−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
−Removed: Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB No.
−Removed: Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 F-4
−Removed: Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 F-5
−Removed: Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 F-6
−Removed: Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 F-7
−Removed: Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-8
+Added: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
Report of Independent Registered
+Added: Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB No.
+Added: Consolidated Balance Sheets
+Added: as of December 31, 2023 and 2022
+Added: Consolidated Statements of
+Added: Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
+Added: Consolidated Statements of
+Added: Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
+Added: Consolidated Statements of
+Added: Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
+Added: Notes to Consolidated Financial
+Added: REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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Opinion on the Financial Statements
−Removed: We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Paltalk,
−Removed: and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related consolidated statements of operations,
−Removed: changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2022, and the related
−Removed: notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”).
−Removed: In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in
−Removed: all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its
−Removed: cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
−Removed: in the United States of America.
+Added: We have audited the accompanying consolidated
+Added: balance sheets of Paltalk, Inc.
+Added: and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related consolidated
+Added: statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December
+Added: 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”).
+Added: In our opinion, the financial statements
+Added: present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the results of
+Added: its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles
+Added: generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
−Removed: These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s
−Removed: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits.
−Removed: We are a public accounting
−Removed: firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent
−Removed: with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
−Removed: federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities
−Removed: and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
−Removed: We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
−Removed: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are
−Removed: free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
−Removed: The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an
−Removed: audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control
−Removed: over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over
−Removed: financial reporting.
+Added: These financial statements are the responsibility
+Added: of the Company’s management.
+Added: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our
+Added: We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”)
+Added: and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
+Added: federal securities laws and the applicable
+Added: rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
+Added: We conducted our audits in accordance with the
+Added: standards of the PCAOB.
+Added: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
+Added: financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
+Added: The Company is not required to have, nor were
+Added: we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: As part of our audits we are required to obtain an
+Added: understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the
+Added: Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
−Removed: Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material
−Removed: misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.
−Removed: Such procedures
−Removed: included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
−Removed: Our audits also included
−Removed: evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation
−Removed: of the financial statements.
+Added: Our audits included performing procedures to
+Added: assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that
+Added: respond to those risks.
+Added: Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial
+Added: Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well
+Added: as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
−Removed: Critical Audit Matter
−Removed: The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from
+Added: Critical Audit Matters
+Added: Critical audit matters are matters arising from
the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and
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subjective, or complex judgments.
−Removed: The communication of the critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial
−Removed: statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing separate opinions on the critical
−Removed: audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
−Removed: Valuation of the ManyCam Asset Acquisition
−Removed: As described in Note 1 and Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements,
−Removed: the Company acquired certain intangible assets (the “ManyCam Asset Acquisition”) during the year ended December 31, 2022
−Removed: for $2.7 million.
−Removed: This transaction included internally developed software, intellectual property (trade names, trademarks and URLs) and
−Removed: customer relationships of $1.5 million, $0.3 million and $0.9 million, respectively.
−Removed: We identified the valuation of the ManyCam Asset Acquisition as a critical
−Removed: audit matter.
−Removed: Auditing the Company’s accounting for these acquired intangible assets was complex due to the significant estimation required
−Removed: in managements determination of the fair value of intangible assets.
−Removed: The significant estimation was primarily due to the sensitivity of
−Removed: the respective fair values to the underlying assumptions, including discount rates, weighted average cost of capital and projected revenue
−Removed: growth rates.
−Removed: The primary procedures we performed to address
−Removed: this critical audit matter included the following:
−Removed: ● Evaluated the Company’s use of valuation methodologies.
−Removed: ● Evaluated the prospective financial information and tested
−Removed: the completeness and accuracy of underlying data.
−Removed: ● With the assistance of our valuation specialists, tested the
−Removed: significant assumptions used to value the acquired intangible assets by comparing the significant assumptions to current industry, market
−Removed: and economic trends.
−Removed: ● Performed sensitivity analyses of the significant assumptions
−Removed: to evaluate the change in fair value resulting from changes in the assumptions.
+Added: We determined that there are no critical audit matters.
/s/ Marcum llp
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Cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $ 3,648 as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively
+Added: Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $ 23,326 and $ 3,648 as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively
+Added: Employee retention tax credit receivable, net
Prepaid expense and other current assets
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Operating lease right-of-use asset
−Removed: Property and equipment, net
Intangible assets, net
−Removed: Digital tokens
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
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( 1,199,337 )
+Added: ( 1,192,124 )
Additional paid-in capital
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( 13,817,233 )
−Removed: Total stockholders’ equity
−Removed: Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
+Added: Total stockholders’
+Added: Total liabilities and
+Added: stockholders’ equity
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
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Advertising revenue
−Removed: Technology service revenue
Total revenue
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Total costs and expenses
−Removed: (Loss) Income from operations
+Added: Loss from operations
( 2,070,243 )
+Added: ( 3,658,810 )
Interest income, net
−Removed: Gain on extinguishment of term debt
−Removed: Realized gain from the sale of digital tokens
−Removed: (Loss) Income from operations before income tax benefit (expense)
+Added: Other income, net
+Added: Loss from operations before income tax benefit
( 1,087,587 )
−Removed: Income tax benefit (expense)
