−Removed: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S
−Removed: COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
+Added: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON
+Added: EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market Information
−Removed: Our Common Stock is listed on The Nasdaq
−Removed: Capital Market under the symbol “CRTD”.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, there were approximately
−Removed: 222 registered holders of record of our Common Stock, and approximately 12 holders of record of our Series E Convertible Preferred Stock.
−Removed: Since certain shares of our Common Stock are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, the foregoing number of
−Removed: holders of our Common Stock is not representative of the number of beneficial holders of our Common Stock.
−Removed: To date, we have not paid cash dividends
−Removed: on our Common Stock and do not plan to pay such dividends in the foreseeable future.
−Removed: Our Board will determine our future dividend
−Removed: policy on the basis of many factors, including results of operations, capital requirements, and general business conditions.
−Removed: under the Nevada Revised Statutes, may only be paid from our net profits or surplus.
−Removed: To date, we have not had a fiscal year with
−Removed: net profits and, subject to a valuation by the Board of the present value of the Company’s assets, do not have surplus.
+Added: Our Common Stock is listed on The Nasdaq Capital
+Added: Market under the symbol “CRTD”.
+Added: As of March 31,
+Added: 2022, there were approximately 208 registered holders of record of our Common Stock, and approximately 6 holders of record of our Series
+Added: E Convertible Preferred Stock.
+Added: Since certain shares of our Common Stock are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders,
+Added: the foregoing number of holders of our Common Stock is not representative of the number of beneficial holders of our Common Stock.
+Added: To date, we have not paid cash dividends on our
+Added: Common Stock and do not plan to pay such dividends in the foreseeable future.
+Added: Our Board will determine our future dividend policy on
+Added: the basis of many factors, including results of operations, capital requirements, and general business conditions.
+Added: Dividends, under the
+Added: Nevada Revised Statutes, may only be paid from our net profits or surplus.
+Added: To date, we have not had a fiscal year with net profits and,
+Added: subject to a valuation by the Board of the present value of the Company’s assets, do not have surplus.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
−Removed: During the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, we issued
−Removed: securities that were not registered under the Securities Act and were not previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K
−Removed: or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as listed below.
−Removed: All of the securities discussed in this Item 2 were issued in reliance on the
−Removed: exemption under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
−Removed: Consultant Shares
−Removed: During the 3 months ended December 31,
−Removed: 2020 the Company issued 20,762 shares to consultants.
−Removed: Employee Shares
−Removed: During the 3 months ended December 31, 2020 the Company issued
−Removed: 7,871 shares in lieu of compensation to employees.
−Removed: SELECTED FINANCIAL
−Removed: Not applicable.
−Removed: MANAGEMENT’S
−Removed: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: The following discussion and analysis
−Removed: should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report.
−Removed: In addition to historical information, this discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties,
−Removed: and assumptions.
−Removed: Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result
−Removed: of certain factors, including but not limited to those set forth in “Part I –
−Removed: Risk Factors.”
−Removed: This Form 10-K and other reports filed
−Removed: by Creatd, Inc., formerly Jerrick Media Holdings, Inc.
−Removed: (the “Company”), from time to time with the SEC (collectively,
−Removed: the “Filings”) contain or may contain forward-looking statements and information that are based upon beliefs of, and
−Removed: information currently available to, the Company’s management as well as estimates and assumptions made by Company’s
−Removed: Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and
−Removed: speak only as of the date hereof.
−Removed: When used in the Filings, the words “anticipate,”
−Removed: “believe,”
−Removed: “estimate,”
−Removed: “expect,”
−Removed: “future,”
−Removed: “intend,”
−Removed: “plan,”
−Removed: or the negative of these terms and similar
−Removed: expressions as they relate to the Company or the Company’s management identify forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Such statements
−Removed: reflect the current view of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and
−Removed: other factors, including the risks relating to the Company’s business, industry, and the Company’s operations and results
−Removed: of operations.
−Removed: Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect,
−Removed: actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, or planned.
−Removed: Although the Company believes that the
−Removed: expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future results, levels of
−Removed: activity, performance, or achievements.
−Removed: Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States,
−Removed: the Company does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.
−Removed: Our financial statements are prepared in
−Removed: accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”).
−Removed: These accounting principles
−Removed: require us to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions.
