Controls and Procedures
−Removed: Controls and Procedures
−Removed: maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,”
−Removed: as such term is defined under Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e), that are
−Removed: designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed, in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized,
−Removed: and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and
−Removed: communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, as appropriate,
−Removed: to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
−Removed: designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, we recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how
−Removed: well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and we were required
−Removed: to apply our judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
−Removed: We have carried out an
−Removed: evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this report under the supervision and with the participation of our management,
−Removed: including our Chief Executive Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of
−Removed: our disclosure controls and procedures.
−Removed: on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance concluded that our disclosure controls and
−Removed: procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this report in providing reasonable assurance of achieving
−Removed: the desired control objectives due primarily to a material weakness discussed below.
−Removed: Management’s
−Removed: Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
−Removed: management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: Our internal control
−Removed: over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
−Removed: and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
−Removed: the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Senior Vice President
−Removed: of Finance, we conduct an annual evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the
−Removed: guidelines established by the 2013 Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
−Removed: of the Treadway Commission.
−Removed: If management identifies any material weakness in the course of that evaluation, management cannot
−Removed: conclude that our internal controls over financial reporting are effective.
−Removed: A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination
−Removed: of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement
−Removed: of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
−Removed: Based on the evaluation of
−Removed: the effectiveness of our internal over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, we concluded that, due to the material weakness
−Removed: described below, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2020.
−Removed: In response to the impact
−Removed: of the pandemic on our business, we implemented measures to reduce our operating expenses and preserve capital, including by reducing
−Removed: our headcount.
−Removed: We reduced our headcount from 74 as of December 31, 2019 to 22 as of March 9, 2021.
−Removed: Due to a limited number of
−Removed: personnel, particularly in our accounting department, we do not have an internal audit department and we did not have the
−Removed: resources necessary to adequately perform an internal assessment or engage a third party to perform the assessment of our
−Removed: internal controls over financial reporting, which our management identified as a material weakness.
−Removed: Management’s
−Removed: Plan for Material Weakness in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
−Removed: management and board of directors are committed to improving our overall system of internal controls over financial reporting.
−Removed: To address the material weakness identified in our control environment, we plan to engage external resources with specialized
−Removed: knowledge and expertise, where appropriate, to assist management in performing the internal assessment of our internal controls
−Removed: over financial reporting.
−Removed: in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
−Removed: was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected,
−Removed: or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Disclosure Controls and Procedures
+Added: We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act, designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed
+Added: in our reports filed pursuant to the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management,
+Added: including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
+Added: In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, we recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable
+Added: assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and we were required to apply our judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
+Added: We have carried out an evaluation as of the end of the period
+Added: covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K under the supervision, and with the participation, of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and President (who serves as our principal executive officer) and our Vice President of Finance
+Added: (who serves as our principal financial officer), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures.
+Added: Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Vice President of Finance concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered
+Added: by this Annual Report on Form 10-K in providing reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives due primarily to a material weakness discussed below.
+Added: Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
+Added: Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide
+Added: reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
+Added: Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Vice President of Finance, we conduct an annual evaluation of the effectiveness
+Added: of our internal control over financial reporting based on the guidelines established by the 2013 Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
+Added: If management identifies any material weakness in the course of that evaluation, management cannot conclude that our internal controls over financial reporting are effective.
+Added: A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of
+Added: deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
+Added: Upon completion of the Merger in March 2021 and the resulting change in our business model and strategy, we experienced a complete turnover of our employees, including all of the members of our
+Added: executive management team, which resulted in, among other things, our having insufficient accounting staff available to enable and ensure adequate segregation of duties and our lacking appropriate and complete documentation of policies and
+Added: procedures critical to the accomplishment of financial reporting objectives.
+Added: The accounting personnel and documentation deficiencies each increase the risk that a material misstatement of our financial statements will not be prevented or detected
+Added: on a timely basis.
+Added: Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and President and our Vice President of Finance concluded that, as of December 31, 2021, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective and did not provide
+Added: reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.
+Added: Management’s Plan for Material Weakness in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
+Added: Management plans to implement measures designed to ensure that the deficiencies contributing to the ineffectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures are promptly remediated, such that
+Added: the controls and procedures are designed, implemented and operating effectively.
+Added: The remediation actions planned include:
+Added: hiring additional accounting personnel in a number, and with experience, to allow for proper segregation of duties;
+Added: developing and implementing, and then monitoring the effectiveness of, written policies and procedures required to achieve our financial reporting objectives in a timely manner, including policies and
+Added: procedures relating to internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: We are committed to developing a strong internal control environment, and we believe the remediation efforts that we will implement will result in significant improvements in our control
+Added: We hired our Vice President of Finance in the second quarter of 2021 to oversee all accounting and financial reporting matters, including implementing a framework for internal controls over financial reporting, and we hired a
+Added: full-time controller at the beginning of 2022.
+Added: Also, during the fourth quarter of 2021, we engaged a third-party consulting firm with expertise in implementing the framework for internal controls over financial reporting, and we currently
+Added: developing this framework.
+Added: Our management will continue to monitor and evaluate the relevance of our risk-based approach and the effectiveness of our internal controls and procedures over financial reporting on an ongoing basis and is committed
+Added: to taking further action and implementing additional enhancements or improvements, as necessary.
+Added: Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
+Added: Other than described above, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our
+Added: internal control over financial reporting.
Other Information
−Removed: Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
−Removed: forth below are the names, ages, board committee assignments, tenure and certain biographical information of each of the members
−Removed: of our Board of Directors as of March 9, 2021.
−Removed: * Committee chairperson
−Removed: **Nominating and Corporate Governance/Compensation Committee
−Removed: Wolff was appointed as our chief executive officer and as a member of our board in January 2020.
−Removed: He was appointed as chairman
−Removed: of our board in April 2020.
−Removed: Wolff served as our interim chief executive officer from September 2019 until he was appointed
−Removed: as our chief executive officer.
−Removed: From January 2016 through September 2019, Mr.
−Removed: Wolff served as our chief financial officer and
−Removed: executive vice president and served as chief financial officer from December 2014 through January 2016.
−Removed: From July 2013 until December
−Removed: Wolff served as the chief financial strategist of PlumDiggity, a privately-held financial and marketing strategy firm
−Removed: that he co-founded.
−Removed: From October 2012 to July 2013, Mr.
−Removed: Wolff served as the chief financial officer of 365 Retail Markets, a privately-held
−Removed: company in the self-checkout point of sale technology industry, where he also served on its board of directors during such period.
−Removed: From July 2011 to April 2013, simultaneous with his role at 365 Retail Markets, Mr.
−Removed: Wolff held the leadership role of “Game
−Removed: Changer”
−Removed: at Crowdrise, an online fundraising platform company.
−Removed: Wolff joined Crowdrise after serving as the chief operating
−Removed: officer and chief financial officer from January 2011 to July 2011 of RetailCapital, LLC, a small business specialty finance company.
−Removed: Wolff co-founded PaySimple in January 2006 and held various roles including president, chief financial officer, executive
−Removed: vice president and director, from 2006 until he left the company in January 2011.
−Removed: From September 1998 until August 2012, Mr.
−Removed: was a principal for a casual dining restaurant.
−Removed: Wolff holds a B.A.
−Removed: from the University of Michigan and an MBA, from the University
−Removed: of Maryland, R.H.
−Removed: Smith School of Business.
−Removed: Wolff was chosen to serve on our board of directors because of our boards’
−Removed: belief that our chief executive officer should serve on our board of directors, as well as his leadership of early stage, technology
−Removed: companies and ability to raise capital.
−Removed: Simtob has served on our board of directors since July 2017.
−Removed: Since January 2001, Mr.
−Removed: Simtob has been serving as president
−Removed: of Simtob Consulting Group Corporation.
−Removed: Simtob is a minority-owner of Zoup!
−Removed: Holding, LLC, a company that operates and franchises
−Removed: fast-casual soup restaurants and has been serving as vice president since January 2018.
−Removed: Since April 2010, he has served as one
−Removed: of its directors, and served as its president from April 2010 to December 2017.
−Removed: From January 2004 through July 2009, Mr.
−Removed: was also a partner at Wireless Toyz Franchise, LLC, a cellular service provider, where he also served in various roles such as
−Removed: vice president of development, chief financial officer and chief operating officer.
−Removed: Simtob owns a Michigan-based driving school
−Removed: and eight swim school locations.
−Removed: Simtob studied at the University of Western Ontario.
−Removed: Simtob was chosen to serve on our
−Removed: board of directors because of his extensive experience in the restaurant industry.
−Removed: Miller was appointed to our board of directors in August 2019.
−Removed: Miller is a partner with Morgan Kingston Advisors,
−Removed: LLC a boutique investment bank she co-founded in September 2018 focused on supporting middle market companies and their stakeholders
−Removed: across the restaurant and restaurant technology sectors, among others.
−Removed: From March 2007 until September 2018, Ms.
−Removed: Miller served
−Removed: as a managing director at Mastodon Ventures, Inc., a strategic advisory firm focused on the restaurant industry, and from June
−Removed: 2002 until March 2007 she held various positions with J.P.
−Removed: Morgan Securities Inc.
−Removed: Miller was a Cornell Tradition Fellow and
−Removed: graduated cum laude with a B.S.
−Removed: degree in applied economics and management from Cornell University and holds FINRA Series 63 and
−Removed: 79 securities licenses.
−Removed: Miller was chosen to serve on our board of directors because of her advisory, investment banking and
−Removed: capital markets experience in the restaurant and technology markets.
−Removed: Gottlieb was appointed to our board of directors in November 2019.
−Removed: Since May 2020, Mr.
−Removed: Gottlieb has been serving as vice
−Removed: president of operations for Robot Cache USA, Inc., a company that offers a blockchain-based digital marketplace for videogames.
−Removed: From December 2019 until April 2020, Mr.
−Removed: Gottlieb provided consulting services to Digital Gaming Corporation, a computer software
−Removed: company, and from October 2019 until December 2019, he was in charge of its US business development.
−Removed: From April 2017 until October
−Removed: Gottlieb served as the studio head for MahiGaming San Diego, a developer of online and mobile gaming software, and from
−Removed: November 2014 until March 2017, Mr.
−Removed: Gottlieb served as senior director of game development for Bally Technologies and Scientific
−Removed: Games, gaming manufacturers.
−Removed: Gottlieb has a business degree from Northern Illinois University.
−Removed: He was chosen to serve on our
−Removed: board of directors because of his expertise in developing interactive gaming experiences and turning them into successful businesses.
−Removed: following table sets forth certain information regarding our executive officers as of March 9, 2021:
−Removed: Executive Officer
−Removed: Vice President of Finance
−Removed: regarding Mr.
−Removed: Wolff can be found under “Board of Directors”
−Removed: Gurrola was appointed as our senior vice president of finance in September 2019 and served as vice president of finance
−Removed: from September 2014 until September 2019.
−Removed: From November 2009 through September 2014, Ms.
−Removed: Gurrola served in various leadership
−Removed: accounting roles including director of accounting, director of financial reporting and compliance, and controller.
−Removed: July 2007 until April 2009, Ms.
−Removed: Gurrola served as senior manager of financial reporting for Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology
−Removed: company, and served as a consultant to Metabasis from September 2009 to November 2009.
−Removed: Gurrola holds a B.A.
−Removed: in English from
−Removed: San Diego State University.
−Removed: Relationships;
−Removed: Arrangements;
−Removed: Legal Proceedings
−Removed: are no family relationships among any of our directors and executive officers.
−Removed: There are no arrangements or understandings with
−Removed: another person under which our directors and officers was or is to be selected as a director or executive officer.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: none of our directors or executive officers is involved in any legal proceeding that requires disclosure under Item 401(f) of
−Removed: Regulation S-K.
−Removed: Charters and Code of Ethics
−Removed: board of directors has adopted charters for its audit and nominating & corporate governance/compensation (N&CG/C) committees,
−Removed: which, among other things, outline the respective duties of the committees.
−Removed: Our board of directors has also adopted a code of
−Removed: conduct and ethics that applies to all our employees, officers and directors.
−Removed: Our code of conduct and ethics, our corporate governance
−Removed: guidelines and the charter of our audit and N&CG/C committee is available at www.buzztime.com/investors/ under the “Corporate
−Removed: Governance”
−Removed: We intend to disclose any amendment to, or a waiver from, a provision of our code of conduct and ethics
−Removed: that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons
−Removed: performing similar functions and that relates to any element of the code of ethics definition enumerated in paragraph (b) of Item
−Removed: 406 of Regulation S-K by posting such information on that website.
−Removed: The information on our website is not incorporated by reference
−Removed: in this report.
−Removed: Committee and Audit Committee Financial Expert
−Removed: audit committee is currently comprised of two non-employee directors:
−Removed: Simtob and Ms.
−Removed: Miller, each of whom our board of directors
−Removed: has determined is an independent director under the rules of the NYSE American and of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
−Removed: Board of Directors has determined that each member of the audit committee is able to read and understand fundamental financial
−Removed: statements including our balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows.
−Removed: Our former director, Gregory Thomas, served
−Removed: on our audit committee and was determined by our board of directors to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert,”
−Removed: as that term is defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K.
−Removed: Thomas resigned from our board of directors and from the committees
−Removed: on which he served on April 30, 2020.
−Removed: Our board of directors has determined that none of the current members of the audit committee
−Removed: qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert.”
−Removed: Due in part to the fact that we were in the middle of a strategic
−Removed: process when Mr.
−Removed: Thomas resigned, the outcome of which could have led to a reverse merger, a reorganization, an assignment for
−Removed: the benefit of creditors, a bankruptcy, a liquidation, or similar transaction, and in part to our financial condition and the
−Removed: risks to which we have been subject since March 2020 arising from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and financial
−Removed: condition, we have not appointed been successful in finding an individual to join our board of directors to replace
−Removed: Thomas as an audit committee financial expert.
−Removed: in Stockholder Nomination Procedures
−Removed: have been no material changes to the procedures by which stockholders may recommend nominees to our board of directors since such
−Removed: procedures were last described in our definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 26, 2019.
−Removed: Executive Compensation
−Removed: Processes and Procedures
−Removed: nominating and corporate governance committee (the “N&CG/C Committee”) of the NTN board of directors is responsible
−Removed: for determining the amount and form of compensation paid to our executive officers, including our chief executive officer.
−Removed: chief executive officer presents compensation recommendations to the N&CG/C Committee with respect to the executive officers
−Removed: who report to him.
−Removed: The N&CG/C Committee may accept or adjust such recommendations.
−Removed: The N&CG/C Committee is solely responsible
−Removed: for determining the compensation of our executive officers.
−Removed: Our full board of directors participates in evaluating the performance
−Removed: of our executive officers, except that Mr.
−Removed: Wolff, our chief executive officer and a member of our board of directors, does not
−Removed: participate when our board of directors evaluates his performance and he is not present during voting or deliberations regarding
−Removed: his performance or compensation matters.
−Removed: determining executive officer compensation, and the various components that comprise it, the N&CG/C Committee evaluates and
−Removed: considers publicly available executive officer compensation survey data, to present a competitive compensation package to attract
−Removed: and retain top talent, including an appropriate level of salary, performance-based bonus, and/or equity incentives.
−Removed: the N&CG/C Committee evaluates between three and five different sources of compensation data to provide relevant market benchmark
−Removed: data for a given executive role.
−Removed: Additionally, the N&CG/C Committee is authorized to engage outside advisors and experts to
−Removed: assist and advise the N&CG/C Committee on matters relating to executive compensation.
−Removed: The N&CG/C Committee did not engage
−Removed: any outside advisors or experts to assist or advise the N&CG/C Committee on any matters relating to executive compensation
−Removed: during 2020 or the hiring of any executive officers.
−Removed: Named Executive Officers
−Removed: applicable SEC rules and regulations, all individuals who served as our principal executive officer during 2020, our two most
−Removed: highly compensated executive officers (other than our principal executive officer) who were serving as executive officers at the
−Removed: end of 2020, and up to two additional individuals who would have been one of our top two most highly compensated executive officer
−Removed: had they been serving as an executive officer at the end of 2020 are referred to as our “named executive officers.”
−Removed: Our named executive officers for 2020 were:
−Removed: Executive Officer
−Removed: Vice President of Finance
−Removed: Named Executive Officers Compensation Overview
−Removed: 2020, our named executive officers received an annual base salary.
−Removed: As explained in more detail below under the caption entitled
−Removed: “2020 Incentive Plan,”
−Removed: the total amount of the performance bonuses earned by our named executive officers for 2020
−Removed: has not yet been determined.
−Removed: None of our named executive officers receive or are eligible for any perquisites or benefits, other
−Removed: than benefits that are available to our other full-time employees.
−Removed: The employment of each of our named executive officers is at-will.
−Removed: During 2020, we had written employment agreements with Mr.
−Removed: Wolff and Ms.
−Removed: Each of the components of our 2020 executive
−Removed: compensation program is discussed below under the Summary Compensation Table.
−Removed: Compensation Table
−Removed: following table sets forth information concerning compensation during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 awarded to, earned
−Removed: by or paid to our named executive officers.
−Removed: 2020 Summary Compensation Table
−Removed: Name and Principal Position
−Removed: Incentive Plan
−Removed: All Other Compensation
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: Sandra Gurrola
−Removed: Senior Vice President of Finance
−Removed: The amounts reported in this column represents the aggregate grant date fair value of stock awards granted during the applicable
−Removed: These amounts were calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation –
−Removed: Stock Compensation, except that
−Removed: any estimate of forfeitures was disregarded.
−Removed: For a description of the assumptions used in computing the dollar amount recognized
−Removed: for financial statement reporting purposes with respect to the stock awards granted during 2019, see Note 13, Shareholders’
−Removed: Equity, in the Notes to the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements below.
−Removed: The dollar amount recognized for financial statement
−Removed: reporting purposes with respect to the stock awards granted during 2020 is based on the quoted market price of the stock at the
−Removed: measurement date, which is the grant date, and consist of, with respect to Mr.
−Removed: Wolff, the 75,000 stock unit award granted to him
−Removed: in January 2020 and the $20,000 he earned under the 2019 Interim CEO Performance Incentive Plan that was paid to him in March
−Removed: 2020 in 9,506 shares of our common stock, and with respect to Ms.
−Removed: Gurrola, the 25,000 stock unit award granted to her in January
−Removed: For additional information regarding such compensation, see the discussion under the caption entitled “2019 Interim
−Removed: CEO Performance Incentive Plan”
−Removed: and “Employment Agreements—Equity Grants.”
−Removed: Represents performance bonuses earned by the applicable named executive officer for 2020 based on our company’s achievement
−Removed: of performance objectives, as determined by the N&CG/C Committee.
−Removed: For additional information regarding 2020 performance bonuses,
−Removed: see the discussion under the caption entitled “2020 Incentive Plan.”
−Removed: Represents a cash retention bonus that was paid in shares of our common stock to help us conserve cash.
−Removed: For additional information,
−Removed: see the discussion under the caption entitled “Employment Agreements—Stay Bonus.”
−Removed: Represents a cash retention bonus.
−Removed: For additional information, see the discussion under the caption entitled “Retention
−Removed: Agreement.”
−Removed: Each of our named executive officers receives a base salary.
−Removed: The base salary is the fixed cash compensation component of our executive
−Removed: compensation program and it recognizes individual performance, time in role, scope of responsibility, leadership skills and experience.
−Removed: The base salary compensates an executive for performing his or her job responsibilities on a day-to-day basis.
−Removed: Generally, base
−Removed: salaries are reviewed annually company-wide and adjusted (upward or downward) when appropriate based upon individual performance,
−Removed: expanded duties, changes in the competitive marketplace and, with respect to upward adjustments, if we are, financially and otherwise,
−Removed: able to pay it.
−Removed: We try to offer competitive base salaries to help attract and retain executive talent.
−Removed: Interim CEO Performance Incentive Plan
−Removed: connection with Mr.
−Removed: Wolff’s appointment as interim chief executive officer in September 2019, Mr.
−Removed: Wolff was eligible to
−Removed: participate in the 2019 Interim CEO Performance Incentive Plan (the “2019 Interim CEO PIP”).
−Removed: The 2019 Interim CEO
−Removed: PIP is a performance incentive plan under which, for the achievement of each of the performance goals thereunder, we agreed to
−Removed: Wolff such number of shares of our common stock equal to $20,000 divided by the closing price per share of our common
−Removed: stock on the date of grant.
−Removed: Upon grant, such shares would be fully vested.
−Removed: The performance goals were related to:
−Removed: (1) the retainment
−Removed: of certain key employees determined by the N&CG/C Committee through at least March 17, 2020;
−Removed: (2) having a target amount of
−Removed: unrestricted cash, as determined and approved by the N&CG/C Committee, as of March 17, 2020;
−Removed: and (3) meeting target sales
−Removed: for our Buzztime Basic product offering, as determined and approved by the N&CG/C Committee, by March 31, 2020.
−Removed: In March 2020,
−Removed: the N&CG/C Committee determined that the performance goal related to the retainment of key employees was achieved, and we
−Removed: issued 9,506 shares to Mr.
−Removed: Wolff, representing $20,000 worth of shares of our common stock, net of withholding taxes.
−Removed: of these shares is reflected in Mr.
−Removed: Wolff’s 2020 compensation in the “Stock Awards”
−Removed: column in the 2020 Summary
−Removed: Compensation Table.
−Removed: Incentive Plan
−Removed: June 1, 2020, the N&CG/C Committee approved the NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: Executive Incentive Plan for Eligible Employees of NTN
−Removed: Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: Fiscal Year 2020 (the “2020 Incentive Plan”).
−Removed: The 2020 Incentive Plan permits the payout of any incentive
−Removed: compensation earned under the plan to be paid, at the discretion and in the sole determination of the N&CG/C Committee, either
−Removed: in (i) cash, (ii) shares of our common stock issued under the NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: 2019 Performance Incentive Plan or any successor
−Removed: long-term incentive plan, or (iii) any combination of (i) and (ii).
−Removed: If incentive compensation is paid in shares, the number of
−Removed: shares issued is determined by dividing the amount earned by the closing price of our common stock on the date on which the N&CG/C
−Removed: Committee approves the amount of incentive compensation earned.
−Removed: Payments under the 2020 Incentive Plan, if any, are contingent
−Removed: on the applicable participant’s continued employment with us on the payout date.
−Removed: 2020 Incentive Plan participant has a target payout amount assigned according to such participant’s position and job level.
−Removed: The table below sets forth the target payout amounts for our named executive officers under the 2020 Incentive Plan, assuming
−Removed: all performance measures are achieved at a rate of 100%:
−Removed: Target Payment Amount
−Removed: Sandra Gurrola
−Removed: performance targets were established by the N&CG/C Committee in June 2020 and fall into three categories, the achievement
−Removed: of which will be determined following each quarter or year, as applicable:
−Removed: strategic, financial and operational.
−Removed: All incentive-based
−Removed: compensation payable to Mr.
−Removed: Wolff and Ms.
−Removed: Gurrola is subject to any clawback policy that we may establish.
−Removed: the terms of the 2020 Incentive Plan, the performance-based bonuses, if earned, were to be paid as follows:
−Removed: 16.66% if the applicable
−Removed: performance targets for each of our 1st, 2nd and 3rd fiscal quarters were or are achieved, and 50% if the applicable performance
−Removed: targets for the applicable fiscal year are achieved.
−Removed: To preserve cash, we did not pay any amounts in respect of the performance
−Removed: targets for either of the 1 st , 2 nd or 3 rd fiscal quarters despite the applicable performance
−Removed: targets being achieved at certain levels.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, approximately $63,000 has been accrued for bonuses earned under
−Removed: the 2020 Incentive Plan.
−Removed: entered into an employment agreement with Mr.
−Removed: Wolff dated March 19, 2018, which was amended in each of September 2019, January
−Removed: 2020, March 2020 and September 2020.
−Removed: We entered into an employment agreement with Ms.
−Removed: Gurrola dated September 17, 2010, which
−Removed: was amended in each of January 2020 and May 2020.
−Removed: The following is a summary of the material terms of those employment agreements,
−Removed: Wolff’s base salary is $325,000 and will increase to $350,000 effective July 1, 2021.
−Removed: However, in an effort
−Removed: to help preserve cash, up to 20% of Mr.
−Removed: Wolff’s base salary may be paid in shares of our common stock at Mr.
−Removed: Wolff’s
−Removed: Wolff elected to receive 20% of his base salary in shares of our common stock from January 2020 through March
−Removed: Gurrola’s base salary is $190,000.
−Removed: The target payout amount of Mr.
−Removed: Wolff’s and Ms.
−Removed: Gurrola’s incentive performance-based bonus for 2020 is
−Removed: $150,000 and $38,000, respectively.
−Removed: See “2020 Incentive Plan,”
−Removed: above for additional information.
−Removed: Wolff was also entitled to receive a $30,000 cash bonus if he were to remain employed with us for at least 180
−Removed: days from September 17, 2019, the date on which he was appointed as interim chief executive officer.
−Removed: To preserve cash, we agreed
−Removed: to issue to him such number of shares of our common stock equal to a pro rata amount of the $30,000 bonus (determined by multiplying
−Removed: $30,000 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days lapsed between September 17, 2019 and January 14, 2020, the
−Removed: effective date of the amendment to his employment agreement appointing him as chief executive officer, and the denominator of
−Removed: which is 180) divided by the closing price of our common stock on January 14, 2020.
−Removed: As a result, we issued 5,102 shares of our
−Removed: common stock to Mr.
−Removed: Wolff in respect of this bonus, the value of which was net of withholding taxes on the amount of bonus earned.
−Removed: The value of these shares issued is reflected in Mr.
−Removed: Wolff’s 2020 compensation in the “Bonus”
−Removed: column in the
−Removed: 2020 Summary Compensation Table.
−Removed: Under the terms of the amendment we entered into with Mr.
−Removed: Wolff in September 2020 to his employment agreement, if Mr.
−Removed: Wolff is continuously employed by us through the consummation of a change in control (as defined in his employment agreement)
−Removed: and such transaction is consummated before March 31, 2021 (a “Qualifying CiC”), then he is eligible to receive a cash
−Removed: bonus of $162,500, subject to tax withholding and other authorized deductions and subject to Mr.
−Removed: Wolff delivering a general release
−Removed: of claims in our favor, and we will pay his COBRA premiums for up to six months following the termination of his employment with
−Removed: us or, if earlier, until he becomes eligible for medical insurance coverage in connection with new employment.
−Removed: that he will not be eligible for his severance payments or benefits under the terms of his employment agreement upon the consummation
−Removed: of a Qualifying CiC because his employment with us will automatically terminate upon the consummation of such Qualifying CiC due
−Removed: to his resignation without good reason.
−Removed: Under the terms of their employment agreements, in January 2020, Mr.
−Removed: Wolff and Ms.
−Removed: Gurrola were each granted a stock
−Removed: unit award of 75,000 and 25,000 shares of our common stock, respectively.
−Removed: The awards were made under, and are subject to, our
−Removed: 2019 Performance Incentive Plan, and vest quarterly beginning on the 3-month anniversary of the grant date, in each case, subject
−Removed: to the executive’s continued service to us as of the applicable vesting date.
−Removed: connection with entering into the amendment to Ms.
−Removed: Gurrola’s employment agreement in May 2020, we entered into a retention
−Removed: bonus and general release of all claims agreement with Ms.
−Removed: Gurrola, pursuant to which, in exchange for the reduction in her severance
−Removed: compensation from nine months of her base salary to two months of her base salary, and subject to Ms.
−Removed: Gurrola signing and not
−Removed: revoking a general release of claims in our favor, we agreed to pay her a retention bonus of $110,833, which is equivalent to
−Removed: seven months of her monthly salary, and which was payable in three installments, the last of which was made on June 19, 2020.
−Removed: If, prior to August 31, 2020, Ms.
−Removed: Gurrola’s employment was terminated by us for cause or by her without good reason, she
−Removed: agreed to return to us 50% of the amount of the retention bonus paid to her on or before such termination of employment and we
−Removed: would have had no obligation to pay any unpaid retention bonus.
−Removed: of Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements
−Removed: of the employment agreements of Mr.
−Removed: Wolff and Ms.
−Removed: Gurrola provides for certain benefits upon termination of employment under specified
−Removed: circumstances.
−Removed: If the executive’s employment is terminated by us or by the executive, we will pay him or her any accrued
−Removed: and unpaid base salary and reimburse him or her for expenses incurred through the date of termination of employment.
−Removed: to the foregoing as the “accrued obligations.”
−Removed: addition to the accrued obligations, if Mr.
−Removed: Wolff’s employment with us is terminated by us without cause or by him for good
−Removed: reason, subject to him delivering to us a general release of claims in our favor, we will pay him as severance an amount equal
−Removed: to one month of his base salary for every full year of full-time employment, subject to a minimum of six months and a maximum
−Removed: of nine months, payable in substantially equal installments on a bi-weekly basis over the applicable severance period, and we
−Removed: will reimburse him for COBRA insurance premiums for a period of months equal to the number of months paid in severance.
−Removed: has been employed with us for six years.
−Removed: Wolff will not receive any such severance payment or benefits upon the consummation
−Removed: of a Qualifying CiC because his employment with us will automatically terminate upon the consummation of such Qualifying CiC due
−Removed: to his resignation without good reason.
−Removed: addition to the accrued obligations, if Ms.
−Removed: Gurrola’s employment with us is terminated by us without cause or by her for
−Removed: good reason, subject to her delivering to us a general release of claims in our favor, we will pay her as severance an amount
−Removed: equal to two months of her base salary, payable in one lump sum, plus the incentive compensation she is eligible to receive under
−Removed: the 2020 Incentive Plan, and if so paid, she will waive payment to her of such incentive compensation under the 2020 Incentive
−Removed: We will also reimburse her for COBRA insurance premiums for a period of nine months.
−Removed: Gurrola has been employed with
−Removed: us for over 11 years.
−Removed: the event of a change in control and if the executive is employed by us through the effective date of the change in control, then
−Removed: 100% of the then unvested portion of the stock units and stock options we granted to each of Mr.
−Removed: Wolff and Ms.
−Removed: Gurrola then outstanding
−Removed: will vest and, as applicable, become exercisable as of immediately before such effective date.
−Removed: than as described above and the agreements that govern their equity awards, we do not have any contract, agreement, plan or arrangement,
−Removed: whether written or unwritten, that provides for payment to a named executive officer at, following, or in connection with the
−Removed: resignation, retirement or other termination of a named executive officer, or a change in control or a change in the named executive
−Removed: officer’s responsibilities following a change in control.
−Removed: Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
−Removed: following table sets forth information concerning equity awards held by the named executive officers that were outstanding as
−Removed: of December 31, 2020:
−Removed: 2020 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End Option Awards
−Removed: Exercisable (#)
−Removed: Unexercisable
−Removed: Shares or Units
−Removed: of Stock that
−Removed: have not Vested
−Removed: Sandra Gurrola
−Removed: restricted stock units vest at a rate of 12.50% of the shares subject to the award in eight substantially equal quarterly
−Removed: installments beginning on the three-month anniversary of the grant date.