−Removed: Net (loss) income
( 3,583,915 )
−Removed: Net (loss) income per share of common stock:
−Removed: Weighted average number of shares of common stock used in calculating net (loss) income per share of common stock:
+Added: Income tax benefit
+Added: $ ( 1,067,335 )
+Added: ( 3,412,250 )
+Added: Net loss per share of common stock:
+Added: Weighted average number of shares of common stock used in calculating
+Added: net loss per share of common stock:
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’
+Added: FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023 AND 2022
Stockholders’
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$ ( 194,200 )
+Added: $ ( 10,404,983 )
Stock-based compensation expense
−Removed: Issuance of common stock
−Removed: Issuance of common stock pursuant to cashless option exercises
−Removed: Treasury stock received from cashless option exercises
−Removed: Issuance of common stock pursuant to option exercise
+Added: Repurchases of common stock
+Added: ( 3,412,250 )
+Added: ( 3,412,250 )
Balance at December 31, 2022
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Cash flows from operating activities:
−Removed: Net (loss) income
$ ( 1,067,335 )
−Removed: Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income from operations to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
+Added: $ ( 3,412,250 )
+Added: Adjustments to reconcile net loss from operations to net cash
+Added: used in operating activities:
Depreciation of property and equipment
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Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets
−Removed: Gain on extinguishment of digital token liability
Impairment loss on digital tokens
−Removed: Realized (gain) loss from the sale of digital tokens
−Removed: Deferred tax benefit
−Removed: Gain on extinguishment of term debt
+Added: Income tax benefit
+Added: Deferred tax liability
Stock-based compensation
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
−Removed: Digital tokens
Accounts receivable, net
−Removed: Digital tokens receivable
Operating lease liability
−Removed: Digital tokens payable
+Added: Employee retention tax credit receivable, net
Prepaid expense and other current assets
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Deferred subscription revenue
−Removed: Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities
( 1,079,671 )
+Added: ( 2,956,724 )
Cash flows from investing activities:
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Acquisition related costs of ManyCam assets
−Removed: Proceeds from the sale of digital tokens
−Removed: Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
+Added: Payment of contingent consideration
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities
( 2,942,279 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
−Removed: Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs
−Removed: Proceeds from issuance of common stock pursuant to option exercise
Purchase of treasury stock
−Removed: Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
−Removed: Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Net cash used in financing activities
+Added: Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
( 1,171,884 )
+Added: ( 6,896,927 )
Balance of cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
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Non-cash investing and financing activities:
−Removed: Deferred tax liability associated with the acquisition of ManyCam assets
+Added: Deferred tax liability associated with the acquisition of ManyCam
Accrued contingent consideration
−Removed: Modification of operating lease right-of-use asset and liability
−Removed: Issuance of common stock pursuant to cashless option exercises
−Removed: Treasury stock received from cashless option exercises
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
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PALTALK, INC.
−Removed: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Organization and Description
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: and Description of Business
The accompanying consolidated financial statements
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Inc., Camshare, Inc., Fire Talk LLC, Vumber LLC and ManyCam ULC (collectively, the “Company”).
−Removed: The Company’s product portfolio includes
−Removed: Paltalk, Camfrog and Tinychat, which together host a large collection of video-based communities.
−Removed: The Company’s other products
−Removed: are ManyCam and Vumber.
−Removed: ManyCam is a live streaming software and virtual camera that allows users to deliver professional live videos
−Removed: on streaming platforms, video conferencing apps and distance learning tools.
−Removed: Vumber is a telecommunications services provider that enables
−Removed: users to communicate privately by having multiple phone numbers with any area code through which calls can be forwarded to a user’s
−Removed: existing telephone number.
−Removed: The Company has an over 20-year history of technology innovation and hold 10 patents.
−Removed: ManyCam Asset Acquisition
−Removed: On June 9, 2022 (the “Effective Date”),
−Removed: the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Company,
−Removed: ManyCam ULC, an unlimited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta and a wholly owned subsidiary of the
−Removed: Company (the “Purchaser”), Visicom Media Inc., a Canadian corporation (“Visicom”), and 2434936 Alberta ULC, an
−Removed: unlimited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta (“Target NewCo”), pursuant to which the
−Removed: Purchaser purchased, effective as of the Effective Date, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Target NewCo (the “ManyCam
−Removed: Acquisition”).
−Removed: Prior to the ManyCam Acquisition, Target NewCo held all assets related to, or used by Visicom in connection with,
−Removed: the business of developing and distributing virtual webcam driver software, including virtual backgrounds and/or “masks”
−Removed: or other camera effects (other than the Excluded Contracts (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement)), whether tangible or intangible,
−Removed: including, but not limited to, Target NewCo’s ManyCam software (“ManyCam”) and related source code, customer lists,
−Removed: customer relationships and all associated customer information, contracts with contractors and suppliers, brand names, trade secrets,
−Removed: trademarks, trade names, designs, copyrights, websites, all URLs, goodwill and intellectual property associated with each of the foregoing
−Removed: (collectively, the “Conveyed Assets”).
−Removed: The Company concluded that the Conveyed Assets were not considered a business for
−Removed: purposes of Regulation S-X and Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, Business Combinations.
−Removed: On June 30, 2022, we entered into a License Agreement
−Removed: with Visicom (the “License Agreement”), pursuant to which we agreed to distribute, at the discretion and direction of Visicom,
−Removed: a specified number of ManyCam software updates to certain license holders to whom Visicom has previously granted a “lifetime”
−Removed: license to ManyCam software.
−Removed: As consideration for distributing the software updates, Visicom paid us an initial upfront nonrefundable
−Removed: payment of $ 65,000 .
−Removed: The License Agreement provides that Visicom may purchase additional licenses at prices specified therein.
−Removed: providing a one-time, limited license to Visicom for the distribution of ManyCam software updates pursuant to the terms of the License
−Removed: Agreement, we do not have any obligation to provide support or service to the licensee end users.
−Removed: For more information regarding the ManyCam Acquisition,
−Removed: Macro-Economic Factors and Update on COVID-19
+Added: The Company is a communications software innovator
+Added: that powers multimedia social applications.
+Added: The Company’s product portfolio includes Paltalk, Camfrog and Tinychat, which together
+Added: host a large collection of video-based communities.
+Added: The Company’s other products are ManyCam and Vumber.
+Added: ManyCam is a live streaming
+Added: software and virtual camera that allows users to deliver professional live videos on streaming platforms, video conferencing apps and
+Added: distance learning tools.
+Added: Vumber is a telecommunications services provider that enables users to communicate privately by having multiple
+Added: phone numbers with any area code through which calls can be forwarded to a user’s existing telephone number.
+Added: The Company has an
+Added: over 20-year history of technology innovation and holds 8 patents.
+Added: Impact of Macro-Economic Factors
The Company’s results of operations have
−Removed: been and may continue to be negatively impacted by the uncertainty regarding COVID-19 and macro-economic factors, including the timing
−Removed: of economic recessions and/or recovery and the overall inflationary environment.
