CIDM-3.31.12-10K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
x ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended: March 31, 2012
o TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from --- to ---
Commission File Number: 000-31810
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Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware | | 22-3720962 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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55 Madison Avenue, Suite 300, Morristown, New Jersey | | 07960 |
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(973) 290-0080
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | |
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CLASS A COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.001 PER SHARE | NASDAQ GLOBAL MARKET |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: | NONE |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. | Yes x No o |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). | Yes x No o |
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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. | o |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). | Yes o No x |
The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the issuer based on a price of $1.19 per share, the closing price of such common equity on the Nasdaq Global Market, as of September 30, 2011, was $40,654,281. For purposes of the foregoing calculation, all directors, officers and shareholders who beneficially own 10% of the shares of such common equity have been deemed to be affiliates, but the Company disclaims that any of such persons are affiliates.
As of June 11, 2012, 48,046,053 shares of Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value and 0 shares of Class B Common Stock, $0.001 par value, were outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Certain information required by Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Form 10-K is incorporated by reference into Part III hereof from the registrant’s Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on or about September 12, 2012.
CINEDIGM DIGITAL CINEMA CORP.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS | |
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PART I |
ITEM 1. | Business | |
ITEM 1A. | Risk Factors | |
ITEM 2. | Property | |
ITEM 3. | Legal Proceedings | |
ITEM 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | |
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PART II |
ITEM 5. | Market for Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | |
ITEM 6. | Selected Financial Data | |
ITEM 7. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | |
ITEM 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | |
ITEM 9. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | |
ITEM 9A. | Controls and Procedures | |
ITEM 9B. | Other Information | |
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ITEM 10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | |
ITEM 11. | Executive Compensation | |
ITEM 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters | |
ITEM 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions | |
ITEM 14. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services | |
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ITEM 15. | Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules | |
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SIGNATURES | |
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Various statements contained in this report or incorporated by reference into this report constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and are indicated by words or phrases such as “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seek,” “plan,” “intend” or “anticipate” or the negative thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussion of strategy. Forward-looking statements represent as of the date of this report our judgment relating to, among other things, future results of operations, growth plans, sales, capital requirements and general industry and business conditions applicable to us. Such forward-looking statements are based largely on our current expectations and are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those that are anticipated or projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, a number of factors, such as:
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• | successful execution of our business strategy, particularly for new endeavors; |
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• | the performance of our targeted markets; |
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• | competitive product and pricing pressures; |
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• | changes in business relationships with our major customers; |
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• | successful integration of acquired businesses; |
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• | general economic and market conditions in the United States; |
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• | the effect of our indebtedness on our financial condition and financial flexibility, including, but not limited to, the ability to obtain necessary financing for our business; and |
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• | the other risks and uncertainties that are set forth in Item 1, “Business” and Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”. |
These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could also have material adverse effects on future results. Except as otherwise required to be disclosed in periodic reports required to be filed by public companies with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to the SEC's rules, we have no duty to update these statements, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. In light of these risks and uncertainties, we cannot assure you that the forward-looking information contained in this report will in fact transpire.
In this report, “Cinedigm,” “we,” “us,” “our” and the “Company” refers to Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. and its subsidiaries unless the context otherwise requires.
PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
OVERVIEW
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. was incorporated in Delaware on March 31, 2000 (“Cinedigm”, and collectively with its subsidiaries, the “Company”).
The Company is a digital cinema services, software and content marketing and distribution company supporting and capitalizing on the conversion of the exhibition industry from film to digital technology and the accelerating shift in the home entertainment market to digital and video-on-demand services from physical goods such as DVDs. The Company provides a digital cinema platform that combines technology solutions, financial advice and guidance, and software services to content owners and distributors and to movie exhibitors. Cinedigm leverages this digital cinema platform with a series of business applications that utilize the platform to capitalize on the new business opportunities created by the transformation of movie theatres into networked entertainment centers. The two main applications provided by Cinedigm include (i) its end-to-end digital entertainment content acquisition, marketing and distribution business focused on the distribution of alternative content and independent film in theatrical and ancillary home entertainment markets; and (ii) its operational, analytical and transaction processing software applications. Historically, the conversion of an industry from analog to digital has created new revenue and growth opportunities as well as an opening for new players to emerge to capitalize on this technological shift.
The Company reports its financial results in four primary segments as follows: (1) the first digital cinema deployment (“Phase I Deployment”), (2) the second digital cinema deployment (“Phase II Deployment”), (3) digital cinema services (“Services”) and (4) media content and entertainment (“Content & Entertainment”). The Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment segments are the non-recourse, financing vehicles and administrators for the Company's digital cinema equipment (the
“Systems”) installed in movie theatres nationwide. The Services segment provides services, software and support to the Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment segments as well as directly to exhibitors and other third party customers. Included in these services are asset management services for a specified fee via service agreements with Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment as well as third party exhibitors as buyers of their own digital cinema equipment; and software license, maintenance and consulting services to Phase I and Phase II Deployment, various other exhibitors, studios and other content organizations. These services primarily facilitate the conversion from analog to digital cinema and have positioned the Company at what it believes to be the forefront of a rapidly developing industry relating to the distribution and management of digital cinema and other content to theatres and other remote venues worldwide. The Content & Entertainment segment provides content marketing and distribution services in both theatrical and ancillary home entertainment markets to alternative and independent film content owners and to theatrical exhibitors.
On April 20, 2012, we acquired New Video Group, Inc. ("New Video"), an independent home entertainment distributor of quality packaged and digital content that provides distribution services in the DVD, BD, Digital and VOD channels for more than 500 independent rights holders. New Video will be integrated into the Company's Content & Entertainment segment.
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, the Company discontinued and sold the following non-core businesses:
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• | In September 2011, the Company completed the sale of its cinema advertising services business, Unique Screen Media ("USM") to a third party, which was previously included in our Content & Entertainment segment; and |
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• | In November 2011, the Company completed the sale of the majority of assets of its Digital Media Services Division (“DMS”) digital distribution and delivery business, which was previously included in our Services segment, to a third party. |
As a consequence, it was determined that the above former businesses met the criteria for classification as discontinued operations during the respective periods and their respective assets and liabilities met the criteria for classification as “assets held for sale” and “liabilities as part of assets held for sale”, respectively. The consolidated financial statements and the notes to consolidated financial statements presented herein have been recast solely to reflect the adjustments resulting from these changes in classification. Please see Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
In addition to the above, the Company has classified certain of its businesses as discontinued operations, including the motion picture exhibition to the general public (“Pavilion Theatre”), information technology consulting services and managed network monitoring services (“Managed Services”) and hosting services and network access for other web hosting services (“Access Digital Server Assets”), all of which were separate reporting units previously included in our former "Other" segment. In August 2010, the Company sold both Managed Services and the Access Digital Server Assets to third parties. In May 2011, the Company completed the sale of certain assets and liabilities of the Pavilion Theatre to a third party. As a result of the sales, the "Other" segment no longer exists as a reportable segment of the Company.
DEPLOYMENT
The Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment segments consist of the following:
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Cinedigm Digital Funding I, LLC (“Phase 1 DC”) | | Financing vehicle and administrator for the Company's 3,724 Systems installed nationwide in Phase 1 DC's deployment to theatrical exhibitors. The Company retains ownership of the residual cash flows related to the Systems after the repayment of all non-recourse debt and the Company retains ownership of the Systems at the expiration of exhibitor master license agreements. |
Access Digital Cinema Phase 2 Corp. (“Phase 2 DC”) | | Financing vehicles and administrators for the Company's second digital cinema deployment, through Phase 2 DC (the “Phase II Deployment”). The Company retains no ownership of the residual cash flows and digital cinema equipment after cost recoupment and at the expiration of the exhibitor master license agreements. In many cases, exhibitors own the equipment under an Exhibitor-Buyer Structure. |
In June 2005, we formed Phase 1 DC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Access Digital Media, Inc. (“AccessDM”), to purchase up to 4,000 Systems for our Phase I Deployment, under an amended framework agreement (the “Framework Agreement”) with Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. (“Christie”). In December 2007, Phase 1 DC completed its Phase I Deployment with 3,724 Systems installed.
In October 2007, we formed Phase 2 DC for the administration of up to 10,000 additional Systems for our Phase II Deployment, of which a portion of such Systems will be purchased through an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary, Access Digital Cinema Phase 2 B/AIX Corp. (“Phase 2 B/AIX”). As of March 31, 2012 Phase II Deployment had 6,725 systems under license agreement and had installed 5,609 of such systems to date.
Digital Cinema
The business of Phase 1 DC and Phase 2 DC consists of the ownership and licensing of digital systems to theatrical exhibitors and the collection of virtual print fees ("VPFs") from motion picture studios and distributors and alternative content fees ("ACFs") from alternative content providers and theatrical exhibitors, when content is shown on exhibitors' screens. We have licensed the necessary software and technology solutions to the exhibitor and have facilitated the industry's transition from analog (film) to digital cinema. As part of Phase 1 DC's Phase I Deployment of digital systems, Phase 1 DC has agreements with nine motion picture studios and certain smaller independent studios and exhibitors, allowing Phase 1 DC to collect VPFs and ACFs when content is shown in theatres, in exchange for having facilitated and financed the deployment on 3,724 Systems. Phase 1 DC has agreements with sixteen theatrical exhibitors that license our Systems in order to show digital content distributed by the motion picture studios and other providers, including Cinedigm Content and Entertainment Group (see Content and Entertainment section below). In connection with the Phase II Deployment, Phase 2 DC has entered into digital cinema deployment agreements with eight motion picture studios and certain smaller independent studios and exhibitors for the distribution of digital movie releases to motion picture exhibitors equipped with Systems, and providing for payment of VPFs to Phase 2 DC and Cinedigm Digital Funding 2, LLC ("CDF2"). As of March 31, 2012, Phase 2 DC also entered into master license agreements with 191 exhibitors and CDF2 covering a total of 6,725 screens, whereby the exhibitors agreed to the placement of Systems as part of the Phase II Deployment. Included in the 6,725 contracted screens are contracts covering 4,549 screens with 168 exhibitors under the Exhibitor-Buyer Structure, 1,030 screens covering 9 exhibitors through non-recourse financing provided by KBC Bank, 1,123 screens covering 12 exhibitors through CDF2, and 23 screens under other arrangements with 2 exhibitors. Exhibitors will pay an installation fee of up to $2 thousand per screen out of the VPFs collected to the Company's Digital Cinema Services division. The Company will manage the billing and collection of VPFs and will remit all VPFs collected to the exhibitors, less an administrative fee that will approximate up to 10% of the VPFs collected. For Systems covered under the Exhibitor-Buyer Structure and CDF2, the Company will have no debt, property and equipment, financing costs or depreciation recorded to its consolidated financial statements. For Phase 2 Systems the Company will own and finance, it typically receives a similar up to $2 thousand installation fee and an ongoing administrative fee that will approximate up to 10% of VPFs collected. As of March 31, 2012, the Company has 5,609 Phase 2 Systems installed, including 3,794 screens under the Exhibitor-Buyer Structure, 973 KBC non-recourse financed screens, 819 CDF2 screens and 23 screens under other arrangements.
VPFs are earned pursuant to the contracts with movie studios and distributors, whereby amounts are payable to Phase 1 DC and to Phase 2 DC according to fixed fee schedules, when movies distributed by the studio are displayed on screens utilizing our Systems installed in movie theatres. One VPF is payable for every movie title displayed per System upon the initial booking of such movie. The amount of VPF revenue is therefore dependent on the number of unique movie titles released and displayed using the Systems.
Phase 2 DC's agreements with distributors require the payment of VPFs for 10 years from the date each system is installed, however, Phase 2 DC may no longer collect VPFs once “cost recoupment”, as defined in the agreements, is achieved. Cost recoupment will occur once the cumulative VPFs and other cash receipts collected by Phase 2 DC have equaled the total of all cash outflows, including the purchase price of all Systems, all financing costs, all “overhead and ongoing costs”, as defined, subject to maximum agreed upon amounts during the four-year rollout period and thereafter, plus a compounded return on any billed but unpaid overhead and ongoing costs, of 15% per year. Furthermore, if cost recoupment occurs before the end of the 8th contract year, a one-time “cost recoupment bonus” is payable by the studios to Phase 2 DC. Any other cash flows, net of expenses, received by Phase 2 DC following the achievement of cost recoupment are required to be returned to the distributors on a pro-rata basis. At this time, the Company cannot estimate the timing or probability of the achievement of cost recoupment.
Customers
Digital Cinema customers are mainly motion picture studios and theatrical exhibitors. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, four customers, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing Corporation and Warner Brothers, each
represented 10% or more of Phase 1 DC's revenues and together generated 52%, 59% and 40% of Phase 1 DC's, Phase 2 DC's and consolidated revenues, respectively, and are also customers for entertainment software. In addition, Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox comprise approximately 12% and 10% of the Company's consolidated accounts receivable, respectively. We expect to continue to conduct business with each of these customers during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.
Seasonality
Deployment revenues derived from the collection of VPFs from motion picture studios are seasonal, coinciding with the timing of releases of movies by the motion picture studios. Generally, motion picture studios release the most marketable movies during the summer and the winter holiday season. The unexpected emergence of a hit movie during other periods can alter the traditional trend. The timing of movie releases can have a significant effect on our results of operations, and the results of one quarter are not necessarily indicative of results for the next quarter or any other quarter. The seasonality of motion picture exhibition, however, has become less pronounced as the motion picture studios are releasing movies somewhat more evenly throughout the year.
SERVICES
The Services segment provides a variety of services to the Company's Phase 1 and Phase 2 deployments, exhibitor-buyers and other third party customers. Services consist of the following:
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Digital Cinema Services | | Provides monitoring, billing, collection, verification and other management services to the Company's Phase I Deployment, Phase II Deployment as well as to exhibitors who purchase their own equipment. Collects and disburses VPFs from motion picture studios and distributors and ACFs from alternative content providers, movie exhibitors and theatrical exhibitors. |
Hollywood Software, Inc. d/b/a Cinedigm Software (“Software”) | | Develops and licenses software to the theatrical distribution and exhibition industries as well as other content owners, provides ASP Service, and provides software enhancements and consulting services. |
Digital Cinema Services
The Digital Cinema Services (“Services”) division provides monitoring, billing, collection, verification and other management services to Phase 1 DC and Phase 2 DC as well as to exhibitor-buyers who purchase their own equipment. This division services the Company's 3,724 screens in the Phase 1 deployment for a monthly service fee equal to 5% of the VPFs earned by Phase 1 DC. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, Services earned $2.5 million and $2.4 million, respectively, of service fees from Phase 1 DC.
In addition, Services provides services to the 5,609 Phase 2 Systems deployed as of March 31, 2012 and will service the remaining screens deployed, up to 10,000, in the Phase II Deployment. Services typically receives an activation and installation fee of up to $2 thousand per Phase 2 System as well as a monthly service fee that approximates up to 10% of the VPFs earned by Phase 2 DC. The total Phase 2 service fees are subject to an annual limitation under the terms of the Company's Phase 2 agreements with the motion picture studios. Any unpaid services fees in any period remain an obligation to Phase 2 DC in the cost recoupment framework and accrue a 15% cost of capital return until paid out of future VPFs. These fees are not recognized as income or accrued as an asset on the Company's balance sheet given the uncertainty of the total number of screens ultimately deployed in Phase 2. Service fees are accrued and recognized only on deployed Phase 2 Systems. As a result, the annual service fee limitation is variable until these fees are paid. In the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, Services earned $1.6 million and $1.9 million, respectively, of related services fees from Phase 2 DC.
Finally, Services has formed international servicing partnerships in Australia and New Zealand with ICAA to service up to 875 screens and is currently negotiating VPF agreements for Australia and New Zealand with the major Hollywood Studios, Similarly, Services has created a partnership in Brazil with Beyond All to service up to 600 screens in Brazil and is currently negotiating VPF agreements for Brazil with the major Hollywood studios. Services is exploring other similar international servicing partnerships in additional geographic locations.
Customers
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, one customer, Warner Brothers, comprised 13% of Services' revenues. We expect to continue to conduct business with Warner Brothers during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.
Competition
The Company faces limited competition domestically in its digital cinema services segment as the major Hollywood movie studios have only signed digital cinema deployment agreements (“DCDAs”) with five entities, including the Company. The other entities with all such agreements include: Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (“DCIP”), a joint venture of three large exhibitors (Regal Entertainment Group, AMC Entertainment, Inc. and Cinemark Holdings, Inc.) focused on managing the conversions of those three exhibitors; Sony Digital Cinema to support the deployment of Sony projection equipment; Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. to support the deployment of Christie equipment and GDC, Inc to support the deployment of GDC servers. The Company has a significantly greater market share than all other competitors beyond the DCIP consortium which services a total of approximately 17,200 total screens representing its consortium members.
As Cinedigm expands its servicing platform internationally, an additional competitor beyond those listed above consists of Arts Alliance, Inc., a leading digital cinema servicer focused on the European markets as well as other potential local start-ups seeking to service a specific international market. Cinedigm often seeks to partner with a leading local entity to combine our efficient servicing infrastructure and strong studio relationships with the necessary local market expertise and exhibitor relationships.
