Digital Turbine, Inc.: Form 10-Q for the period ended Sep 30, 2014
Filed with the SEC on Nov 14, 2014 and accepted by EDGAR at Nov 14, 2014, 17:31 ET.
Management's discussion and analysis
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This report (the “Report”) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1993, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by, the Financial Statements and the Notes thereto included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This discussion contains certain forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. When used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect”, “will”, “seeks”, “should”, “could”, “would”, “may” and similar expressions, as they relate to our management or us, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Our actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors including those set forth under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended March 31, 2014. Historical operating results are not necessarily indicative of the trends in operating results for any future period.
We do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this Report. Accordingly, investors should use caution in relying on past forward-looking statements, which are based on known results and trends at the time they are made, to anticipate future results or trends.
Unless the context otherwise indicates, the use of the terms “we,” “our”, “us”, “Mandalay Digital” or the “Company” refer to the business and operations of Mandalay Digital Group, Inc. through its operating and wholly-owned subsidiaries, Digital Turbine USA, Inc. (“DT USA”), Digital Turbine (EMEA) Ltd. (formerly MDG Logia Holdings Ltd)(“DT EMEA”), Digital Turbine Australia Pty Ltd (“DT APAC”), and Digital Turbine Singapore Pte Ltd (“DT Singapore”), collectively “DT”, as well as its recently sold subsidiary, Twistbox Entertainment, Inc. (“Twistbox”).
Mandalay Digital Group, Inc., through DT, provides end to end mobile content solutions for wireless carriers and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) globally to enable them to better monetize their subscribers. The Company’s product offerings include: mobile application management through DT Ignite, user experience and discovery through DT IQ, white labeled mobile storefront, and content management solutions through DT Content and mobile payments with direct operator billing through DT Pay. With global headquarters in Los Angeles, California and offices throughout the U.S., Asia Pacific and EMEA, Mandalay Digital’s solutions are available worldwide.
Historical Operations of Mandalay Digital Group, Inc.
Mandalay Digital was originally incorporated in the State of Delaware on November 6, 1998 under the name eB2B Commerce, Inc. On April 27, 2000, the Company merged into DynamicWeb Enterprises, Inc., a New Jersey corporation and changed its name to eB2B Commerce, Inc. On April 13, 2005, the Company changed its name to Mediavest, Inc. On November 7, 2007, the Company reincorporated in the State of Delaware under the name Mandalay Media, Inc. On May 11, 2010, the Company changed its name to NeuMedia, Inc.
On February 6, 2012, the Company merged with a wholly-owned, newly-formed subsidiary, changing its name to Mandalay Digital Group, Inc.
On October 27, 2004, and as amended on December 17, 2004, the Company filed a plan for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Plan of Reorganization”). The Plan of Reorganization was completed on January 26, 2005. Through January 26, 2005, the Company and its subsidiaries were engaged in providing business-to-business transaction management services designed to simplify trading between buyers and suppliers.
From 2005 to February 12, 2008, the Company was a public shell company with no operations, and controlled by its significant stockholder, Trinad Capital Master Fund, L.P.
From February 12, 2008 to October 23, 2008, our sole operations were those of our wholly-owned subsidiary, Twistbox Entertainment, Inc. In October 2008, we acquired AMV Holding Limited and its subsidiaries, a mobile media and marketing company. On June 21, 2010, we sold AMV Holding Limited and its subsidiaries. On February 13, 2014, we disposed of the Twistbox subsidiary, and as such it is no longer reflected as part of our continuing operations in this Report.
In December 2011, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Digital Turbine, Inc., purchased the assets of Digital Turbine LLC. The Company subsequently re-branded the assets as “DT IQ”. On September 19, 2014, the Company changed the name of Digital Turbine, Inc. to Digital Turbine USA, Inc.
Since the acquisition of the DT IQ product into DT, and subsequent acquisitions of DT EMEA and DT APAC the Company has acquired, rebranded, enhanced and commercialized products which include DT Ignite, DT Pay, and DT Content.
SUMMARY OF THE TWISTBOX MERGER
The Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger on December 31, 2007, as subsequently amended with Twistbox Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, Twistbox Entertainment, Inc. (“Twistbox”), and Adi McAbian and Spark Capital, L.P., as representatives of the stockholders of Twistbox, pursuant to which acquisition sub merged with and into Twistbox, with Twistbox as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”). The Merger was completed on February 12, 2008.
On February 13, 2014, we sold all of the operating subsidiaries comprising Twistbox.