−Removed: restricted stock units vest at a rate of 16.67% of the shares subject to the award on the six-month anniversary of the grant
−Removed: date and the remaining units vest in 30 substantially equal monthly installments thereafter.
−Removed: option vests and becomes exercisable at the rate of 25% of the shares underlying the option on the first anniversary of the
−Removed: option grant date, and the remaining shares underlying the option vest in 36 substantially equal monthly installments thereafter.
−Removed: account for stock-based payments including equity awards under our equity incentive plans in accordance with the requirements
−Removed: of FASB ASC No.
−Removed: 718, Compensation –
−Removed: Stock Compensation.
−Removed: For a discussion regarding the effect of a change in control on
−Removed: certain equity awards held by Mr.
−Removed: Wolff and Ms.
−Removed: Gurrola, see “Termination of Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements,”
−Removed: compensate our non-employee directors for their service in such capacity with annual retainers and equity compensation as described
−Removed: Directors who are also our employees do not receive any additional compensation for their services as directors.
−Removed: not pay fees to any of our directors for meeting attendance.
−Removed: The N&CG/C Committee reviews our non-employee director compensation
−Removed: practices and policies at least annually and makes a recommendation to our board of directors as to the amount, form and terms
−Removed: of non-employee director compensation.
−Removed: Our board of directors, taking the N&CG/C Committee’s recommendation into consideration,
−Removed: sets the amount, form and terms of non-employee director compensation.
−Removed: pay our non-employee directors a $25,000 annual retainer for their services as directors.
−Removed: We pay the chairman of our board of
−Removed: directors, assuming she or he is a non-employee director, an additional $20,000 annual retainer for services in such capacity.
−Removed: We pay our non-employee directors an additional annual retainer for their service on board committees as set forth in the table
−Removed: Audit Committee
−Removed: N&CG/C Committee
−Removed: annual retainers are paid quarterly in arrears and are paid no later than 30 days following the end of the applicable quarter.
−Removed: Each non-employee director may elect that the retainer payment he or she is eligible to receive, or a portion of such retainer,
−Removed: be paid in the form of a restricted stock award under our equity incentive plan rather than cash.
−Removed: Such an election must be made
−Removed: during an open trading window under our insider trading policy and no later than the 15th day of the last month of the quarter
−Removed: for which the retainer is to be paid.
−Removed: An election applies only to the quarter for which it is made.
−Removed: Once an election is made with
−Removed: respect to a quarter, it may not be withdrawn or substituted unless our board of directors determines, in its sole discretion,
−Removed: that the withdrawal or substitution is occasioned by an extraordinary or unanticipated event.
−Removed: Restricted stock awards will be
−Removed: made on the same date as a cash retainer payment would otherwise be paid, will vest in full on the date of grant, and the amount
−Removed: of shares subject to such award will equal the amount of the applicable cash retainer payment divided by the closing price of
−Removed: our common stock on the last day of the applicable quarter.
−Removed: grant stock options to our non-employee directors upon the commencement of their service as a director and upon their re-election
−Removed: to our board of directors.
−Removed: The stock options are granted under our stockholder-approved equity incentive plan.
−Removed: connection with the commencement of a new non-employee director’s term of service, we grant to such new director a stock
−Removed: option to purchase 600 shares of our common stock.
−Removed: These stock options have an exercise price equal to the closing price of our
−Removed: common stock on the date of grant, and are fully vested and exercisable on the date of grant as to 50% of the shares and the remaining
−Removed: 50% of the shares vest and become exercisable, subject to the director’s continued service on our board of directors, in
−Removed: 12 equal monthly installments beginning in the month immediately following the date of grant.
−Removed: non-employee director who is re-elected for an additional term of service on our board of directors is automatically granted a
−Removed: stock option to purchase 400 shares of our common stock on the date of our annual stockholder meeting.
−Removed: These stock options have
−Removed: an exercise price equal to the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant and vest and become exercisable, subject
−Removed: to the director’s continued service on our board of directors, in 12 equal monthly installments thereafter.
−Removed: stock options described above expire on the earlier of 10 years from the date of grant or 90 days from the date the director ceases
−Removed: to serve on our board of directors.
−Removed: In the event of a change in control the N&CG/C Committee may in its discretion determine
−Removed: that these stock options vest and become fully exercisable as of immediately before such change in control.
−Removed: Director Compensation
−Removed: following table sets forth the compensation of each director, who is not a named executive officer, for service during 2020.
−Removed: table excludes Mr.
−Removed: Wolff, who is a named executive officer and does not receive any compensation from us for his service as a
−Removed: See the section above entitled “Executive Compensation”
−Removed: for information about Mr.
−Removed: Wolff’s compensation.
−Removed: 2020 Director Compensation
−Removed: Option Awards (2)
−Removed: Richard Simtob
−Removed: Michael Gottlieb
−Removed: Gregory Thomas (1)
−Removed: Thomas resigned from our board of directors effective April 30, 2020.
−Removed: stock option awards were granted during 2020.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, our non-employee directors had options outstanding
−Removed: to purchase the following number of shares of our common stock:
−Removed: # of Shares Subject
−Removed: to Outstanding
−Removed: Richard Simtob
−Removed: Michael Gottlieb
−Removed: Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
−Removed: following table sets forth the number and percentage ownership of NTN common stock as of March 9, 2021 by:
−Removed: persons known to NTN to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of NTN common stock;
−Removed: of NTN’s directors;
−Removed: of NTN’s named executive officers;
−Removed: of NTN’s current executive officers and directors as a group.
−Removed: as otherwise indicated in the footnotes to the table below:
−Removed: (i) each of the persons named has sole voting and investment power
−Removed: with respect to the shares of common stock shown, subject to applicable community property and similar laws;
−Removed: and (ii) the address
−Removed: for each director and named executive officer is c/o NTN Buzztime, Inc., 6965 El Camino Real, Suite 105-Box 517, Carlsbad, California
−Removed: The information in the table is based solely on statements in filings with the SEC or other reliable information.
−Removed: Directors and Named Executive Officers:
−Removed: Allen Wolff (2)
−Removed: Richard Simtob (3)
−Removed: Michael Gottlieb (4)
−Removed: Sandra Gurrola (5)
−Removed: Susan Miller (6)
−Removed: All executive officers and directors as a group (5 persons) (7)
−Removed: 5 % Stockholders:
−Removed: Ault Global Holdings, Inc.
−Removed: Gentile Guy (9)
−Removed: as outstanding for purposes of this calculation are 2,976,774 shares of common stock outstanding as of March 9, 2021 plus,
−Removed: in the case of each particular person, the shares of common stock subject to options exercisable for, or restricted stock
−Removed: units that may be settled in, shares of common stock within 60 days after March 9, 2021 held by that person, which instruments
−Removed: are specified by footnote.
−Removed: Shares subject to outstanding options and restricted stock units other than as described in the
−Removed: preceding sentence are not deemed to be outstanding for purposes of this calculation.
−Removed: 15,000 shares subject to options and 10,347 shares subject to restricted stock units held by Mr.
−Removed: 1,400 shares subject to options held by Mr.
−Removed: 600 shares subject to options held by Mr.
−Removed: 5,700 shares subject to options and 3,597 shares subject to restricted stock units held by Ms.
−Removed: of 600 shares subject to options held by Ms.
−Removed: 23,300 shares subject to options and 13,944 shares subject to restricted stock units held by our directors and executive officers.
−Removed: number of shares is the number stated as beneficially owned as of January 28, 2021 in a Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on
−Removed: January 29, 2021.
−Removed: In that filing, Ault Global Holdings, Inc.
−Removed: states that it has sole power to vote and dispose of 295,000
−Removed: shares of our common stock, and lists its address as 11411 Southern Highlands Parkway, Suite 240, Las Vegas, NV 89141.
−Removed: number of shares is the number stated as beneficially owned as of February 10, 2021 in a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on
−Removed: February 16, 2021.
−Removed: In that filing, Gentile Guy states that he has sole power to vote and dispose of 175,000 shares of our
−Removed: common stock, and lists his address as 103 Ave De Deigo , San Juan, Puerto Rico 00911.
−Removed: Compensation Plan Information
−Removed: following table sets forth information as of December 31, 2020 regarding our compensation plans authorizing us to issue equity
−Removed: securities and the number of securities.
−Removed: Plan Category
−Removed: securities to be issued
−Removed: upon exercise of
−Removed: outstanding options,
−Removed: warrants and rights
−Removed: (b)Weighted-average
−Removed: exercise price of
−Removed: outstanding options,
−Removed: warrants and rights
−Removed: securities remaining
−Removed: available for future
−Removed: issuance under equity
−Removed: compensation plans,
−Removed: excluding securities
−Removed: reflected in column (a)
−Removed: Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
−Removed: Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
−Removed: (a) 33,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options and vesting of RSUs granted pursuant to the NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: 2010 Performance
−Removed: Incentive Plan, as amended, and (b) 84,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options and vesting of RSUs granted pursuant to
−Removed: the NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: 2019 Performance Incentive Plan.
−Removed: Both of those plans are broad-based incentive plans, which allows
−Removed: for the grant of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, and cash awards to employees,
−Removed: consultants and non-employee directors.
−Removed: plan allows for the issuance of non-qualified stock options to any prospective employee who has not previously been an employee
−Removed: or director of the company or who has not been employed by the company for a bonafide period of time.
−Removed: Certain Relationships and Related Transactions , and Director Independence
−Removed: Party Transactions
−Removed: January 1, 2019, there has not been nor are there currently proposed any transactions or series of similar transactions to which
−Removed: we were or are to be a party in which the amount involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or 1% of the average of our total assets
−Removed: at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years (which was $89,000) and in which any director, executive officer, holder of
−Removed: more than 5% of our common stock or any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons had or will have a direct
−Removed: or indirect material interest.
−Removed: Policy Regarding Related Party Transactions
−Removed: to its charter, our audit committee has the responsibility to review, approve and oversee any transaction between the Company
−Removed: and a related person (as defined in Item 404 of Regulation S-K) and to develop policies and procedures for the committee’s
−Removed: approval of such transactions.
−Removed: have entered into indemnity agreements with each of our directors and executive officers.
−Removed: The indemnity agreements provide that
−Removed: we will indemnify these individuals under certain circumstances against certain liabilities and expenses they may incur in their
−Removed: capacities as our directors or officers.
−Removed: We believe that the use of such indemnity agreements is customary and that the terms
−Removed: of the indemnity agreements are reasonable and fair to us, and are in our best interests to attract and retain experienced directors
−Removed: and officers.
−Removed: board of directors has determined that each of our current directors other than Mr.
−Removed: Wolff is independent as defined under NYSE
−Removed: American listing standards.
−Removed: Our board of directors has also determined that each current member of each of our Audit Committee
−Removed: and Nominating and Corporate Governance/Compensation Committee is independent as defined under the NYSE American listing standards
−Removed: and applicable SEC rules.
−Removed: In making this determination, our board of directors found that none of these directors had a material
−Removed: or other disqualifying relationship with us.
−Removed: Principal Accountant Fees and Services
−Removed: following table presents the aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by
−Removed: Squar Milner LLP (which effective as of November 1, 2020, merged with Baker Tilly US, LLP) for the audit of our annual financial
−Removed: statements, review of our quarterly financial statements and for other services:
−Removed: Audit-Related Fees
−Removed: All Other Fees
−Removed: Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures
−Removed: audit committee has adopted a policy whereby all engagements of our independent auditor must be pre-approved by the audit committee.
−Removed: The audit committee has delegated to its chairman the authority to evaluate and approve engagements on behalf of the committee
−Removed: in the event that a need arises for pre-approval between committee meetings.
−Removed: If the chairman approves any such engagements, the
−Removed: chairman reports that approval to the full committee at the next committee meeting.
−Removed: audit and permitted non-audit and tax services must be pre-approved by the audit committee except for certain services other than
−Removed: audit, review or attest services that meet the “de minimis exception”
−Removed: under 17 CFR Section 210.2-01, namely:
−Removed: aggregate amount of fees paid for all such services is not more than 5% of the total fees paid by the Company to its auditor
−Removed: during the fiscal year in which the services are provided;
−Removed: services were not recognized by the Company at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services;
−Removed: services are promptly brought to the attention of the audit committee and approved prior to the completion of the audit.
−Removed: fiscal years 2020 and 2019, there were no such services that were performed pursuant to the “de minimis exception.”
+Added: Not Applicable.
+Added: Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
+Added: Not Applicable.
+Added: The information required in Item 10 (Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance), Item 11 (Executive Compensation), Item 12 (Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
+Added: Management and Related Stockholder Matters), Item 13 (Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence), and Item 14 (Principal Accounting Fees and Services) is incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy
+Added: statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of December 31, 2021.
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
−Removed: The following documents are filed as a part of this report:
+Added: (a) The following documents are filed as a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:
(1) Consolidated Financial Statements.
−Removed: The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
−Removed: are set forth in the “Index to Consolidated Financial Statements”
+Added: The consolidated financial
+Added: statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries are set forth in the “Index to Consolidated Financial Statements” on page F-1.
(2) Financial Statement Schedules.
−Removed: Filed or Furnished Herewith
−Removed: Incorporated By Reference From the Document Indicated Previously Filed by the Registrant
+Added: (3) Exhibits.
+Added: The following exhibits are submitted with this Annual
+Added: Report on Form 10-K or, where indicated, incorporated by reference to other filings.
+Added: Incorporated By Reference
Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated August 12, 2020, among NTN Buzztime, Inc., BIT Merger Sub, Inc.
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Annex A to the proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement forming a part of the S-4 Registration Statement filed on January 20, 2021
−Removed: Form of Support Agreement among NTN Buzztime, Inc., Brooklyn Immunotherapeutics LLC and the officers and directors of NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on August 14, 2020
−Removed: Form of Support Agreement among NTN Buzztime, Inc., Brooklyn Immunotherapeutics LLC and certain beneficial holders of Class A membership interests of Brooklyn Immunotherapeutics LLC
−Removed: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on August 14, 2020
−Removed: Asset Purchase Agreement dated September 18, 2020 by and between NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: and eGames.com Holdings LLC **
−Removed: Annex D-1 to the proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement forming a part of the S-4 Registration Statement filed on January 20, 2021
−Removed: Omnibus Amendment and Agreement entered into as of November 19, 2020 by and among eGames.com Holdings LLC, NTN Buzztime, Inc., and Fertilemind Management, LLC
−Removed: Annex D-2 to the proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement forming a part of the S-4 Registration Statement filed on January 20, 2021
−Removed: Second Omnibus Amendment and Agreement entered into as of January 12, 2021 by and among eGames.com Holdings LLC, NTN Buzztime, Inc., and Fertilemind Management, LLC
−Removed: Annex D-3 to the proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement forming a part of the S-4 Registration Statement filed on January 20, 2021
+Added: Agreement and Plan of Acquisition, dated as of July 16, 2021, by and among Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc., Brooklyn Acquisition Sub, Inc., Novellus LLC, Novellus, Inc., and the Sellers’ Representative.
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on July 19, 2021
Restated Certificate of Incorporation
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Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on June 9, 2017
−Removed: Bylaws (as amended and restated and further amended through December 6, 2018).
−Removed: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on December 7, 2018
−Removed: Form of Certificate of Common Stock of NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on June 17, 2016
−Removed: Description of registrant’s securities
+Added: Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Amendment, dated March 25, 2021 (Reverse Stock Split)
Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on March 31, 2021
−Removed: 8% Promissory Note issued by NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: on September 18, 2020.
+Added: Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Amendment, dated March 25, 2021 (Authorized Share Increase)
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on March 31, 2021
+Added: Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Amendment, dated March 25, 2021 (Name Change)
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on March 31, 2021
+Added: Certificate of Validation of Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc., as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 3, 2021
Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on September 13, 2021
−Removed: Guaranty by Aram Fuchs in favor of NTN Buzztime, Inc.
+Added: Amended and Restated Bylaws of Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on September 23, 2021
−Removed: 10% Promissory Note issued by NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: on December 1, 2020
−Removed: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on November 23, 2020
−Removed: 10% Promissory Note issued by NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: on January 12, 2021
−Removed: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2021
−Removed: Asset Purchase Agreement between NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: and Sporcle, Inc.
−Removed: dated January 13, 2020
−Removed: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2020
−Removed: Amended 2010 Performance Incentive Plan.
−Removed: Exhibit to Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 24, 2015
−Removed: NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: 2014 Inducement Plan.
−Removed: Exhibit to Form 10-Q filed on November 7, 2014
−Removed: Limited Term Employment and Separation Agreement and General Release of All Claims dated September 17, 2019 by and between NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: and Ram Krishnan.
−Removed: to Form 8-K filed on September 17, 2019
−Removed: Employment Agreement by and between the registrant and Allen Wolff dated March 19, 2018.
−Removed: to Form 10-Q filed on May 11, 2018
−Removed: Stock Unit Agreement under the Amended 2010 Performance Incentive Plan between the registrant and Allen Wolff dated March 19, 2018.
−Removed: to Form 10-Q filed on May 11, 2018
−Removed: First Amendment to Employment Agreement by and between NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: and Allen Wolff dated September 17, 2019.
−Removed: to Form 8-K filed on September 17, 2019
−Removed: 2019 Interim CEO Performance Incentive Plan.
−Removed: to Form 8-K filed on September 17, 2019
−Removed: Second Amendment to Employment Agreement by and between NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: and Allen Wolff dated January 14, 2020.
−Removed: to Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2020
−Removed: Third Amendment to Employment Agreement by and between NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: and Allen Wolff dated March 27, 2020.
−Removed: to Form 8-K filed on March 30, 2020
−Removed: Amendment #4 to Employment Agreement made and entered into as of September 18, 2020 between NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: and Allen Wolff.
−Removed: to Form 8-K filed on September 18, 2020
−Removed: Employment Agreement dated September 17, 2019 by and between NTN Buzztime, Inc.
+Added: Description of Registrant’s Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
+Added: Filed herewith
+Added: Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2021, between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
+Added: and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on April 30, 2021
+Added: Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2021, between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
+Added: and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on May 26, 2021
+Added: Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2021, by and among Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
+Added: and the individuals and entities named therein.
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on July 19, 2021
+Added: Amended and Restated Royalty Agreement and Distribution Agreement, dated March 22, 2021.
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on March 31, 2021
+Added: Assignment and Assumption of Employment Agreement dated March 30, 2021 among Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, LLC, Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
+Added: and Ronald Guido .
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on March 31, 2021
+Added: Assignment and Assumption of Employment Agreement dated March 30, 2021 among Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, LLC, Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
+Added: and Lynn Sadowski Mason.
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on March 31, 2021
+Added: Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2021 and effective as of April 16, 2021, between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
+Added: and Howard J.
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on April 7, 2021
+Added: Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2021 and effective as of June 28, 2021, between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
+Added: and Kevin D’Amour.
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on June 10, 2021
+Added: Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2021 and effective as of June 21, 2021, between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
and Sandra Gurrola.
−Removed: to Form 8-K filed on September 17, 2019
−Removed: First Amendment to Employment Agreement by and between NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: and Sandra Gurrola dated January 14, 2020.
−Removed: to Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2020
−Removed: Second Amendment to Employment Agreement by and between NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: and Sandra Gurrola dated May 27, 2020.
−Removed: to Form 8-K filed on June 2, 2020
−Removed: Retention Bonus and General Release of Claims Agreement by and between NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: and Sandra Gurrola dated May 27, 2020.
−Removed: to Form 8-K filed on June 2, 2020
−Removed: NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: Executive Incentive Plan for Eligible Employees of NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: fiscal Year 2020.
−Removed: to Form 8-K filed on June 2, 2020
−Removed: 2019 Performance Incentive Plan.
−Removed: to Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 26, 2019
−Removed: Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement under the 2019 Performance Incentive Plan.
−Removed: to Form S-8 filed on June 14, 2019
−Removed: Form of Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement under the 2019 Performance Incentive Plan.
−Removed: to Form S-8 filed on June 14, 2019
−Removed: Form of Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement for Directors under the 2019 Performance Incentive Plan.
−Removed: to Form S-8 filed on June 14, 2019
−Removed: Form of Stock Unit Agreement under the 2019 Performance Incentive Plan.
−Removed: to Form S-8 filed on June 14, 2019
−Removed: Form of Restricted Stock Grant Agreement under the 2019 Performance Incentive Plan.
−Removed: to Form S-8 filed on June 14, 2019
−Removed: NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy.
−Removed: to Form 10-Q filed on August 6, 2018
−Removed: Paycheck Protection Program Note issued by NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: in favor of Level One Bank dated April 18, 2020.
−Removed: to Form 8-K filed on April 21, 2020
−Removed: Acknowledgment and Agreement Regarding Loan Forgiveness dated April 18, 2020.
−Removed: to Form 8-K filed on April 21, 2020
−Removed: Office lease, dated for reference purposes only July 26, 2018, by and between Burke Aston Partners, LLC and the registrant
−Removed: to Form 10-Q filed on November 9, 2018
−Removed: Lease Termination, Surrender and Buy-Out Agreement by and between NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: and Burke Aston Partners, LLC dated June 25, 2020.
−Removed: to Form 8-K filed on July 1, 2020
−Removed: Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement
−Removed: to Form 10-K filed on March 22, 2019.
−Removed: Subsidiaries of NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: Consent of Baker Tilly US, LLP
−Removed: Power of attorney (included on the signatures page of this report)
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on June 21, 2021
+Added: Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of July 6, 2021 and effective as of July 15, 2021, between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
+Added: and Jay Sial.
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on July 19, 2021
+Added: Executive Employment Agreement, effective as of September 20, 2021, between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
+Added: and Roger Sidhu.
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on September 23, 2021
+Added: Form of Indemnification Agreement
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2021
+Added: Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2021, between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
+Added: and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on April 30, 2021
+Added: Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2021, between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
+Added: and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on May 26, 2021
+Added: Exclusive License Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2021, between Factor Bioscience Limited, Novellus Therapeutics Limited and Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics LLC
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on April 30, 2021
+Added: Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
+Added: 2021 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on May 26, 2021
+Added: Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
+Added: Restated 2020 Stock Incentive Plan
+Added: Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on September 13, 2021
+Added: Lease Agreement, made as of September 28, 2015, between Biobat, Inc.
+Added: and IRX Therapeutics, LLC
+Added: Exhibit to Form S-4/A filed on November 25, 2020
+Added: First Amendment to Lease Agreement, dated September 28, 2015
+Added: Exhibit to Form S-4/A filed on November 25, 2020
+Added: Assignment and Assumption of Lease, made by and between IRX Therapeutics, LLC and Brooklyn, and consented to by Biobat, Inc., as landlord
+Added: Exhibit to Form S-4/A filed on November 25, 2020
+Added: Second Amendment to Lease Agreement, dated July 24, 2019
+Added: Exhibit to Form S-4/A filed on November 25, 2020
+Added: Sublease Agreement, dated April 18, 2019, between Brooklyn and Nezu Asia Capital Management, LLC
+Added: Exhibit to Form S-4/A filed on November 25, 2020
+Added: Consent to Sublease and Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2019, among 654 Madison Avenue Associates LP, Brooklyn, and Nezu Asia Capital Management, LLC
+Added: Exhibit to Form S-4/A filed on November 25, 2020
+Added: Commencement Date Confirmation Agreement, made as of June 27, 2019, among Brooklyn and Nezu Asia Capital Management, LLC.
+Added: Exhibit to Form S-4/A filed on November 25, 2020
+Added: Lease Agreement dated June 15, 2021 between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
+Added: and Fairlane Columbia, LLC
+Added: Filed herewith
+Added: Subsidiaries of the Company.
+Added: Filed herewith.
+Added: Consent of the Independent Registered Accounting Firm.
+Added: Filed herewith
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
+Added: Filed herewith
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
+Added: Filed herewith
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
+Added: Furnished herewith
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
−Removed: Instance Document
−Removed: Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
−Removed: Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
−Removed: Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
−Removed: Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
−Removed: Contract or Compensatory Plan
−Removed: schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K.
−Removed: A copy of any omitted schedule and/or
−Removed: exhibit will be furnished to the SEC or its staff upon request.
−Removed: This certification is being furnished solely to accompany this report pursuant to U.S.C.
−Removed: 1350, and is not
−Removed: being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not to be incorporated herein
−Removed: by reference into any filing of the Company whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation
−Removed: language in such filing.
+Added: Furnished herewith
+Added: Inline XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
+Added: Filed herewith
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
+Added: Filed herewith
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
+Added: Filed herewith
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
+Added: Filed herewith
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
+Added: Filed herewith
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
+Added: Filed herewith
+Added: Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
+Added: Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.
+Added: Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, portions of this exhibit have been omitted because the Company customarily and actually treats the omitted portions as private or confidential, and such
+Added: portions are not material and would likely cause competitive harm to the Company if publicly disclosed.
+Added: The Company will supplementally provide a copy of an unredacted copy of this exhibit to the U.S.
+Added: Securities and Exchange Commission or
+Added: its staff upon request.
+Added: Certain identified information has been excluded from this exhibit because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.
Form 10-K Summary
−Removed: to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report
−Removed: to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
−Removed: March 11, 2021
−Removed: BUZZTIME, INC.
−Removed: Sandra Gurrola
−Removed: Vice President of Finance
−Removed: Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
−Removed: ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Allen Wolff and Sandra
−Removed: Gurrola, and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power
−Removed: to act alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in
−Removed: any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this annual report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with all exhibits
−Removed: thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
−Removed: and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
−Removed: therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
−Removed: that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done
−Removed: by virtue hereof.
−Removed: to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf
−Removed: of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
−Removed: Executive Officer and Director
−Removed: Executive Officer)
+Added: Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
+Added: thereunto duly authorized .
+Added: BROOKLYN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
+Added: A pril 15, 2022
+Added: /s/ Howard J.
+Added: Chief Executive Officer and President
+Added: (Principal Executive Officer)
+Added: Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on
+Added: the dates indicated.
+Added: /s/ Howard J.
+Added: Chief Executive Officer, President and Member of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)
+Added: A pril 15, 2022
+Added: /s/ Sandra Gurrola
+Added: Vice President of Finance (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
+Added: A pril 15, 2022
Sandra Gurrola
−Removed: President of Finance (Principal Financial
−Removed: and Principal Accounting Officer)
−Removed: Richard Simtob
−Removed: Michael Gottlieb
−Removed: BUZZTIME, INC.
+Added: /s/ Charles Cherington
+Added: Chairman of the Board
+Added: A pril 15, 2022
+Added: Charles Cherington
+Added: /s/ Dennis H.
+Added: Member of the Board
+Added: A pril 15, 2022
+Added: /s/ Erich Mohr
+Added: Member of the Board
+Added: A pril 15, 2022
+Added: /s/ Heather B.
+Added: Member of the Board
+Added: A pril 15, 2022
+Added: Member of the Board
+Added: A pril 15, 2022
+Added: BROOKLYN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
−Removed: Financial Statements:
+Added: INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID:
+Added: Consolidated Financial Statements:
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
−Removed: Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’
−Removed: Equity for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
−Removed: the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: on the Financial Statements
−Removed: have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: and its subsidiaries (the “Company”)
−Removed: as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, shareholders’
−Removed: equity and cash flows for each of the years then ended, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements (collectively,
−Removed: the “financial statements”).
−Removed: In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the
−Removed: financial position of the Company at December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the
−Removed: years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
−Removed: Concern Uncertainty
−Removed: accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern.
−Removed: in Note 5 to the financial statements, the Company incurred a significant net loss for the year ended December 31, 2020 and as
−Removed: of December 31, 2020 had a negative working capital balance, and does not expect to have sufficient cash or working capital resources
−Removed: to fund operations for the twelve-month period subsequent to the issuance date of these financial statements.
−Removed: These factors raise
−Removed: substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: Management’s plans in regard to these
−Removed: matters also are described in Note 5.
−Removed: The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome
−Removed: of this uncertainty.
−Removed: financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.
−Removed: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
−Removed: the Company’s financial statements based on our audits.
−Removed: We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company
−Removed: Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company
−Removed: in accordance with the U.S.
−Removed: federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
−Removed: and the PCAOB.
−Removed: conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
−Removed: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit
−Removed: to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error
−Removed: The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial
−Removed: As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not
−Removed: for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
+Added: To the Stockholders, Members and Board of Directors of
+Added: Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
+Added: Opinion on the Financial Statements
+Added: We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
+Added: (the “Company”) as of December 31,
+Added: 2021 and 2020, the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ and members’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of the
+Added: two years in the period ended December 31, 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”).
+Added: In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the
+Added: Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
+Added: Explanatory Paragraph – Going Concern
+Added: The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern.
+Added: As more fully described in Note 2, the Company has incurred significant losses and needs to raise additional funds to meet its obligations and sustain its operations.
+Added: These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to
+Added: continue as a going concern.
+Added: Management's plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2 .
+Added: The consolidated financial statements do not include any
+Added: adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
+Added: Change in Accounting Principle
+Added: As discussed in Notes 3 and 7 to the financial statements, the Company has changed its method of accounting for leases in 2020 due
+Added: to the adoption of the guidance in ASC Topic 842, Leases (“Topic 842”).
+Added: Basis for Opinion
+Added: These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management.
+Added: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the
+Added: Company's financial statements based on our audits.
+Added: We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in
+Added: accordance with the U.S.
+Added: federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
+Added: We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
+Added: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to
+Added: obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
+Added: The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over
+Added: financial reporting.
+Added: As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over
+Added: financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
−Removed: audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to
+Added: Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to
error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.
−Removed: Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence
−Removed: regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
−Removed: Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles
−Removed: used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
+Added: Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
+Added: Our audits also included evaluating the
+Added: accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
−Removed: Audit Matters
−Removed: critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements
−Removed: that were communicated or required to be communicated to the Company’s audit committee and that:
−Removed: (i) relate to accounts
−Removed: or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective,
−Removed: or complex judgments.
−Removed: The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial
−Removed: statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on
−Removed: the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
−Removed: Audit Matter Description
−Removed: discussed in Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company generates revenue by charging subscription fees to partners
−Removed: for access to its 24/7 trivia network, by selling and leasing tablet and hardware equipment for custom usage beyond trivia/entertainment,
−Removed: by selling digital-out-of-home advertising direct to advertisers and on national ad exchanges, by licensing its entertainment
−Removed: and trivia content to other entities, and by providing professional services such as custom game design or development of new
−Removed: platforms on its existing tablet form factor.
−Removed: general, when multiple performance obligations are present in a customer contract, the transaction price is allocated to the individual
−Removed: performance obligation based on the relative stand-alone selling prices, and the revenue is recognized when or as each performance
−Removed: obligation has been satisfied.
−Removed: Discounts are treated as a reduction to the overall transaction price and allocated to the performance
−Removed: obligations based on the relative stand-alone selling prices.
−Removed: All revenues are recognized net of sales tax collected from the
−Removed: related audit effort in evaluating management’s judgments in determining revenue recognition for these customer agreements
−Removed: was extensive and required a high degree of auditor judgment.
−Removed: We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit
−Removed: primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included:
−Removed: evaluated management’s significant accounting policies related to these customer agreements for reasonableness.
