2 unchanged sentences
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020
−Removed: March 31, 2021
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020
+Added: June 30, 2021
December 31, 2020
2 unchanged sentences
$ 100,456,324
−Removed: $ 100,456,324
+Added: Investment in Marketable Securities (amortized cost of $80,902,119)
Accounts Receivable, net
10 unchanged sentences
$ 134,201,074
−Removed: LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’
+Added: LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
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Total Liabilities
−Removed: Stockholders’
−Removed: Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively
−Removed: Common Stock, $0.001 par value, 400,000,000 shares authorized 300,321,658 and 258,438,514 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively
+Added: Stockholders’ Equity
+Added: Preferred Stock, $ 0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020
+Added: Common Stock, $ 0.001 par value, 400,000,000 shares authorized 300,791,335 and 258,438,514 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively
Additional Paid in Capital
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Total Stockholders' Equity
−Removed: Total Liabilities and Stockholders’
+Added: Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
$ 201,219,754
4 unchanged sentences
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
−Removed: Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and March
+Added: Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 and
+Added: June 30, 2020
Three Months Ended
−Removed: March 31, 2021
−Removed: March 31, 2020
+Added: Six Months Ended
+Added: June 30, 2021
+Added: June 30, 2020
+Added: June 30, 2021
+Added: June 30, 2020
Licensing & Royalties
10 unchanged sentences
Loss from Operations
+Added: ( 7,574,129 )
+Added: ( 2,376,726 )
+Added: ( 14,293,988 )
+Added: ( 4,144,775 )
Other Income (Expense):
2 unchanged sentences
Warrant Revaluation Expense
+Added: ( 208,760,698 )
+Added: ( 212,228,659 )
Warrant Incentive Expense
( 69,138,527 )
+Added: Conversion Option Revaluation Expense
+Added: ( 171,835,729 )
+Added: ( 171,835,729 )
Sub-Lease Income
Interest Expense
+Added: ( 1,151,609 )
Net Other Income (Expense)
( 380,881,276 )
+Added: ( 69,348,933 )
+Added: ( 384,949,171 )
Loss Before Income Tax Expense
( 7,383,978 )
+Added: ( 383,258,002 )
+Added: ( 83,642,921 )
+Added: ( 389,093,946 )
Income Tax Expense
−Removed: Net Loss Before Foreign Translation Adjustment
+Added: Net Loss Applicable to Common Shareholders
$ ( 7,383,978 )
−Removed: Foreign Translation Adjustment
$ ( 383,258,002 )
$ ( 83,642,921 )
+Added: $ ( 389,093,946 )
Net Loss per Common Share (Basic and Diluted)
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive
−Removed: Three months ended March 31, 2021 and March
+Added: Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 and
+Added: June 30, 2020
Three Months Ended
−Removed: March 31, 2021
−Removed: March 31, 2020
+Added: Six Months Ended
+Added: June 30, 2021
+Added: June 30, 2020
+Added: June 30, 2021
+Added: June 30, 2020
$ ( 7,383,978 )
$ ( 383,258,002 )
−Removed: Foreign Translation Adjustment
−Removed: Comprehensive Net Loss to Common Shareholders
$ ( 83,642,921 )
$ ( 389,093,946 )
+Added: Unrealized Loss on Marketable Securities
+Added: Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
+Added: Comprehensive Net Loss
+Added: $ ( 7,782,273 )
+Added: $ ( 383,258,002 )
+Added: $ ( 84,041,491 )
+Added: $ ( 389,093,946 )
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
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Genius Brands International, Inc.
−Removed: Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'
−Removed: Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and Three
−Removed: Months Ended March 31, 2020
−Removed: Paid-In Capital
−Removed: Comprehensive Loss
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity
+Added: Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 and
+Added: June 30, 2020
+Added: Other Comprehensive
Balance, December 31, 2020
( 469,557,324
+Added: Issued for ChizComm acquisition
+Added: From Warrant Exchange, net
+Added: of Common Stock for Services
+Added: Warrant Incentive
+Added: Currency Translation Adjustment
+Added: Balance, March 31, 2021
+Added: ( 545,816,267
+Added: of Common Stock for Services
+Added: Share Based Compensation
+Added: Loss on Marketable Securities
+Added: Currency Translation Adjustment
+Added: Balance, June 30, 2021
+Added: ( 553,200,246
+Added: Balance, December 31, 2019
+Added: $ ( 66,047,135 )
Value of Preferred Stock Conversion
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Share Based Compensation
−Removed: Balance, March 31, 2020
( 5,835,944 )
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2020
( 5,835,944 )
−Removed: $ (469,557,324 )
+Added: Balance, March 31, 2020
$ ( 71,883,079 )
−Removed: Shares Issued for ChizComm acquisition
−Removed: Proceeds from Warrant Exchange, net
+Added: Proceeds from Securities Purchase Agreement, Net
Issuance of Common Stock for Services
Share Based Compensation
−Removed: Warrant Incentive
−Removed: Foreign Translation Adjustment
+Added: Value of Preferred Stock Conversion
+Added: Derivative Liability Adjustment
+Added: Note Conversion
+Added: Warrant Exercise
( 1,840,384 )
+Added: Warrant Revaluation
+Added: Warrants Issued for Services
( 383,258,002 )
−Removed: Balance, March 31, 2021
( 383,258,002 )
+Added: Balance, June 30, 2020
$ 519,985,782
$ ( 456,981,465 )
−Removed: The accompanying notes are an integral part of
−Removed: these financial statements.
+Added: The accompanying notes are an integral part
+Added: of these financial statements.
Genius Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
−Removed: Three months ended March 31, 2021 and March
−Removed: March 31, 2021
−Removed: March 31, 2020
+Added: Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 and June 30,
+Added: June 30, 2021
+Added: June 30, 2020
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
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Lease Modification
+Added: Conversion Option Revaluation Expense
Debt Discount in Excess of the Principal
−Removed: Warrant Incentive Expense
+Added: Warrant Inducement Expense
Decrease (Increase) in Operating Assets:
Accounts Receivable, net
+Added: Inventory, net
Prepaid Expenses & Other Assets
+Added: ( 1,134,977 )
Lease Deposits
Film and Television Costs, net
+Added: ( 3,175,941 )
Increase (Decrease) in Operating Liabilities:
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Net Cash Used in Operating Activities
+Added: ( 8,972,775 )
+Added: ( 2,331,260 )
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
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Cash Payment for ChizComm, net of cash acquired
+Added: ( 7,788,877 )
+Added: Investment in Marketable Securities
+Added: ( 80,902,119 )
+Added: Investment in Intangible Assets, net
Investment in Property & Equipment
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
+Added: ( 89,316,206 )
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
−Removed: Increase in Lease Liability, net of Payments
+Added: Payments On Lease Liability
Proceeds from Sale of Securities Purchase Agreement, net
−Removed: Proceeds from Warrant Exchange, net
+Added: Proceeds From Warrant Exchange
Proceeds from Senior Secured Convertible Notes, net
+Added: (Repayment)/Proceeds from Payroll Protection Program
+Added: Collection Of Investor Notes
Repayment of Secured Convertible Notes
+Added: ( 2,866,664 )
+Added: Note Conversion Costs
Repayment of Production Facility, net
+Added: ( 1,202,313 )
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities
−Removed: Net Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents
+Added: Net (Decrease)/Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents
+Added: ( 42,083,989 )
Beginning Cash and Cash Equivalents
Ending Cash and Cash Equivalents
−Removed: $ 143,612,749
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
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Schedule of Non-Cash Financing and Investing Activities
+Added: Issuance of common stock for services
Shares issued for ChizComm acquisition
Liability for Acquisition Earnout Shares
+Added: Senior Convertible notes were converted into 65,476,190
+Added: shares of Common Stock, 58,522,601 warrants were exercised on a cashless basis resulting in the issuance of 52,551,716 shares of Common Stock
Warrant Derivative Liability
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Genius Brands International, Inc.
−Removed: Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: March 31, 2021 (unaudited)
+Added: Notes to Condensed Financial Statements
+Added: June 30, 2021 (unaudited)
Organization and Business
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Genius Brands International, Inc.
−Removed: (“we,”
−Removed: “us,”
−Removed: “our,”
−Removed: or the “Company”) is a global content and brand management company that creates and licenses
+Added: “us,” “our,” or the “Company”) is a global content and brand management company that creates and licenses
multimedia content.
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products based on our characters.
−Removed: In the children's media sector, our portfolio features “content with a purpose”
+Added: In the children's media sector, our portfolio features “content with a purpose” for toddlers
to tweens, which provides enrichment as well as entertainment.
−Removed: New intellectual property titles include Stan Lee’s Superhero
−Removed: Kindergarten produced with Stan Lee’s Pow!
+Added: New intellectual property titles include Stan Lee’s Superhero
+Added: Kindergarten produced with Stan Lee’s Pow!
Entertainment, and Oak Productions.
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the lead and is also an Executive Producer on the series.
−Removed: The show is being broadcast in the United States on the Company’s wholly
−Removed: owned distribution outlet, Kartoon Channel!.
−Removed: Other newer series include, the preschool property Rainbow Rangers , which debuted
−Removed: in November 2018 on Nickelodeon and which was renewed for a second season and preschool property Llama Llama, which debuted on
−Removed: Netflix in January 2018 and was renewed by Netflix for a second season.
−Removed: Our library titles include the award-winning Baby Genius ,
−Removed: adventure comedy Thomas Edison's Secret Lab ®
−Removed: and Warren Buffett’s Secret Millionaires Club, created with and starring
−Removed: iconic investor Warren Buffett, which is distributed across our Genius Brands Network on Comcast’s Xfinity on Demand, AppleTV, Roku,
−Removed: Amazon Fire, YouTube, Amazon Prime, Cox, Dish, Sling and Zumo, as well as Connected TV.
−Removed: In July 2020, the Company entered into a binding
−Removed: term sheet with POW, Inc.
−Removed: (“POW!”) in which we agreed to form an entity with POW!
−Removed: to exploit certain rights in intellectual
−Removed: property created by Stan Lee, as well as the name and likeness of Stan Lee.
−Removed: The entity is called “Stan Lee Universe, LLC”.
−Removed: and the Company are finalizing the details of the venture.
−Removed: This agreement will enable us to assume the worldwide rights, in perpetuity,
−Removed: to the name, physical likeness, physical signature, live-action and animated motion picture, television, online, digital, publishing,
−Removed: comic book, merchandising and licensing rights to Stan Lee and over 100 original Stan Lee creations, from which Genius Brands plans to
−Removed: develop and license multiple properties each year.
−Removed: The Company is also developing a new animated series starring the voice of Shaquille
−Removed: O’Neil called Shaq’s Garage .
−Removed: In addition, we act as licensing agent for Penguin
−Removed: Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House LLC which owns or controls the underlying rights to Llama Llama , leveraging our
−Removed: existing licensing infrastructure to expand this brand into new product categories, new retailers, and new territories.
+Added: The show is being broadcast in the United States on the Company’s wholly-owned
+Added: distribution outlet, Kartoon Channel!.
+Added: Other newer series include, the preschool property Rainbow Rangers , which debuted in November
+Added: 2018 on Nickelodeon and which was renewed for a second season and preschool property Llama Llama, which debuted on Netflix in January
+Added: 2018 and was renewed by Netflix for a second season.
+Added: The Company’s library titles include the award-winning Baby Genius ,
+Added: adventure comedy Thomas Edison's Secret Lab ® and Warren Buffett’s Secret Millionaires Club, created with and starring
+Added: iconic investor Warren Buffett, which is distributed across the Company’s Genius Brands Network on Comcast’s Xfinity on Demand,
+Added: AppleTV, Roku, Amazon Fire, YouTube, Amazon Prime, Cox, Dish, Sling and Zumo, as well as Connected TV.
+Added: In July 2020, the Company entered
+Added: into a binding term sheet with POW, Inc.
+Added: (“POW!”) in which the Company agreed to form an entity with POW!
+Added: to exploit certain
+Added: rights in intellectual property created by Stan Lee, as well as the name and likeness of Stan Lee.
+Added: The entity is called “Stan Lee
+Added: Universe, LLC”.
+Added: and the Company executed an Operating Agreement for the joint venture, effective as of June 1, 2021.
+Added: This agreement
+Added: enables the Company to assume the worldwide rights, in perpetuity, to the name, physical likeness, physical signature, live-action and
+Added: animated motion picture, television, online, digital, publishing, comic book, merchandising and licensing rights to Stan Lee and over
+Added: 100 original Stan Lee creations, from which Genius Brands plans to develop and license multiple properties each year.
+Added: The Company is in
+Added: production on a new animated series starring Shaquille O’Neal called Shaq’s Garage .
+Added: In addition, the Company acts as licensing agent
+Added: for Penguin Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House LLC which owns or controls the underlying rights to Llama Llama , leveraging
+Added: the Company’s existing licensing infrastructure to expand this brand into new product categories, new retailers, and new territories.
The Company commenced operations in 2006, assuming
all the rights and obligations of its then Chief Executive Officer, under an Asset Purchase Agreement between the Company and Genius Products,
−Removed: Inc., in which the Company obtained all rights, copyrights, and trademarks to the brands “Baby Genius,”
−Removed: “Kid Genius,”
−Removed: “123 Favorite Music”
−Removed: and “Wee Worship,”
−Removed: and all then existing productions under those titles.
+Added: Inc., in which the Company obtained all rights, copyrights, and trademarks to the brands “Baby Genius,” “Kid Genius,”
+Added: “123 Favorite Music” and “Wee Worship,” and all then existing productions under those titles.
In 2011, the Company
reincorporated in Nevada and changed its name to Genius Brands International, Inc.
−Removed: (the “Reincorporation”).
+Added: (the “Reincorporation”).
In connection
−Removed: with the Reincorporation, the Company changed its trading symbol to “GNUS.”
+Added: with the Reincorporation, the Company changed its trading symbol to “GNUS.”
In 2013, the Company entered into an Agreement
−Removed: and Plan of Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”) with A Squared Entertainment LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
−Removed: (“A Squared”), A Squared Holdings LLC, a California limited liability company and sole member of A Squared (the “Parent
−Removed: Member”), and A2E Acquisition LLC, its newly formed, wholly-owned Delaware subsidiary (“Acquisition Sub”).
+Added: and Plan of Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”) with A Squared Entertainment LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
+Added: (“A Squared”), A Squared Holdings LLC, a California limited liability company and sole member of A Squared (the “Parent
+Added: Member”), and A2E Acquisition LLC, its newly formed, wholly-owned Delaware subsidiary (“Acquisition Sub”).
of the transactions, A Squared, as the surviving entity, became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
+Added: During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the
+Added: Company’s cash and cash equivalents and marketable security positions increased by $ 38,308,505 , net.
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents were
+Added: used to purchase marketable securities of $ 80,902,119 during the six months ended June 30, 2021.
+Added: Cash in excess of immediate requirements
+Added: is invested in accordance with the Company’s investment policy, primarily with a view to liquidity and capital preservation.
