Risk Factors.
−Removed: Risks of Investing in Our Shares
−Removed: Investments in our
−Removed: common stock are speculative and involve a high degree of risk.
−Removed: Investors should carefully consider the following matters, as
−Removed: well as the other information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: If any of these risks or uncertainties actually occur, our business,
−Removed: results of operations, financial condition, or prospects could be substantially harmed, which would adversely affect your investment.
−Removed: Additional risks and uncertainties may also impair our business, operating results, financial condition, and prospects.
−Removed: We have a history
−Removed: of losses in our continuing operations.
−Removed: We had a loss from
−Removed: continuing operations before income taxes of approximately $4.4 million and $6.9 million in 2012 and 2011, respectively .
−Removed: We may incur additional losses in the future.
−Removed: Because Theatre
−Removed: Direct represented a substantial portion of our business, following the Broadway Sale our business is substantially different.
−Removed: Theatre Direct, which
−Removed: owned our Broadway Ticketing Business, represented a substantial portion of our business until its sale in December 2010 (the
−Removed: “Broadway Sale”).
−Removed: As a result, our operating results for any particular period may not accurately predict our future
+Added: business is subject to certain risks, including those described below.
+Added: If any of the events described in the following risk factors actually
+Added: occurs then our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.
+Added: More detailed information
+Added: concerning these risks is contained in other sections of this registration statement, including “Business” and “Management’s
+Added: Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”
+Added: Relating to our Business
+Added: are a holding company the principal assets of which are illiquid, ownership interests in NewStem and NetCo.
+Added: Company’s primary assets are equity interests in NewStem and NetCo.
+Added: Our President and Executive Chairman, Jan Loeb, is
+Added: also the Chairman of NewStem and through this shared management structure along with our 30.58% ownership interest in NewStem, we are
+Added: able to exert significant influence over the operations of NewStem.
+Added: Additionally, we are a 50% partner in NetCo and through our ownership
+Added: interest, are able to exert significant influence over this entity and its operations.
+Added: conduct no other business and, as a result, we depend entirely upon earnings and cash flow from NewStem and NetCo.
+Added: in the future to pay dividends, as a holding company, our ability to pay dividends and meet other obligations depends upon the receipt
+Added: of dividends or other payments from our operating subsidiaries.
+Added: investments in NewStem and NetCo are illiquid.
+Added: shares in NewStem and our ownership interest in NetCo are illiquid and have extremely limited liquidity rights.
+Added: The transferability
+Added: of these interests is restricted under federal and state securities laws and the governing documents of each of NewStem and NetCo.
+Added: depend on our executive officers and consultants and other key individuals along with the executive officers and key individuals of NewStem
+Added: to continue the implementation of our long-term business strategy and could be harmed by the loss of their services and our inability
+Added: to make up for such loss with qualified replacements.
+Added: believe that our continued growth and future success will depend in large part on the skills of our management team and the management
+Added: teams of NewStem and NetCo, and our partners’ respective abilities to motivate and retain these individuals and
+Added: other key individuals.
+Added: Jan Loeb, our President and Executive Chairman, is also the Chairman of NewStem, and therefore has the shared
+Added: responsibility of growing the business and operations of NewStem.
+Added: The loss of any of their service could reduce our ability to successfully
+Added: implement our long-term business strategy which may result in a loss of revenue, and the value of our common stock could be materially
+Added: adversely affected.
+Added: Leadership changes will occur from time to time and we cannot predict whether significant resignations will occur
+Added: or whether NewStem will be able to recruit additional qualified personnel.
+Added: We believe these management teams possess valuable knowledge
+Added: about our, NewStem’s and NetCo’s respective industries and that their knowledge and relationships would be very difficult
+Added: to replicate.
+Added: The loss of key personnel, or the inability to recruit and retain qualified and talented personnel in the future, could
+Added: have an adverse effect on the respective businesses of NewStem and NetCo, and, consequently, our business, financial condition and/or
operating results.
−Removed: Summarized results of our discontinued operations, which include the Broadway Ticketing Business, for 2011
−Removed: and 2012 are set forth in the notes to our financial statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: Our results of operation
−Removed: and financial condition may be materially adversely effected if (i) our ability to receive any dividends and any other distributions
−Removed: from MovieTickets.com is inhibited in any way, (ii) our ability to receive the payments under the Credit Agreement in connection
−Removed: with the Broadway Sale is inhibited in any way, or (iii) our ability to exercise or put the Warrant issued to us in connection
−Removed: with the Broadway Sale is inhibited in any way.
−Removed: We may not receive
−Removed: the payments due under the Credit Agreement in the Broadway Sale transaction.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Intercreditor
−Removed: Agreement, Key Brand’s obligations under the Credit Agreement are subordinated to up to $15 million of certain senior indebtedness
−Removed: of Key Brand and our ability to exercise remedies upon a default under the Credit Agreement are subject to certain limitations.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that Hollywood Media will receive all of the payments due under the Credit Agreement.
−Removed: The financial
−Removed: condition and performance of Key Brand and/or its subsidiaries and the ability of Key Brand and/or its subsidiaries to satisfy
−Removed: the covenants and obligations in the Credit Agreement (or any other applicable financing agreements) could adversely affect Key
−Removed: Brand’s ability to satisfy its obligations under the Credit Agreement.
−Removed: Key Brand’s
−Removed: financial performance and condition will impact Key Brand’s ability to satisfy its obligations under the Credit Agreement
−Removed: and the Purchase Agreement.
−Removed: Key Brand’s
−Removed: financial performance and condition will impact Key Brand’s ability to finance and grow its business, which would impact
−Removed: its ability to satisfy its obligations under the Credit Agreement and the Purchase Agreement.
