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The following information should be read in conjunction
−Removed: with the accompanying consolidated financial statements and the associated notes thereto of this Quarterly Report, and the audited consolidated
−Removed: financial statements and the notes thereto and our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
−Removed: contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2021 (the “Form 10-K”), as filed with the U.S.
+Added: with the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the associated notes thereto of this Quarterly Report,
+Added: and the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto and our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
+Added: Condition and Results of Operations contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2021 (the “Form
+Added: 10-K”), as filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
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We own a portfolio of leading digital consumer brands
−Removed: that serve 43 million monthly active users across the globe.
−Removed: Our portfolio consists of Zedge Ringtones and Wallpapers (“Zedge App”),
−Removed: Shortz and, as of the beginning of August of 2021, Emojipedia.
+Added: that, as January 31, 2022, served 45 million monthly active users across the globe.
+Added: Our portfolio consists of Zedge Ringtones and Wallpapers
+Added: (“Zedge App”), Shortz and, as of the beginning of August of 2021, Emojipedia.
We operate a state-of-the-art digital publishing
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and wallpapers, video wallpapers, ringtones and custom icon packs on iOS.
−Removed: We secure our content from amateur and professional artists,
−Removed: and also from emerging and major brands.
−Removed: Artists have the ability to easily launch a virtual storefront in our Zedge App where they can
−Removed: market and sell their content to our user base.
−Removed: That same platform powers an entertainment app called “Shortz – Chat Stories
−Removed: by Zedge”, which is focused on serialized, short-form, fiction stories, as a beta that runs on our publishing platform.
−Removed: past year, we have been expanding our content catalogue, started testing audio versions of a selected number of stories, materially improved
−Removed: our ability to measure all types of engagement within the app, and invested a modest budget in paid user acquisition.
−Removed: In August of 2021,
−Removed: we acquired Emojipedia, the leading source of all things emoji.
+Added: secure our content from amateur and professional artists, and also from emerging and major brands.
+Added: Artists have the ability to easily
+Added: launch a virtual storefront in our Zedge App where they can market and sell their content to our user base.
+Added: That same platform powers
+Added: an entertainment app called “Shortz – Chat Stories by Zedge”, which is focused on serialized, short-form, fiction stories,
+Added: as a beta that runs on our publishing platform.
+Added: Over the past year, we have been expanding our content catalogue, started testing audio
+Added: versions of a selected number of stories, materially improved our ability to measure all types of engagement within the app, and invested
+Added: a modest budget in paid user acquisition.
+Added: In August of 2021, we acquired Emojipedia, the leading source of all things emoji.
Our Zedge App has been installed approximately 541
−Removed: million times, and at October 31, 2021, boasted approximately 34 million monthly active users, or MAU.
+Added: million times, and at January 31, 2022, boasted approximately 36 million monthly active users, or MAU.
MAU is a key performance indicator
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from our Zedge App.
−Removed: As of October 31, 2021, we had approximately 763,000 active paid subscribers.
−Removed: In fiscal 2022, we expect to launch
−Removed: subscriptions on iOS.
+Added: As of January 31, 2022, we had approximately 762,000 active paid subscribers.
In December 2019, we completed the beta launch of
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Day and the annual World Emoji Awards, and Emojitracker, which provides real time visualization of all emoji symbols used on Twitter.
−Removed: In October 2021 Emojipedia receives approximately 48 million monthly page views and has approximately 9.6 million monthly active users
+Added: In January 2022 Emojipedia receives approximately 45 million monthly page views and has approximately 8.6 million monthly active users
of which approximately 50% are located in well-developed markets.
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works alongside major emoji creators including Apple, Google, Facebook and Twitter.
+Added: In December of 2021 we introduced ‘NFTs Made
+Added: Easy’ to select Zedge Premium artists initially interested in selling single edition, tokenized, video wallpapers.
+Added: Our all-in-one
+Added: platform allows creators to self-publish, mint and sell their NFTs simply by selecting the NFT option within our self-publishing platform
+Added: and without the need for them to be cryptocurrency experts or technology wizards.
+Added: ‘NFTs Made Easy’ is currency agnostic and
+Added: allows consumers to purchase NFTs with Zedge tokens acquired via in-app purchases, eliminating the need to set up a crypto wallet to buy
+Added: cryptocurrencies.
+Added: Over time we expect to expand the offering with features including features like numbered editions, drop dates and new
+Added: content types.
Over the past several years, our Zedge App has experienced
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an increasing portion of our user base.
−Removed: As of October 31, 2021, users in emerging markets represented 75% of the MAU for our Zedge App
−Removed: compared to 72% a year prior.
−Removed: This shift has negatively impacted revenue because advertising rates in emerging markets are materially
−Removed: lower than in well-developed markets.