SUMMARY OF THE AMV ACQUISITION
On October 23, 2008, the Company consummated the acquisition of 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of AMV Holding Limited, a United Kingdom private limited company and 80% of the issued and outstanding share capital of Fierce Media Limited, United Kingdom private limited company.
On June 21, 2010, we sold all of the operating subsidiaries comprising AMV.
SUMMARY OF THE DIGITAL TURBINE (DT USA) ACQUISITION
On December 28, 2011, the Company entered into a Share Purchase Agreement to acquire the assets of Digital Turbine LLC through its newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary, Digital Turbine, Inc. The Company purchased Digital Turbine LLC assets with 10,000 shares of common stock of the Company, with a fair value of $30,500 on the date of grant. On September 19, 2014, the Company changed the name of Digital Turbine, Inc. to Digital Turbine USA, Inc.
SUMMARY OF THE LOGIA (DT EMEA) ACQUISITION
On September 13, 2012, the Company acquired subsidiaries and certain assets of Logia Group, Ltd. (“Logia”). As a part of the transaction, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Digital Turbine (EMEA) Ltd (“DT EMEA”), acquired all of the capital stock of three operating subsidiaries of Logia (Logia Content Development and Management Ltd. (“Logia Content”), Volas Entertainment Ltd. (“Volas”) and Mail Bit Logia (2008) Ltd. (“Mail Bit”), (collectively, the “Targets”)). In addition, the Company acquired the assets comprising the “LogiaDeck” software from LogiaDeck Ltd., which the Company has rebranded “DT Ignite”, and certain operator and other contracts related to the business of the Targets that were entered into by Logia and Volas.
The purpose of the DT EMEA acquisition was to build on the Company’s current distribution network, and to enhance its mobile content infrastructure with DT Ignite. DT Ignite is an application management platform that enables mobile operators and OEMs to control, manage and monetize the applications that are installed on mobile devices. In addition, DT Ignite allows mobile operators and OEMS to obtain a new advertising revenue stream from pre and post installations.
SUMMARY OF MIA (DT APAC) ACQUISITION
On April 12, 2013, the Company, through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary Digital Turbine Group Pty Ltd (“DT APAC”), acquired all of the issued and outstanding stock of Mirror Image International Holdings Pty Ltd (“MIAH”). MIAH owns direct or indirect subsidiaries Mirror Image Access (Australia) Pty Ltd (MIA), MIA Technology Australia Pty Ltd (MIATA) and MIA Technology IP Pty Ltd (together “MIA”).
DT APAC is a leading mobile solutions provider based in Australia. DT APAC has extensive content licenses with major brands, as well as a proprietary content management and billing integration system (“Sphere”). DT APAC through an Application Programming Interface (API), enhances experiences on connected devices by enabling the delivery of content and applications to multiple devices, across any network, in any format, effectively integrating the infrastructure of mobile operators to content publishers to facilitate mobile commerce (“DT Content”). DT Content uses the Sphere platform toenable carriers, media companies and brands to work together.
SUMMARY OF THE XYO (DT GERMANY and DT LUXEMBOURG) ASSET ACQUISITION
On October 8, 2014, the Company formed a new entity, Digital Turbine Luxembourg S.a.r.l. (“DT Luxembourg”). On October 9, 2014, DT Luxembourg, acquired certain intellectual property assets of Xyologic Mobile Analysis, GmbH, registered with the district court for Berlin Charlottenberg, Germany ("XYO"), related to mobile application (“app”) recommendation, search and discovery. In addition, DT Luxembourg acquired certain other assets of XYO related to its relationships with carriers. The aggregate purchase price was US $2,500,000, paid in cash, subject to a twelve (12) month holdback of US $375,000, which acts as partial security for indemnities related to certain representations and warranties made by XYO and the Founders to DT Luxembourg in the Asset Purchase Agreement.
On October 13, 2014, the Company formed a new entity, Digital Turbine Germany GmbH (“DT Germany”), as a subsidiary of DT Luxembourg. The entity will market and support the Company’s products.
Company Overview
Since the acquisition of the DT IQ product into DT, and the subsequent acquisitions of DT EMEA and DT APAC, the Company has acquired, rebranded, enhanced and commercialized products which include DT Ignite, DT Pay, and DT Content.
DT provides end to end mobile content solutions for wireless carriers and OEMs globally to enable them to better monetize their subscribers. The Company’s product offerings include: mobile application management through our product, DT Ignite, user experience and discovery through our product, DT IQ, white labeled mobile storefront, and content management solutions through our product, DT Content, and management and mobile payments with direct operator billing through our product, DT Pay.
