−Removed: Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
−Removed: B Common Stock
−Removed: Class B common stock is quoted on the NYSE American stock exchange under the trading symbol ZDGE.
−Removed: Trading commenced on the NYSE
−Removed: American on June 1, 2016.
−Removed: On October 21, 2020, the last sales price reported on the NYSE American for our Class B common stock
−Removed: was $1.60 per share.
−Removed: October 21, 2020, there were 310 holders of record of our Class B common stock and 1 holder of record of our Class A common stock.
−Removed: As of October 22, 2020, all shares of Class A common stock are beneficially owned by Michael Jonas.
−Removed: The number of holders of record
−Removed: of our Class B common stock does not include the number of persons whose shares are in nominee or in “street name”
+Added: Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder
+Added: Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
+Added: Class B Common Stock
+Added: Our Class B common stock is quoted on the NYSE American stock exchange
+Added: under the trading symbol ZDGE.
+Added: Trading commenced on the NYSE American on June 1, 2016.
+Added: On November 5, 2021, the last sales price reported
+Added: on the NYSE American for our Class B common stock was $11.27 per share.
+Added: On November 5, 2021, there were 280 holders of record of our Class
+Added: B common stock and 1 holder of record of our Class A common stock.
+Added: As of November 5, 2021, all shares of Class A common stock are beneficially
+Added: owned by Michael Jonas.
+Added: The number of holders of record of our Class B common stock does not include the number of persons whose shares
+Added: are in nominee or in “street name”
accounts through brokers.
−Removed: do not anticipate paying dividends on our common stock until we achieve sustainable profitability (after satisfying all of our
−Removed: operational needs) and retain certain minimum cash reserves.
−Removed: Distributions will be subject to the need to retain earnings for
−Removed: investment in growth opportunities or the acquisition of complementary assets.
−Removed: The payment of dividends in any specific period
−Removed: will be at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors.
−Removed: information required by Item 201(d) of Regulation S-K will be contained in our Proxy Statement for our Annual Stockholders Meeting,
−Removed: which we will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after July 31, 2020, and which is incorporated
−Removed: by reference herein.
−Removed: Sales of Unregistered Securities
−Removed: February 5, 2020, we closed on our registered direct offering of 1,734,459 shares of our Class B common stock for gross proceeds
+Added: We do not anticipate paying dividends on our common stock until we
+Added: achieve sustainable profitability (after satisfying all of our operational needs) and retain certain minimum cash reserves.
+Added: Distributions
+Added: will be subject to the need to retain earnings for investment in growth opportunities or the acquisition of complementary assets.
+Added: payment of dividends in any specific period will be at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors.
+Added: The information required by Item 201(d) of Regulation S-K will be contained
+Added: in our Proxy Statement for our Annual Stockholders Meeting, which we will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120
+Added: days after July 31, 2021, and which is incorporated by reference herein.
+Added: Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
+Added: We filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
+Added: a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Form S-3”) on November 30, 2020 which became effective on December 4, 2020 to facilitate
+Added: capital raising.
+Added: The Form S-3 registered the issuance and sale by us of Class B common stock or related securities for gross proceeds
+Added: to us of up to $20 million.
+Added: On November 30, 2020, we engaged National Securities Corp.
+Added: Wainwright & Co, LLC (the “Sales
+Added: Agents”) to act as our exclusive co-Sales Agents in connection with the Company’s “At-The-Market”
+Added: shares of our Class B common stock up to $5 million.
+Added: We filed a Prospectus Supplement (supplementing the Prospectus included in the Form
+Added: S-3) on December 9, 2020 and contemporaneously entered into an At The Market Offering Agreement with the Sales Agents, pursuant to which
+Added: we sold 761,906 shares at an average price of $6.5625 per share for total proceeds of $5 million.
+Added: In connection with this offering, we
+Added: incurred a total issuance costs of $215,000.
+Added: We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and other general
+Added: corporate purposes.
+Added: On March 16, 2021, we filed a prospectus supplement with the SEC which
+Added: contemplates the sale, for a gross aggregate sale price of up to $10,000,000, of shares of our Class B common stock, from time to time
+Added: in “At-The-Market”
+Added: offerings pursuant to an At Market Issuance Sales Agreement with National Securities Corporation and Maxim
+Added: Group LLC, dated as of March 16, 2021, pursuant to which we sold 663,686 shares at an average price of $15.0674 per share for total proceeds
of $10 million.
−Removed: We sold 1,657,813 shares at a purchase price of $1.28 per share which represented a 20% discount from the 10
−Removed: Day Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) through January 31, 2020, and certain of our insiders purchased an additional 76,646
−Removed: shares at a purchase price of $1.67 per share, the closing price on February 3, 2020.
−Removed: received proceeds of approximately $12,000 from the exercise of stock options in fiscal 2020 for which we issued 86,197 shares
−Removed: of our Class B common stock.
−Removed: received proceeds of approximately $5,300 from the exercise of stock options in fiscal 2019 for which we issued 40,700 shares
−Removed: of our Class B common stock.
−Removed: Repurchases of Equity Securities
−Removed: January 1, 2020, we purchased 4,327 shares of our Class B common stock from a former Freeform employee for $6,772 in connection
−Removed: with the vesting of restricted stock.
−Removed: September 18, 2019, we purchased 14,114 shares of our Class B common stock from former Freeform employees for $22,300 in connection
−Removed: with the vesting of restricted stock.
−Removed: June 1, 2019, we purchased 7,684 shares of our Class B common stock from former Freeform employees for $16,256 in connection with
−Removed: the vesting of restricted stock.
−Removed: September 21, 2018, we purchased 14,137 shares of our Class B common stock from former Freeform employees for $30,543 in connection
−Removed: with the vesting of restricted stock.
+Added: In connection with this offering, we incurred a total issuance costs of $350,000.
+Added: We intend to use the net proceeds from
+Added: this offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
+Added: We received proceeds of approximately $873,000 from the exercise of
+Added: stock options in fiscal 2021 for which we issued 559,840 shares of our Class B common stock.
+Added: On February 5, 2020, we closed on our registered direct offering of
+Added: 1,734,459 shares of our Class B common stock for gross proceeds of $2.25 million.
+Added: We sold 1,657,813 shares at a purchase price of $1.28
+Added: per share which represented a 20% discount from the 10 Day Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) through January 31, 2020, and certain
+Added: of our insiders purchased an additional 76,646 shares at a purchase price of $1.67 per share, the closing price on February 3, 2020.
+Added: We received proceeds of approximately $12,000 from the exercise of
+Added: stock options in fiscal 2020 for which we issued 86,197 shares of our Class B common stock.
+Added: Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities
+Added: Our Board of Directors authorized a buyback program, effective December
+Added: 1, 2021, of up to 1.5 million shares of our Class B common stock.
+Added: On October 21, 2020, we purchased 12,005 shares of our Class B common
+Added: stock from former Freeform employees for $17,528 in connection with the vesting of restricted stock.
+Added: On August 1, 2020, we purchased 5,625 shares of our Class B common
+Added: stock from our employees for $8,044 in connection with the vesting of deferred stock units.
+Added: On January 1, 2020, we purchased 4,327 shares of our Class B common
+Added: stock from a former Freeform employee for $6,772 in connection with the vesting of restricted stock.
+Added: On September 18, 2019, we purchased 14,114 shares of our Class B common
+Added: stock from former Freeform employees for $22,300 in connection with the vesting of restricted stock.
+Added: On June 1, 2019, we purchased 7,684 shares of our Class B common stock
+Added: from former Freeform employees for $16,256 in connection with the vesting of restricted stock.
+Added: On September 21, 2018, we purchased 14,137 shares of our Class B common
+Added: stock from former Freeform employees for $30,543 in connection with the vesting of restricted stock.
Selected Financial Data.
−Removed: reporting companies are not required to provide the information required by this item.
−Removed: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
−Removed: Annual Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section
−Removed: 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements that contain the words “believes,”
+Added: Smaller reporting companies are not required to provide the information
+Added: required by this item.
+Added: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
+Added: Condition and Results of Operations.
+Added: This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
+Added: of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements that contain
+Added: the words “believes,”
“anticipates,”
2 unchanged sentences
“intends”
−Removed: and similar words and phrases.
−Removed: These forward-looking statements
−Removed: are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results projected in any
−Removed: forward-looking statement.
−Removed: In addition to the factors specifically noted in the forward-looking statements, other important factors,
−Removed: risks and uncertainties that could result in those differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed under Item 1A
−Removed: to Part I “Risk Factors”
+Added: words and phrases.
+Added: These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
+Added: from the results projected in any forward-looking statement.
+Added: In addition to the factors specifically noted in the forward-looking statements,
+Added: other important factors, risks and uncertainties that could result in those differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed
+Added: under Item 1A to Part I “Risk Factors”
in this Annual Report.
−Removed: The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this Annual
−Removed: Report, and we assume no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could
+Added: The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this
+Added: Annual Report, and we assume no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could
differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Investors should consult all of the information set forth in this
−Removed: report and the other information set forth from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
−Removed: pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including our reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K.
−Removed: following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in Item
−Removed: 8 of this Annual Report.
−Removed: offer a state-of-the-art digital publishing platform.
−Removed: We use this platform to power our consumer-facing mobile personalization
−Removed: app, called Zedge, available in the Google Play store and App Store, which offers an easy, entertaining and immersive way for
−Removed: end-users to engage with our rich and diverse catalogue of wallpapers, video wallpapers, ringtones, notification sounds on Android
−Removed: and wallpapers, video wallpapers and ringtones, on iOS.
−Removed: We secure our content from amateur and professional artists, and also
−Removed: from emerging and major brands.
+Added: Investors should consult all of the information set forth in this report
+Added: and the other information set forth from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
+Added: Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including our reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K.
+Added: The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated
+Added: Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in Item 8 of this Annual Report.
+Added: We operate a state-of-the-art digital publishing platform that powers
+Added: Zedge Ringtones and Wallpapers, available in the Google Play store and App Store, which offers an easy, entertaining and immersive way
+Added: for end-users to engage with its rich and diverse catalogue of wallpapers, video wallpapers, ringtones, notification sounds on Android
+Added: and wallpapers, video wallpapers, ringtones and custom icon packs on iOS.
+Added: We secure our content from amateur and professional artists,
+Added: and also from emerging and major brands.
Artists have the ability to easily launch a virtual storefront in our Zedge app where they can
market and sell their content to our user base.
−Removed: In fiscal 2020, we introduced a new entertainment app called “Shortz –
−Removed: Chat Stories by Zedge”, which is focused on serialized, short-form, fiction stories, as a beta that runs on our publishing
−Removed: Zedge app has been installed approximately 450 million times, and at July 31, 2020, boasted approximately 32 million monthly active
−Removed: users, or MAU.