−Removed: In the first quarter of fiscal 2022, users in emerging markets grew by 11.2% while users in well-developed
−Removed: economies declined 8.5% when compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
−Removed: As of October 31, 2021, approximately 42% of our Zedge App’s
−Removed: user base was located in North America (20%) and Europe (including Eastern Europe, 22%), compared with 42% (North America, 20% and Europe
+Added: In addition, the rate of user growth in emerging markets slowed in the first half of fiscal 2022
+Added: compared to prior periods.
+Added: As of January 31, 2022, users in emerging markets represented 77% of the MAU for our Zedge App compared to
+Added: 73% a year prior.
+Added: This shift has negatively impacted revenue because advertising rates in emerging markets are materially lower than in
+Added: well-developed markets.
+Added: In the second quarter of fiscal 2022, users in emerging markets grew by 7.3% while users in well-developed economies
+Added: declined 10.5% when compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
+Added: As of January 31, 2022, approximately 41% of our Zedge App’s user
+Added: base was located in North America (20%) and Europe (including Eastern Europe, 21%), compared with 42% (North America, 20% and Europe 22%)
as of July 31, 2021.
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still an important factor, we now also dedicate resources to growth initiatives, both organic and paid.
−Removed: In fiscal 2022, we expect to increase
−Removed: our paid user acquisition spend while monitoring results to ensure that the investment is yielding a positive return on investment.
−Removed: time, we believe that we can change our growth dynamic in well-developed markets.
−Removed: Aside from targeted growth initiatives, we need to continually
−Removed: improve the core user experience, test different mechanisms and content verticals that may spur growth and capitalize on the role that
−Removed: Zedge Premium artists can have on driving new users into the Zedge platform.
+Added: We have started increasing paid
+Added: user acquisition spend while monitoring results to ensure that the investment is yielding a positive return on investment.
+Added: we believe that we can change our growth dynamic in well-developed markets and return to more robust growth in all markets.
+Added: targeted growth initiatives, we need to continually improve the core user experience, test different mechanisms and content verticals
+Added: that may spur growth and capitalize on the role that Zedge Premium artists can have on driving new users into the Zedge platform.
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our Zedge App’s
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to promote social distancing had a modest positive impact on user engagement.
−Removed: During the quarters ended October 31, 2021 and 2020,
+Added: In February of 2022 the Russian Federation invaded
+Added: As a result, many governments and businesses imposed trade and economic sanctions on the Russian Federation and Belarus.
+Added: has a small user base in Russia and Belarus;
+Added: however, it also has a development center in Vilnius, Lithuania, which is approximately 40
+Added: kilometers from the Belarussian border.
+Added: In the event that the conflict broadens to additional countries, Zedge may experience a slowdown
+Added: relating to relocating personnel and/or employees being drafted into military or public service.
+Added: At present, the Company is working on
+Added: contingency planning to be in a position to minimize any potential interruptions.
+Added: During the quarters ended January 31, 2022 and 2021,
we generated approximately 79% and 83%, respectively, of our revenues from selling our Zedge App’s advertising inventory to advertising
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a customer’s sign up for the subscription-based product, Google retains up to 30% as a fee, which decreases to 15% from month 13
−Removed: As of October 31, 2021, we had approximately 763,000 active subscribers, 90% of which had subscribed on an annual basis.
+Added: As of January 31, 2022, we had approximately 762,000 active subscribers, 90% of which had subscribed on an annual basis.
inception in January 2019, subscriptions have generated approximately $8.5 million in gross revenue.
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continues to evolve and may again in the future adversely affect our business, operations and financial results.
−Removed: Our business, operations and financial performance
−Removed: have been, and may in the future be, negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: Our past results may not be indicative of our future
−Removed: performance, and historical trends in revenue, income (loss) from operations, net income (loss), and net income (loss) per share may differ
−Removed: The risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic on our business are further described in Part I, Item 1A - Risk Factors of the
−Removed: Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC.
+Added: Our past results may not be indicative of our
+Added: future performance, and historical trends in revenue, income (loss) from operations, net income (loss), and net income (loss) per share
+Added: may differ materially.
+Added: The key risks facing our business are further described in Part I, Item 1A - Risk Factors of the Company’s
+Added: Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC.
Critical Accounting Policies
−Removed: Our consolidated financial statements and accompanying
−Removed: notes are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or U.S.
−Removed: Our significant
−Removed: accounting policies are described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Form 10-K.
−Removed: The preparation of financial
−Removed: statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and
−Removed: expenses as well as the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.
−Removed: Critical accounting policies are those that require application
−Removed: of management’s most subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change
−Removed: in subsequent periods.
−Removed: Our critical accounting policies include those related to capitalized software and technology development costs,
−Removed: revenue recognition and goodwill.