−Removed: There can be no assurances that
−Removed: Key Brand will satisfy any or all of these obligations.
−Removed: We are unable
−Removed: to compete with Theatre Direct for 7 years from the date of closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.
−Removed: We have agreed that
−Removed: Hollywood Media will not, and will cause its affiliates (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) not to, directly or indirectly,
−Removed: own, manage, engage in, operate, control, work for or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of, any business,
−Removed: whether in corporate, proprietorship or partnership form or otherwise, engaged in the sales of tickets to live musical, live theatrical
−Removed: or other live entertainment performances in the City of New York, New York or that otherwise competes with the business of Theatre
−Removed: Direct and its subsidiaries as it exists as of the closing date, subject to certain exceptions, including that there are no restrictions
−Removed: on the sale of advertisements (including online advertising).
−Removed: Accordingly, subject to these exceptions, the non-competition agreement
−Removed: restricts our ability to engage in any business which competes with Theatre Direct for 7 years from the date of closing of the
−Removed: transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.
−Removed: no assurance that the fair value of the Warrant will ever be realized.
−Removed: After estimating future
−Removed: cash flows adjusted for risk factors, we determined that the fair value of the Warrant issued to us in connection with the Broadway
−Removed: Sale was $700,000 as of December 31, 2012.
−Removed: The Warrant will be marked to market each reporting period to reflect changes in fair
−Removed: The valuation methodologies
−Removed: used to determine fair value can be subject to significant subjectivity, and the fair value of the Warrant established pursuant
−Removed: to such methodologies may never be realized.
−Removed: See Note 7, “Fair
−Removed: Value of Financial Instruments and Concentration of Credit Risk”
−Removed: in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained
−Removed: in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for information on the methodologies used to determine fair value.
−Removed: as we remain a public company, we will continue to incur the expenses of complying with public company reporting requirements.
−Removed: Our reporting obligations
−Removed: public company were not affected as a result of completing the Broadway Sale.
−Removed: For as long as we remain a public company,
−Removed: we have an obligation to continue to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, which includes the
−Removed: filing with the SEC of periodic reports, proxy statements and other documents relating to our business, financial conditions and
−Removed: other matters, even though compliance with such reporting requirements is economically burdensome.
−Removed: Following the
−Removed: Broadway Sale, we may be deemed an Investment Company and subjected to related restrictions under the Investment Company Act of
−Removed: The regulatory scope
−Removed: of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"), which was enacted principally for
−Removed: the purpose of regulating vehicles for pooled investments in securities, extends generally to companies engaged primarily in the
−Removed: business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities.
−Removed: The Investment Company Act may, however, also be
−Removed: deemed to be applicable to a company that does not intend to be characterized as an investment company but that, nevertheless,
−Removed: engages in activities that may be deemed to be within the definitional scope of certain provisions of the Investment Company Act.
−Removed: We believe that our anticipated principal activities following the Broadway Sale, which include operating the Intellectual Properties
−Removed: Division, in which we now own 100%, will not subject us to regulation under the Investment Company Act.
−Removed: Nevertheless, there can
−Removed: be no assurance that we will not be deemed to be an investment company.
−Removed: If we are deemed to be an investment company, we may become
−Removed: subject to certain restrictions relating to our activities, including restrictions on the nature of our investments and the issuance
−Removed: of securities.
−Removed: In addition, the Investment Company Act imposes certain requirements on companies deemed to be within its regulatory
−Removed: scope, including registration as an investment company, adoption of a specific form of corporate structure and compliance with
−Removed: certain reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy, disclosure and other rules and regulations.
−Removed: In the event of the characterization
−Removed: of Hollywood Media as an investment company, our inability to satisfy such regulatory requirements, whether on a timely basis
−Removed: or at all, would, under certain circumstances, have a material adverse effect on Hollywood Media.
−Removed: business is smaller following the Broadway Sale, there is a possibility that our common stock may be delisted from the NASDAQ
−Removed: Global Market if we fail to satisfy the continued listing standards of that market.
−Removed: Our business is now
−Removed: smaller as a result of the Broadway Sale, and therefore we may fail to satisfy the continued listing standards of the NASDAQ Global
−Removed: In the event that we are unable to satisfy the continued listing standards of the NASDAQ Global Market, our common stock
−Removed: may be delisted from that market.
−Removed: In order to continue to be listed on the NASDAQ Global Market, we must meet the bid price and
−Removed: total shareholders requirements as set forth in NASDAQ Listing Rule 5450(a) and at least one of the three standards in NASDAQ
−Removed: Listing Rule 5450(b).
−Removed: Pursuant to NASDAQ Listing Rule 5450(a), the bid price of our common stock cannot fall below $1.00 per share
−Removed: for 30 consecutive business days and we must have at least 400 total shareholders (including both holders of beneficial interest
−Removed: and holders of record).
−Removed: We believe that if we continue to qualify for listing on the NASDAQ Global Market, we will satisfy the
−Removed: Equity Standard under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5450(b), which requires (i) stockholders’
−Removed: equity of at least $10 million, (ii)
−Removed: at least 750,000 publicly held shares (total shares outstanding, less any shares held directly or indirectly by officers, directors
−Removed: or any person who is the beneficial owner of more than 10% of the total shares outstanding of the company), (iii) market value
−Removed: of publicly held shares of at least $5 million, and (iv) at least two registered and active market makers.
−Removed: If we are delisted
−Removed: from the NASDAQ Global Market, we may apply to transfer our common stock listing to the NASDAQ Capital Market.
−Removed: However, our application
−Removed: may not be granted if we do not satisfy the applicable listing requirements for the NASDAQ Capital Market at the time of the application.