We enable mobile content distribution and monetization serving mobile operators, OEMs, mobile device distributors, and end consumers. Our software is sold as both licensed software and software as a service (“SaaS”). Our software permits mobile carriers, advertising aggregation companies, application developers and third-party publishers to provide application installation, portal management, user interface, content development and billing technology that enables the ecosystem required for the global distribution of mobile applications and content. Our platforms provide our customers with the tools to implement an intuitive user experience and storefront, enabling the discovery, purchase and download of mobile applications and content. Our integrated solutions address the mobile ecosystem spanning mobile optimized websites, mobile applications, mobile merchandising and content management, mobile messaging, mobile advertising, mobile billing and predictive analytics. Our solutions empower our customers to better participate in the mobile advertising revenue cycle, drive loyalty, generate revenues and re-engineer business processes to capture the advantages of their mobile-enabled customer base. Our predictive analytics capabilities allow our customers to recommend applications and content to their end-customer based upon the consumers’ tastes and preferences.
DT Ignite is a mobile application management software that is pre-installed on devices to enable mobile operators and OEMs to control, manage and monetize the applications that are installed on mobile devices. DT Ignite allows mobile operators to customize the out-of-the-box experience for customers and monetize their homescreens via Cost-Per-Install or CPI arrangements with third party application developers. Applications can be installed silently or with notification, on first boot or later in the lifecycle of the device, allowing mobile operators and OEMs to participate in a new advertising revenue stream. The Company has launched DT Ignite with operators in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Israel.
IQ App Drawer organizes your applications for you by category, as well as providing more traditional alphabetical and search based methods. DT IQ Search is a User Experience and User Interface that enables customers to search and discover content from various sources including social media, search engines, and applications. IQ App Drawer and DT IQ Search monetize content through increased content sales and leveraging IQ’s recommendation engine to recommend the right applications to the right consumers through its cost-per-install or CPI commercial model.
DT Content is one of the Company’s primary revenue generating products. DT Content can be sold as an application storefront that manages the retailing of mobile content including features such as merchandising, product placements, reporting, pricing, promotions, and distribution of digital goods. DT Content also includes the distribution and licensing of content across multiple content categories including music, applications, wallpapers, eBooks, and games. DT Content is deployed with many operators across multiple countries including Australia, Israel, Turkey, Indonesia, Philippines, Italy, India and Germany.
DT Pay is an Application Programming Interface (API) that integrates billing infrastructure between mobile operators and content publishers to facilitate mobile commerce. Increasingly, mobile content publishers want to go directly to consumers to sell their content rather than sell through traditional distributors such as Google Play or Apple Application Store. DT Pay allows publishers and carriers to monetize those applications by allowing the content to be billed directly to the consumer via their carrier billing. DT Pay has been launched in Australia and Italy.
Mandalay Digital’s divestiture of Twistbox Entertainment in the fiscal 2014 fourth quarter is reflected as discontinued operations in this Report. All periods presented have been revised to reflect this presentation. Unless otherwise noted, all discussions in this Item 2 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations relate to continuing operations.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
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| 3 Months Ended September 30, 2014 | 3 Months Ended September 30, 2013 | % of Change | 6 Months Ended September 30, 2014 | 6 Months Ended September 30, 2013 | % of Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | $5,462 | $6,759 | -19.2% | $11,016 | $11,543 | -4.6% |
| Cost of revenues | 3,661 | 4,375 | -16.3% | 7,801 | 7,492 | 4.1% |
| Gross profit | 1,801 | 2,384 | -24.5% | 3,215 | 4,051 | -20.6% |
| SG&A | 6,446 | 6,236 | 3.4% | 12,540 | 11,996 | 4.5% |
| Operating loss | (4,645) | (3,852) | 20.6% | (9,325) | (7,945) | 17.4% |
| Interest expense, net | (131) | (194) | -32.5% | (128) | (1,633) | -92.2% |
| Foreign exchange transaction gain / (loss) | (1) | 27 | -103.7% | (7) | 56 | -112.5% |
| Change in fair value of warrant derivative liabilities gain / (loss) | - | (811) | -100.0% | - | (811) | -100.0% |
