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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form
10-K
(Mark
One)
☒
ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020
Or
☐
TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the transition period from ______ to ______
Commission
file number 001-39590
fuboTV
Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida
26-4330545
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
1330
Avenue of the Americas New York, NY
10019
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Zip
Code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code (212) 672-0055
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name
of exchange on which registered
Common
Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
FUBO
New
York Stock Exchange
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common
Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No
☒
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐
No ☒
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)
has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. ☒ Yes ☐ No
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule
405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
☒ Yes ☐ No
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
company, or emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,”
“smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated
filer
☐
Non-accelerated
filer
☒
Smaller
reporting company
☒
Emerging
growth company
☐
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness
of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered
public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act.) Yes ☐ No ☒
The
aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant,
based on the closing sale price of the registrant’s common stock on June 30, 2020 (the last business day of the registrant’s
most recently completed second fiscal quarter) was $404,405,971.
The
number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock as of March 23, 2021, was 140,160,575 shares.
DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions
of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement, which will be filed with the SEC no later than 120 days after December 31,
2021 in connection with our 2021 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Proxy Statement”), are incorporated by reference
into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, as noted herein.
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
PAGE
NO.
PART I
Item
1.
Business.
4
Item
1A.
Risk Factors.
10
Item
1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments.
38
Item
2.
Properties.
38
Item
3.
Legal Proceedings.
39
Item
4.
Mine Safety Disclosures.
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PART II
Item
5.
Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
39
Item
6.
Selected Financial Data.
39
Item
7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
40
Item
7A.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
49
Item
8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
49
Item
9.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
49
Item
9A.
Controls and Procedures.
49
Item
9B.
Other Information.
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PART III
Item
10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
51
Item
11.
Executive Compensation.
51
Item
12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
51
Item
13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
51
Item
14.
Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
51
PART IV
Item
15.
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
51
Item
16.
Form 10-K Summary.
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Signatures.
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PART
I
CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
As
used in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, unless expressly indicated or the context otherwise requires, references to “fuboTV
Inc.,” “fuboTV,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company,” and similar
references refer to fuboTV Inc., a Florida corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries, including fuboTV Media Inc., a Delaware
corporation formerly known as fuboTV Inc. (“fuboTV Sub”).
This
Annual Report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These
forward-looking statements, which are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, generally relate to future
events or our future financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words
such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,”
“design,” “intend,” “expect,” “could,” “plan,” “potential,”
“predict,” “seek,” “should,” “would,” “target,” “project,”
“contemplate,” or the negative version of these words and other comparable terminology that concern our expectations,
strategy, plans, intentions, or projections. Forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K include,
but are not limited to, statements about:
●
market
conditions and global economic factors beyond our control, including the potential adverse effects of the ongoing global COVID-19
pandemic on our business and results of operations, on live sports and entertainment, and on the global economic environment;
●
our
ability to access debt and equity financing;
●
our
efforts to maintain proper and effective internal controls;
●
factors
relating to our business, operations and financial performance, including:
○
our
ability to effectively compete in the live TV streaming and entertainment industries;
○
our
ability to successfully integrate new operations, including the ability to implement our wagering strategy;
○
our
ability to maintain and expand our content offerings;
○
our
ability to expand into the sports wagering market;
○
our
ability to recognize deferred tax assets and tax loss carryforwards;
●
the
impact of management changes and organizational restructuring;
●
changes
in applicable laws or regulations;
●
our
ability to operate a sportsbook and other gaming-related products and services, including, without limitation, our ability
to gain state market access and to obtain and maintain required state regulatory approvals;
●
litigation
and our ability to adequately protect our intellectual property rights;
●
our
success in retaining or recruiting officers, key employees or directors; and
●
the
possibility that we may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors.
We
have based the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K primarily on our current expectations and
projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations,
prospects, business strategy and financial needs. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties,
and assumptions, including those described in Part 1 Item 1A titled “Risk Factors.” These risks are not exhaustive.
Other sections of this Annual Report on Form 10-K include additional factors that could adversely impact our business and financial
performance. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment, and new risks emerge from time to time.
It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the
extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any
forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, the forward-looking events and
circumstances discussed in this Annual Report on Form 10-K may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely
from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking
statements.
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In
addition, statements that “we believe” and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject.
These statements are based upon information available to us as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and while we believe
such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements
should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant
information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements.
The
forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K relate only to events as of the date on which the statements
are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to reflect
events or circumstances after the date of this Annual Report or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated
events, except as required by law.
Item
1. Business
On
April 1, 2020, fuboTV Inc. (formerly known as FaceBank Group, Inc.) acquired fuboTV Media Inc. (formerly known as fuboTV Inc.),
which we refer to as the “Merger.” Unless the context otherwise requires, “we,” “us,” “our,”
and the “Company” refers to the combined company post-Merger – fuboTV Inc., or fuboTV, and its subsidiaries,
including fuboTV Sub. “FaceBank Pre-Merger” refers to FaceBank Group, Inc. prior to the Merger, and “fuboTV
Pre-Merger” refers to fuboTV Media Inc. (“fuboTV Sub”) and its subsidiaries prior to the Merger.
Overview
We
are a sports-first, live TV streaming company, offering subscribers access to tens of thousands of live sporting events annually
as well as leading news and entertainment content. Our platform, fuboTV, allows customers to access content through streaming
devices and on SmartTVs, mobile phones, tablets, and computers.
Live
TV streaming has disrupted the traditional pay TV model (linear video received through cable or satellite providers for a paid
subscription), which we refer to as “Pay TV”. This disruption has shifted billions of dollars in subscription and
advertising revenue to streaming platforms. The number of cable TV cord-cutting households (those that terminate their cable or
satellite subscription) and cable TV cord-never households (those that have never subscribed to traditional cable or satellite)
continues to accelerate in the United States, as cable and satellite subscribers increasingly favor the streaming experience.
As consumers continue to spend more time streaming content, we also believe that advertisers will allocate more dollars away from
traditional linear TV advertising spend and towards streaming services. Yet, despite being a growing share of TV consumption,
streaming is still in the early stages of adoption. We believe this creates a significant opportunity for us to capitalize on
the cord-cutting movement.
We
offer subscribers a live TV streaming service with the option to purchase incremental features available for purchase that include
additional content or enhanced functionality (“Attachments”) best suited to their preferences. Our base plan includes
a broad mix of channels, including top 50 Nielsen-ranked networks, across sports, news, and entertainment. In the summer of 2020,
we enhanced our sports-centric offering with the addition of ESPN and ABC as well as other top programming from Disney. At the
core of our offering are our proprietary technology platform, purpose-built for live TV and sports viewership, and our first-party
data. Our proprietary technology stack has enabled us to regularly offer new features and functionality. Unlike other popular
Video-on-Demand-only (VOD) streaming services, live TV streaming requires sophisticated infrastructure and technology, given the
nuances associated with an offering of live programming that refreshes regularly. Today, our proprietary video delivery platform
supports all major sports leagues and entertainment content owner delivery requirements. We offer multi-view on Apple TV, which
enables subscribers to watch four live streams simultaneously. Our technology enables us to meet blackout and geographical rights
requirements with zip-code-level fidelity and deliver conforming streams on a per-user, per-device basis, protected by industry-standard
Digital Rights Management (“DRM”) technology. We leverage our data throughout our organization to make data driven
decisions on what content we acquire for our subscribers to influence product design and strategy, to drive subscriber engagement,
and to enhance the capabilities and performance of our advertising platform for our advertising partners.
As
a result of our direct-to-consumer model, we gain further insight into customer behavior from the billions of data points captured
by our platform each month. This data drives our continued innovation and is at the core of our enhanced user experience, product
and content strategy, and advertising differentiation. The data also enables us to provide users with real-time personalized discovery
of live and on-demand programming and to surface relevant content for our users.
Our
growth strategy is to acquire subscribers who are attracted to our sports offering and can find with us a compelling sport, news, and
entertainment viewing alternative to a traditional Pay TV service. We actively engage those subscribers by providing a seamless Pay TV
replacement through a personalized easy-to-use streaming product at a significantly lower cost than traditional Pay TV providers. We
then monetize our audience through subscription fees and our digital advertising offering. In 2020, the majority of our revenue was
generated from monthly subscriptions.
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We
are investing to accelerate expansion into the sports wagering space, which we believe will be a complementary revenue stream to our
current business model. We recently announced our intent to expand into wagering and our subsequent acquisition of Camo Holdings
Inc. d/b/a Balto (“Balto”) and acquisition of Vigtory, Inc. (“Vigtory”). We plan to leverage Balto’s contest
automation software to launch a free to play game offering. With the Vigtory acquisition, we expect to add Vigtory’s sportsbook
technology and pipeline of market access agreements to our business. Our intended online wagering strategy includes the planned roll-out
of free to play gaming in the third quarter of 2021, the launch of a sportsbook application by the end of 2021 and ultimately the integration
of wagering with our live TV streaming platform. By expanding into free to play gaming, we believe we can build further scale and drive
additional subscribers.
Industry
Overview
Streaming
services have experienced rapid growth in adoption as consumers engage with streaming video and audio through a variety of devices,
including connected TVs, mobile phones, and tablets. Traditional live TV accounts for the majority of TV viewing hours for U.S.
households, however, the proportion is declining as customers continue cutting the cord. We believe consumers are increasingly
favoring the superior customer experience, lower cost, and better value of streaming services.
Sports
and news content have been a key driver for pay TV operators to retain and grow audiences. Most streaming subscription services
have primarily focused on entertainment content offerings, requiring sports fans to, until recently, remain tethered to the pay
TV ecosystem. This positions our offering well to provide a pay TV replacement service via streaming that also features an enhanced
live sports and news viewing experience.
Our
Business Model
Our
business model is “come for the sports, stay for the entertainment.” This consists of leveraging sporting events to
acquire subscribers at lower acquisition costs, given the built-in demand for sports. We then leverage our technology and data
to drive higher engagement and induce retentive behaviors such as favoriting channels, recording shows, and increasing discovery
through our proprietary machine learning recommendations engine. Next, we look to monetize our growing base of highly engaged
subscribers by driving higher average revenue per user (“ARPU”).
We
believe our expected expansion into wagering and interactivity is core to this model. We believe free-to-play predictive games
enhance the sports streaming experience - while also providing a bridge between video and our contemplated sportsbook. We expect
the integration of gaming with our expansive live sports coverage will create a flywheel that lifts engagement and retention,
expands advertising revenue through increased viewership, and creates additional opportunities for Attachment sales.
We
drive our business model with three core strategies:
● Grow
our paid subscriber base
● Optimize
engagement and retention
● Increase
monetization
Our
Offerings
Our
offerings address the needs of the parties in the TV streaming ecosystem.
Subscribers
We
offer consumers a live TV streaming platform for sports, news, and entertainment. We provide basic plans with the flexibility
for consumers to purchase the Attachments best suited for them. Our base plan, fubo Standard, includes approximately 100+ channels,
including many of the top Nielsen-rated networks, dozens of channels with sports, double digit news channels, and some popular
entertainment channels. Subscribers have the option to add premium channels and additional channel packages, as well as upgrade
Attachments such as more DVR storage with Cloud DVR Plus and additional simultaneous streams with Family Share.
Advertisers
As
cord cutting continues and traditional Pay TV viewers decline, advertisers are increasingly allocating their ad budgets to Over-the-Top
(“OTT”) platforms to reach these audiences. fuboTV’s sports-first live TV platform offers advertisers a growing
and increasingly valuable live audience and provides un-skippable ad inventory on high quality content. Advertisers also benefit
from combining traditional TV advertising formats with the advantages of digital advertising including measurability, relevancy,
and interactivity.
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Content
Providers
Our
TV streaming platform creates the opportunity for content providers to monetize and distribute their content to our highly engaged
audience. In doing so, content providers are expanding their audiences, which have shrunk on traditional TV because of ongoing
cord-cutting. By aggregating a broad variety of content to deliver a comprehensive offering on our platform, we believe fuboTV
is able to provide greater engagement and value to subscribers than content providers would otherwise be able to deliver independently.
Furthermore, our data-driven platform enables us to capture valuable insights on consumer behavior and preferences, which are
increasingly valuable to our content providers.
Seasonality
We
generate significantly higher levels of revenue and subscriber additions in the third and fourth quarters of the year. This seasonality
is driven primarily by sports leagues, specifically the NFL, which has a shorter partial-year season. In addition, we typically
see average subscribers on our platform decline from the fourth quarter of the previous year through the first and second quarter
of the following year.
Our
Growth Strategy
We
believe that we are at the early stages of our growth and that we are at an inflection point in the TV industry where streaming
has begun to surpass traditional linear Pay TV in several key areas, including content choice, ease of access and use across devices,
and cost savings to consumers. We have identified potential growth opportunities, both in current markets and adjacent markets,
that we believe may provide additional upside to our business model. The key elements to our growth strategy include:
●
Continue
to grow our subscriber base : At the end of 2020, fuboTV had 547,880 paid subscriber, up from approximately 316,000
at the end of 2019. Our Sales and Marketing expenses relative to total revenues was approximately 25% in 2020 and we believe
there is significant opportunity to accelerate subscriber acquisition by increasing our marketing expenditures on an absolute
dollar basis. We will continue to utilize and analyze the data we have collected to help us become more efficient with our
marketing campaigns relative to spend.
●
Upsell
and Retain Existing Subscribers : By improving our Attachment offerings, we have been able to steadily increase the
quantity of Attachments sold within our subscriber base while continuing to improve our overall retention rates. By piggybacking
on to our existing offerings and not meaningfully increasing our cost basis while increasing revenues, Attachments increase
our margins. Through each Attachment, we provide incremental value to our paying subscribers and are able to capitalize on
the incremental dollars earned through our ability to upsell. We have consistently upgraded our Attachment offerings, as well
as optimized our merchandising and bundling of these offerings, and as a result have more than doubled the attach rate of
our subscribers.
●
Grow
Advertising Inventory: Improvements to our content offering, UI / navigational elements and content merchandising
/ targeting capabilities, combined with evolutions in customer behavior and growth in our subscriber base, have driven growth
of our viewership over time. We are increasingly monetizing this engagement through advertising on the fuboTV platform. We
intend to continue leveraging our data and analytics to deliver relevant advertising while improving the ability of our advertisers
to optimize and measure the results of their campaigns. We also plan to continue to expand our direct sales teams to increase
the number of advertisers who leverage our platform and continue improving our fill-rates and Cost Per Thousands (“CPMs”).
●
Continue
to Enhance
Our Content Portfolio : Because we have the direct-to-consumer relationship and have
the ability to analyze all the content that our subscribers consume, we believe we can continue
to drive better subscriber experiences. We plan to continue to optimize our content mix to
best suit our subscribers’ interests by leveraging our deep understanding of our subscribers
through the data captured on the platform.
●
Continue to invest in our technology and
data capabilities: We believe that our technology platform, coupled with our content offering, differentiates us,
and we will continue to invest in both to drive the subscriber experience. We plan to continue to enhance our product for
sports viewers by increasing the number of 4K streams and enhancing the image quality of fast-paced games. We have also rolled
out personalization capabilities for our subscribers, including Favorites List and User Profiles, which allow us to enhance
our recommendation technology, thereby potentially increasing subscriber engagement and satisfaction.
●
Enter
Adjacent Markets, Including Wagering: fuboTV, through our collaborations with premier programmers, content providers
and advertisers, is very closely aligned with several adjacent markets. For example, our current sports-first platform lends itself
to entering into the sports wagering market. This is a market that fuboTV is well-positioned to enter given our unique live sport
streaming offering, our deep knowledge of sports marketing and underlying technology platform.
●
Expand
Internationally: With more than 3.5 billion soccer fans worldwide, in addition to all other sports fans and TV viewers,
we believe there remains a significant opportunity to expand internationally.
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Intellectual
Property
Our
intellectual property is an essential element of our business. We rely on a combination of patent, trademark, copyright and other
intellectual property laws, confidentiality agreements and license agreements to protect our intellectual property rights. We
also license certain third-party technology for use in conjunction with our products.
We
believe that our continued success depends on hiring and retaining highly capable and innovative employees, especially as it relates
to our engineering base. It is our policy that our employees and independent contractors involved in development are required
to sign agreements acknowledging that all inventions, trade secrets, works of authorship, developments and other processes generated
by them on our behalf are our property and assigning to us any ownership that they may claim in those works. Despite our precautions,
it may be possible for third parties to obtain and use without consent intellectual property that we own or license. Unauthorized
use of our intellectual property by third parties, and the expenses incurred in protecting our intellectual property rights, may
adversely affect our business.
Patents
and Patent Applications
As
of December 31, 2020, we had four issued U.S. patents, three non-provisional U.S. patent applications, one U.S. design patent
application, 18 granted international design registrations in three international design patents, two granted international patents,
five international patent applications, and one international Patent Cooperation Treaty patent application pending. The issued
patents expire in 2038, and the international design registrations have expiration dates ranging from 2035 to 2045. Although we
actively attempt to utilize patents to protect our technologies, we believe that none of our patents, individually or in the aggregate,
are material to our business. We will continue to file and prosecute patent applications when appropriate to attempt to protect
our rights in our proprietary technologies. However, there can be no assurance that our patent applications will be approved,
that any patents issued will adequately protect our intellectual property, or that such patents will not be challenged by third
parties or found by a judicial authority to be invalid or unenforceable.
Trademarks
We
also rely on several registered and unregistered trademarks to protect our brand. As of December 31, 2020, we had three trademarks
registered globally. “fuboTV” is a registered trademark in the United States and the European Union.
Competition
The
TV streaming market continues to grow and evolve as more viewers shift from traditional Pay TV to streaming. There is significant
competition in the TV market for users, advertisers, and broadcasters. We principally compete with Pay TV operators, such as AT&T,
Comcast, Cox and Altice, along with other multichannel video programming distributors (“vMVPDs”), such as YouTube
TV, Hulu Live and Sling TV. While the presence of these competitors in the market has helped to boost consumer awareness of TV
streaming, contributing to the growth of the overall market, their resources and brand recognition present substantial competitive
challenges.
We
compete on various factors to acquire and retain users. These factors include quality and breadth of content offerings, especially
within live sports; features of our TV streaming platform, including ease of use and superior user experience; brand awareness
in the market; and perceived value relative to the price of our service. Additionally, we compete for user engagement. Many users
have multiple subscriptions to various streaming services and allocate time and money between them.
We
also face competition for advertisers, which in part depends on our ability to acquire and retain users. Providing a large and
engaged audience is crucial for advertisers on our live TV streaming platform. In the TV streaming market, the effectiveness of
advertisements and return on investments play a pivotal role. As such, we are also competing for advertisers based on the return
of ads compared to various other digital advertising platforms, including mobile and web. Additionally, advertisers continue to
allocate a large portion of spend to advertise offline. Therefore, we also compete with traditional media platforms such as traditional
linear TV and radio. We are increasingly leveraging our data and analytics capabilities to optimize advertisements for both users
and advertisers. We need to continue to maintain an appropriate advertising inventory for the growing demand for ads on our platform.
Furthermore,
we compete to attract and retain broadcasters. Our ability to license content from broadcasters is dependent on the scale of our
user base as well as license terms.
Employees
As
of December 31, 2020, we had 220 employees, all of whom were located in North America. We consider our relationship
with our employees to be good. None of our domestic employees is represented by a labor union or covered by a collective
bargaining agreement.
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Impact
of COVID-19
The
widespread global impact from the outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic continued throughout 2020. We took precautionary
measures to protect the health and safety of our employees and slow down the spread of the virus by transitioning our workforce
to remote working as we closed our offices.
The
global spread of COVID-19 and the various attempts to contain it created significant volatility, uncertainty and economic disruption
in 2020. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations began towards the end of the first quarter of 2020, impacting advertising
markets and the availability of live sport events, as numerous professional and college sports leagues cancelled or altered seasons
and events.
During
2020, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continued to accelerate the shift of TV viewing away from traditional pay TV to streaming
TV and the on-going shift of advertising budgets away from traditional linear TV into streaming offering. While in 2020 we have
experienced an increase in TV streaming and our overall business was largely unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic, there can be
no assurance that these positive trends will continue during 2021 and beyond.
Merger
with fuboTV
On
April 1, 2020, fuboTV Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and our wholly-owned subsidiary (“Merger Sub”) merged
with and into fuboTV Sub, whereby fuboTV Sub continued as the surviving corporation and became our wholly-owned subsidiary pursuant
to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of March 19, 2020, by and among us, Merger Sub and
fuboTV Sub (the “Merger Agreement”). Following the Merger, we changed our name from “FaceBank Group, Inc.”
to “fuboTV Inc.,” and we changed the name of fuboTV Sub to “fuboTV Media, Inc.” The combined company operates
under the name “fuboTV,” and our trading symbol is “FUBO.”
In
accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, all of the capital stock of fuboTV Sub
was converted into the right to receive shares of our newly-created class of Series AA convertible preferred stock, par value
$0.0001 per share (the “Series AA Preferred Stock”). Each share of Series AA Preferred Stock was entitled to 0.8 votes
per share and was convertible into two (2) shares of our common stock following the sale of such share of Series AA Preferred
Stock on an arms’-length basis either pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act.
Recent
Developments
Exchange
Offer
On
March 1, 2021, we consummated an offer to exchange the remaining outstanding shares of Series AA Preferred Stock for two shares
of our common stock per share of Series AA Preferred Stock (the “Exchange Offer”). As a result of the Exchange Offer,
13,412,246 shares of Series AA Preferred Stock, representing 100% of the outstanding shares of Series AA Preferred Stock, were
exchanged for 26,824,492 shares of our common stock.
2026
Notes
On
January 28, 2021, we entered into a purchase agreement with Evercore Group L.L.C. (“Evercore”) relating to our sale
of our 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional
buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. On February 2, 2021, we issued $402.5 million aggregate principal amount
of our 2026 Notes, the proceeds of which we expect to use for general corporate purposes, including working capital, business
development, sales and marketing activities and capital expenditures, and to pay fees and expenses related thereto. For more information
about the 2026 Notes, see Note 2 and 18 to our consolidated financial statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report
on Form 10-K.
Government
Regulation
Our
business and our devices and platform are subject to numerous domestic and foreign laws and regulations covering a wide variety
of subject matters. These include general business regulations and laws, as well as regulations and laws specific to providers
of Internet-delivered streaming services and Internet-connected devices. New or modified laws and regulations in these areas may
have an adverse effect on our business. The costs of compliance with these laws and regulations are high and are likely to increase
in the future. We anticipate that several jurisdictions may, over time, impose greater financial and regulatory obligations on
us. If we fail to comply with these laws and regulations, we may be subject to significant liabilities and other penalties. Additionally,
compliance with these laws and regulations could, individually or in the aggregate, increase our cost of doing business, impact
our competitive position relative to our peers, and otherwise have an adverse impact on our operating results. For additional
information about the impact of government regulations on our business, see “Risk Factors— Risks Related to Regulation”
and “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Privacy and Cybersecurity” in Part I, Item 1A in this Annual Report on Form
10-K.
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Data
Protection and Privacy
We
are subject to various laws and regulations covering the privacy and protection of users’ data. Because we handle, collect,
store, receive, transmit, transfer, and otherwise process certain information, which may include personal information, regarding
our users and employees in the ordinary course of business, we are subject to federal, state and foreign laws related to the privacy
and protection of such data. These laws and regulations, and their application to our business, are increasingly shifting and
expanding. Compliance with these laws and regulations, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act and the European Union General
Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (the “GDPR”) could affect our business, and their potential impact is unknown.
Any actual or perceived failure to comply with these laws and regulations may result in investigations, claims and proceedings,
regulatory fines or penalties, damages for breach of contract, or orders that require us to change our business practices, including
the way we process data.
We
are also subject to breach notification laws, including the GDPR, in the jurisdictions in which we operate, and we may be subject
to litigation and regulatory enforcement actions as a result of any data breach or other unauthorized access to or acquisition
or loss of personal information. Any significant change to applicable laws, regulations, interpretations of laws or regulations,
or market practices, regarding the processing of personal data, or regarding the manner in which we seek to comply with applicable
laws and regulations, could require us to make modifications to our products, services, policies, procedures, notices, and business
practices, including potentially material changes. Such changes could potentially have an adverse impact on our business. For
additional information about the impact of data protection and privacy regulations on our business, see “Risk Factors—Risks
Related to Privacy and Cybersecurity” in Part I, Item 1A in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Gaming
Regulations
The
Company is subject to various U.S. federal and state laws and regulations that affect our ability to launch and operate a sportsbook
and offer other gaming-related products. These product offerings are generally subject to extensive and evolving regulations that
could change based on political and social norms and that could be interpreted in ways that could negatively impact our business.
The gaming industry, including any sportsbook product offering, is highly regulated and subject to extensive regulation under
the laws, rules, and regulations of the jurisdictions in which we operate. These laws, rules and regulations generally concern
the responsibility, financial stability, integrity and character of the owners, officers, directors, key management employees
and persons with material financial interests in the gaming operations along with the integrity and security of our sportsbook
offerings and the technologies supporting such offering. Violations of laws or regulations in one jurisdiction could result in
disciplinary action in that and other jurisdictions. As well, as a condition of operating in certain jurisdictions, we must obtain
either a temporary or permanent license, approval, or determination of suitability from the relevant gaming authorities. We seek
to ensure that we obtain all necessary licenses to develop and put forth our offerings in the jurisdictions in which we operate
or seek to operate. Gaming laws and regulations in certain jurisdictions require us, and/or our subsidiaries engaged in gaming
operations, certain of our directors, officers, and key management employees, and in some cases, certain of our shareholders,
to obtain licenses, qualifications or findings of suitability from gaming authorities. Such licenses, qualifications or findings
of suitability typically require a determination that the applicant qualifies or is suitable to hold the license, qualification
or finding of suitability. Various factors are considered including, without limitation, the financial stability, integrity and
responsibility of the applicant; the quality and security of the applicant’s gaming platform, hardware and related software
and the applicant’s ability to operate its gaming business in a responsible manner and in compliance with all applicable
laws and regulations. Gaming authorities have broad authority to, subject to certain administrative procedural requirements, deny
an application, or limit, condition, revoke or suspend any license or approval issued by them, or demand that named individuals
or shareholders be disassociated from a gaming business. Various events may trigger revocation of such a gaming license or another
form of sanction which may vary by jurisdiction. Examples of such events include, without limitation, conviction of certain persons
with an interest in, or key personnel of, the licensee of an offense that is punishable by imprisonment or may otherwise cast
doubt on such person’s integrity; failure without reasonable cause to comply with any material term or condition of the
gaming license; obtaining the gaming license by a materially false or misleading representation or in some other improper way;
or violation of an applicable gaming law or regulation or other law or regulation, such as anti-money laundering or terrorist
financing laws or regulations. For additional information about the impact of gaming regulations on our business, see “Risk
Factors— Risks Related to Our Products and Technologies” and “Risk Factors – Risks Related to Regulation”
in Part I, Item 1A in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Corporate
Information
We
were incorporated in 2009 as a Florida corporation under the name York Entertainment, Inc., and on August 10, 2020, our name was
changed to fuboTV Inc. fuboTV Sub was incorporated in 2014 as a Delaware corporation. Our principal executive offices are located
at 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10010, and our telephone number is (212)
672-0055 . Our website address is at https://fubo.tv . Information contained on, or that can be accessed through,
our website is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and you should not consider information on
our website to be part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Available
Information
Our
Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to reports filed pursuant
to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, are filed with the SEC. Such
reports and other information filed by us with the SEC are available free of charge on our website at https://ir.fubo.tv
when such reports are available on the SEC’s website. The SEC maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and
information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC at www.sec.gov. The information
contained on the websites referenced in this Annual Report on Form 10-K is not incorporated by reference into this filing. Further,
our references to website URLs are intended to be inactive textual references only.
We
announce material information to the public through filings with the SEC, the investor relations page on our website, press releases,
our Twitter account (@fuboTV), our Facebook page, our LinkedIn page, public conference calls, and webcasts in order to achieve
broad, non-exclusionary distribution of information to the public and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation
FD. We encourage investors, the media, and others to follow the channels listed above and to review the information disclosed
through such channels. Any updates to the list of disclosure channels through which we will announce information will be posted
on the investor relations page on our website.
Item
1A. Risk Factors.
On
April 1, 2020, fuboTV Inc. (formerly known as FaceBank Group, Inc.) acquired fuboTV Media Inc. (formerly known as fuboTV Inc.),
which we refer to as the “Merger.” Unless the context otherwise requires, “we,” “us,” “our,”
and the “Company” refers to the combined company post-Merger – fuboTV Inc., or fuboTV, and its subsidiaries,
including fuboTV Sub. “FaceBank Pre-Merger” refers to FaceBank Group, Inc. prior to the Merger, and “fuboTV
Pre-Merger” refers to fuboTV Media Inc.(“fuboTV Sub”) and its subsidiaries prior to the Merger.
You
should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, together with all of the other information in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K, including our consolidated financial statements and related notes and the section titled “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Our business, financial condition, results of
operations, or prospects could also be harmed by risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently do not
believe are material. If any of the risks actually occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects
could be adversely affected. In that event, the market price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose part or all
of your investment.
Risk
Factors Summary
Material
risks that may affect our business, operating results and financial condition include, but are not limited to, the following:
● Our
actual operating results may differ significantly from our guidance.
● We
may require additional capital to meet our financial obligations and support planned
business growth, and this capital might not be available on acceptable terms or at all.
● We
have incurred operating losses in the past, expect to incur operating losses in the future
and may never achieve or maintain profitability.
● Our
revenue and gross profit are subject to seasonality, and if subscriber behavior during
certain seasons falls below our expectations, our business may be harmed.
● Our
operating results may fluctuate, which makes our results difficult to predict.
● If
our efforts to attract and retain subscribers are not successful, our business will be
adversely affected. Our agreements with distribution partners contain parity obligations
which limit our ability to pursue unique partnerships.
● If
content providers refuse to license streaming content or other rights upon terms acceptable
to us, our business could be adversely affected.
● Our
content providers impose a number of restrictions on how we distribute and market our
products and services, which can adversely affect our business.
● We
rely upon Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services to operate certain aspects of
our service, and any disruption of or interference with our use of Google Cloud Platform
and/or Amazon Web Services would impact our operations and our business would be adversely
impacted.
● If
we fail to comply with the reporting obligations of the Exchange Act, our business, financial
condition, and results of operations, and investors’ confidence in us, could be
materially and adversely affected.
● Our
key metrics and other estimates are subject to inherent challenges in measurement, and
real or perceived inaccuracies in those metrics may seriously harm and negatively affect
our reputation and our business.
● TV
streaming is highly competitive and many companies, including large technology and entertainment
companies, TV brands, and service operators, are actively focusing on this industry.
If we fail to differentiate ourselves and compete successfully with these companies,
it will be difficult for us to attract or retain subscribers and our business will be
harmed.
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● The
gaming industry is heavily regulated and our failure to obtain or maintain applicable
licensure or approvals, or otherwise comply with applicable requirements, could be disruptive
to our business and could adversely affect our operations.
● Our
products and services related to sports betting will cause our business to become subject
to a variety of related U.S. and foreign laws, many of which are unsettled and still
developing, and which could subject us to claims or otherwise harm our business.
The violation of any such laws, any adverse change in any such laws or their interpretation,
or the regulatory climate applicable to these contemplated products and services, or
changes in tax rules and regulations or interpretation thereof related to these contemplated
products and services, could adversely impact our ability to operate our business as
we seek to operate in the future, and could have a material adverse effect on our financial
condition and results of operations.
● Our
anticipated participation in the sports betting industry may expose us to risks to which
we have not previously been exposed, including risks related to trading, liability management,
pricing risk, payment processing, palpable errors, and reliance on third-party sports
data providers for real-time and accurate data for sporting events, among others. We
may experience lower than expected profitability and potentially significant losses as
a result of a failure to determine accurately the odds in relation to any particular
event and/or any failure of its sports risk management processes.
● If
the technology we use in operating our business fails, is unavailable, or does not operate
to expectations, our business and results of operation could be adversely impacted.
● Our
shareholders will be subject to extensive governmental oversight, and if a shareholder
is found unsuitable by a gaming authority, that shareholder may not be able to beneficially
own, directly or indirectly, certain of our securities.
● If
government regulations relating to the Internet or other areas of our business change,
we may need to alter the manner in which we conduct our business and we may incur greater
operating expenses.
● We
are subject to a number of legal requirements and other obligations regarding privacy,
security, and data protection, and any actual or perceived failure to comply with these
requirements or obligations could have an adverse effect on our reputation, business,
financial condition and operating results. Any significant interruptions, delays or discontinuations
in service or disruptions in or unauthorized access to our computer systems or those
of third parties that we utilize in our operations, including those relating to cybersecurity
or arising from cyber-attacks, could result in a loss or degradation of service, unauthorized
disclosure of data, including subscriber and corporate information, or theft of intellectual
property, including digital content assets, which could adversely impact our business.