+Added: available for sale securities, consisting principally of corporate and government debt securities stated at fair value, are also available
+Added: as a source of liquidity.
Historically, the Company has incurred net losses.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and March 31, 2020, the Company reported net losses of $76,258,943 and $5,835,944, respectively.
−Removed: The Company reported net cash used in operating activities of $5,855,273 and $995,517 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and March
+Added: For the three months ended June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020, the Company reported net losses of $ 7,383,978 and $ 383,258,002 , respectively.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020, the Company reported net losses of $ 83,642,921 and $ 389,093,946 , respectively.
+Added: The Company reported net cash used in operating activities of $ 8,972,775 and $ 2,331,260 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and June
30, 2020, respectively.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $545,816,267 and total stockholders’
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $ 553,200,246 and total stockholders’ equity
of $ 171,621,715 .
−Removed: At March 31, 2021, the Company had current assets of $159,186,104, including cash and cash equivalents of $143,612,749
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, the Company had current assets of $ 152,521,636 , including cash and cash equivalents of $ 58,372,335 ,
and current liabilities of $ 15,507,100 .
−Removed: The Company had working capital of $143,844,784 as of March 31, 2021, compared to working capital
+Added: The Company had working capital of $ 137,014,536 as of June 30, 2021, compared to working capital
of $ 101,387,183 as of December 31, 2020.
−Removed: On January 28, 2021,
−Removed: the Company entered into letter agreements (the “Letter Agreements”) with certain existing institutional and accredited investors
−Removed: to exercise certain outstanding warrants (the “Existing Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 39,740,500 shares of
−Removed: the Company’s common stock at their original exercise price of $1.55 per share (the “Exercise”).
−Removed: The Company received
−Removed: approximately $61.6 million in gross proceeds.
+Added: On January 28, 2021, the Company entered into
+Added: letter agreements (the “Letter Agreements”) with certain existing institutional and accredited investors to exercise certain
+Added: outstanding warrants (the “Existing Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 39,740,500 shares of the Company’s
+Added: common stock at their original exercise price of $ 1.55 per share (the “Exercise”).
+Added: The Company received approximately $ 61.6
+Added: million in gross proceeds.
The Special Equities Group, a division of Bradley Woods & Co.
−Removed: Ltd., acted as warrant
−Removed: solicitation agent and received a cash fee of approximately $4.3 million.
−Removed: In consideration for the exercise of the Existing Warrants for
−Removed: cash, the exercising holders received new unregistered warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 39,740,500 shares of common stock (the
−Removed: “New Warrants”) at an exercise price of $2.37 per share and with an exercise period of five years from the initial issuance
−Removed: Pursuant to the Letter Agreements, the New Warrants are substantially in the form of the Existing Warrants (except for customary
−Removed: legends and other language typical for an unregistered warrant, including the ability for the holder of the New Warrant to make a cashless
−Removed: exercise if no resale registration statement covering the common stock underlying the New Warrants is effective after six months), were
−Removed: exercisable immediately, and have a term of exercise of five years, and the Company was required to register for resale the shares of
−Removed: common stock underlying the New Warrants.
+Added: Ltd., acted as warrant solicitation agent
+Added: and received a cash fee of approximately $ 4.3 million.
+Added: In consideration for the exercise of the Existing Warrants for cash, the exercising
+Added: holders received new unregistered warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 39,740,500 shares of common stock (the “New Warrants”)
+Added: at an exercise price of $ 2.37 per share and with an exercise period of five years from the initial issuance date.
+Added: Pursuant to the Letter
+Added: Agreements, the New Warrants are substantially in the form of the Existing Warrants (except for customary legends and other language typical
+Added: for an unregistered warrant, including the ability for the holder of the New Warrant to make a cashless exercise if no resale registration
+Added: statement covering the common stock underlying the New Warrants is effective after six months), were exercisable immediately, and the
+Added: Company was required to register the shares of common stock underlying the New Warrants for resale.
As more fully discussed in Note 3 on February
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Basis of Presentation
−Removed: The accompanying 2021 and 2020 condensed consolidated
−Removed: financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
+Added: The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated
+Added: financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.
Principles of Consolidation
−Removed: The accompanying condensed consolidated
−Removed: financial statements include the accounts of Genius Brands International, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiaries A Squared
−Removed: Entertainment LLC, Llama Productions LLC, Rainbow Rangers Productions LLC, Superhero Kindergarten LLC, ChizComm Beacon Media LLC and
−Removed: ChizComm Ltd.
+Added: The accompanying condensed consolidated financial
+Added: statements include the accounts of Genius Brands International, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiaries A Squared Entertainment LLC, Llama
+Added: Productions LLC, Rainbow Rangers Productions LLC, Superhero Kindergarten LLC, ChizComm Beacon Media LLC, ChizComm Ltd., Stan Lee Universe
+Added: LLC and Shaq’s Garage Productions LLC.
All significant inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
−Removed: The financial statements have been prepared using
−Removed: the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards
−Removed: Codification (“ASC”) 805 Business Combinations.
+Added: The condensed consolidated financial statements
+Added: have been prepared using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
+Added: Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805 Business Combinations and ASC 810 Consolidation .
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity
−Removed: with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S.
−Removed: GAAP”) requires management to make estimates
−Removed: and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at
−Removed: the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.
+Added: GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the
+Added: disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
+Added: during the reporting periods.
+Added: Foreign Currency
+Added: The Company considers the
+Added: dollar to be its functional currency for its United States based operations.
+Added: The Company considers the Canadian dollar to be its
+Added: functional currency for its Canada based operation.
+Added: Accordingly, the financial information is translated from the Canadian dollar to the
+Added: dollar for inclusion in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Revenue and expenses are translated at average exchange
+Added: rates prevailing during the period, and assets and liabilities are translated at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date.
+Added: translation adjustments are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net in stockholders’ equity.
+Added: Foreign exchange transaction
+Added: gains and losses are included in other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
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with initial maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, the Company had Cash
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, the Company had cash
and cash equivalents of $ 58,372,335 and $ 100,456,324 , respectively.
+Added: Marketable Debt Securities
+Added: The Company purchases high
+Added: quality, investment grade securities from diverse issuers with a weighted average credit rating of AA/Aa2.
+Added: Management determines
+Added: the appropriate classification of securities at the time of purchase and reevaluates such designation as of each balance sheet date.
+Added: the Company classifies its investments in marketable securities as “available-for-sale” and records these investments at fair
+Added: The securities are available to support current operations and, accordingly, the Company classifies the investments as current
+Added: assets without regard to their contractual maturity.
+Added: Unrealized gains or losses
+Added: on available-for-sale securities for which the Company expects to fully recover the amortized cost basis are recognized in accumulated
+Added: other comprehensive (loss) income, a component of stockholders’ equity.
+Added: If the Company intends to sell a debt security, or it is
+Added: more likely than not that it would be required to sell a debt security before the recovery of its amortized cost basis, the entire difference
+Added: between the security's amortized cost basis and its fair value at the balance sheet date would be recognized as a loss in the consolidated
+Added: statements of operations.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
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accounts appears doubtful.
−Removed: The Company had an allowance for doubtful accounts of $117,087 for March 31, 2021 and $43,676 as of December
+Added: The Company had an allowance for doubtful accounts of $ 54,840 as of June 30, 2021 and $ 43,676 as of December
Property and Equipment
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lives, are charged to expense as incurred.
−Removed: Gains and losses from any dispositions of property and equipment are reflected in the statement
−Removed: of operations.
+Added: Gains and losses from any dispositions of property and equipment are reflected in the condensed
+Added: consolidated statement of operations.
Right of Use Leased Assets
−Removed: In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards
−Removed: Update 2016-02, “Leases.”
−Removed: The standard requires lessees to recognize the assets and liabilities that arise from leases on
−Removed: the balance sheet.
−Removed: A lessee should recognize in the statement of financial position a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability)
−Removed: and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term.
−Removed: The new guidance is effective for annual
−Removed: and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018.
−Removed: The amendments should be applied at the beginning of the earliest period
−Removed: presented using a modified retrospective approach with earlier application permitted as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting
−Removed: In July 2018, the FASB issued
−Removed: ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842), Targeted Improvements, which allows for an additional optional transition method where comparative
−Removed: periods presented in the financial statements in the period of adoption will not be restated and instead those periods will be presented
−Removed: under existing guidance in accordance with ASC 840, Leases.
−Removed: Management used this optional transition method.
−Removed: As of February 1, 2021,
−Removed: as a result of the ChizComm acquisition, management recorded lease liability of $380,050, right-of-use asset of $380,050.
+Added: Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted
+Added: ASC 842, Leases , using the modified retrospective transition method applied at the effective date of the standard.
+Added: The Company determines at contract inception whether the arrangement
+Added: is a lease based on its ability to control a physically distinct asset and determines the classification of the lease as either operating
+Added: For all leases, the Company combines all components of the lease including related nonlease components as a single component.
+Added: Operating leases are reflected as operating right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and operating lease liabilities in the consolidated
+Added: balance sheets.
+Added: The Company does not have any finance leases.
+Added: Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are
+Added: recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term.
+Added: As the Company’s leases do not
+Added: provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining
+Added: the present value of lease payments.
+Added: The Company estimates the incremental borrowing rate to reflect the profile of collateralized borrowing
+Added: over the expected term of the leases based on the information available at the later of the initial date of adoption, or the lease commencement
+Added: The operating lease ROU asset also includes any
+Added: lease payments made prior to lease commencement date and excludes lease incentives.
+Added: Lease terms may include options to extend or terminate
+Added: the lease when the Company is reasonably certain that it will exercise the option.
+Added: Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis
+Added: over the lease term in the consolidated statement of operations.
+Added: Lease incentives are recognized as a reduction to the lease expense on
+Added: a straight-line basis over the underlying lease term.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price
−Removed: over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired in business combinations accounted for by the purchase method.
+Added: over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired in business combinations accounted for by the acquisition method.
In accordance with
−Removed: FASB ASC 350 Intangibles Goodwill and Other, goodwill and certain intangible assets are presumed to have indefinite useful lives and are
−Removed: thus not amortized, but subject to an impairment test annually or more frequently if indicators of impairment arise.
−Removed: The Company completes
−Removed: the annual goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment tests at the end of each fiscal year.
−Removed: To test for goodwill impairment,
−Removed: we are required to estimate the fair market value of each of our reporting units, of which we have one.
−Removed: While we may use a variety of
−Removed: methods to estimate fair value for impairment testing, our primary method is discounted cash flows.
−Removed: We estimate future cash flows and
−Removed: allocations of certain assets using estimates for future growth rates and our judgment regarding the applicable discount rates.
−Removed: to our judgments and estimates could result in a significantly different estimate of the fair market value of the reporting units, which
−Removed: could result in an impairment of goodwill or indefinite lived intangible assets in future periods.
+Added: FASB ASC 350, Intangibles Goodwill and Other , goodwill and certain intangible assets are presumed to have indefinite useful lives
+Added: and are thus not amortized, but subject to an impairment test annually or more frequently if indicators of impairment arise.
+Added: completes the annual goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment tests at the end of each fiscal year.
+Added: To test for goodwill
+Added: impairment, the Company is required to estimate the fair market value of each of our reporting units, of which the Company has one.
+Added: the Company may use a variety of methods to estimate fair value for impairment testing, its primary method is discounted cash flows.
+Added: Company estimates future cash flows and allocations of certain assets using estimates for future growth rates and judgment regarding the
+Added: applicable discount rates.
+Added: Changes to judgments and estimates could result in a significantly different estimate of the fair market value
+Added: of the reporting units, which could result in an impairment of goodwill or indefinite lived intangible assets in future periods.
Other intangible assets have been acquired, either
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method when the latter does not lead to materially different results.
−Removed: The Company accounts for the proceeds from the
−Removed: issuance of convertible notes payable in accordance with FASB ASC 470-20 Debt with Conversion and Other Options.
−Removed: FASB ASC 470-20, the intrinsic value of the embedded conversion feature (beneficial conversion interest), which is in the money
−Removed: on the commitment date is included in the discount to debt and amortized to interest expense over the term of the note agreement.
−Removed: the conversion option is not separated, the Company accounts for the entire convertible instrument including debt and the conversion feature
−Removed: as a liability.
The Company analyzes freestanding equity-linked
instruments including warrants attached to debt to conclude whether the instrument meets the definition of the derivative and whether
−Removed: it is considered indexed to the Company’s own stock.
−Removed: If the instrument is not considered indexed to Company’s stock, it is
−Removed: classified as an asset or liability recorded at fair value.
−Removed: If the instrument considered indexed to Company’s stock, the Company
−Removed: analyzes additional equity classification requirements per ASC 815-40 Contract’s in Entity’s Own Equity.
−Removed: When the requirements
−Removed: are met, the instrument is recorded as part of the Company’s equity, initially measured based on its relative fair value with no
−Removed: subsequent re-measurement.
−Removed: When the equity classification requirements are not met, the instrument is recorded as an asset or liability
−Removed: and is measured at fair value with subsequent changes in fair value recorded in earnings.
+Added: it is considered indexed to the Company’s own stock.
+Added: If the instrument is not considered indexed to the Company’s stock, it
+Added: is classified as an asset or liability recorded at fair value.
+Added: If the instrument is considered indexed to the Company’s stock, the
+Added: Company analyzes additional equity classification requirements per ASC 815-40, Contract’s in Entity’s Own Equity .
+Added: the requirements are met, the instrument is recorded as part of the Company’s equity, initially measured based on its relative fair
+Added: value with no subsequent re-measurement.
+Added: When the equity classification requirements are not met, the instrument is recorded as an asset
+Added: or liability and is measured at fair value with subsequent changes in fair value recorded in earnings.
When required, the Company also considers the
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Film and Television Costs
−Removed: We capitalize production costs for episodic series
+Added: The Company capitalizes production costs for episodic
+Added: series produced in accordance with FASB ASC 926-20, Entertainment-Films - Other Assets - Film Costs .
+Added: Accordingly, production costs
+Added: are capitalized at actual cost and then charged against revenue based on the initial market revenue evidenced by a firm commitment over
+Added: the period of commitment.
+Added: The Company expenses all capitalized costs that exceed the initial market firm commitment revenue in the period
+Added: of delivery of the episodes.
+Added: The Company capitalizes production costs for films
produced in accordance with FASB ASC 926-20, Entertainment - Films - Other Assets - Film Costs .
−Removed: Accordingly, production costs are capitalized
−Removed: at actual cost and then charged against revenue based on the initial market revenue evidenced by a firm commitment over the period of
−Removed: We expense all capitalized costs that exceed the initial market firm commitment revenue in the period of delivery of the episodes.
−Removed: We capitalize production costs for films produced
−Removed: in accordance with FASB ASC 926-20 Entertainment - Films - Other Assets - Film Costs.
−Removed: Accordingly, production costs are capitalized at
−Removed: actual cost and then charged against revenue quarterly as a cost of production based on the relative fair value of the film(s) delivered
−Removed: and recognized as revenue.
