See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements.
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Note
1—Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis
of Presentation
The
accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Zedge, Inc. and its subsidiaries, GuruShots Ltd. (“GuruShots”),
Zedge Europe AS and Zedge Lithuania UAB (the “Company”), have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form
10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP
for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered
necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and six months ended January 31, 2023 are not necessarily
indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2023 or any other period. The balance sheet at
July 31, 2022 has been derived from the Company’s audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information
and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. For further information, please refer to the consolidated
financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July
31, 2022, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
The
Company’s fiscal year ends on July 31 of each calendar year. Each reference below to a fiscal year refers to the fiscal year
ending in the calendar year indicated (e.g., fiscal 2022 refers to the fiscal year ended July 31, 2022).
Reportable
Segments
Effective
August 1, 2022, the Company revised the presentation of segment information to reflect its acquisition of GuruShots (see Note 5). As
such, the Company now reports operating results through two reportable segments: Zedge App and GuruShots, as further discussed in Note
12
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management
to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, as well as related disclosure
of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ materially from the Company’s estimates due to risks and uncertainties,
including uncertainty in the current economic environment due to various global events. To the extent that there are material differences
between these estimates and actual results, the Company’s financial condition or operating results will be affected. The Company
bases its estimates on past experience and other assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable under the circumstances, and the
Company evaluates these estimates on an ongoing basis.
Recently
Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In
June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326), which requires the measurement and
recognition of expected credit losses for financial assets held at amortized cost. ASU 2016-13 replaces the existing incurred loss impairment
model with an expected loss model which requires consideration of forward-looking information to calculate credit loss estimates. These
changes will result in an earlier recognition of credit losses. The Company’s financial assets held at amortized cost include accounts
receivable. The amendments in ASU 2020-05 deferred the effective date for Topic 326 to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022.
The Company will adopt the new standard effective August 1, 2023 and does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material
impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In
October 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-08, Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities From Contracts With Customers.
ASU 2021-08 requires an acquirer in a business combination to recognize and measure contract assets and contract liabilities from acquired
contracts using the revenue recognition guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606, Revenue from
Contracts with Customers, rather than the prior requirement to record them at fair value. The guidance is effective for fiscal years,
and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2022. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will adopt
the new standard effective August 1, 2023 and does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated
financial statements.
With
the exception of the standards discussed above, there have been no other recent accounting pronouncements or changes in accounting pronouncements
during the six months ended January 31, 2023, as compared to the recent accounting pronouncements described in the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2022, that are of significance or potential significance to the Company.
Related
Party Transactions
The
Company was formerly a majority-owned subsidiary of IDT Corporation (“IDT”). On June 1, 2016, IDT’s interest in the
Company was spun-off by IDT to IDT’s stockholders and the Company became an independent public-held company. IDT charges the Company
for services it provides, and the Company charges IDT for services it provides, pursuant to a Transition Services Agreement (“TSA”).
The
Company is party to a consulting agreement with Activist Artist Management, LLC (“Activist”), which assists the company in
strategic business development. A member of the Company’s Board of Directors owns a significant minority stake in Activist.
Related
party transactions with these related parties did not have a material impact to the consolidated balance sheets as of January 31, 2023
or July 31, 2022, or the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income for the three and six months ended January
31, 2023 or 2022.
Note
2—Revenue
Disaggregation
of Revenue
The
following table presents revenue disaggregated by segment and type (in thousands):
| |
Three Months Ended | | |
Six Months Ended | |
| |
January 31, | | |
January 31, | |
| |
2023 | | |
2022 | | |
2023 | | |
2022 | |
Zedge App | |
(in thousands) | | |
(in thousands) | |
Advertising revenue | |
$ | 4,630 | | |
$ | 5,718 | | |
$ | 9,120 | | |
$ | 10,598 | |
Paid subscription revenue | |
| 875 | | |
| 953 | | |
| 1,766 | | |
| 1,913 | |
Other revenues | |
| 230 | | |
| 244 | | |
| 420 | | |
| 432 | |
Total Zedge App revenue | |
| 5,735 | | |
| 6,915 | | |
| 11,306 | | |
| 12,943 | |
GuruShots | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Digital goods and services | |
| 1,248 | | |
| - | | |
| 2,577 | | |
| - | |
Total revenue | |
$ | 6,983 | | |
$ | 6,915 | | |
$ | 13,883 | | |
$ | 12,943 | |
Contract
Balances
The
Company enters into contracts with its customers, which may give rise to contract liabilities (deferred revenue) and contract assets
(unbilled revenue). The payment terms and conditions within the Company’s contracts vary by products or services purchased, the
substantial all of which are due in less than one year. When the timing of revenue recognition differs from the timing of payments made
by customers, the Company recognizes only deferred revenue (customer payment is received in advance of performance). The Company does
not have unbilled revenue (its performance precedes the billing date).
Deferred
revenues
On
April 1, 2022, the AppLovin Corporation paid the Company a one-time integration bonus of $2 million for migrating to their mediation
platform. This amount is being amortized over an estimated service period of 24 months. The Company’s deferred revenue balance
related to this bonus was approximately $1.2 million and $1.7 million as of January 31, 2023 and July 31, 2022, respectively.