● We
are subject to taxation-related risks in multiple jurisdictions.
● We
could be subject to claims or have liability based on defects with respect to certain
historical corporate transactions that were not properly authorized or documented.
● Legal
proceedings could cause us to incur unforeseen expenses and could occupy a significant
amount of our management’s time and attention.
● The
impact of worldwide economic conditions may adversely affect our business, operating
results, and financial condition.
Risks
Related to Our Financial Position and Capital Needs
We
have incurred operating losses in the past, expect to incur operating losses in the future and may never achieve or maintain profitability.
We
have incurred losses since inception. Our net loss for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $599.4 million. If our revenue and
gross profit do not grow at a greater rate than our operating expenses, we will not be able to achieve and maintain profitability.
A number of our operating expenses, including expenses related to streaming content obligations, are fixed. If we are not able
to either reduce these fixed obligations or other expenses or maintain or grow our revenue, our near-term operating losses may
increase. Additionally, we may encounter unforeseen operating or legal expenses, difficulties, complications, delays and other
factors that may result in losses in future periods. If our expenses exceed our revenue, we may never achieve or maintain profitability
and our business may be harmed.
We
may require additional capital to meet our financial obligations and support planned business growth, and this capital might not
be available on acceptable terms or at all.
We
intend to continue to make significant investments to support planned business growth and may require additional funds to respond
to business challenges, including the need to enhance our platform, improve our operating infrastructure or acquire complementary
businesses, personnel and technologies. Accordingly, we may need to secure additional funds. If we raise additional funds through
future issuances of equity or convertible debt securities, our then existing shareholders could suffer significant dilution, and
any new equity securities we issue could have rights, preferences and privileges superior to those of holders of our common stock.
Any debt financing we secure could involve restrictive covenants relating to our capital raising activities and other financial
and operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and to pursue business opportunities,
including potential acquisitions. If we were to violate the restrictive covenants, we could incur penalties, increased expenses
and an acceleration of the payment terms of our outstanding debt, which could in turn harm our business.
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We
may not be able to obtain additional financing on terms favorable to us, if at all. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing
or financing on terms satisfactory to us when we require it, our ability to continue to support our business growth and to respond
to business challenges could be significantly impaired, and our business may be harmed.
Our
revenue and gross profit are subject to seasonality, and if subscriber behavior during certain seasons falls below our expectations,
our business may be harmed.
Seasonal
variations in subscriber and marketing behavior significantly affect our business. We have previously experienced, and expect
to continue to experience, effects of seasonal trends in subscriber behavior due to the seasonal nature of sports. Additionally,
increased Internet usage and sales of streaming service subscriptions during the fourth quarter of each calendar year affect our
business. We also may experience higher advertising sales during the fourth quarter of each calendar year due to greater advertiser
demand during the holiday season, but also incur greater marketing expenses as we attempt to attract new subscribers to our platform.
In addition, expenditures by advertisers tend to be cyclical and are often discretionary in nature, reflecting overall economic
conditions, the economic prospects of specific advertisers or industries, budgeting constraints and buying patterns, and a variety
of other factors, many of which are outside our control.
Given
the seasonal nature of our subscriptions, accurate forecasting is critical to our operations. We anticipate that this seasonal
impact on revenue and gross profit is likely to continue, and any shortfall in expected revenue, due to macroeconomic conditions,
a decline in the effectiveness of our promotional activities, actions by our competitors, or for any other reason, would cause
our results of operations to suffer significantly. A substantial portion of our expenses are personnel-related and include salaries,
stock-based compensation and benefits that are not seasonal in nature. Accordingly, in the event of a revenue shortfall, we would
be unable to mitigate the negative impact on margins, at least in the short term, and our business would be harmed.
We
might not be able to utilize a significant portion of our net operating loss carryforwards.
As
of December 31, 2019, fuboTV Pre-Merger had federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $375.8 million, a
portion of which will, if not used, expire at various dates. Under legislation enacted in 2017, informally titled the Tax Cuts
and Jobs Act, as modified by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, federal net operating
losses incurred in 2018 and in future years may be carried forward indefinitely, but the deductibility of such federal net operating
losses in tax years beginning after December 31, 2020 is limited. Other limitations may apply for state tax purposes.
In
addition, under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and corresponding provisions
of state law, if a corporation undergoes an “ownership change,” which is generally defined as a greater than 50% change,
by value, in its equity ownership over a three-year period, the corporation’s ability to use its pre-change net operating
loss carryforwards to offset its post-change income may be limited. We have experienced ownership changes in the past, and therefore
a portion of our net operating loss carryforwards are subject to an annual limitation under Section 382 of the Code. In addition,
we may experience ownership changes in the future as a result of subsequent changes in our stock ownership, including as a result
of conversions of the 2026 Notes, some of which may be outside of our control. A past or future ownership change that materially
limits our ability to use our historical net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards may harm our future operating results
by effectively increasing our future tax obligations.
Our
financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected if we do not effectively manage our current or future
debt.
As
of December 31, 2020, we had $29.2 million of outstanding indebtedness on a consolidated basis which included approximately $20.0
million of indebtedness to AMC Networks Ventures LLC, which is secured by a lien on substantially all of the assets of fuboTV
Sub; $4.7 million principal outstanding under the Payment Protection Program Loan (the “PPP Loan”) with JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., and other notes outstanding with an aggregate principal of approximately $4.5 million. In the first quarter of 2021,
the PPP Loan was paid off in full.
Our
outstanding indebtedness, which could adversely affect our ability to take advantage of corporate opportunities and could adversely
affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. For example:
●
our
ability to obtain any necessary financing in the future for working capital, capital expenditures, debt service requirements,
or other purposes may be limited, or financing may be unavailable;
●
a
substantial portion of our cash flows must be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on our indebtedness and other
obligations and will not be available for use in our business;
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●
lack
of liquidity could limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the markets in which
we operate;
●
our
debt obligations will make us more vulnerable to changes in general economic conditions and/or a downturn in our business,
thereby making it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations; and
●
if
we fail to make required debt payments or to comply with other covenants in our debt agreements, we would be in default under
the terms of these agreements, which could permit our creditors to accelerate repayment of the debt and could cause cross-defaults
under other debt agreements.
If
we incur any additional debt, the related risks that we and our subsidiaries face could intensify.
Finally,
we may be in non-compliance with the terms of certain of our other debt instruments. To the extent we are in non-compliance with
the terms of such debt instruments, we may be required to make payments to the holders of such instruments, those holders may
be entitled to the issuance of stock by us, and the holders of such stock may be entitled to registration or other investor rights.
Servicing
our indebtedness will require a significant amount of cash, and we may not have sufficient cash flow from our business to pay
our substantial indebtedness.
Our
ability to make scheduled payments of the principal and interest when due, or to refinance our borrowings under our debt agreements,
will depend on our future performance and our ability to raise further equity financing, which is subject to economic, financial,
competitive and other factors beyond our control. Our business may not continue to generate cash flow from operations in the future
sufficient to both (i) satisfy our existing and future obligations to our creditors and (ii) allow us to make necessary capital
expenditures. If we are unable to generate such cash flow or raise further equity financing, we may be required to adopt one or
more alternatives, such as reducing or delaying investments or capital expenditures, selling assets, refinancing or obtaining
additional equity capital on terms that may be onerous or highly dilutive. We may need or desire to refinance our existing indebtedness,
and there can be no assurance that we will be able to refinance any of our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms, if at
all. Our ability to refinance the term loans or existing or future indebtedness will depend on the capital markets and our financial
condition at such time. We may not be able to engage in any of these activities or engage in these activities on desirable terms,
which could result in a default on our current or future debt agreements.
Our
operating results may fluctuate, which makes our results difficult to predict.
Our
revenue and operating results could vary significantly from quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year because of a variety of factors,
many of which are outside of our control. As a result, comparing our operating results on a period-to-period basis may not be
meaningful. In addition to other risk factors discussed herein, factors that may contribute to the variability of our quarterly
and annual results include:
●
our
ability to retain our current subscriber base and increase our number of subscribers;
●
our
ability to enter into new content deals or negotiate renewals with our content providers on terms that are favorable to us,
or at all;
●
our
ability to effectively manage our growth;
●
our
ability to attract and retain existing advertisers;
●
the
effects of increased competition in our business;
●
our
ability to keep pace with changes in technology and our competitors;
●
interruptions
in service, whether or not we are responsible for such interruptions, and any related impact on our reputation;
●
our
ability to pursue and appropriately time our entry into new geographic or content markets and, if pursued, our management
of this expansion;
●
costs
associated with defending any litigation, including intellectual property infringement litigation;
●
the
impact of general economic conditions on our revenue and expenses; and
●
changes
in regulations affecting our business.
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This
variability makes it difficult to forecast our future results with precision and to assess accurately whether increases or decreases
are likely to cause quarterly or annual results to exceed or fall short of previously issued guidance. While we assess our quarterly
and annual guidance and update such guidance when we think it is appropriate, unanticipated future volatility can cause actual
results to vary significantly from our guidance, even where that guidance reflects a range of possible results.
Risks
Related to Our Relationships with Content Providers, Customers and Other Third Parties
The
long-term nature of certain of our content commitments may limit our operating flexibility and could adversely affect our liquidity
and results of operations.
In
connection with licensing streaming content, we typically enter into multi-year agreements with content providers. These agreements
have sometimes required us to pay minimum license fees for content that are not tied to subscriber usage or the size of our subscriber
base. Given the multiple-year duration and sometimes fixed cost nature of content commitments, if subscriber acquisition and retention
do not meet our expectations, our margins may be adversely impacted, and we may not be in a position to make the minimum guarantee
payments required under certain content licenses. We have already failed to make minimum guarantee payments to certain key programmers
and may not be in a position to make similar payments in the future. If we do not make these payments, then we may lose access
to such content, which in turn may further depress subscriber acquisition or retention, cause other programmers to exercise termination
rights due to the content mix available through our service, or impact our ability to obtain content from other programmers. Payment
terms for certain content commitments, such as content we directly produce, will typically require more up-front cash payments
than other content licenses or arrangements whereby we do not fund the production of such content.
To
the extent subscriber and/or revenue growth do not meet our expectations, our liquidity and results of operations could be adversely
affected as a result of content commitments and payment requirements of certain agreements. In addition, the long-term and fixed
cost nature of certain of our commitments may limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to changes in our business and
the market segments in which we operate. If we license and/or produce content that is not favorably received by consumers in a
territory, or is unable to be shown in a territory, acquisition and retention may be adversely impacted and given the long-term
and fixed cost nature of certain of our content commitments, we may not be able to adjust our content offering quickly and our
results of operations may be adversely impacted.
If
we fail to obtain or maintain popular content, we may fail to retain existing subscribers and attract new subscribers.
We
have invested a significant amount of time to cultivate relationships with our content providers; however, such relationships
may not continue to grow or yield further financial results. We must continuously maintain existing relationships and identify
and establish new relationships with content providers to provide popular content. In order to remain competitive, we must consistently
meet user demand for popular streaming channels and content. If we are not successful in maintaining channels on our platform
that attract and retain a significant number of subscribers, or if we are not able to do so in a cost-effective manner, our business
will be harmed.
If
our efforts to attract and retain subscribers are not successful, our business will be adversely affected.
We
have experienced significant subscriber growth over the past several years. Our ability to continue to attract subscribers will
depend in part on our ability to consistently provide our subscribers with compelling content choices and effectively market our
platform. Furthermore, the relative service levels, content offerings, pricing and related features of our competitors may adversely
impact our ability to attract and retain subscribers. In addition, many of our subscribers re-join our platform or originate from
word-of-mouth referrals from existing subscribers. If our efforts to satisfy our existing subscribers are not successful, we may
not be able to attract subscribers, and as a result, our ability to maintain and/or grow our business will be adversely affected.
If consumers perceive a reduction in the value of our platform because, for example, we introduce new or adjust existing features,
adjust pricing or platform offerings, or change the mix of content in a manner that is not favorably received by them, we may
not be able to attract and retain subscribers. Subscribers cancel their subscription for many reasons, including due to a perception
that they do not use the platform sufficiently, the need to cut household expenses, availability of content is unsatisfactory,
competitive services provide a better value or experience and customer service issues are not satisfactorily resolved. We must
continually add new subscriptions both to replace cancelled subscriptions and to grow our business beyond our current subscription
base. While we permit multiple subscribers within the same household to share a single account for non-commercial purposes, if
account sharing is abused, our ability to add new subscribers may be hindered and our results of operations may be adversely impacted.
If we do not grow as expected, given, in particular, that our content costs are largely fixed in nature and contracted over several
years, we may not be able to adjust our expenditures or increase our (per subscriber) revenues commensurate with the lowered growth
rate such that our margins, liquidity and results of operations may be adversely impacted. If we are unable to successfully compete
with current and new competitors in both retaining our existing subscribers and attracting new subscribers, our business will
be adversely affected. Further, if excessive numbers of subscribers cancel our service, we may be required to incur significantly
higher marketing expenditures than we currently anticipate replacing these subscribers with new subscribers.
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Our
agreements with distribution partners contain parity obligations which limit our ability to pursue unique partnerships.
Our
agreements with certain distribution partners contain obligations which require us to offer them the same technical features,
content, pricing and packages that we make available to our other distribution partners and also require us to provide parity
in the marketing of the availability of our application across our distribution partners. These parity obligations may limit our
ability to pursue technological innovation or partnerships with individual distribution partners and may limit our capacity to
negotiate favorable transactions with different partners or otherwise provide improved products and services. As our technical
feature developments progress at varying speeds and at different times with different distribution partners, we currently offer
some enhanced technical features on distribution platforms that we do not make available on other distribution platforms, which
limits the quality and uniformity of our offering to all consumers across our distribution platforms. In addition, delays in technical
developments across our distribution partners puts us at risk of breaching our parity obligations with such distribution platforms,
which threatens the certainty of our agreements with distribution partners.
If
we are unable to maintain an adequate supply of ad inventory on our platform, our business may be harmed.
We
may fail to attract content providers that generate sufficient ad content hours on our platform and continue to grow our video
ad inventory. Our business model depends on our ability to grow video ad inventory on our platform and sell it to advertisers.
We grow ad inventory by adding and retaining content providers on our platform with ad-supported channels that we can monetize.
If we are unable to grow and maintain a sufficient supply of quality video advertising inventory at reasonable costs to keep up
with demand, our business may be harmed.
We
operate in a highly competitive industry and we compete for advertising revenue with other Internet streaming platforms and services,
as well as traditional media, such as radio, broadcast, cable and satellite TV and satellite and Internet radio. We may not be
successful in maintaining or improving our fill-rates or cost per thousand (“CPMs”).
Our
competitors offer content and other advertising mediums that may be more attractive to advertisers than our TV streaming platform.
These competitors are often very large and have more advertising experience and financial resources than we do, which may adversely
affect our ability to compete for advertisers and may result in lower revenue and gross profit from advertising. If we are unable
to increase our advertising revenue by, among other things, continuing to improve our platform’s data capabilities to further
optimize and measure advertisers’ campaigns, increase our advertising inventory and expand our advertising sales team and
programmatic capabilities, our business and our growth prospects may be harmed. We may not be able to compete effectively or adapt
to any such changes or trends, which would harm our ability to grow our advertising revenue and harm our business.
If
content providers refuse to license streaming content or other rights upon terms acceptable to us, our business could be adversely
affected.
Our
ability to provide our subscribers with content they can watch depends on content providers and other rights holders licensing
rights, including distribution rights, to such content and certain related elements thereof, such as the public performance of
music contained within the content we distribute. The license periods and the terms and conditions of such licenses vary, and
we may be operating outside the terms of some of our current licenses. As content providers develop their own streaming services,
they may be unwilling to provide us with access to certain content, including popular series or movies. If the content providers
and other rights holders are not or are no longer willing or able to license us content upon terms acceptable to us, our ability
to stream content to our subscribers may be adversely affected and/or our costs could increase. Because of these provisions as
well as other actions we may take, content available through our service can be withdrawn on short notice. As competition increases,
we see the cost of certain programming increase.
Further,
if we do not maintain a compelling mix of content, our subscriber acquisition and retention may be adversely affected.
Our
content providers impose a number of restrictions on how we distribute and market our products and services, which can adversely
affect our business.
A
number of our major content partners impose significant restrictions on how we can distribute and market our products and services.
For example, our content partners may prevent us from partnering with third party distributors and manufacturers to exploit new
market opportunities or prevent us from bundling or reselling our products with third party products and services, or otherwise
restrict how we might brand or market our products and services. Our content partners also impose restrictions on the content
and composition of the packages we can make available to our customers and restrictions on how we might make some or all of our
content available to customers (such as on a standalone basis, length of free trials or access modified or shorter form content).
These restrictions may prevent us from responding dynamically to changing customer expectations or market demands or exploiting
lucrative partnership opportunities. Content providers may also restrict the advertising that may be made available in connection
with their content, including restrictions on the content and timing of such advertising, and restrictions on how advertising
may be sold (such as a limit to sale on an aggregated, non-content specific basis only), which limits our opportunity to exploit
potentially lucrative revenue streams.
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Content
providers may also only provide their content on a service that includes a minimum number of channels from other providers, or
require that we only provide their content in specific service tiers that include a specific mix of programming. Certain provisions
in these agreements could become a challenge to comply with if we were to lose rights under agreements with key programmers.
In
addition, our content partners generally impose requirements on us to treat them at least as favorably as other major providers
in various ways, such as equal treatment with respect to content recommendations, displays on user interfaces, the marketing and
promotion of content and streaming quality standards. This may materially restrict the functionality and performance of our technology,
particularly our proprietary recommendation engine. This may also prevent us from offering commercial benefits to certain content
providers, limiting our capacity to negotiate favorable transactions and overall limiting our ability to provide improved products
and services.
Our
agreements with content providers are complex, with various rights restrictions and favorability obligations which impose onerous
compliance obligations.
The
content rights granted to us are complex and multi-layered and differ substantially across different content and content providers.
We may be able to make certain content available on a video-on-demand basis or on certain devices but may be restricted from doing
the same with other content, sometimes even with the same content provider. We are often not able to make certain content available
at certain times or in certain geographical regions. In addition, our obligations to provide equality in the treatment between
certain content providers require us to continuously monitor and assess treatment of content providers and content across our
products and services.
These
complex restrictions and requirements impose a significant compliance burden which is costly and challenging to maintain. A failure
to maintain these obligations places us at risk of breaching our agreements with content providers, which could lead to loss of
content and damages claims, which would have a negative impact on our products and service and our financial position.
If
our efforts to build a strong brand and to maintain customer satisfaction and loyalty are not successful, we may not be able to
attract or retain subscribers, and our business may be harmed.
Building
and maintaining a strong brand is important to our ability to attract and retain subscribers, as potential subscribers have a
number of TV streaming choices. Successfully building a brand is a time-consuming and comprehensive endeavor and can be positively
and negatively impacted by any number of factors. Some of these factors, such as the quality or pricing of our platform or our
customer service, are within our control. Other factors, such as the quality of the content that our content publishers provide,
may be out of our control, yet subscribers may nonetheless attribute those factors to us. Our competitors may be able to achieve
and maintain brand awareness and market share more quickly and effectively than we can. Many of our competitors are larger companies
and promote their brands through traditional forms of advertising, such as print media and TV commercials, and have substantial
resources to devote to such efforts. Our competitors may also have greater resources to utilize Internet advertising or website
product placement more effectively than we can. If we are unable to execute on building a strong brand, it may be difficult to
differentiate our business and platform from our competitors in the marketplace; therefore, our ability to attract and retain
subscribers may be adversely affected and our business may be harmed.
We
rely upon a number of partners to make our service available on their devices.
We
currently offer subscribers the ability to receive streaming content through a host of Internet-connected screens, including TVs,
digital video players, television set-top boxes and mobile devices. Some of our agreements with key distribution partners give
distribution partners the ability to terminate their carriage of our service at any time. If we are not successful in maintaining
existing and creating new relationships, or if we encounter technological, content licensing, regulatory, business or other impediments
to delivering our streaming content to our subscribers via these devices, our ability to retain subscribers and grow our business
could be adversely impacted.
Our
business could be adversely affected if a number of our partners do not continue to provide access to our service or are unwilling
to do so on terms acceptable to us, which terms may include the degree of accessibility and prominence of our service. Furthermore,
devices are manufactured and sold by entities other than fuboTV, and while these entities should be responsible for the devices’
performance, the connection between these devices and fuboTV may nonetheless result in consumer dissatisfaction toward fuboTV
and such dissatisfaction could result in claims against us or otherwise adversely impact our business. In addition, technology
changes to our streaming functionality may require that partners update their devices, or may lead us to stop supporting the delivery
of our service on certain legacy devices. If partners do not update or otherwise modify their devices, or if we discontinue support
for certain devices, our service and our subscribers’ use and enjoyment could be negatively impacted.
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We
rely upon Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services to operate certain aspects of our service, and any disruption of or interference
with our use of Google Cloud Platform and/or Amazon Web Services would impact our operations and our business would be adversely
impacted.
Each
of Google Cloud Platform, or GCP, and Amazon Web Services, or AWS, provides a distributed computing infrastructure platform for
business operations, or what is commonly referred to as a “cloud” computing service. We have architected our software
and computer systems so as to utilize data processing, storage capabilities and other services provided by both GCP and AWS. Currently,
we run the vast majority of our computing on GCP with some key components running on AWS. Given this, along with the fact that
we cannot easily switch what is specifically running now on GCP and/or AWS to another cloud provider, any disruption of or interference
with our use of GCP and/or AWS would impact our operations, and our business would be adversely impacted. While Google (through
YouTube TV) and, to a lesser extent, Amazon (through Amazon Prime) compete with us, we do not believe that Google or Amazon will
use GCP or AWS in such a manner as to gain competitive advantage against our service, although if either Google or Amazon were
to do so, it could harm our business.
Risks
Related to Our Financial Reporting and Disclosure
We
identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting in 2019 and while we have taken steps in 2020
to address the internal control deficiencies that contributed to the material weaknesses, a material weakness in our internal
control over financial reporting still exists as it relates to non-routine transactions. We may identify material weaknesses in
the future or otherwise fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, which could lead investors to lose confidence
in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports.
As
a public company, we are required to maintain internal control over financial reporting and to report any material weaknesses
in such internal control. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires that we evaluate and determine the effectiveness
of our internal control over financial reporting. This assessment includes disclosure of any material weaknesses identified by
our management in our internal control over financial reporting. Our independent registered public accounting firm will not be
required to attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting until our first annual report required
to be filed with the SEC following the later of the date we are deemed to be an “accelerated filer” or a “large
accelerated filer,” each as defined in the Exchange Act. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of 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.
During
2020, we identified the following material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting:
● We
did not have appropriately designed internal controls in place at the time the Merger
was consummated on April 1, 2020 with respect to the accounting for the business combination
and the allocation of consideration to the acquired assets and assumed liabilities, including
deferred income taxes; and
● Our
internal controls over the review of accounting considerations for non-routine transactions
and events were not appropriately designed with respect to the timing and consistency
of performance.
During
2020, we began taking steps to address the internal control deficiencies that contributed to the material weaknesses, including
the following:
● Transitioned
responsibility over the accounting function to the finance personnel of fuboTV Pre-Merger,
including individuals with prior experience working for finance departments of public
companies;
● Hired
additional experienced finance and accounting personnel with technical accounting experience,
supplemented by third-party resources;
● Documented
and formally assess our accounting and financial reporting policies and procedures, and
implemented segregation of duties in key functions;
● Assessed
significant accounting transactions and other technical accounting and financial reporting
issues, prepared accounting memoranda addressing these issues and maintained these memoranda
in our corporate records timely;
● Improved
the compilation processes, documentation, and monitoring of our critical accounting estimates;
and
● Implemented
processes for creating an effective and timely close process.
● Engaged
a third-party provider to perform internal audit services, including assessing and improving
our internal controls for compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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We,
with the oversight from the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, continue to implement the remediation plans for the aforementioned
material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting as follows:
● We
will continue to hire additional accounting personnel with appropriate GAAP technical
accounting expertise, as necessary.
● We
are designing additional controls around identification, documentation, and application
of technical accounting guidance with particular emphasis on complex and non-routine
transactions. These controls are expected to include the implementation of additional
supervision and review activities by qualified personnel, and the adoption of additional
policies and procedures related to accounting and financial reporting.
● We
are implementing specific procedures in the review of tax accounting, designed to enhance
our income tax controls.
● We
will continue to work with the third-party provider to strengthen our internal controls
for compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
While
we believe that these efforts will improve our internal control over financial reporting, the implementation of these measures
is ongoing and will require validation and testing of the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over a sustained
period of financial reporting cycles. We cannot assure you that the measures we have taken to date, and are continuing to implement,
will be sufficient to remediate the material weaknesses we have identified or avoid potential future material weaknesses. If the
steps we take do not correct the material weaknesses in a timely manner, we will be unable to conclude that we maintain effective
internal controls over financial reporting. Accordingly, there could continue to be a reasonable possibility that these deficiencies
or others could result in a misstatement of our accounts or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement of our financial
statements that would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
The
process of designing and implementing internal control over financial reporting required to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act is time consuming, costly, and complicated. If during the evaluation and testing process we identify one or more other material
weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting or determine that existing material weaknesses have not been remediated,
our management will be unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective. Even if our management
concludes that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, our independent registered public accounting firm may
conclude that there are material weaknesses with respect to our internal controls or the level at which our internal controls
are documented, designed, implemented, or reviewed. If we are unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting
is effective, or when required in the future, if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an opinion
as to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness
of our financial reports, the market price of our common stock could be adversely affected and we could become subject to litigation
or investigations by the stock exchange on which our securities are listed, the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which could
require additional financial and management resources.
Our
actual operating results may differ significantly from our guidance.
From
time to time, we may release guidance regarding our future performance. Such guidance is based upon a number of assumptions and
estimates that, although presented with numerical specificity, are inherently subject to business, economic and competitive uncertainties
and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control and are based upon specific assumptions with respect to future business
decisions, some of which will change. The principal reason that we release this data is to provide a basis for our management
to discuss our business outlook with analysts and investors. We do not accept any responsibility for any projections or reports
published by any third parties.
Guidance
is necessarily speculative in nature, and it can be expected that some or all of the assumptions underlying the guidance furnished
by us will not materialize or will vary significantly from actual results. Accordingly, our guidance is only an estimate of what
management believes is realizable as of the date of this prospectus. Any failure to successfully implement our operating strategy
or the occurrence of any of the risks or uncertainties set forth in this prospectus could result in actual results being different
than the guidance, and such differences may be adverse and material. In light of the foregoing, investors are urged to put the
guidance in context and not to place undue reliance on it.
If
we fail to comply with the reporting obligations of the Exchange Act, our business, financial condition, and results of operations,
and investors’ confidence in us, could be materially and adversely affected.
As
a public company, we are required to comply with the periodic reporting obligations of the Exchange Act, including preparing annual
reports, quarterly reports, and current reports. In the past, we have failed to prepare and disclose this information in a timely
manner. Our failure to prepare and disclose this information in a timely manner and meet our reporting obligations in their entirety
could subject us to penalties under federal securities laws and regulations of the exchange we are listed on, expose us to lawsuits,
and restrict our ability to access financing on favorable terms, or at all.
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Prior
to the Merger, fuboTV Pre-Merger was not a public company and FaceBank Pre-Merger had limited resources. Our management has faced
significant challenges in consolidating the functions of fuboTV Pre-Merger and FaceBank Pre-Merger and their subsidiaries, including
integrating their technologies, organizations, procedures, policies and operations. In connection with the Merger, we have been
working to integrate certain operations of fuboTV Pre-Merger and FaceBank Pre-Merger, including, among other things, back-office
operations, information technology and regulatory compliance.
We
expect to experience significant growth in the number of our employees and the scope of our operations. Prior to such expansion,
as a result of previously maintaining a limited staff, we may later determine that certain related party transactions were not
properly identified, reviewed and approved prior to us entering into them with such related parties.
As
we seek to increase staffing levels to manage our anticipated future growth, we must continue to implement and improve our managerial,
operational and financial systems, expand our facilities and continue to recruit and train additional qualified personnel. Due
to our limited financial resources and our limited experience in managing such anticipated growth, we may not be able to effectively
manage the expansion of our operations or recruit and train additional qualified personnel. The expansion of our operations may
lead to significant costs and may divert or stretch our management and business development resources in a way that we may not
anticipate. Any inability to manage growth could delay the execution of our business plans or disrupt our operations.
Additionally,
for certain of our recent Exchange Act filings, we have relied on an order (the “Order”) issued by the SEC pursuant
to Section 36 of the Exchange Act (Release No. 34-88465), permitting filing extensions to certain public companies based on the
COVID-19 pandemic. We relied upon this permissible extension in good faith after analyzing, among other things, the fact that
our books and records were not easily accessible, which resulted in delays in preparation and completion of our financial statements,
and that the various governmental mandatory closures of businesses have precluded our personnel, particularly our senior accounting
staff, from obtaining access to our subsidiaries’ books and records necessary to prepare our financial statements. Following
this analysis, we believe that we satisfied all eligibility criteria to take advantage of these extensions. If it is later determined
that we were ineligible to rely upon the Order for such extensions, our filings could be deemed to be late, which could have a
material adverse effect on our ability to raise capital, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of
operations, and financial condition.
We
will need to improve our operational and financial systems to support our expected growth, increasingly complex business arrangements,
and rules governing revenue and expense recognition, and any inability to do so could adversely affect our billing services and
financial reporting.
We
have increasingly complex business arrangements with our content publishers and licensees, and the rules that govern revenue and
expense recognition in our business are increasingly complex. To manage the expected growth of our operations and increasing complexity,
we will need to improve our operational and financial systems, procedures and controls and continue to increase systems automation
to reduce reliance on manual operations. Any inability to do so will negatively affect our billing services and financial reporting.
Our current and planned systems, procedures and controls may not be adequate to support our complex arrangements and the rules
governing revenue and expense recognition for our future operations and expected growth. Delays or problems associated with any
improvement or expansion of our operational and financial systems and controls could adversely affect our relationships with our
subscribers, content publishers or licensees; cause harm to our reputation and brand; and could also result in errors in our financial
and other reporting.
Our
key metrics and other estimates are subject to inherent challenges in measurement, and real or perceived inaccuracies in those
metrics may seriously harm and negatively affect our reputation and our business.
We
regularly review key metrics related to the operation of our business, including, but not limited to Content Hours, Monthly Active
Users (“MAU”), Monthly Content Hours Watched per MAU, ARPU, and number of subscribers, to evaluate growth trends,
measure our performance, and make strategic decisions. These metrics are calculated using internal company data and have not been validated
by an independent third party. While these numbers are based on what we believe to be reasonable estimates of our subscriber base for
the applicable period of measurement, there are inherent challenges in measuring how our platform is used across large populations.
Errors
or inaccuracies in our metrics or data could result in incorrect business decisions and inefficiencies. For instance, if a significant
understatement or overstatement of MAUs were to occur, we may expend resources to implement unnecessary business measures or fail
to take required actions to attract a sufficient number of subscribers to satisfy our growth strategies.
In
addition, advertisers generally rely on third-party measurement services to calculate our metrics, and these third-party measurement
services may not reflect our true audience. If advertisers, partners, or investors do not perceive our subscriber, geographic,
or other demographic metrics to be accurate representations of our subscriber base, or if we discover material inaccuracies in
our subscriber, geographic, or other demographic metrics, our reputation may be seriously harmed, and our business and operating
results could be materially and adversely affected.
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Preparing
and forecasting our financial results requires us to make judgments and estimates which may differ materially from actual results,
and if our operating and financial performance does not meet the guidance that we provide to the public, the market price of our
common stock may decline.
The
preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent
assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported
periods. We base such estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under
the circumstances, but actual results may differ from these estimates. Using such estimates has the potential to negatively impact
the results we report which could negatively impact our stock price.
In
addition, we may, but are not obligated to, provide public guidance on our expected operating and financial results for future
periods. Any such guidance will be comprised of forward-looking statements subject to the risks and uncertainties described in
this prospectus and in our other public filings and public statements. Our actual results may not always be in line with or exceed
any guidance we have provided, especially in times of economic uncertainty. If, in the future, our operating or financial results
for a particular period do not meet any guidance we provide or the expectations of investment analysts, or if we reduce our guidance
for future periods, the market price of our common stock may decline.
Risks
Related to Our Products and Technologies
TV
streaming is highly competitive and many companies, including large technology and entertainment companies, TV brands, and service
operators, are actively focusing on this industry. If we fail to differentiate ourselves and compete successfully with these companies,
it will be difficult for us to attract or retain subscribers and our business will be harmed.
