UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 20, 2015
TIGER MEDIA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
333-158336 | 77-0688094 | |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
2650 North Military Trail, Suite 300, Boca Raton, Florida |
33431 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(561) 757-4000
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Room 1705, 511 Weihai Road
Jing An District, Shanghai, China 200041
(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
On March 21, 2015 (the Effective Date), Tiger Media Inc. (Tiger Media), and TBO Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Tiger Media (the Merger Sub), completed its previously announced merger (the Merger) with The Best One, Inc. (TBO), pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, as amended (the Merger Agreement) dated as of December 14, 2014, by and among Tiger Media, Merger Sub, TBO and Derek Dubner, solely in his capacity as representative of the TBO shareholders.
Reverse Stock Split and Domestication
Before the Domestication and the Merger on March 19, 2015, Tiger Media effected a one-for-five reverse stock split (the Reverse Split). The principal effect of the Reverse Split was to decrease the number of outstanding shares of each of Tiger Medias ordinary shares. Except for de minimus adjustments that may have resulted from the treatment of fractional shares (fractional shares following the Reverse Split were rounded up to the nearest whole share), the Reverse Split did not have any dilutive effect on Tiger Media shareholders since each shareholder holds the same percentage of ordinary shares outstanding immediately after the Reverse Split as such shareholder held immediately before the Reverse Split. The relative voting and other rights that accompany the ordinary shares were not affected by the Reverse Split. In addition, the proportion of ordinary shares owned by shareholders relative to the number of shares authorized for issuance remains the same because the authorized number Tiger Media ordinary shares were decreased in proportion to the Reverse Split. As a result, the number of ordinary shares authorized decreased from 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares to 200,000,000 ordinary shares. The authorized number of preferred shares were not affected by the Reverse Split and remain at 10,000,000 preferred shares.
Also before the Merger, on March 20, 2015, Tiger Media completed its domestication from the Cayman Islands to Delaware, as a Delaware corporation (the Domestication). On March 20, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing the Reverse Stock Split (described below) and the Domestication. A copy of the Certificate of Domestication is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the press release is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
As a result of the Domestication, Tiger Media no longer qualifies as a foreign private issuer as that term is defined under the U.S. Federal securities laws. As such, Tiger Media will now file reports as a U.S. domestic reporting company under the U.S. Federal securities laws.
Completion of Merger
Following the Domestication and the Reverse Stock Split, on March 21, 2015, TBO merged into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub continuing as the surviving company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tiger Media. On March 23, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing completion of the Merger. A copy of the press release is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
On the Effective Date, upon the consummation of the Merger:
(1) 4,016,846 shares of TBO common stock, no par value per share (TBO Common Stock) converted into 4,016,846 shares of Tiger Media common stock, par value $0.0005 per share (Company Common Stock);
(2) 8,000 shares of TBO Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (TBO Series A Preferred Stock) converted into 4,200,511 shares of Companys Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (Company Preferred Stock) at closing and 1,800,220 shares of Company Preferred Stock subject to an earn out;
(3) 1,019,600 shares of TBO Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (TBO Series B Preferred Stock) converted into 764,791 shares of Company Preferred Stock;
(4) 640,000 shares of TBO Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (TBO Series C Preferred Stock) converted into 480,057 shares of Company Common Stock; and
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(5) 4,000 shares of TBO Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (TBO Series D Preferred Stock) converted into 2,100,252 shares of Company Common Stock at closing and 900,108 shares of Company Common Stock subject to an earn out.
Before the Merger, Marlin Capital Investments, LLC, which is managed by Michael Brauser, a founding shareholder of TBO, held RSUs representing the right to receive 2,000,000 shares of TBO common stock. Tiger Media assumed these RSUs upon closing and the RSUs represent the right to receive 2,000,000 shares of Tiger Media Common Stock. The RSUs vest annually beginning October 13, 2015 only if certain performance goals of Tiger Media are met. The shares underlying such RSUs will not be delivered until October 13, 2018, unless there is a change of control of Tiger Media.
In addition, 960,000 RSUs held by TBO employees were assumed by Tiger Media and represent the right to receive 960,000 shares of Tiger Media Common Stock, subject to vesting and delivery.
In addition, 28,000 outstanding TBO warrants were assumed upon closing and are exercisable for 28,000 shares of Tiger Media Common Stock.
Assuming all Earn-out Shares are earned, all RSUs are vested and the underlying shares of common stock are delivered, and the warrant is exercised, up to an aggregate of 17,250,785 shares of Tiger Media Common Stock (on an as-converted basis) were or will be issued in connection with the Merger.
On the Effective Date, certain founding shareholders of TBO entered into lock-up agreements providing that they may not sell or otherwise transfer any shares of Tiger Media or any other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Tiger Media that are beneficially owned and/or acquired by them (or underlying any security acquired by them) as of the date of the Merger Agreement or otherwise in connection with the Merger, subject to certain exceptions, for a period of 12 months after the Effective Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the lock-up agreement does not restrict: (a) transfers of shares as a bona fide gift; (b) transfers of shares to any trust, partnership, limited liability company or other entity for the direct or indirect benefit of the person signing the lock-up agreement or their immediate family; (c) transfers of shares to any beneficiary of the person signing the lock-up agreement pursuant to a will, trust instrument or other testamentary document or applicable laws of descent; (d) transfers of shares to Tiger Media; (e) transfers of shares to any entity directly or indirectly controlled by or under a common control with the person signing the lock-up agreement; provided that, in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (a), (b), (c), or (e) above, each donee, distributee or transferee shall sign and deliver to Tiger Media, prior to such transfer, a lock-up agreement. A form of the lock-up agreement is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
The Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock issued in connection with the Merger are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), in accordance with Section 4(a)(2) of the Act, as a transaction by an issuer not involving any public offering, and Rule 506 thereunder.
The information set forth in Item 2.01 above in this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.
Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Securities Holders
As described in Item 2.01, on March 20, 2015, Tiger Media completed the Domestication. Tiger Media discontinued its existence as a Cayman Islands exempted company (Tiger Media Cayman) under the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands and, pursuant to Section 388 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL), continued its existence under the DGCL as a corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware (Tiger Media Delaware).
The rights of the holders of the Tiger Medias stock are now governed by its Delaware Certificate of Incorporation, its Delaware Bylaws and the DGCL. Copies of Tiger Medias Delaware Certificate of Incorporation and its Delaware Bylaws are filed with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.2 and 3.3, respectively, and each is incorporated herein by reference.
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A summary of material changes in the rights of the holders of the Tiger Medias stock resulting from the Domestication is described in the Tiger Media Proxy Statement for Special Meeting of Ordinary Shareholders which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to Tiger Medias current report on Form 6-K filed February 13, 2015. The description is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Appointment of Directors
In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement and effective as of the Effective Date, Tiger Media increased its board of directors from five to seven members. Derek Dubner and Daniel Brauser were appointed as directors of Tiger Media to fill the two additional board seats. Robert Fried remains Chairman of the Board and Peter W.H. Tan, Ch-Chuam (Frank) Chen, Jeffrey Yunan Ren, and Steven D. Rubin continue to serve a directors.
Derek Dubner has over 15 years of experience in the data fusion industry and has served as the Chief Executive Officer of TBO, and its subsidiary, Interactive Data, since October 2014. Prior to TBO, Mr. Dubner served as General Counsel of TransUnion Risk and Alternative Data Solutions, Inc. from December 2013 to June 2014. Mr. Dubner served as General Counsel and Secretary of TLO, LLC, from inception in 2009 through December 2013.
Daniel Brauser has served as a director of uSell.com, Inc. since July 23, 2008 and as Executive Chairman since November 6, 2014. From October 16, 2013 to November 6, 2014, Dan Brauser served as uSells Chief Executive Officer. Additionally, Dan Brauser served as uSells Chief Executive Officer from July 10, 2012 until October 10, 2012. Prior to being appointed Chief Executive Officer, Dan Brauser served as uSells Chief Financial Officer from July 23, 2008 through July 10, 2012. From July 23, 2008 through May 7, 2009, Dan Brauser also served as uSells President and Chief Operating Officer. From November 2005 until September 2007, Dan Brauser served as the Senior Vice President of Health Benefits Direct Corporation. Dan Brauser has been a consultant to TBO since September 2014.
On the Effective Date, certain founding shareholders of TBO entered into lock-up agreements providing that they may not sell or otherwise transfer any shares of Tiger Media or any other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Tiger Media that are beneficially owned and/or acquired by them (or underlying any security acquired by them) as of the date of the Merger Agreement or otherwise in connection with the Merger, subject to certain exceptions, for a period of 12 months after the Effective Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in the lock-up agreement restricts: (a) transfers of shares as a bona fide gift; (b) transfers of shares to any trust, partnership, limited liability company or other entity for the direct or indirect benefit of the person signing the lock-up agreement or their immediate family; (c) transfers of shares to any beneficiary of the person signing the lock-up agreement pursuant to a will, trust instrument or other testamentary document or applicable laws of descent; (d) transfers of shares to Tiger Media; (e) transfers of shares to any entity directly or indirectly controlled by or under a common control with the person signing the lock-up agreement; provided that, in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (a), (b), (c), or (e) above, each donee, distributee or transferee shall sign and deliver to Tiger Media, prior to such transfer, a lock-up agreement. A copy of the form of lock-up agreement is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Appointment of Officers
In addition, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, on the Effective Date, Derek Dubner was appointed Co-Chief Executive Officer of Tiger Media along with Peter Tan, the Chief Executive Officer of Tiger Media prior to the Effective Date. Mr. Dubner was also appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Data Fusion Division of Tiger Media.
On October 2, 2014, TBO entered into an employment agreement with Derek Dubner (as amended, the Dubner Employment Agreement), which has been assumed by Tiger Media as of the Effective Date. Mr. Dubner earns an annual base salary of $200,000.00. Dubners Employment Agreement continues through September 30, 2016, unless terminated sooner. If Mr. Dubners employment is terminated by Tiger Media without cause as defined in the Dubner Employment Agreement or by Mr. Dubner for good reason, Mr. Dubner is entitled to a severance in the amount equal to his base salary for the remainder of the term. The definition of good reason includes a material diminution in his overall responsibilities, a reduction in his compensation without his prior written consent, a request by Tiger Media encouraging Mr. Dubner to participate in an unlawful act, and Tiger Medias breach of a material term of the Dubner Employment Agreement.
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Under the Dubner Employment Agreement, Mr. Dubner shall receive a bonus of an amount not less than $100,000.00 as a result of the Merger, and is entitled to receive an additional bonus of $150,000.00 upon Tiger Media and/or any subsidiary thereof raising at least $5 million in any financing or series of related financings following the Merger. Additionally, Mr. Dubner received 400,000 RSUs, vesting quarterly during the term of the agreement, and immediately upon a Company Sale, as that term is defined in the Dubner Employment Agreement, of Tiger Media. Following the Merger, Mr. Dubners RSUs will represent Mr. Dubners right to receive 400,000 shares of Tiger Media Common Stock. A copy of TBOs Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Tiger Media may terminate the Dubner Employment Agreement if there is an adverse ruling against Mr. Dubner pursuant to an action brought on by TransUnion alleging Mr. Dubners employment with Tiger Media is a breach of Mr. Dubners confidentiality or fiduciary obligations to TransUnion or TLO, provided that Tiger Media pay Mr. Dubner his base salary for the remainder of his term. Tiger Media also agreed to indemnify Mr. Dubner against expenses incurred in connection with such an action. A copy of the Dubner Employment Agreement, and the amendment to the agreement are attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.2 and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
Effective on the date of the Domestication, Tiger Media filed with the state of Delaware its Certificate of Incorporation as a Delaware corporation and adopted its Bylaws under Delaware law. The rights of Tiger Medias stockholders, which prior to the Domestication were governed by the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands, are now governed by the DGCL. Certain differences between the rights of stockholders of Tiger Media arise from distinctions between Cayman Islands and Delaware law, as well as differences between the charter documents of Tiger Media-Cayman and Tiger Media Delaware. The differences between Cayman Islands and Delaware law discussed in Item 3.03 in this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.
A copy of Tiger Medias Certificate of Incorporation and its Bylaws are attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.2 and Exhibit 3.3, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. The following is a description of the material terms of the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock as of the consummation of the Merger.
General
Tiger Media is authorized to issue 200,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. Tiger Medias Certificate of Incorporation provides the board of directors, without further stockholder action, may designate and issue from time to time one or more series of preferred stock and the board of directors may fix and determine the designations, preferences and relative rights, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such series.
Also, before the Merger, Tiger Media filed a Certificate of Designation to authorize the issuance of up to 6,800,000 shares of the Company Preferred Stock. A copy of the Certificate of Designation is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.4 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Rights, Preferences and Restrictions of Tiger Medias Common Stock
Dividends. Holders of Company Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends if, as and when declared by the board of directors of Tiger Media out of funds legally available therefor, subject to the dividend and liquidation rights of any Company Preferred Stock that may be issued and outstanding. No dividends or other distributions (including redemptions or repurchases of shares of capital stock) may be made if, after giving effect to any such dividends or distributions, Tiger Media would not be able to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of business or its total assets would be less than the sum of its total liabilities plus the amount that would be needed at the time of a liquidation to satisfy the preferential rights of any holders of preferred stock, if applicable.
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Voting Rights. Holders of Company Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share owned of record on all matters presented to the stockholders, except that such holders will not be entitled to vote on any amendment to Tiger Medias Certificate of Incorporation that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of preferred stock.
Dissolution, Liquidation or Winding Up. In connection with a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of Tiger Media, subject to the rights, if any, of the holder of any outstanding series of preferred stock, the holders of Company Common Stock will be entitled to receive the assets of the company available for distribution to its stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by them.
No Preemptive or Redemption Rights. The Company Common Stock has no preemptive or redemption rights.
No Cumulative Voting. The Company Common Stock has no cumulative voting rights.
Rights, Preferences and Restrictions of Tiger Medias Series A Preferred Stock
Conversion. The Company Preferred Stock will automatically convert on a one-for-one basis into Company Common Stock immediately before the closing of a qualified sale. The Certificate of Designation of the Company Preferred Stock defines qualified sale as the bona fide, arms length sale of Company Preferred Stock to a non-affiliate of either the holder or Tiger Media.
Dividends. Each holder of Company Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive dividends in the same manner as holders of Company Common Stock, at the same time any dividends or other distributions will be paid or declared and set apart for payment on any shares of Company Common Stock, on the basis of the largest number of whole shares of Company Common Stock into which such holders shares of Company Preferred Stock could be converted.
Voting Rights. Except as required by law, holders of Company Preferred Stock will not be entitled to vote, but each holder will be entitled, on the same basis as a holder of Company Common Stock, to receive notice of an action or meeting. In addition, holders of any series of preferred stock will be entitled to vote on any changes to Tiger Medias Certificate of Incorporation that would modify the designations of such series of preferred stock.
Dissolution, Liquidation or Winding Up. In connection with a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of Tiger Media, distributions to the stockholders of Tiger Media shall be made among the holders of Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock and any other class or series of preferred stock entitled to participate with the Common Stock in a liquidating distribution pro rata in proportion to the shares of Company Common Stock then held by them and the maximum number of shares of Company Common Stock which they would have the right to acquire upon conversion of shares of Company Preferred Stock held by them.
No Preemptive or Redemption Rights. The Company Preferred Stock has no preemptive or redemption rights.
Anti-Takeover Effects of Various Provisions of Delaware Law and Tiger Medias Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
Provisions of the DGCL and Tiger Medias Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws could make it more difficult to acquire Tiger Media by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise, or to remove incumbent officers and directors. These provisions, summarized below, are expected to discourage types of coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids and to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of Tiger Media to first negotiate with us. Tiger Media believes that the benefits of increased protection of its potential ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging takeover or acquisition proposals because, among other things, negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.
Delaware Anti-Takeover Statute. Tiger Media has elected not to be subject to Section 203 of the DGCL, an anti-takeover statute. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly-held Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years following the time the person became an interested stockholder, unless (with certain exceptions) the business combination or the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder is approved in a prescribed manner. Generally, a business combination includes a merger, asset or stock sale, or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. Generally, an interested stockholder is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns (or within three years prior to the determination of interested stockholder status did own) 15 percent or more of a corporations voting stock.
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No Cumulative Voting. The DGCL provides that stockholders are denied the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors unless a corporations certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Tiger Medias Certificate of Incorporation does not provide for cumulative voting.
Limitation of Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors. The DGCL authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of directors fiduciary duties as directors. Tiger Medias Certificate of Incorporation limits such liability except to the extent such limitation is not permitted pursuant to the DGCL. Tiger Medias Bylaws also include provisions that indemnify, to the fullest extent allowable under the DGCL, the personal liability of directors or officers for monetary damages for actions taken as a director or officer of Tiger Media, or for serving at its request as a director or officer or in another position at another corporation or enterprise, as the case may be. Tiger Medias Bylaws also provide that it must indemnify and advance expenses to its directors and officers, subject to its receipt of an undertaking from the indemnitee, to the extent required under the DGCL, to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification.
The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in Tiger Medias Certificate of Incorporation and its Bylaws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duties. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit the company and its stockholders. Tiger Media may be adversely affected to the extent that, in a class action or direct suit, it pays the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
Authorized but Unissued Shares of Common Stock. Tiger Medias authorized but unissued shares of Company Common Stock will be available for future issuance without approval by the holders of Company Common Stock. Tiger Media may use additional shares for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings to raise additional capital, employee benefit plans and as consideration for or to finance future acquisitions, investments or other purposes. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of Company Common Stock could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of the company by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.
Undesignated Preferred Stock. Tiger Medias Certificate of Incorporation authorizes undesignated preferred stock. As a result, the board of directors of Tiger Media may, without the approval of holders of Company Common Stock, issue shares of preferred stock with super voting, special approval, dividend or other rights or preferences on a discriminatory basis that could impede the success of any attempt to acquire Tiger Media. These and other provisions may have the effect of deferring, delaying or discouraging hostile takeovers, or changes in control or management of Tiger Media.
Effects of Various Provisions of Tiger Medias Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws relating to Litigation
Provisions of Tiger Medias Bylaws could make it more difficult for its stockholders and others to sue Tiger Media and its directors, officers and employees in connection with a derivative claim, a claim for breach of fiduciary duty by directors and/or officers, and other claims related to Tiger Media. These provisions, summarized below, are expected to discourage non-meritorious lawsuits that can place an excessive burden on company resources. Tiger Media believes that the benefits of increased protection against its potential ability for such costly and unfounded litigation outweigh the disadvantages of potentially discouraging lawsuits because, among other things, they protect shareholder interests without unduly burdening the process to bring meritorious claims.
Fee Shifting Bylaw. Tiger Medias Bylaws provide that in the event that (i) any current or prior stockholder of Tiger Media or anyone on such stockholders behalf initiates or asserts any claim or counterclaim or joins, offers substantial assistance to or has a direct financial interest in any such claim or counterclaim against Tiger Media or any one or more of its directors, officers or employees, and (ii) such claiming party (or such third party) does not obtain a judgment on the merits that substantially achieves, in substance and amount, the full remedy sought, then each such claiming party shall be obligated jointly and severally to reimburse Tiger Media and all such directors, officers, or employees for all fees, costs and expenses that the parties may incur in connection with such claim or counterclaim.
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Forum Selection Bylaw. Tiger Medias Bylaws provide that unless Tiger Media consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought against Tiger Media, any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of Tiger Media, any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to the DGCL, or any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be a state or federal court located within the State of Delaware, in all cases subject to the courts having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a) | Financial Statements of Business Acquired |
The unaudited financial statements of The Best One, Inc. for the period from September 22, 2014 (inception) through September 30, 2014 and the accompanying notes thereto.
The audited financial statements of Interactive Data, LLC for the years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and the accompanying notes thereto.
The unaudited financial statements of Interactive Data, LLC for the nine month period ended September 30, 2014.
(b) | Pro Forma Financial Information |
The unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet giving effect to the Merger as of September 30, 2014 and the unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations giving effect to the Merger for the year ended December 31, 2013 and the nine month period ended September 30, 2014.