The
Company records deferred revenues related to the unsatisfied performance obligations with respect to subscription revenue. The Company’s
deferred revenue balance related to paid subscriptions was approximately $1.4 million related to approximately 654,000 active subscribers,
and approximately $1.5 million, related to approximately 692,000 active subscribers as of January 31, 2023 and July 31, 2022, respectively.
The amount of revenue related to subscribers recognized in the six months ended January 31, 2023 that was included in the deferred balance
at July 31, 2022 was $1.1 million.
The
Company also records deferred revenues when users purchase or earn Zedge Credits. Unused Zedge Credits represent the value of the Company’s
unsatisfied performance obligation to its users. Revenue is recognized when Zedge App users use Zedge Credits to acquire Zedge Premium
content or upon expiration of the Zedge Credits upon 180 days of account inactivity. As of January 31, 2023, and July 31, 2022, the Company’s
deferred revenue balance related to Zedge Premium was approximately $268,000 and $259,000, respectively.
Total
deferred revenues decreased by $0.6 million from $3.4 million at July 31, 2022 to $2.8 million at January 31, 2023, primarily attributed
to the amortization of the one-time integration bonus mentioned above.
Significant
Judgments
The
advertising networks and advertising exchanges to which the Company sell its inventory track and report the impressions and installs
to Zedge and Zedge recognizes revenues based on these reports. The networks and exchanges base their payments off of those reports and
Zedge independently compares the data to each of the client sites to validate the imported data and identify any differences. The number
of impressions and installs delivered by the advertising networks and advertising exchanges is determined at the end of each month, which
resolves any uncertainty in the transaction price during the reporting period.
Practical
Expedients
The
Company expenses the fees retained by Google Play related to subscription revenue when incurred as marketing expense because the duration
of the contracts for which the Company pays commissions are less than one year. These costs are included in the selling, general and
administrative expenses of the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.
Note
3—Fair Value Measurements
The
following tables present the balance of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):
| |
Level 1 | | |
Level 2 | | |
Level 3 | | |
Total | |
January 31, 2023 | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Assets: | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Foreign exchange forward contracts | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 86 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 86 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
July 31, 2022 | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Liabilities: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Contingent consideration-short term | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 215 | | |
$ | 215 | |
Contingent consideration-long term | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 1,728 | | |
$ | 1,728 | |
Foreign exchange forward contracts | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 141 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 141 | |
(1)
– quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
(2)
– observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities
(3)
– no observable pricing inputs in the market
Contingent
Consideration
Contingent
consideration related to the business combinations discussed below in Note 5 are classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy
as the determination of fair value uses considerable judgement and represents the Company’s best estimate of an amount that could
be realized in a market exchange for the asset or liability.
The
following table provides a rollforward of the contingent consideration related to the GuruShots acquisition (in thousands):
Balance at July 31, 2022 | |
$ | 1,943 | |
Change in fair value | |
| (1,943 | ) |
Balance at January 31, 2023 | |
$ | 0 | |
The
overall fair value of the contingent consideration decreased by $1,943,000 during the six months ended January 31, 2023, due primarily
to the decrease in the likelihood that certain contingent milestones would be achieved.
Fair
Value of Other Financial Instruments
Fair
value of the outstanding foreign exchange forward contracts are marked to market price at the end of each measurement period.
The
Company’s other financial instruments at January 31, 2023 and July 31, 2022 included trade accounts receivable and trade accounts
payable. The carrying amounts of the trade accounts receivable and trade accounts payable approximated fair value due to their short-term
nature.
Note
4—Derivative Instruments
The
primary risk managed by the Company using derivative instruments is foreign exchange risk. Foreign exchange forward contracts are entered
into as hedges against unfavorable fluctuations in the U.S. Dollar (USD) to Norwegian Kroner (NOK) and USD to Euro (EUR) exchange rates.
The Company is party to a Foreign Exchange Agreement with Western Alliance Bank allowing the Company to enter into foreign exchange contracts
under its revolving credit facility with the bank (see Note 11). The Company does not apply hedge accounting to these contracts, and
therefore the changes in fair value are recorded in unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. By using derivative instruments to mitigate exposures to changes in foreign exchange rates, the Company is exposed to credit
risk from the failure of the counterparty to perform under the terms of the contract. The credit or repayment risk is minimized by entering
into transactions with high-quality counterparties.