−Removed: We evaluate its capitalized production costs annually and limits recorded amounts by their ability to recover
−Removed: such costs through expected future sales.
+Added: Accordingly, production costs are
+Added: capitalized at actual cost and then charged against revenue quarterly as a cost of production based on the relative fair value of the
+Added: film(s) delivered and recognized as revenue.
+Added: The Company evaluates its capitalized production costs annually and limits recorded amounts
+Added: by their ability to recover such costs through expected future sales.
Additionally, for both episodic series and films,
−Removed: from time to time, we develop additional content, improved animation and bonus songs/features for its existing content.
−Removed: After the initial
−Removed: release of the film or episodic series, the costs of significant improvement to existing products are capitalized while routine and periodic
−Removed: alterations to existing products are expensed as incurred.
+Added: from time to time, the Company develops additional content, improved animation and bonus songs/features for its existing content.
+Added: the initial release of the film or episodic series, the costs of significant improvement to existing products are capitalized while routine
+Added: and periodic alterations to existing products are expensed as incurred
Revenue Recognition
−Removed: The Company accounts
−Removed: for revenue according to standard ASC 606 (Topic 606).
−Removed: The Company has identified the following six material and distinct performance
−Removed: License rights to exploit Functional Intellectual Property (Functional Intellectual Property or “functional IP”
−Removed: is defined as intellectual property that has significant standalone functionality, such as the ability be played or aired.
+Added: The Company accounts for revenue according to
+Added: standard FASB ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers .
+Added: The Company has identified the following six material and distinct
+Added: performance obligations:
+Added: License rights to exploit Functional Intellectual Property (Functional Intellectual Property or “functional IP” is defined as intellectual property that has significant standalone functionality, such as the ability be played or aired.
Functional intellectual property derives a substantial portion of its utility from its significant standalone functionality.)
−Removed: License rights to exploit Symbolic Intellectual Property (Symbolic Intellectual Property or “symbolic IP”
−Removed: is intellectual property that is not functional as it does not have significant standalone use and substantially all of the utility of symbolic IP is derived from its association with the entity’s past or ongoing activities, including its ordinary business activities, such as the Company’s licensing and merchandising programs associated with its animated content.)
+Added: License rights to exploit Symbolic Intellectual Property (Symbolic Intellectual Property or “symbolic IP” is intellectual property that is not functional as it does not have significant standalone use and substantially all of the utility of symbolic IP is derived from its association with the entity’s past or ongoing activities, including its ordinary business activities, such as the Company’s licensing and merchandising programs associated with its animated content.)
Options to renew or extend a contract at fixed terms.
−Removed: (While this performance obligation is not significant for the Company’s current contracts, it could become significant in the future.)
+Added: (While this performance obligation is not significant for the Company’s current contracts, it could become significant in the future.)
Options on future seasons of content at fixed terms.
−Removed: (While this performance obligation is not significant for the Company’s current contracts, it could become significant in the future.)
+Added: (While this performance obligation is not significant for the Company’s current contracts, it could become significant in the future.)
Fixed fee advertising revenue generated from the Genius Brands Network
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The Company sells advertising on its App and OTT
−Removed: based “Kartoon Channel!
+Added: based “Kartoon Channel!
in the form of either flat rate promotions or impressions served.
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The Company recognizes revenue related to product
−Removed: sales when we complete our performance obligation, which is when the goods are transferred to the buyer.
+Added: sales when the Company completes its performance obligation, which is when the goods are transferred to the buyer.
Direct Operating Costs
−Removed: Direct operating costs include costs of our product
−Removed: sales, non-capitalizable film costs, film and television cost amortization expense, and participation expense related to agreements with
−Removed: various animation studios, post-production studios, writers, directors, musicians or other creative talent with which we are obligated
−Removed: to share net profits of the properties on which they have rendered services.
+Added: Direct operating costs include costs of the Company’s
+Added: product sales, non-capitalizable film costs, film and television cost amortization expense, and participation expense related to agreements
+Added: with various animation studios, post-production studios, writers, directors, musicians or other creative talent with which the Company
+Added: is obligated to share net profits of the properties on which they have rendered services.
Share-Based Compensation
−Removed: As required by FASB ASC 718 - Stock Compensation,
−Removed: the Company recognizes an expense related to the fair value of our share-based compensation awards, including stock options, using the
−Removed: Black-Scholes calculation as of the date of grant.
−Removed: The Company has elected to use the graded attribution method for awards which are in-substance,
−Removed: multiple awards based on the vesting schedule.
−Removed: The Company’s accounting policy elected for forfeitures is not to estimate the number
−Removed: of awards that are expected to vest.
−Removed: Instead, the Company accounts for forfeitures when they occur.
+Added: The Company issues stock-based awards to employees
+Added: and non-employees that are generally in the form of stock options or restricted stock units (“RSUs”).
+Added: Share-based compensation
+Added: cost is recorded for all options and awards of non-vested stock based on the grant-date fair value of the award.
+Added: The fair value of stock options is estimated at
+Added: the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which requires management to make assumptions with respect to the fair
+Added: value on the grant date.
+Added: The assumptions are as follows:
+Added: (i) the expected term assumption of the award is based on the Company’s
+Added: historical exercise and post-vesting behavior (ii) the expected volatility assumption is based on historical and implied volatilities
+Added: of the Company’s common stock calculated based on a period of time generally commensurate with the expected term of the award;
+Added: the risk-free interest rates are based on the implied yield available on U.S.
+Added: treasury zero-coupon issues with an equivalent expected
+Added: (iv) and the expected dividend yields of the Company’s stock are based on history and expectations of future dividends payable.
+Added: In the case of RSUs the fair value is calculated based on the Company’s underlying common stock on the date of grant.
+Added: The Company recognizes compensation expense
+Added: over the requisite service period ratably, using the graded attribution method, which is in-substance, recognizing multiple awards
+Added: based on the vesting schedule.
+Added: The Company has elected to account for forfeitures when they occur.
The Company issues authorized
−Removed: shares available for the issuance under the 2015 and 2020 Plans upon employees’
−Removed: exercise of their stock options.
+Added: shares available for issuance under the 2015 and 2020 Plans upon employees’ exercise of their stock options.
Earnings Per Share
−Removed: Basic earnings (loss) per common share (“EPS”)
+Added: Basic earnings (loss) per common share (“EPS”)
is calculated by dividing net income (loss) applicable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock
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average number of shares of common stock outstanding, plus the assumed exercise of all dilutive securities using the treasury stock or
−Removed: “as converted”
−Removed: method, as appropriate.
+Added: “as converted” method, as appropriate.
During periods of net loss, all common stock equivalents are excluded from the diluted
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At each balance sheet date, the Company evaluates the available evidence about future taxable income and other possible sources of realization
−Removed: of deferred tax assets and records a valuation allowance that reduces the deferred tax assets to an amount that represents management’s
+Added: of deferred tax assets and records a valuation allowance that reduces the deferred tax assets to an amount that represents management’s
best estimate of the amount of such deferred tax assets that more likely than not will be realized.
Concentration of Risk
−Removed: The Company’s cash is maintained at two
−Removed: financial institutions and from time to time the balances for this account exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (“FDIC”)
+Added: The Company’s cash is maintained at three
+Added: financial institutions and from time to time the balances for this account exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (“FDIC”)
insured amount.
Balances on interest bearing deposits at banks in the United States are insured by the FDIC up to $ 250,000 per account.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2020, the Company had six accounts with an uninsured balance of $142,111,746.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the
−Removed: Company had one customer whose total revenue each exceeded 10% of the total consolidated revenue.
−Removed: That customer was responsible for 11%
−Removed: to total revenue.
−Removed: The Company had four customers whose accounts receivable exceeded 10% of total accounts receivable.
−Removed: Those customers
−Removed: accounted for 69% of accounts receivable.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company had two customers whose total revenue
−Removed: exceeded 10% of the total consolidated revenue.
−Removed: These customers accounted for 22% of total revenue and two other customers represented
−Removed: 92% of accounts receivable.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, the Company had three accounts with an uninsured balance of $ 56,601,018 .
+Added: The Company’s investment portfolio consists
+Added: of investment-grade securities diversified among security types, industries and issuers.
+Added: The investments are held and managed by a financial
+Added: institution that follows the Company’s investment policy.
+Added: The Company’s policy limits the amount of credit exposure to any
+Added: one security issue or issuer and the Company believes no significant concentration of credit risk exists with respect to these investments.
+Added: For the three months ended June 30, 2021, the
+Added: Company had one customer whose total revenue exceeded 10% of the total consolidated revenue.
+Added: That customer accounted for 11 % of the total
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, the Company had two customers whose accounts receivable exceeded 10% of total consolidated accounts receivable.
+Added: Those customers accounted for 62 % of accounts receivable.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company had one customer whose total
+Added: revenue exceeded 10% of the total consolidated revenue.
+Added: That customer accounted for 34 % of the total revenue.
+Added: For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the
+Added: Company had one customer whose total revenue exceeded 10% of the total consolidated revenue.
+Added: That customer accounted for 46 % of the total
+Added: revenue and 13 % of accounts receivable.
+Added: One other customer accounted for 56 % of accounts receivable.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30,
+Added: 2020, the Company had one customer whose total revenue exceeded 10% of the total consolidated revenue.
+Added: That customer accounted for 29 %
+Added: of the total revenue and 13% of accounts receivable.
+Added: One other customer accounted for 56 % of accounts receivable.
Fair value of financial instruments
−Removed: The carrying amounts of cash, receivables, accounts
−Removed: payable, and accrued liabilities approximate fair value due to the short-term maturity of the instruments.
−Removed: The carrying amount of the
−Removed: Production Loan Facility approximates fair value since the debt carries a variable interest rate that is tied to either the current Prime
−Removed: or LIBOR rates plus an applicable spread.
−Removed: We previously adopted FASB ASC 820 for financial
−Removed: instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis.
−Removed: FASB ASC 820 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value
−Removed: in accordance with U.S.
−Removed: GAAP and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.
Fair value is defined as the price that would
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These tiers include:
−Removed: Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;
−Removed: Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active;
−Removed: Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
+Added: · Level 1 - Observable inputs such as quoted prices for identical instruments
+Added: in active markets;
+Added: · Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either
+Added: directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar
+Added: instruments in markets that are not active;
+Added: · Level 3 - Unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore
+Added: requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant
+Added: inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
+Added: The carrying amounts of cash, receivables, accounts
+Added: payable, and accrued liabilities approximate fair value due to the short-term maturity of the instruments.
+Added: The carrying amount of the
+Added: Production Loan Facility approximates fair value since the debt carries a variable interest rate that is tied to either the current Prime
+Added: or LIBOR rates plus an applicable spread.
+Added: The fair values of the available-for-sale securities
+Added: are generally based on quoted market prices, where available.
+Added: These fair values are obtained primarily from third-party pricing services,
+Added: which generally use Level I or Level II inputs for the determination of fair value to facilitate fair value measurements and disclosures.
+Added: Level II securities primarily include corporate securities, securities from states, municipalities and political subdivisions, mortgage-backed
+Added: securities, United States Government securities, foreign government securities, and certain other asset-backed securities.
+Added: For securities
+Added: not actively traded, the pricing services may use quoted market prices of comparable instruments or a variety of valuation techniques,
+Added: incorporating inputs that are currently observable in the markets for similar securities.
+Added: The following table summarizes the marketable
+Added: securities measured at fair value by level within the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2021:
+Added: Schedule of marketable security measured at fair value
+Added: Total Fair Value
+Added: Marketable investments:
+Added: Corporate Bonds
+Added: agency and government sponsored securities
+Added: states and municipalities
+Added: Fair values were determined for each individual
+Added: security in the investment portfolio.
+Added: The Company’s marketable securities are considered to be available-for-sale investments as
+Added: defined under ASC 320, Investments – Debt and Equity Securities .
+Added: There were no impairment charges recorded for the marketable
+Added: Refer to Note 4 for additional details.
+Added: The fair values of the derivative warrants attached to the 2020 Convertible Notes
+Added: were determined using the Black-Scholes-Merton model (Level 2) with standard valuation inputs.
+Added: Refer to Note 18 for additional details.
+Added: The fair value of the contingent earn-out liability was valued using Level 3 inputs.
+Added: Refer to Note 3 for additional details.
+Added: The Company did not have any financial assets
+Added: and liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of June 30, 2021 or December 31, 2020.
+Added: Business Combinations
+Added: The Company allocates
+Added: the fair value of the purchase consideration of a business acquisition to the tangible assets, liabilities, and intangible assets acquired
+Added: based on their estimated fair values.
+Added: The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the fair values of these identifiable
+Added: assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill.
+Added: The valuation of acquired assets and assumed liabilities requires significant judgment
+Added: and estimates, especially with respect to intangible assets.
+Added: The valuation of intangible assets requires that the Company use valuation
+Added: techniques such as the income approach.
+Added: The income approach includes the use of a discounted cash flow model, which includes discounted
+Added: cash flow scenarios and requires significant estimates such as future expected revenue, expenses, capital expenditures and other costs,
+Added: and discount rates.
+Added: The Company estimates the fair value based upon assumptions management believes to be reasonable, but which are inherently
+Added: uncertain and unpredictable and, as a result, actual results may differ from estimates.
+Added: Estimates associated with the accounting for acquisitions
+Added: may change as additional information becomes available regarding the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.
+Added: Acquisition-related expenses
+Added: and any related restructuring costs are recognized separately from the business combination and are expensed as incurred.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: In March 2019, the FASB issued ASU No.
−Removed: Entertainment-Films-Other Assets-Film Costs (Subtopic 926-20) and Entertainment-Broadcasters Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Subtopic
−Removed: The update aligns the accounting for production costs of an episodic television series with the accounting for production costs
−Removed: of films by removing the content distinction for capitalization.
−Removed: The amendments also require that an entity reassess estimates of the
−Removed: use of a film in a film group and account for any changes prospectively.
−Removed: The amendments in this update require that an entity test a film
−Removed: or license agreement for program material within the scope of Subtopic 920-350 for impairment at a film group level when the film or license
−Removed: agreement is predominantly monetized with other films and/or license agreements.
−Removed: For public business entities, the amendments in this
−Removed: update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years.
−Removed: We have prospectively
−Removed: adopted ASU 2016-18.
−Removed: The impact to our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows were not material.
+Added: In June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards
+Added: Update ("ASU") No.
+Added: 2016-13, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (Topic 326) .
+Added: ASU 2016-13 replaces the
+Added: “incurred loss” credit losses framework with a new accounting standard that requires management's measurement of the allowance
+Added: for credit losses to be based on a broader range of reasonable and supportable information for lifetime credit loss estimates.
+Added: model, referred to as the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model, will apply to:
+Added: (1) financial assets subject to credit
+Added: losses and measured at amortized cost, and (2) certain off-balance sheet credit exposures.
+Added: This includes, but is not limited to, loans,
+Added: leases, held-to-maturity securities, loan commitments, and financial guarantees.
