Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Acquisitions

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Acquisitions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements  
NOTE 3 - Acquisitions

Txtstation Acquisition

 

In April 2011, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of the Txtstation interactive mobile marketing platform and services business from Adsparq Limited (“Adsparq”).

 

The purchase price for the acquisition consisted of: (i) 2,125,000 shares of the Company’s common stock; (ii) $26,184 in cash at closing; and (iii) $250,000 of scheduled cash payments.

 

The $250,000 of scheduled cash payments was due as follows: $25,000 was payable on the 60th day following closing and the balance was payable in $25,000 installments at the end of each of the next nine 30-day periods thereafter. At closing, the Company recorded a cash payment obligation of $241,960 representing the net present value of the scheduled cash payments. See Note 6 under Cash Payment Obligation.

 

The Company assumed none of Adsparq’s liabilities in the transaction, except for the performance obligation of unearned revenue. For a period of one year following the closing of the transaction, half of the shares of common stock issued to Adsparq were held in escrow as security for Adsparq’s obligations under the agreement.

 

In connection with the transaction, the Company also issued 300,000 shares of its common stock to the controlling stockholder of Adsparq in consideration of certain indemnification obligations and other agreements. The value of these shares was included in the purchase price. For one year following the closing of the transaction, the shareholder agreed not to, directly or indirectly, transfer, donate, sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate, grant a security interest in or otherwise dispose or attempt to dispose of all or any portion of shares issued to it (or any interest therein).

 

The Company completed the acquisition in furtherance of its strategy to acquire small, privately owned enterprises in the mobile marketing sector through an asset purchase structure. This acquisition was consistent with the Company's purchase price model in which equity will represent most of the purchase price plus a small cash component and, in some cases, the assumption of specific liabilities.

 

The acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination and the Company valued all assets and liabilities acquired at their fair values on the date of acquisition. An independent valuation expert was hired to assist the Company in determining these fair values. Accordingly, the assets and liabilities of the acquired entity were recorded at their estimated fair values at the date of the acquisition.

 

Actual results of operations of Txtstation are included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition. The allocation of the purchase price to assets and liabilities based upon fair value determinations was as follows:

 

Current assets   $ 10,184  
Equipment     31,230  
Customer contracts     1,026,000  
Trade name     36,000  
Technology / IP     182,000  
Non-compete     1,000  
Goodwill     6,373,730  
Assumed liabilities - deferred revenue     (20,000 )
Total purchase price   $ 7,640,144  

 

The consideration given consisted of the following:

 

Cash   $ 26,184  
Present value of scheduled cash payments     241,960  
Common stock     7,372,000  
Total purchase price   $ 7,640,144  

 

Mobivity Acquisition

 

In April 2011, the Company completed the acquisition of Mobivity, LLC’s and Mobile Visions, Inc.’s Mobivity interactive mobile marketing platform and services business.

 

The purchase price for the acquisition consisted of (i) 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock; (ii) $64,969 in cash paid at closing and (iii) a secured subordinated promissory note of Mobivity, Inc. with a principal amount of $606,064. No liabilities were assumed in the acquisition.

 

The promissory note discussed in (iii) above earned interest at 6.25% per annum; was payable in six quarterly installments of $105,526 (inclusive of interest) starting May 1, 2011; matured on August 1, 2012; was secured by the acquired assets of the Mobivity business; and was subordinated to the Company’s obligations under its outstanding 10% Senior Secured Convertible Bridge Notes due February 2, 2012 and May 2, 2012. Mobivity, LLC was granted a security interest in the acquired assets, subordinated only to the Company's senior debt (Bridge Notes), and a majority of the Bridge Note holders consented to the junior security interest. See Note 6 under Bridge Financing.

 

The Company completed the acquisition in furtherance of its strategy to acquire small, privately owned enterprises in the mobile marketing sector through an asset purchase structure. This acquisition was consistent with the Company's purchase price model in which equity will represent most of the purchase price plus a small cash component and, in some cases, the assumption of specific liabilities.

 

The acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination and the Company valued all assets and liabilities acquired at their fair values on the date of acquisition. An independent valuation expert was hired to assist the Company in determining these fair values. Accordingly, the assets and liabilities of the acquired entity were recorded at their estimated fair values at the date of the acquisition.

 

Actual results of the operations acquired are included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition. The allocation of the purchase price to assets and liabilities based upon fair value determinations was as follows:

 

Customer relationships   $ 814,000  
Trade name     65,000  
Technology / IP     217,000  
Non-compete     5,000  
Goodwill     2,690,033  
Total purchase price   $ 3,791,033  

 

The consideration given consisted of the following:

 

Cash   $ 64,969  
Subordinated secured note payable     606,064  
Common stock     3,120,000  
Total purchase price   $ 3,791,033  

 

BoomText Acquisition

 

In August 2011, the Company completed the purchase from Digimark, LLC (“Digimark”) of substantially all of the assets of its BoomText interactive mobile marketing services business.