TV
streaming is increasingly competitive and global. Our success depends in part on attracting and retaining subscribers on, and
effective monetization of, our platform. To attract and retain subscribers, we need to be able to respond efficiently to changes
in consumer tastes and preferences and continue to increase the type and number of content offerings. Effective monetization requires
us to continue to update the features and functionality of our streaming platform for subscribers and advertisers.
Companies
such as AT&T, Comcast, Cablevision, Cox and Altice, along with vMVPDs, such as YouTube TV, Hulu Live and Sling TV offer TV
streaming products that compete with our platform. In many cases, these competitors have the financial resources to subsidize
the cost of their streaming devices in order to promote their other products and services making it harder for us to acquire new
subscribers and increase hours streamed. Similarly, some service operators, such as Comcast and Cablevision, offer TV streaming
applications as part of their cable service plans and can leverage their existing consumer bases, installation networks, broadband
delivery networks and name recognition to gain traction in the TV streaming market. Some of these companies also promote their
brands through traditional forms of advertising, such as TV commercials, as well as Internet advertising or website product placement,
and have greater resources than us to devote to such efforts.
In
addition, many TV brands, such as LG, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and VIZIO, Inc., offer their own TV streaming solutions within
their TVs. Other devices, such as Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation game consoles and many DVD and Blu-ray players,
also incorporate TV streaming functionality.
We
expect competition in TV streaming from the large technology companies and service operators described above, as well as new and
growing companies, to increase in the future. This increased competition could result in pricing pressure, lower revenue and gross
profit or the failure of our platform to gain or maintain broad market acceptance. To remain competitive, we need to continuously
invest in product development and marketing. We may not have sufficient resources to continue to make the investments needed to
maintain our competitive position. In addition, many of our competitors have longer operating histories, greater name recognition,
larger customer bases and significantly greater financial, technical, sales, marketing and other resources than us, which provide
them with advantages in developing, marketing or servicing new products and offerings. As a result, they may be able to respond
more quickly to market demand, devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sales of their products or the distribution
of their content, and influence market acceptance of their products better than we can. These competitors may also be able to
adapt more quickly to new or emerging technologies or standards and may be able to deliver products and services at a lower cost.
New entrants may enter the TV streaming market with unique service offerings or approaches to providing video. In addition, our
competitors may enter into business combinations or alliances that strengthen their competitive positions. Increased competition
could reduce our market share, revenue and operating margins, increase our operating costs, harm our competitive position and
otherwise harm our business.
If
the advertisements on our platform are not relevant or not engaging to our subscribers, our growth in active accounts and hours
streamed may be adversely impacted.
We
have made, and are continuing to make, investments to enable advertisers to deliver relevant advertising content to subscribers
on our platform. Existing and prospective advertisers may not be successful in serving ads that lead to and maintain user engagement.
Those ads may seem irrelevant, repetitive or overly targeted and intrusive. We are continuously seeking to balance the objectives
of our subscribers and advertisers with our desire to provide an optimal user experience, but we may not be successful in achieving
a balance that continues to attract and retain subscribers and advertisers. If we do not introduce relevant advertisements or
such advertisements are overly intrusive and impede the use of our TV streaming platform, our subscribers may stop using our platform
which will harm our business.
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We
may not be successful at expanding our content to areas outside our current content offering and even if we are able to expand
into other content areas and sustain such expansion, we may not be successful in overcoming our reputation as primarily a live
sports streaming service.
We
currently have a reputation as primarily a live sports streaming service. We are making efforts to expand our content offerings
outside live sports streaming, and currently offer a wide selection of news and entertainment content. However, we may not be
successful at expanding our content to areas outside our current content offering, or maintaining content from our current content
offering, and even if we are able to expand into other content areas and sustain such expansion, we may not be successful in overcoming
our reputation as primarily a live sports streaming service.
If
TV streaming develops more slowly than we expect, our operating results and growth prospects could be harmed. In addition, our
future growth depends in part on the growth of TV streaming advertising.
TV
streaming is a relatively new and rapidly evolving industry, making our business and prospects difficult to evaluate. The growth
and profitability of this industry and the level of demand and market acceptance for our platform are subject to a high degree
of uncertainty.
We
believe that the continued growth of streaming as an entertainment alternative will depend on the availability and growth of cost-effective
broadband Internet service, the quality of broadband content delivery, the quality and reliability of new devices and technology,
the cost for subscribers relative to other sources of content, as well as the quality and breadth of content that is delivered
across streaming platforms. These technologies, products and content offerings continue to emerge and evolve. Subscribers, content
publishers or advertisers may find TV streaming platforms to be less attractive than traditional TV, which would harm our business.
In addition, many advertisers continue to devote a substantial portion of their advertising budgets to traditional advertising,
such as TV, radio and print. The future growth of our business depends in part on the growth of TV streaming advertising, and
on advertisers increasing spend on such advertising. We cannot be certain that they will do so. If advertisers do not perceive
meaningful benefits of TV streaming advertising, then this market may develop more slowly than we expect, which could adversely
impact our operating results and our ability to grow our business.
Changes
in competitive offerings for entertainment video, including the potential rapid adoption of piracy-based video offerings, could
adversely impact our business.
The
market for entertainment video is intensely competitive and subject to rapid change. Through new and existing distribution channels,
consumers have increasing options to access entertainment video. The various economic models underlying these channels include
subscription, transactional, ad-supported, and piracy-based models. All of these have the potential to capture meaningful segments
of the entertainment video market. Piracy in particular, threatens to damage our business, as its fundamental proposition to consumers
is so compelling and difficult to compete against: virtually all content for free. Furthermore, in light of the compelling consumer
proposition, piracy services are subject to rapid global growth. Traditional providers of entertainment video, including broadcasters
and cable network operators, as well as Internet based e-commerce or entertainment video providers are increasing their streaming
video offerings.
Several
of these competitors have long operating histories, large customer bases, strong brand recognition, exclusive rights to certain
content and significant financial, marketing and other resources. They may secure better terms from suppliers, adopt more aggressive
pricing and devote more resources to product development, technology, infrastructure, content acquisitions and marketing. New
entrants may enter the market or existing providers may adjust their services with unique offerings or approaches to providing
entertainment video. Companies also may enter into business combinations or alliances that strengthen their competitive positions.
If we are unable to successfully compete with current and new competitors, our business will be adversely affected, and we may
not be able to increase or maintain market share or revenues.
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Our
products and services related to sports betting will cause our business to become subject to a variety of related U.S. and foreign
laws, many of which are unsettled and still developing and which could subject us to claims or otherwise harm our business. The
violation of any such laws, any adverse change in any such laws or their interpretation, or the regulatory climate applicable
to these contemplated products and services, or changes in tax rules and regulations or interpretation thereof related to these
contemplated products and services, could adversely impact our ability to operate our business as we seek to operate in the future,
and could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
The
intended expansion of our business into sports betting will generally subject to laws and regulations of the jurisdictions in
which we will conduct our business or in some circumstances, of those jurisdictions in which our services are offered or are available,
as well as the general laws and regulations that apply to all e-commerce businesses, such as those related to privacy and personal
information, tax and consumer protection. These laws and regulations vary from one jurisdiction to another and future legislative
and regulatory action, court decisions or other governmental action, which may be affected by, among other things, political pressures,
attitudes and climates, as well as personal biases, may (along with existing laws and regulations) have a material adverse impact
on our operations and financial results, or may prevent us from expanding into such businesses entirely. In particular, some jurisdictions
have introduced regulations attempting to restrict or prohibit online gaming, while others have taken the position that online
gaming should be licensed and regulated and have adopted or are in the process of considering legislation and regulations to enable
that to happen. There is also risk that the federal government of the U.S. will enact new legislation relating to gaming, online
gaming or sports wagering, or alter its interpretation of existing federal law as related to gaming, online gaming or sports wagering,
which would have the effect of the limiting, delaying or halting the expansion of online gaming or sports wagering throughout
the U.S.
Our
growth prospects may also depend on the legal status of real-money gaming in various jurisdictions, predominantly within the U.S.,
which is an initial area of focus, and legalization may not occur in as many states as we expect or may occur at a slower pace
than we anticipate. Additionally, even if jurisdictions legalize real money gaming, this may be accompanied by legislative or
regulatory restrictions and/or taxes that make it impracticable or less attractive to operate in those jurisdictions, or the process
of implementing regulations or securing the necessary licenses to operate in a particular jurisdiction may take longer than we
anticipate, which could adversely affect our future results of operations and make it more difficult to meet our expectations
for financial performance.
In
connection with the foregoing, future legislative and regulatory action, and court decisions or other governmental action, may
have a material adverse impact on our operations and financial results. Governmental authorities could view us as having violated
applicable laws, despite efforts to obtain all applicable licenses or approvals and otherwise comply with such laws. There is
also a risk that civil and criminal proceedings, including class actions brought by or on behalf of prosecutors or public entities
or incumbent monopoly providers, or private individuals, could be initiated against us, Internet service providers, credit card
and other payment processors, advertisers and others involved in the sports betting industry who partner with, service or work
with or for us. Such potential proceedings could involve substantial litigation expense, penalties, fines, seizure of assets,
injunctions or other restrictions being imposed upon us or our licensees or other business partners, while diverting the attention
of key executives. Such proceedings could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations,
and prospects, as well as impact our reputation.
Furthermore,
there can be no assurance that legally enforceable legislation will not be proposed and passed in jurisdictions relevant or potentially
relevant to our business to prohibit, legislate or regulate various aspects of the sports betting industry (or that existing laws
in those jurisdictions will not be interpreted negatively). Compliance with any such legislation may have a material adverse effect
on our business, financial condition and results of operations, either as a result of our determination not to offer products
or services in a jurisdiction or to cease doing so, or because a local license or approval may be costly for us or our business
partners to obtain and/or such licenses or approvals may contain other commercially undesirable conditions.
Our
anticipated participation in the sports betting industry may expose us to risks to which we have not previously been exposed,
including risks related to trading, liability management, pricing risk, payment processing, palpable errors, and reliance on third-party
sports data providers for real-time and accurate data for sporting events, among others. We may experience lower than expected
profitability and potentially significant losses as a result of a failure to determine accurately the odds in relation to any
particular event and/or any failure of its sports risk management processes.
Participation
in the sports, sports betting industry will expose our business to new risks that we have limited experience in handling. The
nature and extent of such risks may be difficult to anticipate at this time, and therefore we may be relatively unprepared to
manage these risks or may obtain inadequate insurance to cover potential claims resulting from these risks.
Examples
of these risks include:
●
There
can be significant variation in gross win percentage event-by-event and day-by-day, and odds compilers and risk managers are
capable of human error; thus even allowing for the fact that a number of betting products are subject to capped pay-outs,
significant volatility can occur. In addition, it is possible that there may be such a high volume of trading during any particular
period that even automated systems would be unable to address and eradicate all risks.
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In
some cases, the odds offered on a website constitute an obvious error, such as inverted lines between teams, or odds that
are significantly different from the true odds of the outcome in a way that all reasonable persons would agree is an error.
It is commonplace virtually worldwide for operators to void bets associated with such palpable errors, and in most mature
jurisdictions these bets can be voided without regulatory approval at operator discretion, but in the U.S., it is unclear
long term if state regulators will consistently approve voids or re-setting odds to correct odds on such bets, and in some
cases, we may require regulatory approval to void palpable errors ahead of time. If regulators were to not allow voiding of
bets associated with large obvious errors in odds making, we could be subject to covering significant liabilities.
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We
may need to rely on other third-party sports data providers for real-time and accurate data for sporting events, and if such
third parties do not perform adequately or terminate their relationships with us, our costs may increase and our business,
financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
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Our
ability to offer products and services related to sports wagering will be dependent on the occurrence of a wide-variety of
professional, collegiate and amateur sporting events upon which wagers may be offered, subject to the laws and regulations
of the jurisdictions in which we operate. The cancellation or postponement of such sporting events due to pandemic, government
action or labor dispute could consequently limit our ability to offer our sports wagering products or services.
Any
of the foregoing risks, or other risks we fail to anticipate as we expand our business into the sports betting industry, could
expose us to significant liability or have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our
future sports betting business depends on our ability to gain market access in states as such states legalize sports wagering
activities, the inability to gain such market access could have negative impacts on our future growth.
The
prevailing trend in the U.S. is for states to require sports wagering to be conducted by or through an existing licensed casino
or racetrack. In such states where mobile or internet-based sports wagering is legal, each casino or racetrack often is permitted
to offer sports wagering through a limited number of branded websites, known as skins. The number of skins each casino or racetrack
is permitted to offer varies by state and is dictated by law, regulation, or policy. Casinos and racetracks have, accordingly,
begun to enter into agreements to allow third-party sports wagering operators to operate skins through the casino’s or racetrack’s
license. Further, certain of these agreements provide for a sports wagering operator to obtain “second skin” or “third
skin” access, meaning that another operator has the right to operate the first, and potentially the second, skin of a casino,
to the extent permitted by law. Consequently, if a state does not permit casinos or racetracks to have more than one skin (or
more than two skins as the case may be), an operator’s right to utilize a second (or third skin as the case may be) is rendered
meaningless in such state. We may enter into agreements allowing us market access via the right to operate specific skins. Certain
of these agreements may contemplate us receiving second or third skins. Accordingly, should states not permit our future casino
or racetrack partners to offer sports wagering through an adequate number of skins, we would not have access to such markets (unless
we enter into additional agreements for market access). Our inability to gain access to offer mobile and internet sports wagering
in states as such states legalize sports wagering could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Our
business depends on the ongoing support of payment processors, the quality and cost of which may be variable in certain jurisdictions.
Our
sports wagering business will depend on payment processing providers to facilitate the movement of funds between our sportsbook
and our customer base. Anything that could interfere with or otherwise harm the relationships with payment service providers could
have a material adverse effect on our businesses. Our ability to accept payments from our customers or facilitate withdrawals
by them may be restricted by any introduction of legislation or regulations restricting financial transactions with online or
mobile sports wagering operators or prohibiting the use of credit cards and other banking instruments for online or mobile sports
wagering transactions, or by any other increase in the stringency of regulation of financial transactions, whether in general
or in relation to the gambling industry in particular.
Stricter
money laundering regulations may also affect the quickness and accessibility of payment processing systems, resulting in added
inconvenience to customers. Card issuers and acquirers may dictate how transactions and products need to be coded and treated
which could also make an impact on acceptance rates. Card issuers, acquirers, payment processors and banks may also cease to process
transactions relating to the online or mobile sports wagering industry as a whole or as to certain operators. This would be due
to reputational and/or regulatory reasons or in light of increased compliance standards of such third parties that seek to limit
their business relationships with certain industry sectors considered as “high risk” sectors. It may also result in
customers being dissuaded from accessing our product offerings if they cannot use a preferred payment option or the quality or
the speed of the supply is not suitable or accessible. Any such developments may have a material and adverse effect on our future
financial position.
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Our
sports betting business may experience significant losses with respect to individual events or betting outcomes.
Our
sports betting fixed-odds betting products will involve betting where winnings are paid on the basis of the stake placed and the
odds quoted. Odds are determined with the objective of providing an average return to the bookmaker over a large number of events
and therefore, over the long term. In contrast, there can be significant variation in gross win percentage event-by-event and
day-by-day. We will have systems and controls seeking to reduce the risk of daily losses occurring on a gross-win basis, but there
can be no assurance that these will be effective in reducing their exposure, and consequently, our exposure to this potential
risk in the future. As a result, in the short term, there is less certainty of generating a positive gross win, and we may experience
significant losses with regard to individual events or betting outcomes, specifically if large, individual bets are placed on
an event or betting outcome or series of events or betting outcomes. Odds compilers and risk managers are capable of human error,
thus even noting that a number of betting products are subject to capped pay-outs, significant volatility can occur. Furthermore,
there may be such a volume of trading during any particular period that even automated systems would be unable to address and
eradicate all risks. Any significant losses on a gross-win basis could have a material adverse effect on our business and its
cash flows. This can result in a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Our
betting operations can fluctuate due to seasonal trends and other factors. Our operations (and thus their financial performance)
are also dependent on the seasonal variations dictated by various sports calendars, which will have an effect on our financial
performance of such operations.
Although
we will implement systems and controls to monitor and manage such risk stated above, there can be no assurance that these systems
and controls will be effective in reducing the exposure to this risk. The effect of future fluctuations and single event losses
could have a material adverse effect on our cash flows. This would create material adverse effect on our business, results of
operations, financial condition and prospects.
The
online and mobile sports wagering industries are intensely competitive and our potential inability to compete successfully could
have a significant adverse impact.
There
is heightened competition among online and mobile sports wagering providers. The online and mobile sports wagering industries
are shaped by increasing consumer demand and technological advances in the industry. These advances create greater and stronger
competition for us. A number of established, well-financed companies producing online and mobile sports wagering products and
services compete with our proposed product and service offerings. These competitors may spend more money and time on developing
and testing products and services, undertake more extensive marketing campaigns, adopt more aggressive pricing or promotional
policies, or otherwise develop more commercially successful products or services than us, which could negatively impact our business.
We
must continually introduce and successfully market new and innovative technologies, product offerings and product enhancements
to remain competitive and effectively procure customer demand, acceptance, and engagement as a result of the intense industry
competition, along with other factors. The process of developing new product offerings and systems is unclear and complex, and
new product offerings may not be well received by customers. Although we intend to continue investing in research and development,
there can be no assurance that such investments will lead to successful new technologies or timely new product offerings or enhanced
existing product offerings with product life cycles long enough to be successful. We may not recover the often substantial up-front
costs of developing and marketing new technologies and product offerings, or recover the opportunity cost of diverting management
and financial resources away from other technologies and product offerings.
If
the technology we use in operating our business fails, is unavailable, or does not operate to expectations, our business and results
of operation could be adversely impacted.
We
utilize a combination of proprietary and third-party technology to operate our business. This includes the technology that we
have developed to recommend and merchandise content to our consumers as well as enable fast and efficient delivery of content
to our subscribers and their various consumer electronic devices. For example, as part of the content delivery systems, we use
third-party CDNs. To the extent Internet Service Providers (“ISPs”) do not interconnect with our CDN or charge us
to access their networks, or if we experience difficulties in our CDN’s operation, our ability to efficiently and effectively
deliver our streaming content to our subscribers could be adversely impacted and our business and results of operation could be
adversely affected.
Likewise,
our system for predicting subscriber content preferences is based on advanced data analytics systems and our proprietary algorithms.
We have invested, and will continue to invest, significant resources in refining these technologies; however, we cannot assure
you that such investments will yield an attractive return or that such refinements will be effective. The effectiveness of our
ability to predict subscriber content preferences depends in part on our ability to gather and effectively analyze large amounts
of subscriber data. Our ability to predict content that our subscribers enjoy is critical to the perceived value of our platform
among subscribers and failure to make accurate predictions could materially adversely affect our ability to adequately attract
and retain subscribers and sell advertising to meet investor expectations for growth or to generate revenue. We also utilize third-party
technology to help market our service, process payments, and otherwise manage the daily operations of our business. If our technology
or that of third-parties we utilize in our operations fails or otherwise operates improperly, including as a result of “bugs”
in our development and deployment of software, our ability to operate our service, retain existing subscribers and add new subscribers
may be impaired. Any harm to our subscribers’ personal computers or other devices caused by software used in our operations
could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
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Risks
Related to Regulation
The
gaming industry is heavily regulated and our failure to obtain or maintain applicable licensure or approvals, or otherwise comply
with applicable requirements, could be disruptive to our business and could adversely affect our operations.
We
and our officers, directors, major shareholders, key employees, and business partners will generally be subject to the laws and
regulations relating to sports wagering of the jurisdictions in which we will conduct such business.
The
jurisdictions where we will operate have, or will have, their own regulatory framework, more often than not these frameworks will
require us to receive a license. Each jurisdiction will normally require us to make detailed and extensive disclosures as to their
beneficial ownership, their source of funds, the suitability and integrity of certain persons associated with the applicant, the
applicant’s management competence, structure, and business plans, the applicant’s proposed geographical territories
of operation, and the applicant’s ability to operate a gaming business in a socially responsible manner in compliance with
regulation. Such jurisdictions will also impose ongoing reporting and disclosure obligations, both on a periodic and ad hoc basis
in response to material issues affecting the business.
Our
gaming-related technology will also be subject to testing and certification, generally designed to confirm matters such as the
fairness of the gaming products offered by the business, their ability to accurately generate settlement instructions, and recover
from outages.
Any
gaming license may be revoked, suspended, or conditioned at any time. The loss of a gaming license in one jurisdiction, or failure
to comply with regulatory requirements in a particular jurisdiction, could prompt the loss of a gaming license or affect our eligibility
for such a license in another jurisdiction, could impact our ability to comply with licensing and regulatory requirements in other
jurisdictions, or could cause the rejection of license applications or cancelation of existing licenses in other jurisdictions,
or could cause payment processors or other third parties to stop providing services to us which we may rely upon to deliver or
promote our services. These potential losses could cause us to cease offering some or all of its product offerings in the impacted
jurisdictions. We may be unable to obtain or maintain all necessary registrations, licenses, permits or approvals, and could incur
fines or experience delays related to the licensing process, which could adversely affect its operations. The process of determining
suitability may be expensive and time-consuming. Our delay or failure to obtain gaming licenses in any jurisdiction may prevent
us from offering its products in such jurisdiction, increasing our customer base and/or generating revenues. A gaming regulatory
body may refuse to issue or renew a gaming license if we, or one of its directors, officers, employees, major shareholders or
business partners: (i) is considered to be a detriment to the integrity or lawful conduct or management of gaming, (ii) no longer
meets a licensing or registration requirement, (iii) has breached or is in breach of a condition of licensure or registration
or an operational agreement with a regulatory authority, (iv) has made a material misrepresentation, omission or misstatement
in an application for licensure or registration or in reply to an inquiry by a person conducting an audit, investigation or inspection
for a gaming regulatory authority, (v) has been refused a similar gaming license in another jurisdiction, (vi) has held a similar
gaming license in that state or another jurisdiction which has been suspended, revoked or cancelled, or (vii) has been convicted
of an offence, inside or outside of the U.S. that calls into question the honesty or integrity of us or any of our directors,
officers, employees or associates.
Furthermore,
our product offerings must be approved in most regulated jurisdictions in which they are offered; this process cannot be assured
or guaranteed. It is a prolonged, potentially costly process to obtain these approvals. A developer and provider of online or
mobile sports wagering products may pursue corporate regulatory approval with regulators of a particular jurisdiction while it
pursues technical regulatory approval for its product offerings by that same jurisdiction. It is also possible that after incurring
significant expenses and dedicating substantial time and effort towards such regulatory approvals, we may not obtain either of
them. In the event we fail to obtain the necessary gaming license in a given jurisdiction, we would likely be prohibited from
operating in that particular jurisdiction altogether. If we fail to seek, do not receive, or receive a suspension or revocation
of a license in a particular jurisdiction for our product offerings (including any related technology and software), then we cannot
operate in that jurisdiction and our gaming licenses in other jurisdictions may be impacted. We may not be able to obtain all
necessary gaming licenses in a timely manner, or at all. These delays in regulatory approvals or failure to obtain such approvals
may also serve as a barrier to entry to the market for our product offerings. Our operations and future prospects will be affected
if we are unable to overcome these barriers to entry.
To
the extent new sports wagering jurisdictions are established or expanded, we cannot guarantee we will be successful in penetrating
such new jurisdictions or expanding our business or customer base in line with the growth of existing jurisdictions. As we directly
or indirectly enter into new markets, we may encounter legal, regulatory, and political challenges that are difficult or impossible
to foresee and which could result in an unforeseen adverse impact on planned revenues or costs associated with the new market
opportunity. In the event we are unable to effectively develop and operate directly or indirectly within these new markets or
if our competitors are able to successfully penetrate geographic markets that we cannot access or where we face other restrictions,
then our business, operating results, and financial condition could be impaired. Our failure to obtain or maintain the necessary
regulatory approvals in jurisdictions, whether individually or collectively, would have a material adverse effect on our business.
We may need to be licensed, obtain approvals of our products and/or seek licensure of our officers, directors, major shareholders,
key employees or business partners to expand into new jurisdictions. This is a costly and time-consuming process. Any delays in
obtaining or difficulty in maintaining regulatory approvals needed for expansion within existing markets or into new jurisdictions
can negatively affect our opportunities for growth. This includes the growth of our customer base, or delay in our ability to
recognize revenue from our product offerings in any such jurisdictions.
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Future
legislative and regulatory action, and court decisions or other governmental action, may have a material impact on our operations
and financial results. There can be no assurance that legally enforceable and prohibiting legislation will not be proposed and
passed in jurisdictions relevant or potentially relevant to our business to prohibit, legislate, or regulate various aspects of
the Internet, e-commerce, payment processing, or the online and mobile wagering and interactive entertainment industries (or that
existing laws in those jurisdictions will not be interpreted negatively). Moreover, legislation may require us to pay certain
fees in order to operate a sports wagering-related business. Such fees include integrity fees paid to sports leagues and/or fees
required to obtain official sports-wagering related data. Compliance with any such legislation may have a material adverse effect
on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We will strive to comply with all applicable laws and regulations
relating to our business, However, it is possible that any requirements may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent
from one jurisdiction to another and may conflict with other rules. Non-compliance with any such law or regulations could expose
us to claims, proceedings, litigation and investigations by private parties and regulatory authorities, as well as substantial
fines and negative publicity, each of which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results
of operations.
We
will be subject to regulatory investigations, which could cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business
practices in a materially adverse manner.
We
expect to receive formal and informal inquiries from government authorities and regulators from time to time, including securities
authorities, tax authorities and gaming regulators, regarding its compliance with laws and other matters. We expect to continue
to be the subject of investigations and audits in the future as we continue to grow and expand our operations. Violation of existing
or future regulatory orders or consent decrees could subject us to substantial monetary fines and other penalties providing a
negative effect on our financial condition and results of operations. In addition, there is a possibility that future orders issued
by, or inquiries or enforcement actions initiated by, government or regulatory authorities may cause us to incur substantial costs,
expose us to unanticipated civil and criminal liability or penalties, or require us to change our business practices that may
have materially adverse effects to our business.
We
may not be able to capitalize on the expansion of sports wagering, including due to laws and regulations governing this industry.
We
intend to capitalize on the expansion of legalized sports wagering throughout the U.S. The success of online and mobile sports
wagering and our product offerings may be affected by future developments in social networks, mobile platforms, regulatory developments,
payment processing laws, data and information privacy laws, and other factors that we are unable to predict and are beyond our
control. Following these unpredictable issues, our future operating results relating to our sports wagering products are difficult
to anticipate, and we cannot provide assurance that our product offerings will grow as expected or with success in the long term.
Additionally,
our ability to successfully pursue our sports wagering strategy depends on the laws and regulations relating to wagering through
interactive channels. There is considerable debate over online and interactive real-money gaming and opposition to it as well.
There can be no assurance that this opposition will not succeed in preventing the legalization of online and mobile sports wagering
in jurisdictions where it is presently prohibited, prohibiting, or limiting the expansion of such activities where it is currently
permitted or causing the repeal of legalized online or mobile sports wagering in any jurisdiction. Any successful effort to limit
the expansion of, or prohibit legalized online or mobile sports wagering could have an adverse effect on our results of operations,
cash flows and financial condition. Combatting such efforts to curtail expansion of, or limit or prohibit, legalized online and
mobile sports wagering can again be time-consuming and can be extremely costly.
If
we fail to comply with any existing or future laws or requirements, regulators may take action against us. This action could include
fines, the conditioning, suspension or revocation of approvals, registrations, permits or licenses, and other disciplinary action.
If we fail to adequately adjust to any such potential changes, its business, results of operations or financial condition could
also be harmed.
Our
shareholders will be subject to extensive governmental oversight, and if a shareholder is found unsuitable by a gaming authority,
that shareholder may not be able to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, certain of our securities.
A
number of jurisdictions’ gaming laws may require any of our shareholders to file an application, be investigated, and qualify
or have his, her, or its suitability determined by gaming authorities. Gaming authorities have very broad discretion when ruling
on whether an applicant should be deemed suitable or not. Subject to certain administrative proceeding requirements, the gaming
authorities have the authority to deny any application or limit, condition, revoke or suspend any gaming license, or fine any
person licensed, registered or found suitable or approved, for any cause deemed reasonable by the gaming authorities.
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Any
person found unsuitable by a gaming authority may not hold directly or indirectly ownership of any voting security or the beneficial
or record ownership of any nonvoting security or any debt security of any company that is licensed with the relevant gaming authority
beyond the time prescribed by the relevant gaming authority. A finding of unsuitability by a particular gaming authority impacts
that person’s ability to associate or affiliate with gaming licensees in that specific jurisdiction and could impact the
person’s ability to associate or affiliate with gaming license holders in other jurisdictions.
Many
jurisdictions also require any person who obtains a beneficial ownership of more than a certain percentage, most normally 5%,
of voting securities of a publicly-traded gaming company or parent company thereof and, in some jurisdictions, non-voting securities
to report the acquisition to gaming authorities. Gaming authorities may require such holders to apply for qualification or a finding
of suitability, subject to limited exceptions for “institutional investors” that hold a company’s voting securities
for investment purposes only. Other jurisdictions may also limit the number of gaming licenses with which a person may be associated.
As
a result, we intend to seek shareholder approval to adopt certain amendments to our articles of incorporation to facilitate compliance
with applicable gaming regulations. These amendments, if approved, would provide us with the right, subject to certain conditions
set forth in our articles of incorporation, to redeem shares held by an unsuitable person. Such redemption may be made at the
per share purchase price of the lesser of then fair market value and the price at which the stockholder acquired the shares. Such
redemption rights may negatively affect the trading price and/or liquidity of our shares. The utilization of such redemption rights
may also negatively impact our cash flows and financial condition.
If
government regulations relating to the Internet or other areas of our business change, we may need to alter the manner in which
we conduct our business and we may incur greater operating expenses.
We
are subject to general business regulations and laws, as well as regulations and laws specific to the Internet, which may include
laws and regulations related to user privacy, data protection, information security, consumer protection, payment processing,
taxation, intellectual property, electronic contracts, Internet access and content restrictions. We cannot guarantee that we have
been or will be fully compliant in every jurisdiction. Litigation and regulatory proceedings are inherently uncertain, and the
laws and regulations governing issues such as privacy, payment processing, taxation and consumer protection related to the Internet
continue to develop. For example, laws relating to the liability of providers of online services for activities of their subscribers
and other third parties have been tested by a number of claims, including actions based on invasion of privacy and other torts,
unfair competition, copyright and trademark infringement, and other theories based on the nature and content of the materials
searched, the advertisements posted or the content provided by subscribers. In some instances, we have certain protections against
claims related to such subscriber generated content, including or defamatory content. Specifically, Section 230 of the Communications
Decency Act (CDA) provides immunity from liability for providers of an interactive computer service who publish defamatory information
provided by users of the service. Immunity under the CDA has been well-established through case law. On a regular basis, however,
challenges to both laws seek to limit immunity. For example, a recent executive order and a letter from several senators to the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have renewed calls for the protections of Section 230 to be scaled back. Any such changes
could affect our ability to claim protection under the CDA.
Moreover,
as Internet commerce and advertising continues to evolve, increasing regulation by federal, state and foreign regulatory authorities
becomes more likely. For example, California’s Automatic Renewal Law requires companies to adhere to enhanced disclosure
requirements when entering into automatically renewing contracts with consumers. Other states have enacted similar laws in recent
years. As a result, a wave of consumer class action lawsuits has been brought against companies that offer online products and
services on a subscription or recurring basis, and we have received a letter alleging that we may have violated such a law. Any
failure, or perceived failure, by us to comply with any of these laws or regulations could result in damage to our reputation,
lost business, and proceedings or actions against us by governmental entities or others, which could impact our operating results.
As we improve our TV streaming platform, we may also be subject to new laws and regulations specific to such technologies.
We
are subject to payment processing risk.
Acceptance
and processing of payments are subject to certain rules and regulations, including additional authentication and security requirements
for certain payment methods, and require payment of interchange and other fees. To the extent there are increases in payment processing
fees, material changes in the payment ecosystem, such as large re-issuances of payment cards, delays in receiving payments from
payment processors, changes to rules or regulations concerning payments, loss of payment partners and/or disruptions or failures
in the operations or security of our payment processing systems, partner systems or payment products, including products we use
to update payment information, our revenue, operating expenses and results of operation could be adversely impacted.
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We
may be subject to fines or other penalties imposed by the Internal Revenue Service and other tax authorities.
Certain
of our subsidiaries are currently delinquent in filing annual tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service and several states.
We are in the process of working with our subsidiaries to remedy this issue by filing these delinquent tax returns. We may be
subject to penalties and interest with the tax authorities because of the late tax returns. There can be no assurance that we
will remedy our delinquent filings sufficiently, and we may face penalties and fees which would adversely affect our operating
results and investors’ confidence in our internal operations.
We
could be required to collect additional sales and other similar taxes or be subject to other tax liabilities that may increase
the costs our customers would have to pay for our subscriptions and adversely affect our operating results.