−Removed: selected a sample of customer agreements and performed the following procedures:
−Removed: and read contract source documents for each selection, including master agreements, and other documents that were part of
−Removed: the agreement.
−Removed: management’s identification of significant terms for completeness, including the identification of distinct performance
−Removed: obligations and variable consideration.
−Removed: the terms in the customer agreement and evaluated the appropriateness of management’s application of their accounting
−Removed: policies, along with their use of estimates, in the determination of revenue recognition conclusions.
−Removed: evaluated the reasonableness of management’s estimate of stand-alone selling prices for products and services that are
−Removed: not sold separately.
−Removed: tested the mathematical accuracy of management’s calculations of revenue and the associated timing of revenue recognized
−Removed: in the financial statements.
−Removed: software development costs
−Removed: Audit Matter Description
−Removed: in Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company capitalizes costs related to developing certain internal-use
−Removed: software in accordance with ASC No.
−Removed: The Company recognizes the capitalized costs on a straight-line basis over
−Removed: the estimated useful lives, which are generally two to three years.
−Removed: The Company capitalized $244,000 and impaired $248,000
−Removed: of software costs in the year ended December 31, 2020 and had total capitalized software development costs, net of accumulated
−Removed: amortization, of $1.36 million as of December 31, 2020.
−Removed: the Company’s capitalization of software development costs is complex.
−Removed: Management applies significant judgment in determining
−Removed: which software projects, and activities within those projects, qualify for capitalization, as only those costs incurred in certain
−Removed: stages of software development or implementation can be capitalized in accordance with the applicable accounting standards.
−Removed: addition, measuring the appropriate amounts to capitalize requires the Company to maintain detailed records of time spent by personnel
−Removed: on implementation and development activities across all projects in development.
−Removed: Finally, management applies judgment in determining
−Removed: when to cease the capitalization of costs that will be placed in service.
−Removed: We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit
−Removed: primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included, among others:
−Removed: inspected underlying documentation to evaluate whether the costs were appropriately capitalizable under the applicable accounting
−Removed: inquired of project managers for significant projects to assess the nature of the costs, including the internal time devoted
−Removed: to capitalizable activities and the externally contracted costs.
−Removed: evaluated the software implementation timeline and the related underlying documentation obtained to support the capitalization
−Removed: period for implementation and development amounts as well as the date the costs were placed in service.
−Removed: BAKER TILLY US, LLP
−Removed: have served as the Company’s auditor since 2013.
−Removed: Diego, California
−Removed: BUZZTIME, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: Critical Audit Matters
+Added: The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were
+Added: communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that:
+Added: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments.
+Added: communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit
+Added: matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
+Added: Fair Value of Contingent Consideration
+Added: Description of the Matter
+Added: As discussed in Note 5 to the financial statements, contingent consideration is recorded at fair value at the transaction date and
+Added: subsequently revalued each reporting period, with changes in the fair value recognized within the statement of operations.
+Added: As of and for the year ended December 31, 2021, management recorded a contingent consideration liability of $19.9 million
+Added: and change in fair value of $0.2 million.
+Added: Management utilized a third-party valuation specialist to assist in estimating the contingent consideration fair value using the income approach, and the discounted cash flows were used to estimate the
+Added: expected royalty payments to third parties.
+Added: Auditing management’s estimated fair value of contingent consideration is highly subjective and judgmental as the assumptions used in
+Added: the fair value measurement, including the discount rate, the amount and timing of cash flows, and the forecast of future product sales, are all based on significant inputs not observable in the market.
+Added: This in turn led to a high degree of
+Added: auditor judgment, subjectivity and effort in performing procedures related to the fair value of contingent consideration and the audit effort involved the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge to assist in evaluating the audit
+Added: evidence obtained.
+Added: How we Addressed the Matter in Our Audit
+Added: With the assistance of our valuation specialists, our audit procedures included, amongst others:
+Added: We obtained an understanding of management’s process in regards to the methodology used and the factors considered around the inputs, sources of data used and assumptions and estimates made in
+Added: determining the fair value of contingent consideration, including those over management’s review of its third-party specialist valuation report.
+Added: We tested the completeness and accuracy of the data used in the discounted cash flow model.
+Added: We evaluated the appropriateness of the discounted cash flow model.
+Added: We performed a sensitivity analysis on the discount rate used in the discounted cash flow model to determine the impact rate changes could have on the fair value.
+Added: /s/ Marcum llp
+Added: We are uncertain as to the year we began serving consecutively as the auditor of the Company’s financial statements;
+Added: however, we are aware that we have
+Added: been the Company’s auditor consecutively since at least 2013.
+Added: April 15, 2022
+Added: BROOKLYN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
−Removed: thousands, except par value amount)
+Added: (In thousands, except par value amount)
Current assets:
−Removed: Cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: Restricted cash
−Removed: Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $748 and $354, respectively
−Removed: Site equipment to be installed
+Added: Accounts receivable
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Total current assets
−Removed: Restricted cash, long-term
−Removed: Operating lease right-of-use assets
−Removed: Fixed assets, net
−Removed: Software development costs, net of accumulated amortization of $3,081 and $3,341,
−Removed: Deferred costs
−Removed: LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’
+Added: Property and equipment, net
+Added: Right-of-use assets - operating leases
+Added: In-process research and development
+Added: Investment in minority interest
+Added: Security deposits and other assets
+Added: LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ AND MEMBERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
−Removed: Accrued compensation
Accrued expenses
−Removed: Sales taxes payable
−Removed: Income taxes payable
−Removed: Current portion of long-term debt
−Removed: Current portion of obligations under operating leases
−Removed: Current portion of obligations under finance leases
−Removed: Current portion of deferred revenue
+Added: Loans payable
+Added: PPP loan, current
+Added: Operating lease liabilities, current
Other current liabilities
Total current liabilities
−Removed: Long-term debt
−Removed: Long-term obligations under operating leases
−Removed: Long-term obligations under finance leases
−Removed: Long-term deferred revenue
+Added: Contingent consideration
+Added: Operating lease liabilities, non-current
+Added: PPP loan, non-current
Other liabilities
Total liabilities
−Removed: Shareholders’
−Removed: Series A 10% cumulative convertible preferred stock, $0.005 par value, $156 liquidation preference, 156 shares
−Removed: authorized, issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020 and 2019
−Removed: Common stock, $0.005 par value, 15,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2020 and 2019;
−Removed: and 2,901 shares issued at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively
−Removed: Treasury stock, at cost, 10 shares at December 31, 2020 and 2019
+Added: Stockholders’ and members’ equity (deficit):
+Added: Class A membership units
+Added: Class B membership units
+Added: Class C membership units
+Added: Series A preferred stock, $ 0.005 par value, $ 156 liquidation preference, 156 shares
+Added: authorized, issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021;
+Added: no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020.
+Added: Common stock, $ 0.005 par value, 100,000 shares authorized, 52,021 issued and
+Added: outstanding at December 31, 2021 ;
+Added: no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020 .
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated deficit
−Removed: Accumulated other comprehensive income
−Removed: Total shareholders’
−Removed: Total liabilities and shareholders’
−Removed: accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
−Removed: BUZZTIME, INC.
+Added: Total stockholders’ and members’ equity (deficit)
+Added: Total liabilities and stockholders’ and members’ equity (deficit)
+Added: The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
+Added: BROOKLYN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
−Removed: thousands, except per share amounts)
+Added: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
+Added: (In thousands, except per share amounts)
Years ended December 31,
−Removed: Revenue from contracts with customers
−Removed: Subscription revenue
−Removed: Hardware revenue
−Removed: Other revenue
−Removed: Total revenue from contracts with customers
Operating expenses:
−Removed: Direct operating costs (includes depreciation and amortization of $1,538 and $2,517,
−Removed: respectively)
−Removed: Selling, general and administrative
−Removed: Impairment of capitalized software
−Removed: Impairment of goodwill
−Removed: Depreciation and amortization (excluding depreciation and amortization
−Removed: included in direct operating costs)
+Added: Research and development
+Added: Acquired in-process research and development
+Added: General and administrative
+Added: Transaction costs
+Added: Change in fair value of contingent consideration
Total operating expenses
−Removed: Operating loss
−Removed: Other expense, net:
−Removed: Interest expense, net
+Added: Loss from operations
+Added: Other expenses:
+Added: Loss on sale of NTN assets
Other income (expense), net
−Removed: Total other income (expense), net
+Added: Total other expenses, net
Loss before income taxes
−Removed: Benefit (provision) for income taxes
+Added: Provision for income taxes
Series A preferred stock dividend
−Removed: Net loss attributable to common shareholders
+Added: Net loss attributable to common stockholders
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted
−Removed: Comprehensive loss
−Removed: Foreign currency translation adjustment
−Removed: Total comprehensive loss
−Removed: accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
−Removed: BUZZTIME, INC.
+Added: The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
+Added: BROOKLYN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’
−Removed: the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
−Removed: Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock
−Removed: Additional Paid-in
−Removed: Accumulated Other Comprehensive
+Added: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ AND MEMBERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
+Added: For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
+Added: (In thousands)
+Added: Membership Equity
+Added: Preferred Stock
Balances at January 1, 2021
−Removed: Foreign currency translation adjustment
−Removed: Issuance of common stock upon vesting of restricted stock units
−Removed: Dividend paid to Series A preferred stockholders
−Removed: Non-cash stock based compensation
+Added: Brooklyn rights offerings membership units
+Added: Elimination of Brooklyn’s historical members’ equity
+Added: Common stock to be retained by NTN stockholders
+Added: Issuance of Series A preferred stock retained
+Added: by NTN stockholders
+Added: Issuance of common stock to Brooklyn members
+Added: Issuance of common stock to Financial Advisor upon
+Added: consummation of merger
+Added: Issuance of common stock from the exercise of
+Added: stock options
+Added: Issuance of common stock related to stock purchase
+Added: agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, net
+Added: Issuance of common stock in connection with
+Added: the acquisition of Novellus, Inc.
+Added: Cash dividends to Series A preferred stockholders
+Added: Issuance of common stock in lieu of cash
+Added: dividend to Series A preferred stockholders
+Added: Forfeiture of unvested restricted stock
+Added: Stock based compensation
Balances at December 31, 2021
−Removed: Foreign currency translation adjustment
−Removed: Issuance of common stock in lieu of cash compensation
−Removed: Issuance of common stock upon vesting of restricted stock units
−Removed: Dividend paid to Series A preferred stockholders
−Removed: Non-cash stock based compensation
+Added: Membership Equity
+Added: Balances at January 1, 2020
+Added: Implementation of new accounting principle
+Added: Stock based compensation
+Added: Sale of members’ equity
Balances at December 31, 2020
−Removed: accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
−Removed: BUZZTIME, INC.
+Added: The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
+Added: BROOKLYN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
−Removed: For the years ended December
−Removed: Cash flows provided by operating activities:
−Removed: Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
+Added: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
+Added: (In thousands)
+Added: For years ended
+Added: Cash flows used in operating activities:
+Added: Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Provision for doubtful accounts
−Removed: Transfer of fixed assets to sales-type lease
−Removed: Amortization of operating lease right-of-use-assets
Stock-based compensation
−Removed: Amortization of debt issuance costs
−Removed: Common stock issued for compensation in lieu of cash payment
−Removed: Gain from the asset sale of Stump!
−Removed: Trivia and OpinioNation
−Removed: Loss from the termination of operating lease
−Removed: Loss from the disposition of assets
−Removed: Gain from PPP loan forgiveness
−Removed: Impairment of capitalized software
−Removed: Impairment of goodwill
−Removed: Changes in assets and liabilities:
−Removed: Accounts receivable
−Removed: Site equipment to be installed
−Removed: Operating lease liabilities
−Removed: Prepaid expenses and other assets
−Removed: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
−Removed: Income taxes payable
−Removed: Deferred costs
−Removed: Deferred revenue
+Added: Amortization of right-to-use asset
+Added: Transaction costs - shares to Financial Advisor
+Added: Loss on sale of NTN assets
+Added: Loss on disposal of fixed assets
+Added: Gain on forgiveness of PPP loan
+Added: Acquired in-process research and development
+Added: Change in fair value of contingent consideration
+Added: Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
+Added: Account receivable
+Added: Prepaid expenses and other current assets
+Added: Security deposits and other non-current assets
+Added: Accounts payable and accrued expenses
+Added: Operating lease liability
Other liabilities
−Removed: Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
−Removed: Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities:
−Removed: Capital expenditures
−Removed: Capitalized software development expenditures
−Removed: Net proceeds from the sale of Stump!
−Removed: Proceeds from sale of other assets
−Removed: Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
−Removed: Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities:
−Removed: Proceeds from long-term debt
−Removed: Payments on long-term debt
−Removed: Debt issuance costs on long-term debt
−Removed: Principal payments on finance leases
−Removed: Payroll tax remitted on net share settlement of equity awards
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities
+Added: Cash flows used in investing activities:
+Added: Purchase of property and equipment
+Added: Purchase of NTN, net of cash acquired
+Added: Purchase of Novellus, net of common stock issued and cash acquired
+Added: Proceeds from the sale of NTN assets, net of cash disposed
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities
+Added: Cash flows provided by financing activities:
+Added: Net proceeds of common stock issued to Lincoln Park
+Added: Proceeds from sale of members’ equity
+Added: Proceeds from the exercise of stock options
+Added: Proceeds from loans payable
+Added: Repayment of NTN’s PPP loan
+Added: Principal payments on notes payable
Dividends paid to Series A preferred shareholders
−Removed: Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
−Removed: Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
−Removed: Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year
−Removed: Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of year
+Added: Net cash provided by financing activities
+Added: Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
1 unchanged sentence
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
−Removed: Site equipment transferred to fixed assets
−Removed: Initial measurement of operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities
−Removed: Assets acquired under operating lease
−Removed: Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period:
−Removed: Cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: Restricted cash
−Removed: Restricted cash, long-term
−Removed: Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
−Removed: accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
−Removed: BUZZTIME, INC.
+Added: Issuance of common stock for Series A preferred stock dividend
+Added: Issuance of common stock for business combination
+Added: Issuance of common Stock for Novellus acquisition
+Added: Forfeiture of unvested restricted stock
+Added: Preferred shares issued in connection with reverse merger
+Added: Initial measurement of ROU assets, net of tenant improvement allowance
+Added: Initial measurement of operating lease liabilities
+Added: Investor deposits for sale of members’ equity
+Added: Right of use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities
+Added: The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
+Added: BROOKLYN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: the Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
−Removed: Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware in 1984 as Alroy Industries and changed its corporate
−Removed: name to NTN Communications, Inc.
−Removed: The Company changed its name to NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: in 2005 to better reflect the growing
−Removed: role of the Buzztime consumer brand.
−Removed: Company delivers interactive entertainment and innovative technology to its partners in a wide range of verticals –
−Removed: bars and restaurants to casinos and senior living centers.
−Removed: By enhancing the overall guest experience, the Company believes it
−Removed: helps its hospitality partners acquire, engage, and retain patrons.
−Removed: social fun and friendly competition, the Company’s platform creates bonds between our hospitality partners and their patrons,
−Removed: and between patrons themselves.
−Removed: The Company believes this unique experience increases dwell time, revenue, and repeat business
−Removed: for venues –
−Removed: and has also created a large and engaged audience which it connects with through its in-venue TV network.
−Removed: the significant disruptions to the restaurant and bar industry resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, or the pandemic, that began
−Removed: in March 2020, over 1 million hours of trivia, card, sports and arcade games were played on the Company’s network each month.
−Removed: Since March 2020, approximately 100,000 hours per month of such games have been played on the network each month.
−Removed: Company generates revenue by charging subscription fees to partners for access to its 24/7 trivia network, by selling and leasing
−Removed: tablet and hardware equipment for custom usage beyond trivia/entertainment, by selling digital-out-of-home (DOOH) advertising
−Removed: direct to advertisers and on national ad exchanges, by licensing the Company’s entertainment and trivia content to other
−Removed: parties, and by providing professional services such as custom game design or development of new platforms on the Company’s
−Removed: existing tablet form factor.
−Removed: Until February 1, 2020, the Company also generated revenue by hosting live trivia events.
−Removed: sold all of its assets used to host live trivia events in January 2020.
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: For the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
+Added: Organization and Description of Business Operations
+Added: Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Brooklyn” or the “Company”), together with its subsidiaries including Brooklyn
+Added: ImmunoTherapeutics LLC (“Brooklyn LLC”), Novellus, Inc.
+Added: (“Novellus”) and Novellus Therapeutics, Ltd.
+Added: (“Novellus, Ltd.”), is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on exploring the role that cytokine, gene editing and cell therapy can
+Added: have in treating patients with cancer, blood disorders and monogenic diseases.
+Added: As used herein, the “Company” refers collectively to Brooklyn and its subsidiaries.
+Added: On August 12, 2020, Brooklyn (then known as “NTN Buzztime, Inc.”), Brooklyn LLC and BIT Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Brooklyn
+Added: (the “Merger Sub”), entered into an agreement and plan of merger and reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other matters, Merger Sub merged with and into Brooklyn LLC, with Brooklyn LLC continuing as a wholly owned
+Added: subsidiary of Brooklyn and as the surviving company of the merger (the “Merger”).
+Added: The Merger closed on March 25, 2021.
+Added: After the Merger, Brooklyn changed its name from “NTN Buzztime, Inc.” to “Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.” The Merger was
+Added: accounted for as a reverse acquisition, in which Brooklyn LLC was deemed the acquiring company for accounting purposes.
+Added: On March 26, 2021, Brooklyn sold (the “Disposition”) its rights, title and interest in and to the assets relating to the business operated under
+Added: the name “NTN Buzztime, Inc.” prior to the Merger to eGames.com Holdings LLC (“eGames.com”) in accordance with the terms of an asset purchase agreement dated September 18, 2020, as amended, between Brooklyn and eGames.com (the “Asset Purchase
(See Note 4.)
−Removed: of December 31, 2020, 1,036 venues subscribed to the Company’s interactive entertainment network and approximately 18% of
−Removed: its network subscriber venues were affiliated with national and regional restaurant brands.
−Removed: See Note 2 for more information regarding
−Removed: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on these venues and the Company’s subscription revenues.
−Removed: Company owns several trademarks and consider the Buzztime®, Playmaker®, Mobile Playmaker, and BEOND Powered by Buzztime
−Removed: trademarks to be among its most valuable assets.
−Removed: These and the Company’s other registered and unregistered trademarks used
−Removed: in this document are the Company’s property.
−Removed: Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
−Removed: of Accounting Presentation
−Removed: consolidated financial statements include the accounts of NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: and its wholly-owned subsidiaries:
−Removed: IWN, Inc., IWN,
−Removed: L.P., Buzztime Entertainment, Inc., NTN Wireless Communications, Inc., NTN Software Solutions, Inc., NTN Canada, Inc., NTN Buzztime,
−Removed: and BIT Merger Sub Inc., all of which, other than NTN Canada, Inc.
−Removed: and BIT Merger Sub, Inc., are dormant subsidiaries.
−Removed: otherwise indicated, references to the Company include its consolidated subsidiaries.
−Removed: Reclassifications
−Removed: reclassifications have been made to the prior years’
−Removed: financial statements to conform to the current year presentation.
−Removed: reclassifications had no effect on previously reported results of operations or retained earnings.
−Removed: negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the restaurant and bar industry was abrupt and substantial, and the Company’s
−Removed: business, cash flows from operations and liquidity suffered, and continues to suffer, materially as a result.
−Removed: In many jurisdictions,
−Removed: including those in which the Company has many customers and prospective customers, restaurants and bars were ordered by the government
−Removed: to shut-down or close all on-site dining operations in the latter half of March 2020.
−Removed: Since then, governmental orders and restrictions
−Removed: impacting restaurants and bars in certain jurisdictions were eased or lifted as the number of COVID-19 cases decreased or plateaued,
−Removed: but as jurisdictions began experiencing a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, many jurisdictions reinstated such orders and restrictions,
−Removed: including mandating the shut-down of bars and the closing of all on-site dining operations of restaurants.
−Removed: The Company has experienced
−Removed: material decreases in subscription revenue, advertising revenue and cash flows from operations, which the Company expects to continue
−Removed: for at least as long as the restaurant and bar industry continues to be negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and which
−Removed: may continue thereafter if restaurants and bars seek to reduce their operating costs or are unable to re-open even if restrictions
−Removed: within their jurisdictions are eased or lifted.
−Removed: For example, at its peak, approximately 70% of the Company’s customers had
−Removed: their subscriptions to our services temporarily suspended.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, approximately 19% of the Company’s customers
−Removed: remain on subscription suspensions.
−Removed: Company’s consolidated financial statements reflect estimates and assumptions made by management that affect the reported
−Removed: amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and reported amounts of revenue and expenses
−Removed: during the reporting periods presented.
−Removed: Such estimates and assumptions affect, among other things, the allowance for doubtful
−Removed: accounts, site equipment to be installed, fixed assets, capitalized software development and right-of-use assets.
−Removed: Events and changes
−Removed: in circumstances that affect such estimates and assumptions after December 31, 2020, including those resulting from the impacts
−Removed: of the pandemic, will be reflected in future periods.
−Removed: Agreement and Asset Purchase Agreement
−Removed: Merger with Brooklyn Immunotherapeutics LLC
−Removed: August 12, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement and plan of merger and reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”)
−Removed: with Brooklyn Immunotherapeutics LLC (“Brooklyn”), a privately-held, biopharmaceutical company focused on exploring
−Removed: the role that cytokine-based therapy can have in treating patients with cancer.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, subject to the
−Removed: satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the agreement, BIT Merger Sub, Inc., the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary
−Removed: formed solely for purposes of carrying out the merger, will merge with and into Brooklyn, with Brooklyn surviving the merger as
−Removed: a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and Brooklyn’s members receiving newly issued shares of the Company’s common
−Removed: stock in exchange for their ownership interests in Brooklyn (the “Merger”).
−Removed: The Merger, if completed, will result
−Removed: in a change in control of the Company.
−Removed: If the Merger is completed, the Company expects to change its name to Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics,
−Removed: and the combined company will focus on Brooklyn’s business of exploring the role that cytokine-based therapy can have
−Removed: on the immune system in treating patients with cancer.
−Removed: Upon completion of the Merger, the board of directors of the combined company
−Removed: is expected to consist entirely of individuals designated by Brooklyn and the officers of the combined company are expected to
−Removed: be members of Brooklyn’s current management team.
−Removed: the Merger is completed, at the effective time of the Merger, Brooklyn’s members will exchange their equity interests in
−Removed: Brooklyn for shares of the Company’s common stock representing between approximately 94.08% and 96.74% of the outstanding
−Removed: common stock of the Company immediately following the effective time of the Merger on a fully diluted basis (less a portion of
−Removed: such shares which will be allocated to Brooklyn’s banker, Maxim, in respect of the success fee owed to it by Brooklyn),
−Removed: and the Company’s stockholders as of immediately prior to the effective time, will own between approximately 5.92% and 3.26%
−Removed: of the outstanding common stock of the Company immediately after the effective time of the Merger on a fully diluted basis.
−Removed: exact number of shares to be issued in the Merger will be determined pursuant to a formula in the Merger Agreement that takes
−Removed: into account the amount of Brooklyn’s cash and cash equivalents as of the closing of the Merger and the amount by which
−Removed: the Company’s net cash is less than zero at the closing.
−Removed: Asset Sale to eGames.com Holdings LLC
−Removed: the Company announced the signing of the Merger Agreement, it also announced that it was continuing to explore the sale of substantially
−Removed: all of the assets relating to its current business to provide additional capital and allow the combined company following the
−Removed: closing of the Merger, if it closes, to be in a position to focus exclusively on Brooklyn’s business.
−Removed: September 18, 2020, the Company and eGames.com Holdings LLC (“eGames.com”) entered into an asset purchase agreement
−Removed: (as amended from time to time, the “APA”) pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, the Company
−Removed: will sell and assign (the “Asset Sale”) all of its right, title and interest in and to the assets relating to its
−Removed: current business (the “Purchased Assets”) to eGames.com.
−Removed: The Purchased Assets comprise substantially all of the Company’s
−Removed: At the closing of the Asset Sale, in addition to assuming specified liabilities of the Company, eGames.com will pay the
−Removed: Company $2.0 million in cash.
−Removed: In connection with entering into the APA, the sole owner of eGames.com absolutely, unconditionally
−Removed: and irrevocably guaranteed to the Company the full and prompt payment when due of any and all amounts, from time to time, payable
−Removed: by eGames.com under the APA.
−Removed: connection with entering into the APA, Fertilemind Management, LLC, an affiliate of eGames.com (“Fertilemind”), on
−Removed: behalf of eGames.com, made a $1.0 million bridge loan to the Company.
−Removed: On November 19, 2020, the Company, eGames.com and Fertilemind
−Removed: entered into an omnibus amendment and agreement pursuant to which, among other things, eGames.com agreed to provide, or cause
−Removed: Fertilemind, on behalf of eGames.com, to provide, an additional $0.5 million bridge loan to the Company on December 1, 2020, and
−Removed: the parties agreed to increase the interest rate on the $1.0 million bridge loan Fertilemind made to the Company in September
−Removed: 2020 from 8% to 10% effective December 1, 2020.
−Removed: Fertilemind provided the $0.5 million bridge loan to the Company on December 1,
−Removed: On January 12, 2021, the Company, eGames.com and Fertilemind entered into a second omnibus amendment and agreement pursuant
−Removed: to which, among other things, eGames.com agreed to provide, or cause Fertilemind, on behalf of eGames.com, to provide an additional
−Removed: $0.2 million bridge loan to the Company on January 12, 2021.
−Removed: Fertilemind provided the $0.2 million bridge loan to the Company
−Removed: on January 12, 2021.
−Removed: The principal and accrued interest of each of the loans provided by Fertilemind to the Company will be applied
−Removed: toward the $2.0 million purchase price at the closing of the Asset Sale.
−Removed: Hosted Trivia Asset Sale
−Removed: January 13, 2020, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement with Sporcle, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Sporcle”),
−Removed: pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to Sporcle all of its assets necessary for Sporcle to conduct the live-hosted knowledge-based
−Removed: trivia events known as Stump!
−Removed: Trivia and OpinioNation for $1,360,000 in gross proceeds.
−Removed: On the closing date of the transaction
−Removed: (January 31, 2020), the Company received $1,260,000.
−Removed: The remaining $100,000 was being held back until the one-year anniversary
−Removed: of the closing date, or January 31, 2021, to satisfy indemnification claims, if any, for which the Company is liable.
−Removed: 2020, the Company and Sporcle entered into an agreement and amendment to the asset purchase agreement to change the end of the
−Removed: indemnification period from January 31, 2021 to August 31, 2020 in exchange for a $40,000 reduction to the $100,000 holdback amount.
−Removed: On September 1, 2020, the Company received the $60,000 holdback amount.
−Removed: The Company recorded a net gain of approximately $1,225,000
−Removed: on this asset sale.
−Removed: Concern Uncertainty
−Removed: connection with preparing its financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company’s management
−Removed: evaluated whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that are known and reasonably knowable that would
−Removed: raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern through twelve months after the date
−Removed: that such financial statements are issued.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company incurred a net loss of $4,415,000.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, the Company had $777,000 of cash, total debt outstanding of $2,032,000, and negative working capital
−Removed: The total debt outstanding consists of $532,000 of principal outstanding under the loan the Company received in April
−Removed: 2020 under the Paycheck Protection Program and $1,500,000 of principal outstanding under the loans the Company received in connection
−Removed: with entering into the APA, as amended, which, if the closing of the Asset Sale occurs, will be applied toward the $2.0 million
−Removed: purchase price eGames.com will owe the Company at the closing of the Asset Sale.
−Removed: See Note 2 for more information on the Asset
−Removed: In November 2020, the Company was informed that approximately $1,093,000 of the $1,625,100 loan under the Paycheck Protection
−Removed: Program would be forgiven, leaving a principal balance of approximately $532,000.
−Removed: All amounts owing under the loan and security
−Removed: agreement with Avidbank were paid on December 31, 2020, when the term loan matured, and Avidbank released its security interest
−Removed: in all of the Company’s existing personal property.
−Removed: a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business and taking into account its current financial
−Removed: condition and its existing sources of projected revenue and cash flows from operations, the Company believes it will have sufficient
−Removed: cash resources to pay forecasted cash outlays only through mid-March 2021, assuming the Company is able to continue to successfully
−Removed: manage its working capital deficit by managing the timing of payments to its vendors and other third parties.
−Removed: on the factors described above, management concluded that there is substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to
−Removed: continue as a going concern through the twelve-month period subsequent to the issuance date of these financial statements.
−Removed: Company needs to complete the Merger or the Asset Sale or raise capital to meet its debt service obligations and fund its working
−Removed: capital needs.
−Removed: The Company currently has no arrangements for such capital and no assurances can be given that it will be able
−Removed: to raise such capital when needed, on acceptable terms, or at all.
−Removed: accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going-concern basis, which contemplates the realization
−Removed: of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.
−Removed: The accompanying consolidated financial statements
−Removed: do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the
−Removed: amounts and classifications of liabilities that may result from uncertainty related to the Company’s ability to continue
−Removed: as a going concern.
−Removed: of Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates
−Removed: Consolidation —The
−Removed: Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
−Removed: in the United States (GAAP).
−Removed: All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
−Removed: of Estimates —Preparing the Company’s consolidated financial statements requires it to make estimates and judgments
−Removed: that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and
−Removed: On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to deferred costs and revenues;
−Removed: depreciation of fixed assets;
−Removed: allowance for doubtful accounts;
−Removed: site equipment to be installed;
−Removed: stock-based compensation assumptions;
−Removed: impairment of fixed assets, software development costs, intangible assets and goodwill;
−Removed: contingencies, including the reserve for
−Removed: sales tax inquiries;
−Removed: and the provision for income taxes, including the valuation allowance.
−Removed: The Company bases its estimates on
−Removed: a combination of historical experience and various other assumptions that it believes are reasonable under the circumstances.
−Removed: Actual results may differ materially from these estimates.
−Removed: and Cash Equivalents —The Company considers all highly liquid investment instruments with original maturities of three
−Removed: months or less, or any investment redeemable without penalty or loss of interest, to be cash equivalents.
−Removed: of Functional Currencies —The United States dollar is the Company’s functional currency, except for its operations
−Removed: in Canada where the functional currency is the Canadian dollar.
−Removed: The financial position and results of operations of the Canadian
−Removed: subsidiary is measured using the foreign subsidiary’s local currency as the functional currency.
−Removed: In accordance with Accounting
−Removed: Standards Codification (“ASC”) No.
−Removed: 830, Foreign Currency Matters , revenues and expenses of its foreign subsidiary
−Removed: have been translated into U.S.
−Removed: dollars at weighted average exchange rates prevailing during the period.
−Removed: Assets and liabilities
−Removed: have been translated at the rates of exchange on the balance sheet date.
−Removed: The resulting translation gain and loss adjustments are
−Removed: recorded as a separate component of shareholders’
−Removed: equity, unless there is a sale or complete liquidation of the underlying
−Removed: foreign investments.