−Removed: We believe that the estimates, judgments and assumptions upon
−Removed: which we rely are reasonable based upon information available to us at the time that these estimates, judgments and assumptions
−Removed: These estimates, judgments and assumptions can affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of
−Removed: the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods presented.
−Removed: Our financial statements
−Removed: would be affected to the extent there are material differences between these estimates and actual results.
−Removed: In many cases, the accounting
−Removed: treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by GAAP and does not require management’s judgment in its
−Removed: There are also areas in which management’s judgment in selecting any available alternative would not produce
−Removed: a materially different result.
−Removed: The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto
−Removed: appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
−Removed: We intend for this discussion to provide
−Removed: information that will assist in understanding our financial statements, the changes in certain key items in those financial statements,
−Removed: and the primary factors that accounted for those changes, as well as how certain accounting principles affect our financial statements.
−Removed: Creatd is the parent company and creator
−Removed: of Vocal, a robust and proprietary technology platform that uniquely serves creators, brands, and audiences by providing long-form
−Removed: storytelling tools, advanced social features, and monetization opportunities.
−Removed: Since launching in December 2016, Vocal has become
−Removed: home to nearly one million content creators, over 20,000 paid subscribers of its Vocal+ premium membership program and attracts
−Removed: over 10 million monthly visitors across its network of 36 wholly owned and operated niche communities as well as various social
−Removed: media channels.
−Removed: At December 31, 2020, the Company had
−Removed: cash and marketable securities of approximately $8 million, and accounts receivable of $90,000.
−Removed: The Company’s healthy
−Removed: cash position is principally due to the net cash proceeds of $7.0 million secured at year end 2020 from the successful completion
−Removed: of the Company’s Series E Convertible Preferred private placement.
−Removed: a positioning year for the Company.
−Removed: Expenses during
−Removed: Fiscal Year 2020 encompassed numerous charges related to financing activities which are described as non-recurring.
−Removed: is the case that the Company may require additional financing in 2021, the financings that occurred this year positioned the Company
−Removed: for ease and relative affordability of future financings.
−Removed: Restatement of Previously Issued Interim Financial
−Removed: On March 13, 2021, our audit committee concluded,
−Removed: after consultation with management and the Company’s financial consulting firm, that our previously issued unaudited financial
−Removed: statements for the period ended September 30, 2020, included in the Company’s Quarterly Reports of Form 10-Q for the period ended
−Removed: September 30, 2020, should no longer be relied upon as a result of the change in accounting for a make-whole provision.
−Removed: that a derivative liability of $3,041,688 should have been recorded as of September 30, 2020.
−Removed: The adjustments resulting therefrom, which
−Removed: are non-cash in nature, but has no impact on previously reported cash, total assets, and revenues.
−Removed: Results of Operations
−Removed: Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: The following table summarizes total current assets, liabilities
−Removed: and working capital (deficit) at December 31, 2020 compared to December 31, 2019:
−Removed: Current Assets
−Removed: Current Liabilities
−Removed: $ (5,960,403 )
−Removed: Working Capital (Deficit)
−Removed: $ (10,850,767 )
−Removed: At December 31, 2020, we had a working
−Removed: capital of $3,115,299 as compared to a working capital deficit of $(10,850,767) at December 31, 2019, an increase in working capital
−Removed: of $13,966,066.
−Removed: The increase is primarily attributable to an increase in cash as a result of the completion of the September 2020
−Removed: $7.7 million Equity Raise, the Sale of $7.8 million of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock in December of 2020, an increase in
−Removed: marketable securities of $62,733, and promissory note increase of $561,539.
−Removed: This was offset by a decrease in demand loans, convertible
−Removed: notes, and related party debentures totaling $7,373,638.
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities for the
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, was $7,340,487 and $5,957,027, respectively.
−Removed: The net loss for the year ended December 31, 2020
−Removed: and 2019 was $24,162,783 and $8,035,372, respectively.
−Removed: This change is primarily attributable to the net loss for the current period offset
−Removed: by share-based payments in the amount of $6,861,163 to employees and consultants for services rendered, the accretion of debt discount
−Removed: and debt issuance costs of $4,303,072 due to the incentives given with debentures, and a loss on extinguishment of debt of $5,586,012
−Removed: in addition to a change in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $2,880,392.
−Removed: These increases were offset by a change in fair value
−Removed: of derivative liabilities and a change in fair value of derivative liabilities and a change in accounts receivable during the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2020.
