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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015
Commission File Number 001-33720
Remark Media, Inc.
Delaware | 33-1135689 | |||
State of Incorporation | IRS Employer Identification Number | |||
3930 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 400 Las Vegas, NV 89169 | 702-701-9514 | |||
Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices | Registrant's telephone number, including area code |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer | ¨ | |
Non-accelerated filer | ¨ | Smaller reporting company | þ |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No þ
As of November 19, 2015, 19,435,382 shares of our common stock were outstanding.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I | ||
Item 1. | ||
Item 2. | ||
Item 3. | ||
Item 4. | ||
PART II | ||
Item 1. | ||
Item 1A. | ||
Item 2. | ||
Item 3. | ||
Item 4. | ||
Item 5. | ||
Item 6. | ||
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The information included or incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements, including information relating to future events, future financial performance, strategies, expectations, competitive environment and regulation. You will find forward-looking statements principally in the sections entitled Risk Factors and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Words such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions, as well as statements in future tense, identify forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievement to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among others:
• | our financial condition, including our losses and our need to raise additional capital; |
• | our ability to successfully manage our growth, including integration of any new companies into our business; |
• | our ability to procure content and monetize audiences; |
• | our ability to successfully attract advertisers for our owned and operated websites; |
• | changes in advertising market conditions or advertising expenditures due to, among other things, economic conditions, changes in consumer behavior, pressure from public interest groups, changes in laws and regulations and other societal or political developments; |
• | our ability to attract and retain key personnel to manage our business effectively; |
• | our ability to compete effectively with larger, more established companies; |
• | competitive pressures, including as a result of user fragmentation and changes in technology; |
• | recent and future changes in technology, services and standards; |
• | a disruption or failure of our network or our vendors' network and information systems or other technology relied on by us; |
• | changes in consumer behavior, including changes in spending behavior and changes in when, where and how content is consumed; |
• | changes in the popularity of our products and services; |
• | changes in our plans, initiatives and strategies, and consumer acceptance thereof; |
• | piracy and our ability to exploit and protect our intellectual property rights in and to our content and other products; |
• | risks of doing business in foreign countries, notably China, including obtaining regulatory approvals and adjusting to changing political and economic policies; governmental laws and regulations, including unclear and changing laws and regulations related to the Internet sector in foreign countries; |
• | general economic conditions including advertising rate, interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; |
• | the liquidity and trading volume of our common stock; and |
• | other factors discussed in Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors in this report and Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 (“2014 Form 10-K”), as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2015. |
Any forward-looking statements in this report reflect our current views with respect to future events, are based on assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Given such uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date hereof. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements after the date hereof, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
REMARK MEDIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands)
September 30, 2015 | December 31, 2014 | ||||||
(Unaudited) | |||||||
Assets | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 11,516 | $ | 1,525 | |||
Restricted cash | 11,666 | — | |||||
Trade accounts receivable | 848 | 41 | |||||
Prepaid expense and other current assets | 2,069 | 707 | |||||
Notes receivable, current | 172 | — | |||||
Total current assets | 26,271 | 2,273 | |||||
Notes receivable | — | 1,350 | |||||
Property and equipment, net | 7,498 | 1,398 | |||||
Investment in unconsolidated affiliate | 1,030 | 1,030 | |||||
Intangibles, net | 46,036 | 6,518 | |||||
Goodwill | 20,917 | 5,293 | |||||
Other long-term assets | 452 | 94 | |||||
Total assets | $ | 102,204 | $ | 17,956 | |||
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | |||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 11,292 | $ | 1,356 | |||
Advances from stockholder | 86 | 86 | |||||
Accrued expense and other current liabilities | 15,179 | 1,210 | |||||
Demand note payable to related party | — | 350 | |||||
Derivative liability | 3,342 | 512 | |||||
Deferred merchant booking | 8,474 | — | |||||
Deferred revenue | 2,469 | — | |||||
Current maturities of long-term debt payable to related parties | — | 2,500 | |||||
Capital lease obligations | 2,261 | 158 | |||||
Total current liabilities | 43,103 | 6,172 | |||||
Long-term debt, net of unamortized discount and debt issuance cost | 23,316 | 3,100 | |||||
Long-term debt payable to related parties, less current portion and discount | — | 3,481 | |||||
Other liabilities | 12,906 | 25 | |||||
Total liabilities | 79,325 | 12,778 | |||||
Commitments and contingencies (Note 13) | |||||||
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued | — | — | |||||
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 19,435,382 and 12,784,960 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively | 19 | 13 | |||||
Additional paid-in-capital | 170,217 | 135,116 | |||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (5 | ) | 36 | ||||
Accumulated deficit | (147,352 | ) | (129,987 | ) | |||
Total stockholders’ equity | 22,879 | 5,178 | |||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 102,204 | $ | 17,956 |
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
REMARK MEDIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||||
Revenue, net | $ | 816 | $ | 230 | $ | 2,440 | $ | 1,656 | |||||||
Cost of revenue | (136 | ) | (33 | ) | (256 | ) | (65 | ) | |||||||
Gross margin | 680 | 197 | 2,184 | 1,591 | |||||||||||
Operating expense | |||||||||||||||
Sales and marketing | 469 | 143 | 845 | 251 | |||||||||||
Content, technology and development | 203 | 72 | 422 | 349 | |||||||||||
General and administrative | 8,859 | 3,886 | 15,364 | 12,424 | |||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 459 | 230 | 909 | 529 | |||||||||||
Impairment of long-lived assets | — | — | — | 268 | |||||||||||
Total operating expense | 9,990 | 4,331 | 17,540 | 13,821 | |||||||||||
Operating loss | (9,310 | ) | (4,134 | ) | (15,356 | ) | (12,230 | ) | |||||||
Other income (expense) | |||||||||||||||
Debt conversion expense | (1,469 | ) | — | (1,469 | ) | — | |||||||||
Interest expense | (303 | ) | (114 | ) | (708 | ) | (320 | ) | |||||||
Other income (expense), net | (80 | ) | 20 | (79 | ) | 41 | |||||||||
Gain (loss) on change in fair value of derivative liability | 20 | 490 | 241 | (289 | ) | ||||||||||
Other gain | 6 | — | 6 | — | |||||||||||
Total other income (expense), net | (1,826 | ) | 396 | (2,009 | ) | (568 | ) | ||||||||
Loss before income taxes | (11,136 | ) | (3,738 | ) | (17,365 | ) | (12,798 | ) | |||||||
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Net loss | $ | (11,136 | ) | $ | (3,738 | ) | $ | (17,365 | ) | $ | (12,798 | ) | |||
Other comprehensive income (loss) | |||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments | 25 | (20 | ) | — | 31 | ||||||||||
Comprehensive loss | $ | (11,111 | ) | $ | (3,758 | ) | $ | (17,365 | ) | $ | (12,767 | ) | |||
Weighted-average shares outstanding, basic and diluted | 14,830 | 8,981 | 13,884 | 8,416 | |||||||||||
Net loss per share, basic and diluted | $ | (0.75 | ) | $ | (0.42 | ) | $ | (1.25 | ) | $ | (1.52 | ) |
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
REMARK MEDIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||
2015 | 2014 | ||||||
Net cash used in operating activities | $ | (9,896 | ) | $ | (4,858 | ) | |
Cash flows from investing activities: | |||||||
Purchases of property, equipment and software | (1,448 | ) | (611 | ) | |||
Investment in unconsolidated affiliate | — | (800 | ) | ||||
Business acquisitions, net of cash received | (257 | ) | (179 | ) | |||
Other asset additions | — | (518 | ) | ||||
Loan to third party | — | (1,350 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (1,705 | ) | (3,458 | ) | |||
Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||
Restricted cash | (11,666 | ) | — | ||||
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net | 6,815 | 3,493 | |||||
Proceeds from debt issuance | 27,921 | 3,850 | |||||
Repayments of debt | (1,350 | ) | — | ||||
Payments of capital lease obligations | (128 | ) | (100 | ) | |||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 21,592 | 7,243 | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 9,991 | (1,073 | ) | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents: | |||||||
Beginning of period | 1,525 | 1,261 | |||||
Impact of foreign currency translation on cash | — | 31 | |||||
End of period | $ | 11,516 | $ | 219 | |||
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities: | |||||||
Equity consideration issued in business acquisition transactions | $ | 19,924 | $ | 6,638 | |||
Other non-cash consideration issued in business acquisition transactions | $ | 2,700 | $ | — | |||
Exercise of warrants to purchase common stock | $ | — | $ | 229 | |||
Issuance of common stock upon conversion of debt instruments | $ | 10,278 | $ | — | |||
Exchange of note receivable for intangible asset | $ | 1,350 | $ | — |
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
REMARK MEDIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
Organization and Business
Remark Media, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Remark”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is a global digital media company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, with additional operations in Beijing and Chengdu, China. Our primary operations consist of owning and operating digital media properties, such as websites and applications for mobile devices that provide unique, dynamic digital media experiences in multiple content verticals including travel, personal finance, social media, young adult lifestyle, and entertainment. Our websites and mobile applications provide what we believe are compelling content, trusted brands, and valuable resources for consumers. Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker symbol MARK.