−Removed: Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a
−Removed: currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred.
−Removed: For the years ended December
−Removed: 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded $16,000 and $48,000 of foreign currency transaction losses, respectively, due to settlements
−Removed: of intercompany transactions, re-measurement of intercompany balances with its Canadian subsidiary and other non-functional currency
−Removed: denominated transactions, which are included in other income (expense) in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
−Removed: Fluctuations in the rate of exchange between the U.S.
−Removed: dollar and Canadian dollar may affect the Company’s results of operations
−Removed: and period-to-period comparisons of its operating results.
−Removed: The Company does not currently engage in hedging or similar transactions
−Removed: to reduce these risks.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2020, the net impact to the Company’s results of operations from
−Removed: the effect of exchange rate fluctuations was immaterial.
−Removed: for Doubtful Accounts —The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from nonpayment
−Removed: by its customers.
−Removed: The Company reserves for all accounts that have been suspended or terminated from its Buzztime network services
−Removed: and for customers with balances that are greater than a predetermined number of days past due.
−Removed: The Company analyzes historical
−Removed: collection trends, customer concentrations and creditworthiness, economic trends and anticipated changes in customer payment patterns
−Removed: when evaluating the adequacy of its allowance for doubtful accounts for specific and general risks.
−Removed: Additional reserves may also
−Removed: be established if specific customers’
−Removed: balances are identified as potentially uncollectible.
−Removed: If the financial condition of
−Removed: its customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be
−Removed: Equipment to be Installed —
−Removed: Site equipment to be installed consists of fixed assets related to the Company’s tablet
−Removed: platform that have not yet been placed in service and are stated at cost.
−Removed: Such equipment includes the Classic Playmaker, tablets,
−Removed: other associated electronics and the computers located at customer’s sites.
−Removed: These assets remain in site equipment to be
−Removed: installed until installed at the Company’s customer sites, at which point, the cost of the deployed site equipment is reclassified
−Removed: to fixed assets and depreciated over the estimated useful life.
−Removed: The Company evaluates the recoverability of site equipment to
−Removed: be installed for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of such assets may not be recoverable.
−Removed: Recoverability is measured by comparing the carrying amount of an asset or asset group to estimated undiscounted future net cash
−Removed: flows expected to be generated.
−Removed: If the carrying amount of the asset or asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash
−Removed: flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying amount exceeds its fair value.
−Removed: Fair value is determined
−Removed: through various valuation techniques including discounted cash flow models, quoted market values, and third-party independent
−Removed: appraisals, as considered necessary.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized a loss of approximately
−Removed: $307,000 and $591,000, respectively, for the disposition of site equipment to be installed for which the Company did not expect
−Removed: to generate future cash flows.
−Removed: Assets —
−Removed: Fixed assets are recorded at cost.
−Removed: Equipment under finance leases is recorded at the present value of future
−Removed: minimum lease payments.
−Removed: The Company evaluates the recoverability of its fixed assets for impairment whenever events or circumstances
−Removed: indicate that the carrying amounts of such assets may not be recoverable.
−Removed: If the carrying amount of the asset or asset group is
−Removed: not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying amount exceeds
−Removed: its fair value.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recognized a loss of approximately $54,000 of fixed assets
−Removed: related to deployed site equipment in the ordinary course of business.
−Removed: As discussed further in Note 16, the Company terminated
−Removed: its lease for its corporate headquarters and vacated the facility as of June 30, 2020.
−Removed: As a result, during the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2020, the Company wrote-off approximately $890,000 of unamortized tenant improvement allowance that is recorded as part of
−Removed: the gain on termination of lease, as well as approximately $87,000 in leasehold improvement assets and $197,000 in furniture and
−Removed: fixtures and the Company’s vehicle.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2019, total loss for the disposition of fixed assets
−Removed: was approximately $127,000.
−Removed: of fixed assets is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets.
−Removed: Depreciation of leasehold
−Removed: improvements and fixed assets under finance leases is computed using the straight-line method over the shorter of the estimated
−Removed: useful lives of the assets or the lease period.
−Removed: Company incurs a relatively significant level of depreciation expense in relation to its operating income.
−Removed: The amount of depreciation
−Removed: expense in any fiscal year is largely related to the equipment located at the Company’s customers’
−Removed: Such equipment
−Removed: is depreciated over one to three years based on the shorter of the contractual finance lease period or the estimated useful life,
−Removed: which considers anticipated technology changes.
−Removed: Machinery and equipment are depreciated over three to five years.
−Removed: If the Company’s
−Removed: fixed assets turn out to have longer lives, on average, than estimated, then its depreciation expense would be significantly reduced
−Removed: in those future periods.
−Removed: Conversely, if the fixed assets turn out to have shorter lives, on average, than estimated, then its
−Removed: depreciation expense would be significantly increased in those future periods.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, the Company determined
−Removed: there were no changes to the estimated useful lives for any of its assets.
−Removed: Goodwill —Goodwill
−Removed: represents the excess of costs over fair value of assets of businesses acquired (reporting unit).
−Removed: Goodwill and intangible assets
−Removed: acquired in a purchase combination determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but instead are assessed annually,
−Removed: or at interim periods, for impairment based on qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances
−Removed: leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount.
−Removed: Such qualitative factors include macroeconomic conditions, industry and market considerations, cost factors, overall financial
−Removed: performance and other relevant events.
−Removed: If after assessing the totality of events or circumstances the Company determines it is
−Removed: more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then the Company must perform
−Removed: the one-step impairment test outlined in ASC No.
−Removed: 350, Intangibles –
−Removed: Goodwill and Other.
−Removed: Recognition —The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”)
−Removed: 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers .
−Removed: Company generates revenue by charging subscription fees to partners for access to its 24/7 trivia network, by selling and leasing
−Removed: tablet and hardware equipment for custom usage beyond trivia/entertainment, by selling DOOH advertising direct to advertisers
−Removed: and on national ad exchanges, by licensing its entertainment and trivia content to other entities, and by providing professional
−Removed: services such as custom game design or development of new platforms on its existing tablet form factor.
−Removed: Until February 1, 2020,
−Removed: the Company also generated revenue from hosting live trivia events.
−Removed: The Company sold all of its assets used to host live trivia
−Removed: events in January 2020.
−Removed: general, when multiple performance obligations are present in a customer contract, the transaction price is allocated to the individual
−Removed: performance obligation based on the relative stand-alone selling prices, and the revenue is recognized when or as each performance
−Removed: obligation has been satisfied.
−Removed: Discounts are treated as a reduction to the overall transaction price and allocated to the performance
−Removed: obligations based on the relative stand-alone selling prices.
−Removed: All revenues are recognized net of sales tax collected from the
−Removed: 606 specifies certain criteria that an arrangement with a customer must have in order for a contract to exist for purposes
−Removed: of revenue recognition, one of which is that it must be probable that the Company will collect the consideration to which it will
−Removed: be entitled under the contract.
−Removed: As a result of the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and continues to have, on the Company’s
−Removed: customers, the Company determined that due to the uncertainty of collectability of the subscription fees for certain customers,
−Removed: the Company’s arrangement with those customers no longer meets all the criteria needed for a contract to exist for revenue
−Removed: recognition purposes.
−Removed: Therefore, the Company did not recognize revenue for these customers and fully reserved for accounts receivable
−Removed: in the allowance for doubtful accounts.
−Removed: The Company only recognized revenue for the arrangements that continued to meet the contract
−Removed: criteria, including the criteria that collectability was probable.
−Removed: Company disaggregates revenue by material revenue stream as follows:
+Added: On July 16, 2021, Brooklyn and its newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary Brooklyn Acquisition Sub, Inc.
+Added: entered into an agreement and plan of
+Added: acquisition (the “Acquisition Agreement”) with (a) Novellus LLC, (b) Novellus (the sole equity holder of Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: and, prior to the closing under the Acquisition Agreement, a wholly owned subsidiary of Novellus, LLC), and (c) a seller
+Added: representative (the “Acquisition”), pursuant to which Brooklyn acquired Novellus and its subsidiary, Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: As part of the Acquisition, Brooklyn also acquired 25.0 % of the total outstanding equity interests of NoveCite, Inc.
+Added: (“NoveCite”), a corporation focused on developing an allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell product for patients with acute respiratory distress
+Added: syndrome, including from COVID-19.
+Added: (See Note 4.)
+Added: Liquidity and Capital Resources
+Added: The Company has incurred significant operating losses and has an accumulated deficit as a result of ongoing efforts to develop product candidates,
+Added: including conducting clinical trials and providing general and administrative support for these operations.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, the Company had a cash balance of approximately $ 16,985,000 and an accumulated deficit of approximately $ 159,703,000 .
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company incurred a net loss of $ 122,306,000 and the Company used cash in operating activities
+Added: of $ 23,488,000 (inclusive of $ 80,538,000
+Added: IPR&D expense related to the Acquisition, $ 9,648,000 related to the loss on sale of assets in the Disposition and $ 180,000 related to the change in fair value of contingent consideration).
+Added: On April 26, 2021, Brooklyn entered into a common stock purchase agreement (the “First Purchase Agreement”) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC
+Added: (“Lincoln Park”), which provided that Brooklyn could offer to Lincoln Park up to an aggregate of $ 20,000,000 of common stock over a 36 -month period commencing after May 10, 2021, the date that a registration statement covering the resale of shares of common stock issued under the
+Added: First Purchase Agreement was declared effective by the SEC.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, Brooklyn had issued and sold an aggregate of approximately 1,128,000
+Added: shares of common stock to Lincoln Park pursuant to the First Purchase Agreement, resulting in gross proceeds of $ 20,000,000 .
+Added: On May 26, 2021, Brooklyn entered into a second common stock purchase agreement (the “Second Purchase Agreement”) with Lincoln Park, which
+Added: provides that Brooklyn may offer to Lincoln Park up to an aggregate of $ 40,000,000 of common stock over a 36 -month period commencing after June 4, 2021, the date that a registration statement covering the resale of shares of common stock issued under the
+Added: Second Purchase Agreement was declared effective by the SEC.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, Brooklyn had issued and sold an aggregate of approximately 2,424,000
+Added: shares of common stock to Lincoln Park pursuant to the Second Purchase Agreement, resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $ 34,106,000 .
+Added: On July 16, 2021, Brooklyn used approximately $ 22,854,000
+Added: of cash, net of cash acquired, as part of the purchase price of the Acquisition.
+Added: Brooklyn issued common stock as the remaining portion of the purchase price of the Acquisition.
+Added: On March 9, 2022, we consummated a private placement of equity resulting in net proceeds of approximately $ 11 million.
+Added: See Note 17 for details.
+Added: In connection with
+Added: preparing its financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company’s management concluded that there is substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern because it does not expect to
+Added: have sufficient cash or working capital resources to fund operations for the twelve-month period subsequent to the issuance date of these financial statements.
+Added: The Company will need to raise additional capital, which could be through the
+Added: remaining availability under the Second Purchase Agreement (to the extent the Company is permitted to use such agreement), public or private equity offerings, debt financings, corporate collaborations or other means.
+Added: The Company may also seek
+Added: governmental grants to support our clinical trials and preclinical trials..
+Added: The Company currently has no arrangements for such capital and no assurances can be given that it will be able to raise such capital when needed, on acceptable terms,
+Added: The accompanying
+Added: consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going-concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.
+Added: The accompanying consolidated financial statements do
+Added: not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classifications of liabilities that may result from uncertainty related to the Company’s ability to continue as
+Added: a going concern.
+Added: Basis of Accounting Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
+Added: Basis of Accounting Presentation
+Added: The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S.
+Added: generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).
+Added: Any reference
+Added: in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to GAAP as found in the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).
+Added: All significant intercompany
+Added: balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
+Added: As described above, the Merger closed on March 25, 2021.
+Added: The Merger was accounted for as a reverse acquisition, in which Brooklyn LLC was deemed
+Added: the acquiring company for accounting purposes.
+Added: Brooklyn LLC’s historical financial statements have replaced Brooklyn’s historical financial statements with respect to periods prior to the completion of the Merger (when Brooklyn operated under the
+Added: name “NTN Buzztime, Inc.”).
+Added: The Company retrospectively adjusted the weighted average shares used in determining loss per common share to reflect the conversion of the outstanding Class A units, Class B units, Class C units, and common units of
+Added: Brooklyn LLC that converted into shares of Brooklyn’s common stock upon the Merger and to reflect the effect of a 2-to-1 reverse stock
+Added: split of Brooklyn’s common stock that occurred immediately prior to the Merger.
+Added: Also as described above, the Acquisition closed on July 16, 2021.
+Added: The Acquisition was accounted for as an asset acquisition, and substantially
+Added: all of the value was attributed to in-process research and development (“IPR&D”), with the exception of the cash paid for the investment in NoveCite, which is being accounted for as an investment in equity securities.
+Added: The IPR&D had no
+Added: alternative future uses and no separate economic value from its originally intended purpose and was therefore expensed in the period the cost was incurred.
+Added: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
+Added: Use of Estimates
+Added: The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect (a)
+Added: the reported amounts of assets and liabilities;
+Added: (b) disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements;
+Added: (c) the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period and (d) the
+Added: reported amount of the fair value of assets acquired in connection with business combinations.
+Added: Actual results could differ from those estimates.
+Added: The Company’s significant estimates and assumptions include the recoverability and useful lives of
+Added: long-lived assets and the contingent consideration liability.
+Added: Cash and Cash Equivalents
+Added: The Company classifies highly liquid investments with a remaining contractual maturity at date of purchase of three months or less as cash
+Added: The Company had no cash equivalents as of December 31, 2021 or 2020.
+Added: Property and Equipment
+Added: Property and equipment are recorded at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful lives using the straight-line method.
+Added: Laboratory and
+Added: manufacturing equipment are depreciated over an estimated useful life of seven years .
+Added: Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the
+Added: shorter of their estimated useful life, or the lease term.
+Added: Computer equipment are depreciated over an estimated useful life of three years .
+Added: Upon retirement or other disposition of these assets, the cost and related accumulated depreciation of these assets are removed from the accounts and the resulting gain or losses are reflected in the results of operations.
+Added: Expenditures for
+Added: maintenance and repairs are charged to operations.
+Added: Renewals and betterments are capitalized.
+Added: Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net assets acquired in the acquisition of IRX
+Added: Therapeutics, Inc.
+Added: in November 2018 (the “IRX Acquisition”), which was accounted for as a business combination.
+Added: Goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment annually, or if events occur or circumstances change that would reduce the fair
+Added: value of a reporting unit below its carrying value.
+Added: Because management evaluates the Company as a single reporting unit, goodwill is tested for impairment at the entity level by first performing a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is
+Added: more likely than not that the fair value of the entity is less than its carrying value.
+Added: Such qualitative factors include macroeconomic conditions, industry and market considerations, cost factors, overall financial performance and other relevant
+Added: If the entity does not pass the qualitative assessment, then the entity’s carrying value is compared to its fair value.
+Added: Goodwill is considered impaired if the carrying value of the entity exceeds its fair value.
+Added: IPR&D assets represent the fair value assigned to technologies that were acquired in connection with the IRX Acquisition, which have not
+Added: reached technological feasibility and have no alternative future use.
+Added: IPR&D assets are considered to be indefinite lived until the completion or abandonment of the associated research and development projects.
+Added: During the period that the
+Added: IPR&D assets are considered indefinite-lived, they are tested for impairment on an annual basis, or more frequently if the Company becomes aware of any events occurring or changes in circumstances that indicate that the fair value of the
+Added: IPR&D assets are less than their carrying amounts.
+Added: If and when development is complete, which generally occurs upon regulatory approval, and the Company is able to commercialize products associated with the IPR&D assets, these assets are
+Added: then deemed definite-lived and are amortized based on their estimated useful lives beginning at that point in time.
+Added: If development is terminated or abandoned, the Company may have a full or partial impairment charge related to the IPR&D assets,
+Added: calculated as the excess of carrying value of the IPR&D assets over fair value.
+Added: Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
+Added: The Company reviews long-lived assets and certain identifiable assets for impairment whenever circumstances and situations change such that there
+Added: is an indication that the carrying amounts may not be recovered.
+Added: An impairment exists when the carrying value of the long-lived asset is not recoverable and exceeds its fair value.
+Added: For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, there were no
+Added: qualitative factors that indicated it was more likely than not that the fair value of the long-lived assets exceeded the carrying value.
+Added: Research and Development
+Added: The Company expenses its research and development costs as incurred.
+Added: Research and development expenses consist of costs incurred for
+Added: company-sponsored research and development activities, as well as support for selected investigator-sponsored research.
+Added: Upfront payments and milestone payments made for the licensing of technology are expensed as research and development in the
+Added: period in which they are incurred if the technology is not expected to have any alternative future uses other than the specific research and development project for which it was intended.
+Added: IPR&D that is acquired through an asset acquisition (as
+Added: opposed to a business combination) and has no alternative future uses and, therefore, no separate economic values, is expensed to research and development costs at the time the costs are incurred.
+Added: The major components of research and development costs include preclinical study costs, clinical manufacturing costs, clinical study and trial
+Added: expenses, insurance coverage for clinical trials, expensed licensed technology, expensed IPR&D, consulting, scientific advisors and other third-party costs, salaries and employee benefits, stock-based compensation expense, supplies and
+Added: materials and allocations of various overhead costs related to our product development efforts.
+Added: In the normal course of our business, the Company contracts with third parties to perform various clinical study and trial activities in the
+Added: on-going development and testing of potential products.
+Added: The financial terms of these agreements are subject to negotiation and vary from contract to contract and may result in uneven payment flows.
+Added: Payments under the contracts depend on factors
+Added: such as the achievement of certain events or milestones, the successful enrollment of patients, the allocation of responsibilities among the parties to the agreement, and the completion of portions of the clinical study or trial or similar
+Added: Preclinical and clinical study and trial associated activities such as production and testing of clinical material require significant up-front expenditures.
+Added: The Company anticipates paying significant portions of a study’s or trial’s
+Added: cost before they begin and incurring additional expenditures as the study or trial progresses and reaches certain milestones.
+Added: The Company records deferred tax liabilities and assets based on the differences between the consolidated financial statements carrying amounts
+Added: and the tax basis of assets and liabilities, using enacted tax rates in effect in the years the differences are expected to reverse and established a valuation allowance when it was more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax
+Added: assets would not be realized.
+Added: Income tax expense consists of the tax payable for the period and the change during the period in deferred tax assets and liabilities.
+Added: Tax benefits from uncertain tax positions are recognized only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination
+Added: by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position.
+Added: The tax benefits recognized in the consolidated financial statements from such a position are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of
+Added: being realized upon ultimate resolution.
+Added: The Company has no material uncertain tax positions for any of the reporting periods presented.
+Added: Earnings Per Share
+Added: Basic and diluted loss per common share have been computed by dividing the losses applicable to common stock by the weighted average number of
+Added: common shares outstanding.
+Added: The Company’s basic and fully diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) calculation are the same since the increased number of shares that would be included in the diluted calculation from assumed exercise of common stock
+Added: equivalents would be anti-dilutive to the net loss in each of the years shown in the consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Segment Reporting
+Added: In accordance with ASC No.
+Added: 280, Segment Reporting , the Company has determined that it operates as one operating segment.
+Added: Decisions regarding the Company’s overall operating performance and allocation of its resources are assessed on a consolidated
+Added: Concentration of Credit Risk
+Added: The Company maintains its cash balances in financial institutions located in the United States.
+Added: Accounts at each institution are insured by the
+Added: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) up to $250,000.
+Added: At times, the Company’s cash balances may be uninsured for deposit accounts that exceed the FDIC insurance limit.
+Added: In the Company’s business, vendor concentrations could be indicative of vulnerabilities in the Company’s supply chain, which could ultimately
+Added: impact the Company’s ability to continue its research and development activities.
+Added: For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, there was no vendor concentration related to the Company’s research and development activities.
+Added: Fair Value of Financial Instruments
+Added: Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset, or paid to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between
+Added: willing market participants.
+Added: A fair value hierarchy has been established for valuation inputs that gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs.
+Added: fair value hierarchy is as follows:
+Added: • Level 1 Inputs – Valued based on quoted prices in active markets for identical
+Added: assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.
+Added: • Level 2 Inputs – Valued based on inputs other than quoted prices included in Level
+Added: 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.
+Added: These might include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that
+Added: are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as interest rates, volatilities, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.) or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by market
+Added: data by correlation or other means.
+Added: • Level 3 Inputs – Valued based on inputs for which there is little or no market
+Added: value, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.
+Added: The carrying amounts reported on the balance sheet for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, prepaid assets and other current assets,
+Added: accounts payable and accrued expenses, other current liabilities and other liabilities approximate fair value based due to their short maturities.
+Added: The carrying value of loans payable approximates its fair market value because the effective yield on
+Added: this debt, which includes contractual interest rates as well as other finance charges, is comparable to rates of returns for instruments of similar credit risk.
+Added: The Company adopted ASC Topic 842, Leases,
+Added: on December 31, 2020 using the modified transition method without retrospective application to comparative periods.
+Added: The Company elected the package of three practical expedients allowed for under the transition guidance.
+Added: Accordingly, the Company
+Added: did not reassess:
+Added: (1) whether any expired or existing contracts are/or contain leases;
+Added: (2) the lease classification for any expired or existing leases;
+Added: or (3) initial direct costs for any existing leases.
+Added: The Company has also elected not to
+Added: recognize right-of-use assets (“ROU assets”) and lease liabilities for short-term leases that have a term of 12 months or less.
+Added: Operating lease liabilities represent the present value of lease payments not yet paid.
+Added: ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use an
+Added: underlying asset and are based upon the operating lease liabilities adjusted for prepaid or accrued lease payments, initial direct costs, lease incentives and impairment of operating lease assets.
+Added: If the interest rate implicit in the lease is not
+Added: readily determinable, the Company uses the incremental borrowing rates based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.
+Added: To determine the present value of lease payments not yet
+Added: paid, the Company estimates secured borrowing rates corresponding to the maturities of the leases.
+Added: The Company has elected the practical expedient to not separate non-lease components from the lease components to which they relate and instead
+Added: account for each as a single lease component for all underlying asset classes.
+Added: Some leasing arrangements require variable payments that are dependent on usage or may vary for other reasons, such as payments for insurance, tax payments and other
+Added: miscellaneous costs.
+Added: The variable portion of lease payments is not included in the ROU assets or lease liabilities.
+Added: Rather, variable payments, other than those dependent upon an index or rate, are expensed when the obligation for those payments
+Added: is incurred and are included in lease expenses.
+Added: Accordingly, all expenses associated with a lease contract are accounted for as lease expenses.
+Added: Commitment and Contingencies
+Added: The Company follows ASC No.450-20, Loss Contingencies , to report accounting for contingencies.
+Added: Liabilities for loss contingencies arising from claims, assessments, litigation, fines and penalties and other sources are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the assessment can be reasonably estimated.
+Added: Stock-Based Compensation
+Added: The Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense for equity awards granted to employees, directors and certain consultants.
+Added: estimates the fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
+Added: The fair value of stock options granted is recognized as expense over the requisite service period.
+Added: Stock-based compensation expense for share-based payment
+Added: awards is recognized using the straight-line single-option method.
+Added: Recent Accounting Standards
+Added: In May 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2021-04,
+Added: Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), Debt—Modifications and Extinguishments (Subtopic 470-50), Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718), and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40):
+Added: Issuer’s Accounting for Certain
+Added: Modifications or Exchanges of Freestanding Equity-Classified Written Call Options .
+Added: ASU 2021-04 addresses the accounting for certain modifications or exchanges of freestanding equity-classified written call options.
+Added: ASU 2021-04 is effective
+Added: for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 (January 1, 2022 for the Company) and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted.
+Added: The Company does not expect the adoption of this update to have a significant impact
+Added: on its financial statements.
+Added: In July 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-05, Leases (Topic 842) – Lessors - Certain Leases with Variable Lease
+Added: Payments, which amends the lessor classification guidance to introduce additional criteria when classifying leases with variable lease payments that do not depend on a reference index or a rate.
+Added: This guidance is effective for annual
+Added: periods beginning after December 15, 2021 (January 1, 2022 for the Company), with early adoption permitted.
+Added: The Company does not expect the adoption of this update to have a significant impact on its financial statements.
+Added: Merger, Disposition and Acquisition Transactions
+Added: On August 12, 2020, Brooklyn, Brooklyn LLC and the Merger Sub entered into the Merger Agreement.
+Added: The Merger closed on March 25, 2021.
+Added: Merger, Brooklyn changed its name from “NTN Buzztime, Inc.” to “Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.” The Merger was accounted for as a reverse acquisition, in which Brooklyn LLC was deemed the acquiring company for accounting purposes.
+Added: LLC, as the accounting acquirer, recorded the assets acquired and liabilities assumed of Brooklyn in the Merger at their fair values as of the acquisition date.
+Added: Brooklyn’s common stock trades on the NYSE American stock exchange under the ticker
+Added: symbol “BTX”.
+Added: Brooklyn LLC was determined to be the accounting acquirer based upon the terms of the Merger and other factors including that (i) Brooklyn LLC
+Added: members, received common stock in the Merger that represented 96.35 % of Brooklyn’s outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis
+Added: as of immediately after the Merger, (ii) all of the directors of Brooklyn immediately after the Merger were designated by Brooklyn LLC under the terms of the Merger Agreement and (iii) existing members of Brooklyn LLC’s management became the
+Added: management of Brooklyn immediately after the Merger.
+Added: At the closing of the Merger, all the outstanding membership interests of Brooklyn LLC converted into the right to receive an aggregate of
+Added: approximately 39,992,000 shares of common stock, of which 1,068,000 shares were issued as compensation to Maxim Group LLC, Brooklyn LLC’s financial advisor (the “Financial Advisor”) for its services to Brooklyn LLC in connection with the Merger.
+Added: The purchase price of $ 8,178,000 ,
+Added: which represents the consideration transferred in the Merger to stockholders of Brooklyn immediately before the Merger, was calculated based on the closing price of $ 5.40 per share for approximately 1,514,000 shares common stock that those stockholders owned on March
+Added: 25, 2021 immediately prior to the Merger because that represented a more reliable measure of the fair value of consideration transferred in the Merger.
+Added: Under the acquisition method of accounting, the total purchase price has been allocated to the acquired tangible and intangible assets and assumed
+Added: liabilities of Brooklyn based on their estimated fair values as of March 25, 2021, the Merger closing date.
+Added: Because the consideration paid by Brooklyn LLC in the Merger is more than the estimated fair values of Brooklyn’s net assets deemed to be
+Added: acquired, goodwill is equal to the difference of approximately $ 8,589,000 , which has been calculated using the fair values of the net
+Added: assets of Brooklyn as of March 25, 2021.
+Added: The allocation of the estimated purchase price to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities deemed to be assumed from Brooklyn,
+Added: based on their estimated fair values as of March 25, 2021, is as follows:
+Added: March 25, 2020
+Added: Allocation Pro
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Accounts receivable
+Added: Prepaid expense and other current assets
+Added: Property and equipment, net
+Added: Software development costs
+Added: Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other current liabilities
+Added: Net assets acquired, excluding goodwill
+Added: Total consideration
+Added: Net assets acquired, excluding goodwill
+Added: Brooklyn LLC was obligated under the Merger Agreement to have $ 10,000,000 in cash and cash equivalents on its balance sheet at the effective time of the Merger.
+Added: To ensure Brooklyn LLC had the required funds, certain beneficial holders of Brooklyn LLC’s
+Added: Class A membership interests entered into contractual commitments to invest $ 10,000,000 into Brooklyn LLC immediately prior to the
+Added: closing of the Merger.
+Added: During March 2021, Brooklyn offered its Class A unit holders an additional 5 % rights offering for an additional $ 500,000 to be raised by a rights offering.
+Added: Brooklyn received funds from the rights offering between February 17, 2021 and April 5, 2021.
+Added: On March 26, 2021, Brooklyn sold its rights, title and interest in and to the assets relating to the business it operated (under the name NTN
+Added: Buzztime, Inc.) prior to the Merger to eGames.com in exchange for a purchase price of $ 2,000,000 and assumption of specified liabilities
+Added: relating to that business.
+Added: The sale was completed in accordance with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement.
+Added: Details of the Disposition are as follows:
+Added: Proceeds from sale:
+Added: Assume advance/loans
+Added: Interest on advance/loans
+Added: Carrying value of assets sold:
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Accounts receivable
+Added: Prepaids and other current assets
+Added: Property and equipment, net
+Added: Software development costs
+Added: Liabilities transferred upon sale:
+Added: Accounts payable and accrued expenses
+Added: Obligations under finance leases
+Added: Lease liability
+Added: Deferred revenue
+Added: Other current liabilities
+Added: Transaction costs
+Added: Total loss on sale of assets
+Added: Unaudited Pro Forma Disclosure
+Added: The following unaudited pro forma financial information summarizes the results of operations for the years months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
+Added: as if the Merger and the Disposition had been completed as of January 1, 2020.
+Added: Pro forma information primarily reflects adjustments relating to the reversal of transaction costs.
+Added: Assuming that the Merger and the Disposition had been completed as of
+Added: January 1, 2020, the transaction costs would have been expensed in the prior period.
Years ended December 31,
−Removed: Subscription revenue
−Removed: Hardware revenue
−Removed: Other revenue
−Removed: following describes how the Company recognizes revenue under ASC No.
−Removed: Revenue - Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company recognized the recurring subscription fees it received for its services
−Removed: over time as customers received and consumed the benefits of such services, the Company’s equipment to access the Company’s
−Removed: content and the installation of the equipment.
−Removed: In general, customers pay for the subscription services during the month in which
−Removed: they receive the services.
−Removed: Due to the timing of providing the services and receiving payment for the services, the Company does
−Removed: not record any unbilled contract asset.
−Removed: Occasionally, a customer will prepay up to one year of services, in which case, the Company
−Removed: will record deferred revenue on the balance sheet related to such prepayment and will recognize the revenue over the time the
−Removed: customer receives the Company’s services.
−Removed: Revenue from installation services is also recorded as deferred revenue and recognized
−Removed: over the longer of the contract term and the expected term of the customer relationship using the straight-line method.
−Removed: has certain contingent performance obligations with respect to repairing or replacing equipment and will recognize any revenue
−Removed: related to the performance of such obligations at the point in time the Company performs them.
−Removed: discussed above, as a result of the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and continues to have, on the Company’s customers,
−Removed: the Company determined that due to the uncertainty of collectability of the subscription fees for certain customers, the Company’s
−Removed: arrangement with those customers no longer meets all the criteria needed for a contract to exist for revenue recognition purposes.
−Removed: Therefore, the Company did not recognize revenue for these customers and fully reserved for accounts receivable in the allowance
−Removed: for doubtful accounts.
−Removed: associated with installing the equipment are considered direct costs.
−Removed: Costs associated with sales commissions are considered incremental
−Removed: costs for obtaining the contract because such costs would not have been incurred without obtaining the contract.