+Added: The CECL model does not apply to available-for-sale (“AFS”)
+Added: debt securities.
+Added: For AFS debt securities with unrealized losses, entities will measure credit losses in a manner similar to what they
+Added: do today, except that the losses will be recognized as allowances rather than reductions in the amortized cost of the securities.
+Added: ASU also simplifies the accounting model for purchased credit-impaired debt securities and loans.
+Added: 2016-13 also expands the disclosure
+Added: requirements regarding an entity’s assumptions, models, and methods for estimating the allowance for loan and lease losses.
+Added: 16, 2019, the FASB approved a proposal to change the effective date of ASU No.
+Added: 2016-13 for smaller reporting companies, such as the Company,
+Added: delaying the effective date to fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal periods.
+Added: Early adoption is permitted for interim and annual reporting periods.
+Added: The Company is currently evaluating the effect that the ASU will
+Added: have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No.
−Removed: Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity.
−Removed: The update simplifies the accounting for convertible
−Removed: instruments by removing certain separation models in Subtopic 470-20, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options, for convertible
−Removed: As part of the amendment, the embedded conversion features are no longer separated from the host contract for convertible
−Removed: instruments with conversion features that are not required to be accounted for as derivatives under Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging,
−Removed: or that do not result in substantial premiums accounted for as paid-in capital.
−Removed: The FASB has eliminated the cash conversion and beneficial
−Removed: conversion feature models.
−Removed: The FASB has also modified accounting rules relating to application of the scope exception from derivative
−Removed: The amendments revise the guidance in ASC 815-40-25-10, to remove three out of seven conditions from the settlement guidance,
−Removed: referred to as additional equity classification requirements.
−Removed: Following the above amendments, more convertible debt instruments will be
−Removed: accounted for as a single liability measured at its amortized cost and more convertible preferred stock will be accounted for as a single
−Removed: equity instrument measured at its historical cost, as long as no features require bifurcation and recognition as derivatives.
−Removed: The amendments
−Removed: are effective for public business entities, excluding smaller reporting companies, for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021,
+Added: Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity .
+Added: The update simplifies the accounting for
+Added: convertible instruments by removing certain separation models in Subtopic 470-20, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options, for
+Added: convertible instruments.
+Added: As part of the amendment, the embedded conversion features are no longer separated from the host contract for
+Added: convertible instruments with conversion features that are not required to be accounted for as derivatives under Topic 815, Derivatives
+Added: and Hedging, or that do not result in substantial premiums accounted for as paid-in capital.
+Added: The FASB has eliminated the cash conversion
+Added: and beneficial conversion feature models.
+Added: The FASB has also modified accounting rules relating to application of the scope exception from
+Added: derivative accounting.
+Added: The amendments revise the guidance in ASC 815-40-25-10, to remove three out of seven conditions from the settlement
+Added: guidance, referred to as additional equity classification requirements.
+Added: Following the above amendments, more convertible debt instruments
+Added: will be accounted for as a single liability measured at its amortized cost and more convertible preferred stock will be accounted for
+Added: as a single equity instrument measured at its historical cost, as long as no features require bifurcation and recognition as derivatives.
+Added: The amendments are effective for public business entities, excluding smaller reporting companies, for fiscal years beginning after December
15, 2021, including interim periods within those fiscal years.
−Removed: For all other entities, including smaller reporting companies the amendments are
−Removed: effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years.
−Removed: Early adoption is permitted,
−Removed: but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years.
−Removed: We have prospectively
−Removed: adopted ASU No.
−Removed: The impact to our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows were not material.
+Added: For all other entities, including smaller reporting companies the amendments
+Added: are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years.
+Added: Early adoption
+Added: is permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years.
+Added: The Company has adopted ASU No.
+Added: 2020-06 starting January 1, 2021.
+Added: The impact to the Company’s consolidated financial position, results
+Added: of operations and cash flows was not material as the Company does not have any outstanding convertible instruments.
Various other accounting pronouncements have been
recently issued, most of which represented technical corrections to the accounting literature or were applicable to specific industries
−Removed: and are not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
−Removed: Business Combinations
−Removed: We allocate the fair
−Removed: value of the purchase consideration of a business acquisition to the tangible assets, liabilities, and intangible assets acquired based
−Removed: on their estimated fair values.
−Removed: The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the fair values of these identifiable assets
−Removed: and liabilities is recorded as goodwill.
−Removed: The valuation of acquired assets and assumed liabilities requires significant judgment and estimates,
−Removed: especially with respect to intangible assets.
−Removed: The valuation of intangible assets requires that we use valuation techniques such as the
−Removed: income approach.
−Removed: The income approach includes the use of a discounted cash flow model, which includes discounted cash flow scenarios and
−Removed: requires significant estimates such as future expected revenue, expenses, capital expenditures and other costs, and discount rates.
−Removed: estimate the fair value based upon assumptions we believe to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain and unpredictable and,
−Removed: as a result, actual results may differ from estimates.
−Removed: Estimates associated with the accounting for acquisitions may change as additional
−Removed: information becomes available regarding the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.
−Removed: Acquisition-related expenses and any related restructuring
−Removed: costs are recognized separately from the business combination and are expensed as incurred.
−Removed: Foreign Currency Translation
−Removed: The Company considers the
−Removed: dollar to be its functional currency for its United States based operations.
−Removed: The Company considers the Canadian dollar to be its
−Removed: functional currency for its Canada based operation.
−Removed: Accordingly, monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are
−Removed: translated into U.S.
−Removed: dollars at the exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date and non-monetary assets and liabilities are translated
−Removed: at the exchange rates in effect at the time of acquisition or issue.
−Removed: Revenues and expenses are translated at rates approximating the exchange
−Removed: rates in effect at the time of the transactions.
−Removed: All exchange gains and losses are included in operations.
+Added: and are not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
Acquisition of ChizComm Entities
On February 1, 2021, the Company through GBI Acquisition
−Removed: LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, and 2811210 Ontario Inc., a company organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario , two
−Removed: wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, closed its previously announced acquisition pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “
−Removed: Agreement ”) with (i) Harold Aaron Chizick, (ii) Jennifer Mara Chizick, (iii) Wishing Thumbelina Inc.
−Removed: Wishing Thumbelina ”),
−Removed: and (iv) Harold Aaron Chizick and Jennifer Mara Chizick, the trustees of The Chizsix (2019) Family Trust for and on behalf of Harold Aaron
−Removed: Chizick, Jennifer Mara Chizick and Jay Mark Sonshine, trustees of The Chizsix (2019) Family Trust, (the “
−Removed: Trustees ”)
−Removed: (each a “
−Removed: Seller ”
−Removed: and, collectively, “
−Removed: Sellers ”), pursuant to which the Company acquired from the
−Removed: Sellers all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of ChizComm Ltd., a corporation
−Removed: organized in Canada (“
−Removed: ChizComm Canada ”), and ChizComm USA Corp., a New
−Removed: Jersey corporation (“
−Removed: ChizComm USA ”
−Removed: and, together with ChizComm Canada,
−Removed: ChizComm ”) (the “
−Removed: Acquisition ”).
+Added: LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, and 2811210 Ontario Inc., a company organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario,
+Added: two wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company, closed its previously announced acquisition pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the
+Added: “Purchase Agreement”) with (i) Harold Aaron Chizick, (ii) Jennifer Mara Chizick, (iii) Wishing Thumbelina Inc.
+Added: Thumbelina”), and (iv) Harold Aaron Chizick and Jennifer Mara Chizick, the trustees of The Chizsix (2019) Family Trust for and on
+Added: behalf of Harold Aaron Chizick, Jennifer Mara Chizick and Jay Mark Sonshine, trustees of The Chizsix (2019) Family Trust, (the “Trustees”)
+Added: (each a “Seller” and, collectively, “Sellers”), pursuant to which the Company acquired from the Sellers all of
+Added: the issued and outstanding equity interests of ChizComm Ltd., a corporation organized in Canada (“ChizComm Canada”), and ChizComm
+Added: USA Corp., a New Jersey corporation (“ChizComm USA” and, together with ChizComm Canada, “ChizComm”) (the “Acquisition”).
+Added: The following
+Added: table summarizes the fair value of the purchase price consideration paid to acquire ChizComm:
+Added: Total purchase price consideration paid
+Added: Cash consideration at closing
+Added: Equity consideration at closing
+Added: Fair value of Earn-Out shares
Total consideration paid by the Company in the
−Removed: transaction at closing consisted of $8.5 million in cash and 1,980,658 shares (the “
−Removed: Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “
−Removed: Common Stock ”)
−Removed: with a value of approximately $3.5 million, both as subject to certain purchase price adjustments.
−Removed: Of the Closing Shares, 674,157 shares
−Removed: of Common Stock, with a value of approximately $1.2 million, were deposited into an escrow account to cover potential post-closing indemnification
−Removed: obligations of Sellers under the Purchase Agreement.
−Removed: Additionally, the Purchase Agreement also provides for the issuance of additional
−Removed: shares of Common Stock with an aggregate value of up to $8.0 million that may be issued to the Sellers if certain EBITDA and performance
−Removed: levels are achieved within a four-year period commencing on the date of the Purchase Agreement (Earn-Out).
+Added: transaction at closing consisted of $ 8.5 million in cash and 1,980,658 shares (the “Closing Shares”) of the Company’s
+Added: common stock with a value of approximately $3.5 million, both as subject
+Added: to certain purchase price adjustments.
+Added: Of the Closing Shares, 674,157 shares of common stock, with a value of approximately $ 1.2 million,
+Added: were deposited into an escrow account to cover potential post-closing indemnification obligations of Sellers under the Purchase Agreement.
+Added: Additionally, the Purchase Agreement also provides for the issuance of additional shares of common stock with an aggregate value of up
+Added: to $8.0 million that may be issued to the Sellers if certain EBITDA and performance levels are achieved within a four-year period commencing
+Added: on the date of the Purchase Agreement (Earn-Out).
The Acquisition
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The acquisition expands the
−Removed: Company’s revenue streams into media and advertising services.
−Removed: has determined that the Acquisition constitutes a business acquisition as defined by Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”)
+Added: Company’s revenue streams into media and advertising services.
+Added: has determined that the Acquisition constitutes a business acquisition as defined by Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”)
805, Business Combinations .
−Removed: Accordingly, the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed in the transaction were recorded at their estimated
−Removed: acquisition fair values, while transaction costs associated with the acquisition were expensed as incurred pursuant to the purchase method
−Removed: of accounting in accordance with ASC 805.
−Removed: The Company’s purchase price allocation was based on an evaluation of the appropriate
+Added: Accordingly, the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed in the transaction were recorded at their
+Added: estimated acquisition fair values, while transaction costs associated with the acquisition were expensed as incurred pursuant to the purchase
+Added: method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805.
+Added: The Company’s purchase price allocation was based on an evaluation of the appropriate
fair values and represent managements best estimate based on available data.
Fair values are determined based on the requirements of ASC
−Removed: 820, Fair Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”).
−Removed: arrangement meets the liability classification criteria outlined in ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity”, as
−Removed: it is not indexed to the Company’s own shares and is classified as a liability in the accompanying balance sheet.
−Removed: Liability classified
−Removed: contingent consideration is measured initially at the fair value on the acquisition date and is remeasured at each reporting period.
−Removed: differences between the estimated fair value of the Earn-Out recorded at the acquisition date and the remeasurement date will be reflected
−Removed: as a charge or credit, as applicable, in the statement of operations.
−Removed: The following
−Removed: table summarizes the fair value of the purchase price consideration paid to acquire ChizComm:
−Removed: Cash consideration at closing
−Removed: Equity consideration at closing
−Removed: Fair value of Earn-Out shares
−Removed: The preliminary purchase price allocation was
−Removed: based upon an estimate of the fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed by the Company in connection with the acquisition
−Removed: The accounting for the acquisition at March 31, 2021 is preliminary as the Company is finalizing its valuation and determination
−Removed: of it’s intangible assets and contingent consideration and expects to be finalized in subsequent quarters.
−Removed: The Company has engaged
−Removed: a third party valuation firm to assist with the purchase price allocation which will be completed in subsequent quarters.
+Added: 820, Fair Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”).
+Added: arrangement meets the liability classification criteria outlined in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity , as it is not
+Added: indexed to the Company’s own shares and is classified as a liability in the accompanying balance sheet.
+Added: Liability classified contingent
+Added: consideration is measured initially at the fair value on the acquisition date and is remeasured at each reporting period.
+Added: Subsequent differences
+Added: between the estimated fair value of the Earn-Out recorded at the acquisition date and the remeasurement date will be reflected as a charge
+Added: or credit, as applicable, in the statement of operations.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, there were no material changes to the assumptions used
+Added: on the acquisition date to value the contingent consideration, therefore no change in value was recorded.
+Added: completed and finalized the purchase price allocation during the three months ended June 30, 2021.
+Added: The Company recorded assets acquired
+Added: and liabilities assumed at their respective fair values.
+Added: The following table summarizes the final fair value of assets acquired and liabilities
+Added: Assets acquired and liabilities assumed
+Added: Accounts Receivable
+Added: Prepaid Expenses
+Added: Lease Deposits
+Added: Customer Relationships
+Added: Non-Compete Agreements
+Added: Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
+Added: ( 7,006,350 )
+Added: Payroll Tax Liability
+Added: Total Consideration
The identifiable intangible assets acquired of
−Removed: $9,630,000 was composed of $3,430,000 for ChizComm’s trade name with an indefinite remaining economical life, $6,140,000 for ChizComm’s
−Removed: customer base with a remaining useful life of approximately 12 years, and $60,000 for ChizComm’s non-compete agreements with a remaining
+Added: $ 9,630,000 was composed of $ 3,430,000 for ChizComm’s trade name with an indefinite remaining economical life, $ 6,140,000 for ChizComm’s
+Added: customer base with a remaining useful life of approximately 12 years, and $ 60,000 for ChizComm’s non-compete agreements with a remaining
economic life of 3 years.
−Removed: Management is responsible for determining the
−Removed: fair value of the identifiable assets acquired as of the effective Date.
−Removed: Management considered a number of factors, including reference
−Removed: to an analysis under ASC 805 solely for the purpose of allocating the purchase price to the assets acquired.
Valuation Methodology
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This method is an income approach that estimates the portion of a
−Removed: company’s earnings attributable to an asset based on the royalty rate the company would have paid for the use of the asset if it
+Added: company’s earnings attributable to an asset based on the royalty rate the company would have paid for the use of the asset if it
did not own it.
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were valued using a with and without method.
−Removed: Under this method, estimated prospective financial information (“PFI”) is calculated
+Added: Under this method, estimated prospective financial information (“PFI”) is calculated
with the existence and ownership of an intangible asset and compared to the PFI in the absence of the ownership of the intangible asset.
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Attrition of existing customers.
−Removed: The acquisition was treated for tax purposed as
−Removed: a nontaxable transaction and as such, the historical tax bases of the acquired tax bases of the acquired assets, net operating loose,
−Removed: and other tax attributes of ChizComm will carryover.