Liquidity Considerations
During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and in each fiscal year since our inception, we have incurred net losses and generated negative cash flow from operations, resulting in an accumulated deficit of $147.4 million and a cash and cash equivalents balance of $11.5 million, both amounts as of September 30, 2015. Our revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was $2.4 million.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we issued a total of 1,689,000 shares of our common stock to investors in certain private placements and registered direct offerings in exchange for approximately $6.8 million in cash. Also, during the first quarter of 2015, we issued an unsecured convertible promissory note in the original principal amount of $0.3 million in exchange for cash of the same amount.
Through websites that it controls, Vegas.com, LLC (“Vegas.com”) allows users to book travel to, and lodging and entertainment in, the Las Vegas area market. On September 24, 2015, as described in more detail in Note 3, we completed the purchase of all of Vegas.com’s outstanding equity interests (the “Vegas.com Acquisition”). We believe that the Vegas.com Acquisition will provide us with additional revenue sources, but we cannot provide assurance that revenue generated from Vegas.com or our other businesses will be sufficient to sustain our operations in the long term. We have implemented measures to reduce operating costs, and we continuously evaluate other opportunities to reduce costs. Additionally, we are actively assessing the sale of certain non-core assets, considering sales of minority interests in certain of our operating businesses, and evaluating potential acquisitions that would provide additional revenue. However, we may need to obtain additional capital through equity or debt financing and(or) by divesting of certain assets or businesses, none of which we can assure will happen on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. In addition, if we obtain capital by issuing equity, such transaction(s) may dilute existing stockholders.
We can neither be certain that we will be successful at raising capital at all, nor be certain regarding what amount of capital we may raise. Conditions in the debt and equity markets, as well as the volatility of investor sentiment regarding macroeconomic and microeconomic conditions, will play primary roles in determining whether we can successfully obtain additional capital. Additionally, we are subject to certain limitations on our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional debt and transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of assets, without the consent of the lenders under our recently-executed financing agreement (see Note 3 for additional detail). Should we fail to successfully implement our plans described herein, such failure would have a material adverse effect on our business, including the possible cessation of operations.
A variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control, affect our cash flow, including regulatory issues, competition, financial markets and other general business conditions. Based upon our most recent cash flow projections, we believe that we have sufficient existing cash, cash equivalents and cash resources to meet our ongoing requirements through September 30, 2016, including repayment of our existing debt as it matures. However, projecting operating results is inherently uncertain because anticipated expenses may exceed current forecasts; therefore, we cannot assure you that we will generate sufficient income and cash flow to meet all of our liquidity requirements.
NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
We prepared the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2015, with the audited Consolidated Balance Sheet amounts as of December 31, 2014 presented for comparative purposes, and the related unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Statements of Cash Flows in accordance with the instructions for Form 10-Q. In compliance with those instructions, we have omitted certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), though management believes the disclosures made herein are sufficient to ensure that the information presented is not misleading.
Our results of operations and our cash flows as of the end of the interim periods reported herein do not necessarily indicate the results we may experience for the remainder of the year or for any other future period.
Management believes our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements include all the normal recurring adjustments necessary to fairly present our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2015, our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for all periods presented. You should read our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and footnotes in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and footnotes included within our 2014 Form 10-K.
Consolidation
We include all of our subsidiaries in our consolidated financial statements, eliminating all significant intercompany balances and transactions during consolidation. The equity of certain of our subsidiaries is either partially or fully held by citizens of the country of incorporation to comply with local laws and regulations.
We made the decision to cease the operations of our Brazil subsidiary as of September 30, 2015. The results of operations, which are included in our consolidated financial statements through the cessation date, were nominal and no longer part of our core business operations.
Use of Estimates
We prepare our consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP. While preparing our financial statements, we make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported and disclosed in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to accounts receivable, intangible assets, the useful lives of property and equipment, stock-based compensation, and income taxes, among other items.
Changes to Significant Accounting Policies
Through the websites operated by our Vegas.com subsidiary, buyers can book hotel reservations, air travel and purchase tickets to various events, but for most of the transactions that occur, the vendors with whom we maintain relationships provide the services for which the buyers transact. For those transactions in which the vendor remains primarily obligated to fulfill the service purchased, we recognize revenue on a net basis (i.e., at the amount charged to the buyers less the cost we incur from the vendors).
Excluding the clarification of our revenue recognition policy described above, we have made no material changes to our significant accounting policies as reported in our 2014 Form 10-K.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board modified the Accounting Standards Codification by issuing Accounting Standards Update 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which outlines a single, comprehensive model for an entity to use to ensure that it recognizes revenue in a manner that depicts the transfer of promised
goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. For us, the amendments in ASU 2014-09 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods therein. As a result of the Vegas.com Acquisition, we are re-evaluating whether this guidance will have a material effect upon our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or reporting thereof.
We have reviewed all recently issued accounting pronouncements. The pronouncements that we have already adopted did not have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or reporting thereof, and we do not believe that any of the pronouncements that we have not yet adopted will have a material effect upon our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or reporting thereof.
NOTE 3. BUSINESS ACQUISITION
On September 24, 2015, we completed the purchase all of the outstanding equity interests in Vegas.com pursuant to the terms of the Unit Purchase Agreement dated as of August 18, 2015 (as amended, the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among Remark, Vegas.com and the equity owners of Vegas.com listed on the signature page thereto (“Sellers”). We acquired Vegas.com to give us a deeper reach into the travel and entertainment market in Las Vegas and the surrounding area.
The aggregate consideration for the Vegas.com Acquisition included (i) approximately $15.3 million of cash; (ii) 2,271,126 shares of our common stock valued at approximately $9.7 million (the “Equity Payment”), calculated for contractual purposes based on the volume weighted average price of our common stock during the 30 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the closing date ($4.26 per share) and for accounting purposes based on the closing price of the common stock on September 24, 2015 ($4.29 per share); (iii) five-year warrants to purchase 8,601,410 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $9.00 per share valued at $10 million, calculated based on specified valuation principles (the “Acquisition Warrants”), and (iv) up to a total of $3 million in earnout payments based on the performance of Vegas.com in the years ending December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018 (the “Earnout Payments”). The Earnout Payments were initially measured at fair value based on the contingent payments owed and the probability of Vegas.com’s ability to meet its performance targets. The maximum cash outflow that may be due under the Earnout Payments equals $3 million. To secure certain obligations of the Sellers under the Purchase Agreement, the parties deposited into escrow at closing 616,197 of the shares of our common stock comprising the Equity Payment, valued at approximately $2.6 million. Under the Purchase Agreement, the number of shares constituting the Equity Payment may increase if we issue shares of our common stock at a price per share less than $4.26 during the 12 months subsequent to the closing date to parties other than the Sellers.
The Acquisition Warrants also provide as follows: (i) the Acquisition Warrants are exercisable on a cashless basis only; (ii) we have the right to exercise all or any portion of the Acquisition Warrants if at any time following their issuance the closing price of our common stock is greater than or equal to $14.00; and (iii) the holder has the right to sell its Acquisition Warrant back to us on their expiration date in exchange for shares of our common stock having a value equivalent to the value of the Acquisition Warrant at closing, calculated based on a per share price equal to the volume weighted average price of our common stock during the 30 trading days ending on the expiration date (reduced pro rata based on the percentage of the Acquisition Warrant exercised), provided that this right terminates if the closing price of our common stock equals or exceeds $10.16 for any 20 trading days during a period of 30 consecutive trading days at any time on or prior to the expiration date.
On September 24, 2015, as a condition to closing the Purchase Agreement, we also entered into an Investors Rights Agreement with Sellers providing them with registration rights for the shares of our common stock issuable under the Purchase Agreement (including under the Acquisition Warrants and shares issuable under anti-dilution adjustments) and for certain transfer restrictions on the shares held by Sellers.
On September 24, 2015, concurrently with the closing of the Vegas.com Acquisition, we entered into a Financing Agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 (the “Financing Agreement”) with certain of our subsidiaries as borrowers (together with Remark, the “Borrowers”), certain of our subsidiaries as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and MGG Investment Group LP, in its capacity as collateral agent and administrative agent for the Lenders (“MGG”), pursuant to which the Lenders extended credit to the Borrowers consisting of a term loan in the aggregate principal amount of $27,500,000 (the “Loan”). The Loan amount outstanding accrues interest at three-month LIBOR (with a floor of 1%) plus 10.0% per annum, payable monthly, and the Loan has a maturity date of September 24, 2018. The Financing Agreement and related documents also provide for certain fees payable to the Lenders, including a $2 million exit fee, and for the issuance of the Financing Warrant (as defined below).