−Removed: The Company expects
−Removed: to recover both costs through future fees it collects and both costs are recorded in deferred costs on the balance sheet and amortized
−Removed: on a straight-line basis.
−Removed: For installation costs that are of an amount that is less than or equal to the deferred installation
−Removed: revenue for the related contract, the amortization period approximates the longer of the contract term and the expected term of
−Removed: the customer relationship.
−Removed: For any excess costs that exceed the deferred revenue, the amortization period of the excess cost is
−Removed: the initial term of the contract, which is generally one to two years because the Company can still recover that excess cost in
−Removed: the initial term of the contract.
−Removed: The Company amortizes commissions over the longer of the contract term and the expected term
−Removed: of the customer relationship.
−Removed: Lease Revenue –
−Removed: For certain customers that lease equipment under sale-type lease arrangements, the Company recognizes
−Removed: revenue in accordance with ASC No.
−Removed: Such revenue is recognized at the time of installation based on the net
−Removed: present value of the leased equipment.
−Removed: Interest income is recognized over the life of the lease for customers who have remaining
−Removed: lease payments to make.
−Removed: In the event a customer under a sales-type lease arrangement prepays for the lease in full prior to receiving
−Removed: the equipment under the lease, such amounts are recorded in deferred revenue and recognized as revenue once the equipment has
−Removed: been installed and activated at the customer’s location.
−Removed: The cost of the leased equipment is recognized at the same time
−Removed: as the revenue.
−Removed: The Company has not recognized revenue under sales-type lease arrangements after the year ended December 31, 2019
−Removed: and does not expect to in the future.
−Removed: Sales –
−Removed: The Company recognizes revenue from equipment sales at a point in time, which is when control has been transferred
−Removed: to the customer, the customer holds legal title and the customer has significant risks and rewards of ownership.
−Removed: Generally, the
−Removed: Company has determined that any customer acceptance provisions of the equipment is a formality, as the Company has historically
−Removed: demonstrated the ability to produce and deliver similar equipment.
−Removed: If the Company sells equipment with unique specifications,
−Removed: then customer control of the equipment will occur upon customer acceptance as defined in the contract, and revenue will be recognized
−Removed: at that time.
−Removed: Costs associated with the equipment sold is recognized at the same point in time as the revenue.
−Removed: The Company expects
−Removed: to recognize an immaterial amount of equipment sales revenue in the future.
−Removed: Revenue –
−Removed: The Company recognizes advertising revenue either over the time the advertising campaign airs in its customers’
−Removed: locations or at a point in time by impression.
−Removed: For advertising campaigns that are airing over a specific period of time (regardless
−Removed: of number of impressions), the Company uses the time elapsed output method to measure its progress toward satisfying the performance
−Removed: When the Company contracts with an advertising agent, the Company shares in the advertising revenue generated with
−Removed: In these cases, the Company generally recognizes revenue on a net basis, as the agent typically has the responsibility
−Removed: for the relationship with the advertiser and the credit risk.
−Removed: When the Company contracts directly with the advertiser, it will
−Removed: recognize the revenue on a gross basis and will recognize any revenue share arrangement it has with a third party as a direct
−Removed: expense, as the Company has the responsibility for the relationship with the advertiser and the credit risk.
−Removed: Generally, there
−Removed: is no unbilled revenue associated with the Company’s advertising activities.
−Removed: Licensing –
−Removed: The Company licenses content (trivia packages) to a certain customer, who in turn installs the content on
−Removed: its equipment that it sells to its customers.
−Removed: The content license is characterized as a “right to use intellectual property
−Removed: as it exists at the point in time at which the license is granted,”
−Removed: meaning the Company is not expected to undertake activities
−Removed: that affect the intellectual property or any such activities would not affect the intellectual property the customer is using.
−Removed: The content license is considered to be on consignment, and the Company retains title of the licensed content throughout the license
−Removed: The Company’s customer has no obligation to pay for the licensed content until the customer sells and installs the
−Removed: content to its customer.
−Removed: Accordingly, the Company recognizes revenue at the point in time when such installation occurs.
−Removed: recognizes costs related to developing the content during the period incurred.
−Removed: Trivia Revenue –
−Removed: As of February 1, 2020, the Company no longer has revenue related to hosting live- trivia events as
−Removed: a result of the sale of all of the Company’s assets used to host live trivia events in January 2020.
−Removed: The Company recognized
−Removed: revenue from hosting live-trivia events at a point in time, which is when the event took place.
−Removed: Some customers hosted their own
−Removed: trivia events and the Company provided the game materials.
−Removed: In those cases, the Company recognized the revenue at the point in
−Removed: time the Company sent the game materials to the customer.
−Removed: The Company recognized related costs at the same point in time the revenue
−Removed: was recognized.
−Removed: Generally, there was no unbilled revenue or deferred revenue associated with live-hosted trivia events.
−Removed: Development Revenue –
−Removed: Depending on the type of development work the Company is performing, the Company will recognize
−Removed: revenue, and associated costs, at the point in time when the Company satisfies each performance obligation, which is generally
−Removed: when the customer can direct the use of, and obtain substantially all of the remaining benefits of the goods or service provided.
−Removed: For services provided over time, the corresponding revenue is generally recognized over the time the Company provides such services.
−Removed: Any payments received before satisfying the performance obligations are recorded as deferred revenue and recognized as revenue
−Removed: when or as such obligations are satisfied.
−Removed: The Company does not have unbilled revenue assets associated with professional development
−Removed: Concentrations
−Removed: Company’s customers predominantly range from small independently operated bars and restaurants to bars and restaurants operated
−Removed: by national chains.
−Removed: This results in diverse venue sizes and locations.
−Removed: During 2019, the Company’s agreements with Buffalo
−Removed: Wild Wings corporate-owned restaurants and most of its franchisees ended in November 2019 in accordance with their terms.
−Removed: result, the Company ended 2019 with 1,440 sites.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, the number of sites declined to 1,036 venues, primarily
−Removed: due to customers terminating their subscriptions or going out of business relating to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on
−Removed: their business.
−Removed: table below sets forth the approximate amount of revenue the Company generated from Buffalo Wild Wings corporate-owned restaurants
−Removed: and its franchisees during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the percentage of total revenue that such amount represents
−Removed: for such periods:
−Removed: Buffalo Wild Wings revenue
−Removed: Percent of total revenue
−Removed: of December 31, 2020 and 2019, approximately $112,000 and $158,000, respectively, was included in gross accounts receivable from
−Removed: Buffalo Wild Wings corporate-owned restaurants and its franchisees.
−Removed: geographic breakdown of the Company’s revenue for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
−Removed: United States
−Removed: Assets and Liabilities
−Removed: Company enters into contracts and may recognize contract assets and liabilities that arise from these contracts.
−Removed: The Company recognizes
−Removed: revenue and corresponding cash for customers who auto pay via their bank account or credit card, or the Company recognizes a corresponding
−Removed: accounts receivable for customers the Company invoices.
−Removed: The Company may receive consideration from customers, per the terms of
−Removed: the contract, prior to transferring goods or services to the customer.
−Removed: In such instances, the Company records a contract liability
−Removed: and recognizes the contract liability as revenue when all revenue recognition criteria are met.
−Removed: The table below shows the balance
−Removed: of contract liabilities as of January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020, including the change during the period.
−Removed: Balance at January 1, 2020
−Removed: New performance obligations
−Removed: Revenue recognized
−Removed: Balance at December 31, 2020
−Removed: Less non-current portion
−Removed: Current portion at December 31, 2020
−Removed: Company capitalizes installation costs associated with installing equipment in a customer location and sales commissions as a
−Removed: deferred cost asset on the balance sheet.
−Removed: For installation costs that are of an amount that is less than or equal to the deferred
−Removed: installation revenue for the related contract, the amortization period approximates the longer of the contract term and the expected
−Removed: term of the customer relationship.
−Removed: For any excess installation costs that exceed the deferred revenue, the amortization period
−Removed: of the excess cost is the initial term of the contract, which is generally one to two years because the Company can still recover
−Removed: that excess cost in the initial term of the contract.
−Removed: The Company amortizes commission costs over the longer of the contract term
−Removed: and the expected term of the customer relationship.
−Removed: The table below shows the balance of the unamortized installation cost and
−Removed: sales commissions as of January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020, including the change during the period.
−Removed: Deferred Costs
−Removed: Balance at January 1, 2020
−Removed: Incremental costs deferred
−Removed: Deferred costs recognized
−Removed: Balance at December 31, 2020
−Removed: and Development —
−Removed: Research and development costs, which include the cost of equipment the Company is evaluating for future
−Removed: integration or use, are expensed as incurred.
−Removed: For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, research and developments costs
−Removed: totaled $2,000 and $26,000, respectively, and are included in selling, general and administrative expense.
−Removed: Development Costs —The Company capitalizes costs related to developing certain software products in accordance with ASC
−Removed: The Company recognizes costs related to interactive programs on a straight-line basis over the programs’
−Removed: useful lives, generally two to three years.
−Removed: Amortization expense relating to capitalized software development costs totaled $551,000
−Removed: and $519,000 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, approximately $123,000
−Removed: and $177,000, respectively, of capitalized software costs were not subject to amortization as the development of various software
−Removed: projects was not complete.
−Removed: Company performed its annual review of software development projects for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, and determined
−Removed: to abandon various software development projects that the Company concluded were no longer a current strategic fit or for which
−Removed: it determined that the marketability of the content had decreased due to obtaining additional information regarding the specific
−Removed: industry for which the content was intended.
−Removed: As a result, for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized
−Removed: an impairment charge of $248,000 and $550,000, respectively.
−Removed: Impairment of capitalized software is shown separately on the Company’s
−Removed: consolidated statement of operations.
−Removed: Costs –
−Removed: There were no marketing-related advertising costs for the either of the years ended December 31, 2020 or 2019.
−Removed: and Handling Costs —Shipping and handling costs are included in direct operating costs in the accompanying consolidated
−Removed: statements of operations and are expensed as incurred.
−Removed: Compensation —The Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC No.
−Removed: 718 , Compensation –
−Removed: Compensation.
−Removed: The Company estimates the fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
−Removed: value of stock options granted is recognized as expense over the requisite service period.
−Removed: Stock-based compensation expense for
−Removed: share-based payment awards is recognized using the straight-line single-option method.
−Removed: Taxes —Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method.
−Removed: Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized
−Removed: for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets
−Removed: and liabilities and their respective tax bases, and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards.
−Removed: Deferred tax assets and liabilities
−Removed: are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are
−Removed: expected to be recovered or settled.
−Removed: The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized
−Removed: in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
−Removed: Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the
−Removed: opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
−Removed: 740, Income Taxes, defines the threshold for recognizing the benefits of tax return positions in the financial statements
−Removed: as “more-likely-than-not”
−Removed: to be sustained by the taxing authority.
−Removed: A tax position that meets the “more-likely-than-not”
−Removed: criterion is measured at the largest amount of benefit that is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement.
−Removed: The Company reviewed its tax positions and determined that an adjustment to the tax provision is not considered necessary nor
−Removed: is a reserve for income taxes required.
−Removed: Per Share —Basic and diluted loss per common share have been computed by dividing the losses applicable to common stock
−Removed: by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding.
−Removed: The Company’s basic and fully diluted earnings per share (“EPS”)
−Removed: calculation are the same since the increased number of shares that would be included in the diluted calculation from assumed exercise
−Removed: of common stock equivalents would be anti-dilutive to the net loss in each of the years shown in the consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: Reporting —In accordance with ASC No.
−Removed: 280, Segment Reporting , the Company has determined that it operates as one
−Removed: operating segment.
−Removed: Decisions regarding the Company’s overall operating performance and allocation of its resources are assessed
−Removed: on a consolidated basis.
−Removed: Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued ASU No.
−Removed: 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic
−Removed: Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes.
−Removed: This ASU enhances and simplifies various aspect of the income tax
−Removed: accounting guidance, including requirements such as tax basis step-up in goodwill obtained in a transaction that is not a business
−Removed: combination, ownership changes in investments, methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period when a year-to-date
−Removed: loss exceeds the anticipated loss for the year and interim-period accounting for enacted changes in tax law.
−Removed: The amendment is
−Removed: effective for public companies with fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, (which was January 1, 2021 for the Company);
−Removed: early adoption is permitted.
−Removed: The Company does not expect that the adoption of this accounting standard update to have a material
−Removed: impact on its consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments , which supersedes current
−Removed: guidance requiring recognition of credit losses when it is probable that a loss has been incurred.
−Removed: The ASU requires an entity
−Removed: to establish an allowance for estimated credit losses on financial assets, including trade and other receivables, at each reporting
−Removed: This ASU will result in earlier recognition of allowances for losses on trade and other receivables and other contractual
−Removed: rights to receive cash.
−Removed: For smaller reporting companies, the effective date for this standard has been delayed and will be effective
−Removed: for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022 (which will be January 1, 2023 for the Company).
−Removed: The Company is evaluating
−Removed: the impact that the adoption of this accounting standard update will have on its consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: the commencement date of the Company’s lease for its corporate headquarters on December 1, 2018, the Company’s primary
−Removed: lender, Avidbank, issued a $250,000 letter of credit to the lessor as security, which amount was reduced by $50,000 to $200,000
−Removed: on December 1, 2019 and was to be reduced by the same amount December 1 of each year thereafter, provided there has been no default
−Removed: under the lease.
−Removed: Avidbank required the Company to deposit $250,000 in a restricted cash account maintained with the bank, which
−Removed: amount was and would be reduced as the amount required under the letter of credit is reduced.
−Removed: The Company recorded the $250,000
−Removed: deposit as restricted cash on its balance sheet, with $50,000 plus any earned interest being recorded in short-term restricted
−Removed: cash and the balance being recorded in long-term restricted cash.
−Removed: June 2020, the Company terminated its lease for its corporate headquarters, and as part of the consideration to the lessor for
−Removed: the early least termination, the lessor received the $200,000 of restricted cash provided for under the letter of credit in July
−Removed: (See Note 16 for more information on the lease termination.)
−Removed: assets are recorded at cost and consist of the following at December 31, 2020 and 2019:
+Added: Net loss attributable to common stockholders
+Added: ( 122,306,000
+Added: Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders
+Added: On July 16, 2021, Brooklyn and Brooklyn Acquisition Sub, Inc.
+Added: entered into the Acquisition Agreement.
+Added: The Acquisition closed contemporaneously
+Added: with the execution and delivery of the Acquisition Agreement.
+Added: At the closing:
+Added: • Brooklyn acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Novellus, Inc.
+Added: the result of the merger of Brooklyn Acquisition Sub, Inc.
+Added: with and into Novellus, Inc., following which, Novellus, Inc., as the surviving corporation, became Brooklyn’s wholly owned subsidiary and Novellus Ltd.
+Added: became Brooklyn’s indirectly
+Added: owned subsidiary;
+Added: • Brooklyn acquired 25.0 % of the total outstanding equity interests of NoveCite.
+Added: Brooklyn delivered consideration for the Acquisition totaling approximately $ 124,000,000 , which consisted of (a) approximately $ 22,854,000
+Added: in cash, net of cash acquired, and (b) approximately 7,022,000 shares of common stock, which under the terms of the Acquisition
+Added: Agreement were valued at a total of $ 102,000,000 , based on a price of $ 14.5253 per share.
+Added: The Acquisition Agreement contained customary representations, warranties and certain indemnification provisions.
+Added: Approximately 741,000 of the shares issued as consideration were placed in escrow for a period of up to 12 months in order to secure indemnification obligations to Brooklyn under the Acquisition Agreement.
+Added: The Acquisition Agreement also contains certain non-competition and
+Added: non-solicitation provisions pursuant to which Novellus LLC agreed not to engage in certain competitive activities for a period of five years
+Added: following the closing, including customary restrictions relating to employees.
+Added: No employees of Novellus Ltd.
+Added: or Novellus, Inc.
+Added: prior to the Acquisition continued their employment, or were otherwise engaged by Brooklyn, following the Acquisition.
+Added: In connection with the Acquisition, the co-founders of Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: entered into lock-up agreements with respect to approximately 3,378,000 of the shares of common stock received in the Acquisition, and Brooklyn’s Chairman of the Board of Directors and its Chief Executive Officer
+Added: and President entered into identical lock-up agreements with respect to their current holdings of Brooklyn stock.
+Added: Each lock-up agreement extends for a period of three years , provided that up to 75 % of the shares of common stock subject to the lock-up agreement
+Added: may be released from the lock-up restrictions earlier if the price of common stock on the Nasdaq exceeds specified thresholds.
+Added: The lock-up agreements include customary exceptions for transfers during the applicable lock-up period.
+Added: The Company expects the Acquisition will advance its evolution into a platform company with a pipeline of next generation engineered cellular,
+Added: gene editing and cytokine programs.
+Added: In addition, the acquisition of Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: builds on the License Agreement.
+Added: (See Note 11).
+Added: The completion of the acquisition of Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: relieved Brooklyn LLC from potential obligations to pay Novellus,
+Added: certain upfront fees, clinical development milestone fees and post-registration royalties under the License Agreement.
+Added: The agreement with Factor Bioscience Limited (“Factor”) under the License Agreement, which grants Brooklyn LLC exclusive
+Added: rights to develop certain next-generation mRNA gene editing and cell therapy products, remained unchanged.
+Added: Although Brooklyn acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Novellus, Inc., the Company accounted for the Acquisition as an asset
+Added: acquisition (as the assets acquired did not constitute a business as defined in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 805, Business Combinations ) , and was
+Added: measured by the amount of cash paid and by the fair value of the shares of common stock issued.
+Added: As a result, substantially all of the value acquired was attributed to IPR&D, with the exception of the cash paid for the investment in NoveCite,
+Added: which is being accounted for as an investment in equity securities, as discussed further below.
+Added: Brooklyn paid $ 22,854,000 in cash,
+Added: net of cash acquired, as part of the consideration for the Acquisition, of which $ 1,000,000 was paid in cash for the investment in
+Added: Brooklyn also issued approximately 7,022,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, of which approximately 3,644,000 shares are unrestricted and 3,378,000
+Added: shares are subject to the three-year lockup.
+Added: The unrestricted shares were valued at $ 10.05 per share, which was the closing price of Brooklyn’s common stock on July 16, 2021.
+Added: The fair value of the restricted shares was discounted by approximately 35 % to $ 6.53 per restricted share, which
+Added: was derived from the average discount rate between the Black Scholes and Finnerty valuation models.
+Added: The resulting fair value of the asset acquired is as follows:
+Added: Fair Value of
+Added: Consideration
+Added: Cash acquired
+Added: Unrestricted shares
+Added: Restricted shares
+Added: Total fair value of consideration paid
+Added: Less amount of cash paid for NoveCite investment
+Added: Fair value of IPR&D acquired
+Added: IPR&D that is acquired through an asset purchase that has no alternative future uses and no separate economic values from its original
+Added: intended purpose is expensed in the period the cost is incurred.
+Added: Accordingly, the Company expensed the fair value of the IPR&D during the third quarter of 2021 in the amount of $ 80,538,000 .
+Added: Investment in NoveCite
+Added: As a result of the Acquisition, Brooklyn acquired and currently owns 25 % of NoveCite and Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
+Added: (“Citius”) owns the remaining 75 %.
+Added: A member of the Company’s management holds one of three board seats on NoveCite’s board of directors.
+Added: Citius’ s officers and directors
+Added: hold the other two board seats.
+Added: Citius also retains the ability, in its sole discretion, to increase the size of the board of directors of NoveCite.
+Added: Pursuant to a subscription agreement, as amended, between NoveCite and Novellus, LLC (the former
+Added: parent of Novellus, Inc.), which was further amended and assigned to Brooklyn by Novellus, LLC upon the completion of the Acquisition, Citius has complete operational control and financial responsibility for NoveCite.
+Added: Citrus’s officers are also the
+Added: officers of NoveCite and oversee the business strategy and operations of NoveCite.
+Added: Therefore, despite Brooklyn’s ownership of greater than 20 %
+Added: of NoveCite, which leads to a presumption that in the absence of predominant evidence to the contrary, an investor has the ability to exercise significant influence over an investee, Brooklyn does not exercise any significant influence over
+Added: NoveCite or its board of directors.
+Added: Brooklyn also has no contractual rights in the profits or obligations to share in the losses of NoveCite.
+Added: Accordingly, the Company is accounting for its interest in NoveCite under ASC Topic 321, Investments – Equity Securities.
+Added: Because NoveCite’s stock is not publicly traded and, therefore, does not have a readily determinable fair value, the Company has elected to account for its investment at cost,
+Added: which was $ 1,000,000 .
+Added: The Company will make adjustments to this amount when there are observable transactions for the identical or
+Added: similar equity securities of the same issuer that would provide an indicator of fair value.
+Added: In addition, if qualitative factors indicate a potential impairment, fair value must be estimated and the investment written down to that fair value if it
+Added: is lower than the carrying value.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, there were no observable transactions for identical or similar equity securities of NoveCite to provide an indication of fair value, nor were there any indications of impairment of the
+Added: Fair Value of Financial Instruments
+Added: Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset, or paid to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between
+Added: market participants.
+Added: A fair value hierarchy has been established for valuation inputs that gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs.
+Added: value hierarchy is as follows:
+Added: • Level 1 Inputs – Valued based on quoted prices in active markets for identical
+Added: assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.
+Added: • Level 2 Inputs – Valued based on inputs other than quoted prices included in
+Added: Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.
+Added: These might include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets
+Added: that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as interest rates, volatilities, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.) or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by
+Added: market data by correlation or other means.
+Added: • Level 3 Inputs – Valued based on inputs for which there is little or no market
+Added: value, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.
+Added: The following tables summarize the liabilities that are measured at fair value as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:
As of December 31, 2021
−Removed: Site equipment
−Removed: Machinery and equipment
−Removed: Furniture and fixtures
+Added: Contingent consideration
+Added: As of December 31, 2020
+Added: Contingent consideration
+Added: The contingent consideration is related to an asset purchase agreement entered into between Brooklyn LLC and IRX Therapeutics (“IRX”) in
+Added: connection with the IRX Acquisition, according to which, Brooklyn LLC is obligated to pay royalties to certain noteholders and shareholders of IRX based on future revenues from any future IRX-2 product sales.
+Added: Contingent consideration for the IRX Acquisition was initially valued at the transaction price and is subsequently valued at the end of each
+Added: reporting period using third-party valuation services or other market observable data.
+Added: The third-party valuation services use industry standard valuation models, including discounted cash flow analysis, to determine the value.
+Added: After completing its
+Added: validation procedures as of December 31, 2021, the Company adjusted the carrying amount of its contingent consideration liabilities as follows:
+Added: December 31, 2021
+Added: Balance as of beginning of period
+Added: Fair value adjustments included in operating expenses
+Added: Balance as of end of period
+Added: Contingent consideration is measured at fair value and is based on significant inputs not observable in the market, which represents a Level 3
+Added: measurement within the fair value hierarchy.
+Added: The valuation of contingent consideration uses assumptions the Company believes would be made by a market participant.
+Added: The Company assesses these estimates on an on-going basis as additional data
+Added: impacting the assumptions is obtained.
+Added: Future changes in the fair value of contingent consideration related to updated assumptions and estimates are recognized within the statements of operations.
+Added: Contingent consideration may change significantly as development progresses and additional data are obtained, impacting the Company’s assumptions
+Added: regarding probabilities of successful achievement of related milestones used to estimate the fair value of the liability and the timing in which the milestones are expected to be achieved.
+Added: In evaluating the fair value information, considerable
+Added: judgment is required to interpret the market data used to develop the estimates.
+Added: The estimates of fair value may not be indicative of the amounts that could be realized in a current market exchange.
+Added: Accordingly, the use of different market
+Added: assumptions and/or different valuation techniques could result in materially different fair value estimates.
+Added: For purposes of this calculation, a royalty equal to 13 % of revenue (consisting of the royalty due to University of South Florida and the royalty due to the collaborator) is assumed until 2029 and a royalty of 7 % of revenues is assumed from 2030 to 2038.
+Added: The post patent decline is 50 %
+Added: in the first year and 10 % thereafter.
+Added: Income taxes were projected to be 26 % of net royalty savings.
+Added: The cash flows were discounted by the liability specific weighted average cost of capital of 26 % using the mid-point convention.
+Added: Property and Equipment
+Added: Property and equipment consist of the following:
+Added: Laboratory and manufacturing equipment
Leasehold improvements
+Added: Computer equipment
accumulated depreciation and amortization
−Removed: expense totaled $1,188,000 and $2,358,000 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: geographic breakdown of the Company’s long-term tangible assets for the last two fiscal years were as follows:
+Added: Property and equipment, net
+Added: Depreciation expense totaled $ 117,000
+Added: and $ 98,000 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
+Added: No depreciation expense is recorded on fixed assets in process
+Added: until such time as the assets are completed and are placed into service.
+Added: The Company has operating leases for office and laboratory space in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan in New York, New York, which expire
+Added: in 2025 and 2026, respectively.
+Added: In June 2021, the Company entered into an additional lease agreement to lease approximately 2,700
+Added: square feet of office and laboratory space in Cambridge, Massachusetts for approximately $ 56.00 per square foot annually.
+Added: provides for annual escalation of the base rent based on the year-over-year increase of the consumer price index, as well as the payment of other customary expenses, such as common area maintenance fees, property taxes, and insurance.
+Added: entering into this lease agreement, the Company paid a lease deposit of approximately $ 25,000 .
+Added: The Cambridge, Massachusetts lease
+Added: expires in June 2028.
+Added: See Note 17 for subsequent event information regarding the Company’s leases.
+Added: The Company adopted ASC Topic 842, Leases, on December 31, 2020 using the modified transition method
+Added: without retrospective application to comparative periods.
+Added: The Company elected the package of three practical expedients allowed for under the transition guidance.
+Added: Accordingly, the Company did not reassess:
+Added: (1) whether any expired or existing
+Added: contracts are/or contain leases;
+Added: (2) the lease classification for any expired or existing leases;
+Added: or (3) initial direct costs for any existing leases.
+Added: The Company has also elected not to recognize right-of-use assets (“ROU assets”) and lease
+Added: liabilities for short-term leases that have a term of 12 months or less.
+Added: Operating lease liabilities represent the present value of lease payments not yet paid.
+Added: ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use an
+Added: underlying asset and are based upon the operating lease liabilities adjusted for prepaid or accrued lease payments, initial direct costs, lease incentives and impairment of operating lease assets.
+Added: As the rate implicit in the lease is not readily
+Added: determinable, the Company used its incremental borrowing rates based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.
+Added: To determine the present value of lease payments not yet paid,
+Added: the Company estimates secured borrowing rates corresponding to the maturities of the leases.
+Added: The Company has elected the practical expedient to not separate non-lease components from the lease components to which they relate and instead
+Added: account for each as a single lease component for all underlying asset classes.
+Added: Some leasing arrangements require variable payments that are dependent on usage or may vary for other reasons, such as payments for insurance, tax payments and other
+Added: miscellaneous costs.
+Added: The variable portion of lease payments is not included in the ROU assets or lease liabilities.
+Added: Rather, variable payments, other than those dependent upon an index or rate, are expensed when the obligation for those payments
+Added: is incurred and are included in lease expenses.
+Added: Accordingly, all expenses associated with a lease contract are accounted for as lease expenses.
+Added: Operating leases are included in right of use assets - operating leases and operating lease liabilities, current and long-term, on the balance
+Added: Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and is included in general and administrative costs in the statements of operations.
+Added: The Company recognizes operating lease expense and lease payments from the sublease on a straight-line basis in its statements of operations
+Added: over the lease terms.
+Added: During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the net operating lease expenses were as follows:
+Added: Years ended December 31,
+Added: Operating lease expense
+Added: Sublease income
+Added: Variable lease expense
+Added: Total lease expense
+Added: The tables below show the beginning balances of the operating ROU assets and lease liabilities as of January 1, 2021 and the ending balances as of
+Added: December 31, 2021, including the changes during the period.
+Added: Operating Lease
+Added: Operating lease ROU assets at January 1, 2021
+Added: Amortization of operating lease ROU assets
+Added: Addition of operating lease ROU assets
+Added: Operating lease ROU assets at December 31, 2021
+Added: Operating Lease
+Added: Operating lease liabilities at January 1, 2021
+Added: Principal payments on operating lease liabilities
+Added: Addition of operating lease liabilities
+Added: Operating lease liabilities at December 31, 2021
+Added: Less non-current portion
+Added: Current portion at December 31, 2021
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, the Company’s operating leases had a weighted-average remaining life of 4.9 years with a weighted-average discount rate of 12.76 %.
+Added: The maturities of the operating
+Added: lease liabilities are as follows:
+Added: Total payments
+Added: Less imputed interest
+Added: Total operating lease liabilities
+Added: Sublease Agreement
+Added: On April 18, 2019, the Company entered into a sublease agreement with Nezu Asia Capital Management, LLC (the “Tenant”), whereby the Tenant
+Added: agreed to sublease approximately 999 square feet of space currently rented by the Company in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New
+Added: York commencing on May 15, 2019.
+Added: The term of this sublease expires on October 31, 2026 with no option to extend the sublease term.
+Added: Rent payments provided by the Tenant under the sublease agreement began on September 1, 2019.
+Added: agreement stipulates an annual rent increase of 2.25 %.
+Added: The Tenant is also responsible for paying to the Company all tenant energy costs, annual
+Added: operating costs, and annual tax costs attributable to the subleased space during the term of the sublease.
+Added: The Company received sublease payments of approximately $ 83,000 and $ 79,000 during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020,
+Added: respectively.
+Added: In accordance with ASC Topic 842, the Company treats the sublease as a separate lease, as the Company was not relieved of the primary obligation under the original lease.
+Added: The Company continues to account for the Manhattan lease as a
+Added: lessee and in the same manner as prior to the commencement date of the sublease.
+Added: The Company accounts for the sublease as a lessor of the lease.
+Added: The sublease is classified as an operating lease, as it does not meet the criteria of a sale-type or
+Added: direct financing lease.
+Added: Goodwill and In-Process Research & Development
+Added: The Company recorded goodwill and IPR&D in the amount of $ 2,044,000 and $ 6,860,000 , respectively, in connection with the IRX Acquisition
+Added: in the year ended December 31, 2018.
+Added: IPR&D assets are considered to be indefinite lived until the completion or abandonment of the associated research and development projects.
+Added: In connection with the Acquisition, the Company expensed the fair value of the IPR&D it acquired in the amount of $ 80,538,000 , as the Company determined there were no future alternative uses or separate economic values from its original intended purpose.
+Added: Accrued Expenses
+Added: Accrued expenses consisted of the following:
As of December 31,
−Removed: United States
−Removed: Total fixed assets
−Removed: Company’s goodwill balance of $696,000 as of December 31, 2019 related to the excess of costs over the fair value of assets
−Removed: the Company acquired in 2003 related to its Canadian business (the “Reporting Unit”).
−Removed: In the Company’s evaluation
−Removed: of impairment indicators as of March 31, 2020, it determined that the uncertainty relating to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
−Removed: on the Reporting Unit’s future operating results represented an indicator of impairment.