−Removed: Management bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and other factors that are believed
−Removed: to be reasonable under the circumstances.
−Removed: Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
−Removed: additional discussion of our critical accounting policies, see our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
−Removed: and Results of Operations in the Form 10-K.
+Added: Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial
+Added: statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America,
+Added: Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Form
+Added: The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
+Added: assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses as well as the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.
+Added: Critical accounting policies
+Added: are those that require application of management’s most subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of matters that are inherently
+Added: uncertain and may change in subsequent periods.
+Added: Our critical accounting policies include those related to capitalized software and technology
+Added: development costs, revenue recognition, intangible assets and goodwill.
+Added: Management bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and other factors
+Added: that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
+Added: Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions
+Added: or conditions.
+Added: For additional discussion of our critical accounting policies, see our Management’s Discussion and Analysis
+Added: of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the Form 10-K.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted
−Removed: There have been
−Removed: no recent accounting pronouncements or changes in accounting pronouncements during the three months ended October 31, 2021.
+Added: Please refer to
+Added: Note 1 to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 to Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Key Performance Indicators
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monetization investments are.
−Removed: MAU increased 5.6% in the first quarter of fiscal
−Removed: 2022 when compared to the same period a year ago and decreased 0.6% on a sequential basis.
+Added: MAU increased 2.5% in the second quarter of fiscal
+Added: 2022 when compared to the same period a year ago and increased 6.1% on a sequential basis.
Over the past several years, we have experienced
a continuing shift in our regional customer make-up with MAU in emerging markets representing an increasing portion of our user base.
−Removed: As of October 31, 2021, users in emerging markets represented 75% of our MAU compared to 72% a year prior.
+Added: As of January 31, 2022, users in emerging markets represented 77% of our MAU compared to 73% a year prior.
This shift impacts our business
because emerging markets do not monetize as well as well-developed markets due to lower eCPMs and lower monthly and annual subscription
−Removed: rates in these regions coupled with lower priced subscriptions SKUs.
−Removed: However, ARPMAU for the three months ended October 31, 2021 was up
+Added: sales in these regions coupled with lower priced subscriptions SKUs.
+Added: However, ARPMAU for the three months ended January 31, 2022 was up
approximately 22% when compared to the same period a year ago, pointing to progress we have made in extracting more revenue from our users,
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ARPMAU - Zedge App
−Removed: Three Months Ended July 31,
(in millions, except ARPMAU)
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The following charts present the MAU –
−Removed: Zedge App and ARPMAU – Zedge App for the consecutive eight quarters ended October 31, 2021:
−Removed: *Please note this table
−Removed: excludes MAU for the Emojipedia.org of approximately 9.6 million.
+Added: Zedge App and ARPMAU – Zedge App for the consecutive eight quarters ended January 31, 2022:
+Added: * Please note the MAU-Zedge App graph above excludes MAU for
+Added: the Emojipedia.org of approximately 8.6 million for the month of January 31, 2022.
Results of Operations
−Removed: Three months ended October 31, 2021 Compared to three months ended
−Removed: October 31, 2020
+Added: Three and Six Months ended January 31, 2022 Compared to Three
+Added: and Six Months ended January 31, 2021
Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
(in thousands)
+Added: (in thousands)
Direct cost of revenues
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Interest and other income, net
−Removed: Net loss resulting from foreign exchange transactions
+Added: Net (loss) gain resulting from foreign exchange transactions
Provision for income taxes
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The following table sets forth the composition
−Removed: of our revenues for the three months ended October 31, 2021 and 2020:
+Added: of our revenues for the three and six months ended January 31, 2022 and 2021:
Three Months Ended
−Removed: % of total Revenue
+Added: Six Months Ended
(in thousands)
+Added: (in thousands)
Advertising revenue
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Advertising revenue increased
−Removed: 53% in the three months ended October 31, 2021 when compared to the three months ended October 31, 2020, primarily due to improvement
−Removed: in our ad optimizations and higher advertising rates.
+Added: 24% and 35% in the three and six months ended January 31, 2022, respectively, compared to the three and six months ended January 31, 2021,
+Added: primarily due to improvement in our ad optimizations and higher advertising rates.
Paid subscription revenue .
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constitutes our largest subscriber base
−Removed: and we generally charge $0.99 per month or $4.99 per year.
−Removed: We generated $920,000 in gross prepaid subscription in the three months ended
−Removed: October 31, 2021, compared to $862,000 in the three months ended October 31, 2020.
−Removed: We expect that, based on research and testing we undertake
−Removed: from time to time, the prices of our subscription in each country/region may change and we may test other plan and price variations.
−Removed: The following table summarizes subscription revenue for the three months
−Removed: ended October 31, 2021 and 2020.
+Added: and we generally charge $0.99 per month and $4.99 per year.