−Removed: Prolonged periods of inflation may affect the Company’s
−Removed: ability to target new customers as well as keep existing customers engaged and may ultimately have a correlating effect on the Company’s
−Removed: users’ discretionary spending.
−Removed: Furthermore, the recent strength of the US dollar compared to foreign currencies could have a negative
−Removed: effect on the Company’s non-US customer base, as the Company’s subscription prices are based in US dollars.
−Removed: Our user growth
−Removed: may continue to slow or decline as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to taper, particularly in light of a potential economic
−Removed: Furthermore, the recent strength of the US dollar compared to foreign currencies could have a negative effect on our non-US
−Removed: customer base, as our subscription prices are based in US dollars.
−Removed: PALTALK, INC.
−Removed: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Summary of Significant
−Removed: Accounting Policies
+Added: been and may continue to be negatively impacted by macro-economic factors, including the timing of economic recessions and/or recovery
+Added: and the overall inflationary environment.
+Added: Prolonged periods of inflation have affected, and may continue to affect, the Company’s
+Added: ability to target new customers as well as keep existing customers engaged and may ultimately have a correlating effect on its users’
+Added: discretionary spending.
+Added: Additionally, the closures of certain banks in 2023 and their placement into receivership with the Federal Deposit
+Added: Insurance Corporation created bank-specific and broader financial institution liquidity challenges and concerns.
+Added: Future adverse developments
+Added: with respect to specific financial institutions or the broader financial services industry may create additional market and economic
+Added: uncertainty, which could affect the Company’s industry.
+Added: Employee Retention
+Added: Under the provisions
+Added: of the extension of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), the Company was eligible for
+Added: a refundable employee retention tax credit (the “ERTC”) subject to certain criteria.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2023,
+Added: the Company applied for the ERTC and recorded a receivable in the amount of $ 343,045 , net of related costs, which was recognized in the
+Added: Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations as other income.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, the Company received an aggregate
+Added: of $ 294,833 , which was recorded as a reduction of the receivable on our condensed consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: of Significant Accounting Policies
Principles of Consolidation
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All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation.
+Added: Recent Accounting Standards
+Added: In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards
+Added: Board issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-09, “ Income Taxes (Topic 740):
+Added: Improvements to Income Tax
+Added: Disclosures ”.
+Added: ASU 2023-09 is intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures for publicly
+Added: traded companies.
+Added: The amendments in ASU 2023-09 address investor requests for enhanced income tax information primarily through changes
+Added: to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information.
+Added: ASU 2023-09 will be effective for the Company in the annual period beginning
+Added: January 1, 2025, though early adoption is permitted.
+Added: The Company is currently in the process of determining the impact of adoption of
+Added: the provisions of ASU 2023-09 on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards
+Added: Board issued ASU No.
+Added: 2016-13 “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326)” and also issued subsequent amendments to
+Added: the initial guidance under ASU 2018-19, ASU 2019-04 and ASU 2019-05 (collectively, “Topic 326”).
+Added: Topic 326 requires the measurement
+Added: and recognition of expected credit losses for financial assets held at amortized cost.
+Added: This replaces the existing incurred loss model
+Added: with an expected loss model and requires the use of forward-looking information to calculate credit loss estimates.
+Added: The Company adopted
+Added: ASU 2016-13 on January 1, 2023.
+Added: The adoption of ASU 2016-13 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position,
+Added: results of operations or cash flows.
+Added: PALTALK, INC.
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Use of Estimates
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be material to the financial statements.
−Removed: The most significant accounting estimate inherent in the preparation of our financial statements
−Removed: include the discount rates and weighted average costs of capital used in the fair value of the ManyCam Assets and in assigning
−Removed: their respective useful lives.
−Removed: These fair values and estimates were based on a number of factors, including a valuation by an independent
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2023, there
+Added: were no critical accounting estimates made by management that would have a material effect on the financial statements.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2022, the
+Added: most significant accounting estimate inherent in the preparation of the financial statements included the discount rates and weighted
+Added: average costs of capital used in the fair value of the ManyCam intangible assets and in assigning their respective useful lives.
+Added: fair values and estimates were based on a number of factors, including a valuation from an independent third party.
Revenue Recognition
−Removed: In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification
+Added: In accordance with Accounting Standards and Codifications
(“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers , revenue from contracts with customers is recognized when control
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at December 31, 2023 was $ 2,043,362 .
−Removed: $ 2,257,452 .
In addition, the Company offers virtual gifts
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PALTALK, INC.
−Removed: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Advertising Revenue
−Removed: The Company generates advertising revenue from
−Removed: the display of advertisements on its products through contractual agreements with third parties that are based on the number of advertising
−Removed: impressions delivered.
−Removed: Measurements of impressions include when a customer clicks an advertisement (CPC basis), views an advertisement
−Removed: impression (CPM basis), or registers for an external website via an advertisement by clicking on or through the application (CPA basis).
−Removed: Advertising revenue is dependent upon traffic as well as the advertising inventory placed on the Company’s products.
−Removed: Technology Service Revenue
−Removed: Technology service revenue was historically generated
−Removed: under service and partnership agreements that the Company negotiated with third parties which included development, integration, engineering,
−Removed: licensing or other services that the Company provided.
−Removed: During 2021, the Company recorded technology
−Removed: service revenue in connection with its agreement to serve as a launch partner with Open Props, Inc.
−Removed: (formerly YouNow, Inc., and referred
−Removed: to herein as “YouNow”) and to integrate YouNow’s props infrastructure (the “Props platform”) into the Company’s
−Removed: Camfrog and Paltalk applications (as amended, the “YouNow Agreement”).
−Removed: In August 2021, the Company received notice from
−Removed: YouNow that it was terminating the YouNow Agreement, and that it would no longer support the Props platform past the end of calendar
−Removed: The Company did not generate any technology service
−Removed: revenue during the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Net (Loss) Income Per Share
−Removed: Basic earnings and net (loss) income per share
−Removed: are computed by dividing the net income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding
−Removed: during the period as defined by ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share .