−Removed: Even if we successfully transfer our common stock listing to the NASDAQ Capital Market, but are unable to satisfy the minimum
−Removed: bid price requirement of $1.00 per share or any of the other continued listing standards of the NASDAQ Capital Market, our common
−Removed: stock could be delisted from the NASDAQ Capital Market.
−Removed: If our common stock were delisted from the NASDAQ Stock Market, we may
−Removed: apply to transfer our common stock listing to the NYSE MKT.
−Removed: However, our application may not be granted if we do not satisfy the
−Removed: applicable listing requirements for NYSE MKT at the time of the application.
−Removed: If our common stock were to be delisted from the
−Removed: NASDAQ Global Market and we could not satisfy the listing standards of the NASDAQ Capital Market or the NYSE MKT, trading of our
−Removed: common stock most likely would be conducted in the over-the-counter market on an electronic bulletin board established for unlisted
−Removed: Such trading could reduce the market liquidity of our common stock.
−Removed: As a result, an investor would find it more difficult
−Removed: to dispose of, or obtain accurate quotations for the price of, our common stock.
−Removed: If our common stock
−Removed: is delisted from the NASDAQ Global Market and we could not satisfy the listing standards of the NASDAQ Capital Market or the NYSE
−Removed: MKT and the trading price remains below $5.00 per share, trading in our common stock might also become subject to the requirements
−Removed: of certain rules promulgated under the Exchange Act, which require additional disclosure by broker-dealers in connection with
−Removed: any trade involving a stock defined as a “penny stock”
−Removed: (generally, any equity security not listed on a national securities
−Removed: exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ Stock Market that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions).
−Removed: Many brokerage firms are reluctant to recommend low-priced stocks to their clients.
−Removed: Moreover, various regulations and policies
−Removed: restrict the ability of shareholders to borrow against or “margin”
−Removed: low-priced stocks, and declines in the stock price
−Removed: below certain levels may trigger unexpected margin calls.
−Removed: Additionally, because brokers’
−Removed: commissions on low-priced stocks
−Removed: generally represent a higher percentage of the stock price than commissions on higher priced stocks, the current price of the
−Removed: common stock can result in an individual shareholder paying transaction costs that represent a higher percentage of total share
−Removed: value than would be the case if our share price were higher.
−Removed: This factor may also limit the willingness of institutions to purchase
−Removed: our common stock.
−Removed: Finally, the additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers by these requirements could discourage broker-dealers
−Removed: from facilitating trades in our common stock, which could severely limit the market liquidity of the stock and the ability of
−Removed: investors to trade our common stock.
−Removed: no assurance that any disposition or other strategic transaction will occur or, if one is undertaken, of its potential terms or
−Removed: From time to time
−Removed: we explore potential transactions that may help us to realize the full value of our assets in the interest of our shareholders.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that any transaction will occur or, if one is undertaken, of its potential terms or timing.
−Removed: See “Management’s
−Removed: Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”
−Removed: We may not be
−Removed: able to compete successfully in the e-books development business .
−Removed: Numerous companies
−Removed: and individuals are engaged in the book development business.
−Removed: We also compete with a large number of companies that license characters
−Removed: and properties into film, television, books and merchandise.
−Removed: Competition in these businesses is largely based on the number and
−Removed: quality of relationships that we are able to develop with authors and celebrities.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that our current
−Removed: or future competitors will not be successful in developing relationships with authors and celebrities with whom we have previously
−Removed: had relationships.
−Removed: Our revenues will decrease if we are unable to maintain these relationships or develop new relationships.
−Removed: We may not be
−Removed: able to successfully protect our trademarks and proprietary rights.
−Removed: Intellectual Properties
−Removed: Hollywood Media has applied for trademark and copyright protection for its major intellectual property titles.
−Removed: of Hollywood Media and NetCo Partners currently has U.S.
−Removed: registered trademarks as well as pending trademark applications in the
−Removed: related to its respective business, and they also have foreign registered trademarks and pending trademark applications in
−Removed: several foreign jurisdictions.
−Removed: As Hollywood Media’s properties are developed, Hollywood Media intends to apply for further
−Removed: trademark and copyright protection in the United States and certain foreign countries.
−Removed: Copyright protection
−Removed: in the United States on new publications of works for hire extend for a term of 95 years from the date of initial publication
−Removed: or 120 years from the year of creation, whichever expires first.
−Removed: Trademark registration in the United States extends for a period
−Removed: of ten years following the date of registration.
−Removed: To maintain the registration, affidavits must be filed between the fifth and
−Removed: sixth years following the registration date affirming that the trademark is still in use in commerce and providing evidence of
−Removed: The trademark registration must be renewed prior to the expiration of the ten-year period following the
−Removed: date of registration.
−Removed: Failure to adequately
−Removed: protect these intellectual property rights could result in adverse consequences for these businesses due to the risks described
−Removed: We may become
−Removed: subject to liability for infringement of third-party intellectual property rights.
−Removed: There can be no assurance
−Removed: that third parties will not bring copyright or trademark infringement claims against us, or claim that our use of certain technology
−Removed: violates a patent.
−Removed: Even if these claims are not meritorious, they could be costly and could divert management’s attention
−Removed: from other more productive activities.
−Removed: If it is determined that we have infringed upon or misappropriated a third party’s
−Removed: proprietary rights, there can be no assurance that any necessary licenses or rights could be obtained on terms satisfactory to
−Removed: us, if at all.
−Removed: The inability to obtain any required license on satisfactory terms could force us to incur expenses to change the
−Removed: way we operate our businesses.
−Removed: If our competitors prepare and file applications that claim trademarks owned or registered by us,
−Removed: we may oppose these applications and have to participate in administrative proceedings to determine priority of right in the trademark,
−Removed: which could result in substantial costs to us, even if the eventual outcome is favorable to us.