+Added: We generated $897,000 and $1,816,000 in gross prepaid subscription in the
+Added: three and six months ended January 31, 2022, respectively, compared to $952,000 and $1,816,000 in the three and six months ended January
+Added: The 6% decline in gross prepaid subscription sale for the three months ended January 31, 2022 when compared to the same period
+Added: a year ago was due to approximately 10% decline in new installs in the well-development markets in the corresponding periods.
+Added: that from time to time the prices of our subscription in each country/region may change and we may test other plan and price variations.
+Added: following table summarizes subscription revenue for the three and six months ended January 31, 2022 and 2021:
Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
(in thousands, except revenue per subscriber and percentages)
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Average monthly revenue per active subscription
−Removed: Zedge Premium .
−Removed: We completed the
−Removed: initial rollout of Zedge Premium in March 2018 to a segment of our Android user base and we expanded it to 100% of our Android user base
−Removed: in January 2019.
−Removed: In the three months ended October 31, 2021, gross transaction value (the total sales volume transacting through the platform),
−Removed: or “GTV,” generated from Zedge Premium were $329,000, compared to $208,000 in the three months ended October 31, 2020.
−Removed: the three months ended October 31, 2021 net revenue generated from Zedge Premium was $186,000, compared to $125,000 in the three months
−Removed: ended October 31, 2020.
−Removed: Revenue from Zedge Premium, web-based advertising
−Removed: revenues from Emojipedia and other related sites, as well as revenues generated by Shortz, are reported under Other Revenues, and those
−Removed: offerings constitute potential growth drivers in the quarters to come.
−Removed: Direct cost of revenues .
+Added: In the three and six months ended January 31, 2022, gross transaction value (the total sales volume transacting
+Added: through the platform), or “GTV,” generated from Zedge Premium were $434,000 and $763,000, respectively, compared to $211,000
+Added: and $419,000 in the three and six months ended January 31, 2021.
+Added: In the three and six months ended January 31, 2021 net revenue generated
+Added: from Zedge Premium were $241,000 and $428,000, respectively, compared to $103,000 and $228,000 in the three and six months ended January
+Added: The gross and net revenue growth in Zedge Premium can be attributed to the investment we made in our new content management
+Added: system as well as the landing page redesign.
+Added: from Zedge Premium, web-based advertising revenues from Emojipedia and other related sites, as well as revenues generated by Shortz,
+Added: are reported under Other Revenues, and those offerings constitute potential growth drivers in the quarters to come.
+Added: cost of revenues .
Direct cost of revenues consists primarily of content hosting and content delivery costs.
Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
(in thousands)
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As a percentage of revenues
−Removed: Direct cost of revenues increased 2% in the three
−Removed: months ended October 31, 2021, compared to three months ended October 31, 2020.
−Removed: As a percentage of revenue, direct cost of revenues
−Removed: in three months ended October 31, 2021 were 5.1% compared to 8.1% in the three months ended October 31, 2020, primarily due to significantly
−Removed: higher revenue in the current periods and the fixed nature of many of our direct cost of revenues.
−Removed: Selling, general and administrative expense .
−Removed: general and administrative expense (“SG&A”) consists mainly of payroll, benefits, recruiting fees, facilities, marketing,
−Removed: content acquisition costs, consulting, professional fees, software licensing (“SaaS”) and public company related expenses.
+Added: cost of revenues increased 9.3% and 5.7% in the three and six months ended January 31, 2022, respectively, compared to three and six
+Added: months ended January 31, 2021.
+Added: The increase in the direct cost of revenues can be attributed to the new data analytic tool provided by
+Added: Google Cloud:
+Added: Cloud Computing Services.
+Added: a percentage of revenue, direct cost of revenues in three and six months ended January 31, 2021 were 4.9% and 5.0%, respectively, compared
+Added: to 5.9% and 6.8%, in the three and six months ended January 31, 2020, primarily due to significantly higher revenue in the current periods
+Added: and the fixed nature of many of our direct cost of revenues.
+Added: general and administrative expense .
+Added: Selling, general and administrative expense (“SG&A”) consists mainly
+Added: of payroll, benefits, recruiting fees, facilities, marketing, content acquisition costs, consulting, professional fees, software licensing
+Added: (“SaaS”) and public company related expenses.
Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
(in thousands)
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As a percentage of revenues
−Removed: SG&A expense increased 36.2% in the three
−Removed: months ended October 31, 2021, compared to three months ended October 31, 2020.
−Removed: This increase was primarily attributable to higher compensation
−Removed: costs resulting from additional headcount and bonus accrual, higher stock-based compensation expenses as discussed below, higher professional
−Removed: fees, higher SaaS expenses, offset by reductions in discretionary expenses.