The
outstanding contracts at January 31, 2023, were as follows:
Settlement Date | |
U.S. Dollar
Amount | | |
NOK
Amount | |
Feb-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,294,685 | |
Mar-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,293,065 | |
Apr-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,291,355 | |
May-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,317,545 | |
Total | |
| 900,000 | | |
| 9,196,650 | |
Settlement Date | |
U.S. Dollar
Amount | | |
EUR
Amount | |
Feb-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 221,195 | |
Mar-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 220,826 | |
Apr-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 220,459 | |
May-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 220,070 | |
Total | |
| 900,000 | | |
| 882,550 | |
The
fair value of outstanding derivative instruments recorded in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets were as
follows:
| |
January 31, | | |
July 31, | |
Assets and Liabilities Derivatives: | |
Balance Sheet Location | |
2023 | | |
2022 | |
Derivatives not designated or not qualifying as hedging instruments | |
| |
(in thousands) | |
Foreign exchange forward contracts | |
Other current assets | |
$ | 86 | | |
$ | - | |
Foreign exchange forward contracts | |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 141 | |
The
effects of derivative instruments on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income were as follows:
| |
| |
Three Months Ended
January 31, | | |
Six Months Ended
January 31, | |
Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives | |
2023 | | |
2022 | | |
2023 | | |
2022 | |
Derivatives not designated or not qualifying as hedging instruments | |
Location of gain (loss) recognized on derivatives | |
(in thousands) | | |
(in thousands) | |
Foreign exchange forward contracts | |
Net gain (loss) resulting from foreign exchange transactions | |
$ | 185 | | |
$ | (127 | ) | |
| 64 | | |
$ | (117 | ) |
Note
5—Business Combination and Assets Acquisition
GuruShots
Acquisition
On
April 12, 2022, the Company consummated the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding equity securities of GuruShots, Ltd., an Israeli company
that operates a platform used for its competitive photography game available across iOS, Android and the web. The acquisition was effected
pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) between the Company, GuruShots and the holders of the GuruShots equity
interests. This acquisition was accounted for as a business combination under the acquisition method of accounting and the results of
operations of GuruShots have been included in the Company’s results of operations as of the acquisition date.
The
purchase price for the equity securities of GuruShots consists of approximately $18 million in cash paid at closing and contingent payments
(the “Earnout”) of up to a maximum of $8.4 million due on each of the first and second anniversaries from the closing, payable
either in cash or Class B common stock of the Company or a combination thereof, at the Company’s discretion, and subject to GuruShots
achieving certain financial targets set forth in the SPA. The fair value of the earnout amount at the acquisition date was estimated
at $5.9 million based on a Monte Carlo simulation model in an option pricing framework, whereby a range of possible scenarios were simulated.
This fair value was reduced from $5.9 million to $1.9 million as of July 31, 2022 and further reduced to $0 as of January 31, 2023. See
Note 3, Fair Value Measurements, for additional discussion of contingent consideration as of January 31, 2023.
Under
the SPA, the Company has agreed to make certain minimum investments in user acquisition for GuruShots in the period covered by the Earnout,
subject to the acquired users generating minimum levels of Return On Ad Spend (“ROAS”) as set forth in the SPA. As of January
31, 2023, due to market conditions in the mobile/on-line gaming industry and other factors, the Company was not on track to make the
minimum investment for the first annual period covered by the Earnout. Based on the data from the user acquisition investment made, the
Company does not believe that the minimum ROAS would have been maintained from the additional investment.
In
addition, the Company has committed to a retention pool of $4 million in cash and 626,242 shares of the Company Class B common stock
(the number of shares was determined based on a value of $4 million or $6.39 per share which was the volume weighted average closing
prices of the Class B common stock on the NYSE American Exchange for the thirty trading days ended April 12, 2022) for GuruShots’
founders and employees that will be payable or vest, as applicable, over three years from April 1, 2022 based on the beneficiaries thereof
remaining employed by the Company or a subsidiary.
The
parties to the SPA have made customary representations, warranties and covenants therein. The assertions embodied in those representations
and warranties were made for purposes of the SPA and are subject to qualifications and limitations agreed by the respective parties in
connection with negotiating the terms of the SPA.
The
cash purchase price and the earnout have been allocated to GuruShots’ tangible assets, identifiable intangible assets, and assumed
liabilities based on their estimated fair values. The preliminary fair value estimates of the net assets acquired are based upon preliminary
calculations and valuations, and those estimates and assumptions are subject to change as the Company obtains additional information
for those estimates during the measurement period (up to one year from the acquisition date). The excess of the total consideration over
the tangible assets, identifiable intangible assets, and assumed liabilities was recorded as goodwill.
The
Company will record measurement period adjustments based on its ongoing valuation and purchase price allocation procedures. The Company
is still finalizing the valuation and purchase price allocation as it relates to the net working capital amount in the table below.
The
allocation of the preliminary purchase price is as follows (in thousands):
(Dollar Amounts in Thousands) | |
| |
Purchase price consideration: | |
| |
Cash consideration paid at close | |
$ | 15,242 | |
Cash contributed to escrow accounts at close | |
| 2,700 | |
Cash deducted from purchase price and contributed to GuruShots’ working capital | |
| 58 | |
Fair value of contingent consideration to be achieved at year 1 | |
| 3,396 | |
Fair value of contingent consideration to be achieved at year 2 | |
| 2,508 | |
Fair value of total consideration transferred | |
| 23,904 | |
Total purchase price, net of cash acquired | |
$ | 23,384 | |
| |
| | |
Fair value allocation of purchase price: | |
| | |
Cash and cash equivalents | |
$ | 520 | |
Trade accounts receivable | |
| 282 | |
Prepaid expenses | |
| 145 | |
Property and equipment, net | |
| 17 | |
Other assets (including ROU) | |
| 151 | |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | |
| (1,351 | ) |
Operating lease liabilities, current | |
| (53 | ) |
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent | |
| (34 | ) |
Acquired intangible assets | |
| 15,320 | |
Goodwill | |
| 8,907 | |
Total purchase price | |
$ | 23,904 | |
The
cash consideration paid includes $2.7 million deposited with the escrow agent that is available to satisfy for post-closing indemnification
claims made within 18 months of the acquisition date. There have been no claims made as of January 31, 2023.