−Removed: Net cash used in investing activities for
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $547,212 and $363,288, respectively.
−Removed: This change is attributable to the cash used
−Removed: to purchase marketable securities, property and equipment, and deposits for investments.
−Removed: Net cash provided by financing activities for the year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $15,814,083 and $6,337,947.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, the Company was predominantly
−Removed: financed by net proceeds from the issuance of preferred series E, common stock, debt and related party notes of $6,670,417, $6,662,015
−Removed: and $5,152,496, respectively to fund operations.
−Removed: These increases were offset by repayment of notes and related party notes of $2,150,666
−Removed: and $983,752, respectively.
−Removed: Summary of Statements of Operations
−Removed: for the Year Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:
−Removed: Year Ended December 31,
−Removed: Operating Expenses
−Removed: $ (17,496,205 )
−Removed: $ (7,669,984 )
−Removed: Loss from operations
−Removed: $ (16,283,335 )
−Removed: $ (7,216,978 )
−Removed: Other Expenses
−Removed: $ (7,929,448 )
−Removed: $ (24,212,783 )
−Removed: $ (8,035,372 )
−Removed: Loss per common share –
−Removed: basic and diluted
−Removed: Net Revenue was $1,212,870 for the year ended December 31, 2020, as compared to $453,006 for the comparable
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2019, an increase of $759,864.
−Removed: The increase in net revenue is primarily attributable to the launch and
−Removed: growth of Vocal+ paid subscribers, the rising price points for Vocal for Brands campaigns, and the integration of Seller’s
−Removed: Choice into Creatd following the Company’s successful acquisition in late third quarter 2019.
−Removed: During 2020, management
−Removed: completed its corporate positioning to support its goal of reaching profitable revenue growth by securing funds necessary to eliminate
−Removed: its debt, attracting a marquee board and executive management talent, engaging a strategic senior marketing and sales effort, and
−Removed: uplisting to Nasdaq.
−Removed: Creatd’s 2020 Creator Subscription revenues are reported net of the amounts paid to subscribers
−Removed: as cash prizes for winning Vocal Challenges and earnings through reads.
−Removed: As Vocal+ was commercially launched early 2020, with
−Removed: Vocal Challenges following soon after, both progressively grew during the year.
−Removed: As Creatd Challenges increased in frequency,
−Removed: in conjunction with an increase in readership, payments to Vocal+ subscribers totaled $213,182 in 2020.
−Removed: Gross revenues (including
−Removed: payments to Vocal+ subscribers) were $1,426,052.
−Removed: Going forward, with the continued release of advancements and
−Removed: new offerings to its Vocal technology platform and the resulting growth of vocal subscribers, unique monthly visitors and brand
−Removed: relationships, management anticipates reporting accelerated revenue growth for the foreseeable future.
−Removed: Operating Expenses
−Removed: Operating expenses for the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2020 were $17,496,205 as compared to $7,669,984 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: The increase of $9,826,221 in operating expenses
−Removed: is mainly related to non-recurring expenses totaling approximately $1,320,000 attributed to the Nasdaq up-listing and financing activities
−Removed: during the year, which included two offerings.
−Removed: In addition, the Company incurred $1,100,000 of non-cash charges related
−Removed: to employee option exchange for stock during second quarter, $4,100,000 in stock options granted for previously performed services to
−Removed: 13 members of the management team during the third quarter, and in fourth quarter $107,000 was expensed due to reimbursements from Covid-related
−Removed: pay cuts enacted for several weeks during 2020.
−Removed: The remainder of the increase in expenses is attributed to an increase in marketing totaling
−Removed: roughly $2,000,000, and a significant increase in personnel to 42 full time and 12 part-time, including the addition of a Chief Operating
−Removed: Officer and additions to the sales team with senior-level experience and long-standing brand relationships.
−Removed: Going forward, the Company
−Removed: expects operating expenses to materially decrease, potentially offset by a measured increase in support staff and consultants focused
−Removed: on revenue growth.
−Removed: During 2020, the Company’s average monthly cash burn was approximately $658,000, slightly elevated from
−Removed: last year as the Company accommodated its growth strategy.
−Removed: Loss from Operations
−Removed: The Company incurred a loss from operations
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2020 of $16,283,335 as compared to $7,216,978 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: in the loss from operations is primarily due to non-cash stock-based payments to consultants and employees, one-time charges related
−Removed: to the Nasdaq up-listing, increase in personnel and the launch of the company’s first significant marketing campaign.