 

The purchase price for the acquisition consisted of the following components: (i) 519,540 shares of the Company’s common stock issued at closing; (ii) $120,514 in cash paid at closing; (iii) a secured subordinated promissory note issued by Mobivity, Inc. in the principal amount of $175,000; (iv) an unsecured subordinated promissory note issued by Mobivity Inc. in the principal amount of $194,658; and (v) an earn-out payment. The purchase price also included the assumption of an office lease obligation and certain of Digimark’s accounts payable.

 

The note discussed in (iii) above had an interest rate of 6.25% per annum and was secured by all of the assets of Mobivity, Inc. and was subordinated to the Company’s obligations under its outstanding 10% Senior Secured Convertible Bridge Notes due October 15, 2012. See Note 6 under Digimark, LLC Notes and under Bridge Notes.

 

The note discussed in (iv) above does not bear interest; is payable in installments (varying in amount) from August 2011 through October 2012; and is subordinated to the Company’s obligations under its outstanding 10% Senior Secured Convertible Bridge Notes due October 15, 2012 (see Note 6). Because this note does not bear interest, the Company recorded $182,460 as the net present value of the payments due over the subsequent periods. See Note 6 under Digimark, LLC Notes.

 

The earn-out payment discussed in (v) above is payable 20 months after closing of the transaction, and consists of a number of shares of common stock of the Company equal to (a) 1.5, multiplied by the Company’s net revenue from acquired customers and customer prospects for the twelve-month period beginning six months after the closing date, divided by (b) the average of the volume-weighted average trading prices of the Company’s common stock for the 25 trading days immediately preceding the earn-out payment (subject to a collar of $1.49 and $2.01 per share). As of December 31, 2012, the dollar value of the earn-out payable is $2,032,881, which equates to an estimated 1,364,350 shares of common stock. During the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company recorded a gain on adjustment of contingent consideration of $625,357 and $999,347, resulting from the change in value of the estimated earn-out payment. See Note 10 Earn-Out Contingency.

 

For one year and six months following the closing of the transaction, 50% of the shares of common stock issued to Digimark at closing will be held in escrow as security for its indemnification obligations in the transaction.

 

The Company completed the acquisition in furtherance of its strategy to acquire small, privately owned enterprises in the mobile marketing sector through an asset purchase structure. This acquisition was consistent with the Company's purchase price model in which equity will represent most of the purchase price plus a small cash component and, in some cases, the assumption of specific liabilities.

 

The acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination and the Company valued all assets and liabilities acquired at their fair values on the date of acquisition. An independent valuation expert was hired to assist the Company in determining these fair values. Accordingly, the assets and liabilities of the acquired entity were recorded at their estimated fair values at the date of the acquisition.

 

Actual results of the operations acquired are included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition. The allocation of the purchase price to assets and liabilities based upon fair value determinations was as follows:

 

Prepaid assets   $ 3,000  
Customer relationships     592,000  
Trade name     39,000  
Technology / IP     59,000  
Non-compete     10,000  
Goodwill     4,373,477  
Total purchase price   $ 5,076,477  

 

The consideration given consisted of the following:

 

Cash   $ 120,514  
Secured subordinated promissory note     175,000  
Unsecured subordinated promissory note     182,460  
Common stock     826,069  
Earn-out payable     3,657,585  
Liabilities assumed     114,849  
Total purchase price   $ 5,076,477  

 

Estimated Useful Lives of Acquired Intangibles

 

The estimated useful lives of the acquired intangibles are as follows:

 

    Useful Lives (Years)  
    Txtstation     Mobivity     Boomtext  
                   
Customer contracts     5       n/a       n/a  
Customer relationships     n/a       2       2  
Trade name     1       5       1  
Technology / IP     5       5       1  
Non-compete     1.5       2       2  
Goodwill     n/a       n/a       n/a  

 

Acquisition Related Costs

 

The Company recorded $223,207 in acquisition-related costs for accounting, legal and other costs in connection with the three acquisitions within the general and administrative expenses in its consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011. The Company incurred no acquisition costs during the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

Pro Forma Information

 

The following summary presents unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations as if the Txtstation, Mobivity, and Boomtext (the “Acquired Companies”) acquisitions described above had occurred on January 1, 2011 and 2010. The unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations combines the historical results of operations of the Company and the Acquired Companies for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, and gives effect to certain adjustments, including the reduction in compensation expense related to non-recurring executive salary expense and non-recurring acquisition related costs incurred by the Company, the amortization of acquired intangible assets and interest expense on acquisition related debt.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed results of operations has been prepared for comparative purposes only and does not purport to be indicative of the actual operating results that would have been recorded had the acquisitions actually taken place on January 1, 2011 or 2010, and should not be taken as indicative of future consolidated operating results.

 

    Years ended December 31,  
    2011     2010  
Pro forma revenue   $ 3,678,963     $ 3,294,422  
Pro forma net loss   $ (16,688,474 )   $ (2,476,229 )