The
earnout amount to be paid (up to the maximum of $16.8 million) will be determined based upon the satisfaction of certain defined operational
milestones and will be remeasured at fair value at each reporting period through earnings. As the fair value is based on unobservable
inputs, the liabilities are included in Level 3 of the fair value measurement hierarchy. The unobservable inputs used in the determination
of the fair value of the earnout which is assumed to be paid in cash include management’s reasonable assumptions about the likelihood
of payment based on the satisfaction of certain defined operational milestones and discount rates based on cost of debt.
The
Company has issued 616,848 (net of forfeiture of 9,394 shares) shares of the Company’s Class B common in respect of the retention
pool to the GuruShots founders and employees, which will be held by a trustee based in Israel when those shares vest. These shares will
vest, in equal tranches, over three years assuming that the recipients remain employed by the Company or a subsidiary through the vesting
dates. The grant date $4 million fair value of these unvested restricted stock is not included as purchase consideration above, as it
has a post-combination service requirement and will be accounted for separately from the business combination as stock compensation expense.
Additionally, the founders and employees are also entitled to receive an aggregate of up to $4 million retention cash bonus over three
years subject to the same continued service requirement, which was not included in the purchase price above. As of January 31, 2023,
the Company has accrued $1.1 million in retention bonus which is included in the accrued expense and other current liabilities.
Identified
intangible assets consist of trade names, technology and customer relationships. The fair value of intangible assets and the determination
of their respective useful lives were made in accordance with ASC 805 and are outlined in the table below:
(Dollar Amounts in Thousands) | |
Asset Value | | |
Useful Life | |
Identified intangible assets: | |
| | | |
| |
Trade names | |
$ | 3,570 | | |
12 years | |
Acquired developed technology | |
| 3,950 | | |
5 years | |
Customer relationships | |
| 7,800 | | |
10 years | |
Total identified intangible assets | |
$ | 15,320 | | |
| |
The
Company’s initial fair value estimates related to the various identified intangible assets were determined under various valuation
approaches including the relief-from-royalty method and multi-period excess earnings. These valuation methods require management to project
revenues, operating expenses, working capital investment, capital spending and cash flows for GuruShots over a multiyear period, as well
as determine the weighted average cost of capital to be used as a discount rate.
The
Company amortizes its intangible assets assuming no residual value over periods in which the economic benefit of these assets is consumed.
The
Company recorded the excess of the purchase price over the identified tangible and intangible assets as goodwill. The Company believes
that the investment value of the future enhancement of the Company’s products and offerings created as a result of this acquisition
has principally contributed to a purchase price that resulted in the recognition of $8.9 million of goodwill, which has been reduced
by $180,000 subsequently related to accounts payable balance as of the closing date. The goodwill is deductible for tax purposes.
Acquisition-related
transaction costs (e.g., legal, due diligence, valuation, and other professional fees) are not included as a component of consideration
transferred but are required to be expensed as incurred. During fiscal 2022, we incurred $860,000 of acquisition-related costs, which
are included in Selling, General and Administrative expenses on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations and
comprehensive income.
Emojipedia
Acquisition
Pursuant
to an Asset Purchase Agreement, on August 1, 2021 (“Closing”), the Company consummated the acquisition of substantially all
of the assets of Emojipedia Pty Ltd, a proprietary company organized under the laws of Australia. The total purchase price of the assets
was $6.7 million, of which $4.8 million was paid on August 2, 2021, $917,000 was paid on February 1, 2022, and the remaining $962,000
paid on August 2, 2022. The $4.8 million was funded into an escrow account and classified as other assets on our consolidated balance
sheet as of July 31, 2021.
The
assets purchased include emojipeida.org, a set of smaller websites, a bank of emoji related URLs related to the seller’s business,
including World Emoji Day, the annual World Emoji Awards, and Emojitracker. The asset purchase does not qualify as a business combination
under FASB ASC 805, Business Combinations, and has therefore been accounted for as an asset acquisition. The total purchase
price for this acquisition was allocated to intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives
of fifteen years.