−Removed: Other Expenses
−Removed: Other expenses
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2020 totaled $7,929,448 as compared to $818,394 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: Other expenses
−Removed: during the year ended December 31, 2020 was comprised of interest expense of $1,376,902 on notes and related party notes as well
−Removed: as a non-cash change in derivative liability of 3,019,457.
−Removed: Additionally, other expenses included the non-cash, non-recurring accretion
−Removed: of debt discount and issuance cost of $(4,303,072) due to the incentives given with debentures and loss on extinguishment of liabilities
−Removed: of $(5,586,012) for incentives given to convert debt.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2019, other expenses were comprised of
−Removed: interest expense of $612,830 on notes and related party notes and accretion of debt discount and issuance cost of $348,665 due
−Removed: to the incentives given with debentures, loss on extinguishment of liabilities of $162,860 for the incentives given to amend or
−Removed: convert debt.
−Removed: Net loss attributable to common shareholders
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2020, was $27,348,485, or loss per share of $5.68, which included a non-cash deemed dividend charge
−Removed: of $3,135,702 related to fair value assigned to the series E preferred and warrants granted in financings during the year.
−Removed: This compares to a net loss of $8,035,372, or loss per share of $2.93, for the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: Inflation did not have a material impact
−Removed: on the Company’s operations for the applicable period.
−Removed: Other than the foregoing, management knows of no trends, demands,
−Removed: or uncertainties that are reasonably likely to have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations.
−Removed: Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements.
−Removed: Critical Accounting Policies
−Removed: We believe that the following accounting policies
−Removed: are the most critical to aid you in fully understanding and evaluating this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
−Removed: Condition and Results of Operation.”
−Removed: Use of Estimates
−Removed: The preparation
−Removed: of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires
−Removed: management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, valuation of equity issuances
−Removed: and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of
−Removed: revenue and expenses during the reporting period.
−Removed: The Company uses estimates in accounting for, among other items, revenue recognition,
−Removed: allowance for doubtful accounts, stock-based compensation, income tax provisions, excess and obsolete inventory reserve and impairment
−Removed: of intellectual property.
−Removed: Actual results could differ from those estimates.
−Removed: Fair Value of Financial Instruments
−Removed: value measurement disclosures are grouped into three levels based on valuation factors:
−Removed: quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
−Removed: other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments and market corroborated inputs)
−Removed: significant unobservable inputs (including our own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
−Removed: The Company’s Level 1 assets/liabilities
−Removed: include cash, accounts receivable, marketable trading securities, accounts payable, prepaid and other current assets, line of credit and
−Removed: due to related parties.
−Removed: Management believes the estimated fair value of these accounts at December 31, 2020 approximate their carrying
−Removed: value as reflected in the balance sheets due to the short-term nature of these instruments or the use of market interest rates for debt
−Removed: The Company’s Level 2 assets/liabilities
−Removed: include certain of the Company’s notes payable and capital lease obligations.
−Removed: Their carrying value approximates their fair values
−Removed: based upon a comparison of the interest rate and terms of such debt given the level of risk to the rates and terms of similar debt currently
−Removed: available to the Company in the marketplace.
−Removed: The Company’s Level 3 assets/liabilities
−Removed: include goodwill, intangible assets, marketable debt securities, equity investments at cost, and derivative liabilities, when they are
−Removed: recorded at fair value due to an impairment charge.
−Removed: Inputs to determine fair value are generally unobservable and typically reflect management’s
−Removed: estimates of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
−Removed: The fair values are therefore determined
−Removed: using model-based techniques, including option pricing models and discounted cash flow models.
−Removed: Unobservable inputs used in the models
−Removed: are significant to the fair values of the assets and liabilities.
−Removed: Long-lived Assets Including Goodwill
−Removed: and Other Acquired Intangibles Assets
−Removed: We evaluate the recoverability of property
−Removed: and equipment and acquired finite-lived intangible assets for possible impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that
−Removed: the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable.
−Removed: The evaluation is performed at the lowest level for which identifiable
−Removed: cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other assets and liabilities.
−Removed: Recoverability of these assets is measured
−Removed: by a comparison of the carrying amounts to the future undiscounted cash flows the assets are expected to generate from the use
−Removed: and eventual disposition.