−Removed: As a result, no new goodwill for tax purposes was created on connection with the
−Removed: acquisition as there is no step-up to the fair value of the underlying tax bases of the acquired net assets.
−Removed: The preliminary purchase price allocation was
−Removed: based upon an estimate of the fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed by the Company in connection with the acquisition
−Removed: of ChizComm, as follows:
−Removed: Accounts Receivable
−Removed: Prepaids Expenses
−Removed: Lease Deposits
−Removed: Customer Relationships
−Removed: Non-Compete Agreements
−Removed: Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
−Removed: Payroll Tax Liability
−Removed: Total Consideration
−Removed: Supplemental Pro Forma Information (Unaudited)
+Added: The acquisition was treated for tax purposes as
+Added: a nontaxable transaction and as such, the historical tax basis of the acquired assets, net operating loss, and other tax attributes
+Added: of ChizComm will carryover.
+Added: As a result, no new goodwill for tax purposes was created in connection with the acquisition as there is no
+Added: step-up to the fair value of the underlying tax bases of the acquired net assets.
The following supplemental pro forma information
−Removed: summarizes our results of operations for the periods presented, as if we completed the acquisition of ChizComm on the beginning of the
−Removed: period presented.
−Removed: Supplemental proforma information as follows:
+Added: summarize the Company’s results of operations for the current reporting period, as if the Company completed the acquisition as of
+Added: the beginning of the annual reporting period.
+Added: pro forma information as follows:
Three Months Ended
−Removed: March 31, 2021
−Removed: March 31, 2020
+Added: Six Months Ended
Total Revenues
−Removed: Net Loss Applicable to Common Shareholders
( 7,383,978 )
+Added: ( 383,624,941 )
+Added: ( 84,269,062 )
+Added: ( 391,305,960 )
Net Loss per Common Share (Basic and Diluted)
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (Basic and Diluted)
+Added: Marketable Securities
+Added: The Company classifies and accounts for its marketable
+Added: debt securities as available-for-sale and the securities are stated at fair value.
+Added: The investments in marketable securities had an adjusted cost basis
+Added: of $80,902,119 and a market value of $80,392,494 as of June 30, 2021.
+Added: Summary of Investment in marketable security
+Added: Adjusted Cost
+Added: Unrealized Loss
+Added: Corporate Bonds
+Added: $ ( 371,032 )
+Added: agency and government sponsored securities
+Added: states and municipalities
+Added: $ ( 509,625 )
+Added: The Company reported the unrealized losses, net
+Added: of taxes, as a component of stockholders' equity.
+Added: The decline in fair value is largely due to changes in interest rates and other market
+Added: The Company has evaluated these securities and determined that no allowance is necessary based on the credit quality and the
+Added: low risk of loss due to the security type.
+Added: The fair value is expected to recover as the securities approach maturity.
+Added: The contractual maturities of the Company’s marketable investments
+Added: as of June 30, 2021 were as follows:
+Added: Summary of contractual maturity
+Added: Due after 1 year through five years
+Added: Due after 5 years through 10 years
+Added: Due after 10 years (a)
+Added: (a) Included within this category are municipal bonds with a fair value of $2,300,000 that the Company plans to sell within the next twelve months.
+Added: The Company may sell certain of its marketable debt securities prior
+Added: to their stated maturities for reasons including, but not limited to, managing liquidity, credit risk, duration and asset allocation.
+Added: The Company did not sell any securities during the three or six months
+Added: ended June 30, 2021, that resulted in gains or losses.
Property and Equipment, Net
The Company has property and equipment as follows
−Removed: as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020:
−Removed: March 31, 2021
−Removed: December 31, 2020
+Added: as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:
+Added: Schedule of property and equipment, net
Furniture and Equipment
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Leasehold Improvements
+Added: Production Equipment
Property and Equipment, Gross
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Property and Equipment, Net
−Removed: During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and
+Added: During the three months ended June 30, 2021 and
2020, the Company recorded depreciation expense of $ 15,265 and $ 13,537 , respectively.
+Added: During the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020,
+Added: the Company recorded depreciation expense of $ 29,829 and $ 27,075 , respectively.
Right of Use Leased Asset
−Removed: As of February 1, 2021, as a result of the Acquisition,
−Removed: management recorded lease liability and right-of-use asset of $380,050.
Right of use asset consisted of the following
−Removed: as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020:
−Removed: March 31, 2021
−Removed: December 31, 2020
+Added: as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:
+Added: Schedule of right of use asset
Office Lease Asset
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Right Of Use Asset, Net
−Removed: During the three months ended March 31, 2021
−Removed: and 2020, the Company recorded amortization expense of $46,237 and $108,245 respectively.
+Added: During the three months ended June 30, 2021 and
+Added: June 30, 2020, the Company recorded amortization expense of $ 82,668 and $ 109,458 , respectively.
+Added: During the six months ended June 30, 2021
+Added: and June 30, 2020, the Company recorded amortization expense of $ 128,905 and $ 217,704 , respectively.
Film and Television Costs, Net
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, the Company had net Film
−Removed: and Television Costs of $13,106,729, compared to $11,828,494 at December 31, 2020.
−Removed: The increases primarily relates to the development
−Removed: costs related to Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten offset by amortization of Rainbow Rangers Season 1 and Llama
−Removed: Llama Seasons 1 & 2 .
−Removed: During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, the Company had net
+Added: Film and Television Costs of $14,972,446, compared to $11,828,494 as of December 31, 2020.
+Added: The increase primarily relates to the
+Added: development costs related to Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten offset by amortization of Rainbow Rangers Season
+Added: 1 and Llama Llama Seasons 1 & 2 .
+Added: During the three months ended June 30, 2021 and
2020, the Company recorded Film and Television Cost amortization expense of $ 553,562 and $ 185,748 , respectively.
+Added: During the six months
+Added: ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded Film and Television Cost amortization expense of $ 658,369 and $ 292,363 , respectively.
The following table highlights the activity in
−Removed: Film and Television Costs of March 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020:
+Added: Film and Television Costs as of June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020:
+Added: Schedule of film and television costs activity
Film and Television Costs, Net as of December 31, 2019
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Film Amortization Expense
−Removed: Film and Television Costs, Net as of March 31, 2021
+Added: Film and Television Costs, Net as of June 30, 2021
Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net
−Removed: In 2013, the Company recognized $10,365,806 in
−Removed: Goodwill, representing the excess of the fair value of the consideration for the Merger over net identifiable assets acquired.
−Removed: to FASB ASC 350-20, Goodwill is not subject to amortization but is subject to annual review to determine if certain events warrant impairment
−Removed: to the Goodwill asset.
+Added: In 2013, the Company recognized $10,365,806
+Added: in goodwill, representing the excess of the fair value of the consideration for the merger with A Squared over net identifiable
+Added: assets acquired.
+Added: Pursuant to FASB ASC 350-20, Goodwill is not subject to amortization but is subject to annual review to
+Added: determine if certain events warrant impairment to the goodwill asset.
As a result of the ChizComm acquisition, the consideration
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Accordingly, this amount was recorded as goodwill at the time of the acquisition.
−Removed: Through March 31, 2021, the Company has not recognized any impairment to Goodwill.
+Added: Through June 30, 2021, the Company has not recognized any impairment on goodwill.
The following table represents details of our
goodwill balance:
+Added: Schedule of Goodwill
Goodwill as of December 31, 2020
Acquisition of ChizComm Entities
−Removed: Goodwill as of March 31, 2021
+Added: Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
+Added: Goodwill as of June 30, 2021
Intangible Assets, Net
The Company had the following intangible assets
−Removed: as of March 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020:
−Removed: March 31, 2021
−Removed: December 31, 2020
+Added: as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:
+Added: Schedule of Intangible Asset
Trademarks (a)
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Intangible Assets, Gross
−Removed: Less Accumulated Amortization (e)
+Added: Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
+Added: Less Accumulated Amortization
Intangible Assets, Net
−Removed: (a) Pursuant to FASB ASC 350-30-35, the Company reviews these intangible assets periodically to determine
−Removed: if the value should be retired or impaired due to recent events.
−Removed: (b) Amount represents fair value of the ChizComm and ChizComm Beacon Media trade names which have determined
−Removed: to have an indefinite useful life.
−Removed: (c) Amount represents fair value of the ChizComm and ChizComm Beacon Media customer relationships with a useful
−Removed: life of 12 years.
−Removed: Amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $85,333.
−Removed: (d) Amount represents fair value of the Non-compete agreements as part of the ChizComm acquisition.
−Removed: The non-compete
−Removed: agreements have a useful life of 3 years.
−Removed: Amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $3,333.
−Removed: (e) During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and March 31, 2020, the Company recognized, $2,855 and $10,791,
+Added: to FASB ASC 350-30-35, the Company reviews these intangible assets periodically to determine if the value should be retired or
+Added: impaired due to recent events.
+Added: During the three months ended June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020, the Company recognized, $ 8,276
+Added: and $ 10,847 ,
respectively, in amortization expense related to the Trademarks, Product Masters, and Other Intangible Assets.
−Removed: Expected future intangible asset amortization as of March 31, 2021
+Added: During the six months
+Added: ended June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020, the Company recognized, $ 11,131
+Added: and $ 21,638 ,
+Added: respectively, in amortization expense related to the Trademarks, Product Masters, and Other Intangible Assets.
+Added: Amount represents fair value of the ChizComm and ChizComm Beacon Media Trade Names which have been determined to have an indefinite useful life.
+Added: Amount represents fair value of the ChizComm and ChizComm Beacon Media Customer Relationships with a useful life of 12 years.
+Added: Amortization expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 was $ 129,277 and $ 214,610 , respectively.
+Added: Amount represents fair value of the Non-Compete agreements as part of the ChizComm acquisition.
+Added: The Non-Compete agreements have a useful life of 3 years.
+Added: Amortization expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 was $5,053 and $8,386, respectively.
+Added: Expected future intangible asset amortization as of June
30, 2021 is as follows:
+Added: Expected future intangible asset amortization
+Added: Remaining 2021
Deferred Revenue
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, the
+Added: As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the
Company had total short term and long term deferred revenue of $ 3,957,937 and $ 4,432,377 , respectively.
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have been met.
−Removed: Included in the deferred revenue balance as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 is the $3,370,284 which is the remaining
+Added: Included in the deferred revenue balance as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 is the $ 3,394,967 which is the remaining
balance from the total $ 3,489,583 advance against future royalty that Sony paid to the Company for both the foreign and domestic distribution
−Removed: Accrued Expenses, Salaries and
−Removed: Wages –
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, the
+Added: Accrued Expenses, Salaries and Wages
+Added: As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the
Company has the following current accrued liabilities:
−Removed: March 31, 2021
−Removed: December 31, 2020
+Added: Schedule of other accrued liabilities
Other Accrued Expenses (a)
Accrued Salaries and Wages (b)
−Removed: Total Accrued Liabilities –
−Removed: Represents accrued interest and legal fees.
−Removed: Represents accrued salaries and wages and accrued vacation payable to employees as of March 31, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020
−Removed: Secured Convertible Notes
−Removed: On August 17, 2018, the Company entered into a
−Removed: Securities Purchase Agreement (the “August 2018 Purchase Agreement”) with certain investors (the “Investors”),
−Removed: pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell (i) an aggregate principal amount of $4.50 million in secured convertible notes, convertible
−Removed: into shares of our common stock, at a conversion price of $2.50 per share (the “August 2018 Secured Convertible Notes”) and
−Removed: (ii) warrants to purchase 1,800,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share (the “Warrants,”
−Removed: together with the August 2018 Secured Convertible Notes, the “Securities”).
−Removed: We received approximately $4,500,000 in gross
−Removed: proceeds from the Offering.
−Removed: The August 2018 Secured Convertible Notes were
−Removed: our senior secured obligations and were secured by certain tangible and intangible property of the Company as described in the August
−Removed: 2018 Purchase Agreement.
−Removed: On March 16, 2020, the holders of the August 2018 Secured Convertible Notes were repaid in full including interest.
−Removed: Senior Secured Convertible Notes and Warrant Private Placement
−Removed: On March 11, 2020, we entered into a Securities
−Removed: Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with certain accredited investors (each an “Investor”
−Removed: and collectively, the “Investors”)
−Removed: pursuant to which we agreed to sell and issue (1) Senior Secured Convertible Notes to the Investors in the aggregate principal amount
−Removed: of $13,750,000 (each, a “Note”
−Removed: and collectively, the “2020 Convertible Notes”) and $11,000,000 funding amount
−Removed: (reflecting an original issue discount of $2,750,000) and (2) warrants to purchase 65,476,190 shares of the Company’s common stock,
−Removed: par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), exercisable for a period of five years at an initial exercise price of $0.26
−Removed: per share (each a “Warrant”
−Removed: and collectively, the “Warrants”), for consideration consisting of (i) a cash payment
−Removed: of $7,000,000, and (ii) full recourse cash secured promissory notes payable by the Investors to the Company (each, an “Investor
−Removed: and collectively, the “Investor Notes”) in the principal amount of $4,000,000 (the “Investor Notes Principal”)
−Removed: (collectively, the “Financing”).
−Removed: Andy Heyward, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, participated as an Investor and invested
−Removed: $1,000,000 in connection with the Financing, all of which was paid at the closing and not pursuant to an Investor Note.
−Removed: The Special Equities
−Removed: Group, LLC, a division of Bradley Woods & Co.
−Removed: LTD, acted as placement agent and received warrants to purchase 6,547,619 shares at
−Removed: an exercise price of $0.26 per share (the “Placement Agent Warrants”).
+Added: Total Accrued Liabilities – Current
+Added: Primarily represents accrued interest and legal fees.
+Added: Represents accrued salaries and wages and accrued vacation payable to employees as of June 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: Senior Secured Convertible Notes
+Added: On March 11, 2020, the Company entered into a
+Added: Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with certain accredited investors (each an “Investor” and collectively,
+Added: the “Investors”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue (1) Senior Secured Convertible Notes to the Investors
+Added: in the aggregate principal amount of $1 3,750,000 (each, a “Note” and collectively, the “2020 Convertible Notes”)
+Added: and $ 11,000,000 funding amount (reflecting an original issue discount of $ 2,750,000 ) and (2) warrants to purchase 65,476,190 shares of
+Added: the Company’s common stock exercisable for a period of five years
+Added: at an initial exercise price of $ 0.26 per share (each a “Warrant” and collectively, the “Warrants”), for consideration
+Added: consisting of (i) a cash payment of $ 7,000,000 , and (ii) full recourse cash secured promissory notes payable by the Investors to the Company
+Added: (each, an “Investor Note” and collectively, the “Investor Notes”) in the principal amount of $ 4,000,000 (the “Investor
+Added: Notes Principal”) (collectively, the “Financing”).
+Added: Andy Heyward, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
+Added: participated as an Investor and invested $ 1,000,000 in connection with the Financing, all of which was paid at the closing and not pursuant
+Added: to an Investor Note.