Software Division
Software provides proprietary software applications and services to support movie exhibition and distribution customers of varying sizes, through enterprise software licenses and maintenance fees, software as a service (“SaaS”) fees through which it hosts various applications and provides client access via the Internet, data and analytical software tools and services, software customizations, consulting services including training and installation certification through its workshop and training sessions. Current proprietary software of Software consists of the following:
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Theatre Command Center® (“TCC”) | Complete management of digital theatres. Automates the creation of digital shows, manages all digital movies, trailers, advertising and alternative content. |
TCC Enterprise | Links theatres running TCC to consolidate circuit-wide operational data and centralize key functions. Enterprise also includes functionality to compute, invoice and manage Virtual Print Fee program obligations. |
Theatrical Distribution System® (“TDS”) | Enables domestic distributors to plan, book and account for theatrical movie releases and to collect and analyze related financial operations data.
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Theatrical Distribution System (Global) (“TDSG “) | Enables international distributors to plan, book and account for theatrical movie releases and to collect and analyze related financial operations data. |
Exhibition Management System™ (“EMS™”) | Enables domestic theatre owners to plan, book and account for theatrical movie releases and to collect and analyze related financial operations data. |
Royalty Transaction Solution (“RTS”) | Enables licensors and licensees to manage and account for all intellectual property rights and royalty transactions. |
CineXchange | CineXchange is a new web-based platform providing theatrical data, analytics and software services. |
Cinesuite | Cinesuite is a portfolio of proprietary applications developed to manage and facilitate the duplication and distribution of digital media via terrestrial, broadband and satellite delivery methods. |
TCC
Our TCC system is installed as a component of all Phase 1 and Phase 2 Systems as well as our international deployments and partnerships. It provides in-theatre management for digitally-equipped movie theatres, enabling an exhibitor to control all the screens in a movie theatre, manage content and version review, assess and manage building, program scheduling and encryption security key management from a central terminal, whether located in the projection booth, the theatre manager's office or both. Software receives upfront license fees from all TCC installations. Phase 2 Systems also generate maintenance revenues and Cinedigm licenses TCC to other domestic and international deployment entities and exhibitors.
TCC Enterprise
TCC Enterprise is used by exhibitors and their service partners to centrally at the home office monitor and manage digital operations at theatres utilizing the TCC theatre management system. TCC Enterprise receives real-time information from all networked TCC systems to provide a consolidated view of shows, content and system performance. TCC Enterprise also centralizes certain key operational tasks enabling theatrical exhibitors greater control and consistency in managing their digital theatres. TCC Enterprise also includes a powerful Virtual Print Fee (VPF) management module that is used by Cinedigm to manage obligations and reporting under its studio VPF agreements and can be licensed to third parties as part of our international partnerships.
Domestic Theatrical Distribution Management
Our TDS product is currently the system of choice to manage domestic theatrical movie releases for two of the six major motion picture studios, expects to complete the customization and installation of TDS at the 3rd major studio in the second quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 and almost all other domestic mini-major and independent film distributors. The main competition for TDS has been in-house development by the motion picture studios. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, the TDS product comprised 34% and 44% of Software's revenues, respectively.
International Theatrical Distribution Management
TDSG supports the planning, booking and operations of worldwide movie distribution, with multi-language and multi-currency capabilities. TDSG's unique design incorporates the business rules for all supported territories within a single application. Software's primary customer is Fox International who is actively deploying the system in up to eighteen international territories. In December 2008, Software reached an agreement in which Fox International is completing the development of its outstanding territories at their sole expense and had two years to deliver the software to the Company. By December 2010, Fox International had provided certain software to the Company in fulfillment of its obligations. The Company is currently expanding its marketing of TDSG internationally.
Exhibition Management
EMS™ is a powerful and comprehensive solution for managing the planning, booking, auditing, distributor payments and accounting by theatrical exhibitors. EMS interfaces with the customers' box office ticketing, point-of-sale, and other systems to streamline operations and eliminate manual processes. In March 2011, Software signed a license and maintenance fee agreement for EMS™ with the second-largest domestic exhibitor, AMC Entertainment, Inc. and expects to complete its implementation during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013. The Company expects additional opportunities to license this product now that most exhibitors have converted to digital.
IP Rights and Royalty Management
RTS is a web-based solution for the management by licensors and licensees of intellectual property rights, which was part of a prior acquisition.
CineXchange
CineXchange is Cinedigm Software's internet platform for providing data, analytics and software services developed from digital cinema data and other theatrical data sources. The basic CineXchange framework enables users to securely access and utilize products and services via the internet on multiple computing devices. CineXchange is the portal through which Cinedigm Software will extend the functionality of its existing client-server based applications as well as new applications and services.
Cinesuite
The Cinesuite portfolio includes various proprietary applications that were developed to support the Company's Digital Media Services business, and several applications have been licensed to third parties. Although the key assets of the Digital Media Services' business were sold to Technicolor in FY 2012, the Company retained its ownership of its proprietary software applications and transaction agreement included a license to Technicolor to use the Cinesuite applications. The Company has also licensed this product suite to a Fortune 50 company in India and is actively pursuing additional licensing opportunities for these unique products. The Cinesuite portfolio includes:
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CineBooker | Theatre booking interface used to view and manage the Digital Cinema Package digital delivery requests from the studios and alternate content providers. |
CineCaster | Multicast and unicast file delivery technology to facilitate distribution of digital cinema packages to a large network of theatres. |
CineCloner | Hard drive replication system used to duplicate digital cinema packages for large scale terrestrial distribution to theatres. |
CineConnect | Wide area networking solution used to provide secure connectivity to participating theatres to enable sharing of critical information to support digital cinema security requirements. |
CineKey | High-speed key delivery message creation, delivery, and management solution used to support the decryption requirements of digital cinema content to theatres. |
CineLibrary | Digital cinema media repository used to aggregate digital assets in preparation for delivery to theatres. |
CineLive | Super high-definition live 2D and 3D technologies to bring crisp and clear live events in immersive 5.1 surround sound to enabled theatres around the world. |
CineOffice | Rules and profile based digital cinema delivery billing management solution that provides customizable billable detail to various accounting packages. |
CineShipper | Delivery management solution that facilitates the distribution of digital cinema package hard drives via multiple carriers and tracks the physical assets and their delivery status. |
CineWorkflow | High-level tools to coordinate the overall digital cinema delivery obligation and enables a common interface for other Cinedigm digital delivery software products. |
CineXpress Portal | In-theatre broadband appliance that allows theatre operators to receive, manage, transfer, and request trailers, KDMs, and other digital cinema content. |
Research and Development
During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company's recorded research and development expenses of approximately $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively, and was comprised mainly of personnel costs and third party contracted services attributable to research and development efforts at Software related to the development of our digital software applications and various product enhancements to TDS and EMS™.
Market Opportunity
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• | Software's products are becoming an industry leading method by which motion picture studios and theatrical exhibitors plan, manage and monitor operations and data regarding the presentation of theatrical entertainment; |
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• | By adapting this system to serve the expanding digital entertainment industry, Software's products and services are accepted as an important component in the digital content delivery and management business; |
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• | The digital cinema conversion process is accelerating demand for Software's products as exhibitors realize the cost savings and revenue enhancements available from greater automation and analytical tools; |
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• | The global digital cinema conversion process is producing significant new data flows from the networked digital projection systems and driving the demand for data and analytical tools to gather, analyze and report on this information; |
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• | The continued transition to digital content delivery will require a high degree of coordination among content providers, customers and intermediary service providers; |
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• | Demand is increasing for various transaction processing capabilities to streamline theatrical distribution, reduce manual processes and provide greater scheduling and booking flexibility; |
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• | Producing, buying and delivering media content through worldwide distribution channels is a highly fragmented and inefficient process; and |
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• | Technologies created by Software and the continuing development of and general transition to digital forms |
of media will help the digital content delivery and management business become increasingly streamlined, automated and enhanced.
Intellectual Property
Software currently has intellectual property consisting of:
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• | Licensable software products, including TCC, TCC Enterprise, TDS, TDSG, EMS™, RTS, CineXchange and all Cinesuite applications; |
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• | Registered trademarks for the Theatre Command Center®, Theater Command Center®, and Theatrical Distribution System®; |
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• | Domain names, including EPayTV.com, EpayTV.net, HollywoodSoftware.com, HollywoodSoftware.net, Indie-Coop.com, Indie-Coop.net, Indiedirect.com, IPayTV.com; PersonalEDI.com, RightsMart.com, RightsMart.net, TheatricalDistribution.com and Vistapos.com; |
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• | Unregistered trademarks and service marks, including Coop Advertising V1.04, EMS ASP, Exhibitor Management System, Hollywood SW, Inc., HollywoodSoftware.com, Indie Co-op, Media Manager, On-Line Release Schedule, RightsMart, and TheatricalDistribution.com; and |
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• | Logos, including those in respect of Hollywood SW, TDS and EMS™. |
Customers
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, one customer, Insight, represented 10% or more of Software's revenues and generated 19% and 10% of Software's and Services' revenues, respectively. Insight is a reseller of Cinedigm's software that is embedded in the servers that are sold to the exhibitors in all Cinedigm digital cinema deployments. As a result, we do not believe this represents material concentration risk within Software as other resellers exist in the marketplace. We expect to continue to conduct business with this customer during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.
Competition
Within the major domestic motion picture studios and exhibition circuits, Software's principal competitors for its products are in-house development teams, which generally are assisted by outside contractors and other third parties. Most domestic motion picture studios that do not use the TDS software use their own in-house developed systems. Internationally, Software is aware of one vendor based in the Netherlands providing similar software. Software's movie exhibition product, EMS™, competes principally with customized solutions developed by the large exhibition circuits as well as point of sale system modules attempting to provide comparable functionality. We believe that Software, through its technology and management experience, may differentiate itself by providing a competitive alternative to their forms of digital content delivery and management business.
Government Regulation
Except for the requirement of compliance with United States export controls relating to the export of high technology products, we are not subject to government approval procedures or other regulations for the licensing of our Entertainment Software products.
The distribution of movies is in large part regulated by federal and state antitrust laws and has been the subject of numerous antitrust cases. Motion picture studios offer and license movies to theatrical exhibitors, on a movie-by-movie and theatre-by-theatre basis. Consequently, theatrical exhibitors cannot assure themselves of a supply of movies by entering into long-term arrangements with motion picture studios, but must negotiate for licenses on a movie-by-movie basis. We maintain Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) broadcast licenses related to our satellite transmission of content and should we violate any FCC laws, we may be subject to fines and or forfeiture of our broadcast licenses.
CONTENT & ENTERTAINMENT
The Content & Entertainment segment consists of the following:
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Cinedigm Content and Entertainment Group (“CEG”) | | Acquires, distributes and provides the marketing for programs of alternative content and feature films to movie exhibitors. |
In January 2007, through our wholly owned subsidiary, Vistachiara Productions, Inc., we purchased substantially all of the assets of BP/KTF, LLC (the “CEG Acquisition”). CEG provides marketing and distribution services to owners of alternative content, such as live sports, musical concerts, kids programming, cultural events, and other niche programming tied to avid audiences on a programmatic basis and to producers of independent films. CEG is meeting the needs of exhibitors for greater variety of content to increase exhibition capacity utilization of approximately 5% in the off-peak Monday to Thursday period and less than 20% in aggregate annually. CEG leverages the exhibition relationships developed by Cinedigm to create a unique and valuable marketing and distribution service on top of the digital cinema network. CEG also partners to manage the distribution of alternative content and independent films into the ancillary home entertainment markets through a 50/50 joint venture formed in January with New Video, Inc. to jointly acquire the distribution rights of independent film and alternative content in all media for 7-15 years in the North American markets. Subsequent to the end of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, Cinedigm completed the acquisition of New Video (see Subsequent Events). CEG acquires all distribution rights for an upfront advance cash payment or minimum revenue guarantee plus a theatrical marketing commitment that is then repaid prior to all other obligations from all future theatrical and ancillary revenue sources. CEG receives a distribution fee typically equal to 25-35% of all revenues earned through the distribution of the content as well as a share of any back-end profits earned through its distribution activities. In addition, CEG also offers its theatrical marketing and distribution services through its Indie Direct service for a fixed upfront fee and a share of box office and/or downstream content revenues. CEG does not currently invest in production costs of content. CEG has acquired the distribution rights to 2 independent films in its fiscal fourth quarter and 2 additional independent films in April 2012. In addition, Indie Direct provided theatrical distribution services for 4 movies during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.
Market Opportunity
We believe that:
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• | Alternative content is a rapidly growing medium with recent industry estimates by Screen Digest expecting the industry to grow to in excess of $500 million of revenues in 2014 from under $200 million in 2010 and can potentially generate revenues of 3-4 times above that level in ancillary downstream markets; and |
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• | Independent film distribution continues to expand as the major motion picture studios have reduced their involvement in this area and many smaller independent film distributors have closed their doors due to reduced capital availability as a result of the financial crisis. According to Rentrak Corporation, total box office for non-major studio independent film has historically ranged from $1.8-$2.0 billion. Cinedigm's combination of theatrical distribution relationships and marketing expertise will enable us to support efforts to fill this void. |
Intellectual Property
There is no intellectual property related to our Content & Entertainment segment.
Customers
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, two customers, ARC Entertainment and The Pokémon Company, each represented 10% or more of CEG's revenues and generated 49% and 21% of CEG's revenues, respectively. We expect to continue to conduct business with ARC Entertainment during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013. However with the acquisition of New Video, we expect our customer concentration will be reduced.
Competition
Numerous companies are engaged in various forms of producing and distributing independent film and alternative content. These competitors have significantly greater financial, marketing and managerial resources than we do and have generated greater revenue and are better known than we are.
The Company views the following as its principal competition in its content and entertainment segment:
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• | National CineMedia, LLC (NCM), the largest in-theatre advertising business whose 3 largest customers are Regal Entertainment Group, AMC Entertainment, Inc. and Cinemark Holdings, Inc. operates the largest theatrical alternative content and non-feature film content distribution in its Fathom Network; |
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• | Sony Pictures Classics, an autonomous division of Sony Pictures Entertainment; |
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• | Focus Features, a division of NBCUniversal; |
ASSETS HELD FOR SALE AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Discontinued operations consists of the following:
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AccessDM and FiberSat Global Services, Inc. d/b/a Cinedigm Satellite and Support Services, (“Cinedigm Satellite” and, together with AccessDM, “DMS”) | | Distributes digital content to movie theatres and other venues having digital cinema equipment and provides satellite-based broadband video, data and Internet transmission, encryption management services, video network origination and management services and a virtual booking center to outsource the booking and scheduling of satellite and fiber networks and provides forensic watermark detection services for motion picture studios and forensic recovery services for content owners. |
Access Digital Server Assets | | Provides hosting services and provides network access for other web hosting services. |
ADM Cinema Corporation (“ADM Cinema”) d/b/a the Pavilion Theatre (the “Pavilion Theatre”) | | A nine-screen digital movie theatre and showcase to demonstrate the Company's integrated digital cinema solutions. |
Core Technology Services, Inc. (“Managed Services”) | | Provides information technology consulting services and managed network monitoring services through its global network command center (“GNCC”). |
UniqueScreen Media, Inc. (“USM”) | | Provides cinema advertising services and entertainment. |
In August 2010, the Company sold both Managed Services and the Access Digital Server Assets for $1.5 million, consisting of $0.3 million in cash and $1.2 million as a note receivable. In May 2011, the Company completed the sale of certain assets and liabilities of the Pavilion Theatre for $0.2 million. In September 2011, the Company completed the sale of USM for $6.0 million in cash. In November 2011, the Company completed the sale of the majority of assets of DMS for $1.0 million in cash.
ENVIRONMENTAL
The nature of our business does not subject us to environmental laws in any material manner.
EMPLOYEES
As of March 31, 2012, we had 90 employees, of which 1 is part-time and 89 are full-time. Of our full-time employees, 6 are in sales and marketing, 22 are in operations, 10 are in research and development, 29 are in technical services, and 22 are in executive, finance and administration.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company's Internet website address is www.cinedigm.com. The Company will make available, free of charge at the
“Investors - Financial Information” section of its website, its Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements and all amendments to those reports and statements filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC.
In addition, the SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding companies that file electronically with the Commission. This information is available at www.sec.gov, the SEC's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549 or by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
An inability to obtain necessary financing may have a material adverse effect on our financial position, operations and prospects if unanticipated capital needs arise.