On September 24, 2015, we also entered into a Pledge and Security Agreement dated September 24, 2015 (the “Security Agreement”) with the other Borrowers and the Guarantors, for the benefit of MGG, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties referred to therein, to secure the obligations of the Borrowers and the Guarantors under the Financing Agreement. The Security Agreement provides for a first-priority lien on, and security interest in, all assets of Remark and our subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions.
The Financing Agreement and the Security Agreement contain representations, warranties, affirmative and negative covenants (including financial covenants with respect to quarterly EBITDA levels and the value of our assets), events of default, indemnifications and other provisions customary for financings of this type. The occurrence of any event of default under the Financing Agreement may result in the Loan amount outstanding and unpaid interest thereon, becoming immediately due and payable.
On September 24, 2015, as a condition to closing the Financing Agreement, we issued to an affiliate of MGG a five-year warrant to purchase 2,580,423 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $9.00 per share valued at $3.0 million, calculated based on specified valuation principles, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments (the “Financing Warrant”). The Financing Warrant also provides as follows: (i) the Financing Warrant is exercisable on a cashless basis only; (ii) the number of shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of the Financing Warrant and the exercise price thereof are subject to anti-dilution protection; (iii) we have the right to exercise all or any portion of the Financing Warrant if at any time following its issuance the closing price of our common stock is greater than or equal to $14.00; (iv) the holder has the right to sell the Financing Warrant back to Remark on its expiration date in exchange for $3.0 million in cash (reduced pro rata based on the percentage of the Financing Warrant exercised).
The terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Acquisition Warrants and the Financing Warrant provide that, in accordance with our obligations under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635, we are not permitted to issue any additional shares under the Purchase Agreement or in related transactions (including upon an Equity Payment Anti-Dilution Adjustment and upon exercise of the Acquisition Warrants) or the Financing Warrant to the extent that the issuance of such shares would cause us to exceed the aggregate number of shares that we are permitted to issue without breaching our obligations under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635, unless we obtain the approval of our stockholders for issuances in excess of such amount. We intend to seek such stockholder approval at a special meeting of stockholders.
On September 24, 2015, as a condition to closing the Financing Agreement, we also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement providing the holder of the Financing Warrant with registration rights for the shares of our common stock issuable under the Financing Warrant.
Effective September 23, 2015, we entered into amendments (collectively, the “Note Amendments”) to our $3.5 million Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note dated January 29, 2014 with Digipac, LLC (“Digipac”) and our $3.0 million and $0.3 million Convertible Promissory Notes dated December 17, 2014 and March 13, 2015, respectively, with Ashford Capital Partners, L.P. (“ACP”). These convertible notes had conversion prices in excess of the market price of our common stock, and the Note Amendments provided that the unpaid principal amount thereof and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon would be converted automatically into shares of our common stock at a conversion price equal to the closing price of our common stock on the immediately preceding trading day, or $4.23 per share. We agreed to enter into the Note Amendments to induce the debt holders to convert their convertible debt securities into shares of our common stock. As a result, we incurred debt conversion expense of approximately $1.5 million. Also effective on September 23, 2015, Digipac converted the unpaid principal amount of and all accrued and unpaid interest under its $2.5 million Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note dated November 14, 2013 into shares of our common stock at the existing conversion price of $3.75 per share. The conversions resulted in the issuance of a total of 2,516,154 shares of our common stock. Additionally, on September 24, 2015, we repaid the unpaid principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest under our $0.35 million Demand Note dated September 11, 2014 with Digipac and our $1 million term note dated August 31, 2015 with ACP. We entered into the Note Amendments and repaid the demand note and term note to satisfy a condition to the closing of the Financing Agreement. Our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kai-Shing Tao, is the manager of and a member of Digipac, and our Chief Financial Officer, Douglas Osrow, is also a member.
On September 24, 2015, concurrently with the closing of the Vegas.com Acquisition, to satisfy the closing conditions under the Purchase Agreement, Vegas.com entered into a Loan Agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 with Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”) providing for a letter of credit facility with up to $9.3 million of availability, expiring May 31, 2016 (the “Letter of Credit Facility Agreement”). Amounts available under the Letter of Credit Facility Agreement are subject to customary fees and are secured by a first-priority lien on, and security interest in, a cash collateral account with the bank
containing cash equal to 101.25% of the aggregate outstanding undrawn face amount of all letters of credit under the Letter of Credit Facility Agreement outstanding.
The Letter of Credit Facility Agreement contains representations, warranties, affirmative and negative covenants, events of default, indemnifications and other provisions customary for financings of this type. The occurrence of any event of default under the Letter of Credit Facility Agreement may result in the amount outstanding thereunder and unpaid interest thereon becoming immediately due and payable.
The following table presents the aggregate consideration paid to the Sellers (in thousands):
Calculation of Purchase Price | |||
Cash 1 | $ | 14,007 | |
Shares of Remark common stock 2 | 9,743 | ||
Warrants to purchase Remark common stock | 10,181 | ||
Fair value of the Earnout Payments | 2,700 | ||
Total purchase consideration | $ | 36,631 |
1. | Cash paid to Sellers at closing of $15.3 million, net of a working capital adjustment of $1.3 million. |
2. | The Equity Payment consists of 2,271,126 shares of our common stock valued at approximately $9.7 million, calculated for accounting purposes based on the closing price of the common stock on September 24, 2015 ($4.29 per share). |
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, transaction costs related to the Vegas.com Acquisition totaled $0.6 million and are recorded in general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the operating results of Vegas.com from the closing date of the Vegas.com Acquisition. The following table presents our allocation of the purchase consideration we paid to the net tangible and intangible assets we acquired based on their estimated fair values on the closing date of the Vegas.com Acquisition (in thousands):
Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 8,490 | |
Restricted cash | 5,260 | ||
Trade accounts receivable | 797 | ||
Prepaid expense and other current assets | 1,307 | ||
Note receivable, current | 172 | ||
Total current assets | $ | 16,026 | |
Note receivable, long term | 371 | ||
Property and equipment | 4,824 | ||
Intangibles | 38,924 | ||
Total identifiable assets acquired | $ | 60,145 | |
Accounts payable | 15,782 | ||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 10,346 | ||
Deferred merchant booking | 8,837 | ||
Lease obligation, current | 2,025 | ||
Deferred revenue | 2,148 | ||
Net identifiable assets acquired | $ | 21,007 | |
Goodwill | 15,624 | ||
Total purchase consideration | $ | 36,631 |
Our Vegas.com subsidiary contributed $0.4 million to consolidated net revenue and $0.5 million to consolidated net loss during the nine months ended September 30, 2015.
The fair value of intangible assets acquired of $38.9 million consists of internally-developed software with an estimated fair value of $10.5 million, customer relationships with an estimated fair value of $20.8 million and trademarks with an estimated fair value of $7.6 million. We will amortize the internally-developed software intangible asset and the customer relationship intangible asset on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of 5 years, while we expect the trademarks to have an indefinite useful life.
The preliminary allocation of the purchase price is based on preliminary valuations performed to determine the fair value of the net assets acquired as of the acquisition date. The amounts allocated to goodwill and intangible assets are based on preliminary valuations and are subject to final adjustment to reflect the final valuations. We are also in the process of obtaining a valuation of the potential derivative liability resulting from the anti-dilution protection related to the Equity Payment. The final valuations of the assets and liabilities acquired, and of the potential derivative liability, could have a material impact on the preliminary purchase price and its allocation as disclosed above.
Recorded goodwill primarily results from the synergies we expect to realize from the combination of the two companies and the assembled workforce we acquired in connection with the Vegas.com Acquisition.
The following table presents our unaudited pro forma combined historical results of operations as if we had consummated the Vegas.com Acquisition and the financing transactions as of January 1, 2014 (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||
2015 | 2014 | ||||||
Net revenue | $ | 38,333 | $ | 38,387 | |||
Net loss | $ | (33,005 | ) | $ | (22,765 | ) |
We have calculated the pro forma amounts applying our accounting policies and adjusting the results to reflect changes to depreciation and amortization of property and equipment, among others, and amortizing certain intangible assets as if we had been recorded as of January 1, 2014. Because the pro forma amounts assume that we consummated the Vegas.com Acquisition as of January 1, 2014, the pro forma net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and September 30, 2014 excluded $5.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, of Remark and Vegas.com transaction costs. We have presented the pro forma combined historical results of operations for informative purposes only, and they do not purport to be indicative of the results of operations that actually would have resulted had the Vegas.com Acquisition occurred on the date indicated, or that may result in the future.