+Added: The Special Equities Group, LLC, a division of Bradley Woods & Co.
+Added: LTD, acted as placement agent and received
+Added: warrants to purchase 6,547,619 shares at an exercise price of $ 0.26 per share (the “Placement Agent Warrants”).
The closing of the sale and issuance of the 2020
−Removed: Convertible Notes, the Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants occurred on March 17, 2020 (the “Closing Date”).
+Added: Convertible Notes, the Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants occurred on March 17, 2020 (the “Closing Date”).
date of the 2020 Convertible Notes was September 30, 2021 and the maturity date of the Investor Notes was March 11, 2060.
−Removed: The Company held a stockholder meeting to approve the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable under the 2020 Convertible Notes and pursuant to the terms
−Removed: of the SPA for the purposes of compliance with the stockholder approval rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Stockholder Approval”).
+Added: The Company held a stockholder meeting to approve
+Added: the issuance of shares of common stock issuable under the 2020 Convertible Notes and pursuant to the terms of the SPA for the purposes
+Added: of compliance with the stockholder approval rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Stockholder Approval”).
In addition, pursuant to the terms of the SPA,
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(1) the conversion price of the 2020 Convertible Notes shall be reduced to $ 0.21 per share and may be further reduced to any
−Removed: amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”),
+Added: amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”),
(2) the exercise price of the Warrants shall be immediately reduced to $0.21 per share and may be further reduced to any amount and for
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in the Financing (representing warrants to purchase an aggregate of 8,715,229 shares of Company common stock) will have their existing
−Removed: warrants’
−Removed: exercise prices reduced to $0.21 and (5) the investors shall have a most favored nations right which provides that if
+Added: warrants’ exercise prices reduced to $0.21 and (5) the investors shall have a most favored nations right which provides that if
the Company enters into a subsequent financing, then the Investors (together with their affiliates) at their sole discretion shall have
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In addition, existing warrant holders that participated in the
−Removed: Financing (representing warrants to purchase an aggregate of 9,172,463 shares of Common Stock) also had their existing warrants’
+Added: Financing (representing warrants to purchase an aggregate of 9,172,463 shares of Common Stock) also had their existing warrants’
exercise prices reduced to $0.21.
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Production Loan Facility
−Removed: On August 8, 2016, Llama Productions, LLC closed
−Removed: a $5,275,000 multiple draw-down, secured, non-recourse, non-revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) with Bank Leumi USA
−Removed: to produce its animated series Llama Llama , (the “Series”) which is configured as fifteen half-hour episodes comprised
−Removed: of thirty 11-minute programs that were delivered to Netflix in fall 2017.
−Removed: The Facility is secured by the license fees the Company will
−Removed: receive from Netflix for the delivery of the Series as well as the Company’s copyright in the Series.
−Removed: The Facility has a term of
−Removed: 40 months and has an interest rate of either Prime plus 1% or one, three, or six-month LIBOR plus 3.25%.
−Removed: As a condition of the loan agreement
−Removed: with Bank Leumi, the Company deposited $1,000,000 into a cash account to be used solely to produce the Series.
−Removed: Additionally, the Facility
−Removed: contains certain standard affirmative and negative non-financial covenants such as maintaining certain levels of production insurance
−Removed: and providing standard financial reports.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2020, the Company was in compliance with these covenants.
−Removed: On September 28, 2018, Llama Productions LLC entered
−Removed: into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan and Security Agreement”) with Bank Leumi USA (the “Lender”), pursuant
−Removed: to which the Lender agreed to make a secured loan in an aggregate amount not to exceed $4,231,989 to Llama (the “Loan”).
−Removed: proceeds of the Loan will be used to pay the majority of the expenses of producing, completing and delivering two 22-minute episodes and
−Removed: sixteen 11- minute episodes of the second season of the animated series Llama Llama to be initially exhibited on Netflix.
−Removed: payment of the Loan, Llama has granted to the Lender a continuing security interest in and against, generally, all of its tangible and
−Removed: intangible assets, which includes all seasons of the Llama Llama animated series.
−Removed: Under the Loan and Security Agreement, Llama can
−Removed: request revolving loan advances under (a) the Prime Rate Loan facility and (b) the LIBOR Loan facility, each as further described in the
−Removed: Loan and Security Agreement attached as an exhibit hereto.
−Removed: Prime Rate Loan advances shall bear interest, on the outstanding balance thereof,
−Removed: at a fluctuating per annum rate equal to 1.0% plus the Prime Rate (as such term is defined in the Loan and Security Agreement), provided
−Removed: that in no event shall the interest rate applicable to Prime Rate Loans be less than 4.0% per annum.
−Removed: LIBOR Loan advances shall bear interest,
−Removed: on the outstanding balance thereof, for the period commencing on the funding date and ending on the date which is one (1), three (3) or
−Removed: six (6) months thereafter, at a per annum rate equal to 3.25% plus the LIBOR determined for the applicable Interest Period (as such terms
−Removed: are defined in the Loan and Security Agreement), provided that in no event shall the interest rate applicable to LIBOR Loans be less than
−Removed: 3.25% per annum.
−Removed: The Maturity Date of the Prime Rate Loan facility and LIBOR Loan facility is July 31, 2021.
−Removed: Interest rates on advances
−Removed: under the Loan and Security Agreement were 4.25% as of March 31, 2021.
+Added: On August 8, 2016 , Llama Productions LLC (“Llama”)
+Added: closed a $5,275,000 multiple draw-down, secured, non-recourse, non-revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) with Bank Leumi
+Added: USA (the “Lender”) to produce its animated series Llama Llama , (the “Series”) which is configured as fifteen
+Added: half-hour episodes comprised of thirty 11-minute programs that were delivered to Netflix in fall 2017.
+Added: The Facility is secured by the
+Added: license fees the Company will receive from Netflix for the delivery of the Series as well as the Company’s copyright in the Series.
+Added: The Facility has a term of 40 months and has an interest rate of either Prime plus 1% or one, three, or six-month LIBOR plus 3.25%.
+Added: a condition of the loan agreement with Bank Leumi, the Company deposited $1,000,000 into a cash account to be used solely to produce the
+Added: Additionally, the Facility contains certain standard affirmative and negative non-financial covenants such as maintaining certain
+Added: levels of production insurance and providing standard financial reports.
+Added: As of June 30, 2020, the Company was in compliance with these
+Added: On September 28, 2018, Llama entered into a Loan and Security Agreement
+Added: (the “Loan and Security Agreement”) with the Lender, pursuant to which the Lender agreed to make a secured loan in an aggregate
+Added: amount not to exceed $4,231,989 to Llama (the “Loan”).
+Added: The proceeds of the Loan will be used to pay the majority of the expenses
+Added: of producing, completing and delivering two 22-minute episodes and sixteen 11- minute episodes of the second season of the animated series
+Added: Llama Llama to be initially exhibited on Netflix.
+Added: To secure payment of the Loan, Llama has granted to the Lender a continuing security
+Added: interest in and against, generally, all of its tangible and intangible assets, which includes all seasons of the Llama Llama animated
+Added: Under the Loan and Security Agreement, Llama can request revolving loan advances under (a) the Prime Rate Loan facility and (b) the LIBOR Loan facility, each as further described in the Loan and Security Agreement attached as an exhibit hereto.
+Added: Prime Rate Loan advances shall bear interest, on the outstanding balance thereof, at a fluctuating per annum rate equal to 1.0% plus the Prime Rate (as such term is defined in the Loan and Security Agreement), provided that in no event shall the interest rate applicable to Prime Rate Loans be less than 4.0% per annum.
+Added: LIBOR Loan advances shall bear interest, on the outstanding balance thereof, for the period commencing on the funding date and ending on the date which is one (1), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter, at a per annum rate equal to 3.25% plus the LIBOR determined for the applicable Interest Period (as such terms are defined in the Loan and Security Agreement), provided that in no event shall the interest rate applicable to LIBOR Loans be less than 3.25% per annum.
+Added: The Maturity Date of the Prime Rate Loan facility and LIBOR Loan facility was June 30, 2021.
+Added: Interest rates on advances under the Loan and Security Agreement averaged 4.
+Added: 25% as of June 30, 2020.
In addition, on September 28, 2018, Llama and
−Removed: Lender entered into Amendment No.
−Removed: 2 to Loan and Security Agreement, effective as of August 27, 2018, by and between Llama and the Lender
−Removed: (the “Amendment”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Amendment, the original Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2016 and amended
−Removed: as of November 7, 2017 (the “Original Loan and Security Agreement”), was amended to (i) reduce the loan commitment thereunder
−Removed: to $1,768,010, and (ii) include the Llama Llama season two obligations under the Loan and Security Agreement as obligations under
−Removed: the Original Loan and Security Agreement.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, the Company had gross outstanding
−Removed: borrowing under the facility of $688,011.
+Added: the Lender entered into Amendment No.
+Added: 2 to the Loan and Security Agreement, effective as of August 27, 2018, by and between Llama and
+Added: the Lender (the “Amendment”).
+Added: Pursuant to the Amendment, the original Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2016
+Added: and amended as of November 7, 2017 (the “Original Loan and Security Agreement”), was amended to (i) reduce the loan commitment
+Added: thereunder to $1,768,010, and (ii) include the Llama Llama season two obligations under the Loan and Security Agreement as obligations
+Added: under the Original Loan and Security Agreement.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, the Company had gross
+Added: outstanding borrowing under the facility of $ 274,365 .
As of December 31, 2020, the Company had gross outstanding borrowing under the facility of $ 1,099,713 .
+Added: The outstanding balance was repaid on July 14, 2021.
Disputed Trade Payable
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the basis for this liability.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2017, the Company believes that the statute of limitations applicable to the assertion
+Added: As of December 31, 2017, the Company believed that the statute of limitations applicable to the assertion
of any legal claim relating to the collection of these liabilities has expired and therefore believes this liability is not owed.
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On April 30, 2020, the Company received loan proceeds
−Removed: in the amount of $366,267 under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) which was established as part of the Coronavirus Aid,
−Removed: Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act and is administered through the Small Business Administration (“SBA”).
−Removed: The PPP provides loans to qualifying businesses in amounts up to 2.5 times their average monthly payroll expenses and was designed to
−Removed: provide a direct financial incentive for qualifying businesses to keep their workforce employed during the Coronavirus crisis.
−Removed: are uncollateralized and guaranteed by the SBA and are forgivable after a “covered period”
−Removed: (eight or twenty-four weeks) as
−Removed: long as the borrower maintains its payroll levels and uses the loan proceeds for eligible expenses, including payroll, benefits, mortgage
−Removed: interest, rent, and utilities.
−Removed: The forgiveness amount will be reduced if the borrower terminates employees or reduces salaries and wages
−Removed: more than 25% during the covered period.
−Removed: Any unforgiven portion is payable over 2 years if issued before, or 5 years if issued after,
−Removed: June 5, 2020 at an interest rate of 1% with payments deferred until the SBA remits the borrower’s loan forgiveness amount to the
−Removed: lender, or, if the borrower does not apply for forgiveness, ten months after the end of the covered period.
−Removed: PPP loan terms provide for
−Removed: customary events of default, including payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, and insolvency events and may be
−Removed: accelerated upon the occurrence of one or more of these events of default.
−Removed: Additionally, PPP loan terms do not include prepayment penalties.
+Added: in the amount of $ 366,267 under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) which was established as part of the Coronavirus Aid,
+Added: Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act and is administered through the Small Business Administration (“SBA”).
The Company repaid the loan, including interest of $3,452 on April 28, 2021.
−Removed: Stockholders’
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, the total number of authorized
+Added: Stockholders’ Equity
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, the total number of authorized
shares of Common Stock was 400,000,000 .
−Removed: On March 22, 2020, the Company entered into a
−Removed: Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain long standing investors (the “Investors”),
−Removed: pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell, in a registered direct offering by the Company directly to the Investors (the
−Removed: “Registered Offering”), an aggregate of 4,000,000 shares Common Stock at an offering price of $0.2568 per share for gross
−Removed: proceeds of approximately $1.0 million before deducting offering expenses.
+Added: On March 22, 2020, the Company entered into
+Added: a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain long-standing investors (the
+Added: “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell, in a registered direct offering by the Company
+Added: directly to the Investors (the “Registered Offering”), an aggregate of 4,000,000
+Added: shares of common stock at an offering price of $0.2568 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $ 1.0
+Added: million before deducting offering expenses.
The Registered Offering closed on March 25, 2020.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, there
+Added: As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there
were 300,791,335 and 258,438,514 shares of common stock outstanding, respectively.
+Added: On January 6, 2021, the Company issued 25,000
+Added: shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $ 1.40 per share for marketing services.
+Added: On January 21, 2021, the Company issued 136,986
+Added: shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $ 1.46 per share for marketing services.
+Added: On February 1, 2021, the Company issued 1,932,163
+Added: shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $ 1.78 per share as partial consideration for the ChizComm acquisition.
+Added: On February 4, 2021, the Company issued 48,495
+Added: shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $ 1.81 per share as partial consideration for the ChizComm acquisition.
+Added: On May 14, 2021, the Company issued 469,677 shares
+Added: of the Company’s common stock valued at $ 1.55 per share for production services.
Preferred Stock
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liquidation preferences, conversion rights and preemptive rights.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, there
−Removed: were 0 and 0 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding respectively.
−Removed: On May 12, 2014, the Board of Directors authorized
−Removed: the designation of a class of preferred stock as “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.”
−Removed: On May 14, 2014, the Company filed
−Removed: the Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of the 0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designations”)
−Removed: with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada.
−Removed: Each share of the Series A Convertible Preferred
−Removed: Stock is convertible into shares of Common Stock, based on a conversion calculation equal to the Base Amount divided by the conversion
−Removed: The Base Amount is defined as the sum of (i) the aggregate stated value of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted
−Removed: and (ii) all unpaid dividends thereon.
−Removed: The stated value of each share of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is $1,000 and the initial
−Removed: conversion price is $6.00 per share, subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits, dividends and recapitalizations.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: in the event the Company issues shares of its common stock or common stock equivalents at a per share price that is lower than the conversion
−Removed: price then in effect, the conversion price shall be adjusted to such lower price, subject to certain exceptions.
−Removed: The Company is prohibited
−Removed: from effecting a conversion of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to the extent that as a result of such conversion, the investor
−Removed: would beneficially own more than 9.99% in the aggregate of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, calculated
−Removed: immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of common stock upon conversion of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
−Removed: The shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock possess no voting rights.
−Removed: On November 20, 2019, we entered into a settlement
−Removed: agreement and release (“Settlement Agreement”) with certain holders of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (each, a “Preferred
−Removed: Holder”
−Removed: and collectively, the “Preferred Holders”) constituting 58% of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock in connection
−Removed: with a dispute that arose between the parties with respect to certain rights under the Certificate of Designations.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Settlement
−Removed: Agreement, we agreed to adjust the conversion price of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to $0.21 and the parties agreed to terminate
−Removed: and deem null and void that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2014, by and among the Preferred Holders and the
−Removed: other parties signatories thereto, with respect to the Preferred Holders.
