable December 18, 2010. In connection
with the aforementioned note, the Company recorded a debt discount of
approximately $2.3 million. For the year ended December 31, 2008, amortization
of deferred debt discount and interest expense were $988,000 and $213,000,
respectively. In July 2008, approximately $3.2 million of this debt was
converted to common stock of the Company based on fair value and of the
remaining $3.6 million, approximately $1.1 million is due September 18, 2009,
$113,000 is due September 18, 2010, $2.0 million is due December 18, 2010 and
approximately $316,000 is due July 31, 2011.
In
connection with the acquisition of Zoo Publishing, the Company also assumed a
liability of $1.2 million as part of the Zoo Publishing purchase price. Other
notes payable assumed from the Zoo Publishing acquisition included:
·
|
$200,000
Demand note with 12.0% percent interest per annum, callable in 6 months,
minimum guaranteed interest per renewal is $ 12,000. The note is
guaranteed by the Zoo Publishing President. The balance due on
the note as of December 31, 2008 is
$25,000.
|
·
|
Zoo
Publishing purchased treasury stock from a former employee in December
2006 for the amount of $650,000. The balance on the note as of December
31, 2008 was $370,000; $120,000 is classified as current and $250,000 is
classified as long-term. The payments are due monthly and the amount of
the payment is $10,000 per month.
|
Zoo Digital
Notes
In
connection with the acquisition of Zoo Digital, the Company issued a promissory
note (“Zoo Note”) in the amount of $2.5 million. The Zoo Note stated that $1.5
million was to be paid upon the completion of the next round of financing and
$1.0 million to be paid April 4, 2009. In connection with the
aforementioned note, the Company recorded a debt discount of $548,000. For the
year ended December 31, 2008, amortization of deferred debt discount was
$213,000. In July 2008, $2 million of this debt was converted to common
stock of the Company based on fair value and the remaining $500,000 note is due
December 31, 2008. This note was relieved as of November 28, 2008
when the Company sold Zoo Digital back to the original owners.
Zoo
Digital had an outstanding loan in the amount of £325,000 (approximately
U.S. $591,000) from I.C. Stewart 2001 Trust. The loan bears interest
at an annual rate of 1.75% over the base lending rate of the Bank of
England. Zoo Digital is required to pay interest quarterly in
arrears, and the entire amount outstanding must be repaid on April 4,
2009. The responsibility to repay this loan was transferred back to
the original owners of Zoo Digital effective November 28, 2008.
Other
Notes
On May
16, 2008, Zoo Games entered into a Letter of Intent with Mandalay Media, Inc. to
merge. In conjunction with this merger, the Company received $2.0 million from
Mandalay Media and issued a 10% convertible note to Mandalay that was due
October 15, 2008. The beneficial conversion feature in this note was $200,000
and this is amortized over the five-month term of the note. The letter of intent
was terminated on June 16, 2008 and the Company repaid the note in full,
including approximately $29,000 of interest on July 7, 2008. The remaining
unamortized portion of the beneficial conversion feature in the amount of
$140,000 was expensed upon the repayment of the note.
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14.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
A summary
of annual minimum contractual obligations and commitments as of December 31,
2008 is as follows:
(amounts in $000’s)
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Operating
|
||||||||||||
Licensing
|
Leases
|
Total
|
||||||||||
2009
|
$ | 418 | $ | 75 | $ | 493 | ||||||
2010
|
- | 77 | 77 | |||||||||
2011
|
- | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
Total
|
$ | 418 | $ | 158 | $ | 576 |
Licensing and Marketing
Agreements
Our
licensing commitments primarily consist of obligations to holders of
intellectual property rights for use of their trademarks, copyrights, technology
or other intellectual property rights in the development of our products.
Licensing and marketing commitments expire at various times through October
2014. Certain of our licensing and marketing agreements also contain provisions
that would impose penalties if we fail to meet agreed upon software release
dates.
Lease
Commitments
Our
office facilities are occupied under non-cancelable operating leases expiring at
various times through January 2011. Rent expense amounted to $310,000 and
$235,000 for the year ending December 31, 2008 and the period from March 23,
2007 to December 31, 2007, respectively.
15.
INCOME TAXES
Through
May 15, 2008, the Company and certain of its consolidated subsidiaries were
taxed as a partnership under the provisions of the Internal Revenue
Code. Accordingly, the losses incurred by the Company and those
subsidiaries through May 15, 2008 will be allocated to the respective members
and reported on their individual tax returns. Effective May 16, 2008,
the Company changed its tax status from a partnership to a corporation and, as a
result, will began filing consolidated corporate tax returns with its domestic
subsidiaries. The provision for income taxes is based on income
recognized for financial statement purposes and includes the effects of
temporary differences between such income and that recognized for tax return
purposes as well as the deferred tax assets and liabilities recognized for
existing timing items relating to the Company's change in tax
status.
For
financial reporting purposes, income (loss) before income taxes include the
following components (in $000's):
Period
from
|
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Year
Ended
|
March
23, 2007
|
|||||||
December
31,
|
-
December 31,
|
|||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Pretax
(loss):
|
||||||||
United
States
|
$ | (23,196 | ) | $ | (10,303 | ) | ||
Foreign
|
(4,585 | ) | - | |||||
$ | (27,781 | ) | $ | (10,303 | ) |
The
United States pretax loss includes approximately $5.6 million for the period
through May 15, 2008 attributable to entities that are taxed as
partnerships.
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The
components of income tax expense (benefit) are as follows (in
$000's):
Period
from
|
||||||||
Year
Ended
|
March
23, 2007
|
|||||||
December
31,
|
-
December 31,
|
|||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Current:
|
||||||||
Federal
|
$ | - | $ | - | ||||
State
|
86 | - | ||||||
Foreign
|
- | - | ||||||
Total
Current
|
86 | - | ||||||
Deferred:
|
||||||||
Federal
|
(3,765 | ) | (46 | ) | ||||
State
|
(1,017 | ) | (12 | ) | ||||
Foreign
|
(1,390 | ) | - | |||||
Total
Deferred
|
(6,172 | ) | (58 | ) | ||||
Total
|
$ | (6,086 | ) | $ | (58 | ) | ||
Income
tax (benefit) allocated to:
|
||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$ | (4,696 | ) | $ | (58 | ) | ||
Discontinued
operations
|
(1,390 | ) | - | |||||
Total
|
$ | (6,086 | ) | $ | (58 | ) |
No income
taxes were paid during the year ended December 31, 2008.
The
reconciliation of income tax expense (benefit) computed at the U.S. statutory
tax rates to income tax expense (benefit) is:
Period from
|
||||||||
Year Ended
|
March 23, 2007
|
|||||||
December 31,
|
to December 31,
|
|||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Tax
at U.S. federal income tax rates
|
(34.0 | )% | (34.0 | )% | ||||
State
taxes, net of federal income tax benefit
|
(5.8 | ) | - | |||||
Valuation
allowance
|
7.0 | - | ||||||
Amount
not subject to corporate income taxes
|
6.8 | 33.7 | ||||||
Impact
of foreign tax rates and credits
|
1.1 | - | ||||||
Deferred
taxes related to change in tax status
|
0.6 | - | ||||||
Nondeductible
expenses and other
|
2.4 | (0.3 | ) | |||||
(21.9 | )% | (0.6 | )% |
Deferred
income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the
carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and
the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the
Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in
$000's):
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December 31, 2008
|
December 31, 2007
|
|||||||||||||||
Deferred tax assets:
|
Current
|
Long-term
|
Current
|
Long-term
|
||||||||||||
Net
operating loss carryforwards
|
$ | - | $ | 5,887 | $ | - | $ | 269 | ||||||||
Capital
loss carryforwards
|
- | 515 | - | - | ||||||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
548 | - | 461 | - | ||||||||||||
Inventory
reserve
|
- | - | 19 | - | ||||||||||||
Bonuses
payable
|
461 | 111 | 714 | - | ||||||||||||
Bonus
and other accruals
|
263 | 74 | 244 | - | ||||||||||||
Non-qualified
options
|
- | 558 | - | - | ||||||||||||
Gross
deferred tax assets
|
1,272 | 7,145 | 1,438 | 269 | ||||||||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(299 | ) | (1,800 | ) | - | - | ||||||||||
Net
deferred tax assets
|
973 | 5,345 | 1,438 | 269 | ||||||||||||
Deferred
tax liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Property
and equipment
|
- | (19 | ) | - | (14 | ) | ||||||||||
Intangibles
|
- | (5,831 | ) | - | (6,475 | ) | ||||||||||
Discount
on notes
|
(285 | ) | (183 | ) | - | - | ||||||||||
Total
deferred tax liabilities
|
(285 | ) | (6,033 | ) | - | (6,489 | ) | |||||||||
Net
deferred tax asset (liability)
|
$ | 688 | $ | (688 | ) | $ | 1,438 | $ | (6,220 | ) |
The
Company has approximately $1.2 million of available capital loss carryforwards
which expire in 2013. A valuation allowance of approximately $515,000
has been recognized to offset the deferred tax assets related to these
carryforwards. The Company currently does not have any capital gains
to utilize against this capital loss. If realized, the tax benefit of
this item will be applied to reduce future capital gains of the
Company. Additionally, a valuation allowance of approximately $1.6
million has been recognized to offset the net remaining deferred tax assets in
excess of deferred tax liabilities because we cannot reasonably project if and
when we will generate enough taxable income to utilize any of the deferred tax
asset.
As of
December 31, 2008, the Company has U.S. federal net operating loss (NOL)
carryforwards of approximately $13.1 million which will be available to offset
taxable U.S. income during the carryforward period and are expected to be fully
realized. The federal NOL will begin to expire in 2023. The Company has various
state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $14.1 million which will
be available to offset taxable state income during the carryforward period. The
state NOL will also begin to expire in 2023. The tax benefit of these
items is reflected in the above table of deferred tax assets and
liabilities.
16.
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY AND STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS
Common
Stock
The
Company has authorized 75,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 and
5,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.001. As of December 31, 2008, there are
38,243,937 common shares issued.
During
2008, the following activity transpired relating to the Company’s common
stock:
(Share
amounts in 000’s)
·
|
Issued
2,143 shares of common stock in connection with raising $6.4 million from
a private placement offering from January 2008 to April 2008. We incurred
costs of $317,000 in connection with the offering.
|
|
·
|
Issued
1,581 shares of common stock as partial payment for the acquisition of Zoo
Digital in April 2008.
|
|
·
|
Exchanged
various promissory notes totaling $6.0 million into 5,973 shares of the
Company’s common stock based on fair value.
|
|
·
|
Issued
702 shares of the Company’s common stock to a consultant as compensation
for consulting services provided to the Company valued at approximately
$1.1 million.
|
|
·
|
Issued
16 shares of the Company’s stock to an employee in lieu of a $25,000 cash
bonus.
|
|
·
|
Combined
the 26,098 shares of stock from Zoo Games shareholders with the 11,327
existing shares of the Company’s common stock on September 12, 2008. The
paid-in-capital amount relating to the 11.3 million existing shares was
approximately $1.2 million.
|
|
·
|
Exercised
818 warrants and issued 818 shares of the Company’s common
stock
|
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Options
As of
December 31, 2008, the Company’s 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock
Plan allowed for an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of common stock with respect
to which stock rights may be granted and a 250,000 maximum number of shares of
common stock with respect to which stock rights may be granted to any
participant in any fiscal year. As of December 31, 2008, an aggregate
of 975,000 shares of restricted common stock of the Company are outstanding
under the Company’s 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan, and
25,000 shares of Common Stock were reserved for future issuance under this
plan.
On
January 14, 2009, the Company’s Board of Directors approved and adopted an
amendment to the 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan, which
increased the number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the
plan from 1,000,000 shares to 4,000,000 shares, and increased the maximum number
of shares of common stock with respect to which stock rights may be granted to
any participant in any fiscal year from 250,000 shares to 750,000 shares. All
other terms of the plan remain in full force and effect.
There
were 2,352,676 options outstanding under the Zoo Games, Inc. 2008 Long-Term
Incentive Plan dated September 12, 2008 at the date of the reverse merger. No
additional awards may be granted from this plan and this plan was adopted by the
Company as part of the reverse merger.
A summary
of the status of the Company’s outstanding stock options as of December 31
and changes during the years then ended is presented below:
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||||||||||
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
|||||||||||||||
Average
|
Average
|
|||||||||||||||
Number
Of
|
Exercise
|
Number
Of
|
Exercise
|
|||||||||||||
Shares
|
Price
|
Shares
|
Price
|
|||||||||||||
Outstanding
at beginning of period
|
243,040 | $ | 2.58 | - | $ | - | ||||||||||
Granted
|
2,109,636 | $ | 1.67 | 243,040 | $ | 2.58 | ||||||||||
Canceled
|
(16,125 | ) | $ | 2.58 | - | - | ||||||||||
Exercised
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Outstanding
at end of year
|
2,336,552 | $ | 1.76 | 243,040 | $ | 2.58 | ||||||||||
Options
exercisable at year-end
|
1,915,155 | $ | 1.65 | 243,040 | $ | 2.58 | ||||||||||
Weighted-average
fair value of options granted during the year
|
$ | 0.59 | $ | 1.46 |
The fair
value of options granted during the year was approximately $1.3
million.
The
following table summarizes information about outstanding stock options at
December 31, 2008:
Options Outstanding
|
Options Exercisable
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Weighted-
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Weighted-
|
Weighted-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Remaining
|
Average
|
Average
|
||||||||||||||||||
Range of
|
Number
|
Contractual
|
Exercise
|
Number
|
Exercise
|
|||||||||||||||
Exercise Prices
|
Outstanding
|
Life (Years)
|
Price
|
Exercisable
|
Price
|
|||||||||||||||
$2.58
|
226,915 | 4.5 | $ | 2.58 | 226,915 | $ | 2.58 | |||||||||||||
$2.25
|
421,398 | 4.7 | $ | 2.25 | - | - | ||||||||||||||
$1.52
|
1,688,240 | 4.6 | $ | 1.52 | 1,688,240 | $ | 1.52 | |||||||||||||
$1.52
to $2.58
|
2,336,552 | 4.6 | $ | 1.76 | 1,915,155 | $ | 1.65 |
The
following table summarizes the activity of non-vested outstanding stock
options:
Weighted-Average
|
||||||||||||
Weighted-Average
|
Remaining
|
|||||||||||
Number
|
Fair
Value at
|
Contractual
Life
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
|
Grant Date
|
(Years)
|
||||||||||
Non-Vested
shares at December 31, 2007-
|
- |
|
|
|||||||||
Options
Granted
|
421,398 | $ | 2.25 | 4.7 | ||||||||
Options
Vested
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
Options
forfeited or expired
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
Non-Vested
shares at December 31, 2008
|
421,398 | $ | 2.25 | 4.7 |
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As of
December 31, 2008, there was approximately $237,000 of unrecognized
compensation cost related to non-vested stock option awards, which is expected
to be recognized over a remaining weighted-average vesting period of 2.7
years.
The
intrinsic value of options outstanding at December 31, 2008 is $0.
Warrants
There are
6,502,159 warrants outstanding. All are currently exercisable and have a
five-year life:
A summary
of the status of the Company’s outstanding warrants as of December 31 and
changes during the years then ended is presented below:
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||||||
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
|||||||||||||||
Average
|
Average
|
|||||||||||||||
Number
Of
|
Exercise
|
Number
Of
|
Exercise
|
|||||||||||||
Warrants
|
Price
|
Warrants
|
Price
|
|||||||||||||
Outstanding
at beginning of period
|
1,007,405 | $ | 2.62 | - | $ | - | ||||||||||
Granted
|
1,994,753 | $ | 1.03 | 1,007,405 | $ | 2.62 | ||||||||||
Assumed
with reverse merger
|
4,318,182 | $ | 0.01 | - | - | |||||||||||
Canceled
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Exercised
|
(818,181 | ) | $ | 0.01 | - | - | ||||||||||
Outstanding
at end of year
|
6,502,159 | $ | 0.73 | 1,007,405 | $ | 2.62 | ||||||||||
Warrants
exercisable at year-end
|
6,502,159 | $ | 0.73 | 1,007,405 | $ | 2.62 |
The
following table summarizes information about outstanding warrants at
December 31, 2008:
|
Warrants
Outstanding
|
|||||||||||
Weighted
Average
|
||||||||||||
Range
of
|
Number
|
Remaining
|
Weighted
Average
|
|||||||||
Exercise
Prices
|
Outstanding
|
Contractual Life (Years)
|
Exercise Price
|
|||||||||
2007 Warrants issued
|
||||||||||||
$2.13
|
318,246 |
3.9
|
$ | 2.13 | ||||||||
$2.84
|
689,159 |
4.0
|
$ | 2.84 | ||||||||
$2.13
to $2.84
|
1,007,405 | $ | 2.62 | |||||||||
2008 Warrants issued
|
||||||||||||
$2.84
|
722,027 |
4.2
|
$ | 2.84 | ||||||||
$0.01
|
1,272,726 |
4.7
|
$ | 0.01 | ||||||||
$0.01
to $2.84
|
1,994,753 |
4.5
|
$ | 1.03 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
Assumed
with reverse merger
|
4,318,182 |
4.6
|
|
$ | 0.01 | |||||||
Exercised
in 2008
|
(818,181 | ) | $ | 0.01 | ||||||||
Outstanding
December 31, 2008
|
6,502,159 | $ | 0.73 |
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In
addition, during 2008, the following various other transactions occurred which
impacted the Company’s additional paid-in-capital:
|
·
|
Prior to the conversion to a
C-corporation in May 2008, the Company had issued membership common
shares, incentive shares and incentive profit shares. Upon the conversion
to a C-corporation, each common share and incentive share was converted to
one share of common stock; each incentive profit share was converted to a
combination of common stock and rights to receive options. We expensed the
unamortized portion of the value of the incentive profit shares in May
2008. The total amount of expense recorded for the year ended December 31,
2008 relating to these incentive profit shares was
$354,000.
|
|
·
|
In May 2008, Zoo Games received a
$2.0 million loan and issued a 10% convertible note. The beneficial
conversion feature in this note was $200,000 and is recorded as additional
paid-in-capital.
|
17.
INTEREST, NET
(amounts
in $000’s)
|
||||||||
Year
Ended
|
Mar
23, 2007 -
|
|||||||
December 31, 2008
|
December 31, 2007
|
|||||||
Interest
arising from amortization of debt discount
|
$ | 3,562 | $ | 236 | ||||
Interest
on various notes
|
492 | 94 | ||||||
Interest
on bridge notes
|
132 | 843 | ||||||
Other
|
- | 12 | ||||||
Less:
Interest income
|
(9 | ) | (39 | ) | ||||
Net
interest - all operations
|
4,177 | 1,146 | ||||||
Interest
relating to discontinued operations
|
(539 | ) | (250 | ) | ||||
Interest
expense, net
|
$ | 3,638 | $ | 896 |
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18.
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Supplemental
cash flow information for the year ended December 31, 2008 and the period from
March 23, 2007 to December 31, 2007 is as follows:
(amounts
in $000’s)
|
||||||||
Year
Ended
|
Mar
23, 2007 -
|
|||||||
December 31, 2008
|
December 31, 2007
|
|||||||
Changes in other assets and liabilities
|
||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
$ | (516 | ) | 136 | ||||
Inventory
|
(1,565 | ) | 366 | |||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
645 | (1,017 | ) | |||||
Product
development costs
|
155 | (2,115 | ) | |||||
Accounts
payable
|
1,726 | (24 | ) | |||||
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities
|
(736 | ) | 1,281 | |||||
Net
changes in other assets and liabilities
|
$ | (291 | ) | (1,373 | ) | |||
Cash
paid during the period for interest
|
$ | 56 | $ | 12 | ||||
Cash
paid during the period for taxes
|
$ | 3 | - | |||||
Non
Cash Investing and Financing Activities:
|
||||||||
Issuance
of 1,580,237 shares in connection with the acquisition of Zoo
Digital
|
$ | 4,086 | - | |||||
Receipt
of 351,171 shares in Treasury in connection with the sale of
Supervillain
|
$ | 527 | - | |||||
Receipt
of 1,886,205 shares in Treasury in connection with the sale of Zoo
Digital
|
$ | 2,829 | - | |||||
Exchange
of debt for equity at original face value
|
$ | 5,950 | - | |||||
Issuance
of 1,053,513 shares for publishing rights
|
$ | - | $ | 1,470 | ||||
Issuance
of 3,160,874 shares for partial payment for acquisition of Zoo
Publishing
|
$ | - | $ | 8,173 | ||||
Issuance
of 351,171 shares in connection with the acquisition of net
assets of Supervillain
|
$ | - | $ | 490 | ||||
Issuance
of 54,142 shares to a related party in satisfaction of rent
obligation
|
$ | - | $ | 114 |
19.