−Removed: Accordingly, the Company compared
−Removed: the estimated fair value of the Reporting Unit to its carrying value at March 31, 2020, determined that a full impairment loss
−Removed: was warranted and recognized an impairment charge of $662,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2020.
−Removed: No further evaluations
−Removed: are necessary after March 31, 2020.
−Removed: addition to the impairment loss recognized, fluctuations in the amount of goodwill shown on the accompanying balance sheets can
−Removed: occur due to changes in the foreign currency exchange rates used when translating NTN Canada’s financial statement from
−Removed: Canadian dollars to US dollars during consolidation.
−Removed: The following table shows the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: Goodwill balance at January 1, 2020
−Removed: Activity for the three months ended March 31, 2020
−Removed: Effects of foreign currency
−Removed: Goodwill impairment
−Removed: Goodwill balance at December 31, 2020
−Removed: Value of Financial Instruments
−Removed: carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities
−Removed: approximate fair value due to the short maturity of these instruments.
−Removed: The carrying value of the Company’s debt approximates
−Removed: fair value as interest rates approximate market rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements.
−Removed: 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, applies to certain assets and liabilities that are being measured and
−Removed: reported on a fair value basis.
−Removed: Broadly, the ASC No.
−Removed: 820 framework requires fair value to be determined based on the exchange
−Removed: price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous
−Removed: market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants.
−Removed: 820 also establishes a fair value
−Removed: hierarchy for ranking the quality and reliability of the information used to determine fair values.
−Removed: This hierarchy is as follows:
−Removed: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
−Removed: Observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data.
−Removed: Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2020, there were no assets or liabilities that were measures at fair value on a recurring or non-recurring
−Removed: There were no transfers between fair value measurement levels during the year ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: times, the Company’s cash balances held in financial institutions are in excess of federally insured limits.
−Removed: performs periodic evaluations of the relative credit standing of financial institutions and seeks to limit the amount of risk
−Removed: by selecting financial institutions with a strong credit standing.
−Removed: The Company believes it is not exposed to any significant credit
−Removed: risk with respect to its cash and cash equivalents.
−Removed: Buzztime network provides services to group viewing locations, generally restaurants, sports bars and lounges throughout North
−Removed: Concentration of credit risk with respect to trade receivables is limited due to the large number of customers comprising
−Removed: the Company’s customer base, and their dispersion across many different geographic locations.
−Removed: The Company performs credit
−Removed: evaluations of new customers and generally requires no collateral.
−Removed: The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts to
−Removed: provide for credit losses.
−Removed: and Diluted Earnings Per Common Share
−Removed: net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period,
−Removed: without consideration of potential common shares.
−Removed: Diluted net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted-average
−Removed: number of common shares outstanding plus potential common shares.
−Removed: Stock options, restricted stock units, and other convertible
−Removed: securities are considered potential common shares and are included in the calculation of diluted net loss per share using the
−Removed: treasury method when their effect is dilutive.
−Removed: Options, restricted stock units and convertible preferred stock representing approximately
−Removed: 201,000 and 210,000 shares of common stock were excluded from the computations of diluted net loss per common share for the years
−Removed: ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, as their effect was anti-dilutive.
−Removed: Shareholders’
−Removed: Incentive Plans
−Removed: Company’s stock-based compensation plans include the NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: 2019 Performance Incentive Plan (the “2019
−Removed: Plan”), the NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: Amended 2010 Performance Incentive Plan (the “2010 Plan”) and the NTN Buzztime,
−Removed: 2014 Inducement Plan (the “2014 Plan”).
−Removed: The Company’s board of directors designated its nominating and
−Removed: corporate governance/compensation committee as the administrator of the foregoing plans (the “Plan Administrator”).
−Removed: Among other things, the Plan Administrator selects persons to receive awards and determines the number of shares subject to each
−Removed: award and the terms, conditions, performance measures, if any, and other provisions of the award.
−Removed: the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2019 Plan, which provides
−Removed: for the issuance of up to 240,000 shares of Company common stock.
−Removed: Awards the under the 2019 Plan may be granted to officers, directors,
−Removed: employees and consultants of the Company.
−Removed: Stock options granted under the 2019 Plan may either be incentive stock options or nonqualified
−Removed: stock options, have a term of up to ten years, and are exercisable at a price per share not less than the fair market value on
−Removed: the date of grant.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, there were stock options to purchase approximately 2,000 shares of common stock and
−Removed: 82,000 restricted stock units outstanding under the 2019 Plan.
−Removed: a result of stockholder approval of the 2019 Plan, no future grants will be made under the 2010 Plan.
−Removed: All awards that are outstanding
−Removed: under the 2010 Plan will continue to be governed by the 2010 Plan until they are exercised or expire in accordance with the terms
−Removed: of the applicable award or the 2010 Plan.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, there were stock options to purchase approximately 24,000 shares
−Removed: of common stock and 9,000 restricted stock units outstanding under the 2010 Plan.
−Removed: 2014 Plan provides for the grant of up to 85,000 share-based awards to a new employee as an inducement material to the new employee
−Removed: entering into employment with the Company and expires in September 2024.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, there were no stock options
−Removed: or restricted stock units outstanding under the 2014 Plan.
−Removed: Compensation Valuation Assumptions
−Removed: Company uses the historical stock price volatility as an input to value its stock options under ASC No.
−Removed: The expected term
−Removed: of stock options represents the period of time options are expected to be outstanding and is based on observed historical exercise
−Removed: patterns of the Company, which the Company believes are indicative of future exercise behavior.
−Removed: For the risk-free interest rate,
−Removed: the Company uses the observed interest rates appropriate for the term of time options are expected to be outstanding.
−Removed: yield assumption is based on the Company’s history and expectation of dividend payouts.
−Removed: following weighted-average assumptions were used for grants issued during 2019 under the ASC No.
−Removed: 718 requirements:
+Added: Accrued compensation
+Added: Accrued research and development expenses
+Added: Accrued general and administrative expenses
+Added: Accrued interest
+Added: Total accrued expenses
+Added: Loans Payable
+Added: In connection with the IRX Acquisition in 2018, Brooklyn LLC assumed certain notes payable (the “IRX Notes”) in the amount of $ 410,000 .
+Added: On January 27, 2020, the IRX Notes were amended to extend the maturity date to the earlier of (i) a change of control, as defined in the IRX
+Added: Notes, and (ii) December 31, 2021.
+Added: On December 31, 2021, the Company paid the outstanding $ 410,000 in principal plus accrued and unpaid
+Added: interest of approximately $ 210,000 under the IRX Notes, and the Company has no further obligations thereunder.
+Added: Payment Protection Program Loan
+Added: Brooklyn LLC PPP Loan.
+Added: On May 4, 2020, Brooklyn LLC issued a note in the principal amount of approximately $ 310,000 to Silicon Valley Bank evidencing a loan (the “Brooklyn LLC PPP Loan”) Brooklyn LLC received under the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
+Added: Economic Security Act administered by the U.S.
+Added: Small Business Administration (the “CARES Act”).
+Added: Brooklyn LLC PPP Loan incurred interest at a rate of 1.0 %
+Added: Under the terms of the Cares Act, certain amounts of the Brooklyn LLC PPP Loan could be forgiven if they were used for qualifying expenses, as
+Added: described in the CARES Act.
+Added: In June 2021, Brooklyn LLC submitted its loan forgiveness application for the Brooklyn LLC PPP Loan, and in September 2021, the lender informed Brooklyn LLC that the U.S Small Business Administration approved the
+Added: forgiveness of 100% of the outstanding principal and interest of the Brooklyn LLC PPP Loan.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, there was no
+Added: outstanding principal balance of the Brooklyn LLC PPP Loan.
+Added: Commitments and Contingencies
+Added: Legal Matters
+Added: The Company is involved in litigation and arbitrations from time to time in the ordinary course of business.
+Added: Legal fees and other costs associated
+Added: with such actions are expensed as incurred.
+Added: In addition, the Company assesses the need to record a liability for litigation and contingencies.
+Added: The Company reserves for costs relating to these matters when a loss is probable, and the amount can be
+Added: reasonably estimated.
+Added: Merger-Related Shareholder Litigation
+Added: Brooklyn (then known as NTN Buzztime, Inc.) and its former directors were named as defendants in ten substantially similar actions arising out of the Merger that were brought by purported pre-Merger stockholders of Brooklyn:
+Added: NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No.
+Added: 1:20-cv-08663-LGS (S.D.N.Y.);
+Added: NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No.
+Added: 1:20-cv-08755-LGS (S.D.N.Y.);
+Added: NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No.
+Added: 1:20-cv-08747-LGS (S.D.N.Y.);
+Added: NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No.
+Added: 1:21-cv-00047-LGS (S.D.N.Y.);
+Added: NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No.
+Added: 1:21-cv-00728-LGS (S.D.N.Y.);
+Added: NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No.
+Added: 1:20-cv-05106-EK-SJB (E.D.N.Y.);
+Added: NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No.
+Added: 3:20-cv-02123-BAS-JLB (S.D.
+Added: NTN Buzztime,
+Added: Inc., et al., No.
+Added: 3:21-cv-00157-WQH-AGS (S.D.
+Added: NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No.
+Added: 1:20-cv-01401-CFC (D.
+Added: and Nicosia v.
+Added: NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No.
+Added: 1:21-cv-00125-CFC (D.
+Added: Del.) (collectively, the “Stockholder Actions”).
+Added: two of the Stockholder Actions (the Chinta and Nicosia cases) also named Brooklyn.
+Added: These actions asserted claims alleging violations of
+Added: Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder and both the Chinta and Nicosia cases alleged that Brooklyn LLC is a controlling person of Brooklyn.
+Added: The complaints generally alleged that
+Added: the defendants failed to disclose allegedly material information in a Form S-4 Registration Statement filed on October 2, 2020, including:
+Added: (1) certain details regarding any projections or forecasts of Brooklyn or Brooklyn LLC may have made, and
+Added: the analyses performed by Brooklyn’s financial advisor, Newbridge Securities Corporation;
+Added: (2) conflicts concerning the sales process;
+Added: and (3) disclosures regarding whether or not Brooklyn entered into any confidentiality agreements with standstill
+Added: and/or “don’t ask, don’t waive” provisions.
+Added: The complaints generally alleged that these purported failures to disclose rendered the Form S-4 false and misleading.
+Added: The complaints requested:
+Added: preliminary and permanent injunction of the Merger;
+Added: rescission of the Merger if executed and/or rescissory damages in unspecified amounts;
+Added: direction to the individual directors to disseminate a compliant Form S-4;
+Added: an accounting by Brooklyn for all alleged damages suffered;
+Added: a declaration that certain
+Added: federal securities laws had been violated;
+Added: and reimbursement of costs, including attorneys’ and expert fees and expenses.
+Added: On or about February 26, 2021, in order to moot certain of the disclosure claims asserted in the Stockholder Actions, to
+Added: avoid nuisance, potential expense, and delay, and to provide additional information to Brooklyn’s stockholders, Brooklyn determined to voluntarily supplement the Form S-4 with certain additional disclosures.
+Added: In exchange for those disclosures, the
+Added: plaintiffs in each of the Stockholder Actions agreed to voluntarily dismiss their claims.
+Added: All ten actions have now been dismissed.
+Added: Following the dismissal the parties amicably resolved plaintiffs’ counsel’s request for an award of attorneys’ fees
+Added: and expenses based on the purported benefit contented to be conferred on Brooklyn’s stockholders as a result of the supplemental disclosures.
+Added: Dhesh Govender v.
+Added: Brooklyn Immunotherapeutics, LLC, et al., Index No.
+Added: 650847/2021 (N.Y.
+Added: On or about February 5, 2021, Dhesh Govender, a former short-term consultant of Brooklyn LLC, filed a complaint against Brooklyn
+Added: LLC and certain individuals that plaintiff alleges were directors of Brooklyn LLC.
+Added: The complaint is captioned, Dhesh Govender v.
+Added: Brooklyn Immunotherapeutics, LLC, et al., Index No.
+Added: 650847/2021 (N.Y.
+Added: Plaintiff alleges
+Added: that Brooklyn LLC and certain of its officers and directors (“defendants”) engaged in unlawful and discriminatory conduct based on race, national origin and hostile work environment.
+Added: Plaintiff also asserts various breach of contract, fraud and
+Added: quantum meruit claims based on an alleged oral agreement pursuant to which he alleges Brooklyn LLC agreed to hire him as an executive once the Merger was completed.
+Added: In particular, plaintiff alleges that, in exchange for transferring an
+Added: opportunity to obtain an agreement to acquire a license from Novellus for its mRNA-based gene editing and cell reprogramming technology to Brooklyn LLC, he was promised a $ 500,000 salary and 7 % of the equity of Brooklyn LLC.
+Added: Based on these and
+Added: other allegations, plaintiff seeks damages of not less than $ 10 million, a permanent injunction enjoining Brooklyn LLC from
+Added: exercising the option to acquire such license from Novellus or completing the proposed Merger.
+Added: On or about February 19, 2021, an amended complaint was filed asserting the same causes of action but withdrawing the request for injunctive relief.
+Added: On June 6, 2021, defendants filed a motion to compel arbitration or, in the alternative, for partial dismissal of the complaint for failure to state viable fraud, quantum meruit and employment discrimination claims.
+Added: After obtaining extensions
+Added: of time to respond, plaintiff opposed the defendants’ motion on August 9, 2021.
+Added: The defendants filed their reply on September 3, 2021.
+Added: The Court heard oral argument on the motion to compel arbitration and/or dismiss and the motion to seal on
+Added: October 13, 2021.
+Added: By Order dated November 10, 2021, the Court granted defendants’ motion to compel Govender to arbitrate all of his claims against them, based on the arbitration clause of his consulting agreement with Brooklyn LLC.
+Added: thereafter filed his Statement of Claim (the “Demand”) with the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), Case No.
+Added: 01-21-0017-9417, on December 15, 2021 against the same defendants, and served it on defendants’ counsel on February 3, 2022.
+Added: his Demand, Govender continues to assert statutory discrimination claims against all defendants, claims against Brooklyn LLC premised on the breach of an alleged oral promise to issue Govender 7 % of the equity of Brooklyn LLC and to employ Govender at a $ 500,000 annual salary in exchange for allegedly arranging and negotiating the Novellus license, common law fraud claims against Brooklyn LLC and Cherington based
+Added: on the breach of these same promises and a claim for quantum meruit against the Brooklyn LLC.
+Added: In his Demand, Govender now claims that the fair and reasonable value of his services on the quantum meruit claim exceeded $ 100 million and is seeking damages in an amount to be determined at the
+Added: Defendants filed an answering statement to the Demand on February 28, 2022 and the parties are in the process of conferring on the selection of a three -member arbitration panel.
+Added: Defendants intend to vigorously defend themselves against these claims.
+Added: At this stage in the litigation,
+Added: the Company is not able to predict the probability of a favorable or unfavorable outcome.
+Added: Allen Wolff, Michael Gottlieb, Richard Simtob, Susan Miller, and NTN Buzztime, Inc., C.A.
+Added: 2021-0193-KSJM (Del.
+Added: On or about March 12, 2021, Douglas Carlson, a purported stockholder of Brooklyn (then known as NTN Buzztime, Inc.), filed a verified class
+Added: action complaint against Brooklyn and its then current members of the board of directors, for allegedly breaching their fiduciary duties and violating Section 211(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
+Added: In particular, plaintiff seeks to
+Added: compel the defendants to hold an annual stockholder meeting.
+Added: Plaintiff also moved for summary judgment at the same time that he filed his complaint.
+Added: In order to moot the claim addressed in the complaint, Brooklyn agreed to hold its annual
+Added: meeting on June 29, 2021, which date was subsequently rescheduled to August 20, 2021.
+Added: On or about May 6, 2021, the parties entered into a stipulation, which was “so ordered” by the court, extending defendants’ time to respond to the complaint
+Added: and to file their answering brief in opposition to plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on or before July 16, 2021 and providing that plaintiff’s reply brief in support of his motion for summary judgment is due on or before August 20, 2021.
+Added: On or about July 12, 2021, the parties entered in a further amended scheduling order, which provided that defendants were to respond to the complaint and file their answering brief in opposition to plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on or
+Added: before September 16, 2021 and plaintiff was to file its reply brief in support of his motion for summary judgment on or before October 20, 2021.
+Added: On August 20, 2021, Brooklyn convened its 2021 annual meeting.
+Added: Due to the lack of a required
+Added: quorum, the meeting was adjourned to September 3, 2021.
+Added: Thereafter, Brooklyn obtained a quorum, and the annual meeting was held on September 3, 2021.
+Added: On September 10, 2021, Brooklyn filed a report on Form 8-K with the SEC announcing the results
+Added: of the annual meeting.
+Added: On September 16, 2021, the parties filed a stipulation seeking voluntary dismissal of the complaint as moot.
+Added: The Court entered the dismissal on September 16, 2021 with prejudice as to the named plaintiff and without
+Added: prejudice as to other members of the purported class and retained jurisdiction for the purpose of determining any fee application to the extent it cannot be resolved amicably the parties.
+Added: Thereafter, on or about November 12, 2022, the parties resolved plaintiff’s counsel’s request for an award of fees and expenses for the purported benefit that Carlson contended was received by stockholders as a result of his
+Added: Robert Garfield Matter
+Added: On April 29, 2021, Robert Garfield, a purported stockholder of Brooklyn, sent to Brooklyn a demand letter that had purportedly been sent
+Added: to Brooklyn (then known as NTN Buzztime, Inc.) on or about March 16, 2021.
+Added: The demand letter asserts that, Brooklyn (then known as NTN Buzztime, Inc.) made material misstatements in a prospectus issued in seeking a stockholder vote on March
+Added: 15, 2021 with respect to an amendment to Brooklyn’s certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares from 15
+Added: million to 100 million.
+Added: The demand letter seeks to have Brooklyn deem the amendment to the certificate of incorporation
+Added: ineffective or seek valid stockholder approval of such amendment and for Brooklyn to implement internal controls.
+Added: Brooklyn decided to seek stockholder ratification of the March
+Added: 15, 2021 stockholder vote concerning an amendment to Brooklyn’s certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares from 15 million to 100 million pursuant to Sections 204 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
+Added: Stockholder ratification was obtained at the annual meeting of stockholders that took place on September 3, 2021.
+Added: As a result of the
+Added: ratification, Garfield advised that the claims set forth in his demand letter were moot.
+Added: The parties thereafter resolved Garfield’s counsel’s request for an award of attorney’s fees and expenses for the purported benefit that Garfield
+Added: contented was received by stockholders as a result of the stockholder ratification.
+Added: Edmund Truell Matter
+Added: On May 14, 2021, Edmund Truell, a stockholder of Brooklyn, alleged that he sustained a loss because he was unable to sell shares of common stock
+Added: timely due to a delay caused by Brooklyn’s issuance of stock certificates in lieu of electronic book entry.
+Added: Emerald Private Equity Fund, LLC Matter
+Added: By a letter dated July 7, 2021, Emerald Private Equity Fund, LLC (“Emerald”), a stockholder of Brooklyn, made a demand pursuant to 8 Del.
+Added: 220 to inspect certain books and records of Brooklyn.
+Added: The stated purpose of the demand is to investigate possible wrongdoing by persons responsible for the implementation of the Merger and the issuance of paper stock certificates,
+Added: including investigating whether:
+Added: (i) Brooklyn’s stock certificates were issued in accordance with the Merger Agreement;
+Added: (ii) certain restrictions on the sale of Brooklyn common stock following the Merger were proper and applied without
+Added: (iii) anyone received priority in post-Merger issuances of Brooklyn’s stock certificates that allowed them to benefit from an increase in the trading price of Brooklyn’s common stock;
+Added: and (iv) it should pursue remedial measures and/or
+Added: report alleged misconduct to the SEC.
+Added: Brooklyn has responded to the demand letter and has produced certain information to Emerald in connection with the demand, which is subject to the terms of a confidentiality agreement entered into among
+Added: the parties, including certain additional stockholders who have subsequently joined as parties to such agreement (including Truell noted above).
+Added: In October 2021, Emerald requested that Brooklyn produce additional information related to the
+Added: authority, purpose and justification for the restriction imposed on the sale of Brooklyn common stock following the Merger and the timing of share delivery to Brooklyn stockholders, following which request Brooklyn agreed to produce certain
+Added: additional information and emails relating to these topics.
+Added: On March 30, 2022, counsel to Emerald advised the Company that it was prepared to file suit against the Company, certain current and
+Added: former directors of the Company, and the Company’s financial advisor in connection with the Merger, on behalf of Emerald and a class of similarly situated stockholders with respect to some or all of the foregoing matters, alleging claims for
+Added: breach of fiduciary duty, conversion and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty.
+Added: Emerald’s counsel has expressed a willingness to engage in private pre-suit early resolution discussions with the Company and its financial advisor on
+Added: behalf of individual stockholders whom counsel represents in addition to Emerald;
+Added: and the Company has agreed to respond to Emerald’s counsel by April 22, 2022.
+Added: The Company can provide no assurance that such pre-suit early resolution
+Added: discussions will be successful or that suit will not ultimately be filed against the Company, nor can the Company currently predict the outcome of any such suit, if filed.
+Added: The Company intends to defend itself vigorously against any and all
+Added: Additionally, on April 7, 2022, the Company received a demand for indemnification from its financial advisor as it relates to the aforementioned potential lawsuit.
+Added: John Westman v.
+Added: Novellus, Inc., Christopher Rohde, and Matthew Angel, Civil Action No.
+Added: 2181CV01949 (Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Superior
+Added: On or about September 7, 2021, John Westman, a former employee of Novellus, Inc.
+Added: filed a Complaint in Middlesex County (Massachusetts)
+Added: Superior Court against Novellus, Inc.
+Added: and the company’s founders and former executives, Christopher Rohde and Matthew Angel (collectively, “Defendants”).
+Added: Brooklyn acquired Novellus, Inc.
+Added: on July 16, 2021.
+Added: Westman’s claims relate to
+Added: alleged conduct that took place before Brooklyn acquired Novellus, Inc.
+Added: Pursuant to the July 16, 2021 Agreement and Plan of Acquisition, as well as a separate agreement among Brooklyn, Novellus, Inc., Mr.
+Added: Rohde, and Mr.
+Added: Angel are essentially assuming the defense of and paying the fees associated with defending against these claims.
+Added: To that end, on September 10, 2021, Morgan Lewis accepted service on behalf of all defendants.
+Added: On December 24, 2021, Westman
+Added: dismissed the case without prejudice so the parties could mediate the matter.
+Added: The parties’ February 2022 mediation was unsuccessful, but Mr.
+Added: Westman has not refiled suit.
+Added: Licensing Agreements
+Added: Brooklyn LLC has license agreements with University of South Florida Research Association, Inc.
+Added: (“USF”), granting Brooklyn LLC the right to
+Added: sell, market, and distribute IRX-2, subject to a 7 % royalty payable to USF based on a percentage of gross product sales.
+Added: license agreement with USF, Brooklyn LLC is obligated to repay patent prosecution expenses incurred by USF.
+Added: To date, Brooklyn LLC has not recorded any product sales, or obligations related to USF patent prosecution expenses.
+Added: The license agreement
+Added: terminates upon the expiration of the IRX-2 patents.
+Added: Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: In December 2020, Brooklyn LLC entered into option agreements (the “Option Agreements”) with Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: and Factor (together, the
+Added: “Licensors”) to obtain the right to exclusively license the Licensors’ intellectual property and mRNA cell reprogramming and gene editing technology for use in the development of certain cell-based therapies to be evaluated and developed for
+Added: treating human diseases, including certain types of cancer, sickle cell disease, and beta thalassemia (the “Licensed Technology”).
+Added: The option was exercisable before February 28, 2021 (or April 30, 2021 if the Merger had not closed by that date)
+Added: and required Brooklyn LLC to pay a non-refundable option fee of $ 500,000 and then an initial license fee of $ 4,000,000 (including the non-refundable fee of $ 500,000 )
+Added: in order to exercise the option.
+Added: In April 2021, Brooklyn LLC and the Licensors amended the Option Agreements to extend the exercise period to May 21, 2021 and to require
+Added: Brooklyn, LLC to pay a total $ 1,000,000 of the $ 4,000,000 initial license fees to the Licensors by April 15, 2021.
+Added: In April 2021, Brooklyn LLC and the Licensors entered into an exclusive license agreement (the “License Agreement”) pursuant to which Brooklyn
+Added: LLC acquired an exclusive worldwide license to the Licensed Technology.
+Added: Under the terms of the License Agreement, Brooklyn LLC is obligated to pay the Licensors a total of $ 4,000,000 in connection with the execution of the License Agreement, all of which had been paid as of June 30, 2021.
+Added: The completion of the acquisition of Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: relieved Brooklyn LLC from potential obligations to pay Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: certain upfront fees,
+Added: clinical development milestone fees and post-registration royalties under the License Agreement.
+Added: The agreement with Factor under the License Agreement, which grants Brooklyn LLC exclusive rights to develop certain next-generation mRNA gene
+Added: editing and cell therapy products, remained unchanged.
+Added: Accordingly, Brooklyn LLC is obligated to pay to Factor a fee of $ 3,500,000 in
+Added: October 2022, which will be in addition to a fee of $ 2,500,000 paid to Factor in October 2021.
+Added: Brooklyn LLC is also required to use commercially reasonably efforts to achieve certain delineated milestones, including specified clinical
+Added: development and regulatory milestones and specified commercialization milestones.
+Added: In general, upon its achievement of these milestones, Brooklyn LLC will be obligated to pay, in the case of development and regulatory milestones, milestone
+Added: payments to the Licensors in specified amounts and, in the case of commercialization milestones, specified royalties with respect to product sales, sublicense fees or sales of pediatric review vouchers.
+Added: In the event Brooklyn LLC fails to timely
+Added: achieve certain delineated milestones, the Licensors will have the right to terminate Brooklyn LLC’s rights under provisions of the License Agreement relating to those milestones.
+Added: Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: also has a license agreement with Factor, which was entered into in February 2015, amended in June 2018 and March 2020, and then
+Added: amended and restated in November 2020.
+Added: This license agreement provides for Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: to use over 70 granted patents owned by
+Added: Factor throughout the world covering synthetic mRNA, RNA-based gene editing, and RNA-based cell reprogramming, in addition to specific patents covering methods for treating specific diseases.
+Added: There are also more than 60 pending patent applications throughout the world focused on these and other aspects of the technology.
+Added: The patent coverage includes granted patents
+Added: and pending patent applications in the United States, Europe, and Japan, along with other major life sciences markets.
+Added: Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: is required to use commercially reasonably efforts to achieve certain delineated milestones, including specified clinical
+Added: development and regulatory milestones and specified commercialization milestones.
+Added: In general, upon its achievement of these milestones, Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: will be obligated, in the case of development and regulatory milestones, to make milestone
+Added: payments of up to $ 51 million in aggregate to Factor and, in the case of commercialization milestones, specified royalties with respect
+Added: to product sales, sublicense fees or sales of pediatric review vouchers.
+Added: In the event Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: fails to timely achieve certain delineated milestones, Factor may have the right to terminate Novellus, Ltd.’s rights under provisions of the
+Added: License Agreement relating to those milestones.
+Added: In October 2020, Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: (as sublicensor) and NoveCite (as sublicensee) entered into an exclusive license agreement (the “Sublicense”) to
+Added: license novel cellular therapy for acute respiratory distress syndrome, which NoveCite is licensing from Factor.
+Added: Under the sublicense agreement, NoveCite is required to use commercially reasonably efforts to achieve certain delineated milestones,
+Added: including specified clinical development and regulatory milestones and specified commercialization milestones.
+Added: In general, upon its achievement of these milestones, NoveCite will be obligated, in the case of development and regulatory milestones,
+Added: to make milestone payments to the Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: in specified amounts and, in the case of commercialization milestones, specified royalties with respect to product sales, sublicense fees or sales of pediatric review vouchers.
+Added: Under the terms of the Sublicense, in the event that Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: receives any revenue involving the original cell line included in the
+Added: licensed technology, then Novellus, Ltd.
+Added: shall remit to NoveCite 50 % of such revenue.
+Added: Royalty Agreements
+Added: Collaborator Royalty Agreement
+Added: Effective June 22, 2018, IRX terminated its Research, Development and Option Facilitation Agreement and its Options Agreement (the “RDO and
+Added: Options Agreements”) with a collaborative partner (the “Collaborator”), pursuant to a termination agreement (the “Termination Agreement”).
+Added: The Termination Agreement was assigned to Brooklyn, LLC in November 2018 when Brooklyn LLC acquired the
+Added: assets of IRX.
+Added: In connection with the Termination Agreement, all of the rights granted to the Collaborator under the RDO and Options Agreements were terminated, and Brooklyn LLC has no obligation to refund any payments received from the
+Added: Collaborator.
+Added: As consideration for entering into the Termination Agreement, the Collaborator will receive a royalty equal to 6 % of
+Added: revenues from the sale of IRX-2, for the period of time beginning with the first sale of IRX-2 through the later of (i) the twelfth anniversary of the first sale of IRX-2 or (ii) the expiration of the last IRX patent, or other exclusivity of IRX-2.
+Added: Investor Royalty Agreement
+Added: On March 22, 2021, Brooklyn LLC restated its royalty agreement with certain beneficial holders of Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics Investors GP LLC
+Added: and Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics Investors LP, whereby such beneficial holders will continue to receive, on an annual basis, royalties in an aggregate amount equal to 4 % of the net revenues of IRX-2, a cytokine-based therapy being developed by Brooklyn LLC to treat patients with cancer.
+Added: Royalty Agreement with certain former IRX Therapeutics Investors
+Added: On May 1, 2012, IRX Therapeutics entered into a royalty agreement (the “IRX Investor Royalty Agreement”) with certain investors who participated
+Added: in a financing transaction.
+Added: The IRX Investor Royalty Agreement was assigned to Brooklyn LLC in November 2018 when Brooklyn LLC acquired the assets of IRX.
+Added: Pursuant to the IRX Investor Royalty Agreement, when Brooklyn LLC becomes obligated to pay
+Added: royalties to USF under the agreement described above under “Licensing Agreements-USF,” it will pay an additional royalty of 1 % of gross
+Added: sales to an entity organized by the investors who participated in such financing transaction.
+Added: There are no termination provisions in the IRX Investor Royalty Agreement.
+Added: Brooklyn LLC has not recognized any revenues to date, and no royalties are due
+Added: pursuant to any of the above-mentioned royalty agreements.
+Added: Basic and Diluted Earnings per Common Share
+Added: Basic net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, without consideration of
+Added: potential common shares.
+Added: Diluted net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding plus potential common shares.
+Added: Stock options, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), and other convertible
+Added: securities are considered potential common shares and are included in the calculation of diluted net loss per share using the treasury method when their effect is dilutive.