NOTE 4. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Liabilities Related to Warrants to Purchase Common Stock
At the end of each reporting period, we use the Monte Carlo Simulation model to estimate and report the fair value of certain liabilities related to outstanding warrants to purchase our common stock that are subject to potential anti-dilution adjustments, including the Financing Warrant described in Note 3. The following table presents the quantitative inputs, which we classify in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, used in estimating the fair value of the warrants:
September 30, 2015 | December 31, 2014 | ||||
Warrants issued in February 2012 | |||||
Annual dividend rate | — | % | — | % | |
Expected volatility | 55.00 | % | 90.00 | % | |
Risk-free interest rate | 0.61 | % | 0.95 | % | |
Expected remaining term (years) | 1.91 | 2.66 | |||
Financing Warrant | |||||
Annual dividend rate | — | % | |||
Expected volatility | 53.70 | % | |||
Risk-free interest rate | 1.44 | % | |||
Expected remaining term (years) | 5.00 |
In addition to the quantitative assumptions above, we also consider whether we would issue additional equity and, if so, at what price per share would we issue such equity. At September 30, 2015, we estimated a 10% probability that a future financing event would be dilutive to the warrants issued in February 2012, while we estimated a 50% probability that a future financing event would be dilutive to the Financing Warrant.
The following table presents the reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the derivative liability associated with certain common stock warrants that remain outstanding (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended September 30, | Year Ended December 31, | ||||||
2015 | 2014 | ||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 512 | $ | 769 | |||
Decrease in fair value | (241 | ) | (28 | ) | |||
Reduction due to exercise of warrants | — | (229 | ) | ||||
Issuance of Financing Warrant | 3,071 | — | |||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 3,342 | $ | 512 | |||
Contingent Consideration Issued in Business Acquisition
We used the discounted cash flow valuation technique to estimate the fair value of the liability related to the Earnout Payments described in Note 3. The significant unobservable inputs that we used, which we classify in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, were projected earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and the probability of achieving certain amounts of EBITDA.
The following table presents the reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the liability associated with the Earnout Payments (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||
2015 | |||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | — | |
Business acquisition | 2,700 | ||
Balance at end of period | $ | 2,700 | |
We included the liability for contingent consideration as a component of Other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (see Note 12).
NOTE 5. RESTRICTED CASH
Our restricted cash balance represents amounts that secure our letter of credit facility with Bank of America and that secure our obligations under the Loan (both agreements are related to the Vegas.com Acquisition and are described in more detail in Note 3).
NOTE 6. INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATE
In 2009, we co-founded a U.S.-based venture, Sharecare, to build a web-based platform that simplifies the search for health and wellness information. The other co-founders of Sharecare were Dr. Mehmet Oz, HARPO Productions, Discovery Communications, Jeff Arnold and Sony Pictures Television. As of September 30, 2015, we owned approximately five percent of Sharecare’s issued stock and maintained representation on its Board of Directors.
NOTE 7. PREPAID EXPENSE AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
The following table presents the components of prepaid expense and other current assets (in thousands):
September 30, 2015 | December 31, 2014 | ||||||
Prepaid expense | $ | 1,424 | $ | 279 | |||
Inventory | 476 | 273 | |||||
Other current assets | 169 | 155 | |||||
Total | $ | 2,069 | $ | 707 | |||
NOTE 8. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands, except estimated lives):
Estimated Life (Years) | September 30, 2015 | December 31, 2014 | |||||||
Vehicles | 2 | 150 | — | ||||||
Machinery and equipment | 2 - 12 | 523 | — | ||||||
Furniture and fixtures | 2 - 9 | 241 | 2 | ||||||
Computer equipment | 3 - 4 | 519 | 561 | ||||||
Software | 3 - 4 | 3,530 | 401 | ||||||
Software development in progress | 3,283 | 1,186 | |||||||
Leasehold improvements | 1 | 47 | 86 | ||||||
Total property, equipment and software | 8,293 | 2,236 | |||||||
Less accumulated depreciation | (795 | ) | (838 | ) | |||||
Total property, equipment and software, net | $ | 7,498 | $ | 1,398 |
For the three months and the nine months ended September 30, 2015, depreciation (and amortization of software) expense was $0.1 million and $0.2 million. Depreciation (and amortization of software) expense for the comparable periods in 2014 was nominal.
NOTE 9. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
The following table summarizes intangible assets by category (in thousands):
September 30, 2015 | December 31, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Amount | Gross Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Amount | ||||||||||||||||||
Finite-lived intangible assets | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Domain names | $ | 4,200 | $ | (1,322 | ) | $ | 2,878 | $ | 4,219 | $ | (1,026 | ) | $ | 3,193 | |||||||||
Customer relationships | 23,866 | (599 | ) | 23,267 | 3,113 | (323 | ) | 2,790 | |||||||||||||||
Internally-developed software | 10,475 | (34 | ) | 10,441 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Media broadcast rights | 1,350 | (45 | ) | 1,305 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Acquired technology | 436 | (123 | ) | 313 | 436 | (58 | ) | 378 | |||||||||||||||
Other intangible assets | 107 | (71 | ) | 36 | 107 | (50 | ) | 57 | |||||||||||||||
$ | 40,434 | $ | (2,194 | ) | $ | 38,240 | $ | 7,875 | $ | (1,457 | ) | $ | 6,418 | ||||||||||
Indefinite-lived intangible assets | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Trademarks and trade names | $ | 7,696 | $ | 7,696 | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||||
License to operate in China | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total intangible assets | $ | 48,230 | $ | 46,036 | $ | 7,975 | $ | 6,518 |
We recorded total amortization expense of $0.7 million and $0.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
The following table summarizes the changes in goodwill during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and the year ended December 31, 2014 (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended September 30, | Year Ended December 31, | ||||||
2015 | 2014 | ||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 5,293 | $ | 1,823 | |||
Business acquisitions | 15,624 | 3,470 | |||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 20,917 | $ | 5,293 |
In February 2014, we entered into a loan agreement with Bombo Sports & Entertainment, LLC (“BSE”) pursuant to which we loaned BSE $1.0 million. In April 2014, both parties entered into an amendment to the loan agreement (as amended, the “BSE Loan Agreement”), pursuant to which, from April to June 2014, we loaned an additional $0.35 million to BSE. The loan bore interest at 5% per annum, with principal and interest due and payable within 10 days after delivery of a written demand to BSE. Under the BSE Loan Agreement, if the loan was not repaid in full at the end of the 10-day period, the interest
rate increased to 12% per annum until the loan was repaid in full. At any time, BSE could have prepaid all or any portion of the loan without premium or penalty.
In September 2014, we delivered a written demand for payment to BSE and, because BSE had not repaid any portion of the loan after we provided our written demand, we commenced legal proceedings against BSE and its controlling owner to recover the amount owed.
On July 28, 2015, we entered into a settlement agreement with BSE and Robert S. Potter related to the loans that we made to BSE pursuant to the BSE Loan Agreement. The settlement agreement provides for, among other things, the settlement of our legal proceedings and the release of our claims against BSE and Mr. Potter, including for payment of all amounts due under the BSE Loan Agreement, the termination of all previous agreements between us and Mr. Potter, and certain other agreements and releases.
In connection with the settlement agreement, we also entered into a servicing agreement with BSE that provides, among other things, for the following:
(i) | for a period of two years, BSE loans to us Mr. Potter’s services for up to 100 hours each year; |
(ii) | for a period of two years, we may, at our option, engage BSE to produce a total of four one-hour length projects at cost; |
(iii) | for a period of five years, we have the exclusive right to use BSE’s film library in specified Asian-Pacific countries and territories, to the extent of BSE’s rights thereto and subject to BSE’s approval of any license or similar agreement governing our exploitation thereof (not to be unreasonably withheld), with us retaining the first $500,000 of net profit and any additional net profit split equally between us and BSE; and |
(iv) | for a period of five years, we have the right to purchase 10% of BSE for $1.50 or 20% of BSE for $5.00, provided that if we exercise this right, commencing on the six-month anniversary of such acquisition, we will be obligated to market the BSE film library in the specified Asian-Pacific countries and territories for a period of 10 years, with us retaining 50% of the first $500,000 of net profits from such marketing and 25% of net profits thereafter, and us receiving $100,000 per year for such marketing services beginning on the 18-month anniversary of such acquisition. |
As a result of the settlement agreement, we no longer have a note receivable from BSE; rather, we have an intangible asset represented by the rights provided to us in the servicing agreement. We are in the process of obtaining an independent valuation of the rights received in the settlement and we anticipate receiving that valuation during the fourth quarter of 2015. Once we receive the valuation, we may record a gain or loss on the non-monetary exchange; however, we do not currently anticipate a material adjustment. We have classified the $1.35 million estimated fair value as a finite-lived intangible asset as of September 30, 2015, and will amortize the asset over the five-year period during which we have the exclusive right to use BSE’s film library in specified Asian-Pacific countries and territories.