−Removed: Diluted earnings per share is computed using the weighted average
−Removed: number of common shares and, if dilutive, potential common shares outstanding during the period.
−Removed: Potential common shares consist of the
−Removed: incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options (using the treasury stock method).
−Removed: To the extent stock options
−Removed: are antidilutive, they are excluded from the calculation of diluted income per share.
+Added: Basic earnings and net (loss) income per share are computed by dividing
+Added: the net (loss) income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period as
+Added: defined by ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share .
+Added: Diluted earnings per share is computed using the weighted average number of common
+Added: shares and, if dilutive, potential common shares outstanding during the period.
+Added: Potential common shares consist of the incremental common
+Added: shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options (using the treasury stock method).
+Added: To the extent stock options are antidilutive, they
+Added: are excluded from the calculation of diluted income per share.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
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The Company tests the recorded amount of goodwill
−Removed: for impairment on an annual basis on December 31 of each fiscal year or more frequently if there are indicators that the carrying amount
−Removed: of the goodwill exceeds its carried value.
+Added: for impairment on an annual basis on December 31 of each fiscal year or more frequently if there are indicators that the fair value of
+Added: the goodwill exceeds its carrying amount.
The Company has one reporting unit.
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that no impairment existed as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.
−Removed: PALTALK, INC.
−Removed: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company accounts for income taxes under the
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accordance with ASC No.
−Removed: 740, Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASC 740”) on the basis of a two-step process in which (1) the
−Removed: Company determines whether it is more likely than not that the tax positions will be sustained on the basis of the technical merits of
−Removed: the position and (2) for those tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, the Company recognizes the largest
−Removed: amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement with the related tax authority.
+Added: 740, Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASC 740”) on the basis of a two-step process in which (1)
+Added: the Company determines whether it is more likely than not that the tax positions will be sustained on the basis of the technical merits
+Added: of the position and (2) for those tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, the Company recognizes the
+Added: largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement with the related tax authority.
The Company recognizes interest and penalties
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and penalties would be included on the related tax liability line in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
−Removed: The Company’s
−Removed: policy for global intangible low taxed income is to treat as a period cost when incurred.
+Added: The Company’s policy for global intangible
+Added: low-taxed income is to treat, as a period cost, when incurred.
+Added: Reduction Act of 2022
+Added: On August 16,
+Added: 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law.
+Added: The IR Act provides for, among other
+Added: things, a new U.S.
+Added: federal 1 % excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S.
+Added: domestic corporations and certain U.S.
+Added: domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023.
+Added: The excise tax is imposed on
+Added: the repurchasing corporation itself, not its shareholders from which shares are repurchased.
+Added: The amount of the excise tax is generally
+Added: 1 % of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase.
+Added: However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax,
+Added: repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock
+Added: repurchases during the same taxable year.
+Added: In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax.
+Added: Department of the Treasury
+Added: has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax.
+Added: The IR Act was not applicable to the Company in the current year given that repurchases of
+Added: stock were below the threshold required to be subject to taxation.
+Added: PALTALK, INC.
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Intangible Assets
−Removed: The Company acquired amortizable intangible assets
−Removed: as part of a purchase agreement consisting of internally developed software, intellectual property (trade names, trademarks and URLs)
−Removed: and subscriber relationships/ customer lists.
−Removed: The Company’s intangible assets represent definite lived intangible assets, which
−Removed: are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives as follows:
+Added: The Company’s acquired amortizable intangible
+Added: assets primarily consist of the ManyCam assets acquired in June 2022, which consist of internally developed software, intellectual property
+Added: (trade names, trademarks and URLs) and subscriber relationships/ customer lists.
+Added: The Company’s intangible assets represent
+Added: definite lived intangible assets, which are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives as follows:
Trade names, trademarks, product names, URLs
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presented in these consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: PALTALK, INC.
−Removed: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Intangible Assets, Net
Intangible assets, net consisted of the following for the periods
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$ ( 5,278,721 )
−Removed: expense for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 was $ 601,264 and $ 184,667 , respectively.
−Removed: The aggregate amortization expense for
−Removed: each of the next five years and thereafter is estimated to be $ 822,333 in 2023,
−Removed: $ 821,687 in 2024, $ 568,529 in 2025, $ 382,133 in 2026, $ 382,133 in 2027, and $ 549,996 thereafter.
−Removed: Digital Tokens
−Removed: Digital tokens, consist of Props tokens received
−Removed: in connection with the YouNow Agreement.
−Removed: Given that there is limited precedent regarding the classification and measurement of cryptocurrencies
−Removed: and other digital tokens under current GAAP, the Company has determined to account for these tokens as indefinite-lived intangible assets
−Removed: in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other until further guidance is issued by the FASB.
−Removed: During the years ended December 31, 2022 and
−Removed: 2021, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge in the amount of $ 7,262 and $ 765,232 , respectively, which is reported in the
−Removed: accompanying consolidated statements of operations as a result of recent declines in the quoted market prices of certain digital tokens
−Removed: below the market price of their acquisition.
−Removed: During year the ended December 31, 2021, the
−Removed: Company sold approximately 36.9 million Props tokens for proceeds $ 0.9 million.
−Removed: The realized gain of the sale of digital tokens was $ 307,934 for the year ended December 31, 2021 and is included in the consolidated statements of operations.
−Removed: The Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”)
−Removed: and Chips and Science Act (“CHIPS Act”) were both enacted in August 2022.
−Removed: The IRA introduced new provisions including a 15 %
−Removed: corporate alternative minimum tax for certain large corporations that have at least an average of $ 1 billion adjusted financial statement
−Removed: income over a consecutive three-tax-year period and a 1 % excise tax surcharge on stock repurchases.
−Removed: The CHIPS Act provides a variety
−Removed: of incentives associated with investments in domestic semiconductor manufacturing and related activities.
−Removed: Both the IRA and CHIPS Act
−Removed: are applicable for tax years beginning after December 31, 2022 and had no impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act
−Removed: of 2021 (“American Rescue Plan”) was signed into law to provide additional relief in connection with the ongoing COVID-19
−Removed: The American Rescue Plan includes, among other things, provisions relating to PPP loan expansion, defined pension contributions,
−Removed: excessive employee remuneration, and the repeal of the election to allocate interest expense on a worldwide basis.