Sales
and use, value-added, goods and services, and similar tax laws and rates are complicated and vary greatly by jurisdiction. There
is significant uncertainty as to what constitutes sufficient nexus for a state or local jurisdiction to levy taxes, fees, and
surcharges for sales made over the internet, as well as whether our subscriptions are subject to tax in various jurisdictions.
The vast majority of states have considered or adopted laws that impose collection obligations on out-of-state companies for such
taxes. Additionally, the Supreme Court of the U.S. ruled in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. et. al. (Wayfair) that online sellers
can be required to collect sales and use tax despite not having a physical presence in the buyer’s state. In response to
Wayfair, or otherwise, states or local governments may enforce laws requiring us to calculate, collect, and remit taxes on sales
in their jurisdictions. We have not always collected sales and other similar taxes in all jurisdictions in which we are required
to. We may be obligated to collect and remit sales tax in jurisdictions in which we have not previously collected and remitted
sales tax. A successful assertion by one or more states requiring us to collect taxes where we historically have not or presently
do not do so could result in substantial tax liabilities, including taxes on past sales, as well as penalties and interest. The
imposition by state governments or local governments of sales tax collection obligations on out-of-state sellers could also create
additional administrative burdens for us and decrease our future sales, which could adversely affect our business and operating
results.
We
are subject to taxation-related risks in multiple jurisdictions.
We
are a U.S.-based multinational company subject to tax in multiple U.S. and foreign tax jurisdictions. Judgment is required in
determining our global provision for income taxes, value added and other similar taxes, deferred tax assets or liabilities and
in evaluating our tax positions on a worldwide basis. It is possible that our tax positions may be challenged by jurisdictional
tax authorities, which may have a significant impact on our global provision for income taxes.
Tax
laws are being re-examined and evaluated globally. New laws and interpretations of the law are taken into account for financial
statement purposes in the quarter or year that they become applicable. Tax authorities are increasingly scrutinizing the tax positions
of multinational companies. If U.S. or other foreign tax authorities change applicable tax laws, our overall liability could increase,
and our business, financial condition or results of operations may be adversely impacted.
Social
responsibility concerns and public opinion can significantly influence the regulation of sports wagering and impact responsible
gaming requirements, each of which could impact our business and could adversely affect our operations.
Public
opinion can meaningfully affect sports wagering regulation. A negative shift in sports wagering perception by the public, by politicians
or by others could impact future legislation or regulation in different jurisdictions. Moreover, such a shift could cause jurisdictions
to abandon proposals to legalize sports wagering, thereby limiting the number of new jurisdictions into which we could expand.
Negative public perception also can lead to new, harsher restrictions on sports wagering. It also could promote prohibition of
sports wagering in jurisdictions where sports wagering is presently legal.
Concerns
with responsible betting and gaming could lead to negative publicity, resulting in increased regulatory attention, which may result
in restrictions on our operations. If we had to restrict our marketing or product offerings or incur increased compliance costs,
a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects could result.
Risks
Related to Our Operations
The
COVID-19 pandemic and the global attempt to contain it may harm our industry, business, results of operations and ability to raise
additional capital.
The
global spread of COVID-19 and the various attempts to contain it created significant volatility, uncertainty and economic disruption.
In response to government mandates, health care advisories and employee concerns, we have altered certain aspects of our operations.
Travel has been curtailed, and numerous professional and college sports leagues have cancelled or altered seasons and events.
As a result, our broadcasting partners had and are having to substitute other content in the place of previously scheduled live
sporting events. While professional sports are returning in the United States, there is no guarantee that those seasons continue
uninterrupted or at all. The potential further delay or cancellation of professional and college sports may cause us to temporarily
have less popular content available on our platform, which could negatively impact consumer demand for and subscription retention
to our platform and our number of paid subscribers.
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The
full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic and the various responses to it impacts our business, operations and financial results
will depend on numerous evolving factors that we may not be able to accurately predict, including: the duration and scope of the
pandemic; governmental, business and individuals’ actions that have been and continue to be taken in response to the pandemic;
the actions of professional and college sports leagues; the availability and cost to access the capital markets; the effect on
our subscribers and subscriber demand for and ability to pay for our platform; disruptions or restrictions on our employees’
ability to work and travel; and interruptions or restrictions related to the provision of streaming services over the internet,
including impacts on content delivery networks and streaming quality. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we may not be able to provide
the same level of customer service that our subscribers are used to, which could negatively impact their perception of our platform
resulting in an increase in cancellations. There can be no assurance that financing may be available on attractive terms, if at
all. Our workforce has had to spend a significant amount of time working from home, which may impact their productivity. Such
limitations caused by the pandemic have also resulted in us seeking extensions for our current and periodic filings with the SEC.
We will continue to actively monitor the issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic and may take further actions that alter our business
operations as may be required by federal, state, local or foreign authorities, or that we determine are in the best interests
of our employees, subscribers and shareholders. It is not clear what the potential effects any such alterations or modifications
may have on our business, including the effects on our subscribers, or on our financial results.
We
could be subject to claims or have liability based on defects with respect to certain historical corporate transactions that were
not properly authorized or documented.
We
have determined that there have been defects with respect to certain historical corporate transactions, including transactions
that were not or may not have been properly approved by our board of directors, transactions that may have breached our organizational
documents, or transactions that may not have been adequately documented.
While
we have attempted to narrow potential future claims by taking certain remedial corporate actions, the scope of liability with
respect to such defects is uncertain and we cannot be sure that these actions will entirely remediate these defects or that we
will not receive claims in the future from other persons asserting rights to shares of our capital stock, to stock options, or
to amounts owed under other equity or debt instruments or investment contracts. To the extent any such claims are successful,
the claims could result in dilution to existing shareholders, payments by us to note holders or security holders, us having to
comply with registration or other investor rights, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition
and results of operations.
Legal
proceedings could cause us to incur unforeseen expenses and could occupy a significant amount of our management’s time and
attention.
From
time to time, we may be subject to litigation or claims that could negatively affect our business operations and financial position.
We may face allegations or litigation related to our acquisitions, securities issuances or business practices. Litigation disputes
could cause us to incur unforeseen expenses, result in content unavailability, and otherwise occupy a significant amount of our
management’s time and attention, any of which could negatively affect our business operations and financial position. While
the ultimate outcome of investigations, inquiries, information requests and related legal proceedings is difficult to predict,
such matters can be expensive, time-consuming and distracting, and adverse resolutions or settlements of those matters may result
in, among other things, modification of our business practices, reputational harm or costs and significant payments, any of which
could negatively affect our business operations and financial position.
The
quality of our customer support is important to our subscribers, and if we fail to provide adequate levels of customer support,
we could lose subscribers, which would harm our business.
Our
subscribers depend on our customer support organization to resolve any issues relating to our platform. A high level of support
is critical for the successful marketing of our platform. Providing high-level support is further challenging during the COVID-19
pandemic and resulting remote work environment. If we do not effectively train, update and manage our customer support organization
that assists our subscribers in using our platform, and if that support organization does not succeed in helping them quickly
resolve any issues or provide effective ongoing support, it could adversely affect our ability to sell subscriptions to our platform
and harm our reputation with potential new subscribers.
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We
could be subject to economic, political, regulatory and other risks arising from our international operations.
Operating
in international markets requires significant resources and management attention and subjects us to economic, political, regulatory
and other risks that may be different from or incremental to those in the U.S. In addition to the risks that we face in the U.S.,
our international operations involve risks that could adversely affect our business, including:
●
the
need to adapt our content and user interfaces for specific cultural and language differences;
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difficulties
and costs associated with staffing and managing foreign operations;
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political
or social unrest and economic instability;
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compliance
with laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, UK Bribery Act and other anti-corruption laws, export controls and economic
sanctions, and local laws prohibiting corrupt payments to government officials;
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difficulties
in understanding and complying with local laws, regulations and customs in foreign jurisdictions, including local ownership
requirements for streaming content providers and laws and regulations relating to privacy, data protection and information
security, and the risks and costs of non-compliance with such laws, regulations and customs;
●
regulatory
requirements or government action against our service, whether in response to enforcement of actual or purported legal and
regulatory requirements or otherwise, that results in disruption or non-availability of our service or particular content
in the applicable jurisdiction;
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adverse
tax consequences such as those related to changes in tax laws or tax rates or their interpretations, and the related application
of judgment in determining our global provision for income taxes, deferred tax assets or liabilities or other tax liabilities
given the ultimate tax determination is uncertain;
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fluctuations
in currency exchange rates;
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profit
repatriation and other restrictions on the transfer of funds;
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differing
payment processing systems;
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new
and different sources of competition; and
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different
and more stringent user protection, data protection, privacy and other laws, including data localization and/or restrictions
on data export, and local ownership requirements.
Our
failure to manage any of these risks successfully could harm our international operations and our overall business and results
of our operations.
We
depend on highly skilled key personnel to operate our business, and if we are unable to attract, retain, and motivate qualified
personnel, our ability to develop and successfully grow our business could be harmed.
We
believe that our future success is highly dependent on the talents and contributions of Edgar Bronfman, our Executive Chairman,
David Gandler, our Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, other members of our executive team, and other key employees, such
as engineering, finance, legal, research and development, marketing, and sales personnel. Our future success depends on our continuing
ability to attract, develop, motivate, and retain highly qualified and skilled employees. All of our employees, including our
senior management, are free to terminate their employment relationship with us at any time, and their knowledge of our business
and industry may be difficult to replace. Qualified individuals are in high demand, particularly in the digital media industry,
and we may incur significant costs to attract them. We use equity awards to attract talented employees, but if the value of our
common stock declines significantly and remains depressed, that may prevent us from recruiting and retaining qualified employees.
If we are unable to attract and retain our senior management and key employees, we may not be able to achieve our strategic objectives,
and our business could be harmed. In addition, we believe that our key executives have developed highly successful and effective
working relationships. We cannot ensure that we will be able to retain the services of any members of our senior management or
other key employees. If one or more of these individuals leave, we may not be able to fully integrate new executives or replicate
the current dynamic and working relationships that have developed among our senior management and other key personnel, and our
operations could suffer.
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The
impact of worldwide economic conditions may adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.
Our
financial performance is subject to worldwide economic conditions and their impact on levels of advertising spending. Expenditures
by advertisers generally tend to reflect overall economic conditions, and to the extent that the economy continues to stagnate,
reductions in spending by advertisers could have a material adverse impact on our business. Historically, economic downturns have
resulted in overall reductions in advertising spending. Economic conditions may adversely impact levels of consumer spending,
which could adversely impact our number of subscribers.
Consumer
purchases of discretionary items generally decline during recessionary periods and other periods in which disposable income is
adversely affected. To the extent that overall economic conditions reduce spending on discretionary activities, our ability to
retain current and obtain new subscribers could be hindered, which could reduce our subscription revenue and negatively impact
our business.
Changes
in how we market our service could adversely affect our marketing expenses and subscription levels may be adversely affected.
We
utilize a broad mix of marketing and public relations programs, including social media sites, to promote our service and content
to existing and potential new subscribers. We may limit or discontinue use or support of certain marketing sources or activities
if advertising rates increase or if we become concerned that subscribers or potential subscribers deem certain marketing platforms
or practices intrusive or damaging to our brand. If the available marketing channels are curtailed, our ability to engage subscribers
and attract new subscribers may be adversely affected.
Companies
that promote our service may decide that we negatively impact their business or may make business decisions that in turn negatively
impact us. For example, if they decide that they want to compete more directly with us, enter a similar business or exclusively
support our competitors, we may no longer have access to their marketing channels. We also acquire a number of subscribers who
re-join our service having previously canceled their subscription. If we are unable to maintain or replace our sources of subscribers
with similarly effective sources, or if the cost of our existing sources increases, our subscription levels and marketing expenses
may be adversely affected.
We
utilize marketing to promote our content, drive conversation about our content and service, and drive viewing by our subscribers.
To the extent we promote our content inefficiently or ineffectively, we may not obtain the expected acquisition and retention
benefits and our business may be adversely affected.
We
continue to purse and may in the future engage in acquisitions, which involve a number of risks, and if we are unable to address
and resolve these risks successfully, such acquisitions could harm our business.
We
continue to purse and may in the future acquire businesses, products or technologies to expand our offerings and capabilities,
subscriber base and business. The entities acquired in such acquisitions may not be profitable and may have significant liabilities.
We have evaluated, and expect to continue to evaluate, a wide array of potential strategic transactions. Any acquisition could
be material to our financial condition and results of operations. Also, any anticipated benefits from a given acquisition, including,
but not limited to, the acquisition of Vigtory, Inc. in February 2021, may never materialize. In addition, the process of integrating
any businesses, products or technologies acquired by us may create unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures and we may
have difficulties retaining key employees. Any acquisitions in international markets would involve additional risks, including
those related to integration of operations across different cultures and languages, currency risks and the particular economic,
political and regulatory risks associated with specific countries. We may not be able to address these risks successfully, or
at all, without incurring significant costs, delays or other operational problems, and if we were unable to address such risks
successfully, our business could be harmed.
Risks
Related to Privacy and Cybersecurity
We
are subject to a number of legal requirements and other obligations regarding privacy, security, and data protection, and any
actual or perceived failure to comply with these requirements or obligations could have an adverse effect on our reputation, business,
financial condition and operating results.
Various
international, federal, and state laws and regulations govern the processing of personal information, including the collection,
use, retention, transfer, sharing and security of the data we receive from and about our subscribers and other individuals. The
regulatory environment for the collection and processing of data relating to individuals, including subscriber and other consumer
data, by online service providers, content distributors, advertisers and publishers is unsettled in the U.S. and internationally.
Privacy groups and government bodies, including the Federal Trade Commission, increasingly have scrutinized issues relating to
the use, collection, storage, disclosure, and other processing of data, including data that is associated with personal identities
or devices, and we expect such scrutiny to continue to increase. Various federal, state and foreign government bodies and agencies
have adopted or are considering adopting laws and regulations limiting, or laws and regulations covering the processing, collection,
distribution, use, disclosure, storage, transfer and security of certain types of information. In addition to government regulation,
self-regulatory standards and other industry standards may legally or contractually apply to us, be argued to apply to us, or
we may elect to comply with such standards or facilitate compliance by content publishers, advertisers, or others with such standards.
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For
example, the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, became operative on January 1, 2020. The CCPA requires covered businesses
to provide new disclosures to California consumers, and to afford such consumers the ability to access and delete their personal
information, opt out of certain personal information activities, and receive details about how their personal information is used.
The CCPA provides for civil penalties for violations, as well as a private right of action for data breaches that is expected
to increase data breach litigation. California voters also approved a modification of the CCPA, the California Privacy Rights
Act, or CPRA, in the November 2020 election. The CPRA significantly expands the rights under the CCPA. The CCPA and CPRA may increase
our compliance costs and exposure to liability. Similarly, Virginia recently adopted the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act,
or VCDPA, which will go into effect on January 1, 2023. The VCDPA will grant Virginia residents certain rights with respect to
their personal data, has notice obligations, requires consent in some circumstances, among other things. While there is no private
right of action, the VCDPA empowers the Attorney General to enforce the law. As with the CCPA and the CPRA, the VCDPA may increase
our compliance costs and exposure to liability. Other U.S. states are considering adopting similar laws.
Additionally,
our use of subscriber data to deliver relevant advertising on our platform places us and our content publishers at risk for claims
under a number of other unsettled laws, including the Video Privacy Protection Act, or VPPA. Some content publishers have been
engaged in litigation over alleged violations of the VPPA relating to activities on online platforms in connection with advertising
provided by unrelated third parties. The Federal Trade Commission has also revised its rules implementing the Children’s
Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA Rules, broadening the applicability of the COPPA Rules, including by expanding the types
of information that are subject to these regulations. The COPPA Rules could effectively apply to limit the information that we
and, our content publishers and advertisers collect and use, the content of advertisements and certain channel partner content.
We and our content publishers and advertisers could be at risk for violation or alleged violation of these and other laws, regulations,
and other standards and contractual obligations relating to privacy, data protection, and information security.
In
the European Union, or EU, and its member states, there are laws and regulations that in some circumstances require informed consent
for the placement of cookies or other tracking technologies and the delivery of relevant advertisements. More generally, the EU
General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679, or the GDPR, which has been in effect since May 25, 2018, imposes stringent obligations
relating to data protection and security and authorizes fines up to 4% of global annual revenue or €20 million, whichever
is greater, for certain violations.
Further,
the departure of the United Kingdom, or UK, from the EU has created uncertainty with regard to data protection regulation in the
UK. In particular, while the UK has implemented the UK General Data Protection Regulation, and the UK Data Protection Act of 2018,
which implements and complements the UK GDPR are still in force, it is unclear whether the UK will receive an adequacy decision
from the European Commission that would allow the lawful transfer of data from the European Economic Area, or EEA, to the UK under
that adequacy decision. Should the UK not be deemed adequate, transfers of data between the UK and the EEA will need to be pursuant
to a different transfer mechanism, such as the entry of Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission. Failure
to comply with these obligations could subject us to liability. Additionally, we may incur expenses, costs, and other operational
losses under the GDPR and the privacy laws of applicable EU Member States and the UK in connection with any measures we take to
comply with such laws.
Although
certain legal mechanisms have been designed to allow for the transfer of personal data from the UK, EEA and Switzerland to the
U.S., uncertainty about compliance with such data protection laws remains and such mechanisms may not be available or applicable
with respect to the personal data processing activities necessary to research, develop and market our products. For example, legal
challenges in Europe to the mechanisms allowing companies to transfer personal data from the EEA to the U.S. have resulted in
further limitations on the ability to transfer personal data across borders. In particular, certain governments have been unable
to reach agreement on or maintain existing mechanisms designed to support cross-border data transfers, such as the EU-U.S. and
Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks. Specifically, on July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated Decision
2016/1250 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. To the extent that we have relied
on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework in the past, we will not be able to do so in the future, which could increase our costs
and limit our ability to process personal data from the EEA. The same decision also challenged the ability to use one of the primary
alternatives to the Privacy Shield, namely, the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, to lawfully transfer
personal data from the EEA to the U.S. and most other countries without additional measures or assurances.
Complying
with the GDPR, CCPA, VCDPA, and other laws, regulations, and other obligations relating to privacy, data protection, data localization
or security may cause us to incur substantial operational costs or require us to modify our data handling practices. We also expect
that there will continue to be new proposed laws and regulations concerning privacy, data protection and information security,
and we cannot yet determine the impact such future laws, regulations and standards, or amendments to, expansions of or re-interpretations
of, existing laws and regulations, industry standards, or other obligations may have on our business. New laws and regulations,
amendments to, expansions of or re-interpretations of existing laws and regulations, industry standards, and contractual and other
obligations may require us to incur additional costs and restrict our business operations.
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Furthermore,
the interpretation and application of laws, regulations, standards, contractual obligations and other obligations relating to
privacy, data processing and protection, and information security are uncertain, and these laws, standards, and contractual and
other obligations (including, without limitation, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) may be interpreted and applied
in a manner that is, or is alleged to be, inconsistent with our data management and processing practices, our policies or procedures,
or the features of our platform. We may face claims or allegations that we are in violation of these laws, regulations, standards,
or contractual or other obligations. We could be required to fundamentally change our business activities and practices or modify
our platform or practices to address laws, regulations, or other obligations relating to privacy, data protection, or information
security, or claims or allegations that we have failed to comply with any of the foregoing, which could have an adverse effect
on our business. We may be unable to make such changes and modifications in a commercially reasonable manner or at all, and our
ability to develop new features could be limited.
Increased
regulation of data collection, use and distribution practices, including self-regulation and industry standards, changes in existing
laws and regulations, enactment of new laws and regulations, increased enforcement activity, and changes in interpretation of
laws and regulations, all could increase our cost of compliance and operation, limit our ability to grow our business or otherwise
harm our business. Additionally, the costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, the laws, regulations, and policies
that are applicable to the businesses of content publishers and advertisers may limit their use and adoption of, and reduce the
overall demand for, our platform and advertising on our platform, and content publishers and advertisers may be at risk for violation
or alleged violation of laws, regulations, and other standards relating to privacy, data protection, and information security
relating to their activities on our platform. More generally, privacy, data protection, and information security concerns, whether
or not valid, may inhibit market adoption of our platform, particularly in certain countries.
Any
actual or perceived inability to adequately address privacy, data protection or security-related concerns, even if unfounded,
or to successfully negotiate privacy, data protection or security-related contractual terms with content publishers, card associations,
advertisers, or others, or to comply with applicable laws, regulations and other obligations relating to privacy, data protection,
and security, could result in additional cost and liability to us. We may face regulatory investigations and proceedings, claims
and litigation by governmental entities and private parties, damages for contract breach, damage to our reputation, restrictions
on the use of our platform by advertisers and sales of subscriptions to our platform, and additional liabilities as a result,
all of which could harm our business, reputation, financial condition, and results of operations.
Any
significant interruptions, delays or discontinuations in service or disruptions in or unauthorized access to our computer systems
or those of third parties that we utilize in our operations, including those relating to cybersecurity or arising from cyber-attacks,
could result in a loss or degradation of service, unauthorized disclosure of data, including subscriber and corporate information,
or theft of intellectual property, including digital content assets, which could adversely impact our business.
Our
reputation and ability to attract, retain and serve our subscribers is dependent upon the reliable performance and security of
our computer systems and those of third parties that we utilize in our operations. These systems may be subject to damage or interruption
from, among other things, earthquakes, adverse weather conditions, other natural disasters, terrorist attacks, rogue employees,
employees who are inattentive or careless and cause security vulnerabilities, power loss, telecommunications failures, and cybersecurity
risks. Interruptions in these systems, or with the Internet in general, could make our service unavailable or degraded or otherwise
hinder our ability to deliver our service. Service interruptions, errors in our software or the unavailability of computer systems
used in our operations could diminish the overall attractiveness of our subscription to existing and potential subscribers.
Our
computer systems and those of third parties we use in our operations are subject to cybersecurity threats, including cyber-attacks
such as computer viruses, denial of service attacks, physical or electronic break-ins and similar disruptions. These systems periodically
experience directed attacks intended to lead to interruptions and delays in our service and operations as well as loss, misuse
or theft of personal information and other data, content, confidential information, trade secrets or intellectual property. Additionally,
outside parties may attempt to induce employees or subscribers to disclose sensitive or confidential information in order to gain
access to data. Any attempt by hackers to obtain our data (including subscriber and corporate information) or intellectual property
(including digital content assets), disrupt our service, or otherwise access our systems, or those of third parties we use, if
successful, could harm our business, be expensive to remedy and damage our reputation.
We
use third-party cloud computing services in connection with our business operations. We also use third-party content delivery
networks to help us stream content to our subscribers over the Internet. Problems faced by us or our third-party cloud computing
or other network providers, including technological or business-related disruptions, as well as cybersecurity threats and regulatory
interference, could adversely impact the experience of our users.
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We
have implemented certain systems and processes designed to thwart hackers and protect our data and systems, but the techniques
used to gain unauthorized access to data, systems, and software are constantly evolving, and we may be unable to anticipate or
prevent unauthorized access, and we may be delayed in detecting unauthorized access or other security breaches and other incidents.
There is no assurance that hackers may not have a material impact on our service or systems in the future or that security breaches
or other incidents may not occur due to these or other causes. Efforts and technologies to prevent disruptions to our service
and unauthorized access to our systems are expensive to develop, implement and maintain. These efforts require ongoing monitoring
and updating as technologies change and efforts to overcome security measures become more sophisticated and may limit the functionality
of or otherwise negatively impact our service offering and systems. Additionally, disruption to our service and data security
breaches and other incidents may occur as a result of employee or contractor error. Any significant disruption to our service
or access to our systems or any data that we or those who provide services for us maintain or otherwise process, or the perception
that any of these have occurred, could result in a loss of subscriptions, harm to our reputation, and adversely affect our business
and results of operations. Further, a penetration of our systems or a third-party’s systems on which we depend or any loss
of or unauthorized access to, use, alteration, destruction, or disclosure of personal information or other data could subject
us to business, regulatory, contractual, litigation and reputation risk, which could have a negative effect on our business, financial
condition and results of operations. With the increase in remote work during the current COVID-19 pandemic, we and the third parties
we use in our operations face increased risks to the security of infrastructure and data, and we cannot guarantee that our or
their security measures will prevent security breaches. We also may face increased costs relating to maintaining and securing
our infrastructure and data that we maintain and otherwise process.
Additionally,
we cannot be certain that our insurance coverage will be adequate for data security liabilities actually incurred, will cover
any indemnification claims against us relating to any incident, that insurance will continue to be available to us on economically
reasonable terms, or at all, or that any insurer will not deny coverage as to any future claim. The successful assertion of one
or more large claims against us that exceed available insurance coverage, or the occurrence of changes in our insurance policies,
including premium increases or the imposition of large deductible or co-insurance requirements, could have a material adverse
effect on our business, including our financial condition, operating results, and reputation.
Risks
Related to Our Intellectual Property
We
could become subject to litigation regarding intellectual property rights that could be costly and harm our business.
Third
parties have previously asserted, and may in the future assert, that we have infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise violated
their intellectual property rights. Plaintiffs that have no relevant product revenue may not be deterred by our own issued patents
and pending patent applications in bringing intellectual property rights claims against us. The cost of patent litigation or other
proceedings, even if resolved in our favor, could be substantial. Some of our competitors may be better able to sustain the costs
of such litigation or proceedings because of their substantially greater financial resources. Patent litigation and other proceedings
may also require significant management time and divert management from our business. Uncertainties resulting from the initiation
and continuation of patent litigation or other proceedings could impair our ability to compete in the marketplace. The occurrence
of any of the foregoing risks could harm our business.
As
a result of intellectual property infringement claims, or to avoid potential claims, we have previously chosen to, and may in
the future choose or be required to, seek licenses from third parties. These licenses may not be available on commercially reasonable
terms, or at all. Even if we are able to obtain a license, the license would likely obligate us to pay license fees or royalties
or both, and the rights granted to us might be nonexclusive, with the potential for our competitors to gain access to the same
intellectual property. In addition, the rights that we secure under intellectual property licenses may not include rights to all
of the intellectual property owned or controlled by the licensor, and the scope of the licenses granted to us may not include
rights covering all of the products and services provided by us and our licensees. Furthermore, an adverse outcome of a dispute
may require us to pay damages, potentially including treble damages and attorneys’ fees, if we are found to have willfully
infringed a party’s intellectual property; cease making, licensing or using technologies that are alleged to infringe or
misappropriate the intellectual property of others; expend additional development resources to redesign our solutions; enter into
potentially unfavorable royalty or license agreements in order to obtain the right to use necessary technologies, content or materials;
and to indemnify our partners and other third parties. In addition, any lawsuits regarding intellectual property rights, regardless
of their success, could be expensive to resolve and would divert the time and attention of our management and technical personnel.
Historically,
we have acquired certain intellectual property from third parties pursuant to asset purchase agreements or similar agreements
in connection with corporate acquisitions and bankruptcy proceedings. We also generally enter into confidentiality and invention
assignment agreements with our employees and consultants and enter into confidentiality agreements with the parties with whom
we have strategic relationships and business alliances. However, these agreements may not have been properly entered into on every
occasion with the applicable counterparty, and such agreements may not always have been effective when entered into in granting
ownership of, controlling access to and distribution of our proprietary information. Further, these agreements do not prevent
our competitors or partners from independently developing technologies that are substantially equivalent or superior to our platform.
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An
inability to obtain music licenses could be costly and harm our business.
The
Company relies on its content suppliers to secure the rights of public performance or communication to the public for musical
works and sound recordings embodied in any programming provided to or through the Company’s platform. If our content suppliers
have not secured public performance or communication to the public licenses on a through to the viewer basis, then the Company
could have liability to copyright owners or their agents for such performances or communications. If our content suppliers are
unable to secure such rights from copyright owners, then the Company may have to secure public performance and communication to
the public licenses in its own name. The Company may not be able to obtain such licenses on favorable economic terms, and music
licensors may assert that we have infringed their intellectual property rights in the absence of a license. The occurrence of
any of the foregoing risks could harm our business.
If
our technology, trademarks and other proprietary rights are not adequately protected to prevent use or appropriation by our competitors,
the value of our brand and other intangible assets may be diminished, and our business may be adversely affected.
We
rely and expect to continue to rely on a combination of confidentiality and license agreements with our employees, consultants
and third parties with whom we have relationships, as well as trademark, copyright, patent and trade secret protection laws, to
protect our technology and proprietary rights. We may also seek to enforce our proprietary rights through court proceedings or
other legal actions. We have filed and we expect to file from time to time for trademark and patent applications. Nevertheless,
these applications may not be approved, third parties may challenge any copyrights, patents or trademarks issued to or held by
us, third parties may knowingly or unknowingly infringe our intellectual property rights, and we may not be able to prevent infringement
or misappropriation without substantial expense to us. If the protection of our intellectual property rights is inadequate to
prevent use or misappropriation by third parties, the value of our brand, content, and other intangible assets may be diminished.
Failure
to protect our domain names could also adversely affect our reputation and brand and make it more difficult for subscribers to
find our website and our service. We may be unable, without significant cost or at all, to prevent third parties from acquiring
domain names that are similar to, infringe upon or otherwise decrease the value of our trademarks and other proprietary rights.
Our
use of open source software could impose limitations on our ability to commercialize our platform.
We
incorporate open source software in our platform. From time to time, companies that incorporate open source software into their
products have faced claims challenging the ownership of open source software and/or compliance with open source license terms.
Therefore, we could be subject to suits by parties claiming ownership of what we believe to be open source software or non-compliance
with open source licensing terms. Although we monitor our use of open source software, the terms of many open source software
licenses have not been interpreted by U.S. courts, and there is a risk that such licenses could be construed in a manner that
could impose unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our ability to sell subscriptions to our platform. In such event, we
could be required to make our proprietary software generally available to third parties, including competitors, at no cost, to
seek licenses from third parties in order to continue offering our platform, to re-engineer our platform or to discontinue our
platform in the event re-engineering cannot be accomplished on a timely basis or at all, any of which could harm our business.
If
we are unable to obtain necessary or desirable third-party technology licenses, our ability to develop platform enhancements may
be impaired.
We
utilize commercially available off-the-shelf technology in the development of our platform. As we continue to introduce new features
or improvements to our platform, we may be required to license additional technologies from third parties. These third-party licenses
may be unavailable to us on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. If we are unable to obtain necessary third-party licenses,
we may be required to obtain substitute technologies with lower quality or performance standards, or at a greater cost, any of
which could harm the competitiveness of our platform and our business.
Risks
Related to the 2026 Notes
We
may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to settle conversions of the 2026 Notes in cash or to repurchase the 2026
Notes upon a fundamental change, and our future debt may contain limitations on our ability to pay cash upon conversion or repurchase
of the 2026 Notes.
Holders
of the 2026 Notes will have the right to require us to repurchase all or a portion of the 2026 Notes upon the occurrence of a
fundamental change before the maturity date at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2026 Notes to be
repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. In addition, upon conversion of the 2026 Notes, unless we elect to deliver
solely shares of our common stock to settle such conversion (other than paying cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share),
we will be required to make cash payments in respect of the notes being converted. Moreover, we will be required to repay the
2026 Notes in cash at their maturity unless earlier converted, redeemed, or repurchased. However, we may not have enough available
cash or be able to obtain financing at the time we are required to make repurchases of all or a portion of the 2026 Notes surrendered
therefor or pay cash with respect to notes being converted or at their maturity.
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In
addition, our ability to repurchase the 2026 Notes or to pay cash upon conversions of all or a portion of the 2026 Notes or at
their maturity may be limited by law, regulatory authority or agreements governing our future indebtedness. Our failure to repurchase
all or a portion of the 2026 Notes at a time when the repurchase is required by the indenture or to pay cash upon conversions
of all or a portion of the 2026 Notes or at their maturity as required by the indenture would constitute a default under the indenture.
A default under the indenture or the fundamental change itself could also lead to a default under agreements governing our future
indebtedness. Moreover, the occurrence of a fundamental change under the indenture could constitute an event of default under
any such agreement. A default under the indenture or the fundamental change itself could also lead to a default under agreements
governing our existing or future indebtedness. If the payment of the related indebtedness were to be accelerated after any applicable
notice or grace periods, we may not have sufficient funds to repay the indebtedness and repurchase the notes or make cash payments
upon conversions thereof.
The
conditional conversion feature of all or a portion of the 2026 Notes, if triggered, may adversely affect our financial condition
and operating results.
In
the event the conditional conversion feature of any or all of the 2026 Notes is triggered, holders of the 2026 Notes will be entitled
to convert their 2026 Notes at any time during specified periods at their option. If one or more holders elect to convert 2026
Notes, unless we elect to satisfy our conversion obligation by delivering solely shares of our common stock (other than paying
cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share), we would be required to settle a portion or all of our conversion obligation
in cash, which could adversely affect our liquidity. In addition, even if holders of the 2026 Notes do not elect to convert their
2026 Notes, we could be required under applicable accounting rules to reclassify all or a portion of the outstanding principal
of the 2026 Notes as a current rather than long-term liability, which would result in a material reduction of our net working
capital.