−Removed: As a percentage of revenue, SG&A expense in
−Removed: the three months ended October 31, 2021 was 45.3%, compared to 53.3% and in the three months ended October 31, 2020, primarily due to
−Removed: significantly higher revenue in the current periods.
−Removed: Our headcount totaled 56 as of October 31, 2021
−Removed: compared to 43 as of October 31, 2020 with the majority of our employees currently based in Lithuania.
−Removed: SG&A expense also included stock-based compensation
−Removed: expense which was $319,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2021, compared to $237,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2020.
−Removed: Stock-based compensation includes equity grants to employees and consultants, as well as stock issuances to pay for board compensations
−Removed: and 401(k) matching contributions.
+Added: expense increased 43.8% and 40.2% in the three and six months ended January 31, 2022, respectively, compared to the three and six months
+Added: ended January 31, 2021.
+Added: This increase was primarily attributable to higher compensation costs resulting from additional headcount, higher
+Added: stock-based compensation as discussed below, higher professional fees offset by reductions in discretionary expenses.
+Added: a percentage of revenue, SG&A expense in the three and six months ended January 31, 2021 were 44.9% and 45.1%, respectively, compared
+Added: to 40.6% and 45.9%, in the three and six months ended January 31, 2021.
+Added: headcount totaled 63 as of January 31, 2022 compared to 46 as of January 31, 2021 with the majority of our employees currently based
+Added: in Lithuania.
+Added: expense also included stock-based compensation expense which were $489,000 and $808,000 for the three and six months ended January
+Added: 31, 2021, respectively, compared to $152,000 and $389,000 for the three and six months ended January 31, 2021.
+Added: compensation includes equity grants to employees and consultants, as well as stock issuances to pay for board compensations and
+Added: 401(k) matching contributions.
Certain stock options, deferred stock unit and restricted stock grants are more fully described in
−Removed: Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 to Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
−Removed: Depreciation and amortization .
−Removed: and amortization consist mainly of amortization of capitalized software and technology development costs of our internal developers on
−Removed: various projects that we invested in specific to the various platforms on which we operate our service, and amortization of intangible
+Added: Note 6 to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 to Part I of this Quarterly Report on
+Added: and amortization .
+Added: Depreciation and amortization consist mainly of amortization of capitalized software and technology development
+Added: costs of our internal developers on various projects that we invested in specific to the various platforms on which we operate our service,
+Added: and amortization of intangible assets.
Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
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−Removed: Depreciation and amortization expenses increased
−Removed: 10.9% in the three months ended October 31, 2021, compared to three months ended October 31, 2020.
−Removed: This increase was primarily attributable
−Removed: to the amortization of intangible assets related to the Emojipedia acquisition which was completed on August 1, 2021.
−Removed: Interest and other income, net.
−Removed: Interest and other income, net in the three months ended October 31, 2021 increased $12,000 when compared to the same period in fiscal
−Removed: 2021 due to higher cash balance resulting from cash flows provided by operating activities and financing activities in the past four
+Added: and amortization expenses increased approximately 11% in both three and six months ended January 31, 2022, compared to three and six
+Added: months ended January 31, 2021.
+Added: This increase was primarily attributable to the amortization of intangible assets related to the Emojipedia
+Added: acquisition which was completed on August 1, 2021.
+Added: and other income, net.
+Added: Interest and other income, net in the three and six months ended January 31, 2022 increased $7,000 and
+Added: $22,000 respectively when compared to the same periods in fiscal 2021 due to higher cash balance resulting from cash flows provided by
+Added: operating activities and financing activities in fiscal 2021.
Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
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−Removed: Net loss resulting from foreign exchange
−Removed: transactions .
−Removed: Net loss resulting from foreign exchange transactions is comprised of gains and losses generated from movements
−Removed: in NOK and EUR relative to the U.S.
+Added: (loss) gain resulting from foreign exchange transactions .
+Added: Net loss resulting from foreign exchange transactions is comprised
+Added: of gains and losses generated from movements in NOK and EUR relative to the U.S.
Dollar, including gains or losses from our hedging activities.
Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
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−Removed: In the three months ended October 31, 2021, we
−Removed: realized gains of $10,000 from NOK and EUR hedging activities, compared to losses of $41,000 in the three months ended October 31, 2020.
−Removed: Provision for income taxes .
−Removed: The tax expense consists of federal and state taxes based on taxable income and allocated net worth and certain income taxes payable in
−Removed: foreign jurisdictions where our subsidiaries reside.
+Added: the three and six months ended January 31, 2021, we realized losses of $127,000 and $117,000, respectively, from NOK and EUR hedging
+Added: activities, compared to gains of $92,000 and $51,000, respectively in the three and six months ended January 31, 2021.
+Added: for income taxes .