(d) | Exhibits |
The following exhibits are furnished as part of this report:
Exhibit |
Description | |
2.1 | Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and among The Best One, Inc., Tiger Media, Inc., TBO Acquisition, LLC, and Derek Dubner, solely in his capacity as representative, dated December 14, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Companys current report on Form 6-K filed December 18, 2014). | |
2.2 | First Amendment to Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and among The Best One, Inc., Tiger Media, Inc., TBO Acquisition, LLC, and Derek Dubner, solely in his capacity as representative, dated December 18, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Companys current report on Form 6-K filed December 18, 2014). | |
2.3 | Second Amendment to Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and among The Best One, Inc., Tiger Media, Inc., TBO Acquisition, LLC, and Derek Dubner, solely in his capacity as representative, dated February 13, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Companys current report on Form 6-K filed on February 13, 2015). | |
3.1 | Certificate of Domestication. | |
3.2 | Certificate of Incorporation. | |
3.3 | Bylaws. | |
3.4 | Certificate of Designation. | |
10.1 | Form of Lock-Up Agreement. | |
10.2 | Dubner Employment Agreement. | |
10.3 | Form of TBO Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. | |
23.1 | Consent of L.L. Bradford & Company, LLC. | |
99.1 | Press Release of Tiger Media, Inc., dated March 20, 2015. | |
99.2 | Press Release of Tiger Media, Inc., dated March 23, 2015. | |
99.3 | Tiger Media, Inc. Proxy Statement for Special Meeting of Ordinary Shareholders (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Tiger Medias current report on Form 6-K filed February 13, 2015). | |
99.4 | Financial Statements of The Best One, Inc. and Interactive Data, LLC. | |
99.5 | Pro Forma financial information giving effect to the Merger. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
TIGER MEDIA, INC. | ||||||
Date: March 26, 2015 | By: | /s/ Derek Dubner | ||||
Derek Dubner | ||||||
Co-Chief Executive Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit |
Description | |
3.1 | Certificate of Domestication. | |
3.2 | Certificate of Incorporation. | |
3.3 | Bylaws. | |
3.4 | Certificate of Designation. | |
10.1 | Form of Lock-Up Agreement. | |
10.2 | Dubner Employment Agreement. | |
10.3 | Form of TBO Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. | |
23.1 | Consent of L.L. Bradford & Company, LLC. | |
99.1 | Press Release of Tiger Media, Inc., dated March 20, 2015. | |
99.2 | Press Release of Tiger Media, Inc., dated March 23, 2015. | |
99.4 | Financial Statements of The Best One, Inc. and Interactive Data, LLC. | |
99.5 | Pro Forma financial information giving effect to the Merger. |
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Exhibit 3.1
STATE OF DELAWARE
CERTIFICATE OF DOMESTICATION
FROM A NON-DELAWARE CORPORATION
TO A DELAWARE CORPORATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 388 OF THE
DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW
1) | The date the Non-Delaware Corporation first formed is October 29, 2009. |
2) | The name under which the Non-Delaware Corporation first formed is ID Arizona Corp., and the jurisdiction where the Non-Delaware Corporation first formed is the Cayman Islands. On October 30, 2009, ID Arizona Corp. changed its name to SearchMedia Holdings Limited. On December 14, 2012, SearchMedia Holdings Limited changed its name to Tiger Media, Inc. |
3) | The name of the Non-Delaware Corporation immediately prior to filing this Certificate is Tiger Media, Inc. |
4) | The jurisdiction that constituted the seat, siege social, or principal place of business or central administration of the Non-Delaware Corporation or any other equivalent thereto under applicable law, immediately prior to the filing of this Certificate is the Cayman Islands. |
5) | The name of the Corporation as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation is Tiger Media, Inc. |
6) | The domestication has been approved in the manner provided for by the document, instrument, agreement or other writing, as the case may be, governing the internal affairs of the Non-Delaware Corporation and the conduct of its business or by applicable non-Delaware law, as appropriate. |
[Signature on next page.]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being duly authorized to sign on behalf of the converting Non-Delaware Corporation has executed this Certificate on the 20th day of March, 2015.
TIGER MEDIA, INC.,
a Cayman Islands company |
/s/ Peter Tan |
Name: Peter Tan Title: Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 3.2
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
TIGER MEDIA, INC.
FIRST. The name of the corporation is Tiger Media, Inc.
SECOND. The address of the corporations registered office in the State of Delaware is 160 Greentree Drive, Suite 101, Kent County, Dover, Delaware 19904. The name of its registered agent at such address is National Registered Agents, Inc.
THIRD. The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
FOURTH.
(A) The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the corporation shall be authorized to issue is Two Hundred Ten Million (210,000,000) shares, divided into Two Hundred Million (200,000,000) shares of common stock, par value $0.0005 per share (Common Stock) and Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (Preferred Stock).
(B) The Board of Directors of the corporation (the Board of Directors) is hereby expressly authorized, by resolution or resolutions thereof, to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for one or more series of Preferred Stock and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of shares constituting such series and the designation of such series, the voting powers (if any) of the shares of such series, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series. The powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each series of Preferred Stock, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding.
(C) Except as may otherwise be provided in this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware establishing the terms of a series of Preferred Stock in accordance with Section B of this Article FOURTH) or by applicable law, each holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote; provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware establishing the terms of a series of Preferred Stock in accordance with Section B of this Article FOURTH) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware establishing the terms of a series of Preferred Stock in accordance with Section B of this Article FOURTH) or pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(D) Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, dividends may be declared and paid on the Common Stock at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall determine.
(E) Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the corporation, subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the assets of the corporation available for distribution to its stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by them.
(F) Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of this Certificate of Incorporation or any resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such series of stock adopted by the Board of Directors, the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
FIFTH. The incorporator is Peter Tan. The incorporators address is 4400 Biscayne Boulevard, 15th floor, Miami, Florida 33137.
SIXTH. Unless and except to the extent that the bylaws of the corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the corporation need not be by written ballot.
SEVENTH.
(A) In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors of the corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter and repeal the bylaws of the corporation.
(B) The number of directors constituting the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors shall not be composed of less than three, nor more than 15, directors.
(C) Vacancies and newly created directorships on the Board of Directors may be filled only by a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.
EIGHTH. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock and to the requirements of applicable law, special meetings of stockholders of the corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time only by the chairman of the Board of Directors or the president of the corporation or at the written request of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors and may not be called by any other person, and any power of stockholders to call a special meeting is specifically denied.
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NINTH. Except as authorized in advance by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors or except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article FOURTH of this Certificate of Incorporation relating to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the corporation, and the taking of any action by written consent of the stockholders in lieu of a meeting of the stockholders is specifically denied.
TENTH. A director of the corporation shall not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. Any amendment, modification or repeal of the foregoing sentence shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the corporation hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, modification or repeal.
ELEVENTH. The corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of any nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this article.
TWELFTH. The corporation shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Tiger Media, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by its incorporator on this 20th day of March, 2015.
TIGER MEDIA, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Peter Tan | |
Name: | Peter Tan | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 3.3
BYLAWS
TIGER MEDIA, INC.
ARTICLE ONE
OFFICES
1.01. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be fixed in the certificate of incorporation.
1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have an office or offices, and keep the books and records of the Corporation, except as may otherwise be required by law, at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE TWO
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
2.01. Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting shall be held at such time and place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be determined by the board of directors.
2.02. Special Meetings. The chairman of the board, the president, or a majority of the members of the board of directors by written request shall have the power to call a special meeting of stockholders at any time. Special meetings of stockholders may not be called by any other person.
2.03. Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a notice of the meeting shall be given that shall state the place, if any, date and time of the meeting (and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting), the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. Business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice to stockholders.
2.04. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of meeting or (ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 2.04 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
2.05. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the board of directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the board of directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the board of directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the board of directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.
2.06. Organization; Chairman and Secretary. The first mentioned of the following officers who is present at a meeting of stockholders shall be chosen as chairman to preside over the meeting: president, chairman of the board, or a vice-president. If no such officer is present at the meeting, a chairman of the meeting shall be chosen by the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy. The secretary, or in his or her absence, an assistant secretary, or in the absence of the secretary and all assistant secretaries, a person whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint, shall act as secretary of the meeting and keep a record of the proceedings thereof.
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2.07. Inspector of Election. The Corporation may, and shall if required by law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may (unless otherwise required by applicable law) be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (i) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (ii) determine the shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors count of all votes and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by law. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.
2.08. Conduct of Meetings. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The board of directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the board of directors, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to convene the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the board of directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the presiding person of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The chairman of the meeting, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if the chairman should so determine, shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered.
2.09. Quorum. A quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of stockholders shall be at least a majority of the shares entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy. If a quorum is present at the opening of any meeting of stockholders, the stockholder or stockholders present or represented may proceed with the business of the meeting notwithstanding that a quorum is not present throughout the meeting. If a quorum is not present at the time appointed for the meeting or within a reasonable time thereafter as the stockholders may determine, the stockholders present or represented may adjourn the meeting to a fixed time and place but may not transact any other business.
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2.10. Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the secretary of the Corporation a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date.
2.11. Right to Vote; Voting. Except as otherwise provided by the certificate of incorporation or applicable law, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question. At any meeting of stockholders for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect. All other elections and questions presented to the stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall, unless otherwise provided by the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the Corporation which are present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot.
2.12. Adjournment. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof (and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting) are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the board of directors shall fix a new record date for notice of such adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date for notice of such adjourned meeting.
2.13. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
(A) Annual Meetings of Stockholders. (1) Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors of the Corporation and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (a) pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (b) by or at the direction of the board of directors or any committee thereof or (c) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time the notice provided for in this Section 2.13 is delivered to the secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.13.
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(2) For any nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of paragraph (A)(1) of this Section 2.13, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the Corporation and any such proposed business (other than the nominations of persons for election to the board of directors) must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholders notice shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day, nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day, prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting (provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than seventy (70) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation). In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above. Such stockholders notice shall set forth: (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (i) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (ii) such persons written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporations books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (iii) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal between or among such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any others acting in concert with any of the foregoing, including, in the case of a nomination, the nominee, (iv) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the stockholders notice by, or on behalf of, such stockholder and such beneficial owners, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in underlying shares of capital stock of the Corporation, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or such beneficial owner, with respect to securities of the Corporation, (v) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, (vi) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporations outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, and (vii) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The foregoing notice requirements of this paragraph (A) of this Section 2.13 shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business or a nomination if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his, her or its intention to present a proposal or make a nomination at an annual meeting in compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholders proposal or nomination has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as the Corporation may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation.
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(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 2.13 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the board of directors of the Corporation at the annual meeting is increased effective after the time period for which nominations would otherwise be due under paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 2.13 and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming the nominees for the additional directorships at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, a stockholders notice required by this Section 2.13 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships, if it shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
(B) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting (1) by or at the direction of the board of directors or any committee thereof or (2) provided that the board of directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 2.13 is delivered to the secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.13. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the board of directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporations notice of meeting, if the stockholders notice described by paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 2.13 shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the board of directors to be elected at such meeting. The foregoing notice requirements of this paragraph (B) of this Section 2.13 shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to a nomination if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his, her or its intention to present a nomination at such special meeting in compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholders nomination has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such special meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
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(C) General. (1) Except as otherwise expressly provided in any applicable rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act, only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.13 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.13. Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty (a) to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.13 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies or votes in support of such stockholders nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholders representation as required by clause (A)(2)(c)(vi) of this Section 2.13) and (b) if any proposed nomination or business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 2.13, to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.13, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.13, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
(2) For purposes of this Section 2.13, public announcement shall include disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or other national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.13, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.13; provided however, that any references in these bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 2.13 (including paragraphs (A)(1)(c) and (B) hereof), and compliance with paragraphs (A)(1)(c) and (B) of this Section 2.13 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than, as provided in the penultimate sentences of paragraphs (A)(2) and (B) hereof, business or nominations brought properly under and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 or Rule 14a-11 of the Exchange Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time). Nothing in this Section 2.13 shall be deemed to affect any rights (a) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals or nominations in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act or (b) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the certificate of incorporation.
ARTICLE THREE
DIRECTORS
3.01. Board of Directors; Number. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the board of directors. Unless otherwise provided by the certificate of incorporation, the number of directors constituting the whole board of directors shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors.
3.02. Qualification. No person shall be qualified for election as a director if he is less than 18 years of age; if he is of unsound mind and has been so found by a court of the State of Delaware or any other court of competent jurisdiction; if he is not a natural person; or if he, at the time of the proposed election, has the status of a bankrupt. A director need not be a stockholder.
3.03. Election and Term. The election of directors shall take place at each annual meeting of stockholders. Each director shall hold office until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.
3.04. Removal of Directors. Subject to the certificate of incorporation and applicable law, any director may be removed from office, with or without cause, by the stockholders, and the vacancy created by such removal may be filled by the election of any qualified individual at the same meeting, failing which it may be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the board of directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.
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3.05. Vacancies. Subject to the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws and applicable law, a majority of the directors in office, even if less than a quorum, or a sole remaining director may appoint a qualified individual to fill a vacancy in the board of directors, and each director so elected shall hold office until the expiration of the term of office of the director whom he or she has replaced or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
3.06. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the board of directors may be held at any place within or outside Delaware.
3.07. Calling of Meetings. Meetings of the board of directors shall be held from time to time at such time and at such place, if any, as determined by the board of directors, the chairman of the board, the president or the secretary, or upon the request in writing of any two directors.
3.08. Notice of Meeting. Notice of the time and place of each meeting of the board of directors shall be given to each director in accordance with Section 8.01 of these bylaws not less than 24 hours before the time when the meeting is to be held. A notice of a meeting of directors need not specify the purpose of or the business to be transacted at the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) provided a quorum of directors is present, each newly elected board of directors may without notice hold its first meeting immediately following the meeting of stockholders at which such board of directors is elected and (ii) the board of directors may appoint a day or days in any month or months for regular meetings of the board of directors at a place and hour to be named and, so long as a copy of any resolution of the board of directors fixing the place and time of such regular meetings shall be sent to each director promptly after being passed, no other notice shall be required for any such regular meeting.
3.09. Quorum; Vote Required for Action. The quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board of directors shall be a majority of the total number of directors or such greater number or proportion of directors as the board of directors may from time to time determine. Unless otherwise provided by the certificate of incorporation or applicable law, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors.
3.10. Meeting by Telephone. Directors may participate in a meeting of the board of directors (or a committee thereof) by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
3.11. Action by Unanimous Consent of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the board of directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee in accordance with applicable law.
3.12. Chairman. The chairman of any meeting of the board of directors shall be the first mentioned of such of the following officers as have been appointed and who is a director and is present at the meeting: chairman of the board or president (if a director). If either of the foregoing is not present, the directors present at the meeting shall choose one of their number to act as chairman of the meeting.
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3.13. Conflict of Interest. A director who is a party to, or who is a director or officer of or has a material interest in any person who is a party to, a material contract or transaction or proposed material contract or transaction with the Corporation shall disclose to the Corporation the nature and extent of his interest at the time and in the manner provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
3.14. Remuneration and Expenses. The directors shall be paid such remuneration for their services as the board of directors may from time to time determine. The directors shall also be entitled to be reimbursed for travelling and other expenses properly incurred by them in attending meetings of the board of directors or any committee thereof. Nothing herein contained shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving remuneration therefor.
ARTICLE FOUR
COMMITTEES
4.01. Committees of the Board. The board of directors may appoint from their number one or more committees of the board of directors, however designated, and delegate to any such committee the full power of the board of directors, to the fullest extent permitted by law. The board of directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of any absent or disqualified member.
4.02. Transaction of Business. Unless the board of directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the board of directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business, provided that no committee shall fix its quorum at less than a majority of the members. In the absence of such rules, each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the board of directors conducts its business pursuant to Article Three of these bylaws.
4.03. Audit Committee. The board of directors shall select annually from among its ranks an audit committee to be composed of not fewer than three directors none of whom shall be officers or employees of the Corporation or any of its affiliates. The audit committee shall have the powers and duties provided by resolution of the board of directors.
ARTICLE FIVE
OFFICERS
5.01. Appointment. The board of directors may from time to time appoint a president, one or more vice-presidents (to which title may be added words indicating seniority or function), a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as the board of directors may determine, including one or more assistants to any of the officers so appointed. One person may hold more than one office. The board of directors may specify the duties of and, in accordance with these bylaws and subject to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, delegate to such officers powers to manage the business and affairs of the Corporation. Subject to Section 5.02, an officer may but need not be a director.
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5.02. Chairman of the Board. The board of directors may from time to time appoint a chairman of the board who shall be a director. If appointed, the board of directors may assign to the chairman of the board any of the powers and duties that are by any provisions of these bylaws assigned to the president; and the chairman of the board shall have such other powers and duties as the board of directors may specify.
5.03. President. The president shall be the chief executive officer and, subject to the authority of the board of directors, shall have general supervision of the business of the Corporation; and the president shall have such other powers and duties as the board of directors may specify.
5.04. Secretary. Unless otherwise determined by the board of directors, the secretary shall be the secretary of all meetings of the board of directors, stockholders and committees of the board of directors that the secretary attends. The secretary shall enter or cause to be entered in records kept for that purpose minutes of all proceedings at meetings of the board of directors, stockholders and committees of the board of directors, whether or not the secretary attends such meetings; the secretary shall give or cause to be given, as and when instructed, all notices to stockholders, directors, officers, auditors and members of committees of the board of directors; the secretary shall be the custodian of the stamp or mechanical device generally used for affixing the corporate seal of the Corporation and of all books, records and instruments belonging to the Corporation, except when some other officer or agent has been appointed for that purpose; and the secretary shall have such other powers and duties as otherwise may be specified.
5.05. Treasurer. The treasurer shall keep proper accounting records in compliance with applicable law and any regulation or rules applicable to the Corporation or its securities, including any regulation or rules of the stock exchange upon which the securities of the Corporation are listed and shall be responsible for the deposit of money, the safekeeping of securities and the disbursement of the funds of the Corporation; the treasurer shall render to the board of directors whenever required an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial position of the Corporation; and the treasurer shall have such other powers and duties as otherwise may be specified.
5.06. Powers and Duties of Officers. The powers and duties of all officers shall be such as the terms of their engagement call for or as the board of directors or (except for those whose powers and duties are to be specified only by the board of directors) the president may specify. The board of directors and (except as aforesaid) the president may, from time to time and subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, vary, add to or limit the powers and duties of any officer. Any of the powers and duties of an officer to whom an assistant has been appointed may be exercised and performed by such assistant, unless the board of directors or the president otherwise directs.
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5.07. Removal; Term of Office. The board of directors, in its discretion, may remove any officer of the Corporation. Each officer appointed by the board of directors shall hold office until his successor is appointed or until his earlier resignation or removal.
5.08. Conflict of Interest. An officer shall disclose his interest in any material contract or transaction or proposed material contract or transaction with the Corporation.
ARTICLE SIX
INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT
6.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (a Covered Person) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a Proceeding), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.03, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person only if the commencement of such Proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized in the specific case by the board of directors.
6.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article Six or otherwise.
6.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such Proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Article Six is not paid in full within thirty days after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person has been received by the Corporation, the Covered Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.
6.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Article Six shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
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6.05. Other Sources. The Corporations obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such Covered Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.
6.06. Amendment or Repeal. Any right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses of any Covered Person arising hereunder shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to or repeal of these bylaws after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought.
6.07. Other Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. This Article Six shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.
ARTICLE SEVEN
STOCK CERTIFICATES
7.01. Certificates; Uncertificated Stock. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the board of directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the chairman of the board, if any, or the president or a vice president, and by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary, of the Corporation certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation. Any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.
7.02. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owners legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.
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7.03. Transfers of Stock. Transfers of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation upon authorization by the registered holder thereof or by such holders attorney thereunto authorized by a power of attorney duly executed and filed with the secretary or a transfer agent for such stock, and if such shares are represented by a certificate, upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed stock transfer power and the payment of any taxes thereon; provided, however, that the Corporation shall be entitled to recognize and enforce any lawful restriction on transfer.
7.04. Addresses of Stockholders. Each stockholder shall designate to the secretary an address at which notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be served or mailed to such stockholder and, if any stockholder shall fail to so designate such an address, corporate notices may be served upon such stockholder by mail directed to the mailing address, if any, as the same appears in the stock ledger of the Corporation or at the last known mailing address of such stockholder.
7.05. Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.
ARTICLE EIGHT
NOTICES
8.01. Method of Giving Notices. Any notice to be given pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or otherwise to a stockholder or director may be provided in person, in writing or by electronic transmission. A notice so delivered shall be deemed to have been received when it is delivered personally and a notice so mailed shall be deemed to have been received when it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid and directed to the stockholder or director at such persons address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Any notice to stockholders given by electronic transmission shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given and shall be deemed given: (i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (iii) if by a posting on an electronic network, together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of such posting and the giving of such separate notice; and (iv) if by another form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. For purposes of these bylaws, electronic transmission means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
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8.02. Notice to Joint Stockholders. If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, any notice may be addressed to all such joint holders, but notice addressed to one of such persons shall be sufficient notice to all of them.
8.03. Waiver of Notice. Any waiver of notice, given by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors, or members of a committee of directors need be specified in a waiver of notice.
ARTICLE NINE MISCELLANEOUS
9.01. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have the name of the Corporation inscribed thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the board of directors.
9.02. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on such day in each year as determined from time to time by the board of directors.
9.03. Stockholder Claims. In the event that (i) any current or prior stockholder of the Corporation or anyone on such stockholders behalf (Claiming Party) initiates or asserts any claim or counterclaim (Claim) or joins, offers substantial assistance to or has a direct financial interest in any Claim against the Corporation or any one or more of its directors, officers or employees, and (ii) the Claiming Party (or the third party that received substantial assistance from the Claiming Party or in whose Claim the Claiming Party had a direct financial interest) does not obtain a judgment on the merits that substantially achieves, in substance and amount, the full remedy sought, then each Claiming Party shall be obligated jointly and severally to reimburse the Corporation and all such directors, officers, or employees for all fees, costs and expenses of every kind and description (including, but not limited to, all reasonable attorneys fees and other litigation expenses) (collectively, Litigation Costs) that the parties may incur in connection with such Claim. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought against the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporations stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, shall be a state or federal court located within the State of Delaware, in all cases subject to the courts having personal jurisdiction over the indispensible parties named as defendants. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 9.03.