Our capital requirements may vary significantly from what we currently project and be affected by unforeseen delays and expenses. We may experience problems, delays, expenses and difficulties frequently encountered by similarly-situated companies, as well as difficulties as a result of changes in economic, regulatory or competitive conditions. If we encounter any of these problems or difficulties or have underestimated our operating losses or capital requirements, we may require significantly more financing than we currently anticipate. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain any required additional financing on terms acceptable to us, if at all. An inability to obtain necessary financing could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, operations and prospects. Our Phase I credit agreement (the “Phase I Credit Agreement”) with Société Générale, New York Branch (“SG”) and certain other lenders contains certain restrictive covenants that restrict, among other things, our indirect subsidiary, Cinedigm Digital Funding I, LLC (“CDF I”) and its subsidiaries from (with certain specified exceptions) making certain capital expenditures, incurring other indebtedness or liens, engaging in a new line of business, selling certain assets, acquiring, consolidating with, or merging with or into other companies and entering into transactions with affiliates. The Phase I Credit Agreement is non-recourse to the Company and our other subsidiaries. In August 2009, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Sageview Purchase Agreement”) with an affiliate of Sageview Capital LP (“Sageview” or the “Purchaser”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue a Senior Secured Note (the “2009 Note”) in the aggregate principal amount of $75.0 million, which was later amended and restated on May 6, 2010 (as so amended and restated, the “2010 Note”). The 2010 Note, among other things, restricts the Company and its subsidiaries from (with certain specified exceptions) incurring other indebtedness or liens, creating or acquiring subsidiaries which do not guarantee such notes, making certain investments and modifying authorized capital. Our indirect subsidiary, Access Digital Cinema Phase 2 B/AIX Corp. (“Phase 2 B/AIX”) has entered into several credit agreements (the “KBC Agreements”) with KBC Bank NV (“KBC”) pursuant to which KBC has financed the acquisition of digital cinema projection systems purchased from Barco, Inc. to be installed at various theatre locations. The non-recourse KBC Agreements, among other things, restrict Phase 2 B/AIX from (with certain specified exceptions) incurring liens, disposing of certain assets outside the ordinary course of business, merging or consolidating with other entities, changing its line of business and making payments (including dividends) to affiliates. The KBC Agreements are non-recourse to the Company and its subsidiaries other than Phase 2 B/AIX and are consolidated by the Company similarly to CDF I. In October, 2011, we began earning fees under a management services agreement with CDF2 Holdings, LLC (“CDF2 Holdings”), an indirect wholly-owned non-consolidated variable interest entity that is intended to be a special purpose, bankruptcy remote entity. CDF2 began funding digital systems under its credit agreement with SG and certain other lenders (the “Phase II Credit Agreement”). This Phase II Credit Agreement contains certain restrictive covenants that, among other things, restrict CDF 2 and its subsidiaries from (with certain specified exceptions) making certain capital expenditures, incurring other indebtedness or liens, engaging in a new line of business, selling certain assets, acquiring, consolidating with, or merging with or into other companies and entering into transactions with affiliates. The Phase II Credit Agreement is non-recourse to the Company and our other subsidiaries The digital cinema projection systems that CDF2 partially finances by borrowing under the Phase II Credit Agreement are acquired directly from the manufacturers and are sold to and leased back by CDF2 from CHG-Meridian U.S. Finance, Ltd. (“CHG”) pursuant to a Master Lease Agreement and related documents (the “CHG Lease”). The CHG Lease contains certain restrictive covenants that restrict CDF2 Holdings from incurring liens on the leased digital cinema systems and from (with certain specified exceptions) subleasing, assigning, modifying or altering such systems. The CHG Lease is non-recourse to the Company and our other subsidiaries. CDF2 is not consolidated by the Company, as the Company does not exercise control over CDF2, the lease equity to finance the systems is provided by an unaffiliated third party, and the Company's risk is limited to our initial investment and revenues that could be earned under the management services agreement.
We face the risks of doing business in new and rapidly evolving markets and may not be able successfully to address such risks and achieve acceptable levels of success or profits.
We have encountered and will continue to encounter the challenges, uncertainties and difficulties frequently experienced in new
and rapidly evolving markets, including:
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• | net losses; |
• | lack of sufficient customers or loss of significant customers; |
• | a changing business focus; and |
• | difficulties in managing potentially rapid growth. |
If we do not respond to future advances in technology and changes in customer demands, our financial position, prospects and results of operations may be adversely affected.
The demand for our entertainment software will be affected, in large part, by future advances in technology and changes in customer demands. Our success will also depend on our ability to address the increasingly sophisticated and varied needs of our existing and prospective customers.
We expect competition to be intense: if we are unable to compete successfully, our business and results of operations will be seriously harmed.
The markets for the digital cinema business and the content marketing business are competitive, evolving and subject to rapid technological and other changes. We expect the intensity of competition in each of these areas to increase in the future. Companies willing to expend the necessary capital to create facilities and/or software similar to ours may compete with our business. Increased competition may result in reduced revenues and/or margins and loss of market share, any of which could seriously harm our business. In order to compete effectively in each of these fields, we must differentiate ourselves from competitors.
Many of our current and potential competitors have longer operating histories and greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than us, which may permit them to adopt aggressive pricing policies. As a result, we may suffer from pricing pressures that could adversely affect our ability to generate revenues and our results of operations. Many of our competitors also have significantly greater name and brand recognition and a larger customer base than us. . If we are unable to compete successfully, our business and results of operations will be seriously harmed.
Our plan to acquire additional businesses involves risks, including our inability to successfully complete an acquisition, our assumption of liabilities, dilution of your investment and significant costs.
Strategic and financially appropriate acquisitions are a key component of our growth strategy. Subsequent to the end of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, we acquired New Video, an independent home entertainment distributor of quality packaged and digital content that provides distribution services in the DVD, BD, Digital and VOD channels for more than 500 independent rights holders. Although there are no other acquisitions identified by us as probable at this time, we may make further acquisitions of similar or complementary businesses or assets. Even if we identify appropriate acquisition candidates, we may be unable to negotiate successfully the terms of the acquisitions, finance them, integrate the acquired business into our then existing business and/or attract and retain customers. We are also subject to limitations on our ability to make acquisitions pursuant to the 2010 Note. Completing an acquisition and integrating an acquired business, may require a significant diversion of management time and resources and involves assuming new liabilities. Any acquisition also involves the risks that the assets acquired may prove less valuable than expected and/or that we may assume unknown or unexpected liabilities, costs and problems. If we make one or more significant acquisitions in which the consideration consists of our capital stock, your equity interest in our company could be diluted, perhaps significantly. If we were to proceed with one or more significant acquisitions in which the consideration included cash, we could be required to use a substantial portion of our available cash, or obtain additional financing to consummate them.
Our previous acquisitions involve risks, including our inability to integrate successfully the new businesses and our assumption of certain liabilities.
We have, subsequent to the end of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, made a meaningful acquisition of New Video to expand into the distribution of entertainment content in the ancillary home entertainment markets. We cannot assure you that we will be able to effectively expand and market the services provided by New Video as it is combined into CEG. Our acquisition of this business and its assets also involves the risks that the business and assets acquired may prove to be less valuable than we expected and/or that we may assume unknown or unexpected liabilities, costs and problems. In addition, we assumed certain liabilities in connection with this acquisition and we cannot assure you that we will be able to satisfy
adequately such assumed liabilities. Other companies that offer similar products and services may be able to market and sell their products and services more cost-effectively than we can.
If we do not manage our growth, our business will be harmed.
We may not be successful in managing our rapid growth. Past growth has placed, and future growth will continue to place, significant challenges on our management and resources, related to the successful integration of the newly acquired businesses. To manage the expected growth of our operations, we will need to improve our existing, and implement new, operational and financial systems, procedures and controls. We may also need to expand our finance, administrative, client services and operations staffs and train and manage our growing employee base effectively. Our current and planned personnel, systems, procedures and controls may not be adequate to support our future operations. Our business, results of operations and financial position will suffer if we do not effectively manage our growth.
If we are not successful in protecting our intellectual property, our business will suffer.
We depend heavily on technology to operate our business. Our success depends on protecting our intellectual property, which is one of our most important assets. We have intellectual property consisting of:
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• | licensable software products; |
• | rights to certain domain names; |
• | registered service marks on certain names and phrases; |
• | various unregistered trademarks and service marks; |
• | know-how; |
• | rights to certain logos; and |
• | a pending patent application with respect to certain of our software. |
If we do not adequately protect our intellectual property, our business, financial position and results of operations would be harmed. Our means of protecting our intellectual property may not be adequate. Unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our intellectual property or to obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. In addition, competitors may be able to devise methods of competing with our business that are not covered by our intellectual property. Our competitors may independently develop similar technology, duplicate our technology or design around any intellectual property that we may obtain.
The success of some of our business operations depends on the proprietary nature of certain software. We do not, however, have patents with respect to much of our software. Because there is no patent protection in respect of much of our software, other companies are not prevented from developing and marketing similar software. We cannot assure you, therefore, that we will not face more competitors or that we can compete effectively against any companies that develop similar software. We also cannot assure you that we can compete effectively or not suffer from pricing pressure with respect to our existing and developing products that could adversely affect our ability to generate revenues. Further, our pending patent application may not be issued and if issued may not be broad enough to protect our rights, or if such patent is issued such patent could be successfully challenged.
Although we hold rights to various web domain names, regulatory bodies in the United States and abroad could establish additional top-level domains, appoint additional domain name registrars or modify the requirements for holding domain names. The relationship between regulations governing domain names and laws protecting trademarks and similar proprietary rights is unclear. We may be unable to prevent third parties from acquiring domain names that are similar to or diminish the value of our proprietary rights.
Our substantial debt and lease obligations could impair our financial flexibility and restrict our business significantly.
We now have, and will continue to have, significant debt obligations. We had notes payable to third parties with principal amounts aggregating $258.3 million as of March 31, 2012, of which $171.0 million was non-recourse and not guaranteed by the Company or our subsidiaries, other than CDF I with respect to the Phase I Credit Agreement, and Phase 2 B/AIX 2 with respect to the KBC Agreements.
We also had capital lease obligations covering facilities with principal amounts of $5.4 million as of March 31, 2012. In May 2011, the Company completed the sale of certain assets and liabilities of the Pavilion Theatre and from that point forward, it has not been operated by the Company. The Company has remained the primary obligator on the Pavilion capital lease and therefore, the capital lease obligation, which aggregates $5.4 million, and the related assets under the capital lease continue to
remain with the Company as of March 31, 2012. The Company has, however, entered into a sub-lease agreement with the unrelated third party purchaser who makes all payments related to the lease and as such, has no continuing involvement in the operation of the Pavilion Theatre.
In May 2010, we amended and restated the 2010 Note in the aggregate principal amount of $75.0 million (which was originally issued in August 2009). Additionally, CDF I, our indirect wholly-owned subsidiary that is intended to be a special purpose, bankruptcy remote entity, has entered into the Phase I Credit Agreement, pursuant to which it borrowed $172.5 million. As of March 31, 2012, the outstanding principal balance under the Phase I Credit Agreement was $117.6 million. Phase 2 B/AIX, our indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into the KBC Agreements pursuant to which it has borrowed $61.9 million in the aggregate. As of March 31, 2012, the outstanding principal balance under the KBC Agreements was $52.3 million in the aggregate.
The obligations and restrictions under the 2010 Note, the Phase I Credit Agreement, the KBC Agreements and our other debt obligations could have important consequences for us, including:
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• | requiring us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow to payments on our debt obligations, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures and other corporate requirements or expansion of our business; |
• | limiting our ability to pay dividends to our shareholders; and |
• | placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to competitors that might have stronger balance sheets or better access to capital by, for example, limiting our ability to enter into new markets. |
CDF 2 and CDF2 Holdings are our indirect wholly-owned, non-consolidated VIEs that are intended to be special purpose, bankruptcy remote entities. CDF 2 has entered into the Phase II Credit Agreement, pursuant to which it may borrow up to $77.5 million in the aggregate. As of March 31, 2012, the outstanding principal balance under the Phase II Credit Agreement was $36.2 million. CDF2 Holdings has entered into the CHG Lease pursuant to which CHG has committed to provide sale/leaseback financing for digital cinema projection systems that are partially financed by the Phase II Credit Agreement in an amount up to approximately $23.1 million in the aggregate. As of March 31, 2012, CHG had provided approximately $26.3 million of sale/leaseback financing for such digital cinema projection systems. These facilities are non-recourse to the Company and our subsidiaries, excluding the Company's VIE, CDF2 Holdings, as the case may be. Although the Phase II financing arrangements undertaken by CDF 2 and CDF 2 Holdings are important to the Company with respect to the success of its Phase II Deployment, the Company’s financial exposure related to the debt of CDF 2 and CDF 2 Holdings is limited to the $2 million initial investment it made into CDF 2 and CDF 2 Holdings. As of March 31, 2012, the book value of this investment was approximately $1.5 million.
The obligations and restrictions under the Phase II Credit Agreement and the CHG Lease could have important consequences for CDF 2 and CDF 2 Holdings, including:
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• | requiring them to dedicate a substantial portion of their cash flow to payments on their debt obligations, thereby reducing the availability of their cash flow for other uses; and |
• | limiting our ability to pay dividends to our shareholders. |
If we are unable to meet our lease and debt obligations, we could be forced to restructure or refinance our obligations, to seek additional equity financing or to sell assets, which we may not be able to do on satisfactory terms or at all. As a result, we could default on those obligations and in the event of such default, our lenders could accelerate our debt or take other actions that could restrict our operations.
The foregoing risks would be intensified to the extent we borrow additional money or incur additional debt.
The agreements governing the financing of our Phase I Deployment, part of our Phase II Deployment and our issuance of the 2010 Note impose certain limitations on us.
The Phase I Credit Agreement governing the financing of our Phase I Deployment restricts the ability of CDF I and its existing and future subsidiaries to, among other things:
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• | make certain capital expenditures and investments; |
• | incur other indebtedness or liens; |
• | engage in a new line of business; |
• | sell assets; |
• | pay dividends or make distributions to shareholders; |
• | acquire, consolidate with, or merge with or into other companies; and |
• | enter into transactions with affiliates. |
One or more of the KBC Agreements governing part of the financing of our Phase II Deployment restrict the ability of Phase 2 B/AIX to, among other things:
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• | dispose of or incur other liens on the digital cinema projection systems financed by KBC; |
• | engage in a new line of business; |
• | sell assets outside the ordinary course of business or on other than arm’s length terms; |
• | make payments to majority owned affiliated companies; and |
• | consolidate with, or merge with or into other companies. |
The agreements governing the 2010 Note restrict the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions, to, among other things:
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• | incur other indebtedness or liens; |
• | create or acquire subsidiaries which do not guarantee the notes; |
• | make certain investments; |
• | amend certain agreements; |
• | pay dividends; and |
• | modify authorized capital. |
The agreements governing the financing of other parts of our Phase II Deployment impose certain limitations which may affect our Phase 2 deployment.
The Phase II Credit Agreement governing part of the financing of part of our Phase II Deployment that has not been financed by the KBC Agreements restricts the ability of CDF 2 and its existing and future subsidiaries to, among other things:
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• | make certain capital expenditures and investments; |
• | incur other indebtedness or liens; |
• | engage in a new line of business; |
• | sell assets; |
• | pay dividends or make distributions to shareholders; |
• | acquire, consolidate with, or merge with or into other companies; and |
• | enter into transactions with affiliates. |
The CHG Lease governing part of the financing of part of our Phase II Deployment restricts the ability of CDF2 Holdings to, among other things:
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• | incur liens on the digital cinema projection systems financed; and |
• | sublease, assign or modify the digital cinema projection systems financed. |
We may not be able to generate the amount of cash needed to fund our future operations.
Our ability either to make payments on or to refinance our indebtedness, or to fund planned capital expenditures and research and development efforts, will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future. Our ability to generate cash is in part subject to general economic, financial, competitive, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control.
Based on our current level of operations, we believe our cash flow from operations, subsequent borrowings and Credit
Agreement terms will be adequate to meet our future liquidity needs through at least March 31, 2013. Significant assumptions underlie this belief, including, among other things, that there will be no material adverse developments in our business, liquidity or capital requirements. If we are unable to service our indebtedness, we will be forced to adopt an alternative strategy that may include actions such as:
•reducing capital expenditures;
•reducing research and development efforts;
•selling assets;
•restructuring or refinancing our remaining indebtedness; and
•seeking additional funding.
We cannot assure you, however, that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations, or that we will be able to make future borrowings in amounts sufficient to enable us to pay the principal and interest on our current indebtedness or to fund our other liquidity needs. We may need to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before maturity. We cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance any of our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms or at all.
We have incurred losses since our inception.
We have incurred losses since our inception in March 2000 and have financed our operations principally through equity investments and borrowings. As of March 31, 2012, we had working capital, defined as current assets less current liabilities, of $3.0 million, and cash and cash equivalents, investment securities and restricted cash totaling $33.1 million; we had an accumulated deficit of $221.0 million and, during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, we had $39.9 million of net cash provided by operating activities.
Our net losses and cash outflows may increase as and to the extent that we increase the size of our business operations, increase the purchases of Systems for Phase 2 DC’s Phase II Deployment, increase our sales and marketing activities, increase our content distribution rights acquisition activities, enlarge our customer support and professional services and acquire additional businesses. These efforts may prove to be more expensive than we currently anticipate which could further increase our losses. We must continue to increase our revenues in order to become profitable. We cannot reliably predict when, or if, we will become profitable. Even if we achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain it. If we cannot generate operating income or positive cash flows in the future, we will be unable to meet our working capital requirements.
Many of our corporate actions may be controlled by our officers, directors and principal stockholders; these actions may benefit these principal stockholders more than our other stockholders.