LITIGATION
On February
19, 2009, Susan Kain Jurgensen, Steven Newton, Mercy Gonzalez, Bruce Kain,
Wesley Kain, Raymond Piece and Christie Walsh filed a compliant against Zoo
Publishing, Zoo Games and Zoo in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New
York County, index number 09 / 102381 alleging claims
for breach of certain loan agreements and employment
agreements, intentional interference and fraudulent transfer.
The complaint seeks compensatory damages, punitive damages and preliminary
and permanent injunctive relief, among other remedies. An answer is due on
May 15, 2009. We believe we have meritorious defenses and intend to
vigorously defend the matter.
Revolution
Partners, LLC and Zoo Games, Inc., JAMS Alternative Dispute Resolution Reference
Number 1400011786. In this action, pending in the Boston, Massachusetts
office of JAMS Alternative Dispute Resolution, the Claimant Revolution Partners,
LLC is seeking money damages for a claimed investment banking or finder’s fee
purportedly earned in connection with a reverse merger transaction and related
financing that we entered into in the third quarter of 2008. We have denied
all material allegations and are vigorously defending the matter. At this
time, discovery is ongoing. The matter is scheduled for trial before an
arbitrator in July 2009.
We are
also involved in various other legal proceedings and claims incident to the
normal conduct of our business. Although it is impossible to predict the outcome
of any legal proceeding and there can be no assurances, we believe that our
legal proceedings and claims, individually and in the aggregate, are not likely
to have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of
operations or cash flows.
20. RELATED PARTY
TRANSACTIONS
We leased
office space in New York from 575 Broadway Associates, LLC, a company owned
principally by one of our principal investors, from April 2007 to October 2008.
We paid rent expense of $234,000 during 2008 and $183,000 for the period from
April 2007 to December 2007 for this office.
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Mark
Seremet, Chief Executive Officer of Zoo Games and a director of the Company,
received $549,000 in connection with the sale of a portion of his shares in
Cyoob, Inc to Zoo Games during 2007. This amount is included in general and
administrative expenses. The agreement entitled Mr. Seremet to receive an
additional $549,000 from Zoo Games for such shares; however this debt was
converted to Zoo Games equity. Of such amount, $647,000 was recorded as
compensation and included in general and administrative expenses in the 2007
Statement of Operations.
In July
2008, Mark Seremet, Chief Executive Officer of Zoo Games and a director of the
Company, received 750,000 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common
stock at an exercise price of $1.52, the fair value at the date of issuance
based on other third-party transactions at that time, to compensate him for a
providing a personal guaranty for the Company’s receivable factoring facility.
These options are immediately exercisable.
A few Zoo
Publishing employees loaned the Company an aggregate of up to $765,000 in 2008
on a short-tem basis. The employees were paid interest at a 4% rate and all
amounts are expected to be repaid in full. (See note 13.)
21. FIRE
LOSS AND INSURANCE RECOVERY
On
October 13, 2008, a third party warehouse in San Bernardino, California that we
use for packing our product from Zoo Publishing and shipping finished goods to
our customers was consumed by fire, destroying our entire inventory stored at
that location, with an approximate cost of $3.0 million. We collected on our
property insurance policy in the amount of approximately $2.1 million which was
paid directly to our inventory financing company and was recorded as a reduction
of cost of goods sold. We collected $1.2 million from our business
income insurance policy and this was recorded as other income on the statement
of operations in 2008. The insurance company for the warehouse is
expected to pay approximately $860,000 to the warehouse for the value of our
goods destroyed in the fire that exceeded the Company’s property
insurance. If this is received, it will be used to offset $860,000 of
liabilities that the Company has to the warehouse and recorded as other income
at that time.
22.
SUBSEQUENT
EVENTS
On
January 14, 2009, the Company’s Board of Directors approved and adopted an
amendment to the 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan (the “2007
Plan”). The Amendment increased the number of shares of common stock that
may be issued under the 2007 Plan from 1,000,000 shares to 4,000,000 shares, and
increased the maximum number of shares of common stock with respect to which
stock rights may be granted to any participant in any fiscal year from 250,000
shares to 750,000 shares. All other terms of the 2007 Plan remain in full force
and effect.
On
January 14, 2009, Zoo Games entered into an employment agreement with Mark
Seremet, currently a director of the Company and President of Zoo Games,
pursuant to which Mr. Seremet also became Chief Executive Officer of Zoo
Games. Mr. Seremet’s employment agreement is for a term of three
years, at an initial base salary of $325,000 per year. The Company granted Mr.
Seremet an option to purchase 750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an
exercise price of $0.30 per share, pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Plan, as
amended.
On April
6, 2009, we entered into an amended and restated purchase order financing
arrangement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”) pursuant
to an amended and restated master purchase order assignment agreement (the
“Assignment Agreement”). The Assignment Agreement amended and
restated in its entirety the master purchase order assignment agreement between
Transcap and Zoo Publishing, dated as of August 20, 2001, as
amended.
Pursuant
to the Assignment Agreement, we will assign purchase orders received from
customers to Wells Fargo, and request that Wells Fargo purchase the required
materials to fulfill such purchase orders. Wells Fargo, which may
accept or decline the assignment of specific purchase orders, will retain us to
manufacture, process and ship ordered goods, and will pay us for our services
upon Wells Fargo’s receipt of payment from the customers for such ordered
goods. Upon payment in full of the purchase order invoice by the
applicable customer to Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo will re-assign the applicable
purchase order to us. We will pay to Wells Fargo a commitment fee in
the aggregate amount of $337,500, on the earlier of the twelve month anniversary
of the date of the Assignment Agreement, or the date of termination of the
Assignment Agreement. Wells Fargo is not obligated to provide
purchase order financing under the Assignment Agreement if the aggregate
outstanding funding exceeds $5,000,000. The Assignment Agreement is
for an initial term of twelve months, and shall continue thereafter for
successive twelve month renewal terms unless either party terminates the
Assignment Agreement by written notice to the other no later than 30 days prior
to the end of the initial term or any renewal term. If the term of
the Assignment Agreement is renewed for one or more twelve month terms, for each
such twelve month term, we will pay to Wells Fargo a commitment fee in the sum
of $337,500, paid on the earlier of the twelve month anniversary of such renewal
date or the date of termination of the Assignment Agreement. The
initial and renewal commitment fees are subject to waiver if certain product
volume requirements are met.
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In
connection with the Assignment Agreement, on April 6, 2009 we also entered into
an amended and restated security agreement and financing statement (the
“Security Agreement”) with Wells Fargo. The Security Agreement amends
and restates in its entirety that certain security agreement and financing
statement, by and between Transcap and Zoo Publishing, dated as of August 20,
2001. Pursuant to the Security Agreement, we granted to Wells Fargo a
first priority security interest in certain of our assets as set forth in the
Security Agreement, as well as a subordinate security interest in certain other
of our assets (the “Common Collateral”), which security interest is subordinate
to the security interests in the Common Collateral held by certain of our senior
lenders, as set forth in the Security Agreement.
Also in
connection with the Assignment Agreement, on April 6, 2009, Mark Seremet,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Zoo Games and a director of Zoo
Entertainment, and David Rosenbaum, the Senior Vice President of Operations of
Zoo Publishing, entered into a Guaranty with Wells Fargo, pursuant to which
Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum agreed to guaranty the full and prompt payment and
performance of the obligations under the Assignment Agreement and the Security
Agreement.
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Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In Thousands Except Share and Per
Share Amounts )
September 30, 2009
|
December 31, 2008 *
|
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(unaudited)
|
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ASSETS
|
||||||||
Current
Assets
|
||||||||
Cash
|
$ | 533 | $ | 849 | ||||
Accounts
receivable, net of allowances for returns and discounts of $713 and
$1,160
|
3,254 | 1,832 | ||||||
Inventory
|
2,176 | 3,120 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
4,374 | 2,124 | ||||||
Product
development costs, net
|
5,739 | 5,338 | ||||||
Deferred
tax asset
|
491 | 688 | ||||||
Total
Current Assets
|
16,567 | 13,951 | ||||||
Fixed
assets, net
|
232 | 214 | ||||||
Goodwill
|
- | 14,704 | ||||||
Intangible
assets, net
|
8,914 | 14,747 | ||||||
Total
Assets
|
$ | 25,713 | $ | 43,616 | ||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)
|
||||||||
Current
Liabilities
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$ | 5,597 | $ | 5,709 | ||||
Financing
arrangements
|
3,503 | 849 | ||||||
Customer
advances
|
5,241 | 1,828 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities
|
2,980 | 3,099 | ||||||
Notes
payable, net of discount of $0 and $145- current portion
|
120 | 1,803 | ||||||
Convertible
notes payable, net of discount of $0 and $1,576, including accrued
interest of $656 and $240
|
11,806 | 9,814 | ||||||
Total
Current Liabilities
|
29,247 | 23,102 | ||||||
Notes
payable, net of discount of $0 and $885- non current
portion
|
180 | 1,772 | ||||||
Deferred
tax liability
|
491 | 688 | ||||||
Other
long-term liabilities
|
2,920 | 620 | ||||||
Total
Liabilities
|
32,838 | 26,182 | ||||||
Commitments
and Contingencies
|
||||||||
Stockholders'
Equity (Deficiency)
|
||||||||
Preferred
Stock, par value $0.001, 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and
outstanding
|
- | - | ||||||
Common
Stock, par value $0.001, 250,000,000 shares authorized, 39,425,755 issued
and 31,624,429 outstanding September 30, 2009 and 38,243,937 issued and
outstanding December 31, 2008
|
39 | 38 | ||||||
Additional
Paid-in-capital
|
53,264 | 52,692 | ||||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(55,967 | ) | (31,940 | ) | ||||
Treasury
Stock, at cost, 7,801,326 shares September 30,2009 and 2,237,376 shares
December 31, 2008
|
(4,469 | ) | (3,356 | ) | ||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
8 | - | ||||||
Total
Stockholders' Equity (Deficiency)
|
(7,125 | ) | 17,434 | |||||
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficiency)
|
$ | 25,713 | $ | 43,616 |
*Derived
from audited financials
See
accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial
statements
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Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
(In
Thousands Except Share and Per Share Amounts)
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$ | 8,583 | $ | 7,865 | $ | 30,136 | $ | 22,364 | ||||||||
Cost
of goods sold
|
6,662 | 5,093 | 25,887 | 18,306 | ||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
1,921 | 2,772 | 4,249 | 4,058 | ||||||||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
1,750 | 4,037 | 5,010 | 7,436 | ||||||||||||
Selling
and marketing expenses
|
548 | 1,352 | 2,073 | 3,269 | ||||||||||||
Research
and development expenses
|
— | 2 | 370 | 1,481 | ||||||||||||
Impairment
of goodwill and other intangible assets
|
22,000 | — | 22,000 | — | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
504 | 434 | 1,373 | 1,325 | ||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
24,802 | 5,825 | 30,826 | 13,511 | ||||||||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(22,881 | ) | (3,053 | ) | (26.577 | ) | (9,453 | ) | ||||||||
Interest
expense, net
|
(370 | ) | (1,554 | ) | (2,403 | ) | (2,533 | ) | ||||||||
Gain
on legal settlement
|
— | — | 4,328 | — | ||||||||||||
Other
income – insurance recovery
|
860 | — | 860 | — | ||||||||||||
Loss
from continuing operations before income tax benefit
|
(22,391 | ) | (4,607 | ) | (23,792 | ) | (11,986 | ) | ||||||||
Income
tax benefit
|
— | 2,542 | — | 3,600 | ||||||||||||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
(22,391 | ) | (2,065 | ) | (23,792 | ) | (8,386 | ) | ||||||||
Loss
from discontinued operations
|
(235 | ) | (1,731 | ) | (235 | ) | (4,279 | ) | ||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (22,626 | ) | $ | (3,796 | ) | $ | (24,027 | ) | $ | (12,665 | ) | ||||
Loss
per share – basic and diluted:
|
||||||||||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$ | (0.72 | ) | $ | (0.08 | ) | $ | (0.70 | ) | $ | (0.40 | ) | ||||
Discontinued
operations
|
(0.01 | ) | (0.06 | ) | (0.01 | ) | (0.20 | ) | ||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (0.72 | ) | $ | (0.14 | ) | $ | (0.70 | ) | $ | (0.60 | ) | ||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
and diluted
|
31,213,362 | 27,051,407 | 34,126,320 | 21,058,233 |
See
accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial
statements
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Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow (Unaudited)
(In
Thousands)
Nine
Months Ended September 30,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Operating
Activities:
|
||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (24,027 | ) | $ | (12,665 | ) | ||
Loss
from discontinued operations
|
(235 | ) | (4,279 | ) | ||||
Net
loss from continuing operations
|
(23,792 | ) | (8,386 | ) | ||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss from continuing operations to net cash used in
operating activities::
|
||||||||
Gain
on legal settlement
|
(4,328 | ) | — | |||||
Impairment
of goodwill and other intangible assets
|
22,000 | — | ||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,373 | 1,325 | ||||||
Amortization
of deferred debt discount
|
1,870 | 2,126 | ||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
— | (3,899 | ) | |||||
Stock
based compensation
|
566 | 1,908 | ||||||
Other
changes in assets and liabilities, net
|
(412 | ) | (10,323 | ) | ||||
Net
cash used in continuing operations
|
(2,723 | ) | (17,249 | ) | ||||
Net
cash used in discontinued operations
|
— | (2,491 | ) | |||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(2,723 | ) | (19,740 | ) | ||||
Investing
activities:
|
||||||||
Purchases
of fixed assets
|
(92 | ) | (65 | ) | ||||
Purchases
of intangible assets
|
(162 | ) | — | |||||
Cash
received from acquisition of Driftwood
|
— | 1,669 | ||||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by investing activities
|
(254 | ) | 1,604 | |||||
Financing
activities:
|
||||||||
Proceeds
from sale of equity securities
|
7 | 6,118 | ||||||
Net
borrowings in connection with financing facilities
|
2,654 | 5,422 | ||||||
Proceeds
from Driftwood issuance of convertible notes – pre-merger
|
— | 7,823 | ||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of convertible notes – post merger
|
— | 1,000 | ||||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
2,661 | 20,363 | ||||||
(Decrease)
increase in cash
|
(316 | ) | 2,227 | |||||
Cash
at beginning of period
|
849 | 138 | ||||||
Cash
at end of period
|
$ | 533 | $ | 2,365 |
See
accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial
statements
F-34
Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity (Deficiency) and Other
Comprehensive Loss (Unaudited)
For
the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
(In
Thousands)
Preferred
Stock
|
Common
Stock
|
Additional
|
Accumulated
|
Treasury
Stock
|
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Par
Value
|
Shares
Issued
|
Par
Value
|
Paid-in-
Capital
|
Deficit
|
Shares
|
Cost
|
Income
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
December 31, 2008
|
— | $ | — | 38,244 | $ | 38 | $ | 52,692 | $ | (31,940 | ) | 2,237 | $ | (3,356 | ) | $ | — | $ | 17,434 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
— | — | 66 | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value
of shares returned to treasury from settlement of
litigation
|
5,564 | (1,113 | ) | (1,113 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrants
exercised
|
682 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
issued for personal guaranty
|
500 | - | 100 | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value
of warrant issued for distribution agreement
|
400 | 400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(24,027 | ) | $ | (24,027 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment
for foreign currency translation
|
8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive loss
|
$ | (24,019 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
September 30, 2009
|
— | $ | — | 39,426 | $ | 39 | $ | 53,264 | $ | (55,967 | ) | 7,801 | $ | (4,469 | ) | $ | 8 | $ | (7,125 | ) |
See
accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial
statements
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Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. And Subsidiaries
Notes to
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
NOTE
1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND REVERSE MERGER
Zoo
Entertainment, Inc., (“Zoo” or the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of
the State of Nevada on February 13, 2003 under the name Driftwood Ventures,
Inc. On December 20, 2007, the Company reincorporated in Delaware and
increased its authorized capital stock from 75,000,000 shares to 80,000,000
shares, consisting of 75,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001, per
share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001, per
share. In August 2009, the Company increased its authorized shares of
common stock to 250,000,000, par value $0.001 per share. On November 20, 2009,
as a result of the Company consummating an approximately $4.2 million preferred
equity raise, the Company will issue series A preferred stock (“Series A
Preferred Stock”). Concurrently, as a result of the aforementioned
preferred equity raise, the Company will convert approximately $11.8 million of
existing debt and related accrued interest into series B preferred stock
(“Series B Preferred Stock”). The Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B
Preferred Stock will convert into common shares of the Company upon a sufficient
increase in authorized common shares of the Company. (See Note 20 for further
details in connection with the conversion features). The Company was
engaged in acquiring and exploring mineral properties until September 30, 2007
when this activity was abandoned. The Company had been inactive until July
7, 2008 when the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, as
subsequently amended on September 12, 2008 with DFTW Merger Sub, Inc., a
Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger
Sub”), Zoo Games, Inc. (“Zoo Games”) (formerly known as Green Screen Interactive
Software, Inc.) and a stockholder representative, pursuant to which Merger Sub
would merge with and into Zoo Games, with Zoo Games as the surviving corporation
through an exchange of common stock of Zoo Games for common stock of the Company
(the “Merger”). On December 3, 2008, Driftwood Ventures, Inc. changed its name
to Zoo Entertainment, Inc.
On
September 12, 2008, upon the completion of the Merger, each outstanding share of
Zoo Games common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Zoo Games Common
Stock”) on a fully-converted basis, converted automatically into and became
exchangeable for shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per
share based on an exchange ratio equal to 7.023274. In addition, by virtue of
the Merger, each of the 334,983 options to purchase shares of Zoo Games Common
Stock (the “Zoo Games Options”) outstanding under Zoo Games’ 2008 Long-Term
Incentive Plan were assumed by the Company, subject to the same terms and
conditions as were applicable under such plan immediately prior to the Merger,
and converted into 243,040 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common
stock at an exercise price of $2.58 per share, 421,396 options to purchase
shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.25 per share and
1,688,240 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an
exercise price of $1.52 per share. The 246,243 warrants to purchase shares of
Zoo Games Common Stock outstanding at the time of the Merger (the “Zoo Games
Warrants”) were assumed by the Company and converted into 1,411,186 warrants to
acquire shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.84 and
318,246 warrants to acquire shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise
price of $2.13 per share. The merger consideration consisted of (i) 26,098,303
shares of the Company’s common stock, (ii) the reservation of 2,352,677 shares
of the Company’s common stock that are required for the assumption of the Zoo
Games Options and (iii) the reservation of 1,729,432 shares of the Company’s
common stock that are required for the assumption of the Zoo Games
Warrants.
Zoo Games
was treated as the acquirer for accounting purposes in this reverse merger and
the financial statements of the Company for all periods presented represent the
historical activity of Zoo Games and include the activity of Zoo beginning on
September 12, 2008, the date of the reverse merger. As a result of the reverse
merger, the equity transactions for the period from March 23, 2007 to September
12, 2008 have been adjusted to reflect this
recapitalization.
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Zoo
Games, a Delaware corporation, is a developer, publisher and distributor of
interactive entertainment software for use on all major platforms including
Nintendo’s Wii and DS, Sony’s PSP and PlayStation 3, Microsoft’s Xbox 360, and
personal computers (PCs). Zoo Games sells primarily to major retail chains and
video game distributors. Zoo Games began business in March 2007, acquired the
assets of Supervillain Studios, Inc. (“SVS”) on June 13, 2007, acquired the
stock of Zoo Publishing, Inc. (“Zoo Publishing”) on December 18, 2007 and
acquired the stock of Zoo Digital Publishing Limited (“Zoo Digital”) on April 4,
2008. The consolidated financial statements include the results of their
operations from their respective acquisition dates. We also acquired an interest
in Cyoob, Inc., also known as Repliqa (“Repliqa”), on June 28, 2007. During
January 2008, Zoo Games’ board of directors made a determination to discontinue
its involvement with the operations of Repliqa. During September 2008, Zoo Games
sold SVS back to its original owners. In November 2008, Zoo Games sold Zoo
Digital back to its original owners. Repliqa, SVS and Zoo Digital have been
reflected as discontinued operations for all periods presented. In May
2009, we entered into a license agreement with New World IP (Licensor”) pursuant
to which the Licensor granted to Zoo Publishing all of the Licensor’s rights to
substantially all the intellectual property of Empire Interactive Europe, Ltd.
for a minimum royalty of $2.6 million. In June 2009, we formed a new company
called Zoo Entertainment Europe Ltd., a 100% subsidiary of Zoo Games, Inc. based
in the United Kingdom for the purpose of sales and distribution of our product
in Europe.
Currently,
the Company has determined that it operates in one segment and will focus on
developing, publishing and distributing interactive entertainment software under
the Zoo brand both in North American and international markets.
On May
16, 2008, Zoo Games converted from a limited liability company to a
C-corporation and changed its name to Green Screen Interactive Software, Inc.
from Green Screen Interactive Software, LLC. In August 2008, it changed its name
to Zoo Games, Inc.