9.04. Power to Amend. The power to adopt, amend and repeal the Bylaws shall be as provided in the certificate of incorporation.
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Exhibit 3.4
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF PREFERENCES,
RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS
OF
SERIES A NON-VOTING CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
OF
TIGER MEDIA, INC.
Pursuant to Section 151 if the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, it is hereby certified that:
WHEREAS, the name of the Company (hereinafter called the Company) is Tiger Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the Certificate of Incorporation) authorizes the issuance of 10 Million (10,000,000) shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and expressly authorizes the Board of Directors of the Company to provide, out of the unissued shares of preferred stock, for one or more series of preferred stock and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of shares constituting such series and the designation of such series, the voting powers (if any) of the shares of such series, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to the authority expressly vested in it as aforesaid, has adopted the following resolutions creating a Series A issue of Preferred Stock:
RESOLVED, that that the Board of Directors deems it advisable to, and hereby does, designate a Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock and fixes and determines the preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions relating to the Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock as follows, in addition to any set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation:
Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Affiliate shall have the meaning ascribed to it pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Alternate Consideration shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
Business Day means any day except Saturday, Sunday, and any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.
Common Stock means the Companys common stock, par value $0.0005 per share, and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed into.
Common Stock Equivalents means any securities of the Company or the subsidiaries of the Company, whether or not vested or otherwise convertible or exercisable into shares of Common Stock at the time of such issuance, which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time exercisable for, convertible into, or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
Company means Tiger Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Conversion Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
Conversion Ratio shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
Conversion Shares means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof.
Fundamental Transaction shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
Holder shall mean any owner of shares of the Preferred Stock.
Liquidation means, whether in a single transaction or series of transactions, the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or such subsidiaries the assets of which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Person means an individual, entity, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint-stock company, trust or unincorporated organization.
Preferred Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.
Qualified Sale means the bona fide, arms length sale of Preferred Stock to a non-Affiliate of either the Holder or the Company. For avoidance of doubt, an executed copy of Form 144 with evidence of transmission to the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing the proposed sale of Common Stock, a written communication from a broker-dealer that a holder of Preferred Stock has placed a sell order for shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Preferred Stock, or an executed copy of a stock purchase agreement with a non-Affiliate of either the Holder or the Company shall be deemed to evidence a Qualified Sale.
Section 2. Designation and Amount. The series of preferred stock designated by this Certificate of Designation shall be designated as the Companys Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock (the Preferred Stock), with Six Million Eight Hundred Thousand (6,800,000) shares designated as Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock.
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Section 3. Dividends. Each holder of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, on a pari passu basis, dividends payable, subject to the conditions and other terms hereof, out of any funds of the Company legally available when and at the time for declaration of dividends by the Company, at the same time any dividends or other distributions will be paid or declared and set apart for payment on any shares of Common Stock on the basis of the largest number of whole shares of Common Stock into which such holders shares of Preferred Stock could be converted pursuant to Section 6 (assuming the full conversion of all shares of Preferred Stock then held by them).
Section 4. Voting Rights. Except as required by law or as specifically provided herein, the holders of Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote, as a separate class or otherwise, on any matter presented to the stockholders of the Company for their action or consideration at any meeting of stockholders of the Company (or by written consent of stockholders in lieu of meeting); provided, however, that each holder of outstanding shares of Preferred Stock shall be entitled, on the same basis as holders of Common Stock, to receive notice of such action or meeting.
Section 5. Liquidation. Upon any Liquidation, distributions to the stockholders of the Company shall be distributed among the holders of Common Stock, Preferred Stock and any other class or series of Preferred Stock entitled to participate with the Common Stock in a liquidating distribution, pro rata in proportion to the shares of Common Stock then held by them and the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which they would have the right to acquire upon conversion of shares of Preferred Stock held by them pursuant to Section 6 (assuming the full conversion of all shares of Preferred Stock then held by them). Written notice of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, stating the payment date, the amount of any liquidating distribution and the place where said liquidating distribution shall be payable, shall be given to the holders of record of Preferred Stock not less than ten (10) days prior to the consummation of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, in accordance with the provisions of Section 8(a). A Fundamental Transaction shall not be deemed a Liquidation.
Section 6. Conversion Upon Qualified Sale.
(a) Conversions Upon a Qualified Sale by Holder. Subject to the provisions of this Section 6, each share of Preferred Stock shall automatically convert into Common Stock immediately prior to the closing of a Qualified Sale of such share without any further action on the part of the Company or the Holder. The date of such closing of such a Qualified Sale is referred to herein as the Conversion Date.
(b) Conversion Ratio. The number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of each share of Preferred Stock shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying each such share of Preferred Stock being converted by one (subject to adjustment in the event of any stock split, stock dividend, combination, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or other similar event, the Conversion Ratio).
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(c) Mechanics of Conversion
i. Delivery of Certificate Upon Conversion. As soon as practicable after each Conversion Date, upon receipt of sale documentation satisfactory to the Company in its sole discretion, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the purchaser in the Qualified Sale a certificate or certificates, which will contain appropriate restrictive legends and trading restrictions, representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of shares of Preferred Stock by such Purchaser. Upon written request of such purchaser, the Company shall use its best efforts to deliver any certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 6 electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions. If some but not all of the shares of Preferred Stock represented by a certificate surrendered by such converting Holder are converted, a new certificate or certificates representing the number of shares of Preferred Stock which were not so converted shall be delivered to such Holder as promptly as practicable. If any shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of Preferred Stock pursuant to this section are not sold within thirty (30) days after the delivery to the Company of any notice of a proposed Qualified Sale, such shares shall ipso facto be deemed to have been converted back into Preferred Stock.
ii. Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holders of the Preferred Stock, not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as are issuable (taking into account the adjustments of Section 7) upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
iii. Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock. As to any fraction of a share which a Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the average closing price per share of Common Stock on the NYSE MKT, or any other trading market or exchange on which the Common Stock may then trade, for the ten-day period ending on the day prior to such Conversion Date, or round up to the next whole share.
iv. Transfer Taxes. Any transfer, documentary stamp or similar taxes arising on account of a conversion of any shares of Preferred Stock shall be responsibility of and paid by the Holder. Furthermore, the Company will not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon conversion. The Company will not be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof will have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
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(d) Record Holder. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of Preferred Stock shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date.
Section 7. Certain Adjustments.
(a) Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Company, at any time while the Preferred Stock is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any other Common Stock Equivalents, (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, or (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then the Conversion Ratio shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator will be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) outstanding immediately after such event and of which the denominator will be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 7(a) will become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and will become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination.
(b) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while the Preferred Stock is outstanding, (i) (A) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (B) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions, (C) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (D) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, and (ii) such event does not constitute a Qualified Sale resulting in automatic conversion pursuant to Section 6(a) (in any such case, a Fundamental Transaction), then, upon any subsequent conversion of the Preferred Stock, the Holders shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (assuming the full conversion of all shares of Preferred Stock then held by them), the same kind and amount of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of one share of Common Stock (the Alternate Consideration). If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holders shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Preferred Stock following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall file a new certificate of designation with the same terms and conditions and issue to the Holders new preferred stock consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holders right to convert such preferred stock into Alternate Consideration. The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this Section 7(b) and insuring that this Preferred Stock (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.
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(c) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 7 will be made to the nearest share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 7, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date will be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) actually issued and outstanding.
(d) Notice to the Holders. Whenever the Conversion Ratio is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 7, the Company shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion Ratio after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
Section 8. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, electronic mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the address of its principal office or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders delivered in accordance with this section. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, electronic mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such address appears on the books of the Company, at the principal place of business of the Holders. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of the Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service, or upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
(b) Lost or Mutilated Preferred Stock Certificate. If a Holders Preferred Stock certificate, if any, becomes mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new certificate for the shares of Preferred Stock so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership thereof reasonably satisfactory to the Company and any of additional documentation the transfer agent of the Company may require.
(c) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Certificate of Designation will be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Certificate of Designation (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) may be commenced only in the state and federal courts sitting in City of Wilmington, Delaware. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such courts, or such courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Certificate of Designation and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Certificate of Designation or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Certificate of Designation, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
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(d) Waiver. Any waiver by the Company or a Holder of a breach of any provision of this Certificate of Designation shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Certificate of Designation or a waiver by any other Holders. The failure of the Company or a Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Certificate of Designation on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party (or any other Holder) of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Certificate of Designation. Any waiver by the Company or a Holder must be in writing.
(e) Severability. If any provision of this Certificate of Designation is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate of Designation shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances.
(f) Status of Converted Preferred Stock. If any shares of Preferred Stock shall be converted or reacquired by the Company, such shares shall resume the status of authorized but unissued Preferred Stock.
(g) Noncircumvention. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation, bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Certificate of Designation, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Certificate of Designation and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holders.
(h) Amendment. The terms of this Certificate of Designation shall not be amended except with the consent of the Holders of a majority of the outstanding Preferred Stock voting as one class.
[Signature on next page.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Designation has been executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company as of this 20th day of March, 2015.
/s/ Peter Tan
Name: Peter Tan
Title: Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit 10.1
FORM OF
LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
Tiger Media, Inc.
4400 Biscayne Blvd.
15th Floor
Miami, FL 33137
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of [ ], 2015 (the Merger Agreement), by and among Tiger Media, Inc. (Company), TBO Acquisition, LLC, The Best One, Inc. (TBO) and the other parties thereto. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the undersigned is a condition to the closing of the Merger Agreement.
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned is entering into this agreement (this Lock-Up Letter Agreement) and hereby agrees that for a period of one year after the date hereof, unless earlier terminated in accordance with the terms hereof (the Lock-Up Period), the undersigned will not, directly or indirectly:
(1) offer for sale, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 (Common Stock), of Tiger Media, Inc. (Company), or any other securities of the Company convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any shares of such Common Stock which are owned as of the date of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement (collectively, the Shares), including, without limitation, Shares that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Shares that may be issued upon exercise of any options or warrants, or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Shares;
(2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of Shares, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise;
(3) make any demand for or exercise any right or cause to be filed a registration statement, including any amendments thereto, with respect to the registration of any Shares or any other securities of the Company; or
(4) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing.
The restrictions on the actions set forth in sections (1) through (4) above shall not apply to: (a) transfers of Shares as a bona fide gift; (b) transfers of Shares to any trust, partnership, limited liability company or other entity for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned; (c) transfers of Shares to any beneficiary of the undersigned pursuant to a will, trust instrument or other testamentary document or applicable laws of descent; (d) transfers of Shares to the Company; or (e) transfers of Shares to any entity directly or indirectly controlled by or under common control with the undersigned; provided that, in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (a), (b), (c) or (e) above, each donee, distributee or transferee shall sign and deliver to the Company, prior to such transfer, a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement. For purposes of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement, immediate family shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage, domestic partnership or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.
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In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent on its behalf are hereby authorized (i) to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement and (ii) to imprint on any certificate representing Shares a legend describing the restrictions contained herein.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Letter Agreement and that, upon request, the undersigned will execute any additional documents necessary in connection with the enforcement hereof. Any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.
For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall be understood to prevent the undersigned from taking any of the actions described in sections (1) through (4) above with respect to any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company acquired by the undersigned through open market purchases consummated after the date of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement.
If the Company agrees to enter into any agreement with any other person or entity (or effects a waiver with the same effect) who agreed to enter into a lock-up letter agreement with substantially the same terms as this Lock-Up Letter Agreement to permit such holder to sell Shares prior to the end of the Lock-Up Period, which sale would otherwise be restricted by this Lock-Up Letter Agreement, the Company shall enter into a similar agreement with (or provide a similar waiver to) the undersigned to provide for the release of a proportionate number of Shares.
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Other than as set forth above, this Lock-Up Letter Agreement shall terminate upon the end of the Lock-Up Period. This Lock-Up Letter Agreement shall be construed in accordance with, and governed in all respects by, the laws of the State of Delaware.
Very truly yours, | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: |
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Title: |
Dated:
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Exhibit 10.2
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Employment Agreement (this Agreement) is made by and between The Best One, Inc. (the Company) and the individual identified on Exhibit A, attached hereto (the Employee) effective as of the Effective Date.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company invests in and acquires promising technology companies and assets;
WHEREAS, the Company is entering into a Securities Purchase Agreement dated September , 2014 (Securities Purchase Agreement) by and among (i) John 0. Schaeffer; (ii) WHP Solutions, LLC; (iii) Interactive Data, LLC (Interactive Data), a Georgia limited liability company; and (iv) The Best One, Inc., whereby the Company will acquire one hundred percent (100%) of the membership interest of Interactive Data (the Company and Interactive Data collectively referred to hereinafter as the Company);
WHEREAS, from and after the Closing Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), the Company desires to retain the services of the Employee pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein and the Employee desires to become employed by the Company on such terms and conditions; and
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Employee agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
1. Term of Agreement. This Agreement will be effective on the Effective Date. The term shall be for the period set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto (the Term).
2. Position and Duties. During the Term, the Employee shall serve the Company in the position and perform the duties as are set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.
3. Full Business Time and Attention. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the Employee shall (a) devote his full business time, attention, skill and energy exclusively to the duties and responsibilities of his position; (b) service the Company faithfully, diligently and to the best of his ability; (c) use his best efforts to promote the success of the Company; and (d) cooperate fully with the Companys Board of Directors (the Board) in the advancement of the Companys best interests to assure full and efficient performance of his duties hereunder.
4. Compensation and Benefits. During the Term:
a. Base Salary. The Employee shall be paid the annual base salary set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, or such greater amount as may be determined by the Company from time to time in its sole discretion, payable in equal periodic installments according to the Companys customary payroll practices, but not less frequently than monthly (the Base Salary). The Base Salary may be increased but not decreased without the Employees written consent.
b. Benefits. The Employee shall, during the Term, be eligible to participate, commensurate with the Employees position, in such retirement, life insurance, hospitalization, major medical, fringe and other employee benefit plans that the Company generally maintains for its full-time employees (collectively, the Benefits). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may discontinue or terminate at any time any employee benefit plan, policy or program now existing or hereafter adopted and will not be required to compensate the Employee for such discontinuance or termination; provided, however, that the Company shall be required to offer to the Employee any rights or benefits extended to other employees in the event of termination of such plans or benefits, including, but not limited to coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA).
c. Bonus. The Employee shall be paid the bonuses (Bonus) in the amounts set forth on and subject to Exhibit A attached hereto. The Employee shall be entitled to cash bonuses, commensurate with the Employees position, as the Board may determine from time to time.
d. Equity. The Employee shall receive the equity (hereinafter Equity) set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.
e. Equity Incentive Compensation. The Employee shall be entitled to participate, commensurate with the Employees position, in the Companys incentive compensation plan(s) (i.e., stock/RSUs/options/warrants, etc.) based upon the Companys achievement of certain revenue milestones. Such revenue milestones shall be determined in good faith solely by the Board and the Employee.
f. Stock Option. The Employee shall be entitled to participate, commensurate with the Employees position, in the Companys Stock Option Plan, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the stock option agreement to be executed separately from this Agreement.
g. Expenses. The Company shall pay on behalf of the Employee (or reimburse Employee for) reasonable documented expenses incurred by Employee in the performance of his duties under this Agreement and, in accordance with the Companys existing policies and procedures pertaining to the reimbursement of expenses to employees in general. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary or otherwise, except to the extent any expense or reimbursement provided pursuant to this Section 4(g) does not constitute a deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (as defined below): (i) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement provided to the Employee during any calendar year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided to the Employee in any other calendar year, (ii) the reimbursements for expenses for which the Employee is entitled to be reimbursed shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable expense is incurred, (iii) the right to payment or reimbursement or in-kind benefits hereunder may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit and (iv) the reimbursements shall be made pursuant to objectively determinable and nondiscretionary Company policies and procedures regarding such reimbursement of expenses.
5. Termination of Employment.
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a. By the Company. The Company may terminate this Agreement and Employees employment, for the following reasons:
i. | Death. This Agreement shall terminate immediately upon the death of the Employee. |
ii. | Disability. The Company may terminate this Agreement and the Employees employment with the Company immediately upon a determination of Disability. For purposes of this Agreement the Employee has a Disability if, for physical or mental reasons, the Employee is unable to perform the essential duties required of the Employee under this Agreement, even with a reasonable accommodation, for a period of 6 consecutive months or a period of 180 days during any 12-month period, as determined by an independent medical professional mutually acceptable to the parties. Employee shall submit to a reasonable number of examinations by the independent medical professional making the determination of Disability. |
iii. | For Cause. The Company may terminate this Agreement and the Employees employment with the Company at any time for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, Cause is defined as: (1) Employees conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony which involves moral turpitude or results in material harm to the Company, (2) Employees fraud against the Company, theft, misappropriation or embezzlement of the assets or funds of the Company or any customer, or any breach of fiduciary duty owed to the Company, or engagement in misconduct that is materially injurious to the Company, including any violation of any of the restrictions set forth in the Confidentiality, Nondisclosure, Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation and Nondisparagement Agreement attached as Exhibit B, (3) Employees gross negligence of his duties or willful misconduct in the performance of his duties under this Agreement, and (4) Employees material breach of this Agreement. |
iv. | Without Cause or Refusal to Accept Assignment. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company may immediately terminate this Agreement and the Employees employment at any time during the Term without Cause for any reason or no reason at all. |
v. | Adverse Ruling. The Company may terminate this Agreement and the Employees employment with the Company at any time if compelled by a final, non-appealable ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction finding the Employees employment by the Company to be a violation of the Employees confidentiality and/or other legal or fiduciary obligations to TLO, LLC (TLO) and/or TransUnion Risk and Alternative Data Solutions, Inc., its parent(s), subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively TransUnion) (Adverse Ruling). |
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b. By Employee. The Employee may terminate this Agreement and his employment with the Company, for the following reasons:
i. | For Any Reason. The Employee may terminate this Agreement and his employment hereunder at any time for any reason or for no reason at all; provided, however, that the Employee provides the Company with at least sixty (60) days prior written notice. |
ii. | For Good Reason. The Employee may terminate this Agreement and his employment hereunder for Good Reason (as hereinafter defined). For purposes of this Agreement, the Employee shall have Good Reason to terminate this Agreement and his employment if (a) there is a material diminution in the Employees (i) duties, responsibilities or title, or (ii) authority to make decisions or implement strategies within the scope of his duties and responsibilities; (b) there is a breach of a material term of this Agreement by the Company and the Company fails to cure such breach within ten (10) days of receipt of written notice from the Employee; (c) the Company reduces the Employees Base Salary as in effect from time to time, without the Employees prior written consent; or (d) the Company requests that the Employee participate in an unlawful act. |
c. Compensation Upon Termination.
i. | Death. Upon termination of this Agreement due to the Employees death, the Company shall pay to the Employees estate the Employees Base Salary accrued through the date of the Employees death. Upon payment to the Employee of the foregoing amount, the Company shall have no further obligation or liability to or for the benefit of the Employee under this Agreement, except as required by applicable law. |
ii. | Disability. Upon termination of this Agreement due to the Employees Disability, the Company shall pay to the Employee the Employees Base Salary accrued through the date of the determination of the Employees Disability. Upon payment to the Employee of the foregoing amount, the Company shall have no further obligation or liability to or for the benefit of the Employee under this Agreement, except as required by applicable law. |
iii. | For Cause. Upon termination of this Agreement for Cause, the Company shall pay to the Employee the Employees Base Salary and Benefits accrued through the date of the Employees termination. Upon payment to the Employee of the foregoing amount, the Company shall have no further obligation or liability to or for the benefit of the Employee under this Agreement, except as required by applicable law. |
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iv. | Without Cause or Refusal to Accept Assignment. In the event the Company terminates this Agreement without Cause or any successor of the Company refuses to accept assignment of this Agreement, the Company shall pay to the Employee the Employees Base Salary for the remainder of the Term in accordance with the Companys payroll practices in effect from time to time, provided, however, the Employee is not in violation of the Confidentiality, Nondisclosure, Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation and Nondisparagement Agreement attached as Exhibit B. Upon payment to the Employee of the foregoing amount, the Company shall have no further obligation or liability to or for the benefit of the Employee under this Agreement, except as required by applicable law. |
v. | For Any Reason. In the event the Employee terminates this Agreement and his employment with the Company for any reason during the Term, the Company shall pay to the Employee the Employees Base Salary through the date of the Employees termination. Upon payment to the Employee of the foregoing amount, the Company shall have no further obligation or liability to or for the benefit of the Employee under this Agreement, except as required by applicable law. |
vi. | For Good Reason. If the Employee terminates this Agreement and his employment for Good Reason, the Company shall pay to the Employee the Employees Base Salary for the remainder of the Term in accordance with the Companys payroll practices in effect from time to time, provided, however, the Employee is not in violation of the Confidentiality, Nondisclosure, Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation and Nondisparagement Agreement attached as Exhibit B. Upon payment to the Employee of the foregoing amount, the Company shall have no further obligation or liability to or for the benefit of the Employee under this Agreement, except as required by applicable law. |
vii. | Adverse Ruling. In the event the Company terminates this Agreement due to an Adverse Ruling, the Company shall pay to the Employee the Employees Base Salary for the remainder of the Term in accordance with the Companys payroll practices in effect from time to time, provided, however, the Employee is not in violation of the Confidentiality, Nondisclosure, Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation and Nondisparagement Agreement attached as Exhibit B. Upon payment to the Employee of the foregoing amount, the Company shall have no further obligation or liability to or for the benefit of the Employee under this Agreement, except as required by applicable law. |
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6. Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by the law, the Company will indemnify, defend and hold Employee harmless from and against any and all third-party claims, demands, investigations, actions, suits, proceedings, awards and/or judgments, including reasonable costs and attorneys fees, incurred by Employee in connection with (i) any authorized acts or decisions made by the Employee in good faith in his capacity as an Employee of the Company, so long as such acts or decisions were authorized by the Company and Employee reasonably believed at the time of such acts or decisions that such acts or decisions were in the best interests of the Company, and (ii) any action brought by TransUnion and/or TLO alleging Employees employment by the Company to be a violation of the Employees confidentiality and/or other fiduciary obligations to TransUnion or TLO or alleging any other cause(s) of action arising under the same or related nucleus of facts. The Company may obtain coverage for the Employee under an insurance policy covering the Companys directors and officers against claims set forth herein if such coverage for Employee is possible at reasonable cost; provided, however, that it is understood and agreed that the Companys obligation to indemnify the Employee as set forth in this Section 6 shall not be affected by the Companys ability or inability to obtain such insurance coverage.