The
accounting method for convertible debt securities that may be settled in cash, such as the 2026 Notes, could have a material effect
on our reported financial results.
Under
Accounting Standards Codification 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options (“ASC 470-20”), an entity
must separately account for the liability and equity components of convertible debt instruments (such as the 2026 Notes) that
may be settled entirely or partially in cash upon conversion in a manner that reflects the issuer’s economic interest cost.
The effect of ASC 470-20 on the accounting for the 2026 Notes is that the equity component is required to be included in the additional
paid-in capital section of stockholders’ equity on our consolidated balance sheet at the issuance date and the value of
the equity component would be treated as debt discount for purposes of accounting for the liability component of the 2026 Notes.
As a result, we will be required to record a greater amount of non-cash interest expense as a result of the accretion to the carrying
value of the 2026 Notes to their face amount over the term of the 2026 Notes. We will report larger net losses (or lower net income)
in our financial results because ASC 470-20 will require interest to include both the amortization of the debt discount and the
instrument’s nonconvertible coupon interest rate, which could adversely affect our reported or future financial results,
the trading price of our common stock and the trading price of the 2026 Notes.
In
addition, under certain circumstances, convertible debt instruments (such as the 2026 Notes) that may be settled entirely or partly
in cash may be accounted for utilizing the treasury stock method, the effect of which is that the shares issuable upon conversion
of such notes are not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share except to the extent that the conversion value
of such notes exceeds their principal amount. Under the treasury stock method, for diluted earnings per share purposes, the transaction
is accounted for as if the number of shares of common stock that would be necessary to settle such excess, if we elected to settle
such excess in shares, are issued. If we are unable or otherwise elect not to use the treasury stock method in accounting for
the shares issuable upon conversion of the 2026 Notes, then our diluted earnings per share could be adversely affected.
In
August 2020, the FASB published an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-06, which amends these accounting standards
by reducing the number of accounting models for convertible instruments and limiting instances of separate accounting for the
debt and equity or a derivative component of the convertible debt instruments. ASU 2020-06 also will no longer allow the use of
the treasury stock method for convertible instruments and instead require application of the “if-converted” method.
Under that method, diluted earnings per share will generally be calculated assuming that all the 2026 Notes were converted solely
into shares of common stock at the beginning of the reporting period, unless the result would be anti-dilutive, which could adversely
affect our diluted earnings per share. These amendments will be effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2021, with early adoption permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020.
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Provisions
in the indenture for the 2026 Notes may deter or prevent a business combination that may be favorable to you.
If
a fundamental change occurs prior to the maturity date of the 2026 Notes, holders of the 2026 Notes will have the right, at their
option, to require us to repurchase all or a portion of their 2026 Notes. In addition, if a make-whole fundamental change occurs
prior the maturity date, we will in some cases be required to increase the conversion rate for a holder that elects to convert
all or a portion of their 2026 Notes in connection with such make-whole fundamental change. Furthermore, the indenture for the
2026 Notes will prohibit us from engaging in certain mergers or acquisitions unless, among other things, the surviving entity
assumes our obligations under the 2026 Notes. These and other provisions in the indenture could deter or prevent a third party
from acquiring us even when the acquisition may be favorable to you.
Risks
Related to Ownership of our Common Stock
Our
stock price is volatile.
The
market price of our common stock is subject to wide price fluctuations in response to various factors, many of which are beyond
our control. The factors include:
●
The
impact on global and regional economies as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic;
●
variations
in our operating results;
●
variations
between our actual operating results and the expectations of securities analysts, investors and the financial community;
●
announcements
of developments affecting our business, systems or expansion plans by us or others;
●
technical
factors in the public trading market for our stock that may produce price movements that may or may not comport with macro,
industry or company-specific fundamentals, including, without limitation, the sentiment of retail investors (including as
it may be expressed on financial trading and other social media sites), the amount and status of short interest in our securities,
access to margin debt, trading in options and other derivatives on our common stock, fractional share trading, and other technical
trading factors or strategies;
●
competition,
including the introduction of new competitors, their pricing strategies and services;
●
Announcements
regarding stock repurchases and sales of our equity and debt securities;
●
market
volatility in general;
●
the
level of demand for our stock, including the amount of short interest in our stock; and
●
the
operating results of our competitors.
In
addition, the stock market in general, and the market for technology companies in particular, has experienced extreme price and
volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. Broad
market and industry factors may seriously affect the market price of companies’ stock, including ours, regardless of actual
operating performance. In addition, in the past, following periods of volatility in the overall market and the market price of
a particular company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against these companies.
This litigation, if instituted against us, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s attention
and resources.
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We
have no plans to declare any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.
We
do not anticipate declaring any cash dividends to holders of our common stock in the foreseeable future. Consequently, investors
may need to rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation, which may never occur to realize future gains on their
investment.
Future
sales and issuances of our capital stock could reduce our stock price and any additional capital raised by us through the sale
of equity or convertible securities may dilute your ownership in us.
We
may issue additional shares of capital stock in the future, including shares issuable pursuant to securities that are convertible
into or exchangeable for, or that represent a right to receive, capital stock. We may sell common stock, convertible securities
and other equity securities in one or more transactions at prices and in a manner as we may determine from time to time, which
could result in substantial dilution to our existing shareholders. New investors in such future transactions could gain rights,
preferences and privileges senior to those of holders of our common stock.
If
a substantial number of shares become available for sale and are sold in a short period of time, the market price of our common
stock could decline.
If
our existing shareholders sell substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, the market price of our common stock
could decrease significantly. The perception in the public market that our existing shareholders might sell shares of common stock
could also depress our market price. Our executive officers and directors and certain of our shareholders were in the past subject
to certain lock-up agreements and the Rule 144 holding period requirements that have expired as of the date of this Annual Report
on Form 10-K. Now that these lock-up periods have expired, the holding periods have elapsed, additional shares are eligible for
sale in the public market. The market price of shares of our common stock may drop significantly if our existing holders sell
substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market. A decline in the price of shares of our common stock might impede
our ability to raise capital through the issuance of additional shares of our common stock or other equity securities.
We
also filed a registration statement to register shares reserved for future issuance under our equity compensation plans. As a
result, subject to the satisfaction of applicable exercise periods, the shares issued upon exercise of outstanding stock options
will be available for immediate resale in the U.S. in the open market.
Additionally,
certain of our employees, executive officers, and directors have already entered into, or may in the future enter into Rule 10b5-1
trading plans providing for sales of shares of our common stock from time to time. Under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, a broker
executes trades pursuant to parameters established by the employee, director, or officer when entering into the plan, without
further direction from the employee, officer, or director. A Rule 10b5-1 trading plan may be amended or terminated in some circumstances.
Our employees, executive officers, and directors also may buy or sell additional shares outside of a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan
when they are not in possession of material, nonpublic information, subject to the expiration of the lock-up agreements and Rule
144 requirements referred to above.
If
few securities or industry analysts publish research or reports, or if they publish adverse or misleading research or reports,
regarding us, our business or our market, our stock price and trading volume could decline.
The
trading market for our common stock will be influenced by the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish
about us, our business or our market. If few securities or industry analysts commence coverage of us, the stock price would be
negatively impacted. Additionally, if any of the analysts who currently cover us or initiate coverage on us in the future issue
adverse or misleading research or reports regarding us, our business model, our intellectual property, our stock performance or
our market, or if our operating results fail to meet the expectations of analysts, our stock price would likely decline. If one
or more of these analysts cease coverage of us or fail to publish reports on us regularly, we could lose visibility in the financial
markets, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.
Item
1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
Not
applicable.
Item
2. Properties.
Our
worldwide corporate headquarters and executive offices are located at 1330 Avenue of the Americas in New York, New York, where
we occupy approximately 23,000 square feet of office space under various leases that expires between February 14, 2021 and August
14, 2027 and provides for rental payments of $144,782 per month. Furthermore, subsequent to December 31, 2020, we entered into
a lease for new offices located at 1290 Avenue of the Americas in New York where we will occupy approximately 55,000 square feet
of office space.
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Item
3. Legal Proceedings.
See
discussion under the heading Legal Proceedings in Note 17 to the consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8
of this report.
Item
4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not
applicable.
PART
II
Item
5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Our
common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, “FUBO” on October 8, 2020. Prior to that
date, our common stock was quoted on the OTC Markets under the symbol “FUBO,” and prior to May 1, 2020, our stock
symbol was “FBNK.”
Holders
of Record
As
of March 23, 2021, there were 336 holders of record of our common stock. The actual number of stockholders is greater
than this number of record holders and includes stockholders who are beneficial owners but whose shares are held in street name
by brokers and other nominees.
Securities
Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
Refer
to Part III, Item 12 “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters”
of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information regarding securities authorized for issuance.
Dividend
Policy
We
have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our common shares. We intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance the
operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Payment of
future cash dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of our board of directors after taking into account various factors,
including our financial condition, operating results, current and anticipated cash needs, the requirements and contractual restrictions
of then-existing debt instruments, and other factors that our board of directors deems relevant.
Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities
We
did not sell any equity securities which were not registered under the Securities Act during the fiscal year ended December 31,
2020 that were not otherwise disclosed in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or our Current Reports on Form 8-K.
Purchases
of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
The
following table provides information with respect to purchases by us of our shares during the fourth quarter of the year ended
December 31, 2020:
Date
Number of Shares Purchased
Price
per share
12/15/2020
800,000
$ 0.0001
On December 15, 2020, we purchased 800,000 shares
of our common stock held by FBNK Finance S.a.r.l.
Item
6. Selected Financial Data.
Not
applicable.
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Item
7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
You
should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our consolidated
financial statements and the related notes and other financial information included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including
information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. You should review the sections titled “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk
Factors” for a discussion of forward-looking statements and important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and
analysis. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any period in the future .
Overview
Our
business model is “come for the sports, stay for the entertainment.”
First,
we leverage sporting events to acquire subscribers at lower acquisition costs, given the built-in demand for sports. We then leverage
our technology and data to drive higher engagement and induce retentive behaviors such as favoriting channels, recording shows,
and increasing discovery through our proprietary machine learning recommendations engine. Next, we look to monetize our growing
base of highly engaged subscribers by driving higher average revenue per user (“ARPU”).
We
believe our expected expansion into wagering and interactivity is core to this model. We believe free-to-play predictive games
enhance the sports streaming experience - while also providing a bridge between video and our contemplated sportsbook. We expect
the integration of gaming with our expansive live sports coverage will create a flywheel that lifts engagement and retention,
expands advertising revenue through increased viewership, and creates additional opportunities for Attachment sales.
We
drive our business model with three core strategies:
●
Grow
our paid subscriber base
●
Optimize
engagement and retention
●
Increase
monetization
COVID-19
Update
The
widespread global impact from the outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic continued throughout 2020. We took precautionary
measures to protect the health and safety of our employees and slow down the spread of the virus by transitioning our workforce
to remote working as we closed our offices.
The
global spread of COVID-19 and the various attempts to contain it have created significant volatility, uncertainty and economic
disruption in 2020. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations began towards the end of the first quarter of 2020,
impacting advertising markets and the availability of live sport events, as numerous professional and college sports leagues cancelled
or altered seasons and events.
During
2020, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continued to accelerate the shift of TV viewing away from traditional pay TV to streaming
TV and the on-going shift of advertising budgets away from traditional linear TV into streaming offering. While in 2020 we have
experienced an increase in TV streaming and our overall business was largely unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic there can be
no assurance that these positive trends will continue during 2021 and beyond.
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Merger
with fuboTV and Basis of Presentation
On
April 1, 2020, fuboTV Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and our wholly-owned subsidiary (“Merger Sub”) merged
with and into fuboTV Sub, whereby fuboTV Sub continued as the surviving corporation and became our wholly-owned subsidiary pursuant
to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of March 19, 2020, by and among us, Merger Sub and
fuboTV Sub (the “Merger Agreement”). Following the Merger, we changed our name from “FaceBank Group, Inc.”
to “fuboTV Inc.,” and we changed the name of fuboTV Sub to “fuboTV Media, Inc.” The combined company operates
under the name “fuboTV,” and our trading symbol is “FUBO.”
In
accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, all of the capital stock of fuboTV Sub
was converted into the right to receive shares of our newly created class of Series AA convertible preferred stock, par value
$0.0001 per share (the “Series AA Preferred Stock”). Each share of Series AA Preferred Stock was entitled to 0.8 votes
per share and was convertible into two (2) shares of our common stock following the sale of such share of Series AA Preferred
Stock on an arms’-length basis either pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act. On March 1, 2021, we consummated an offer to exchange the remaining outstanding shares of
Series AA Preferred Stock for two shares of our common stock per share of Series AA Preferred Stock (the “Exchange Offer”).
As a result of the Exchange Offer, 13,412,246 shares of Series AA Preferred Stock, representing 100% of the outstanding shares
of Series AA Preferred Stock, were exchanged for 26,824,492 shares of our common stock.
Unless
otherwise stated, 2020 financial statements and metrics include FaceBank Pre-Merger from January 1 through March 31 and the combined
company post-Merger from April 1 through December 31, and 2019 financial statements and metrics include fuboTV pre-merger. These
financial statements are reported on a GAAP basis. The Company does not intend to report pro forma results to compare fuboTV Pre-Merger’s
2019 and first quarter 2020 performance against the combined company post-Merger’s 2020 performance.
A
discussion and analysis covering the comparison of the year ended December 31, 2019 to the year ended December 31, 2018 as well
as the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019, for fuboTV Sub premerger, are included
in our prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 28, 2020.
Restatement
of Financial Statements
In
connection with the preparation of the Company’s condensed consolidated interim financial statements as of and for the quarter
ended March 31, 2020, the Company identified an error in the accounting for goodwill relating to the Company’s
acquisitions of Nexway AG and Facebank AG. In connection with these acquisitions, goodwill was impaired. Upon further
evaluation, the Company determined that goodwill amounting to $79.7 million should not have been impaired. Accordingly, the Company
should have allocated $51.2 million towards the loss on deconsolidation of Nexway AG during the three months ended March 31, 2020,
which would have resulted in a loss on deconsolidation of Nexway AG of $11.9 million. The financial statement misstatements did
not impact cash flows from operations, investing, or financing activities in the Company’s consolidated statements of cash
flows for any period previously presented.
As
a result, we were required to restate certain financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2019 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020.
Between
May 11, 2020 and June 8, 2020, we entered into securities purchase agreements pursuant to which we sold an aggregate of 3,735,922
shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $7.00 per share and issued warrants to several investors covering a total of
3,735,922 shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $26.2 million. We determined that the fair value of the
warrants totaled $26.8 million. We originally recorded a loss on issuance of common stock and warrants totaling $26.8 million,
resulting in an overstatement of the loss by $26.2 million (the “Error”). We should have allocated the purchase price
of $26.2 million to a warrant liability with the residual amount of $0.6 million to the loss on issuance of common stock and warrants.
●
On
the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2020, there was no net effect of the Error to total assets, total
liabilities, and total stockholders’ equity. The only line items on the condensed consolidated balance sheet that the
Error affected were additional paid in capital and accumulated deficit, both of which were overstated by $26.2 million.
●
On
the statement of condensed consolidated operations for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Error caused
a $26.2 million overstatement of loss on issuance of common stock, notes, bonds and warrants.
●
On
the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2020, there was no net effect of the
Error on cash used in operating activities, cash used in investing activities and cash provided by financing activities.
As
a result, we were required to restate certain financial statements in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended June 30, 2020.
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Components
of Results of Operations
Revenues,
net
Subscription
Subscription
revenue consists primarily of subscription plans sold through the Company’s website and third-party app stores.
Advertisement
Advertisement
revenue consists primarily of fees charged to advertisers who want to display ads (“impressions”) within the streamed
content.
Software
licenses, net
Software
license revenue consists of revenue generated from the sale of software licenses at one of our former subsidiaries, Nexway eCommerce
Solutions. As a result of the deconsolidation of Nexway AG, which was effective as of March 31, 2020, the Company no longer generates
revenue from software licenses.
Other
Other
revenue consists of a contract to sub-license rights to broadcast certain international sporting events to a third party.
Subscriber
Related Expenses
Subscriber
related expenses consist primarily of affiliate distribution rights and other distribution costs related to content streaming.
Broadcasting
and Transmission
Broadcasting
and transmission expenses consist primarily of the cost to acquire a signal, transcode, store, and retransmit it to the subscribers.
Sales
and Marketing
Sales
and marketing expenses consist primarily of payroll and related costs, benefits, rent and utilities, stock-based compensation,
agency costs, advertising campaigns and branding initiatives.
Technology
and Development
Technology
and development expenses consist primarily of payroll and related costs, benefits, rent and utilities, stock-based compensation,
technical services, software expenses, and hosting expenses.
General
and Administrative
General
and administrative expenses consist primarily of payroll and related costs, benefits, rent and utilities, stock-based compensation,
corporate insurance, office expenses, professional fees, as well as travel, meals, and entertainment costs.
Depreciation
and amortization
Depreciation
and amortization expense includes depreciation of fixed assets and amortization of finite-lived intangible assets.
Other
income (expense)
Other
income (expense) primarily consists of issuance gains/losses and the change in fair value of financial instruments, interest expense
and financing costs on our outstanding borrowings, unrealized gains/losses on equity method investments, and the loss recorded
on the deconsolidation of a subsidiary.
Income
tax benefit
The
Company’s deferred tax liability and income tax benefit relates to our book and tax basis differences in identifiable intangible
assets and the current tax impact of the amortization of finite-lived intangible assets. These intangible assets are not deductible
for tax purposes and the deferred tax liability has been established for the amount of such temporary differences expected to
reverse in periods where net operating loss carryforwards will not be available to offset the taxable income generated from these
reversals.
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Results
of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
For the Years Ended December 31,
2020
2019
Revenues
Subscriptions
$ 184,328
$ -
Advertisements
24,904
-
Software licenses, net
7,295
4,271
Other
1,219
-
Total revenues
217,746
4,271
Operating expenses
Subscriber related expenses
204,240
-
Broadcasting and transmission
29,542
-
Sales and marketing
63,141
491
Technology and development
30,189
-
General and administrative
77,635
13,302
Depreciation and amortization
43,972
20,765
Impairment of intangible assets and goodwill
248,926
8,598
Total operating expenses
697,645
43,156
Operating loss
(479,899 )
(38,885 )
Other income (expense)
Interest expense and financing costs
(18,637 )
(2,062 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt
(24,521 )
-
Gain on sale of assets
7,631
-
Loss on investments
-
(8,281 )
Unrealized gain in equity method investment
2,614
-
Loss on deconsolidation of Nexway
(11,919 )
-
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities
(83,338 )
-
Change in fair value of subsidiary warrant liabilities
-
4,504
Change in fair value of shares settled liability
(1,665 )
-
Change in fair value of derivative liability
(426 )
815
Change in fair value of profit share liability
1,971
(198 )
Foreign currency exchange loss
(1,010 )
(18 )
Other income
147
726
Total other expense
(129,153 )
(4,514 )
Loss before income taxes
(609,052 )
(43,399 )
Income tax benefit
9,660
5,272
Net loss
$ (599,392 )
$ (38,127 )
On
August 15, 2019, the Company acquired 100% of the capital stock of Facebank AG. On September 16, 2019, the Company acquired approximately
51% of the stock of Nexway. On April 1, 2020, the Company merged with fuboTV Pre-Merger. The results of our operations for the
year ended December 31, 2020 include the results of operations of Facebank AG and Nexway and also include the effects of the deconsolidation
of Nexway as of March 31, 2020 and the sale of Facebank AG in the three months ended September 30, 2020. The results of our operations
for the year ended December 31, 2020 also include the results of operations of fuboTV post-Merger from April 1, 2020. Because
of this, the results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are not comparable.
Revenue,
net
During
the year ended December 31, 2020, we recognized revenues of $217.7 million, primarily related to $184.3 million of subscription
revenue, $24.9 million of advertising revenue and $1.2 million in other revenue in connection with the second quarter acquisition
of fuboTV Pre-Merger. These revenues were generated entirely by the fuboTV business, which we acquired through the Merger that
closed on April 1, 2020, and there are no comparable results in the prior year. In addition, we generated $7.3 million related
to the sale of software licenses from our acquisition Nexway.
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Subscriber
related expenses
During
the year ended December 31, 2020, we recognized subscriber related expenses of $204.2 million due to affiliate distribution rights
and other distribution costs in connection with the streaming revenue generated from the fuboTV business. There are no comparable
results in the prior year.
Broadcasting
and transmission
During
the year ended December 31, 2020, we recognized broadcasting and transmission expenses of $29.5 million primarily related to transmissions
of our services in connection with the streaming revenue generated from the fuboTV business. There are no comparable results in
the prior year.
Sales
and marketing
During
the year ended December 31, 2020, we recognized sales and marketing expenses of $63.1 million as compared to $0.5 million during
the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase in sales and marketing expense is primarily related to marketing expenses incurred
to acquire new customers to the fuboTV streaming platform after the Merger on April 1, 2020. There are no comparable results in
the prior year.
Technology
and development
During
the year ended December 31, 2020, we recognized technology and development expenses of $30.2 million in connection with the development
of our streaming platform after the Merger on April 1, 2020. There were no technology and development expenses recognized during
the year ended December 31, 2019.
General
and Administrative
During
the year ended December 31, 2020, general and administrative expenses totaled $77.6 million, compared to $13.3 million for the
year ended December 31, 2019. The increase of $64.3 million was primarily related to $43.9 million of stock-based compensation,
$16.7 million of incremental general and administrative expenses as a result of the acquisition of fuboTV Pre-Merger, $7.5 million
in professional fees and $1.2 million in insurance partially offset by a reduction of $5.1 million of expenses related to Facebank
AG and Nexway, which was sold during 2020.
Depreciation
and amortization
During
the year ended December 31, 2020, we recognized depreciation and amortization expenses of $44.0 million compared to $20.8 million
during the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase of $23.2 million is primarily related to $27.2 million of amortization expense
recorded for the intangible assets acquired in connection with the Merger on April 1, 2020 offset by a reduction of amortization
expense of $4.5 million resulting from the impairment of legacy Facebank intangible assets recorded during 2020.
Impairment
of intangible assets and goodwill
During
the year ended December 31, 2020, we recognized an impairment of Facebank Pre-Merger intangible assets and goodwill of $248.9 million.
During the year ended December 31, 2019, we recognized an impairment of intangible assets of Nexway of $8.6 million.
Other
Income (Expense)
During
the year ended December 31, 2020, we recognized $129.2 million of other expense (net), compared to $4.5 million during the year
ended December 31, 2019. The increase of $124.6 million was primarily related to an increase of $83.3 million change in fair value
of warrant liabilities, $16.6 million of interest expense on our outstanding borrowings, $24.5 million loss on extinguishment
of debt, $11.9 million loss on the deconsolidation of Nexway, $4.5 million change in fair value of subsidiary warrants, $1.7 million
change in fair value of change in shares settled liability, $1.2 million change in fair value of derivative liabilities, and $1.0
million increase in foreign currency exchange loss. These expenses were partially offset by a $8.3 million loss on investment
recorded during 2019, $7.6 million gain on the sale of the Facebank AG and Nexway assets, $2.2 million change in fair value of
profit share liability and $2.6 million unrealized gain on our equity method investment in Nexway.
Income
tax benefit
During
the year ended December 31, 2020, we recognized an income tax benefit of $9.7 million compared to $5.3 million during the year ended
December 31, 2019. The increase is due to an increase in deferred tax assets primarily resulting from the merger.
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Key
Metrics & Non-GAAP Measures
Note
that unless otherwise stated, 2020 metrics below represent pro-forma combined fuboTV, Facebank Pre-Merger and fuboTV Pre-Merger,
and year-over-year comparisons refer to 2019 fuboTV Pre-Merger.
Paid
Subscribers
We
believe the number of paid subscribers is a relevant measure to gauge the size of our user base. Paid subscribers are total subscribers
that have completed registration with fuboTV, have activated a payment method (only reflects one paying user per plan), from which
fuboTV has collected payment in the month ending the relevant period. Users who are on a free (trial) period are not included
in this metric. We had 547,880 and 315,729 paid subscribers as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Content
Hours
We
believe the number of Content Hours streamed on our platform is a relevant measure to gauge user engagement. Content Hours is
defined as the sum of total hours of content watched on the fuboTV platform for a given period. We had 544.9 million and 289.7
million Content Hours streamed in the twelve months ending December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Non-GAAP
Monthly Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)
We
believe Non-GAAP Monthly Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) is a relevant measure to gauge the revenue received per subscriber on
a monthly basis. ARPU is defined as total subscriber revenue collected in the period, also known as Platform Bookings (subscriber
and advertising revenues excluding other revenues) divided by the average daily paid subscribers in such period divided by the
number of months in the period. Our ARPU was $62.84 and $53.73 for the twelve months ending December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Non-GAAP
Monthly Average Cost Per User (ACPU)
We
believe Non-GAAP Monthly Average Cost Per User (ACPU) is a relevant measure to gauge our variable expenses per subscriber. ACPU
reflects Variable COGS per user, defined as subscriber related expenses less minimum guarantees expensed, payment processing for
deferred revenue, IAB fees for deferred revenue and other subscriber related expenses in a given period, divided by the average
daily subscribers in the period, divided by the number of months in the period. Our ACPU was $56.48 and $55.37 for the twelve
months ending December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Non-GAAP
Adjusted Contribution Margin (ACM)
We
believe Non-GAAP Adjusted Contribution Margin (ACM) is a relevant metric to gauge our per-subscriber profitability. ACM is calculated
by subtracting ACPU from ARPU and dividing the result by ARPU. Our ACM was 10.1% and (3.1%) for the twelve months ending December
31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
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Reconciliation
of Certain GAAP to Non-GAAP Metrics
Reconciliation
of Revenue to Non-GAAP Platform Bookings and Reconciliation of Subscriber Related Expenses to Non-GAAP Variable COGS and Adjusted Contribution
Margin (in thousands except average subscriber and average per user amounts)
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
2020
2019
Pro Forma
Combined
fuboTV
Pre-Merger
Revenue (GAAP)
$ 268,793
$ 146,530
Subtract:
Software licenses, net
(7,295 )
-
Other revenue
(1,757 )
(777 )
Prior period subscriber deferred revenue
(9,377 )
(4,228 )
Add:
Current period subscriber deferred revenue
17,345
9,377
Non-GAAP Platform Bookings
$ 267,709
$ 150,902
Divide:
Average subscribers
355,010
234,064
Months in period
12
12
Non-GAAP Monthly Average Revenue per User (Monthly ARPU)
$ 62.84
$ 53.73
Subscriber Related Expenses (GAAP)
$ 262,240
$ 201,448
Add (Subtract):
Payment processing for deferred revenue (current period)
40
206
In-App billing fees for deferred revenue (current period)
274
53
Content credits
6,458
-
Minimum guarantees expensed
(24,669 )
(43,931 )
Payment processing for deferred revenue (prior period)
162
-
In-App billing fees for deferred revenue (prior period)
46
(98 )
Other subscriber related expenses
(3,929 )
(2,151 )
Non-GAAP Variable COGS
$ 240,622
$ 155,527
Divide:
Average subscribers
355,010
234,064
Months in period
12
12
Non-GAAP Monthly Average Cost per User (Monthly ACPU)
$ 56.48
$ 55.37
Non-GAAP Monthly Average Revenue per User (Monthly ARPU)
$ 62.84
$ 53.73
Subtract:
Non-GAAP Monthly Average Cost per User (Monthly ACPU)
$ 56.48
$ 55.37
Divide:
Non-GAAP Monthly Average Revenue per User (Monthly ARPU)
$ 62.84
$ 53.73
Non-GAAP Adjusted Contribution Margin
10.1 %
(3.1 )%
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Liquidity
and Capital Resources
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern, which contemplates
the continuity of operations, realization of assets, and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business.
Our
primary sources of cash are receipts from subscriber and advertising revenue, as well as proceeds from equity and debt financings.
The primary uses of cash are content and programming license fees, operating expenses including payroll-related, marketing, technology
and professional fees and expenses related to the launch and operation of our wagering business.
We
have multi-year lease agreements for office space. We expect to continue to incur material expenses for content and programming
license fees. As our business and workforce expands, we further expect ongoing expenditures for computer systems. In addition,
we may pursue merger and acquisition activities that could materially impact our liquidity and capital resources.
At
December 31, 2020, we had cash and cash equivalents of $134.9 million and a working capital deficiency of $70.6 million. We successfully
raised $181.0 million, net of offering expenses in October 2020, through a public offering of our common stock. Subsequent to
December 31, 2020, we successfully raised $391.4 million, net of offering expenses through the sale of 3.25% senior convertible notes.
The proceeds from these offering together with improving results from operations provide us with the necessary liquidity to continue
as a going concern within one year from the date these financial statements are issued.
Our
future capital requirements and the adequacy of our available funds will depend on many factors, including our ability to successfully
attract and retain subscribers, develop new technologies that can compete in a rapidly changing market with many competitors and
the need to enter into collaborations with other companies or acquire other companies or technologies to enhance or complement
our product and service offerings.
In
addition to the foregoing, based on our current assessment, we do not expect any material impact on our long-term development
timeline and our liquidity due to the worldwide spread of a novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID 19”). However, we
are continuing to assess the effect on its operations by monitoring the spread of COVID-19 and the actions implemented to combat
the virus throughout the world. Given the daily evolution of the COVID-19 outbreak and the global response to curb its spread,
COVID-19 may affect our results of operations, financial condition, or liquidity.
Cash
Flows (in thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
2020
2019
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
$ (149,018 )
$ 1,731
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
(1,457 )
1,509
Net cash provided by financing activities
279,072
4,353
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
$ 128,597
$ 7,593
Operating
Activities
For
the year ended December 31, 2020, net cash used in operating activities was $149.0 million, which consisted of our net loss of
$599.4 million, adjusted for non-cash movements of $456.2 million. The non-cash movements included $248.9 impairment of Facebank
Pre-Merger intangible assets and goodwill, $83.3 million change in fair value of warrants, $50.7 million of stock-based compensation,
$44.0 million of depreciation and amortization expenses primarily related to intangible assets, $24.5 million loss on extinguishment
of debt, $12.3 million of amortization of debt discounts, $8.6 million loss on deconsolidation of Nexway (net of cash),
$1.7 million of change in fair value of shares settled liability and $1.0 million of loss on foreign currency exchange, partially
offset by $9.7 million of deferred income tax benefit, $7.6 million gain on the sale of assets, $2.6 million of unrealized gain
on investments and $2.0 million change in fair value of profit share liability. Changes
in operating assets and liabilities resulted in cash outflows of approximately $5.8 million, primarily due to a net increase in
accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other current assets of $14.7 million, a decrease in accounts payable, due to related
parties and lease liabilities of $40.5 million, and partially offset by an increase in accrued expenses of $40.8 million, and
deferred revenue of $8.6 million.
Investing
Activities
For
the year ended December 31, 2020, net cash used in investing activities was $1.5 million, which consisted of a $10.0 million advance
to fuboTV Pre-Merger, $0.6 million related to the sale of Nexway and $0.2 million in capital expenditures, offset by net cash
received of $9.4 million from the acquisition of fuboTV Pre-Merger.
Financing
Activities
For
the year ended December 31, 2020, net cash provided by financing activities was $279.1 million. The net cash provided is primarily
related to $278.9 million of proceeds received from the sale of our common stock, $33.6 million of proceeds received in connection
with short-term and long-term borrowings, $3.9 million from the exercise of stock options and warrants and $3.0 million of proceeds
received from the issuance of convertible notes. These proceeds were partially offset by repayments of $35.4 million of notes
payable, repayment of $3.9 million of convertible notes, and $0.9 million in connection with the redemption of Series D preferred
stock.
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Critical
Accounting Policies
Our
discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements,
which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation
of these consolidated financial statements and related disclosures requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements
and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
We have identified all significant accounting policies in Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements in Part II, Item 8 of
this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Business
Combinations
We
recognize, separately from goodwill, identifiable assets and liabilities acquired in a business combination at fair value on the
date of acquisition. We use our best estimates and assumptions to accurately assign fair value to the tangible and identifiable
intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date as well as the useful lives of those acquired intangible
assets. We estimate the useful lives of the intangible assets based on the expected period over which we anticipate generating
economic benefit from the asset. The determination of the fair value of acquired identifiable intangible assets requires us to
make significant estimates and assumptions regarding projected revenue and growth rates, royalty rates, and discount rates. Unanticipated
events and circumstances may occur that may affect the accuracy or validity of such assumptions, estimates or actual results.
We also review our intangible assets for impairment whenever changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an
asset is not recoverable.