−Removed: MAU is a key performance indicator that captures the number of unique users that used our Zedge app during the
−Removed: previous 30-day of the relevant period.
−Removed: Our Zedge app has consistently ranked as one of the most popular free apps in the Google
−Removed: Play store in the United States.
−Removed: Historically, we have not made a material investment in paid user acquisition for our Zedge app.
−Removed: Zedge app’s success stems from its ability to meet consumer demand for a rich and diverse catalogue of both long-tail and
−Removed: popular content in a fun, intuitive and user-friendly fashion that aligns with their interest in expressing their essence in a
−Removed: bespoke manner, to offer reliable search and discovery capabilities and to make relevant content recommendations to our users.
−Removed: To this end, we invest heavily in both product design and development and the underlying technology required to satisfy both our
−Removed: Zedge app’s users’
+Added: That same platform powers an entertainment app called “Shortz –
+Added: by Zedge”, which is focused on serialized, short-form, fiction stories, as a beta that runs on Zedge’s publishing platform.
+Added: Over the past year, we have been expanding our content catalogue, started testing audio versions of a selected number of stories, materially
+Added: improved our ability to measure all types of engagement within the app, and invested a modest budget in paid user acquisition.
+Added: in August of 2021, we acquired Emojipedia, the leading source of all things emoji.
+Added: Our Zedge app has been installed approximately 511 million times, and
+Added: at July 31, 2021, boasted approximately 34.4 million monthly active users, or MAU.
+Added: MAU is a key performance indicator that captures the
+Added: number of unique users that used our Zedge app during the final 30 days of the relevant period.
+Added: Our Zedge app has consistently ranked
+Added: as one of the most popular free apps in the Google Play store in the United States.
+Added: Historically, we have not made a material investment
+Added: in paid user acquisition for our Zedge app.
+Added: Our Zedge app’s success stems from its ability to meet consumer
+Added: demand for a rich and diverse catalogue of both long-tail and popular content in a fun, intuitive and user-friendly fashion that aligns
+Added: with their interest in expressing their essence in a bespoke manner, to offer reliable search and discovery capabilities and to make relevant
+Added: content recommendations to our users.
+Added: To this end, we invest heavily in both product design and development and the underlying technology
+Added: required to satisfy both our Zedge app’s users’
and content contributors’
expectations.
−Removed: Our Zedge app utilizes both user-generated and licensed,
−Removed: third-party content to achieve these goals.
−Removed: March 2018, we launched Zedge Premium, a marketplace within our Zedge app where professional creators and brands market, distribute
−Removed: and sell their digital content to our consumers.
−Removed: Since launching Zedge Premium, we have made and continue making material investments
−Removed: in optimizing our Zedge app’s homepage design in order to maximize exposure to premium content with the goal of driving
+Added: Our Zedge app utilizes both
+Added: user-generated and licensed, third-party content to achieve these goals.
+Added: In March 2018, we launched Zedge Premium, a marketplace within our
+Added: Zedge app where professional creators and brands market, distribute and sell their digital content to our consumers.
+Added: At launch, Zedge
+Added: Premium was a “walled garden”
+Added: a separate section of the app which users needed to proactively choose to enter.
+Added: we embedded Zedge Premium content throughout the app making it far more prominent.
+Added: We also introduced a new content type on iOS:
Over time, we expect that Zedge Premium will contribute to a virtuous cycle whereby it drives new consumers into our Zedge
−Removed: app resulting in more artist payouts, which in turn makes the platform more attractive for artists and brands looking to expand
−Removed: their reach and increase their income.
−Removed: January 2019, we started offering freemium Zedge app users the ability to convert into paying subscribers for amongst other things
−Removed: the ability to remove unsolicited advertisements from our Zedge app.
−Removed: As of July 31, 2020, we had more than 504,000 active paid
−Removed: In fiscal 2021, we hope to further optimize the offer based on user type, geography and price point as well as introduce
−Removed: new subscription enhancements like content bundles and rewards.
−Removed: December 2019, we completed the beta launch of ’Shortz’
−Removed: our new entertainment app offering serialized, short-form
−Removed: fiction delivered in a text-message format across both Android and iOS, focusing on users in the United States, the United Kingdom
−Removed: and Canada and it is now available globally.
−Removed: the past several years, our Zedge app has experienced a continuing decline in its MAU as well as a shift in the regional customer
−Removed: make-up with MAU in emerging markets representing an increasing portion of our user base.
−Removed: As of July 31, 2020, users in emerging
−Removed: markets represented 70% of our MAU compared to 65% a year prior.
−Removed: This shift has negatively impacted revenue because advertising
−Removed: rates in emerging markets are materially lower than in well-developed markets.
−Removed: In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, users in
−Removed: emerging markets grew by 1.4% while users in well-developed economies declined 18.6% when compared to the same period in fiscal
−Removed: As of July 31, 2020, approximately 50% of our Zedge app’s user base was located in North America and Europe (including
−Removed: Eastern Europe) with a split of 26% and 24%, respectively, compared with 54% as of July 31, 2019 with 27% in each of North America
−Removed: and Europe (including Eastern Europe).
−Removed: growth is tightly coupled with securing new users.
−Removed: Historically, our relatively high ranking in the Google Play store has been
−Removed: one of the primary drivers for securing new users.
−Removed: Although still an important factor, we now also dedicate resources to growth
−Removed: initiatives, both organic and paid.
−Removed: With time, we believe that we can change our growth dynamic in well-developed markets.
−Removed: from targeted growth initiatives, we need to continually improve the core user experience, test different mechanisms and content
−Removed: verticals that may spur growth and capitalize on the role that Zedge Premium artists can have on driving new users into the Zedge
−Removed: COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted our Zedge app’s new user growth.
−Removed: We believe that new smartphone sales have suffered
−Removed: as a result of retail business closures, negatively impacting new user growth, especially in well-developed markets.
−Removed: the retail business rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic, we expect that our Zedge app’s new user growth will also recover
−Removed: and we will benefit accordingly.
−Removed: the quarter and fiscal year ended July 31, 2020, we generated approximately 73% and 78%, respectively, of our revenues from selling
−Removed: our Zedge app’s advertising inventory to advertising networks, advertising exchanges, and direct arrangements with advertisers.
−Removed: Advertising networks and advertising exchanges are third-party technology platforms that facilitate the buying and selling of
−Removed: media advertising inventory from multiple ad networks.
−Removed: The price of advertising inventory is fixed on an advertising network whereas
−Removed: the price for inventory is determined through real-time bidding on an advertising exchange.
−Removed: Advertisers are attracted to our Zedge
−Removed: app because of its sizable user base.
−Removed: our Zedge Premium marketplace, the content owner sets the price and the user can purchase the content by paying for it with Zedge
−Removed: Credits, our closed virtual currency.
−Removed: A user can earn Zedge Credits when taking specific actions such as watching a rewarded video.
−Removed: Alternatively, users can buy Zedge Credits via an in-app purchase.
−Removed: If a user purchases Zedge Credits, Google Play or App Store
−Removed: keeps 30% of the purchase price with the remaining 70% being paid to us.
−Removed: When a user purchases Zedge Premium content, the artist
−Removed: or brand receives 70% of the actual value of the Zedge Credits used to buy the content item as a royalty and we retain the remaining
−Removed: 30% as our fee, which we recognize as revenue.
−Removed: As Zedge Premium matures and expands, we expect to also diversify our revenue source
−Removed: January 2019, we started offering a subscription-based product to Android users of our Zedge app in which the payment of a monthly
−Removed: or annual fee would remove unsolicited ads when using our Zedge app.
−Removed: During the first 12 months after a customer’s sign
−Removed: up for the subscription-based product, Google retains up to 30% as a fee, which decreases to 15% from month 13 and beyond.
−Removed: of July 31, 2020, we had more than 504,000 active paid subscribers, 89% of which had subscribed on an annual basis.
−Removed: During fiscal
+Added: app resulting in more artist payouts, which in turn makes the platform more attractive for artists and brands looking to expand their
+Added: reach and increase their income.
+Added: In January 2019, we started offering freemium Zedge app Android users
+Added: the ability to convert into paying subscribers for, amongst other things, the ability to remove unsolicited advertisements from our Zedge
+Added: As of July 31, 2021, we had approximately 752,000 active subscribers.
+Added: In fiscal 2022, we expect to launch subscriptions on iOS.
+Added: In December 2019, we completed the beta launch of ‘Shortz’
+Added: our new entertainment app offering serialized, short-form fiction delivered in a text-message format and more recently as audio productions
+Added: across both Android and iOS, and focusing on users in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada and it is now available globally.
+Added: New stories are added to the app each week, and as the content catalog expands, we are regularly improving content discovery in order
+Added: to guide users to the stories that will most interest them and improve engagement.
+Added: On August 1, 2021, we acquired Emojipedia, the world’s leading
+Added: authority dedicated to providing up to date and well-researched emoji definitions, information, and news as well as World Emoji Day and
+Added: the annual World Emoji Awards, and Emojitracker, which provides real time visualization of all emoji symbols used on Twitter.
+Added: receives approximately 50 million monthly page views and has approximately 9 million monthly active users of which approximately 50% are
+Added: located in well-developed markets.
+Added: It is the top resource for all things emoji, offering insights into data and cultural trends.
+Added: voting member of the Unicode Consortium, the standards body responsible for approving new emojis, Emojipedia works alongside major emoji
+Added: creators including Apple, Google, Facebook and Twitter.
+Added: Over the past several years, our Zedge app has experienced a continuing
+Added: decline in its MAU as well as a shift in the regional customer make-up with MAU in emerging markets representing an increasing portion
+Added: of our user base.
+Added: As of July 31, 2021, users in emerging markets represented 75% of our MAU compared to 70% a year prior.
+Added: This shift has
+Added: negatively impacted revenue because advertising rates in emerging markets are materially lower than in well-developed markets.
+Added: fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, users in emerging markets grew by 16.1% while users in well-developed economies declined by 11.5% when
+Added: compared to the same period in fiscal 2020.
+Added: As of July 31, 2021, approximately 42% of our Zedge app’s user base was located in North
+Added: America (20%) and Europe (including Eastern Europe, 22%), compared with 50% (North America, 24% and Europe 26%) as of July 31, 2020.
+Added: remaining 58% of the user base was primarily located in emerging markets with 25% located in India.
+Added: MAU growth is tightly coupled with new user growth.
+Added: Historically, our
+Added: relatively high ranking in the Google Play store has been one of the primary drivers for securing new users.
+Added: Although still an important
+Added: factor, we now also dedicate resources to growth initiatives, both organic and paid.
+Added: In fiscal 2022, we expect to increase our paid user
+Added: acquisition spend while monitoring results to ensure that the investment is yielding a positive return on investment.
+Added: With time, we believe
+Added: that we can change our growth dynamic in well-developed markets.