Note
6—Intangible Assets and Goodwill
The
following table presents the detail of intangible assets, net as of January 31, 2023 and July 31, 2022 (in thousands):
| |
January 31, 2023 | | |
July 31, 2022 | |
| |
Gross
Carrying
Value | | |
Accumulated
Amortization | | |
Net Carrying
Value | | |
Gross
Carrying
Value | | |
Accumulated
Amortization | | |
Net Carrying
Value | |
Emojipedia.org and other internet domains acquired | |
$ | 6,711 | | |
$ | 671 | | |
$ | 6,040 | | |
$ | 6,711 | | |
$ | 447 | | |
$ | 6,264 | |
Acquired developed technology | |
| 3,950 | | |
| 634 | | |
| 3,316 | | |
| 3,950 | | |
| 238 | | |
| 3,713 | |
Customer relationships | |
| 7,800 | | |
| 623 | | |
| 7,177 | | |
| 7,800 | | |
| 233 | | |
| 7,567 | |
Trade names | |
| 3,570 | | |
| 237 | | |
| 3,333 | | |
| 3,570 | | |
| 89 | | |
| 3,481 | |
Total intangible assets | |
$ | 22,031 | | |
$ | 2,165 | | |
$ | 19,866 | | |
$ | 22,031 | | |
$ | 1,007 | | |
$ | 21,025 | |
Estimated
future amortization expense as of January 31, 2023 is as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal 2023 | |
$ | 1,158 | |
Fiscal 2024 | |
| 2,315 | |
Fiscal 2025 | |
| 2,315 | |
Fiscal 2026 | |
| 2,315 | |
Fiscal 2027 | |
| 2,315 | |
Thereafter | |
| 9,449 | |
Total | |
$ | 19,866 | |
The
Company’s amortization expense for intangible assets were $1.2 million and $0.2 million for the six months ended January 31, 2023
and 2022, respectively.
Goodwill
Changes
in the carrying amount of goodwill in the six months ended January 31, 2023 are as follows (in thousands):
| |
Carrying
Amount | |
| |
| |
Balance at July 31, 2022 | |
$ | 10,788 | |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | |
| (72 | ) |
Balance at January 31, 2023 | |
$ | 10,716 | |
Note
7—Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):
| |
January 31, | | |
July 31, | |
| |
2023 | | |
2022 | |
| |
| |
Accrued vacation | |
$ | 646 | | |
$ | 585 | |
Accrued income taxes payable | |
| 39 | | |
| 169 | |
Accrued payroll taxes | |
| 225 | | |
| 214 | |
Accrued payroll and bonuses | |
| 1,654 | | |
| 1,084 | |
Accrued expenses | |
| 166 | | |
| 262 | |
Operating lease liability-current portion | |
| 119 | | |
| 142 | |
Derivative liability for foreign exchange contracts | |
| - | | |
| 141 | |
Due to artists | |
| 313 | | |
| 301 | |
Other | |
| 12 | | |
| - | |
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities | |
$ | 3,174 | | |
$ | 2,898 | |
Note
8—Stock-Based Compensation
The
2016 Incentive Plan
On
March 23, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors amended the Company’s 2016 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as amended to
date, the “2016 Incentive Plan”) to increase the number of shares of the Company’s Class B common stock available for
the grant of awards thereunder by an additional 685,000 shares to an aggregate of 2,531,000 shares, including 626,000 shares for the
GuruShots retention pool. This amendment was ratified by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held
on January 18, 2023.
On
November 10, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors amended the 2016 Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company’s
Class B common stock available for the grant of awards thereunder by an additional 325,000 shares to an aggregate of 1,846,000 shares.
This amendment was ratified by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on January 12, 2022.
At
January 31, 2023, there were 421,000 shares of Class B common stock available for awards under the 2016 Incentive Plan before accounting
for the 204,000 contingently issuable shares related to the deferred stock units (“DSUs”) with both service and market conditions.
Stock-based
compensation
The
Company recognizes stock-based compensation for stock-based awards, including stock options, restricted stock and DSUs based on the estimated
fair value of the awards and recognized over the relevant service period and/or market conditions. The Company estimates the fair value
of stock options on the measurement date using the Black-Scholes option valuation model. The Company estimates the fair value of the
restricted stock and DSU’s with service conditions only using the current market price of the stock. The Company estimates the
fair value of the DSU’s with both service and market conditions using the Monte Carlo Simulation valuation model.
The
Black-Scholes and Monte Carlo Simulation valuation models incorporate assumptions as to stock price volatility, the expected life of
options or awards, a risk-free interest rate and dividend yield. The Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense related to options
and restricted stock units on a straight-line basis over the service period of the award, which is generally 4 years for options and
3 years for restricted stock units.
In
our accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, the Company recognized stock-based
compensation expense for our employees and non-employees as follows:
| |
Three Months Ended | | |
| | |
Six Months Ended | | |
| |
| |
January 31, | | |
| | |
January 31, | | |
| |
| |
2023 | | |
2022 | | |
% Change | | |
2023 | | |
2022 | | |
% Change | |
| |
(in thousands) | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Stock-based compensation expense | |
$ | 788 | | |
$ | 489 | | |
| 61.1 | % | |
$ | 1,378 | | |
$ | 808 | | |
| 70.5 | % |
As
of January 31, 2023, the Company’s unrecognized stock-based compensation expense was $0.4 million for unvested stock options, $1.0
million for DSUs and $3.0 million for unvested restricted stock including the $4 million portion of retention bonus to be paid in the
Company’s Class B common stock in connection with the GuruShots acquisition.
In
the six months ended January 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company purchased 6,310 shares and 16,115 shares respectively of Class B Stock from
certain employees for $17,000 and $232,000 respectively, to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted
stock and DSUs.
Repricing
of Outstanding and Unexercised Options
On
October 20, 2022, the Board unanimously approved the repricing of all outstanding and unexercised stock options granted under the 2016
Plan that were out-of-the-money and held by current employees, executive officers, and consultants of the Company (the “Eligible
Stock Options”). Effective October 20, 2022, the exercise price of the eligible stock options was reduced to $2.27, the closing
price of its common stock on October 19, 2022. Except for the modification to the exercise price of the Eligible Stock Options, all other
terms and conditions of each of the Eligible Stock Options will remain in full force and effect.