−Removed: Under ASC 740, the
−Removed: effects of new legislation are recognized upon enactment.
−Removed: The enactment of the American Rescue Plan did not impact the Company’s
−Removed: income tax provision.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2023, in connection
+Added: with the previously acquired ManyCam assets and pursuant to the securities purchase agreement related to such asset acquisition, the
+Added: Company made an earn-out payment of $ 85,000 because the sales of the ManyCam software, less chargebacks and refunds, in the six-month
+Added: period following the closing of the acquisition exceeded $ 600,000 but were less than $ 700,000 .
+Added: Amortization expense for the years ended December
+Added: 31, 2023 and 2022 was $ 822,334 and $ 601,264 , respectively.
+Added: The aggregate amortization expense for each of the next five years and thereafter
+Added: is estimated to be $ 821,687 in 2024, $ 568,529 in 2025, $ 382,133 in 2026, $ 382,133 in 2027, $ 382,133 in 2028, and $ 167,862 thereafter.
+Added: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and
+Added: Development (OECD) Pillar Two Model Rules are intended to apply for tax years beginning in 2024.
+Added: The Pillar Two Model Rules establishes
+Added: a global minimum tax of 15 % for multinational companies with consolidated revenue above € 750 million.
+Added: Many foreign jurisdictions
+Added: have adopted the Pillar Two Model Rules and other foreign jurisdictions are in the process of enacting legislation to adopt it.
+Added: does not expect to be impacted by the Pillar Two Model Rules as it will not meet the consolidated revenue threshold in the near term.
PALTALK, INC.
−Removed: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: The components of income (loss) before the provision
−Removed: (benefit) for income taxes are as follows:
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: The components of loss before income tax benefit
+Added: are as follows:
Domestic Operations
$ ( 498,673 )
+Added: $ ( 2,683,143 )
Foreign Operations
$ ( 1,087,587 )
−Removed: The Company’s provision for income taxes
+Added: $ ( 3,583,915 )
+Added: The Company’s benefit for income taxes
is comprised of the following:
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Total Deferred
−Removed: Total (Benefit) Provision
+Added: Total Benefit
$ ( 171,665 )
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from the U.S.
−Removed: federal statutory income tax rate of 21 % for 2022 and 2021 as follows:
−Removed: Income tax benefit (expense) at federal statutory rate
+Added: federal statutory income tax rate of 21 3 %
+Added: for 2023 and 2022 as follows:
+Added: Income tax benefit at federal statutory rate
Permanent Differences
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Share based compensation
−Removed: PPP Loan Forgiveness
Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential
Effective tax rate
+Added: PALTALK, INC.
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects
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$ ( 614,041 )
−Removed: PALTALK, INC.
−Removed: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: $ ( 716,903 )
In assessing the Company’s ability to recover
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As of December 31, 2023, the Company has U.S.
−Removed: federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $15.2 million, of which $12.5 million may be subject to an annual limitation
−Removed: under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.
−Removed: Of the $15.2 million, approximately, $14.0 million are available to offset 100% of future
−Removed: taxable income but expire in varying amounts between 2031 to 2037, if not utilized.
−Removed: The remaining $1.2 million is available to offset
−Removed: 80% of future taxable income but may be carried forward indefinitely.
−Removed: The Company also has foreign net operating loss carryforwards of
−Removed: approximately $0.5 million, which begin to expire in 2042.
+Added: federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $12.8 million, of which $10.4 million continue to be subject to a severe annual
+Added: limitation under Section 382.
+Added: Approximately $1.3 million of the $2.4 million not subject to limitation under Section 382 may be used
+Added: to offset 100% of future taxable income but expire in 2036-2037, if not utilized.
+Added: The remaining $1.1 million not subject to limitation
+Added: under Section 382 may be used to offset 80% of future taxable income and can be carried forward indefinitely.
The Company applies the applicable authoritative
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the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or decrease within twelve months from December 31, 2023.
−Removed: The Company files a federal income tax return,
−Removed: income tax returns in various state tax jurisdictions, and income tax returns in Canada.
+Added: PALTALK, INC.
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The open tax years for the federal income tax
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the Company’s federal and state net operating losses begin in 2020.
−Removed: Accrued Expenses and
−Removed: Other Current Liabilities
+Added: Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following
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Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities
−Removed: PALTALK, INC.
−Removed: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Stockholders’
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were 665,335 shares available for future issuance under the 2016 Plan.
−Removed: August 2021 Underwritten Public Offering
−Removed: On August 5, 2021, the Company announced the
−Removed: pricing and closing of an underwritten public offering (the “August 2021 Offering”), in which the Company sold an aggregate
−Removed: of 1,333,310 shares of the Company’s common stock (which includes 173,910 shares sold to the underwriter pursuant to the full exercise
−Removed: of the underwriter’s over-allotment option) at a public offering price of $3.00 per share.
−Removed: The August 2021 Offering was made pursuant
−Removed: to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No.
−Removed: 333-257036), initially filed with the SEC on June 11, 2021,
−Removed: and was subsequently amended and declared effective on August 2, 2021.
−Removed: Gross proceeds received by the Company from the
−Removed: August 2021 Offering were approximately $ 4.0 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering
−Removed: expenses of approximately $ 769,200 .
−Removed: These costs were recorded in stockholders’ equity as a reduction of additional paid-in capital
−Removed: in connection with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A.
−Removed: In connection with the August 2021 Offering,
−Removed: the Company’s common stock was approved for listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “PALT” and began
−Removed: trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market on August 3, 2021.
−Removed: October 2021 Underwritten Public Offering
−Removed: On October 19, 2021, we announced the pricing
−Removed: and closing of an underwritten public offering of an aggregate of 1,552,500 shares of our common stock (which includes 202,500 shares
−Removed: sold to the underwriter pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option) at a public offering price of
−Removed: $ 7.50 per share (the “October 2021 Offering”).