+Added: Aside from targeted growth initiatives, we need to continually improve
+Added: the core user experience, test different mechanisms and content verticals that may spur growth and capitalize on the role that Zedge Premium
+Added: artists can have on driving new users into the Zedge platform.
+Added: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our Zedge app’s new user growth.
+Added: According to Gartner, a leading research and advisory company, new smartphone sales declined 10.5% in calendar year 2020 as a result of
+Added: the pandemic, negatively impacting new user growth, especially in well-developed markets.
+Added: As of September 1, 2021, Gartner reported that
+Added: worldwide smartphone sales grew by 10.8% year over year in the second quarter of calendar year 2021 despite supply constraints relating
+Added: to COVID-19 component shortages and production disruptions;
+Added: however, it is still unclear what the impact on user growth will be as vaccines
+Added: become more available globally and as precautions like social distancing start to wane.
+Added: The pandemic and measures implement to promote
+Added: social distancing had a modest positive impact on user engagement.
+Added: During the quarter and fiscal year ended July 31, 2021, we generated
+Added: approximately 81% and 80%, respectively, of our revenues from selling our Zedge app’s advertising inventory to advertising networks,
+Added: advertising exchanges, and direct arrangements with advertisers.
+Added: Advertising networks and advertising exchanges are third-party technology
+Added: platforms that facilitate the buying and selling of media advertising inventory from multiple ad networks.
+Added: The price of advertising inventory
+Added: is fixed on an advertising network whereas the price for inventory is determined through real-time bidding on an advertising exchange.
+Added: Advertisers are attracted to our Zedge app because of its sizable user base.
+Added: In our Zedge Premium marketplace, the content owner sets the price
+Added: and the user can purchase the content by paying for it with Zedge Credits, our closed virtual currency.
+Added: A user can earn Zedge Credits
+Added: when taking specific actions such as watching a rewarded video or taking a survey.
+Added: Alternatively, users can buy Zedge Credits via an in-app
+Added: If a user purchases Zedge Credits, Google Play or App Store keeps up to 30% of the purchase price with the remainder being paid
+Added: When a user purchases Zedge Premium content, the artist or brand receives 70% of the actual value of the Zedge Credits used to
+Added: buy the content item as a royalty and we retain the remaining 30% as our fee, which we recognize as revenue.
+Added: As Zedge Premium matures
+Added: and expands, we expect to also diversify our revenue source mix.
+Added: In January 2019, we started offering paid subscriptions to our Android
+Added: users which amongst other things removed unsolicited advertisements from our Zedge app.
+Added: During the first 12 months after a customer’s
+Added: sign up for the subscription-based product, Google retains up to 30% as a fee, which decreases to 15% from month 13 and beyond.
+Added: July 31, 2021, we had approximately 752,000 active subscribers, 90% of which had subscribed on an annual basis.
+Added: Since inception in January
2019, subscriptions have generated approximately $6.7 million in gross revenue.
−Removed: to May 31, 2019, we generated service revenue from managing and optimizing the advertising inventory of a third-party mobile application
−Removed: publisher, as well as overseeing the billing, collections and reporting related to advertising for this publisher.
−Removed: The agreement
−Removed: with this mobile application publisher was terminated effective May 31, 2019, and we are no longer providing these services.
−Removed: business consists of one reportable segment.
−Removed: ACCOUNTING POLICIES
−Removed: financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
−Removed: States of America, or U.S.
−Removed: The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions
−Removed: that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses as well as the disclosure of contingent assets and
−Removed: Critical accounting policies are those that require application of management’s most subjective or complex
−Removed: judgments, often as a result of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods.
−Removed: Our critical accounting
−Removed: policies include those related to capitalized software and technology development costs, revenue recognition and goodwill.
−Removed: bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
+Added: Reportable Segments
+Added: Our business consists of one reportable segment.
+Added: CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
+Added: Our financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance
+Added: with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or U.S.
+Added: The preparation of financial statements requires
+Added: management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses as well as
+Added: the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.
+Added: Critical accounting policies are those that require application of management’s
+Added: most subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods.
+Added: Our critical accounting policies include those related to capitalized software and technology development costs, revenue recognition and
+Added: Management bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and other factors that are believed to be reasonable under
+Added: the circumstances.
Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
−Removed: See Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial
−Removed: Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a complete discussion of our significant accounting policies.
−Removed: software and technology development costs
−Removed: and technology development activities generally fall into three stages:
−Removed: Stage activities include developing a project or business plan that outlines the
−Removed: goals for the content distribution platform or new product or service;
−Removed: determining the
−Removed: functionality;
+Added: See Note 1 to the Consolidated
+Added: Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a complete discussion of our significant accounting policies.
+Added: Capitalized software and technology development costs
+Added: Software and technology development activities generally fall into
+Added: three stages:
+Added: Planning Stage activities include developing a project or business plan that outlines the goals for the content distribution
+Added: platform or new product or service;
+Added: determining the functionality;
identifying hardware and software applications that will achieve functionality,
security, and traffic flows;
−Removed: and selecting the internal resources that will be assigned
−Removed: to the project as well as the external vendors where applicable.
−Removed: and Infrastructure Development Stage activities focus on acquiring or developing
−Removed: hardware and software to operate a content distribution platform or new product and service;
−Removed: Post-Implementation/Operating
−Removed: Stage activities address training, administration, maintenance, and all other activities
−Removed: to operate an existing content distribution platform or new product or service.
−Removed: the Planning Stage, we charge all costs to expense as incurred.
−Removed: the Application and Infrastructure Development Stage, we begin to capitalize costs when the project has been properly authorized
−Removed: and we determine that completion is probable.
−Removed: If a project is subsequently cancelled prior to placement in service, costs that
−Removed: have been capitalized to date will be reviewed for potential impairment.
−Removed: Capitalization ceases no later than the point at which
−Removed: a computer software project is substantially complete and ready for its intended use.
−Removed: Amortization, which is generally over three
−Removed: years, begins for each project when the code is ready for use, whether or not it is actually placed in service at that time (an
−Removed: exception being if the project’s functionality completely depends on the completion of another project;
+Added: and selecting the internal resources that will be assigned to the project as well as the external vendors
+Added: where applicable.
+Added: Application and Infrastructure Development Stage activities focus on acquiring or developing hardware and software to operate
+Added: a content distribution platform or new product and service;
+Added: Post-Implementation/Operating Stage activities address training, administration, maintenance, and all other activities to operate
+Added: an existing content distribution platform or new product or service.
+Added: During the Planning Stage, we charge all costs to expense as incurred.
+Added: During the Application and Infrastructure Development Stage, we begin
+Added: to capitalize costs when the project has been properly authorized and we determine that completion is probable.
+Added: If a project is subsequently
+Added: cancelled prior to placement in service, costs that have been capitalized to date will be reviewed for potential impairment.
+Added: Capitalization
+Added: ceases no later than the point at which a computer software project is substantially complete and ready for its intended use.
+Added: Amortization,
+Added: which is generally over three years, begins for each project when the code is ready for use, whether or not it is actually placed in service
+Added: at that time (an exception being if the project’s functionality completely depends on the completion of another project;
then, amortization
begins when that other project is ready for use).
−Removed: the Post-Implementation/Operation Stage, we expense training costs and maintenance costs as incurred.
−Removed: However, upgrades and enhancements,
−Removed: defined as modifications to existing internal-use software that result in additional functionality (modifications to enable the
−Removed: software to perform tasks that it was previously incapable of performing, normally requiring new software specifications and perhaps
−Removed: a change to all or part of the existing software specifications) are treated as though they were new projects, and are assessed
−Removed: utilizing the same stages and criteria on a project by project basis.
−Removed: As such, internal costs incurred for upgrades and enhancements
−Removed: are expensed or capitalized based on the requirements noted above, while costs incurred for maintenance are expensed as incurred.
−Removed: These projects are tracked individually, such that the beginning and ending of the capitalization can be appropriately established,
−Removed: as well as the amounts capitalized therein.
−Removed: of these costs is included in depreciation and amortization in the Statement of Comprehensive Loss.
−Removed: August 1, 2018, we adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, applying the modified
−Removed: retrospective method to those contracts not yet substantially completed as of August 1, 2018.
−Removed: The impact of adopting the
−Removed: new revenue standard was not material to our consolidated financial statements and there was no adjustment to beginning retained
−Removed: earnings on August 1, 2018.
−Removed: generate revenue from four sources:
+Added: During the Post-Implementation/Operation Stage, we expense training
+Added: costs and maintenance costs as incurred.
+Added: However, upgrades and enhancements, defined as modifications to existing internal-use software
+Added: that result in additional functionality (modifications to enable the software to perform tasks that it was previously incapable of performing,
+Added: normally requiring new software specifications and perhaps a change to all or part of the existing software specifications) are treated
+Added: as though they were new projects, and are assessed utilizing the same stages and criteria on a project-by-project basis.
+Added: As such, internal
+Added: costs incurred for upgrades and enhancements are expensed or capitalized based on the requirements noted above, while costs incurred for
+Added: maintenance are expensed as incurred.
+Added: These projects are tracked individually, such that the beginning and ending of the capitalization
+Added: can be appropriately established, as well as the amounts capitalized therein.
+Added: Amortization of these costs is included in depreciation and amortization
+Added: in the Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss).
+Added: Revenue Recognition.
+Added: We generate revenue from three sources:
(1) Advertising;
(2) Paid Subscriptions
−Removed: (3) Zedge Premium and Other and (4) Service.
−Removed: substantial majority of our revenue is generated from selling our advertising inventory (“Advertising Revenue”) to
−Removed: advertising networks and advertising exchanges, and through direct arrangements with advertisers.
−Removed: Our monthly and annual subscriptions
−Removed: allow users to prepay a fixed fee to remove unsolicited advertisements from our Android Zedge app although we are working on adding
−Removed: additional capabilities to subscriptions including offering subscriptions to iOS Zedge App users.
+Added: and (3) Zedge Premium and Other.
+Added: The substantial majority of our revenue is generated from selling our advertising inventory (“Advertising
+Added: Revenue”) to advertising networks and advertising exchanges, and through direct arrangements with advertisers.
+Added: Our monthly and annual
+Added: subscriptions allow users to prepay a fixed fee to remove unsolicited advertisements from our Android Zedge app although we are working
+Added: on adding additional capabilities to subscriptions including offering subscriptions to iOS Zedge App users.
In Zedge Premium, we retain
−Removed: 30% as fee when users purchase licensed content using Zedge Credits or unlock licensed content by watching a video or taking a
−Removed: survey on Zedge Premium.
−Removed: In fiscal 2019, we also generated revenue from managing and optimizing the advertising inventory of a
−Removed: third-party mobile application publisher, as well as overseeing the billing, collections and reporting related to advertising
−Removed: for this publisher (“Service Revenue”).
