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 months ended October 31, 2022 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 ending July 31, 2022).
Reportable Segments
Effective August 1, 2022, the Company revised
the presentation of segment information to reflect the addition, following the acquisition of GuruShots, of the GuruShots App to the Company’s
portfolio of mobile apps resulting from the GuruShots acquisition (see Note 5). As such, the Company now reports operating results through
two reportable segments: Zedge App and GuruShots App, 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 three months ended
October 31, 2022, 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.
Significant Accounting Policies
Other than intangible assets described below,
there have been no material changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies from its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended July 31, 2022.
Related Party Transactions
The Company has no material related party transactions
that have impacted the consolidated balance sheets for the years ended October 31, 2022 or July 31, 2022, or the consolidated statements
of operations and comprehensive (loss) income for the three months ended October 31, 2022 or 2021.
Note 2—Revenue
Disaggregation of Revenue
The following table presents revenue disaggregated
by segment and type (in thousands):
| |
Three Months Ended October 31, | | |
| |
| |
2022 | | |
2021 | | |
%Changes | |
Zedge App | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Advertising revenue | |
$ | 3,957 | | |
$ | 4,569 | | |
| -13 | % |
Paid subscription revenue | |
| 391 | | |
| 960 | | |
| -7 | % |
Zedge Premium revenue | |
| 187 | | |
| 186 | | |
| 1 | % |
Emojipedia revenue | |
| 260 | | |
| 310 | | |
| -16 | % |
Applovin integration bonus | |
| 250 | | |
| - | | |
| nm | |
Other revenues | |
| 26 | | |
| 3 | | |
| 767 | % |
Total Zedge App revenue | |
| 5,571 | | |
| 6,028 | | |
| -8 | % |
GuruShots App | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Virtual items used for online game | |
| 1,329 | | |
| - | | |
| nm | |
Total revenue | |
$ | 6,900 | | |
$ | 6,028 | | |
| 14 | % |
nm-not meaningful
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 Company received from AppLovin
Corporation a one-time integration bonus of $2 million for migrating to their mediation platform. This amount is being amortized over
initial estimated service period of 24 months. As of October 31, 2022, the Company’s deferred revenue balance related to this bonus
was approximately $1.4 million. As of July 31, 2022, the Company’s deferred revenue balance related to this bonus was approximately
$1.7 million.
The Company records deferred revenues related
to the unsatisfied performance obligations with respect to subscription revenue. As of October 31, 2022, the Company’s deferred
revenue balance related to paid subscriptions was approximately $1.4 million related to approximately 674,000 active subscribers. As of
July 31, 2022, the Company’s deferred revenue balance related to paid subscribers was approximately $1.5 million, related to approximately
692,000 active subscribers. The amount of revenue related to subscribers recognized in the three months ended October 31, 2022 that was
included in the deferred balance at July 31, 2022 was $0.7 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 October 31, 2022, and July 31, 2022, the Company’s deferred revenue balance
related to Zedge Premium was approximately $252,000 and $259,000, respectively.
Total deferred revenues decreased by $0.3 million
from $3.4 million at July 32, 2022 to $3.1 million at October 31, 2022, primarily attributed to the amortization of the 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 (loss) 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 | |
October 31, 2022 | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Liabilities: | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Contingent consideration-short term | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 17 | | |
$ | 17 | |
Contingent consideration-long term | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 1,776 | | |
$ | 1,776 | |
Foreign exchange forward contracts | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 101 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 101 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
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 | |
| (150 | ) |
Balance at October 31, 2022 | |
$ | 1,793 | |
The overall fair value of the contingent consideration decreased by
$150 thousand during the three months ended October 31, 2022, 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 October 31, 2022
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 October 31, 2022, were as follows:
Settlement Date | |
U.S. Dollar
Amount | | |
NOK
Amount | |
Nov-22 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,000,925 | |
Dec-22 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,297,948 | |
Jan-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 2,296,103 | |
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 | |
$ | 1,575,000 | | |
| 15,791,626 | |
Settlement Date | |
U.S. Dollar
Amount | | |
EUR
Amount | |
Nov-22 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 201,848 | |
Dec-22 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 222,332 | |
Jan-23 | |
| 225,000 | | |
| 221,653 | |
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 | |
$ | 1,575,000 | | |
| 1,528,383 | |
The fair value of outstanding derivative instruments recorded in the
accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets were as follows:
Assets and Liabilities Derivatives: | |
Balance Sheet Location | |
October 31,
2022 | | |
July 31,
2022 | |
Derivatives not designated or not qualifying as hedging instruments | |
| |
(in thousands) | |
Foreign exchange forward contracts | |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | |
$ | 101 | | |
$ | 141 | |
The effects of derivative instruments on the condensed consolidated
statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income were as follows:
| |
| |
Three Months Ended
October 31, | |
Amount of (Loss) Gain Recognized on Derivatives | |
2022 | | |
2021 | |
Derivatives not designated or not qualifying as hedging instruments | |
Location of Loss Recognized on Derivatives | |
(in thousands) | |
Foreign exchange forward contracts | |
Net loss resulting from foreign exchange transactions | |
$ | (121 | ) | |
$ | 10 | |
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 $1.8 million as of October 31, 2022. See Note 3, Fair Value
Measurements, for additional discussion of contingent consideration as of October 31, 2022.