Pursuant
to the Plan, the Board, as the administrator of the Plan, has discretionary authority, exercisable on such terms and conditions that
it deems appropriate under the circumstances, to reduce the exercise price in effect for outstanding options under the Plans. In approving
the repricing, the Board considered the impact of the current exercise prices of outstanding stock options on the incentives provided
to employees and consultants, the lack of retention value provided by the outstanding stock options to employees and consultants, and
the impact of such options on the capital structure of the Company. As of October, 2022, there were 532,750 stock options outstanding
under the 2016 Plan, of which 191,663 outstanding stock options had exercise prices in excess of the market price of the Company’s
common stock as of October 20, 2022, which is why the Board made the determination to deem all outstanding and unexercised stock options
held by current employees, executive officers, and consultants as Eligible Stock Options.
Jonathan
Reich, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and Yi Tsai, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, hold Eligible Stock Options
exercisable for an aggregate of 64,898 and 15,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, respectively.
The
option repricing resulted in incremental stock-based compensation of $87,000, of which $43,000 was recorded as expense in the six months
ended January 31, 2023, and $44,000 will be recognized as expense over the requisite service periods over which the Eligible Stock Options
vest.
Note
9—Earnings Per Share
Basic
earnings per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to all classes of common stockholders of the Company by the weighted
average number of shares of all classes of common stock outstanding during the applicable period. Diluted earnings per share is computed
in the same manner as basic earnings per share, except that the number of shares is increased to include restricted stock still subject
to risk of forfeiture, issuances to be made on the vesting of unvested DSUs and the exercise of potentially dilutive stock options using
the treasury stock method, unless the effect of such increase is anti-dilutive.
The
rights of holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock are identical except for certain voting and conversion rights and
restrictions on transferability. As such, the Company is not required to break out earnings per share by class.
The
weighted-average number of shares used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to the Company’s
common stockholders consists of the following (in thousands):
| |
Three Months Ended | | |
Six Months Ended | |
| |
January 31, | | |
January 31, | |
| |
2023 | | |
2022 | | |
2023 | | |
2022 | |
Basic weighted-average number of shares | |
| 14,087 | | |
| 14,297 | | |
| 14,208 | | |
| 14,289 | |
Effect of dilutive securities: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Stock options | |
| 163 | | |
| 584 | | |
| 223 | | |
| 624 | |
Non-vested restricted Class B common stock | |
| 4 | | |
| 68 | | |
| 5 | | |
| 72 | |
Deferred stock units | |
| 5 | | |
| 22 | | |
| 4 | | |
| 22 | |
Diluted weighted-average number of shares | |
| 14,259 | | |
| 14,971 | | |
| 14,440 | | |
| 15,007 | |
The
following shares were excluded from the dilutive earnings per share computations because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive
(in thousands):
| |
Three Months Ended | | |
Six Months Ended | |
| |
January 31, | | |
January 31, | |
| |
2023 | | |
2022 | | |
2023 | | |
2022 | |
Stock options | |
| 227 | | |
| 65 | | |
| 106 | | |
| 57 | |
Non-vested restricted Class B common stock | |
| 617 | | |
| - | | |
| 617 | | |
| - | |
Deferred stock units | |
| 228 | | |
| 289 | | |
| 228 | | |
| 230 | |
Shares excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share | |
| 1,072 | | |
| 354 | | |
| 951 | | |
| 287 | |
Note
10—Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments
In
connection with the acquisition of GuruShots, the Company has (i) committed to a retention pool of $4 million in cash to be paid to the
founders and employees of GuruShots that will be payable over three years from April 1, 2022 based on the beneficiaries thereof remaining
employed by the Company or a subsidiary; and (ii) agreed to make certain minimum investments in user acquisition for GuruShots in the
period covered by the earnout to be contingently paid to the prior owners of GuruShots subject to the acquired users generating minimum
levels ROAS. As of January 31, 2023, due to market conditions in the mobile/on-line gaming industry and other factors, the Company was
not on track to make the minimum investment for the first annual period covered by the Earnout. Based on the data from the user acquisition
investment made, the Company does not believe that the minimum ROAS would have been maintained from the additional investment.
Legal
Proceedings
The
Company may from time to time be subject to other legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. Although there can
be no assurance in this regard, the Company does not expect any of those legal proceedings to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s
results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.
Note
11—Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facilities
As
of September 27, 2016, the Company entered into a loan and security agreement with Western Alliance Bank for a revolving credit facility
of up to $2.5 million for an initial two-year term which was extended twice for another two-year term which expired September 26, 2022
and was amended on October 28, 2022 as discussed below. The revolving credit facility was secured by a lien on substantially all of the
Company’s assets. Effective with the September 2020 extension, the outstanding principal amount bore interest per annum at the
greater of 3.5% or the prime rate plus 1.25%. Previously the interest rate was capped at 5.0%. Interest was payable monthly and all outstanding
principal and any accrued and unpaid interest was due on the maturity date of September 26, 2022. The Company was required to pay an
annual facility fee of $10,000 to Western Alliance Bank. The Company was also required to comply with various affirmative and negative
covenants and to maintain certain financial ratios during the term of the revolving credit facility. The covenants included a prohibition
on the Company paying any dividend on its capital stock. At October 27, 2022 and July 31, 2022, there were no amounts outstanding under
the revolving credit facility and the Company was in compliance with all of the covenants.