−Removed: An adverse outcome could require
−Removed: us to license disputed rights from third parties or to cease using such trademarks.
−Removed: In addition, inasmuch as we license a portion
−Removed: of our content from third parties, our exposure to copyright infringement or right of privacy or publicity actions may increase;
−Removed: because we must rely upon such third parties for information as to the origin and ownership of such licensed content.
−Removed: obtain representations as to the origins, ownership and right to use such licensed content and generally obtain indemnification
−Removed: to cover any breach of any such representations;
−Removed: however, there can be no assurance that such representations will be accurate
−Removed: or that such indemnification will provide adequate compensation for any breach of such representation.
−Removed: There can be no assurance
−Removed: that the outcome of any litigation between such licensors and a third party or between us and a third party will not lead to royalty
−Removed: obligations for which we are not indemnified or for which such indemnification is insufficient, or that we will be able to obtain
−Removed: any additional license on commercially reasonable terms if at all.
−Removed: We are dependent
−Removed: on developing and maintaining strategic relationships .
−Removed: The success of our
−Removed: operations is dependent in part on MovieTickets.com’s ability to enter into and maintain strategic relationships and agreements
−Removed: with exhibitors and Tekno Books’
−Removed: ability to develop and execute book projects with authors.
−Removed: There can be no assurance such
−Removed: relationships with exhibitors, authors and others will be developed and maintained or renewed and, if unable to do so, our financial
−Removed: condition and results of operations could be adversely impacted.
−Removed: operations could be negatively impacted by systems interruptions.
−Removed: The hardware and software
−Removed: used in the MovieTickets.com business could be damaged by fire, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, power loss, telecommunications
−Removed: failures, break-ins and similar events.
−Removed: Our websites could also be affected by computer viruses, electronic break-ins or other
−Removed: similar disruptive problems.
−Removed: These system problems could negatively affect us.
−Removed: General Internet traffic interruptions or delays
−Removed: could also harm the MovieTickets.com business.
−Removed: To the extent MovieTickets.com’s services are disrupted, MovieTickets.com
−Removed: could lose users of its website.
−Removed: regulation could impact our business.
−Removed: application of existing laws and regulations to the MovieTickets.com business relating to issues such as user privacy, pricing,
−Removed: taxation, content, sweepstakes, copyrights, trademarks, advertising, and the characteristics and quality of our products and services
−Removed: can be unclear.
−Removed: federal laws could have an impact on the MovieTickets.com business.
−Removed: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act establishes binding rules
−Removed: that clarify and strengthen protection for copyrighted works in digital form, including works used via the Internet and other
−Removed: computer networks.
−Removed: The Child Online Protection Act is intended to restrict the distribution of certain materials deemed harmful
−Removed: The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 protects the privacy of children using the Internet, by
−Removed: requiring, among other things, (1) that in certain specific instances the operator of a website must obtain parental consent before
−Removed: collecting, using or disclosing personal information from children under the age of 13, (2) the operator of a website to make
−Removed: certain disclosures and notices on the website or online service regarding the collection, use or disclosure of such personal
−Removed: information, and (3) the operator of a website or online service to establish and maintain reasonable procedures to protect the
−Removed: confidentiality, security and integrity of personal information collected from children under the age of 13.
−Removed: We are dependent
−Removed: on Mitchell Rubenstein and Laurie S.
−Removed: Silvers, our founders.
−Removed: Mitchell Rubenstein,
−Removed: our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and Laurie S.
−Removed: Silvers, our Vice Chairman, President and Secretary, have
−Removed: been primarily responsible for our organization and development.
−Removed: The loss of the services of either of these individuals would
−Removed: hurt our business.
−Removed: If either of these individuals were to leave Hollywood Media unexpectedly, we could face substantial difficulty
−Removed: in hiring qualified successors and could experience a loss in productivity while any successor obtains the necessary training
−Removed: and experience.
−Removed: The employment agreements between Hollywood Media and each of these individuals provide, among other things, that
−Removed: if we terminate either of these individuals without “cause”
−Removed: or either of these individuals resign for “good
−Removed: reason”, the other individual will have the right to resign for “good reason”.
−Removed: the Tekno Books Chief Executive Partner, Dr.
−Removed: Greenberg in June 2011 could have an adverse effect on the ability of Tekno Books
−Removed: to maintain its relationships with authors and publishers.
−Removed: Tekno Books had been
−Removed: dependent on Dr.
−Removed: Martin Greenberg, the former Chief Executive Partner of Tekno Books, for the continued development and maintenance
−Removed: of strategic business relationships, including many of its relationships with authors and publishers.
−Removed: Greenberg in June 2011 could have an adverse effect on the ability to develop and maintain these relationships.
−Removed: We have authorized
−Removed: but unissued preferred stock, which could affect rights of holders of common stock .
−Removed: Our articles of incorporation
−Removed: authorize the issuance of preferred stock with designations, rights and preferences determined from time to time by our board
−Removed: of directors.
−Removed: Accordingly, our board of directors is empowered, without shareholder approval, to issue preferred stock with dividends,
−Removed: liquidation, conversion, voting or other rights that could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of
−Removed: common stock.
−Removed: In addition, the preferred stock could be issued as a method of discouraging a takeover attempt.
−Removed: Although we do
−Removed: not intend to issue any preferred stock at this time, we may do so in the future.
−Removed: Shares of preferred stock are also subject to
−Removed: potential issuance under the terms of our shareholders' rights plan described below.
−Removed: of incorporation, bylaws, shareholders’
−Removed: rights plan and Florida law may discourage takeover attempts.