NOTE 10. CAPITAL LEASES
In December 2010, Banks.com entered into a sale-leaseback arrangement with Domain Capital, LLC consisting of an agreement to assign the domain name (www.banks.com) to Domain Capital in exchange for $0.6 million in cash and a lease agreement to lease back the domain name from Domain Capital for a five-year term. The lease provides for a bargain purchase option at the end of its term, effectively transferring ownership back to Banks.com.
Effective June 2012, Banks.com became our wholly-owned subsidiary pursuant to a merger agreement under which we assumed all its outstanding liabilities. As of September 30, 2015, the remaining obligation under this capital lease was approximately $0.1 million, all of which is payable during 2015.
On June 10, 2005, Vegas.com entered into a license agreement providing for, among other things, Vegas.com’s exclusive use of the domain name “LasVegas.com” (the “LasVegas.com License Agreement”). Under the terms of the LasVegas.com License Agreement, Vegas.com paid $12 million upon execution of the agreement and was required to make monthly payments of approximately $83,000 through June 2008, $125,000 through June 2013, and is currently making monthly payments of
$208,000 through June 2040. If Vegas.com continues making the required monthly payments through June 30, 2040, ownership of the domain name would transfer to Vegas.com, without further payment by or cost to Vegas.com, on that date. After June 30, 2016, however, Vegas.com has the option, in its sole discretion, to terminate the LasVegas.com License Agreement and forfeit its rights to use of the domain name upon 30 days notice.
Effective September 2015, Vegas.com became our wholly-owned subsidiary in the Vegas.com Acquisition, described in more detail in Note 3, in which we assumed all of its outstanding liabilities. As of September 30, 2015, the remaining accounting liability, representing only those payments we are required to make through June 30, 2016, was approximately $2.2 million. Payments under the LasVegas.com License Agreement after June 30, 2016 will be made on a month-to-month basis and will be recorded as an expense.
NOTE 11. LONG-TERM DEBT
We entered into the transactions described below in relation to the Vegas.com Acquisition, which is described in more detail in Note 3.
Effective September 23, 2015, we amended the $3.0 million and $0.3 million Convertible Promissory Notes that we issued to ACP on December 17, 2014 and March 13, 2015, respectively, to reduce the conversion price and automatically convert the unpaid principal amount of and all accrued and unpaid interest under the notes into shares of our common stock. The conversions resulted in the issuance of 826,512 shares of our common stock to ACP.
On September 24, 2015, we entered into the Financing Agreement pursuant to which the Lenders provided us with the Loan in the amount of $27.5 million. The Loan bears interest at three-month LIBOR (with a floor of 1%) plus 10% per annum, payable monthly, and it has a maturity date of September 24, 2018. As of September 30, 2015, the applicable interest rate was 11%.
On September 24, 2015, we also entered into the Security Agreement with the other Borrowers and the Guarantors, for the benefit of MGG, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties referred to therein, to secure the obligations of the Borrowers and the Guarantors under the Financing Agreement. The Security Agreement provides for a first-priority lien on, and security interest in, all assets of Remark and our subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions.
The Financing Agreement and the Security Agreement contain representations, warranties, affirmative and negative covenants (including financial covenants with respect to quarterly EBITDA levels and the value of our assets), events of default, indemnifications and other provisions customary for financings of this type. The occurrence of any event of default under the Financing Agreement may result in the Loan amount outstanding and unpaid interest thereon, becoming immediately due and payable.
The following table presents long-term debt as of September 30, 2015 (in thousands):
September 30, 2015 | December 31, 2014 | ||||||
Loan due September 2018 | $ | 27,500 | — | ||||
Unamortized discount | (5,922 | ) | — | ||||
Unamortized debt issuance cost | (362 | ) | — | ||||
Carrying value of Loan | 21,216 | — | |||||
Exit fee payable in relation to Loan | 2,000 | — | |||||
Convertible Promissory Note payable to ACP | — | $ | 3,000 | ||||
Convertible Promissory Note payable to an accredited investor | 100 | 100 | |||||
Total long-term debt | $ | 23,316 | $ | 3,100 |
The discount on long-term debt primarily consists of the approximately $3.1 million fair value of the Financing Warrant, the $2 million exit fee payable in relation to the Loan and the stipulated Loan discount of approximately $0.6 million.
NOTE 12. OTHER LIABILITIES
The following table presents the components of other liabilities (in thousands):
September 30, 2015 | December 31, 2014 | ||||||
Acquisition Warrants | $ | 10,181 | $ | — | |||
Contingent consideration liability | 2,700 | — | |||||
Other | 25 | 25 | |||||
Total | $ | 12,906 | $ | 25 | |||
NOTE 13. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
We are neither a defendant in any material pending legal proceeding nor are we aware of any material threatened claims against us; therefore, we have not accrued any contingent liabilities.
NOTE 14. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND NET LOSS PER SHARE
Equity Issuances
During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we issued:
• | a total of 1,689,000 shares of our common stock to investors in certain private placements and registered direct offerings in exchange for approximately $6.8 million in cash, |
• | 2,516,154 shares of common stock upon conversion of certain convertible notes payable in full satisfaction of such notes, |
• | 2,271,126 shares of common stock to the Sellers in the Vegas.com Acquisition as part of the aggregate consideration under the Purchase Agreement (see Note 3), and |
• | 91,642 shares of our common stock upon the exercise of stock option awards in exchange for $0.3 million. |
Stock-Based Compensation
We are authorized to issue equity-based awards under our 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, our 2010 Equity Incentive plan and our 2014 Incentive Plan, each of which our stockholders have approved. We grant such awards to attract, retain and motivate eligible officers, directors, employees and consultants. Under each of the plans, we have granted shares of restricted stock and options to purchase common stock to our officers and employees with exercise prices equal to or greater than the fair value of the underlying shares on the grant date.
Stock options awarded generally expire 10 years from the grant date. All forms of equity awards vest upon the passage of time, the attainment of performance criteria, or both.
The following table summarizes the stock option activity under our equity incentive plans as of September 30, 2015, and changes during the nine months then ended:
Shares | Weighted-Average Exercise Price | Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands) | |||||||||
Outstanding at January 1, 2015 | 1,735,962 | $ | 9.63 | |||||||||
Granted | 2,754,750 | 4.20 | ||||||||||
Exercised | (91,642 | ) | 3.14 | |||||||||
Forfeited, cancelled or expired | (62,292 | ) | 6.41 | |||||||||
Outstanding at September 30, 2015 | 4,336,778 | $ | 6.37 | 8.9 | $ | 1,216 | ||||||
Options exercisable at September 30, 2015 | 3,249,777 | $ | 6.98 | 8.6 | $ | 900 |
We did not award restricted stock under our equity incentive plans during the nine months ended September 30, 2015.
We incurred share-based compensation expense of $5.3 million and $1.6 million, respectively, during the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, and of $6.8 million and $6.6 million, respectively, during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.
Net Loss per Share
For the three months and the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, there were no reconciling items related to either the numerator or denominator of the loss per share calculation.
Securities which would have been anti-dilutive to a calculation of diluted earnings per share include:
• | the outstanding stock options described above; |
• | the Acquisition Warrants and the Financing Warrant described in Note 3; |
• | the warrants issued in conjunction with our acquisition of Hotelmobi, Inc., which may be exercised to purchase 1,000,000 shares of our common stock, half at an exercise price of $8.00 per share and half at an exercise price of $12.00 per share; and |
• | the warrants issued in conjunction with a private placement in 2012, which may be exercised to purchase 215,278 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $5.12 per share. |
NOTE 15. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Secured Convertible Notes
Our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kai-Shing Tao, is the manager of and a member of Digipac, a company of which our Chief Financial Officer, Douglas Osrow, is also a member. Effective September 23, 2015, as more fully described in Note 3, we amended our $3.5 million Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note dated January 29, 2014 with Digipac to reduce the conversion price and automatically convert the unpaid principal amount of and all accrued and unpaid interest under the note into shares of our common stock. On the same day, Digipac converted into shares of our common stock the unpaid principal amount of and all accrued and unpaid interest under the $2.5 million Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note dated November 14, 2013. The conversions resulted in the issuance of 1,689,642 shares of our common stock to Digipac.
Demand Note
On September 24, 2015, as a condition to the closing of the Financing Agreement, we repaid the $0.35 million Demand Note dated September 11, 2014 with Digipac.
We incurred interest expense on the related-party notes of $0.1 million during the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, and of $0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively, during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.