NOTE
2. GOING CONCERN
These
consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company
will continue as a going concern. The Company has incurred losses since
inception, resulting in an accumulated deficit of approximately $56.0
million and a working capital deficiency of approximately $12.7 million at
September 30, 2009. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 the Company
generated negative cash flows from operations of approximately $2.7
million, and for the year ended December 31, 2008 the Company generated negative
cash flows from operations of approximately $12.1 million. Although the
Company’s business plan anticipates the generation of positive cash flow, there
is no assurance that it will succeed in doing so. An inability to
meet its business goals would raise substantial doubt as to the Company's
ability to continue as a going concern. In addition, the Company has various
notes maturing in February 2010 with an aggregate face value of approximately
$11.2 million, $11.8M including accrued interest. On November 2, 2009, the
Company and its Senior Secured Convertible Note Holders amended the Senior
Convertible Note whereby the parties agreed that if the Company raises at least
$4 million in new capital prior to February 2, 2010, the notes will
automatically convert into equity. On November 20, 2009, the
requisite Senior Secured Convertible Note Holders agreed to convert their debt
into Preferred Shares of the Company that will ultimately convert into common
shares that would represent 36.5% of the equity of the Company on a pro-forma
basis.
The
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on, among other
factors, the following major short term actions: i.) its ability to
generate cash flow from operations sufficient to maintain its daily business
activities ii.) its ability to raise capital from outside sources through the
sale of equity or debt instruments primarily to fund the ongoing development and
acquisition of new games and iii.) the restructuring of its maturing note
obligations. Management’s active efforts in this regard include trade
arrangements for advance payments secured by future sales, an agreement with its
note holders as detailed above, as well as operational steps to increase cash
flow through an increase in both the quantity and quality of its product
releases. There can be no assurance that all or any of these actions will meet
with success.
On
November 20, 2009, the Company consummated a $4.2 million convertible preferred
stock equity raise and converted approximately $11.8 million of debt including
related accrued interest into preferred stock, improving its working capital by
$16.0 million and putting the Company into a positive net working capital
position on a pro-forma basis as of September 30, 2009.
These
condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments
relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded assets, or the
amounts of and classification of liabilities that might be necessary as a result
of this uncertainty.
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NOTE
3. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES
Principles
of Consolidation and Interim Financial Information
The
accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements were
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America and the interim financial statement rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do
not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted
accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of
management, these statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal
recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements. The financial statements should be read
in conjunction with the financial statements of the Company together with the
Company’s management discussion and analysis in the Company’s Form 10-K Annual
Report for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 15, 2009. The results for the three months and
nine months ended September 30, 2009 might not be indicative of the results for
the full year or any future period.
The
condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts
of Zoo Games and its wholly and majority owned subsidiaries, Supervillain
Studios LLC, Zoo Publishing, Zoo Entertainment Europe Ltd., Zoo Digital
Publishing Limited and Repliqa during the periods that each subsidiary was
directly or indirectly owned by Zoo Games. All intercompany accounts and
transactions are eliminated in consolidation.
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the
financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the
reporting periods. The estimates affecting the consolidated financial statements
that are particularly significant include the recoverability of product
development costs, lives of intangibles, realization of goodwill and
intangibles, allocation of purchase price, valuation of equity instruments,
valuation of inventories and the adequacy of allowances for returns, price
concessions and doubtful accounts. Actual amounts could differ from these
estimates.
Concentration
of Credit Risk
We
maintain cash balances at what we believe are several high quality financial
institutions. While we attempt to limit credit exposure with any single
institution, balances often exceed FDIC insurable amounts.
If the
financial condition and operations of our customers deteriorate, our risk of
collection could increase substantially. A majority of our trade receivables are
derived from sales to major retailers and distributors. In October 2008, we
entered into an agreement with Atari, Inc. where sales from October 24, 2008
through March 31, 2009 for all customers that Atari deemed acceptable would be
through Atari and Atari would prepay us for the cost of goods and they would
bear the credit risk from the ultimate customer. This agreement was
subsequently amended to include sales to certain customers through March 31,
2010. As of September 30, 2009, Atari had prepaid us approximately $3.2 million
which is included in customer advances in current liabilities in the condensed
consolidated balance sheet and the receivable due from Atari was $264,000,
before allowances, which is included in accounts receivable in the condensed
consolidated balance sheet. Our five largest ultimate customers for the
nine months ended September 30, 2009 accounted for approximately 77% of the
gross revenue for the period. We believe that the receivable balances from
Atari and our ultimate customers do not represent a significant credit risk
based on past collection experience. During the nine months ended September 30,
2009, we sold $832,000 of receivables to the factor with
recourse. There were $832,000 of receivables from our factor included
in our gross accounts receivable as of September 30, 2009 and $0 as of
December 31, 2008. We regularly review our outstanding receivables for potential
bad debts and have had no history of significant write-offs due to bad
debts.
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Inventory
Inventory,
primarily consisting of finished goods, is stated at the lower of actual cost or
market. We periodically evaluate the carrying value of our inventory and make
adjustments as necessary. Estimated product returns are included in the
inventory balances and also recorded at the lower of actual cost or
market.
Product
Development Costs
We
utilized both internal development teams and third party product developers to
develop the titles we publish.
We
capitalized internal product development costs (including stock-based
compensation, specifically identifiable employee payroll expense and incentive
compensation costs related to the completion and release of titles) as well as
third party production and other content costs, subsequent to establishing
technological feasibility of a title. Technological feasibility of a product
includes the completion of both technical design documentation and game design
documentation. Amortization of such capitalized costs is recorded on a
title-by-title basis in cost of goods sold using the proportion of current year
revenues to the total revenues expected to be recorded over the life of the
title. With the sale of SVS in September 2008, we no longer have any
internal development studios or related costs.
We
frequently enter into agreements with third party developers that require us to
make advance payments for game development and production services. In exchange
for our advance payments, we receive the exclusive publishing and distribution
rights to the finished game title as well as, in some cases, the underlying
intellectual property rights. Such agreements allow us to fully recover the
advance payments to the developers at an agreed royalty rate earned on the
subsequent retail sales of such product, net of any agreed costs. We capitalize
all advance payments to developers as product development costs. On a
product-by-product basis, we reduce product development costs and record a
corresponding amount of research and development expense for any costs incurred
by third party developers prior to establishing technological feasibility of a
product as these advances are expended. We typically enter into agreements with
third party developers after completing the technical design documentation for
our products and, therefore, record the design costs leading up to a signed
development contract as research and development expense. We also generally
contract with third party developers that have proven technology and experience
in the genre of the video game being developed, which often allows for the
establishment of technological feasibility early in the development cycle. In
instances where the documentation of the design and technology are not in place
prior to an executed contract, we monitor the product development process and
require our third party developers to adhere to the same technological
feasibility standards that applied to our internally developed
products.
We also
capitalize advance payments as product development costs when advances are made
subsequent to establishing technological feasibility of a video game title and
amortize them, on a title-by-title basis, as product development costs in cost
of goods sold. Royalty amortization is recorded using the proportion of current
year unit sales and revenues to the total unit sales and revenues expected to be
recorded over the life of the title.
At each
balance sheet date, or earlier if an indicator of impairment exists, we evaluate
the recoverability of capitalized development costs, advance development
payments and any other unrecognized minimum commitments that have not been paid,
using an undiscounted future cash flow analysis, and charge any amounts that are
deemed unrecoverable to cost of goods sold if the product has already been
released. If the product is discontinued prior to completion, any prepaid
unrecoverable advances are charged to research and development expense. We use
various measures to estimate future revenues for our product titles, including
past performance of similar titles and orders for titles prior to their release.
For sequels, the performance of predecessor titles is also taken into
consideration.
Prior to
establishing technological feasibility, we expense research and development
costs as incurred. During the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, we
wrote-off $0 and $2,000, respectively and during the nine months ended September
30, 2009 and 2008, we wrote-off $370,000 and approximately $1.5 million,
respectively, of expense relating to costs incurred for the development of games
that were abandoned during those periods. Those costs are included in our
statement of operations under research and development
expenses.
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Licenses
and Royalties
Licenses
consist of payments and guarantees made to holders of intellectual property
rights for use of their trademarks, copyrights, technology or other intellectual
property rights in the development of our products. Agreements with rights
holders generally provide for guaranteed minimum royalty payments for use of
their intellectual property. When significant performance remains to be
completed by the licensor, we record payments when actually paid.
Certain
licenses extend over multi-year periods and encompass multiple game titles. In
addition to guaranteed minimum payments, these licenses frequently contain
provisions that could require us to pay royalties to the license holder, based
on pre-agreed unit sales thresholds.
Licensing
fees are capitalized on the balance sheet in prepaid expenses and are amortized
as royalties in cost of goods sold on a title-by-title basis at a ratio of
current period revenues to the total revenues expected to be recorded over the
remaining life of the title. Similar to product development costs, we review our
sales projections quarterly to determine the likely recoverability of our
capitalized licenses as well as any unpaid minimum obligations. When management
determines that the value of a license is unlikely to be recovered by product
sales, capitalized licenses are charged to cost of goods sold, based on current
and expected revenues, in the period in which such determination is made.
Criteria used to evaluate expected product performance and to estimate future
sales for a title include: historical performance of comparable titles; orders
for titles prior to release; and the estimated performance of a sequel title
based on the performance of the title on which the sequel is based.
Goodwill
and Intangible Assets
Goodwill
is the excess of purchase price paid over identified intangible and tangible net
assets of acquired companies. Intangible assets consist of trademarks, customer
relationships, content and product development. Certain intangible assets
acquired in a business combination are recognized as assets apart from goodwill.
Identified intangibles other than goodwill are generally amortized using the
straight-line method over the period of expected benefit ranging from one to ten
years, except for intellectual property, which are usage-based intangible assets
that are amortized using the shorter of the useful life or expected revenue
stream.
The
Company performs a goodwill impairment test at least on an annual basis and
whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may
not be recoverable from estimated future cash flows. We will perform tests
of impairment in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year or earlier if indicators
of impairment exist. We determine the fair value of each reporting unit
using a discounted cash flow analysis and compare such values to the respective
reporting unit's carrying amount.
The
Company incurred a triggering event on November 20, 2009 based on the equity
infusion of approximately $4.0 million for 50% ownership interest in the Company
and the conversion of the existing convertible debt, which resulted in the
Company estimating its pro-forma market capitalization to be approximately $8.0
million as of September 30, 2009. Accordingly, the Company recorded
an estimated impairment charge in September 2009 of $22.0 million to be applied
as a $14.7 million reduction of goodwill and a $7.3 million reduction of content
in other intangibles. The Company will perform a formal impairment
analysis during the fourth quarter of 2009 and adjust the impairment estimates
accordingly, if necessary.
Impairment
of Long-Lived Assets, Including Definitive Life Intangible Assets
We review
all long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that
the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable, including assets to be
disposed of by sale, whether previously held and used or newly acquired. We
compare the carrying amount of the asset to the estimated undiscounted future
cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset. If the carrying amount
of the asset exceeds estimated expected undiscounted future cash flows, we
record an impairment charge for the difference between the carrying amount of
the asset and its fair value. The estimated fair value is generally measured by
discounting expected future cash flows at our incremental borrowing rate or fair
value, if available.
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Revenue
Recognition
We earn
our revenue from the sale of internally developed interactive software titles
and from the sale of titles developed by and/or licensed from third party
developers ("Publishing Revenue").
We
recognize Publishing Revenue upon the transfer of title and risk of loss to our
customers. Accordingly, we recognize revenue for software titles when
there is (1) persuasive evidence that an arrangement with the customer exists,
which is generally a customer purchase order, (2) the product is delivered, (3)
the selling price is fixed or determinable and (4) collection of the
customer receivable is deemed probable. Our payment arrangements with customers
typically provide net 30 and 60-day terms. Advances received from customers are
reported on the consolidated balance sheet as customer advances, included in
current liabilities until we meet our performance obligations, at which point we
recognize the revenue.
Revenue
is recognized after deducting estimated reserves for returns, price concessions
and other allowances. In circumstances when we do not have a reliable basis to
estimate returns and price concessions or are unable to determine that
collection of a receivable is probable, we defer the revenue until such time as
we can reliably estimate any related returns and allowances and determine that
collection of the receivable is probable.
Allowances
for Returns, Price Concessions and Other Allowances
We may
accept returns and grant price concessions in connection with our publishing
arrangements. Following reductions in the price of our products, we grant price
concessions that permit customers to take credits for unsold merchandise against
amounts they owe us. Our customers must satisfy certain conditions to allow them
to return products or receive price concessions, including compliance with
applicable payment terms and confirmation of field inventory
levels.
Although
our distribution arrangements with customers do not give them the right to
return titles or to cancel firm orders, we sometimes accept returns from our
distribution customers for stock balancing and make accommodations to customers,
which include credits and returns, when demand for specific titles fall below
expectations.
We make
estimates of future product returns and price concessions related to current
period product revenue based upon, among other factors, historical experience
and performance of the titles in similar genres, historical performance of a
hardware platform, customer inventory levels, analysis of sell-through rates,
sales force and retail customer feedback, industry pricing, market conditions
and changes in demand and acceptance of our products by consumers.
Significant
management judgments and estimates must be made and used in connection with
establishing the allowance for returns and price concessions in any accounting
period. We believe we can make reliable estimates of returns and price
concessions. However, actual results may differ from initial estimates as a
result of changes in circumstances, market conditions and assumptions.
Adjustments to estimates are recorded in the period in which they become
known.
Consideration
Given to Customers and Received from Vendors
We have
various marketing arrangements with retailers and distributors of our products
that provide for cooperative advertising and market development funds, among
others, which are generally based on single exchange transactions. Such amounts
are accrued as a reduction to revenue when revenue is recognized, except for
cooperative advertising which is included in selling and marketing expense if
there is a separate identifiable benefit and the benefit's fair value can be
established.
We
receive various incentives from our manufacturers, including up-front cash
payments as well as rebates based on a cumulative level of purchases. Such
amounts are generally accounted for as a reduction in the price of the
manufacturer's product and included as a reduction of inventory or cost of goods
sold, based on (1) a ratio of current period revenue to the total revenue
expected to be recorded over the remaining life of the product or (2) an agreed
upon per unit rebate, based on actual units manufactured during the
period.
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Equity-Based
Compensation
We issued
options and warrants to purchase shares of common stock of the Company to
certain management and employees during 2009 and 2008. We record
compensation expense over the requisite service period based on their relative
fair values.
The fair
value of our equity-based compensation is estimated using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model. This model requires the input of assumptions regarding a
number of complex and subjective variables that will usually have a significant
impact on the fair value estimate. These variables include, but are not limited
to, the volatility of our stock price and estimated exercise
behavior. The following table summarizes the assumptions and
variables used by us to compute the weighted average fair value of stock option
grants:
For the Nine
Months
|
||||||||
Ended September 30,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
3.45 | % | 3.45 | % | ||||
Expected
stock price volatility
|
60.0 | % | 45.0 | % | ||||
Expected
term until exercise (years)
|
5 | 5 | ||||||
Dividends
|
None
|
None
|
For the
nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, we estimated the implied
volatility for publicly traded options on our common shares as the expected
volatility assumption required in the Black-Scholes option-pricing
model. The selection of the implied volatility approach was based upon the
historical volatility of companies with similar businesses and capitalization
and our assessment that implied volatility is more representative of future
stock price trends than historical volatility.
Loss
Per Share
Basic
loss per share ("EPS") is computed by dividing the net loss applicable to common
stockholders for the period by the weighted average number of shares of common
stock outstanding during the same period. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing
the net income applicable to common stockholders for the period by the weighted
average number of shares of common stock outstanding and common stock
equivalents, which includes warrants and options outstanding during the same
period. Since the inclusion of the 13,486,072 warrants and 2,589,811 options
outstanding as of September 30, 2009 and the 7,320,341 warrants and 2,352,676
options outstanding as of September 30, 2008 are anti-dilutive because of
losses, the dilutive loss per share is the same as the basic loss per
share.
Income
Taxes
Zoo Games
was a limited liability company from inception until May 16, 2008, when we
converted to a corporation. As a limited liability company, we were not required
to provide for any corporate tax. The loss from the Company’s operations was
passed to the unit holders via Form K-1 and the unit holders are responsible for
any resulting taxes. One of our subsidiaries, Zoo Publishing, was not a limited
liability company and we therefore were required to record a corporate tax
provision upon the acquisition of Zoo Publishing.
As a
corporation, we recognize deferred taxes under the asset and liability method of
accounting for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method, deferred
income taxes are recognized for differences between the financial statement and
tax basis of assets and liabilities at currently enacted statutory tax rates for
the years in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect on
deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period
that includes the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established when we
determine that it is more likely than not that such deferred tax assets will not
be realized.
Fair
Market Value of Financial Instruments
The
carrying value of cash, accounts receivable, inventory, accounts payable,
accrued expenses, due to factor, and advances from customers are reasonable
estimates of the fair values because of their short-term maturity. Notes
payable are recorded net of the discount which is computed as the difference
between the market interest rate that the Company would pay for financing at the
time the note is issued and the stated interest rate on the note. The
convertible notes that were issued with warrants are recorded net of the
unamortized discount applied to the warrants.
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Recently
Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Effective
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted ASC Topic 815 which clarifies the
determination of whether an instrument (or an embedded feature) is indexed to an
entity’s own stock. The adoption of ASC Topic 815 did not have a significant
impact on our results of operations or financial position.
Effective
June 30, 2009, the Company adopted ASC Topic 855 which provides guidance on
management's assessment of subsequent events and the requirement to disclose the
date through which subsequent events have been evaluated. The Company has
evaluated subsequent events through November 23, 2009 for this quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. The adoption
of ASC Topic 855 did not have any impact on the Company's consolidated financial
position or results of operations.
In June
2009, the FASB issued ASC Topic 105 which establishes the FASB Accounting
Standards Codification as the single source of authoritative GAAP for all
non-governmental entities, with the exception of the SEC and its staff. ASC
Topic 105 changes the referencing and organization of accounting guidance and is
effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. Since
it is not intended to change or alter existing GAAP, the Codification did not
have any impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of
operations. Going forward, the Board will not issue new standards in
the form of Statements, FASB Staff Positions, or Emerging Issues Task Force
Abstracts; instead, it will issue Accounting Standards Updates. The FASB will
not consider Accounting Standards Updates as authoritative in their own right;
these updates will serve only to update the Codification, provide background
information about the guidance, and provide the bases for conclusions on the
change(s) in the Codification. In the description of Accounting Standards
Updates that follows, references in “italics” relate to Codification Topics and
Subtopics, and their descriptive titles, as appropriate.
Accounting
Standards Updates Not Yet Effective
In June
2009, an update was made to “Consolidation – Consolidation of
Variable Interest Entities.” Among other things, the update replaces the
calculation for determining which entities, if any, have a controlling financial
interest in a variable interest entity (VIE) from a quantitative based risks and
rewards calculation, to a qualitative approach that focuses on identifying which
entities have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact
the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE or
the right to receive benefits from the VIE. The update also requires ongoing
assessments as to whether an entity is the primary beneficiary of a VIE
(previously, reconsideration was only required upon the occurrence of specific
events), modifies the presentation of consolidated VIE assets and liabilities,
and requires additional disclosures about a company’s involvement in VIEs. This
update will be effective for the company beginning January 1, 2010. Management
is currently evaluating the effect that adoption of this update will have, if
any, on the company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations
when it becomes effective in 2010.
Other
Accounting Standards Updates not effective until after September 30, 2009, are
not expected to have a significant effect on the company’s consolidated
financial position or results of operations.
NOTE
4. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
The loss
from discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2009 of $235,000 relates to a write-off of a receivable from the disposition of
Zoo Digital that was determined to be uncollectible in the three months ended
September 30, 2009.
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The loss
from discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September
30, 2008 is summarized as follows:
(Amounts in Thousands)
|
||||||||
Three Months Ended
September 30, 2008
|
Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2008
|
|||||||
Supervillain
|
$ | 1,644 | $ | 3,174 | ||||
Zoo
Digital
|
527 | 1,204 | ||||||
Repliqa
|
- | 219 | ||||||
Online
concept
|
25 | 147 | ||||||
Tax
benefit
|
(465 | ) | (465 | ) | ||||
Loss
from discontinued operations
|
$ | 1,731 | $ | 4,279 |
The
revenues from the discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2008 were $951,000 and approximately $1.9 million,
respectively.
NOTE
5. INVENTORY
Inventory
consisted of:
(Amounts in Thousands)
|
||||||||
September 30,
|
December 31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Finished
products
|
$ | 1,568 | $ | 2,939 | ||||
Parts
and supplies
|
608 | 181 | ||||||
Totals
|
$ | 2,176 | $ | 3,120 |
Estimated
product returns included in inventory at September 30, 2009 and December 31,
2008 were $122,000 and $337,000, respectively.