−Removed: The contract with this publisher was terminated effective May 31, 2019.
−Removed: We generates the bulk of our revenue from selling our Zedge app’s advertising inventory to advertising
−Removed: networks and advertising exchanges and direct sales to advertisers.
−Removed: We also generate revenue from app publishers that pay us for
−Removed: installations of their apps.
−Removed: ● Advertising
−Removed: An advertising network is a third-party relationship where buyers of advertising
−Removed: inventory go to purchase either specific targeted inventory or a large scale of inventory
−Removed: at a set price.
−Removed: Advertising Networks serve as an indirect source of advertising fill
−Removed: to a variety of branded ad campaigns and performance-based ad campaigns.
−Removed: ● Advertising
−Removed: An advertising exchange is similar to an advertising network, except that
−Removed: the exchange typically bids in real-time for inventory.
−Removed: Advertisers may utilize an exchange
−Removed: when looking for scale or specific audiences, and accept that the price will vary based
+Added: 30% as fee when users purchase licensed content using Zedge Credits or unlock licensed content by watching a video or taking a survey
+Added: on Zedge Premium.
+Added: Advertising Revenue :
+Added: We generates the bulk of our revenue
+Added: from selling our Zedge app’s advertising inventory to advertising networks and advertising exchanges and direct sales to advertisers.
+Added: Advertising Networks.
+Added: An advertising network is a third-party relationship where buyers of advertising inventory go to purchase either
+Added: specific targeted inventory or a large scale of inventory at a set price.
+Added: Advertising Networks serve as an indirect source of advertising
+Added: fill to a variety of branded ad campaigns and performance-based ad campaigns.
+Added: Advertising Exchanges.
+Added: An advertising exchange is similar to an advertising network, except that the exchange typically bids in real-time
+Added: for inventory.
+Added: Advertisers may utilize an exchange when looking for scale or specific audiences, and accept that the price will vary based
on when and how much volume of inventory they wish to buy.
−Removed: Sales to Advertisers.
−Removed: We sell advertising directly to advertisers through a contractual
−Removed: relationship.
−Removed: These relationships typically offer higher than average pricing than realized
−Removed: from sales via advertising networks or advertising exchanges.
−Removed: We earn revenue when a Zedge user installs an app offered by a publisher in
−Removed: the Game Channel that pays the Company a pre-negotiated fee for the installation (referred
−Removed: to as Cost Per Install or CPI).
−Removed: In October 2018, the Company replaced the Game Channel
−Removed: with a game wall which offers Zedge users with a mix of interactive playable ads and
−Removed: HTML5 games which, if installed by the user, generate revenue for Zedge.
−Removed: discontinued game wall in the second quarter of fiscal 2020.
−Removed: recognize advertising revenue as advertisements are delivered to users through impressions, ad views or app installs (depending
−Removed: on the terms agreed upon with the advertiser).
−Removed: For in-app display ads, in-app offers, engagement advertisements and other advertisements,
−Removed: our performance obligation is satisfied over the life of the relevant contract (i.e., over time), with revenue being recognized
−Removed: as advertising units are delivered.
−Removed: The advertiser may compensate us on a cost-per-impression, cost-per-click, cost-per-action
−Removed: or cost-per-install basis.
−Removed: Subscription Revenue :
−Removed: Beginning in January 2019, we started offering monthly and annual paid subscription services sold
−Removed: through Google Play.
−Removed: When a customer subscribes, they execute a clickthrough agreement with Zedge outlining the terms and conditions
−Removed: of the subscription.
−Removed: Google Play processes subscription prepayment on Zedge’s behalf, and retains up to 30% as its fee.
−Removed: Paid subscription revenue is a series type performance obligation and is recognized net of sales tax amounts collected from subscribers.
+Added: Direct Sales to Advertisers.
+Added: In prior periods, we sold, and we currently retain the ability to sell, advertising directly to advertisers
+Added: through contractual relationships.
+Added: These relationships historically offered higher than average pricing than realized from sales via advertising
+Added: networks or advertising exchanges.
+Added: We had no direct sales of advertising during fiscal 2021 and have no current expectation that this
+Added: will represent a material portion of our sales in the near term.
+Added: We recognize advertising revenue as advertisements are delivered to
+Added: users through impressions or ad views (depending on the terms agreed upon with the advertiser).
+Added: For in-app display ads, in-app offers,
+Added: engagement advertisements and other advertisements, our performance obligation is satisfied over the life of the relevant contract (i.e.,
+Added: over time), with revenue being recognized as advertising units are delivered.
+Added: The advertiser may compensate us on a cost-per-impression,
+Added: cost-per-click, or cost-per-action basis.
+Added: Paid Subscription Revenue :
+Added: Beginning in January 2019,
+Added: we started offering monthly and annual paid subscription services sold through Google Play.
+Added: When a customer subscribes, they execute a
+Added: clickthrough agreement with Zedge outlining the terms and conditions of the subscription.
+Added: Google Play processes subscription prepayment
+Added: on Zedge’s behalf, and retains up to 30% as its fee.
+Added: Paid subscription revenue is a series type performance obligation and is recognized
+Added: net of sales tax amounts collected from subscribers.
Both monthly and yearly subscriptions are nonrefundable after a period of 7 days.
−Removed: Paid subscriptions are automatically renewed
−Removed: at expiration unless cancelled by subscribers.
−Removed: The enforceable rights in monthly and yearly subscription contracts are the service
−Removed: Because of the cancellation clauses for these subscriptions, the duration of these contracts is daily, and revenue for
−Removed: these contracts is recognized on a daily ratable basis.
−Removed: The payment terms for subscriptions sold through Google Play is net 30
−Removed: days after month-end.
−Removed: Zedge Premium is our marketplace where artists and brands can market, distribute and sell their digital content
−Removed: to Zedge’s users.
−Removed: The content owner sets the price and the user can purchase the content by paying for it with Zedge Credits,
−Removed: our closed virtual currency.
−Removed: A user can earn Zedge Credits when taking specific actions such as watching rewarded videos or completing
−Removed: electronic surveys.
−Removed: Alternatively, users can buy Zedge Credits with an in-app purchase.
−Removed: If a user purchases Zedge Credits (ranging
−Removed: from 500 credits for $0.99 to 14,000 credits for $19.99), Google Play or iTunes retains 30% of the purchase price as its fee.
−Removed: When a user purchases Zedge Premium content, the artist or brand receives 70% of the actual revenue (“Royalty Payment”)
−Removed: and the Company receives the remaining 30%, which is recognized as revenue.
−Removed: Through May 2019, we managed and optimized the advertising inventory of a third-party mobile application publisher,
−Removed: as well as overseeing the billing, collections and reporting related to advertising for this publisher.
−Removed: In exchange for these
−Removed: management and optimization services, Zedge shared a portion the advertising revenues from this publisher whose revenue is also
−Removed: derived from sales of advertising.
−Removed: The contract with this publisher was terminated effective May 31, 2019.
−Removed: Versus Net Revenue Recognition
−Removed: report revenue on a gross or net basis based on management’s assessment of whether we act as a principal or agent in the
−Removed: To the extent we act as the principal, revenue is reported on a gross basis unless we are unable to determine the
−Removed: amount on a gross basis, in which case we report revenue on a net basis.
−Removed: The determination of whether we act as a principal or
−Removed: an agent in a transaction is based on an evaluation of whether we control the good or service prior to transfer to the customer.
−Removed: generally report our advertising revenue net of amounts due to agencies and brokers because we are not the primary obligor in
−Removed: the relevant arrangements, we do not finalize the pricing, and we do not establish or maintain a direct relationship with the
−Removed: Certain advertising arrangements that are directly between us and advertisers are recognized on a gross basis equal
−Removed: to the price paid to us by the customer since we are the primary obligor and we determines the price.
−Removed: Any third-party costs related
−Removed: to such direct relationships are recognized as direct cost of revenues.
−Removed: report subscription revenue gross of the fee retained by Google Play, as the subscriber is our customer in the contract and we
−Removed: control the service prior to the transfer to the subscriber.
−Removed: is deemed to have an indefinite life and is not amortized.
−Removed: Goodwill is reviewed annually (or more frequently under certain conditions)
−Removed: for impairment using a fair value approach.
−Removed: We perform our annual or interim goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value
−Removed: of the relevant reporting unit with its carrying amount.
−Removed: We would recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying
−Removed: amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value;
−Removed: however, the loss recognized would not exceed the total amount of goodwill
−Removed: allocated to that reporting unit.
−Removed: Additionally, we consider income tax effects from any tax-deductible goodwill on the carrying
−Removed: amount of our reporting unit when measuring the goodwill impairment loss, if applicable.
−Removed: We estimate the fair value of our reporting
−Removed: unit using the market approach (guideline company method).
−Removed: have the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is necessary to perform the quantitative goodwill
−Removed: impairment test.
−Removed: However, we may elect to perform the quantitative goodwill impairment test even if no indications of a potential
−Removed: impairment exist.
−Removed: our annual impairment tests in fiscal years 2020 and 2019, our estimated fair value exceeded our carrying value, therefore, no
−Removed: impairment charge was required.
−Removed: Calculating the fair value of the reporting unit requires significant estimates and assumptions
−Removed: by management.
−Removed: Should our estimates or assumptions regarding the fair value of our reporting unit prove to be incorrect, we may
−Removed: be required to record impairment of goodwill in future periods and such impairment could be material.
−Removed: ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOT YET ADOPTED
−Removed: issued accounting standards not yet adopted by us are more fully described in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in public health responses including travel bans, restrictions, social distancing requirements,
−Removed: and shelter-in place orders, which have negatively impacted our business, operations and financial performance.
−Removed: While we initially
−Removed: experienced a significant decrease in advertising spend when the pandemic became global in March 2020, starting in the late spring
−Removed: advertising rates started to stabilize and subscriptions rebounded.
−Removed: light of the current operating and economic environment, the Company has shifted resources and priorities to increase focus on
−Removed: generating incremental revenue at the expense of delivering new product.
−Removed: We imposed a temporary hiring freeze and lowered our
−Removed: discretionary spend to preserve cash for mission critical projects.
−Removed: We have responded quickly and decisively to the challenges
−Removed: presented by the pandemic in order to ensure the continuity of our service.
−Removed: In light of the improvement in our revenue in fourth
−Removed: quarter of fiscal 2020 we have begun selectively investing in our products by hiring several software developers and consultants
−Removed: in Lithuania.
−Removed: the unprecedented uncertainty and rapidly shifting market conditions of the business environment, we cannot reasonably estimate
−Removed: the full impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our future financial and operational results.
−Removed: Our past results may not be indicative
−Removed: of our future performance, and historical trends in revenue, income (loss) from operations, net income (loss), and net income
−Removed: (loss) per share may differ materially.