−Removed: Certain provisions
−Removed: of our articles of incorporation, bylaws and our shareholders’
−Removed: rights plan may discourage takeover attempts and may make
−Removed: it more difficult to change or remove management.
−Removed: Our articles of incorporation authorize the issuance of “blank check”
−Removed: preferred stock with designations, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by our Board of Directors.
−Removed: bylaws include provisions requiring shareholders to provide specified advance notice to Hollywood Media of director nominations
−Removed: or proposed business to be transacted at shareholder meetings, in order for a shareholder to make a director nomination or propose
−Removed: meeting business.
−Removed: If certain events, such as a takeover bid not approved by our Board, occur, our shareholder’s rights plan
−Removed: will then entitle certain holders of our common stock to purchase at a specified price, shares of a series of our preferred stock
−Removed: with special voting, dividend and other rights.
−Removed: In addition, Florida’s
−Removed: “control share acquisitions”
−Removed: statute provides that shares acquired in a “control share acquisition”
−Removed: excludes transactions approved by our board of directors) will not have voting rights unless the voting rights are approved by
−Removed: a majority of the corporation’s disinterested shareholders.
−Removed: A “control share acquisition”
−Removed: is an acquisition,
−Removed: in whatever form, of voting power in any of the following ranges:
−Removed: (a) at least 20% but less than 33-1/3% of all voting power;
−Removed: (b) at least 33-1/3% but less than a majority of all voting power;
−Removed: or (c) a majority or more of all voting power.
−Removed: Florida’s “affiliated
−Removed: transactions”
−Removed: statute requires approval by disinterested directors or supermajority approval by disinterested shareholders
−Removed: of certain specified transactions between a public corporation and holders of more than 10% of the outstanding voting shares of
−Removed: the corporation (or their affiliates).
−Removed: Our stock price is volatile .
−Removed: The trading price
−Removed: of our common stock has and may continue to fluctuate significantly.
−Removed: During the 24 months ended December 31, 2012, the trading
−Removed: price for our common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market ranged from $0.90 to $1.97 per share.
−Removed: Our stock price may fluctuate in
−Removed: response to a number of events and factors, such as our quarterly operating results, announcements of new products or services,
−Removed: announcements of mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, or divestitures and other factors, including similar announcements
−Removed: by other companies that investors may consider to be comparable to us.
−Removed: In addition, the stock market in general has experienced
−Removed: extreme volatility that often has been unrelated to the operating performance of the companies.
−Removed: These broad market and industry
−Removed: fluctuations may cause the market price of our stock to decrease, regardless of our operating performance.
−Removed: sales of our common stock in the public market could adversely affect our stock price and our ability to raise funds in new stock
−Removed: sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that these sales could occur, could adversely
−Removed: affect prevailing market prices of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through future offerings of
−Removed: equity securities.
−Removed: We may issue additional shares of common stock in connection with future financings, acquisitions or other
−Removed: transactions, or pursuant to outstanding stock options, warrants and other convertible securities, and we may also issue additional
−Removed: stock options and stock grants from time to time to our employees and directors.
−Removed: We are generally unable to estimate or predict
−Removed: the amount, timing or nature of future issuances or public sales of our common stock.
−Removed: Sales of substantial amounts of our common
−Removed: stock in the public market could cause the market price for our common stock to decrease.
−Removed: In addition, a decline in the price
−Removed: of our common stock would likely impede our ability to raise capital through the issuance of additional shares of common stock
−Removed: or other equity securities.
−Removed: We may require
−Removed: additional capital to finance our operations and there can be no assurance that additional financing will be available on favorable
−Removed: We may require additional
−Removed: financing in the future.
−Removed: Our long-term financial success depends on our ability to generate sufficient revenue and cash flow to
−Removed: offset operating expenses.
−Removed: To the extent we do not generate sufficient revenues and cash flow to offset expenses we will require
−Removed: further financing to fund our ongoing operations.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that any additional financing will be available or, if
−Removed: available, that it will be on favorable terms.
−Removed: The terms of any financing that we enter into will vary depending on many factors
−Removed: including, among other things, our then current financial condition, the market price of our common stock, and other characteristics
−Removed: and terms of our capital structure.
−Removed: We may seek to raise additional capital through public or private offerings of equity securities
−Removed: or debt financings.
−Removed: Our issuance of additional equity securities could cause dilution to holders of our common stock and may adversely
−Removed: affect the market price of our common stock.
−Removed: The incurrence of debt would increase our interest expense and other debt service
−Removed: obligations and could result in the imposition of covenants that restrict our operational and financial flexibility.
−Removed: II, Item 7 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K–
−Removed: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
−Removed: of Operations.
−Removed: Changes in securities
−Removed: laws and regulations may increase our costs.
−Removed: The Sarbanes-Oxley
−Removed: Act of 2002 and the SEC rules promulgated thereunder have imposed increased demands upon, and required ongoing changes in some
−Removed: of our operational systems and processes, corporate governance, and compliance and disclosure processes, and the NASDAQ Stock
−Removed: Market has implemented changes in its requirements for companies that are NASDAQ-listed.
−Removed: These developments have resulted in,
−Removed: and future changes in such rules may result in, increases in our expenses for information systems, auditing and consulting fees,
−Removed: legal compliance and financial reporting costs.
−Removed: These developments could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain
−Removed: qualified members of our board of directors or executive officers.
−Removed: Other economic
−Removed: factors may adversely affect our future results or the market price of our stock (such as recession, war, terrorism).
−Removed: We operate in a rapidly
−Removed: changing economic and technological environment that presents numerous risks.
−Removed: Many of these risks are beyond our control and are
−Removed: driven by factors that we cannot predict.