7. Covenant Not to Compete. In recognition of the need of the Company to protect its goodwill and legitimate business interests, Employee agrees that the terms and conditions of the Companys Confidentiality, Nondisclosure, Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation and Nondisparagement Agreement, as attached hereto as Exhibit B, are hereby incorporated into this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employees covenants in Exhibit B are independent covenants and any claim by Employee against the Company under this Agreement or otherwise shall not excuse Employees obligations under Exhibit B. If Employees employment with the Company expires or is terminated, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect to the extent necessary or appropriate to enforce the Employees obligations and agreements under Exhibit B attached hereto.
8. Notice. Any notice required or desired to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be addressed as follows:
If to Company: | The Best One, Inc. 4400 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 850 Miami, Florida 33137 | |
If to Employee: | Derek Dubner 4056 N.W. 57th Street Boca Raton, Florida 33496 |
Notice shall be deemed given on the date it is deposited in the United States mail, first class postage prepaid and addressed in accordance with the foregoing, or the date otherwise delivered in person, whichever is earlier. The address to which any notice must be sent may be changed by providing written notice in accordance with this Section 8.
9. General Provisions.
a. Amendments. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties regarding the subject matter hereof. No agreements or representations, verbal or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement have been made by either party which are not set forth expressly in this Agreement. This Agreement may only be altered or amended by mutual written consent of the Company and the Employee.
b. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida regardless of the conflict of laws rules or statutes of any jurisdiction.
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c. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon the Employees heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives or assigns. This Agreement will not be assignable by the Employee, but shall be assigned by the Company in connection with the sale, lease, license, assignment, merger, consolidation, share exchange, liquidation, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (whether direct or indirect) of all or substantially all of its business and/or assets in one or a series of related transactions (individually and/or collectively, a Fundamental Transaction). The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the Successor Entity) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Employment Agreement. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Employment Agreement referring to the Company shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Employment Agreement with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.
d. No Waiver. The failure of any party to this Agreement to enforce at any time any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of any such provision, nor in any way to affect the validity of this Agreement or any part thereof or the right of any party under this Agreement to enforce each and every such provision. No waiver or any breach of this Agreement shall be held to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach.
e. Section Headings, Construction. The headings used in this Agreement are provided for convenience only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. All words used in this Agreement shall be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require. In no event shall the terms or provisions hereof be construed against any party on the basis that such party or counsel for such party drafted this Agreement or the attachments hereto.
f. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Any provision of this Agreement held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree shall remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable.
g. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts each of which shall be deemed to be an original of this Agreement and all of which, when taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement.
h. Opportunity to Review. The Employee represents that the Employee has been provided with an opportunity to review the terms of the Agreement with legal counsel.
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i. Compliance with Code Section 409A. This Agreement is intended, and shall be construed and interpreted, to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code) and, if necessary, any provision shall be held null and void to the extent such provision (or part thereof) fails to comply with Code Section 409A. For purposes of Code Section 409A, each payment of compensation under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment of compensation. Any amounts payable solely on account of an involuntary termination shall be excludible from the requirements of Code Section 409A, either as separation pay or as short-term deferrals to the maximum possible extent. Any reference to the Employees termination or termination of employment shall mean the Employees separation from service as defined in Code Section 409A from the Company and all entities with whom the Company would be treated as a single employer for purposes of Code Section 409A. Nothing herein shall be construed as a guarantee of any particular tax treatment to Employee and the Company shall have no liability to the Employee with respect to any penalties that might be imposed on the Employee by Code Section 409A for any failure of this Agreement or otherwise.
j. Attorneys Fees. In any action or proceeding (including any appeals) brought to enforce any provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to reasonable attorneys fees and costs.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first written above.
The Best One, Inc. | Derek Dubner | |||
By: /s/ Michael Brauser | /s/ Derek Dubner | |||
Name: Michael Brauser | Date: 9/30/14 | |||
Its: Chairman |
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EXHIBIT A
1. | Effective Date: The Closing Date (as defined in the Recitals) |
2. | Employee Name: Derek Dubner |
3. | Position: Chief Executive Officer of the Company |
4. | Duties: As determined by the Board |
5. | Location of Employment: Boca Raton, Florida |
6. | Term: Commencing on the Effective Date and ending September 30, 2016 |
7. | Base Salary: $200,000.00 per annum |
8. | Bonus: |
a. | An amount no less than $100,000.00 upon the consummation of the Companys sale, merger, consolidation, share exchange or like transaction with a publicly-traded entity. |
b. | $150,000.00 upon the Companys raising of the first $5 million in any financing or series of related financings post closing of the transaction described in Section 8(a) above. |
9. | Equity: 2,000,000 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs); vesting quarterly during the Term; immediate vesting upon change in control of the Company |
Exhibit A - 1
Amendment to Employment Agreement
This Amendment is made as of the 17th day of March 2015 by and between The Best One, Inc,, a Florida corporation (the Company) and Derek Dubner (the Employee) to the Employment Agreement between the parties.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company and Employee are parties to an Employment Agreement dated September 30, 2014 (the Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee now desire to make certain changes to the Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereby adopt this Amendment to the Agreement effective as of the date hereof.
(1) | Paragraph 9 to Exhibit A to the Agreement shall be removed and replaced with the following: |
9) Equity: 2,000,000 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs); vesting quarterly during the Term; immediate vesting upon a Company Sale. For purposes herein, Company Sale means (i) any merger or consolidation of the Company where a third party not a stockholder of the Company acquires more than 50% of the voting power of the Company, (ii) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a transaction requiring stockholder approval, or (iii) the sale of the Companys capital stock by existing stockholders where a third party acquires (or a number of third parties acquire) beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the voting power of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Company Sale does not include a transaction where the definitive agreement (excluding amendments) was entered into within three (3) months after the Effective Date.
(2) | Except as amended hereby, the terms and provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and unmodified. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment dated as of the day and year written above.
COMPANY:
The Best One, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Michael Brauser | |
Michael Brauser, Chairman |
EMPLOYEE:
/s/ Derek Dubner | ||
Derek Dubner |
Exhibit 10.3
FORM OF
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT
This Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (this Agreement), entered into as of _________, 2015, sets forth the terms and conditions of an award (this Award) of restricted stock units (Units) granted by The Best One, Inc., a Florida corporation (the Company), to ____________ (the Recipient).
WHEREAS, the Company has employed the Recipient to perform specialized services for the Company pursuant to that certain Agreement by and between Company and Recipient dated _______________, 2014;
WHEREAS, the Company granted the Recipient the Award of Units on _________________, 2014 (the Grant Date) on the terms and conditions agreed to as follows:
1. Award. On the Grant Date, the Recipient was granted _______ Units. Any certificates issued upon vesting of the Units shall contain an appropriate restrictive legend.
2. Vesting. The Units shall vest quarterly in equal increments with the first vesting date being three months from the Grant Date, subject to the Recipient continuing to perform services for the Company on each applicable vesting date. Vested Units shall be paid out in the form of shares of the Companys common stock (Common Stock) with delivery of the Common Stock to take place on the Second Anniversary of the Grant Date (the Delivery Date). The Company will issue to the Recipient, in settlement of the Units and subject to the provisions of Section 7 below, the number of whole shares of Common Stock that equals the number of whole Units that become vested (less any shares of Common Stock withheld to satisfy applicable tax withholding requirements), and the vested Units will cease to be outstanding upon your receipt of such shares of Common Stock. No fractional shares will be issued in settlement of Units. The Units shall fully vest upon a Change of Control (which means a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5), as may be amended from time to time). Provided, however, the proposed merger with Tiger Media, Inc. shall not be deemed to be a Change of Control as long as Tiger Media, Inc. assumes the Units and the obligations under this Agreement. Termination of this Agreement and/or the Recipient continuing to no longer perform services for the Company shall not affect the Companys obligation to deliver vested Units to the Recipient in the form of Common Stock. Common Stock deliverable as part of the vested Units shall be delivered to the Recipient upon the earlier of: (i) the Delivery Date; (ii) termination of this Agreement and/or the Recipient continuing to no longer perform services for the Company; or (iii) a Change of Control of the Company.
3. Rights. Except as provided in Section 18, the Recipient will receive no benefit or adjustment to the Units with respect to any cash or stock dividend, or other distributions. Further,
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the Recipient will have no voting rights with respect to the Units until the shares of Common Stock are issued.
4. Restriction on Transfer. The Recipient shall not sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any Units prior to the applicable vesting date.
5. Reservation of Right to Terminate Relationship. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall restrict the right of the Company to terminate the relationship of the Recipient at any time, with or without cause.
6. Securities. In order to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act) and relevant state law, the Company may require the Recipient, the Recipients estate, or any permitted transferee as a condition of issuing the Common Stock, to give written assurance satisfactory to the Company that the shares subject to the Units are being acquired for such persons own account, for investment only, with no view to the distribution of same, and that any subsequent resale of any such shares either shall be made pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act and applicable state law which has become effective and is current with regard to the shares being sold, or shall be pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state law.
The Units and the underlying shares of Common Stock are further subject to the requirement that, if at any time the Board shall determine, in its discretion, that the listing, registration, or qualification of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Units upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary as a condition of, or in connection with the issuance of the Common Stock, the Common Stock will not be issued unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected.
7. Tax Withholding. The Recipient acknowledges and agrees that the Company may require the Recipient to pay, or may withhold from sums owed by the Company to the Recipient, any amount necessary to comply with the minimum applicable withholding requirements that the Company deems necessary to comply with any federal, state or local withholding requirements for income and employment tax purposes.
8. No Obligation to Minimize Taxes. The Company has no duty or obligation to minimize the tax consequences of this Award to the Recipient and will not be liable to the Recipient for any adverse tax consequences arising in connection with this Award. The Recipient has been advised to consult with his own personal tax, financial and/or legal advisors regarding the tax consequences of this Award.
9. 409A Compliance. The provisions of this Agreement and the issuance of the shares of Common Stock in respect of the Units is intended to comply with the short-term deferral exception as specified in Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-l(b)(4).
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10. Notices and Addresses. All notices, offers, acceptance and any other acts under this Agreement (except payment) shall be in writing, and shall be sufficiently given if delivered to the addressees in person, by FedEx or similar receipted delivery, as follows:
The Recipient: | To the Recipient at the address on the signature page of this Agreement | |
The Company: | The Best One, Inc. 2650 N. Military Trail, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Attention: Chief Executive Officer | |
with a copy to: | Michael D. Harris, Esq. Nason, Yeager, Gerson, White & Lioce, P.A. 1645 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, Suite 1200 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 |
or to such other address as either of them, by notice to the other may designate from time to time.
11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The execution of this Agreement may be by actual or facsimile signature.
12. Attorneys Fees. In the event that there is any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or to the interpretation, breach or enforcement thereof, and any action or proceeding is commenced to enforce the provisions of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to a reasonable attorneys fee, costs and expenses.
13. Severability. If any term or condition of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable to any extent or in any application, then the remainder of this Agreement, and such term or condition except to such extent or in such application, shall not be affected hereby and each and every term and condition of this Agreement shall be valid and enforced to the fullest extent and in the broadest application permitted by law.
14. Entire Agreement. This Agreement represents the entire agreement and understanding between the parties solely with respect to the Award and supersedes all prior negotiations, understandings, representations (if any), and agreements made by and between the parties. Each party specifically acknowledges, represents and warrants that they have not been induced to sign this Agreement.
15. Governing Law. This Agreement and any dispute, disagreement, or issue of construction or interpretation arising hereunder whether relating to its execution, its validity, the
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obligations provided therein or performance shall be governed or interpreted according to the internal laws of the State of Florida without regard to choice of law considerations.
16. Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for the purpose of convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the construction of the provisions hereof.
17. Arbitration. Any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or its interpretation, application, implementation, breach or enforcement which the parties are unable to resolve by mutual agreement, except to the extent a party is seeking equitable relief, shall be settled by submission by either party of the controversy, claim or dispute to binding arbitration in Palm Beach County, Florida (unless the parties agree in writing to a different location), before a single arbitrator in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. The decision and award made by the arbitrator shall be final, binding and conclusive on all parties hereto for all purposes, and judgment may be entered thereon in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
18. Adjustments. The number of shares of Common Stock deliverable under this Agreement are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in this Section 18. For the purpose of this Section 18, Common Stock means shares now or hereafter authorized of any class of common stock of the Company, however designated, that has the right to participate in any distribution of the assets or earnings of the Company without limit as to per share amount (excluding, and subject to any prior rights of, any class or series of preferred stock).
(a) In case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend or make a distribution in shares of Common Stock to holders of shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, (iii) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issue by reclassification of its shares of Common Stock other securities of the Company, then the number and kind of securities issuable on such date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the Recipient hereafter shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind of shares of Common Stock (or such other securities other than Common Stock) of the Company, the Recipient would have been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall occur.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation) of cash, evidences of indebtedness or assets, or subscription rights or warrants, the Recipient shall be entitled to receive such distribution as if he owned shares of Common Stock as of such record date.
(c) Reserved
(d) In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to
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Section 18(a) above, the Recipient shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than shares of Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the shares of Common Stock contained in this Section 18.
(e) If the Company merges or consolidates into or with another corporation or entity, or if another corporation or entity merges into or with the Company (excluding such a merger in which the Company is the surviving or continuing corporation and which does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange, or cancellation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock), or if all or substantially all of the assets or business of the Company are sold or transferred to another corporation, entity, or person, then, as a condition to such consolidation, merger, or sale (any a Transaction), the Company shall require the surviving entity to assume this Agreement and provide the Recipient with the equivalent number of shares on the same terms and conditions.
(f) In case any event shall occur as to which the other provisions of this Section 18 are not strictly applicable but the failure to make any adjustment would not fairly protect the purchase rights represented by this Agreement in accordance with the essential intent and principles hereof, then, in each such case, the Company shall effect such adjustment, on a basis consistent with the essential intent and principles established in this Section 18, as may be necessary to preserve, without dilution, the rights represented by this Agreement.
(g) Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, options or in convertible securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, options or convertible securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be.
(h) Notice of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to this Section 18, the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted number or type of capital stock or other securities deliverable under this Agreement, describing the transactions giving rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Recipient and to the Companys Transfer Agent, if any.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date aforesaid.
WITNESSES: | THE BEST ONE, INC. | |||||||
By: | ||||||||
Derek Dubner, Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
RECIPIENT | ||||||||
Address: | ||||||||
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Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Auditors
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form S-8 of Tiger Media, Inc., Registration No. 333-194952 of (1) our report dated January 9, 2015, relating to our audits of the financial statements of Interactive Data, LLC as of and for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, (2) our report, dated January 9, 2015, on our reviews of the financial statements of Interactive Data, LLC for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, and (3) our report, dated January 9, 2015, on our reviews of the financial statements of The Best One, Inc. for the period from September 22, 2014 (inception) to September 30, 2014, which are included in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Tiger Media, Inc. on March 26, 2015.
/s/ L.L. Bradford & Company, LLC
Las Vegas, Nevada
March 26, 2015
Exhibit 99.1
TIGER MEDIA ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF ONE-FOR-FIVE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT
AND DOMESTICATION AS A DELAWARE CORPORATION
SHANGHAI March 20, 2015 Tiger Media, Inc. (Tiger Media or the Company) (NYSE MKT: IDI), a Shanghai-based multi-platform media company, announced today that the previously approved reverse stock split of the Companys ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, at a ratio of one-for-five (the Stock Split), became effective after the close of business on March 19, 2015. The Companys common stock will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis at the open of business on the morning of March 20, 2015. The Companys common stock will continue to trade on the NYSE MKT under the symbol IDI with a new CUSIP of 88674Y 105. The ability to trade in the Companys common stock should be unaffected by the Stock Split. Also, the Company announced the completion of its domestication as a Delaware corporation (the Domestication), effective before the open of business on March 20, 2015. The Company expects to complete the previously announced acquisition of The Best One, Inc. after the close of business on Friday.
About Tiger Media, Inc.
Tiger Media is a leading Shanghai-based multi-platform media company in China which provides advertising services in the out-of-home advertising industry, including iScreen Outdoor LCD screens, billboards and street furniture. Tiger Medias network of street level LCD screen displays, which captivate eye-level awareness, is complemented by outdoor billboards which are mostly built on rooftops with good visibility from far distances. Tiger Medias network attracts advertising clients from a wide range of industries including telecommunications, insurance and banking, automobile, electronics and fast moving consumer goods. Learn more at www.tigermedia.com.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains forward-looking statements, as that term is defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA), which statements may be identified by words such as expects, plans, projects, will, may, anticipate, believes, should, intends, estimates, and other words of similar meaning. Such forward looking statements include statements about the expected completion of the Merger. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, including: the ability of each of Tiger Media and TBO to satisfy the closing conditions and consummate the transaction, and the other risks set forth in Tiger Medias Annual Report on Form 20-F, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2014, and Tiger Medias proxy statement for the Special Meeting of Ordinary Shareholders held on March 17, 2015, filed with the SEC on February 13, 2015, as well as the other factors described in the filings that Tiger Media makes with the SEC from time to time.
The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date the statements were made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements, except as required under applicable law. We intend that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor provisions of the PSLRA.
Source: Tiger Media, Inc.
Tiger Media, Inc.
Investor Relations:
Joshua Weingard, 305-575-4602
ir@tigermedia.com
Exhibit 99.2
Tiger Media Completes Acquisition of Interactive Data, LLC
SHANGHAI & ATLANTA, March 23, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) Tiger Media, Inc. (Tiger Media or the Company) (NYSE MKT: IDI), a Shanghai-based multi-platform media company, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of The Best One, Inc. (TBO), parent company of U.S.-based data solutions provider Interactive Data, LLC (Interactive Data) (the Acquisition). Interactive Data is headquartered in Atlanta, GA and has its primary technology office in Seattle, WA. In connection with the Acquisition, the Company has completed the domestication of Tiger Media as a Delaware company and a reverse stock split of the Companys ordinary shares at a ratio of one-for-five that went effective after the close of business on March 19, 2015. The Companys common stock continues to trade on the NYSE MKT under the symbol IDI with a new CUSIP of 88674Y 105.
The Best One presents a strong opportunity for Tiger Media to enter the scalable data fusion space alongside some of the prominent names in the industry, commented Dr. Phillip Frost, Tiger Medias largest beneficial owner, and CEO and Chairman of OPKO Health, Inc. (NYSE: OPK). As a large shareholder of Tiger Media, I am pleased with the direction of the Company and its entrance into potentially lucrative new markets through this acquisition.
In addition to TBO serving as Tiger Medias U.S. channel for expansion of its China operations, the Company now has an established presence in the data fusion industry through the Acquisition. Interactive Data has successfully brought several data products to market which are realizing substantial growth and adoption as it continues to enhance its offerings. Tiger Media will look to TBOs veteran management team to continue its aggressive growth plan in the multi-billion dollar data fusion industry.
With over half a century of combined industry experience, TBOs leadership is led by its Chairman Michael Brauser. As an investor and operator in the data fusion market since its infancy, Mr. Brauser has built market leading companies with revenues totaling over $2 billion.
We are pleased to consummate this merger and we are all enthused to join the Tiger Media team, commented Derek Dubner, CEO of TBO. We believe that the combined entity will capitalize on immediate synergies that shall further facilitate and expedite our growth plans, delivering significant value creation for our shareholders.