| Gain/ (loss) on disposal of fixed assets | - | 4 | -100.0% | 2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | - | (442) | -100.0% | - | (442) | -100.0% |
| Gain / (loss) on settlement of debt | - | 33 | -100.0% | (10) | 33 | -130.3% |
| Other income | 3 | - | 0.0% | 12 | - | 0.0% |
| Loss on change on valuation of long term contingent liability | - | 603 | -100.0% | - | 603 | -100.0% |
| Loss before income taxes | (4,774) | (4,632) | 3.1% | (9,456) | (10,137) | -6.7% |
| Income tax provision | 427 | 85 | 402.4% | 355 | 2 | 17650.0% |
| Loss from continuing operations | (5,201) | (4,717) | 10.3% | (9,811) | (10,139) | -3.2% |
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| Loss on disposal of discontinued operations, net of taxes | - | (1,505) | -100.0% | - | (1,769) | -100.0% |
| Net (loss)/profit | (5,201) | (6,222) | -16.4% | (9,811) | (11,908) | -17.6% |
| Basic and Diluted weighted average shares outstanding | 37,504 | 25,232 | 48.6% | 37,464 | 22,636 | 65.5% |
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Comparison of the Three and Six Months Ended September 30, 2014 and 2013
Revenues
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| Revenues by type: | Three Months Ended September 30, 2014 | 2013 | % of Change | Six Months Ended September 30, 2014 | 2013 | % of Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content | $2,548 | $3,493 | -27.1% | $5,232 | $5,661 | -7.6% |
| Billing | 2,049 | 2,528 | -18.9% | 4,677 | 4,457 | 4.9% |
| Advertising | 641 | 204 | 214.2% | 682 | 451 | 51.2% |
| Services | 223 | 532 | -58.1% | 425 | 973 | -56.3% |
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| Total | $5,462 | $6,759 | -19.2% | $11,016 | $11,543 | -4.6% |
During the three and six months ending September 30, 2014, there was an overall decrease in revenue as compared to the three and six months ending September 30, 2013 , driven primarily by a reduction in Content revenues. Billing revenues increased for the six months ended September 30, 2014 as a result of the addition of new customers. Advertising revenues for the three and six month periods increased, which was comprised of one-time set up fees, as well as DT Ignite and DT IQ CPI revenue.
Cost of Revenues
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| Cost of revenues: | Three Months Ended September 30, 2014 | 2013 | % of Change | Six Months Ended September 30, 2014 | 2013 | % of Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| License fees and revenue share | $3,316 | $3,919 | -15.4% | $7,112 | $6,633 | 7.2% |
| Other direct cost of revenues | 345 | 456 | -24.3% | 689 | 859 | -19.8% |
| Total cost of revenues | $3,660 | $4,375 | -16.3% | $7,801 | $7,492 | 4.1% |
| Revenues | $5,462 | $6,759 | -19.2% | $11,016 | $11,543 | -4.6% |
| Gross margin | 32.99% | 35.27% | 29.18% | 35.09% |
License fees mainly represent costs payable to content providers for use of their intellectual property in the products sold. Revenue share represents the portion of revenues generated from advertising via the DT Ignite and DT IQ products that is payable to the carriers. Cost of revenues decreased somewhat consistently with the decrease in revenues. However, due to the change in sales mix, primarily the increase in Billing revenues and decrease in Service revenues, gross margin has decreased from the previous year. Gross margin for the three months ended September 30, 2014 was favorable to the six month period due to the increase in Advertising revenue in the quarter
Operating Expenses
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(In thousands)
| Three Months Ended September 30, 2014 | 2013 | % of Change | Six Months Ended September 30, 2014 | 2013 | % of Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product development expenses | $2,155 | $2,407 | -10.5% | $4,114 | $3,995 | 3.0% |
| Sales and marketing expenses | 743 | 536 | 38.6% | 1,504 | 909 | 65.5% |
| General and administrative expenses | 3,548 | 3,293 | 10.9% | 6,922 | 7,092 | -2.4% |
Product development expenses include campaign management, the development and maintenance of the DT IQ and DT Ignite products, as well as the costs to support DT Pay and DT Content through the optimization of content for consumption on a mobile phone. Expenses in this area are primarily a function of personnel.
Sales and marketing expenses represent the costs of sales and marketing personnel, and advertising and marketing campaigns.
Selling and production costs have decreased in conjunction with our decrease in revenues, and costs associated with bringing Digital Turbine products to market.
General and administrative expenses represent management, finance and support personnel costs in both the parent and subsidiary companies, which include professional and consulting costs, in addition to other costs such as rent, stock based compensation and depreciation expense. The increase in general and administrative expense was due primarily due to the increase in stock based compensation in the three months ended September 30, 2014.