On
October 28, 2022, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (“Amended Loan Agreement”)
with Western Alliance Bank. Pursuant to the Amended Loan Agreement, Western Alliance Bank agreed to provide the Company with a new term
loan facility in the maximum principal amount of $7 million for a four-year term and a $4 million revolving credit facility for a two-year
term. Amounts outstanding under the term loan and credit facility of the Amended Loan Agreement bear interest at a per annum rate equal
to the Prime Rate (as published in The Wall Street Journal) plus 0.5%, with a Prime “floor” rate of 4.00%.
Pursuant
to the Amended Loan Agreement, the Company discontinued the existing $2 million revolving credit facility under the prior version of
the Loan and Security Agreement. At the time of the discontinuance, there was no outstanding balance on the revolving credit facility.
Pursuant
to the Amended Loan Agreement, $2 million was advanced in a single-cash advance on October 28, 2022, with the remaining $5 million available
for drawdown during twenty-four (24) months after closing. Each drawdown must be in an amount of not less than One Million Dollars ($1
million).
Interest
accrued under the Amended Loan Agreement is due monthly, and the Company shall make monthly interest-only payments related to the term
loan through the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the closing date. From the nineteen (19) month anniversary of the Closing Date through
the maturity date, the Company shall repay each outstanding term loan by paying the Applicable Term Advance Amortization Payment equal
to 1/12th of 10% of the outstanding term loan balance plus monthly payments of accrued interest, in each case payable on the
tenth (10th) day of each month. Zedge’s final payment for each Term Advance, due on the Term Loan Maturity Date, shall include
all outstanding principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on such Term Advance. Once repaid, a Term Advance may not be reborrowed.
The
Amended Loan Agreement may also require early repayments if certain conditions are met. Borrowings under the Amended Loan Agreement is
secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company, its subsidiaries, and certain of its affiliates.
The
Amended Loan Agreement includes the following financial covenants:
| a) | Debt Service Coverage Ratio. Zedge shall maintain, at all times, a Debt Service Coverage Ratio of no less than 1.25 to 1.00. This covenant shall be tested quarterly as of the end of each fiscal quarter. |
|
b) |
Maximum
Debt to EBITDA. Zedge shall maintain, at all times, a ratio of (a) indebtedness owed by Zedge to Western Alliance Bank, to (b)
Zedge’s EBITDA for the trailing twelve (12) month period ended on such date of determination, shall not be greater than the
amount set forth under the heading “Maximum Debt to EBITDA Ratio” as of, and for each of the dates appearing adjacent
to such Maximum Debt to EBITDA Ratio”. |
Maximum Debt to Quarter Ending | |
EBITDA Ratio | |
October 31, 2022 | |
1.75 to 1.00 | |
January 31, 2023 | |
1.75 to 1.00 | |
April 30, 2023 | |
1.75 to 1.00 | |
July 31, 2023 | |
1.75 to 1.00 | |
October 31, 2023 | |
1.25 to 1.00 | |
January 31, 2024 | |
1.25 to 1.00 | |
April 30, 2024 | |
1.25 to 1.00 | |
July 31, 2024 | |
1.25 to 1.00 | |
Thereafter | |
To be agreed upon | |
The
Amended Loan Agreement also includes customary negative covenants, subject to exceptions, which limit transfers, capital expenditures,
indebtedness, certain liens, investments, acquisitions, dispositions of assets, restricted payments and the business activities of the
Company, as well as customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and events of default, including cross defaults and
a change of control default.
As
of November 16, 2016, the Company entered into a Foreign Exchange Agreement with Western Alliance Bank to allow the Company to enter
into foreign exchange contracts not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate at any point in time under its revolving credit facility.
This limit was raised to approximately $7.5 million pursuant to the Loan and Security Modification Agreement dated May 30, 2018. The
available borrowing under the revolving credit facility is reduced by an applicable foreign exchange reserve percentage as determined
by Western Alliance Bank, in its reasonable discretion from time to time, which was set at 10% of the nominal amount of the foreign exchange
contracts in effect at the relevant time. At January 31, 2023, there were $1.8 million of outstanding foreign exchange contracts, which
reduced the available borrowing under the revolving credit facility by $180,000.
Note
12—Segment and Geographic Information
Segment
Information
Operating
segments are components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief
operating decision maker (“CODM”), or decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.
The Company’s chief operating decision maker is its Chief Executive Officer as of January 31, 2023. Based on the criteria established
by ASC 280, Segment Reporting, the Company had one operating and reportable segment as of July 31, 2022.
Beginning
in the first quarter of fiscal 2023, the Company revised the presentation of segment information to align with changes to how the Company’s
CODM manages the business, allocates resources and assesses operating performance reports operating results based on two reportable segments,
which are Zedge App and GuruShots.