Derek Dubner, CEO of TBO, and Peter Tan, CEO of Tiger Media, now serve as Co-CEOs of the combined entity. Robert Fried remains Tiger Medias Chairman of the Board.
About Tiger Media, Inc.
Tiger Media is a Shanghai-based multi-platform media company in China which provides advertising services in the out-of-home advertising industry, including iScreen Outdoor LCD screens, billboards and street furniture. Tiger Medias network of street level LCD screen displays, which captivate eye-level awareness, is complemented by outdoor billboards which are mostly built on rooftops with good visibility from far distances. Tiger Medias network attracts advertising clients from a wide range of industries including telecommunications, insurance and banking, automobile, electronics and fast moving consumer goods. Learn more at www.tigermedia.com.
About Interactive Data, LLC
Interactive Data is a data solutions provider, historically delivering data products and services to the Accounts Receivable Management (ARM) industry for location and identity verification, legislative compliance and debt recovery for over a decade. Interactive Data has served a niche segment of the risk management industry, consisting of collection agencies, collection law firms, and debt buyers. Interactive Data has recently expanded the executive leadership team, adding significant industry experience. Immediate capital infusion drives an enhancement and broadening of current offerings as well as expansion into new markets and services. Learn more at www.id-info.com.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains forward-looking statements, as that term is defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA), which statements may be identified by words such as expects, plans, projects, will, may, anticipate, believes, should, intends, estimates, and other words of similar meaning. Such forward looking statements include statements about the anticipated benefits of combining Tiger Media and TBO, expectations resulting from the closing the Acquisition, whether Tiger Media can successfully enter the scalable data fusion business, whether the combined entity will capitalize on immediate synergies that will further facilitate and expedite our growth plans delivering significant value creation for our shareholders, as well as other non-historical statements about our expectations, beliefs or intentions regarding our business, technologies and products, financial condition, strategies or prospects. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, including: the risk that the business of TBO may not be integrated successfully; the risk that the transaction may involve unexpected costs or unexpected liabilities; the risk that synergies from the transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; and the other risks set forth in Tiger Medias Annual Report on Form 20-F, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2014, and Tiger Medias proxy statement for the Special Meeting of Ordinary Shareholder held on March 17, 2015, filed with the SEC on February 13, 2015, as well as the other factors described in the filings that Tiger Media makes with the SEC from time to time.
The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date the statements were made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements, except as required under applicable law. We intend that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor provisions of the PSLRA.
Tiger Media, Inc.
David Zazoff
MDM Worldwide Solutions
646-403-3554
Exhibit 99.4
THE BEST ONE, INC. | ||||
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F-3 | ||||
Statements of Operations for the period September 22 through September 30, 2014 |
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Statements of Cash Flows for the period September 22 through September 30, 2014 |
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F-6 | ||||
INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC | ||||
Independent Accountants Report |
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F-15 | ||||
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 |
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Statements of Members Equity as of December 31, 2011, 2013 and 2013 |
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Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 |
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F-29 | ||||
Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 |
F-30 | |||
Statements of Operations for the nine month ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 |
F-31 | |||
Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 |
F-32 | |||
F-33 |
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INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS REVIEW REPORT
To Management
The Best One, Inc.
2650 N. Military Trail
Suite 300
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
We have reviewed the accompanying balance sheet of The Best One, Inc. as of September 30, 2014, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the period from September 22, 2014 (inception) through September 30, 2014. A review includes primarily applying analytical procedures to managements financial data and making inquiries of Company management. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and for designing, implementing, and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements.
Our responsibility is to conduct the review in accordance with Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Those standards require us to perform procedures to obtain limited assurance that there are no material modifications that should be made to the financial statements. We believe that the results of our procedures provide a reasonable basis for our report.
Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying financial statements in order for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
L.L. Bradford & Company, LLC
Las Vegas, Nevada
January 9, 2015
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BALANCE SHEET
(Unaudited)
ASSETS | ||||
September 30, | ||||
2014 | ||||
CURRENT ASSETS: |
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Cash |
$ | 2,237,500 | ||
Other receivables |
16,254 | |||
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TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS |
2,253,754 | |||
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TOTAL ASSETS |
$ | 2,253,754 | ||
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY | ||||
CURRENT LIABILITIES: |
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
$ | 47,806 | ||
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TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES |
47,806 | |||
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TOTAL LIABILITIES |
47,806 | |||
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SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
2,205,948 | |||
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
$ | 2,253,754 | ||
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See accompanying independent accountants review report and notes to financial statements.
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
For the Period September 22 through September 30, 2014 |
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OPERATING EXPENSES: |
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General and administrative |
$ | 15,948 | ||
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TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES |
15,948 | |||
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INCOME BEFORE OTHER EXPENSE |
(15,948 | ) | ||
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TOTAL OTHER EXPENSES |
(31,859 | ) | ||
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INCOME BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES |
(47,806 | ) | ||
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PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES |
(16,254 | ) | ||
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NET INCOME |
$ | (31,552 | ) | |
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See accompanying independent accountants review report and notes to financial statements.
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STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
For the Period September 22 through September 30, 2014 |
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: |
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Net income |
$ | (31,552 | ) | |
Changes in certain assets and liabilities: |
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(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses, deposits and other receivables |
(16,254 | ) | ||
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses |
47,806 | |||
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NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: |
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Proceeds from shareholder contributions |
2,237,500 | |||
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NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
2,237,500 | |||
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NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
2,237,500 | |||
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BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD |
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END OF THE PERIOD |
$ | 2,237,500 | ||
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See accompanying independent accountants review report and notes to financial statements.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 1 ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Organization
The Company was formed as a corporation on September 22, 2014 in the State of Florida. On October 2, 2014, the Company acquired 100% of the membership interests of Interactive Data, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (Interactive Data).
Business Description
The Company was formed as a holding company to acquire valuable and proprietary technology assets across a broad range of industries. Such assets are utilized to provide services including analytics, marketing and risk mitigation solutions.
Use of Estimates
The accompanying financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates.
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers cash and all highly liquid investments with original or remaining maturities of three months or less, at the date of purchase, to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist of money market and various deposit accounts.
Concentration of Business and Credit Risk
Financial instruments and related items, which potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk, consist primarily of cash and receivables. We place our cash and temporary cash investments with high credit quality institutions. At times, such investments may be in excess of the FDIC insurance limit. The Company maintains its cash balances primarily at one financial institution, and at times the balances may be in excess of federally insured limits. As of September 30, 2014, the Companys cash balances exceeded the insurance limits by $1,987,500.
Revenue Recognition
The accounting rules related to revenue recognition are complex and are affected by interpretations of the rules and an understanding of industry practices, both of which are subject to change. Consequently, the revenue recognition accounting rules require management to make significant judgments.
The Company generally recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or a service has been rendered, the price is fixed or determinable and collection is reasonably assured.
From September 22, 2014, through September 30, 2014, the Company had no revenue and had no customers.
See independent accountants review report.
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THE BEST ONE
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Intangibles
Generally, intangible assets acquired are stated at their historic cost less accumulated amortization. The Company amortizes its intangible assets with determinable finite useful lives, which includes software and website development, on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of 3 years for the assets.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Expenditures for maintenance, repairs, and minor renewals are charged to expense in the period incurred. Betterments and additions are capitalized. At September 30, 2014, the Company had no property and equipment. Amortization of leasehold improvements is based on the shorter of the remaining life of the lease or the estimated useful lives of the assets. At September 30, 2014, the Company had no leasehold improvements. Depreciation and amortization are provided for on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets.
Long-Lived Assets
The Company accounts for our long-lived assets in accordance with ASC Topic 360-10-05, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. ASC Topic 360-10-05 requires that long-lived assets be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the historical cost carrying value of an asset may no longer be appropriate. Management assess recoverability of the carrying value of an asset by estimating the future net cash flows expected to result from the asset, including eventual disposition. If the future net cash flows are less than the carrying value of the asset, an impairment loss is recorded equal to the difference between the assets carrying value and fair value or disposable value.
From inception September 22, 2014, through September 30, 2014, there were no impairments of long-lived assets.
Income Taxes
The Company follows ASC subtopic 740-10 for recording the provision for income taxes. ASC 740-10 requires the use of the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are computed based upon the difference between the financial statement and income tax basis of assets and liabilities using the enacted marginal tax rate applicable when the related asset or liability is expected to be realized or settled. Deferred income tax expenses or benefits are based on the changes in the asset or liability each period. If available evidence suggests that it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized, a valuation allowance is required to reduce the deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. Future changes in such valuation allowance are included in the provision for deferred income taxes in the period of change.
Deferred income taxes may arise from temporary differences resulting from income and expense items reported for financial accounting and tax purposes in different periods. Deferred taxes are classified as current or non-current, depending on the classification of assets and liabilities to which they relate. Deferred taxes arising from temporary differences that are not related to an asset or liability are classified as current or non-current depending on the periods in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse.
See independent accountants review report.
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THE BEST ONE
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
From September 22, 2014, through September 30, 2014, the Company operated at a loss creating a deferred tax asset in the amount $16,254. The Company had no accrued tax liability as of September 30, 2014. The Company recognizes income tax interest and penalties as a separately identified component of general and
administrative expense. There were no material income tax interest or penalties for the period from September 22, 2014, through September 30, 2014. There are no open federal or state income tax years under audit. All of the Companys income tax filings since inception remain open for tax examinations.
Research and Development
In accordance with GAAP, all research and development costs are expensed as incurred. The Companys research and development activities consist of development of new or enhanced products or services. The Company has determined that there were no research and development activities for the period from September 22, 2014, through September 30, 2014.
Advertising
Advertising costs, included in selling expenses, are expensed as incurred. The Company had no Advertising expenses for the period from September 22, 2014, through September 30, 2014.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
ASC Topic 820-10 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). ASC Topic 820-10 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. A fair value measurement assumes that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability occurs in the principal market for the asset or liability. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC Topic 820-10 are described below:
| Level 1 Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that an entity has the ability to access. |
| Level 2 Valuations based on quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. |
| Level 3 Valuations based on inputs that are supportable by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the asset or liability. |
Cash, and all other current assets and liabilities, are reflected in the financial statements at cost, which approximates fair value because of the short-term maturity of those instruments.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Company has not identified any recently issued accounting pronouncements that are expected to have a material impact on the Companys financial statements.
See independent accountants review report.
F-8
THE BEST ONE
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 3 SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
At September 30, 2014, the authorized capital stock of the Company consisted of 1,000,000 shares of voting common stock with no par value. As amended October 1, 2014, the authorized capital stock of the Company consisted of (i) 200,000,000 shares of common stock with no par value per share and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.001 per share. The Companys Board has the authority to determine the voting powers, designations, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the preferred shares.
NOTE 4 INCOME TAXES
The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the tax effects of differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities. A valuation allowance is established to reduce the deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized.
The components of income tax provision (benefit) related to continuing operations are as follows at September 30, 2014:
September 30, 2014 | ||||
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$ | (16,254 | ) | |
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(16,254 | ) | ||
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September 30, 2014 | ||||
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$ | 16,254 | ||
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September 30, 2014 | ||||
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$ | 16,254 | ||
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16,254 | |||
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In accordance with the provisions of ASC 740: Income Taxes, the Company records a liability for uncertain tax positions when it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. As of September 30, 2014, the Company has no liabilities for uncertain tax positions. The Company continually evaluates expiring statutes of limitations, audits, proposed settlements, changes in tax law and new authoritative rulings. All of the Companys income tax filings since inception remain open for tax examinations.
See independent accountants review report.
F-9
THE BEST ONE
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 5 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company has evaluated events and transactions occurring after September 30, 2014, through January 9, 2015, the date which the financial statements were available to be issued, for disclosure. The following matters have occurred through January 9, 2015.
Key Executive Employment Agreements
Ole Poulsen, Chief Science Officer:
On October 1, 2014, the Company entered into a one (1) year employment agreement with Ole Poulsen to serve as the Chief Science Officer of the Company (the Poulsen Agreement) with compensation including five million (5,000,000) shares of Company common stock, a base salary and entitlement to receive bonuses based on certain milestones as defined in the Poulsen Agreement. In the event of termination without cause during the Term, the Company shall pay Mr. Poulsen his base salary for the remainder of the Term and any bonuses for milestones completed prior to the effective date of termination.
Derek Dubner, Chief Executive Officer:
Effective October 2, 2014, the Company entered into an employment agreement through September 30, 2016, with Derek Dubner to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the Dubner Agreement) with compensation including two million (2,000,000) Restricted Stock Units; vesting quarterly during the Term, a base salary and entitlement to receive bonuses based on certain milestones as defined in the Dubner Agreement. In the event of termination without cause during the Term, the Company shall pay Mr. Dubner his base salary for the remainder of the Term and any bonuses for milestones completed prior to the effective date of termination.
James Reilly, President and Chief Operating Officer:
Effective October 2, 2014, the Company entered into an employment agreement through September 30, 2016, with James Reilly to serve as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company (the Reilly Agreement) with compensation including one million (1,000,000) Restricted Stock Units; vesting quarterly during the Term, a base salary and entitlement to receive a bonus based on a certain milestone as defined in the Reilly Agreement. In the event of termination without cause during the Term, the Company shall pay Mr. Reilly his base salary for the remainder of the Term and any bonus for milestones completed prior to the effective date of termination.
Daniel MacLachlan, Chief Financial Officer:
Effective October 2, 2014, the Company entered into an employment agreement through September 30, 2016, with Daniel MacLachlan to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company (the MacLachlan Agreement) with compensation including two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000) Restricted Stock Units; vesting quarterly during the Term, and a base salary as provided in the MacLachlan Agreement. In the event of termination without cause during the Term, the Company shall pay Mr. MacLachlan his base salary for the remainder of the Term.
John 0. Schaeffer, Senior Executive:
Effective October 2, 2014, the Company entered into a two (2) year employment agreement with John 0. Schaeffer to serve as a Senior Executive of the Company (the Schaeffer Agreement) with a base salary as provided in the Schaeffer Agreement. In the event of termination without cause during the Term, the Company shall pay Mr. Schaeffer his base salary for the remainder of the Term.
See independent accountants review report.
F-10
THE BEST ONE
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 5 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (continued)
Granting of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
On October 2, 2014, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of 500,000 RSUs to two consultants. One of the consultants to receive 500,000 RSUs is Michael Brauser, a director of the Company.
On December 11, 2014, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of an additional 250,000 RSUs to Dan MacLachlan and 300,000 RSUs to an employee.
Sale of 100% Membership Interest to TBO
On October 2, 2014, TBO acquired 100% of the membership interests of Interactive Data through a Securities Purchase Agreement between TBO, John O. Schaeffer (Schaeffer) and WHP Solutions, LLC (WHP). The aggregate purchase price for the securities purchased consisted of $5,760,000 in cash and 100 shares of TBO preferred stock, which have since converted into 1,422,222 shares of TBO common stock. The stock consideration was paid entirely to Schaeffer, founder of Interactive Data and 40% interest holder at the time of the acquisition, who also received $1.92 million of the cash consideration, with the remainder being paid to WHP. The purchase price was subject to adjustment to the extent working capital as of the closing was greater than or less than $0. As a result of the post-closing adjustment, an additional $508,767 in cash was paid to Schaeffer and WHP with an additional $51,594 due upon the earlier of TBOs realization of prepaid tax credit or September 30, 2015. In addition, TBO entered into a two year employment agreement with Schaeffer, effective as of the closing date, with Schaeffer to serve as a Senior Executive of TBO and General Manager of Interactive Data.
Business Consulting Services Agreement
On October 13, 2014, TBO entered into a business consulting services agreement with Marlin Capital Investments, LLC (Marlin Capital) for a term of four (4) years (the Marlin Consulting Agreement). Under the Marlin Consulting Agreement, Marlin Capital serves in the capacity of a strategic advisor to TBO and provides services such as recommendations on organizational structure, capital structure, future financing needs, and business strategy. The Marlin Consulting Agreement provides for equity compensation issued to Marlin in the amount of 10,000,000 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), of TBO, which shall vest in four (4) equal, annual increments beginning October 13, 2015 and ending October 13, 2018, provided that one of the Milestones (as hereinafter defined) has been achieved on or before such date, and subject to Marlin Capital providing services on each applicable vesting date. As used in the Marlin Consulting Agreement, Milestone means: (i) TBO generating $15 million in revenues over any 12 month period; or (ii) TBO generating $10 million in revenues over any 12 month period and generating positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (with all stock based compensation not included as an expense) for such 12 month period. However, all unvested RSUs shall immediately vest upon the occurrence of a change of control of TBO, excluding the Merger with Tiger Media, a termination of Marlin Capital without cause, or a termination by Marlin Capital based on a material breach of the Marlin Consulting Agreement by TBO. Mr. Michael Brauser and Mr. Barry Honig, directors of the Company, are also owners and managers of Marlin Capital.
Purchase of Intellectual Property
On October 14, 2014, the Company entered into an Intellectual Property Purchase Agreement (the IP Agreement), whereby the Company purchased all right, title and interest in certain intellectual property,
See independent accountants review report.
F-11
THE BEST ONE
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 5 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (continued)
including inventions, computer programs and software (collectively Purchased IP), from Ole Poulsen for a combination of cash and royalties as defined in the IP Agreement.
IP Litigation
On October 27, 2014, Transunion Risk and Alternative Data Solutions, Inc., filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment against Interactive Data, among other parties, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida, regarding a dispute over ownership of the Purchased IP. Interactive Data has filed a motion to dismiss the Complaint as Interactive Data does not claim an ownership or any other interest in the Purchased IP.
Non-Compete Litigation
On October 23, 2014, TransUnion Risk and Alternative Data Solutions, Inc. (TRADS) filed a Complaint and Motion for Temporary Injunction, in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court in and for Palm Beach County, Florida, against James Reilly, President and Chief Operating Officer of TBO and Interactive Data, seeking relief for alleged violation of a noncompetition agreement. On December 19, 2014, James Reilly filed a Motion to Dismiss the Complaint. An adverse ruling could have an immediate near-term impact on TBOs and/or Interactive Datas financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.
On November 26, 2014, TRADS filed a Complaint and Motion for Preliminary Injunction, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, against Daniel MacLachlan, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of TBO, seeking relief for alleged violation of a noncompetition agreement. An adverse ruling could have an immediate near-term impact on TBOs financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.
Office Lease Boca Raton, Florida
On December 3, 2014, the Company entered into a ninety-one (91) month lease to occupy ten thousand seven hundred and forty-five (10,745) rentable square feet at the premises located at 2650 North Military Trail, Suite 300, Boca Raton, Florida 33431. The commencement date will be the earlier to occur of (a) the date when the Company takes possession of any part of the space for the conduct of its business, or (b) the date of substantial completion of the Tenant Improvements. The commencement date is estimated to be on or about April 1, 2015.
Stock Purchase Agreement
On December 4, 2014, the Company closed on a Stock Purchase Agreement with various investors. Under the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company sold 12,360,000 shares of common stock of the Company (the Shares) at $0.50 per share on a best efforts basis.
Office Lease Seattle, Washington
On December 30, 2014, the Company entered into a thirty-eight (38) month lease to occupy two thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight (2,788) rentable square feet at the premises located at 101 Yesler Way, Seattle,
See independent accountants review report.
F-12
THE BEST ONE
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 5 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (continued)
Washington 98104. The premises will serve as the Companys technology office. The commencement date will be the date of substantial completion of the Tenant Improvements. The commencement date is estimated to be on or about February 1, 2015.
Tiger Media Merger With the Company
On December 14, 2014, Tiger Media (NYSE MKT: IDI), a Shanghai-based multi-platform media company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, entered into a definitive merger agreement with the Company (the Merger). Under the terms of the merger agreement, current Tiger Media and Company shareholders will own approximately 34% and 66% of the combined company, respectively, following the Merger. The owner of approximately 30% of the Companys common stock on an as converted basis (without giving effect to the Consultants RSUs) beneficially owns approximately 23% of Tiger Media. Approximately 65% of the shares to be issued to the Company (without giving effect to the Consultants RSUs) will be non-voting preferred stock, and 30% of these preferred shares will only be issued upon achievement of certain revenue targets. The Merger is subject to customary conditions to closing detailed in the merger agreement, as well as the requirement that Tiger Media obtain an affirmative vote of 2/3 of the votes cast at the Tiger Media meeting to permit it to reincorporate in Delaware and obtain the affirmative vote of the majority of the votes cast to approve the issuance of Tiger Media securities as merger consideration.
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See independent accountants review report.
F-13
To the Board of Directors
The Best One, Inc.
2650 N. Military Trail
Suite 300
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Interactive Data, LLC, as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related statements of operations, members equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes to the financial statements.