−Removed: Economic recession, war, terrorism, international incidents, labor strikes and disputes,
−Removed: and other negative economic conditions may cause damage or disruption to our facilities, information systems, vendors, employees,
−Removed: customers and/or website traffic, which could adversely impact our revenues and results of operations, and stock price.
−Removed: The outcome of, and potential impact
−Removed: of matters relating to, the lawsuit filed by Hollywood Media, National Amusements Inc.
−Removed: and MovieTickets.com against AMC Entertainment
−Removed: could have a material adverse effect on the value of Hollywood Media’s interest in MovieTickets.com.
−Removed: As reported in Part
−Removed: I, Item 3 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, Hollywood Media, National Amusements Inc.
−Removed: and MovieTickets.com filed a lawsuit against
−Removed: AMC Entertainment Inc.
−Removed: (“AMC”) alleging, among other things, that AMC has breached and continues to breach the MovieTickets.com
−Removed: Joint Venture Agreement, which obligates AMC to exclusively provide its ticket inventory to MovieTickets.com.
−Removed: Hollywood Media and
−Removed: the other plaintiffs are seeking unspecified consequential damages and have reserved the right to seek punitive damages.
−Removed: Media and the other plaintiffs also are seeking a declaratory judgment that AMC is obligated to make available on MovieTickets.com’s
−Removed: website AMC’s ticket inventory for sale on an exclusive basis and to honor its contractual and common law fiduciary duties
−Removed: of good faith and loyalty to the MovieTickets.com Joint Venture and its joint venturers, Hollywood Media and National Amusements,
−Removed: If the lawsuit against
−Removed: AMC is unsuccessful, it could have a material adverse effect on the value of Hollywood Media’s interest in MovieTickets.com.
−Removed: Unresolved Staff
−Removed: At the time of filing
−Removed: of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, there are no unresolved comments for disclosure under this Item 1B.
+Added: and NewStem have limited operating histories and have generated no revenue to date.
+Added: and NewStem have a limited operating history and do not have a meaningful historical record of sales and revenues, nor do we or NewStem
+Added: have an established business track record.
+Added: While we believe that we have the opportunity to be successful, there can be no assurance
+Added: that we will be successful in accomplishing our business initiatives, or that we will be able to achieve any significant levels of revenues
+Added: or net income.
+Added: have identified material weaknesses in our internal control and procedures and internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: If not remediated,
+Added: our failure to establish and maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting could
+Added: result in material misstatements in our financial statements and a failure to meet our reporting and financial obligations, each of which
+Added: could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and the trading price of our common stock.
+Added: effective internal control over financial reporting and effective disclosure controls and procedures are necessary for us to produce
+Added: reliable financial statements.
+Added: We have re-evaluated our internal control over financial reporting and our disclosure controls and procedures
+Added: and concluded that they were not effective as of December 31, 2022 and we concluded there was a material weakness in the design of our
+Added: internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: material weakness is defined as a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that
+Added: there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or
+Added: detected on a timely basis.
+Added: technological change could cause products to become obsolete, and if NewStem does not enhance its product offerings through research
+Added: and development efforts, it may be unable to effectively compete.
+Added: future business success will depend upon its ability to maintain and enhance its product portfolio with respect to advances in technological
+Added: improvements for certain products that meet customer needs and market conditions in a cost-effective and timely manner.
+Added: NewStem may not
+Added: be successful in gaining access to new products that successfully compete or are able to anticipate customer needs and preferences, and
+Added: customers may not accept one or more of its products.
+Added: If NewStem fails to keep pace with evolving technological innovations or fails
+Added: to modify its products and services in response to customers’ needs or preferences, then NewStem’s and our business, financial
+Added: condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
+Added: technologies underlying NewStem’s products are subject to rapid and profound technological change.
+Added: Competition intensifies as technical
+Added: advances in each field are made and become more widely known.
+Added: We can give no assurance that others will not develop services, products,
+Added: or processes with significant advantages over the products, services, and processes that NewStem offers or is seeking to develop.
+Added: such occurrence could have a material and adverse effect on NewStem’s and our business, results of operations and financial condition.
+Added: plans to enhance and broaden its product offerings in response to changing customer demands and competitive pressure and technologies.
+Added: The success of any new product offering or enhancement to an existing product will depend on numerous factors, including the ability
+Added: identify and anticipate physician and patient needs;
+Added: and introduce new products or product enhancements in a timely manner;
+Added: protect intellectual property and avoid infringing upon the intellectual property rights of third parties;
+Added: the safety and efficacy of new products;
+Added: the necessary regulatory clearances or approvals for new products or product enhancements.
+Added: NewStem does not develop and, when necessary, obtain regulatory clearance or approval for new products or product enhancements in time
+Added: to meet market demand, or if there is insufficient demand for these products or enhancements, its results of operations will suffer.
+Added: NewStem’s research and development efforts may require a substantial investment of time and resources before it is adequately able
+Added: to determine the commercial viability of a new product, technology, material or other innovation.
+Added: In addition, even if NewStem is able
+Added: to successfully develop enhancements or new generations of its products, these enhancements or new generations of products may not produce
+Added: sales in excess of the costs of development, and they may be quickly rendered obsolete by changing customer preferences or the introduction
+Added: by competitors of products embodying new technologies or features.
+Added: ongoing viability as a company depends on NewStem’s ability to successfully develop and commercialize its products.
+Added: is principally focused on utilizing proprietary hPSCs and HhPSCs in the development of diagnostic and therapeutic products in oncology.
+Added: NewStem must develop diagnostics and therapeutics successfully test them for safety and efficacy in the targeted patient population and
+Added: manufacture the finished drugs on a commercial scale to meet regulatory standards and receive regulatory approvals.