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 GuruShots maintaining agreed
upon levels of Return On Ad Spend (“ROAS”).
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 closing 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 October 31, 2022.
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 managements 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. 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 $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 October 31, 2022, the Company has accrued $766 thousand 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 (loss) 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 October 31, 2022 and July 31, 2022 (in thousands):
| |
October 31, 2022 | | |
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 | | |
| 559 | | |
| 6,152 | | |
| 6,711 | | |
| 447 | | |
| 6,264 | |
Acquired developed technology | |
| 3,950 | | |
| 436 | | |
| 3,515 | | |
| 3,950 | | |
| 238 | | |
| 3,713 | |
Customer relationships | |
| 7,800 | | |
| 428 | | |
| 7,372 | | |
| 7,800 | | |
| 233 | | |
| 7,567 | |
Trade names | |
| 3,570 | | |
| 163 | | |
| 3,407 | | |
| 3,570 | | |
| 89 | | |
| 3,481 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Total intangible assets | |
$ | 22,031 | | |
$ | 1,586 | | |
$ | 20,446 | | |
$ | 22,031 | | |
$ | 1,007 | | |
$ | 21,025 | |
Estimated future amortization expense as of October 31, 2022 is as
follows (in thousands):
Fiscal 2023 | |
| 1,737 | |
Fiscal 2024 | |
| 2,315 | |
Fiscal 2025 | |
| 2,315 | |
Fiscal 2026 | |
| 2,315 | |
Fiscal 2027 | |
| 2,315 | |
Thereafter | |
| 9,449 | |
Total | |
$ | 20,446 | |
The Company’s amortization expense for
intangible assets were $579 thousand and $115 thousand for the three months ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Goodwill
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill in the three months ended
October 31, 2022 are as follows (in thousands):
| |
Carrying
Amount | |
| |
| |
Balance at July 31, 2022 | |
$ | 10,788 | |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | |
| (142 | ) |
Balance at October 31, 2022 | |
$ | 10,646 | |
Note 7—Accrued Expenses and Other Current
Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
consist of the following (in thousands):
| |
October 31, | | |
July 31, | |
| |
2022 | | |
2022 | |
| |
| |
Accrued vacation | |
$ | 596 | | |
$ | 585 | |
Accrued income taxes payable | |
| 77 | | |
| 169 | |
Accrued payroll taxes | |
| 277 | | |
| 214 | |
Accrued payroll and bonuses | |
| 1,504 | | |
| 1,084 | |
Accrued expenses | |
| 328 | | |
| 262 | |
Operating lease liability-current portion | |
| 133 | | |
| 142 | |
Derivative liability for foreign exchange contracts | |
| 101 | | |
| 141 | |
Due to artists | |
| 282 | | |
| 301 | |
Other | |
| 2 | | |
| - | |
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities | |
$ | 3,300 | | |
$ | 2,898 | |
Note 8—Stock-Based Compensation
On November 10, 2021, 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
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.
On March 23, 2022, 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 685,000 shares to an aggregate of 2,531,000 shares, including 685,000 shares for the
GuruShots retention pool. The Company expects to submit the amendment, as well as other changes to certain terms of the 2016 Incentive
Plan for ratification by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in January 2023.
At October 31, 2022, there were 501,000
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.
In addition to stock options and restricted
stock awards, the Company occasionally issues DSU’s. On September 7, 2021, the Company granted a total of 291,320 DSUs to 64 of
its employees and consultants. Each DSU represents the right to receive one share of the Company’s Class B common stock.
30% of the DSU’s (or 87,396) have
service vesting conditions only, with a vesting schedule of 25% on September 7, 2022, 33% on September 7, 2023, and as to all remaining
DSUs on September 7, 2024. Vesting of the remaining 70% of the DSUs (or 203,924) is subject to continued service as well as a market condition.
These DSUs will vest if the grantee remains in service to the Company and only if the aggregate market capitalization of the Company’s
equity securities has reached or exceeded $451 million for five consecutive trading days between the grant date and the vest date. Subject
to satisfaction of both of those conditions, these DSU’s with both service and market conditions have a vesting schedule of 25%
September 7, 2022, up to 58% (the 25% eligible to vest in 2022 and an additional 33%) on September 7, 2023, and up to 100% on September
7, 2024. In the event the market capitalization condition has not been met prior to a vesting date, but is met by a subsequent vesting
date, all DSUs with a market condition eligible for vesting prior to that date shall vest. In the event that the market capitalization
condition has not been met by September 7, 2024, the DSUs with a market condition shall expire.