In
accounting for the Merger described in Note 4 to our consolidated financial statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report
on Form 10-K, judgment was required in determining the accounting acquirer. Our evaluation of the accounting acquirer considered
various indicators including voting rights, minority voting interest, composition of board of directors, composition of management
and relative size of the entities. We ultimately concluded that Facebank Pre-Merger was the accounting acquirer in the Merger
because (i) FaceBank Pre-Merger’s stockholders owned approximately 57% of the voting common shares of the combined company
immediately following the closing of the Merger (54% assuming the exercise of all vested stock options as of the closing of the
transaction) and (ii) directors appointed by FaceBank Pre-Merger would hold a majority of board seats in the combined company.
Goodwill
We
test goodwill for impairment on an annual basis during the fourth quarter of each calendar year or earlier when circumstances
dictate. We measure recoverability of goodwill at the reporting unit level. The process of determining the fair value of a reporting
unit is highly subjective and involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions. In performing our annual assessment,
we can opt to perform a qualitative assessment to test a reporting unit’s goodwill for impairment or we can directly perform
a quantitative assessment. Based on our qualitative assessment, if we determine that the fair value of our reporting unit is,
more likely than not, less than its carrying amount, then the quantitative assessment is performed. Any excess of the reporting
unit’s carrying amount over its fair value will be recorded as an impairment loss.
During
the third quarter of 2020, we identified a triggering event related to our Facebank reporting unit that required us to perform
a quantitative assessment. We concluded that the fair value of the reporting unit was less than its carrying value and we recognized
an impairment charge of $148.1 million in third quarter of 2020. The impairment charge was primarily related to the departure
of the former executive of the Facebank business and our shift in focus to the fuboTV business.
We
performed our annual impairment test as of December 31, 2020 and concluded that no additional impairment charges were necessary.
Intangible
Assets
We
identify intangible assets acquired in a business combination and determine their fair value. The determination involves certain
judgments and estimates. We amortize purchased-intangible assets on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the
assets. We review purchased-intangible assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the useful life is shorter
than we had originally estimated or that the carrying amount of assets may not be recoverable. If such facts and circumstances
indicate an asset’s carrying amount may not be recoverable, we assess the recoverability of purchased-intangible assets
by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with the asset group against their respective carrying amounts.
Impairment, if any, is based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of these asset groups. If the useful life
of the asset is shorter than originally estimated, we accelerate the rate of amortization and amortize the remaining carrying
value over the new shorter useful life
During
the third and fourth quarters of 2020, we identified triggering events related to our Facebank intangible assets that
required us to perform a quantitative assessment. We concluded that the fair value of the intangible assets was less than its
carrying value and we recognized impairment charges of $100.3 million related to the legacy Facebank intangible
assets.
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Recently
Issued Accounting Pronouncements
See
Note 3 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for a discussion of recent accounting policies.
Item
7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Not
required for smaller reporting companies.
Item
8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
The
financial statements required by this Item 8 are included elsewhere in Annual Report on Form 10-K beginning on page F-1.
Item
9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
Not
applicable.
Item
9A. Controls and Procedures.
Report
of Management on Internal Controls over Financial Reporting.
Management
is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the Company. As of December
31, 2020, management completed an assessment of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on the 2013
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) framework.
We
carried out an evaluation as required by paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Exchange Act, under the supervision and
with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness
of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act as of December 31,
2020. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls
and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2020 due to the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting
described below:
●
The
Company did not have appropriately designed internal controls in place at the time the Merger was consummated on April 1,
2020 with respect to the accounting for the business combination and the allocation of consideration to the acquired assets
and assumed liabilities, including deferred income taxes.
●
The
Company’s internal controls over the review of accounting considerations for non-routine transactions and events was
not appropriately designed with respect to the timing and consistency of performance.
Notwithstanding
such material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting, our management concluded that our consolidated financial
statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K present fairly, in all material respects, the company’s financial position,
results of operations and cash flows as of the dates, and for the periods presented, in conformity with U.S. GAAP.
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Management’s
Remediation Plan
In
our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, management identified material weaknesses in internal
control over financial reporting. During 2020, management took steps to address the internal control deficiencies that contributed
to the material weaknesses, including:
●
Transitioned
responsibility over the accounting function to the finance personnel of fuboTV Pre-Merger, including individuals with prior
experience working for finance departments of public companies;
●
Hired
additional experienced finance and accounting personnel with technical accounting experience, supplemented by third-party
resources;
●
Documented
and formally assessed our accounting and financial reporting policies and procedures, and implemented segregation of duties
in key functions;
●
Assessed
significant accounting transactions and other technical accounting and financial reporting issues, prepared accounting memoranda
addressing these issues and maintain these memoranda in our corporate records timely;
●
Improved
the compilation processes, documentation, and monitoring of our critical accounting estimates; and
●
Implemented
processes for creating an effective and timely close process.
●
Engaged
a third-party provider to perform internal audit services, including assessing and improving our internal controls for compliance
with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
We,
with the oversight from the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors continue to implement the remediation plans for the aforementioned
material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting as follows:
●
We
will continue to hire additional accounting personnel with appropriate GAAP technical accounting expertise, as necessary.
●
We
are designing additional controls around identification, documentation, and application of technical accounting guidance with
particular emphasis on complex and non-routine transactions. These controls are expected to include the implementation of
additional supervision and review activities by qualified personnel, and the adoption of additional policies and procedures
related to accounting and financial reporting.
●
We
are implementing specific procedures in the review of tax accounting, designed to enhance our income tax controls.
●
We
will continue to work with the third-party provider to strengthen our internal controls for compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act.
We
believe that these actions and the improvements we expect to achieve, when fully implemented, will strengthen our internal control
over financial reporting and remediate the remaining material weaknesses.
We
are committed to making further progress in our remediation efforts during 2021; however, if our remedial measures are insufficient
to address the material weaknesses, or if one or more additional material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting
are discovered, we may be required to take additional remedial measures from our plan as disclosed above.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There
have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by
Rules 13a-15(d) and 15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act that occurred during our fourth quarter of 2020 that have materially affected,
or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item
9B. Other Information.
None
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Part
III
Item
10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
The
information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the definitive proxy statement to be filed with the SEC no later than
120 days after December 31, 2020 in connection with our 2021 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Proxy Statement”).
Item
11. Executive Compensation
The
information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to our Proxy Statement.
Item
12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The
information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to our Proxy Statement.
Item
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
The
information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to our Proxy Statement.
Item
14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The
information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to our Proxy Statement.
PART
IV
Item
15. Exhibit and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)
Financial Statements.
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fuboTV
Inc.
( formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc .)
For
the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Index
to the Consolidated Financial Statements
Contents
Page
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms
F-1
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019
F-5
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
F-6
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
F-7
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
F-8
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
F-10
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To
the Stockholders and Board of Directors
fuboTV
Inc. (formerly known as FaceBank Group, Inc.):
Opinion
on the Consolidated Financial Statements
We
have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of fuboTV Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31,
2020, the related consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for
the year ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion,
the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December
31, 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2020, in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles.
Basis
for Opinion
These
consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit. 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 accordance
with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the
PCAOB.
We
conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether
due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over
financial reporting. As part of our audit, 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 financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our
audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether
due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis,
evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the
consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
F- 1
Critical
Audit Matters
The
critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements
that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that
are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments.
The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken
as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit
matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
Determination
of the accounting acquirer
As
discussed in Notes 1 and 4 to the consolidated financial statements, effective April 1, 2020, in connection with an Agreement
and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”), fuboTV Pre-Merger merged with and into a wholly owned
subsidiary of FaceBank Pre-Merger (the Merger), with fuboTV Pre-Merger continuing as the surviving corporation and becoming a
wholly owned subsidiary of FaceBank Group Inc. (the Company). Subsequent to the Merger, the Company changed its name from FaceBank
Group Inc. to fuboTV Inc. The Company accounted for the Merger as a business combination and concluded that FaceBank Pre-Merger
was the accounting acquirer based upon the terms of the Merger Agreement, and evaluation of a number of indicative factors.
We
identified the evaluation of the Company’s determination of the accounting acquirer to be a critical audit matter. A high
degree of auditor judgment was required in evaluating the relative importance of the indicative factors, individually and in the
aggregate, including the post combination voting rights, composition of the board of directors and management, the terms of the
exchange, the relative size of the entities, minority voting rights, and the entity initiating the business combination. A different
conclusion would result in a material difference in the accounting for the Merger.
The
following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We tested the Company’s conclusions
that FaceBank Pre-Merger was the accounting acquirer by:
●
evaluating
management’s assessment of the post combination voting rights, composition of the board of directors and management,
the terms of the exchange, the relative size of the entities, minority voting interests, and the entity initiating the combination,
by comparing them to the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Company, investor presentations, the Merger Agreement,
and board minutes of both FaceBank Pre-Merger, fuboTV Pre-Merger and the Company, and corroborating our understanding with
internal legal counsel and the audit committee,
●
inquiring
of management of both FaceBank Pre-Merger and fuboTV Pre-Merger regarding the business purpose of the transaction and decisions
regarding the appointment of board members,
Valuation
of certain acquired intangible assets
As
discussed in Notes 1 and 4 to the consolidated financial statements, effective April 1, 2020, fuboTV Pre-Merger merged with and
into a wholly owned subsidiary of FaceBank Pre-Merger. The purchase price of $576.1 million was allocated to the net assets acquired,
inclusive of intangible assets including tradenames and software and technology. The fair value of these intangible assets was
$243.6 million as of the acquisition date, of which $219.9 million related to the tradenames and software and technology. The
determination of the acquisition date fair value of these intangible assets was primarily based on significant inputs that are
not observable in the market.
We
identified the assessment of the fair value measurement of the tradenames and software and technology intangible assets acquired
in the Merger (certain intangible assets) as a critical audit matter. We identified certain key assumptions, including projected
revenues and related growth rates, royalty rates, and discount rates, which were utilized to estimate the fair values of certain
intangible assets, that required challenging auditor judgment. These key assumptions are especially challenging to audit as differences
may result in material changes in the fair value of certain intangible assets.
The
primary procedures we performed to address the critical audit matter included the following. We evaluated the growth rates used
by the Company to determine projected revenues by comparing them to certain industry benchmarks and publicly available data, as
well as historical achievement. We involved valuation professionals with specialized skills and knowledge, who assisted in:
●
evaluating
the discount rates by comparing them to an independently developed range using publicly available market data for comparable
entities;
●
evaluating
the royalty rates for certain intangible assets by comparing them to royalty rates from comparable licensing agreements within
the industry; and
●
developing
an estimated range of fair values of certain intangible assets using the Company’s revenue projections and independently
developed royalty rates and range of discount rates and comparing them to the Company’s fair value estimates.
F- 2
Sufficiency
of Audit Evidence over Subscriber Related Expenses
As
discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company recorded $204.2 million of subscriber related expenses
during the year ended December 31, 2020, which primarily related to costs for affiliate distribution rights related to content
streaming. The cost of affiliate distribution rights is generally incurred on a per subscriber basis and is recognized when the
related programming is distributed to subscribers. The Company has certain arrangements whereby affiliate distribution rights
are paid in advance or subject to minimum guaranteed payments. An accrual is established when actual affiliate distribution rights
are expected to fall short of the minimum guaranteed amounts.
We
identified the sufficiency of audit evidence over subscriber related expenses attributable to affiliate distribution rights as
a critical audit matter. This matter required subjective auditor judgment given the complexity of the affiliate distribution rights
agreements and the Company’s determination of the charges based on its subscribers.
The
following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We applied auditor judgment in determining
the nature and extent of procedures to be performed over subscriber related expenses, including cost for affiliate distribution
rights. For a sample of affiliate distribution rights, we obtained and read the related affiliate distribution rights agreements
and recalculated the subscriber expenses based upon the contractual inputs. We validated the per subscriber rates by agreeing
them to the related contract. We independently developed an expected range of the number of monthly subscribers based on a combination
of inputs such as cash received and published plan prices and assessed the subscriber count inputs to the calculation as compared
to our expectation. If minimum subscriber counts were not met for the period, we recalculated the affiliate distribution rights
agreements expenses for the period based on the contractual minimum guarantee. We evaluated the sufficiency of audit evidence
obtained over subscriber related expenses by assessing the results of procedures performed, including the appropriateness of the
nature and extent of such evidence.
/s/
KPMG LLP
We
have served as the Company’s auditor since 2020.
New
York, NY
March
25, 2021
F- 3
REPORTS
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMS
To
the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
FaceBank
Group, Inc. (formerly known as Pulse Evolution Group, Inc.) and Subsidiaries
Opinion
on the Financial Statements
We
have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of FaceBank Group, Inc. (formerly known as Pulse Evolution Group, Inc.)
and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2019, the related consolidated statement of operations, stockholders’
equity and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial
statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position
of the Company as of December 31, 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2019,
in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis
for Opinion
These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. 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 accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
and the PCAOB.
We
conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error
or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial
reporting. As part of our audit, 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 financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our
audit 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. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence
regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/
LJ Soldinger Associates, LLC
Deer
Park, IL
May
29, 2020, except for the effects of the restatement as to which the date is August 10, 2020
We
have served as the Company’s auditor in 2020.
F- 4
fuboTV
Inc. (formerly known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
(in
thousands, except for share and per share information)
December 31,
December 31,
2020
2019
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash
$ 134,942
$ 7,624
Accounts receivable, net
17,495
8,904
Prepaid and other current assets
4,277
1,445
Total current assets
156,714
17,973
Property and equipment, net
1,771
335
Restricted cash
1,279
-
Financial assets at fair value
-
1,965
Intangible assets, net
216,449
116,646
Goodwill
478,406
227,763
Right-of-use assets
4,639
3,519
Other non-current assets
91
24
Total assets
$ 859,349
$ 368,225
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accounts payable
$ 31,160
$ 36,373
Accrued expenses
126,393
20,402
Due to related parties
-
665
Notes payable
4,593
4,090
Notes payable - related party
-
368
Convertible notes, net of $710 discount as of December 31, 2019
-
1,358
Shares settled liability
-
1,000
Deferred revenue
17,428
-
Profit share liability
-
1,971
Warrant liabilities
22,686
24
Derivative liability
-
376
Long-term borrowings - current portion
24,255
-
Current portion of lease liability
799
815
Total current liabilities
227,314
67,442
Deferred income taxes
5,100
30,879
Lease liability
3,859
2,705
Long-term borrowings
-
43,982
Other long-term liabilities
128
41
Total liabilities
236,401
145,049
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 17)
Series D Convertible Preferred stock, par value $0.0001, 2,000,000 shares authorized, 0 and 461,839 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively; aggregate liquidation preference of $0 and $462 as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively
-
462
Stockholders’ equity:
Series AA Convertible Preferred stock, par value $0.0001, 35,800,000 shares authorized, 23,219,613 and 0 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively
406,665
-
Series X Convertible Preferred stock, par value $0.0001, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 0 and 1,000,000 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively
-
-
Common stock par value $0.0001: 400,000,000 shares authorized; 92,490,768 and 28,912,500 shares issued at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively; 91,690,768 and 28,912,500 shares outstanding at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively
9
3
Additional paid-in capital
853,824
257,002
Treasury stock, at cost, 800,000 shares at December 31, 2020 and no shares at December 31, 2019
-
-
Accumulated deficit
(626,456 )
(56,123 )
Non-controlling interest
(11,094 )
22,602
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
-
(770 )
Total stockholders’ equity
622,948
222,714
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND TEMPORARY EQUITY
$ 859,349
$ 368,225
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F- 5
fuboTV
Inc. (formerly known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(in
thousands, except for share and per share information)
For the Years Ended December 31,
2020
2019
Revenues
Subscriptions
$ 184,328
$ -
Advertisements
24,904
-
Software licenses, net
7,295
4,271
Other
1,219
-
Total revenues
217,746
4,271
Operating expenses
Subscriber related expenses
204,240
-
Broadcasting and transmission
29,542
-
Sales and marketing
63,141
491
Technology and development
30,189
-
General and administrative
77,635
13,302
Depreciation and amortization
43,972
20,765
Impairment of intangible assets and goodwill
248,926
8,598
Total operating expenses
697,645
43,156
Operating loss
(479,899 )
(38,885 )
Other income (expense)
Interest expense and financing costs
(18,637 )
(2,062 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt
(24,521 )
-
Gain on sale of assets
7,631
-
Loss on investments
-
(8,281 )
Unrealized gain in equity method investment
2,614
-
Loss on deconsolidation of Nexway
(11,919 )
-
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities
(83,338 )
-
Change in fair value of subsidiary warrant liabilities
-
4,504
Change in fair value of shares settled liability
(1,665 )
-
Change in fair value of derivative liability
(426 )
815
Change in fair value of profit share liability
1,971
(198 )
Foreign currency exchange loss
(1,010 )
(18 )
Other income
147
726
Total other expense
(129,153 )
(4,514 )
Loss before income taxes
(609,052 )
(43,399 )
Income tax benefit
9,660
5,272
Net loss
(599,392 )
(38,127 )
Less: net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
29,059
3,767
Net loss attributable to controlling interest
(570,333 )
$ (34,360 )
Less: Deemed dividend on Series D Preferred stock
-
(9 )
Less: Deemed dividend - beneficial conversion feature on preferred stock
(171 )
(589 )
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
$ (570,504 )
$ (34,958 )
Other comprehensive loss
Foreign currency translation adjustment
-
(770 )
Comprehensive loss
$ (570,504 )
$ (35,728 )
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders
Basic and diluted
$ (12.82 )
$ (1.57 )
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic and diluted
44,492,975
22,286,060
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F- 6
fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
For
the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
(in
thousands except for share information)
Accumulated
Additional
Other
Total
Preferred
stock
Common
Stock
Paid-In
Treasury
Stock
Accumulated
Comprehensive
Noncontrolling
Stockholders’
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Capital
Shares
Amount
Deficit
Loss
Interest
Equity
Balance at January 1, 2019
1,000,000
$ -
7,532,777
$ 1
$ 227,570
-
$ -
$ (21,763 )
$ -
$ 26,742
$ 232,550
Issuance of common stock for cash
-
-
1,028,497
-
2,526
-
-
-
-
-
2,526
Issuance of common stock for cash - Hong Kong
investor
-
-
93,910
-
1,063
-
-
-
-
-
1,063
Preferred stock converted to common stock
(1,000,000 )
-
15,000,000
1
(1 )
-
-
-
-
-
-
Common stock issued for lease settlement
-
-
18,935
-
130
-
-
-
-
-
130
Issuance of subsidiary common stock for cash
-
-
-
-
92
-
-
-
-
-
92
Additional shares issued for reverse stock split
-
-
1,373
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Acquisition of Facebank AG and Nexway
-
-
2,500,000
-
19,950
-
-
-
-
3,582
23,532
Issuance of common stock - subsidiary share exchange
-
-
2,503,333
1
3,954
-
-
-
-
(3,955 )
-
Issuance of common stock for services
-
-
35,009
-
302
-
-
-
-
-
302
Issuance of common stock in connection with cancellation
of a consulting agreement
-
-
2,000
-
13
-
-
-
-
-
13
Deemed dividend related to immediate accretion
of redemption feature of convertible preferred stock
-
-
-
-
(589 )
-
-
-
-
-
(589 )
Deemed dividend on Series D preferred stock
-
-
-
-
(9 )
-
-
-
-
-
(9 )
Accrued Series D Preferred stock dividends
-
-
-
-
(14 )
-
-
-
-
-
(14 )
Common stock issued in connection with note payable
-
-
5,000
-
47
-
-
-
-
-
47
Issuance of common stock in connection with Panda
Investment
-
-
175,000
-
1,918
-
-
-
-
-
1,918
Issuance of common stock in connection with note
conversion
-
-
16,666
-
50
-
-
-
-
-
50
Foreign currency translation adjustment
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(770 )
-
(770 )
Net loss
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(34,360 )
-
(3,767 )
(38,127 )
Balance at December 31, 2019 (As restated)
-
$ -
28,912,500
$ 3
$ 257,002
-
$ -
$ (56,123 )
$ (770 )
$ 22,602
$ 222,714
Issuance of common stock for cash
-
-
22,664,464
2
203,262
-
-
-
-
-
203,264
Issuance of common stock and warrants for cash
-
-
9,119,066
2
43,097
-
-
-
-
-
43,099
Issuance of common stock - subsidiary share exchange
-
-
2,753,819
-
2,042
-
-
-
-
(2,042 )
-
Common stock issued in connection with note payable
-
-
70,500
-
259
-
-
-
-
-
259
Deemed dividend related to immediate accretion
of redemption feature of convertible preferred stock
-
-
-
-
(171 )
-
-
-
-
-
(171 )
Accrued Series D Preferred Stock dividends
-
-
-
-
(17 )
-
-
-
-
-
(17 )
Deconsolidation of Nexway
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
770
(2,595 )
(1,825 )
Right to receive Series AA Preferred Stock in
connection with acquisition of fuboTV Merger
32,324,362
566,124
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
566,124
Conversion of Series AA Preferred Stock
(9,104,749 )
(159,459 )
18,209,498
2
159,457
-
-
-
-
-
-
Settlement of share settled liability
-
-
900,000
-
9,097
-
-
-
-
-
9,097
Redemption of redemption feature of convertible
preferred stock
-
-
-
-
132
-
-
-
-
-
132
Issuance of common stock to original owners of
Facebank AG
-
-
1,200,000
-
12,395
-
-
-
-
-
12,395
Exercise of common stock warrants
-
-
5,843,600
-
99,817
-
-
-
-
-
99,817
Exercise of stock options
-
-
1,418,532
-
2,178
-
-
-
-
-
2,178
Reclassification of warrant liabilities
-
-
-
-
13,535
-
-
-
-
-
13,535
Repurchase of common stock
-
-
-
-
-
(800,000 )
-
-
-
-
-
Stock-based compensation
-
-
1,398,789
-
51,739
-
-
-
-
-
51,739
Net loss
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(570,333 )
-
(29,059 )
(599,392 )
Balance at December 31, 2020
23,219,613
$ 406,665
92,490,768
$ 9
$ 853,824
(800,000 )
$ -
$ (626,456 )
$ -
$ (11,094 )
$ 622,948
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F- 7
fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
(in
thousands, except for share and per share information)
For the Years Ended December 31,
2020
2019
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss
$ (599,392 )
$ (38,127 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
43,972
20,765
Stock-based compensation
50,739
1,118
Impairment expense intangibles
100,304
8,598
Impairment expense goodwill
148,622
-
Issuance of common stock in connection with cancellation of a consulting agreement
-
13
Issuance of common stock for services rendered
-
302
Non-cash expense relating to issuance of warrants and common stock
2,209
-
Loss on deconsolidation of Nexway, net of cash retained by Nexway
8,564
-
Common stock issued in connection with note payable
67
47
Loss on extinguishment of debt
24,521
-
Loss on investments
-
8,281
Gain on sale of assets
(7,631 )
-
Amortization of debt discount
12,327
603
Deferred income tax benefit
(9,660 )
(5,272 )
Change in fair value of derivative liability
426
(815 )
Change in fair value of warrant liability
83,338
-
Change in fair value of subsidiary warrant liability
-
(4,504 )
Change in fair value of shares settled liability
1,665
-
Change in fair value of profit share liability
(1,971 )
198
Unrealized gain on equity method investments
(2,614 )
-
Amortization of right-of-use assets
681
200
Accrued interest on note payable
246
658
Foreign currency exchange loss
1,010
(770 )
Other income related to note conversion
-
(50 )
Other adjustments
(620 )
(1,304 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities of business, net of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable
(12,591 )
7,705
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
(2,141 )
(227 )
Accounts payable
(39,141 )
5,476
Accrued expenses
40,761
(964 )
Due to related parties
(665 )
-
Deferred revenue
8,619
-
Lease liability
(663 )
(200 )
Net cash used in operating activities
(149,018 )
1,731
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of property and equipment
(166 )
-
Advance to fuboTV Pre-Merger
(10,000 )
-
Acquisition of fuboTV’s Pre-Merger cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash
9,373
-
Sale of Facebank AG
(619 )
-
Investment in Panda Productions (HK) Limited
-
(1,000 )
Acquisition of FaceBank AG and Nexway, net of cash paid
-
2,300
Sale of profits interest in investment in Panda Productions (HK) Limited
-
655
Purchase of intangible assets
(45 )
(250 )
Payments for leasehold improvements
-
(175 )
Lease security deposit
-
(21 )
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
(1,457 )
1,509
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F- 8
fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)
(in thousands, except for share and per share information)
For the Years Ended December 31,
2020
2019
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from sale of common stock and warrants, net of fees
278,883
3,589
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
2,178
-
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock
-
700
Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes
3,003
847
Proceeds from the exercise of common stock warrants
1,685
-
Repayments of convertible notes
(3,913 )
(541 )
Proceeds from issuance of Series D preferred stock
203
-
Redemption of Series D preferred stock
(883 )
(337 )
Proceeds from loans
33,649
-
Repayments of notes payable
(35,400 )
(264 )
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary’s common stock
-
92
Proceeds from related parties
-
423
Repayments to related parties
(333 )
(156 )
Net cash provided by financing activities
279,072
4,353
Net increase in cash and restricted cash
128,597
7,593
Cash at beginning of year
7,624
31
Cash and restricted cash at end of year
$ 136,221
$ 7,624
Supplemental disclosure of cash flows information:
Interest paid
$ 5,372
$ 170
Income tax paid
$ -
$ -
Non-cash financing and investing activities:
Right to receive Series AA Preferred Stock in connection with acquisition of fuboTV Merger
$ 566,124
$ -
Conversion of Series AA preferred stock to common stock
$ 159,459
$ -
Reclassification of warrant liabilities to equity
$ 13,535
$ -
Shares settled liability for intangible asset - Floyd Mayweather
$ -
$ 1,000
Reclass of shares settled liability for intangible asset to stock-based compensation
$ 1,000
$ -
Settlement of share settled liability
$ 9,097
$ -
Issuance of common stock to original owners of Facebank AG
$ 12,395
$ -
Issuance of common stock - subsidiary share exchange
$ 2,042
$ -
Deconsolidation of Nexway
$ 1,825
$ -
Cashless exercise of common stock warrants
$ 98,132
$ -
Unpaid financing costs included in accounts payable
$ 772
$ -
Issuance of common stock in connection with Panda Investment
$ -
$ 1,918
Common stock issued in connection with note payable
$ 259
$ -
Issuance of common stock in connection with note conversion
$ -
$ 50
Issuance of common stock upon acquisition of Facebank AG and Nexway
$ -
$ 19,950
Long-term borrowings related to investment
$ -
$ 5,443
Accrued Series D Preferred Stock dividends
$ 17
$ 14
Deemed dividend related to immediate accretion of redemption feature of convertible preferred stock
$ 171
$ 589
Common stock issued for lease settlement
$ -
$ 130
Measurement period adjustment on the Evolution AI Corporation acquisition
$ -
$ 1,921
F- 9
fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note
1 – Organization and Nature of Business
Incorporation
fuboTV
Inc. (“fuboTV” or the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Florida in February 2009
under the name York Entertainment, Inc. The Company changed its name to FaceBank Group, Inc. on September 30, 2019. On August
10, 2020, the Company changed its name to fuboTV Inc. and as of May 1, 2020, the Company’s trading symbol was changed to
from “FBNK” to “FUBO.”
On
October 8, 2020, the Company sold 18,300,000 shares of its common stock in a public offering at $10.00 per share generating $170.2
million in proceeds, net of offering costs. On October 22, 2020, the investment bankers exercised their right to purchase an additional
1,406,708 shares of the Company’s common stock at $10.00 per share generating an additional $13.1 million in proceeds, net
of offering costs. In connection with this offering, the Company’s common stock was approved for listing on The New York
Stock Exchange (the “ NYSE ”) under the symbol “FUBO” and commenced trading on the NYSE on October
8, 2020.
Unless
the context otherwise requires, “fuboTV,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company”
refers to fuboTV and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, and “fuboTV Pre-Merger” refers to fuboTV Inc., a Delaware
corporation, prior to the Merger, and “fuboTV Sub” refers to fuboTV Media Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the Company’s
wholly-owned subsidiary following the Merger. “FaceBank Pre-Merger” refers to FaceBank Group, Inc. prior to the Merger
and its subsidiaries prior to the closing of the Merger.
Merger
with fuboTV Pre-Merger
On
April 1, 2020 (the “Effective Time”), fuboTV Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and FaceBank Pre-Merger’s
wholly-owned subsidiary (“Merger Sub”) merged with and into fuboTV Pre-Merger, whereby fuboTV Pre-Merger continued
as the surviving corporation and became our wholly-owned subsidiary pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger
and Reorganization dated as of March 19, 2020, by and among us, Merger Sub and fuboTV Pre-Merger (the “Merger Agreement”
and such transaction, the “Merger”) (See Note 4).
In
accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time of the Merger, all of the capital stock of fuboTV Pre-Merger
was converted into shares of our newly-created class of Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the
“Series AA Preferred Stock”) (See Note 16). Each share of Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock is entitled to 0.8
votes per share and is convertible into two shares of our common stock, only in connection with the sale of such shares on an
arms’-length basis either pursuant to an exemption from registration under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act
or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. Prior to our uplist to the NYSE, the Series AA Convertible
Preferred Stock benefited from certain protective provisions that, for example, required us to obtain the approval of a majority
of the shares of outstanding Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class, before undertaking certain matters.
Prior
to the Merger, the Company was, and after the Merger continues to be, in part, a character-based virtual entertainment business
and a developer of digital human likeness for celebrities, focused on applications in traditional entertainment, sports entertainment,
live events, social networking, mixed reality (AR/VR) and artificial intelligence. As a result of the Merger, fuboTV Pre-Merger,
a leading live TV streaming platform for sports, news, and entertainment, became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
In
connection with the Merger, on March 11, 2020, the Company and HLEE Finance S.a.r.l (“HLEE”) entered into
a Credit Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2020, pursuant to which HLEE provided the Company with a $100.0 million revolving line
of credit (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility was secured by substantially all the assets of the Company.
The Credit Facility was terminated on July 8, 2020.
On
March 19, 2020, the Company, Merger Sub, Evolution AI Corporation (“EAI”) and Pulse Evolution Corporation (“PEC”
and collectively with EAI, Merger Sub and the Company, the “Initial Borrower”) and FB Loan Series I, LLC (“FB
Loan”) entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Initial
Borrower sold to FB Loan senior secured promissory notes in an aggregate principal amount of $10.1 million (the “Senior
Notes”). The Company received proceeds of $7.4 million, net of an original issue discount of $2.7 million. In connection
with the FB Loan, the Company, fuboTV Sub and certain of their respective subsidiaries granted a lien on substantially of their
assets to secure the obligations under the Senior Notes. See Note 12 for more information about the Note Purchase Agreement.
F- 10
fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Prior
to the Merger, fuboTV Pre-Merger and its subsidiaries were party to a Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2018
(the “AMC Agreement”), with AMC Networks Ventures LLC as lender, administrative agent, and collateral agent (“AMC
Networks Ventures”). fuboTV Pre-Merger previously granted AMC Networks Ventures a lien on substantially all of its assets
to secure its obligations thereunder. The AMC Agreement survived the Merger and, as of the Effective Time, there was $23.6 million
outstanding under the AMC Agreement, net of debt issuance costs. In connection with the Merger, the Company guaranteed the obligations
of fuboTV Pre-Merger under the AMC Agreement on an unsecured basis. The liens of AMC Networks Ventures on the assets of fuboTV
Pre-Merger are senior to the liens in favor of FB Loan and FaceBank Pre-Merger securing the Senior Notes.
Nature
of Business after the Merger
Prior
to the Merger, the Company focused on developing its technology-driven IP in sports, movies, and live performances. Since the
acquisition of fuboTV Pre-Merger, we are principally focused on offering consumers a leading live TV streaming platform for sports,
news, and entertainment through fuboTV. The Company’s revenues are almost entirely derived from the sale of subscription
services and the sale of advertisements in the United States.
Our
subscription-based streaming services are offered to consumers who can sign-up for accounts through which we provide basic plans
with the flexibility for consumers to purchase the best Attachments suited for them. Besides the website, consumers can also sign-up
via some TV-connected devices. The fuboTV platform provides a broad suite of unique features and personalization tools such as
multi-channel viewing capabilities, favorites lists and a dynamic recommendation engine as well as 4K streaming and Cloud DVR
offerings.
Note
2 - Liquidity, Going Concern and Management Plans
The
accompanying audited consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern,
which contemplates the continuity of operations, realization of assets, and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of
business.
The
Company had cash and cash equivalents of $134.9 million, a working capital deficiency of $70.6 million and an accumulated deficit of
$626.5 million as of December 31, 2020. The Company incurred a $599.4 million net loss for the year ended December 31, 2020. Since inception,
the Company’s operations have been financed primarily through the sale of equity and debt securities. The Company has incurred
losses from operations and negative cash flows from operating activities since inception and expects to continue to incur substantial
losses as it continues to fully ramp up its operating activities. While we expect to continue incurring losses in the foreseeable future,
we successfully raised $181.0 million in October 2020, net of offering expenses, through a public offering of our common stock.