Managements Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditors Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entitys preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entitys internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
Opinion
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Interactive Data, LLC as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
L.L. Bradford & Company, LLC
Las Vegas, Nevada
January 9, 2015
F-14
BALANCE SHEETS
ASSETS | ||||||||
December 31, | ||||||||
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CURRENT ASSETS: |
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Cash |
$ | 221,164 | $ | 101,118 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net |
462,381 | 455,420 | ||||||
Other receivables |
172,736 | | ||||||
Prepaid expenses |
47,488 | 48,164 | ||||||
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TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS |
903,769 | 604,702 | ||||||
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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET |
179,389 | 137,782 | ||||||
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INTANGIBLE ASSETS: |
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Intangible assets, net |
33,958 | 22,776 | ||||||
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TOTAL INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
33,958 | 22,776 | ||||||
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NON-CURRENT ASSETS: |
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Deferred tax asset |
223,354 | 282,649 | ||||||
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TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS |
223,354 | 282,649 | ||||||
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TOTAL ASSETS |
$ | 1,340,470 | $ | 1,047,909 | ||||
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CURRENT LIABILITIES: |
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
$ | 138,022 | $ | 113,162 | ||||
Deferred revenue |
178,557 | 149,207 | ||||||
Other current liabilities |
107,778 | 307,419 | ||||||
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TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES |
424,357 | 569,788 | ||||||
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Other long-term liabilities |
| 141 | ||||||
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TOTAL LONG-TERM LIABILITIES |
| 141 | ||||||
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TOTAL LIABILITIES |
424,357 | 569,929 | ||||||
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MEMBERS EQUITY |
916,113 | 477,980 | ||||||
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS EQUITY |
$ | 1,340,470 | $ | 1,047,909 | ||||
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F-15
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Year Ended December 31, |
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NET REVENUE |
$ | 3,745,923 | $ | 4,043,481 | ||||
COST OF REVENUE |
1,552,430 | 1,352,000 | ||||||
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GROSS PROFIT |
2,193,493 | 2,691,481 | ||||||
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Selling |
363,617 | 440,320 | ||||||
Compensation |
727,479 | 1,300,408 | ||||||
Other general and administrative |
322,143 | 333,944 | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
45,460 | 27,538 | ||||||
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TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES |
1,458,699 | 2,102,210 | ||||||
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FOR INCOME TAXES |
734,794 | 589,271 | ||||||
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PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES |
260,031 | (138,905 | ) | |||||
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NET INCOME |
$ | 474,763 | $ | 728,176 | ||||
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F-16
STATEMENT OF MEMBERS EQUITY
Members Interest |
Undistributed Earnings |
Total Members Equity |
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BALANCES, December 31, 2011 |
$ | 800,500 | $ | 903,242 | $ | 1,703,742 | ||||||
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| (1,953,938 | ) | (1,953,938 | ) | |||||||
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800,500 | (322,520 | ) | 477,980 | ||||||||
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| (36,630 | ) | (36,630 | ) | |||||||
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$ | 800,500 | $ | 115,613 | $ | 916,113 | ||||||
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F-17
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Year Ended December 31 |
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: |
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Net income |
$ | 474,763 | $ | 728,176 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
45,460 | 27,538 | ||||||
Increase (decrease) in allowance for doubtful accounts |
7,737 | (11,963 | ) | |||||
Changes in certain assets and liabilities: |
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(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable |
(14,698 | ) | 39,291 | |||||
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses, deposits and other receivables |
(172,060 | ) | (48,164 | ) | ||||
(Increase) decrease in non-current deferred tax asset |
59,295 | (282,649 | ) | |||||
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses |
24,860 | 78,114 | ||||||
Increase (decrease) deferred revenue |
29,350 | 49,207 | ||||||
Increase (decrease) in other current liabilities |
(199,641 | ) | 203,894 | |||||
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NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
255,066 | 783,444 | ||||||
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Purchase of property, equipment and intangible assets |
(98,249 | ) | (95,975 | ) | ||||
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NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
(98,249 | ) | (95,975 | ) | ||||
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(36,630 | ) | (1,953,938 | ) | ||||
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NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
(36,771 | ) | (1,953,938 | ) | ||||
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NET INCREASE IN CASH |
120,046 | (1,266,469 | ) | |||||
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS: |
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BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD |
101,118 | 1,367,587 | ||||||
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$ | 221,164 | $ | 101,118 | ||||
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Cash paid for income taxes |
$ | 113,729 | $ | | ||||
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F-18
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012
NOTE 1 ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Organization
The Company was formed as a limited liability company on October 3, 2001 in the State of Georgia. On October 2, 2014, The Best One, Inc., a Florida corporation (TBO) acquired 100% of the membership interests of the Company.
Business Description
Historically, the Company has provided data solutions and services to the Accounts Receivable Management (ARM) industry for location and identity verification, legislative compliance and debt recovery. The Company is now targeting the entirety of the risk management market, including expansion into FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act) regulated data, and non-regulated data. Transforming the way organizations use their data, the Companys next generation supercomputer technology and proprietary linking and assessment algorithms solves complex, large scale data problems for its customers.
Use of Estimates
The accompanying financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates.
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers cash and all highly liquid investments with original or remaining maturities of three months or less, at the date of purchase, to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist of money market and various deposit accounts.
Concentration of Business and Credit Risk
Financial instruments and related items, which potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk, consist primarily of cash and receivables. We place our cash and temporary cash investments with high credit quality institutions. At times, such investments may be in excess of the FDIC insurance limit. The Company maintains its cash balances primarily at one financial institution, and at times the balances may be in excess of federally insured limits. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Companys cash balances did not exceed insurance limits.
Management reviews a customers credit history before extending credit. As at and for the year ended December 31, 2013 there were no individual customers with a balance in excess of 10% of the accounts receivable and there were no customers in excess of 10% of net sales.
Concentration of Vendors
The Company uses data acquired through licensing rights from approximately 12 providers. The loss of any one of these providers could have an immediate near-term impact on the Companys financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.
F-19
INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Revenue Recognition
The accounting rules related to revenue recognition are complex and are affected by interpretations of the rules and an understanding of industry practices, both of which are subject to change. Consequently, the revenue recognition accounting rules require management to make significant judgments.
The Company generally recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or a service has been rendered, the price is fixed or determinable and collection is reasonably assured.
Revenue is generally recognized on (a) a transactional basis determined by the customers usage, (b) a monthly fee or (c) a combination of both.
Revenues pursuant to contracts containing a monthly fee are generally recognized ratably over the contract period, which is generally 1 year. Revenues pursuant to transactions determined by the customers usage are recognized when the transaction is complete. Costs associated with separately priced customer service contracts are generally recognized as follows: (a) costs are expensed as incurred; and (b) losses are recognized on contracts where the expected future costs exceed expected future revenue. No such loss contracts exist at December 31, 2013 and 2012.
As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, deferred revenue totaled $178,557 and $149,207, respectively, all of which is expected to be realized in 2014.
The Company sells its products, generally on credit, to a limited number of customers. Each of these customers is considered significant, however, no single customer accounts for more than 3% of revenues. Management determines whether an allowance needs to be provided for an amount due from a customer depending on the aging of the individual balances receivable, recent payment history, contractual terms and other qualitative factors such as status of business relationship with the customer. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, based on managements assessment, an allowance in the amount of $55,132 and $47,395 respectively for uncollectible accounts receivable was recorded.
An adverse change in the status of one customer could materially affect the Companys estimate of its bad debts. Accounts receivable are written off in the fiscal year when all legal collection procedures have been exhausted. The Company wrote off no accounts receivable to bad debt expense in 2013 and 2012 respectively.
Intangibles
Generally, intangible assets acquired are stated at their historic cost less accumulated amortization. The Company amortizes its intangible assets with determinable finite useful lives, which includes software and website development, on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of 3 years for the assets.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Expenditures for maintenance, repairs, and minor renewals are charged to expense in the period incurred. Betterments and additions are capitalized. Amortization of leasehold improvements is based on the shorter of the remaining life of the lease or the estimated useful lives of the assets. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had no leasehold improvements. Depreciation and amortization are provided for on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets.
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INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Long-Lived Assets
The Company accounts for our long-lived assets in accordance with ASC Topic 360-10-05, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. ASC Topic 360-10-05 requires that long-lived assets be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the historical cost carrying value of an asset may no longer be appropriate. Management assess recoverability of the carrying value of an asset by estimating the future net cash flows expected to result from the asset, including eventual disposition. If the future net cash flows are less than the carrying value of the asset, an impairment loss is recorded equal to the difference between the assets carrying value and fair value or disposable value.
During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, there were no impairments of long-lived assets.
Income Taxes
The Company follows ASC subtopic 740-10 for recording the provision for income taxes. ASC 740-10 requires the use of the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are computed based upon the difference between the financial statement and income tax basis of assets and liabilities using the enacted marginal tax rate applicable when the related asset or liability is expected to be realized or settled. Deferred income tax expenses or benefits are based on the changes in the asset or liability each period. If available evidence suggests that it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized, a valuation allowance is required to reduce the deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. Future changes in such valuation allowance are included in the provision for deferred income taxes in the period of change.
Deferred income taxes may arise from temporary differences resulting from income and expense items reported for financial accounting and tax purposes in different periods. Deferred taxes are classified as current or non-current, depending on the classification of assets and liabilities to which they relate. Deferred taxes arising from temporary differences that are not related to an asset or liability are classified as current or non-current depending on the periods in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse.
The Company assesses its income tax positions based on managements evaluation of the facts, circumstances and information available at the reporting date. The Company uses a more likely than not threshold when making its assessment as to financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position. For the years ending December 31, 2013 and 2012 a provision of $260,031 and a benefit of $138,905, respectively, were recognized for income taxes. Prior to November 2012, the Company was taxed as a subchapter S corporation under existing Internal Revenue Service regulations with its taxable income taxed directly to its members (and losses distributed to its members). Any state minimum or franchise taxes due are generally expensed as incurred. The Company recognizes income tax interest and penalties as a separately identified component of general and administrative expense. There were no material income tax interest or penalties for the years ending December 31, 2013 and 2012. There are no open federal or state income tax years under audit. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations by tax authorities for years ending on or before December 31, 2010 or Georgia state income tax examination by tax authorities for years ending on or before December 31, 2010. The Company is not currently involved in any income tax examinations.
Research and Development
In accordance with GAAP, all research and development costs are expensed as incurred. The Companys research and development activities consist of development of new or enhanced products or services. The Company has determined that there were no research and development activities in 2013 and 2012.
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INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Advertising
Advertising costs, included in selling expenses, are expensed as incurred. Advertising expenses during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, were $142,028 and $150,216, respectively.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
ASC Topic 820-10 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). ASC Topic 820-10 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. A fair value measurement assumes that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability occurs in the principal market for the asset or liability. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC Topic 820-10 are described below:
Level 1 |
Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that an entity has the ability to access. | |
Level 2 |
Valuations based on quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. | |
Level 3 |
Valuations based on inputs that are supportable by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the asset or liability. |
Cash, and all other current assets and liabilities, are reflected in the financial statements at cost, which approximates fair value because of the short-term maturity of those instruments.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Company has not identified any recently issued accounting pronouncements that are expected to have a material impact on the Companys financial statements.
NOTE 3 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
Accounts receivable consists of the following:
2013 | 2012 | |||||||
Accounts receivable |
$ | 517,513 | $ | 502,815 | ||||
Less allowance for bad debts |
(55,132 | ) | (47,395 | ) | ||||
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$ | 462,381 | $ | 455,420 | |||||
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$ | (462,381 | ) | $ | (455,420 | ) | ||
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INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012
NOTE 4 PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, property and equipment consisted of the following:
Estimated Useful Lives |
2013 | 2012 | ||||||||
Computer and network equipment |
5-7 | $ | 232,877 | $ | 151,225 | |||||
Office equipment |
5 | 11,312 | 11,312 | |||||||
Security systems |
5 | 13,135 | 13,135 | |||||||
Furniture and fixtures |
5 | 3,943 | 3,943 | |||||||
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Total |
261,267 | 179,615 | ||||||||
Accumulated depreciation |
(81,878 | ) | (41,833 | ) | ||||||
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Property and equipment, net |
$ | 179,389 | $ | 137,782 | ||||||
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During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, depreciation and amortization expense totaled $40,875, and $27,538 respectively. Depreciation is included in operating expenses in the accompanying statements of operations.
NOTE 5 INTANGIBLE ASSETS
As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, intangible assets with definite lives consisted of the following:
Estimated Useful Lives |
2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
Intangible assets with finite useful life: |
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Software |
3 | $ | 27,803 | $ | 11,206 | |||||||
Website design |
3 | 12,000 | 12,000 | |||||||||
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39,803 | 23,206 | ||||||||||
Accumulated amortization |
(5,845 | ) | (430 | ) | ||||||||
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Intangible assets, net |
$ | 33,958 | $ | 22,776 | ||||||||
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During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, amortization expense for software and website design totaled $5,415 and $430 respectively. In the accompanying statements of operations, amortization expense is included in operating expenses. Estimated amortization of the remaining software and website design intangible assets balance is as follows: $6,048 for 2014; $5,602 for 2015; and $4,633 thereafter.
NOTE 6 SALE TO TLO, LLC, AND SUBSEQUENT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
Membership Interest Contribution Agreement
On October 22, 2012, as amended on November 21, 2012, the owners of the Company entered into a Membership Interest Contribution Agreement with TLO, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (TLO), to sell 100% of their membership interests of the Company in exchange for 4.894% or 8,412,607 of the issued and outstanding membership units of TLO effective November 21, 2012.
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INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012
NOTE 6 TLO, LLC, PURCHASE AND SUBSEQUENT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (continued)
Settlement Agreement
On September 23, 2013, the former owners of the Company entered into a Settlement Agreement with TLO by which TLO conveyed 100% of the membership interest of the Company back to the former owners. This conveyance of ownership interest included all assets of the Company, including, but not limited to, all the intellectual property (including, but no limited to, inventories, patents, and trademarks), systems, marketing materials, E-mail addresses, URLs, customers, customer lists, and markings owned, held, possessed, or created as of September 23, 2013. Notwithstanding, any cash balance greater than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) as reflected on the Companys balance sheet as of September 23, 2013, would be distributed to TLO.
Accounting treatment
Subsequent to the acquisition and until the settlement with TLO, the Company operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary maintaining its own books and records separate and apart from TLO. There were no material changes to and no recognition of gain or loss on the financial statements as a result of the sale of membership interests to or conveyance of membership interests back from TLO.
NOTE 7 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Due to/from Related Parties
From November of 2012 through September 2013, TLO owned 100% of the membership interests of the Company. From time to time during the period, the Company and TLO would make and receive advances based on expenses paid on behalf of the other party (e.g., the Companys employees were paid directly by TLO with costs allocated back down to the Company). These advances did not bear interest, were unsecured, and were due on demand. The net amount due from TLO totaled $0 at December 31, 2013, and the net amount due to TLO totaled $210,088 at December 31, 2012.
From October 2013 through October 2014, WHP Solutions, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (WHP), owned 60% of the membership interest of the Company. From time to time during the period, the Company and WHP would make and receive advances based on expenses paid on behalf of the other party. These advances did not bear interest, were unsecured, and were due on demand. The net amount due from WHP totaled $134,538 at December 31, 2013.
NOTE 8 - LLC AGREEMENT
Effective at its formation, the Company entered into a LLC operating agreement, commonly referred to as the LLC Agreement. The Company entered into various amendments to the LLC agreement, primarily to admit new LLC members and to change governance provisions; the last amendment is as of the effective date of October 2, 2014.
The liability of a member for the losses, debts and obligations of the Company shall be limited to its capital contributions which have not been repaid to or withdrawn by such member. No member shall have any liability to restore any negative balance in its capital account. There is only one class of members interests and the term of the Company is perpetual unless sooner terminated by the Sole Member, the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution.
The business and affairs of the Company is managed by the Sole Member, which has the authority to conduct the business of the Company subject to certain limitations as enumerated in the Agreement.
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INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012
NOTE 9 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Operating Leases
Duluth, GA Office Facility:
The Company leases its office facility under a non-cancelable operating lease that expires on December 31, 2015. The lease is automatically extended for successive one year terms at a 3% escalation rate unless notice is given by either party of their intent not to renew. Minimum future rental payments (including estimated future common area charges and sales tax) under this non-cancelable operating lease as of December 31, 2013, are as follows:
Years ending December 31, |
Amounts | |||
2014 |
$ | 37,800 | ||
2015 |
37,800 | |||
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$ | 75,600 | ||
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Total rent expense amounted to $37,731 and $48,793 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Suwanee, GA Co-location Facility:
The Company leases its co-location facility under a non-cancelable operating lease that expires on July 31, 2015. This co-location facility houses the server infrastructure for the Companys products. This expense is included as a Cost of Revenue. Minimum future rental payments (including estimated future common area charges and sales tax) under this non-cancelable operating lease as of December 31, 2013, are as follows:
Years ending December 31, |
Amounts | |||
2014 |
$ | 75,744 | ||
2015 |
44,184 | |||
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Total |
$ | 119,928 | ||
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Total rent expense amounted to $76,967 and $66,112 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Data Licensing Obligations
The Company enters into data licensing rights agreements and related amendments to provide the Company nonexclusive and nontransferable licenses of certain data. As of December 31, 2013, these contracts expire at and have various payment terms with due dates through June 2016. Minimum future payments under these data licensing rights agreements as of December 31, 2013, are as follows:
Years ending December 31, |
Amounts | |||
2014 |
$ | 865,935 | ||
2015 |
591,685 | |||
2016 |
75,000 | |||
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Total |
$ | 1,532,620 | ||
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INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012
NOTE 10 INCOME TAXES
The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the tax effects of differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities. A valuation allowance is established to reduce the deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized.
The components of income tax provision (benefit) related to continuing operations are as follows at December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:
2013 | 2012 | |||||||
Current (benefit) provision |
$ | 190,289 | $ | 46,413 | ||||
Deferred (benefit) provision |
69,742 | 5,689 | ||||||
Deferred tax (benefit) as a result of change in tax status |
0 | (191,007 | ) | |||||
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Total (benefit) provision for income taxes |
260,031 | (138,905 | ) | |||||
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The Companys effective income tax expense (benefit) differs from the statutory federal income tax rate of 34% as follows at December 31, 2013 & 2012:
2013 | 2012 | |||||||||||||||
Tax on income before income tax |
$ | 252,035 | 34.0 | % | $ | 200,352 | 34.0 | % | ||||||||
Effect of Permanent Differences |
1,360 | 0.2 | % | 2,742 | 0.5 | % | ||||||||||
Effect of Income not subject to tax at the entity level |
0 | 0.0 | % | (146,651 | ) | -24.9 | % | |||||||||
Effect of conversion from pass thru entity to taxable entity |
0 | 0.0 | % | (191,007 | ) | -32.4 | % | |||||||||
Effect of state taxes (net of federal benefit) |
6,636 | 0.9 | % | 2,829 | 0.5 | % | ||||||||||
Benefit of Income taxed at lower federal rate |
0 | 0.0 | % | (7,170 | ) | -1.2 | % | |||||||||
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Income Tax Provision |
$ | 260,031 | 35.1 | % | $ | (138,905 | ) | -23.6 | % | |||||||
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The components of net deferred tax assets that have been presented in the Companys financial statements are as follows at December 31, 2013 and 2012:
Components of Deferred Taxes Assets/Liabilities: | ||||||||
2013 | 2012 | |||||||
Deferred income tax assets: |
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Accounts Payable |
$ | 8,601 | $ | 23,289 | ||||
Other Current Liabilities |
62,299 | 52,059 | ||||||
Intangible Assets |
286,248 | 321,619 | ||||||
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Deferred income tax assets |
357,148 | 396,967 | ||||||
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2013 | 2012 | |||||||
Deferred Income tax Liabilities: |
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Accounts Receivable |
(161,326 | ) | (158,898 | ) | ||||
Prepaids and Other Current Assets |
(17,352 | ) | (13,781 | ) | ||||
Fixed Assets |
(62,894 | ) | (38,970 | ) | ||||
Deferred income tax liabilities |
(241,572 | ) | (211,649 | ) | ||||
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Valuation Allowance |
0 | 0 | ||||||
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Net Deferred Tax Assets |
$ | 115,576 | $ | 185,318 | ||||
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INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012
NOTE 10 INCOME TAXES (continued)
The net deferred tax assets (liabilities) in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets include the following components at December 31, 2013 and 2012:
2013 | 2012 | |||||||
Current: |
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Deferred tax asset |
$ | 90,136 | $ | 91,884 | ||||
Deferred tax liability |
(197,914 | ) | (189,215 | ) | ||||
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Net deferred tax liability, current |
(107,778 | ) | (97,331 | ) | ||||
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Non-current: |
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Deferred tax asset |
286,248 | 321,619 | ||||||
Deferred tax liability |
(62,894 | ) | (38,970 | ) | ||||
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Net deferred tax asset, current |
223,354 | 282,649 | ||||||
Net deferred tax asset |
$ | 115,576 | $ | 185,318 |
In accordance with the provisions of ASC 740: Income Taxes, the Company records a liability for uncertain tax positions when it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. As of December 31, 2013, the Company has no liabilities for uncertain tax positions. The Company continually evaluates expiring statutes of limitations, audits, proposed settlements, changes in tax law and new authoritative rulings. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal tax examinations for tax years prior to 2010.
NOTE 11 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company has evaluated events and transactions occurring after December 31, 2013 through January 9, 2015, the date which the financial statements were available to be issued, for disclosure. The following matters have occurred through January 9, 2015.