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. 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. We recognize 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 (loss) income, the Company recognized stock-based compensation for our employees
and non-employees as follows:
| |
Three Months Ended | | |
| |
| |
October 31, | | |
| |
| |
2022 | | |
2021 | | |
% Change | |
| |
(in thousands) | | |
| |
Stock-based compensation expense | |
$ | 589 | | |
$ | 319 | | |
| 84.6 | % |
The DSUs with both service and market conditions
were valued using a Monte Carlo simulation model, with a valuation of $7.19 per DSU. Total grant date fair value for these DSUs was approximately
$1.5 million. The unrecognized compensation expense is being recognized on a graded vesting method over the vesting period. The DSUs with
a service condition only had a grant date fair value of $1.3 million. Total grant date fair value for the remaining 30% DSUs without market-based
condition was approximately $1.0 million. The unrecognized compensation expense is being recognized on a straight-line basis over the
vesting period.
As of October 31, 2022, the Company’s unrecognized
stock-based compensation expense was $0.5 million for unvested stock options, $1.2 million for DSUs and $3.3million 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 three months ended October 31, 2022 and
2021, the Company purchased 6,310 shares and 16,155 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.
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 EPS 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 | |
| |
October 31, | |
| |
2022 | | |
2021 | |
Basic weighted-average number of shares | |
| 14,330 | | |
| 14,281 | |
Effect of dilutive securities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Stock options | |
| - | | |
| 653 | |
Non-vested restricted Class B common stock | |
| - | | |
| 75 | |
Deferred stock units | |
| - | | |
| 22 | |
Diluted weighted-average number of shares | |
| 14,330 | | |
| 15,031 | |
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 | |
| |
October 31, | |
| |
2022 | | |
2021 | |
Stock options | |
| 858 | | |
| 65 | |
Non-vested restricted Class B common stock | |
| 679 | | |
| - | |
Deferred stock units | |
| 239 | | |
| 171 | |
Shares excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share | |
| 1,776 | | |
| 236 | |
For the three months ended October 31, 2022,
the diluted earnings per share equals basic earnings per share because the Company incurred a net loss during that period and the impact
of the assumed exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock and DSUs would have been anti-dilutive.
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 closing of the acquisition 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 GuruShots maintaining agreed upon levels of return on ad spend (ROAS).
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. At the Company’s
request in September 2020, advances under this facility were reduced to the lesser of $2.0 million or 80% of the Company’s eligible
accounts receivable, subject to certain concentration limits. 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 $7,000,000 for a four-year term and a $4,000,000 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 $2,000,000 revolving credit facility under the existing Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of September 26,
2016 (discussed above), as amended, restated, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date of the Amended Loan
Agreement. At the time of the discontinuance, there was no outstanding balance on the revolving credit facility.
Pursuant to the Amended Loan Agreement, $2,000,000
was advanced in a single-cash advance on October 28, 2022, with the remaining $5,000,000 available for drawdown during twenty-four (24)
months after closing. Each drawdown must be in an amount of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000).
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. 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 $6.5 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 initially set at 10% of the nominal amount of the foreign exchange contracts in effect at the relevant time. At
October 31, 2022, there were $3.2 million of outstanding foreign exchange contracts, which reduced the available borrowing under the revolving
credit facility by $315,000.
Note 12—Segment and Geographic Information
Segment
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 October 31, 2022. 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 App.
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 | | |
| |
| |
October 31, | | |
Change | |
| |
2022 | | |
2021 | | |
$ | | |
% | |
Revenue: | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Zedge App | |
$ | 5,571 | | |
$ | 6,028 | | |
$ | (457 | ) | |
| -7.6 | % |
GuruShots App | |
| 1,329 | | |
| - | | |
| 1,329 | | |
| nm | |
Total Revenue | |
$ | 6,900 | | |
$ | 6,028 | | |
| 872 | | |
| 14.5 | % |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Segment income (loss) from operation | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Zedge App | |
$ | 1,371 | | |
$ | 2,588 | | |
$ | (1,217 | ) | |
| -47.0 | % |
GuruShots App | |
| (1,572 | ) | |
| - | | |
| (1,572 | ) | |
| nm | |
Segment income (loss) from operation | |
$ | (201 | ) | |
$ | 2,588 | | |
| (2,789 | ) | |
| -107.8 | % |
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: | |
| | |
| | |
| |
October 31, 2022 | |
$ | 7,634 | | |
$ | 14,904 | | |
$ | 22,538 | |
July 31, 2022 | |
$ | 7,818 | | |
$ | 15,217 | | |
$ | 23,035 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Total assets: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
October 31, 2022 | |
$ | 27,342 | | |
$ | 28,254 | | |
$ | 55,596 | |
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 $163,000 and $204,000
at October 31, 2022 and July 31, 2022, respectively.
Other than the above,
there were no other material changes in the Company’s operating and finance leases in the three months ended October 31, 2022, 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 United States federal statutory tax rate due to certain factors with temporary differences
primarily related to equity compensation expenses.
As of October 31, 2022, the Company had $2.8 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
The Company performed a review for subsequent
events through the date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and noted no material items for disclosure.