On
February 2, 2021, the Company issued $402.5 million of convertible notes (“2026 Notes”) dated February 2, 2021.
The 2026 Notes will bear interest from February 2, 2021 at a rate of 3.25% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears on
February 15 and August 15 of each year, beginning on August 15, 2021. The 2026 Notes will mature on February 15, 2026,
unless earlier converted, redeemed, or repurchased.
The
net proceeds from this offering were approximately $391.4 million, after deducting a discount and estimated offering expenses
payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including working
capital, business development, sales and marketing activities and capital expenditures.
The
net proceeds from the public sale of common stock and the issuance of the 2026 Notes provide us with the necessary liquidity
to continue as a going concern for at least one year from the date of these financial statements.
In
addition to the foregoing, the Company cannot predict the long-term impact on its development timelines, revenue levels and its
liquidity due to the worldwide spread of COVID-19. Based upon the Company’s current assessment, it does not expect the impact
of the COVID-19 pandemic to materially impact the Company’s operations. However, the Company is continuing to assess the
impact the spread of COVID-19 may have on its operations.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note
3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation
Principles
of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation
The
Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP” or “U.S. GAAP”). The Company’s
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and the accounts of the Company’s wholly-owned
subsidiaries and non-wholly owned subsidiaries where the Company has a controlling interest. All intercompany balances and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Reclassifications
Certain
prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. These reclassifications have no impact
on the previously reported financial position or results of operations.
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management bases its estimates on historical
experience and on various other assumptions it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the
basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The significant estimates and assumptions include allocating the fair value of purchase consideration to assets acquired and liabilities
assumed in business acquisitions, useful lives of property and equipment and intangible assets, recoverability of goodwill, long-lived
assets, and investments, accruals for contingent liabilities, valuations of derivative liabilities and warrants, equity instruments
issued in share-based payment arrangements and accounting for income taxes, including the valuation allowance on deferred tax
assets.
Segment
and Reporting Unit Information
Operating
segments are defined as components of an entity for which discrete financial information is available that is regularly reviewed
by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources to an individual segment and
in assessing performance. A committee consisting of the Company’s executives are determined to be the CODM. The CODM reviews
financial information and makes resource allocation decisions at the consolidated group level. As such, the Company has one operating
segment (fuboTV) as of December 31, 2020.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments with remaining maturities at the date of purchase of three months or less to be
cash equivalents, including balances held in the Company’s money market account. The Company also classifies amounts in
transit from payment processors for customer credit card and debit card transactions as cash equivalents. Restricted cash primarily
represents cash on deposit with financial institutions in support of a letter of credit outstanding in favor of the Company’s
landlord for office space. The restricted cash balance has been excluded from the cash balance and is classified as restricted
cash on the consolidated balance sheets. The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted
cash within the consolidated balance sheet that sum to the total of the same on the consolidated statement of cash flows:
December 31,
2020
2019
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 134,942
$ 7,624
Restricted cash
1,279
-
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
$ 136,221
$ 7,624
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Certain
Risks and Concentrations
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of demand deposits. The Company
maintains cash deposits with financial institutions that at times exceed applicable insurance limits.
The
majority of the Company’s software and computer systems utilize data processing, storage capabilities and other services
provided by Amazon Web Services, or AWS, which cannot be easily switched to another cloud service provider. As such, any disruption
of the Company’s interference with AWS would adversely impact the Company’s operations and business.
Fair
Value Estimates
The
carrying amounts of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities, such as cash, other assets, accounts payable and accrued payroll,
approximate their fair values because of the short maturity of these instruments. The carrying amounts of notes payable and long-term
borrowings approximate their fair values due to the short-term maturity and the fact that the effective interest rates on these obligations
are comparable to market interest rates for instruments of similar credit risk.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
The
Company accounts for financial instruments under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards
Codification (“ASC”) 820, Fair Value Measurements. This statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. To increase
consistency and comparability in fair value measurements, ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs
to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels as follows:
Level
1 — quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
Level
2 — observable inputs other than Level 1, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices
for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, and model-derived prices whose inputs are observable
or whose significant value drivers are observable; and
Level
3 — assets and liabilities whose significant value drivers are unobservable.
Accounts
Receivable, net
The
Company records accounts receivable at the invoiced amount less an allowance for any potentially uncollectable accounts. The Company’s
accounts receivable balance consists of amounts due from the sale of advertisements and subscription revenue. In evaluating our
ability to collect outstanding receivable balances, we consider many factors, including the age of the balance, collection history,
and current economic trends. Bad debts are written off after all collection efforts have ceased. Based on the Company’s
current and historical collection experience, management concluded that an allowance for doubtful accounts was not necessary as
of December 31, 2020 and 2019.
No
individual customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. As of December 31, 2020,
three customers accounted for more than 10% of accounts receivable. No customers accounted for more than 10% of accounts receivable
as of December 31, 2019.
Property
and Equipment, Net
Property
and equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over
the estimated useful lives of the assets. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the lease term or the estimated
useful life of the assets. When assets are retired or otherwise disposed of, the cost and accumulated depreciation are removed
from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is reflected in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss
in the period realized. Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Impairment
Testing of Long-Lived Assets
The
Company evaluates long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their net book value
may not be recoverable. When such factors and circumstances exist, the Company compares the projected undiscounted future cash
flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over their estimated useful lives against their respective carrying
amount. Impairment, if any, is based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value, based on market value when available,
or discounted expected cash flows, of those assets and is recorded in the period in which the determination is made.
Acquisitions
and Business Combinations
The
Company allocates the fair value of purchase consideration issued in business combination transactions to the tangible assets
acquired, liabilities assumed, and separately identified intangible assets acquired based on their estimated fair values. The
excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the fair values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded
as goodwill. Such valuations require management to make significant estimates and assumptions, especially with respect to intangible
assets. Significant estimates in valuing certain intangible assets include, but are not limited to, future expected cash flows
from: (a) acquired technology, (b) trademarks and trade names, and (c) customer relationships, useful lives, and discount rates.
Management’s estimates of fair value are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain
and unpredictable and, as a result, actual results may differ from estimates. The allocation of the purchase consideration may
remain preliminary as the Company gathers additional facts about the circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date during
the measurement period. The measurement period shall not exceed one year from the acquisition date. Upon the conclusion of the
measurement period, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to earnings.
Goodwill
The
Company tests goodwill for impairment at the reporting unit level on an annual basis on December 31 for each fiscal year or more
frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of goodwill may not be recoverable. The Company
assesses qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a single reporting unit is
less than its carrying amount under ASU No. 2017-04, Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Accounting for Goodwill Impairment,
issued by the FASB. If it is determined that the fair value is less than its carrying amount, the excess of the goodwill carrying
amount over the implied fair value is recognized as an impairment loss.
During
the third quarter of 2020, the Company recognized an impairment charge of $148.1 million for the Facebank reporting unit which
represented all of the goodwill of that reporting unit. The Company tested goodwill for impairment as of December 31, 2020 and
2019. There were no goodwill impairment charges recorded as of December 31, 2020 and 2019. Changes in economic and operating conditions
and the impact of COVID-19 could result in goodwill impairment in future periods.
Intangible
Assets
The
Company’s intangible assets represent definite lived intangible assets, which are being amortized on a straight- line basis
over their estimated useful lives as follows:
Customer relationships
2 years
fuboTV tradename
9 years
Software and technology
9 years
Non-Controlling
Interest
Non-controlling
interest as of December 31, 2020 represents PEC stockholders who retained an aggregate 26% interest in that entity following the
Company acquisition of Evolution AI Corporation. Non-controlling interest is adjusted for the non-controlling interest holders’
proportionate share of the earnings or losses even if loss allocations result in a deficit non-controlling interest balance.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Sequencing
On
July 30, 2019, the Company adopted a sequencing policy under ASC 815-40-35 whereby in the event that reclassification of contracts
from equity to assets or liabilities is necessary pursuant to ASC 815 due to the Company’s inability to demonstrate it has
sufficient authorized shares as a result of certain securities with a potentially indeterminable number of shares, shares will
be allocated on the basis of the earliest issuance date of potentially dilutive instruments, with the earliest grants receiving
the first allocation of shares. Pursuant to ASC 815, issuance of securities to the Company’s employees or directors are
not subject to the sequencing policy. As of September 25, 2020, the Company repaid all of its convertible notes with variable
settlement features. As a result of these repayments, the Company is no longer subject to this sequencing policy.
Warrant
Liability
The
Company accounts for common stock warrants with cash settlement features as liability instruments at fair value. This liability
is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date until exercised, and any change in fair value is recognized in the Company’s
consolidated statements of operations. The fair value of liabilities classified as warrants has been estimated using the Black-Scholes
model.
Leases
Effective
January 1, 2019, the Company accounts for its leases under ASC 842, Leases. Under this guidance, arrangements meeting the definition
of a lease are classified as operating or financing leases and are recorded on the consolidated balance sheets as both
a right-of-use asset and lease liability, calculated by discounting fixed lease payments over the lease term at the rate
implicit in the lease or the Company’s incremental borrowing rate. Lease liabilities are increased by interest and reduced
by payments each period, and the right-of-use asset is amortized over the lease term. For operating leases, interest on
the lease liability and the amortization of the right-of-use asset result in straight-line rent expense over the lease
term.
In
calculating the right-of-use asset and lease liability, the Company elects to combine lease and non-lease components. The
Company excludes short-term leases having initial terms of 12 months or less, if any, from the new guidance as an accounting policy
election, and recognizes rent expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Revenue
From Contracts With Customers
The
Company recognizes revenue from contracts with customers under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (the “revenue
standard”). The core principle of the revenue standard is that a company should recognize revenue to depict the transfer
of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled
in exchange for those goods or services. A good or service is transferred to a customer when, or as, the customer obtains control
of that good or service. The following five steps are applied to achieve that core principle:
●
Step
1: Identify the contract with the customer
●
Step
2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract
●
Step
3: Determine the transaction price
●
Step
4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract
●
Step
5: Recognize revenue when the company satisfies a performance obligation
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
In
2020, the Company generated revenue from the following sources:
1.
Subscriptions
– The Company sells various subscription plans through its website and third-party app stores. These subscription plans
provide different levels of streamed content and functionality depending on the plan selected. Subscription fees are fixed
and paid in advance by credit card on primarily on a monthly basis. A subscription customer executes a contract by agreeing
to the Company’s terms of service. The Company considers the subscription contract legally enforceable once the customer
has accepted terms of service and the Company has received credit card authorization from the customer’s credit card
company. The terms of service allow customers to terminate the subscription at any time, however, in the event of termination,
no prepaid subscription fees are refundable. The Company recognizes revenue when it satisfies a performance obligation by
transferring control of the promised services to the customers, which is ratably over the subscription period. Upon the customer
agreeing to the Company’s terms and conditions and authorization of the credit card, the customer simultaneously receives
and consumes the benefits of the streamed content ratably throughout the term of the contract. Subscription services sold
through third-party app stores are recorded gross in revenue with fees to the third-party app stores recorded in subscriber
related expenses in the consolidated statement of operations. Management concluded that the customers are the end user of
the subscription services sold by these third-party app stores.
2.
Advertisements
– The Company executes agreements with advertisers that want to display ads (“impressions”) within the streamed
content. The Company enters into individual insertion orders (“IOs”) with advertisers, which specify the term
of each ad campaign, the number of impressions to be delivered and the applicable rate to be charged. The Company invoices
advertisers monthly for impressions actually delivered during the period. Each executed IO provides the terms and conditions
agreed to in respect of each party’s obligations. The Company recognizes revenue at a point in time when it satisfies
a performance obligation by transferring control of the promised services to the advertiser, which generally is when the advertisement
has been displayed.
3.
Software
licenses, net – Revenue from the sale of third-party software licenses are recognized as a single performance
obligation at the point in time that the software license is delivered to the customer. The Company under its contracts is
required to provide its customers with 30 days to return the license for a full refund, regardless of reason, and the Company
will be provided a refund in full of its cost to sell the license. Therefore, for Nexway, the Company acts as an agent and
recognizes revenue on a net basis. As a result of the deconsolidation of Nexway which was effective as of March 31, 2020,
the Company no longer generates revenue from the sale of third-party software licenses. (See Note 7)
4.
Other
– The Company has an annual contract to sub-license its rights to broadcast certain international sporting events to
a third party. The Company recognizes revenue under this contract at a point in time when it satisfies a performance obligation
by transferring control of the promised services to the third party, which generally is when the third party has access to
the programming content.
Subscriber
Related Expenses
Subscriber
related expenses consist primarily of affiliate distribution rights and other distribution costs related to content streaming.
The cost of affiliate distribution rights is generally incurred on a per subscriber basis and is recognized when the related programming
is distributed to subscribers. The Company has certain arrangements whereby affiliate distribution rights are paid in advance
or are subject to minimum guaranteed payments. An accrual is established when actual affiliate distribution costs are expected
to fall short of the minimum guaranteed amounts. To the extent actual per subscriber fees do not exceed the minimum guaranteed
amounts, the Company will expense the minimum guarantee in a manner reflective of the pattern of benefit provided by these subscriber
related expenses, which approximates a straight-line basis over each minimum guarantee period within the arrangement. Subscriber
related expenses also include credit card and payment processing fees for subscription revenue, customer service, certain employee
compensation and benefits, cloud computing, streaming, and facility costs. The Company receives advertising spots from television
networks for sale to advertisers as part of the affiliate distribution agreements. Subscriber related expenses totaled $204.2
million and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Broadcasting
and Transmission
Broadcasting
and transmission expenses are charged to operations as incurred and consist primarily of the cost to acquire a signal, transcode,
store, and retransmit it to the subscriber.
Sales
and Marketing
Sales
and marketing expenses consist primarily of payroll and related costs, benefits, rent and utilities, stock-based compensation,
agency costs, advertising campaigns and branding initiatives. All sales and marketing costs are expensed as they are incurred.
Advertising expense totaled $48.2 million and $0.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Technology
and Development
Technology
and development expenses are charged to operations as incurred. Technology and development expenses consist primarily of payroll
and related costs, benefits, rent and utilities, stock-based compensation, technical services, software expenses, and hosting
expenses.
General
and Administrative
General
and administrative expenses consist primarily of payroll and related costs, benefits, rent and utilities, stock-based compensation,
corporate insurance, office expenses, professional fees, as well as travel, meals, and entertainment costs.
Stock-Based
Compensation
The
Company accounts for share-based payment awards exchanged for services at the estimated grant date fair value of the award. Stock
options issued under the Company’s long-term incentive plans are granted with an exercise price equal to no less than the
market price of the Company’s stock at the date of grant and expire up to ten years from the date of grant. These options
generally vest on the grant date or over a one- year period.
The
Company estimates the fair value of stock option grants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the assumptions used
in calculating the fair value of stock-based awards represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties
and the application of management’s judgment.
Expected
Term - The expected term of options represents the period that the Company’s stock-based awards are expected to be outstanding
based on the simplified method, which is the half-life from vesting to the end of its contractual term. The simplified method
was used because the Company does not have sufficient historical exercise data to provide a reasonable basis for an estimate of
expected term.
Expected
Volatility - The Company historically has lacked company-specific historical and implied volatility information. Therefore,
it estimates its expected stock volatility based on the historical volatility of a publicly traded set of peer companies and expects
to continue to do so until such time as it has adequate historical data regarding the volatility of its own traded stock price.
Risk-Free
Interest Rate - The Company bases the risk-free interest rate on the implied yield available on U. S. Treasury zero-coupon
issues with an equivalent remaining term.
Expected
Dividend - The Company has never declared or paid any cash dividends on its common shares and does not plan to pay cash dividends
in the foreseeable future, and, therefore, uses an expected dividend yield of zero in its valuation models.
The
Company accounts for forfeited awards as they occur.
Income
Taxes
The
Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method, in which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized
for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets
and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities
are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are
expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized
in operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is required to the extent any deferred tax
assets may not be realizable.
F- 17
fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
ASC
Topic 740, Income Taxes, (“ASC 740”), also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in
an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement
recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized,
a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance
on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition. Based on the
Company’s evaluation, it has been concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition
in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company believes that its income tax positions and deductions would
be sustained on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in material changes to its financial position.
Treasury
Stock
The
Company accounts for the treasury stock using the cost method, which treats it as a reduction in stockholders’ equity. In
December 2020, the Company repurchased 800,000 shares of its common stock at par value.
Net
Loss Per Share
Basic
net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common
shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per common share excludes the potential impact of the Company’s convertible
notes, convertible preferred stock, common stock options and warrants because their effect would be anti-dilutive.
The
following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share (in thousands, except per share data):
December 31,
2020
2019
Basic loss per share:
Net loss
$ (599,392 )
$ (38,127 )
Less: net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
29,059
3,767
Less: Deemed dividend - beneficial conversion feature on preferred stock
-
(9 )
Add: deemed dividend on Series D Preferred Stock
(171 )
(589 )
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
(570,504 )
(34,958 )
Shares used in computation:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding
44,492,975
22,286,060
Basic and diluted loss per share
$ (12.82 )
$ (1.57 )
The
following common share equivalents are excluded from the calculation of weighted average common shares outstanding because their
inclusion would have been anti-dilutive:
December 31,
2020
2019
Common stock purchase warrants
2,535,528
200,007
Series AA convertible preferred shares
46,439,226
Series D convertible preferred shares
-
461,839
Stock options
20,908,862
16,667
Convertible notes variable settlement feature
-
190,096
Total
69,883,616
868,609
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Recently
Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In
August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework-Changes to the
Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement (“ASU 2018-13 ”). The amendments in ASU 2018-13 modify the disclosure
requirements on fair value measurements based on the concepts in the Concepts Statement, including the consideration of costs
and benefits. The amendments on changes in unrealized gains and losses, the range and weighted average of significant unobservable
inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements, and the narrative description of measurement uncertainty should be applied
prospectively for only the most recent interim or annual period presented in the initial fiscal year of adoption. All other amendments
should be applied retrospectively to all periods presented upon their effective date. The amendments are effective for all entities
for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted,
including adoption in an interim period. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2020 and the adoption did not have a
material impact on the financial statements and related disclosures.
In
December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, “ Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes
(“ASU 2019-12” ), which is intended to simplify various aspects related to accounting for income taxes. ASU 2019-12
removes certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 and also clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent
application. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December
15, 2020, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2020 and the adoption did not have a
material impact on the financial statements and related disclosures.
In
July 2017, the FASB has issued a two-part ASU No. 2017-11, (i) Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Down Round
Features and (ii) Replacement of the Indefinite Deferral for Mandatorily Redeemable Financial Instruments of Certain Nonpublic
Entities and Certain Mandatorily Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests with a Scope Exception which simplifies the accounting
for certain financial instruments with down round features, a provision in an equity-linked financial instrument (or embedded
feature) that provides a downward adjustment of the current exercise price based on the price of future equity offerings. It is
effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December
15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted this standard on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures
as of January 1, 2019. The adoption of ASU 2017-11 did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
Recently
Issued Accounting Standards
In
June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses” . The ASU sets forth a
“current expected credit loss” (“CECL”) model which requires the Company to measure all expected credit
losses for financial instruments held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable
supportable forecasts. This replaces the existing incurred loss model and is applicable to the measurement of credit losses on
financial assets measured at amortized cost and applies to some off-balance sheet credit exposures. This ASU was effective for
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted.
Recently, the FASB issued the final ASU to delay adoption for smaller reporting companies to calendar year 2023. The adoption
of this ASU will not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In
August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives
and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts
in an Entity’s Own Equity , which simplifies accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models
required under current GAAP. The ASU removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity contracts to qualify for
the derivative scope exception and it also simplifies the diluted earnings per share calculation in certain areas. This ASU is
effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2021, including interim periods within those fiscal years.
Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. This update permits the use of
either the modified retrospective or fully retrospective method of transition. The Company is currently evaluating the impact
this ASU will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note
4 – Acquisitions
Facebank
AG acquisition
On
August 15, 2019, the Company acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Facebank AG in exchange for 2,500,000
shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company. The acquisition was accounted for using the acquisition method
accounting. The fair value of the Company’s common stock transferred as consideration in the acquisition was $20.0 million,
which was determined using the closing price of the Company’s stock as traded on the OTC. Facebank AG is a privately-owned
Swiss holding company which, at the time of acquisition, owned a minority interest in Nexway AG, and had entered into a binding
agreement to acquire an aggregate 62.3% majority interest in Nexway AG. On September 16, 2019, Facebank AG completed its acquisition
of a majority interest in Nexway AG, which is further discussed below. Facebank AG also owns 100% of SAH, a French joint stock
company and investor in the global luxury, entertainment and celebrity focused industries that directly or indirectly holds investments
in multiple other subsidiaries.
Purchase
Price Allocation
The
following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed for the Facebank
AG acquisition (in thousands):
Cash
$ 329
Accounts receivable
3,709
Property and equipment
16
Investments
5,671
Financial assets as fair value
2,275
Intangible assets – customer relationships
2,241
Intangible assets – intellectual property
1,215
Intangible assets – trade names and trademarks
843
Goodwill
28,541
Accounts payable
(64 )
Accrued expenses
(802 )
Deferred taxes
(1,161 )
Long-term borrowings
(22,863 )
Stock purchase price
$ 19,950
The
liabilities assumed in the acquisition include long-term borrowings with an acquisition-date fair value of $22.9 million. SAH
was the borrower under a EUR 20.0 million bond due March 31, 2024 and an interest rate of 7%. The principal amount outstanding
under the borrowing was EUR 14.5 million, and EUR 16.7 million at August 15, 2019 (acquisition date) and December 31, 2019.
At
August 15, 2019, SAH was also the borrower under a EUR 5.0 million term loan with Highlight Finance Corp. as the lender and an
interest rate of 4.0%. The term loan was effectively settled as part of Facebank AG’s acquisition of Nexway AG and Highlight
Finance Corp. on September 19, 2019 and is not outstanding at December 31, 2020 and 2019. Refer to the following section for further
discussion on the acquisition of Nexway AG and Highlight Finance Corp.
Nexway
AG Acquisition
On
September 16, 2019, Facebank AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired 333,420 shares, or approximately 51%, of Nexway
and 35,000 shares, or approximately 70%, of Highlight Finance Corp. (“HFC”) (the “Nexway AG Acquisition”).
Prior to the acquisition, Facebank AG owned 74,130 shares of Nexway, representing approximately 11.3% of the outstanding common
shares of Nexway. Nexway is a Karlsruhe-based and Germany-listed software and solutions company, which provides a subscription-based
platform for the monetization of intellectual property, principally for entertainment, games and security software companies,
through its proprietary merchant presence in 180 different countries. HFC is a British Virgin Islands company with a EUR 15.0
million term bond facility issued and outstanding as of the acquisition date.
The
acquisition was accounted for using the acquisition method accounting. The aggregate consideration of approximately ($5.3 million)
equaled the sum of cash paid ($2.2 million), the fair value of bonds issued ($1.8 million), and the fair value of the Nexway shares
previously owned by Facebank AG ($1.1 million), less the fair value of Facebank AG debt effectively settled as a result of the
acquisition ($10.4 million). Goodwill related to the Nexway AG Acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Purchase
Price Allocation
The
following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and noncontrolling
interest for the Nexway AG Acquisition (in thousands):
Cash
$ 4,152
Accounts receivable
12,900
Prepaid expenses
1,169
Inventory
61
Property and equipment
213
Intangible assets – customer relationships
2,241
Intangible assets – intellectual property
1,215
Intangible assets – trade names and trademarks
843
Goodwill
45,900
Right-of-use assets
3,594
Accounts payable
(28,381 )
Accrued expenses
(16,747 )
Current portion of lease liability
(756 )
Deferred income taxes
(450 )
Other long-term liabilities
(193 )
Lease liability
(2,838 )
Long-term borrowings
(24,609 )
Noncontrolling interests
(3,582 )
Consideration transferred
$ (5,268 )
The
liabilities assumed in the acquisition include long-term borrowings with an acquisition-date fair value of $24.6 million. Nexway
AG was the borrower of EUR 12.0 million secured notes, of which EUR 7.5 million was outstanding upon the acquisition on
September 19, 2019. The Nexway borrowing has a maturity date of September 8, 2023 and interest rate of 6.5%. HFC was the
borrower under a EUR 15.0 million bond due April 30, 2024 and an interest rate of 4%.
As
discussed in Note 7, the Facebank AG and Nexway businesses were disposed of in 2020. The results of the operations of Facebank
AG and Nexway were not material to the consolidated financial statements of fuboTV Inc. for the year-ended December 31, 2020.
The
following unaudited pro forma financial information for the year ended December 31, 2019 presents combined results of operations
as if the Nexway AG acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2019 (in thousands except per share data):
Year ended
December 31, 2019
Operating revenues
$ 14,928
Net loss
$ (44,088 )
Proforma EPS - basic and diluted
$ (1.98 )
Fubo
TV Merger
On
April 1, 2020, we completed the Merger, as described in Note 1. In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, all of the
capital stock of fuboTV Pre-Merger was converted, at a stock exchange ratio of 1.82, into the right to receive 32,324,362 shares
of Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock, a newly-created class of our Preferred Stock. Pursuant to the Series AA Certificate
of Designation, each share of Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into two shares of the Company’s common
stock only in connection with the sale of such shares on an arms’-length basis either pursuant to an exemption from registration
under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
In
addition, each outstanding option to purchase shares of common stock of fuboTV Pre-Merger was assumed by FaceBank Pre-Merger and
converted into options to acquire FaceBank Pre-Merger’s common stock at a stock exchange ratio of 3.64. In accordance with
the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Company assumed 8,051,098 stock options issued and outstanding under the fuboTV Pre-Merger’s
2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”) with a weighted-average exercise price of $1.32 per share. From and after
the Effective Time, such options may be exercised for shares of the Company’s common stock under the terms of the 2015 Plan.
The
purchase price for the merger was determined to be $576.1 million, which consists of (i) $530.1 million market value ($8.20 per
share stock price of the Company as of April 1, 2020) of 64.6 million common shares (on an as-converted basis), (ii) $36.0 million
related to the fair value of outstanding options vested prior to the Merger and (iii) $10.0 million related to the effective settlement
of a preexisting loan receivable from fuboTV Pre-Merger. No gain or loss was recognized on the settlement as the loan was effectively
settled at the recorded amount. Transaction costs of $0.9 million were expensed as incurred.
The
Company accounted for the Merger as a business combination under the acquisition method of accounting. FaceBank Pre-Merger was
determined to be the accounting acquirer based upon the terms of the Merger Agreement and other factors including: (i) FaceBank
Pre-Merger’s stockholders owned approximately 57% of the voting common shares of the combined company immediately following
the closing of the Merger (54% assuming the exercise of all vested stock options as of the closing of the transaction) and (ii)
directors appointed by FaceBank Pre-Merger would hold a majority of board seats in the combined company.
The
following table presents the allocation of the purchase price to the net assets acquired, inclusive of intangible assets, with
the excess fair value recorded to goodwill. The goodwill, which is not deductible for tax purposes, is attributable to the assembled
workforce of fuboTV Pre-Merger, planned growth in new markets, and synergies expected to be achieved from the combined operations
of FaceBank Pre-Merger and fuboTV Pre-Merger. The goodwill established was included within a new fuboTV reporting unit.
During
the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company continued finalizing its valuations of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed
in the April 1, 2020 acquisition of fuboTV based on new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of
the acquisition date. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recorded measurement period adjustments, reducing its
acquisition date goodwill by approximately $84.5 million primarily to increase the net deferred tax assets based on a final assessment
of the realizability of deferred tax assets acquired in the merger and the resulting impact on the Company’s valuation allowance
of its deferred tax assets.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Fair Value
Assets acquired:
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 8,040
Accounts receivable
5,831
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
976
Property & equipment
2,042
Restricted cash
1,333
Other noncurrent assets
397
Operating leases - right-of-use assets
5,395
Intangible assets
243,612
Deferred tax asset
15,527
Goodwill
478,406
Total assets acquired
761,559
Liabilities assumed:
Accounts payable
$ 66,498
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
80,996
Long-term borrowings - current portion
5,625
Operating lease liabilities
5,395
Deferred revenue
8,809
Long-term debt, net of issuance costs
18,125
Total liabilities assumed
$ 185,448
Net assets acquired
$ 576,111
The
fair values of the intangible assets acquired were determined using the income and cost approaches. The fair value measurements
were primarily based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market and thus represent Level 3 measurements as defined
in ASC 820. The relief from royalty method was used to value the software and technology and tradenames. The relief from royalty
method is an application of the income method and estimates fair value for an asset based on the expected cost to license a similar
asset from a third-party. Projected cash flows are discounted at a required rate of return that reflects the relative risk of
achieving the cash flow and the time value of money. The cost approach, which estimates value by determining the current cost
of replacing an asset with another of equivalent economic utility, was used for customer relationships. The cost to replace a
given asset reflects the estimated reproduction or replacement cost for these customer related assets. The estimated useful lives
and fair value of the intangible assets acquired are as follows (in thousands):
Estimated
Useful Life
(in Years)
Fair Value
Software and technology
9
$ 181,737
Customer relationships
2
23,678
Tradenames
9
38,197
Total
$ 243,612
The
deferred tax assets represent the deferred tax impact associated with the differences in book and tax basis, including incremental
differences created from the purchase price allocation and acquired net operating losses. Deferred taxes associated with estimated
fair value adjustments reflect an estimated blended federal and state tax rate, net of tax effects on state valuation allowances.
For balance sheet purposes, where U.S. tax rates were used, rates were based on recently enacted U.S. tax law. The effective tax
rate of the combined company could be significantly different (either higher or lower) depending on post-merger activities, including
cash needs, the geographical mix of income, and changes in tax law.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
The
following unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations assume that the acquisition of fuboTV Pre-Merger was completed
as of January 1, 2019 (in thousands):
Years ended December 31,
2020
2019
Total revenues
$ 268,793
$ 150,801
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
$ (590,404 )
$ (255,488 )
Pro
forma data may not be indicative of the results that would have been obtained had these events occurred at the beginning of the
periods presented, nor is it intended to be a projection of future results.
Note
5 – Revenue From Contracts With Customers
Disaggregated
revenue
The
following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated into categories based on the nature of such revenues (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31
2020
2019
Subscriptions
$ 184,328
$ -
Advertisements
24,904
-
Software licenses, net – Nexway eCommerce Solutions
7,295
4,271
Other
1,219
-
Total revenue
$ 217,746
$ 4,271
Contract
balances
There
were no losses recognized related to any receivables arising from the Company’s contracts with customers for the year ended
December 31, 2020 and 2019.
For
the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company did not recognize material bad-debt expense and there were no material
contract assets recorded on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.
The
contract liabilities primarily relate to upfront payments and consideration received from customers for subscription services.
As of December 31, 2020, the Company’s contract liabilities totaled approximately $17.4 million and are recorded as deferred
revenue on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. There were no contract liabilities recorded as of December 31, 2019.
Transaction
price allocated to remaining performance obligations
The
Company does not disclose the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations since subscription and advertising
contracts have an original expected term of one year or less.
Note
6 – Property and Equipment, Net
Property
and equipment, net, is comprised of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
2020
2019
Furniture and fixtures
$ 573
$ 335
Computer equipment
801
-
Leasehold improvements
2,272
-
3,646
335
Less: Accumulated depreciation
(1,875 )
Total property and equipment, net
$ 1,771
$ 335
Depreciation
expense totaled approximately $0.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Depreciation expense totaled $0.1 million for
the year ended December 31, 2019.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note
7 – FaceBank AG and Nexway – Disposition
Through
its ownership in FaceBank AG, the Company had an equity investment of 62.3% in Nexway AG (“Nexway”), which it acquired
beginning on August 15, 2019 and on September 16, 2019. The equity investment in Nexway was a controlling financial interest and
the Company consolidated its investment in Nexway under ASC 810, Consolidation.
On
March 31, 2020, the Company relinquished approximately 20% of the total Nexway shareholder votes associated with its investment,
which reduced the Company’s voting interest in Nexway to 42.6%. As a result of the Company’s loss of control in Nexway,
the Company deconsolidated Nexway as of March 31, 2020 as it no longer had a controlling financial interest.