As of June 11, 2012, our directors, executive officers and principal stockholders, those known by the Company to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate, approximately 36.9% of our outstanding common stock. In particular, Chris McGurk, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, owns 136,055 shares of Class A Common Stock and has stock options to purchase 4,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock. Such options began vesting in thirds starting in December 2011 and will finish in December 2013. If all the options were exercised, Mr. McGurk would own 4,636,055 shares or approximately 8.8% of the then-outstanding Class A Common Stock. Also, Adam Mizel, our Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, beneficially owns 1,612,861 shares of Class A Common Stock and has stock options to purchase 950,000 shares of Class A Common Stock. Of the total stock options, 575,000 will vest in August 2012 and the remaining stock options will vest in fourths continuing in August 2013 and finishing in August 2015. If all the options were exercised, Mr. Mizel would own 2,562,861 shares or approximately 5.2% of the then-outstanding Class A Common Stock. In addition, Sageview owns warrants to purchase 16,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock. If such warrants are exercised, Sageview would own approximately 25.0% of the then-outstanding Class A Common Stock. Sageview is also currently entitled to nominate two members to our board of directors (with such nomination right subject to reduction or elimination under certain circumstances).
These stockholders will have significant influence over our business affairs, with the ability to control matters requiring approval by our security holders, including elections of directors and approvals of mergers or other business combinations. Also, certain corporate actions directed by our officers may not necessarily inure to the proportional benefit of other stockholders of our company.
Our success will significantly depend on our ability to hire and retain key personnel.
Our success will depend in significant part upon the continued services of our key technical, sales and senior management personnel. If we lose one or more of our key employees, we may not be able to find a suitable replacement(s) and our business
and results of operations could be adversely affected. In addition, our future success will depend upon our ability to hire, train, integrate and retain qualified new employees.
If the market price of our common stock declines, we may not be able to maintain our listing on the Nasdaq Global Market which may impair our financial flexibility and restrict our business significantly.
The stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected the market prices of equity securities of many companies that may be unrelated or disproportionate to the operating results of such companies. These broad market movements may adversely affect the market price of the common stock. The common stock is presently listed on Nasdaq. Although we are not currently in jeopardy of delisting, we cannot assure you that we will meet the criteria for continued listing and our common stock could become delisted. Any such delisting could harm our ability to raise capital through alternative financing sources on terms acceptable to us, or at all, and may result in the loss of confidence in our financial stability by suppliers, customers and employees. If the common stock is delisted from Nasdaq, we may face a lengthy process to re-list the common stock, if we are able to re-list the common stock at all, and the liquidity that Nasdaq provides will no longer be available to investors.
If the common stock were to be delisted from Nasdaq, it could, under certain circumstances, be deemed to be a change of control in the Company and, as a result, the holders of the 2010 Note would have the right to require the Company redeem the outstanding principal of the 2010 Note. As a result, we could be forced to restructure or refinance our obligations, to seek additional equity financing or to sell assets, which we may not be able to do on satisfactory terms or at all. If we default under the 2010 Note obligations, our lenders could take actions that would restrict our operations.
While we believe we currently have effective internal control over financial reporting, we are required to assess our internal control over financial reporting on an annual basis and any future adverse results from such assessment could result in a loss of investor confidence in our financial reports and have an adverse effect on our stock price.
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the accompanying rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC to implement it required us to include in our Form 10-K annual reports by our management and independent auditors regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. The reports included, among other things, an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the end of our fiscal year. These assessments did not result in the disclosure of any material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting identified by management. During this process, if our management identified one or more material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting that cannot be remediated in a timely manner, we would not be unable to assert such internal control as effective. While we currently believe our internal control over financial reporting is effective, the effectiveness of our internal controls in future periods is subject to the risk that our controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, and, as a result, the degree of compliance of our internal control over financial reporting with the applicable policies or procedures may deteriorate. If, in the future, we are unable to conclude that our internal control over financial reporting is effective (or if our independent auditors disagree with our conclusion), we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which could have an adverse effect on our stock price.
New technologies may make our Digital Cinema Assets less desirable to motion picture studios or exhibitors of digital content and result in decreasing revenues.
The demand for our Systems and other assets in connection with our digital cinema business (collectively, our “Digital Cinema Assets”) may be affected by future advances in technology and changes in customer demands. We cannot assure you that there will be continued demand for our Digital Cinema Assets. Our profitability depends largely upon the continued use of digital presentations at theatres. Although we have entered into long term agreements with major motion picture studios and independent studios (the “Studio Agreements”), there can be no assurance that these studios will continue to distribute digital content to movie theatres. If the development of digital presentations and changes in the way digital files are delivered does not continue or technology is used that is not compatible with our Systems, there may be no viable market for our Systems. Any reduction in the use of our Systems resulting from the development and deployment of new technology may negatively impact our revenues and the value of our Systems.
We have concentration in our business with respect to our major motion picture studio customers, and the loss of one or more of our largest studio customers could have a material adverse effect on us.
Our Studio Agreements account for a significant portion of our revenues. Together these studios generated 52%, 59%, 17%, 21% and 40% of Phase 1 DC’s, Phase 2 DC’s, Software’s, the Services segment’s, and our consolidated revenues, respectively,
for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.
The Studio Agreements are critical to our business. If some of the Studio Agreements were terminated prior to the end of their terms or found to be unenforceable, or if our Systems are not upgraded or enhanced as necessary, or if we had a material failure of our Systems, it may have a material adverse effect on our revenue, profitability, financial condition and cash flows. The Studio Agreements also generally provide that the VPF rates and other material terms of the agreements may not be more favorable to one studio as compared to the others.
Termination of the MLAs and MLAAs could damage our revenue and profitability.
The master license agreements with each of our licensed exhibitors (the “MLAs”) are critical to our business as are master license administrative agreement (the "MLAAs"). The MLAs each have a term which expires in 2020 through 2022 and provide the exhibitor with an option to purchase our Systems or to renew for successive one year periods up to ten years thereafter. The MLAs also require our suppliers to upgrade our Systems when technology necessary for compliance with DCI Specification becomes commercially available and we may determine to enhance the Systems which may require additional capital expenditures. If any one of the MLAs were terminated prior to the end of its term, not renewed at its expiration or found to be unenforceable, or if our Systems are not upgraded or enhanced as necessary, it would have a material adverse effect on our revenue, profitability, financial condition and cash flows. Additionally, termination of MLAA's could adversely impact our servicing business.
We have concentration in our business with respect to our major licensed exhibitors, and the loss of one or more of our largest exhibitors could have a material adverse effect on us.
Over 58% of Phase 1 DC’s Systems and 21% of total systems are under MLA in theatres owned or operated by one large exhibitor. The loss of this exhibitor or another of our major licensed exhibitors could have a negative impact on the aggregate receipt of VPF revenues as a result of the loss of any associated MLAs. Although we do not receive revenues from licensed exhibitors and we have attempted to limit our licenses to only those theatres which we believe are successful, each MLA with our licensed exhibitors is important, depending on the number of screens, to our business since VPF revenues are generated based on screen turnover at theatres. If the MLA with a significant exhibitor was terminated prior to the end of its term, it would have a material adverse effect on our revenue, profitability, financial condition and cash flows. There can be no guarantee that the MLAs with our licensed exhibitors will not be terminated prior to the end of its term.
We depend on a limited number of suppliers for our Systems, and any delay in supply could affect our ability to grow.
We currently purchase Systems from a limited number of suppliers for our Systems in our Phase II Deployment. The inability to obtain certain components on a timely basis would limit our ability to complete installation of such Systems in a timely manner and would affect the amount of future revenues.
An increase in the use of alternative film distribution channels and other competing forms of entertainment could drive down movie theatre attendance, which, if causing significant theatre closures or a substantial decline in motion picture production, may lead to reductions in our revenues.
Various exhibitor chains which are the Company’s distributors face competition for patrons from a number of alternative motion picture distribution channels, such as DVD, network and syndicated television, video on-demand, pay-per-view television and downloading utilizing the internet. These exhibitor chains also compete with other forms of entertainment competing for patrons’ leisure time and disposable income such as concerts, amusement parks and sporting events. An increase in popularity of these alternative film distribution channels and competing forms of entertainment could drive down movie theatre attendance and potentially cause certain of our exhibitors to close their theatres for extended periods of time. Significant theatre closures could in turn have a negative impact on the aggregate receipt of our VPF revenues, which in turn may have a material adverse effect on our business and ability to service our debt.
An increase in the use of alternative film distribution channels could also cause the overall production of motion pictures to decline, which, if substantial, could have an adverse effect on the businesses of the major studios with which we have Studio Agreements. A decline in the businesses of the major studios could in turn force the termination of certain Studio Agreements prior to the end of their terms. The Studio Agreements with each of the major studios are critical to our business, and their early termination may have a material adverse effect on our revenue, profitability, financial condition and cash flows.
The acquisition restrictions contained in our certificate of incorporation and our Tax Benefit Preservation Plan, which are intended to help preserve our net operating losses, may not be effective or may have unintended negative effects.
We have experienced, and may continue to experience, substantial operating losses, and under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 382”), and rules promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service, we may “carry forward” these net operating losses (“NOLs”) in certain circumstances to offset any current and future earnings and thus reduce our federal income tax liability, subject to certain requirements and restrictions. To the extent that the NOLs do not otherwise become limited, we believe that we will be able to carry forward a significant amount of the NOLs, and therefore these NOLs could be a substantial asset to us. If, however, we experience a Section 382 ownership change, our ability to use the NOLs will be substantially limited, and the timing of the usage of the NOLs could be substantially delayed, which could therefore significantly impair the value of that asset.
To reduce the likelihood of an ownership change, we have established acquisition restrictions in our certificate of incorporation and our board of directors (the “Board”) adopted a tax benefit preservation plan (the “Tax Benefit Preservation Plan”). The Tax Benefit Preservation Plan is designed to protect shareholder value by attempting to protect against a limitation on our ability to use our existing NOLs. The acquisition restrictions in our certificate of incorporation are also intended to restrict certain acquisitions of our common stock to help preserve our ability to utilize our NOLs by avoiding the limitations imposed by Section 382 and the related Treasury regulations. The acquisition restrictions and the Tax Benefit Preservation Plan are generally designed to restrict or deter direct and indirect acquisitions of our common stock if such acquisition would result in a shareholder becoming a “5-percent shareholder” (as defined by Section 382 and the related Treasury regulations) or increase the percentage ownership of Cinedigm stock that is treated as owned by an existing 5-percent shareholder.
Although the acquisition restrictions and the Tax Benefit Preservation Plan are intended to reduce the likelihood of an ownership change that could adversely affect us, we can give no assurance that such restrictions would prevent all transfers that could result in such an ownership change. In particular, we have been advised by our counsel that, absent a court determination, there can be no assurance that the acquisition restrictions will be enforceable against all of our shareholders, and that they may be subject to challenge on equitable grounds. In particular, it is possible that the acquisition restrictions may not be enforceable against the shareholders who voted against or abstained from voting on the restrictions at our 2009 annual meeting of stockholders.
Under certain circumstances, our Board may determine it is in the best interest of the Company to exempt certain 5-percent shareholders from the operation of the acquisition restrictions or the Tax Benefit Preservation Plan, if a proposed transaction is determined not to be detrimental to the Company’s utilization of its NOLs.
The acquisition restrictions and Tax Benefit Preservation Plan also require any person attempting to become a holder of 5% or more of our common stock, as determined under Section 382, to seek the approval of our Board. This may have an unintended “anti-takeover” effect because our Board may be able to prevent any future takeover. Similarly, any limits on the amount of stock that a stockholder may own could have the effect of making it more difficult for stockholders to replace current management. Additionally, because the acquisition restrictions and the Tax Benefit Preservation Plan have the effect of restricting a stockholder’s ability to dispose of or acquire our common stock, the liquidity and market value of our Class A common stock might suffer. The Tax Benefit Preservation Plan will remain in effect until the earlier of (a) August 10, 2012, or (b) such other date as our Board in good faith determines it is no longer in the best interests of Cinedigm and its stockholders. The acquisition restrictions may be waived by our Board. Stockholders are advised to monitor carefully their ownership of our common stock and consult their own legal advisors and/or Cinedigm to determine whether their ownership of our common stock approaches the proscribed level.
The occurrence of various events may adversely affect the ability of the Company to fully utilize NOLs.
The Company has a substantial amount of NOLs for U.S. federal income tax purposes that are available both currently and in the future to offset taxable income and gains. Events outside of our control may cause us to experience a Section 382 ownership change, and limit our ability to fully utilize such NOLs.
In general, an ownership change occurs when, as of any testing date, the percentage of stock of a corporation owned by one or more “5-percent shareholders,” as defined in the Section 382 and the related Treasury regulations, has increased by more than 50 percentage points over the lowest percentage of stock of the corporation owned by such shareholders at any time during the three-year period preceding such date. In general, persons who own 5% or more of a corporation’s stock are 5-percent shareholders, and all other persons who own less than 5% of a corporation’s stock are treated, together, as a single, public group 5-percent shareholder, regardless of whether they own an aggregate of 5% or more of a corporation’s stock. If a corporation experiences an ownership change, it is generally subject to an annual limitation, which limits its ability to use its NOLs to an amount equal to the equity value of the corporation multiplied by the federal long-term tax-exempt rate.
If we were to experience an ownership change, we could potentially have, in the future, higher U.S. federal income tax
liabilities than we would otherwise have had and it may also result in certain other adverse consequences to us. Therefore, we have adopted the Tax Benefit Preservation Plan and the acquisition restrictions set forth in Article Fourth of our certificate of incorporation in order to reduce the likelihood that we will experience an ownership change under Section 382. There can be no assurance, however, that these efforts will deter or prevent the occurrence of an ownership change and the adverse consequences that may arise therefrom, as described above under the risk factor titled “The acquisition restrictions contained in our certificate of incorporation and our Tax Benefit Preservation Plan, which are intended to help preserve our net operating losses, may not be effective or may have unintended negative effects.”
Our revenues and earnings are subject to market downturns.
Our revenues and earnings may fluctuate significantly in the future. General economic or other conditions could cause a downturn in the market for our Systems or technology. Financial markets in the United States and around the world experienced extreme disruption in the second half of 2008 and much of 2009, including, among other things, extreme volatility in security prices, severely diminished liquidity and credit availability, ratings downgrades of certain investments and declining values of others. The global economy was in a recession. In 2010, the global economy began a gradual recovery from the significant downturn in the second half of 2008 and all of 2009, which continued in 2011 and is expected to continue at a gradual pace in 2012 and 2013. While stabilization appears to have begun, it is a slow process and the global economy remains fragile. However, the financial industry disruption may result in the inability of our studios, exhibitors or other customers to obtain credit to finance operations; a slowdown in global economies which could result in lower consumer demand for films; counterparty failures negatively impacting our interest rate swaps; or increased impairments of our assets. The current volatility in the financial markets and overall economic uncertainty increase the risk of substantial quarterly and annual fluctuations in our earnings. Any of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and could result in significant additional dilution to shareholders.
Economic conditions could materially adversely affect the Company.
The Company’s operations and performance could be influenced by worldwide economic conditions. Uncertainty about current global economic conditions poses a risk as consumers and businesses may postpone spending in response to tighter credit, negative financial news and/or declines in income or asset values, which could have a material negative effect on the demand for the Company’s products and services. Other factors that could influence demand include continuing increases in fuel and other energy costs, conditions in the residential real estate and mortgage markets, labor and healthcare costs, access to credit, consumer confidence, and other macroeconomic factors affecting consumer spending behavior. These and other economic factors could have a material adverse effect on demand for the Company’s products and services and on the Company’s financial condition and operating results. Uncertainty about current global economic conditions could also continue to increase the volatility of the Company’s stock price.
The continued threat of terrorism and ongoing military and other actions may result in decreases in our net income, revenue and assets under management and may adversely affect our business.
The continued threat of terrorism, both within the United States of America and abroad, and the ongoing military and other actions and heightened security measures in response to these types of threats, may cause significant volatility and declines in the capital markets in the United States of America, Europe and elsewhere, loss of life, property damage, additional disruptions to commerce and reduced economic activity. An actual terrorist attack could cause losses from a decrease in our business.
The war on terrorism, the threat of additional terrorist attacks, the political and the economic uncertainties that may result and other unforeseen events may impose additional risks upon and adversely affect the cinema industry and our business. We cannot offer assurances that the threats of future terrorist-like events in the United States of America and abroad or military actions by the United States of America will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Changes to existing accounting pronouncements or taxation rules or practices may affect how we conduct our business and affect our reported results of operations.
New accounting pronouncements or tax rules and varying interpretations of accounting pronouncements or taxation practice have occurred and may occur in the future. A change in accounting pronouncements or interpretations or taxation rules or practices can have a significant effect on our reported results and may even affect our reporting of transactions completed before the change is effective. Changes to existing rules and pronouncements, future changes, if any, or the questioning of current practices or interpretations may adversely affect our reported financial results or the way we conduct our business.
ITEM 2. PROPERTY
Our segments operated from the following leased properties at March 31, 2012.