+Added: The development and
+Added: commercialization process is both time-consuming and costly, and involves a high degree of business risk.
+Added: The results of pre-clinical
+Added: and clinical testing of product candidates are uncertain, and there can be no assurance that NewStem will be able to obtain regulatory
+Added: approvals of its product candidates.
+Added: If obtained, regulatory approval may take longer or be more expensive than anticipated.
+Added: even if regulatory approvals are obtained, NewStem’s products may not perform as we expect and NewStem may not be able to successfully
+Added: and profitably produce and market any products.
+Added: Delays in any part of the process or our inability to obtain regulatory approval of such
+Added: products could adversely affect NewStem’s and, therefore, NovelStem’s future operating results by restricting (or even prohibiting)
+Added: the introduction and sale of such products.
+Added: value of our investment in NetCo and our ability to receive distributions may be affected by disputes between the Company and
+Added: Group, our partner in NetCo.
+Added: Company and C.P.
+Added: Group each own a 50% interest in NetCo.
+Added: The joint venture agreement governing NetCo provides for mutual
+Added: decision making among the Company and C.P.
+Added: Group generally (subject to exceptions) and arbitration in the event any controversy or disagreement
+Added: The Company and C.P.
+Added: Group are currently in arbitration as to ongoing scope and the operation of NetCo.
+Added: If we are unable
+Added: to resolve such dispute in a manner favorable to the Company, our investment in NetCo and our ability to continue to receive
+Added: distributions from our interest in NetCo could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results.
+Added: business is intensely competitive and “hit” driven.
+Added: NetCo may not deliver “hit” products
+Added: and services, or consumers may prefer a competitors’ products or services over NetCo.
+Added: in the publishing and video game industries is intense.
+Added: Many new products and services are regularly introduced in each major industry
+Added: segment (console, mobile and PC), but only a relatively small number of “hit” titles account for a significant portion of
+Added: total revenue in each segment.
+Added: NetCo’s competitors range from established interactive entertainment companies and diversified
+Added: media companies to emerging start-ups, and we expect new competitors to continue to emerge throughout the world.
+Added: competitors develop and market more successful and engaging products or services, offer competitive products or services at lower price
+Added: points, or if NetCo does not develop high-quality, well-received and engaging products and services, NetCo and
+Added: our revenue, margins, and profitability will decline.
+Added: NetCo fails to develop relationships with new creative talent, its business could be adversely affected.
+Added: NetCo’s business, in particular the trade publishing and media portions of the business, is highly dependent on maintaining strong
+Added: relationships with the authors, illustrators and other creative talent who produce the products and services that are sold to its customers.
+Added: Any overall weakening of these relationships, or the failure to develop successful new relationships, could have an adverse impact on
+Added: NetCo and the Company’s business and financial performance.
+Added: relating to our common stock
+Added: our holding company structure creates restrictions on the payment of dividends, our ability to pay dividends is limited.
+Added: are a holding company whose primary assets are our ownership of equity interests in NewStem and NetCo.
+Added: We conduct no other business
+Added: and, as a result, we depend entirely upon NewStem’s and NetCo’s earnings and cash flow.
+Added: If we decide in the future
+Added: to pay dividends, as a holding company, our ability to pay dividends and meet other obligations depends upon the receipt of dividends
+Added: or other payments from NewStem or NetCo.
+Added: NewStem and/or NetCo may be restricted in their ability to pay dividends, make distributions
+Added: or otherwise transfer funds to us prior to the satisfaction of other obligations, including the payment of operating expenses or debt
+Added: service, appropriation to reserves prescribed by laws and regulations, covering losses in previous years, restrictions on the conversion
+Added: of local currency into U.S.
+Added: dollars or other hard currency, completion of relevant procedures with governmental authorities or banks
+Added: and other regulatory restrictions.
+Added: We do not presently have any intention to declare or pay dividends in the future.
+Added: You should not purchase
+Added: shares of our common stock in anticipation of receiving dividends in future periods.
+Added: we do not intend to pay any cash dividends on our common stock, our shareholders will not be able to receive a return on their shares
+Added: unless they sell them.
+Added: intend to retain any future earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business.
+Added: We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends
+Added: on our common stock in the foreseeable future.
+Added: Unless we pay dividends, our shareholders will not be able to receive a return on their
+Added: shares unless they sell them.
+Added: Shareholders may never be able to sell shares when desired.
+Added: Before you invest in our securities, you should
+Added: be aware that there are various risks.
+Added: You should consider carefully these risk factors, together with all of the other information included
+Added: in this annual report before you decide to purchase our securities.
+Added: If any of the following risks and uncertainties develop into actual
+Added: events, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected.
+Added: are an emerging growth company and the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies could make our common
+Added: stock less attractive to investors.
+Added: are an emerging growth company.
+Added: Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting
+Added: requirements that are applicable to other public companies including, without limitation, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive
+Added: compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory shareholder
+Added: vote on executive compensation and golden parachute payments, exemption from the requirement of auditor attestation in the assessment
+Added: of our internal control over financial reporting and exemption from any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting
+Added: Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information
+Added: about our audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis).
+Added: As a result of the foregoing, the information that we
+Added: provide shareholders may be different than what is available with respect to other public companies.
+Added: addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition
+Added: period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933 for complying with new or revised accounting standards.
+Added: to elect to use the extended period for compliance and, as a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies
+Added: that comply with public company effective dates.
+Added: requirement under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley
+Added: Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including establishing and maintaining acceptable internal controls over financial
+Added: reporting, are costly and may increase substantially.