−Removed: For example, to the extent the pandemic continues to disrupt economic activity globally,
−Removed: it could adversely affect our business, operations and financial results through prolonged decreases in advertising spend, credit
−Removed: deterioration of our customers, depressed economic activity, or declines in capital markets, including volatility of our stock
−Removed: We continue to monitor the rapidly evolving situation and guidance from international and domestic authorities, including
−Removed: federal, state and local public health authorities, and there may be developments outside our control requiring us to adjust our
−Removed: operating plan.
−Removed: As such, given the unprecedented uncertainty around the duration and severity of the impact on market conditions
−Removed: and the business environment, we cannot reasonably estimate the full impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operating results
−Removed: in the future.
−Removed: Performance Indicators
−Removed: results of operations discussion include disclosure of two key performance indicators - Monthly Active Users (MAU) and Average
−Removed: Revenue Per Monthly Active User (ARPMAU).
−Removed: MAU is a key performance indicator that captures the number of unique users that used
−Removed: our Zedge app in the last thirty days of the relevant period, which is important to understanding the size of the user base for
−Removed: our Zedge app which is a significant driver of revenue.
−Removed: Changes and trends in MAU are useful for measuring the general health
−Removed: of our business, gauging both present and potential customers’
−Removed: experience, assessing the efficacy of product improvements and
−Removed: marketing campaigns and overall user engagement.
−Removed: ARPMAU is valuable because it provides insight into how well we monetize our
−Removed: users and the changes and trends in ARPMAU are indications of how effective our monetization investments are.
−Removed: of July 31, 2020 MAU, was down 5.6% year over year we believe primarily due to slowing new phone sales which resulted in lower
−Removed: app installs and engagement which are typical user behavior patterns when they purchase a new handset.
−Removed: Over the past several years,
−Removed: we have experienced a continuing shift in the regional customer make-up with MAU in emerging markets representing an increasing
−Removed: portion of our user base.
−Removed: As of July 31, 2020, users in emerging markets represented 70% of our MAU compared to 65% a year prior.
−Removed: This shift has negatively impacted revenue because advertising rates in emerging markets are materially lower than in well-developed
−Removed: was up 50.3% for the three months ended July 31, 2020 when compared to the same period a year ago, pointing to progress we have
−Removed: made in generating more value from our users, particularly from subscriptions.
+Added: Paid subscriptions are automatically renewed at expiration unless cancelled by subscribers.
+Added: The enforceable rights in monthly and yearly
+Added: subscription contracts are the service period.
+Added: Because of the cancellation clauses for these subscriptions, the duration of these contracts
+Added: is daily, and revenue for these contracts is recognized on a daily ratable basis.
+Added: The payment terms for subscriptions sold through Google
+Added: Play is net 30 days after month-end.
+Added: Zedge Premium :
+Added: Zedge Premium is our marketplace where
+Added: artists and brands can market, distribute and sell their digital content to Zedge’s users.
+Added: The content owner sets the price and
+Added: the user can purchase the content by paying for it with Zedge Credits, our closed virtual currency.
+Added: A user can earn Zedge Credits when
+Added: taking specific actions such as watching rewarded videos or completing electronic surveys.
+Added: Alternatively, users can buy Zedge Credits
+Added: with an in-app purchase.
+Added: If a user purchases Zedge Credits (ranging from 500 credits for $0.99 to 14,000 credits for $19.99), Google Play
+Added: or iTunes retains up to 30% of the purchase price as its fee.
+Added: When a user purchases Zedge Premium content, the artist or brand receives
+Added: 70% of the actual revenue (“Royalty Payment”) and the Company receives the remaining 30%, which is recognized as revenue.
+Added: Gross Versus Net Revenue Recognition
+Added: We report revenue on a gross or net basis based on management’s
+Added: assessment of whether we act as a principal or agent in the transaction.
+Added: To the extent we act as the principal, revenue is reported on
+Added: a gross basis unless we are unable to determine the amount on a gross basis, in which case we report revenue on a net basis.
+Added: The determination
+Added: of whether we act as a principal or an agent in a transaction is based on an evaluation of whether we control the good or service prior
+Added: to transfer to the customer.
+Added: We generally report our advertising revenue net of amounts due to agencies
+Added: and brokers because we are not the primary obligor in the relevant arrangements, we do not finalize the pricing, and we do not establish
+Added: or maintain a direct relationship with the advertiser.
+Added: Any advertising arrangements that are directly between us and advertisers would
+Added: be recognized on a gross basis equal to the price paid to us by the customer since we are the primary obligor and we determine the price.
+Added: Any third-party costs related to such direct relationships are recognized as direct cost of revenues.
+Added: We report subscription revenue gross of the fee retained by Google
+Added: Play, as the subscriber is our customer in the contract and we control the service prior to the transfer to the subscriber.
+Added: Goodwill is deemed to have an indefinite life and is not amortized.
+Added: Goodwill is reviewed annually (or more frequently under certain conditions) for impairment using a fair value approach.
+Added: We perform our
+Added: annual or interim goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of the relevant reporting unit with its carrying amount.
+Added: recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value;
+Added: loss recognized would not exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.
+Added: Additionally, we consider income tax effects
+Added: from any tax-deductible goodwill on the carrying amount of our reporting unit when measuring the goodwill impairment loss, if applicable.
+Added: We estimate the fair value of our reporting unit using the market approach.
+Added: We have the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine
+Added: whether it is necessary to perform the quantitative goodwill impairment test.
+Added: However, we may elect to perform the quantitative goodwill
+Added: impairment test even if no indications of a potential impairment exist.
+Added: For our annual impairment tests in fiscal years 2021 and 2020, our
+Added: estimated fair value exceeded our carrying value, therefore, no impairment charge was required.
+Added: Calculating the fair value of the reporting
+Added: unit requires significant estimates and assumptions by management.
+Added: Should our estimates or assumptions regarding the fair value of our
+Added: reporting unit prove to be incorrect, we may be required to record impairment of goodwill in future periods and such impairment could
+Added: RECENT ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOT YET ADOPTED
+Added: Recently issued accounting standards not yet adopted by us are more
+Added: fully described in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in public health responses including
+Added: travel bans, restrictions, social distancing requirements, and shelter-in place orders, which have negatively impacted our business, operations
+Added: and financial performance.
+Added: While we saw a significant decrease in advertising spend when the pandemic became global in March 2020, our
+Added: daily advertising revenue has experienced a strong recovery since July 2020 through July 2021.
+Added: We responded quickly and decisively to the challenges presented by
+Added: the pandemic in order to ensure the long-term continuity of our service.
+Added: Initially, we shifted resources and priorities and focused on
+Added: streamlining our back-end infrastructure and specifically redesigning our content management system in order to better control costs while
+Added: simultaneously establishing a scalable foundation for new growth initiatives, even at the expense of new product initiatives.
+Added: At the outset
+Added: of the pandemic, we instituted a hiring freeze which has subsequently been relaxed and we are starting to invest in new products, features,
+Added: and enhancements.
+Added: We grew our headcount by 36% from 39 at July 31, 2020 to 53 at July 31, 2021, mostly in engineering, product and design
+Added: to execute on our product development roadmap.
+Added: Given the unprecedented uncertainty and rapidly shifting market conditions
+Added: of the business environment, we cannot reasonably estimate the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our future financial and operational
+Added: At this point it is unclear whether variables including the economy, unemployment, retail sales, and advertising budgets, or
+Added: capital markets, including volatility of our stock price will impact our business.
+Added: We continue to monitor the rapidly evolving situation
+Added: and guidance from international and domestic authorities, including federal, state and local public health authorities, and there may
+Added: be developments outside our control requiring us to adjust our operating plan.
+Added: Key Performance Indicators
+Added: Our results of operations discussion include disclosure of two
+Added: key performance indicators - Monthly Active Users (MAU) and Average Revenue Per Monthly Active User (ARPMAU).
+Added: performance indicator that captures the number of unique users that used our Zedge app in the last thirty days of the relevant
+Added: period, which is important to understanding the size of the user base for our Zedge app which is a significant driver of revenue.
+Added: Changes and trends in MAU are useful for measuring the general health of our business, gauging both present and potential
+Added: customers’
+Added: experience, assessing the efficacy of product improvements and marketing campaigns and overall user engagement.
+Added: ARPMAU is valuable because it provides insight into how well we monetize our users and the changes and trends in ARPMAU are
+Added: indications of how effective our monetization investments are.
+Added: As of July 31, 2021 MAU, was up 7.8% year over year primarily attributed
+Added: to higher user engagement.
+Added: Over the past several years, we have experienced a continuing shift in the regional customer make-up with MAU
+Added: in emerging markets (particularly India) representing an increasing portion of our user base.
+Added: As of July 31, 2021, users in emerging markets
+Added: represented 75% of our MAU compared to 70% a year prior.
+Added: This shift has negatively impacted revenue because advertising rates in emerging
+Added: markets are materially lower than in well-developed markets.
+Added: ARPMAU was up 76.3% for the three months ended July 31, 2021 when compared
+Added: to the same period a year ago, pointing to progress we have made in generating more value from our users, particularly from subscriptions.
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Emerging Markets MAU/Total MAU
−Removed: OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: following table set forth our consolidated statements of operations data for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2020 compared to the
−Removed: fiscal year ended July 31, 2019:
+Added: RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
+Added: The following table set forth our consolidated statements of operations
+Added: data for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2021 compared to the fiscal year ended July 31, 2020:
(in thousands)
−Removed: year ended July 31,
+Added: Fiscal year ended July 31,
Direct cost of revenues
Selling, general and administrative
−Removed: and amortization
−Removed: Loss from operations
−Removed: Interest and other income (expense),
−Removed: Net loss resulting from foreign exchange
−Removed: Provision for
−Removed: following table sets forth the composition of our revenues for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2020 and 2019:
+Added: Depreciation and amortization
+Added: Income (loss) from operations
+Added: Interest and other income, net
+Added: Net loss resulting from foreign exchange transactions
+Added: Provision for (benefit from) income taxes
+Added: Net income (loss)
+Added: nm-not meaningful
+Added: The following table sets forth the composition of our revenues for
+Added: the fiscal years ended July 31, 2021 and 2020:
Fiscal Year Ended
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Paid subscription revenue
−Removed: Zedge Premium and Shortz revenues
−Removed: Service revenue
+Added: Other revenues
Total Revenues
−Removed: Advertising revenue declined 6.7% in fiscal 2020 compared to fiscal 2019 primarily due to the shift in
−Removed: the makeup of our user base from well-developed markets that command relatively higher advertising rates to emerging markets where
−Removed: the rates are lower.
−Removed: The 5.6% decline in the overall MAU also contributed the decline in advertising revenue despite improvement
−Removed: in user engagement in fiscal 2020.