ITEM 2. | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
You should read our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations for the three months and the nine months ended September 30, 2015 in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto set forth in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Such discussion and analysis includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties and that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations. You should also read “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in the section following the table of contents of this report.
OVERVIEW
Remark Media, Inc. (“Remark”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is a global digital media company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, with additional operations in Beijing and Chengdu, China. Our primary operations consist of owning and operating digital media properties, such as websites and applications for mobile devices that provide unique, dynamic digital media experiences in multiple content verticals including travel, personal finance, social media, young adult lifestyle, and entertainment. Our websites and mobile applications provide what we believe are compelling content, trusted brands, and valuable resources for consumers. During the three months and the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we earned most of our revenue through our sites that provide U.S. tax filing extension services and information on U.S. tax matters, with various advertising mechanisms and merchandise sales also contributing to our revenue.
Our 2014 acquisition of Hotelmobi, Inc. (“Hotelmobi”) and its mobile hotel-booking application Roomlia gave us a foothold in the travel vertical, which we believe is very important to our target customers.
Through websites that it controls, Vegas.com, LLC (“Vegas.com”) allows users to book travel to, and lodging and entertainment in, the Las Vegas area market. On September 24, 2015, we built upon our foothold in the travel vertical by completing the purchase all of the outstanding equity interests in Vegas.com (the “Vegas.com Acquisition”) pursuant to the terms of the Unit Purchase Agreement dated as of August 18, 2015 (as amended, the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among Remark, Vegas.com and the equity owners of Vegas.com listed on the signature page thereto (“Sellers”). We acquired Vegas.com to give us a deeper reach into the travel and entertainment market in Las Vegas and the surrounding area. We were also attracted by the fact that websites controlled by Vegas.com currently enjoy more than 60 million user sessions annually, which we believe will allow us to drive demand to many of our business properties, thereby increasing revenue.
We continue to evaluate ways to diversify our content offerings and increase revenue earned from outside the U.S. KanKan is our mobile social media application that aggregates activity and data from all major social media networks (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Tencent QQ, Sina Weibo, DaZhong, DianPing, and Douban). The application allows users to explore the world around them, communicate with friends, make new friends, and respond to each other’s social media posts, regardless of the social media network on which activity originates. We built KanKan’s powerful back-end infrastructure to handle large amounts of data across all major social media networks, and it has already aggregated approximately 900 million socially-active user profiles and more than 10 billion social posts - amounts that are growing rapidly each day. KanKan’s image-recognition abilities allow the application to automatically categorize social images by topics such as food, movies, sports or travel, with an accuracy rate of approximately 90%, which allows for product tagging in social images. Additionally, we are also continuing our efforts to expand on our sports programming to deliver original sports and entertainment content to the evolving Chinese media market through our existing strategic relationships.
In the foreseeable future, we plan to continuously monitor strategic acquisition opportunities in the content verticals that we believe are important to millennials, such as social media, personal finance, lifestyle, travel, and entertainment.
Impact of Foreign Exchange
Although we do business in foreign countries, the effects of foreign exchange have not materially impacted our financial results, nor do we expect that they will materially impact our financial results in the foreseeable future.
Matters Affecting Comparability of Results
We acquired Vegas.com on September 24, 2015, which had a material impact on our financial condition, but a minimal impact on our results of operations for the periods presented.
We acquired Hotelmobi during May 2014 and merged it into our Roomlia subsidiary. Our financial condition at September 30, 2015 and our results of operations for the three months and the nine months ended September 30, 2015 include Roomlia, while the nine months ended September 30, 2014 only include Roomlia for a portion of that period.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
During the three months ended September 30, 2015, we made no material changes to our critical accounting policies as we disclosed them in Part II, Item 7 of our 2014 Form 10-K.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
In the tables in the following discussion, we present amounts (excluding percentages) in thousands.
Revenue and Gross Margin
Three Months Ended September 30, | Change | |||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | Dollars | Percentage | |||||||||||
Revenue | $ | 816 | $ | 230 | $ | 586 | 255 | % | ||||||
Cost of sales | (136 | ) | (33 | ) | (103 | ) | 312 | % | ||||||
Gross Margin | 680 | 197 | 483 | 245 | % |
During the three months ended September 30, 2015, revenue was primarily affected by:
• | the Vegas.com Acquisition, which added net revenue of $0.4 million, and |
• | our decision to increase the selection of merchandise that we offer through Bikini.com’s sales channels, resulting in an increase in sales revenue of $0.1 million. |
Nine Months Ended September 30, | Change | |||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | Dollars | Percentage | |||||||||||
Revenue | $ | 2,440 | $ | 1,656 | $ | 784 | 47 | % | ||||||
Cost of sales | (256 | ) | (65 | ) | (191 | ) | 294 | % | ||||||
Gross Margin | 2,184 | 1,591 | 593 | 37 | % |
During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, revenue was primarily affected by:
• | the Vegas.com Acquisition, which added net revenue of $0.4 million, and |
• | our decision to increase the selection of merchandise that we offer through Bikini.com’s sales channels, resulting in an increase in sales revenue of $0.4 million. |
During the last several months leading into 2015, we improved the content of our U.S. Tax Center at www.irs.com, as well as the search engine optimization in relation to the website. Our efforts drove an increase of slightly less than $0.1 million in revenue from the website during the nine months ended September 30, 2015; however, such increase was offset by individually insignificant decreases in revenue from several other areas of our business.
Operating Expense
Three Months Ended September 30, | Change | |||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | Dollars | Percentage | |||||||||||
Sales and marketing | $ | 469 | $ | 143 | $ | 326 | 228 | % | ||||||
Content, technology and development | 203 | 72 | 131 | 182 | % | |||||||||
General and administrative | 8,859 | 3,886 | 4,973 | 128 | % | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 459 | 230 | 229 | 100 | % | |||||||||
Total operating expense | $ | 9,990 | $ | 4,331 | $ | 5,659 | 131 | % |
The Vegas.com Acquisition was the primary cause of the increase in sales and marketing expense, adding approximately $0.3 million.
General and administrative expense was primarily affected by:
• | an increase in stock-based compensation of approximately $3.8 million related to large grants of options during the three months ended September 30, 2015, |
• | an increase of $0.3 million in costs primarily associated with our release of, and ramping up of work related to, our KanKan social media application, as well as site maintenance costs, and |
• | an increase of $0.5 million in professional fees, primarily legal and accounting costs associated with the Vegas.com Acquisition. |
Nine Months Ended September 30, | Change | |||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | Dollars | Percentage | |||||||||||
Sales and marketing | $ | 845 | $ | 251 | $ | 594 | 237 | % | ||||||
Content, technology and development | 422 | 349 | 73 | 21 | % | |||||||||
General and administrative | 15,364 | 12,424 | 2,940 | 24 | % | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 909 | 529 | 380 | 72 | % | |||||||||
Impairment of long-lived assets | — | 268 | (268 | ) | (100 | )% | ||||||||
Total operating expense | $ | 17,540 | $ | 13,821 | $ | 3,719 | 27 | % |
The Vegas.com Acquisition added approximately $0.3 million of sales and marketing expense during the period, while additional marketing campaigns intended to increase our brand awareness among consumers drove the remainder of the increase.
General and administrative expense was primarily affected by:
• | an increase in headcount, primarily as a result of the Hotelmobi acquisition, that drove an increase of $1.4 million in payroll and payroll related expense, |
• | an increase in stock-based compensation of approximately $0.2 million, |
• | an increase of $0.2 million in costs primarily associated with our release of, and ramping up of work related to, our KanKan social media application, as well as site maintenance costs, |
• | an increase of $0.6 million in professional fees, primarily legal and accounting costs associated with the Vegas.com Acquisition, and |
• | other fluctuations in various expense items which were not material on an individual basis and which are not indicative of any new or ongoing business trends. |
The addition of $3.3 million of intangible assets as a result of the Hotelmobi acquisition caused the increase in our depreciation and amortization expense.
During 2014, we made the decision to dispose of MyStockFund.com, which prompted us to evaluate MyStockFund.com’s long-lived assets for impairment. After we determined that we could not generate enough cash inflows related to the assets to support their full carrying value, we recorded a loss on impairment of long-lived assets in the amount noted in the table above. We did not record similar impairments in 2015.