NOTE
6. PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
Prepaid
expense and other current assets consisted of:
(Amounts in Thousands)
|
||||||||
September 30, 2009
|
December 31, 2008
|
|||||||
Vendor
advances for inventory
|
$ | 3,174 | $ | 555 | ||||
Prepaid
royalties
|
689 | 1,072 | ||||||
Income
taxes receivable
|
- | 55 | ||||||
Other
prepaid expenses
|
511 | 442 | ||||||
Totals
|
$ | 4,374 | $ | 2,124 |
NOTE
7. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT COSTS
Details
of our capitalized product development costs were as follows:
(Amounts in thousands)
|
||||||||
September 30,
|
December 31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Product
development costs, internally developed,net of
amortization
|
$ | 25 | $ | 170 | ||||
Product
development costs, externally developed,net of
amortization
|
5,714 | 5,168 | ||||||
Totals
|
$ | 5,739 | $ | 5,338 |
NOTE
8. GOODWILL and INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
In the
three months ended September 2009, we recorded impairment of goodwill and other
intangible assets of $22.0 million. The impairment was computed based
on the November 2009 equity infusion of at least $4.0 million for 50% of the
Company and converting the existing convertible debt, resulting in an estimated
pro-forma market capitalization of approximately $8.0 million as of September
30, 2009. The impairment was applied $14.7 million to goodwill and
$7.3 million to the content portion of other intangible assets. The
Company will perform a formal impairment analysis during the fourth quarter of
2009 and adjust the impairment estimates accordingly, if
necessary.
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The
following table sets forth the components of the intangible assets subject to
amortization:
Estimated
|
(Amounts in Thousands)
September 30, 2009
|
December 31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Useful
|
Gross
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Lives
|
Carrying
|
Accumulated
|
Net Book
|
Net Book
|
||||||||||||||||||||
(Years)
|
Amount
|
Amortization
|
Impairment
|
Value
|
Value
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Content
|
10
|
$ | 14,965 | $ | 2,250 | $ | 7,296 | $ | 5,419 | $ | 10,931 | |||||||||||||
Trademarks
|
10
|
1,510 | 271 | - | 1,239 | 1,353 | ||||||||||||||||||
Customer
relationships
|
10
|
2,749 | 493 | - | 2,256 | 2,463 | ||||||||||||||||||
Totals
|
$ | 19,224 | $ | 3,014 | $ | 7,296 | $ | 8,914 | $ | 14,747 |
Amortization
expense related to intangible assets was $476 and $411 for the three months
ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively and was approximately $1.3
million and $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and
2008, respectively.
In May
2009, we entered into a license agreement with New World IP, LLC (“Licensor”)
pursuant to which the Licensor granted to Zoo Publishing all of the Licensor’s
rights to substantially all the intellectual property of Empire Interactive
Europe, LLC for a minimum royalty of $2.6 million to be paid within two
years. At any time prior to April 1, 2011, Zoo Publishing has the
option to purchase all rights in and to the Games. At any time after
April 1, 2011, Licensor has the right to sell all rights in and to the
Games to Zoo Publishing. The $2.6 million of costs related to this agreement
have been capitalized and are included in Intangible Assets and will be
amortized over ten years, while $2.3 million of the liability is recorded in
other long-term liabilities and $300,000 is recorded in accrued expenses in the
balance sheet.
The
following table presents the estimated amortization of intangible assets, based
on our present intangible assets, for the next five years as
follows:
Year Ending December 31,
|
(Amounts
in Thousands)
|
|||
Balance
of 2009
|
$ | 223 | ||
2010
|
891 | |||
2011
|
891 | |||
2012
|
891 | |||
2013
|
891 | |||
Thereafter
|
5,127 | |||
Total
|
$ | 8,914 |
NOTE
9. CREDIT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS, ATARI AGREEMENT AND OTHER
CUSTOMER ADVANCES
In
connection with the Zoo Publishing acquisition, the Company entered into the
following credit and finance arrangements:
The
Company and Zoo Publishing entered into a purchase order financing agreement
with Transcap Trade Finance, LLC (“Transcap”) on December 19, 2007. This
agreement made the Company a party to a Master Purchase Order Assignment
Agreement dated August 20, 2001 pursuant to which Transcap agreed to provide
purchase order financing to or for the benefit of Zoo Publishing. Total advances
under the factoring arrangement include letters of credit for purchase order
financing and is limited to $10.0 million. The amounts outstanding as of
September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were approximately $2.9 million and
$855,000, respectively. The interest rate is prime plus 4.0% on outstanding
advances. As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the effective interest
rates were 7.25%. The charges and interest expense on the advances
are included in the cost of goods sold in the accompanying condensed
consolidated statement of operations.
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On April
6, 2009, we entered into an amended and restated purchase order financing
arrangement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”) pursuant
to an amended and restated master purchase order assignment agreement (the
“Assignment Agreement”). The Assignment Agreement amended and restated in
its entirety the master purchase order assignment agreement between Transcap and
Zoo Publishing, dated as of August 20, 2001, as amended.
Pursuant
to the Assignment Agreement, the Company will assign purchase orders received
from customers to Wells Fargo, and request that Wells Fargo purchase the
required materials to fulfill such purchase orders. Wells Fargo, which may
accept or decline the assignment of specific purchase orders, will retain us to
manufacture, process and ship ordered goods, and will pay us for our services
upon Wells Fargo’s receipt of payment from the customers for such ordered
goods. Upon payment in full of the purchase order invoice by the applicable
customer to Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo will re-assign the applicable purchase
order to us. We will pay to Wells Fargo a fee upon their funding of each
purchase order and we commit to pay a total fee for twelve months in the
aggregate amount of $337,500. If the fees earned during the twelve month period
do not exceed $337,500, we are required to pay the difference between the
$337,500 and the amounts already paid on the earlier of the twelve month
anniversary of the date of the Assignment Agreement, or the date of termination
of the Assignment Agreement. Wells Fargo is not obligated to provide
purchase order financing under the Assignment Agreement if the aggregate
outstanding funding exceeds $5,000,000. The Assignment Agreement is for an
initial term of twelve months, and shall continue thereafter for successive
twelve month renewal terms unless either party terminates the Assignment
Agreement by written notice to the other no later than 30 days prior to the end
of the initial term or any renewal term. If the term of the Assignment
Agreement is renewed for one or more twelve month terms, for each such twelve
month term, we will pay to Wells Fargo a commitment fee in the sum of $337,500,
to be offset against actual fees paid by us upon their payment of each purchase
order, to be paid on the earlier of the twelve month anniversary of such renewal
date or the date of termination of the Assignment Agreement. The initial
and renewal commitment fees are subject to waiver if certain product volume
requirements are met.
In
connection with the Assignment Agreement, on April 6, 2009 we also entered into
an amended and restated security agreement and financing statement (the
“Security Agreement”) with Wells Fargo. The Security Agreement amends and
restates in its entirety that certain security agreement and financing
statement, by and between Transcap and Zoo Publishing, dated as of August 20,
2001. Pursuant to the Security Agreement, we granted to Wells Fargo a first
priority security interest in certain of our assets as set forth in the Security
Agreement, as well as a subordinate security interest in certain other of our
assets (the “Common Collateral”), which security interest is subordinate to the
security interests in the Common Collateral held by certain of our senior
lenders, as set forth in the Security Agreement.
Also in
connection with the Assignment Agreement, on April 6, 2009, Mark Seremet,
President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Zoo Entertainment and Zoo
Games, and David Rosenbaum, the President of Operations of Zoo Publishing,
entered into a Guaranty with Wells Fargo, pursuant to which Messrs. Seremet and
Rosenbaum agreed to guaranty the full and prompt payment and performance of the
obligations under the Assignment Agreement and the Security
Agreement.
On May
12, 2009, the Company entered into a letter agreement with each of Mark Seremet
and David Rosenbaum (the “Fee Letters”), pursuant to which, in consideration for
Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum entering into the Guaranty with Wells Fargo for
the full and prompt payment and performance by the Company and its subsidiaries
of the obligations in connection with a purchase order financing (the “Loan”),
the Company agreed to compensate Mr. Seremet in the amount of $10,000 per month,
and Mr. Rosenbaum in the amount of $7,000 per month, for so long as the
executive remains employed while the Guaranty and Loan remain in full force and
effect. If the Guaranty is not released by the end of the month following
termination of employment of either Messrs. Seremet or Rosenbaum, the monthly
fee shall be doubled for each month thereafter until the Guaranty is
removed.
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Additionally,
pursuant to the Fee Letters, the Company agreed to grant under the Company’s
2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan, as amended to each of Messrs.
Seremet and Rosenbaum, on such date that is the earlier of the conversion of at
least 25% of all currently existing convertible debt of the Company into equity,
or November 8, 2009 (the earlier of such date, the “Grant Date”), an option to
purchase that number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to 6% and 3%
respectively, of the then issued and outstanding shares of common stock, based
on a fully diluted current basis assuming those options and warrants that have
an exercise price below $0.40 per share are exercised on that date but not
counting the potential conversion to equity of any outstanding convertible notes
that have not yet been converted and, inclusive of any options or other equity
securities or securities convertible into equity securities of the Company that
each may own on the Grant Date. The options shall be issued at an exercise
price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the Grant
Date and pursuant to the Company’s standard form of nonqualified stock option
agreement; provided however that in the event the Guaranty has not been released
by Wells Fargo Bank as of the date of the termination of the option due to
termination of service, the option termination date shall be extended until the
earlier of the date of the release of the Guaranty or the expiration of the ten
year term of the option. In addition any options owned by Messrs. Seremet
and Rosenbaum as of the Grant Date with an exercise price that is higher than
the exercise price of the new options shall be cancelled as of the Grant Date.
The Company estimated the value of the arrangements to be approximately $200,000
as of September 30, 2009 and is included as compensation in the nine months
ended September 30, 2009, and has been included in accrued expenses. Once the
options are issued, we will adjust the expense accordingly. As part of the
November 2009 financing, Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum agreed to amend their
respective Fee Letters, pursuant to which: in the case of Mr. Seremet, the
Company will pay to Mr. Seremet a fee of $10,000 per month for so long as the
Guaranty remains in full force and effect, but only for a period ending on
November 20, 2010; and, in the case of Mr. Rosenbaum, the Company will pay to
Mr. Rosenbaum a fee of $7,000 per month for so long as the Guaranty remains in
full force and effect, but only for a period ending on November 20,
2010. In addition, the amended Fee Letters provides that, in
consideration of each of their continued personal guarantees, the Company’s
Board of Directors has approved an increase in the issuance of an option to
purchase (restricted stock or other incentives intended to comply with Section
409A of the Internal Revenue Code, equal to) a 6.25% ownership interest, to each
of Mr. Seremet and Mr. Rosenbaum respectively.
Zoo
Publishing uses a factor to approve credit and to collect the proceeds from a
portion of its sales. In August 2008, Zoo Publishing entered into a
factoring agreement with Working Capital Solutions, Inc., which utilizes
existing accounts receivable in order to provide working capital to fund all
aspects of our continuing business operations. A new factoring agreement was
entered into on September 29, 2009 with Working Capital Solutions,
Inc. Under the terms of our factoring and security agreement, we sell
our receivables to the factor, with recourse. The factor, in its sole
discretion, determines whether or not it will accept each receivable based upon
the credit risk factor of each individual receivable or account. Once a
receivable is accepted by the factor, the factor provides funding subject to the
terms and conditions of the factoring and security agreement. The amount
remitted to us by the factor equals the invoice amount of the receivable
adjusted for any discounts or allowances provided to the account, less 25% which
is deposited into a reserve account established pursuant to the agreement, less
allowances and fees. In the event of default, valid payment dispute, breach of
warranty, insolvency or bankruptcy on the part of the receivable account, the
factor can require the receivable to be repurchased by us in accordance with the
agreement. The amounts to be paid by us to the factor for any accepted
receivable include a factoring fee of 0.6% for each ten (10) day period the
account is open. Since the factor acquires the receivables with recourse,
we record the gross receivables including amounts due from our customers to the
factor and we record a liability to the factor for funds advanced to us from the
factor. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, we sold $832,000 of
receivables to the factor with recourse. At September 30, 2009,
accounts receivable included $832,000 of amounts due from our customers to the
factor and the factor had an advance outstanding to the Company of $624,000. At
December 31, 2008, accounts receivable did not include any amounts due from our
customers to the factor and the factor did not have any advance outstanding to
the Company. In connection with the factoring facility, on September 29, 2009,
Mark Seremet, President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company
and Zoo Games, and David Rosenbaum, the President of Operations of Zoo
Publishing, entered into a Guaranty with Working Capital Solutions, Inc.,
pursuant to which Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum agreed to guaranty the full and
prompt payment and performance of the obligations under factoring and security
agreement.
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Atari
Agreement
As a
result of a fire in October 2008 that destroyed our inventory and impacted our
cash flow from operations, we entered into an agreement with Atari, Inc.
(“Atari”). This agreement became effective on October 24, 2008 and provided for
Zoo Publishing to sell its products to Atari without recourse and Atari will
resell the products to wholesalers and retailers that are acceptable to Atari in
North America. The agreement initially expired on March 31, 2009, but was
amended to extend the term for certain customers until March 31, 2010. This
agreement provided for Atari to prepay to the Company for the cost of goods and
pay the balance due within 15 days of shipping the product. Atari’s fees
approximate 10% of our standard selling price and they have been recorded as a
reduction in revenue. During the three and nine months ended September 30,
2009, we recorded approximately $2.5 million and $23.5 million, respectively, of
net sales to Atari. Atari takes a reserve from the initial payment
for potential customer sales allowances, returns and price protection that is
analyzed and reviewed within a sixty day period to be liquidated no later than
July 31, 2010. As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008,
Atari had prepaid the Company approximately $3.2 million and approximately $1.8
million, respectively, for goods not yet shipped which is recorded as customer
advances in current liabilities. Also, as of September 30, 2009 and
December 31, 2008, Atari owed the Company $264,000 and approximately $1.8
million, respectively, before allowances, for goods already shipped which are
recorded in accounts receivable.
Other Customer
Advance –
Solutions 2 Go, Inc.
On August
31, 2009, Zoo Publishing entered into an Exclusive Distribution Agreement with
Solutions 2 Go Inc., a Canadian corporation (“S2G Inc.”) and an Exclusive
Distribution Agreement with Solutions 2 Go, LLC, a California limited liability
company (“S2G LLC,” and together with S2G Inc., “S2G”), pursuant to which Zoo
Publishing granted to S2G the exclusive rights to market, sell and distribute
certain video games, related software and products, with respect to which Zoo
Publishing owns rights, in the territories specified therein. In
connection with these distribution agreements, on August 31, 2009, the
Company entered into an Advance Agreement (the “Advance Agreement”) with S2G,
pursuant to which S2G made a payment to the Company in the amount of $1,999,999,
in advance of S2G’s purchases of certain products pursuant to
these distribution agreements. From August 31, 2009 until recoupment of the
advance in full, interest on the outstanding amount shall accrue at the rate of
ten percent (10%) per annum. The amount of any unrecouped advance outstanding
shall be repaid in its entirety to S2G no later than September 15, 2010. The
advance shall be recouped, in whole or in part, from sales generated by S2G of
products purchased by S2G under the distribution agreements. A percentage of the
gross margin on the S2G Sales shall be applied to a recoupment of the advance
until the earlier of (i) the date on which the amount of the unrecouped advance
has been reduced to zero or (ii) September 15, 2010, on which any unrecouped
advance shall be repaid. As of September 30, 2009, the balance remaining on the
advance is $1,986,000 and this is included in customer advances in the current
liabilities section of the balance sheet.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if, at any time prior to the recoupment of the advance in full,
the Company receives proceeds in connection with any sale of securities, or
otherwise raises additional capital, exceeding an aggregate of five million
dollars ($5,000,000), other than under the anticipated qualified financing, (as
defined below), the entire unrecouped advance under the advance agreement shall
at once become due and payable in full as of the funding date of the additional
capital transaction without written notice of acceleration to the
Company. Additional capital transaction shall include, but not be
limited to the sale or issuance of any security by the Company, or any
subsidiary of the Company, of any kind or character whatsoever, where “security”
is given its broadest meaning including stock, warrants, options, convertible
notes, and similar instruments of all types.
In consideration
of S2G entering into the advance agreement, the Company agreed to issue to S2G
Inc. a warrant to purchase 7,665,731 shares of the Company’s common
stock (or such other number of shares of Common Stock that on the warrant
grant date (as defined below), represents 6% of the Company’s modified
fully-diluted shares, computed as if all outstanding convertible stock, warrants
and stock options that are, directly or indirectly, convertible into Common
Stock at a price of $0.75 or less, have been so converted), upon the occurrence
of an anticipated qualified financing, which means (i) the consummation of the
sale of shares of Common Stock by the Company which results in aggregate gross
proceeds to the Company of at least $4,000,000 and (ii) the conversion of the
Company’s senior secured convertible notes, in the aggregate original principal
amount of $11,150,000, into shares of Common Stock. The warrant will
have a term of five years and an exercise price equal to $0.30. The
warrant to acquire 7,665,731 shares was issued on August 31,
2009. The warrant was valued at $400,000 using the Black-Scholes
model and this cost will be amortized over twelve months through interest
expense. For the period ended September 30, 2009, $33,000 of interest
expense is recorded in the statement of operations.
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The
advance is guaranteed by Messrs. Seremet, Rosenbaum and another
employee. Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum did not receive any
additional compensation for this guarantee. The employee who
guaranteed the advance was granted 500,000 shares of common
stock. The value of the shares issued was computed at $100,000 and is
recorded in the general and administrative expenses in the three months ended
September 30, 2009.
NOTE
10. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities consisted of:
(Amounts in Thousands)
|
||||||||
September 30,
|
December 31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Due
to customers
|
$ | 612 | 710 | |||||
Obligation
arising from Zoo Publishing acquisition
|
93 | 254 | ||||||
Obligations
relating to Cyoob acquisition
|
100 | 100 | ||||||
Obligations
to compensate current and former employees
|
650 | 720 | ||||||
Royalty
|
888 | 252 | ||||||
Operating
expenses
|
637 | 982 | ||||||
Interest
|
- | 81 | ||||||
Totals
|
$ | 2,980 | $ | 3,099 |
NOTE
11. NOTES PAYABLE
Outstanding
notes payable, net of unamortized discounts, are as follows:
(Amounts in Thousands)
|
||||||||
September 30,
|
December 31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Zoo
Entertainment convertible notes, net of discounts attributable to the
warrant value of $0 and $1,576
|
$ | 11,150 | $ | 9,574 | ||||
Interest
on convertible notes
|
656 | 240 | ||||||
3.9% Zoo
Publishing notes, net of discount of $0 and $1,030
|
- | 2,536 | ||||||
2.95%
note due June 2012 assumed from Zoo Publishing acquisition
|
300 | 370 | ||||||
8.25%
Wachovia demand note assumed from Zoo Publishing
acquisition
|
- | 45 | ||||||
Note
assumed from Zoo Publishing acquisition, 12% interest
|
- | 25 | ||||||
Employee
loans, payable on demand
|
- | 331 | ||||||
Zoo
Publishing employee loans at 4% interest
|
- | 268 | ||||||
Totals
|
12,106 | 13,389 | ||||||
Current
portion
|
11,926 | 11,617 | ||||||
Non-current
portion
|
$ | 180 | $ | 1,772 |
The
principal and interest amounts for the Zoo Entertainment convertible notes were
converted into equity as part of the November 2009 financing.
The face
amounts of the notes payable as of September 30, 2009 are due as
follows:
(Amounts in Thousands)
|
||||
Year Ending December
|
Amount Due
|
|||
Balance
of 2009
|
$ | 11,200 | ||
2010
|
120 | |||
2011
|
120 | |||
2012
|
10 | |||
Total
|
$ | 11,450 |
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Zoo
Entertainment Notes
On July
7, 2008, as amended on July 15, 2008 and July 31, 2008, the Company entered into
a note purchase agreement under which the purchasers agreed to provide loans to
the Company in the aggregate principal amount of $9.0 million, in consideration
for the issuance and delivery of senior secured convertible promissory
notes. In connection with the issuance of such notes, the Company issued to
the note holders warrants to purchase 8,181,818 shares of common stock of the
Company. The notes bear an interest rate of five percent (5%) for the one year
term of the note commencing from issuance, unless extended. Upon the occurrence
of an investor sale, as defined in the notes, the entire outstanding principal
amount of the notes and any accrued interest thereon will be automatically
converted into shares of common stock of the Company determined by dividing the
note balance by the lesser of (i) an amount equal to the price per share of
investor stock paid by the purchasers of such shares in connection with the
investor sale, or (ii) $2.00; provided, that in the event that the investor sale
is for less than $1.00 per share, then the notes will only be automatically
convertible with the consent of the Company. In connection with the note
purchase agreement, the Company satisfied a management fee obligation by issuing
additional senior secured convertible promissory notes in the principal amount
of $750,000 and warrants to purchase 681,818 shares of common stock of the
Company. All of the warrants have a five year term and an exercise price of
$0.01 per share. Pursuant to a security agreement, by and among the Company and
the purchasers, dated as of July 7, 2008, as amended on August 12, 2008, the
Company granted a security interest in all of its assets to each of the
purchasers to secure the Company’s obligations under the notes.