−Removed: If such review indicates that the carrying amount of property and equipment and intangible assets is
−Removed: not recoverable, the carrying amount of such assets is reduced to fair value.
−Removed: We have not recorded any significant impairment charges
−Removed: during the year ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: Acquired finite-lived intangible assets
−Removed: are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets.
−Removed: We routinely review the remaining estimated
−Removed: useful lives of property and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets.
−Removed: If we change the estimated useful life assumption for
−Removed: any asset, the remaining unamortized balance is amortized or depreciated over the revised estimated useful life.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2020 the Company completed its annual impairment test of goodwill.
−Removed: The Company performed the qualitative
−Removed: assessment as permitted by ASC 350-20 and determined
−Removed: that the fair value of the reporting unit was more likely than not equal or greater than the carrying value, including Goodwill.
−Removed: Based on completion of this annual impairment test, no impairment was indicated.
−Removed: The Company accounts for its investments
−Removed: in available-for-sale debt securities, in accordance with sub-topic 320-10 of the FASB ASC (“Sub-Topic 320-10”).
−Removed: interest on these securities is included in fair value and amortized cost.
−Removed: Pursuant to Paragraph 320-10-35, investments
−Removed: in debt securities that are classified as available for sale shall be measured subsequently at fair value in the statement of financial
−Removed: Unrealized holding gains and losses for available-for-sale securities (including those classified as current assets)
−Removed: shall be excluded from earnings and reported in other comprehensive income until realized.
−Removed: The Company follows FASB ASC 320-10-35 to assess whether an
−Removed: investment in debt securities is impaired in each reporting period.
−Removed: An investment in debt securities is impaired if the fair value
−Removed: of the investment is less than its amortized cost.
−Removed: If the Company intends to sell the debt security (that is, it has decided to
−Removed: sell the security), an other-than-temporary impairment shall be considered to have occurred.
−Removed: If the Company more likely than not
−Removed: will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis or it otherwise does not expect to recover the
−Removed: entire amortized cost basis of the security, an other-than-temporary impairment shall be considered to have occurred.
−Removed: considers the expected cash flows from the investment based on reasonable and supportable forecasts as well as several other factors
−Removed: to estimate whether a credit loss exists.
−Removed: If the Company intends to sell the security or more likely than not will be required
−Removed: to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis less any current-period credit loss, the other-than-temporary
−Removed: impairment shall be recognized in earnings equal to the entire difference between the investment’s amortized cost basis and
−Removed: its fair value at the balance sheet date.
−Removed: Derivative Liability
−Removed: The Company evaluates its debt and equity
−Removed: issuances to determine if those contracts or embedded components of those contracts qualify as derivatives to be separately accounted
−Removed: for in accordance with paragraph 815-10-05-4 and Section 815-40-25 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification.
−Removed: The result of
−Removed: this accounting treatment is that the fair value of the embedded derivative is marked-to-market each balance sheet date and recorded
−Removed: as either an asset or a liability.
−Removed: In the event that the fair value is recorded as a liability, the change in fair value is recorded
−Removed: in the consolidated statement of operations as other income or expense.
−Removed: Upon conversion, exercise or cancellation of a derivative
−Removed: instrument, the instrument is marked to fair value at the date of conversion, exercise or cancellation and then the related fair
−Removed: value is reclassified to equity.
−Removed: In circumstances where the embedded conversion
−Removed: option in a convertible instrument is required to be bifurcated and there are also other embedded derivative instruments in the
−Removed: convertible instrument that are required to be bifurcated, the bifurcated derivative instruments are accounted for as a single,
−Removed: compound derivative instrument.
−Removed: The classification of derivative instruments,
−Removed: including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each reporting
−Removed: Equity instruments that are initially classified as equity that become subject to reclassification are reclassified to
−Removed: liability at the fair value of the instrument on the reclassification date.
−Removed: Derivative instrument liabilities will be classified
−Removed: in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement of the derivative instrument is expected
−Removed: within 12 months of the balance sheet date.
−Removed: The Company adopted Section 815-40-15 of
−Removed: the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“Section 815-40-15”) to determine whether an instrument (or an embedded
−Removed: feature) is indexed to the Company’s own stock.