−Removed: The October 2021 Offering was made pursuant to an effective shelf Registration
−Removed: Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
−Removed: 333-260063), previously filed with the SEC on October 5, 2021 and declared effective on October
−Removed: The October 2021 Offering was offered by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, forming part of the
−Removed: registration statement.
−Removed: Gross proceeds received by the Company from the
−Removed: October 2021 Offering were approximately $ 11.6 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering
−Removed: expenses of approximately $ 955,400 .
−Removed: These costs were recorded in stockholders’ equity as a reduction of additional paid-in capital
−Removed: in connection with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A.
−Removed: PALTALK, INC.
−Removed: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Stock Options
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Expected volatility
−Removed: 178.0 – 197.0 %
Expected life of option
Risk free interest rate
−Removed: 0.81 – 0.88 %
Expected dividend yield
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as the stock-based awards vest.
+Added: PALTALK, INC.
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following tables summarize stock option activity during the year
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Exercisable at December 31, 2023
−Removed: December 31, 2022, there was $ 338,374 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options, which is expected to be recognized
−Removed: over a weighted average period of 3.04 years.
−Removed: December 31, 2022, the aggregate intrinsic value of stock options that were outstanding and exercisable was $ 9,360 .
−Removed: On December 31, 2021, the aggregate intrinsic value of stock options that were outstanding and exercisable was $ 149,394 and $ 109,644 ,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: The intrinsic value for stock options is calculated based on the exercise price of the underlying awards and the fair value
−Removed: of such awards as of the period-end date.
+Added: At December 31, 2023, there was $ 338,194 of total
+Added: unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.94
+Added: On December 31, 2023, the aggregate intrinsic
+Added: value of stock options that were outstanding and exercisable was $ 136,971 and $ 79,371 , respectively.
+Added: On December 31, 2022, the aggregate
+Added: intrinsic value of stock options that were outstanding and exercisable was $ 9,360 .
+Added: The intrinsic value for stock options is calculated
+Added: based on the exercise price of the underlying awards and the fair value of such awards as of the period-end date.
During the year ended December 31, 2023, the
−Removed: Company granted stock options to members of the Board of Directors to purchase an aggregate of 24,000 shares of common stock at an exercise
−Removed: price of $ 2.66 per share.
−Removed: The stock options vest in four equal quarterly installments on the last day of each calendar quarter in 2022
−Removed: and have a term of ten years.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company also granted options to employees to purchase an aggregate
−Removed: of 224 ,501shares of common stock.
−Removed: These options have a vesting date ranging between the grant date and up to four years, have a term
−Removed: of ten years and have an exercise price of $ 2.66 .
−Removed: The aggregate fair value for the options granted during the years
−Removed: ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 was $ 636,957 and $ 145,522 , respectively.
−Removed: PALTALK, INC.
−Removed: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Stock-based compensation expense for the Company’s stock options
−Removed: included in the consolidated statements of operations was as follows:
+Added: Company granted stock options to members of the Board of Directors (other than Mr.
+Added: Cook) to purchase an aggregate of 24,000 shares of
+Added: common stock at an exercise price of $ 1.94 per share.
+Added: The stock options vest in four equal quarterly installments on the last day of
+Added: each calendar quarter in 2023 and have a term of ten years.
+Added: In addition to the foregoing, the Company granted a stock option to Mr.
+Added: to purchase an aggregate of 100,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ 1.86 .
+Added: The stock option vests in four equal annual
+Added: installments beginning on the first anniversary of the date of the grant and has a term of ten years.
+Added: During the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2023, the Company also granted options to employees to purchase an aggregate of 25,000 shares of common stock.
+Added: These options have
+Added: a vesting date ranging between the grant date and up to four years, have a term of ten years and have an exercise price of $ 1.94 .
+Added: The aggregate fair value for the options granted
+Added: during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 was $ 268,200 and $ 636,957 , respectively.
+Added: Stock-based compensation expense for the Company’s
+Added: stock options included in the consolidated statements of operations was as follows:
Cost of revenue
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Treasury Shares
−Removed: The Board of Directors of the Company approved
−Removed: a stock repurchase plan for up to $ 1,750,000 of the Company’s outstanding common stock (the “Stock Repurchase Plan”),
−Removed: effective as of March 29, 2022 and expiring on the one-year anniversary of such date.
−Removed: Shares may be repurchased from time-to-time in
−Removed: open market transactions at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions or by other means in accordance with federal
−Removed: securities laws, including Rule 10b5-1 programs, and the Stock Repurchase Plan may be suspended or discontinued at any time.
−Removed: timing, number and value of shares repurchased will be determined by a committee of the Board of Directors at its discretion and will
−Removed: depend on a number of factors, including the market price of the Company’s common stock, general market and economic conditions,
+Added: The Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase
+Added: plan for up to $ 1,750,000 of the Company’s outstanding common stock (the “Stock Repurchase Plan”), effective as of
+Added: March 29, 2022 and expiring on the one-year anniversary of such date.
+Added: Under the Stock Repurchase Plan, shares may be repurchased from
+Added: time-to-time in open market transactions at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions or by other means in accordance
+Added: with federal securities laws, including Rule 10b5-1 programs, and the Stock Repurchase Plan may be suspended or discontinued at any time.
+Added: The actual timing, number and value of shares repurchased will be determined by a committee of the Board of Directors at its discretion
+Added: and will depend on a number of factors, including the market price of the Company’s common stock, general market and economic conditions,
alternative investment opportunities and other corporate considerations.
+Added: The Stock Repurchase Plan expired on March 29, 2023 pursuant
+Added: to its terms and has not been renewed.
+Added: PALTALK, INC.
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
As of December 31, 2023, the Company had 641,963
shares of its common stock classified as treasury shares on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
−Removed: Net (Loss) Income Per
−Removed: Basic earnings and net income per share are computed
−Removed: by dividing the net income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period
−Removed: as defined by ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share .
−Removed: Diluted earnings per share is computed using the weighted average number of common
−Removed: shares and, if dilutive, potential common shares outstanding during the period.
−Removed: Potential common shares consist of the incremental common
−Removed: shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options (using the treasury stock method).