+Added: The tax expense consists of federal and state taxes based on taxable income and allocated net worth
+Added: and certain income taxes payable in foreign jurisdictions where our subsidiaries reside.
Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
(in thousands)
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−Removed: Our tax provision or benefit for income taxes
−Removed: for interim periods has generally been determined using an estimate of our annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, if
−Removed: Under certain circumstances where we are unable to make a reliable estimate of the annual effective tax rate, the accounting guidance
−Removed: permits the use of the actual effective tax rate for the year-to-date period.
−Removed: We expects our overall effective tax rate for
−Removed: fiscal year ending July 31, 2022 to be approximately 23.1%.
−Removed: During the three months ended October 31, 2021, we accounted for a discrete
−Removed: item related to shares of restricted stock vested during the three months period ended October 31, 2021 with a vesting date fair market
−Removed: value above the grant date fair market value which resulted in a net effective tax rate of 20.7%.
−Removed: As of October 31, 2021, we had $477,000 of
−Removed: deferred tax assets (related to U.S.
−Removed: federal and state and one specific international jurisdiction) for which we had not established a
−Removed: valuation allowance.
−Removed: We completed our reassessment of our ability to realize these assets and concluded that a valuation allowance was
−Removed: not required.
−Removed: We are subject to taxation in the United States
−Removed: and certain foreign jurisdictions.
+Added: tax provision or benefit for income taxes for interim periods has generally been determined using an estimate of its annual effective
+Added: tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, if any.
+Added: Under certain circumstances where we are unable to make a reliable estimate of the annual
+Added: effective tax rate, the accounting guidance permits the use of the actual effective tax rate for the year-to-date period.
+Added: expect our overall effective tax rate for fiscal year ending July 31, 2022 to be approximately 22.8%.
+Added: The effective tax rate differed
+Added: from the United States federal statutory tax rate of 21% due to certain factors with temporary impact primarily related to the equity
+Added: compensation expenses.
+Added: During the six months ended January 31, 2022, we accounted for a discrete item related to restricted stock windfall
+Added: (vesting date fair market value above the grant date fair market value) which resulted in a net effective tax rate of 22.1%.
+Added: of January 31, 2022, we had $527,000 of deferred tax assets for which it has not established a valuation allowance, related to the U.S.
+Added: federal states and certain international subsidiary.
+Added: The Company completed its reassessment of the ability to realize these assets and
+Added: concluded that a valuation allowance was not required.
+Added: are subject to taxation in the United States and certain foreign jurisdictions.
Earnings from non-U.S.
−Removed: activities are subject to local country income tax.
−Removed: The material jurisdictions
−Removed: where we are subject to potential examination by tax authorities include the United States, Norway and Lithuania.
−Removed: Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: At October 31, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: of $27.2 million and working capital (current assets less current liabilities) of $23.7 million, compared to $24.9 million and $23.4 million,
−Removed: respectively, at July 31, 2021.
−Removed: We 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 period ending October 31, 2022.
−Removed: During fiscal 2021, we raised an aggregate
−Removed: of $15 million through sales of equity in At the Market offerings.
−Removed: We also maintain a revolving line of credit of up to $2.0 million and
−Removed: a foreign exchange contract facility of up to $6.5 million with Western Alliance Bank, as discussed below in Financing Activities.
−Removed: The following tables
−Removed: present selected financial information for the three months ended October 31, 2021 and 2020:
−Removed: Three Months Ended
+Added: activities are subject to local
+Added: country income tax.
+Added: The material jurisdictions where we are subject to potential examination by tax authorities include the United States,
+Added: Norway and Lithuania.
+Added: and Capital Resources
+Added: January 31, 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents of $30.0 million and working capital (current assets less current liabilities) of
+Added: $26.9 million, compared to $24.9 million and $23.4 million, respectively, at July 31, 2021.
+Added: We 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-month period ending
+Added: March 16, 2023.
+Added: During fiscal 2021, we raised an aggregate of $15 million through sales of equity in At the Market offerings.
+Added: maintain a revolving line of credit of up to $2.0 million and a foreign exchange contract facility of up to $6.5 million with Western
+Added: Alliance Bank, as discussed below in Financing Activities.
+Added: following tables present selected financial information for the six months ended January 31, 2022 and 2021:
+Added: Six Months Ended
(in thousands)
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Increase in cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: Operating Activities
−Removed: Our cash flow from operations varies significantly
−Removed: from quarter to quarter and from year to year, depending on our operating results and the timing of operating cash receipts and payments,
−Removed: specifically trade accounts receivable and trade accounts payable.
−Removed: Cash provided by operating activities increased $1.2 million in the
−Removed: three months ended October 31, 2021 to $2.7 million from $1.5 million in the three months ended October 31, 2020, primarily attributable
−Removed: to the higher revenues generated from our service offerings, including primarily advertising and paid subscription revenue.