−Removed: Section 815-40-15 provides that an entity should use a two-step approach
−Removed: to evaluate whether an equity-linked financial instrument (or embedded feature) is indexed to its own stock, including evaluating
−Removed: the instrument’s contingent exercise and settlement provisions.
−Removed: The Company changed its method of accounting for
−Removed: the debt and warrants through the early adoption of ASU 2017-11 during the three months ended December 31, 2017 on a retrospective
−Removed: The Company utilizes an option pricing model to compute the
−Removed: fair value of the derivative and to mark to market the fair value of the derivative at each balance sheet date.
−Removed: The Company records
−Removed: the change in the fair value of the derivative as other income or expense in the consolidated statements of operations.
−Removed: Revenue Recognition
−Removed: Under Topic 606, revenue is recognized
−Removed: when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to our customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration we
−Removed: expect to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services.
−Removed: We determine revenue recognition through
−Removed: the following steps:
−Removed: identification of the contract, or contracts, with a customer;
−Removed: identification of the performance obligations in the contract;
−Removed: determination of the transaction price.
−Removed: The transaction price for any given subscriber could decrease based on any payments made to that subscriber.
−Removed: A subscriber may be eligible for payment through one or more of the monetization features offered to Vocal creators, including earnings through reads (on a cost per mille basis) and cash prizes offered to Challenge winners;
−Removed: allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract;
−Removed: recognition of revenue when, or as, we satisfy a performance obligation.
−Removed: For more information see Note 2 within the consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: Deferred Revenue
−Removed: Deferred revenue consists of billings and payments from clients
−Removed: in advance of revenue recognition.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had deferred revenue of $88,637 and $50,691,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: Stock-Based Compensation
−Removed: The Company recognizes compensation expense
−Removed: for all equity–based payments granted in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 718 “Compensation
−Removed: Stock Compensation”.
−Removed: Under fair value recognition provisions, the Company recognizes equity–based
−Removed: compensation net of an estimated forfeiture rate and recognizes compensation cost only for those shares expected to vest over the
−Removed: requisite service period of the award.
−Removed: Restricted stock awards are granted at
−Removed: the discretion of the Company.
−Removed: These awards are restricted as to the transfer of ownership and generally vest over the requisite
−Removed: service periods, typically over a five-year period (vesting on a straight–line basis).
−Removed: The fair value of a stock award is
−Removed: equal to the fair market value of a share of Company stock on the grant date.
−Removed: The fair value of an option award is estimated
−Removed: on the date of grant using the Black–Scholes option valuation model.
−Removed: The Black–Scholes option valuation model requires
−Removed: the development of assumptions that are inputs into the model.
−Removed: These assumptions are the value of the underlying share, the expected
−Removed: stock volatility, the risk–free interest rate, the expected life of the option, the dividend yield on the underlying stock
−Removed: and the expected forfeiture rate.
−Removed: Expected volatility is benchmarked against similar companies in a similar industry over the expected
−Removed: option life and other appropriate factors.
−Removed: Risk–free interest rates are calculated based on continuously compounded risk–free
−Removed: rates for the appropriate term.
−Removed: The dividend yield is assumed to be zero as the Company has never paid or declared any cash dividends
−Removed: on its Common stock and does not intend to pay dividends on its Common stock in the foreseeable future.
−Removed: The expected forfeiture
−Removed: rate is estimated based on management’s best estimate.
−Removed: Determining the appropriate
−Removed: fair value model and calculating the fair value of equity–based payment awards requires the input of the subjective assumptions
−Removed: described above.
−Removed: The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of equity–based payment awards represent management’s
−Removed: best estimates, which involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment.
−Removed: As a result, if factors
−Removed: change and the Company uses different assumptions, our equity–based compensation could be materially different in the future.
−Removed: The Company issues awards of equity instruments, such as stock options and restricted stock units, to employees and certain non-employee
−Removed: Compensation expense related to these awards is based on the fair value of the underlying stock on the award date and
−Removed: is amortized over the service period, defined as the vesting period, using the straight-line method.
−Removed: The vesting period is generally
−Removed: A Black-Scholes model is utilized to estimate the fair value of stock options, while the market price of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock at the date of grant is used for restricted stock units.
−Removed: Compensation expense is reduced for actual forfeitures as
−Removed: Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance
−Removed: The Company invests in equity and debt
−Removed: The Company’s investments in debt securities are classified at the date of purchase as available-for-sale securities.