Deployment
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Operations of: | Location: | Facility Type: | Expires: | Square Feet: |
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Services
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Operations of: | Location: | Facility Type: | Expires: | Square Feet: |
Software | Auburn Hills, Michigan | Administrative offices | December 2011 (4) | 1,203 |
| Woodland Hills, California | Administrative and technical offices | May 2016 (5) | 6,726 |
Content & Entertainment
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Operations of: | Location: | Facility Type: | Expires: | Square Feet: |
CEG | Century City, California | Administrative offices | January 2017 (8) | 10,623 |
Corporate
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Operations of: | Location: | Facility Type: | Expires: | Square Feet: |
Cinedigm | Morristown, New Jersey | Executive offices | August 2012 | 5,237 |
Assets held for sale and discontinued operations
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Operations of: | Location: | Facility Type: | Expires: | Square Feet: |
Pavilion Theatre | Brooklyn Borough of New York City | Nine-screen digital movie theatre | July 2022 (6) | 31,120 |
Data Center (9) | Brooklyn Borough of New York City | IDC facility | January 2016 (7) | 30,520 |
DMS | Chatsworth, California | Administrative offices, technical operations center, and warehouse (2) | July 2012 (3) | 13,455 |
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(1) | Employees share office space with Software in Woodland Hills, California. |
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(2) | Location contains a data center which we use as a dedicated digital content delivery site. |
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(3) | The Company will no longer be obligated under the terms of the lease in July 2012. |
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(4) | Lease has an option to renew for up to an additional five years with 180 days prior written notice at 95% of the then prevailing market rental rate. |
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(5) | Lease commenced in May 2011. |
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(6) | There is no lease renewal provision. To date, no additional rent has been paid. In May 2011, the Company completed the sale of certain assets and liabilities of the Pavilion Theatre and from that point forward, will not be operated by the Company. The Company has remained the primary obligor on the Pavilion capital lease and entered into a separate sublease agreement with the third party to sublet the Pavilion Theatre. |
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(7) | There is no lease renewal provision. |
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(8) | Sublease commenced April 2012. In addition to CEG, various departments within the Company also occupy space at this location. |
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(9) | Since May 1, 2007, the IDC facility has been operated by FiberMedia pursuant to a master collocation agreement. The remaining operating lease agreement for one IDC lease now operated and paid for by FiberMedia, |
consisting of unrelated third parties. FiberMedia currently pays the lease directly to the landlord and the Company will attempt to obtain landlord consent to assign the facility lease to FiberMedia. Until such landlord consents are obtained, the Company will remain as the lessee.
We believe that we have sufficient space to conduct our business for the foreseeable future. All of our leased properties are, in the opinion of our management, in satisfactory condition and adequately covered by insurance.
We do not own any real estate or invest in real estate or related investments.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are not party to any pending, threatened or contemplated litigation.
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ITEM 4. | MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES |
Not applicable.
PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
CLASS A COMMON STOCK
Our Class A Common Stock trades publicly on the Nasdaq Global Market (“NASDAQ”), under the trading symbol “CIDM”. The following table shows the high and low sales prices per share of our Class A Common Stock as reported by NASDAQ for the periods indicated:
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| 2012 | | 2011 |
| HIGH | | LOW | | HIGH | | LOW |
April 1 – June 30 | $ | 2.49 |
| | $ | 1.65 |
| | $ | 3.24 |
| | $ | 1.26 |
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July 1 – September 30 | $ | 2.03 |
| | $ | 1.10 |
| | $ | 1.94 |
| | $ | 1.17 |
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October 1 – December 31 | $ | 1.74 |
| | $ | 1.03 |
| | $ | 1.80 |
| | $ | 1.25 |
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January 1 – March 31 | $ | 2.20 |
| | $ | 1.34 |
| | $ | 2.08 |
| | $ | 1.35 |
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The last reported closing price per share of our Class A Common Stock as reported by NASDAQ on March 31, 2012 was $1.69 per share. As of March 31, 2012, there were 120 holders of record of our Class A Common Stock, not including beneficial owners of our Class A Common Stock whose shares are held in the names of various dealers, clearing agencies, banks, brokers and other fiduciaries.
CLASS B COMMON STOCK
There is no public trading market for our Class B common stock (“Class B Common Stock”). Each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock may be converted into one share of Class A Common Stock at any time, and from time to time, at the option of the holder and the holder of Class B Common Stock is entitled to ten (10) votes for each share of Class B Common Stock held. As of March 31, 2012, there was one holder of our Class B Common Stock.
DIVIDEND POLICY
We have never paid any cash dividends on our Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock (together, the “Common Stock”) and do not anticipate paying any on our Common Stock in the foreseeable future. Any future payment of dividends on our Common Stock will be in the sole discretion of our board of directors (the “Board”). The holders of our Series A 10% Non-Voting Cumulative Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends. Prior to September 2010, the Company was prohibited under the terms of the 2010 Note to make such payments. There were $67 of cumulative dividends in arrears on the Preferred Stock at March 31, 2012.
SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
None.
PURCHASE OF EQUITY SECURITIES
There were no purchases of shares of our Class A Common Stock made by us or on our behalf during the three months ended March 31, 2012. We do not anticipate purchasing any shares of our Class A Common Stock in the foreseeable future.
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following tables set forth our historical selected financial and operating data for the periods indicated. The selected financial and operating data should be read together with the other information contained in this document, including “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” in Item 7 and the audited historical financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this document. The historical results here are not necessarily indicative of future results.
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Statement of Operations Data | (In thousands, except for share and per share data) |
Related to Continuing Operations: | 2012 | | 2011 | | 2010 | | 2009 | | 2008 |
Revenues | $ | 76,557 |
| | $ | 58,439 |
| | $ | 50,464 |
| | $ | 52,096 |
| | $ | 47,429 |
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Direct operating (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below) | 7,042 |
| | 4,329 |
| | 5,004 |
| | 5,960 |
| | 4,958 |
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Selling, general and administrative | 15,717 |
| | 11,777 |
| | 9,942 |
| | 10,589 |
| | 12,009 |
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Provision for doubtful accounts | 459 |
| | 144 |
| | (95 | ) | | (110 | ) | | 291 |
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Research and development | 175 |
| | 256 |
| | 130 |
| | 152 |
| | 146 |
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Restructuring and transition expenses | 1,207 |
| | 1,403 |
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Merger and acquisition costs | 604 |
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Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment | 35,865 |
| | 31,916 |
| | 29,834 |
| | 28,934 |
| | 24,479 |
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Amortization of intangible assets | 294 |
| | 333 |
| | 348 |
| | 612 |
| | 1,317 |
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Total operating expenses | 61,363 |
| | 50,158 |
| | 45,163 |
| | 46,137 |
| | 43,200 |
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Income from operations | 15,194 |
| | 8,281 |
| | 5,301 |
| | 5,959 |
| | 4,229 |
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Interest income | 140 |
| | 154 |
| | 312 |
| | 367 |
| | 1,401 |
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Interest expense – cash portion | (27,465 | ) | | (24,581 | ) | | (30,649 | ) | | (21,693 | ) | | (20,959 | ) |
Interest expense – non-cash, includes accretion of note payable discount | (2,434 | ) | | (2,410 | ) | | (2,934 | ) | | (4,745 | ) | | (6,995 | ) |
Debt refinancing expense | — |
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| | (1,122 | ) |
Extinguishment of debt | — |
| | (4,448 | ) | | 10,744 |
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Loss on investment in non-consolidated entity | (510 | ) | | — |
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Other income (expense), net | 912 |
| | (433 | ) | | (570 | ) | | (366 | ) | | (2,187 | ) |
Change in fair value of warrant liability | — |
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| | 2,994 |
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Change in fair value of interest rate swap | 200 |
| | (1,326 | ) | | (8,463 | ) | | (4,529 | ) | | — |
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Net loss from continuing operations | $ | (13,963 | ) | | $ | (21,621 | ) | | $ | (23,265 | ) | | $ | (25,007 | ) | | $ | (25,633 | ) |
Loss from discontinued operations | (5,381 | ) | | (8,237 | ) | | (6,243 | ) | | (12,197 | ) | | (10,054 | ) |
(Loss) gain on sale of discontinued operations | (3,696 | ) | | 622 |
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Net loss | $ | (23,040 | ) | | $ | (29,236 | ) | | $ | (29,508 | ) | | $ | (37,368 | ) | | (35,687 | ) |
Preferred stock dividends | (356 | ) | | (394 | ) | | (400 | ) | | (50 | ) | | — |
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Net loss attributable to common shareholders | $ | (23,396 | ) | | $ | (29,630 | ) | | $ | (29,908 | ) | | $ | (37,418 | ) | | $ | (35,687 | ) |
Basic and diluted net loss per share from continuing operations | $ | (0.39 | ) | | $ | (0.71 | ) | | $ | (0.83 | ) | | $ | (0.91 | ) | | $ | (1.00 | ) |
Shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share (1) | 36,259,036 |
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| | 28,624,154 |
| | 27,476,420 |
| | 25,576,787 |
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(1) | For all periods presented, the Company has incurred net losses and, therefore, the impact of dilutive potential common stock equivalents and convertible notes are anti-dilutive and are not included in the weighted shares. |
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Balance Sheet Data (At Period End): | 2012 | | 2011 | | 2010 | | 2009 | | 2008 |
Cash and cash equivalents, restricted available-for-sale investments and restricted cash | $ | 33,071 |
| | $ | 22,979 |
| | $ | 24,193 |
| | $ | 26,584 |
| | $ | 29,910 |
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Working capital | $ | 2,957 |
| | $ | 13,713 |
| | $ | 15,589 |
| | $ | 24,400 |
| | $ | 43,347 |
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Total assets | $ | 290,137 |
| | $ | 307,488 |
| | $ | 297,147 |
| | $ | 322,397 |
| | $ | 377,677 |
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Notes payable, non-recourse | $ | 170,989 |
| | $ | 192,554 |
| | $ | 173,301 |
| | $ | 195,448 |
| | $ | 210,879 |
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Total stockholders' (deficit) equity | $ | (11,473 | ) | | $ | 1,787 |
| | $ | 11,292 |
| | $ | 38,787 |
| | $ | 68,008 |
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | $ | 39,938 |
| | $ | 30,075 |
| | $ | 9,948 |
| | $ | 505,100 |
| | $ | (443 | ) |
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities | $ | (17,315 | ) | | $ | (41,067 | ) | | $ | (19,394 | ) | | $ | 490,855 |
| | $ | (96,855 | ) |
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | $ | (15,528 | ) | | $ | 12,646 |
| | $ | 2,712 |
| | $ | 495,654 |
| | $ | 97,577 |
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our historical consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this document.
This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These include statements about our expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies for the future, which are indicated by words or phrases such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “will,” “estimates,“ and similar words. Forward-looking statements represent, as of the date of this report, our judgment relating to, among other things, future results of operations, growth plans, sales, capital requirements and general industry and business conditions applicable to us. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, some of which are beyond the Company’s control that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
OVERVIEW
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. was incorporated in Delaware on March 31, 2000 (“Cinedigm”, and collectively with its subsidiaries, the “Company”).
The Company is a digital cinema services, software and content marketing and distribution company supporting and capitalizing on the conversion of the exhibition industry from film to digital technology and the accelerating shift in the home entertainment market to digital and video-on-demand services from physical goods such as DVDs. The Company provides a digital cinema platform that combines technology solutions, financial advice and guidance, and software services to content owners and distributors and to movie exhibitors. Cinedigm leverages this digital cinema platform with a series of business applications that utilize the platform to capitalize on the new business opportunities created by the transformation of movie theatres into networked entertainment centers. The two main applications provided by Cinedigm include (i) its end-to-end digital entertainment content acquisition, marketing and distribution business focused on the distribution of alternative content and independent film in theatrical and ancillary home entertainment markets; and (ii) its operational, analytical and transaction processing software applications. Historically, the conversion of an industry from analog to digital has created new revenue and growth opportunities as well as an opening for new players to emerge to capitalize on this technological shift.
The Company reports its financial results in four primary segments as follows: (1) the first digital cinema deployment (“Phase I Deployment”), (2) the second digital cinema deployment (“Phase II Deployment”), (3) digital cinema services (“Services”) and (4) media content and entertainment (“Content & Entertainment”). The Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment segments are the non-recourse, financing vehicles and administrators for the Company's digital cinema equipment (the “Systems”) installed in movie theatres nationwide. The Services segment provides services, software and support to the Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment segments as well as directly to exhibitors and other third party customers. Included in these services are asset management services for a specified fee via service agreements with Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment as well as third party exhibitors as buyers of their own digital cinema equipment; and software license, maintenance and consulting services to Phase I and Phase II Deployment, various other exhibitors, studios and other content organizations. These services primarily facilitate the conversion from analog to digital cinema and have positioned the Company at what it believes to be the forefront of a rapidly developing industry relating to the distribution and management of digital cinema and other content to theatres and other remote venues worldwide. The Content & Entertainment segment provides content marketing and distribution services in both theatrical and ancillary home entertainment markets to alternative and independent film content owners and to theatrical exhibitors.
On April 20, 2012, we acquired New Video Group, Inc. ("New Video"), an independent home entertainment distributor of quality packaged and digital content that provides distribution services in the DVD, BD, Digital and VOD channels for more than 500 independent rights holders. New Video will be integrated into the Company;s Content & Entertainment segment.
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, the Company discontinued and sold the following non-core businesses:
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• | In September 2011, the Company completed the sale of its cinema advertising services business, Unique Screen Media ("USM") to a third party, which was previously included in our Content & Entertainment segment; and |
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• | In November 2011, the Company completed the sale of the majority of assets of its Digital Media Services Division (“DMS”) digital distribution and delivery business, which was previously included in our Services segment, to a third party. |
As a consequence, it was determined that the above former businesses met the criteria for classification as discontinued operations during the respective periods and their respective assets and liabilities met the criteria for classification as “assets held for sale” and “liabilities as part of assets held for sale”, respectively. The consolidated financial statements and the notes to consolidated financial statements presented herein have been recast solely to reflect the adjustments resulting from these changes in classification. Please see Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
In addition to the above, the Company has classified certain of its businesses as discontinued operations, including the motion picture exhibition to the general public (“Pavilion Theatre”), information technology consulting services and managed network monitoring services (“Managed Services”) and hosting services and network access for other web hosting services (“Access Digital Server Assets”), all of which were separate reporting units previously included in our former "Other" segment. In August 2010, the Company sold both Managed Services and the Access Digital Server Assets to third parties. In May 2011, the Company completed the sale of certain assets and liabilities of the Pavilion Theatre to a third party. As a result of the sales, the "Other" segment no longer exists as a reportable segment of the Company.
The following organizational chart provides a graphic representation of our business and our four reporting segments:
We have incurred consolidated net losses, including the results of our non-recourse deployment subsidiaries, of $23.4 million and $29.6 million during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and we have an accumulated deficit of $221.0 million as of March 31, 2012. Included in our consolidated net losses were $10.8 million and $9.0 million during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, of losses attributed to discontinued operations, asset write-offs related to our assets from discontinued operations, restructuring charges and non-cash loss through our equity investment in CDF2. We also have significant contractual obligations related to our debt for the fiscal year March 31, 2013 and beyond. We may continue generating consolidated net losses, including our non-recourse deployment subsidiaries, for the foreseeable future. Based on our cash position at March 31, 2012, and expected cash flows from operations, we believe that we have the ability to meet our obligations through at least March 31, 2013. Failure to generate additional revenues, raise additional capital or manage discretionary spending could have an adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.
Critical Accounting Policies
The following is a discussion of our critical accounting policies.
CONSOLIDATION
The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Cinedigm, Access Digital Media, Inc. (“AccessDM”), Hollywood Software, Inc. d/b/a Cinedigm Software (“Software”), Core Technology Services, Inc. (“Managed Services”) (sold in August 2010), FiberSat Global Services, Inc. d/b/a Cinedigm Satellite and Support Services (“Satellite”), ADM Cinema Corporation (“ADM Cinema”) d/b/a the Pavilion Theatre (certain assets and liabilities sold in May 2011), Christie/AIX, Inc. d/b/a Cinedigm Digital Cinema (“Phase 1 DC”), USM (sold in September 2011), Vistachiara Productions, Inc. f/k/a The Bigger Picture, currently d/b/a Cinedigm Content and Entertainment Group (“CEG”), Access Digital Cinema Phase 2 Corp. (“Phase 2 DC”), Access Digital Cinema Phase 2 B/AIX Corp. (“Phase 2 B/AIX”) and Cinedigm Digital Funding I, LLC (“CDF I”). AccessDM and Satellite are together referred to as the DMS (the majority of which was sold in November, 2011). All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation expense is recorded using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets as follows:
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Computer equipment and software | 3-5 years |
Digital cinema projection systems | 10 years |
Machinery and equipment | 3-10 years |
Furniture and fixtures | 3-6 years |
Leasehold improvements are being amortized over the shorter of the lease term or the estimated useful life of the improvement. Maintenance and repair costs are charged to expense as incurred. Major renewals, improvements and additions are capitalized.
Useful lives are determined based on an estimate of either physical or economic obsolescence, or both. During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company has not made any revisions to estimated useful lives, nor recorded any impairment charges on its fixed assets of our continuing operations.
CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS
Internal Use Software
The Company accounts for internal use software development costs based on three distinct stages. The first stage, the preliminary project stage, includes the conceptual formulation, design and testing of alternatives. The second stage, or the program instruction phase, includes the development of the detailed functional specifications, coding and testing. The final stage, the implementation stage, includes the activities associated with placing a software project into service. All activities included within the preliminary project stage are considered research and development and expensed as incurred. During the program instruction phase, all costs incurred until the software is substantially complete and ready for use, including all necessary testing, are capitalized, Capitalized costs are amortized when the software is ready for its intended use on a straight-line basis over estimated lives ranging from three to five years.
Software to be Sold, Licensed or Otherwise Marketed
Software development costs that are incurred subsequent to establishing technological feasibility, when it is determined that the software can be produced to meet its design specifications, are capitalized until the product is available for general release. Amounts capitalized as software development costs are amortized using the greater of revenues during the period compared to the total estimated revenues to be earned or on a straight-line basis over estimated lives ranging from three to five years, except for deployment software which is for ten years. The Company reviews capitalized software costs to determine if any impairment exists on a periodic basis. Amortization of capitalized software development costs, included in direct operating costs, for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 amounted to $0.8 million and $0.6 million, respectively.
GOODWILL AND INDEFINITE-LIVED INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Goodwill is the excess of the purchase price paid over the fair value of the net assets of the acquired business. Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized; rather, they are tested for impairment on at least an annual basis.
The Company’s process of evaluating goodwill for impairment involves the determination of fair value of its goodwill reporting units: Software and CEG. The Company conducts its annual goodwill impairment analysis during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year, measured as of March 31, unless triggering events occur which require goodwill to be tested at another date.
Inherent in the fair value determination for each reporting unit are certain judgments and estimates relating to future cash flows, including management’s interpretation of current economic indicators and market conditions, and assumptions about the Company’s strategic plans with regard to its operations. To the extent additional information arises, market conditions change or the Company’s strategies change, it is possible that the conclusion regarding whether the Company’s remaining goodwill is impaired could change and result in future goodwill impairment charges that will have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
The Company applies the Financial Accounting Standards Board's ("FASB") guidance when testing goodwill for impairment which permits the Company to make a qualitative assessment of whether goodwill is impaired, or opt to bypass the qualitative assessment, and proceed directly to performing the first step of the two-step impairment test. If the Company performs a qualitative assessment and concludes it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, goodwill is not considered impaired and the two-step impairment test is unnecessary. However, if the Company concludes otherwise, it is then required to perform the first step of the two-step impairment test.
The Company has the unconditional option to bypass the qualitative assessment for any reporting unit and proceed directly to performing the first step of the goodwill impairment test. The Company may resume performing the qualitative assessment in any subsequent period.
For reporting units where we decide to perform a qualitative assessment, our management assesses and makes judgments regarding a variety of factors which potentially impact the fair value of a reporting unit, including general economic conditions, industry and market-specific conditions, customer behavior, cost factors, our financial performance and trends, our strategies and business plans, capital requirements, management and personnel issues, and our stock price, among others. Management then considers the totality of these and other factors, placing more weight on the events and circumstances that are judged to most affect a reporting unit's fair value or the carrying amount of its net assets, to reach a qualitative conclusion regarding whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount.
For reporting units where we decide to perform a quantitative testing approach, in order to test goodwill, a determination of the fair value of our reporting units is required and is based, among other things, on estimates of future operating performance of the reporting unit and/or the component of the entity being valued. The Company is required to complete an impairment test for goodwill and record any resulting impairment losses at least on an annual basis or more often if warranted by events or changes in circumstances indicating that the carrying value may exceed fair value (“impairment indicators”). This impairment test includes the projection and discounting of cash flows, analysis of our market factors impacting the businesses the Company operates and estimating the fair values of tangible and intangible assets and liabilities. Estimating future cash flows and determining their present values are based upon, among other things, certain assumptions about expected future operating performance and appropriate discount rates determined by management.
The discounted cash flow methodology establishes fair value by estimating the present value of the projected future cash flows to be generated from the reporting unit. The discount rate applied to the projected future cash flows to arrive at the present value is intended to reflect all risks of ownership and the associated risks of realizing the stream of projected future cash flows. The discounted cash flow methodology uses our projections of financial performance for a five-year period. The most significant assumptions used in the discounted cash flow methodology are the discount rate, the terminal value and expected future revenues and gross margins, which vary among reporting units. The market participant based WACC for each unit gives consideration to factors including, but not limited to, capital structure, historic and projected financial performance, and size.
The market multiple methodology establishes fair value by comparing the reporting unit to other companies that are similar, from an operational or industry standpoint and considers the risk characteristics in order to determine the risk profile relative to the comparable companies as a group. The most significant assumptions are the market multiplies and the control premium. The Company has elected not to apply a control premium to the fair value conclusions for the purposes of impairment testing.
The Company then assigns a weighting to the discounted cash flows and market multiple methodologies to derive the fair value of the reporting unit. The income approach is weighted 70% and the market approach is weighted 30% to derive the fair value
of the reporting unit. The weightings are evaluated each time a goodwill impairment assessment is performed and give consideration to the relative reliability of each approach at that time.
As discussed further in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements, in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, in conjunction with management's annual testing of goodwill, the Company early adopted new accounting guidance which permits a qualitative assessment of goodwill and performed such assessment for its Software and CEG reporting units.
During the annual testing of goodwill for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, management performed the qualitative assessment for its Software and CEG reporting units. The qualitative assessment included the review of changes of the following: recent financial performance, financial forecasts, discount rates, carrying amount, market values of comparable companies, industry conditions, and general economic conditions. Furthermore, management considered the results of the most recent two-step quantitative impairment test completed for a reporting unit (in this instance for the Company's Software and CEG reporting units, as of March 31, 2011). Management concluded that it was more likely than not that the estimated fair value of the Software and CEG reporting unit's equity exceeds the respective carrying value. As such, no further analysis of the Software and CEG reporting units was required and no goodwill impairment was recorded.
Information related to the goodwill allocated to the Company’s continuing operations is detailed below:
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($ in thousands) | | Phase I | | Phase II | | Services | | Content & Entertainment | | Corporate | | Consolidated |
As of March 31, 2012 | | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 4,197 |
| | $ | 1,568 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 5,765 |
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As of March 31, 2011 | | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 4,197 |
| | $ | 1,568 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 5,765 |
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For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, no impairment charge was recorded for goodwill related to the Company's continued operations.
As of March 31, 2012, the Company’s finite-lived intangible assets consisted of customer relationships and agreements, theatre relationships, covenants not to compete, trade names and trademarks. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, no impairment charge was recorded for intangible assets.
REVENUE RECOGNITION
Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment
Virtual print fees (“VPFs”) are earned pursuant to contracts with movie studios and distributors, whereby amounts are payable by a studio to Phase 1 DC, CDF I and to Phase 2 DC, when movies distributed by the studio are displayed on screens utilizing the Company’s Systems installed in movie theatres. VPFs are earned and payable to Phase 1 DC and CDF I based on a defined fee schedule with a reduced VPF rate year over year until the sixth year (calendar 2011) at which point the VPF rate remains unchanged through the tenth year. One VPF is payable for every digital title displayed per System. The amount of VPF revenue is dependent on the number of movie titles released and displayed using the Systems in any given accounting period. VPF revenue is recognized in the period in which the digital title first plays on a System for general audience viewing in a digitally-equipped movie theatre, as Phase 1 DC’s, CDF I’s and Phase 2 DC’s performance obligations have been substantially met at that time.
Phase 2 DC’s agreements with distributors require the payment of VPFs, according to a defined fee schedule, for ten years from the date each system is installed; however, Phase 2 DC may no longer collect VPFs once “cost recoupment,” as defined in the agreements, is achieved. Cost recoupment will occur once the cumulative VPFs and other cash receipts collected by Phase 2 DC have equaled the total of all cash outflows, including the purchase price of all Systems, all financing costs, all “overhead and ongoing costs”, as defined, and including the Company’s service fees, subject to maximum agreed upon amounts during the three-year rollout period and thereafter, plus a compounded return on any billed but unpaid overhead and ongoing costs, of 15% per year. Further, if cost recoupment occurs before the end of the eighth contract year, a one-time “cost recoupment bonus” is payable by the studios to the Company. Any other cash flows, net of expenses, received by Phase 2 DC following the achievement of cost recoupment are required to be returned to the distributors on a pro-rata basis. At this time, the Company cannot estimate the timing or probability of the achievement of cost recoupment.
Alternative content fees (“ACFs”) are earned pursuant to contracts with movie exhibitors, whereby amounts are payable to Phase 1 DC, CDF I and to Phase 2 DC, generally either a fixed amount or as a percentage of the applicable box office revenue derived from the exhibitor’s showing of content other than feature films, such as concerts and sporting events (typically referred to as “alternative content”). ACF revenue is recognized in the period in which the alternative content first opens for audience viewing.
Revenues are deferred for up front exhibitor contributions and are recognized over the cost recoupment period, which is a period of ten years.
Services
For software multi-element licensing arrangements that do not require significant production, modification or customization of the licensed software, revenue is recognized for the various elements as follows: revenue for the licensed software element is recognized upon delivery and acceptance of the licensed software product, as that represents the culmination of the earnings process and the Company has no further obligations to the customer, relative to the software license. Revenue earned from consulting services is recognized upon the performance and completion of these services. Revenue earned from annual software maintenance is recognized ratably over the maintenance term (typically one year).
Revenue is deferred in cases where: (1) a portion or the entire contract amount cannot be recognized as revenue, due to non-delivery or pre-acceptance of licensed software or custom programming, (2) uncompleted implementation of application service provider arrangements (“ASP Service”), or (3) unexpired pro-rata periods of maintenance, minimum ASP Service fees or website subscription fees. As license fees, maintenance fees, minimum ASP Service fees and website subscription fees are often paid in advance, a portion of this revenue is deferred until the contract ends. Such amounts are classified as deferred revenue and are recognized as earned revenue in accordance with the Company’s revenue recognition policies described above.
Exhibitors who will purchase and own Systems using their own financing in the Phase II Deployment, will pay an upfront activation fee that is generally $2 thousand per screen to the Company (the “Exhibitor-Buyer Structure”). These upfront activation fees are recognized in the period in which these exhibitor owned Systems are ready for content, as the Company has no further obligations to the customer, and are generally paid quarterly from VPF revenues over approximately one year. Additionally, the Company recognizes activation fee revenue of between $1 thousand and $2 thousand on Phase 2 DC Systems and for Systems installed by CDF2 upon installation and are generally collected upfront upon installation. The Company will then manage the billing and collection of VPFs and will remit all VPFs collected to the exhibitors, less an administrative fee that will approximate up to 10% of the VPFs collected.
The administrative fee related to the Phase I Deployment approximates 5% of the VPFs collected. This administrative fee is recognized in the period in which the billing of VPFs occurs, as performance obligations have been substantially met at that time.
Content & Entertainment
CEG has contracts for the theatrical distribution of third party feature films and alternative content. CEG’s distribution fee revenue and CEG's participation in box office receipts is recognized at the time a feature film and alternative content is viewed. CEG has the right to receive or bill a portion of the theatrical distribution fee in advance of the exhibition date, and therefore such amount is recorded as a receivable at the time of execution, and all related distribution revenue is deferred until the third party feature films’ or alternative content’s theatrical release date.
Results of Continuing Operations for the Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011
Revenues
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| For the Fiscal Years Ended March 31, |
($ in thousands) | 2012 | | 2011 | | $ Change | | % Change |
Phase I Deployment | $ | 44,561 |
| | $ | 43,431 |
| | $ | 1,130 |
| | 3 | % |
Phase II Deployment | 13,335 |
| | 6,481 |
| | 6,854 |
| | 106 | % |
Services | 17,065 |
| | 7,399 |
| | 9,666 |
| | 131 | % |
Content & Entertainment | 1,596 |
| | 1,128 |
| | 468 |
| | 41 | % |
| $ | 76,557 |
| | $ | 58,439 |
| | $ | 18,118 |
| | 31 | % |
Revenues increased $18.1 million or 31%. The $6.9 million increase in revenues in the Phase II Deployment segment was due to an increase in the number of Phase 2 DC's financed Systems installed and ready for content to 1,815 at March 31, 2012 from 785 at March 31, 2011. The $9.7 million, or 131%, increase in revenues in the Services segment was primarily due to (i) increased Phase 2 DC service fees as 3,414 Phase 2 DC and Exhibitor-Buyer systems were installed during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 and a total of 5,609 installed Phase 2 systems were generating service fees; and (ii) a 422% increase in Software license fee and maintenance revenues due to the previously described increase in Phase 2 systems deployed as well as an increase in license and maintenance fees from other software customers due to the recently announced new business contracts. We expect continued growth in services from (i) continued deployments from our current 812 screen backlog as well as from new exhibitor customer signings as we enter the final 6 months of the contractual digital cinema deployment period; (ii) additional revenues from recently signed software customers upon installation in the remainder of this fiscal year and next fiscal year; and (iii) new potential software customers based on our active domestic and international pipeline.
As of March 31, 2012 Cinedigm provides its digital cinema services through both its Phase 2 deployment subsidiary and third party exhibitor-buyer customers to a total of 5,609 Phase 2 DC screens in comparison to 2,195 at March 31, 2011. Cinedigm also services an additional 3,724 screens in its Phase 1 deployment subsidiary as of March 31, 2012. We will deploy additional Phase 2 DC Systems under various non-recourse credit facility commitments and will receive fees through the Exhibitor-Buyer Structure and CDF2.
CEG's theatrical release distribution fee revenue increased 41% to $1.6 million due to an increase in its theatrical release schedule of independent films and other events this fiscal year and a continued strong Kidtoons release calendar. Going forward, the CEG business is expected to expand significantly due to the acquisition of New Video Group, Inc. ("New Video") which was completed on April 20, 2012 in the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013. CEG will continue its historical fee-for-service theatrical releasing efforts (Indie Direct) as well as expand the New Video ancillary market distribution efforts of distributing both movies and television entertainment content into digital, video on demand and physical goods (DVDs and Blue Ray). CEG will utilize the combined resources of its existing theatrical releasing infrastructure and the New Video home entertainment distribution capabilities to acquire the North American distribution rights in all media for independent films as well as to launch several programmatic alternative content channels. Year to date, CEG has acquired the distribution rights to 2 independent films in its fiscal fourth quarter and 2 additional independent films in April 2012,
with the first release scheduled for late June 2012 and future releases expected in our third and fourth quarters during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.
Direct Operating Expenses
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| For the Fiscal Years Ended March 31, |
($ in thousands) | 2012 | | 2011 | | $ Change | | % Change |
Phase I Deployment | $ | 545 |
| | $ | 361 |
| | $ | 184 |
| | 51 | % |
Phase II Deployment | 365 |
| | 185 |
| | 180 |
| | 97 | % |
Services | 4,220 |
| | 2,455 |
| | 1,765 |
| | 72 | % |
Content & Entertainment | 1,912 |
| | 1,328 |
| | 584 |
| | 44 | % |
| $ | 7,042 |
| | $ | 4,329 |
| | $ | 2,713 |
| | 63 | % |
Direct operating expenses increased by 63%, which is tied to our overall revenue increases of 121% in our Services and Content & Entertainment segments, respectively. The increase in direct operating costs in the Phase I and Phase II Deployment segments was primarily due to increased property taxes and insurance incurred on deployed Systems. The increase in the Services segment was primarily related to (i) additional administrative and financial personnel required to service our growing Phase 2 screens; and (ii) additional personnel costs to support the software development requirements of our current and new
customers as well as new product development efforts. The increase in the Content & Entertainment segment was directly related to additional events and film releases during the fiscal year. We expect direct operating expenses to increase associated with additional revenue growth.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
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| For the Fiscal Years Ended March 31, |
($ in thousands) | 2012 | | 2011 | | $ Change | | % Change |
Phase I Deployment | $ | 221 |
| | $ | 35 |
| | $ | 186 |
| | 531 | % |
Phase II Deployment | 202 |
| | 49 |
| | 153 |
| | 312 | % |
Services | 3,434 |
| | 2,561 |
| | 873 |
| | 34 | % |
Content & Entertainment | 1,791 |
| | 1,319 |
| | 472 |
| | 36 | % |
Corporate | 10,069 |
| | 7,813 |
| | 2,256 |
| | 29 | % |
| $ | 15,717 |
| | $ | 11,777 |
| | $ | 3,940 |
| | 33 | % |
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $3.9 million or 33% in support of the 121% increase in non-deployment revenues. The increase in the Services segment was mainly due to payroll and related employee expenses for increased staffing as we added sales resources to support the expanding digital cinema exhibitor sales efforts as well as additional management, software development and quality assurance staff to support the significant recent software customer additions. The Content & Entertainment segment increased 36% as we added staff to support our expanded releasing activities this year. The increase within Corporate was mainly due to (i) the lag between our restructuring plan and actual plan implementation; (ii) increased professional services fees to assist in the transition of our finance organization as well as to support the marketing of our products and services; and (iii) increased travel and sales costs. We expect to redeploy restructuring related SG&A savings in the near term into the resources to support our growth plans. Future increases in selling, general and administrative expenses will be tied to additional revenues as we support our recent new software business contracts and expanding sales pipeline and our additional content distribution activities with additional sales and service headcount.