Sale of 100% Membership Interest to TBO
On October 2, 2014, TBO acquired 100% of the membership interests of Interactive Data through a Securities Purchase Agreement between TBO, John O. Schaeffer (Schaeffer) and WHP Solutions, LLC (WHP). The aggregate purchase price for the securities purchased consisted of $5,760,000 in cash and 100 shares of TBO preferred stock, which have since converted into 1,422,222 shares of TBO common stock. The stock consideration was paid entirely to Schaeffer, founder of Interactive Data and 40% interest holder at the time of the acquisition, who also received $1.92 million of the cash consideration, with the remainder being paid to WHP. The purchase price was subject to adjustment to the extent working capital as of the closing was greater than or less than $0. As a result of the post-closing adjustment, an additional $508,767 in cash was paid to Schaeffer and WHP with an additional $51,594 due upon the earlier of TBOs realization of prepaid tax credit or September 30, 2015. In addition, TBO entered into a two year employment agreement with Schaeffer, effective as of the closing date, with Schaeffer to serve as a Senior Executive of TBO and General Manager of Interactive Data.
IP Litigation
On October 27, 2014, Transunion Risk and Alternative Data Solutions, Inc., filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment against the Company, among other parties, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida regarding a dispute over ownership of certain intellectual property. The Company has filed a motion to dismiss the Complaint as the Company does not claim an ownership or any other interest in the intellectual property in question.
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INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012
NOTE 11 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (continued)
Non-Compete Litigation
On October 23, 2014, TransUnion Risk and Alternative Data Solutions, Inc. (TRADS) filed a Complaint and Motion for Temporary Injunction, in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court in and for Palm Beach County, Florida, against James Reilly, President and Chief Operating Officer of TBO and Interactive Data, seeking relief for alleged violation of a noncompetition agreement. On December 19, 2014, James Reilly filed a Motion to Dismiss the Complaint. An adverse ruling could have an immediate near-term impact on TBOs and/or Interactive Datas financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.
On November 26, 2014, TRADS filed a Complaint and Motion for Preliminary Injunction, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, against Daniel MacLachlan, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of TBO, seeking relief for alleged violation of a noncompetition agreement. An adverse ruling could have an immediate near-term impact on TBOs financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.
Tiger Media Merger With the Company
On December 14, 2014, Tiger Media (NYSE MKT: IDI), a Shanghai-based multi-platform media company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, entered into a definitive merger agreement with TBO (the Merger). Under the terms of the merger agreement, current Tiger Media and TBO shareholders will own approximately 34% and 66% of the combined company, respectively, following the Merger. The owner of approximately 30% of TBOs common stock on an as converted basis beneficially owns approximately 23% of Tiger Media. Approximately 65% of the shares to be issued to TBO will be non-voting preferred stock, and 30% of these preferred shares will only be issued upon achievement of certain revenue targets. The Merger is subject to customary conditions to closing detailed in the merger agreement, as well as the requirement that Tiger Media obtain an affirmative vote of 2/3 of the votes cast at the Tiger Media meeting to permit it to reincorporate in Delaware and obtain the affirmative vote of the majority of the votes cast to approve the issuance of Tiger Media securities as merger consideration.
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F-28
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS REVIEW REPORT
To Management
Interactive Data, LLC
2650 N. Military Trail
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
We have reviewed the accompanying balance sheet of Interactive Data, LLC as of September 30, 2014, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the nine months then ended. A review includes primarily applying analytical procedures to managements financial data and making inquiries of Company management. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and for designing, implementing, and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements.
Our responsibility is to conduct the review in accordance with Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Those standards require us to perform procedures to obtain limited assurance that there are no material modifications that should be made to the financial statements. We believe that the results of our procedures provide a reasonable basis for our report.
Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying financial statements in order for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
L.L. Bradford & Company, LLC
Las Vegas, Nevada
January 9, 2015
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BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
ASSETS | ||||||||
September 30, 2014 |
December 31, 2013 |
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CURRENT ASSETS: |
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Cash |
$ | 641,402 | $ | 221,164 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net |
454,888 | 462,381 | ||||||
Other receivables |
38,198 | 172,736 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses |
50,915 | 47,488 | ||||||
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TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS |
1,185,403 | 903,769 | ||||||
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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET |
157,535 | 179,389 | ||||||
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INTANGIBLE ASSETS: |
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Intangible assets, net |
26,425 | 33,958 | ||||||
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TOTAL INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
26,425 | 33,958 | ||||||
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NON-CURRENT ASSETS: |
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Deferred tax asset |
204,707 | 223,354 | ||||||
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TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS |
204,707 | 223,354 | ||||||
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TOTAL ASSETS |
$ | 1,574,070 | $ | 1,340,470 | ||||
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LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS EQUITY | ||||||||
CURRENT LIABILITIES: |
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
$ | 137,536 | $ | 138,022 | ||||
Deferred revenue |
140,535 | 178,557 | ||||||
Other current liabilities |
103,538 | 107,778 | ||||||
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TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES |
381,609 | 424,357 | ||||||
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TOTAL LIABILITIES |
381,609 | 424,357 | ||||||
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MEMBERS EQUITY |
1,192,461 | 916,113 | ||||||
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS EQUITY |
$ | 1,574,070 | $ | 1,340,470 | ||||
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See accompanying independent accountants review report and notes to financial statements.
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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2014 | 2013 | |||||||
NET REVENUE |
$ | 2,770,832 | $ | 2,879,918 | ||||
COST OF REVENUE |
1,041,873 | 1,108,839 | ||||||
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GROSS PROFIT |
1,728,959 | 1,771,079 | ||||||
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OPERATING EXPENSES: |
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Selling |
203,943 | 257,609 | ||||||
Compensation |
710,029 | 552,241 | ||||||
Other general and administrative |
339,860 | 312,669 | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
49,240 | 28,730 | ||||||
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TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES |
1,303,072 | 1,151,249 | ||||||
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INCOME BEFORE PROVISION |
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FOR INCOME TAXES |
425,887 | 619,830 | ||||||
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PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES |
149,539 | 182,956 | ||||||
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NET INCOME |
$ | 276,348 | $ | 436,874 | ||||
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See accompanying independent accountants review report and notes to financial statements.
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STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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2014 | 2013 | |||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: |
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Net income |
$ | 276,348 | $ | 436,874 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
49,240 | 28,730 | ||||||
Increase (decrease) in allowance for doubtful accounts |
25,977 | (6,169 | ) | |||||
Changes in certain assets and liabilities: |
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(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable |
(18,483 | ) | (45,096 | ) | ||||
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses, deposits and other receivables |
131,111 | 2,906 | ||||||
(Increase) decrease in non-current deferred tax asset |
18,647 | 39,218 | ||||||
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses |
(486 | ) | 72,100 | |||||
Increase (decrease) deferred revenue |
(38,022 | ) | 4,227 | |||||
Increase (decrease) in other current liabilities |
(4,189 | ) | (165,310 | ) | ||||
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|
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NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
440,143 | 367,480 | ||||||
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: |
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Purchase of property, equipment and intangible assets |
(19,853 | ) | (78,588 | ) | ||||
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NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
(19,853 | ) | (78,588 | ) | ||||
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: |
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Distributions to members |
| (36,630 | ) | |||||
Increase (decrease) in long-term debt |
| (141 | ) | |||||
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|
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NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
| (36,771 | ) | |||||
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NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
420,290 | 252,121 | ||||||
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CASH: |
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BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD |
221,112 | 101,117 | ||||||
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END OF THE PERIOD |
$ | 641,402 | $ | 353,238 | ||||
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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION: |
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Cash paid for interest |
$ | | $ | | ||||
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Cash paid for income taxes |
$ | 217,331 | $ | 113,729 | ||||
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See accompanying independent accountants review report and notes to financial statements.
F-32
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 1 ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Organization
The Company was formed as a limited liability company on October 3, 2001 in the State of Georgia. On October 2, 2014, The Best One, Inc., a Florida corporation (TBO) acquired 100% of the membership interests of the Company.
Business Description
Historically, the Company has provided data solutions and services to the Accounts Receivable Management (ARM) industry for location and identity verification, legislative compliance and debt recovery. The Company is now targeting the entirety of the risk management market, including expansion into FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act) regulated data, and non-regulated data. Transforming the way organizations use their data, the Companys next generation supercomputer technology and proprietary linking and assessment algorithms solves complex, large scale data problems for its customers.
Use of Estimates
The accompanying financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates.
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers cash and all highly liquid investments with original or remaining maturities of three months or less, at the date of purchase, to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist of money market and various deposit accounts. .
Concentration of Business and Credit Risk
Financial instruments and related items, which potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk, consist primarily of cash and receivables. We place our cash and temporary cash investments with high credit quality institutions. At times, such investments may be in excess of the FDIC insurance limit. The Company maintains its cash balances primarily at one financial institution, and at times the balances may be in excess of federally insured limits. As of September 30, 2014, the Companys cash balances exceeded the insurance limits by $391,402.
Management reviews a customers credit history before extending credit. As at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 there were no individual customers with a balance in excess of 10% of the accounts receivable and there were no customers in excess of 10% of net sales.
Concentration of Vendors
The Company uses data acquired through licensing rights from approximately 12 providers. The loss of any one of these providers could have an immediate near-term impact on the Companys financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.
See accompanying independent accountants review report.
F-33
INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Revenue Recognition
The accounting rules related to revenue recognition are complex and are affected by interpretations of the rules and an understanding of industry practices, both of which are subject to change. Consequently, the revenue recognition accounting rules require management to make significant judgments.
The Company generally recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or a service has been rendered, the price is fixed or determinable and collection is reasonably assured.
Revenue is generally recognized on (a) a transactional basis determined by the customers usage, (b) a monthly fee or (c) a combination of both.
Revenues pursuant to contracts containing a monthly fee are generally recognized ratably over the contract period, which is generally 1 year. Revenues pursuant to transactions determined by the customers usage are recognized when the transaction is complete. Costs associated with separately priced customer service contracts are generally recognized as follows: (a) costs are expensed as incurred; and (b) losses are recognized on contracts where the expected future costs exceed expected future revenue. No such loss contracts exist at September 30, 2014.
As of September 30, 2014, deferred revenue totaled $140,535 all of which is expected to be realized in the remainder of 2014 and 2015.
The Company sells its products, generally on credit, to a limited number of customers. Each of these customers is considered significant, however, no single customer accounts for more than 3% of revenues. Management determines whether an allowance needs to be provided for an amount due from a customer depending on the aging of the individual balances receivable, recent payment history, contractual terms and other qualitative factors such as status of business relationship with the customer. At September 30, 2014, based on managements assessment, an allowance in the amount of $81,109 for uncollectible accounts receivable was recorded.
An adverse change in the status of one customer could materially affect the Companys estimate of its bad debts. Accounts receivable are written off in the fiscal year when all legal collection procedures have been exhausted. The Company wrote off no accounts receivable to bad debt expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.
Intangibles
Generally, intangible assets acquired are stated at their historic cost less accumulated amortization. The Company amortizes its intangible assets with determinable finite useful lives, which includes software and website development, on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of 3 years for the assets.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Expenditures for maintenance, repairs, and minor renewals are charged to expense in the period incurred. Betterments and additions are capitalized. Amortization of leasehold improvements is based on the shorter of the remaining life of the lease or the estimated useful lives of the assets. At September 30, 2014, the Company had no leasehold improvements. Depreciation and amortization are provided for on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets.
See accompanying independent accountants review report.
F-34
INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Long-Lived Assets
The Company accounts for our long-lived assets in accordance with ASC Topic 360-10-05, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. ASC Topic 360-10-05 requires that long-lived assets be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the historical cost carrying value of an asset may no longer be appropriate. Management assess recoverability of the carrying value of an asset by estimating the future net cash flows expected to result from the asset, including eventual disposition. If the future net cash flows are less than the carrying value of the asset, an impairment loss is recorded equal to the difference between the assets carrying value and fair value or disposable value.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, there were no impairments of long-lived assets.
Income Taxes
The Company follows ASC subtopic 740-10 for recording the provision for income taxes. ASC 740-10 requires the use of the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are computed based upon the difference between the financial statement and income tax basis of assets and liabilities using the enacted marginal tax rate applicable when the related asset or liability is expected to be realized or settled. Deferred income tax expenses or benefits are based on the changes in the asset or liability each period. If available evidence suggests that it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized, a valuation allowance is required to reduce the deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. Future changes in such valuation allowance are included in the provision for deferred income taxes in the period of change.
Deferred income taxes may arise from temporary differences resulting from income and expense items reported for financial accounting and tax purposes in different periods. Deferred taxes are classified as current or non-current, depending on the classification of assets and liabilities to which they relate. Deferred taxes arising from temporary differences that are not related to an asset or liability are classified as current or non-current depending on the periods in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse.
The Company assesses its income tax positions based on managements evaluation of the facts, circumstances and information available at the reporting date. The Company uses a more likely than not threshold when making its assessment as to financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, a provision of $149,539 was recognized for income taxes. Prior to November 2012, the Company was taxed as a subchapter S corporation under existing Internal Revenue Service regulations with its taxable income taxed directly to its members (and losses distributed to its members). Any state minimum or franchise taxes due are generally expensed as incurred. The Company recognizes income tax interest and penalties as a separately identified component of general and administrative expense. There were no material income tax interest or penalties for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. There are no open federal or state income tax years under audit. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations by tax authorities for years ending on or before December 31, 2010 or Georgia state income tax examination by tax authorities for years ending on or before December 31, 2010. The Company is not currently involved in any income tax examinations.
See accompanying independent accountants review report.
F-35
INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Research and Development
In accordance with GAAP, all research and development costs are expensed as incurred. The Companys research and development activities consist of development of new or enhanced products or services. The Company has determined that there were no research and development activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.
Advertising
Advertising costs, included in selling expenses, are expensed as incurred. Advertising expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, was $110,718.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
ASC Topic 820-10 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). ASC Topic 820-10 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. A fair value measurement assumes that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability occurs in the principal market for the asset or liability. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC Topic 820-10 are described below:
| Level 1 Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that an entity has the ability to access. |
| Level 2 Valuations based on quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. |
| Level 3 Valuations based on inputs that are supportable by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the asset or liability. |
Cash, and all other current assets and liabilities, are reflected in the financial statements at cost, which approximates fair value because of the short-term maturity of those instruments.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Company has not identified any recently issued accounting pronouncements that are expected to have a material impact on the Companys financial statements.
See accompanying independent accountants review report.
F-36
INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 3 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
Accounts receivable consists of the following:
September 30, 2014 |
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Accounts receivable |
$ | 535,997 | ||
Less allowance for bad debts |
(81,109 | ) | ||
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|
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$ | 454,888 | |||
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|
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Current portion |
$ | (454,888 | ) | |
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|
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Long-term portion |
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NOTE 4 PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
As of September 30, 2014, property and equipment consisted of the following:
Estimated Useful Lives |
Sept 30, 2014 | |||||
Computer and network equipment |
5-7 | $ | 252,730 | |||
Office equipment |
5 | 11,312 | ||||
Security systems |
5 | 13,135 | ||||
Furniture and fixtures |
5 | 3,943 | ||||
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|
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Total |
281,120 | |||||
Accumulated depreciation |
(123,585 | ) | ||||
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|
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Property and equipment, net |
$ | 157,535 | ||||
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, depreciation and amortization expense totaled $41,707. Depreciation is included in operating expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
NOTE 5 INTANGIBLE ASSETS
As of September 30, 2014, intangible assets with definite lives consisted of the following:
Estimated Useful Lives |
September 30, 2014 |
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Intangible assets with finite useful life: |
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Software |
3 | $ | 27,803 | |||||
Website design |
3 | 12,000 | ||||||
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Total |
39,803 | |||||||
Accumulated amortization |
(13,378 | ) | ||||||
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Intangible assets, net |
$ | 26,425 | ||||||
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|
See accompanying independent accountants review report.
F-37
INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 5 INTANGIBLE ASSETS (continued)
During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, amortization expense for software and website design totaled $7,533. In the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, amortization expense is included in operating expenses. Estimated amortization of the remaining software and website design intangible assets balance is as follows: $2,511 for the remainder of 2014; $5,602 for 2015; and $4,633 thereafter.
NOTE 6 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Due to/from Related Parties
From October 2013 through October 2014, WHP Solutions, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (WHP), owned 60% of the membership interest of the Company. From time to time during the period, the Company and WHP would make and receive advances based on expenses paid on behalf of the other party. These advances did not bear interest, were unsecured, and were due on demand. The net amount due from WHP totaled $0 at September 30, 2014.
NOTE 7 LLC AGREEMENT
Effective at its formation, the Company entered into a LLC operating agreement, commonly referred to as the LLC Agreement. The Company entered into various amendments to the LLC agreement, primarily to admit new LLC members and to change governance provisions; the last amendment is as of the effective date of October 2, 2014.
The liability of a member for the losses, debts and obligations of the Company shall be limited to its capital contributions which have not been repaid to or withdrawn by such member. No member shall have any liability to restore any negative balance in its capital account. There is only one class of members interests and the term of the Company is perpetual unless sooner terminated by the Sole Member, the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution.
The business and affairs of the Company is managed by the Sole Member, which has the authority to conduct the business of the Company subject to certain limitations as enumerated in the Agreement.
NOTE 8 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Operating Leases
Duluth, GA Office Facility:
The Company leases its office facility under a non-cancelable operating lease that expires on December 31, 2015. The lease is automatically extended for successive one year terms at a 3% escalation rate unless notice is given by either party of their intent not to renew. Minimum future rental payments (including estimated future common area charges and sales tax) under this non-cancelable operating lease as of September 30, 2014, are as follows:
Years ending December 31, |
Amounts | |||
Oct Dec 31, 2014 |
$ | 9,450 | ||
2015 |
37,800 | |||
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Total |
$ | 47,250 | ||
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Total rent expense amounted to $28,350 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.
See accompanying independent accountants review report.
F-38
INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 8 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (continued)
Suwanee, GA Co-location Facility:
The Company leases its co-location facility under a non-cancelable operating lease that expires on July 31, 2015. This co-location facility houses the server infrastructure for the Companys products. This expense is included as a Cost of Revenue. Minimum future rental payments (including estimated future common area charges and sales tax) under this non-cancelable operating lease as of September 30, 2014, are as follows:
Years ending December 31, |
Amounts | |||
Oct Dec 31, 2014 |
$ | 18,936 | ||
2015 |
44,184 | |||
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Total |
$ | 63,120 | ||
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Total rent expense amounted to $56,808 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.
Data Licensing Obligations
The Company enters into data licensing rights agreements and related amendments to provide the Company nonexclusive and nontransferable licenses of certain data. As of September 30, 2014, these contracts expire at and have various payment terms with due dates through June 2016. Minimum future payments under these data licensing rights agreements as of September 30, 2014, are as follows:
Years ending December 31, |
Amounts | |||
Oct Dec 31, 2014 |
$ | 216,484 | ||
2015 |
591,685 | |||
2016 |
75,000 | |||
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Total |
$ | 883,169 | ||
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NOTE 9 INCOME TAXES
The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the tax effects of differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities. A valuation allowance is established to reduce the deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized.
The components of income tax provision (benefit) related to continuing operations are as follows for the nine months ending September 30, 2014:
September 30, 2014 | ||||
Current (benefit) provision |
$ | 135,132 | ||
Deferred (benefit) provision |
14,407 | |||
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Total (benefit) provision for income taxes |
$ | 49,539 | ||
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See accompanying independent accountants review report.
F-39
INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 9 INCOME TAXES (continued)
The Companys effective income tax expense (benefit) differs from the statutory federal income tax rate of 34% as follows for the nine months ending September 30, 2014 as follows:
September 30, 2014 | ||||||||
Tax on income before income tax |
$ | 144,801 | 34.0 | % | ||||
Effect of Permanent Differences |
922 | 0.2 | % | |||||
Effect of state taxes (net of federal benefit) |
3,816 | 0.9 | % | |||||
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Income Tax Provision |
$ | 149,539 | 35.1 | % | ||||
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|
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The components of net deferred tax assets that have been presented in the Companys financial statements are as follows at September 30, 2014:
Components of Deferred Taxes Assets/Liabilities: | ||||
2014 | ||||
Deferred income tax assets: |
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Accounts Payable |
$ | 37,233 | ||
Other Current Liabilities |
49,033 | |||
Intangible Assets |
259,832 | |||
Deferred income tax assets |
346,098 | |||
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2014 | ||||
Deferred Income tax Liabilities: |
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Accounts Receivable |
$ | (158,712 | ) | |
Prepaids and Other Current Assets |
(31,092 | ) | ||
Fixed Assets |
(55,125 | ) | ||
Deferred income tax liabilities |
(244,929 | ) | ||
|
|
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Valuation Allowance |
0 | |||
|
|
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Net Deferred Tax Assets |
$ | 101,169 | ||
|
|
The net deferred tax assets (liabilities) in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets include the following components at September 30, 2014:
2014 | ||||
Current: |
||||
Deferred tax asset |
$ | 114,565 | ||
Deferred tax liability |
(218,103 | ) | ||
|
|
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Net deferred tax liability, current |
(103,538 | ) | ||
|
|
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Non-current: |
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Deferred tax asset |
259,832 | |||
Deferred tax liability |
(55,125 | ) | ||
|
|
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Net deferred tax asset, current |
204,707 | |||
Net deferred tax asset |
$ | 101,169 |
See accompanying independent accountants review report.