+Added: The following table shows the amount of stock options,
+Added: RSUs and convertible preferred stock that were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per common share for the year ended December 31, 2021, as their effect was anti-dilutive:
+Added: December 31, 2021
+Added: Stock options
+Added: Preferred stock converted into common stock
+Added: Total potential common shares excluded from computation
+Added: There were no stock options, RSUs or convertible
+Added: preferred stock outstanding prior to the Merger to exclude from diluted net loss per common share for the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: Stock-Based Compensation
+Added: Equity Incentive Plans
+Added: Brooklyn’s stock-based compensation plans consist of the Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Restated 2020 Plan”) and the 2021 Inducement
+Added: Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Inducement Plan”).
+Added: Brooklyn’s board of directors has designated its compensation committee as the administrator of the foregoing plans (the “Plan Administrator”).
+Added: Among other things, the Plan Administrator selects
+Added: persons to receive awards and determines the number of shares subject to each award and the terms, conditions, performance measures, if any, and other provisions of the award.
+Added: At Brooklyn’s special meeting of stockholders held on March 15, 2021, the stockholders approved the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”),
+Added: which provided for the issuance of up to approximately 3,369,000 shares of common stock.
+Added: At Brooklyn’s annual meeting of stockholders
+Added: held on September 3, 2021, the stockholders approved the Restated 2020 Plan, which provides for (1) an increase in the number of shares of common stock that can be issued under the Restated 2020 Plan by 5,116,000 to 8,485,000 shares of common stock in total and (2)
+Added: an annual increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance on January 1 of each year from 2022 through 2031 equal to the lesser of (i) 5 %
+Added: of the number of shares of common stock outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31 and (ii) such smaller number of shares of common stock as may be determine by the board of directors (the “Annual Evergreen Shares”).
+Added: No other provision of
+Added: the 2020 Plan were amended.
+Added: Based on the number of shares of common stock outstanding on December 31, 2021, the maximum increase to the number of Annual Evergreen Shares of common stock that can be issued under the Restated 2020 Plan in 2022 is
+Added: approximately 2,601,000 shares.
+Added: Awards under the Restated 2020 Plan may be granted to officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Company.
+Added: Stock options granted under
+Added: the Restated 2020 Plan may either be incentive stock options or nonqualified stock options, may have a term of up to ten years , and
+Added: are exercisable at a price per share not less than the fair market value on the date of grant.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, there were approximately 320,000
+Added: stock options and 18,000 RSUs outstanding under the Restated 2020 Plan.
+Added: In June 2019 Brooklyn adopted the 2019 Performance Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”), Upon the approval of the 2020 Plan, no future grants could be
+Added: made under the 2019 Plan.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, all outstanding options under the 2019 Plan either had been exercised or had expired in accordance with the terms of the applicable award or the 2019 Plan.
+Added: In May 2021, Brooklyn’s board of directors adopted the 2021 Inducement Plan, which provides for the grant of up to 1,500,000 share-based awards as material inducement awards to new employees in accordance with the employment inducement grant rules set forth in
+Added: Section 711(a) of the NYSE American LLC Company Guide.
+Added: The 2021 Inducement Plan expires in May 2031.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, there were approximately 443,000
+Added: nonqualified stock options and 222,000 RSUs outstanding under the 2021 Inducement Plan.
+Added: Equity Awards
+Added: Stock Options
+Added: The Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation.
+Added: The Company estimates the fair
+Added: value of each stock option award granted with service-based vesting requirements, using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
+Added: The Company recognizes the fair value of stock options granted as expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite
+Added: service period.
+Added: The risk-free rate is based on the observed interest rates appropriate for the expected life.
+Added: The expected life (estimated period of time
+Added: outstanding) of the stock options granted is estimated using the “simplified” method as permitted by the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No.
+Added: 110, Share-Based Payment.
+Added: Expected volatility is based on the Company’s historical volatility over the
+Added: expected life of the stock option granted, and the Company assumes no dividends.
+Added: Forfeitures are recognized as incurred.
+Added: There were no stock options
+Added: outstanding or granted during the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: The following weighted-average assumptions were used for stock options granted during the year ended December 31, 2021:
+Added: December 31, 2021
Weighted average risk-free rate
2 unchanged sentences
Expected term
−Removed: were no stock option grants issued during the year ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: Company estimates forfeitures, based on historical activity, at the time of grant and revised if necessary in subsequent periods
−Removed: if actual forfeiture rates differ from those estimates.
−Removed: Stock-based compensation expense for employees during the years ended
−Removed: December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $199,000 and $206,000, respectively, and is expensed in selling, general and administrative expenses
−Removed: and credited to the additional paid-in-capital account.
−Removed: Option Activity
−Removed: following table summarizes stock option activities for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:
−Removed: Average Exercise
+Added: The following table summarizes stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2021:
Price per Share
Life (in years)
−Removed: Aggregate Intrinsic
Outstanding January 1, 2021
Outstanding December 31, 2021
−Removed: Outstanding December 31, 2020
Options vested and exercisable at December 31, 2021
−Removed: per-share weighted average grant-date fair value of stock options granted during the year ended December 31, 2019 and $2.49.
−Removed: were no stock options granted during the year ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: of December 31, 2020, all stock options were fully vested and there was no unamortized stock based compensation expense remaining.
−Removed: A deferred tax asset generally would be recorded related to the expected future tax benefit from the exercise of the non-qualified
−Removed: stock options.
−Removed: However, due to a history of net operating losses (“NOLs”), a full valuation allowance has been recorded
−Removed: related to the tax benefit for non-qualified stock options.
−Removed: Stock Unit Activity
−Removed: restricted stock units (“RSUs”) are settled in an equal number of shares of common stock on the vesting date of the
−Removed: A stock unit award is settled only to the extent vested.
−Removed: Vesting generally requires the continued employment or service
−Removed: by the award recipient through the respective vesting date.
−Removed: Because RSUs are settled in an equal number of shares of common stock
−Removed: without any offsetting payment by the recipient, the measurement of cost is based on the quoted market price of the stock at the
−Removed: measurement date, which is the grant date.
−Removed: During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company granted approximately
−Removed: 172,000 and 77,000 RSUs, respectively.
−Removed: The weighted average grant date fair value of the restricted stock units awarded during
−Removed: the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $2.51 and $3.35, respectively.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2019, 30,000 of the 77,000 RSUs granted for the period were awarded as a performance-based award granted
−Removed: to the Company’s former chief executive officer in connection with his resignation.
−Removed: The award would have vested in full
−Removed: upon the effective date of a change in control transaction in which an individual, entity or group acquired all of the Company’s
−Removed: then-outstanding equity interests on or before March 17, 2020, or in which an individual, entity or group acquired 51% of our
−Removed: then-outstanding equity interests on or before March 17, 2020, and then that same individual, entity or group acquired the remaining
−Removed: equity so that it held all of the Company’s then-outstanding equity interests on or before June 17, 2020.
−Removed: Continuing service
−Removed: was not required for vesting to occur.
−Removed: Because a change in control is not considered probable until a change in control occurs,
−Removed: and because the change in control did not occur as discussed above, the Company did not recognize stock compensation expense on
−Removed: this award and this award expired unvested.
−Removed: connection with the resignation of the Company’s former chief executive officer, the vesting of 10,000 of his RSUs was accelerated,
−Removed: 5,000 in September 2019 and 5,000 in October 2019.
−Removed: The modification of this award resulted in the Company recognizing stock compensation
−Removed: expense for the accelerated vesting of RSUs in the period in which the accelerated vesting occurred.
−Removed: the exception of the performance-based award and the acceleration of vesting of RSUs discussed above, RSUs typically vest over
−Removed: a period of two to three years, generally in monthly or quarterly increments.
−Removed: Some awards may have an initial cliff period of
−Removed: six months before the monthly vesting begins.
−Removed: All outstanding RSUs as of December 31, 2020 are subject to accelerated vesting
−Removed: in the event of a change in control.
−Removed: following table summarizes restricted stock unit activity for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:
−Removed: Restricted Stock Units
−Removed: Average Fair Value per Share
+Added: The per-share weighted average grant-date fair value of stock options granted during the year ended December 31, 2021 was $ 7.57 .
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, the unamortized stock-based compensation expense related to outstanding unvested options was approximately $ 21,915,000 with a weighted average remaining requisite service period of 3.30 years.
+Added: The Company expects to amortize this expense over the remaining requisite service period of these stock options.
+Added: Included in the 3,988,000 stock
+Added: options granted during the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued two stock option grants to Howard J.
+Added: Federoff, M.D., Ph.D.
+Added: upon his appointment as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President.
+Added: Federoff was granted a nonqualified stock option covering approximately 2,628,000 shares of common stock (the “Time-Based Option”).
+Added: The Time-Based Option was granted at a per share exercise price equal to the closing price of the common stock on the NYSE
+Added: American stock exchange on the date of grant.
+Added: Of the shares covered by the Time-Based Option, 25 % will vest on the one-year anniversary
+Added: of the grant date, and the remaining shares will vest in substantially 36 equal monthly installments thereafter, so long as Dr.
+Added: provides continuous service to the Company throughout the relevant vesting date.
+Added: Federoff was also granted a performance-based nonqualified stock option covering approximately 597,000 shares of common stock (the “Milestone Option”).
+Added: The Milestone Option was granted at a per share exercise price equal to the closing price of common stock on the NYSE
+Added: American stock exchange on the date of grant, and its fair value is $ 4,288,738 .
+Added: The Milestone Option will fully vest upon the first
+Added: concurrence by the U.S.
+Added: Food and Drug Administration that a proposed investigation may proceed following review of a Company filed investigational new drug application in connection with that the License Agreement.
+Added: This milestone is subject to Dr.
+Added: Federoff’s continuous service with the Company through such vesting date.
+Added: Both the Time-Based Option and the Milestone Option were granted outside the Company’s equity incentive plans discussed above.
+Added: portion of the Time-Based Option and the Milestone Option will be cancelled upon the termination of Dr.
+Added: Federoff’s employment with the Company for any reason, subject to certain vesting acceleration provisions upon a qualifying termination, as
+Added: described in his employment agreement with the Company.
+Added: Unless earlier terminated in accordance with their terms, each of the Time-Based Option and the Milestone Option will otherwise expire on the tenth anniversary of their respective grant date
+Added: and be subject to the terms and conditions of the respective option agreement approved by the Company.
+Added: Each of the Time-Based Option and the Milestone Option was intended to constitute an “employment inducement grant” in accordance with the
+Added: employment inducement grant rules set forth in Section 711(a) of the NYSE American LLC Company Guide and was offered as an inducement material to Dr.
+Added: Federoff in connection with his hiring.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2021, there were 1,300
+Added: options exercised for total cash proceeds of $ 10,202 .
+Added: The options exercised had a total intrinsic value of $ 47,010 .
+Added: There were no options exercised
+Added: during the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: Outstanding RSUs are settled in an equal number of shares of common stock on the vesting date of the award.
+Added: An RSU award is settled only to the
+Added: extent vested.
+Added: Vesting generally requires the continued employment or service by the award recipient through the respective vesting date.
+Added: Because RSUs are settled in an equal number of shares of common stock without any offsetting payment by the
+Added: recipient, the measurement of cost is based on the quoted market price of the stock at the measurement date, which is the grant date.
+Added: There were no RSUs outstanding or
+Added: granted during the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: following table summarizes RSU activity for the years ended December 31, 2021:
+Added: Value per Share
January 1, 2021
December 31, 2021
−Removed: December 31, 2020
Balance expected to vest at December 31, 2021
−Removed: the 2010 Plan, in lieu of paying cash to satisfy withholding taxes due upon the settlement of vested restricted stock units, an
−Removed: employee may elect to have shares of common stock withheld that would otherwise be issued at settlement, the value of which is
−Removed: equal to the amount of withholding taxes payable.
−Removed: During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, approximately 58,000 and
−Removed: 38,000 restricted stock units vested and were settled, respectively, and as a result of employees electing to satisfy applicable
−Removed: withholding taxes by having the Company withhold shares, approximately 42,000 and 26,000 shares of common stock were issued, respectively.
−Removed: Convertible Preferred Stock
−Removed: Company has authorized 156,000 shares of preferred stock, all of which is designated as Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred
−Removed: Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), and all of which were issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.
−Removed: Series A Preferred Stock provides for a cumulative annual dividend of $0.10 per share, payable in semi-annual installments in
−Removed: June and December.
+Added: No RSUs vested during the year
+Added: ended December 31, 2021.
+Added: The Company recognizes the intrinsic value of RSUs granted as expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.
+Added: As of December
+Added: 31, 2021, the unamortized stock-based compensation expense related to outstanding RSUs was approximately $ 2,935,000 with a weighted
+Added: average remaining requisite service period of 3.51 years.
+Added: The Company expects to amortize this expense over the remaining requisite
+Added: service period of these stock options.
+Added: Restricted Stock
+Added: Pursuant to the Merger, Brooklyn LLC’s approximately 3,000
+Added: outstanding restricted common units were exchanged for approximately 630,000 shares of Brooklyn’s restricted common stock.
+Added: There were no
+Added: changes to any conditions and requirements of the restricted common stock.
+Added: The shares vest quarterly beginning on March 31, 2021 and continuing through December 31, 2022.
+Added: Due to the modification of the restricted common units, the fair value of the
+Added: restricted common stock immediately after the Merger was compared to the fair value of the restricted common units immediately prior to the Merger, and the change in fair value of $ 250,000 was recognized in the statement of operations for year ended December 31, 2021.
+Added: The Company recognizes the fair value of restricted common stock as an expense on a straight-line
+Added: basis over the requisite service period.
+Added: Stock-Based Compensation Expense
+Added: Total stock-based compensation expense for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was approximately $ 5,235,000 and $ 91,000 , respectively.
+Added: Stock-based compensation is
+Added: recorded in general and administrative expense and research and development expense in the statement of operations.
+Added: Stockholders’ and Members’ Equity (Deficit)
+Added: Equity Line Offerings
+Added: On April 26, 2021, Brooklyn and Lincoln Park executed the First Purchase Agreement and a related registration rights agreement.
+Added: Pursuant to the
+Added: First Purchase Agreement, Brooklyn had the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park would be obligated to purchase, up to $ 20,000,000
+Added: of shares of Brooklyn’s common stock.
+Added: Sales of common stock by Brooklyn were subject to certain limitations, and could occur from time to time, at Brooklyn’s sole discretion.
+Added: For entering into the First Purchase Agreement, Brooklyn issued to
+Added: Lincoln Park approximately 56,000 shares of common shares as consideration for Lincoln Park’s commitment to purchase up to $ 20,000,000 in shares of common stock.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, Brooklyn issued and sold to Lincoln Park approximately 1,128,000 shares of common stock under the First Purchase Agreement for gross proceeds of $ 20,000,000 , and no further shares may be sold to Lincoln Park under the First
+Added: Purchase Agreement.
+Added: On May 26, 2021, Brooklyn executed the Second Purchase Agreement and a related registration rights agreement.
+Added: Pursuant to the Second Purchase
+Added: Agreement, Brooklyn has the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park would be obligated to purchase, up to $ 40,000,000
+Added: of shares of Brooklyn’s common stock.
+Added: Sales of common stock by Brooklyn are subject to certain limitations, and may occur from time to time, at Brooklyn’s sole discretion.
+Added: In consideration of Lincoln Park’s entry into the Second Purchase Agreement, Brooklyn issued to Lincoln Park 50,000 shares of common stock.
+Added: Under the Second Purchase Agreement, the Company may direct Lincoln Park to purchase up to 60,000 shares of common stock on any business day (the “Regular Purchase”), which amount may be increased up to 120,000 shares based on the closing price of the common stock, provided that Lincoln Park’s maximum commitment in any single Regular Purchase may not exceed $ 2.0 million.
+Added: The purchase price per share for each such Regular Purchase is based off of the common stock’s market immediately preceding the time of
+Added: The Second Purchase Agreement also prohibits Brooklyn from directing Lincoln Park to purchase any shares of common stock if those shares, when
+Added: aggregated with all other shares of common stock then beneficially owned by Lincoln Park and its affiliates, would result in Lincoln Park and its affiliates having beneficial ownership, at any single point in time, of more than 4.99 % of the then total outstanding shares of common stock.
+Added: Brooklyn has the right to terminate the Second Purchase Agreement at any time, at no cost
+Added: Actual sales of shares of common stock to Lincoln Park under the Second Purchase Agreements depend on a variety of factors to be determined by
+Added: us from time to time, including, among others, market conditions, the trading price of the common stock and determinations by the Company as to the appropriate sources of funding for the Company and its operations.
+Added: As of December 31,
+Added: 2021, Brooklyn had issued and sold approximately 2,424,000 shares of common stock under the Second Purchase Agreement for total gross
+Added: proceeds of approximately $ 34,106,000 .
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, there were approximately 446,000 shares remaining to be sold under the Second Purchase Agreement.
+Added: Pursuant to the securities purchase agreement in respect of the PIPE
+Added: Transaction, the Company is prohibited from issuing additional shares under the Section Purchase Agreement for a period of one-year immediately following the closing of the PIPE Transaction.
+Added: Reverse Stock-Split
+Added: On March 25, 2021, immediately prior to the Merger, Brooklyn filed an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State
+Added: of the State of Delaware to effect a reverse stock split.
+Added: As a result of the reverse stock split, the number of issued and outstanding shares of common stock immediately prior to the reverse stock split was reduced into a smaller number of
+Added: shares, such that every two shares of common stock held by a stockholder of Brooklyn immediately prior to the reverse stock split were combined and reclassified into one share of common stock after the reverse stock split.
+Added: Immediately following the reverse stock split there were approximately 1,514,000 shares of common stock outstanding prior to the Merger.
+Added: No fractional shares were issued in connection with the reverse stock split.
+Added: Under the terms of the Merger Agreement (see Notes 1 and 4), on March 25, 2021, Brooklyn issued shares of common stock to the equity holders of
+Added: Brooklyn LLC.
+Added: The 87,000 Class A units of Brooklyn LLC were converted into approximately 22,275,000 shares of common stock;
+Added: the 15,000,000 Class B
+Added: units were converted into approximately 2,515,000 shares of common stock;
+Added: the 10,000,000 Class C units were converted into approximately 1,676,000 shares
+Added: of common stock;
+Added: approximately 630,000 shares of common units were converted into approximately 630,000 shares of common stock, and 10,500,000
+Added: rights options were converted into approximately 11,828,000 shares of common stock.
+Added: Brooklyn also issued approximately 1,068,000 shares of common stock to the Financial Advisor pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
+Added: Under the terms of the Acquisition (see Notes 1 and 4), on July 16, 2021, Brooklyn issued approximately 7,022,000 shares of common stock, of which approximately 3,644,000
+Added: shares are unrestricted and approximately 3,378,000 shares are subject to a three-year lockup agreement, provided that up to 75 % of the shares of common
+Added: stock subject to the lock-up agreement may be released from the lock-up restrictions earlier if the price of common stock on the principal market for the common stock exceeds specified thresholds.
+Added: Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock
+Added: As a result of the Merger, the Company has authorized 156,000 shares of preferred stock, all of which is designated as Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), and all of which were issued and
+Added: outstanding as of December 31, 2021.
+Added: The Series A Preferred Stock provides for a cumulative annual dividend of $ 0.10 per share, payable in semi-annual installments in June and December.
Dividends may be paid in cash or with shares of common stock.
−Removed: The Company paid approximately $16,000 in cash
−Removed: for payment of dividends in each of the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
−Removed: Series A Preferred Stock has no voting rights and has a $1.00 per share liquidation preference over common stock.
−Removed: The registered
−Removed: holder has the right at any time to convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock into that number of shares of common stock that
−Removed: equals the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that are surrendered for conversion divided by the conversion rate.
−Removed: December 31, 2020, the conversion rate was 1.8563 and, based on that conversion rate, one share of Series A Convertible Preferred
−Removed: Stock would have converted into approximately 0.54 shares of common stock, and all the outstanding shares of the Series A Convertible
−Removed: Preferred Stock would have converted into approximately 84,000 shares of common stock in the aggregate.
−Removed: There were no conversions
−Removed: during either of the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
−Removed: There is no mandatory conversion term, date or any redemption features
−Removed: associated with the Series A Preferred Stock.
+Added: The Company paid approximately $ 8,000 in cash and issued approximately 202
+Added: shares of common stock for payment of dividends during the year ended December 31, 2021.
+Added: The Series A Preferred Stock has no voting rights and has a $ 1.00 per share liquidation preference over common stock.
+Added: The registered holder has the right at any time to convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock into that number of shares of common
+Added: stock that equals the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that are surrendered for conversion divided by the conversion rate.
+Added: At December 31, 2021, the conversion rate was 3.7016 and, based on that conversion rate, one share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock would have converted into approximately 0.27 shares of common stock, and all the outstanding shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock would have converted into approximately 42,000 shares of common stock in the aggregate.
+Added: There were no
+Added: conversions during the year ended December 31, 2021.
+Added: There is no mandatory conversion term, date or any redemption features associated with the Series A Preferred Stock.
The conversion rate will adjust under the following circumstances:
−Removed: the Company (a) pays a dividend or makes a distribution in shares of its common stock, (b) subdivides its outstanding shares
−Removed: of common stock into a greater number of shares, (c) combines its outstanding shares of common stock into a smaller number
−Removed: of shares, or (d) issues by reclassification of its shares of common stock any shares of its common stock (other than a change
−Removed: in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value), then the conversion rate in effect immediately
−Removed: prior to the applicable event will be adjusted so that the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled
−Removed: to receive the number of shares of common stock which they would have owned or have been entitled to receive immediately following
−Removed: the happening of the event, had the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock been converted immediately prior to the record or
−Removed: effective date of the applicable event.
−Removed: the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock are reclassified (other than a change in par value, or from par
−Removed: value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision, combination or stock dividend),
−Removed: or if the Company consolidates with or merge into another corporation and the Company is not the surviving entity, or if the
−Removed: Company sells all or substantially all of its property, assets, business and goodwill, then the holders of the Series A Convertible
−Removed: Preferred Stock will thereafter be entitled upon conversion to the kind and amount of shares of stock or other equity securities,
−Removed: or other property or assets which would have been receivable by such holders upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger
−Removed: or sale, if the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock had been converted immediately prior thereto.
−Removed: the Company issues common stock without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the then applicable Equivalent
−Removed: Preference Amount (as defined below), then the Equivalent Preference Amount will immediately be reduced to the amount determined
−Removed: by dividing (A) an amount equal to the sum of (1) the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately prior to such
−Removed: issuance multiplied by the Equivalent Preference Amount in effect immediately prior to such issuance and (2) the consideration,
−Removed: if any, received by the Company upon such issuance, by (B) the total number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately
−Removed: after such issuance.
−Removed: The “Equivalent Preference Amount”
−Removed: is the value that results when the liquidation preference
−Removed: of one share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (which is $1.00) is multiplied by the conversion rate in effect at that
−Removed: thus the conversion rate applicable after the adjustment in the Equivalent Preference Amount as described herein will
−Removed: be the figure that results when the adjusted Equivalent Preference Amount is divided by the liquidation preference of one
−Removed: share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
−Removed: each of the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, current tax provisions and current deferred tax provisions were recorded as
+Added: If the Company (a) pays a dividend or makes a distribution in shares of its common stock, (b) subdivides its outstanding shares of common stock into a greater number of shares, (c) combines its outstanding
+Added: shares of common stock into a smaller number of shares, or (d) issues by reclassification of its shares of common stock any shares of its common stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par
+Added: value to par value), then the conversion rate in effect immediately prior to the applicable event will be adjusted so that the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive the number of shares of common
+Added: stock which they would have owned or have been entitled to receive immediately following the happening of the event, had the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock been converted immediately prior to the record or effective date of the
+Added: applicable event.
+Added: If the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock are reclassified (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a
+Added: subdivision, combination or stock dividend), or if the Company consolidates with or merge into another corporation and the Company is not the surviving entity, or if the Company sells all or substantially all of its property, assets,
+Added: business and goodwill, then the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock will thereafter be entitled upon conversion to the kind and amount of shares of stock or other equity securities, or other property or assets which would
+Added: have been receivable by such holders upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger or sale, if the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock had been converted immediately prior thereto.
+Added: If the Company issues common stock without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the then applicable Equivalent Preference Amount (as defined below), then the Equivalent Preference Amount
+Added: will immediately be reduced to the amount determined by dividing (A) an amount equal to the sum of (1) the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance multiplied by the Equivalent Preference Amount in
+Added: effect immediately prior to such issuance and (2) the consideration, if any, received by the Company upon such issuance, by (B) the total number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately after such issuance.
+Added: The “Equivalent
+Added: Preference Amount” is the value that results when the liquidation preference of one share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (which is $1.00) is multiplied by the conversion rate in effect at that time;
+Added: thus the conversion rate
+Added: applicable after the adjustment in the Equivalent Preference Amount as described herein will be the figure that results when the adjusted Equivalent Preference Amount is divided by the liquidation preference of one share of Series A
+Added: Convertible Preferred Stock.
+Added: Loss before income taxes consist of the following:
Years ended December 31,
+Added: ( 122,296,000
+Added: Total tax provision for income taxes
+Added: ( 122,301,000
+Added: For each of the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, current tax provisions and current deferred tax provisions were recorded as follows:
+Added: Years ended December 31,
Current Tax Provision
Deferred Tax Provision
−Removed: Total Tax Provision
−Removed: net deferred tax assets and liabilities have been reported in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets at December
−Removed: 31, 2020 and 2019 as follows:
+Added: Change in valuation allowance
+Added: Total tax provision for income taxes
+Added: Deferred tax assets and liabilities consist of the effects of
+Added: temporary differences as shown in the table below.
+Added: Deferred tax assets have been fully reserved by a valuation allowance since it is more likely than not that such tax benefits will not be realized.
As of December 31,
Deferred Tax Assets:
−Removed: NOL carryforwards
−Removed: UK NOL carryforwards
−Removed: Allowance for doubtful accounts
−Removed: Compensation and vacation accrual
−Removed: Operating accruals
−Removed: Research and experimentation, AMT and foreign tax credits
−Removed: Texas margin tax credit
−Removed: Fixed assets and intangibles
−Removed: Lease liabilities
+Added: Net operating losses
+Added: Foreign net operating losses
+Added: R&D credit carryforwards
+Added: Stock compensation
+Added: Vacation accrual
+Added: Contingent consideration
+Added: Deferred rent
Total gross deferred tax assets
Valuation allowance
−Removed: (16,218,000 )
Net deferred tax assets
Deferred Tax Liabilities:
−Removed: Capitalized software
−Removed: Right of use assets
−Removed: Fixed assets and intangibles
−Removed: Total gross deferred liabilities
+Added: Intangibles - goodwill
+Added: Total deferred tax liabilities
Net deferred taxes
−Removed: reconciliation of computed expected income taxes to effective income taxes by applying the federal statutory rate of 21% is as
+Added: The reconciliation of
+Added: computed expected income taxes to effective income taxes by applying the federal statutory rate of 21 % as follows:
As of December 31,
Tax at federal income tax rate
−Removed: State provision
−Removed: Foreign tax differential
+Added: State income tax, net of federal tax
+Added: Non-deductible expenses/excludable items
+Added: Pass-through loss
Change in valuation allowance
−Removed: Permanent items
−Removed: Total Provision
−Removed: net change in the total valuation allowance for the year ended December 31, 2020 was an increase of approximately $939,000.
−Removed: net change in the total valuation allowance for the year ended December 31, 2019 was an increase of approximately $429,000.
−Removed: assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion
−Removed: or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
−Removed: The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the
−Removed: generation of future taxable income during periods in which those temporary differences become deductible.
−Removed: Management considers
−Removed: the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, and planning strategies in making this assessment.
−Removed: Based on the level of historical operating results and projections for the taxable income for the future, management has determined
−Removed: that it is more likely than not that the portion of deferred taxes not utilized through the reversal of deferred tax liabilities
−Removed: will not be realized.
−Removed: Accordingly, the Company has recorded a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount
−Removed: that is more likely than not to be realized.
−Removed: December 31, 2020, the Company has available net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards of approximately $5,310,000
−Removed: for federal income tax purposes.
−Removed: The NOL carryforwards for state purposes are approximately $16,051,000.
−Removed: There can be no assurance
−Removed: that the Company will ever be able to realize the benefit of some or all of the federal and state loss carryforwards due to continued
−Removed: operating losses.
−Removed: Further, the Company performed an analysis as of December 31, 2020 to determine limitations on its ability to
−Removed: utilize NOL carryforwards under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“IRC”) resulting from
−Removed: any changes in ownership.
−Removed: This analysis indicates that an ownership change occurred on June 9, 2020 that would limit the use of
−Removed: approximately $61,965,000 of NOLs.
−Removed: Under IRC Section 382 and similar state provisions, ownership changes will limit the annual
−Removed: utilization of net operating loss carryforwards existing prior to a change in control that are available to offset future taxable
−Removed: Such limitations have reduced the gross deferred tax assets disclosed in the table above related to the NOL carryforwards
−Removed: by an estimated $11,021,000.
−Removed: The Company discloses the NOL carryforwards at their 382 limitation amount in the table above as
−Removed: potential limitation has been quantified.
−Removed: The Company has also established a full valuation allowance for substantially all deferred
−Removed: tax assets, including the NOL carryforwards, since the Company could not conclude that it was more likely than not that it would
−Removed: be able to generate future taxable income to realize these assets.
−Removed: Merger described in Note 3 above will likely result in an ownership change for purposes of Section 382, but no formal analysis
−Removed: is expected to be undertaken in this regard.
−Removed: addition, the Company has approximately $114,000 of state tax credit tax carryforwards that expire in the years 2021 through 2027.
−Removed: deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2020 include a deferred tax asset of $439,000 representing NOLs arising from the exercise
−Removed: of stock options by Company employees for 2005 and prior years.
−Removed: To the extent the Company realizes any tax benefit for the NOLs
−Removed: attributable to the stock option exercises, such amount would be credited directly to stockholders’
−Removed: States income taxes were not provided on unremitted earnings from non-United States subsidiaries.
−Removed: Such unremitted earnings are
−Removed: considered to be indefinitely reinvested and determination of the amount of taxes that might be paid on these undistributed earnings
−Removed: is not practicable.
−Removed: Company and its subsidiaries are subject to federal income tax as well as income tax of multiple state jurisdictions.
−Removed: exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to income tax examination by tax authorities in major jurisdictions for years prior
−Removed: However, to the extent allowed by law, the taxing authorities may have the right to examine prior periods where NOLs
−Removed: were generated and carried forward, and make adjustments up to the amount of the carryforwards.
−Removed: The Company is not currently under
−Removed: examination by the IRS or state taxing authorities.
−Removed: a loan and security agreement the Company entered into with Avidbank in September 2018, or the Original LSA, the Company borrowed
−Removed: $4,000,000 in the form of a 48-month term loan, all of which it used to pay-off the $4,050,000 of principal borrowed from its
−Removed: then-existing lender.
−Removed: In February 2020, the Company made a pre-payment on the term loan of approximately $150,000 following the
−Removed: sale in January 2020 of all its assets used to conduct live-hosted trivia events.
−Removed: In March 2020, the Company entered into an amendment
−Removed: to the Original LSA.