−Removed: subscription revenue .
−Removed: We rolled out a subscription-based product on Android in January 2019, whereby users of
−Removed: our Zedge app could pay a monthly or annual fee to remove unsolicited ads when using our Zedge app.
−Removed: In general, pricing of our
−Removed: monthly subscriptions is $0.99 per month and $3.99 for yearly subscription.
−Removed: We generated $2,406,000 and $516,000 in gross prepaid
−Removed: subscription sales consisting of both monthly and annual subscriptions for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2020 and 2019 respectively.
−Removed: We expect that from time to time the prices of our subscription in each country/region may change and we may test other plan and
−Removed: price variations.
−Removed: following table summarizes subscription revenue for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2020 and 2019.
+Added: Advertising revenue .
+Added: Advertising revenue increased
+Added: 112% from $7.4 million in fiscal 2020 to $15.7 million in fiscal 2021 primarily due to improvements in our ad stack and higher advertising
+Added: Paid subscription revenue .
+Added: We rolled out a subscription-based
+Added: product on Android in January 2019, whereby users of our Zedge app can pay a monthly or annual fee to remove unsolicited ads when using
+Added: our Zedge app.
+Added: In general, pricing of our monthly subscriptions in the US is $0.99 per month and $4.99 for yearly subscription with different
+Added: pricing for users in other countries.
+Added: Google Play processes subscription prepayment on Zedge’s behalf, and retains up to 30% as
+Added: We generated $3.8 million and $2.4 million in gross prepaid subscription sales consisting of both monthly and annual subscriptions
+Added: for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2021 and 2020 respectively.
+Added: We expect that, based on research and testing we undertake, from time
+Added: to time, the prices of our subscription in each country/region may change and we may test other plan and price variations.
+Added: The following table summarizes subscription revenue for the fiscal
+Added: years ended July 31, 2021 and 2020.
As of/Years Ended
−Removed: FY’20 vs.
+Added: FY’21 vs FY’20
(in thousands, except revenue per subscriber and percentages)
−Removed: Paid net subscriber additions
−Removed: Paid subscriber at end of period
−Removed: Average paid subcribers
−Removed: Average monthly revenue per paid subscriber
−Removed: We completed the initial rollout of Zedge Premium in March 2018 to a segment of our Android user base and
−Removed: we expanded it to 100% of our Android user base in January 2019.
−Removed: In fiscal 2020, gross transaction value (the total sales volume
−Removed: transacting through the platform), or “GTV,”
−Removed: and net revenue generated from Zedge Premium were $728,000 and $459,000,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: In fiscal 2019, GTV and net revenue generated from Zedge Premium were $485,000 and $130,000 respectively.
−Removed: includes breakage related to expired Zedge Credits.
−Removed: continue to focus on topline growth strategy by testing new monetization drivers including a variety of ad units, merchandising,
−Removed: coin sales as well as certain growth initiatives such as new content vertical in our app and/or new app.
−Removed: cost of revenues .
−Removed: Direct cost of revenues consists primarily of content hosting and content delivery costs.
−Removed: Fiscal year ended July 31,
+Added: Active subscriptions net additions
+Added: Active subscriptions at end of period
+Added: Average active subscriptions
+Added: Average monthly revenue per active subscription
+Added: Zedge Premium .
+Added: We completed the initial rollout of Zedge
+Added: Premium in March 2018 to a segment of our Android user base and we expanded it to 100% of our Android user base in January 2019.
+Added: 2021, gross transaction value (the total sales volume transacting through the platform), or “GTV,”
+Added: and net revenue generated
+Added: from Zedge Premium were $945,000 and $509,000, respectively.
+Added: In fiscal 2020, GTV and net revenue generated from Zedge Premium were $728,000
+Added: and $459,000 respectively.
+Added: Net revenue includes breakage related to expired Zedge Credits.
+Added: We continue to focus on topline growth strategy by testing new monetization
+Added: drivers including a variety of ad units, in-app purchases of Zedge Credits, our virtual currency.
+Added: as well as certain growth initiatives
+Added: such as new content vertical in our app and/or new app.
+Added: Additionally, we may pursue synergistic acquisitions from time to time to complement
+Added: organic growth, although we can provide no assurance that any such acquisitions will be consummated.
+Added: Direct cost of revenues .
+Added: Direct cost of revenues consists
+Added: primarily of content hosting and content delivery costs.
+Added: Fiscal year ended
(in thousands)
2 unchanged sentences
As a percentage of revenues
−Removed: cost of revenues decreased by 13.3% in fiscal 2020 to $1.2 million from $1.4 million in fiscal 2019, primarily attributable to
−Removed: the savings from the migration of our backend infrastructure to cloud-based providers.
−Removed: a percentage of revenue, direct cost of revenues in fiscal 2020 were 12.6% as compared to 15.6.% in fiscal 2019 due to the combination
−Removed: of higher revenue and lower direct costs in fiscal 2020 compared to fiscal 2019.
−Removed: general and administrative expense .
−Removed: Selling, general and administrative expense (“SG&A”) consists mainly
−Removed: of payroll, benefits, recruiting fees, facilities, marketing, content acquisition costs, consulting, professional fees, software
−Removed: licensing (“SaaS”) and public company related expenses.
−Removed: Fiscal year ended July 31,
+Added: Direct cost of revenues decreased by 0.1% in fiscal 2021 to $1.194
+Added: million from $1.195 million in fiscal 2020, primarily attributable to the residual savings from the migration of our backend infrastructure
+Added: to cloud-based providers.
+Added: As a percentage of revenue, direct cost of revenues in fiscal 2021
+Added: were 6.1% as compared to 12.6.% in fiscal 2020 due primarily to the 107% increase of our revenue in fiscal 2021.
+Added: Selling, general and administrative expense .
+Added: general and administrative expense (“SG&A”) consists mainly of payroll, benefits, facilities, marketing, content acquisition
+Added: costs, consulting, professional fees, software licensing (“SaaS”) and public company related expenses.
+Added: Fiscal year ended
(in thousands)
2 unchanged sentences
As a percentage of revenues
−Removed: expenses decreased $1.8 million or 20.1 % in fiscal 2020 to $7.1 million from $8.9 million in fiscal 2019.
−Removed: These decreases were
−Removed: primarily attributable to a $2.1 million reduction in net compensation costs resulting from the workforce reduction plan we implemented
−Removed: in May 2019 and lower discretionary expenses including lower travel expenses caused by the travel ban related to COVID-19, offset
−Removed: by $471,000 higher sales and marketing costs related to the Google fee on subscriptions sales severance payments, a one-time payment
−Removed: related to copyright matters and content acquisition costs associated with the ’Shortz’
−Removed: app which was launched in
−Removed: December 2019.
−Removed: As the majority of our employees are based in Norway a stronger U.S.
−Removed: Dollar against NOK in fiscal 2020 when compared
−Removed: to fiscal 2019 also contributed to the overall decline of SG&A.
−Removed: headcount totaled 39 as of July 31, 2020 compared to 53 as of July 31, 2019, primarily resulting from the workforce reduction
−Removed: and organic staff attrition in Norway and the U.S., offset by 7 new hires in Lithuania during fiscal 2020 bringing total headcount
−Removed: in Lithuania to 16 at July 31, 2020.
−Removed: expenses also included non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $402,000 and $499,000 in fiscal 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: We also opted to use Class B common stock to pay a portion of our Board of Directors’
−Removed: compensation and to fund 401(k) matching
−Removed: contributions that aggregated to $90,000 and $120,000 in fiscal 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: See Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial
−Removed: Statements in this Annual Report for a complete discussion of our stock-based compensation.
−Removed: and amortization .
−Removed: Depreciation and amortization expense consists mainly of amortization of capitalized software and
−Removed: technology development costs of our internal developers on various projects that we invested in specific to the various platforms
−Removed: on which we operate our mobile app service.
−Removed: Fiscal year ended July 31,
+Added: SG&A expenses increased $2.2 million or 31.0 % in fiscal 2020 to
+Added: $9.3 million from $7.1 million in fiscal 2020.
+Added: This increase was primarily attributable to compensation costs resulting from additional
+Added: headcount, higher professional and consulting fees and higher marketing fees we pay to Google for subscription sales, offset by reductions
+Added: in discretionary expenses such as rent and travel expenses.
+Added: Our headcount totaled 53 as of July 31, 2021 compared to 39 as of July
+Added: 31, 2020, with the majority of our employees currently based in Lithuania.
+Added: SG&A expenses also included non-cash stock-based compensation expense
+Added: of $523,000 and $402,000 in fiscal 2021 and 2020, respectively.
+Added: We also opted to use Class B common stock to pay a portion of our Board
+Added: of Directors’
+Added: compensation and to fund 401(k) matching contributions that aggregated to $129,000 and $90,000 in fiscal 2021 and
+Added: 2020, respectively.
+Added: See Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this Annual Report for a complete discussion of our stock-based
+Added: compensation.
+Added: Depreciation and amortization .
+Added: Depreciation and
+Added: amortization expense consists mainly of amortization of capitalized software and technology development costs of our internal developers
+Added: on various projects that we invested in specific to the various platforms on which we operate our mobile app service.
+Added: Fiscal year ended
(in thousands)
2 unchanged sentences
As a percentage of revenues
−Removed: increase in depreciation and amortization in fiscal 2020 compared to fiscal 2019 was primarily attributable to the completion
−Removed: of four projects with an aggregate value of $459,000 in fiscal 2020.
−Removed: We started amortizing these capitalized software and technology
−Removed: development costs once these projects were completed.
−Removed: and other income (expense), net.
−Removed: The increase in interest and other income (expenses), net in fiscal 2020 when compared
−Removed: to fiscal 2019 was primarily due to the impairment charges of $250,000 in investment in privately-held company recorded in July
−Removed: See Note 17 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this Annual Report for a complete discussion of our investment in
−Removed: privately-held company.
−Removed: Fiscal year ended July
+Added: Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $0.3 million or 19.6
+Added: % in fiscal 2020 to $1.3 million from $1.6 million in fiscal 2020.
+Added: The comparison of depreciation and amortization expenses in any given
+Added: periods can be attributed to the number of projects being amortized during those periods, as we removed fully amortized projects and added
+Added: newly completed projects in the amortization pool.
+Added: Interest and other income, net.
+Added: The increase in interest
+Added: and other income, net in fiscal 2021 when compared to fiscal 2020 was primarily due to the PPP loan forgiveness of $218,000 in fiscal
+Added: See Note 17 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this Annual Report for further details.
+Added: Fiscal year ended
(in thousands)
FY’21 vs.
−Removed: Interest and other income (expense), net
+Added: Interest and other income, net
As a percentage of revenues
−Removed: loss resulting from foreign exchange transactions .