F-40
INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 10 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (continued)
In accordance with the provisions of ASC 740: Income Taxes, the Company records a liability for uncertain tax positions when it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. As of September 30, 2014, the Company has no liabilities for uncertain tax positions. The Company continually evaluates expiring statutes of limitations, audits, proposed settlements, changes in tax law and new authoritative rulings. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal tax examinations for tax years prior to 2010.
NOTE 10 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company has evaluated events and transactions occurring after September 30, 2014 through January 9, 2015, the date which the financial statements were available to be issued, for disclosure. The following matters have occurred through January 9, 2015.
Sale of 100% Membership Interest to TBO
On October 2, 2014, TBO acquired 100% of the membership interests of Interactive Data through a Securities Purchase Agreement between TBO, John O. Schaeffer (Schaeffer) and WHP Solutions, LLC (WHP). The aggregate purchase price for the securities purchased consisted of $5,760,000 in cash and 100 shares of TBO preferred stock, which have since converted into 1,422,222 shares of TBO common stock. The stock consideration was paid entirely to Schaeffer, founder of Interactive Data and 40% interest holder at the time of the acquisition, who also received $1.92 million of the cash consideration, with the remainder being paid to WHP. The purchase price was subject to adjustment to the extent working capital as of the closing was greater than or less than $0. As a result of the post-closing adjustment, an additional $508,767 in cash was paid to Schaeffer and WHP with an additional $51,594 due upon the earlier of TBOs realization of prepaid tax credit or September 30, 2015. In addition, TBO entered into a two year employment agreement with Schaeffer, effective as of the closing date, with Schaeffer to serve as a Senior Executive of TBO and General Manager of Interactive Data.
IP Litigation
On October 27, 2014, Transunion Risk and Alternative Data Solutions, Inc., filed a complaint against the Company for Declaratory Judgment in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida regarding a dispute over ownership of certain intellectual property (software). The Company has filed a motion to dismiss the complaint as it does not claim an ownership or any other interest in the intellectual property in question. TBO has claimed ownership in such intellectual property.
Non-Compete Litigation
On October 23, 2014, TransUnion Risk and Alternative Data Solutions, Inc. (TRADS) filed a Complaint and Motion for Temporary Injunction, in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court in and for Palm Beach County, Florida, against James Reilly, President and Chief Operating Officer of TBO and Interactive Data, seeking relief for alleged violation of a noncompetition agreement. On December 19, 2014, James Reilly filed a Motion to Dismiss the Complaint. An adverse ruling could have an immediate near-term impact on TBOs and/or Interactive Datas financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.
See accompanying independent accountants review report.
F-41
INTERACTIVE DATA, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
NOTE 10 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (continued)
On November 26, 2014, TRADS filed a Complaint and Motion for Preliminary Injunction, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, against Daniel MacLachlan, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of TBO, seeking relief for alleged violation of a noncompetition agreement. An adverse ruling could have an immediate near-term impact on TBOs financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.
Tiger Media, Inc., Agreement to Acquire the Company
On December 14, 2014, Tiger Media (NYSE MKT: IDI), a Shanghai-based multi-platform media company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, entered into a definitive merger agreement with TBO (the Merger). Under the terms of the merger agreement, current Tiger Media and TBO shareholders will own approximately 34% and 66% of the combined company, respectively, following the Merger. The owner of approximately 30% of TBOs common stock on an as converted basis beneficially owns approximately 23% of Tiger Media. Approximately 65% of the shares to be issued to TBO will be non-voting preferred stock, and 30% of these preferred shares will only be issued upon achievement of certain revenue targets. The Merger is subject to customary conditions to closing detailed in the merger agreement, as well as the requirement that Tiger Media obtain an affirmative vote of 2/3 of the votes cast at the Tiger Media meeting to permit it to reincorporate in Delaware and obtain the affirmative vote of the majority of the votes cast to approve the issuance of Tiger Media securities as merger consideration.
* * * * * * *
See accompanying independent accountants review report.
F-42
Exhibit 99.5
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are based on the historical financial statements of Tiger Media and TBO after giving effect to the proposed Merger of the companies, and the assumptions, reclassifications and adjustments described in the accompanying notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. The unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2014 gives effect to the Merger of Tiger Media and TBO as if the Merger had occurred on that date. The unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operates for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and for the year ended December 31, 2013 give effect to the Merger of Tiger Media and TBO as if the Merger had occurred on January 1, 2013. On October 2, 2014, TBO acquired 100% of the membership interests of Interactive Data, substantially in cash. On December 14, 2014, Tiger Media and TBO entered into Merger Agreement. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with (i) Tiger Medias historical consolidated financial statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and for the year ended December 31, 2013 and the accompanying notes thereto; (ii) Interactive Datas historical financial statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and for the year ended December 31, 2013 and the accompanying notes thereto; (iii) TBOs historical financial statements for the period from September 22, 2014 (inception) through September 30, 2014 and the accompanying notes thereto; and (iv) the accompanying Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Tiger Media will account for the Merger as a purchase of TBO, using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP. Upon completion of the Merger, TBO stockholders will be entitled to receive 86,253,870 shares of Tiger Media (including 13,501,624 shares assuming all Earn-Out Shares are earned, and all shares underlying restricted stock units and warrants are issued, all prior to the TBO reverse stock split) representing in aggregate approximately 68.4% of the outstanding capital shares of the combined company following the Merger on a fully diluted basis. Frost Gamma Investment Trust, which currently owns approximately 29.3% of Tiger Media, will receive 17,802,085 shares to be issued to TBO stockholders, or 20.6% of such shares on a fully diluted basis. As a result, current Tiger Media shareholders will own approximately 45.8% of the combined company on a fully diluted basis (assuming all the Earn-Out Shares are earned), and 50.3% of the combined company on a non-diluted basis. For the purposes of determining the acquirer for accounting purposes, Tiger Media considered the following factors: (i) the relative voting rights of the parties - immediately following the Merger, TBO shareholders will receive 32,985,768 common shares with voting rights, which is fewer than the number of outstanding voting shares held by Tiger Media shareholders prior to the Merger; (ii) the composition of the board of directors of the combined entity - the number of directors constituting the board of directors of the combined company will be increased to seven directors and the current five members, including the Chairman of the Board, will remain the same; and (iii) the composition of senior management of the combined entity after the Merger - except for the addition of a Co-Chief Executive Officer from TBO, the senior management of Tiger Media will remain the same. Based on the weighting of these factors, Tiger Media has concluded that it is the accounting acquirer.
Under the acquisition method of accounting, as of the Effective Time, the assets acquired, including the identifiable intangible assets, and liabilities assumed from TBO will be recorded at their respective fair values and added to those of Tiger Media. Any excess of the purchase price for the Merger over the net fair value of TBOs identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed will be recorded as goodwill and any transaction costs and restructuring expenses associated with the Merger will be expensed as incurred. The results of operations of TBO will be combined with the results of operations of Tiger Media beginning at the Effective Time. The consolidated financial statements of Tiger Media will not be restated retroactively to reflect the historical financial position or results of operations of TBO. Following the Merger, and subject to the finalization of the purchase price allocation, the earnings of Tiger Media will reflect the effect of any purchase accounting adjustments, including any increased depreciation and amortization associated with fair value adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.
PF-1
The unaudited pro forma financial data included in this proxy statement are based on the historical financial statements of Tiger Media, TBO and Interactive Data, and on publicly available information and certain assumptions that Tiger Media believes are reasonable, which are described in the notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this proxy statement. Tiger Media has not performed a detailed valuation analysis necessary to determine the fair market values of TBO and Interactive Datas assets to be acquired and liabilities to be assumed. For the purpose of the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, preliminary allocations of estimated acquisition consideration have been based on the issuance of 71,313,870 shares of Tiger Medias common stock (on as-converted basis and assuming all the Earn-Out Shares will be earned, prior to the TBO reverse stock split) for 100% of the aggregate shares of TBO. The preliminary acquisition consideration has been allocated to certain assets and liabilities using management assumptions as further described in the accompanying notes. After the closing of the Merger, Tiger Media will complete their valuations of the fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed and determine the useful lives of the assets acquired.
The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are provided for informational purpose. The pro forma information provided is not necessarily indicative of what the combined companys financial position and results of operations would have actually been had the Merger been completed on the dates used to prepare these pro forma financial statements. The adjustments to fair value and the other estimates reflected in the accompanying Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements may be materially different from those reflected in the combined companys consolidated financial statements subsequent to the Merger. In addition, the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements do not purport to project the future financial position or results of operations of the merged companies. Reclassifications and adjustments may be required if changes to Tiger Medias financial presentation are needed to conform Tiger Medias and TBOs accounting policies.
These Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements do not give effect to any anticipated synergies, operating efficiencies or cost savings that may be associated with the transaction. These financial statements also do not include any integration costs the companies may incur related to the Merger as part of combining the operations of the companies. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements do not include an estimate for transaction costs, of approximately $0.8 million.
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Tiger Media, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of September 30, 2014
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except share and per share data) 4(a)
Tiger Media, Inc. As reported |
The Best One, Inc. As reported |
Interactive Data, LLC As reported |
Pro Forma Adjustments |
Pro Forma Consolidated |
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ASSETS |
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CURRENT ASSETS |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 4,548 | $ | 2,238 | $ | 641 | $ | | $ | 7,427 | ||||||||||||||
Accounts receivable, net |
1,147 | | 455 | | 1,602 | |||||||||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
513 | | 89 | | 602 | |||||||||||||||||||
Deferred tax assets, current |
185 | 16 | | | 201 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Total current assets |
6,393 | 2,254 | 1,185 | | 9,832 | |||||||||||||||||||
NON-CURRENT ASSETS |
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Property and equipment, net |
1,478 | | 158 | | 1,636 | |||||||||||||||||||
Long-term deferred expenses |
697 | | | | 697 | |||||||||||||||||||
Intangible assets, net |
1,726 | | 26 | | 1,752 | |||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill |
| | | 35,111 | 4 | (d) | 35,111 | |||||||||||||||||
Deferred tax assets |
| | 205 | | 205 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Total non-current assets |
3,901 | | 389 | 35,111 | 39,401 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Total assets |
10,294 | 2,254 | 1,574 | 35,111 | 49,233 | |||||||||||||||||||
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LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
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CURRENT LIABILITIES |
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Accounts payable |
1,262 | 48 | 106 | | 1,416 | |||||||||||||||||||
Accrued expenses and other payables |
220 | | 31 | | 251 | |||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition consideration payable |
460 | | | | 460 | |||||||||||||||||||
Amounts due to related parties |
167 | | | | 167 | |||||||||||||||||||
Deferred revenue |
163 | | 141 | | 304 | |||||||||||||||||||
Other current liabilities |
| | 104 | | 104 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Total current liabilities |
2,272 | 48 | 382 | | 2,702 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Total liabilities |
2,272 | 48 | 382 | | 2,702 | |||||||||||||||||||
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SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Common Shares - $0.0005 par value 200,000,000 shares authorized |
4 | | | 4 | 4 | (b) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
Preferred Shares - $0.0001 par value 10,000,000 shared authorized |
| | | 1 | 4 | (b) | ||||||||||||||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
146,071 | 2,238 | 801 | (3,039 | ) | 4 | (c) | 184,575 | ||||||||||||||||
38,504 | 4 | (b) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(4,384 | ) | | | | (4,384 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Accumulated earnings / (deficit) |
(133,669 | ) | (32 | ) | 391 | (359 | ) | 4 | (c) | (133,669 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Total shareholders equity |
8,022 | 2,206 | 1,192 | 35,111 | 46,530 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
$ | 10,294 | $ | 2,254 | $ | 1,574 | $ | 35,111 | $ | 49,232 | ||||||||||||||
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Tiger Media, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
For the nine months ended September 30, 2014
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except share and per share data) 4(a)
Tiger Media, Inc. As reported |
The Best One, Inc. As reported |
Interactive Data, LLC As reported |
Pro Forma Adjustments |
Pro Forma Consolidated |
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Net revenues |
$ | 2,048 | $ | | $ | 2,771 | $ | | $ | 4,819 | ||||||||||
Cost of revenues |
(2,430 | ) | | (1,042 | ) | | (3,472 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Gross profit / (loss) |
(382 | ) | | 1,729 | | 1,347 | ||||||||||||||
Operating expenses |
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Sales and marketing expenses |
(697 | ) | (204 | ) | | (901 | ) | |||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses |
(1,911 | ) | (16 | ) | (1,099 | ) | | (3,026 | ) | |||||||||||
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Profit / (loss) from operations |
(2,990 | ) | (16 | ) | 426 | | (2,580 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Interest income |
52 | | | | 52 | |||||||||||||||
Other expense, net |
(29 | ) | (32 | ) | | | (61 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Total other income / (expense) |
23 | (32 | ) | | | (9 | ) | |||||||||||||
Profit / (loss) before income taxes |
(2,967 | ) | (48 | ) | 426 | | (2,589 | ) | ||||||||||||
Income taxes benefit / (provision) |
153 | 16 | (150 | ) | | 19 | ||||||||||||||
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Net profit / (loss) |
$ | (2,814 | ) | $ | (32 | ) | $ | 276 | $ | 0 | $ | (2,570 | ) | |||||||
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Loss per share, basic and diluted |
$ | (0.08 | ) | $ | (0.12 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic and diluted |
36,395,255 | (14,853,430 | )4(e) | 21,544,825 |
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Tiger Media, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
For the year ended December 31, 2013
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except share and per share data) 4(a)
Tiger Media, Inc. As reported |
The Best One, Inc. As reported |
Interactive Data, LLC As reported |
Pro Forma Adjustments |
Pro Forma Consolidated |
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Net revenues |
$ | 2,875 | $ | | $ | 3,746 | $ | $ | 6,621 | |||||||||||
Cost of revenues |
(1,765 | ) | | (1,552 | ) | | (3,317 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Gross profit |
1,110 | | 2,194 | | 3,304 | |||||||||||||||
Operating expenses |
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Sales and marketing expenses |
(788 | ) | | (364 | ) | | (1,152 | ) | ||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses |
(4,397 | ) | | (1,095 | ) | | (5,492 | ) | ||||||||||||
Gain from extinguishment of acquisition consideration payable |
99 | | | | 99 | |||||||||||||||
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Profit / (loss) from operations |
(3,976 | ) | | 735 | | (3,241 | ) | |||||||||||||
Other income / (expense) |
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Interest income |
12 | | | | 12 | |||||||||||||||
Other expense, net |
(4 | ) | | | | (4 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Total other income |
8 | | | | 8 | |||||||||||||||
Profit / (loss) before income taxes |
(3,968 | ) | | 735 | | (3,233 | ) | |||||||||||||
Income taxes benefit / (provision) |
33 | | (260 | ) | | (227 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Net profit / (loss) |
$ | (3,935 | ) | $ | 0 | $ | 475 | $ | 0 | $ | (3,460 | ) | ||||||||
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Loss per share, basic and diluted |
$ | (0.13 | ) | $ | (0.17 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic and diluted |
31,362,848 | (10,827,505 | )4(e) | 20,535,343 |
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. | Basis of Presentation |
The preceding Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared by Tiger Media based on the historical financial statements of Tiger Media, TBO and Interactive Data to illustrate the effects of the proposed Merger. On October 2, 2014, TBO acquired 100% of the membership interests of Interactive Data. On December 14, 2014, Tiger Media and TBO entered into Merger Agreement. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with (i) Tiger Medias historical consolidated financial statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and for the year ended December 31, 2013 and accompanying notes thereto; (ii) Interactive Datas historical financial statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and for the year ended December 31, 2013 and accompanying notes thereto; and (iii) TBOs historical financial statements for the period from September 22, 2014 (inception) through September 30, 2014 and accompanying notes thereto. The effective date of the Merger between Tiger Media and TBO is assumed to be September 30, 2014 for purposes of preparing the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and January 1, 2013 for purposes of preparing the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and for the year ended December 31, 2013. The unaudited pro forma financial data included in this proxy statement is based on the historical financial statements of Tiger Media, TBO and Interactive Data, and on publicly available information and certain assumptions that Tiger Media believes are reasonable, which are described the notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Proxy Statement.
2. | Summary of Business Operations and Significant Accounting Policies |
The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in a manner consistent with the accounting policies adopted by Tiger Media. The accounting policies followed for financial reporting on a pro forma basis are the same as those disclosed in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Tiger Medias Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2013, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2014. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements do not assume any differences in accounting policies among Tiger Media, TBO and Interactive Data. Upon consummation of the Merger, Tiger Media will review the accounting policies of TBO and Interactive Data to ensure conformity of such accounting policies to those of Tiger Media and, as a result of that review, Tiger Media may identify differences among the accounting policies of the three companies, that when conformed, could have a material impact on the combined financial statements. At this time, Tiger Media is not aware of any difference that would have a material impact on the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
3. | Preliminary Estimated Acquisition Consideration |
On December 14, 2014, Tiger Media and TBO entered into a Merger Agreement and pursuant to which Tiger Media will acquire TBO and Interactive Data by issuance of capital shares. Tiger Media is identified as the acquiring company for US GAAP accounting purposes. If the Merger is completed, TBO stockholders will be entitled to receive an aggregate 71,313,870 capital shares (on an as-converted basis, assuming all Earn-Out Shares are earned, prior to the TBO Reverse Stock Split). In addition to these, there are approximately 14,940,000 restricted stock units or warrants to be issued to TBOs employees or non-employees for their further services. The estimated shares to be issued, prior to the TBO Reverse Stock Split, would be as follows (in 000s)
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Common stock |
37,486 | |||
Non-voting preferred stock |
33,828 | |||
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71,314 |
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Among these, there are estimated 4.5 million common stock and 9.0 million preferred shares, that constitute Earn-Out Shares. Based on managements preliminary estimation, these Earn-Out Shares are assumed to be earned.
The preliminary estimated acquisition consideration, currently based on the closing price of Tiger Medias common stock on September 30, 2014 of $0.54, may change significantly if the trading price of Tiger Medias common stock fluctuates materially from the market value as of September 30, 2014. If the share price were to decrease by 10% or increase to $1.09 (the average stock close price during the most recent 30 trading days prior to February 12, 2015), the impact to total consideration and goodwill generated from the transaction would be as follows (in 000s):
10% decrease in the value of Tiger Media common stock |
Based on $0.54 closing price of Tiger Media common stock at September 30, 2014 |
Based on $1.09 average closing price of Tiger Media common stock during most recent 30 days |
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Total consideration |
$ | 34,659 | $ | 38,509 | $ | 77,732 | ||||||
Goodwill excess of purchase price over identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed |
31,261 | 35,111 | 74,334 |
Tiger Media will record the Merger as a purchase of TBO, including its newly acquired subsidiary, Interactive Data, by Tiger Media, using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with GAAP. Under the acquisition method of accounting, as of effective time of the merger, the assets acquired, including the identifiable intangible assets, and liabilities assumed from TBO will be recorded at their respective fair values. Any excess of the purchase price for the Merger over the net fair value of TBO identified assets and liabilities assumed will be recorded as goodwill. The preliminary estimated acquisition consideration would be allocated as indicated in the table below.
Tiger Media has not performed a detailed valuation analysis necessary to determine the fair market values of TBO and Interactive Datas assets to be acquired and liabilities to be assumed. Accordingly, the pro forma financial statements include only a preliminary allocations of the purchase price for certain assets and liabilities based on assumptions and estimates. After the closing of the Merger, Tiger Media will complete its valuations of the fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed and determine the useful lives of the assets acquired. The adjustments to fair value and the other estimates, including amortization expense, reflected in the accompanying Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements may be materially different from those reflected in Tiger Medias consolidated financial statements subsequent to the merger.
4. | Preliminary Pro Forma and Acquisition Accounting Adjustments |
(a) | As mentioned in note 1 - Basis of Presentation above, on October 2, 2014, prior to the merger agreement between Tiger Media and TBO, TBO acquired 100% of the membership interests of Interactive Data, we then present Tiger Media, TBO and Interactive Data together and prepare related preliminary pro forma adjustments, which are preliminary and subject to change. |
(b) | Reflects the consideration paid at closing to TBOs shareholders in Tiger Medias common stock and preferred stock convertible into common stock. |
(c) | Reflects the elimination of TBO and Interactive Datas equity capital. |
(d) | The following table reflects the initial purchase price allocation of TBO and Interactive Data, which is preliminary and subject to change: |
Intangible assets |
Purchase price allocation | Estimated useful life | ||||||
Goodwill |
$ | 35,111 | Indefinite | |||||
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Total |
$ | 35,111 |
(e) | Reflects the conversion of shares in the Merger, the Parent Reverse Stock Split and the TBO Reverse Stock Split. |
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