On
September 26, 2008, the Company entered into a note purchase agreement pursuant
to which the purchasers agreed to provide a loan to the Company in the aggregate
principal amount of $1.4 million, in consideration for the issuance and delivery
of senior secured convertible promissory notes. In connection with the issuance
of such notes, the Company also issued warrants to purchase 1,272,726
shares of common stock of the Company to the note holders. The notes bear
an interest rate of five percent (5%) for the time period beginning on September
26, 2008 and ending on September 26, 2009, unless extended. On October 6, 2009,
the maturity date was extended to November 2, 2009 and on November 2, 2009, the
maturity date was subsequently extended to February 2, 2010. Upon the
occurrence of an investor sale, as defined in the notes, the entire outstanding
principal amount of the notes and any accrued interest thereon will be
automatically converted into shares of common stock of the Company determined by
dividing the note balance by the lesser of (i) an amount equal to the price per
share of investor stock paid by the purchasers of such shares in connection with
the investor sale, or (ii) $2.00; provided, that in the event that the investor
sale is for less than $1.00 per share, then the notes will only be automatically
convertible with the consent of the Company. The warrants have a five year term
and an exercise price of $0.01 per share. Pursuant to a security agreement, by
and among the Company and the purchasers, dated September 26, 2008, the Company
granted a security interest in all of its assets to each of the purchasers to
secure the Company’s obligations under the notes.
The total
principal amount of all of the notes described above is approximately $11.15
million, $9.8 million of which was incurred prior to the date of the reverse
merger. The warrants issued with all the notes were valued at approximately $5.9
million by the Company and an independent valuation firm. We used the income and
market valuation approaches to derive the Company’s business enterprise value
and then used the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, applying discounts for
illiquidity and dilution, to calculate the value of the warrants. The total
deferred debt discount of $5.9 million is amortized over the one year life of
the notes. Prior to September 12, 2008, 4,545,455 warrants were exercised and
the interest expense related to the discount of these warrants was accelerated.
As of September 12, 2008, the deferred debt discount of the existing notes was
approximately $2.4 million and the net value of the notes recorded as of
September 12, 2008 was approximately $7.8 million. On September 26, 2008, we
issued $1.0 million of the notes and 909,090 of the warrants which were valued
at $527,000 using consistent valuation methodologies as those used for all the
previously issued notes. As of September 30, 2009, the net deferred debt
discount of all the notes is $0 and the net value of the notes recorded as of
September 30, 2009 is approximately $11.8 million including $656,000 of accrued
interest.
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On June
26, 2009, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to Senior Secured Convertible
Note (“Amendment No. 2”), with the requisite holders (the “Holders”) of the
Company’s senior secured convertible notes issued in the aggregate principal
amount of $11.15 million. Pursuant to Amendment No. 2, the parties
agreed to extend the maturity date of the notes that were originally scheduled
to mature during July 2009 to August 31, 2009, or, if the Company receives
comments from the SEC with respect to the Information Statement Pursuant to
Section 14(c) (the “Information Statement”) that the Company filed on July 7,
2009 in connection with an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation authorizing a sufficient number of shares of the Company’s common
stock to permit the conversion of the notes (“Certificate of Amendment”),
September 15, 2009. The Company did not receive comments from the SEC with
respect to the Information Statement and, as such, the maturity dates of such
notes shall be August 31, 2009. Amendment No. 2 also provides that the notes
shall automatically convert into shares of the Company’s common stock effective
immediately on the date by which the following two events have occurred,
regardless of the order in which they occur: (a) the effectiveness of the filing
the Certificate of Amendment, and (b) the consummation of a financing by the
Company for which such sale results in aggregate gross proceeds to the Company
of at least $4.0 million. Notwithstanding, if the notes do not convert on or
prior to the revised maturity date, Amendment No. 2 provides that the provisions
of Amendment No. 2 with respect to automatic conversion shall become null and
void and shall be of no further effect. In consideration of the Holders’
execution and delivery of Amendment No. 2, the Company entered into a letter
agreement, dated as of June 26, 2009, pursuant to which the Company granted to
the Holders registration rights which require the Company to file with the SEC a
registration statement covering the resale of the shares of common stock
issuable upon conversion of the notes, within 30 calendar days after receipt of
approval of the Company’s stockholders of the Certificate of Amendment or 60
calendar days following the closing of a financing by the Company for which such
sale results in aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of at least $4.0
million, whichever is later. The Company entered into subsequent
amendments with the Holders extending the maturity date to November 2, 2009 and
then subsequently to February 2, 2010. On November 20, 2009, the
requisite Senior Secured Convertible Note Holders agreed that if the Company
raises a minimum of $4.0 million new capital, they will convert their debt into
convertible preferred shares of the Company that will ultimately convert into
common shares that represent 36.5% of the equity of the Company. As a result of
the Company consummating an approximately $4.2 million preferred equity raise on
November 20, 2009, upon which approximately $11.8 million of existing debt
including related accrued interest converted into convertible preferred equity,
the Company will issue shares of Series B Preferred stock to the Senior
Convertible Note Holders in exchange for their Notes.
Zoo
Publishing Notes
In
connection with the acquisition of Zoo Publishing, the Company issued various
promissory notes (“Zoo Publishing Note”) in an aggregate of approximately $6.8
million. Approximately $1.8 million of principal was payable at the earlier of
the Company’s completion of another round of financing or by December 2008 with
the $5.0 million balance to be paid in two installments pursuant to the “Zoo
Publishing Note.” The first installment of $2.5 million of principal together
with accrued interest at the rate of 3.9% per annum would be due on the earlier
of June 18, 2009 and the date on which the Company consummates a round of equity
financing of $40.0 million or more. The balance of the Zoo Publishing Note
(including accrued interest) would be payable December 18, 2010. In connection
with the aforementioned note, the Company recorded a debt discount of
approximately $2.3 million. For the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2009, amortization of deferred debt discount and interest
expense was $0, $294,000, $0 and $64,000, respectively. For the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2008, amortization of deferred debt
discount and interest expense was $146,000, $754,000, $32,000 and $164,000,
respectively. In July 2008, the $6.8 million of notes were restructured and
approximately $3.2 million of this debt was converted to common stock of the
Company based on fair value and of the remaining $3.6 million, approximately
$1.1 million became due September 18, 2009, $113,000 became due September 18,
2010, $2.0 million became due December 18, 2010 and approximately $316,000
became due July 31, 2011.
In
connection with the Settlement Agreement dated June 18, 2009 (See Notes 14 and
18), all the Zoo Publishing Notes were cancelled and no cash payments were
required to be made for either the principal amounts of the notes or the
interest accrued. The net amount of the obligation relieved for the Zoo
Publishing Notes was approximately $3.0 million and is included in the gain on
legal settlement on the statement of operations (see Note 14).
In
connection with the acquisition of Zoo Publishing, the Company also assumed a
liability of $1.2 million as part of the Zoo Publishing purchase price. Other
notes payable assumed from the Zoo Publishing acquisition included:
|
·
|
$200,000
demand note with 12.0% percent interest per annum, callable in six months,
minimum guaranteed interest per renewal is $12,000. The note is guaranteed
by the Zoo Publishing President. The note was totally paid off by
March 31, 2009.
|
|
·
|
Zoo
Publishing purchased treasury stock from a former employee in December
2006 for the amount of $650,000. The balance on the note as of
September 30, 2009 was $300,000; $120,000 is classified as current
and $180,000 is classified as long-term. The payments are due monthly and
the amount of the payment is $10,000 per
month.
|
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NOTE
12. INCOME TAXES
Through
May 15, 2008, the Company and certain of its consolidated subsidiaries were
taxed as a partnership under the provisions of the Internal Revenue
Code. Accordingly, the losses incurred by the Company and those
subsidiaries through May 15, 2008 were allocated to the respective members and
reported on their individual tax returns. Effective May 16, 2008, the
Company changed its tax status from a partnership to a corporation and, as a
result, began filing consolidated corporate tax returns with its domestic
subsidiaries. The provision for income taxes is based on income recognized
for financial statement purposes and includes the effects of temporary
differences between such income and that recognized for tax return purposes as
well as the deferred tax assets and liabilities recognized for existing timing
items relating to the Company's change in tax status.
The
components of income tax benefit for the nine months ended September 30,
2009 are as follows (in thousands):
Current:
|
||||
Federal
|
$ |
—
|
||
State
|
152
|
|||
Total
Current
|
152
|
|||
Deferred:
|
||||
Federal
|
—
|
|||
State
|
(152)
|
|||
Total
Deferred
|
(152)
|
|||
Total
|
$ |
—
|
We paid
$20,000 to various state jurisdictions for income taxes during the nine months
ended September 30, 2009.
The
reconciliation of income tax benefit computed at the U.S. statutory tax rates to
income tax benefit for the nine months ended September 30, 2009
is:
Tax
at U.S. federal income tax rates
|
(34.0 | )% | ||
State
taxes, net of federal income tax benefit
|
(2.5 | )% | ||
Valuation
allowance
|
14.4 | % | ||
Nondeductible
expenses and other
|
22.1 | % | ||
0.0 | % |
Deferred
income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the
carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and
the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the
Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2009 are
as follows (in thousands):
Deferred tax assets:
|
Current
|
Long Term
|
||||||
Net
operating loss carried forward
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
3,625
|
||||
Capital
loss carried forward
|
-
|
515
|
||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
371
|
-
|
||||||
Bonus
and other accruals
|
542
|
36
|
||||||
Interest
on convertible notes
|
260
|
-
|
||||||
Non-qualified
options
|
-
|
520
|
||||||
Gross
deferred tax assets
|
1,173
|
4,696
|
||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(682)
|
(2,732
|
)
|
|||||
Net
deferred tax assets
|
491
|
1,964
|
||||||
Deferred
tax liabilities:
|
||||||||
Property
and equipment
|
-
|
(23
|
)
|
|||||
Intangibles
|
-
|
(2,432
|
)
|
|||||
Total
deferred tax liabilities
|
-
|
(2,455
|
)
|
|||||
Net
deferred tax asset (liability)
|
$ |
491
|
$ |
(491
|
)
|
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The
Company has approximately $1.2 million of available capital loss carried forward
which expires in 2013. A valuation allowance of approximately $515,000 has
been recognized to offset the deferred tax assets related to these carried
forward. The Company currently does not have any capital gains to utilize
against this capital loss. If realized, the tax benefit of this item will
be applied to reduce future capital gains of the
Company. Additionally, a valuation allowance of approximately $2.9
million has been recognized to offset the net remaining deferred tax assets in
excess of deferred tax liabilities because we cannot reasonably project if and
when we will generate enough taxable income to utilize any of the deferred tax
assets.
As of
September 30, 2009, the Company has U.S. federal net operating loss (NOL)
carried forward of approximately $8.4 million which are available to be
used to offset taxable U.S. income during the carried forward period. The
federal NOL will begin to expire in 2028. The Company has various state net
operating loss carried forward of approximately $9.4 million which will be
available to offset taxable state income during the carried forward period. The
state NOL will also begin to expire in 2028. The tax benefit of these
items is reflected in the above table of deferred tax assets and
liabilities. Generally, Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code
imposes limits on the utilization of net operating loss carryforwards if the
Company experiences a greater than 50% change of ownership in a three year
period. The Company will conduct a study to determine if it has had
the requisite change of ownership for section 382 to apply. If the
requisite change of ownership has occurred or occurs in the future, the
utilization of the net operating loss carryforwards may be
limited.
NOTE
13. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIENCY) AND STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
ARRANGEMENTS
Common
Stock
The
Company has authorized 250,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001, and
5,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.001. As of September 30, 2009,
there were 39,425,755 shares of common stock issued and 31,624,429 shares of
common stock outstanding.
On June
26, 2009, our Board of Directors and stockholders holding approximately 63.6% of
our outstanding common stock approved an amendment to our Certificate of
Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from
75,000,000 shares to 250,000,000 shares (the “Share Increase”). The consents we
have received constitute the only stockholder approval required for the Share
Increase under the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) and our
existing Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. Pursuant to Rule 14c-2 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, stockholder approval of these
amendments will become effective on or after such date that is approximately 20
calendar days following the date we first mailed the Information Statement to
our stockholders. After such date, the board of directors may implement the
Share Increase at any time, at its discretion, by filing a Certificate of
Amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware. The Information Statement was first sent to our
stockholders on July 31, 2009. The board of directors effectuated the Share
Increase on August 26, 2009.
In
conjunction with the settlement of the litigation with the sellers of Zoo
Publishing on June 18, 2009 (see Notes 14 and 17), the sellers returned
5,563,950 shares of common stock to the Company. These shares were
valued at $0.20 and recorded as treasury shares.
Options
As of
December 31, 2008, the Company’s 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock
Plan allowed for an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of common stock with respect
to which stock rights may be granted and a 250,000 maximum number of shares of
common stock with respect to which stock rights may be granted to any
participant in any fiscal year. As of December 31, 2008, an aggregate of
975,000 shares of restricted common stock of the Company are outstanding under
the Company’s 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan, and 25,000
shares of common stock were reserved for future issuance under this
plan.
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On
January 14, 2009, the Company’s Board of Directors approved and adopted an
amendment to the 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan, which
increased the number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the
plan from 1,000,000 shares to 4,000,000 shares, and increased the maximum number
of shares of common stock with respect to which stock rights may be granted to
any participant in any fiscal year from 250,000 shares to 750,000 shares. All
other terms of the plan remain in full force and effect.
On
January 14, 2009, the Company granted Mr. Seremet an option to purchase 750,000
shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share,
pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Plan, as amended. There were no other options
issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
On May
12, 2009, the Company entered into a letter agreement with each of Mark Seremet
and David Rosenbaum, pursuant to which, in consideration for Messrs. Seremet and
Rosenbaum entering into a Guaranty with Wells Fargo for the full and prompt
payment and performance by the Company and its subsidiaries of the obligations
in connection with a purchase order financing (the “Loan”) (see Note 18), the
Company agreed to grant under the Company’s 2007 Employee, Director and
Consultant Stock Plan, as amended to each of Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum, on
such date that is the earlier of the conversion of at least 25% of all currently
existing convertible debt of the Company into equity, or November 8, 2009 (the
earlier of such date, the “Grant Date”), an option to purchase that number of
shares of the Company’s common stock equal to 6% and 3% respectively, of the
then issued and outstanding shares of common stock, based on a fully diluted
current basis assuming those options and warrants that have an exercise price
below $0.40 per share are exercised on that date but not counting the potential
conversion to equity of any outstanding convertible notes that have not yet been
converted and, inclusive of any options or other equity securities or securities
convertible into equity securities of the Company that each may own on the Grant
Date. The options shall be issued at an exercise price equal to the fair
market value of the Company’s common stock on the Grant Date and pursuant to the
Company’s standard form of nonqualified stock option agreement; provided however
that in the event the Guaranty has not been released by Wells Fargo as of the
date of the termination of the option due to termination of service, the option
termination date shall be extended until the earlier of the date of the release
of the Guaranty or the expiration of the ten year term of the option. In
addition any options owned by Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum as of the Grant Date
with an exercise price that is higher than the exercise price of the new options
shall be cancelled as of the Grant Date. As part of the November 2009
financing, Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum agreed to amend their respective letter
agreements, pursuant to which, in consideration of each of their continued
personal guarantees, the Company’s Board of Directors has approved an increase
in the issuance of an option to purchase (restricted stock or other incentives
intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, equal
to) a 6.25% ownership interest, to each of Mr. Seremet and Mr. Rosenbaum
respectively.
As of
September 30, 2009, there was approximately $185,000 of unrecognized
compensation cost related to non-vested stock option awards, which is expected
to be recognized over a remaining weighted-average vesting period of 2.0 - 2.2
years.
The
intrinsic value of options outstanding at September 30, 2009 is
$0.
Warrants
On August
31, 2009, in consideration of Solutions 2 GO Inc. entering into an
advance agreement with the Company, we issued to Solutions 2 GO Inc. a warrant
to purchase 7,665,731 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per
share. The warrants have a term of five years and an exercise price equal
to $0.30.
As of
September 30, 2009, there were 13,486,072 warrants outstanding. All are
currently exercisable and have a five-year life, expiring in 2012 through
2014.
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NOTE
14. GAIN ON LEGAL SETTLEMENT
On June
18, 2009, we settled a lawsuit brought by the former sellers of Zoo Publishing,
resulting in a net gain on legal settlement of approximately $4.3 million. (See
Note 17)
The
settlement eliminated the following Company’s obligations totaling
$3,925,000:
|
·
|
outstanding
notes with a face value of $3,565,900, discounted as of June 18, 2009 for
$736,000 and interest accrued of
$219,000
|
|
·
|
employee
loans totaling $574,000
|
|
·
|
other
obligations for an aggregate amount of
$302,000
|
In
conjunction with the settlement of the litigation with the sellers of Zoo
Publishing, the sellers returned 5,563,950 shares of common stock to the
Company. These treasury shares were valued at $0.20 and included as part of the
gain on legal settlement for approximately $1.1 million.
The
Company’s remaining cash obligations and litigation expense amounted to
approximately $710,000, resulting in a total net gain on settlement of
approximately $4.3 million.
NOTE
15. INSURANCE RECOVERY
During
the 2009 period, our third party warehouse received $860,000 from their
insurance company relating to losses incurred by us from a fire in October
2008. Those proceeds were applied against other amounts due to the
third party warehouse by reducing our payables and are reported as other income
in the statement of operations.
(Amounts
in Thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
arising from amortization of debt discount
|
$ | 180 | $ | 1,205 | $ | 1,870 | $ | 1,813 | ||||||||
Interest
on various notes
|
190 | 349 | 533 | 725 | ||||||||||||
Less
interest income
|
- | - | - | (5 | ) | |||||||||||
Interest
expense, net
|
$ | 370 | $ | 1,554 | $ | 2,403 | $ | 2,533 |
NOTE
17. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Supplemental
cash flow information for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 is
as follows:
(Amounts
in Thousands)
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Changes
in other assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
$ | (1,422 | ) | $ | (4,020 | ) | ||
Inventory
|
944 | (154 | ) | |||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
(2,118 | ) | (3,532 | ) | ||||
Product
development costs
|
(401 | ) | (3,854 | ) | ||||
Accounts
payable
|
(112 | ) | 989 | |||||
Customer
advances
|
3,413 | |||||||
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities
|
(716 | ) | 248 | |||||
Net
changes in other assets and liabilities
|
$ | (412 | ) | $ | (10,323 | ) | ||
Cash
paid during the period of interest
|
$ | - | $ | 92 | ||||
Cash
paid during the period of taxes
|
$ | 20 | $ | 6 | ||||
Non-cash
investing and financing activities:
|
||||||||
Receipt
of 5,563,950 shares for partial settlement of litigation
|
$ | 1,113 | $ | - | ||||
Notes
and obligations relieved for partial settlement of
litigation
|
$ | 3,925 | $ | - | ||||
Acquisition
of Intangible for long-term obligation
|
$ | 2,600 | $ | - | ||||
Issuance
of 1,580,237 shares for partial payment of Zoo Digital
|
$ | - | $ | 4,086 | ||||
Exchange
of debt for equity at original face value
|
$ | - | $ | 6,266 |
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NOTE
18. LITIGATION
On February
19, 2009, Susan Kain Jurgensen, Steven Newton, Mercy Gonzalez, Bruce Kain,
Wesley Kain, Raymond Pierce and Cristie Walsh filed a complaint against Zoo
Publishing, Zoo Games and Zoo in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New
York County, index number 09 / 102381 alleging claims
for breach of certain loan agreements and employment
agreements, intentional interference and fraudulent transfer.
The complaint sought compensatory damages, punitive damages and preliminary
and permanent injunctive relief, among other remedies. On June 18, 2009, we
reached a settlement whereby we agreed to pay to the plaintiffs an aggregate of
$560,000 (the “Settlement Amount”) in full satisfaction of the disputed claims,
without any admission of any liability of wrongdoing as follows: (a) $300,000 on
June 26, 2009; (b) $60,000 on or before the earlier of (i) the date that is 90
days from June 18, 2009 or (ii) the date the Company obtains new and available
financing, including any amounts currently held in escrow that will be released
from escrow after June 18, 2009, in any form and from any source, in an amount
totaling at least $2,000,000; (c) $100,000 on or before December 18, 2009; and
(d) $100,000 on or before June 18, 2010. To date, $300,000 of the Settlement
Amount has been paid to the plaintiffs. The Zoo Publishing Notes and all other
notes, employment, agreements, loan agreements, options, warrants and
other agreements relating to the plaintiffs (except with respect to
that certain Employment Agreement between Zoo Publishing and Cristie Walsh) were
terminated and all outstanding obligations of the Company related to these
agreements were cancelled. In addition, the plaintiffs returned to us an
aggregate of 5,563,950 shares of our common stock owned by them prior to such
date.