−Removed: The Preferred Holders, constituting the holders of at least
−Removed: a majority of the outstanding Preferred Shares (the “Required Holders”), agreed and consented to an amendment and restatement
−Removed: of the Certificate of Designations.
−Removed: The parties also agreed to customary releases and a covenant not to sue as further contained in the
−Removed: Settlement Agreement.
−Removed: Accordingly, on November 21, 2019, we filed an Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation (the “Amended
−Removed: and Restated Certificate”) for our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
−Removed: The amendments, among other things, had the effect of setting
−Removed: the conversion price of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock at $0.21.
−Removed: Between November 21, 2019 and December 10, 2019,
−Removed: the Company issued 3,804,766 shares of the Common Stock in exchange for 798 shares of preferred Stock at a conversion price of $0.21 per
−Removed: On January 9, 2020, the Company issued 3,171,428
−Removed: shares of the Common Stock in exchange for 666 shares of preferred Stock at a conversion price of $0.21 per share.
−Removed: Between May 18 and June 24, 2020, the Company
−Removed: issued 1,571,428 shares of Common Stock in exchange for 330 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock at a conversion price of $0.21
−Removed: On November 17, 2020, the Company issued 476,190
−Removed: shares of Common Stock in exchange for 100 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock at a conversion price of $0.21 per share.
−Removed: On January 6, 2021, the Company issued 25,000
−Removed: shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $1.40 per share for marketing services.
−Removed: On January 21, 2021,
−Removed: the Company issued 136,986 shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $1.46 per share for marketing services.
−Removed: On February 1, 2021,
−Removed: the Company issued 1,932,163 shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $1.78 per share as partial consideration for the ChizComm
−Removed: On February 4, 2021,
−Removed: the Company issued 48,495 shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $1.81 per share as partial consideration for the ChizComm
+Added: There were no shares of preferred
+Added: stock outstanding as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
Stock Options
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Genius Brands International, Inc.
−Removed: 2015 Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”).
+Added: 2015 Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”).
The total number of shares that can be issued under
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Genius Brands International, Inc.
−Removed: 2020 Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”).
+Added: 2020 Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”).
On August 4, 2020, the Board of Directors voted to
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the Company granted options to purchase 520,000 shares of common stock to employees and granted to each of the members of the Board of
−Removed: Directors 20,000 options to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock with an option price of $3.06 per share.
+Added: Directors 20,000 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock with an option price of $ 3.06 per share.
The options vest
on January 27, 2022 and have a five-year term.
−Removed: The fair value of these options was determined to be $1,801,800 using the Black-Scholes
−Removed: option pricing model based on the following assumptions:
+Added: During the three months ended June 30, 2021,
+Added: the Company granted options to purchase 253,636
+Added: shares of common stock to employees that fully
+Added: vest on January 24, 2024 and have a five-year term .
+Added: The Company also granted 20,000
+Added: options to purchase shares of common stock to a new member of the Board of Directors that vest
+Added: on June 24, 2022 and have a five-year term.
+Added: The shares have an option price of $ 1.98
+Added: The table below outlines the weighted average
+Added: assumptions for options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021:
+Added: Schedule of assumptions used
+Added: March 31, 2021
+Added: June 30, 2021
Exercise Price
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The following table summarizes the changes in
−Removed: the Company’s stock option plan during the three months ended March 31, 2021:
−Removed: Exercise Price Per Share
−Removed: Balance at December 31, 2020
−Removed: $ 1.39 - 10.00
−Removed: Options Granted
−Removed: Options Exercised
−Removed: Options Cancelled
−Removed: Options Expired
−Removed: Balance at March 31, 2021
−Removed: $ 1.39 - 10.00
−Removed: Exercisable December 31, 2020
−Removed: $ 1.39 - 9.00
−Removed: Exercisable March 31, 2021
−Removed: $ 1.39 - 3.17
−Removed: During the three months ended March 31, 2021,
−Removed: and March 31, 2020, the Company recognized $1,158,624 and $23,814, respectively in share-based compensation expense.
−Removed: The unvested share-based
−Removed: compensation as of March 31, 2021 was $4,510,315, which will be recognized through the fourth quarter of 2023 assuming the underlying
−Removed: grants are not cancelled or forfeited.
+Added: the Company’s stock option plan during the six months ended June 30, 2021:
+Added: Schedule of stock option activity
+Added: Number of Shares
+Added: Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life
+Added: Weighted- Average Exercise Price
+Added: Outstanding at December 31, 2020
+Added: Outstanding at June 30, 2021
+Added: Unvested at June 30, 2021
+Added: Vested and exercisable June 30, 2021
+Added: During the three and six months ended June 30,
+Added: 2021, the Company recognized $ 762,341 and $ 1,920,965 , respectively in share-based compensation expense related to stock options.
+Added: the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recognized $ 328,497 and $ 352,311 , respectively in share-based compensation expense.
+Added: The unrecognized share-based compensation as of June 30, 2021 was $ 3,098,651 and will be recognized over a weighted average remaining
+Added: contractual life of 7.62 years.
+Added: The outstanding shares as of June 30, 2021 have an aggregated intrinsic value of $ 0 .
+Added: The weighted average
+Added: fair values per option granted for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was determined to be $ 2.36 .
Restricted Stock Units
On December 7, 2020, the Company granted 9,075,000
−Removed: shares of Restricted Stock Units (RSU’s) with a fair market value of $12,614,250 to certain employees and officers.
+Added: shares of Restricted Stock Units (RSU’s) with a fair market value of $ 12,614,250 to certain employees and officers.
+Added: Of such RSU’s,
+Added: 7,500,000 were issued to Andy Heyward, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and were to vest in four equal
+Added: installments on the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of December 7, 2020, subject to his continued employment (the “service-based
+Added: The CEO also received an additional 7,500,000 RSU’s that vested in four equal installments on the first, second,
+Added: third and fourth anniversaries of December 7, 2020, based on achievement of certain performance goals (the “performance-based awards”),
+Added: which have not been established at the time the CEO and the Company entered into the arrangement, and subject to his continued employment.
+Added: the performance conditions have not been established for the performance-based awards, a grant date was not yet established.
On February 1, 2021, the Company issued 53,763
−Removed: shares of Restricted Stock Units (RSU’s) with a fair market value of $82,594.
−Removed: The following table summarizes the Company’s
−Removed: restricted stock issuance during the three months ended December 31, 2020:
−Removed: Outstanding Number Of
−Removed: Contractual Life
−Removed: Balance at December 31, 2020
−Removed: RSUs Exercised
−Removed: RSUs Cancelled
−Removed: Balance at March 31, 2021
−Removed: $ 1.38 - 1.39
−Removed: Exercisable December 31, 2019
−Removed: Exercisable March 31, 2021
−Removed: During the quarter ended March 31, 2021, the Company
−Removed: recognized $1,414,524 in share-based compensation expense.
−Removed: The unvested share-based compensation as of March 31, 2021 is $8,734,200 which
−Removed: will be recognized through the fourth quarter of 2024 assuming the underlying grants are not cancelled or forfeited.
−Removed: The Company has warrants outstanding to purchase
−Removed: up to 45,511,965 and 45,511,965 shares as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
+Added: shares of RSU’s with a fair market value of $ 74,193 .
+Added: On June 23, 2021, the Compensation Committee
+Added: of the Board of Directors amended the service-based awards granted to the CEO, such that 3,750,000 of such RSUs shall continue to
+Added: vest in four equal installments on the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of December 7, 2020, subject to his continued
+Added: employment and the remaining 3,750,000 RSU’s shall be modified to vest based on performance or market conditions.
+Added: previously issued 7,500,000 performance-based awards, along with the 3,750,000 modified service-based awards, shall vest as
+Added: (i) 3,750,000 RSUs vest when the Company’s common stock closing sale price equals or exceeds $3.00 per share or
+Added: the Company’s market capitalization equals or exceeds $903,000,000 for 20 consecutive trading days;
+Added: (ii) 3,750,000 RSUs vest
+Added: when the Company’s common stock closing sale price equals or exceeds $3.50 per share or the Company’s market
+Added: capitalization equals or exceeds $1,053,500,000 for 20 consecutive trading days, and (iii) 3,750,000 RSUs vest when the
+Added: Company’s common stock closing sale price equals or exceeds $3.75 per share or the Company’s market capitalization
+Added: equals or exceeds $1,128,750,000 for 20 consecutive trading days (the “market conditions”).
+Added: In addition to the stock
+Added: price and market capitalization vesting conditions set forth above, such 11,250,000 RSUs may also vest in four equal installments on
+Added: the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of December 7, 2020, based on achievement of certain operating performance-based
+Added: vesting conditions established by the Compensation Committee on June 23, 2021 and subject to his continued employment, adjusted
+Added: pro-ratably for vesting pursuant to the market conditions.
+Added: As a result of these modifications, the RSUs subject to the market
+Added: conditions were valued at $ 15,649,700 with a derived service period of 12 months, using a Monte-Carlo simulation model.
+Added: resulted in a $ 221,665 increase in stock-based compensation for the three months ended June 30, 2021.
+Added: On June 24, 2021, the Company issued 213,636
+Added: shares of RSU’s with a fair market value of $ 422,999 .
+Added: The following table summarizes the Company’s
+Added: restricted stock issuance during the six months ended December 31, 2020:
+Added: Schedule of restricted stock units
+Added: Restricted Stock Units
+Added: Grant Date Fair Value
+Added: Unvested at December 31, 2020
+Added: Unvested at June 30, 2021
+Added: During the three and six months ended June 30,
+Added: 2021, the Company recognized $ 2,231,833 and $ 3,646,356 , respectively in share-based compensation expense related to RSU awards.
+Added: share-based compensation as of June 30, 2021 is $ 19,334,519 which will be recognized through the fourth quarter of 2024 assuming the underlying
+Added: grants are not cancelled or forfeited.
+Added: The Company has warrants outstanding to
+Added: purchase up to 45,511,965
+Added: shares as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
On January 22, 2020, the Company entered into
−Removed: a private transaction (the “Private Transaction”) pursuant to a Warrant Exercise Agreement (the “Agreement”) with
−Removed: the holder of the Company’s existing warrants (the “Original Warrants”).
+Added: a private transaction (the “Private Transaction”) pursuant to a Warrant Exercise Agreement (the “Agreement”) with
+Added: the holder of the Company’s existing warrants (the “Original Warrants”).
The Original Warrants were originally issued
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the Original Warrants to reduce the exercise price thereof to $ 0.34 (the average closing price of the common stock (as reflected on Nasdaq.com)
−Removed: for the five trading days immediately preceding the signing of the Agreement) (the “Amended Exercise Price”).
+Added: for the five trading days immediately preceding the signing of the Agreement) (the “Amended Exercise Price”).
received approximately $ 170,000 from the exercise of the Original Warrants.
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50,000 shares at an exercise price of $0.34 per share.
−Removed: Pursuant to the SPA described in Note 11, the
−Removed: Company issued to the note holders warrants to purchase 65,476,191 shares of Common Stock, exercisable for a period of five years at an
−Removed: initial exercise price of $0.26 per share.
−Removed: The placement agent received warrants to purchase 6,547,619 shares
−Removed: at an exercise price of $0.26 per share.
−Removed: The fair values of derivative warrants attached to 2020 Convertible Notes and Notes conversion
−Removed: option were determined based on Level 3 inputs, using the Black-Scholes-Merton model with standard valuation inputs.
+Added: Pursuant to the SPA described in Note 11,
+Added: the Company issued to the note holders warrants to purchase 65,476,191
+Added: shares of common stock, exercisable for a period of 5 five years at an initial exercise price of $ 0.26
+Added: The placement agent received warrants to purchase
+Added: 6,547,619 shares at an exercise price of $ 0.26 per share.
+Added: The fair values of derivative warrants attached to 2020 Convertible Notes and
+Added: Notes conversion option were determined using the Black-Scholes-Merton model with standard valuation inputs.
+Added: The valuation inputs as of March 17, 2020 included expected volatility of 89%, and annual interest rate of 0.66%.
+Added: The warrants were determined to be liability classified and adjusted
+Added: to fair value as of each reporting period.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, warrants to purchase 892,857 shares were outstanding and re-valued at
+Added: $1,513,883, resulting in a net increase in liability of $316,814, as compared to December 31, 2020.
+Added: The change in value is recorded in
+Added: the Warrant Revaluation Expense line item within Net Other Income (Expense) on the consolidated statement of operations.
The valuation
−Removed: inputs at March 17, 2020 included expected volatility of 88.98%, and annual interest rate of 0.66%.
−Removed: On January 28, 2021, the Company entered into
−Removed: letter agreements (the “Letter Agreements”) with certain existing institutional and accredited investors to exercise certain
−Removed: outstanding warrants (the “Existing Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 39,740,500 shares of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock at their original exercise price of $1.55 per share (the “Exercise”).
−Removed: The Company received approximately $61.6
−Removed: million in gross proceeds.
+Added: inputs as of June 30, 2021 included expected volatility of 103%, and annual interest rate of 0.61%.
+Added: On January 28, 2021, the Company entered
+Added: into letter agreements (the “Letter Agreements”) with certain existing institutional and accredited investors to
+Added: exercise certain outstanding warrants (the “Existing Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 39,740,500 shares of
+Added: the Company’s common stock at their original exercise price of $ 1.55 per
+Added: share (the “Exercise”).
+Added: The Company received approximately $ 61.6 million
+Added: in gross proceeds.
The Special Equities Group, a division of Bradley Woods & Co.
−Removed: Ltd., acted as warrant solicitation agent
−Removed: and received a cash fee of approximately $4.3 million.
+Added: Ltd., acted as warrant solicitation agent and
+Added: received a cash fee of $4,286,844 million.
In consideration for the exercise of the Existing Warrants for cash, the exercising
−Removed: holders will receive new unregistered warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 39,740,500 shares of common stock (the “New Warrants”)
−Removed: at an exercise price of $2.37 per share and with an exercise period of five years from the initial issuance date.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Letter
−Removed: Agreements, the New Warrants are substantially in the form of the Existing Warrants (except for customary legends and other language typical
−Removed: for an unregistered warrant, including the ability for the holder of the New Warrant to make a cashless exercise if no resale registration
−Removed: statement covering the common stock underlying the New Warrants is effective after six months), will be exercisable immediately, and will
−Removed: have a term of exercise of five years, The Company registered the New Warrants.
−Removed: The valuation inputs at January 28, 2021 included expected
−Removed: volatility of 143.85%, and annual interest rate of 0.42%.
−Removed: The fair value of these warrants was determined to be $69,138,527 using the
−Removed: Black-Scholes option pricing model, which was recorded as a warrant incentive expense and included in the calculation of the Net Loss
−Removed: per Common Share, based on the following assumptions:
+Added: holders will receive new unregistered warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 39,740,500 shares
+Added: of common stock (the “New Warrants”) at an exercise price of $2.37 per share and with an exercise period of five years
+Added: from the initial issuance date.