−Removed: To the extent stock options are antidilutive, they
−Removed: are excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2022, 622,074 of shares issuable upon the
−Removed: exercise of outstanding stock options were not included in the computation of diluted net loss per share from operations because their
−Removed: inclusion would be antidilutive.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2022, no shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options
−Removed: were included in the computation of diluted net income per share from operations because their inclusion would be dilutive.
−Removed: ended December 31, 2021, 392,749 of shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options were not included in the computation
−Removed: of diluted net income per share for operations because their inclusion would be antidilutive.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2021, 43,021
−Removed: of shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options were included in the computation of diluted net income per share for
−Removed: operations because their inclusion would be dilutive.
−Removed: The following table summarizes the net (loss) income per share calculation
+Added: Income Per Share
+Added: Basic earnings and net (loss) income per share
+Added: are computed by dividing the net (loss) income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding
+Added: during the period as defined by ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share .
+Added: Diluted earnings per share is computed using the weighted average
+Added: number of common shares and, if dilutive, potential common shares outstanding during the period.
+Added: Potential common shares consist of the
+Added: incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options (using the treasury stock method).
+Added: To the extent stock options
+Added: are antidilutive, they are excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2023, 740,814 of
+Added: shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options were not included in the computation of diluted net loss per share from
+Added: operations because their inclusion would be antidilutive.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2023, no shares issuable upon the exercise
+Added: of outstanding stock options were included in the computation of diluted net income per share from operations because their inclusion
+Added: would be dilutive.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2022, 622,074 of shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options were
+Added: not included in the computation of diluted net loss per share from operations because their inclusion would be antidilutive.
+Added: year ended December 31, 2022, no shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options were included in the computation of diluted
+Added: net income per share from operations because their inclusion would be dilutive.
+Added: The following table summarizes the net loss per share calculation
for the periods presented:
−Removed: Net (loss) income from operations – basic and diluted
+Added: Net loss from operations – basic and diluted
$ ( 1,067,335 )
+Added: $ ( 3,412,250 )
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic
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Diluted from operations
−Removed: PALTALK, INC.
−Removed: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Operating Leases
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agreement with Jericho Executive Center LLC for office space at 30 Jericho Executive Plaza in Jericho, New York, which commenced on September
−Removed: 1, 2016 and runs through November 30, 2021.
+Added: 1, 2016 and ran through November 30, 2021.
The Company’s monthly office rent payments under the lease are currently approximately
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leases that had not yet commenced.
+Added: PALTALK, INC.
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
At December 31, 2023, the Company had operating
−Removed: lease liabilities of approximately $ 159,000 and right-of-use assets of approximately $ 159,000 , which are included in the consolidated
−Removed: balance sheets.
+Added: lease liabilities of approximately $ 77,005 and right-of-use assets of approximately $ 77,005 , which are included in the consolidated balance
Total rent expense for the year ended December
31, 2023 was $ 82,447 , of which $ 6,000 was sublease income.
−Removed: Total rent expense for year ended December 31, 2021 was $ 84,525 , of which
+Added: Total rent expense for the year ended December 31, 2022 was $ 83,084 , of which
$ 6,000 was sublease income.
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operating leases for the periods presented:
−Removed: Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities:
+Added: Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease
Weighted average assumptions:
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Present value of minimum lease payments
−Removed: On April 13, 2020, to help ensure adequate liquidity
−Removed: in light of the uncertainties posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Company applied for a loan under the SBA PPP under the CARES Act.
−Removed: On May 3, 2020, the Company entered into the Note in favor of the Lender.
−Removed: The Note had an aggregate principal amount of
−Removed: $ 506,500 , a two -year term, a maturity date of May 3, 2022 and borne interest at a stated rate of 1.0 % per annum.
−Removed: The Company did not
−Removed: provide any collateral or guarantees for the Note, nor did the Company pay any facility charge to obtain the Note.
−Removed: The Note provided
−Removed: for customary events of default, including, among others, those relating to failure to make payment, bankruptcy, breaches of representations
−Removed: and material adverse effects.
−Removed: On January 13, 2021, the Note was fully
−Removed: forgiven by the SBA and the Lender in compliance with the provisions of the CARES Act, and the Company recognized a $ 506,500 gain on
−Removed: extinguishment of term debt.
−Removed: PALTALK, INC.
−Removed: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Commitments and Contingencies
−Removed: Patent Litigations
−Removed: On July 23, 2021, a
−Removed: wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Paltalk Holdings, Inc., filed a patent infringement lawsuit against WebEx Communications, Inc.,
−Removed: Cisco WebEx LLC, and Cisco Systems, Inc.
+Added: and Contingencies
+Added: Patent Litigation
+Added: On July 23, 2021, a wholly owned subsidiary of
+Added: the Company, Paltalk Holdings, Inc., filed a patent infringement lawsuit against WebEx Communications, Inc., Cisco WebEx LLC, and Cisco
+Added: Systems, Inc.
(collectively, “Cisco”), in the U.S.
−Removed: District Court for the Western District of
−Removed: The Company alleges that Cisco’s Webex products have infringed U.S.
+Added: District Court for the Western District of Texas (the “Court”).
+Added: The Company alleges that certain of Cisco’s products have infringed U.S.
6,683,858, and that the Company is entitled
−Removed: A Markman hearing took
−Removed: place on February 24, 2022.
+Added: A Markman hearing took place on February 24,
On September 7, 2022, the United States Patent Office issued a reexamination of U.S.
−Removed: and on January 19, 2023, the Examiner issued an Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate, ending the reexamination
−Removed: and confirming the patentability of claims 1-10 of U.S.
−Removed: Trial is now scheduled for early third quarter
+Added: 6,683,858, and on January 19, 2023,
+Added: the Examiner issued an Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate, ending the reexamination and confirming the patentability of claims 1-10 of
+Added: On June 29, 2023, the Court held a pretrial conference and denied Cisco’s motion for summary judgment.
+Added: The trial is expected to be held in April of 2024.
Legal Proceedings
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December 31, 2023.