In
connection with an action brought by Revolution Partners, LLC against Zoo Games,
Inc., the claimant Revolution Partners, LLC was seeking money damages for
claimed investment banking or finder’s fee purportedly earned in connection with
a reverse merger transaction and related financing that we entered into in the
third quarter of 2008. We settled this claim in June 2009 for $140,000, of
which $120,000 was paid as of September 30, 2009. The balance is
included in accounts payable as of September 30, 2009 and was paid in October
2009.
We are
also involved in various other legal proceedings and claims incident to the
normal conduct of our business. Although it is impossible to predict the outcome
of any legal proceeding and there can be no assurances, we believe that our
legal proceedings and claims, individually and in the aggregate, are not likely
to have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of
operations or cash flows.
NOTE
19. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
We leased
office space in New York from 575 Broadway Associates, LLC, a company owned
principally by one of our principal investors, from April 2007 to October 2008.
We paid rent expense of $0 and $209,000 during the nine months ended September
30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, to this related party.
Certain
Zoo Publishing employees loaned us an aggregate of up to $765,000 in 2008 on a
short-term basis. The Company accrued interest at 4% per annum and all amounts
were cancelled as part of the Settlement Agreement (see Note 11).
On April
6, 2009, we entered into an amended and restated purchase order financing
arrangement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”) pursuant
to an amended and restated master purchase order assignment agreement (the
“Assignment Agreement”). In connection with the Assignment Agreement, on April
6, 2009 we also entered into an amended and restated security agreement and
financing statement (the “Security Agreement”) with Wells Fargo, pursuant to
which we granted to Wells Fargo a first priority security interest in certain of
our assets as set forth in the Security Agreement, as well as a subordinate
security interest in certain other of our assets (the “Common Collateral”),
which security interest is subordinate to the security interests in the Common
Collateral held by certain of our senior lenders, as set forth in the Security
Agreement. Also in connection with the Assignment Agreement, on April 6, 2009,
Mark Seremet, President and Chief Executive Officer of Zoo Games and a director
of Zoo Entertainment, and David Rosenbaum, the President of Zoo Publishing,
entered into a Guaranty with Wells Fargo, pursuant to which Messrs. Seremet and
Rosenbaum agreed to guaranty the full and prompt payment and performance of the
obligations under the Assignment Agreement and the Security Agreement. On May
12, 2009, we entered into a letter agreement with each of Mark Seremet and David
Rosenbaum (the “Fee Letters”), pursuant to which, in consideration for Messrs.
Seremet and Rosenbaum entering into the Guaranty with Wells Fargo for the full
and prompt payment and performance by the Company and its subsidiaries of the
obligations in connection with a purchase order financing (the “Loan”), we
agreed to compensate Mr. Seremet in the amount of $10,000 per month, and Mr.
Rosenbaum in the amount of $7,000 per month, for so long as the executive
remains employed while the Guaranty and Loan remain in full force and
effect. If the Guaranty is not released by the end of the month following
termination of employment of either Messrs. Seremet or Rosenbaum, the monthly
fee shall be doubled for each month thereafter until the Guaranty is
removed.
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Additionally,
pursuant to the Fee Letters, we agreed to grant under the Company’s 2007
Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan, as amended to each of Messrs.
Seremet and Rosenbaum, on such date that is the earlier of the conversion of at
least 25% of all currently existing convertible debt of the Company into equity,
or November 8, 2009 (the earlier of such date, the “Grant Date”), an option to
purchase that number of shares of our common stock equal to 6% and 3%
respectively, of the then issued and outstanding shares of common stock, based
on a fully diluted current basis assuming those options and warrants that have
an exercise price below $0.40 per share are exercised on that date but not
counting the potential conversion to equity of any outstanding convertible notes
that have not yet been converted and, inclusive of any options or other equity
securities or securities convertible into our equity securities that each may
own on the Grant Date. The options shall be issued at an exercise price
equal to the fair market value of our common stock on the Grant Date and
pursuant to our standard form of nonqualified stock option agreement; provided
however that in the event the Guaranty has not been released by Wells Fargo Bank
as of the date of the termination of the option due to termination of service,
the option termination date shall be extended until the earlier of the date of
the release of the Guaranty or the expiration of the ten year term of the
option. In addition, any options owned by Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum as
of the Grant Date with an exercise price that is higher than the exercise price
of the new options shall be cancelled as of the Grant Date. As part
of the November 2009 financing, Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum agreed to amend
their respective Fee Letters, pursuant to which: in the case of Mr. Seremet, the
Company will pay to Mr. Seremet a fee of $10,000 per month for so long as the
Guaranty remains in full force and effect, but only for a period ending on
November 20, 2010; and, in the case of Mr. Rosenbaum, the Company will pay to
Mr. Rosenbaum a fee of $7,000 per month for so long as the Guaranty remains in
full force and effect, but only for a period ending on November 20,
2010. In addition, the amended Fee Letters provides that, in
consideration of each of their continued personal guarantees, the Company’s
Board of Directors has approved an increase in the issuance of an option to
purchase (restricted stock or other incentives intended to comply with Section
409A of the Internal Revenue Code, equal to) a 6.25% ownership interest, to
each of Mr. Seremet and Mr. Rosenbaum respectively.
NOTE
20. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On
November 2, 2009, the Company entered into Amendment No. 5 to Senior Secured
Convertible Note with the requisite holders of the Company’s outstanding senior
secured convertible notes issued in the aggregate principal amount of
$11,150,000. The amendment further extends the maturity date of the
notes to February 2, 2010. Also, the amendment provides that the
notes shall automatically convert into shares of common stock upon the
consummation of a sale of shares of common stock that results in aggregate gross
proceeds to the Company of at least $4,000,000, at a price per share equal to
$0.20. Notwithstanding, if the notes do not convert on or prior
to February 2, 2010, the amendment provides that the provisions of the notes, as
amended, with respect to automatic conversion shall become null and void and
shall be of no further effect.
On
November 20, 2009, the Company entered into Amendment No. 6 to Senior Secured
Convertible Note with the requisite holders of the Company’s outstanding senior
secured convertible notes issued in the aggregate principal amount of
$11,150,000. The amendment provides that, among other things, the
outstanding principal balance and all accrued and unpaid interest under the
notes shall convert into shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock upon
the consummation of an investor sale that results in aggregate gross proceeds to
the Company of at least $4,000,000, at a rate of one (1) share of Series B
Preferred Stock for each $10.00 of value of the note. Moreover,
the amendment provides that the notes shall no longer be deemed to be
outstanding and all rights with respect to the notes shall immediately cease and
terminate upon automatic conversion, except for the right of each holder to
receive the shares to which it is entitled as a result of such
conversion.
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On
November 20, 2009, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the
“SPA”) with certain investors, consummating an approximately $4.2 million
convertible preferred equity raise, pursuant to which the Company will issue
Series A Preferred Stock that will convert into common shares of the Company
upon an increase in sufficient authorized common shares, representing 50% of the
equity of the Company. The Series A Preferred Stock will have a rate of one (1)
share of Series A Preferred Stock for each $2.50 of value of the investment
amount. In addition, on November 20, 2009, the lead investor under the SPA, will
receive a warrant to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, par value
$0.001 per share. Moreover, Messrs. Seremet and Rosenbaum
agreed to amend their respective fee letters, pursuant to which: in the case of
Mr. Seremet, the Company will pay to Mr. Seremet a fee of $10,000 per month for
so long as the personal guarantees in connection with certain financing
arrangements remain in full force and effect, but only for a period ending on
November 20, 2010; and, in the case of Mr. Rosenbaum, the Company will pay to
Mr. Rosenbaum a fee of $7,000 per month for so long as the personal guarantees
in connection with certain financing arrangement remains in full force and
effect, but only for a period ending on November 20, 2010. In
addition, the amended Fee Letters provides that, in consideration of each of
their continued personal guarantees, the Company’s Board of Directors has
approved an increase in the issuance of an option to purchase (restricted stock
or other incentives intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code, equal to) a 6.25% ownership interest, to each of Mr. Seremet and Mr.
Rosenbaum respectively. In addition, as a result of the Company
consummating an approximately $4.2 million preferred equity raise, the Company
will convert approximately $11.8 million of existing debt and related accrued
interest into Series B Preferred Stock. The Series A Preferred Stock and the
Series B Preferred Stock will convert into common shares of the Company upon a
sufficient increase in authorized common shares of the Company.
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PART II. INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN
PROSPECTUS
Item 13. Other Expenses of
Issuance and Distribution
We
estimate that expenses in connection with the distribution described in this
registration statement (other than brokerage commissions, discounts or other
expenses relating to the sale of the shares by the selling stockholders) will be
as set forth below. We will pay all of the expenses with respect to the
distribution, and such amounts, with the exception of the Securities and
Exchange Commission registration fee, are estimates.
SEC
registration fee
|
$ |
50,348
|
|
Accounting
fees and expenses
|
$ |
*
|
|
Legal
fees and expenses
|
$ |
*
|
|
Printing
and related expenses
|
$ |
*
|
|
Transfer
agent fees and expenses
|
$ |
0
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
$ |
*
|
|
Total
|
$ |
*
|
* To
be supplied by amendment
Item 14. Indemnification of
Directors and Officers
Our
Certificate of Incorporation includes provisions eliminating the personal
liability of a director to the company and its stockholders for certain breaches
of his or her fiduciary duty of care as a director. This provision does not,
however, eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director (i) for
any breach of such director’s duty of loyalty to the Company or its
stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Delaware
statutory provisions making directors personally liable, under a negligence
standard, for unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions,
or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit. As a result of this provision, the ability of the
Company or a stockholder thereof to successfully prosecute an action against a
director for a breach of his duty of care has been limited. However, the
provision does not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as an
injunction or rescission based upon a director’s breach of his duty of care. The
Securities and Exchange Commission has taken the position that the provision
will have no effect on claims arising under the federal securities
laws.
In
addition, our Certificate of Incorporation provides mandatory indemnification
rights, subject to limited exceptions, to any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director
or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as
a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise. Such indemnification rights include
reimbursement for expenses incurred by such person in advance of the final
disposition of such proceeding in accordance with the applicable provisions of
the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Item 15.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
On June
23, 2008, pursuant to our 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan (the
“2007 Plan”), we issued an aggregate of 900,000 restricted shares of our common
stock, at a purchase price of $0.001 per share to certain employees, directors
and consultants. On June 27, 2008, pursuant to the 2007 Plan, we issued an
aggregate of 75,000 restricted shares of our common stock. The restricted shares
are subject to a right of forfeiture back to us in the event that the holder
terminates his or her position with us before June 23, 2011 with respect to the
restricted shares granted on June 23, 2008, and June 27, 2011 with respect to
the restricted shares granted on June 27, 2008. In addition, the right of
forfeiture will lapse in its entirety upon a change of control of the Company.
The Restricted Shares were issued pursuant to the exemptions from registration
afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
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Pursuant
to a Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2008, as amended on July 15,
2008, July 31, 2008 and August 12, 2008 (the “ First Financing Note Purchase
Agreement”), we consummated a financing to raise $9,000,000 through the sale of
senior secured convertible promissory notes, bearing interest at a rate of 5%
per annum. As partial inducement to purchase the notes, we issued to
the purchasers warrants to purchase shares of our common stock at an exercise
price of $0.01 per share for a five year term. The First Financing
Note Purchase Agreement provided for subsequent closings whereby we could issue
additional notes and warrants to one or more additional purchasers at any time
and from time to time on or before August 15, 2008, subject to
extension. Pursuant to the First Financing Note Purchase Agreement,
on July 7, 2008 we issued to each of TCMF and Back Bay LLC notes in the
aggregate principal amount of $2,500,000 and $2,000,000 respectively, and
warrants to purchase 2,272,727 shares and 1,818,182 shares of our common stock,
respectively. On July 10, 2008, we issued to Cipher 06 LLC a note in
the principal amount of $150,000 and a warrant to purchase 136,364, pursuant to
the First Financing Note Purchase Agreement. On July 24, 2008, we issued to each
of Soundpost Capital, LP and Soundpost Capital Offshore Ltd. a note in the
principal amount of $500,000 and a warrant to purchase 454,545 shares of common
stock, pursuant to the First Financing Note Purchase Agreement. On July 31,
2008, we issued to Trinad a note in the principal amount of $1,500,000 and a
warrant to purchase 1,363,636 shares of common stock, pursuant to the First
Financing Note Purchase Agreement. On August 13, 2008, we issued to S.A.C.
Venture Investments, LLC a note in the principal amount of $1,850,000 and a
warrant to purchase 1,681,818 shares of common stock. Such securities
were issued pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
In
addition, in connection with an amendment to that certain Management Agreement
with Trinad we issued a note in the principal amount of $750,000 and 681,818
warrants to Trinad, on the same terms and conditions as the notes and warrants
that were issued under the First Financing Note Purchase Agreement. Such
securities were issued pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under
the Securities Act. As set forth below, on November 20, 2009, the notes issued
to Trinad converted into shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
Pursuant
to a Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2008 (the “ Second
Financing Note Purchase Agreement”), we consummated a financing to raise
$1,400,000 through the sale of senior secured convertible promissory notes,
bearing interest at a rate of 5% per annum. As partial inducement to
purchase the notes, we issued to the purchasers warrants to purchase shares of
our common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share for a five year
term. The Second Financing Note Purchase Agreement provides for
subsequent closings whereby we may issue additional notes and warrants to one or
more additional purchasers at any time and from time to time on or before
October 15, 2008. Pursuant to the Second Financing Note Purchase
Agreement, on September 26, 2008 we issued to each of TCMF, Back Bay, Sandor
Capital Master Fund, LP and John S. Lemak, notes in the aggregate principal
amount of $500,000, $500,000, $300,000 and $100,000, respectively, and warrants
to purchase 454,545 shares, 454,545 shares, 272,727 shares and 90,090 shares,
respectively, of common stock. Such securities were issued pursuant to Rule 506
of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. As set forth below, in connection with the November
Financing, the notes issued converted into shares of Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock on November 20, 2009.
On July 7, 2008, we entered into an
Agreement and Plan of Merger, as subsequently amended on September 12, 2008 (the
“Merger Agreement”) with DFTW Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Zoo Games and a
stockholder representative, pursuant to which Merger Sub would merge with and
into Zoo Games, with Zoo Games as the surviving corporation through an exchange
of common stock of Zoo Games for common stock of the Company (the
“Merger”). On
September 12, 2008, the Company, Merger Sub, Zoo Games and the stockholder
representative completed the Merger and each outstanding share of Zoo Games
common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Zoo Games Common Stock”), on a
fully-converted basis, converted automatically into and became exchangeable for
shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share, based on an
exchange ratio equal to 7.023274. In addition, each of the 334,983 options to
purchase shares of Zoo Games Common Stock (the “Zoo Games Options”) outstanding
under Zoo Games’ 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan were assumed by the Company,
subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable under such plan
immediately prior to the Merger, and converted into 243,040 options to purchase
shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.58 per share,
421,396 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise
price of $2.25 per share and 1,688,240 options to purchase shares of the
Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.52 per share. The 246,243
warrants to purchase shares of Zoo Games Common Stock outstanding at the time of
the Merger (the “Zoo Games Warrants”) were assumed by the Company and converted
into 1,411,186 warrants to acquire shares of the Company’s common stock at an
exercise price of $2.84 and 318,246 warrants to acquire shares of the Company’s
common stock at an exercise price of $2.13 per share. The merger consideration
consisted (i) 26,098,303 shares of the Company’s common stock, (ii) the
reservation of 2,352,677 shares of the Company’s common stock that are required
for the assumption of the Zoo Games Options and (iii) the reservation of
1,729,432 shares of the Company’s common stock that are required for the
assumption of the Zoo Games Warrants. Such issuance was made pursuant to the
exemption from registration permitted under Section 4(2) of the Securities
Act.
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On
January 14, 2009, the Company granted to Mark Seremet, a director, President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company, an option to purchase 750,000 shares of
the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share (the
“Options”), pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant
Stock Plan, as amended. The Options were granted in connection with Mr. Seremet
entering into an employment agreement with Zoo Games, pursuant to which Mr.
Seremet became Chief Executive Officer of Zoo Games. The Options have
a ten-year term and vest as follows: Options to purchase 250,000 shares will
vest on January 14, 2010, Options to purchase 250,000 shares will vest on
January 14, 2011 and Options to purchase the remaining 250,000 shares will vest
on January 14, 2012. The Options were granted pursuant to the exemption from
registration permitted under Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
On August
31, 2009, in consideration for an employee entering into a guaranty with S2G
Inc. and S2G LLC for the full and prompt payment and performance by the Company
and its subsidiaries of the obligations in connection with an advance agreement,
the Company entered into a letter agreement with the employee, pursuant to
which, among other things, the Company agreed to deliver to the employee 500,000
shares of common stock. Such securities were issued pursuant to Rule 506 of
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. On August 31, 2009, Zoo Publishing entered into an Exclusive
Distribution Agreement with S2G Inc. and an Exclusive Distribution Agreement
with S2G LLC, pursuant to which Zoo Publishing granted to S2G the exclusive
rights to market, sell and distribute certain video games, related software and
products, with respect to which Zoo Publishing owns rights, in the territories
specified therein. In connection with the Distribution Agreements, on
August 31, 2009, we entered into an Advance Agreement with S2G, pursuant to
which S2G made a payment to us in the amount of $1,999,999, in advance of S2G’s
purchases of certain products pursuant to the Distribution
Agreements. In consideration of S2G entering into the
Advance Agreement, we agreed to issue to S2G Inc. a warrant to purchase shares
of common stock representing 6% of the Company’s modified fully-diluted shares,
computed as if all outstanding convertible stock, warrants and stock options
that are, directly or indirectly, convertible into Common Stock at a price of
$0.75 or less, have been so converted), upon the occurrence of an “Anticipated
Qualified Financing”. On August 31, 2009, we issued a warrant to purchase
7,665,731 shares of common stock, at an exercise price equal to
$0.30 to S2G Inc. The warrant has a term of five years,
and may be adjusted such that the number of shares of common stock represents 6%
of the Company’s modified fully-diluted shares, computed as if all outstanding
convertible stock, warrants and stock options that are, directly or indirectly,
convertible into common stock at a price of $0.75 or less, have been so
converted. While the Solutions 2 Go Warrant is outstanding, but only
for a period ending on November 20, 2010, (i) if the Company issues any common
stock purchase warrants at an exercise price of less than $0.30, then the
exercise price of the Solutions 2 Go Warrant will be reduced to equal such lower
exercise price and the number of shares which the Solutions 2 Go Warrant is
exercisable for will be increased such that the aggregate purchase price payable
thereunder shall remain the same, and (ii) if the Company issues any common
stock or common stock equivalents at a price per share of common stock less than
$0.20, then the exercise price of the Solutions 2 Go Warrant will be reduced to
equal such lower per share price and the number of shares which the Solutions 2
Go Warrant is exercisable for will be increased such that the aggregate purchase
price payable thereunder shall remain the same; provided that, such adjustments
shall not be made in the case of certain exempt issuances by the Company, as
provided in the Solutions 2 Go Warrant. Such
securities were issued pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
On
November 20, 2009, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain
investors identified therein, pursuant to which we agreed to sell to the
investors in a private offering an aggregate of up to 2,000,000 shares of our
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
“Series A Preferred Shares”), at a price per share equal to $2.50, for gross
proceeds of up to $5,000,000 (the “November Financing”). On November
20, 2009,we sold Series A Preferred Shares and Warrants (as defined below), that
when converted and exercised, will equal 1,689,606,000 shares of common stock,
for gross proceeds of $4,224,015. Such amount includes an aggregate $450,000
investment made by certain of our officers and directors, which investment of at
least $300,000 was a condition to the closing of the November
Financing. Each Series A Preferred Share shall automatically convert
into 1,000 shares of common stock upon the effectiveness of the filing of an
amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation authorizing a sufficient number of
shares of common stock to permit the conversion of the Series A Preferred
Shares. The Series A Preferred Shares were issued pursuant to Rule 506 of
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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In
connection with the November Financing, we also issued to each of Focus Capital
Partners, LLC and Socius Capital Group, LLC, two of the lead Investors in the
November Financing, a warrant to purchase a certain number of shares of common
stock included as part of the 1,689,606,000 shares described
above. The warrants have a five year term and an exercise price
of $0.01 per share. The warrants contain customary limitations on the
amount of the warrants that can be exercised. Additionally, the
warrants provide that they cannot be exercised until the effectiveness of the
filing of an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation authorizing a
sufficient number of shares of common stock to permit the exercise of the
warrants. The warrants were issued pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation
D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
As a
condition to the closing of the November Financing, on November 20, 2009, we
entered into Amendment No. 6 to Senior Secured Convertible Note (“Amendment No.