Other Income (Expense)
Three Months Ended September 30, | Change | |||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | Dollars | Percentage | |||||||||||
Debt conversion expense | $ | (1,469 | ) | $ | — | $ | (1,469 | ) | — | |||||
Interest expense | (303 | ) | (114 | ) | (189 | ) | 166 | % | ||||||
Other income | (80 | ) | 20 | (100 | ) | (500 | )% | |||||||
Other gain | 6 | — | 6 | — | ||||||||||
Gain (loss) on change in fair value of derivative liability | 20 | 490 | (470 | ) | (96 | )% | ||||||||
Total other expense | $ | (1,826 | ) | $ | 396 | $ | (2,222 | ) | (561 | )% |
Nine Months Ended September 30, | Change | |||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | Dollars | Percentage | |||||||||||
Debt conversion expense | $ | (1,469 | ) | $ | — | $ | (1,469 | ) | — | |||||
Interest expense | (708 | ) | (320 | ) | (388 | ) | 121 | % | ||||||
Other income | (79 | ) | 41 | (120 | ) | (293 | )% | |||||||
Other gain | 6 | — | 6 | — | ||||||||||
Gain (loss) on change in fair value of derivative liability | 241 | (289 | ) | 530 | (183 | )% | ||||||||
Total other expense | $ | (2,009 | ) | $ | (568 | ) | $ | (1,441 | ) | 254 | % |
On September 23, 2015, we incurred approximately $1.5 million of debt conversion expense related to inducing certain of the holders of our debt to convert their convertible debt securities into shares of our common stock to satisfy a condition precedent to the financing of the Vegas.com Acquisition.
Our issuances of notes payable during December 2014 and March 2015 contributed to the increase in interest expense reflected in the tables above.
As presented in Note 4 in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the calculation of the derivative liability and, therefore, the gain or loss on the liability, was primarily affected by the change in our stock price and the change in the probability of a dilutive event occurring subsequent to the quarter end, which caused the increase reflected in the tables above.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Overview
During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and in each fiscal year since our inception, we have incurred net losses and generated negative cash flow from operations, resulting in an accumulated deficit of $147.4 million and a cash and cash equivalents balance of $11.5 million, both amounts as of September 30, 2015. Our revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was $2.4 million.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we issued a total of 1,689,000 shares of our common stock to investors in certain private placements and registered direct offerings in exchange for approximately $6.8 million in cash. Also, during the first quarter of 2015, we issued an unsecured convertible promissory note in the original principal amount of $0.3 million in exchange for cash of the same amount.
On July 28, 2015, we entered into a settlement agreement with Bombo Sports & Entertainment, LLC (“BSE”) and Robert S. Potter related to the loans that we made to BSE in 2014 and a servicing agreement with BSE. As a result, we no longer have a note receivable from BSE; rather, we have an intangible asset represented by the rights provided to us in the servicing agreement. We are in the process of obtaining an independent valuation of the rights received in the settlement and we anticipate receiving that valuation during the fourth quarter of 2015. Once we receive the valuation, we may record a gain or loss on the non-monetary exchange; however, we do not currently anticipate a material adjustment. See Note 9 in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further details on this matter.
On September 24, 2015, we completed the Vegas.com Acquisition. Concurrently with the closing of the Vegas.com Acquisition, we entered into a Financing Agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 (the “Financing Agreement”) with certain of our subsidiaries as borrowers (together with Remark, the “Borrowers”), certain of our subsidiaries as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and MGG Investment Group LP, in its capacity as collateral agent and administrative agent for the Lenders (“MGG”), pursuant to which the Lenders extended credit to the Borrowers consisting of a term loan in the aggregate principal amount of $27.5 million (the “Loan”). The Loan amount outstanding accrues interest at three-month LIBOR plus 10.0% per annum, payable monthly, and the Loan has a maturity date of September 24, 2018. The Financing Agreement and related documents also provide for certain fees payable to the Lenders, including a $2 million exit fee, and also provided for the issuance of warrants to the Lenders. As of September 30, 2015, $27.5 million of aggregate principal remained outstanding under the Loan. See Note 3 in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further details on the Vegas.com Acquisition.
We believe that the Vegas.com Acquisition will provide us with additional revenue sources, but we cannot provide assurance that revenue generated from Vegas.com or our other businesses will be sufficient to sustain our operations in the long term. We have implemented measures to reduce operating costs, and we continuously evaluate other opportunities to reduce costs. Additionally, we are actively assessing the sale of certain non-core assets, considering sales of minority interests in certain of our operating businesses, and evaluating potential acquisitions that would provide additional revenue. However, we may need to obtain additional capital through equity or debt financing and (or) by divesting of certain assets or businesses, none of which we can assure will happen on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. In addition, if we obtain capital by issuing equity, such transaction(s) may dilute existing stockholders.
We can neither be certain that we will be successful at raising capital at all, nor be certain regarding what amount of capital we may raise. Conditions in the debt and equity markets, as well as the volatility of investor sentiment regarding macroeconomic and microeconomic conditions, will play primary roles in determining whether we can successfully obtain additional capital. Additionally, we are subject to certain limitations on our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional debt and transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of assets, without the consent of the Lenders. Should we fail to successfully implement our plans described herein, such failure would have a material adverse effect on our business, including the possible cessation of operations.
A variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control, affect our cash flow; those factors include regulatory issues, competition, financial markets and other general business conditions. Based upon our most recent cash flow projections, we believe that we have sufficient existing cash, cash equivalents and cash resources to meet our ongoing requirements through September 30, 2016, including repayment of our existing debt as it matures. However, projecting operating results is inherently uncertain because anticipated expenses may exceed current forecasts; therefore, we cannot assure you that we will generate sufficient income and cash flow to meet all of our liquidity requirements.
Cash Used in Operating Activities
We used $5.0 million more for operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 than we did during the nine months ended September 30, 2014. The increases in payroll and payroll-related costs, legal and professional costs associated with the Vegas.com Acquisition and costs related to KanKan (described in the preceding Results of Operations section) had the largest impact on our use of cash in operating activities, while the timing of payments related to elements of working capital also increased the amount of cash we used.
Cash Used in Investing Activities
During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we used $1.8 million less for investing activities than we did during the nine months ended September 30, 2014. The decrease in cash used in our investing activities primarily resulted from our purchase of domain names for $0.5 million during the first nine months of 2014, while we did not make a similar purchase of assets during the same period of 2015. The cash flow effect of our loan of $1.35 million to BSE during the first nine months of 2014 (for further details on the asset related to our transaction with BSE, see Note 9 in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements) while not making a similar transaction in 2015 was offset by an increase of approximately $1.4 million in additions to fixed assets.
Cash Provided by Financing Activities
During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, our financing activities provided $26.0 million more than during the nine months ended September 30, 2014. During 2015, we obtained $6.8 million from common stock issuances and another $27.9 million from lenders, primarily as part of the Financing Agreement in connection with the Vegas.com Acquisition, while we repaid approximately $1.4 million of debt. For further details on the Vegas.com Acquisition and transactions related thereto, see Note 3 in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. During the comparable period of 2014, we obtained $3.5 million from common stock issuances and another $3.9 million by issuing notes payable.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We currently have no off-balance sheet arrangements.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Please refer to Note 2 in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report for a discussion regarding recently issued accounting pronouncements which may affect us.
ITEM 3. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK |
Not applicable
ITEM 4. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain a set of disclosure controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information we must disclose in reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms. We designed our disclosure controls with the objective of ensuring we accumulate and communicate this information to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operations of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under Exchange Act, as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2015.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2015 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS |
None
ITEM 1A. | RISK FACTORS |
As a result of the Vegas.com Acquisition, the following risk factors supplement those included in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2015.
Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry
Our travel business derives a significant portion of its revenues from the Las Vegas market and is especially subject to certain risks, including economic and competitive risks, associated with conditions in the Las Vegas area.
Because our Vegas.com website provides travel and entertainment booking services in the Las Vegas market exclusively, we are subject to greater risks from conditions in the Las Vegas area than travel booking companies that are more geographically diversified. Risks from conditions in the Las Vegas area include the following:
• | local economic and competitive conditions; |
• | reduced land and air travel due to increasing fuel costs or transportation disruptions; |
• | inaccessibility of the area due to inclement weather, natural disasters, road construction or closure of primary access routes; |
• | the outbreak of public health threats in the area or the perception that such threats exist; and |
• | a decline in the number of visitors. |
Our travel business is particularly sensitive to reductions in discretionary consumer and corporate spending.
Expenditures on travel and entertainment and leisure activities are sensitive to personal and business-related discretionary spending levels and tend to decline or grow more slowly during economic downturns. Changes in discretionary spending or consumer preferences brought about by factors such as perceived or actual unfavorable changes in general economic conditions, high unemployment, perceived or actual changes in disposable consumer income and wealth, higher fuel or other transportation costs, or changes in consumer confidence could reduce demand for our services, which could adversely affect our travel business and our overall business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Declines or disruptions in the travel industry could adversely affect our travel business.
The success and financial performance of our travel business are affected by the health of the worldwide travel industry. Our business is sensitive to fluctuations in hotel supply, occupancy and average daily rates, decreases in airline capacity, periodically rising airline ticket prices, or the imposition of taxes or surcharges by regulatory authorities, all of which we have experienced historically.