Other Income and Expenses
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(In thousands)
| Three Months Ended September 30, 2014 | 2013 | % of Change | Six Months Ended September 30, 2014 | 2013 | % of Change | |
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| Interest and other (expense) | (131) | (194) | -32.5% | (128) | (1,633) | -92.2% |
| Foreign exchange transaction gain / (loss) | (1) | 27 | -103.7% | (7) | 56 | -112.5% |
| Change in fair value of accrued derivative liabilities loss | - | (811) | -100.0% | - | (811) | -100.0% |
| Loss on disposal of fixed assets | 0 | 4 | -100.0% | 2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Other income | 3 | - | 0.0% | 12 | - | 0.0% |
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | - | (442) | -100.0% | - | (442) | -100.0% |
| Gain / (loss) on settlement of debt | - | 33 | -100.0% | (10) | 33 | -130.3% |
| Loss on change on valuation of long term contingent liability | - | 603 | -100.0% | - | 603 | -100.0% |
Interest and other expense includes interest income on invested funds, interest expense, and financing costs as incurred by the Company. These expenses were significantly higher in the six months ended September 2013 due to repayment of debt. Other expenses include foreign exchange transaction gains and losses.
Financial Condition
Assets
Our current assets totaled $21.7 million and $27.5 million at September 30, 2014 and March 31, 2014, respectively. Total assets were $36 million and $45.1 million at September 30, 2014 and March 31, 2014, respectively. The decrease in current assets is primarily due to the decrease in cash for operating expenses.
Liabilities and Working Capital
At September 30, 2014, our total liabilities were $10 million, compared to $12.1 million at March 31, 2014. The change in liabilities was mainly due to the decrease of deferred tax liabilities, accrued license fees, and other current liabilities of $3.2 million, offset by an increase in accounts payable and accrued compensation of $1.3 million combined. The Company had positive working capital of $11.6 million and $15.6 million at September 30, 2014 and March 31, 2014, respectively, for a decrease of $3.9 million of working capital. This is mainly comprised of a decrease in cash, offset by a decrease in total current liabilities.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
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(In thousands)
| Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows Data: | Three Months Ended September 30, 2014 | 2013 | % of Change | Six Months Ended September 30, 2014 | 2013 | % of Change |
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| Capital expenditures | (26) | 13 | -300.0% | 6 | 31 | -80.6% |
| Cash flows used in operating activities | 2,344 | 2,299 | 2.0% | 5,479 | 3,893 | 40.7% |
| Cash flows used in investing activities | 1 | - | 0.0% | 0 | (0) | -293.6% |
| Exercise of warrants | (375) | - | 0.0% | (5,479) | (8,324) | -34.2% |
| Settlement of contingent liability | (1) | - | 0.0% | (11) | - | 0.0% |
| Cash acquired with acquisition of subsidiary | - | - | 0.0% | - | (513) | -100.0% |
| Cash used in acquisition of subsidiary | - | - | 0.0% | - | 1,287 | -100.0% |
| Repayment of debt obligations | - | 3,657 | -100.0% | - | 3,657 | -100.0% |
| Issuance of shares for cash | - | (12,224) | -100.0% | - | (14,924) | -100.0% |
| Loss on exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | 30 | 2 | 1400.0% | (9) | (88) | -89.8% |
The Company’s primary sources of liquidity have historically been through the issuance of common and preferred stock and borrowings under credit facilities. In the fiscal year 2014, the Company raised $33.3 million, less financing costs, through the issuance of equity financings and public offerings. Until we become cash flow positive, we anticipate that our primary sources of liquidity will be our existing cash balances. Our current cash resources will be sufficient to fund our planned operations for at least the next twelve months.
Operating Activities
During the six months ended September 30, 2014, cash decreased $5.1 million. Net cash used in operating activities increased by $1.5 million during the same time period. The increase is comprised of a decrease in accrued license fees and other liabilities of $3.2 million, offset by an increase of $3.7 million in deferred tax assets, accounts receivable and prepaid expense and an increase in accounts payable and accrued compensation of $1.3 million. These changes are related to the loss for the period, but exclude depreciation and amortization of $0.74 million, as well as a $2.1 million expense for stock compensation, stock options and stock issued for services. The Company also received $0.4 million in cash for warrants exercised.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partners, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. In addition, we do not have any undisclosed borrowings or debt, and we have not entered into any synthetic leases. We believe, therefore, that we are not materially exposed to any financing, liquidity, market or credit risk that could arise if we had engaged in such relationships.