The
CODM evaluates the performance of each operating segment using revenue and income (loss) from operations. The following table provides
information about the Company’s two reportable segments:
| |
Three Months Ended | | |
| | |
Six Months Ended | | |
| |
| |
January 31, | | |
Change | | |
January 31, | | |
Change | |
| |
2023 | | |
2022 | | |
% | | |
2023 | | |
2022 | | |
% | |
Revenue: | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Zedge App | |
$ | 5,735 | | |
$ | 6,915 | | |
| -17.1 | % | |
$ | 11,306 | | |
$ | 12,943 | | |
| -12.6 | % |
GuruShots | |
| 1,248 | | |
| - | | |
| nm | | |
| 2,577 | | |
| - | | |
| nm | |
Total | |
$ | 6,983 | | |
$ | 6,915 | | |
| 1.0 | % | |
$ | 13,883 | | |
$ | 12,943 | | |
| 7.3 | % |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Segment income (loss) from operations: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Zedge App | |
$ | 1,563 | | |
$ | 3,107 | | |
| -49.7 | % | |
$ | 2,935 | | |
$ | 5,695 | | |
| -48.5 | % |
GuruShots | |
| (105 | ) | |
| - | | |
| nm | | |
| (1,678 | ) | |
| - | | |
| nm | |
Total | |
$ | 1,458 | | |
$ | 3,107 | | |
| -53.1 | % | |
$ | 1,257 | | |
$ | 5,695 | | |
| -77.9 | % |
nm-not
meaningful
The
CODM does not evaluate operating segments using asset information and, accordingly, the Company does not report asset information by
segment.
Geographic
Information
Net
long-lived assets and total assets held outside of the United States, which are located primarily in Israel and Norway, were as follows
(in thousands):
| |
United States | | |
Foreign | | |
Total | |
Long-lived assets, net: | |
| | |
| | |
| |
January 31, 2023 | |
$ | 7,471 | | |
$ | 14,604 | | |
$ | 22,075 | |
July 31, 2022 | |
$ | 7,818 | | |
$ | 15,217 | | |
$ | 23,035 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Total assets: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
January 31, 2023 | |
$ | 26,896 | | |
$ | 28,354 | | |
$ | 55,250 | |
July 31, 2022 | |
$ | 26,229 | | |
$ | 28,397 | | |
$ | 54,626 | |
Note
13— Operating Leases
The
Company has operating leases primarily for office space. Operating lease right-of-use assets recorded and included in other assets were
$130,000 and $204,000 at January 31, 2023 and July 31, 2022, respectively.
There
were no material changes in the Company’s operating and finance leases in the six months ended January 31, 2023, as compared to
the disclosure in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2022.
Note
14—Provision for Income Taxes
The
Company’s tax provision or benefit from income taxes for interim periods has generally been determined using an estimate of its
annual effective tax rate applied to year-to-date income and records the discrete tax items in the period to which they relate.
In each quarter, the Company updates the estimated annual effective tax rate and makes a year-to-date adjustment to the tax
provision as necessary.
The
Company’s annual effective tax rate for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2023 differs from the U.S. federal statutory tax rate due
to certain factors with temporary differences primarily related to equity compensation expenses.
As
of January 31, 2023, the Company had $3.5 million of deferred tax assets for which it has established a valuation allowance of $1.9 million,
related to U.S. federal and state taxes and for a certain international subsidiary.
The
Company is subject to taxation in the United States and certain foreign jurisdictions. Earnings from non-U.S. activities are subject
to local country income tax. The material jurisdictions where the Company is subject to potential examination by tax authorities include
the United States, Norway, Lithuania and Israel.
Note
15—Subsequent Events
In
December 2019, the Company launched ‘Shortz’ an entertainment app offering serialized, short-form fiction rendered in both
text-message and audio formats available across both Android and iOS. Shortz did not gain much tractions with the Company’s users,
and on March 8, 2023, the Company turned off the app and removed it from Google and Apple app stores. The Company will write off the
remaining unamortized capitalized software development costs of approximately $124,000 in the third quarter ended April 30, 2023.
On
March 2, 2023, the Company entered into foreign exchange contracts as set forth below:
Settlement Date | |
U.S. Dollar
Amount | | |
NOK
Amount | |
Jun-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,274,975 | |
Jul-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,271,285 | |
Aug-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,267,100 | |
Sep-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,263,388 | |
Oct-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,260,238 | |
Nov-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,256,750 | |
Dec-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,253,285 | |
Jan-24 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,249,730 | |
Feb-24 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,246,265 | |
Mar-24 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,242,823 | |
Apr-24 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,240,550 | |
May-24 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,237,738 | |
Total | |
| 2,700,000 | | |
| 27,064,125 | |
Settlement Date | |
U.S. Dollar
Amount | | |
EUR
Amount | |
Jun-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 208,507 | |
Jul-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 208,160 | |
Aug-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 207,852 | |
Sep-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 207,526 | |
Oct-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 207,240 | |
Nov-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 206,935 | |
Dec-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 206,555 | |
Jan-24 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 206,271 | |
Feb-24 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 205,893 | |
Mar-24 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 205,611 | |
Apr-24 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 205,386 | |
May-24 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 205,142 | |
Total | |
| 2,700,000 | | |
| 2,481,077 | |