Merger and Acquisition Expenses
Merger and acquisition expenses for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 of $0.6 million include professional fees incurred which pertained to the purchase of New Video which was consummated in April 2012. An additional $1.1 million of merger and acquisition expenses was incurred subsequent to March 31, 2012.
Restructuring and Transition Expenses
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, the Company completed a strategic assessment of its resource requirements for its ongoing businesses which resulted in a workforce reduction and a severance and employee related charge of $0.8 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company recorded an additional $0.4 million related to severance and a lease termination. The total expense of $1.2 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 is reflected as restructuring and transition expenses in the Company's consolidated statements of operations.
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, the Company incurred $1.4 million in transition costs principally associated with the retirement of our former CEO.
Depreciation and Amortization Expense on Property and Equipment
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| For the Fiscal Years Ended March 31, |
($ in thousands) | 2012 | | 2011 | | $ Change | | % Change |
Phase I Deployment | $ | 28,553 |
| | $ | 28,557 |
| | $ | (4 | ) | | — | % |
Phase II Deployment | 6,778 |
| | 3,170 |
| | 3,608 |
| | 114 | % |
Services | 158 |
| | 149 |
| | 9 |
| | 6 | % |
Content & Entertainment | 8 |
| | 2 |
| | 6 |
| | 300 | % |
Corporate | 368 |
| | 38 |
| | 330 |
| | 868 | % |
| $ | 35,865 |
| | $ | 31,916 |
| | $ | 3,949 |
| | 12 | % |
Depreciation and amortization expense increased $3.9 million or 12%. The increase in the Phase II Deployment segment represents depreciation on the increased number of Phase 2 DC Systems which were not in service during the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2011. We expect the depreciation and amortization expense in the Phase II Deployment segment to remain at similar levels as limited future Phase 2 DC Systems will be added that require consolidation on our balance sheet and we expect modest additional growth in Services and Corporate depreciation and amortization expense tied to technology investments supporting our software expansion. Content depreciation will in the future reflect the consolidated New Video results and additional depreciation and amortization related to our acquisition of content distribution rights.
Interest expense
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| For the Fiscal Years Ended March 31, |
($ in thousands) | 2012 | | 2011 | | $ Change | | % Change |
Phase I Deployment | $ | 10,134 |
| | $ | 9,986 |
| | $ | 148 |
| | 1 | % |
Phase II Deployment | 2,466 |
| | 1,524 |
| | 942 |
| | 62 | % |
Corporate | 17,299 |
| | 15,481 |
| | 1,818 |
| | 12 | % |
| $ | 29,899 |
| | $ | 26,991 |
| | $ | 2,908 |
| | 11 | % |
Interest expense increased $2.9 million or 11%. The 1% increase in interest paid and accrued within the non-recourse Phase I Deployment segment relates to the continued repayment of Phase 1 DC's 2010 Term Loans from free cash flow and the resulting reduced debt balance offset by additional hedging costs from the hedge put in place in June 2010. Interest increased within the Phase II Deployment segment related to the non-recourse credit facilities with KBC Bank NV (the “KBC Facilities”) as we added approximately $14.0 million of additional non-recourse Phase 2 debt during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 to fund the purchase of Systems from Barco. Phase 2 DC’s non-recourse interest expense is expected to increase modestly with the growth in deployments during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 as the Company does not expect to incur any significant increase in non-recourse indebtedness to fund these deployments. The increase in interest paid and accrued within Corporate related to the amended and restated note with an affiliate of Sageview Capital LP (the "2010 Note"). Interest on the 2010 Note is 8% PIK Interest and 7% per annum paid in cash. Through September 30, 2011, the Company had an interest reserve set aside to cover cash interest payments on this note. Beginning October 1, 2011, the Company has paid its cash interest expense through the cash flows from operations.
Non-cash interest expense was approximately $9.5 million and $8.9 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. PIK interest was $7.1 million and $6.5 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The remaining amounts for the fiscal years then ended represent the accretion of $2.1 million on the note payable discount associated with the 2010 Note which will continue over the term of the 2010 Note and the accretion of $0.3 million on the note payable discount associated with the 2010 Term Loans which will continue over the term of the 2010 Term Loans.
Change in fair value of interest rate swaps
The change in fair value of the interest rate swaps were gains of $0.2 million and $1.1 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The swap agreement in the prior year related to the prior credit facility, which was terminated on May 6, 2010 upon the completion of the Phase I Deployment refinancing. It has been replaced by new swap agreements related to the 2010 Term Loans entered into on June 7, 2010 which became effective on June 15, 2011.
Change in fair value of warrants
The change in fair value of warrants issued to a designee of Sageview Capital LP (“Sageview”), related to the 2010 Note, was a gain of $3.1 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. The resale of the shares underlying these warrants was registered with the SEC in September 2010 and the Company reclassified the warrant liability of $16.1 million to equity.
Adjusted EBITDA
The Company measures its financial success based upon growth in revenues and earnings before interest, depreciation, amortization, other income (expense), net, stock-based compensation, allocated costs attributable to discontinued operations, restructuring and transition expenses, merger and acquisition expenses, allowance for doubtful accounts and certain other items ("Adjusted EBITDA"). Further, the Company analyzes this measurement excluding the results of its Phase 1 DC and Phase 2 DC subsidiaries, and includes in this measurement intercompany service fees earned by its digital cinema servicing group from the Phase I and Phase II Deployments, which are eliminated in consolidation (See Note 11 Segment Information for further details). This measure isolates the financial and capital structure impact of the Company's non-recourse Phase 1 DC and Phase 2 DC subsidiaries.
The Company reported continued improved Adjusted EBITDA (including its Phase 1 DC and Phase 2 DC subsidiaries) of $58.0 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 in comparison to $45.8 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. Adjusted EBITDA from non-deployment businesses grew to $5.7 million during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 from $0.9 million during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. The Company continues to benefit from growth in its installed Systems, growth in software license and maintenance fees and the inherent operating leverage embedded in its business model. Phase 1 and Phase 2 DC revenues are expected to be relatively flat going forward as the remaining growth in service revenues is expected to be through installations the exhibitor-buyer program or systems financed by CDF 2, which the Company does not consolidate into its Consolidated Statements of Operations. Based on the expected growth in and recently signed software contracts and the expansion in CEG driven by the acquisition of New Video, the Company expects Adjusted EBITDA performance to continue to improve during fiscal year 2013 relative to prior year results although the Company intends to invest in the growth of its business through the acquisition of content distribution rights and through related marketing related expenditures.
Adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement of financial performance under U.S. GAAP and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. The Company uses Adjusted EBITDA as a financial metric to measure the financial performance of the business because management believes it provides additional information with respect to the performance of its fundamental business activities. For this reason, the Company believes Adjusted EBITDA will also be useful to others, including its stockholders, as a valuable financial metric.
Management presents Adjusted EBITDA because it believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a useful supplement to net loss from continuing operations as an indicator of operating performance. Management also believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a financial measure that is useful both to management and investors when evaluating the Company's performance and comparing our performance with the performance of our competitors. Management also uses Adjusted EBITDA for planning purposes, as well as to evaluate the Company's performance because Adjusted EBITDA excludes certain non-recurring or non-cash items, such as stock-based compensation charges, that management believes are not indicative of the Company's ongoing operating performance.
The Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a performance measure and not a liquidity measure, and a reconciliation between net loss from continuing operations and Adjusted EBITDA is provided in the financial results. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to income from operations or net loss from continuing operations as an indicator of performance or as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as an indicator of cash flows, in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP, or as a measure of liquidity. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA does not take into account changes in certain assets and liabilities as well as interest and income taxes that can affect cash flows. Management does not intend the presentation of these non-GAAP measures to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP measures should be read only in conjunction with the Company's consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Following is the reconciliation of the Company's consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to consolidated GAAP net loss from continuing operations:
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($ in thousands) | | 2012 | | 2011 |
Net loss from continuing operations | | $ | (13,963 | ) | | $ | (21,621 | ) |
Add Back: | | | | |
Amortization of software development | | 759 |
| | 636 |
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Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment | | 35,865 |
| | 31,916 |
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Amortization of intangible assets | | 294 |
| | 333 |
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Interest income | | (140 | ) | | (154 | ) |
Interest expense | | 29,899 |
| | 26,991 |
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Loss on extinguishment of note payable | | — |
| | 4,448 |
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Other (income) expense, net | | (912 | ) | | 433 |
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Loss on investment in non-consolidated entity | | 510 |
| | — |
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Change in fair value of interest rate swap | | (200 | ) | | 1,326 |
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Change in fair value of warrants | | — |
| | (3,142 | ) |
Stock-based expenses | | 1,013 |
| | 104 |
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Stock-based compensation | | 1,995 |
| | 2,159 |
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Allocated costs attributable to discontinued operations | | 623 |
| | 830 |
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Restructuring and transition expenses | | 1,207 |
| | 1,403 |
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Merger and acquisition expenses | | 604 |
| | — |
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Provision for doubtful accounts | | 459 |
| | 144 |
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Adjusted EBITDA | | $ | 58,013 |
| | $ | 45,806 |
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Adjustments related to the Phase I and Phase II Deployments: | | | | |
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment | | $ | (35,331 | ) | | $ | (31,726 | ) |
Amortization of intangible assets | | (52 | ) | | (46 | ) |
Income from operations | | (21,110 | ) | | (17,401 | ) |
Intersegment services fees earned (1) | | 4,159 |
| | 4,293 |
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Adjusted EBITDA from non-deployment businesses | | $ | 5,679 |
| | $ | 926 |
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(1) Intersegment revenues of the Services segment represent service fees earned from the Phase I and Phase II Deployments.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2011, the FASB issued a new accounting standard update, which amends the fair value measurement guidance and includes some enhanced disclosure requirements. The most significant change in disclosures is an expansion of the information required for Level 3 measurements based on unobservable inputs. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company will adopt this standard April 1, 2012 and does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
In June 2011, FASB codified guidance related to the presentation of comprehensive income. The guidance requires entities to present net income and other comprehensive income in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate, but consecutive, statements. The new guidance does not change the components that are recognized in net income and the components that are recognized in other comprehensive income. Currently, the Company presents comprehensive income in its statements of equity. The provisions of this guidance are effective for the Company beginning April 1, 2012 and are required to be applied retroactively.
In September 2011, the FASB codified guidance related to the testing of goodwill for impairment. The guidance provides entities with the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, an entity determines the fair value of a reporting unit is not less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is unnecessary. However, if an entity concludes otherwise, then it is required to perform the first step of the two-step impairment test. Entities have the option of bypassing the qualitative analysis in any period and proceeding directly to the two-step impairment test. The provisions of this guidance are effective for the Company April 1, 2012 but are permitted to be adopted earlier.
In the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, in conjunction with management's annual testing of goodwill, the Company early adopted the new accounting guidance.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We have incurred net losses each year since we commenced our operations. Since our inception, we have financed our operations substantially through the private placement of shares of our common and preferred stock, the issuance of promissory notes, our initial public offering and subsequent private and public offerings, notes payable and common stock used to fund various acquisitions.
Our business is primarily driven by the rapidly expanding digital cinema marketplace and the primary revenue driver will be the increasing number of digitally equipped screens, the growing demand for software to power these screens and drive other efficiencies and the demand for entertainment content in both theatrical and home ancillary markets. According to the Motion Picture Association of America, there are approximately 42,000 domestic (United States and Canada) movie theatre screens and approximately 124,000 screens worldwide. Approximately 28,000 of the domestic screens are equipped with digital cinema technology, and approximately 9,400 of those screens contain our Systems and software. We anticipate the vast majority of the North American industry's screens to be converted to digital in the next 12 months. We have deployed 3,724 screens in our Phase I Deployment, and are completing our efforts to convert up to an additional 10,000 domestic screens to digital in our Phase II Deployment over a four year period starting October 2008 and currently contractually scheduled to end at September 30, 2012, of which 5,609 Systems have been installed as of March 31, 2012. To date, the number of digitally-equipped screens in the marketplace has been a significant determinant of our potential revenue streams. The expansion of our content business into the ancillary distribution markets increases our growth opportunities as the rapidly evolving digital and entertainment landscape creates significant new growth opportunities for the Company.
In May 2010, Phase 2 B/AIX, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into additional credit facilities (the “KBC Facilities”) to fund the purchase of Systems from Barco, to be installed in movie theatres as part of the Company’s Phase II Deployment. As of March 31, 2012, the outstanding principal balance of the KBC Facilities was $52.3 million.
As of March 31, 2012, we had positive working capital, defined as current assets less current liabilities, of $3.0 million and cash and cash equivalents, restricted available-for-sale investments and restricted cash totaling $33.1 million.
Operating activities provided net cash of $39.9 million and $30.1 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Our business is primarily driven by the emerging digital cinema marketplace and the primary driver of its operating cash flow is the number of installed digital cinema systems and the pace of continued installations. Generally, changes in accounts receivable from our studio customers and others is a large component of operating cash flow, and during a period of increasing system deployments, the Company expects studio receivables to grow and negatively impact working
capital and operating cash flow. During periods of fewer deployments, the Company expects receivables to decrease and positively impact cash flow, and eventually to stabilize. For the near term, the Company expects receivables to remain steady or decline as we enter the final stages of the Phase 2 Systems deployment. However, a significant portion of the current Phase 2 deployments are being made under the Exhibitor-Buyer Structure, where the Company passes the majority of the studio payments to the exhibitor, less an administrative fee, and therefore operating cash flow will be largely unaffected. The changes in the Company's trade accounts payable is also a significant factor, however even in a period of deployments, the Company does not anticipate major changes in payables activity. The Company is also subject to changes in interest expense due to increasing debt levels to fund digital cinema installations, and also has non-cash expense fluctuations, primarily resulting from the change in the fair value of interest rate swap arrangements. We expect operating activities to continue to be a positive source of cash.
Investing activities used net cash of $17.3 million and $41.1 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The decrease in net cash used was due to the number of Phase 2 DC Systems purchased compared to the prior year purchases and the net usage of cash related to restricted available-for-sale investments. We expect cash used in investing activities to decline significantly as we do not expect many additional Phase 2 DC System deployments to be funded by the Company. All Phase 2 DC Systems purchased are financed with non-recourse debt and exhibitor contributions. Cinedigm does not fund any of the Systems capital expenditures from its operating cash flows.
Financing activities used net cash of $15.5 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 and provided net cash of $12.6 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. The decrease in cash provided was due to the proceeds from the 2010 Term Loans offset by the repayment of the prior Phase 1 DC credit facility and vendor financing note and debt issuance costs resulting from the 2010 Term Loans paid during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 offset in part by net proceeds from the sale of common stock in July, 2010. Financing activities are expected to continue using the net cash generated from the Phase 1 and Phase 2 DC operations, primarily for principal repayments on the 2010 Term Loans and other existing debt facilities.
The Company expects to deploy Systems in our Phase II Deployment using a combination of non-recourse Cinedigm-financed screens and the Exhibitor-Buyer Structure. The method used to deploy systems will vary depending on the exhibitors’ preference and the exhibitors’ ability to finance Phase II Systems. The number of Systems ultimately deployed by each method cannot be predicted at this time, though we expect very few additional Phase 2 screens deployed that will be consolidated into the Company's balance sheet as these will be primarily carried out through CDF2.
We have contractual obligations that include long-term debt consisting of notes payable, credit facilities, non-cancelable long-term capital lease obligations for the Pavilion Theatre and other various computer related equipment, non-cancelable operating leases consisting of real estate leases, and minimum guaranteed obligations under theatre advertising agreements with exhibitors for displaying cinema advertising. The capital lease obligation of the Pavilion Theatre is paid by an unrelated third party, although Cinedigm remains the primary lessee and would be obligated to pay if the unrelated third party were to default on its rental payment obligations.