Stock Sales, Warrants and Liquidity
In April 2014, the Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock of the Company to the Sellers of DT EMEA as part of the settlement of its contingent liability to Sellers pursuant to the Logia Settlement Agreement referenced in Note 11 of the Financial Statements included in this Report. The fair value of the shares on the date of issuance was $188.
In July 2014, the Company issued 35,000 shares of common stock of the Company to two directors for services. The shares vest quarterly over one year. The fair value of the shares on the date of issuance was $135.
In July 2014, the Company issued 10,375 shares of common stock of the Company to directors holding committee positions within the board. The shares vest quarterly over one year. The fair value of the shares on the date of issuance was $42.
In September 2014, the Company issued 300,000 shares of common stock of the Company to a service provider for the exercise of 300,000 warrants granted in January 2011.
Revenues
The discussion herein regarding our future operations pertain to the results and operations of DT, including its subsidiaries, DT USA, DT EMEA, DT APAC, DT Germany and DT Singapore.
DT APAC generates revenues from mobile phone carriers that market, distribute and/or bill for their content, through the use of our DT Content and DT Pay products. These carriers generally charge a one-time purchase fee or a monthly subscription fee on their subscribers’ phone bills when the subscribers download DT APAC content to their mobile phones. The carriers perform the billing and collection functions and generally remit to DT APAC a contractual percentage of their collected fee for each transaction. DT APAC recognizes as revenues the percentage of the fees due to them from the carrier. End users may also initiate the purchase of DT APAC content through other delivery mechanisms, with third parties being responsible for billing, collecting and remitting to DT APAC a portion of their fees.
DT EMEA generates revenues from services provided to mobile phone carriers. DT EMEA manages the mobile operators’ platform. DT EMEA recognizes based on revenues the percentage of the fees due to them from the carrier. These carriers generally charge a one-time purchase fee or a monthly subscription fee on their subscribers’ phone bills when the subscribers download content to their mobile phones. The carriers perform the billing and collection functions and generally remit to DT EMEA a contractual percentage of their collected fee for each transaction.
DT USA, DT APAC, DT EMEA, DT Germany and DT Singapore also generate revenues from the sale of advertising delivered via the DT Ignite and DT IQ products. The Company may also receive set up fees and per device license fees for DT Ignite and DT IQ. Once DT Ignite or DT IQ is launched on the mobile phone carrier’s platform, revenues can be generated from advertising via Cost-Per-Install (CPI) arrangements directly with application developers, or indirectly through advertising aggregators (ad networks). In addition, the Company’s carrier partners may source advertising via CPI arrangements, which would then generate a revenue share back to the Company. While the sales mix of the advertising via DT Ignite and DT IQ may change based on these three scenarios, the gross profit result to the Company remains the same.
To date, DT EMEA has generated revenues mainly in Israel and Europe. DT APAC has generated revenues mainly in Australia, Singapore and Indonesia. DT USA has generated revenues mainly in the U.S.that are generated mainly from DT Ignite and DT IQ.
We believe that the improved quality and greater availability of smartphones is encouraging consumer awareness and demand for high quality applications and content on their mobile devices. At the same time, carriers and branded content owners are focusing on a small group of enablers that have the ability to provide high-quality mobile content services consistently and cost-effectively and to enable mobile billing across a wide variety of handsets in countries around the world. Additionally, publishers and content owners are seeking enablers that have the ability to distribute content globally through relationships with most or all of the major carriers. We believe our Company has created the requisite development, distribution and billing technology and has achieved the scale to operate at a level that provides it with competitive advantages as an enabler. We also believe that leveraging existing carrier and publisher relationships will allow us to grow our revenues without corresponding percentage growth in our infrastructure and operating costs. Our revenue growth rate will depend significantly on revenues generated from the sale of content and applications, from advertising via Cost-Per-Install or CPI arrangements with third party application developers from continued growth in the mobile content market, from our ability to leverage our distribution and content relationships, and from our ability to expand billing for content in new regional markets. Because many new mobile handset models are released in the fourth calendar quarter to coincide with the holiday shopping season, and because many end users download our content soon after they purchase new handsets, we may experience seasonal sales increases based on this key holiday selling period. However, due to the time between handset purchases and content purchases, much of this holiday impact may occur in the March quarter end. For a variety of reasons, we may experience seasonal sales decreases during the summer, particularly in Europe, which is predominantly reflected in our September quarter end. In addition to these possible seasonal patterns, our revenues may be impacted by declines in users visiting carrier portals, new or changed carrier deals, or changes in the manner that our major carrier partners market our content on their platform. Initial spikes in revenues as a result of successful launches or campaigns may create further aberrations in our revenue patterns.