6”), with the requisite number of holders (the “Holders”) of our senior secured
convertible notes issued in the aggregate principal amount of $11,150,000 (the
“Notes”). Amendment No. 6 provides that the principal balance and all
accrued and unpaid interest underlying all of the Notes shall automatically
convert into shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value
$0.001 per share (“Series B Preferred Shares”), at a rate of one Series B
Preferred Share for every $10.00 of principal plus accrued and unpaid interest
underlying the Notes, following the consummation of a sale of Series A Preferred
Shares, provided that such sale results in aggregate gross cash proceeds of at
least $4,000,000, and each Series A Preferred Share is initially convertible
into 1,000 shares of common stock. Additionally, pursuant to
Amendment No. 6, the Company and the Holders terminated that certain letter
agreement, dated as of June 26, 2009, which provided for certain registration
rights with respect to the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of
the Notes. On November 20, 2009, upon consummation of the November
Financing, $11,884,390 of principal plus accrued and unpaid interest underlying
the Notes converted into an aggregate of 1,188,439 Series B Preferred Shares,
which, when converted, will represent 1,188,439,000 shares of common
stock. All outstanding rights with respect to the Notes were
terminated and all obligations of the Company under the Notes were discharged in
full. Each Series B Preferred Share shall automatically convert into
1,000 shares of common stock upon the effectiveness of the filing of an
amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation authorizing a sufficient number of
shares of common stock to permit the conversion of the Series B Preferred
Shares. The Series B Preferred Shares were issued pursuant to Rule 506 of
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
On
December 16, 2009, we entered into a new Securities Purchase Agreement (the
“Second Purchase Agreement”), with certain investors identified therein,
pursuant to which we agreed to sell to certain investors in a private offering
the balance of the Series A Preferred Shares that were not sold in the November
Financing described above, at a price per share equal to $2.50 and on the same
terms and conditions as the Series A Preferred Shares sold in the November
Financing. On December 16, 2009, we sold 209,402 Series A Preferred
Shares for gross proceeds to the Company of $775,985. Each Series A Preferred
Share shall automatically convert into 1,000 shares of our common stock upon the
effectiveness of the filing of an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation
authorizing a sufficient number of shares of common stock to permit the
conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares. In connection with the
December 16, 2009 financing, we issued to Focus Capital Partners, LLC, one of
the lead investors, a warrant to purchase 100,992,000 shares of common
stock. The Series A Preferred Shares and the warrant were
issued pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended.
Item
16. Exhibits and Financial Statements Schedules
Exhibit
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No.
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Description
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2.1
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Plan
and Agreement of Merger, between Zoo Entertainment, Inc. f/k/a
Driftwood Ventures, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Zoo”), and Driftwood
Ventures, Inc., a Nevada corporation, dated as of November 19, 2007
(incorporated by reference to that DEF 14C Information Statement filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30,
2007).
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2.2
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Agreement
and Plan of Merger, by and among Zoo, DFTW Merger Sub, Inc., Zoo Games
Interactive Software, Inc. (“Zoo Games”) and the stockholder
representative, dated as of July 7, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 11, 2008.)
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2.3
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Amendment
to Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among Zoo, DFTW Merger Sub, Inc.,
Zoo Games and the stockholder representative, dated as of September 12,
2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
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3.1
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Certificate
of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21,
2007).
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3.2
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Certificate
of Ownership and Merger, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on December 3, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 8, 2008).
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3.3
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Certificate
of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed on August 26, 2009
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31,
2009).
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3.4
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Certificate of Designation,
Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 27, 2009).
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3.5
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Certificate of Designation,
Preferences and Rights of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 27, 2009).
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3.6
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Bylaws
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21,
2007).
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4.1
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Form
of Note issued to investors (incorporated by reference to that Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July 11, 2008).
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4.2
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Form
of Note issued to investors (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 2, 2008).
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4.3
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Form
of Warrant issued to investors (incorporated by reference to
that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 11, 2008).
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4.4
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Form
of Warrant issued to investors (incorporated by reference to that Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 2, 2008).
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4.5
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Form
of Warrant issued to Focus Capital Partners, LLC and Socius Capital Group,
LLC (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21,
2009).
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4.6
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Warrant
issued to Solutions 2 Go, Inc. (incorporated by reference to that
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 23, 2009).
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5.1
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Opinion
of counsel as to legality of securities being registered.
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10.1
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Loan
Agreement with Trinad Capital Master Fund, Ltd. (“Trinad”), dated as of
October 24, 2007, as amended on November 21, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 25, 2007 and November 21, 2007,
respectively).
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10.2
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Amendment
No. 2 to Loan Agreement, by and between Zoo and Trinad, dated as of April
18, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22,
2008).
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10.3
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Amendment
No. 3 to the Loan Agreement, by and between Zoo and Trinad, dated as of
July 7, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11,
2008).
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10.4*
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Management
Agreement, between Zoo and Trinad Management, LLC, dated as of
October 24, 2007 (incorporated by reference to that DEF 14C
Information Statement and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 30, 2007).
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10.5*
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Amendment
No. 1 to the Management Agreement, by and between Zoo and Trinad
Management, LLC, dated as of July 7, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 11, 2008).
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10.6*
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2007
Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to
that Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 8, 2008).
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10.7*
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Amendment
to 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 16, 2009).
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10.8
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Commercial
Lease Agreement, by and between Trinad Management, LLC and Zoo, dated as
of May 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7,
2008).
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10.9
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Letter
Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2008, by and between Zoo and DDK Consulting
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2,
2008).
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10.10
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Note
Purchase Agreement, by and among Zoo, Trinad, Back Bay LLC (“Back Bay”),
Cipher 06 LLC (“Cipher”), Soundpost Capital, LP (“Soundpost LP”),
Soundpost Capital Offshore Ltd. (“Soundpost Offshore”) and S.A.C. Venture
Investments, LLC (“S.A.C.”), dated as of July 7, 2008 (incorporated by
reference to those Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2008, July 30, 2008, August 1, 2008
and August 15, 2008).
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10.11
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Amendment
No. 1 to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15,
2008).
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10.12
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Amendment
No. 2 to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31,
2008).
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10.11
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Security
Agreement, by and among Zoo, Trinad, Back Bay, Cipher, Soundpost LP,
Soundpost Offshore and S.A.C., dated as of July 7, 2008. (incorporated by
reference to those Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2008, July 30, 2008, August 1, 2008
and August 15, 2008).
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10.12
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Securities
Purchase Agreement, by and between Zoo Games and Zoo, dated as of July 7,
2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11,
2008).
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10.13
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Amendment
No. 1 to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15,
2008).
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10.14
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Senior
Secured Note, issued by Zoo Games on July 7, 2008 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 11, 2008).
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10.15
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Pledge
Agreement, by and between Zoo and Zoo Games, dated as of July 7, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11,
2008).
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10.16
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Security
Agreement, by and among Zoo, Zoo Games, Zoo Games Online LLC, Zoo Digital
Publishing Limited, Supervillain Studios, LLC and Zoo Games, Inc. (the
“Subsidiaries”), dated as of July 7, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 11, 2008).
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10.17
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Guaranty,
by and among the Subsidiaries, dated as of July 7, 2008 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 11, 2008).
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10.18
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Note
Purchase Agreement, by and among Zoo, Trinad, Back Bay, Sandor Capital
Master Fund LP (“Sandor”) and John S. Lemak (“Lemak”), dated as of
September 26, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 2, 2008).
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10.19
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Security
Agreement, by and among Zoo, Trinad, Back Bay, Sandor and Lemak, dated as
of September 26, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 2, 2008).
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10.20
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1st
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Zoo Games and Mark
Seremet, dated as of April 16, 2006. (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
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10.21*
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Amendment
Number One to the 1st
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Zoo Games and Mark
Seremet, dated as of July 15, 2008. (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
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10.22*
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Employment
Agreement, by and between Zoo Games and Mark Seremet, dated as of January
14, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16,
2009).
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10.23*
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Employment
Agreement between Zoo Games and David J. Fremed, dated as of June 4, 2007
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
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10.24*
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Amendment
Number One to the June 4, 2007 David Fremed Employment Agreement between
Zoo Games and David J. Fremed, effective as of August 8, 2008.
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
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10.25*
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Employment
Agreement between Zoo Games and Evan Gsell, dated as of May 22, 2007
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
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10.26*
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Employment
Agreement between Zoo Publishing, Inc. and Susan J. Kain-Jurgensen, dated
as of December 18, 2007 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September
18, 2008).
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10.27*
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Amendment
Number One to the Susan J. Kain-Jurgensen Employment Agreement between Zoo
Publishing, Inc. and Susan J. Kain-Jurgensen effective as of July 16, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
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10.18*
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2008
Long-Term Incentive Plan of Zoo Games (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
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10.19
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Agreement
between Barry Hatch and Ian Stewart, and Zoo Games, dated as of April 4,
2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
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10.30
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Amendment
to Loan Note Instrument of Zoo Games, dated as of July 31, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
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10.31
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Loan
facility of £325,000 (approximately U.S. $650,000) from I.C. Stewart 2001
Trust to Zoo Digital Publishing Limited, dated as of April 1, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
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10.32
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Cash
Flow Financing Facility of Zoo Digital Publishing with Bank of Scotland,
dated as of November 21, 2006 (incorporated by reference to that Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 18, 2008).
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10.33
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Amendment
to Cash Flow Financing Facility of Zoo Digital Publishing with Bank of
Scotland, dated as of January 7, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
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10.34
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Overdraft
Financing Facility of Zoo Digital Publishing with Bank of Scotland, dated
as of July 11, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September
18, 2008).
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10.35
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Lease
Agreement between Paul Andrew Williams and Clare Marie Williams t/a Towers
Investments of Valley House and Zoo Digital Publishing, Limited, dated as
of February 1, 2007 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September
18, 2008).
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10.36**
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First
Renewal License Agreement for the Nintendo DS System between Nintendo Co.,
Ltd. And Zoo Digital Publishing Limited, dated as of May 25, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
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10.37**
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Confidential
License Agreement for the Wii Console between Nintendo Co., Ltd. and Zoo
Digital Publishing Limited, dated as of May 15, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 18, 2008).
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10.38
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Guaranty
of Mark Seremet, dated as of August 11, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
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10.39
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Playstation2
Licensed Publisher Agreement between Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Limited and Zoo Digital Publishing Limited, dated as of August 22, 2002
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
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10.40
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Playstation
Portable Licensed Publisher Agreement between Sony Computer Entertainment
Europe Limited and Zoo Digital Publishing Limited, dated as of August 7,
2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
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10.41
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Amended
and Restated Promissory Note of Supervillain Studios, LLC and TSC Games,
Inc., dated as of June 14, 2007, in the aggregate principal amount of
$2,100,000 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
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10.42
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Sublease
between Supervillain Studios, LLC and Supervillain Studios, Inc. (now
known as TSC Games, Inc.), dated as of June 14, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 18, 2008).
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10.43
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Confidential
License Agreement for the Wii Console between Nintendo of America Inc. and
Zoo Publishing, Inc., dated as of July 14, 2008 (incorporated by reference
to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
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10.44
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Confidential
License Agreement for Nintendo DS between Nintendo of America Inc. and Zoo
Publishing, dated as of October 1, 2005 (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
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10.45
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Confidential
License Agreement for the Nintendo DS System between Nintendo Co., Ltd.
and Zoo Publishing, dated as of April 4, 2005 (incorporated by reference
to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
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10.46**
|
PSP
Licensed Publisher Agreement between SONY Computer Entertainment America
Inc. and Zoo Publishing, dated as of January 20, 2006 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 18, 2008).
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|
10.47**
|
PS2
Licensed Publisher Agreement between SONY Computer Entertainment America
Inc. and Zoo Publishing, dated as of November 20, 2002 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 18, 2008).
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|
10.48
|
Zoo
Games, Inc. Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
|
10.49
|
Business
Lease between Lakeside Business Park, LLC and DSI, dated as of September
20, 2007 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
|
10.50
|
Factoring
and Security Agreement between Zoo Publishing, Inc. and Working Capital
Solutions, Inc., dated as of August 5, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
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|
10.51
|
Promissory
Note of Zoo Publishing to the estate of Stuart Kaye in the principal
amount of $647,830, dated, as of January 1, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 18, 2008).
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|
10.52
|
Guaranty
of Zoo Publishing obligations to Transcap Trade Finance made by Susan J.
Kain-Jurgensen, dated as of December 19, 2007 (incorporated by reference
to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.53
|
Promissory
Note of Zoo Publishing for the benefit of Susan J. Kain-Jurgensen in the
principal amount of $506,670.99, dated as of April 15, 2008 (incorporated
by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
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10.54
|
Form
of Non-Competition Agreement entered into by Mark Seremet and Susan J.
Kain-Jurgensen, dated as of September 12, 2008 (incorporated by reference
to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.55
|
Sales
Agreement, by and between Zoo Publishing, Inc. and Atari, Inc., dated as
of October 24, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November
19, 2009).
|
|
10.56
|
Agreement
for the Sale and Purchase of the entire Issued Share Capital of Zoo
Digital Publishing Limited, by and among Zoo Games, Zoo Digital Publishing
Limited, Barry Hatch and Ian Clifford Stewart, dated as of December 2,
2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8,
2008).
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|
10.57
|
Amended
and Restated Master Purchase Order Assignment Agreement, by and among Zoo
Entertainment, Inc., Zoo Games, Zoo Publishing, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank
National Association, dated as of April 6, 2009 (incorporated by reference
to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 9, 2009).
|
|
10.58
|
Amended
and Restated Security Agreement and Financing Statement, by and among Zoo
Entertainment, Inc., Zoo Games, Zoo Publishing, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank
National Association, dated as of April 6, 2009 (incorporated by reference
to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 9, 2009).
|
|
10.59
|
Guaranty,
by and among Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and Mark Seremet and
David Rosenbaum as guarantors, dated as of April 6, 2009 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 9, 2009).
|
|
10.60
|
Exchange
Agreement, by and among Zoo Games, Supervillian Studios, LLC, TSC Games,
Inc. and Stephen Ganem, Timothy Campbell and Chris Rausch, dated as of
September 16, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15,
2009).
|
|
10.61
|
Amendment
Number One to the October 24, 2008 Sales Agreement, by and between Zoo
Publishing, Inc. and Atari, Inc., effective as of April 1, 2009
(incorporated by reference to that Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15,
2009).
|
|
10.62
|
Amendment
Number Two to the October 24, 2008 Sales Agreement, by and between Zoo
Publishing, Inc. and Atari, Inc., dated as of May 1, 2009 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 7, 2009).
|
|
10.63
|
Letter Agreement,
by and between Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and Mark Seremet, dated as of May
12, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18,
2009).
|
|
10.64
|
Letter
Agreement, by and between Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and David Rosenbaum,
dated as of May 12, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18,
2009).
|
|
10.65
|
License
Agreement, by and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc., Zoo Publishing, Inc. and
New World IP, LLC, dated as of May 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to
that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 20, 2009).
|
|
10.66
|
Amendment
No. 2 to Senior Secured Convertible Note, dated as of June 26, 2009, by
and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and the holders of Notes set forth
therein (incorporated by reference to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14,
2009).
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82
10.67
|
Letter
Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2009, by and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc.
and the holders of Notes set forth therein (incorporated by reference to
that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 14, 2009).
|
|
10.68**
|
Amendment
Number 3 to the October 24, 2008 Sales Agreement, dated as of June 15,
2009, by and between Zoo Publishing, Inc. and Atari, Inc (incorporated by
reference to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2009).
|
|
10.69
|
Amendment
No. 2 to License Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2009, by and among Zoo
Publishing, Inc., Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and New World IP, LLC
(incorporated by reference to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14,
2009).
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|
10.70*
|
Employment
Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2008, by and between Zoo Publishing,
Inc. and David Rosenbaum (incorporated by reference to that Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
August 14, 2009).
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|
10.71*
|
Amendment
No. 1 to Employment Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2008, by and between
Zoo Publishing, Inc. and David Rosenbaum (incorporated by reference to
that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 14, 2009).
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|
10.72*
|
Amendment
No. 2 to Employment Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2009, by and between
Zoo Publishing, Inc. and David Rosenbaum (incorporated by reference to
that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 14, 2009).
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|
10.73
|
Factoring
and Security Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2009 and effective as of
September 29, 2009, by and between Zoo Publishing, Inc. and
Working Capital Solutions, Inc. (incorporated by reference to that Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 2, 2009).
|
|
10.74
|
Continuing
Unconditional Guaranty, dated as of September 9, 2009 and effective as of
September 29, 2009, by and between Working Capital Solutions, Inc. and Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. as guarantor (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 2, 2009).
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|
10.75
|
Continuing
Unconditional Guaranty, dated as of September 9, 2009 and effective as of
September 29, 2009, by and between Working Capital Solutions, Inc. and Zoo
Games, Inc. as guarantor (incorporated by reference to that Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October
2, 2009).
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|
10.76
|
Individual
Guaranty, by and between Working Capital Solutions, Inc. and Mark Seremet
as guarantor, dated as of September 9, 2009 and effective as of September
29, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2,
2009).
|
|
10.77
|
Individual
Guaranty, by and between Working Capital Solutions, Inc. and David
Rosenbaum as guarantor, dated as of September 9, 2009 and effective as of
September 29, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2,
2009).
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|
10.78
|
Amendment
No. 3 to Senior Secured Convertible Note, dated as of August 31, 2009, by
and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and the holders of Notes set forth
therein (incorporated by reference to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 23,
2009).
|
|
10.79
|
Advance
Agreement, by and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc., Solutions 2 Go Inc. and
Solutions 2 Go LLC, dated as of August 31, 2009 (incorporated by reference
to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on November 23,
2009).
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10.80
|
Exclusive
Distribution Agreement, by and between Zoo Publishing, Inc. and Solutions
2 Go Inc. and Solutions 2 Go LLC, dated as of August 31, 2009
(incorporated by reference to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 23,
2009).
|
|
10.81
|
Exclusive
Distribution Agreement, by and between Zoo Publishing, Inc. and Solutions
2 Go LLC, dated as of August 31, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 23, 2009).
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|
10.82
|
Amendment
1 to Fee Letter Agreement, by and between Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and Mark
Seremet, dated as of August 31, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 23, 2009).
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|
10.83
|
Amendment
1 to Fee Letter Agreement, by and between Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and
David Rosenbaum, dated as of August 31, 2009 (incorporated by reference to
that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 23, 2009).
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|
10.84
|
Continuing
Personal Guaranty of Mark Seremet for the benefit of Solutions 2 Go Inc.
and Solutions 2 Go LLC, dated as of August 31, 2009 (incorporated by
reference to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on November 23, 2009).
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|
10.85
|
Continuing
Personal Guaranty of David Rosenbaum for the benefit of Solutions 2 Go
Inc. and Solutions 2 Go LLC, dated as of August 31, 2009 (incorporated by
reference to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on November 23, 2009).
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|
10.86
|
Amendment
No. 4 to Senior Secured Convertible Note, dated as of October 6, 2009, by
and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and the holders of Notes set forth
therein (incorporated by reference to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 23,
2009).
|
|
10.87
|
Amendment
No. 2 to Letter Agreement, by and between Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and Mark
Seremet, dated as of November 20, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 27, 2009).
|
|
10.88
|
Amendment
No. 2 to Letter Agreement, by and between Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and
David Rosenbaum, dated as of November 20, 2009 (incorporated by reference
to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 27, 2009).
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|
10.89
|
Amendment
No. 6 to Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note, by and among Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. and the note holders set forth therein, dated as of
November 20, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 27,
2009).
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|
10.90
|
Amendment
No. 5 to Senior Secured Convertible Note, dated as of November 2, 2009, by
and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and the holders of Notes set forth
therein. †
|
|
10.91
|
Securities
Purchase Agreement, by and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and the investors
set forth therein, dated as of November 20, 2009. †
|
|
10.92
|
Registration
Rights Agreement, by and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc., Focus Capital
Partners, LLC and Socius Capital Group, LLC, dated as of November 20,
2009. †
|
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10.93
|
Securities
Purchase Agreement, by and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and the investors
set forth therein, dated as of December 16, 2009. †
|
|
10.94
|
Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Rights Agreement, by and among Zoo Entertainment,
Inc., Focus Capital Partners, LLC and Socius Capital Group, LLC, dated as
of December 16, 2009. †
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16.1
|
Letter
from Rothstein, Kass & Company, P.C., dated as of April 21, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission April 22, 2008).
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|
16.2
|
Letter
from Raich Ende Malter & Co. LLP, dated as of November 4, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission November 5,
2008).
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21.1
|
Subsidiaries
of Zoo Entertainment, Inc. †
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23.1
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Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. †
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24.1
|
Power
of Attorney (See “Power of Attorney” on signature page)
†
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*
Management compensation agreements
**Confidential
treatment as to certain portions requested
†
Filed herewith
±
To be filed by amendment
ITEM 17.
UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period
in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement:
(i) To
include any Prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To
reflect in the Prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of Prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective
registration statement; and
(iii) To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(3)
To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(4)
That, for the
purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any
purchaser: Each Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a
registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration
statements relying on Rule 430B or other than Prospectuses filed in reliance on
Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration
statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided,
however, that no statement made in a registration statement or Prospectus that
is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or
deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or Prospectus
that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time
of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement
that was made in the registration statement or Prospectus that was part of the
registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such
date of first use.
85
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chandler,
State of Arizona, on this 22nd day of
December, 2009.
ZOO
ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
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By
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/s/
Mark Seremet
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Chief
Executive Officer
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POWER
OF ATTORNEY
We, the
undersigned officers and directors of Zoo Entertainment, Inc., hereby severally
constitute and appoint Mark Seremet our true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his
name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement
(or any other registration statement for the same offering that is to be
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933),
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his
substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement on Form S-1 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated.
Signatures
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Title
|
Date
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By:
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/s/ Mark Seremet
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Chief
Executive Officer
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December
22, 2009
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Mark
Seremet
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(principal
executive
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||||
officer)
and Director
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|||||
By:
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/s/ David Fremed
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Chief
Financial Officer
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December
22, 2009
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||
David
Fremed
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(principal
financial
|
||||
officer,
principal accounting officer)
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|||||
By:
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/s/ Jay A. Wolf
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Secretary,
Director
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December
22, 2009
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||
Jay
A. Wolf
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|||||
By:
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/s/ Barry Regenstein
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Director
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December
22, 2009
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Barry
Regenstein
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|||||
By:
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/s/ John Bendheim
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Director
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December
22, 2009
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||
John
Bendheim
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|||||
By:
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/s/ Drew Larner
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Director
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December
22, 2009
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||
Drew
Larner
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|||||
By:
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/s/ Moritz Seidel
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Director
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December
22, 2009
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||
Moritz
Seidel
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|||||
By:
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/s/ David Smith
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Director
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December
22, 2009
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||
David
Smith
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INDEX
OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit
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No.
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Description
|
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2.1
|
Plan
and Agreement of Merger, between Zoo Entertainment, Inc. f/k/a
Driftwood Ventures, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Zoo”), and Driftwood
Ventures, Inc., a Nevada corporation, dated as of November 19, 2007
(incorporated by reference to that DEF 14C Information Statement filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30,
2007).
|
|
2.2
|
Agreement
and Plan of Merger, by and among Zoo, DFTW Merger Sub, Inc., Zoo Games
Interactive Software, Inc. (“Zoo Games”) and the stockholder
representative, dated as of July 7, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 11, 2008.)
|
|
2.3
|
Amendment
to Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among Zoo, DFTW Merger Sub, Inc.,
Zoo Games and the stockholder representative, dated as of September 12,
2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
|
3.1
|
Certificate
of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21,
2007).
|
|
3.2
|
Certificate
of Ownership and Merger, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on December 3, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 8, 2008).
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|
3.3
|
Certificate
of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed on August 26, 2009
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31,
2009).
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|
3.4
|
Certificate of Designation,
Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 27, 2009).
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|
3.5
|
Certificate of Designation,
Preferences and Rights of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 27, 2009).
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|
3.6
|
Bylaws
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21,
2007).
|
|
4.1
|
Form
of Note issued to investors (incorporated by reference to that Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July 11, 2008).
|
|
4.2
|
Form
of Note issued to investors (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 2, 2008).
|
|
4.3
|
Form
of Warrant issued to investors (incorporated by reference to
that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 11, 2008).
|
|
4.4
|
Form
of Warrant issued to investors (incorporated by reference to that Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 2, 2008).
|
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4.5
|
Form
of Warrant issued to Focus Capital Partners, LLC and Socius Capital Group,
LLC (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21,
2009).
|
|
4.6
|
Warrant
issued to Solutions 2 Go, Inc. (incorporated by reference to that
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 23, 2009).
|
|
5.1
|
Opinion
of counsel as to legality of securities being registered. ±
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|
10.1
|
Loan
Agreement with Trinad Capital Master Fund, Ltd. (“Trinad”), dated as of
October 24, 2007, as amended on November 21, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 25, 2007 and November 21, 2007,
respectively).
|
|
10.2
|
Amendment
No. 2 to Loan Agreement, by and between Zoo and Trinad, dated as of April
18, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22,
2008).
|
|
10.3
|
Amendment
No. 3 to the Loan Agreement, by and between Zoo and Trinad, dated as of
July 7, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11,
2008).
|
|
10.4*
|
Management
Agreement, between Zoo and Trinad Management, LLC, dated as of
October 24, 2007 (incorporated by reference to that DEF 14C
Information Statement and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 30, 2007).
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|
10.5*
|
Amendment
No. 1 to the Management Agreement, by and between Zoo and Trinad
Management, LLC, dated as of July 7, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 11, 2008).
|
|
10.6*
|
2007
Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to
that Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 8, 2008).
|
|
10.7*
|
Amendment
to 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 16, 2009).
|
|
10.8
|
Commercial
Lease Agreement, by and between Trinad Management, LLC and Zoo, dated as
of May 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7,
2008).
|
|
10.9
|
Letter
Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2008, by and between Zoo and DDK Consulting
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2,
2008).
|
|
10.10
|
Note
Purchase Agreement, by and among Zoo, Trinad, Back Bay LLC (“Back Bay”),
Cipher 06 LLC (“Cipher”), Soundpost Capital, LP (“Soundpost LP”),
Soundpost Capital Offshore Ltd. (“Soundpost Offshore”) and S.A.C. Venture
Investments, LLC (“S.A.C.”), dated as of July 7, 2008 (incorporated by
reference to those Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2008, July 30, 2008, August 1, 2008
and August 15, 2008).
|
|
10.11
|
Amendment
No. 1 to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15,
2008).
|
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10.12
|
Amendment
No. 2 to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31,
2008).
|
|
10.11
|
Security
Agreement, by and among Zoo, Trinad, Back Bay, Cipher, Soundpost LP,
Soundpost Offshore and S.A.C., dated as of July 7, 2008. (incorporated by
reference to those Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2008, July 30, 2008, August 1, 2008
and August 15, 2008).
|
|
10.12
|
Securities
Purchase Agreement, by and between Zoo Games and Zoo, dated as of July 7,
2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11,
2008).
|
|
10.13
|
Amendment
No. 1 to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15,
2008).
|
|
10.14
|
Senior
Secured Note, issued by Zoo Games on July 7, 2008 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 11, 2008).
|
|
10.15
|
Pledge
Agreement, by and between Zoo and Zoo Games, dated as of July 7, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11,
2008).
|
|
10.16
|
Security
Agreement, by and among Zoo, Zoo Games, Zoo Games Online LLC, Zoo Digital
Publishing Limited, Supervillain Studios, LLC and Zoo Games, Inc. (the
“Subsidiaries”), dated as of July 7, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 11, 2008).
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|
10.17
|
Guaranty,
by and among the Subsidiaries, dated as of July 7, 2008 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 11, 2008).
|
|
10.18
|
Note
Purchase Agreement, by and among Zoo, Trinad, Back Bay, Sandor Capital
Master Fund LP (“Sandor”) and John S. Lemak (“Lemak”), dated as of
September 26, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 2, 2008).
|
|
10.19
|
Security
Agreement, by and among Zoo, Trinad, Back Bay, Sandor and Lemak, dated as
of September 26, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 2, 2008).
|
|
10.20
|
1st
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Zoo Games and Mark
Seremet, dated as of April 16, 2006. (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.21*
|
Amendment
Number One to the 1st
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Zoo Games and Mark
Seremet, dated as of July 15, 2008. (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.22*
|
Employment
Agreement, by and between Zoo Games and Mark Seremet, dated as of January
14, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16,
2009).
|
|
10.23*
|
Employment
Agreement between Zoo Games and David J. Fremed, dated as of June 4, 2007
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
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10.24*
|
Amendment
Number One to the June 4, 2007 David Fremed Employment Agreement between
Zoo Games and David J. Fremed, effective as of August 8, 2008.
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
|
10.25*
|
Employment
Agreement between Zoo Games and Evan Gsell, dated as of May 22, 2007
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
|
10.26*
|
Employment
Agreement between Zoo Publishing, Inc. and Susan J. Kain-Jurgensen, dated
as of December 18, 2007 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September
18, 2008).
|
|
10.27*
|
Amendment
Number One to the Susan J. Kain-Jurgensen Employment Agreement between Zoo
Publishing, Inc. and Susan J. Kain-Jurgensen effective as of July 16, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
|
10.18*
|
2008
Long-Term Incentive Plan of Zoo Games (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.19
|
Agreement
between Barry Hatch and Ian Stewart, and Zoo Games, dated as of April 4,
2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
|
10.30
|
Amendment
to Loan Note Instrument of Zoo Games, dated as of July 31, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
|
10.31
|
Loan
facility of £325,000 (approximately U.S. $650,000) from I.C. Stewart 2001
Trust to Zoo Digital Publishing Limited, dated as of April 1, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
|
10.32
|
Cash
Flow Financing Facility of Zoo Digital Publishing with Bank of Scotland,
dated as of November 21, 2006 (incorporated by reference to that Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.33
|
Amendment
to Cash Flow Financing Facility of Zoo Digital Publishing with Bank of
Scotland, dated as of January 7, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.34
|
Overdraft
Financing Facility of Zoo Digital Publishing with Bank of Scotland, dated
as of July 11, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September
18, 2008).
|
|
10.35
|
Lease
Agreement between Paul Andrew Williams and Clare Marie Williams t/a Towers
Investments of Valley House and Zoo Digital Publishing, Limited, dated as
of February 1, 2007 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September
18, 2008).
|
|
10.36**
|
First
Renewal License Agreement for the Nintendo DS System between Nintendo Co.,
Ltd. And Zoo Digital Publishing Limited, dated as of May 25, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
|
10.37**
|
Confidential
License Agreement for the Wii Console between Nintendo Co., Ltd. and Zoo
Digital Publishing Limited, dated as of May 15, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
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10.38
|
Guaranty
of Mark Seremet, dated as of August 11, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.39
|
Playstation2
Licensed Publisher Agreement between Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Limited and Zoo Digital Publishing Limited, dated as of August 22, 2002
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
|
10.40
|
Playstation
Portable Licensed Publisher Agreement between Sony Computer Entertainment
Europe Limited and Zoo Digital Publishing Limited, dated as of August 7,
2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
|
10.41
|
Amended
and Restated Promissory Note of Supervillain Studios, LLC and TSC Games,
Inc., dated as of June 14, 2007, in the aggregate principal amount of
$2,100,000 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
|
10.42
|
Sublease
between Supervillain Studios, LLC and Supervillain Studios, Inc. (now
known as TSC Games, Inc.), dated as of June 14, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.43
|
Confidential
License Agreement for the Wii Console between Nintendo of America Inc. and
Zoo Publishing, Inc., dated as of July 14, 2008 (incorporated by reference
to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.44
|
Confidential
License Agreement for Nintendo DS between Nintendo of America Inc. and Zoo
Publishing, dated as of October 1, 2005 (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.45
|
Confidential
License Agreement for the Nintendo DS System between Nintendo Co., Ltd.
and Zoo Publishing, dated as of April 4, 2005 (incorporated by reference
to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.46**
|
PSP
Licensed Publisher Agreement between SONY Computer Entertainment America
Inc. and Zoo Publishing, dated as of January 20, 2006 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.47**
|
PS2
Licensed Publisher Agreement between SONY Computer Entertainment America
Inc. and Zoo Publishing, dated as of November 20, 2002 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.48
|
Zoo
Games, Inc. Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
|
10.49
|
Business
Lease between Lakeside Business Park, LLC and DSI, dated as of September
20, 2007 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
|
10.50
|
Factoring
and Security Agreement between Zoo Publishing, Inc. and Working Capital
Solutions, Inc., dated as of August 5, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.51
|
Promissory
Note of Zoo Publishing to the estate of Stuart Kaye in the principal
amount of $647,830, dated, as of January 1, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 18,
2008).
|
91
10.52
|
Guaranty
of Zoo Publishing obligations to Transcap Trade Finance made by Susan J.
Kain-Jurgensen, dated as of December 19, 2007 (incorporated by reference
to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.53
|
Promissory
Note of Zoo Publishing for the benefit of Susan J. Kain-Jurgensen in the
principal amount of $506,670.99, dated as of April 15, 2008 (incorporated
by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.54
|
Form
of Non-Competition Agreement entered into by Mark Seremet and Susan J.
Kain-Jurgensen, dated as of September 12, 2008 (incorporated by reference
to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 2008).
|
|
10.55
|
Sales
Agreement, by and between Zoo Publishing, Inc. and Atari, Inc., dated as
of October 24, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November
19, 2009).
|
|
10.56
|
Agreement
for the Sale and Purchase of the entire Issued Share Capital of Zoo
Digital Publishing Limited, by and among Zoo Games, Zoo Digital Publishing
Limited, Barry Hatch and Ian Clifford Stewart, dated as of December 2,
2008 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8,
2008).
|
|
10.57
|
Amended
and Restated Master Purchase Order Assignment Agreement, by and among Zoo
Entertainment, Inc., Zoo Games, Zoo Publishing, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank
National Association, dated as of April 6, 2009 (incorporated by reference
to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 9, 2009).
|
|
10.58
|
Amended
and Restated Security Agreement and Financing Statement, by and among Zoo
Entertainment, Inc., Zoo Games, Zoo Publishing, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank
National Association, dated as of April 6, 2009 (incorporated by reference
to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 9, 2009).
|
|
10.59
|
Guaranty,
by and among Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and Mark Seremet and
David Rosenbaum as guarantors, dated as of April 6, 2009 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 9, 2009).
|
|
10.60
|
Exchange
Agreement, by and among Zoo Games, Supervillian Studios, LLC, TSC Games,
Inc. and Stephen Ganem, Timothy Campbell and Chris Rausch, dated as of
September 16, 2008 (incorporated by reference to that Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15,
2009).
|
|
10.61
|
Amendment
Number One to the October 24, 2008 Sales Agreement, by and between Zoo
Publishing, Inc. and Atari, Inc., effective as of April 1, 2009
(incorporated by reference to that Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15,
2009).
|
|
10.62
|
Amendment
Number Two to the October 24, 2008 Sales Agreement, by and between Zoo
Publishing, Inc. and Atari, Inc., dated as of May 1, 2009 (incorporated by
reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 7, 2009).
|
|
10.63
|
Letter
Agreement, by and between Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and Mark Seremet, dated
as of May 12, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18,
2009).
|
92
10.64
|
Letter
Agreement, by and between Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and David Rosenbaum,
dated as of May 12, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18,
2009).
|
|
10.65
|
License
Agreement, by and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc., Zoo Publishing, Inc. and
New World IP, LLC, dated as of May 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to
that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 20, 2009).
|
|
10.66
|
Amendment
No. 2 to Senior Secured Convertible Note, dated as of June 26, 2009, by
and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and the holders of Notes set forth
therein (incorporated by reference to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14,
2009).
|
|
10.67
|
Letter
Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2009, by and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc.
and the holders of Notes set forth therein (incorporated by reference to
that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 14, 2009).
|
|
10.68**
|
Amendment
Number 3 to the October 24, 2008 Sales Agreement, dated as of June 15,
2009, by and between Zoo Publishing, Inc. and Atari, Inc (incorporated by
reference to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2009).
|
|
10.69
|
Amendment
No. 2 to License Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2009, by and among Zoo
Publishing, Inc., Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and New World IP, LLC
(incorporated by reference to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14,
2009).
|
|
10.70*
|
Employment
Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2008, by and between Zoo Publishing,
Inc. and David Rosenbaum (incorporated by reference to that Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
August 14, 2009).
|
|
10.71*
|
Amendment
No. 1 to Employment Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2008, by and between
Zoo Publishing, Inc. and David Rosenbaum (incorporated by reference to
that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 14, 2009).
|
|
10.72*
|
Amendment
No. 2 to Employment Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2009, by and between
Zoo Publishing, Inc. and David Rosenbaum (incorporated by reference to
that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 14, 2009).
|
|
10.73
|
Factoring
and Security Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2009 and effective as of
September 29, 2009, by and between Zoo Publishing, Inc. and
Working Capital Solutions, Inc. (incorporated by reference to that Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 2, 2009).
|
|
10.74
|
Continuing
Unconditional Guaranty, dated as of September 9, 2009 and effective as of
September 29, 2009, by and between Working Capital Solutions, Inc. and Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. as guarantor (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 2, 2009).
|
|
10.75
|
Continuing
Unconditional Guaranty, dated as of September 9, 2009 and effective as of
September 29, 2009, by and between Working Capital Solutions, Inc. and Zoo
Games, Inc. as guarantor (incorporated by reference to that Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October
2, 2009).
|
|
10.76
|
Individual
Guaranty, by and between Working Capital Solutions, Inc. and Mark Seremet
as guarantor, dated as of September 9, 2009 and effective as of September
29, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2,
2009).
|
|
10.77
|
Individual
Guaranty, by and between Working Capital Solutions, Inc. and David
Rosenbaum as guarantor, dated as of September 9, 2009 and effective as of
September 29, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2,
2009).
|
93
10.78
|
Amendment
No. 3 to Senior Secured Convertible Note, dated as of August 31, 2009, by
and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and the holders of Notes set forth
therein (incorporated by reference to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 23,
2009).
|
|
10.79
|
Advance
Agreement, by and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc., Solutions 2 Go Inc. and
Solutions 2 Go LLC, dated as of August 31, 2009 (incorporated by reference
to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on November 23, 2009).
|
|
10.80
|
Exclusive
Distribution Agreement, by and between Zoo Publishing, Inc. and Solutions
2 Go Inc. and Solutions 2 Go LLC, dated as of August 31, 2009
(incorporated by reference to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 23,
2009).
|
|
10.81
|
Exclusive
Distribution Agreement, by and between Zoo Publishing, Inc. and Solutions
2 Go LLC, dated as of August 31, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 23, 2009).
|
|
10.82
|
Amendment
1 to Fee Letter Agreement, by and between Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and Mark
Seremet, dated as of August 31, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 23, 2009).
|
|
10.83
|
Amendment
1 to Fee Letter Agreement, by and between Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and
David Rosenbaum, dated as of August 31, 2009 (incorporated by reference to
that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 23, 2009).
|
|
10.84
|
Continuing
Personal Guaranty of Mark Seremet for the benefit of Solutions 2 Go Inc.
and Solutions 2 Go LLC, dated as of August 31, 2009 (incorporated by
reference to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on November 23, 2009).
|
|
10.85
|
Continuing
Personal Guaranty of David Rosenbaum for the benefit of Solutions 2 Go
Inc. and Solutions 2 Go LLC, dated as of August 31, 2009 (incorporated by
reference to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on November 23, 2009).
|
|
10.86
|
Amendment
No. 4 to Senior Secured Convertible Note, dated as of October 6, 2009, by
and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and the holders of Notes set forth
therein (incorporated by reference to that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 23,
2009).
|
|
10.87
|
Amendment
No. 2 to Letter Agreement, by and between Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and Mark
Seremet, dated as of November 20, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 27, 2009).
|
|
10.88
|
Amendment
No. 2 to Letter Agreement, by and between Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and
David Rosenbaum, dated as of November 20, 2009 (incorporated by reference
to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 27, 2009).
|
|
10.89
|
Amendment
No. 6 to Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note, by and among Zoo
Entertainment, Inc. and the note holders set forth therein, dated as of
November 20, 2009 (incorporated by reference to that Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 27,
2009).
|
|
10.90
|
Amendment
No. 5 to Senior Secured Convertible Note, dated as of November 2, 2009, by
and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and the holders of Notes set forth
therein. †
|
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10.91
|
Securities
Purchase Agreement, by and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and the investors
set forth therein, dated as of November 20, 2009. †
|
|
10.92
|
Registration
Rights Agreement, by and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc., Focus Capital
Partners, LLC and Socius Capital Group, LLC, dated as of November 20,
2009. †
|
|
10.93
|
Securities
Purchase Agreement, by and among Zoo Entertainment, Inc. and the investors
set forth therein, dated as of December 16, 2009. †
|
|
10.94
|
Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Rights Agreement, by and among Zoo Entertainment,
Inc., Focus Capital Partners, LLC and Socius Capital Group, LLC, dated as
of December 16, 2009. †
|
|
16.1
|
Letter
from Rothstein, Kass & Company, P.C., dated as of April 21, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission April 22, 2008).
|
|
16.2
|
Letter
from Raich Ende Malter & Co. LLP, dated as of November 4, 2008
(incorporated by reference to that Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission November 5,
2008).
|
|
21.1
|
Subsidiaries
of Zoo Entertainment, Inc. †
|
|
23.1
|
Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. †
|
|
24.1
|
Power
of Attorney (See “Power of Attorney” on signature page)
†
|
*
Management compensation agreements
**Confidential
treatment as to certain portions requested
†
Filed herewith
± To
be filed by amendment
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