Other factors that could negatively affect our business include:
• | air fare increases; |
• | continued air carrier consolidation; |
• | travel-related strikes or labor unrest, bankruptcies or liquidations; |
• | incidents of actual or threatened terrorism; |
• | periods of political instability or geopolitical conflict in which travelers become concerned about safety issues; |
• | natural disasters or events such as severe weather conditions, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes or earthquakes; and |
• | health-related risks, such as the Ebola, H1N1, SARs and avian flu outbreaks. |
Such concerns could result in a protracted decrease in demand for our travel services which, depending on its scope and duration and together with any future issues affecting travel safety, could adversely affect our business over the short and long-term. In addition, the disruption of the existing travel plans of a significant number of travelers upon the occurrence of certain events, such as severe weather conditions, actual or threatened terrorist activity or war, could result in the incurrence of significant additional costs and decrease our revenues leading to constrained liquidity if we provide relief to affected travelers by refunding the price or fees associated with hotel reservations and other travel products and services.
Risks Relating to our Company
We have a history of operating losses and we may not generate sufficient revenue to support our operations.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and in each fiscal year since our inception, we have incurred net losses and generated negative cash flow from operations, resulting in an accumulated deficit of $147.4 million.
We believe that the Vegas.com Acquisition will provide us with additional revenue sources, but we cannot provide assurance that revenue generated from Vegas.com or our other businesses will be sufficient to sustain our operations in the long term. Management has implemented measures to reduce operating costs, and they continuously evaluate other opportunities to reduce costs. Additionally, we are actively assessing the sale of certain non-core assets, considering sales of minority interests in certain of our operating businesses, and evaluating potential acquisitions that would provide additional revenue. However, we may need to obtain additional capital through equity or debt financing and/or by divesting of certain assets or businesses, none of which we can assure will happen on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. In addition, if we obtain capital by issuing equity, such transaction(s) may dilute existing stockholders.
We can neither be certain that we will be successful at raising capital at all, nor be certain regarding what amount of capital we may raise. Conditions in the debt and equity markets, as well as the volatility of investor sentiment regarding macroeconomic and microeconomic conditions, will play primary roles in determining whether we can successfully obtain additional capital. Additionally, the Financing Agreement contains limitations on our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional debt and transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of assets, without the consent of the Lenders. Should we fail to successfully implement our plans described herein, such failure would have a material adverse effect on our business, including the possible cessation of operations.
Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our financial health.
We have outstanding principal indebtedness of $27.5 million under the Loan. The Loan amount outstanding accrues interest at the three-month LIBOR (with a floor of 1%) plus 10.0% per annum, payable monthly, and the Loan has a maturity date of September 24, 2018. The Loan is secured by a first-priority lien on, and security interest in, all assets of Remark and our subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions.
Our substantial indebtedness could have important consequences to our stockholders. For example, it could:
• | require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow for working capital and general corporate purposes; |
• | increase our vulnerability to and limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate; |
• | place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt; |
• | limit our ability to borrow additional funds; and |
• | make us more vulnerable to a general economic downturn than a company that is less leveraged. |
The Financing Agreement contains certain covenants that restrict our ability to engage in certain transactions and may impair our ability to respond to changing business and economic conditions.
The Financing Agreement requires us to satisfy various covenants, including financial covenants with respect to quarterly EBITDA levels and the value of our assets. The Financing Agreement also contains restrictions on our abilities to engage in certain transactions without the consent of the Lenders, and may limit our ability to respond to changing business and economic conditions. These restrictions include, among other things, limitations on our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to:
• | create liens on assets to secure debt; |
• | incur additional debt; |
• | merge or consolidate with another company; |
• | transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of assets; |
• | engage in other businesses; |
• | make investments; |
• | enter into transactions with affiliates; and |
• | create dividend and other payment restrictions affecting subsidiaries. |
Our recently-completed Vegas.com Acquisition and any future acquisitions, business combinations and other transactions present integration risk and may have negative consequences for our business and our stockholders.
We recently completed the Vegas.com Acquisition and plan to continuously monitor certain strategic acquisition opportunities. The process of integrating acquired businesses into our existing operations may result in unforeseen difficulties, liabilities and costs. The Vegas.com Acquisition involves the integration of a company that had previously operated independently as a privately held company. Significant management attention and resources will be required to integrate the companies, as may be the case with any future acquisitions. Difficulties that we encounter in integrating the operations of Vegas.com and other acquired businesses could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and stock price following the acquisition. Even if the combined company is able to integrate the business operations successfully, there can be no assurance that this integration will result in the realization of the anticipated benefits of synergies, innovation and operational efficiencies or that these benefits will be achieved within a reasonable period of time and cost effectively.
Risks Relating to Our Common Stock
A significant number of additional shares of our common stock may be issued upon the exercise or conversion of existing securities, which issuances would substantially dilute existing stockholders and may depress the market price of our common stock.
As of November 19, 2015, we had options to purchase 4,339,778 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 12,397,111 shares of common stock outstanding. Such warrants include the Acquisition Warrants and the Financing Warrant providing for the right to purchase a total of 11,181,833 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $9.00, which warrants are exercisable on a cashless basis only and therefore effectively cannot be exercised to purchase shares of common stock unless the applicable market value of the common stock exceeds the applicable exercise price under the terms thereof.
The issuance of these shares of common stock would substantially dilute the proportionate ownership and voting power of existing stockholders, and their issuance, or the possibility of their issuance, may depress the market price of our common stock.
ITEM 2. | UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS |
On September 4, 2015, we issued 250,000 shares of our common stock to an accredited investor in a private placement in exchange for $1.0 million in cash. We made the offer and sale of securities in the private placement in reliance upon an exemption from registration requirements pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon representations made to us by the investor in a purchase agreement we entered into with the investor.
ITEM 3. | DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES |
None
ITEM 4. | MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES |
Not applicable
ITEM 5. | OTHER INFORMATION |
None
ITEM 6. | EXHIBITS |
Incorporated Herein By Reference To | ||||||||
Exhibit Number | Description | Document | Filed On | Exhibit Number | ||||
2.1 | Unit Purchase Agreement, dated August 18, 2015, by and among Remark Media, Inc., Vegas.com, LLC and the sellers listed on the signature page thereto.* | 8-K | 08/20/2015 | 2.1 | ||||
4.1 | Form of Acquisition Warrant, dated September 24, 2015. | 8-K | 09/28/2015 | 4.1 | ||||
4.2 | Form of Financing Warrant, dated September 24, 2015. | 8-K | 09/28/2015 | 4.2 | ||||
10.1 | Form of Subscription Agreement, dated July 9, 2015. | 8-K | 07/13/2015 | 10.1 | ||||
10.2 | Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release, dated as of July 28, 2015, by and among Remark Media, Inc., Bombo Sports & Entertainment, LLC and Robert S. Potter. | 8-K | 07/30/2015 | 10.1 | ||||
10.3 | Servicing Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2015, by and between Remark Media, Inc. and Bombo Sports & Entertainment, LLC. | 8-K | 07/30/2015 | 10.2 | ||||
10.4 | Letter Agreement dated September 24, 2015 by and among Remark Media, Inc., Vegas.com, LLC, and James B. Gibson in his capacity as Seller Representative. | 8-K | 09/28/2015 | 10.1 | ||||
10.5 | Financing Agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 by and among Remark Media, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries named as Borrowers and Guarantors, the Lenders and MGG Investment Group LP, as Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent for the Lenders. | 8-K | 09/28/2015 | 10.2 | ||||
10.6 | Security and Pledge Agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 by and among Remark Media, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries named as Borrowers and Guarantors, for the benefit of MGG Investment Group LP, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties referred to therein. | 8-K | 09/28/2015 | 10.3 | ||||
10.7 | Registration Rights Agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 by and between Remark Media, Inc. and the Subscribers listed on the signature page thereto. | 8-K | 09/28/2015 | 10.4 | ||||
10.8 | Loan Agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 by and between Vegas.com, LLC and Bank of America, N.A. | 8-K | 09/28/2015 | 10.5 | ||||
31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. | |||||||
31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. | |||||||
32 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. | |||||||
101.INS | XBRL Instance Document | |||||||
101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |||||||
101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |||||||
101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | |||||||
101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | |||||||
101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
* | We have omitted certain schedules and exhibits to this agreement in accordance with Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, and we will supplementally furnish a copy of any omitted schedule and/or exhibit to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
REMARK MEDIA, INC. | ||||
Date: | November 23, 2015 | By: | /s/ Douglas Osrow | |
Douglas Osrow | ||||
Chief Financial Officer | ||||
(principal financial officer) |