Cost of Revenues
Our Company’s cost of revenues has historically consisted primarily of royalties that we pay to content providers from which we license brands and other intellectual property. Our cost of revenues also include a share of revenues payable to wireless carriers for the installation of applications, which are generated through advertising via Cost-Per-Install or CPI arrangements. In addition, certain other direct costs such as platform, hosting and third party delivery charges are included in cost of revenues. Our cost of revenues also includes noncash expenses— such as amortization of certain acquired intangible assets, and any impairment of guarantees. We generally do not pay royalties advances to licensors. Where we acquire rights in perpetuity or for a specific time period without revenue share or additional fees, we record the payments made to content owners as prepaid royalties on our balance sheet at the time payment is made to the licensor. We recognize royalties in cost of revenues based upon the revenues derived from the relevant product sold multiplied by the applicable royalty rate. If applicable, we will record an impairment of prepaid royalties or accrue for future guaranteed royalties that are in excess of anticipated recoupment. At each balance sheet date, we perform a detailed review of prepaid royalties and guarantees that considers multiple factors, including forecasted demand, anticipated share for specific content providers, development and launch plans, and current and anticipated sales levels. We expense the costs for development of our content prior to technological feasibility incurred throughout the development process, and we include these costs in product development expenses.
Gross Margin
Our gross margin is determined principally by our product mix, including DT Ignite, DT IQ, DT Content and DT Pay, each of which have differing gross margins. Gross margins realized by the Company related to our DT Ignite and DT IQ products are mixed depending on whether advertising deals are done directly with application developers or through ad networks or via the Company’s carrier partners. When advertising deals are done directly between the Company and the application developer or directly with the ad network, the gross margin is determined by terms of the revenue share with the carrier. When the advertising deal is sourced via the carrier, the gross margin is 100%, as revenues are remitted net of carrier revenue share. Content that is sourced for distribution that is based on licensed intellectual property requires us to pay royalties to the licensor and these royalty rates can vary significantly. Our in-house developed content, which is based on the Company’s owned intellectual property, requires no royalty payments to third parties. Branded content requires royalty payment to the licensors of the content, generally on a revenue share basis. There are multiple internal and external factors that affect the mix of revenues derived from our products, including consumer trends. Changes in the mix of revenues can impact the Company’s gross margin. Our gross margin is also affected by changes in direct costs such as platform and third party delivery charges, and by changes in periodic charges for prepaid royalties and guarantees, particularly on a quarterly basis.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses primarily include product development expenses, sales and marketing expenses and general and administrative expenses. Our product development expenses consist primarily of salaries and benefits for employees working on campaign management, creating, developing, editing, programming, performing quality assurance, obtaining carrier certification and deploying our products across various mobile phone carriers and on our internal platforms. Operating expenses also include payments to third parties for developing our product, and facilities costs. We devote substantial resources to the development, technology support, and quality assurance of our products.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses, consist primarily of salaries, benefits and incentive compensation for sales, business development, and marketing personnel, expenses for advertising, trade shows, public relations and other promotional and marketing activities, expenses for general business development activities, travel and entertainment expenses and allocated facilities costs. We expect sales and marketing expenses to increase in absolute terms with the growth of our business and as we further promote our content and expand our business.
General and Administrative
Our general and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and benefits for general and administrative personnel, consulting fees, legal, accounting and other professional fees, information technology costs and allocated facilities costs. We expect that general and administrative expenses will increase in absolute terms as we hire additional personnel and incur costs related to the anticipated growth of our business, capital raises and our operation as a public company.
Amortization of Intangible Assets
We will record amortization of acquired intangible assets that are directly related to revenue-generating activities as part of our cost of revenues and amortization of the remaining acquired intangible assets as part of our operating expenses. We will record intangible assets on our balance sheet based upon their fair value at the time they are acquired. We will determine the fair value of the intangible assets using a contribution approach. We will amortize the amortizable intangible assets using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives of four to ten years.
Estimates and Assumptions
The preparation of our financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Income Taxes
We provide for deferred income taxes using the liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and the tax effect of net operating loss carry-forwards.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. The new standard is effective as of the first interim period within annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2016, and will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP. Early application is not permitted. The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. We are evaluating the effect that ASU 2014-09 will have on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. We have not yet selected a transition method or determined the effect of the standard on our financial position, results of operations, cash flows, or presentation thereof.