−Removed: Officer Employment Agreements
−Removed: On March 23, 2022, the Company entered into Amended
−Removed: and Restated Employment Agreements with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”),
−Removed: which amended and restated their existing employment agreements with the Company dated October 7, 2016 and December 9, 2019, respectively.
−Removed: The agreements are each for a term of one year with auto renewal provisions.
−Removed: Except for adjustments to base salaries, all other terms
−Removed: and conditions of the prior employment agreements between the Company and the CEO and CFO remained in full force and effect.
−Removed: agreement is retroactive to February 2021.
−Removed: The CFO agreement is retroactive to January 2022.
−Removed: Aggregate commitments of base salaries under
−Removed: the agreements for 2022 total $ 490,000 .
−Removed: Should the agreements be renewed for 2023 and beyond, the aggregate base salary commitments would total
−Removed: $ 510,000 per year.
−Removed: Asset Acquisition – Securities Purchase
−Removed: As discussed above in Note 1, on June 9,
−Removed: 2022, the Company entered into the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Company, the Purchaser, Visicom and Target NewCo, pursuant
−Removed: to which the Purchaser purchased, effective as of the Effective Date, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Target NewCo.
−Removed: The Purchaser acquired the Conveyed Assets for
−Removed: a cash purchase price of $ 2.7 million (the “Cash Consideration”).
−Removed: In addition to the Cash Consideration, Visicom is entitled
−Removed: to receive an additional payment of up to $ 600,000 (the “Earn-Out Payment”) based on the sales of the ManyCam software less
−Removed: chargebacks and refunds (“Gross Sales”) in the six-month period following the Closing (the “Earn-Out Period”)
−Removed: (i) if the Gross Sales during the Earn-Out Period are greater than $800,000, the Earn-Out Payment shall be $600,000, (ii)
−Removed: if the Gross Sales during the Earn-Out Period are greater than $700,000 but less than $800,000, the Earn-Out Payment shall be $300,000,
−Removed: (iii) if the Gross Sales during the Earn-Out Period are greater than $600,000 but less than $700,000, the Earn-Out Payment shall be $150,000
−Removed: and (iv) if the Gross Sales during the Earn-Out Period do not exceed $600,000, then the Seller will not be paid any portion of the Earn-Out
−Removed: The Company concluded that the Conveyed Assets were not considered a business for purposes of Regulation S-X and ASC 805, Business
−Removed: Combinations.
−Removed: While Gross Sales during the Earn Out Period exceeded $600,000 and was less than $700,000, there were some adjustments
−Removed: made to calculation and it was agreed by both parties to a negotiated amount.
−Removed: As a result, the Company recorded a liability in the amount
−Removed: of $85,000 for payment to the Seller, with a corresponding adjustment to the cost basis of the Conveyed Assets.
−Removed: As part of a valuation analysis, the Company
−Removed: identified intangible assets, including internally developed software, subscriber relationships/customer list and intellectual property
−Removed: (trade names, trademarks, URLs).
−Removed: The fair value of identifiable intangible assets is determined primarily using the “income approach,”
−Removed: which requires a forecast of all of the expected future cash flows and includes significant inputs such as the weighted average cost
−Removed: of capital and the discount premium.
−Removed: On the date of measurement the weighted average cost of capital was 23.2 % and the discount premium
−Removed: The Company considered several factors to estimate
−Removed: the economic useful life of the Customer Relationships including those noted under ASC 350-30-35-3.
−Removed: The Customer Relationships were estimated
−Removed: to have an economic useful life of three years for tradenames and seven years for developed software and customer list.
−Removed: This assumption
−Removed: was deemed reasonable based on reviewing useful lives for the comparable companies.
−Removed: PALTALK, INC.
−Removed: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Final allocation was determined with the assistance
−Removed: of a third-party valuation specialist hired by Company management.
−Removed: The following table summarizes the fair value of the identifiable
−Removed: intangible assets and their respective useful lives:
−Removed: Consideration
−Removed: Allocation at
−Removed: Internally developed software
−Removed: Intellectual property (trade names, trademarks, URLs)
−Removed: Subscriber Relationships/Customer List
−Removed: Total acquired assets
−Removed: estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the next five years and thereafter will approximate $ 804,333 in 2023, $ 804,333 in
−Removed: 2024, $ 566,029 in 2025, $ 379,633 in 2026, $ 379,633 in 2027 and $ 546,250 thereafter.
−Removed: The Company incurred approximately $ 242,000 of
−Removed: expenses in connection with the ManyCam Acquisition and capitalized them accordingly.
−Removed: As part of the accounting for the ManyCam assets,
−Removed: the Company provisionally recorded a deferred tax liability of $ 0.9 million with an offset to intangible assets related to the excess
−Removed: financial reporting basis over the tax basis of the Conveyed Assets.
−Removed: On June 30, 2022, the Company entered into the
−Removed: License Agreement with Visicom, pursuant to which the Company agreed to distribute, at the discretion and direction of Visicom, a specified
−Removed: number of ManyCam software updates to certain license holders to whom Visicom has previously granted a “lifetime” license
−Removed: to ManyCam software.
−Removed: As consideration for distributing the software updates, Visicom paid the Company an initial upfront nonrefundable
−Removed: payment of $ 65,000 .
−Removed: The License Agreement provides that Visicom may purchase additional licenses at prices specified therein.
−Removed: providing a one-time, limited license to Visicom for the distribution of ManyCam software updates pursuant to the terms of the License
−Removed: Agreement, the Company does not have any obligation to provide support or service to the licensee end users.
−Removed: The Company recognized the
−Removed: $ 65,000 payment as revenue during the period ended December 31, 2022, as it satisfied its performance obligation as specified in the
−Removed: License Agreement.
−Removed: Subsequent Events
−Removed: Management has evaluated subsequent events
−Removed: or transactions occurring through the date the consolidated financial statements were issued and determined that no other events or transactions
+Added: Management has evaluated subsequent events or
+Added: transactions occurring through the date the consolidated financial statements were issued and determined that no other events or transactions
are required to be disclosed herein.
−Removed: CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING
−Removed: AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
+Added: CHANGES IN AND
+Added: DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
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