−Removed: Investing Activities
−Removed: Pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement, on August
−Removed: 1, 2021 (“Closing”), we acquired substantially all of the assets of Emojipedia Pty Ltd, a proprietary company organized under
−Removed: the laws of Australia.
−Removed: The total purchase price of the assets is estimated to be approximately $6.9 million of which $4.8 million was
−Removed: paid on August 2, 2021 with the remaining $2.1 million to be paid out on the six-month and twelve month anniversary of the Closing.
−Removed: $4.8 million was funded into an escrow account on July 30, 2021 and classified as other assets on our balance sheet as of July 31, 2021.
−Removed: The final determination of the purchase price will be made in the 2 nd quarter of fiscal 2022 and is not expected to be materially
−Removed: different than what has been recorded at October 31, 2021.
−Removed: Cash used in investing activities in the three
−Removed: months ended October 31, 2021 and 2020 consisted mostly of capitalized software and technology development costs related to various projects
−Removed: that we invested in specific to the various platforms on which we operate our service.
−Removed: Financing Activities
−Removed: Between December 14, 2020 and January 26, 2021,
−Removed: we sold an aggregate of 761,906 shares of our Class B common stock at an average price of $6.5625 per share for total gross proceeds of
−Removed: $5 million in a registered “At the Market” offering through National Securities Corp.
−Removed: Wainwright & Co, LLC as
−Removed: sales agents.
+Added: cash flow from operations varies significantly from quarter to quarter and from year to year, depending on our operating results and
+Added: the timing of operating cash receipts and payments, specifically trade accounts receivable and trade accounts payable.
+Added: Cash provided
+Added: by operating activities increased $1.9 million in the six months ended January 31, 2022 to $5.7 million from $3.7 million in the six
+Added: months ended January 31, 2021, primarily attributable to the higher revenues generated from our service offerings, principally advertising
+Added: and paid subscription revenues.
+Added: to an Asset Purchase Agreement, on August 1, 2021 (“Closing”), we acquired substantially all of the assets of Emojipedia
+Added: Pty Ltd, a proprietary company organized under the laws of Australia.
+Added: The final purchase price of the assets has been determined to be
+Added: $6.7 million of which $4.8 million was paid on August 2, 2021 with the remaining $1.9 million to be paid out on the six-month and twelve-month
+Added: anniversary of the Closing.
+Added: That $4.8 million was funded into an escrow account on July 30, 2021 and classified as other assets on our
+Added: balance sheet as of July 31, 2021.
+Added: used in investing activities in six months ended January 31, 2022 and 2021 consisted mostly of capitalized software and technology development
+Added: costs related to various projects that we invested in specific to the various platforms on which we operate our service.
+Added: December 14, 2020 and January 26, 2021, we sold an aggregate of 761,906 shares of our Class B common stock at an average price of $6.5625
+Added: per share for total gross proceeds of $5 million in a registered “At the Market” offering through National Securities Corp.
+Added: Wainwright & Co, LLC as sales agents.
In connection with this offering, total issuance costs were $215,000.
−Removed: We are using the net proceeds from this offering for
−Removed: general corporate purposes including organic and other growth initiatives.
−Removed: Between March 17 and June 11, 2021 we sold 663,686
−Removed: shares at an average price of $15.0674 per share for total proceeds of $10 million in this offering.
−Removed: Total issuance costs were $350,000.
−Removed: We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes including organic and other growth initiatives.
−Removed: In August 2020, we obtained a loan of $181,000
−Removed: to finance about 82% of our directors’ and officers’ liability and cyber liability insurance policies, at an annual percentage
−Removed: interest rate of 3.89% to be repaid over nine equal monthly installments of $20,490 starting from September 1, 2020.
−Removed: We repaid approximately
−Removed: $161,000 in principal in the nine months ended October 31, 2020.
−Removed: In the three months ended October 31, 2021 and
−Removed: 2020, we purchased 16,115 shares and 17,630 shares, respectively, of Class B Stock from employees for $232,000 and $26,000 respectively,
−Removed: to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock and DSUs.
−Removed: We maintain a credit facility of up to $2.0 million
−Removed: provided by Western Alliance Bank which is more fully described in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1
−Removed: to Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
−Removed: We do not anticipate paying dividends on our common
−Removed: stock until we achieve sustainable profitability and retain certain minimum cash reserves.
−Removed: The payment of dividends in any specific period
−Removed: will be at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors.
−Removed: Changes in Trade Accounts Receivable
−Removed: Gross trade accounts receivable increased $0.3
−Removed: million to $2.8 million at October 31, 2021 from $2.5 million at July 31, 2021, primarily due to higher revenue in the three months ended
−Removed: October 31, 2021 when compared to the three months ended July 31, 2021.