The
deconsolidation of Nexway resulted in a loss of approximately $11.9 million calculated as follows (in thousands):
Cash
$ 5,776
Accounts receivable
9,831
Inventory
50
Prepaid expenses
164
Goodwill
51,168
Property and equipment, net
380
Right-of-use assets
3,594
Total assets
$ 70,963
Less:
Accounts payable
34,262
Accrued expenses
15,788
Lease liability
3,594
Deferred income taxes
1,161
Other liabilities
40
Total liabilities
$ 54,845
Non-controlling interest
2,595
Foreign currency translation adjustment
(770 )
Loss before fair value – investment in Nexway
14,293
Less: fair value of shares owned by the Company
2,374
Loss on deconsolidation of Nexway
$ 11,919
During
the quarter ended September 30, 2020, the Company sold 100% of its ownership interest in Facebank AG and its remaining investment
in Nexway to the former owners and recognized a gain on sale of its investment of approximately $7.6 million, which is included
as a gain on the sale of assets, a component of other income (expense) on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.
The
following table represents the net carrying value of the Company’s investment in Facebank AG and Nexway and the related gain on
sale of its investment (in thousands):
Investment in Nexway
$ 4,989
Financial assets at fair value
1,965
Goodwill
28,541
Total assets
35,495
Loan payable
56,140
Net carrying amount
(20,645 )
Issuance of common stock to original owners of Facebank AG
12,395
Cash paid to former owners of Facebank AG
619
Gain on sale of investment in Facebank AG
$ (7,631 )
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note
8 – Intangible Assets and Goodwill
Intangible
Assets
The
table below summarizes the Company’s intangible assets at December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
Weighted
December 31, 2020
Useful Lives
(Years)
Average Remaining Life (Years)
Intangible Assets
Intangible Asset Impairment
Accumulated Amortization
Net Balance
Human animation technologies
5
-
$ 123,436
$ (85,281 )
$ (38,155 )
$ -
Trademark and trade names
5
-
7,746
(5,294 )
(2,452 )
-
Animation and visual effects technologies
4
-
6,016
(4,024 )
(1,992 )
-
Digital asset library
4
-
7,536
(5,131 )
(2,405 )
-
Intellectual Property
7
-
828
(574 )
(254 )
-
Customer relationships
2
1.5
23,678
-
(8,880 )
14,798
fuboTV tradename
9
8.5
38,197
-
(3,183 )
35,014
Software and technology
9
8.5
181,782
-
(15,145 )
166,637
Total
$ 389,219
$ (100,304 )
$ (72,466 )
$ 216,449
Weighted
December 31, 2019
Useful Lives (Years)
Average Remaining Life (Years)
Intangible Assets
Intangible Asset Impairment
Accumulated Amortization
Net Balance
Human animation technologies
7
6
$ 123,436
$ -
$ (24,646 )
$ 98,790
Trademark and trade names
7
6
9,432
(1,686 )
(1,549 )
6,197
Animation and visual effects technologies
7
6
6,016
-
(1,203 )
4,813
Digital likeness development
5-7
5.5
7,505
-
(1,251 )
6,254
Intellectual Property
7
6
3,258
(2,430 )
(236 )
592
Customer relationships
11
11
4,482
(4,482 )
-
-
Total
$ 154,129
$ (8,598 )
$ (28,885 )
$ 116,646
The
intangible assets are being amortized over their respective original useful lives, which range from 2 to 11 years. The Company
recorded amortization expense related to the above intangible assets of approximately $43.6 million and $20.8 million for the
years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As noted above, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $100.3 million
and $8.6 million during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
The
estimated future amortization expense associated with intangible assets is as follows (in thousands):
Future Amortization
2021
$ 36,291
2022
27,412
2023
24,452
2024
24,437
Thereafter
103,857
Total
$ 216,449
Goodwill
The
following table is a summary of the changes to goodwill for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
December 31,
2020
2019
Beginning balance
$ 227,763
$ 149,975
Nexway Acquisition
-
51,168
Facebank AG Acquisition
-
28,541
Measurement period adjustment for EAI acquisition
-
(1,921 )
Deconsolidation of Nexway
(51,168 )
-
Acquisition of fuboTV
478,406
-
Less: Sale of Facebank AG
(28,541 )
-
Impairment expense
(148,054 )
-
Ending balance
$ 478,406
$ 227,763
Note
9 – Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses are presented below (in thousands):
December 31,
2020
2019
Suppliers
$ -
$ 37,508
Affiliate fees
102,914
-
Broadcasting and transmission
13,297
-
Selling and marketing
13,347
-
Payroll taxes (in arrears)
-
1,308
Accrued compensation
2,552
3,649
Legal and professional fees
4,582
3,936
Accrued litigation loss
-
524
Taxes (including value added)
13,542
5,953
Subscriber related
1,937
-
Other
5,382
3,897
Total
$ 157,553
$ 56,775
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note
10 – Income Taxes
The benefit of income taxes for the years ended
December 31, 2020 and 2019 consist of the following (in thousands):
For
the Years Ended
December
31,
2020
2019
U.S. Federal
Current
$ -
$ -
Deferred
7,930
4,302
State and local
Current
-
-
Deferred
1,730
970
Valuation allowance
-
-
Income tax benefit
$ 9,660
$ 5,272
A reconciliation of the statutory federal rate
to the Company’s effective tax rate is as follows:
December
31,
2020
2019
Federal rate
21.00 %
21.00 %
State income taxes, net of federal benefit
0.28
4.74
Non-controlling interest
-
(0.82 )
Nexway activity and deconsolidation
(0.40 )
-
Common stock issued for services
-
(0.82 )
Incentive stock options
(0.38 )
-
Change in fair value of derivative, warrant liability, and gain on extinguishment
of convertible notes
(3.42 )
1.16
Amortization of debt discount
-
(0.13 )
Loss on investments
-
(1.81 )
Goodwill impairment
(5.10 )
-
Other
(0.12 )
-
Change in valuation allowance
(10.27 )
(9.49 )
Income tax benefit
1.58 %
13.83 %
The
components of our deferred tax assets are as follows (in thousands):
December 31,
2020
2019
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating losses
$ 133,281
$ -
Accruals and deferrals
4,419
-
Stock based compensation
6,732
-
Interest expense limitation
4,409
-
Other
1,965
-
Total deferred tax assets
150,806
-
Less: Valuation allowance
(102,869 )
-
Net deferred tax assets
$ 47,937
$ -
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible assets
$ 51,736
$ 30,879
Other
1,301
-
Total deferred tax liabilities
$ 53,037
$ 30,879
Net deferred tax liabilities
$ 5,100
$ 30,879
The
Company regularly evaluates the realizability of its deferred tax assets and establishes a valuation allowance if it is more likely
than not that some or all the deferred tax assets will not be realized. In making such a determination, the Company considers
all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected
future taxable income, loss carryback and tax-planning strategies. Generally, more weight is given to objectively verifiable evidence,
such as the cumulative loss in recent years, as a significant piece of negative evidence to overcome. At December 31, 2020 and
2019, the Company continued to maintain that the realization of its deferred tax assets has not achieved a more likely than not
threshold therefore, the net deferred tax assets have been offset by a valuation allowance. The valuation allowance increased
by $102.9 million and $0.0 million in the years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
On
March 27, 2020 the U.S. enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act). On December 21, 2020,
The U.S. Congress passed the Consolidation Appropriations Act, 2021 (the CAA Act). We have evaluated the provisions of the CARES
Act and CCA Act and determined that it did not result in a significant impact on our tax provision.
As
of December 31, 2020, the Company had federal net operating loss carryforwards of $557.1 million. The federal net operating loss
carryforwards of $88.1 million generated before January 1, 2018 will begin to expire in 2033, and $469.0 million will carryforward
indefinitely but are subject to the 80% taxable income limitation.
As
of December 31, 2020, the Company had state net operating loss carryforwards of $307.7 million. The state net operating loss carryforward
of $276.6 million will begin to expire in 2033 and $31.1 million will carryforward indefinitely but are subject to the
80% taxable income limitation.
Utilization
of the NOL carryforwards may be subject to a substantial annual limitation due to ownership change limitations that may have occurred
or that could occur in the future, as required by the Internal Revenue Code, as well as similar state provisions. In general,
an “ownership change” as defined by Code Sections 382 and 383, results from a transaction or series of transactions
over a three-year period resulting in an ownership change of more than 50 percentage points of the outstanding stock of a company
by certain stockholders or public groups. Since the Company’s formation, the Company has raised capital through the issuance
of capital stock on several occasions which, combined with the purchasing stockholders’ subsequent disposition of those
shares have resulted in such an ownership change and could result in an ownership change in the future upon subsequent disposition.
The
Company conducted an analysis of our stock ownership under Internal Revenue Code Section 382 and 383. The net operating loss carryforwards
are subject to annual limitations as a result of the ownership changes in 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020. Approximately $1.1 million
of the net operating loss carryforwards are expected to expire before the utilization.
The
Company follows the provisions of FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC 740-10), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.
ASC 740-10 prescribes a comprehensive model for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure in financial statements
of uncertain tax positions that have been taken or expected to be taken on an income tax return. No liability related to uncertain
tax positions was required to be recorded in the financial statements as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.
The
Company’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties accrued on uncertain income tax positions in income tax expense
in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. The Company had not incurred any material tax interest or penalties
as of December 31, 2020. The Company does not anticipate any significant change within 12 months of this reporting date of its
uncertain tax positions.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
The
Company is subject to taxation in the United States and various state jurisdictions, and Spain. The Company had been delinquent
in filings since December 31, 2014. During 2020, the Company filed all past due income tax returns There are no ongoing examinations
by taxing authorities at this time. The Company’s tax years 2013 through 2020 will remain open for examination by the federal
and state authorities for three and four years, respectively, from the date of utilization of any net operating loss credits.
The Company’s 2018 to 2020 tax years will remain open for examination by the Spain tax authority for four years starting
from the day following the date of termination of the voluntary tax filing period.
Note
11 - Related Parties
As of December 31, 2019, amounts owed to related parties consisted
of the following (in thousands):
December 31, 2019
Alexander Bafer, former Executive Chairman
$ 20
John Textor, former Chief Executive Officer
and affiliated companies
592
Other
53
Total
$ 665
Our
former Chairman, Mr. Bafer, advanced an unsecured, non-interest-bearing loan to the Company which is payable on demand. The amounts
due to John Textor, Chief Executive Officer, represents an unpaid compensation liability assumed in the acquisition of EAI. The
amounts due to other related parties also represent financing obligations assumed in the acquisition of EAI.
During
the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company received approximately $423,000 from related parties, including a $300,000 advance
from FaceBank, Inc., a development stage company controlled by Mr. Textor, $56,000 from Mr. Bafer, $37,000 from Mr. Textor and
$30,000 from other related parties. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company paid approximately $156,000 to related
parties, including $56,000 to Mr. Bafer, $49,000 to Mr. Textor and $51,000 to other related parties
On
July 31, 2020, Alexander Bafer resigned as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and as an executive officer of the
Company and John Textor resigned as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
On
December 1, 2020, the Company entered into a separation agreement with Mr. Textor which provided for one lump sum payment totaling
$500,000. No further amounts are due and payable by the Company for advances from Mr. Textor.
The
amounts due to other related parties at December 31, 2019 represent financing obligations assumed in the acquisition of EAI.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note
12 - Notes Payable and Long-Term Borrowings
Notes
payable and long-term borrowings as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 consist of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
Note
Stated Interest Rate
2020
2019
AMC Networks Ventures, LLC
LIBOR plus 5.25% per annum
$ 19,556
$ -
CAM Digital LLC
10.0%
4,558
4,090
PPP Note
1.0%
4,699
-
Stock Access Holdings (SAH)
7.0%
-
18,764
Highlight Finance Corp (HFC)
4.0%
-
14,530
Nexway SAS
6.5%
-
10,688
Related party
18.0%
-
368
Other
4.0%
35
-
$ 28,848
$ 48,440
Senior
Secured Loan
In
April 2018, fuboTV pre-Merger entered into a senior secured term loan with AMC Networks Ventures, LLC (the “Term Loan”) with
a principal amount of $25.0 million, bearing interest equal to LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) plus 5.25% per annum and with scheduled
principal payments beginning in 2020. The Company recorded this loan at its fair value of $23.8 million in connection with its acquisition
of fuboTV Pre-Merger on April 1, 2020. The Company has made principal repayments of $3.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2020.
As of December 31, 2020, the outstanding balance of the Term Loan is approximately $20.0 million and is included in long-term
borrowings – current portion on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
The
Term Loan matures on April 6, 2023, has certain financial covenants and requires the Company to maintain a certain minimum subscriber
level. The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants at December 31, 2020.
CAM
Digital, LLC
The
Company has recognized, through the consolidation of its subsidiary EAI, a $2.7 million note payable bearing interest at the rate
of 10% per annum that was due on October 1, 2018 (“CAM Digital Note”). The cumulative accrued interest on the CAM Digital
Note amounts to $1.6 million. The CAM Digital Note is currently in a default condition due to non-payment of principal and interest.
The CAM Digital Note relates to the acquisition of technology from parties who, as a result of the acquisition of EAI, own 15,000,000
shares of the Company’s common stock (after the conversion of 1,000,0000 shares of Series X Convertible Preferred Stock during
the year ended December 31, 2019). The holders of the CAM Digital Note have agreed not to declare the CAM Digital Note in default and
to forbear from exercising remedies which would otherwise be available in the event of a default, while the CAM Digital Note continues
to accrue interest. The Company is currently in negotiation with such holders to resolve the matter and the outstanding balance as of
December 31, 2020, including interest and penalties, is $4.6 million. The balance of $4.6 million is included in notes payable on the
accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
FBNK
Finance S.a.r.l
On
February 17, 2020, FBNK Finance S.a.r.l, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FaceBank AG (“FBNK Finance”), issued EUR
50.0 million of bonds (or $55.1 million). There were 5,000 notes with a nominal value EUR 10,000 per note. The bonds were issued at
par with 100% redemption price. The maturity date of the bonds was February 15, 2023 and the bonds had a 4.5% annual fixed rate of
interest. Interest is payable semi-annually on August 15 and February 15. The bonds are unconditional and unsubordinated obligations
of FBNK Finance. The majority of the proceeds were used for the redemption of the bonds issued by SAH, HFC and Nexway SAS. The
Company recorded a loss of $11.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2020 which was recorded as loss extinguishment of debt
on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recorded a $1.0
million foreign exchange loss upon remeasurement to USD.
During
the quarter ended September 30, 2020, the Company sold its investment in FaceBank AG and Nexway and derecognized the carrying
value of the bonds of $56.1 million (see Note 7).
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Credit
and Security Agreement
As
described in Note 1, on March 11, 2020, the Company and HLEE entered into the Credit Facility with HLEE. The Credit Facility
is secured by substantially all the assets of the Company. As of December 31, 2020, there were no amounts outstanding under the
Credit Facility.
On
July 8, 2020, the Company entered into a Termination and Release Agreement with HLEE to terminate the Credit Agreement.
The Company did not draw down on the Credit Agreement during its term.
Note
Purchase Agreement
As
described in Note 1, on March 19, 2020, the Company and the other parties thereto entered into the Note Purchase Agreement, pursuant
to which the Company sold to FB Loan the Senior Notes. In connection with the Company’s acquisition of fuboTV Pre-Merger,
the proceeds of $7.4 million, net of an original issue discount of $2.7 million, were used to fund the advance to fuboTV Pre-Merger.
Each
Borrower’s obligations under the Senior Notes were secured by substantially all of the assets of each such Borrower pursuant
to a Security Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2020, by and among Borrower and FB Loan (the “Security Agreement”).
Interest
on the Senior Notes accrued until full and final repayment of the principal amount of the Senior Note at a rate of 17.39% per
annum. The maturity date of the Senior Notes was the earlier to occur of (i) July 8, 2020 and (ii) the date the Borrower receives
the proceeds of any financing. The Borrower may prepay or redeem the Senior Note in whole or in part without penalty or premium.
In
connection with the Note Purchase Agreement, the Company issued FB Loan a warrant to purchase 3,269,231 shares of its common stock
at an exercise price of $5.00 per share (the “FB Loan Warrant”) and 900,000 shares of its common stock. The fair value
of the warrant on the Senior Notes issuance date was approximately $15.6 million and was recorded as a warrant liability with
subsequent changes in fair value recognized in earnings each reporting period through the date the warrants were exercised (see
Note 13). The fair value of the 900,000 common stock issuable was based upon the closing price of the Company’s common stock
as of March 19, 2020 (or $8.15 per share or $7.3 million) and was recorded as a share settled liability on the issuance date with
subsequent changes in fair value recognized in earnings through date of issuance of the shares. Since the fair value of the warrants
and common stock exceeded the principal balance of the Senior Notes, the Company recorded a loss on issuance of the Senior Notes
totaling $12.9 million and is reflected in loss on extinguishment of debt in other income (expense) on the accompanying consolidated
statement of operations.
On
April 28, 2020, these shares were issued at $10.00 per share. The Company recorded a change in fair value of shares settled payable
of approximately $1.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2020 reflected in change in fair value of share settled liability
within other income (expense) on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.
Pursuant
to the Note Purchase Agreement, the Borrower agreed, among other things that (i) the Company shall file a registration statement
with the Commission regarding the purchase and sale of 900,000 shares of the Company’s common stock issued to FB Loan in
connection with the Note Purchase Agreement (the “Shares”) and any shares of capital stock issuable upon exercise
of the FB Loan Warrant (the “Warrant Shares)”); and (ii) the Company shall have filed an application to list the Company’s
Common Stock for trading on the NASDAQ exchange, on or before the date that is thirty (30) days following the closing date of
the Note Purchase Agreement.
The
Company entered into various amendments to the Note Purchase Agreement to waive or modify certain covenants. On July 3, 2020,
the Company repaid $10.1 million related to the Note Purchase Agreement.
Paycheck
Protection Program Loan
On
April 21, 2020, the Company entered into a Promissory Note (the “PPP Note”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the
lender (the “Lender”), pursuant to which the Lender agreed to make a loan to the Company under the Paycheck Protection
Program (the “PPP Loan”) offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (the “SBA”) in a principal
amount of $4.7 million pursuant to Title 1 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”).
The
PPP Loan proceeds are available to be used to pay for payroll costs, including salaries, commissions, and similar compensation,
group health care benefits, and paid leaves; rent; utilities; and interest on certain other outstanding debt. The loan is subject
to forgiveness to the extent proceeds are used for payroll costs, including payments required to continue group health care benefits,
and certain rent, utility, and mortgage interest expenses (collectively, “Qualifying Expenses”), pursuant to the terms
and limitations of the PPP. The Company used the loan amount for Qualifying Expenses.
The
interest rate on the PPP Note is a fixed rate of 1% per annum. To the extent that the amounts owed under the PPP Loan, or a portion
of them, are not forgiven, the Company will be required to make principal and interest payments in monthly installments beginning
seven months from April 2020. The PPP Note matures in two years.
The
PPP Note includes events of default. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the Lender will have the right to exercise remedies
against the Company, including the right to require immediate payment of all amounts due under the PPP Note.
The
Company repaid in full the PPP Note in February 2021. Consequently, as of December 31, 2020, the Company recorded the principal
balance of $4.7 million as long-term borrowings– current portion on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Revenue
Participation Agreement
On
May 15, 2020, the Company entered into a revenue participation agreement with Fundigo, LLC for $10.0 million (the “Purchase Price”).
The Company received net proceeds of $9.5 million, net of an original issue discount of $0.5 million, in exchange for participation in
all of the Company’s future accounts, contract rights, and other obligations arising from or relating to the payment of monies
from the Company’s customers and/or third-party payors (the “Revenues”), until an amount equal to 145% of the
Purchase Price, or $14.5 million (the “Revenue Purchased Amount”) has been paid. The repayment amount is reduced under
the following circumstances.
(i)
If the Company pays $12.0 million of the Revenue Purchased Amount to Fundigo LLC before June 15, 2020, such payments shall constitute
payment in full of the Revenue Purchased Amounts and no additional debits will be made.
(ii)
If the Company pays $13.0 million of the Revenue Purchased Amount to Fundigo LLC before July 4, 2020, such payments shall constitute
payment in full of the Revenue Purchased Amounts and no additional debits will be made.
The
Company accounted for this agreement as a loan and as of December 31, 2020 the loan was repaid in full. Interest expense incurred
on the loan was $3.1 million for the year ending December 31, 2020.
Century
Venture
On
May 15, 2020, the Company entered into a loan agreement (the “Loan”) with Century Venture, SA, receiving proceeds
of $1.6 million to use for working capital and general corporate purposes. The Loan will bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum,
payable in arrears on the 15th day of each month. In the event the Company fails to make a payment within ten (10) days after
the due date, the Company shall pay interest on any overdue payment at the highest rate allowed by applicable law.
All
remaining unpaid principal together with interest accrued and unpaid shall be due and payable upon the earlier of (a) completion
of any debt or equity financing of the Company, which results in proceeds of at least $50 million, or (b) May 14, 2021.
On
September 30, 2020, following negotiations with Century Venture, SA, the Company agreed to repay the Loan in full (inclusive of
any interest, fees and penalties) owed under the Credit Agreement. The Company paid $1.6 million on October 2, 2020, the Credit
Agreement and related Loan were automatically terminated.
Credit
Agreement
On
July 16, 2020, the Company entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Access Road Credit Agreement”) with Access Road Capital
LLC (the “Lender”). Pursuant to the terms of the Access Road Credit Agreement, the Lender extended a term loan (the
“Loan”) to us with a principal amount of $10.0 million. The Loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 13.0% per annum
and matures on July 16, 2023. The Company repaid the loan in full on October 2, 2020.
Notes
Payable - Related Parties
On
August 8, 2018, the Company assumed a $172,000 note payable due to a relative of the then-Chief Executive Officer, John Textor.
The note had a three-month roll-over provision, and different maturity and repayment amounts if not fully paid by its due date.
The note bears interest at 18% per annum. The Company had accrued default interest for the additional liability in excess of the
principal amount. Accrued interest and penalties as of December 31, 2019 was approximately $0.3 million and was recognized as
note payable – related parties on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. On August 3, 2020, the note maturity date
was extended to December 31, 2020. On September 13, 2020, the note was amended to reduce the interest rate to 4% per annum retroactive
to issuance date of the note. As of December 31, 2020, the principal balance and accrued interest totaled approximately
$35,000.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note
13 - Fair Value Measurements
The
Company holds investments in equity securities and limited partnership interests, which are accounted for at fair value and classified
within financial assets at fair value on the condensed consolidated balance sheet, with changes in fair value recognized as investment
gain / loss in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company also held an investment in Nexway common stock
that was publicly traded on the Frankfurt Exchange. Additionally, the Company’s convertible notes, derivatives and warrants
were classified as liabilities and measured at fair value on the issuance date, with changes in fair value recognized as other
income (expense) in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The
following table classifies the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis into the fair
value hierarchy as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):
Fair valued measured at December 31, 2020
Quoted prices
in active markets
(Level 1)
Significant other
observable
inputs (Level 2)
Significant
unobservable inputs (Level 3)
Total
Financial liabilities at fair value:
Warrant liabilities
$ -
$ -
$ 22,686
$ 22,686
Total financial liabilities at fair value
$ -
$ -
$ 22,686
$ 22,686
Fair valued measured at December 31, 2019
Quoted prices
in active
markets (Level 1)
Significant other
observable
inputs (Level 2)
Significant
unobservable inputs (Level 3)
Total
Financial assets at fair value
Financial assets at fair value
$ -
$ -
$ 1,965
$ 1,965
Total Financial Assets at Fair Value
$ -
$ -
$ 1,965
$ 1,965
Financial liabilities at fair value:
Derivative liability - convertible notes
$ -
$ -
$ 1,203
$ 1,203
Profits interest sold
-
-
1,971
1,971
Embedded put option
-
-
376
376
Warrant liability - Subsidiary
-
-
24
24
Total financial liabilities at fair value
$ -
$ -
$ 3,574
$ 3,574
Derivative
Financial Instruments
The
following table presents changes in Level 3 liabilities measured at fair value (in thousands) for the year ended December 31,
2020 and 2019. Unobservable inputs were used to determine the fair value of positions that the Company has classified within the
Level 3 category.
Derivative - Convertible Notes
Profits Interests Sold
Embedded Put Option
Warrant liabilities
Fair value at December 31, 2018
$ 1,018
$ -
$ -
$ 4,528
Change in fair value
(678 )
198
(137 )
(4,504 )
Additions
863
1,773
589
-
Redemption
-
-
(76 )
-
Fair value at December 31, 2019
1,203
1,971
376
24
Change in fair value
(206 )
(1,971 )
(220 )
83,338
Additions
3,583
-
172
50,743
Redemption
(4,580 )
-
(328 )
(97,884 )
Reclassification of warrant liabilities
-
-
-
(13,535 )
Fair value at December 31, 2020
$ -
$ -
$ -
$ 22,686
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Warrant
Liabilities
FB
Loan Warrant
In
connection with its Note Purchase Agreement (see Note 12), the Company issued the FB Loan Warrant and the warrant liability was
recorded at the date of grant at fair value. Subsequent changes in fair value during the year ended December 31, 2020 was recorded
as a change in fair value of warrants in other income (expense) in the consolidated statement of operations. As of December 31,
2020, the FB Loan Warrant was fully exercised.
Purchase
Agreements with Investors
Between
May 11, 2020 and June 8, 2020, the Company entered into Purchase Agreements with certain investors (the “Investors”),
pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of 3,735,922 shares (the “Purchased Shares”) of the Company’s
common stock and issued 3,735,922 warrants to the Investors. These warrants were initially reported as warrant liabilities due
to the Company’s sequencing policy disclosed in Note 3. On September 25, 2020, the Company repaid all of its variable convertible
notes. As a result of this repayment, the Company was no longer subject to a sequencing policy and therefore reclassified $13.5
million of warrant liabilities to additional paid in capital as of that date.
Between
August 20, 2020 and September 29, 2020, the Company entered into Purchase Agreements, with certain investors (the “Investors”),
pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of 1,843,726 shares (the “Purchased Shares”) of the Company’s
common stock and issued 1,843,726 warrants to the Investors. The aggregate warrant liabilities were recorded at the date of grant
at fair value of $5.5 million. Subsequent changes in fair value for the year ended December 31, 2020 were recorded as change in
fair value of warrant liabilities in the consolidated statement of operations. The Company used a Black-Scholes model to estimate
the fair value of the warrant liability at December 31, 2020 using the following inputs:
December 31, 2020
Fair value of underlying common shares
$ 28.00
Exercise price
$ 9.25
Expected dividend yield
— %
Expected volatility
73.9%
- 75.1 %
Weighted average expected volatility
74.35 %
Risk free interest rate
0.1% - 0.11 %
Weighted average risk free interest rate
10.57 %
Expected term (years)
1.14 - 1.24
Weighted average expected term (years)
1.19
ARETE
Wealth Management
On
May 25, 2020, the Company issued to ARETE Wealth Management a warrant to purchase 275,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock for investment services. The warrant liability was recorded at the date of grant at fair value. Subsequent changes in fair
value for the year ended December 31, 2020 were recorded as change in fair value of warrant liabilities in the consolidated statement
of operations. As of December 31, 2020, these warrants were fully exercised.
Auctus
Warrant
On
April 1, 2020, the Company issued 142,118 common stock warrants in connection with a $1.1 million convertible note. The warrant
was recorded as a warrant liability utilizing the Black-Scholes pricing model. The warrant liability was recorded at the date
of grant at fair value. Subsequent changes in fair value for the year ended December 31, 2020 were recorded as change in fair
value of warrant liability in the consolidated statement of operations. On September 29, 2020, the Company entered into an amendment
related to the common stock warrants and issued an additional 217,357 warrants. As of December 31, 2020, these warrants were fully
exercised.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Subsidiary
Warrant Liability
The
Company assumed liability for a warrant issued by PEC that expires on January 28, 2023. The fair value of the warrant liability,
totaled $25,000 on December 31, 2020 and $24,000 on December 31, 2019, resulting in a change in fair value of $1,000 that is reported
as a component of other income/(expense) in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Note
14 - Convertible Notes Payable
During
the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company repaid all of its convertible notes. As of December 31, 2019, the carrying amounts
of the convertible notes including the remaining principal balance plus the fair value of the derivative liabilities associated
with the variable share settlement feature and unamortized discounts is as follows (in thousands):
Issuance
Date
Stated
Interest
Rate
Maturity
Date
Principal
Unamortized
Discount
Variable
Share
Settlement
Feature at
Fair Value
Carrying
amount
Convertible notes
Adar Bays - Alef (4)
11/28/2018
10 %
11/28/2019
275
(159 )
379
495
JSJ Investments (7)
12/6/2019
10 %
12/6/2020
255
(238 )
422
439
Eagle Equities (8)
12/12/2019
12 %
12/12/2020
210
(199 )
285
296
BHP Capital (9)
12/20/2019
10 %
12/20/2020
125
(114 )
117
128
Balance at December 31, 2019
$ 865
$ (710 )
$ 1,203
$ 1,358
Note
15 – Temporary Equity
As
of December 31, 2019, the Company had 462,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding. The Series D Preferred stock was
classified as temporary equity because it had redemption features that were outside the control of the Company. As of December
31, 2020, all of the shares of Series D Preferred Stock have been redeemed by the Company and there will be no future issuances.
Note
16- Stockholders’ Equity/ (Deficit)
Authorized
Share Capital
The
Company amended its articles of incorporation on January 9, 2019 to increase the authorized share capital to 400 million shares
of common stock.
Series
X Convertible Preferred Shares
The
Company had no shares, par value $0.0001, of Series X Convertible Preferred Shares, issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020
and 2019. Series X Convertible Preferred shares have the rights to receive dividends or any distributions on a “as-converted
basis” and also each Series X Convertible Preferred stockholder held the right to 1 vote relative to each stockholder of
common stock, on a “as-converted basis”. Each Series X Convertible Preferred share is convertible into 15 shares of
common stock.
On
February 28, 2019, the 1,000,000 Series X Preferred Shares automatically converted into 15,000,000 shares of common stock.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Preferred
Stock Designations
On
March 20, 2020, FaceBank Pre-Merger amended its Articles of Incorporation to withdraw, cancel and terminate the previously-filed
(i) Certificate of Designation of with respect to 5,000,000 shares of its Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share,
(ii) Certificate of Designation with respect to 1,000,000 shares of its Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share,
(iii) Certificate of Designation with respect to 41,000,000 shares of its Series C Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
and (iv) Certificate of Designation with respect to 1,000,000 shares of its Series X Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
Upon the withdrawal, cancelation and termination of such designations, all shares previously designated as Series A Preferred
Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock and Series X Preferred Stock were returned to the status of authorized
but undesignated shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
On
March 20, 2020, in connection with the Merger, FaceBank Pre-Merger filed an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation to designate
35,800,000 of its authorized preferred stock as “Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock” pursuant to a Certificate
of Designation of Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series AA Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation”).
The Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series AA Preferred Stock”) has no liquidation preference. The Series
AA Preferred Stock is entitled to receive dividends and other distributions as and when paid on the Common Stock on an as converted
basis. Each share of Series AA Preferred Stock is initially convertible into two shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment
as provided in the Series AA Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation and shall only be convertible immediately following the
sale of such shares on an arms’-length basis either pursuant to an exemption from registration under Rule 144 promulgated
under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. Each share of Series AA
Preferred Stock shall have 0.8 votes per share (the “Voting Rate”) on any matter submitted to the holders of the Common
Stock for a vote and shall vote together with the Common Stock on such matters for as long as the Series AA Preferred Stock is
outstanding. The Voting Rate shall be subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits, stock combinations, recapitalizations
reclassifications, extraordinary distributions and similar events.
Common
Stock Activity
Issuance
of Common Stock for Cash
Year
ended December 31, 2020
The
Company raised approximately $2.3 million through issuances of an aggregate of 795,593 shares of its common stock in private placement
transactions during the three months ended March 31, 2020 with investors.
On
July 2, 2020, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement with Credit Suisse Capital LLC, pursuant to which the Company sold
2,162,163 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $9.25 per share for an aggregate purchase price of
$20.0 million.
In
October 2020, the Company sold 19,706,708 shares of its common stock in a public offering at $10.00 per share generating approximately
$181.0 million in proceeds, net of offering costs.
Year
ended December 31, 2019
In
March 2019, the Company raised $1.1 million in a private placement transaction by issuing 93,910 shares of its common stock for
$11.28 per share to a Hong Kong-based family office group. The Company contemporaneously issued warrants to purchase an additional
200,000 shares of common stock to the investor in this transaction. The warrants feature an exercise price of $11.31 per share
and may be exercised at any time prior to March 31, 2020. The warrants were determined to be equity instruments and are therefore
classified within stockholders’ equity in accordance with ASC 815.
The
Company raised an additional $2.5 million through issuances of an aggregate of 1,028,497 shares of its common stock in private
placement transactions during the year ended December 31, 2019 to several other investors.
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fuboTV
Inc.
(formerly
known as FaceBank Group, Inc.)
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
Issuance
of Common Stock and Warrants for Cash
Between
May 11, 2020 and June 8, 2020, the Company entered into Purchase Agreements, pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of
3,735,922 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $7.00 per share and issued warrants to the Investors
covering a total of 3,735,922 shares of the Company’s common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $26.1 million.
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