−Removed: Net loss resulting from foreign exchange transactions is comprised
−Removed: of losses and gains generated from movements in Norwegian Krone, or NOK, relative to the U.S.
−Removed: Dollar including gains or losses
−Removed: from our NOK hedging activities.
−Removed: Fiscal year ended July 31,
+Added: Net loss resulting from foreign exchange transactions .
+Added: Net loss resulting from foreign exchange transactions is comprised of gains and losses generated from movements in NOK and EUR relative
+Added: Dollar, including gains or losses from our currency hedging activities.
+Added: Fiscal year ended
(in thousands)
2 unchanged sentences
As a percentage of revenues
−Removed: fiscal 2020 and 2019, we incurred losses of $218,000 and $278,000, respectively, from NOK hedging activities due to U.S.
−Removed: Dollar’s
−Removed: continued climb against NOK during fiscal 2020.
−Removed: for income taxes .
−Removed: The tax expense consists of minimum state taxes based on allocated net worth and certain income
−Removed: taxes payable in foreign jurisdictions where our subsidiaries reside.
−Removed: Fiscal year ended July 31,
+Added: In fiscal 2021 and 2020, we incurred losses of $18,000 and $218,000,
+Added: respectively, from NOK and EUR hedging activities.
+Added: Provision for (benefit from) income taxes .
+Added: fiscal 2021, we had pretax income of about $8 million which enabled us to utilize all the federal NOL carry forward and portions of the
+Added: NOL carry forward from states and other foreign jurisdiction.
+Added: Combined with the release of the valuation allowance of $477,000, this resulted
+Added: in an income tax benefit of $202,000 for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2021, an effective income tax of (2.5%).
+Added: Fiscal year ended
(in thousands)
FY’21 vs.
−Removed: Provision for income taxes
+Added: Provision for (benefit from) income taxes
As a percentage of revenues
−Removed: part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income inclusion (GILTI) and Foreign Derived Intangible
−Removed: Income (FDII) deduction became effective on January 1, 2018.
−Removed: There was no impact to income tax expense resulting from the
−Removed: GILTI and FDII in light of the Company’s available NOL carry forward and its full valuation allowance.
−Removed: March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was signed into law.
−Removed: The Act contains several new or changed income tax provisions, including
−Removed: but not limited to the following:
−Removed: increased limitation threshold for determining deductible interest expense, class life changes
−Removed: to qualified improvements (in general, from 39 years to 15 years), and the ability to carry back net operating losses incurred
−Removed: from tax years 2018 through 2020 up to the five preceding tax years.
−Removed: Most of these provisions are either not applicable
−Removed: or have no material effect on the Company.
−Removed: AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
−Removed: July 31, 2020, we had cash and cash equivalents of $5.1 million and working capital (current assets less current liabilities)
−Removed: of $3.9 million.
−Removed: We currently expect that our cash and cash equivalents on hand, and our cash flow from operations will be sufficient
−Removed: to meet our anticipated cash requirements for the twelve months ending July 31, 2021.
−Removed: We also maintain a revolving line of credit
−Removed: of up to $2.0 million and a foreign exchange contract facility of up to $6.5 million with Western Alliance Bank, as discussed
+Added: On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was signed into law.
+Added: Act contains several new or changed income tax provisions, including but not limited to the following:
+Added: increased limitation threshold
+Added: for determining deductible interest expense, class life changes to qualified improvements (in general, from 39 years to 15 years), and
+Added: the ability to carry back net operating losses incurred from tax years 2018 through 2020 up to the five preceding tax years.
+Added: of these provisions are either not applicable or have no material effect on the Company.
+Added: LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
+Added: At July 31, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents of $24.9 million
+Added: and working capital (current assets less current liabilities) of $23.4 million.
+Added: We currently expect that our cash and cash equivalents
+Added: on hand, and our cash flow from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements for the twelve months ending July
+Added: During fiscal 2021, we raised $15 million through sales of equity in At the Market offerings.
+Added: We also maintain a revolving line
+Added: of credit of up to $2.0 million and a foreign exchange contract facility of up to $6.5 million with Western Alliance Bank, as discussed
below in Financing Activities.
−Removed: following tables present selected financial information for the twelve months ended July 31, 2020 and 2019:
−Removed: Fiscal year ended July 31,
+Added: The following tables present selected financial information for the
+Added: twelve months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020:
+Added: Fiscal year ended
(in thousands)
4 unchanged sentences
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: cash flow from operations varies significantly from quarter to quarter and from year to year, depending on our operating results
−Removed: and the timing of operating cash receipts and payments, specifically trade accounts receivable and trade accounts payable.
−Removed: provided by operating activities is also impacted by the factors impacting revenue discussed above.
−Removed: The change in cash provided
−Removed: by operating activities in fiscal 2020 compared to fiscal 2019 was primarily due to higher revenues coupled with lower costs and
−Removed: expenses, an increase in deferred revenues from paid subscriptions and Zedge Premium, as well as increases in certain non-cash
−Removed: costs and expenses items such as stock-based compensation, impairment of investment in privately-held company and depreciation
−Removed: and amortization which did not consume cash.
−Removed: used in investing activities in fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2019 consisted mostly of capitalized software and technology development
−Removed: costs related to various projects that we invested in specific to the various platforms on which we operate our service.
−Removed: August 23, 2018, the Company made a $250,000 investment in TreSensa, Inc.
−Removed: (“TreSensa”) representing a less than 1%
−Removed: equity ownership interest on a fully-diluted basis, and concurrently entered into a playable ad distribution agreement with TreSensa
−Removed: under which the Company shall be paid a higher percentage of revenue derived from all playable ads provided by TreSensa, from
−Removed: its available catalogue for distribution through the Zedge App, when compared to industry norms.
−Removed: In July 2019, we recorded an
−Removed: impairment charge of $250,000 and thus reduced the fair value to $0.
−Removed: June 30, 2020, TreSensa agreed to transfer substantially all of its assets to its lender in full satisfaction of its obligations
−Removed: under certain loan agreement dated March 27, 2020.
−Removed: Note 17 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: February 5, 2020, we closed a registered direct offering of 1,734,459 shares of its Class B common stock for net proceeds of $2.1
−Removed: million from both new and existing investors.
−Removed: See Note 19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report
+Added: Increase in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Operating Activities
+Added: Our cash flow from operations varies significantly from quarter to
+Added: quarter and from year to year, depending on our operating results and the timing of operating cash receipts and payments, specifically
+Added: trade accounts receivable and trade accounts payable.
+Added: Cash provided by operating activities increased $8.0 million to $10.1 million in
+Added: fiscal 2021 from $2.1 million in fiscal 2020, primarily attributable to the higher revenues generated from our service offerings, primarily
+Added: advertising and paid subscription revenue.
+Added: Investing Activities
+Added: On August 1, 2021, we acquired Emojipedia for up to $7.0 million including
+Added: initial cash payment of $4.8 million, with the balance to be determined based on an incentive structure linked to EBITDA generated from
+Added: emojipedia.org during the four month period following the closing of the acquisition and paid out on the six-month and twelve month anniversaries
+Added: of the closing.
+Added: Given the closing occurred on Sunday, we deposited $4.8 million into an escrow account on July 30, 2021 which was classified
+Added: as other assets on our balance sheet as of July 31, 2021.
+Added: See Note 19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual
+Added: Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: Cash used in other investing activities in fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020
+Added: consisted mostly of capitalized software and technology development costs related to various projects that we invested in specific to
+Added: the various platforms on which we operate our service.
+Added: Financing Activities
+Added: Between December 14, 2020 and January 26, 2021, we sold 761,906 shares
+Added: of our Class B common stock at an average price of $6.5625 per share for total proceeds of $5 million in a registered “At the Market”
+Added: offering through National Securities Corp.
+Added: Wainwright & Co, LLC as sales agents.
+Added: In connection with this offering, total
+Added: issuance costs were $215,000.
+Added: We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes including organic and
+Added: other growth initiatives.
+Added: On March 16, 2021, we filed a prospectus supplement with the SEC which
+Added: contemplates the sale, for a gross aggregate sale price of up to $10,000,000, of shares of our Class B common stock, from time to time
+Added: in “at-the-market offerings”
+Added: pursuant to an At Market Issuance Sales Agreement with National Securities Corporation and Maxim
+Added: Group LLC dated as of March 16, 2021.
+Added: Through June 11, 2021 we sold 663,686 shares at an average price of $15.0674 per share for total
+Added: proceeds of $10 million in this offering.
+Added: Total issuance costs were $350,000.
+Added: We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for
+Added: general corporate purposes including organic and other growth initiatives.
+Added: In August 2020, we obtained a loan of $181,000 to finance about 82%
+Added: of our directors’
+Added: and officers’
+Added: liability and cyber liability insurance policies, at an annual percentage interest rate of
+Added: 3.89% to be repaid over nine equal monthly installments of $20,490 starting from September 1, 2020.
+Added: This loan was repaid in full as of
+Added: July 31, 2021.
+Added: On April 22, 2020, we received $218,000 in proceeds from a PPP loan
+Added: from Western Alliance Bank, which was administered by the Small Business Administration and established under the CARES Act.
+Added: 25, 2020, we submitted the PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Form 3508EZ and on May 21, 2021, we were notified that such application for
+Added: the loan forgiveness has been approved and the loan, including accrued interest, has been deemed satisfied in full by the Small Business
+Added: Administration to Western Alliance Bank.
+Added: Please see Note 17 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on
+Added: On February 5, 2020, we closed a registered direct offering of 1,734,459
+Added: shares of its Class B common stock for net proceeds of $2.1 million from both new and existing investors.
+Added: See Note 19 to the Consolidated
+Added: Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: In July 2019, we obtained a loan of $140,000 to finance about 85% of
+Added: various insurance policies, at an annual percentage interest rate of 4.79% to be repaid over nine equal monthly installments of $15,976.20
+Added: starting from September 1, 2019.
+Added: We repaid this loan in full as of July 31, 2020.
+Added: We received proceeds of $873,261 from the exercise of stock options
+Added: in fiscal 2021 in connection with which we issued 559,840 shares of our Class B common stock.
+Added: We received proceeds of $11,571 from the
+Added: exercise of stock options in fiscal 2020 in connection with which we issued 86,197 shares of our Class B common stock.
+Added: We maintain a credit facility of up to $2.0 million provided by Western
+Added: Alliance Bank which is more fully described in Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this annual report
on Form 10-K.
−Removed: April 22, 2020, we received $218,000 in proceeds from a PPP loan from Western Alliance Bank, which was administered by the Small
−Removed: Business Administration and established under the CARES Act, as more fully described in Note 18 to the Consolidated Financial
−Removed: Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: July 2019, we obtained a loan of $140,000 to finance about 85% of various insurance policies, at an annual percentage interest
−Removed: rate of 4.79% to be repaid over nine equal monthly installments of $15,976.20 starting from September 1, 2019.