−Removed: In connection with entering into the amendment, the Company made a $433,000 payment on the term loan, which
−Removed: included the $83,333 monthly principal payment for March 2020 plus accrued interest and a $350,000 principal prepayment.
−Removed: owing under the term loan were paid on December 31, 2020, when the term loan matured, and Avidbank released its security interest
−Removed: in all of the Company’s existing personal property.
−Removed: Company incurred approximately $26,000 of debt issuance costs related to the Original LSA and the amendment to the LSA.
−Removed: issuance costs were amortized to interest expense using the effective interest rate method over the life of the loan and were
−Removed: fully amortized as of December 31, 2020.
−Removed: Protection Program Loan
−Removed: April 18, 2020, the Company issued a note in the principal amount of approximately $1,625,000 evidencing a loan the Company received
−Removed: under the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP Loan”) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act administered
−Removed: Small Business Administration (the “CARES Act”).
−Removed: The PPP Loan bears interest at a rate of 1.0% per annum.
−Removed: the terms of the Paycheck Protection Program, certain amounts of the PPP Loan may be forgiven if they are used for qualifying
−Removed: expenses as described in the CARES Act.
−Removed: In October 2020, the Company submitted its loan forgiveness application for the PPP Loan,
−Removed: and in November 2020, the lender informed the Company that the U.S Small Business Administration approved the forgiveness of approximately
−Removed: $1,093,000 of the $1,625,000 loan, leaving a principal balance of approximately $532,000.
−Removed: The unforgiven principal balance, plus
−Removed: accrued and unpaid interest, is due at the closing of the Asset Sale, if the Asset Sale occurs, or at the closing of the Merger,
−Removed: if the Merger occurs.
−Removed: If neither the Asset Sale nor the Merger occurs, the unforgiven principal balance, plus accrued and unpaid
−Removed: interest, is due at maturity, April 18, 2022.
−Removed: The Company began making monthly interest only payments on November 18, 2020.
−Removed: Company may prepay the PPP Loan at any time with no prepayment penalties.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, the outstanding principal balance
−Removed: of the PPP Loan was approximately $532,000.
−Removed: (See Note 3 for more information on the Asset Sale and the Merger.)
−Removed: connection with entering into the APA, the Company issued to Fertilemind an unsecured promissory note (the “First Note”)
−Removed: in the principal amount of $1,000,000, evidencing a $1,000,000 loan received from Fertilemind on behalf of eGames.com.
−Removed: below, until December 1, 2020, the principal amount of the First Note accrued interest at the rate of 8% per annum (increasing
−Removed: to 15% per annum upon the occurrence of an event of default), compounded annually.
−Removed: On November 19, 2020, eGames.com agreed to
−Removed: loan, or cause Fertilemind, on behalf of eGames.com, to loan an additional $500,000 to the Company on December 1, 2020.
−Removed: of such $500,000 loan, on December 1, 2020, the Company issued a second unsecured promissory note (the “Second Note”)
−Removed: evidencing such loan.
−Removed: In connection with borrowing the additional $500,000 loan, the interest rate of the First Note increased
−Removed: from 8% to 10% beginning on December 1, 2020.
−Removed: On January 12, 2021, eGames.com agreed to loan, or cause Fertilemind, on behalf
−Removed: of eGames.com, to loan an additional $200,000 to the Company on January 12, 2021.
−Removed: Upon receipt of such $200,000 loan, on January
−Removed: 12, 2021, the Company issued a third unsecured promissory note (the “Third Note,”
−Removed: and together with the First Note
−Removed: and the Second Note, the “Bridge Notes”) evidencing such loan.
−Removed: The principal amount of the Second Note and the Third
−Removed: Note accrues interest at the rate of 10% per annum (increasing to 15% per annum upon the occurrence of an event of default), compounded
−Removed: The principal amount of the Bridge Notes and accrued interest thereon is due and payable upon the earlier of (i) the
−Removed: termination of the APA, (ii) the closing of a Business Combination (as defined in the Bridge Notes), and (iii) April 30, 2021.
−Removed: Upon the closing of the Asset Sale, the outstanding principal amount of the Bridge Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon
−Removed: will be applied against the purchase price under the APA, and the Bridge Notes will be extinguished.
−Removed: The Company may use the proceeds
−Removed: under the Bridge Notes for, among other things, the payment of obligations related to the transactions contemplated by the APA
−Removed: and the Merger and other general working capital purposes.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, the outstanding principal balance of the First
−Removed: Note and Second Note was $1,500,000 in the aggregate, and combined with the Third Note in January 2021, the outstanding principal
−Removed: balance of the Bridge Notes is currently $1,700,000.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, the Company recorded approximately $29,000 of accrued
−Removed: and unpaid interest related to the First Note and Second Note.
−Removed: Bridge Notes include customary events of default, including if any portion of either of the Bridge Notes is not paid when due;
−Removed: if the Company defaults in the performance of any other material term, agreement, covenant or condition of either of the Bridge
−Removed: Notes, subject to a cure period;
−Removed: if any final judgment for the payment of money is rendered against the Company and it does not
−Removed: discharge the same or cause it to be discharged or vacated within 90 days;
−Removed: if the Company makes an assignment for the benefit
−Removed: of creditors, if the Company generally does not pay its debts as they become due;
−Removed: if a receiver, liquidator or trustee is appointed
−Removed: for the Company, or if it is adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent.
−Removed: In the event of an event of default, the Bridge Notes will accelerate
−Removed: and become immediately due and payable at the option of the holder.
−Removed: expense related to total long-term debt for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $118,000 and $236,000, respectively.
−Removed: Company has an operating lease for its warehouse facility in Ohio.
−Removed: The warehouse lease requires the Company to pay utilities,
−Removed: insurance, taxes and other operating expenses.
−Removed: The Company terminated its lease for its corporate headquarters as of June 30,
−Removed: 2020, which is discussed further below.
−Removed: The Company also has property held under finance leases that expire at various dates through
−Removed: The Company’s leases do not contain any residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.
−Removed: adoption of ASC No.
−Removed: 842, Leases (“ASC No.
−Removed: 842”), the Company recognized on its consolidated balance sheet as
−Removed: of January 1, 2019 an initial measurement of approximately $3,458,000 of operating lease liabilities and approximately $2,336,000
−Removed: of corresponding operating right-of use assets, net of tenant improvement allowances, the amounts of which were primarily related
−Removed: to the Company’s corporate headquarters.
−Removed: The initial measurement of the finance leases under ASC No.
−Removed: 842 did not have a
−Removed: material change from the balances of the finance lease liabilities and assets recorded prior to the adoption of ASC No.
−Removed: was also no cumulative effect adjustment to accumulated deficit as a result of the transition to ASC No.
−Removed: The Company recorded
−Removed: the initial recognition of the operating leases as a supplemental noncash financing activity on the accompanying consolidated
−Removed: statement of cash flows.
−Removed: The adoption of ASC No.
−Removed: 842 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated statement
−Removed: of operations.
−Removed: Headquarters Lease Termination
−Removed: part of the Company’s on-going efforts to implement measures designed to reduce operating expenses and preserve capital
−Removed: as it continued to seek to mitigate the substantial negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business,
−Removed: on June 25, 2020, the Company entered into a Lease Termination, Surrender and Buy-Out Agreement (the “Lease Termination
−Removed: Agreement”) with Burke Aston Partners, LLC (the “Lessor”) to terminate, effective June 30, 2020, the lease dated
−Removed: July 26, 2018 for the Company’s corporate headquarters.
−Removed: Absent the Lease Termination Agreement, the lease would have expired
−Removed: in accordance with its terms in April 2026.
−Removed: Since January 1, 2020, the Company reduced its headcount from 74 to 22 employees,
−Removed: all of whom are currently working remotely, and the Company did not currently need a corporate headquarters of the size subject
−Removed: to that lease.
−Removed: to the Lease Termination Agreement, in exchange for allowing the Company to terminate the lease early, the Company agreed to (i)
−Removed: allow the Lessor to keep its security deposits of approximately $260,000, which includes $200,000 of restricted cash under a letter
−Removed: of credit, (ii) pay the Lessor approximately $121,000 for past due rent, and (iii) pay the Lessor $80,000 if the Company sells
−Removed: all or any material part of its assets or all or any material part of its equity interests and $5,000 if the Lessor needs to dispose
−Removed: of furniture that remained in the office space.
−Removed: In July 2020, the Lessor informed the Company that it needed to dispose of the
−Removed: remaining furniture, and the Company paid the Lessor $5,000 to do so.
−Removed: a result of the lease termination, the Company recorded a gain on the termination of the lease of approximately $9,000 during
−Removed: the three months ended June 30, 2020, which includes writing off the remaining balances of the right-of-use asset of approximately
−Removed: $1,913,000 and the corresponding lease liability of approximately $3,135,000, applying the principal portion of past due rents
−Removed: to be paid in July 2020 of approximately $64,000, writing off of the unamortized tenant improvement allowance of approximately
−Removed: $890,000, and applying the security deposit of approximately $260,000.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: as part of the lease termination and vacating the facility, the Company recorded a loss on the disposal of fixed assets of approximately
−Removed: $282,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2020, which includes approximately $197,000 in furniture and fixtures and the
−Removed: Company’s vehicle, and $85,000 in other leasehold improvement assets.
−Removed: tables below show the initial measurement of the operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities as of January 1, 2020 and
−Removed: the balances as of December 31, 2020, including the changes during the year.
−Removed: Operating lease right-of-use
−Removed: Operating lease right-of use assets at January 1, 2020
−Removed: Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets
−Removed: Addition of operating lease right-of -use asset
−Removed: Write-off of right-of-use asset due to headquarters lease termination
−Removed: Write-off of right-of-use asset related to other lease terminations
−Removed: Operating lease right-of-use assets at December 31, 2020
−Removed: Operating lease
−Removed: Operating lease liabilities at January 1, 2020
−Removed: Principal payments on operating lease liabilities
−Removed: Addition of operating lease liability
−Removed: Write-off of lease liability related to headquarters lease termination
−Removed: Write-off of lease liability related to other lease terminations
−Removed: Operating lease liabilities at December 31, 2020
−Removed: Less non-current portion
−Removed: Current portion at December 31, 2020
−Removed: of December 31, 2020, the Company’s operating lease has a weighted-average remaining lease term of 0.8 years and a weighted-average
−Removed: discount rate of 5.0%.
−Removed: The maturity of the operating lease liability is as follows:
−Removed: December 31, 2020
−Removed: Total operating lease payments
−Removed: Less imputed interest
−Removed: Present value of operating lease liabilities
−Removed: lease expense was approximately $294,000 and $542,000 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: expense was recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses.
−Removed: tables below show the beginning balances of the finance lease right-of-use assets and liabilities as of January 1, 2020 and the
−Removed: ending balances as of December 31, 2020, including the changes during the periods.
−Removed: The Company’s finance lease right-of-use
−Removed: assets are included in “Fixed assets, net”
−Removed: on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
−Removed: Finance lease right-of-use
−Removed: Initial measurement at January 1, 2020
−Removed: Less depreciation of Finance lease right-of-use assets
−Removed: Finance lease right-of-use assets at December 31, 2020
−Removed: Initial measurement at January 1, 2020
−Removed: Less principal payments on Finance lease liabilities
−Removed: Finance lease liabilities as of December 31, 2020
−Removed: Less non-current portion
−Removed: Current portion at December 31, 2020
−Removed: of December 31, 2020, the Company’s finance leases have a weighted-average remaining lease term of 0.9 years and a weighted-average
−Removed: discount rate of 5.52%.
−Removed: The maturities of the finance lease liabilities are as follows:
−Removed: December 31, 2020
−Removed: Total Finance lease payments
−Removed: Less imputed interest
−Removed: Present value of Finance lease liabilities
−Removed: the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, total lease costs under finance leases were approximately $21,000 and $48,000, respectively.
−Removed: 842 did not make fundamental changes to lease accounting guidance for lessors.
−Removed: Therefore there was no financial statement
−Removed: impact due to the adoption of ASC No.
−Removed: As a lessor, the Company has two types of customer contracts that involve leases:
−Removed: operating leases and sales-type leases.
−Removed: operating leases.
−Removed: Certain customers enter into contracts to obtain subscription services from the Company, which includes
−Removed: the Company’s content (nonlease component) and equipment installed in the customer locations so the customer can access
−Removed: the content (lease component).
−Removed: The timing and pattern of the transfer of both the subscription services and the equipment are
−Removed: the same, that is, the Company’s subscription services are made available to its customer at the same time as the equipment
−Removed: is installed.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company has determined that the lease component of these customer contracts is an operating lease.
−Removed: Accordingly, the Company has concluded that these contracts qualify for the practical expedient permitted under ASC No.
−Removed: not separate the nonlease component from the related lease component.
−Removed: Instead, the Company treats the combined component as a
−Removed: single performance obligation under Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, as the Company has concluded that
−Removed: the nonlease component (subscription services) is the predominant component of the combined component.
−Removed: As with the contracts under right-of-use operating leases, certain customers enter into contracts to obtain subscription
−Removed: services from the Company, which includes the Company’s content (nonlease component) and equipment installed in the customer
−Removed: locations so the customer can access the content (lease component).
−Removed: Generally, the equipment lease term is for three years and
−Removed: the customer prepays its lease in full.
−Removed: After the lease term, the lessee may purchase the equipment for a nominal fee or lease
−Removed: new equipment.
−Removed: Although the timing and pattern of the transfer of both the subscription services and the equipment may be the
−Removed: same, the provisions of the contract related to the equipment results in a sales-type lease, and therefore, the Company cannot
−Removed: treat both the nonlease component and the lease component as a combined component.
−Removed: Accordingly, the nonlease component is accounted
−Removed: for under Topic 606 and the sales-type lease is accounted for under Topic 842 and separately disaggregated on the Company’s
−Removed: statement of operations.
−Removed: Since November 2019, the Company no longer has contracts under sales-type lease arrangements and does
−Removed: not expect to enter into contracts with sales-type lease arrangements in the future.
−Removed: and Contingencies
−Removed: time to time, the Company is subject to legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business.
−Removed: While management presently believes
−Removed: that the ultimate outcome of these proceedings, individually and in the aggregate, will not materially harm its financial position,
−Removed: cash flows, or overall trends in results of operations, legal proceedings are subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable
−Removed: rulings or outcomes could occur that have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the Company’s
−Removed: business, financial condition or operating results.
−Removed: The Company is not currently subject to any pending material legal proceedings
−Removed: except as described below.
−Removed: Company and its directors were named as defendants in ten substantially similar actions brought by purported stockholders of the
−Removed: Company arising out of the Merger:
−Removed: NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: 1:20-cv-08663-LGS (S.D.N.Y.
−Removed: NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: 1:20-cv-08755-LGS (S.D.N.Y.
−Removed: NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: 1:20-cv-08747-LGS (S.D.N.Y.
−Removed: NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: 1:21-cv-00047-LGS (S.D.N.Y.
−Removed: NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: 1:21-cv-00728-LGS (S.D.N.Y.
−Removed: NTN Buzztime,
−Removed: 1:20-cv-05106-EK-SJB (E.D.N.Y.
−Removed: NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: 3:20-cv-02123-BAS-JLB
−Removed: NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: 3:21-cv-00157-WQH-AGS (S.D.
−Removed: NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: 1:20-cv-01401-CFC (D.
−Removed: and Nicosia v.
−Removed: NTN Buzztime, Inc.
−Removed: 1:21-cv-00125-CFC (D.
−Removed: 30, 2021 ) (collectively, the “Stockholder Actions”).
−Removed: Brooklyn also was named
−Removed: as a defendant in two of the actions ( Chinta and Nicosia ).
−Removed: The Stockholder Actions assert claims asserting violations of
−Removed: Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder.
−Removed: Henson and Monsour
−Removed: assert additional claims for breach of fiduciary duty.
−Removed: The complaints allege that defendants failed to disclose allegedly
−Removed: material information in the Form S-4 Registration Statement filed with the SEC on October 2, 2020, including (1) certain details
−Removed: regarding any projections or forecasts the Company or Brooklyn may have made, and the analyses performed by the Company’s
−Removed: financial advisor, Newbridge Securities Corporation;
−Removed: (2) conflicts concerning the sales process;
−Removed: and (3) disclosures regarding
−Removed: whether or not the Company entered into any confidentiality agreements with standstill and/or “don’t ask, don’t
−Removed: The complaints allege that these purported failures to disclose rendered the Form S-4 false and misleading.
−Removed: The complaints request a preliminary and permanent injunction of the Merger;
−Removed: rescission of the Merger if executed and/or rescissory
−Removed: damages in unspecified amounts;
−Removed: direction to the individual directors to disseminate a compliant Registration Statement;
−Removed: an accounting
−Removed: by the Company for all alleged damages suffered;
−Removed: a declaration that certain federal securities laws have been violated;
−Removed: including attorneys’
−Removed: and expert fees and expenses.
−Removed: Process was served in Henson , Chinta , Amanfo , Falikman ,
−Removed: Carlson and Gallo, but not in any of the other Stockholder Actions.
−Removed: Although plaintiffs request injunctive relief
−Removed: in their complaints, they have not filed motions for such relief.
−Removed: Company and its directors deny any wrongdoing or liability with respect to the allegations and claims asserted, or which could
−Removed: have been asserted, in the Stockholder Actions, as the Company believes the disclosures set forth in the Form S-4 complied fully
−Removed: with applicable law.
−Removed: Nevertheless, in order to avoid nuisance, potential expense and delay, and to provide additional information
−Removed: to the Company’s stockholders, the Company determined to voluntarily supplement the Form S-4 with further disclosures (the
−Removed: “Supplemental Disclosures”) on Form 8-K, filed on February 26, 2021.
−Removed: These Supplemental Disclosures discussed, inter
−Removed: alia , (1) certain details regarding any projections or forecasts the Company or Brooklyn may have made, and the analyses performed
−Removed: by the Company’s financial advisor, Newbridge Securities Corporation;
−Removed: and (2) information regarding whether or not the Company
−Removed: entered into any confidentiality agreements with standstill and/or “don’t ask, don’t waive”
−Removed: The Company believes that as a consequence of the issuance of the Supplemental Disclosures all claims asserted in the Stockholder
−Removed: Actions have been rendered moot, and have requested that all plaintiffs in the Stockholder Actions dismiss their claims voluntarily
−Removed: (or immediately inform the Company if they are not willing to do so).
−Removed: Since the issuance of the Supplemental Disclosures, the
−Removed: plaintiffs in Henson , Chinta , Monsour , Amanfo , Carlson and Nicosia have voluntarily
−Removed: dismissed their cases.
−Removed: The Company expects the plaintiffs in the other Stockholder Actions to do the same.
−Removed: On March 2, 2021, the
−Removed: court in Haas issued an order to show cause why the case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute.
−Removed: Plaintiffs in
−Removed: the Stockholder Actions reserve the right to seek payment by the Company to their attorneys of a “mootness fee”
−Removed: an amount yet to be determined in connection with the issuance of the Supplemental Disclosures.
−Removed: On March 5, 2021, the
−Removed: Company and its directors were named as defendants in a putative class action brought by a purported stockholder in the Court
−Removed: of Chancery of the State of Delaware, entitled Carlson v.
−Removed: NTN Buzztime, Inc ., Case No.
−Removed: 2021-0193- (Del.
−Removed: The action asserts claims for violations of Section 211(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Company’s
−Removed: bylaws (and a concomitant breach of fiduciary duty), alleging that the Company failed to conduct an annual meeting of stockholders
−Removed: within thirteen months of the previous annual meeting of stockholders, which took place on June 7, 2019.
−Removed: Plaintiff is requesting
−Removed: certification of a class, declaratory relief, injunctive relief to compel an annual meeting of stockholders, and fees and costs.
−Removed: The complaint does not yet appear to have been served upon any of the defendants.
−Removed: The Company expects this action will be
−Removed: rendered moot upon the Company’s holding of its special meeting of stockholders on March 15, 2021.
−Removed: Other Comprehensive Income
−Removed: other comprehensive income includes the accumulated gains or losses from foreign currency translation adjustments.
−Removed: translated the assets and liabilities on the balance sheet of its subsidiary, NTN Canada Inc., into U.S.
−Removed: dollars using the period
−Removed: end exchange rate.
−Removed: Revenue and expenses were translated using the weighted-average exchange rates for the reporting period.
−Removed: of December 31, 2020 and 2019, $245,000 and $268,000, respectively, of accumulated foreign currency translation adjustments were
−Removed: recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income.
−Removed: 1994, the Company established a defined contribution plan, organized under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, which
−Removed: allows employees who have completed at least three months of service, have worked a minimum of 250 hours in a quarter, and have
−Removed: reached age 18 to defer up to 50% of their pay on a pre-tax basis.
−Removed: The Company does not contribute a match to the employees’
−Removed: contribution.
−Removed: discussed in Note 3 and Note 15, in addition to the First Note and Second Note the Company issued in exchange for the $1,000,000
−Removed: bridge loan and the $500,000 bridge loan Fertilemind, on behalf of eGames.com, gave to the Company on September 18, 2020 and December
−Removed: 1, 2021, respectively, on January 12, 2021, eGames.com agreed to loan, or cause Fertilemind, on behalf of eGames.com, to loan
−Removed: an additional $200,000 to the Company on January 12, 2021.
−Removed: Upon receipt of such $200,000 loan, on January 12, 2021, the Company
−Removed: issued a third unsecured promissory note (the “Third Note,”
−Removed: and together with the First Note and the Second Note,
−Removed: the “Bridge Notes”) evidencing such loan.
−Removed: The principal amount of the Third Note accrues interest at the rate of 10%
−Removed: per annum (increasing to 15% per annum upon the occurrence of an event of default), compounded annually.
−Removed: The principal amount
−Removed: of the Bridge Notes and accrued interest thereon is due and payable upon the earlier of (i) the termination of the APA, (ii) the
−Removed: closing of a Business Combination (as defined in the Bridge Notes), and (iii) April 30, 2021.
−Removed: Upon the closing of the Asset Sale,
−Removed: the outstanding principal amount of the Bridge Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon will be applied against the purchase
−Removed: price under the APA, and the Bridge Notes will be extinguished.
−Removed: The Company may use the proceeds under the Bridge Notes for, among
−Removed: other things, the payment of obligations related to the transactions contemplated by the APA and the Merger and other general
−Removed: working capital purposes.
+Added: Provision for income taxes
+Added: The net increase in the total valuation allowance for the year ended December 31, 2021 was an increase of $ 11,863,000
+Added: of which $ 7,270,000 relates to the current year deferred expense and $ 4,593,000 relates to the purchase accounting related to the 2021 business combinations.
+Added: In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it
+Added: is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
+Added: The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during periods in which those temporary
+Added: difference become deductible.
+Added: Management considered the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and planning strategies in making this assessment.
+Added: Based on the level of historical operating results and
+Added: projections for the taxable income for the future, management has determined that it is more likely than not that the deferred taxes assets will not be utilized.
+Added: Accordingly, the Company has recorded a full valuation allowance.
+Added: At December 31, 2021 and 2020 the Company has available net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards of approximately $ 20,679,000 and $ 0 for federal income
+Added: tax purposes, respectively, of which $ 20,679,000 can be carried forward indefinitely.
+Added: The Company has available $ 1,397,000 and $ 747,000 state NOLs for
+Added: the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
+Added: The Company also has foreign NOL carryforwards of $ 4,759,000 and $ 0 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which carry forward indefinitely.
+Added: Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”)
+Added: imposes limits on the ability to use NOL carryforwards that existed prior to a change in control to offset future taxable income.
+Added: Such limitations would reduce, potentially significantly, the gross deferred tax assets disclosed in the table above
+Added: related to the NOL carryforwards.
+Added: The Company continues to disclose the NOL carryforwards at their original amount in the table above as no potential limitation has been quantified.
+Added: The Company has also established a full valuation allowance for
+Added: all deferred tax assets, including the NOL carryforwards, since the Company could not conclude that it was more likely than not able to generate future taxable income to realize these assets.
+Added: At December 31, 2021 and 2020 the Company has federal and state income tax credit carryforwards of approximately $ 288,000 and $ 0 , respectively.
+Added: credits begin to expire in 2041 .
+Added: In accordance with authoritative guidance, the impact of an uncertain income tax position on the income tax return must be recognized at the
+Added: largest amount that is more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon audit by the relevant taxing authority.
+Added: An uncertain income tax position will not be recognized if it has less than a 50% likelihood of being sustained.
+Added: The Company has no uncertain tax positions as of December 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020.
+Added: The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax positions within the income tax expense line in the accompanying
+Added: consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: There were no accrued interest and penalties associated with uncertain tax positions as of
+Added: December 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020.
+Added: The Company is subject to U.S.
+Added: federal, state, and foreign income tax.
+Added: Tthe Company’s income tax returns are subject to examination by the
+Added: relevant taxing authorities.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, the 2018 – 2021 tax years remain subject to examination in the U.S.
+Added: various state, and foreign tax jurisdictions.
+Added: The Company is not currently under examination by federal state, or foreign jurisdictions.
+Added: Retirement Savings Plan
+Added: The Company established a defined contribution plan, organized under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, which allows employees to defer
+Added: up to 90 % of their pay on a pre-tax basis.
+Added: The Company does not contribute a match to the employees’ contribution.
+Added: Subsequent Events
+Added: Private Placement of
+Added: March 6, 2022, the Company entered into a certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an investor (the “PIPE Investor”) providing for the private placement (the “PIPE Transaction”) to a private investor (the “PIPE
+Added: Investor”) of approximately 6,857,000 units (collectively, the “Units”), each Unit consisting of (i) one share of our common stock (or, in lieu thereof, one pre-funded warrant (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase one share of common stock) and
+Added: (ii) one warrant (the “Common Warrants”) to purchase one share of common stock, for an aggregate gross purchase price of
+Added: approximately $ 12.0 million.
+Added: The PIPE Transaction closed on March 9, 2022.
+Added: Pre-Funded Warrant has an exercise price of $ 0.005 per share of common stock, was immediately exercisable and may be exercised at
+Added: any time and has no expiration date and is subject to customary adjustments.
+Added: The Pre-Funded Warrants may not be exercised if the aggregate number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by the holder thereof would exceed 9.99 % immediately after exercise thereof.
+Added: Each Common Warrant
+Added: has an exercise price of $ 1.91 per share, becomes exercisable six months following the closing of the PIPE Transaction, and expires five-and-one-half years from the date of issuance, and is subject to customary adjustments.
+Added: The Common Warrants may not be exercised if the aggregate number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by the holder thereof would exceed 4.99 % immediately after exercise thereof, subject to increase to 9.99 % at the option of the holder.
+Added: In connection with
+Added: the PIPE Transaction, the Company and the PIPE Investor also entered into a registration rights agreement, dated March 6, 2022, pursuant to which the Company agreed to prepare and file a registration statement with the SEC no later than 15 days
+Added: following the filing date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K to register the resale of the shares of common stock included in the Units and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Common Warrants.
+Added: The Company agreed to use its best efforts to have such registration statement declared effective as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, subject to certain specified penalties if timely effectiveness is not achieved.
+Added: Reduction in Force
+Added: On January 3, 2022,
+Added: the Company completed a reduction in force (the “Reduction”), comprising eight employees ( 53 % of our workforce at that time), effective January 3, 2022, which was the date on which the Company notified such employees of their termination.
+Added: The Company believes
+Added: the Reduction, which was approved by its Board of Directors, will enable the Company to better align its workforce with the needs of its business and focus more of its capital resources on the Company’s cell therapy and gene editing platform,
+Added: as it continues to sustain its investment in the prosecution of IRX-2 through the end of the INSPIRE Phase 2B study.
+Added: In connection with the Reduction, the Company estimates that it will incur approximately $ 500,000 for severance and termination-related costs, which the Company will record during the first quarter of 2022.
+Added: The Company may also incur
+Added: additional costs and non-cash charges that are not currently contemplated or determinable, which may occur as a result of the Reduction.
+Added: Lease Assignment
+Added: On March 5, 2022, the Company entered into an Agreement to Assign Space Lease with RegenLab USA LLC (“Regen”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to assign its Brooklyn, NY lease (the “Brooklyn Lease”) to Regen.
+Added: The effective date of the
+Added: assignment would be contingent upon, among other things, a consent from BioBat, Inc.
+Added: (the “Landlord”) to assign the Brooklyn Lease.
+Added: Additionally, Regen agreed to purchase certain equipment from the Company for $ 50,000 , partly reimburse the Company $ 50,000
+Added: toward certain existing unamortized leasehold improvements, and to reimburse the Company for the existing security deposit the Company had under the Brooklyn Lease of approximately $ 63,000 .
+Added: On March 25, 2022,
+Added: the Company entered into an Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement (the “Assignment Agreement”) with Regen, the consent of which was provided by the Landlord in the Assignment Agreement.
+Added: The effective date of the assignment was March 28,
+Added: Under the Assignment Agreement, Regen (i) accepts the assignment of the Brooklyn Lease;
+Added: (ii) assumes all of the obligations, liabilities, covenants and conditions of the Company’s as tenant under the Brooklyn Lease;
+Added: (iii) assumes and
+Added: agrees to perform and observe all of the obligations, terms, requirements, covenants and conditions to be performed or observed by the Company under the Brooklyn Lease;
+Added: and (iv) makes all of the representations and warranties binding under the
+Added: Brooklyn Lease with the same force and effect as if Regens had executed the Brooklyn Lease originally as the tenant.
+Added: Notwithstanding the
+Added: above assumptions above by Regen, the Company shall be and remain liable and responsible for the due keeping, and full performance and observance, of all the provisions of the Brooklyn Lease on the part of the tenant to be kept, performed and
+Added: As a result of the Assignment Agreement, the Company will write off the remaining ROU asset balance and the corresponding lease liability as of March 25, 2022, and it will record any resulting gain or loss on the termination of the
+Added: Brooklyn lease in its statement of operations.
+Added: The Company does not expect to recognize a contingent liability for its ongoing obligation to remain liable and responsible for all the provisions of the Brooklyn Lease, as the Company has
+Added: determined that it is not probable it will recognize a loss under the Assignment Agreement.
+Added: New Lease Agreement
+Added: On March 31, 2022,
+Added: the Company entered into the Torrey Pines Science Center Lease in San Diego, California (the “San Diego Lease”) with Torrey Pines Science Center Limited Partnership for approximately 5,200 square feet of lab and office space.
+Added: The term of the San Diego Lease is 62
+Added: months and the lease commencement date begins on the earlier to occur of (i) the date the Company first commences to conduct business in the premises or (ii) the possession date, which is anticipated to be August 1, 2022 (or earlier if the
+Added: current tenant terminates its lease early).
+Added: The lease commencement date was April 15 , 2022.
+Added: Base rent is $ 6.35 per square foot in the first year of the San Diego Lease, with a rent abatement for the second and third full months of the first year.
+Added: base rent will increase by approximately 3 % on each anniversary of the lease commencement date.
+Added: The Company is also required to pay
+Added: its share of operating expenses and property taxes.
+Added: The San Diego Lease provides for a one-time option to extend the lease term for an additional five years at the then fair rental value.
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