−Removed: Concentration of Credit Risk and Significant Customers
−Removed: Historically, we have had very little or no bad
−Removed: debt, which is common with other platforms of our size that derive their revenue from digital advertising, as we aggressively manage our
−Removed: collections and perform due diligence on our customers.
−Removed: In addition, the majority of our revenue is derived from large, credit-worthy
−Removed: customers, e.g.
−Removed: MoPub (owned by Twitter), Google, Facebook and Ogury, and we terminate our services with smaller customers immediately
−Removed: upon balances becoming past due.
−Removed: Since these smaller customers rely on us to derive their own revenue, they generally pay their outstanding
−Removed: balances on a timely basis.
−Removed: In the three months ended October 31, 2021, three
−Removed: customers represented 25%, 21% and 12% of our revenue.
−Removed: In the three months ended October 31, 2020, three customers represented 25%, 20%
−Removed: and 12% of our revenue.
−Removed: At October 31, 2021, three customers represented 31%, 29% and 10% of our accounts receivable balance, and at July
−Removed: 31, 2021, two customers represented 37% and 28% of our accounts receivable balance.
−Removed: All of these significant customers were advertising
−Removed: exchanges operated by leading companies, and the receivables represent many smaller amounts due from their advertisers.
−Removed: Contractual Obligations and Other Commercial Commitments
−Removed: Smaller reporting companies are not required
−Removed: to provide the information required by this item.
−Removed: Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: At October 31, 2021, we did not have any “off-balance
−Removed: sheet arrangements,” as defined in relevant SEC regulations that are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our
−Removed: financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
+Added: the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes including organic and other growth initiatives.
+Added: August 2020, we obtained a loan of $181,000 to finance about 82% of our directors’ and officers’ liability and cyber liability
+Added: insurance policies, at an annual percentage interest rate of 3.89% to be repaid over nine equal monthly installments of $20,490 starting
+Added: from September 1, 2020.
+Added: We repaid approximately $100,000 in principal in the six months ended January 31, 2021.
+Added: the six months ended January 31, 2022 and 2021, we issued 3,666 shares and 312,287 shares respectively of Class B common stock and received
+Added: $7,000 and $396,000 respectively, in connection with options exercised during the period.
+Added: the six months ended January 31, 2022 and 2021, we purchased 16,115 shares and 17,630 shares, respectively, of Class B common stock from
+Added: employees for $232,000 and $26,000 respectively, to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted
+Added: stock and DSUs.
+Added: maintain a credit facility of up to $2.0 million provided by Western Alliance Bank which is more fully described in Note 9 to the Unaudited
+Added: Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 to Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
+Added: do not anticipate paying dividends on our common stock until we achieve sustainable profitability and retain certain minimum cash reserves.
+Added: The payment of dividends in any specific period will be at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors.
+Added: in Trade Accounts Receivable
+Added: trade accounts receivable increased $0.7 million to $3.2 million at January 31, 2022 from $2.5 million at July 31, 2021, primarily due
+Added: to higher revenue in the preceding two months ended January 31, 2022 when compared to the same period ended July 31, 2021.
+Added: Concentration
+Added: of Credit Risk and Significant Customers
+Added: Historically,
+Added: we have had very little or no bad debt, which is common with other platforms of our size that derive their revenue from digital advertising,
+Added: as we aggressively manage our collections and perform due diligence on our customers.
+Added: In addition, the majority of our revenue is derived
+Added: from large, credit-worthy customers, e.g.
+Added: MoPub (owned by Twitter until it was sold to AppLovin on January 3, 2022), Google, Facebook
+Added: and Applovin, and we terminate our services with smaller customers immediately upon balances becoming past due.
+Added: Since these smaller customers
+Added: rely on us to derive their own revenue, they generally pay their outstanding balances on a timely basis.
+Added: the six months ended January 31, 2022, three customers represented 25%, 23% and 12% of our revenue.
+Added: In the six months ended January 31,
+Added: 2021, three customers represented 31%, 22% and 12% of our revenue.
+Added: At January 31, 2022, two customers represented 39% and 29% of our
+Added: accounts receivable balance, and at July 31, 2021, two customers represented 37% and 28% of our accounts receivable balance.
+Added: significant customers were advertising exchanges operated by leading companies, and the receivables represent many smaller amounts due
+Added: from their advertisers.
+Added: Obligations and Other Commercial Commitments
+Added: reporting companies are not required to provide the information required by this item.
+Added: Sheet Arrangements
+Added: January 31, 2022, we did not have any “off-balance sheet arrangements,” as defined in relevant SEC regulations that are reasonably
+Added: likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks
−Removed: Smaller reporting companies are not required
−Removed: to provide the information required by this item.
+Added: reporting companies are not required to provide the information required by this item.
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