−Removed: We repaid this
−Removed: loan in full as of July 31, 2020.
−Removed: Effective August 1, 2020, we obtained a loan of $181,462 to pay for our insurance policies,
−Removed: repayable in nine equal installments of $20,491 starting from September 1, 2020 which represented a 3.89% annual percentage interest
−Removed: received proceeds of $11,571 from the exercise of stock options in fiscal 2020 in connection with which we issued 86,197 shares
−Removed: of our Class B common stock.
−Removed: We received proceeds of $5,291 from the exercise of stock options in fiscal 2019 in connection with
−Removed: which we issued 40,700 shares of our Class B common stock.
−Removed: of September 27, 2016, the Company entered into a loan and security agreement with Western Alliance Bank for a revolving credit
−Removed: facility of up to $2.5 million for an initial two years term which was extended for another two years term expiring September
−Removed: Advances under this facility may not exceed the lesser of $2.5 million or 80% of the Company’s eligible accounts
−Removed: receivable, subject to certain concentration limits.
−Removed: The revolving credit facility is secured by a lien on substantially all of
−Removed: the Company’s assets.
−Removed: The outstanding principal amount bears interest per annum at the greater of 5.0% or the prime rate
−Removed: Interest is payable monthly and all outstanding principal and any accrued and unpaid interest is due on the maturity
−Removed: date of September 26, 2020.
−Removed: The Company is required to pay an annual facility fee of $12,500 to Western Alliance Bank.
−Removed: is also required to comply with various affirmative and negative covenants and to maintain certain financial ratios during the
−Removed: term of the revolving credit facility.
−Removed: The covenants include a prohibition on the Company paying any dividend on its capital stock.
−Removed: The Company may terminate this agreement at any time without penalty or premium provided that it pays down any outstanding principal,
−Removed: accrued interest and bank expenses.
−Removed: At July 31, 2020, there were no amounts outstanding under the revolving credit facility and
−Removed: the Company was in compliance with all of the covenants.
−Removed: On September 25, 2020, this agreement was extended for another two-year
−Removed: term at substantially comparable terms except for the minimum interest rate which was reduced from 5.0% to 3.5%, and the facility
−Removed: was reduced from $2.5 million to $2.0 million at the Company’s request.
−Removed: of November 16, 2016, the Company entered into a Foreign Exchange Agreement with Western Alliance Bank to allow the Company to
−Removed: enter into foreign exchange contracts not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate at any point in time under its revolving credit
−Removed: This limit was raised to approximately $6.5 million pursuant to the Loan and Security Modification Agreement dated May
−Removed: The available borrowing under the revolving credit facility is reduced by an applicable foreign exchange reserve percentage
−Removed: as determined by Western Alliance Bank, in its reasonable discretion from time to time, which was initially set at 10% of the
−Removed: nominal amount of the foreign exchange contracts in effect at the relevant time.
−Removed: In December 2016, the applicable foreign exchange
−Removed: reserve percentage was changed so that the reduction of available borrowing for major currency forward contracts of less than
−Removed: six months tenor is set at 10% of the nominal amount of the foreign exchange contracts, and for contracts over six months tenor,
−Removed: 12.5% of the nominal amount of the foreign exchange contracts.
−Removed: At July 31, 2020, there were $2.6 million of outstanding foreign
−Removed: exchange contracts under the credit facility, which reduced the available borrowing under the revolving credit facility by $269,000,
−Removed: see Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this annual report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: do not anticipate paying dividends on our common stock until we achieve sustainable profitability and retain certain minimum cash
−Removed: The payment of dividends in any specific period will be at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors.
−Removed: in Trade Accounts Receivable
−Removed: trade accounts receivable were $1.4 million and $1.1 million at July 31, 2020 and 2019 respectively.
−Removed: Our cash collections in fiscal
−Removed: 2020 and fiscal 2019 were $9.2 million and $9.4 million, respectively.
−Removed: Concentration
−Removed: of Credit Risk and Significant Customers
−Removed: Historically,
−Removed: we have had very little or no bad debt, which is common with other platforms of our size that derive their revenue from digital
−Removed: advertising, as we aggressively manage our collections and perform due diligence on our customers.
−Removed: In addition, the majority of
−Removed: our revenue is derived from large, credit-worthy customers, e.g.
−Removed: MoPub (owned by Twitter), Google and Facebook, and we terminate
−Removed: our services with smaller customers immediately upon balances becoming past due.
−Removed: Since these smaller customers rely on us to derive
−Removed: their own revenue, they generally pay their outstanding balances on a timely basis.
−Removed: the fiscal year ended July 31, 2020, two customers represented 29% and 26% of the Company’s revenue, and in the fiscal year
−Removed: ended July 31,2019, three customers represented 28%, 28% and 10% of the Company’s revenue.
−Removed: At July 31, 2020, two customers
−Removed: represented 35% and 32% of the Company’s accounts receivable balance and at July 31, 2019, three customers represented 32%,
−Removed: 17% and 17% of the Company’s accounts receivable balance.
−Removed: All of these significant customers were advertising exchanges
−Removed: operated by leading companies, and the receivables represent many smaller amounts due from advertisers.
−Removed: OBLIGATIONS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL COMMITMENTS
−Removed: reporting companies are not required to provide the information required by this item.
−Removed: SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
−Removed: July 31, 2020, we did not have any “off-balance sheet arrangements,”
−Removed: as defined in relevant SEC regulations that are
−Removed: reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures
−Removed: or capital resources, other than the following.
−Removed: connection with our Spin-Off, we and IDT entered into various agreements prior to the Spin-Off including a Separation and Distribution
−Removed: Agreement to effect the separation and provide a framework for our relationship with IDT after the Spin-Off, and a Tax Separation
−Removed: Agreement, which sets forth the responsibilities of us and IDT with respect to, among other things, liabilities for federal, state,
−Removed: local and foreign taxes for periods before and including the Spin-Off, the preparation and filing of tax returns for such periods
−Removed: and disputes with taxing authorities regarding taxes for such periods.
−Removed: Pursuant to Separation and Distribution Agreement, among
−Removed: other things, we indemnify IDT and IDT indemnifies us for losses related to the failure of the other to pay, perform or otherwise
−Removed: discharge, any of the liabilities and obligations set forth in the agreement.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Tax Separation Agreement, among
−Removed: other things, IDT indemnifies us from all liability for taxes of ours and any of our subsidiaries or relating to our business
−Removed: with respect to taxable periods ending on or before the Spin-Off, and we indemnify IDT from all liability for taxes of ours and
+Added: We do not anticipate paying dividends on our common stock until we
+Added: achieve sustainable profitability and retain certain minimum cash reserves.
+Added: The payment of dividends in any specific period will be at
+Added: the sole discretion of our Board of Directors.
+Added: Changes in Trade Accounts Receivable
+Added: Gross trade accounts receivables were $2.5 million and $1.4 million
+Added: at July 31, 2021 and 2020 respectively.
+Added: Our cash collections in fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020 were $18.4 million and $9.2 million, respectively.
+Added: Concentration of Credit Risk and Significant Customers
+Added: Historically, we have had very little or no bad debt, which is common
+Added: with other platforms of our size that derive their revenue from digital advertising, as we aggressively manage our collections and perform
+Added: due diligence on our customers.
+Added: In addition, the majority of our revenue is derived from large, credit-worthy customers, e.g.
+Added: by Twitter), Google and Facebook, and we terminate our services with smaller customers immediately upon balances becoming past due.
+Added: these smaller customers rely on us to derive their own revenue, they generally pay their outstanding balances on a timely basis.
+Added: In the fiscal year ended July 31, 2021, three customers represented
+Added: 30%, 22% and 12% of the Company’s revenue, and in the fiscal year ended July 31, 2020, two customers represented 29% and 26% of
+Added: the Company’s revenue.
+Added: At July 31, 2021, two customers represented 37% and 28% of the Company’s accounts receivable balance
+Added: and at July 31, 2020, two customers represented 35% and 32% of the Company’s accounts receivable balance.
+Added: All of these significant
+Added: customers were advertising exchanges operated by leading companies, and the receivables represent many smaller amounts due from advertisers.
+Added: CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL COMMITMENTS
+Added: Smaller reporting companies are not required to provide the information
+Added: required by this item.
+Added: OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
+Added: At July 31, 2021, we did not have any “off-balance sheet arrangements,”
+Added: as defined in relevant SEC regulations that are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, results
+Added: of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources, other than the following.
+Added: In connection with our Spin-Off, we and IDT entered into various agreements
+Added: prior to the Spin-Off including a Separation and Distribution Agreement to effect the separation and provide a framework for our relationship
+Added: with IDT after the Spin-Off, and a Tax Separation Agreement, which sets forth the responsibilities of us and IDT with respect to, among
+Added: other things, liabilities for federal, state, local and foreign taxes for periods before and including the Spin-Off, the preparation and
+Added: filing of tax returns for such periods and disputes with taxing authorities regarding taxes for such periods.
+Added: Pursuant to Separation and
+Added: Distribution Agreement, among other things, we indemnify IDT and IDT indemnifies us for losses related to the failure of the other to
+Added: pay, perform or otherwise discharge, any of the liabilities and obligations set forth in the agreement.
+Added: Pursuant to the Tax Separation
+Added: Agreement, among other things, IDT indemnifies us from all liability for taxes of ours and any of our subsidiaries or relating to our
+Added: business with respect to taxable periods ending on or before the Spin-Off, and we indemnify IDT from all liability for taxes of ours and
any of our subsidiaries or relating to our business accruing after the Spin-Off.
−Removed: Notwithstanding the foregoing, we are responsible
−Removed: for, and IDT has no obligation to indemnify us for, any tax liability of ours resulting from an audit, examination or other proceeding
−Removed: related to any tax returns that relate solely to us and our subsidiaries regardless of whether such tax return relates to a period
−Removed: prior to or following the Spin-Off.
−Removed: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks.
−Removed: reporting companies are not required to provide the information required by this item.
+Added: Notwithstanding the foregoing, we are responsible for,
+Added: and IDT has no obligation to indemnify us for, any tax liability of ours resulting from an audit, examination or other proceeding related
+Added: to any tax returns that relate solely to us and our subsidiaries regardless of whether such tax return relates to a period prior to or
+Added: following the Spin-Off.
+Added: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market
+Added: Smaller reporting companies are not required to provide the information
+Added: required by this item.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
−Removed: Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and the report of the independent registered public accounting firm thereon starting
−Removed: on page F-1 are included herein.
−Removed: Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
+Added: The Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and the report
+Added: of the independent registered public accounting firm thereon starting on page F-1 are included herein.
+Added: Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting
+Added: and Financial Disclosure.
+Added: Not applicable.
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