+Added: Pursuant to the Letter Agreements, the New Warrants are substantially in the form of the Existing
+Added: Warrants (except for customary legends and other language typical for an unregistered warrant, including the ability for the holder
+Added: of the New Warrant to make a cashless exercise if no resale registration statement covering the common stock underlying the New
+Added: Warrants is effective after six months), will be exercisable immediately, and will have a term of exercise of five years, The
+Added: Company registered the resale of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants.
+Added: The valuation inputs at
+Added: January 28, 2021 included expected volatility of 144%, and annual interest rate of 0.42%.
+Added: The fair value of these warrants was
+Added: determined to be $69,138,527 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which was recorded as a warrant incentive expense and
+Added: included in the calculation of the Net Loss per Common Share, based on the following assumptions:
+Added: Schedule of assumptions for warrant
Exercise Price
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The following table summarizes the changes in
−Removed: the Company’s outstanding warrants during the three months ended March 31, 2021:
+Added: the Company’s outstanding warrants during the six months ended June 30, 2021:
+Added: Schedule of warrant activity
+Added: Warrants Outstanding Number of Shares
Exercise Prices
−Removed: Contractual Life
−Removed: Exercise Price
+Added: Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life
+Added: Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share
Balance at December 31, 2020
−Removed: $ 0.21 - 5.30
Warrants Granted
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Warrants Expired
−Removed: Balance at March 31, 2021
+Added: Balance at June 30, 2021
$ 0.21 - 5.30
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$ 0.76 - 6.00
−Removed: Exercisable December 31, 2020
+Added: Exercisable June 30, 2021
$ 0.21 - 5.30
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance
−Removed: with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 740 Income Taxes (“Topic 740”), which requires the recognition of deferred tax
+Added: with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 740 Income Taxes (“Topic 740”), which requires the recognition of deferred tax
liabilities and assets at currently enacted tax rates for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the
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Topic 740 provides guidance on the accounting
−Removed: for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in a company’s financial statements.
+Added: for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in a company’s financial statements.
ASC 740 requires a company to determine whether
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from the underpayment of income taxes in the statements of operation in the provision for income taxes.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, and December
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, and December
31, 2020, the Company had no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions.
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Commitment and Contingencies
−Removed: In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards
−Removed: Update 2016-02, “Leases.”
−Removed: The standard requires lessees to recognize the assets and liabilities that arise from leases on
−Removed: the balance sheet.
−Removed: For practically all leases, a lessee should recognize in the statement of financial position a liability to make lease
−Removed: payments (the lease liability) and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term.
−Removed: guidance is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018.
−Removed: In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11,
−Removed: Leases (Topic 842), Targeted Improvements, which allows for an additional optional transition method where comparative periods presented
−Removed: in the financial statements in the period of adoption will not be restated and instead those periods will be presented under existing
−Removed: guidance in accordance with ASC 840, Leases.
−Removed: Management will use this optional transition method.
−Removed: As of January 1, 2019, management recorded
−Removed: lease liability of $2,071,903, right-of-use asset of $2,153,747, accumulated amortization of $124,070, a reversal of previously recorded
−Removed: deferred rent of $37,920 and the increase in accumulated deficit of $4,306.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, weighted-average lease term
+Added: Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted
+Added: ASC 842, Leases , using the modified retrospective transition method applied at the effective date of the standard.
+Added: As of January 1, 2019, management recorded lease
+Added: liability of $ 2,071,903 , right-of-use asset of $ 2,153,747 , accumulated amortization of $ 124,070 , a reversal of previously recorded deferred
+Added: rent of $ 37,920 and the increase in accumulated deficit of $ 4,306 .
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, weighted-average lease term
for operating leases equals to 72.72 months.
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to a 91-month lease that commenced on May 25, 2018.
−Removed: We pay rent of $364,130 annually, subject to annual escalations of 3.5%.
−Removed: Effective January 21, 2019, the Company entered
−Removed: into a sublease for the 6,969 square feet of general office space located at 131 South Rodeo Drive, Suite 250, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
−Removed: pursuant to an 83-month sublease that commenced on February 4, 2019.
−Removed: The subtenant will pay us rent of $422,321 annually, subject to annual
−Removed: escalations of 3.5%.
−Removed: On January 30, 2019, we entered into an operating
−Removed: lease for 5,838 square feet of general office space at 190 N.
−Removed: Canon Drive, Suite 400, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 pursuant to a 96-month lease
−Removed: that commenced on August 1, 2019.
−Removed: We will pay rent of $392,316 annually, subject to annual escalations of 3.5%.
−Removed: On February 1, 2021,
−Removed: as part of the Acquisition, the Company assumed an operating lease that entered into on May 19, 2019 for 6845 square feet of general office
−Removed: space located at 245 Fairview Mall Drive, Suites 202 and 301, Toronto, Ontario M2J 4T1 pursuant to a 84 month lease which commenced on
−Removed: October 1, 2019.
−Removed: We pay rent of $95,830 annually, subject to annual escalations 5% to 7%.
+Added: The Company pays rent of $364,130 annually, subject to annual escalations of 3.5%.
+Added: Effective January 21, 2019, the Company entered into a sublease for
+Added: the 6,969 square feet of general office space located at 131 South Rodeo Drive, Suite 250, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 pursuant to an 83-month
+Added: sublease that commenced on February 4, 2019.
+Added: The subtenant paid the Company rent of $422,321 annually, subject to annual escalations of
+Added: On September 11, 2020, the Company entered into a Surrender Agreement with the landlord which terminated
+Added: the 131 South Rodeo Dr.
+Added: lease agreement.
+Added: As a result, the Company recorded a decrease in the Right of Use asset, accumulated amortization,
+Added: and the lease liability of $ 2,142,863 , $ 465,124 and $ 1,760,302 respectively.
+Added: The termination of the lease resulted in a loss of $338,586.
+Added: Simultaneously, as part of the Surrender Agreement the Sublease was terminated.
+Added: On January 30, 2019, the Company entered into
+Added: an operating lease for 5,838 square feet of general office space at 190 N.
+Added: Canon Drive, Suite 400, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 pursuant to
+Added: a 96-month lease that commenced on August 1, 2019.
+Added: The Company pays rent of $392,316 annually, subject to annual escalations of 3.5%.
On February 1, 2021, as part of the Acquisition,
+Added: the Company assumed an operating lease that was entered into on May 19, 2019 for 6,845 square feet of general office space located at
+Added: 245 Fairview Mall Drive, Suites 202 and 301, Toronto, Ontario M2J 4T1 pursuant to a 84 month lease which commenced on October 1, 2019.
+Added: The Company pays rent of $95,830 annually, subject to annual escalations 5% to 7%.
+Added: On February 1, 2021, as part of the Acquisition,
the Company assumed an operating lease that entered into on April 30, 2019 for 3,379 square feet of general office space located at One
International Boulevard, 11 th Floor, Mahawh, New Jersey pursuant to a 24-month lease which commenced on May 1, 2019.
−Removed: rent of $74,338 annually.
+Added: Company pays rent of $74,338 annually.
On March 2, 2021, the Company entered into an
operating lease for 4,765 square feet of general office space located at 1050 Wall Street West, Suite 665, Lyndhurst NJ, 07071 pursuant
−Removed: to a 89 month lease which is expected to commence on August 1, 2021.
−Removed: We will pay $114,360 annually subject to annual escalations of 2.5%.
+Added: to an 89-month lease which is expected to commence on August 1, 2021.
+Added: The Company will pay $114,360 annually subject to annual escalations
In addition, the Company has contractual commitments
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Rental expenses incurred for operating leases
−Removed: during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and March 31, 2020 were $112,343 and $207,839, respectively.
−Removed: During the three months ended
−Removed: March 31, 2021 and March 31, 2020, we received sub-lease income of $0 and $121,070, respectively.
+Added: during the three months ended June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020 were $ 131,403 and $ 207,839 , respectively.
+Added: Rental expenses incurred for operating
+Added: leases during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020 were $ 243,746 and $ 415,678 , respectively.
+Added: During the six months ended
+Added: June 30, 2021, the Company did not receive sub-lease income.
+Added: During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company received sub-lease
+Added: income of $ 238,484 .
The following is a schedule of future minimum contractual obligations
−Removed: as of March 31, 2021, under the Company’s operating leases and employment agreements:
+Added: as of June 30, 2021, under the Company’s operating leases and employment agreements:
+Added: Schedule of future minimum lease payments
Operating Leases
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he provides services as an executive producer.
−Removed: The first identified series under this employment agreement is Rainbow Rangers.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2020, 13 half hours had been delivered and accordingly Mr.
−Removed: Heyward was paid $161,200.
−Removed: The second identified
−Removed: series under this employment agreement is Rainbow Rangers Season 2.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2020, 26 half hours had
−Removed: been delivered and accordingly Mr.
−Removed: Heyward was paid $322,400.
+Added: The third identified series under this employment agreement is Stan Lee’s
+Added: Superhero Kindergarten.
+Added: During the six months ended June 30, 2021, 11 half hours were delivered.
+Added: Accordingly, Mr.
+Added: Heyward is owed
+Added: $ 137,500 which is included in Due to Related Party on the Company’s condensed consolidated Balance Sheet.
On July 21, 2020, the Company entered into a merchandising
−Removed: and licensing agreement with Andy Heyward Animation Art (“AHAA”), whose principal is Andy Heyward, the Company’s Chief
+Added: and licensing agreement with Andy Heyward Animation Art (“AHAA”), whose principal is Andy Heyward, the Company’s Chief
Executive Officer.
The Company entered into a customary merchandise license agreement with AHAA for the use of characters and logos related
−Removed: to Warren Buffett’s Secret Millionaires Club and Stan Lee’s Mighty 7 in connection with certain products to
−Removed: be sold by AHAA.
−Removed: The terms and conditions of such license are customary within the industry, and the Company earns an arm-length industry
−Removed: standard royalty on all sales made by AHAA utilizing the licensed content.
−Removed: During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company earned
−Removed: $0 in royalties from this agreement.
−Removed: On March 11, 2020, Mr.
−Removed: Heyward purchased $1,000,000
−Removed: of the 2020 Convertible Notes with an original discount of $250,000.
−Removed: On June 19, 2020, Mr.
−Removed: Heyward received 5,658,474
−Removed: shares of Common Stock upon the cashless exercise of 6,119,048 warrants.
−Removed: On June 23 , 2020, Mr.
−Removed: Heyward received
−Removed: 5,952,381 shares of Common Stock upon conversion of $1,250,000 of 2020 Convertible Notes.
−Removed: On December 7, 2020, Mr.
−Removed: Heyward’s was granted
−Removed: 7,500,000 Restricted Stock Units vest 1,875,000 on each of the next four anniversary dates.
−Removed: Heyward was also granted 7,500,000 Performance
−Removed: Based Restricted Stock Units that, if awarded, vest 1,875,000 on each of the next four anniversary dates.
−Removed: On December 7, 2020, Mr.
−Removed: Heyward’s was granted
−Removed: 5,000,000 options to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock at $1.39 per share.
−Removed: The options vest on the grant date.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2020, Mr.
−Removed: was paid a bonus of $73,528, $11,370 in interest on the Senior Convertible Notes and $3,000 in board fees for his attendance at the unscheduled
−Removed: board meetings.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company
−Removed: paid $380,989 for security at Mr.
−Removed: Heyward’s residence.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, Mr.
+Added: to Warren Buffett’s Secret Millionaires Club and Stan Lee’s Mighty 7 in connection with
+Added: certain products to be sold by AHAA.
+Added: The terms and conditions of such license are customary within the industry, and the Company earns
+Added: an arm-length industry standard royalty on all sales made by AHAA utilizing the licensed content.
+Added: During the three and six months ended
+Added: June 30, 2021, the Company earned $ 0 in royalties from this agreement.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, Mr.
Heyward is owed
−Removed: for reimbursable expenses which are included in the Due To Related Parties line item on our condensed consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: $ 1,506 for reimbursable expenses which are included in Due to Related Party on the condensed consolidated Balance Sheet.
Segment Reporting
The Company has determined that it operates in
−Removed: two operating segments, the production and distribution of children’s content and provides media and advertising services.
+Added: two operating segments, the production and distribution of children’s content and to provide media and advertising services.
The following table presents sales and earnings
within our two operating segments.
+Added: Schedule of Segment Reporting
Content Production & Distribution
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Subsequent Events
−Removed: Pursuant to FASB ASC 855, management has evaluated
−Removed: all events and transactions that occurred from March 31, 2021 through the date of issuance of these financial statements.
−Removed: period, we did not have any significant subsequent events, except as disclosed below:
−Removed: On April 7, 2021, the Company finalized a Mutual Termination Agreement
−Removed: with Mattel, Inc., with regard to its Rainbow Rangers property.
−Removed: The agreement allows the Company to contract with other companies for
−Removed: the design, manufacturing of Rainbow Rangers toys.
−Removed: April 14, 2021, Mr.
+Added: On July 20, 2021, Mr.
Heyward was paid a bonus
−Removed: On April 28, 2021, the Company repaid the Payroll
−Removed: Protection Program loan, including interest which totaled $369,779.
−Removed: On May 14, 2021, the Company issued 469,677 shares
−Removed: of the Company’s common stock valued at $1.55 per share for production services.
−Removed: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
−Removed: With respect to the ongoing and evolving coronavirus
−Removed: (“COVID-19”) outbreak, which was designated as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, COVID-19 has
−Removed: caused substantial disruption in international and U.S.
−Removed: economies and markets.
−Removed: COVID-19 has had an adverse impact on the entertainment
−Removed: industry and, if repercussions of COVID-19 are prolonged, could have a significant adverse impact on our business, which could be material.
−Removed: The majority of the Company’s employees have been working remotely from home, with only a few individuals monitoring the office
−Removed: A return-to-work plan for the Company is under development and is expected to be implemented, on a phased in basis, commencing
−Removed: in June of 2021.
−Removed: We have not experienced any disruption in our supply chain, nor have we experienced any negative impact from our animation
−Removed: production partners.
−Removed: With regard to content distribution, we have observed demand increases for streaming entertainment services in 2020.
−Removed: If there is a resurgence and the COVID-19 outbreak is prolonged, we may see a negative impact on our revenues.
−Removed: The Company’s management cannot at this
−Removed: point estimate the impact of COVID-19 on its business and no provision for COVID-19 is reflected in the accompanying financial statements.
−Removed: We will continue to actively monitor the situation and may take further actions that alter our business operations as may be required
−Removed: by federal, state, local or foreign authorities, or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, customers, partners
−Removed: and stockholders.
−Removed: To date, we believe that COVID-19 has not caused a material negative impact on our business, including the effects on
−Removed: our customers, suppliers or vendors, or on our financial results.
+Added: On July 20, 2021, the Company issued 176,101 shares
+Added: of the Company’s common stock valued at $1.55 per share to a production company for services.
+Added: On August 5, 2021, Mr.
+Added: Heyward was paid $137,500
+Added: for accrued producer fees.
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