The following table summarizes our significant contractual obligations as of fiscal March 31, 2012:
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| Payments Due |
Contractual Obligations ($ in thousands) | Total | | 2013 | | 2014 & 2015 | | 2016 & 2017 | | Thereafter |
Long-term recourse debt (1) | $ | 111,446 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 111,446 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
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Long-term non-recourse debt (2) | 172,162 |
| | 35,644 |
| | 68,198 |
| | 56,429 |
| | 11,891 |
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Capital lease obligations (3) | 5,429 |
| | 185 |
| | 531 |
| | 755 |
| | 3,958 |
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Debt-related obligations, principal | 289,037 |
| | 35,829 |
| | 180,175 |
| | 57,184 |
| | 15,849 |
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Interest on recourse debt | 16,648 |
| | 6,666 |
| | 9,982 |
| | — |
| | — |
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Interest on non-recourse debt | 22,332 |
| | 7,784 |
| | 10,394 |
| | 3,523 |
| | 631 |
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Interest on capital leases (3) | 6,456 |
| | 947 |
| | 1,773 |
| | 1,549 |
| | 2,187 |
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Total interest | 45,436 |
| | 15,397 |
| | 22,149 |
| | 5,072 |
| | 2,818 |
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Total debt-related obligations | $ | 334,473 |
| | $ | 51,226 |
| | $ | 202,324 |
| | $ | 62,256 |
| | $ | 18,667 |
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Operating lease obligations (4) | $ | 5,242 |
| | $ | 1,255 |
| | $ | 2,522 |
| | $ | 1,465 |
| | $ | — |
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Obligations to be included in operating expenses | 5,242 |
| | 1,255 |
| | 2,522 |
| | 1,465 |
| | — |
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Purchase obligations (5) | 2,148 |
| | 2,148 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
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Total | $ | 7,390 |
| | $ | 3,403 |
| | $ | 2,522 |
| | $ | 1,465 |
| | $ | — |
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Total non-recourse debt including interest | $ | 194,494 |
| | $ | 43,428 |
| | $ | 78,592 |
| | $ | 59,952 |
| | $ | 12,522 |
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(1) | The 2010 Note is due August 2014, but may be extended for one 12 month period at the discretion of the Company to August 2015, if certain conditions set forth in the 2010 Note are satisfied. Includes interest of $24.1 million on the 2010 Note to be accrued as an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the 2010 Note (“PIK Interest”). |
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(2) | Non-recourse debt is generally defined as debt whereby the lenders’ sole recourse with respect to defaults by the Company is limited to the value of the asset, which is collateral for the debt. The 2010 Term Loans are not guaranteed by the Company or its other subsidiaries, other than Phase 1 DC and CDF I, and the KBC Facilities are not guaranteed by the Company or its other subsidiaries, other than Phase 2 DC. |
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(3) | Principally represents the capital lease and capital lease interest for the Pavilion Theatre. The Company has remained the primary obligor on the Pavilion capital lease, and therefore, the capital lease obligation and related assets under the capital lease remain on the Company's consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2011. The Company has, however, entered into a sub-lease agreement with the unrelated third party purchaser which pays the capital lease and as such, has no continuing involvement in the operation of the Pavilion Theatre. This capital lease was previously included in discontinued operations. |
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(4) | Includes the remaining operating lease agreement for one IDC lease now operated and paid for by FiberMedia, consisting of unrelated third parties, which total aggregates to $3.4 million. FiberMedia currently pays the lease directly to the landlord and the Company will attempt to obtain landlord consent to assign the facility lease to FiberMedia. Until such landlord consents are obtained, the Company will remain as the lessee. |
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(5) | For additional Phase II Systems to be purchased from Barco with funds from the increase in the non-recourse KBC Facility. |
We may continue to generate net losses for the foreseeable future primarily due to depreciation and amortization, interest on the 2010 Term Loans, interest on the 2010 Note, software development, marketing and promotional activities and the development of relationships with other businesses. Certain of these costs, including costs of software development and marketing and promotional activities, could be reduced if necessary. The restrictions imposed by the 2010 Note and the 2010 Credit Agreement may limit our ability to obtain financing, make it more difficult to satisfy our debt obligations or require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow to payments on our existing debt obligations, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures and other corporate requirements. We may seek to raise additional capital for strategic acquisitions or working capital as necessary. Failure to generate additional revenues, raise additional capital or manage discretionary spending could have an adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.
Seasonality
Revenues from our Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment segments derived from the collection of VPFs from motion picture studios are seasonal, coinciding with the timing of releases of movies by the motion picture studios. Generally, motion picture studios release the most marketable movies during the summer and the holiday season. The unexpected emergence of a hit movie during other periods can alter the traditional trend. The timing of movie releases can have a significant effect on our results of operations, and the results of one quarter are not necessarily indicative of results for the next quarter or any other
quarter. We believe the seasonality of motion picture exhibition, however, is becoming less pronounced as the motion picture studios are releasing movies somewhat more evenly throughout the year.
Subsequent Events
On April 19, 2012, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “First Underwriting Agreement”) with B. Riley & Co., LLC (“B. Riley”) pursuant to which B. Riley agreed to act as underwriter of 3,885,004 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock being offered, and on April 20, 2012, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Second Underwriting Agreement” and, together with the First Underwriting Agreement, the “Underwriting Agreements”) with B. Riley as Representative of the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Underwriters agreed to act as underwriters of an additional 3,257,853 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock being offered. The securities, consisting of a total of 7,142,857 shares, were offered by the Company pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2012 (File No. 333-179970) and an applicable prospectus supplement (the “Underwritten Offering”). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreements and subject to the terms and conditions expressed therein (i) the Underwriters offered such securities to the public at the public offering price of $1.40 and (ii) the Company agreed to sell these securities to the Underwriters at a purchase price equal to $1.316 per share, representing a per security discount equal to 6 percent of the public offering price per security, provided that, with respect to the shares sold pursuant to the First Underwriting Agreement, the discount also included an aggregate amount equal to $100,000. At the Underwriters’ discretion, the Underwriters had a 30 day option to buy up to an additional 714,286 shares from the Company at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions to cover these sales. On April 23, 2012, the Underwriters exercised the entire over-allotment option. The Company also agreed to bear the expenses of the Underwritten Offering. The closing of the Underwritten Offering occurred on April 25, 2012, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of $10.2 million.
On April 19, 2012, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement for the purchase of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of New Video Group, Inc. (“New Video”), an independent home entertainment distributor of quality packaged and digital content that provides distribution services in the DVD, BD, Digital and VOD channels for more than 500 independent rights holders (the “New Video Acquisition”). The Company agreed to pay $10.0 million in cash and 2,525,417 shares of Class A common stock, subject to certain transfer restrictions, plus up to an additional $6.0 million in cash or Class A common stock, at the Company’s discretion, if certain business unit financial performance targets are met in 2013, 2014 and 2015. In addition, the Company has agreed to register the resale of the shares of Class A common stock paid as part of the purchase price. The New Video Acquisition was consummated on April 20, 2012. The Company is currently in the process of determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Merger and acquisition expenses, consisting primarily of professional fees, directly related to the acquisition of New Video totaled $1.7 million, of which $1.1 million was incurred subsequent to March 31, 2012.
In connection with the purchase of New Video, the Company's consent and control agreement with a bank was terminated, thereby releasing cash proceeds partially used for the New Video Acquisition.
On April 26, 2012, the holder of 25,000 shares of the Company's Class B common stock converted all of the Class B shares into 25,000 Class A common stock shares. Accordingly, the Company no longer has any Class B common stock outstanding.
Off-balance sheet arrangements
We are not a party to any off-balance sheet arrangements, other than operating leases in the ordinary course of business, which are disclosed above in the table of our significant contractual obligations, and CDF2. In addition, as discussed further in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company holds a 100% equity interest in CDF2 Holdings, LLC, which is an unconsolidated variable interest entity (“VIE”), which wholly owns Cinedigm Digital Funding 2, LLC, however, the Company is not the primary beneficiary of the VIE.
Impact of Inflation
The impact of inflation on our operations has not been significant to date. However, there can be no assurance that a high rate of inflation in the future would not have an adverse impact on our operating results.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
CINEDIGM DIGITAL CINEMA CORP. INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | |
Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2012 and 2011 | |
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 | |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 | |
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity and Comprehensive Loss for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 | |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | |
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (the "Company") as of March 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' (deficit) equity and comprehensive loss and cash flows for each of the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits include consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2012 and 2011, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years then ended, in conformity with accepted accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ EisnerAmper LLP
Edison, New Jersey
June 15, 2012
CINEDIGM DIGITAL CINEMA CORP.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except for share and per share data)
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| March 31, |
| 2012 | | 2011 |
ASSETS | | | |
Current assets | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 17,843 |
| | $ | 10,748 |
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Restricted available-for-sale investments | 9,477 |
| | 6,480 |
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Accounts receivable, net | 24,502 |
| | 13,103 |
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Deferred costs, current portion | 2,228 |
| | 2,043 |
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Unbilled revenue, current portion | 7,510 |
| | 6,562 |
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Prepaid and other current assets | 1,121 |
| | 962 |
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Note receivable, current portion | 498 |
| | 438 |
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Assets held for sale | 214 |
| | 25,170 |
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Total current assets | 63,393 |
| | 65,506 |
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Restricted cash | 5,751 |
| | 5,751 |
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Security deposits | 207 |
| | 178 |
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Property and equipment, net | 200,974 |
| | 216,562 |
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Intangible assets, net | 466 |
| | 697 |
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Capitalized software costs, net | 5,156 |
| | 3,362 |
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Goodwill | 5,765 |
| | 5,765 |
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Deferred costs, net of current portion | 5,080 |
| | 7,537 |
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Unbilled revenue, net of current portion | 617 |
| | 834 |
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Accounts receivable, long-term | 773 |
| | — |
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Note receivable, net of current portion | 465 |
| | 1,296 |
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Investment in non-consolidated entity, net | 1,490 |
| | — |
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Total assets | $ | 290,137 |
| | $ | 307,488 |
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See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
CINEDIGM DIGITAL CINEMA CORP.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except for share and per share data)
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| | March 31, |
| | 2012 | | 2011 |
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT) EQUITY | | | | |
Current liabilities | | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | | $ | 20,854 |
| | $ | 7,625 |
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Current portion of notes payable, non-recourse | | 35,644 |
| | 28,483 |
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Current portion of capital leases | | 186 |
| | 13 |
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Current portion of deferred revenue | | 3,677 |
| | 3,060 |
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Current portion of customer security deposits | | — |
| | 48 |
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Liabilities as part of assets held for sale | | 75 |
| | 12,564 |
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Total current liabilities | | 60,436 |
| | 51,793 |
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Notes payable, non-recourse, net of current portion | | 135,345 |
| | 164,071 |
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Notes payable | | 87,354 |
| | 78,169 |
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Capital leases, net of current portion | | 5,244 |
| | — |
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Interest rate swaps | | 1,771 |
| | 1,971 |
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Deferred revenue, net of current portion | | 11,451 |
| | 9,688 |
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Customer security deposits, net of current portion | | 9 |
| | 9 |
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Total liabilities | | 301,610 |
| | 305,701 |
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Commitments and contingencies (see Note 8) | |
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Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity | | | | |
Preferred stock, 15,000,000 shares authorized; Series A 10% - $0.001 par value per share; 20 shares authorized; 7 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011, respectively. Liquidation preference of $3,698 | | 3,357 |
| | 3,250 |
|
Class A common stock, $0.001 par value per share; 75,000,000 shares authorized; 37,671,487 and 32,320,287 shares issued and 37,725,126 and 32,268,847 shares outstanding at March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011, respectively | | 38 |
| | 32 |
|
Class B common stock, $0.001 par value per share; 15,000,000 shares authorized; 25,000 shares issued and outstanding, at March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011, respectively | | — |
| | — |
|
Additional paid-in capital | | 206,348 |
| | 196,420 |
|
Treasury stock, at cost; 51,440 Class A shares | | (172 | ) | | (172 | ) |
Accumulated deficit | | (221,044 | ) | | (197,648 | ) |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | | — |
| | (95 | ) |
Total stockholders’ (deficit) equity | | (11,473 | ) | | 1,787 |
|
Total liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit) equity | | $ | 290,137 |
| | $ | 307,488 |
|
See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
CINEDIGM DIGITAL CINEMA CORP.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except for share and per share data)
|
| | | | | | | |
| For the Fiscal Years Ended March 31, |
| 2012 | | 2011 |
Revenues | $ | 76,557 |
| | $ | 58,439 |
|
Costs and expenses: | | | |
Direct operating (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below) | 7,042 |
| | 4,329 |
|
Selling, general and administrative | 15,717 |
| | 11,777 |
|
Provision for doubtful accounts | 459 |
| | 144 |
|
Research and development | 175 |
| | 256 |
|
Restructuring and transition expenses | 1,207 |
| | 1,403 |
|
Merger and acquisition expenses | 604 |
| | — |
|
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment | 35,865 |
| | 31,916 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets | 294 |
| | 333 |
|
Total operating expenses | 61,363 |
| | 50,158 |
|
Income from operations | 15,194 |
| | 8,281 |
|
Interest income | 140 |
| | 154 |
|
Interest expense | (29,899 | ) | | (26,991 | ) |
Loss on extinguishment of debt | — |
| | (4,448 | ) |
Loss on investment in non-consolidated entity | (510 | ) | | — |
|
Other income (expense), net | 912 |
| | (433 | ) |
Change in fair value of warrant liability | — |
| | 3,142 |
|
Change in fair value of interest rate swap | 200 |
| | (1,326 | ) |
Net loss from continuing operations | (13,963 | ) | | (21,621 | ) |
Loss from discontinued operations | (5,381 | ) | | (8,237 | ) |
(Loss) gain on sale of discontinued operations | (3,696 | ) | | 622 |
|
Net loss | (23,040 | ) | | (29,236 | ) |
Preferred stock dividends | (356 | ) | | (394 | ) |
Net loss attributable to common stockholders | $ | (23,396 | ) | | $ | (29,630 | ) |
Net loss per Class A and Class B common share - basic and diluted: | | | |
Loss from continuing operations | $ | (0.39 | ) | | $ | (0.71 | ) |
Loss from discontinued operations | $ | (0.26 | ) | | $ | (0.25 | ) |
| $ | (0.65 | ) | | $ | (0.96 | ) |
Weighted average number of Class A and Class B common shares outstanding: Basic and diluted | 36,259,036 |
| | 30,794,102 |
|
See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
CINEDIGM DIGITAL CINEMA CORP.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
|
| | | | | | | |
| For the Fiscal Years Ended March 31, |
| 2012 | | 2011 |
Cash flows from operating activities | | | |
Net loss | $ | (23,040 | ) | | $ | (29,236 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities: | | | |
Loss (gain) on disposal of businesses | 3,696 |
| | (622 | ) |
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment and amortization of intangible assets | 39,028 |
| | 37,327 |
|
Amortization of capitalized software costs | 759 |
| | 636 |
|
Impairment of assets | 1,192 |
| | — |
|
Amortization of debt issuance costs included in interest expense | 2,127 |
| | 2,040 |
|
Provision for doubtful accounts | 771 |
| | 581 |
|
Stock-based compensation and expenses | 3,418 |
| | 2,265 |
|
Change in fair value of interest rate swaps | (200 | ) | | 1,326 |
|
Change in fair value of warrant liability | — |
| | (3,142 | ) |
Realized loss on restricted available-for-sale investments | — |
| | 87 |
|
PIK interest expense added to note payable | 7,038 |
| | 6,502 |
|
Loss on extinguishment of note payable | — |
| | 4,448 |
|
Loss on investment in non-consolidated entity | 510 |
| | — |
|
Accretion of note payable | 2,434 |
| | 2,410 |
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | | | |
Accounts receivable | (10,410 | ) | | (6,862 | ) |
Unbilled revenue | (925 | ) | | 19 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | (154 | ) | | (2,474 | ) |
Other assets | 663 |
| | 4,000 |
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 11,521 |
| | 1,937 |
|
Deferred revenue | 1,830 |
| | 8,784 |
|
Other liabilities | (320 | ) | | 49 |
|
Net cash provided by operating activities | 39,938 |
| | 30,075 |
|
Cash flows from investing activities: | | | |
Net proceeds from disposal of businesses | 6,271 |
| | — |
|
Purchases of property and equipment | (16,395 | ) | | (43,306 | ) |
Purchases of intangible assets | (47 | ) | | (45 | ) |
Additions to capitalized software costs | (2,147 | ) | | (572 | ) |
Sales/maturities of restricted available-for-sale investments | 2,403 |
| | 6,115 |
|
Purchase of restricted available-for-sale investments | (5,400 | ) | | (4,676 | ) |
Investment in non-consolidated entity | (2,000 | ) | | — |
|
Restricted cash | — |
| | 1,417 |
|
Net cash used in investing activities | (17,315 | ) |
| (41,067 | ) |
Cash flows from financing activities: | | | |
Repayment of notes payable | (7,641 | ) | | (35,646 | ) |
Proceeds from notes payable | 15,794 |
| | 170,775 |
|
Repayment of term loans | (30,151 | ) | | (155,042 | ) |
Proceeds from credit facilities | — |
| | 37,601 |
|
Payments of debt issuance costs | — |
| | (5,987 | ) |
Principal payments on capital leases | (152 | ) | | (130 | ) |
Net proceeds from issuance of Class A common stock | 7,071 |
| | 1,141 |
|
Costs associated with issuance of Class A common stock | (449 | ) | | (66 | ) |
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (15,528 | ) |
| 12,646 |
|
Net change in cash and cash equivalents | 7,095 |
| | 1,654 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year | 10,748 |
| | 9,094 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | $ | 17,843 |
| | $ | 10,748 |
|
See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
CINEDIGM DIGITAL CINEMA CORP.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT) EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(In thousands, except share data)
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| Series A Preferred Stock | | Class A Common Stock | | Class B Common Stock | | Treasury Stock | | Additional Paid-In | | Accumulated | | Accumulated Other Comprehensive | | Total Stockholders’ | | Total Comprehensive |
| Shares | | Amount | | Shares | | Amount | | Shares | | Amount | | Shares | | Amount | | Capital | | Deficit | | Loss | | (Deficit) Equity | | Loss |
Balances as of March 31, 2010 | 8 |
| | $ | 3,583 |
| | 28,104,235 |
| | $ | 28 |
| | 733,811 |
| | $ | 1 |
| | (51,440 | ) | | $ | (172 | ) | | $ | 175,937 |
| | $ | (168,018 | ) | | $ | (67 | ) | | $ | 11,292 |
| | |
Other comprehensive loss: Unrealized losses on available-for-sale investment securities | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | (28 | ) | | |