−Removed: Debt securities are reported at fair value with unrealized gains and losses, net of the related tax effect, reflected as an accumulated
−Removed: other comprehensive income component of stockholder’s equity until such gains or losses are realized.
−Removed: In accordance with
−Removed: Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-01, Equity securities are now reported at fair value with unrealized gains
−Removed: and losses, net of the related tax effect, reflected as a gain or loss on the statement of operations.
−Removed: In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16, “Income
−Removed: Taxes (Topic 740):
−Removed: Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other than Inventory”, which eliminates the exception that prohibits
−Removed: the recognition of current and deferred income tax effects for intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory until the
−Removed: asset has been sold to an outside party.
−Removed: The updated guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019,
−Removed: including interim periods within those fiscal years.
−Removed: Early adoption of the update is permitted.
−Removed: The adoption of ASU 2016-16 did
−Removed: not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles-Goodwill
−Removed: and Other (Topic 350):
−Removed: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which eliminates the requirement to calculate the implied
−Removed: fair value of goodwill (i.e., Step 2 of the current goodwill impairment test) to measure a goodwill impairment charge.
−Removed: entities will record an impairment charge based on the excess of a reporting unit’s carrying amount over its fair value (i.e.,
−Removed: measure the charge based on the current Step 1).
−Removed: The updated guidance, which became effective for fiscal years beginning after
−Removed: December 15, 2019, did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: In August 2018,
−Removed: the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement - Disclosure Framework (Topic 820) .
−Removed: The updated guidance improves
−Removed: the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements.
−Removed: The adoption of ASU 2018-13 did not have a material impact on the
−Removed: Company’s consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Intangibles-Goodwill
−Removed: and Other - Internal Use Software (Subtopic 350-40):
−Removed: Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing
−Removed: Arrangement That is a Service Contrac t.
−Removed: This guidance requires companies to apply the internal-use software guidance in ASC
−Removed: 350-40 to implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract to determine whether to capitalize
−Removed: certain implementation costs or expense them as incurred.
−Removed: The adoption of ASU 2018-15 did not have a material impact on the Company’s
−Removed: consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU No.
−Removed: 2019-10, “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842):
−Removed: The mandatory effective dates for Credit Losses in this Update (ASU 2019-10) are as follows:
−Removed: Public business entities that meet
−Removed: the definition of an SEC filer, excluding entities eligible to be SRCs as defined by the SEC, for fiscal years beginning after
−Removed: December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those 2.
−Removed: All other entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022,
−Removed: including interim periods within those fiscal years.
−Removed: The adoption of ASU 2019-10 had a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated
−Removed: Financial Statements because it deferred the adoption of ASU 2016-13.
−Removed: Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not
−Removed: yet effective accounting pronouncements, when adopted, will have a material effect on the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
+Added: During the three months ended December 31, 2021,
+Added: we issued securities that were not registered under the Securities Act and were not previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form
+Added: 8-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as listed below.
+Added: All of the securities discussed in this Item 2 were issued in reliance
+Added: on the exemption under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
+Added: Dune Acquisition
+Added: On October 3, 2021, the Company issued 163,334
+Added: shares of common stock pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement with Standard Holdings, Inc., Mark De Luca, and Stephanie Roy Dufault, whereby
+Added: the Company purchased a majority stake in Dune, Inc.
+Added: Employee Options Issuances
+Added: On October 27, 2021, the Company issued options
+Added: to purchase 900,000 shares of Common Stock granted to management and employees under the Jerrick Media Holdings, Inc.
+Added: 2020 Omnibus Equity
+Added: Incentive Plan.
+Added: These options have an exercise price of $5.00, vest upon issuance and expire 5 years from the date of issuance.
+Added: Board Issuances
+Added: During the three months ended December 31, 2021,
+Added: the Company issued 18,451 shares of common stock and options to purchase 35,174 shares of common stock to members of the board of directors
+Added: under the Jerrick Media Holdings, Inc.
+Added: 2020 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan.
+Added: The options have an exercise price of $2.09, vest on the one-year
+Added: anniversary and expire 5 years from the date of vesting.
+Added: Consultant Shares & Banking Fees
+Added: During the three months ended December 31, 2021,
+Added: the Company issued 365,242 shares of Common Stock to consultants and bankers.
Not applicable.
Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.