+Added: rules and regulations of the SEC require a public company to prepare and file periodic reports under the Exchange Act, which will require
+Added: that the Company engage legal, accounting, auditing and other professional services.
+Added: The engagement of such services is costly.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we design, implement and maintain adequate internal controls and procedures
+Added: over financial reporting.
+Added: The costs of complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the limited technically qualified personnel we have
+Added: may make it difficult for us to design, implement and maintain adequate internal controls over financial reporting.
+Added: In the event that
+Added: we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls or discover material weaknesses in our internal controls, we may not be
+Added: able to produce reliable financial reports or report fraud, which may harm our overall financial condition and result in loss of investor
+Added: confidence and a decline in our share price.
+Added: a public company, we will be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Act of
+Added: 2010 and other applicable securities rules and regulations.
+Added: Despite recent reforms made possible by the JOBS Act, compliance with these
+Added: rules and regulations will nonetheless increase our legal and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time-consuming
+Added: or costly and increase demand on our systems and resources, particularly after we are no longer an “emerging growth company.”
+Added: The Exchange Act requires, among other things, that we file annual, quarterly, and current reports with respect to our business and operating
+Added: are working with our legal, accounting and financial advisors to identify those areas in which changes should be made to our financial
+Added: and management control systems to manage our growth and our obligations as a public company.
+Added: These areas include corporate governance,
+Added: corporate control, disclosure controls and procedures and financial reporting and accounting systems.
+Added: We have made, and will continue
+Added: to make, changes in these and other areas.
+Added: However, we anticipate that the expenses that will be required in order to adequately prepare
+Added: for being a public company could be material.
+Added: We estimate that the aggregate cost of increased legal services;
+Added: accounting and audit functions;
+Added: personnel, such as a chief financial officer familiar with the obligations of public company reporting;
+Added: consultants to design and implement
+Added: internal controls;
+Added: and financial printing alone will be a few hundred thousand dollars per year and could be several hundred thousand
+Added: dollars per year.
+Added: In addition, we may incur additional expenses related to director compensation and/or premiums for directors’
+Added: and officers’ liability insurance, the costs of which we cannot estimate at this time.
+Added: We may also incur additional expenses associated
+Added: with investor relations and similar functions, the cost of which we also cannot estimate at this time.
+Added: However, these additional expenses
+Added: individually, or in the aggregate, may also be material.
+Added: addition, being a public company could make it more difficult or more costly for us to obtain certain types of insurance, including directors’
+Added: and officers’ liability insurance, and we may be forced to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher
+Added: costs to obtain the same or similar coverage.
+Added: The impact of these events could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain
+Added: qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, our board committees or as executive officers.
+Added: increased costs associated with operating as a public company may decrease our net income or increase our net loss and may cause us to
+Added: reduce costs in other areas of our business or increase the prices of our products or services to offset the effect of such increased
+Added: Additionally, if these requirements divert our management’s attention from other business concerns, they could have a material
+Added: adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: is a very limited trading market for our common stock and investors are not assured of the opportunity to sell their stock, should they
+Added: desire to do so.
+Added: common stock is currently quoted on the OTC Pink Market.
+Added: However, our stock has traded in very limited quantities in the past.
+Added: a significant factor in the limited market is our limited capitalization and liquidity, results of operations and the characterization
+Added: of our stock as a “penny stock.” We hope to remedy our financial condition and results of operation in the future.
+Added: in turn, may assist us in obtaining listing of our stock on other exchanges.
+Added: However, there is no assurance that any of these objectives
+Added: will be met or that the market will ever increase to a point where investors could sell their stock at a desirable price, should they
+Added: desire to do so.
+Added: price of our common stock could be highly volatile.
+Added: shares of common stock are quoted on the OTC Pink Market.
+Added: It is likely that our common stock will be subject to price volatility, low
+Added: volumes of trades and large spreads in bid and ask prices quoted by market makers.
+Added: Due to the low volume of shares traded on any trading
+Added: day, persons buying or selling in relatively small quantities may easily influence prices of our common stock.
+Added: This low volume of trades
+Added: could also cause the price of our stock to fluctuate greatly, with large percentage changes in price occurring in any trading day session.
+Added: Holders of our common stock may also not be able to readily liquidate their investment or may be forced to sell at depressed prices due
+Added: to low volume trading.
+Added: If high spreads between the bid and ask prices of our common stock exist at the time of a purchase, the stock
+Added: would have to appreciate substantially on a relative percentage basis for an investor to recoup their investment.
+Added: Broad market fluctuations
+Added: and general economic and political conditions may also adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
+Added: No assurance can be given
+Added: that an active market in our common stock will be sustained.
+Added: If an active market does not continue, holders of our common stock may be
+Added: unable to readily sell the shares they hold or may not be able to sell their shares at all.
+Added: may be deemed an investment company, which could impose on us burdensome compliance requirements.
+Added: Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), requires companies to register as an investment
+Added: company if they are engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding, or trading securities.
+Added: Generally, companies
+Added: may be deemed investment companies under the Investment Company Act if they are viewed as engaging in the business of investing in securities
+Added: or they own investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of certain assets.
+Added: We are not in the business of investing, reinvesting,
+Added: owning, holding or trading securities.
+Added: However, if the Securities and Exchange Commission deems us to be an investment company, we may
+Added: have imposed upon us additional burdensome requirements, including having to register as an investment company, adopting a specific form
+Added: of corporation structure and having to comply with certain reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy, and disclosure requirements.
+Added: additional requirements would require us to incur additional costs and have an adverse effect on our results of operations and our ability
+Added: to effectively carry out our business plan.
+Added: Unresolved Staff Comments.
+Added: corporate office is located at 2255 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431.
+Added: We believe that our facilities are adequate for current operations.
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