In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08, Presentation of Financial Statements and Property, Plant, and Equipment: Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity. ASU 2014-08 limits the requirement to report discontinued operations to disposals of components of an entity that represent strategic shifts that have (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results. The amendments also require expanded disclosures concerning discontinued operations and disclosures of certain financial results attributable to a disposal of a significant component of an entity that does not qualify for discontinued operations reporting. These amendments are effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014, with early adoption permitted. The adoption of this ASU is not expected to have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations, cash flows, or presentation thereof.
Other authoritative guidance issued by the FASB (including technical corrections to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the SEC did not, or are not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Controls and procedures
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Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information that we are required to file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, after evaluating the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, have concluded that, based on such evaluation, our disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective as of September 30, 2014 because of the material weaknesses described below.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our internal controls over financial reporting are designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Because of inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. In addition, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a more than remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
During management’s review of our internal control over financial reporting, we determined the following process contains material weaknesses as of September 30, 2014:
Financial Close and Reporting Process
The material weakness relates to inadequate systems and technical resources required to meet increasing accounting demands. The Company did not maintain sufficient personnel and system resources to ensure the financial reports of the consolidated entity were complete, accurate, and timely. Further, the lack of a single accounting platform for all entities resulted in significant manual procedures that were required to complete the close.
Management does not believe that any of our annual or interim financial statements issued to-date contain a material misstatement as a result of the aforementioned weaknesses in our internal controls. However, these material weaknesses related to the entity as a whole affect all of our significant accounts and could result in a material misstatement to our annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected.
Our management has identified and is taking the steps necessary to address the material weaknesses existing as of September 30, 2014 described above, as follows:
1. Implementing comprehensive ERP software across the business to consolidate financial reporting and to standardize internal and accounting controls;
2. Realigning accounting responsibilities to provide additional technical resources to analyze the accounting for complex, non-routine transactions.
The Company expects certain remediation efforts to be completed during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the SEC that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting
Other than the recent change of our Chief Financial Officer on July 8, 2014, as reported on our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 9, 2014, and the appointment of our Principal Accounting Officer on September 12, 2014, there were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(d) or 15d-15(d) that occurred during the fiscal period ended September 30, 2014 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.
Figures reported in this filing
Standardized line items from the XBRL in this filing, for the period ended 2014-09-30. Comparative periods it repeats are left out.
| Line item | Period | Value | XBRL concept |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3 months2014-07-01 to 2014-09-30 | $5.5m | us-gaap:Revenues |
| Revenue | 6 months2014-04-01 to 2014-09-30 | $11.0m | us-gaap:Revenues |
| Cost of revenue | 3 months2014-07-01 to 2014-09-30 | $3.7m | us-gaap:CostOfRevenue |
| Cost of revenue | 6 months2014-04-01 to 2014-09-30 | $7.8m | us-gaap:CostOfRevenue |
| Gross profit | 3 months2014-07-01 to 2014-09-30 | $1.8m | us-gaap:GrossProfit |
| Gross profit | 6 months2014-04-01 to 2014-09-30 | $3.2m | us-gaap:GrossProfit |
| Research and development | 3 months2014-07-01 to 2014-09-30 | $2.2m | us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense |
| Research and development | 6 months2014-04-01 to 2014-09-30 | $4.1m | us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense |
| Operating income | 3 months2014-07-01 to 2014-09-30 | −$4.6m | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss |
| Operating income | 6 months2014-04-01 to 2014-09-30 | −$9.3m | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss |
| Net income | 3 months2014-07-01 to 2014-09-30 | −$5.2m | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss |
| Net income | 6 months2014-04-01 to 2014-09-30 | −$9.8m | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss |
| Diluted EPS | 3 months2014-07-01 to 2014-09-30 | −$0.14 | us-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted |
| Diluted EPS | 6 months2014-04-01 to 2014-09-30 | −$0.26 | us-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted |
| Operating cash flow | 6 months2014-04-01 to 2014-09-30 | −$5.5m | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities |
| Cash and equivalents | At period end2014-09-30 | $16.7m | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue |
| Current assets | At period end2014-09-30 | $21.7m | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent |
| Total assets | At period end2014-09-30 | $35.9m | us-gaap:Assets |
| Current liabilities | At period end2014-09-30 | $10.0m | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent |
| Total liabilities | At period end2014-09-30 | $10.0m | us-gaap:Liabilities |
| Shareholders' equity | At period end2014-09-30 | $25.8m | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity |
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